Raxus

When I first wrote about the tragic energy collapse at Fairhaven, I thought I had covered most of the facts. The images of streets blanketed in eerie darkness and frightened citizens still haunt me, and so many readers. But as I dug deeper into reports and testimonies over the past few days, I uncovered a far more troubling story.

Fairhaven’s energy grid was once the pride of Raxus. Powered by its efficient geothermal reactors and expertly balanced capacitor arrays, the grid supplied a steady, clean current that sustained thousands of homes and businesses. This was not just another Outer Rim town trying to survive, it was a testament to what smart engineering and dedication could accomplish.

And then, seemingly overnight, it failed.

A Collapse That Shouldn’t Have Happened

The official record attributes the collapse to “an unforeseen overload in the grid’s core regulators.” That’s what the Energy Oversight Bureau rushed to tell everyone after the blackout. But technicians who spoke on condition of anonymity painted a different picture, one of ignored warnings, hurried maintenance bypasses, and outdated safety protocols that no one dared to question until it was too late.

One technician showed me schematics of the grid just days before the collapse. According to him, capacitor banks in at least two of the district substations had already begun to show signs of dangerous heat build-up. That would have triggered automatic safety cutouts if the proper threshold had been set. Except it wasn’t.

“Someone disabled them,” the technician told me. “Or they never were installed properly.”

That last part gave me chills.

Whispered Rumors of Sabotage

And then there are the rumours, whispered at cantinas after dark, that this wasn’t just negligence but deliberate sabotage. Fairhaven, after all, had become a lightning rod for all kinds of political tension. Energy subsidies were due for a big cut. Contractors weren’t being paid on time. And if you look at who benefited after the crash, rival energy consortiums who just happened to have spare capacity to sell. You can see why fingers started pointing in that direction.

I’m careful with accusations like these. Nothing conclusive ties the collapse to one party or one name. But sabotage would explain how multiple safety systems failed at once.

The Human Toll

Of course, all of this is more than just politics or engineering, it’s about people. Families are at risk of losing their savings due to the upcoming chaos. Health clinics ran on reserve power for days. Elderly citizens were trapped in overheated apartments as the life-support units failed.

A shopkeeper named Sora told me: “It wasn’t the blackout that scared us. It was the silence. No comms, no air conditioning. Just… waiting.”

And that silence was deafening across all of Raxus.

Why This Story Still Matters

The more I talk to people across Fairhaven, the clearer it is that this wasn’t just a freak accident. It was a slow-brewing tragedy that someone could have stopped. Maybe a hundred someone could have stopped it.

Yet here we are with repair crews working around the clock and so-called independent investigators hinting that the full report might never see the light of day.

That’s not good enough. Every citizen deserves to know what happened. Every engineer deserves the tools to do their job properly. And every Raxan deserves to feel safe when they flip a switch.

This isn’t just about Fairhaven anymore. It’s about demanding better, from everyone responsible for keeping our lights on.

And I’ll keep telling this story until someone listens.