[IC] Flash News

Newly sworn in Chancellor Nathalie Legard stated today that Novean ships en route to and from the Union will proceed as normal regardless of the Fornirian threat of blockade. The Chancellor then stated that should any Novean Ship be stopped, searched or fired upon it will be regarded as an Act of War and unwarranted aggression. News sources then proceeded to pick apart the speech as a divergence from Novean Neutrality along with stating that while Noveaux has been trying to find alternate sources of Thorium, that the Union still supplies the largest quantity thus making the Union a strategic energy partner.