News Headlines, Year 154
Headlines from the main Sable and Reich newspapers, which serve as a game timeline. The most recent stories are at the top.
| Date | The Sable Press | The Reich Press |
|---|---|---|
| 25 December 154 | Normality restored: Sable enjoys a white Christmas | |
| 23 December 154 | Court and Social: The Herzog and Herzogin of Bremen are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Freidrich Isidor on 21 December | |
| 21 December 154 | Das Schwarze Korps: Oberstgruppenführer the Hochprinz Joachim restored to full membership of the Knights of the SS, with all the privileges thereof | |
| 29 November 154 | Amadeus Heider, journalist for the Reich paper Das Tag, formally has had his accreditation revoked due to activities incompatible with his status. | |
| 24 November 154 | Well-known paediatrician Doktor Jaime Armin found hanged in his office; police rule the death a suicide | |
| 23 November 154 | Assassination foiled! Gottleib Karsten, Reich Consul to Sable, saved and perpetrators caught in joint operation | Court and Social: German nightingale Margitte Schell dies in tragic accident while visiting Sable |
| 1 November 154 | Court and Social: The Tifanni family launch their new range of personalised jewellery | |
| 31 October 154 | Court and Social: Sable Royal Opera House announces that a Royal Gala production of The Marriage of Figaro will be performed on 22 November | |
| 20 October 154 | Telephone and rail links re-established nationwide | |
| 19 October 154 | Duke Michael found safe and well after the storm | |
| 18 October 154 | Das Schwarze Korps: Rikart Schultz, KSS, long-serving head of the SS Honour Guard, steps down from active duty; made Honorary Brigadeführer in recognition of his years of faithful service | |
| 17 October 154 | Clean-up efforts under way across the country; Duke Michael declared missing after the storm Initial reports indicate that last night's storms were thankfully not as major as those experienced in May | |
| 16 October 154 | Major storm hits the centre of the country: some casualties reported; rail and telecoms links down | Hurricane force winds lash Western Provinces and Sudetenland East |
| 7 October 154 | Duke Michael and his team return safely from Azoulas; Sable maintains a security presence there | |
| 1 October 154 | The City-State of Valhalla, under the rulership of Hochprinz Joachim, KSS, has offered the hand of friendship to our great nation; Herzog Delatz has accepted on the Kaiser's behalf | |
| 21 September 154 | Court and Social: A national holiday has been declared to celebrate the birth of Prince Cameron Joseph to their Majesties the King and Queen | |
| 16 September 154 | New security measures are being implemented across the police, public sector workers and the armed forces in light of the potential threat from the Machine | |
| 10 September 154 | Court and Social: Sable Palace is pleased to announce the marriage of Prince Thomas, son of Crown Prince Andrew, and the Hon. Odessa St John | |
| 7 September 154 | Court and Social: Yesterday, Richard, Duke of Northbury, son of Princess Marion, married Nikola Saller at St Michael's Cathedral | Reich forces have been invited onto the world of Kerrineck to restore order in the wake of the Plague |
| 5 September 154 | Sable forces assisting the world of Azoulas, world zero of what is being called the Azoulas Contagion, in treating the victims and advising on law and order | |
| 30 August 154 | Investigations continue into the extent of the plague; HRH Duke Michael spearheading the team searching for a cure | |
| 27 August 154 | Reports of a cross-Shadow plague are coming in from out in Veil Ten; however, there is no cause for alarm at this time | |
| 8 August 154 | His Majesty signs the Restoration Bill and the Regency Bill into Law with immediate effect | |
| 10 August 154 | Rumours are circulating that the supposedly mythical land of Valhalla has been found in the Sable Mountains; the Ahnenerbe are investigating whether there is any truth to this | |
| 7 August 154 | Regency Bill passes the House of Peers after extensive debate; awaiting Royal Assent | |
| 1 August 154 | Missing Jung Sanatorium patient found after extensive search; now recovering in hospital | Das Schwarze Korps: Hon Grpf Silke von Halle welcomed back as a Knight of the Summer Circle |
| 31 July 154 | Simon Perkins, nurse at the Jung Sanatorium found murdered; concerns expressed for a patient in his charge, who is currently missing | |
| 27 July 154 | Court and Social: Baron and Lady Horsley hold glittering party to celebrate their Second Anniversary | |
| 25 July 154 | Regency Bill passes the House of Commons by a small majority; sent to the House of Peers | |
| 17 July 154 | Regency Bill introduced into the House of Commons, sponsored by Attorney General Castle as an adjunct to the earlier Restoration Bill, regarding Prince Andrew's status | |
| 15 July 154 | Apparent Machine outpost discovered within the Exclusion Zone: investigations ongoing | |
| 11 July 154 | Court and Social: The Imperial Council confirms Jackson, son of Conrad, as Erbherzog von Nürnberg, ahead of Herzog Conrad's younger son, Xavier | |
