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Nova Combat Rocks Small Virginian Town
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DeVries elite Singularity was assaulted last night in a suburb of
Lexington, Virginia by a group of independent novas, resulting in one nova
fatality, one nova injury, and two baseline injuries.

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Franklin 'Singularity' Alden was assaulted last night while driving
home by Jack 'Thunderhead' Rogan, Don 'Mutagen' Cole, and Beth 'Ghost'
Johannes, resulting in the death of Mutagen. Eye witnesses report,
Thunderhead brought up a thunderstorm before striking Singularity's car with
lightning.

The combat continued for several minutes, spreading into the parking
lot of a local strip mall and inflicted limited property damage. The
brawl ended after Mutagen began to attack bystanders and Singularity broke
the nova's neck, killing Mutagen instantly.


Team Tomorrow Americas arrived on the scene shortly aftwards, applying
first aid to the injured bystanders and taking Mutagen's body and an
unconscious Ghost into custody. Team Tomorrow later released the
following statement, "We do not condone vigilante actions taken by novas nor
baselines, no matter how justified the violence may be. Although we
applaud Mr. Alden's efforts in reducing the property damage, we do not
support his use of lethal force to resolve the conflict." Thunderhead had
already fled the scene when the Team Tomorrow agents arrived and he is
currently wanted by the authorities and is considered armed and
dangerous.

Singularity was briefly detained and was released after the arrival of
DeVries representatives. The DeVries Agency made a statement on the
behalf of Mr. Alden, "We regret the unfortunate death of Mr. Cole and the
injuries taken by Ms. Johannes and Mr. and Mrs. King. However, Mr.
Alden was acting in response to the unjustified assault against him, only
resorting to lethal force after Mr. Cole proved to be incorrigibly
unstable and intent on committing mass destruction and murder. If
anything, Mr. Alden acted in self-defense and in defense of neighbors and
friends."