00:01The hostage crisis is entering its sixth month, and both sides remain immovable.
00:07With the M6 only maintaining control over a small portion of the Mars base,
00:12President Bragg continues the vow he will not negotiate with terrorists,
00:16as the dramatic standoff of her M6 plans to automate Mars drags on with no end in sight.
00:22Shipments of Iridium to Earth have completely ceased, as have all supply shipments to Happy Valley Base,
00:28causing massive-
00:29The SDM Council, named for the sons and daughters of Mars,
00:32which purports to speak for the radicals who seize control of the base,
00:36has released another statement.
00:38We remain in control of Happy Valley, including mission control,
00:41as well as the Phoenix spaceport and all asteroid mining operations on Kuznetsov Station.
00:46Far from backing down, they are now threatening to declare Martian independence,
00:50should their, quote, legitimate and just demands not be met.
00:54While most oppose the actions of the radicals,
00:56some pro-Mars protests have sprung up across the United States, the Soviet Union, and Europe.
01:01Soviet President Fyodor Koroshenko announced the protestors as unsupportive.
01:06The governor of Mars, Lenya Polivanov, a Koroshenko acolyte,
01:09has been held hostage since the beginning of the crisis.
01:12How much
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