Galactic News: Federal Capital Ship Destroyed by Thargoids
Over the past few months, several reports have surfaced of Federal convoys coming under fire in the Maia system. While circumstantial evidence strongly suggested Thargoid involvement, the Federation declined to comment, saying only that the matter was “under investigation”. But fresh reports indicate that another attack, resulting in the... Read more
Galactic News: Federal Blockade Ends
In October last year, the Federation was criticised for positioning a Farragut-class Battlecruiser above Maia A 3 a, not far from the personal research base of Professor Ishmael Palin. The deployment, which came only days after Professor Palin announced a breakthrough in his research into meta-alloys, was widely interpreted... Read more
Galactic News: The Thargoid Situation
Although the first hints of the Thargoid presence began with the discovery of Unknown Artefacts in 3301, the current chapter in the Thargoid story started last year with the discovery of alien shipwrecks in the Pleiades Nebula. A few months later, in January 3303, the first interdiction from a... Read more
Galactic News: Federal Security Chief Liaising with Aegis
Reports have surfaced that Admiral Aden Tanner, Chief of Federal Security and so-called ‘alien tsar’, is now liaising with Aegis, the inter-superpower initiative established to investigate the Thargoids. News of Admiral Tanner’s involvement has already prompted speculation that the cold war between the Empire and the Federation could be... Read more
Galactic News: Alliance Campaign Concludes
The Alliance has announced that its new research initiative has been enthusiastically received by the galactic community. Huge quantities of resources were delivered to Neville Horizons over the past week, allowing the Alliance to start constructing a range of instruments expressly designed to analyse Thargoid material. The campaign also... Read more
Galactic News: Alliance Defends Research Initiative
The Alliance has been criticised for its recent appeal for Thargoid data, which began only days after a joint-superpower initiative was established to study the Thargoids. A number of independent factions, including the Federal Republican Command, have censured the Alliance for its apparently contradictory stance. A spokesperson for the... Read more
Community Goal: Alliance Research Initiative
The Alliance has launched a new research initiative designed to enhance human understanding of the Thargoids. The primary aim of the initiative is to build a range of state-of-the-art instruments expressly designed to analyse Thargoid material. To this end, the Alliance has placed an open order for unknown ship... Read more
Galactic News: Joint Superpower Initiative Announced
In recent weeks, a number of programmes have been launched to gather further information about the Thargoids. While the Federation has established an outpost in HIP 17692 to monitor Thargoid activity, independent organisation Abroin Universal PLC recently completed a campaign to amass material for a research centre in the... Read more
Community Goal: Pleiades Research Outpost
The recent revelation that the Thargoids have returned to human space has sent shockwaves through the galaxy. Some, such as Federal President Zachary Hudson, have reacted defensively, promising to protect humanity from what they believe is an aggressive alien race. More moderate voices have underscored the need for further... Read more
Galactic News: New Research Centre at Thargoid Site
As the number of newly discovered Thargoid structures continues to grow, reports from the Pleiades Sector IR-W D1-55 indicate that the Oracle, an Ocellus starport, has relocated to the system in order to study the region’s Thargoid structure. Governor Ahmed, the starport’s principal administrator, released the following statement: “The... Read more