Oct Engineers Give Repair Go-Ahead

UUNN Newswire

(Oct Core) Using data gathered during the recent imaging and scanning analysis, Octavius engineers have determined that the remaining structure of the Plutonium Factory in Octavius Core is sound enough to repair — rather than demolish and replace — the structure.

Octavius has initiated a mission to bring the needed supplies to Oct Core station.  Pilots are urged to work on completing this mission as quickly as possible.

Pilots Successfully Complete Special Mission

UUNN Newswire

(Octavius Core)  The Office of Consul Tesios Muca has reported that the mission to begin the process of  repairing or replacing the damaged Plutonium Factory in Oct Core sector has been successfully completed.

“We are pleased to announce that today’s special mission was a success.  Hundreds of scans and high-resolution images were gathered by a handful of pilots today.  Engineers will now begin the laborious process of analyzing the data.  Once that is done, we can determine whether we can repair the facility, or must demolish and rebuild.”

Pilots Blonder, Eleven, Hopwil and SandGod were well rewarded for their efforts, and will be receiving Captain’s Commendations as well.

Octavius Schedules Factory Inspection Mission

by Thane Carios

(Octavius Core)  Octavius has announced that it is scheduling a special Factory Inspection Mission to determine whether repairs can commence on the damaged Plutonium Factory in Octavius Core Sector.

“We require as much photographic and scan data as we can get,” said Consul Tesios Muca, who will coordinate the mission. “We call on all non-Quantar pilots to join us in scanning and photographing the damaged factory on Tuesday, 116.9.13 at 20:00 UTC.  The mission will last approximately 30 minutes.”

Muca also said that pilots joining the mission will be rewarded with up to 50 Octavius Pol-Rating Points; 500,000 credits; a Captain’s Commendation; and ten units of Octavia Lite.

Solrain Engineers Baffled by DSS Collection

UUNN Newswire

(Wake Station)  The Solrain Engineering & Technology Group (ETG) has reported that it has been unable to make any inroads with data recovery for the 284 DSS that were uncovered in a Cornea Station storage hold just under two weeks ago.

According to a source within the ETG , they have had absolutely no success in recovering data from these DSS so far, and have asked Jalil Aq’tamm to provide some consulting services.

Neither Solrain nor the ETG have confirmed this.

DSS Decryption Contest Yields Three Very Different Pieces of History

UUNN Newswire

(UUNN HQ) One of the events during this year’s Miners’ Days Holiday was one called “Uncovering Our History.”  For this event, three datasets were released from DSS that had been recovered in Quantar space.

The decryption of DSS-1 was done by Hammer-BS.  It is an ancient Quantar children’s poem from The Book of Prophets.  Unfortunately, the DSS did not appear to be dated in any way, so it is not possible to tell just how old this particular version of the poem was.

Here he comes,
Black as night,
Come to steal our hearth-homes!
There he goes,
Black as night,
Gone away with gemstones!
If he finds you,
Run and hide!
Here comes the Kahro!

DSS-2 was decrypted by lordzuon, and it is a not-too-old TRINN article about the controversial Quantar monk Brother Io, who was found murdered in 103AT.

103.10.20 by Zoe Vexel

The body found last week at Quantar Core station has been formally identified as that of Malum Ionus, a well-known and often outspoken High Priest of Quantar. The body, although badly decomposed, was identified by DNA testing and dental records.

A brief statement was issued by the Tahirs:

“The death of Malum Ionus is truly a tragedy for Quantar. We join all of Quantar in mourning his departure, but we take comfort in the knowledge that Hamalzah watches over him now.

“Brother Io’s death is no accident, and those who are responsible for this heinous act shall be brought to swift justice, according to the ways of Quantar.”

Unnamed sources within the Quantar internal security service indicate that the investigation is focused on Brother Io’s previous dealings with elements of the Octavian government.

DSS-3 was also decrypted by Hammer-BS, though he was not eligible for a prize (the rules specified one entry per pilot).  Since no one else attempted a decryption, we publish his effort here — though there is quite a bit of corruption.  Where there are brackets [], we have attempted to deduce the intended words.

