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Title: EAST INDIA COMPANY CRUSHES ATTEMPTED COUP IN LP 771-72
Location: Kappa Fornacis and LP 771-72
Time:ASAP

The recent armed coup in LP 771-72 has failed, Galnet sources report. The system was pushed into conflict this week as the Aristocrats of LP 771-72 attempted to overthrow the democratically elected East India Company. Skirmishes were reported in the rings of gas giant LP 771-72 5, resulting in the deployment of the Imperial Majestic Class interdictor INV Duval.

Speaking at a press conference at Levchenko Installation, an EIC spokesman said: "This attempted coup comes after EIC graciously supported the Aristocrats in two earlier conflicts with lesser factions. In spite of economic reforms which have seen convoys of EIC registered merchants bringing trade and wealth across the system, the Aristocrats have shown their only concern is thirst for power. This is something EIC representatives - and the people - cannot tolerate."

Following protests at Scheutz Enterprise, the formerly Aristocrat-administered settlement has since changed hands, coming under East India Company control. "Our governance of LP 771-72 has had the full support of Emperor Lavigny-Duval and the people of LP 771-72 since 3301. The end of this conflict brings with it the guarantee of future economic prosperity and security for our citizens."
 
Title: EIC SUPPORTS CONSTRUCTION OF LHS 3447 STATION IN GOODWILL GESTURE
Location: LHS 3447, Kappa Fornacis, or Global.
Date: ASAP

Early reports indicate two pilots of the Empire-aligned East India Company rank in the top ten contributors in the recent LHS 3447 station building effort. CMDRs Truder and Vintovka Dragunova each collected over 100,000 tonnes of metal for the project to fund construction of a new home for rookie CMDRs.

LHS 3447, a Federation system, is popular with newly licensed pilots. In the appeal for metals by LHS 3447 Dynamics & Co., over 27 million tonnes were collected by Pilots Federation members.

CMDR Vintovka Dragunova said in a statement: "EIC's fleet of Cutter heavy freighters have been deeply involved in this initiative, delivering over a quarter of a million tonnes.”

One Federation source called the contribution “an obvious Imperial publicity stunt and an inappropriate show of military force in the heart of the Federation".

CMDR Truder responded saying: “This exercise was a peaceful promotion of good will to rookie pilots. However, it’s clear the Federal strategy is to exploit the location of LHS 3447 to pressure new pilots into aligning with Federal interests. The East India Company believes this shouldn’t happen. Instead, we wish to show rookies that they have the choice to do business freely throughout the galaxy.
 
Duly noted Ian.


Based this one entirely around how I sat around waiting about 4 hours for a set of biomorphic companions to be available for sale. I actually double checked that the station hadn't been flipped and the sales made illegal because it just seemed odd.. either way the bgs finally decided I'd sat around long enough and I got a full allotment of them.


DATE: No particular rush

LOCATION: Galnet preferably, Sol Achenar Alioth Xihe, or just Xihe

TITLE: Don’t feed them after midnight.

DESCRIPTION: Due to a bug discovered in the encoding process of Xihe Biomorphic Companions production and sale was temporarily halted today until a patch could be developed. It is suspected that the flaw has been present from early November 3301.

Representatives of Zhen Dock had this to say: “When interacted with in a way that a child would at, for example a make believe tea party between the time period of 0000 and 0500 GST the biomorphic companion will tend to go into an enraged state after being fed “tea”, “biscuits” or other make believe food item and will begin to act aggressively towards other non biomorphic toys until deactivated, and it has been found that this state remains through a factory reset of the device. While ultimately harmless this could be considered traumatic to developing children. We’re currently working on a fix and the patch will be distributed securely to registered purchases. Until such time as we release a hotfix it is suggested that parents deactivate the companion and store it in a closet after each day of play.”

Listed below is the range of serials believed to be affected with this issue:

FR-b13-990555659 though FR-b13-1001454223

Submitting commander: Tyrit Shadowstalker
 
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Title : Rogue Pirate Farragut Battle Cruiser attacks Vanguard
Date: March 12th
Location: Fuelum

Description: The Federation Capital Ship Vanguard was in distress and attacked by a Farragut class ship marked as Pirate in Fuelum. Players protected the Vanguard and drove the pirates out of Fuelum, saving the crew of The Vanguard in the process.

Commanders from Iridium Wing were passing through Fuelum on March 12th, upon entering the system they dropped to a distress call to assist. What unfolded in front of their eyes, none of them expected. The Federal Capital Ship Vanguard appeared on their radars and as they turned to face the Battle Cruiser they realized, it was not there to assist another vessel, it was in fact in distress itself. A large portion of the Vanguards frame shift drives appeared to be offline, this much was evident from the plumes of smoke bellowing from the ship.The Fuel Rats immediately raised the alert through all its means of communication with the galaxy at large.


