Over the course of the season the existence of the gods is picked up by media outlets across the earth.

One heavily publicised newsclip shows the god Finnfrodr on a drunken binge through the centre of Nassu, causing considerable disruption to traffic as he rides a car through the streets as though it were a chariot.

Another incident shows a blood drenched team of UNITED personnel and various gods emerging from a mineshaft in Norway. Whilst they do their best to conceal their identities a figure trailing chains behind them is identified by the excited reporters as Loki, though you will recognise it as Niusi.

Only in the Pan Asian Cooperative has the news gone unheard, a tightly administered government lockdown keeping the media from spreading word into PAC territories, though of course rumours do abound on underground datastreams.

Ambassador Kim is said to be in urgent meetings with Queen Frigg about how best to handle the situation now that word has leaked, but currently much of the Earth is in uproar over visiting god-aliens.

News reports from South America haven given significant positive press coverage to a UNITED team operating in the earthquake zone. One program shows Teresa Mathews and Alaric Fisher pulling a pair of children from a collapsed building, whilst Dr Melody Mathers conducts several interviews stressing the importance of global unity.

[Note from SAB representative Talib Zubieri, distributed to UNITED and to heralds in Asgard]

On behalf of the people of South America I extend my thanks to all those involved in the disaster recovery efforts in response to the recent Earthquake. Thanks to the swift intervention from members of UNITED and our new friends from the realm of Asgard, many hundreds if not thousands of lives were saved.

Such efforts reassure members of the South Atlantic Bloc of the value of the UNITED project, and have demonstrated the benevolent intentions of the Vanir people to those in crisis.

The group led by Thor to return to Jotunheim to reestablish relationships, and for sport, has apparently been thoroughly routed at the border between the two realms.

Making use of the abilities of Dr. Thorpe and others, the party was able to traverse a massive rockfall that had hampered their progress, but they did not make it much further: only to the shores of the River Ifing.

In the ensuing fight between the expedition from Asgard, and Jotunn forces many details were lost; but rumours include Gideon McQueen tearing a Jotunn limb from limb with his bare hands, Eric being tossed by Thor in place of Mjolnir, and everyone being attacked by living cannonballs.

What is certain is that the expedition was not considered a success, and that a barely conscious Thor had to be carried back to Asgard over the shoulder of Jaeger.

A joint task force of Gods and united personnel recently travelled to Loki's resting place to ascertain whether the trickster was still imprisoned or not. Exact details are scarce but what is definitely known is that Loki is now free but that a suspect has been detained and is currently in UNITED custody, locked in the miracle nullifying hangar under close watch by several of the greater gods.

Collation of news, government and internal reports

Under the supervision of UNITED teams a world-wide famine relief effort has been launched. Food production was boosted in the Siberia territory. A team of Asgardians was involved in an innovative approach to food growth this season with notable improvements in soil quality and growth conditions across Siberia. The growth and distribution of food, in record time, was assisted by Colonel Voronov and the XS-42 team. The Asgardians identified as Aetta, Eydis and Solfrid seem to have significant capabilities in short-term farming improvements.

It should be noted that tensions in the area rose as involvement from the ERU and PAC threatened to make distribution of the produce difficult. UNITED resources and security arranged by XS-42 members Lt. Normand and Lt. Augustine as well as diplomatic efforts from Dr Rayne prevented any incidents.

Further efforts were spearheaded by Dr. Cavenson working on a simple sustenance growth via bio-engineered algae. Although such methods had been posited before, Dr. Cavenson has produced the first scale tests and feasibility of algae as a basic food supply. Early harvests are already being sent out via UN famine-relief organisations.

Warriors and Soldiers stationed on the Asgard side of the ITP gate have reported sighting a giant rooster prowling the lands outside Asgard. Many Asgardians fear that it must be Gullinkampi, one of the three heralds of Ragnarok. The creature has been observed to casually kill several large spawn of Vedfolnir that attempted to prey upon it.