Clash Of Swords. Spill Of Blood.

Could the truce between Delaque and Escher be broken? The Rogues and Bloody Rose were pitted against each other amongst the slag yards and factories in lower Dead End last week. Corben, infamous gunslinger-for-hire was spotted with Nix, of Bloody Rose, before the combat, apparently striking a deal. Corben has had a long standing issue with Delaque's The Rogues, since their first skirmish in Dead End.

Bloody Rose's Tina, the scarred combat veteran made short work of two Delaque fighters. Leaving DeeDee fighting for her life. Feared dead, The Rogues leader, Luther, refused to give up on her, getting her heart beating once more, but unable to remove the deep gashes in her face, leaving her horribly scarred, like her attacker.

Tommy was left in a sickbay with an infected wound, caused by Tina's deadly Chainsword.

Bloody Rose took minimal injuries, losing only the young gun Miley. Hudgens, considered by some to be the weakest member of the gang somehow managing to cling on to life against all odds, walking away from the fight unscathed.

Luther was seen pulling his men back from the battlefield, barely able to control Django, spitting blood at Malukah, swearing revenge for his team.

Rumours of a new Escher ganger joining the ranks after the triumphant victory are unconfirmed, but more traffic to the Bloody Rose hangouts has been noted.

Enforcer Chief Gary Shaver was unable for comment on the bloody combat witnessed by the residents of Dead End.

PLASTEEL MILL CLOSURE RAISES CONCERN

House Goliath has come under attack by Van Saar where it will hurt them most. Van Saar have begun manufacture of Plasteel within their occupied territories, moving in on Goliath business. The Plasteel factories have been owned solely by House Goliath since before the construction of Hive Primus. This move has prompted the Goliaths to take up arms against Van Saar and all who attempt to hijack their business. Goliath have been seen around Dead End, frequenting bars near Van Saar's Workshops, warehouses and drinking holes. 

Goliath weaponry has been reported moving into the area by Guilders, gearing up for all out warfare, it is feared.

The Rose Is Blooded

Combat broke out after a lull in activity between the Tech Support and Bloody Rose gangs. Heavy Plasma shots ripped through the air destroying sections of dome wall and Hab zones. Stubber fire answered back, filling Dead End with the trademark thump of death, destruction and high calibre weapons.
The gangs met in an area which suited neither combat style. Ground was open, fire lines blocked, making the gang combat even more deadly. Choke gas was tossed around and used advantageously by the Van Saar gang while Escher's combatants were unable to deal any damage at all. A fevered push was made, but to no avail by Nix's warriors at the end of the skirmish.
Van Saar's attack on the Escher Settlement, which has been used heavily to recruit for the close combat gang, was a success, resulting in the protection of the hab zone's denizens falling on Ajunta and his team of well armed, highly trained soldiers.
Instantly, the settlement offered up a new recruit to their new protectors, continuing the legend of the zone founded by the Hive's earliest watchmen who, according to Hive Legend, fended off a Genestealer attack and Ork Warband simultaneously amidst the Hive's construction.


THE NARROWS MADE SAFER

News of the infamous leader of The Kreeps, the Cawdor gang that terrorised the Narrows, lured Demonhead of the Alpha Domes Escher into a three way combat with The Fighting Dutch of Van Saar and fought alongside Alpha Dome's The Damned in an uneasy alliance against a horde of Zombies in Dome Romero, has been executed by a Spyrer Matriarch.
Lanegan, recently outlawed from an attack on a Guilder caravan, was reported to have died in a brutal melee, but as of yet, his body is to be found. Sects of Cawdor from all over the Hive have been reported to have claimed he will return to deliver divine retribution to the unclean.
Religious fanatics believe he has been reclaimed by the Redemption to be converted and brought into the fold uphive.

The "Lanegan Lives" tag that has been seen in Cawdor occupied territory all over the Hive.

Since the death of Lanegan, Cawdor have been a no show in the Hive, a mark of respect for their fallen comrade, or is it something all together more sinister?