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Title: Six arrested in what authorities call "dangerous example of misguided tourism"
When: At first convenience
Where: Maia, Sanoar, HIP 26890, Dhaku and capitol systems

Authorities arrested six and questioned 11 more about what was called "a dangerous example" and a foolhardy stunt.
Two pilots and four dockworkers were arrested last week after authorities happened to scan a pair of Haulers in Sanoar, finding six people in a jury-rigged travel section in the Haulers cargo hold in escape pods. A further 11 individuals were found and the pilots were made to land at Nylund Horizons where they had planned to load up extra supplies for the long trek. Questioning revealed that the pilots had planned to take their passengers to see the recently found barnacles in the Pleiades nebula, promising a once in a lifetime trip to see actual alien lifeforms and souvenirs from the alleged site without much planning outside a long-distance emergency beacon.
The "tourists" were questioned, given a small fine and returned to their own sectors while the dockworkers have been fired by their employers and issued fines of a larger amount. The pilots were issued even larger fines of undisclosed amount and have been placed on a watch list for authorities near common routes leading to the Pleiades nebula.

Commander DrFetid


Did you mean "jerry-rigged"?

Jury-rigging only happens in Manitowoc county
 
Title: B.I.G. launch retaliatory attack vs Minutemen
Location(s): Rudjer Boskovic
Date: ASAP
Description:

On the 20th Jan 3302 a surprise covert attack was launched on Rudjer Boskovic system by commanders loyal to Felicia Winters despite the ongoing cease-fire agreement. In response B.I.G. Council has sent vast coalition military force to system L 190-21 which has offered shelter to the criminals responsible for the attack.

B.I.G. Ambassador said: “Attack is the best defence. Our guerilla resistance fighters will hit the enemy on multiple fronts including L 190-21. Operations will continue indefinitely or until such time when the Minutemen renounce the criminals within their ranks and initiate negotiations”

Cmdr MJC
 
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I am very pleased to announce that Black Birds have now their newspaper : VOX VERITAS. http://black-birds.com/category/vox-veritas/
A very curious story began near Munfayl (Our nest). I am sure it is not over. I do not know if it's possible to put the news below on glanet of Munfayl and crevit, but it would be great. There is no news on our Glanet to Munfayl since December!


Title: G.I.G. in mourning
Location(s): MYNFAYL / CREVIT
Date: ASAP
Description:
The Founder and President of Gidh Industrial Genetics, Carl Gidh, was shot down this morning upon his arrival in the office of the company in the system Crevit. Shot down at point-blank range by a medium-sized and hooded man, Carl Gidh, 63-year-old, is died instantly. " We did not understood at once what it took place, asserts an employee under the shock, I saw our President falling behind. There was some blood everywhere, it is horrible! "

Security services and help arrived almost immediately but were not able to make something to save the Founder of G.I.G. The suspect, taking advantage of the general confusion managed to run away. He is actively looked for to Crevit and in the neighbouring systems. At the moment, the spokeperson of Consilium to Munfayl abstained from any comment, asserting simply that Consilium could possibly participate in the researches if we are asked. The tension of Consilium with the government of Crevit being always of the coldest, there is not much chance that the request is officially formulated.

There is no privileged track at the moment. The G.I.G company having enough few political implications, taking care mainly of its lucrative activities: the selection and the genetic engineering of the animals of breeding. Carl Gidh, whose fortune is esteemed at more than 120 billions credits today, made a fortune in the 3250s by having finalizing an innovative genetic code used originally in the field of horse races. Almost galactic leader in the development of stallion for the races, the company then diversified in the field of the breeding managing to double capacities and life expectancies of the manipulated animals.

Carl Gidh was not married and does not have recognized children. The cremation will take place at the end of the autopsy, practised at the moment.



Artélus Aastein for Vox Veritas
CMDR Aymerix

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DATE: 31 JAN 3302

LOCATION: Shinrarta Dezhra, Nanomam, Rhea

TITLE: Stranded Pilot Rescued by Survey Team

DESCRIPTION:

A stranded pilot was rescued today after a Universal Cartographics survey team arrived in the unexplored star system, some 1000 ly from Sol. The captain of the SS Amundsen stated in a transmission sent back to inhabited space:

“We picked up a short-range distress signal from the third planet, a metal-rich world with close to 1g but an unbreathable atmosphere. The pilot is suffering from malnutrition and psychological trauma but is otherwise unharmed. We are treating him in our medbay and are confident of a full physical recovery. I can confirm that we still intend to complete our four week survey mission before returning with our data.”