But before anyone had time to respond to the capital ships distress call a secondary capital ship dropped in. It was a Farragut Class Battle Cruiser. The members of the Iridium Wing breathed a sigh of relief as they thought the distress call had been answered. The Vanguard would be saved and the situation was almost at a close. However what they were about to discover would shock them to their very core. CMDR Anna2103 from Iridium Wing began a scan of the second capital ship. The result came back and she was awe struck by what she saw. The Farragut Battle Cruiser was marked as a pirate. It was not affiliated with any group or other organisation. It began an assault on The Vanguard and Iridium wing responded with force. Firing upon the pirate capital ship they called for support from all sources across the galaxy, not wanting to see the women and men of The Vanguard die at the hands of pirates.


Continued fire upon the pirate Farragut from iridium Wing, The Fuel Rats and other assorted Commanders eventually took some of its systems offline and the ship jumped out of the Fuelum System. Many questions remain unanswered in the wake of this incident. How was The Vanguard so heavily battle damaged to the point of needing to make a distress call? Why are pirates in possession of Farragut Battle Cruiser? How will the Federation react to one of its capital ships being set upon by a Farragut pirate capital ship, even if it was not under their control at the time? But arguably most importantly, where have the pirates taken the Farragut Battle Cruiser now, and what else do they plan to do with it. Only one thing is for certain now, The Federation has some serious explaining to do as to how they lost a capital ship to pirates.


DerryBear
The Fuel Rats
 
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Jane Turner

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Title: Valentina Tereshkova commenting on the Recent Attempt by Hudson to overthrow an elected independent government
Location: Manite, Mikunn, Nagii , LTT 4961 or Global.
Date: ASAP



In January, after two thwarted invasions by the Federation, the people of Chireni elected a communist government, hoping that this would end attempts by capitalist forces to exploit the workers in Chireni and surrounding systems. Last week Zachary Hudson tried once again to force his brand of “Slavery” of the free peoples of Chireni.

This brazen attempt at subjugating a population which has already overwhelmingly shown their opposition was beaten back in a week long campaign spearheaded by Communism Interstellar and supported by a coalition of fiercely independent groups, including some who wish to remain anonymous. We acknowledge the weighty contributions of The Mercs of Mikunn, The Null and our distantly located Comrades ICU who were instrumental in this success.

We are now aware of a need for more pragmatic tolerance of ideological differences and a focus on that which brings us together, namely mutual defence from common enemies.
 
Title: Pilots Federation Backs Hostile Takeover

Date: 14th March 3302

Location: Galnet Wide

The independent Pilots Federation yesterday threw its weight behind independent Commanders in support of the Gilya Law Party's attempts to unseat Gilya Vision Organisation from system control and restore a lost rare trade commodity, Gilya Signature Weapons, to the commodities market. A spokesman for the Pilots Federation declared that "rare trade commodities are an essential ingredient to our galactic economy and when minor factions prohibit production for purely political reasons, this harms trade."

The spokesman when asked why the issue is of such concern as to warrant direct intervention declared, "our membership forms the bedrock of galactic commerce and without their tireless devotion to trade, whole sectors can suffer detriment. So why should politicians decide what products may or may not be produced, if it impacts on our members financial wellbeing. Our newer members rely on rare trade commodities to invest in better ships and equipment and prohibiting production because of politics is something we oppose. This is why we intend to take action in a number of systems to restore rare trade commodities to the commodities markets.

Independent Commanders are urged to head to Gilya in support of the Gilya Law Party and enable Gilya Signature Weapons to be produced once more.
 
Date: ASAP

Location: Galnet

Title: Eating Your Words

Description (Gordon Ramsey ranting version):

Controversial mega chef Oliver Gordon was humiliated yesterday after losing his battle over the PanGalactic trademark, and must now close his restaurant due to spiraling legal costs.

The case had been raised after Pan Galactic Mining Corp issued a writ demanding he change the name of his restaurant and pay substantial damages for infringing intellectual property.

A corporation spokesman released the following statement:

"Pan Galactic Mining Corp rigorously defends its brand, and are disappointed Chef Gordon did not accept our offer to become Pan Galactic Mining Corps preferred catering partner with a new restaurant name as part of our company portfolio."

With his characteristically short temper, Gordon gave this colourful response:

"If Pan Galactic think I'm working for them making ████ sandwiches for ████ seminars in some ████ ████ system they can ███ a HIP Proto-Squid. I am the galaxies greatest artisan chef and I will not degrade my art for anyone."

CMDR Matzov & CMDR Gan

Zaonce Market Circular | Interstellar Press


Description ('Clean' version)

Controversial mega chef Oliver Gordon was humiliated yesterday after losing his battle over the PanGalactic trademark, and must now close his restaurant due to spiraling legal costs.

