News Player events and news items

[fw190a8]

Hi all,

Great to see Galnet responding to player based stories. Just wanted to add that unofficial Galnet on YouTube has been covering player stuff for a while now as well as official storyline items and we intend to do so, so we might cherry pick a few of these whether they're on the official feed or not. We'll credit you of course.

And hey, if you guys at Frontier wanted to collaborate regarding the YouTube channel drop me a line. Otherwise it will remain a fan project.

 

[ollobrains]

In breaking news, purple central industry in the pand solar system today annouces a terraforming outpost to be built on one of the five terraforming candidates

After acquiring a large amount of materials and supplies, and with local commanders assisting in trade building the PCI wealth base. They now have the funds , an economic boom and expansion of influence to begin construction of a terraforming outpost, shipping in of colonists from core worlds and the beginnings of a planet side industry and agricultural settlement that will take a long time to contruct

Calls continue for security minded pilots to help secure the system against local crime syndicates and to escort colony and construction ships into the building site around Pand B 5. Calls for atmospheric processors and other heavy industry equipment continue for traders.

More on this news story as the next few weeks unfold

 

[ollobrains]

Though if its within youre power micheal, take all the ideas and make some of them happen, id say add to the universe for now at least 5 new outposts, or upgrade a few traffic outposts to stations, perhaps downgrade a station in a pirate infested system, broadcast it loud and clear over galnet. Distract the player base with some lore, add a new terraforming colony on the fringe. LHS was a good start, we need a famine somewhere and an outbreak

 

[gary.brain]

Hi Micheal/team, would it not be easier and better to create an online form so there are no Spoilers

G.

 

[Aethylred]

Jan 27th 3301

Pilot's Federation Calls for Deregulation of Passenger Trade

A press release from Jameson Memorial in Shinrata Dezhra today calls for deregulation of the carriage of passengers and break up the monopoly currently held only by licensed passenger transporters. "The regulations around the carriage of passengers is not working. It allows those who currently hold passenger licenses so set prices so high that it's practically cheaper to purchase and entry level starship. Those who can not afford passage on licensed transport are at serious risks when unlicensed carriers use cargo modules not fit for human occupants. In addition current legislation and regulations automatically classify passengers without the correct paperwork as Slave cargo. While citizens of the Empire find servitude to be a short term inconvenience as their indenture ends when the cost of their recovery has been repaid, the situation for others is much more dire and few live to reach manumission from illegal servitude."

Aethylred

 

[Michael Brookes]

I like this idea. Is there going to be a thread opened that we need to post in, or a specific PM address that we would need to use?

Post it in this thread.

Michael

 

[Michael Brookes]

I like the idea. Will we ever have some procedurally generated local news in addition to GalNet?

There already is (and it's part of GalNet), but we need to make it more visible.

Michael

 

[Riedquat]

Date: January 19^th, 3301
Title: Istanu Pirates Be Crazy
Description:

An investigation into the local pirate activity near the Alliance core systems has shown a focused gathering of untameable pirates in the Istanu system.

Miners to the area have been rudely, and abruptly, forced to leave. Often at the receiving side of high end beam lasers.

One local miner who wished to remain anonymous (due to health reasons) had the following to say on the situation.

“It’s out of control! These pirates simply can’t let an honest miner do a day’s job without gettin’ shot at. If the alliance aren’t interested in helping then we need more independent pilots to help clean up this mess.”

Individual contractors are being informed that many bounties are up for claim. For a point of contact, CMDR Jobedy of the Alliance Outskirt Fleet has taken lead and is forming a local militia to assist the innocent miners.


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This is an ongoing event (that I'm actively trying to get others involved in via other social media) for players to team up with different roles (mining/bounty hunting, possible player pirates), defending each other and working together, miners are expected to reward commanders that do a good job with a small % of their haul. If taken up, this event will be expanded further with future news reports and events in this area.

CMDR Jobedy

I like it.

I think this is the sort of thing they are looking for as it relates to something in game that is actually happening.

 

[Virgil Kyle]

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[Virgil Kyle]

Hi everyone,

I’m sure you’re all familiar with the GalNet newsfeed in game and how we’re using it to provide updates on the various storylines currently active in game. We want to expand the newsfeed to include more player generated news and particularly upcoming events. As part of this process you can submit a news item for consideration by posting in this thread. To submit a news item simply post with the following:

- Date and time for the news item/event
- Title – this should be brief and include the location
- Description – This should be no more than 150 words
- Commander Name

There are a few rules that need to be followed for submissions:

- Only submit a news item once
- We’ll pick which items are suitable – don’t be offended if we don’t use yours!
- We will edit the text if needed to make it fit with the game
- Legal protection – we own the copyright of the text we use in game

I look forward to receiving your news and events!

