Galactic News: Cryptic Messages Found in Local Bulletins
Post Views: 973 A number of pilots have reported cryptic finding messages in starports’ news feeds. The origin of the messages is not clear, but they share certain characteristics, including references to apparent criminal activity, and in some cases coordinates. Often the messages are partially corrupted, suggesting they were... Read more
Galactic News: Professor Ishmael Palin Announces Breakthrough
Post Views: 1,093 Professor Ishmael Palin has announced that his request for meta-alloys has been enthusiastically received by the galactic community, resulting in a massive influx of deliveries to his research base at Obsidian Orbital. In a statement, the Professor expressed his satisfaction at the response, and also shared... Read more
Community Goal: The Search for Starship One
Post Views: 1,305 In May 3301, the personal vessel of the Federal president, Starship One, disappeared en route to the Azaleach system. An investigation was promptly launched, but the fate of the vessel and her crew, which included then-president Jasmina Halsey, could not be conclusively determined. In a statement... Read more
Community Goal: Campaign to Develop i Sola Prospect
Post Views: 1,085 The Imperial Inquisition is known for regularly organising competitive combat events, ranging from small-scale skirmishes to the popular ‘Hunter Games’, an intense 20-person gladiatorial competition. As one might expect, members of the organisation make frequent use of outfitting services, but they are constrained by the fact... Read more
Freelance Report: Pilot Breaks Eight-Hour Sagittarius A* Barrier
Post Views: 1,030 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: 1,056 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: 1,459 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: 1,169 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: 1,646 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: 972 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