Lindelani Mduduzi was stranded on the planet over three years ago when his craft’s frame shift drive was irreparably damaged after a close encounter with the system’s binary stars, apparently after having set out without filing a flight plan with any authorities. He commented:

“I took my eye off the ball and it cost me. I’m just glad I’ll be back in the Federation soon. Is Halsey still running the show?”

The Pilot’s Federation recommends that all explorers file a flight plan with the appropriate authorities before embarking on expeditions.


Cmdr Stateira Eleshenar
Sagittarius A* Messenger | Interstellar Press
 
Date: 30/01/3302

Title: The War for Corngari

Location: Mandhrithar and Corngari

Description:

Citizens of Mandhrithar and Corngari were awakened by the sounds of conflict, between the Independent Pilots Consortium and Corngari Autocracy. Many independent political reporters believe the incident was triggered when agitators from the Autocracy deliberately seized weapon shipments from IPC military convoys en route to the Mandhrithar System.

An official statement was made by IPC officials from their headquarters in Mandhrithar they said;
'Our fleet is a determined, professional strike force that will do whatever it takes to liberate Corngari from the oppressive dictatorship in current control and we will make sure that Corngari will become a prosperous system under the protection of the Independent Pilots Consortium.'

CMDR Starkiller|Mandhrithar Herald
 
Date: As soon as possible

Title: Humanitarian Disaster in Harma

Location: Galaxy wide, alternatively: Harma, Alioth, Achenar, Sol and the PowerPlay headquarters.

Description:

An unfortunate consequence of the Pegasi Pirate war is the humanitarian disaster. Since January 4th, the 27 million population of Harma have been cut off from outside supplies, meaning the only local food source is synthetic meats.

A thorough investigation of the local industries showed that in the last month the stocks in the Soylent Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of The White Templars, have soared in this time frame, due to their ability to manufacture and sell their range of "Soylent White" synthetic meats cheaper than their competitors.

Further investigations, into the black markets of Harma, including double checking and even spying on the factories, has revealed a quite frankly horrifying trade. Squeamish readers should turn away now. The White Templars have been buying marked slaves off of the black markets and using them in their production of Soylent White. Soylent White is people!

Read on for more.

Submitting commander: Vectron

Sources:
https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/04-JAN-3302
 
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Humanitarian Disaster in Harma - Soylent White is People

Date: As soon as possible

Title: Humanitarian Disaster in Harma - Soylent White is People

Location: Galaxy wide, alternatively: Harma, Alioth, Achenar, Sol and the PowerPlay headquarters.

Description:
We now know where Soylent White gets its name - marked slaves are the other, other white meat.

The White Templars, despite their moniker and claims, is a very recent invention. While we couldn't determine the actual founding, there is no mention of the group before 3,199. Further more we have stumbled across a multitude of rumours and unverified claims that The White Templars are responsible for the recent shutdown of all station services in Harma by flooding the stations with Unknown Artefacts.

The evidence is currently only circumstantial, but it does seem very likely that the White Templars are actually a caniballistic cult, using the Pegasi Pirate Wars as a cover to make money out of their horrific habits while perfecting their retch-inducing recipies.


Submitting commander: Vectron

Sources: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=101801&p=3507727&viewfull=1#post3507727
 
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DATE: ASAP

LOCATION: Main GalNet, if not then the Power HQs

TITLE: Rumours Sweep Pilot Hotspots

DESCRIPTION:

The recent appearance at Obsidian Orbital of an unknown craft, which scanned the station before departing at high speed have prompted a tide of discussion and rumour across inhabited space. At the Thargoid and Fer de Lance in Barnard’s Star, one veteran pilot gave a five hour oration to a mixed crowd of the bemused and confused:

“Thargoids! It’s Thargoids I tell ya! They never gave up after I escaped their clutches in 3249 and now they’re here for revenge…”

117.78 ly away at The Generator and Accelerator in Eotienses, local pilots have a different idea:

“Word has been going around that it’s the banned AIs coming back. Think about it – the Unknown Artefacts use Morse code. If they’re not from us they gotta be from something we created.”

