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This is my first submission! Be gentle :D

Location: Galnet

Date: No rush

Title: Freemasonry in the year 3302

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Construction workers at the newly renovated London Barbican Center recently uncovered historical texts referencing a millennia old shadow organization.

The official name of the group has been lost to the ages, however several historians cite the organization being known as the Illuminati. This group allegedly attempted to guide humanity towards their own agenda, whether that be sinister or benevolent has been widely debated.

However, this brings up the question of such an organizations relevance in today’s day and age. Could Freemasonry and thus the Illuminati still exist almost 1,000 years after their last reported absence, spreading their influence to thousands of human worlds? Could the events we are seeing today; the abduction of Palin, the destruction of Federal Naval Capital Ships, and even the black-hand organization known as Emperor’s Dawn - be the work of a shadow organization that’s existed since humanity’s original dark ages? Could they once again be guiding humanity solely in an effort to reach their own goals?

Time will tell. Or will it?

CMDR TheDayman

Independent Reporter | Oddity Magazine
 
Location:Galnet
Date:after the next cycle update 17th March
Title:The White Templar's withdrawing from the Pegasi sector

Observers have seen the White Templar battle fleet jumping out of the Pegasi sector! Rumors that they have done a deal with the Kumo abound, however just days before a coded transmission was intercepted this was sent from deep space to the Templar enclave at Baal.
This transmission could only have come from one of the Templar explorers on the Distant Worlds expedition, all I can find out is that the code used is the Grand Master Templar personal cipher. My sources within the enclave have gone very quiet to the point of avoiding contact.
Is this a coincidence, the Templar battle fleet jumping away from the Kumo battles, at the same time as this mysterious transmission? I for one cannot answer that, only the Grand Master and the Master Templar's seem to know what is happening and they are being very quiet.
What is so important that this message can cause such action!

Commander Pierre916
Capitol Herald | Interstellar Press
 
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DANG IT, IAN!!

You keep killing them off before I can get the information I need!

Submission - Bounty Placed on Imperial Patron - 6 MAR 3302

Publication - Galactic News: End of the Road for Damon Clarke - 16 MAR 3302



If you kill Halsey, I'm gonna be so... so... angry!

Submission - On the Trail of Unsolved Mysteries - 27 FEB 3302

Publication - Galactic News: Could Jasmina Halsey be Reinstated? - 16 MAR 3302




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Haha, sorry - we're not doing it to antagonise you, honest!

I know why you're doing it, you, you Black-clad Men, you!!

And keep that flashy-thing away! And no, I'll not be taking that "swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus" nonsense...

I'll get to the bottom of this! And I'm pretty sure it's not kosher to kill off a player in GalNet! ...pretty sure?

[video=youtube;wqlFiTOi6QQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqlFiTOi6QQ[/video]
 
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DATE: For Immediate Publication


LOCATION: GalNet, or Prism, Achenar, Sol


TITLE: Who Abducted Palin, and Why?


DESCRIPTION:
Capitalizing on the hubbub surrounding the harrowing tale of Professor Ishmael Palin’s abduction, Alex Snoori, host of the interstellar talk show “Beyond Top Secret,” shared the following thoughts with his listeners.


“Wake up Sheeple! It’s not that hard to find Palin’s abductors! Let me give you closet gumshoes a clue: What kind of ship is capable of pulling a large transport vessel, like Palin’s, into its belly? Anyone? A BLASTED big one, that’s what kind of ship! We’re talking Farragut or Majestic size!”


“Can we account for every Farragut and Majestic between February 7th and February 9th? Not many of those ships exist. Let me give the owners and operators of such ships some incentive: Here’s your opportunity to prove your political opponents are dirty, and all you have to do is prove you’re clean.”


“Let’s find these black-clad men, these… men in black, and ask them some hard questions!”