Michael

Hey Michael, when you say to only submit a news item once, do you mean we can only submit one news item per person, or are you just saying not to repost the same thing twice? Just want to clarify, because I have a doozy relating to the most recent news post about Aisling Duval, hehe

 

[Jaiotu]

- Date and time: 11:00 20 Jan 3301

- Title: Conflict zones break out in Lelande 13198

- Description:
A state of civil war has emerged in the Federation controlled system of Lelande 13198 between two independent factions. The Crimson Transport Organization and the Lelande 13198 Liberty Party entered into armed conflict regarding the lucrative palladium and gold trade imports arriving from the nearby Gandvik system. A representative from The Crimson Transport Organization went on record with the following, "It's not our fault that our station, Bramah City, offers more services then their tiny outpost of Mallerba Enterprise. The Lelande 13198 Liberty Party needs to back down and accept this for what it is. Traders prefer trading with us because we provide better services."
Both stations typically pay much higher then the galactic average for gold, palladium and other precious metals which can be mined in the nearby ring clusters in the Gandvik system or purchased in that system for below the galactic average at Ordway Settlement.

- Commander Name: CMDR Jaiotu

I've already done my own unofficial reporting on Youtube regarding the recent events in Kappa Fornacis:
[video=youtube_share;Sitl7e54bkw]http://youtu.be/Sitl7e54bkw[/video]

 

[Soda Popinski]

- Date and time for the news item/event
20/1/3301 4:00pm UTC

- Title
Kitten stuck in drain pipe in Schumacher Vision, Awonggalis

- Description
JAN 20 - SCHUMACHER VISION, AWONGGALIS: Rescue workers attempted to free a small kitten trapped in a run-off drain pipe at Schumacher Vision, a frontier refinery and extraction outpost in the Imperial Awonggalis system. Production has halted in one cobalt smelting facility, but sources in Empire Assembly state production shouldn't be affected, as others have taken up the slack. Local woman, Beatrix Manfredjensen, 73, is quoted as saying "I've got 12 cats at home, and I'd hate to think what would happen to that poor kitty if the drain pipe was at a palladium smelter."

A second attempt to free the cat will commence once members from Thele Orbital Volunteer Fire and Rescue arrive.

- Commander Name
Soda Popinski

PS Feel free to change any names for copyright reasons.

 

[Soda Popinski]

- Date and time for the news item/event
20/1/3301 6:20pm UTC

- Title
Kitten freed from drain pipe in Schumacher Vision, Awonggalis

- Description
JAN 20 - SCHUMACHER VISION, AWONGGALIS: Volunteers from Thele Orbital Fire and Rescue successfully freed the kitten trapped in a drain pipe at Schumacher Vision, a frontier refinery and extraction outpost in the Imperial Awonggalis system. The small Calico, now nicknamed, "Piper," was deemed healthy, though dirty and slightly malnurished by local cat expert, Beatrix Manfredjensen. Ms. Manfredjensen, 73, will take custody of the cat until its owners are found.

Cobalt production has resumed at the smelting facility where Piper was found trapped this morning, with no apparent impact on local commodity prices.

- Commander Name
Soda Popinski

 

[ollobrains]

- Date and time for the news item/event
20/1/3301 6:20pm UTC

- Title
Kitten freed from drain pipe in Schumacher Vision, Awonggalis

- Description
JAN 20 - SCHUMACHER VISION, AWONGGALIS: Volunteers from Thele Orbital Fire and Rescue successfully freed the kitten trapped in a drain pipe at Schumacher Vision, a frontier refinery and extraction outpost in the Imperial Awonggalis system. The small Calico, now nicknamed, "Piper," was deemed healthy, though dirty and slightly malnurished by local cat expert, Beatrix Manfredjensen. Ms. Manfredjensen, 73, will take custody of the cat until its owners are found.

Cobalt production has resumed at the smelting facility where Piper was found trapped this morning, with no apparent impact on local commodity prices.

- Commander Name
Soda Popinski

Varieant could be that the cat damaged 100 mineral extractors and this has reducded demand of xxx good by 10% ( of course we already know if u supply a lot of a godo or export a lot of a good that supply and demand can rise day by day) so this could swing production both ways up and down.

 

[SnugglySocks]

Time -
Any time before 1.1

Title -
Massive Recall of Faulty Shield Generators Started.

Description -
The company behind the production of shield generators (Escutcheon Ind. 'ESC') came 'under fire' today after admitting that many of the units they produce simply did not do the job. A spokesnoid declined to comment further on the matter saying only that 'all relevant information pertaining to the recall is in the published statements'. Understandably many career traders are raising suits against ESC as they try to recoup insurances costs for recent losses. Sighting that upgrading from a D to a C left them more vulnerable and constitute a miss sale on the part of the company. An increase in pirate activity is rumored in a few systems, possibly the factions are attempting to cash in before things get a lot harder for them.
If you are an owner of an affected unit, watch an announcement of the new version coming out. At your next station stop after that the unit will automatically be switched out at no cost.