Interstellar authorities have not yet commented on the incident at Obsidian Orbital, in what is widely interpreted to be an effort to maintain calm until further information can be obtained.


Cmdr Stateira Eleshenar
Zandu Science Journal | Interstellar Press

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SOURCES:

https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/56ab79989657ba031aaab151

https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDange...is_this_the_first_encounter_from_galnet_news/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ElitePatreus/comments/43iq12/escaped_ais_coming_back_to_confront_their/

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Author's Note: If rejected, I have an idea to rewrite this for local news in Eotienses, so I'd appreciate it if you'd let me know if I can do that. Thanks.
 
Date: As soon as possible

Title: Humanitarian Disaster in Harma - The Plot Sickens

Location: Galaxy wide, alternatively: Harma, Alioth, Achenar, Sol and the PowerPlay headquarters.

Description:
If you're still with us, I can only apologize and hope you weren't in a zero G environment when you vomited.

In the two week leadup to the station services shutdown in Harma, traffic reports and market data suggests that a large amount of small ships were bringing goods from Webber Gateway in Noti. Incidentally this is when Noti started offering Master Chefs for sale. Curiously all of the shipping manifestos from the Noti shipments have disappeared, but one dock worker did say that while bribes are standard in Harma, they were quite significant during this brief period.

Shortly before ominously disappearing, one of our investigators did report to us that the Soylent factory on Gabriel Enterprise seemed to have a large group of single minded workers, who seemed entirely focussed on making synthetic meat.

More to follow.

Submitting commander: Vectron

Sources: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=101801&p=3507782&viewfull=1#post3507782
 
Say what you like about the Soylent Corporation, but their lasagne is really delicious. They're really nutritious as well. After I've eaten a Soylent microwave lasagne I've got the energy to jump fences in a single bound.
 
This article was submitted with the blessing of The White Templars.


Date: For publication should the ‘Humanitarian Disaster in Harma’ articles be published. If that series is not published, this article should obviously not be published either.


Locations: Wherever the ‘Humanitarian Disaster in Harma’ articles are published (or not published).


Title: GalNet Article Writer Served with Defamation Suit


Description:
“Many of us were disgusted by the ‘Humanitarian Disaster in Harma’ series,” said Frank Lee, Interstellar Attorney at Law. “Not because we believed it, but because this amateurish pulp fiction was so beyond the pale.”


“My clients, The White Templars, are not involved in the production of any goods, let alone dainties for cannibals. This ‘Soylent White’ simply does not exist.”


“Moreover, publicly available trade data easily demonstrates both Maybury City and Celebi City are capable of importing foodstuffs in sufficient quantities to sustain Harma’s inhabitants. Any consumption of marked slaves is more likely a recreational pursuit for the bloodthirsty Kumo Crew than a dietary necessity.”


“Clearly, the ‘double checking’ claimed in the report was as fictional as ‘Soylent White’. My clients, The White Templars, have elected to sue the author of this libelous series for damages associated with the defamation of their character. We will see him in court.”


Submitting Commander:
Corrigendum


Useful References:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=168748
https://eddb.io/station/9946
https://eddb.io/station/9947
https://eddb.io/station/42070
http://inara.cz/market/13785/8300
http://inara.cz/market/13785/10463
http://inara.cz/market/13785/42375
 
DATE: February 2, 3302

LOCATION: Main GalNet, or Nanomam and Eotienses.

TITLE: Pirating Becomes a Plague

DESCRIPTION: Pirating has increased drastically within Federation space the last few weeks. The infamous Kumo Crew, led by Archon Delaine, have been indiscriminately marauding their way across the galaxy, heavy reports from both Federation and Imperial space. Many transports have been indirected and told to either surrender their goods or pay a toll. Failure to do so results in ship destruction, though many transports have been able to escape or destroy the attackers. Federation authorities have been somehow unable to catch the pirates slipping through their security net, thus mercenaries and escorts have been making a large sum of credits from escorting desperate traders who can't go to the police for help. Many news outlets have sent to Archon Delaine asking why this sudden surge of more piracy came to be, many believe it is because he is frustrated with being in turmoil and not a main power. So far all queries have gone unanswered. The Federal Security Agency also refuses to comment on the situation, simply saying, "We're doing everything we can".