The case had been raised after Pan Galactic Mining Corp issued a writ demanding he change the name of his restaurant and pay substantial damages for infringing intellectual property.

A corporation spokesman released the following statement:

"Pan Galactic Mining Corp rigorously defends its brand, and are disappointed Chef Gordon did not accept our offer to become Pan Galactic Mining Corps preferred catering partner with a new restaurant name as part of our company portfolio."

With his characteristically short temper, Gordon gave this colourful response:

"I am the galaxies greatest artisan chef and I will not degrade my art for anyone. I'd rather eat a printed hotdog live on Galnet than work for Pan Galactic making sandwiches for business seminars like a lackey."

CMDR Matzov & CMDR Gan

Zaonce Market Circular | Interstellar Press
 
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Date : 14th March 3302

Location: LP 838-16 / Galnet

Title: Spaceliner destroyed in mysterious circumstance, over 300 feared dead.

Mystery surrounds the loss of the spaceliner 'Aurora' last night in the LP 838-16 system. Rescue teams responded immediately to a distress call but only found wreckage of the ship. So far there has been no sign of any survivors despite an extensive search.

The Aurora was one of the newest ships in the Ocelot Spaceways fleet and was part of the first batch of Imperial Cutters delivered by Gutamaya. earlier this year. It was travelling on a routine tourist flight from Baiawa to Flech


Captain Riess , leading the search teams, expressed his dismay at the lack of survivors.


"There were over 300 people on board that thing. You can't tell me that none of them made it off the ship before it blew."


He later confirmed that Rescue Services had already recovered the black boxes

CMDR Mark 'Insane ' Photon

Shinrata News Network
 
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Title: Canonn scientist observes 'firefly fandango'
Location: Galnet please
Time: Whenever
Description:

Verity Gavroche, official Canonn reporter, interviews Dr Arcanonn about an exciting discovery about the unknown artefacts and barnacles:

"Over the weekend I was contacted by CMDR Engalo, saying he'd observed an interaction between the UAs and barnacle 'flowers', the source of the meta-alloys."

"Both of these have features we've nicknamed 'fireflies': bright specks of light that appear to move on their own over great distances, relative to their size."

"Well, Engalo has observed that the fireflies from both appear to have an affinity for each other. If you place a UA near a barnacle, their two sets of fireflies start flying around together, until the UA is removed."

"This is the first visual clue as to how or why meta-alloys might stop the damage caused by UAs - and I can't thank CMDR Engalo enough for bringing it to my attention."

"And with the new lab the community is helping us build right now, we'll be hoping to observe this behaviour closely under controlled conditions."

CMDR Lord Zoltan
 
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Date: [size=+1]ASAP[/size] sorry about the short notice; the race schedule was only confirmed yesterday
Location: [size=+1]Global Galnet[/size] or NLTT 57216, CD-37 641 and Ross 720
Title: [size=+1]Midweek Buckyball Madness[/size]
Description:
With less than a week until the start of the Spring Break race, the Buckyball Racing Club is running another short "Midweek Madness" event to get racers warmed up for the main event.

Buckey Ball Raleigh is a fuel-restricted race from Buckey Ring in NLTT 57216 via Ball Dock in CD-37 641 to Raleigh Orbital in Ross 720 and is open to all. Visit the official Community Events forum for more details and to submit an entry. But hurry, Midweek Madness events only last for three days.

The race runs from 15th to 17th March.
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CMDR furrycat
 
DATE: For Immediate Publication


LOCATION: GalNet, or Prism, Achenar, Sol


TITLE: Game of Shadows


DESCRIPTION:
Various media outlets throughout inhabited space received an anonymous communiqué this morning.


“The galactic community is in peril,” the message began. “They just don’t know it yet.”


The transmission expounded that coverups surrounding Antares, Starship One, corruption in Core Dynamics, the Emperor’s Dawn insurgency, and setbacks in AOE research are all linked. It also asserts that the deaths of VP Nigel Smeaton, Sean Richards, Arnold Lowe, Susan Monroe, Elaine Boyd, Emperor Hengist Duval, and the disappearances of former president Jasmina Halsey and professor Ishmael Palin are similarly connected.


The transmission concludes, “Many who have tried to connect these seemingly disparate events have been silenced, along with their sources. Thus the need for me to remain anonymous. As yet, only pawns have been revealed in this shadowy game. We must discover the king, and soon.”


Federal and Imperial governments declined to comment on the transmission, dismissing it as a conspiracy theory.


SUBMITTING COMMANDER:
Corrigendum


INSPIRATIONAL MATERIAL:
Pretty much all of Frontier’s GalNet contributions during the past year… It’s a pretty big list...

Here's a quick post on one of the pawns:
https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/4adgpv/ishmael_palin_describes_kidnapping/d0zv8w7
 
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