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We hav[e com]pleted the outer skin of th[e] station and are read [f]or delivery of the ²ð 诋5–DaôÛG ôW5ü¹bœî$z6It!ÂÝ<Û +TI xf¸ a”2��b There have beiP no sighting of the Hyperial attac[k s]hips and we fear they hav³gF ;ay to mask their presence. I expect the primaO¯ ·light deck, quarters and trading floor FYêl/Xê [r]eady within ‰@DòCÜ and once that complete we ca[n com]mence with the project. Zantor Stati[on] >\ Æ ¼WEe a great asset for The Chosen. Our miners will be able to foc� Ø¥û4Ùheir harvest and it will shor[ten the tr]ade route to Sol[rain]—·‰ÎÄ:‚Á»d most of all it will seóYFYêl/Xête of Hyperial ÒŸ¾8öood.

This appears to be a communication from someone working on Zantor Station — which was the Quantar station in GVB sector that was destroyed by Hyperial during the Second GVB Wars.  The characters “085” would be appear to be the year, since that was after station construction began (084.11 AT) and before it’s destruction by Hyperial (086.10.17).

 

Miners’ Days Wrap-Up

by Yaz Shanndar

(Quantar Core)  Crews are still cleaning up in Quantar Core after the completion, yesterday, of the three-day Miners’ Days Festival.  The festival had a schedule filled with activities and events — and a list of awards that was just as long.

In addition to the previously-published list, there was a late-entrant to the DSS Decryption Contest, with lordzuon successfully decrypting Dataset #2.  He will be receiving the Seeker of Knowledge medal, along with an EB-3.

There was also a total of 36 Captain’s Commendations going to to the many people who participated in the activities and events:  Agnot (1), Ambrosius (1), Bayonette (4), DETSAW (1), Drevent (3), Firefly (3), Hammer-BS (7), Hopwil (3), Jalil (1), lordzuon (2), Maniac (2), Me.1 (2), Occam (1), Rancor (4) and Veloxi (1).

Finally, the Echoes of Hope medal was awarded to Hammer-BS for his efforts in running the “Searching for our History” DSS Artifact Hunt; and to spork for running the “Quantar GreenER” and “Quantar GreenEST” tuning missions on Saturday and Sunday.

“It was an amazing holiday,” said Third Tahir, Dr. Silas Tashawar — host of the festivities.  “Although you always hope for more participation, you can tell from the Captain’s Commendations that we had many people involved in all the events throughout the holiday.”

The only total miss in the holiday schedule was the JPR FLASHCast special that never aired due to technical issues at Jumpgate Pirate Radio.

Record Numbers of Miners Days Awards Presented at This Year’s Festival

UUNN Newsire

(Quantar Core)  Third Tahir, Dr. Silas Tashawar, handed out a record number of awards for this year’s Miners’ Days events, but the highlight was the awarding of the Hamalzah’s Divine Grace award to Hammer-BS.

The full list of award recipients follows:

• Hamalzah’s Divine Grace – Hammer-BS
• Quantar’s Flame – Jalil
• Spade of Karadron – Hammer-BS for the Pure Mining event where he mined a total of 157 pure asteroids; and Hammer-BS for correctly answering all five Quantar Mining Trivia questions.
• Aeolsah’s Spirit – Drevent and Hopwill, for finding and turning in DSS found during the “Searching for Our History” group artifact hunt.
• Seeker of Knowledge – Hammer-BS for correctly decrypting Dataset #1 in the “Uncovering our History” DSS decryption event.  (He was the only entrant.)
• Keval’s Thanks – Bayonette and Hopwill for being the runners-up in the Pure Mining Contest; and Bayonette, Firefly, Hopwill and Rancor for correctly answering from 1 to 4 questions in the Quantar Mining Trivia Contest.
• For the winners of the Short-Track Race:
  • The Cesium Medal to Maniac for taking first place;
  • The Platinum Medal to Me.1 for taking second place; and
  • The Antimony Medal to Bayonette for taking third place

Captain’s Commendations are being awarded to all participants in each event, and they are still being tallied.

Tahir Tashawar has indicated that all medals and prizes should be given to pilots over the next several days.

Miners’ Days Trivia Contest

UUNN Newswire

(UUNN HQ) Day #2 of Quantar Miners’ Days includes a Mining Trivia Contest.  There are five questions:

1. How much radioactive ore do you get when you extract 100 units from a radioactive asteroid?  
2. What was the name of the breakthrough technology that allowed for widespread ship-based mining (using mining lasers)?
3. What is the mass of 1u of Common Ore?
4. Name one commodity that can be refined from four of the five ore types.
5. Who licensed the fusion technology to Venurian Prospecting that is used in the Deep Radar?  