Cmdr 'Eye in the Sky' Mungler

 

[JeffRyan]

Title: French takeover of Lave?
Date: Current events
Body:
Word circulated recently on the Galnet boards that a coalition of pilots of French origin (a country on Ancient Earth whose descendants still speak an archaic dialect) were planning an assault and takeover of Lave, the leader of local Alliance systems including Diso and Zaonce. Lave is still important to many pilots, Lord Ryan of Ugain was the first to hit back, 'My family emigrated from Lave to the Empire back in the days of Walden! We won't let the system succumb to tyrrany again!' Commander Ulysses Wolf an Imperial Explorer also hit back, 'We won't just sit back and let it happen!' Many other pilots also voiced discontent suggesting if a French Coalition did attempt a takeover they'd have more than just local Alliance Forces to deal with. President James Gibson of Lave couldn't be reached for comment.

Commander Name: Jeff Ryan

 

[dementia]

Would be fun if ED automatically read the RSS news feed (say from the BBC world service) of what is happening in the world. It could dynamically change any dates to be 1000 years in the future and countries to be star systems etc. This would mean the Galnet news is live and dynamic.

Perhaps even limit this to the top 10 most read as I can appreciate it would flood the Galnet otherwise.

 

[Ytheleus]

Having worked in journalism and editing somewhat, I'm mildly obsessed with writing style and I have a comment to make about improving the journalistic style of Galnet. I have been wondering how best to bring it to the attention of developers and this is it.

If this is judged off topic that's fine, I'll take my lumps, but at the moment the Galnet writing style is not as tight as it might be, and often rings false for reasons that I'll hopefully explain.

This might also provide basic style pointers for players writing reports who are not accustomed to a journalistic style.

So, if you're still reading:

In general (though there are infamous exceptions *cough*Fox News*cough*), fact and opinion are clearly separated in present day print, internet and broadcast journalism for news reporting. Opinion is often reported, preferably with a named on the record source but also from anonymous sources if it helps to explain what's happening, but critically(!!) the news journalist ideally never speculates on the meaning of events or imposes a narrative. Interpretation and narrative happen solely due to quoted sources and verifiable facts, in the mind of the reader. The personal opinions of a news journalist, when you think about it, should never feature in reporting major news events because they are largely irrelevant. Opinion and comment by journalists should clearly be flagged as such.

This prevents the news outlet from being sued for the narcissism of a single journalist, from looking stupid when speculation proves to be wrong, from adopting a political stance that may change from day to day, alienate readers who interpret events differently or call into question the impartiality of its reporting.

Galnet at present doesn't completely comply with these elementary rules, which is why it doesn't read quite like an analogue to a modern news organisation. It's a small change in style but it would improve the quality of Galnet and make it seem more realistic, since these requirements will hopefully still be in place in 3301. Even if the intention is satirical, this should be the base from which the satire is launched.

Got that off my chest now.

 

[skiboot]

22/01/2015 – 20:00


Title: War in STF 1774!


Description: Fighters from the Alliance backed Pro Alliance League are engaged in a desperate civil war with the Federation aligned STF 1774 Central Ltd. Heavy fighting was observed yesterday evening close to Hill Hub, as Alliance pilots engaged Federation Navy vessels. Speaking from Alioth, the head of Alioth Independents cited Federal expansionist policies for the outbreak of hostilities and promised a swift response to ensure that Alliance interests in the system were maintained. Fighting is expected to escalate as both sides orgainse reinforcements.

STF 1774 is the traditional starting system for the famous Buckyball race and it is unclear at this time how the conflict might affect this year’s competition.


CMMDR Barry Gilbert

 

[BEKTOP 3APEMOB]

26.01.3301 15:23

Federal intelligence agent N.Snowpen defected (current location Eranin)

Ned Snowpen defected from Federal intelligence agency. His reason is that he understood that Federation gained too much control over Galnet information flow and that needs to be changed to protect humanity freedom of speech right. He's on the run towards The Alliance worlds, but he have to make stops on his way there.
As a payment for his protection he shared some vital information with Eranin Peoples Party. Which lead to discovery and elimination of a huge network of Federal agents, some of them appear to be very high ranked officials in EPP.
This in turn lead to vast increase in influence of EPP in Asellus Primus - system they were trying to expand to all this time. And Brotherhood of LP 98-132 goons finally left Eranin system to lick their wounds and find a less protected victim.
Fingers crossed for EPP - they sure make the best whiskey in the Galaxy.

CMDR BEKTOP 3APEMOB

UPD: this event would explain why we couldn't progress with Eranin Peoples Party and it's expansion for more than a month, all the while keeping their influence higher than 99% and make things right again