Freelance Report: Searching for Jaques
Distant Worlds Expeditiongalactic Newsjaques station 17 June 2016
It is almost a month since Jaques departed from Gliese 1269 to Beagle Point in his specially modified Orbis Starport. Pilots from the Distant Worlds Expedition and the FGE exploration wings have been eagerly awaiting Jaques’s arrival. Jaques’s travel time was originally predicted to be about one week, but... Read more
Galactic News: EG Pilots Triumph in Second Wildcard Event
galactic Newspilots achievements 16 June 2016
The second heat of the Dangerous Games Wildcard competition is over. For this event, pilots were asked to deploy their hardpoints and gather bounties for their chosen faction in the Bjorti system. The group that accumulated the most bounty vouchers during the week-long event would be declared the winner.... Read more
A spokesperson for the Crom Silver Boys, a notorious crime syndicate, has released a statement confirming that its appeal for narcotics was eagerly received by the galactic community. Given the illicit nature of the operation, the exact number of participants is not known. But reports from the Herthe system... Read more
Jaques Station hit the headlines two weeks ago when it was reported that the galaxy’s most famous travelling starport had disappeared. Jaques, the starport’s owner and operator, had announced plans to jump from Gliese 1269 to Beagle Point. But when contact with the starport was lost, many feared the... Read more
Galactic News: Order Restored to Mehet
galactic News 9 June 2016
Mehet Ltd has announced that its campaign to clear the Mehet system of agitators has been a success. Hundreds of pilots responded to the appeal, taking to their ships to eliminate the criminals operating in the system. Following the success of the operation, Mehet Ltd released a brief statement... Read more
Last week saw the start of a three-week campaign to determine which of the galaxy’s minor factions would earn a place in the forthcoming Dangerous Games. The victor of the so-called ‘Wildcard’ competition will go on to vie for the right to be recognised as an official power. The... Read more
A flight recording has surfaced revealing the destruction of a Fuel Rat rescue vessel. Two Fuel Rat pilots responded to an emergency call and refuelled an apparently stranded Python. One Fuel Rat jumped out of the system, but the Python pilot made his move before the second could follow.... Read more
Cynthia Sideris, chair of Universal Cartographics, made a brief comment outside UC headquarters this morning on Jasmina Halsey’s ostensibly unsuccessful search for the “architects of creation”: “Whether or not President Halsey’s ‘architects’ exist is open to question, but chances are that some form of non-human sentience exists in our... Read more
Galactic News: No Sign of Jaques Station
Distant Worlds Expeditiongalactic Newsjaques station 26 May 2016
Two weeks ago it was announced that Jaques Station, the galaxy’s most famous travelling starport, would make an incredible long-distance jump from Gliese 1269 to Beagle Point. The proposed expedition received enthusiastic support from the galactic community, which contributed thousands of tonnes of fuel to the ambitious campaign. But... Read more
Galactic News: Alliance Outpost Established in HIP 19072
edmund Mahongalactic Newssciences 26 May 2016
Last month, the Alliance launched an initiative to establish a new outpost on the fringes of inhabited space. The campaign received the support of hundreds of Alliance-aligned pilots who, along with other members of the galactic community, delivered essential materials and components to the Alliance base at Noti Dock.... Read more
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