Cmdr Logifanogi
 
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Date: 31 Jan 3302 22:24
Title: Lembava Leadership launch Client Relationship outreach under new SiriusGov Board
Description:

SiriusGov launch Client Relationship outreach under new Board

Goldstein Port, Lembava 31 Jan 3302

Today the Harriers Board of Directors officially announced recent changes in membership within the board as well as officially merging with Sirius Corporation's subsidiary, SiriusGov. With this merger the board and its supporters will be collectively referred to as SiriusGov.

Along with the announcement it was revealed that a conference was held between leading members of the Federal Congress including representatives from both President Hudson and Shadow President Felicia Winters parties. During their interviews with the press the SiriusGov board of directors spoke confidently about the future of their neutrality moving forward.

Commander Arsen Cross, one of the Directors, was quoted stating:
“During our meeting with the Federal Congress we sought, and received, feedback on where we can improve our relationship with the Federation, whilst maintaining complete neutrality, and we have confidence that moving forward this should no longer be an issue.”

The board outlined several areas in which improvement will be emphasized, including but not limited to:

  • Limiting SCRAP services to include only Expansion systems unwanted by officially recognized leadership within each power.
  • Working to identify and minimize the impact of individuals who would subvert the neutrality of SiriusGov and her charges, including removal of these individuals where applicable.
  • Improving public communications by responding to political situations publicly as the need arises.
  • Providing information and resources to SiriusGov contractors necessary to empower them to increase the wealth of both businesses and individuals within Sirius protected space regardless of class or political alignment.
  • The establishment of policies and procedures to ensure that SiriusGov leadership is fully capable of evolving with the political landscape as leaders step into and out of power within the corporation.

The board of directors is expected to release more details on these changes in the coming weeks but was quick to emphasize their mission:

“As members of the Board of Directors within SiriusGov it is our sole duty to work to maintain the neutrality of the business to protect the interests of our clients, civilians and staff. We pledge to provide common sense leadership and provide our pilots with the tools and information they need to protect and profit from territories within our jurisdiction.”

The Board will now seek similar client relationship meetings with all other major clients in the Empire, Alliance and Independent space.

Commander Arsen Cross
 
DATE: February 2, 3302

LOCATION: Main GalNet, or Nanomam and Eotienses.

TITLE: Pirating Becomes a Plague

DESCRIPTION: Pirating has increased drastically within Federation space the last few weeks. The infamous Kumo Crew, led by Archon Delaine, have been indiscriminately marauding their way across the galaxy, heavy reports from both Federation and Imperial space. Many transports have been indirected and told to either surrender their goods or pay a toll. Failure to do so results in ship destruction, though many transports have been able to escape or destroy the attackers. Federation authorities have been somehow unable to catch the pirates slipping through their security net, thus mercenaries and escorts have been making a large sum of credits from escorting desperate traders who can't go to the police for help. Many news outlets have sent to Archon Delaine asking why this sudden surge of more piracy came to be, many believe it is because he is frustrated with being in turmoil and not a main power. So far all queries have gone unanswered. The Federal Security Agency also refuses to comment on the situation, simply saying, "We're doing everything we can".

Cmdr Logifanogi

Nice, but this isn't true. The Kumo have been stuck in their own area fortifying for the last two weeks.
 
Title: Dr Arcanonn Suggests Link Between UAs and Mystery Ship
Location: Global
Time: Whenever
Description:

"I have examined the incident reported by Chloe Anders at Obsidian Orbital and have a theory regarding the origin of the unidentified DBX.

It moved unusually fast, had a strange designation ('S6:7') and didn't respond to a standard hail. In short: it looked like a normal DBX, but did not behave normally.

I suggest it wasn't a normal DBX at all, and that it shares its origin with the Unknown Artefacts.

Professor Palin recently showed that UAs can self-repair by using the fabric of our ships and stations. This was after we showed UAs recording and broadcasting detailed schematics of nearby human ships.

It's not hard to see how the two technologies could be combined to produce copies of our ships that are, in fact, something else entirely.

I urge anyone who comes into contact with one of these ships to scan, observe and follow if possible.  If they are of non-human origin, we just need more data to prove it."

CMDR Lord Zoltan
 
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Player commanders or Kumo Crew Watch NPC's? If it is the NPC's then that is part of the game. Anyway, best not derail the thread etc.
 
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