Bravo - an epic tour!Good morning! Beth Johanson here, roving reporter for Stevenson Whirlwind Adventure News. And now, yesterday's highlights.
First up:
PIRATE ATTACK IN LHS 3117
In an event that pretty much happens every single day wherever someone's trying to do a bit of mining, which makes me wonder exactly how many pirates are out there, pirates raid a resource site in the B-Ring system of LHS 3117 Two. Here is video of the brutal destruction (at 0:20) of pirate Alan Turing at the hands of the Federation's security forces, after they chased him away from miner Liam Spiteri, who nonchalantly returned to mining (1:18), obviously enured to such destruction. Also, a huge shoutout to Buckyballer punkydrummer01.
Next up:
YOU ARE ALL CRAZY IF YOU THINK THIS IS FUN
At least, that is what I thought as I stared down the yawning abyss. Turns out that hurtling your SRV into deep chasms can be quite the thrill.
Anyways, my SRV managed to survive the plummet, which allowed to take a picture of one of the numerous fumeroles below.
I may have also lingered quite a while to gather up all the minerals I could find. I need the mats, dang it! Ms. Castro wouldn't give me much time to get some for my own use!
Next up:
STATION REBUILDS AFTER THARGOID ATTACK
Moskowitz Gateway suffered a brutal attack by the Thargoids recently, and is still currently under repair. While many of its systems are still offline, this reporter can assure you that its security services are NOT. As can be seen in the shot below, environmental systems were given a lower priority, so there is still quite a bit of smoke inside the docking cylinder. My apologies about the whole "forgot to request permission to dock" thing. No hard feelings, right?
Finally:
PROTESTER STILL PROTESTS OVER INRA ATTROCITIES
At Hollis Gateway in the Hermitage system, a single protester, sign in hand, maintains their lonely vigil, to ensure that the atrocities committed by INRA are never forgotten. When asked for a statement, Daydream Crystal Peacequest had this to say:
"It is imperative that Humanity should never forget what happened in this base. Do you have any idea how many safety violations this has? 47, that's how many! It doesn't matter if this was a secret base, worker safety should always come first!"
When this reporter asked him about the Thargoids, he replied, "They started this war hundreds of years ago, and Humanity has every right to use whatever means they have at their disposal to wipe out those [censored]. Humanity First!!!"
Anyway, that was the highlights. And now, current tally:
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Federal or Imperial Ship SRV 250m in the air Something Thargoid Something Guardian A Shipwreck (human) An outpost ship showroom Another Ship using mining lasers Inside a repairing station A Ship Exploding A Coriolis with "noob hammers" A Geyser or Fumerole An abandoned or wrecked SRV Flying Through a Buckyball Holo Ad A brain Tree Space Pumpkin or Bark Mound An Asteroid Explosion A Black Hole Stellar Phenomenon An INRA logo
Meanwhile - a couple of clarifications have been added to the OP.
"Flying through a Buckyball holo-ad" - this means a shot taken just before (so it's still possible to make out which advert it is) ...
Q) Is using a second account an acceptable loophole?
A) Not really, no. I feel this falls into the much derided area of "pay to win" so, although it might be difficult for me to prove you've done it - I would urge you not to.