SUBMITTING COMMANDER:
Corrigendum


INSPIRATIONAL MATERIAL:
28 MAY 3301 - The Truth is Out There - https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/8b77b16c574e3d023419b49c2a0a662d6bcc7cea
13 JAN 3302 - The Truth is STILL Out There - http://i.imgur.com/0uH6Q6r.png
07 FEB 3302 - Ishmael Palin to Depart for Maia b1ba - https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/56b49d799657ba3b18c00374
09 FEB - 3302 - Professor Ishmael Palin Missing - https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/56ba22b59657baf430b4c9d4
14 MAR 3302 - Ishmael Palin Describes Kidnapping - https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/56e6ab6e9657badd62b3d3c5
 
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DESCRIPTION:
Capitalizing on the hubbub surrounding the harrowing tale of Professor Ishmael Palin’s abduction, Alex Snoori, host of the interstellar talk show “Beyond Top Secret,” shared the following thoughts with his listeners.


“Wake up Sheeple! It’s not that hard to find Palin’s abductors! Let me give you closet gumshoes a clue: What kind of ship is capable of pulling a large transport vessel, like Palin’s, into its belly? Anyone? A BLASTED big one, that’s what kind of ship! We’re talking Farragut or Majestic size!”


“Can we account for every Farragut and Magestic between February 7th and February 9th? Not many of those ships exist. Let me give the owners and operators of such ships some incentive: Here’s your opportunity to prove your political opponents are dirty, and all you have to do is prove you’re clean.”


“Let’s find these black-clad men, these… men in black, and ask them some hard questions!”

Your title is wrong, it should read:

Tin Foil Sales Hit All Time High ;)

Great story though!
 
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Not sure if I should submit this one now, or wait for any more instances of this occurring.

DATE: For immediate publication

LOCATION: Galnet; or Sol, Achenar, Alioth; Or wherever Fdev feels appropriate

TITLE: Independent Investigation into “ghost” stations begins.

DESCRIPTION: Following reports of partially destroyed Coriolis star ports first appearing in the LHS 3447 and Varati systems at the source of distress signals an independent investigation has begun. Investigators describe the station as consisting of only 5 panel sections including the main docking bay entrance, but intangible and un-scannable, with most internal and external lights remaining active. Additionally all visual station identifiers including the numerical station identifier have been stripped off the hull.

Investigator J.E. Hardy had this to say: “While no physical evidence of station destruction has been directly found the visual scans we’ve processed bear none of the hallmarks of being faked. Between some of the visual distortions and the physical intangibility of the station itself I’d hazard a guess that the sections of station that are partially phased into hyperspace.”

Submitting commander: Tyrit Shadowstalker

Supporting documentation:
Varati:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=238124
LHS 3447:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=237415
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=237454
 
Title: Massive effort for meta alloys to Ackerman Market
Location: Galnet
Time: ASAP
Description:
Thanks to Lea Tantaga at Obsidian Orbital, we now know not only that meta alloys reverse the effects of the technological plague, but also how this reversal occurs.
One key station that has been affected is Ackerman Market in Eravate. Before it was shut down it was a popular rest stop for commanders starting their careers in space. Just a few days ago its commodities market reopened, with huge demand reported for meta alloys.
Seizing on this, an alliance has been formed, comprising commanders Kermit Laphroaig, ThatDamnRanga, Ollobrains, Zenith Ddraiglas and many others, which is hoping to saturate the market at Ackerman with meta alloys so it can be restored to working order.
A joint statement reads:
“Everyone wants Ackerman back online, so we’re putting aside our differences to make it happen. We hope commanders of all allegiances will join us in this collaboration, which starts immediately and runs until the station is operational again.”

Commander Lord Zoltan

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Neither I nor the Canonn are running this operation - it is a genuine collaboration between groups - some of whom are formally 'enemies' :).
I was approached to write the Galnet to get the word out. I'm sure there'll be a few Canonn CMDRs taking part in this, of course :)

Edit: Have a nice holiday too Ian - if that's what it is :)
 
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This has been published in Prism, Achenar and Sol.

Thank you, Ian!

I have a small request on this article. Is it possible to remove it from Prism? Including it was an oversight on my part.

I just wanted to let you all know that I won't be in the office tomorrow or on Monday, so I'll review your submissions on Tuesday.

Should I forgo submitting the weekly PowerPlay report, or are there other members of the GalNet team who would handle that?
 
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