Freelance Report: Pilot Breaks Eight-Hour Sagittarius A* Barrier
Post Views: 929 Buckyball champion Commander Alot has broken the eight-hour barrier for a trip from Sol to Sagittarius A* in his ship, Rhonda the Anaconda. Having failed in his first attempt to set a sub-eight hour record by just six seconds, Commander Alot ultimately succeeded in completing the... Read more
Freelance Report: Dr Arcanonn Receives Death Threats
Post Views: 935 Dr Arcanonn from the Canonn Interstellar Research Group has released a statement to the galactic media: “I am now working from a new laboratory, two kilometres underground, at a secret location. My colleagues have forced me to relocate in the interests of my own safety. The... Read more
Galactic News: Sirius Corporation Responds to Calls for Clarity
Post Views: 1,245 Since the wreckage of the Highliner Antares was recovered several weeks ago, the families of those who lost their lives aboard the ship have been lobbying the Sirius Corporation for more information. Specifically, questions have been asked about where the wreckage was found, and if any... Read more
Galactic News: Professor Ishmael Palin Responds to Fellow Scientist’s Concerns
Post Views: 1,048 Professor Ishmael Palin, the scientist conducting research into the Unknown Artefacts, has issued a response to Violet Belbin of the Xenological Research Institute. Professor Belbin recently released a statement in which she suggested that Professor Palin was exercising insufficient caution over the meta-alloys – the substance... Read more
Freelance Report: Officials Deny Funding ‘Turbo Hour’ Endurance Race
Post Views: 1,461 Officials at Kanwar Horizons in the Turbo system have strenuously denied allegations of involvement in an unsanctioned Buckyball Racing Club event known as the ‘Turbo Hour Endurance Race’, which will apparently run alongside the station’s annual air show and starship exhibition. Station entertainment director Hector LeMans... Read more
Freelance Report: Leading Scientist Expresses Doubts
Post Views: 874 Yesterday, Professor Ishmael Palin called upon independent pilots to deliver meta-alloys – produced by the newly discovered ‘barnacles’ in the Pleiades Nebula – to Obsidian Orbital, suggesting that the material could be the cure for the technological virus spreading through inhabited space. But Professor Violet Belbin... Read more
Galactic News: Faction’s Appeal Successful
Post Views: 796 According a statement from the Green Party of HIP 112974, the faction’s recent appeal for onionhead has been successful. In the statement, a spokesperson confirmed the faction had received sufficient quantities of the drug to establish a new onionhead-trading operation: “We’re hugely grateful to all the... Read more
Community Goal: Emperor’s Dawn ‘Shadow’ Cells Discovered
Post Views: 864 When the Federal Navy destroyed the Emperor’s Dawn base in the Kausalya system in December, many believed the organisation had finally been defeated. The Federal offensive, which was supported by a large deputation from the Federal Navy Auxiliary, was swift and merciless, and resulted in the... Read more
Community Goal: Professor Ishmael Palin Issues Request for Meta-Alloys
Post Views: 1,021 A remarkable discovery was made last week when non-human structures were found on a number of planets in the Pleiades Nebula. These ‘barnacles’, as the galactic community has christened them, produce a material known as meta-alloys, the exact properties of which are not yet known. The... Read more
Galactic News: Sirius Corporation Reveals Results of Analysis
Post Views: 982 Following the recent discovery of the remains of the Antares, the Sirius Corporation has been subjecting the wreckage to extensive analysis in an attempt to determine exactly what happened to the luxury liner. In a press conference held this morning, a spokesperson for the organisation revealed... Read more