| 8 July 154 | Mass grave discovered during excavation of the Sable City Underground Extension: perpetrators identified and justice served | |
| 1 July 154 | Das Schwarze Korps: Grpf Marin Adler steps down as chief of the Ahnenerbe, to take up her position as Graffin von Leipzig, to be replaced by Bgdf Maria von Braun | |
| 25 June 154 | Das Schwarze Korps: Reichsprotektor Kapler, Obstgpf Gerlinde and the Graf von Klieburg rewarded for helping to defeat the terrorists; Obstgpf Cornelius Linz appointed to command the Waffen-SS | |
| 22 June 154 | Terrorist attack on the Wewelsburg defeated; Reichsführer Delatz recovers in time to punish the perpetrators; Obstgpf Kessler and other senior officers killed in action during the attack | |
| 18 June 154 | Freak blizzard hits Sable City: 5 killed, 18 injured | Assassination attempt on Reichsführer Delatz foiled, although his medical condition remains grave. |
| 13 June 154 | Private Member's Bill regarding Prince Andrew's status successfully passes the House of Peers; awaiting Royal Assent | |
| 26 May 154 | Reich hero Admiral Maxim Raske killed when his ship hit a mine en route to Berlin for new orders | |
| 15 May 154 | Private Member's Bill regarding Prince Andrew's status successfully passes the House of Commons; sent to the House of Peers | |
| 9 May 154 | Private Member's Bill introduced into the Sable Parliament, sponsored by Attorney General Castle, to restore Prince Andrew to the line of succession | |
| 5 May 154 | Government emergency response measures successful; the great clean-up begins across the Reich | |
| 4 May 154 | Das Schwarze Korps: Reichsführer Delatz placed on medical leave; Obstgpfs Heydrich and Kessler, and Obgpf Gerlinde temporarily assume joint control of the SS | |
| 3 May 154 | Their Majesties King Robert ad Queen Claire cancel all engagements for a period of two weeks | Storms of unprecedented severity recorded across the Fatherland last night, killing hundreds: Government emergency response implemented |
| 21 April 154 | Major conspiracy against ur Beloved Kaiser Wilhelm, aimed at destabilising the peace with Sable, discovered and neutralised by the RSHA | |
| 19 April 154 | Jens von Bomhardt, Großherzog von Wilhelmsberg and Minister of Production and Logistics, killed in an auto accident | |
| 11 April 154 | Das Schwarze Korps: Wolfram Kapler appointed Gruppenführer, Totenkopfverbande, replacing Rutger Sigiswald | |
| 10 April 154 | Prince Thomas, son of Prince Andrew, resigns as Deputy Attorney General of Sable, and surrenders his Sable bar qualifications | |
| 8 April 154 | Peace in our time? | Kaiser Wilhelm and King Robert of Sable sign an Amistice between their two realms, in the presence of Emperor Sirius of Eboracum |
| 22 March 154 | Loyal diplomatic assistant Julian Hollister murdered; treason plot discovered. Investigations ongoing. | |
| 10 March 154 | Sable Palace announces that Their Majesties the King and Queen are expecting a child i September | |
| 3 March 154 | Princess Elanor graduates from Sandhurst | |
| 27 February 154 | Sable forces attack and destroy a Machine Data Centre on the distant world of Mondanao, in one of Sable's largest external operations in some years | |
| 24 February 154 | Das Schwarze Korps: Full review of Forstapo and Gestapo operations launched by the RFSS | |
| 16 February 154 | Das Schwarze Korps: Obergruppenführer Gerlinde returns to duty as Commander of the Forstapo at reduced rank | |
| 15 February 154 | His Majesty resumes all royal engagements | Hermann Geisen and Alexia Merten ae hereby declared personae non gratia in Reich territory, and the existing death sentence on the so-called nobleman Francesco Ragoczy has been reconfirmed for acts of terrorism against the Fatherland. It is th duty of all loyal Citizens to notify their local Gestapo office should these individuals be seen |
| 14 February 154 | His Majesty cancels all engagements due to circumstances beyond his control | Travel to and from Niedersachsen restricted after a terrorist incident: restrictions are expected to remain in place for some time |
| 1 February 154 | Lord Protector Prince William returns to active duty after a period of compassionate leave | Das Schwarze Korps: Reichsführer Delatz announces the names of the new individuals to be admitted to the Knights of the SS |
| 20 January 154 | Court and Social: The Imperial Palace announces that Princess Wilhelmina will be stepping down from official engagements for a few weeks after a health scare | |
| 17 January 154 | Artist Damien Hirst cleared of intentional collaboration with the Machine on Cheyne | |
| 16 January 154 | Machine incursion confirmed and neutralised on the tenth-Veil world of Cheyne | |
| 9 January 154 | Well-known socialite artist Olivia Perrett apprehended on charges of treason and murder | |
| 7 January 154 | Sable and the Reich reach a partitioning agreement over the world of Manira, until recently home world of the traitorous "Brotherhood of the Royal Martyr" | Local base of operations for the traitor Andreas Delatz occupied after joint operation |
| 4 January 154 | Royal kidnap plot by Nazi extremists foiled | |
| 3 January 154 | Princess Sarah to be laid to rest in private ceremony this afternoon on the King's Isle |