President Achebe has recently signed the Rightful Seizure of Foreign Assets Act, better known as the RSFA act, in response to the financial sector’s diminishing confidence in Lavia after the seizure of assets belonging to the states of Wuloosia and the Neue Republic. The seizures seemingly affected every citizen of the countries with investments in the ULR, however the bureaucratic process slowed these seizures enough to have affected much less than it was supposed to, and the recent signing has put the seizures fully on pause for those under suspicion, and assets held by those under no suspicion are in the process of being returned to their rightful owners. 

The government is also repaying those whose assets were already transferred to Rosenmarkke before the country’s collapse, pulling from the Excess Tax Emergency Fund. Both companies, investors, and government officials hope that this further action to right the wrongs of the seizures will help goodwill and confidence return to the symbol of investment stability that Lavia strives to be. 

The YIA EXI-71, or the Experimental High Speed Interceptor and Pursuit Prototype, has long been the infatuation of aviation admirers. The massive jet was imagined in 1956, after an airforce contract was sent out for a “high-performance, long-range interceptor.” YIA’s along with Huxley’s proposals were picked to compete for the contract, and YIA immediately began work on producing its prototype. The jet would face multiple challenges, however on April 1st, 1959, the immense 39-ton aircraft would complete its first test flight. The prototype would fly for three more years, with an additional two prototypes being made to test separate weapon layouts and performance. The prototypes would successfully shoot down a collective 29 target drones during these tests, proving the potential of these aircraft. To the disappointment of enthusiasts, however, the program was shuttered in 1962 as nuclear warfare shifted from bombers to ICBMs, making the prey the plane was meant to hunt all but extinct. The prototypes were put into storage at undisclosed locations as they waited for another buyer to hopefully show interest. That never happened, however, and the aircraft were left forgotten in their hangars, their eventual fate lost to time.

That was until one fortunate day in Trombar. Moe Hill, the owner of a private jet business, purchased a slightly dilapidated hangar on an ex-military base now serving as the local regional airport. The hope was to turn the big hangar into a home for a number of his aircraft, but he could never have imagined what greeted him when he and a group of employees went to examine the hangar. Inside, almost picture perfect, sat prototype #3 of the EXI-71. The plane is in wonderful condition and is currently being transported to the Namara Historic Aviation Society to be restored as much as it can, maybe even to a flyable condition.  (The EXI-71 is a slightly modified version of the IRL XF-108 Rapier)