Questions must be submitted to quantar@tri-subspace.net.  They should be received by midnight (UTC) tonight.

Answer all five questions correctly:  Karadron’s Spade medal

Answer 1 to 4 questions correctly:   Keval’s Thanks award

ALL participants:  Captain’s Commendation.

Quantar “Uncovering Our History” Datasets Released

UUNN Newswire

(Quantar Core)  Quantar has released the three datasets to be used in the Miners’ Days “Uncovering Our History” event with the following instructions:

• Participants may try to decode as many of the datasets as they like, but you may only submit one for the contest.  If we have already received a successful decryption of the DSS you submitted, we will notify you and you will have the opportunity to try to decrypt one of the other DSS.
• The data should not only be decrypted, but where there is corruption, you must attempt to interpolate to make sense of the information.  It is also important to try to determine a date wherever possible.
• Your should submit your one decrypted DSS entry to quantar@tri-subspace.net.
• The first pilot to submit a successful decryption for each DSS will win the Seeker of Knowledge award along with an EB-3.  ALL those submitting a decryption attempt will receive a Captain’s Commendation.

THESE ARE THE DATASETS

DSS-1 Has been decrypted!  Work on DSS-2 and DSS-3 if you want a prize.

DSS-1

110 145 162 145 40 150 251 243 20034 246 251 161 344 251 243 12 20034 254 143 153 40 141 163 40 156 151 147 150 164 54 40 12 103 157 155 145 40 164 157 40 163 164 145 141 154 40 157 165 40 320 45 40 40 345 45 40 40 366 45 155 145 163 41 40 12 124 150 145 162 145 40 150 145 40 147 157 145 163 54 40 12 102 154 141 143 153 40 141 163 40 12 316 12 275 12 277 12 275 12 275 12 260 260 167 141 171 40 167 151 164 150 40 147 145 155 163 164 157 40 352 12 65 40 141 61 20041 145 40 146 151 156 144 163 40 171 157 165 54 40 12 122 165 156 40 244 244 366 12 12 144 145 41 40 12 102 377 162 145 40 143 157 155 145 163 40 164 150 145 40 113 141 150 162 157 41 12

DSS-2

218 157 180 90 65 40 170 8221 252 169 72 103 8250 219 8482 98 242 254 171 81 181 58 32 79 32 48 8482 36 170 141 217 235 47 175 83 169 8230 193 165 8218 32 171 94 102 169 208 163 8249 32 189 95 64 250 185 127 8482 143 8482 36 203 122 94 101 118 111 103 32 110 97 105 118 97 116 99 79 32 101 104 116 32 102 111 32 115 116 110 101 226 225 203 110 84 40 205 194 187 249 52 199 110 105 108 97 101 100 32 115 117 111 105 118 101 114 112 32 115 39 111 73 32 114 101 104 116 51 32 232 80 237 52 202 228 32 72 67 223 143 125 204 223 223 199 32 56 116 97 103 105 116 115 101 118 110 105 32 101 104 116 32 116 97 104 116 32 101 116 97 99 105 100 110 105 32 101 99 105 126 32 32 89 239 242 8240 9 37 117 99 101 115 32 108 97 110 114 101 116 110 105 32 114 97 116 110 97 117 81 32 101 104 116 32 110 105 104 116 105 119 32 115 101 99 188 32 66 228 96 111 248 382 8250 187 110 85 10 34 46 114 97 116 110 97 117 81 32 102 111 32 115 121 97 119 32 101 104 116 32 111 116 32 103 110 105 100 114 111 99 99 97 32 44 101 99 105 116 115 179 32 86 121 32 179 107 49 61 32 89 111 123 231 8211 111 111 114 98 32 101 98 32 108 108 97 104 115 32 116 99 97 32 115 117 111 110 105 101 104 32 115 105 104 116 32 114 111 102 32 101 108 98 105 115 110 111 112 115 101 114 32 101 114 222 200 32 224 8221 60 77 49 352 93 91 86 185 110 97 32 44 116 110 101 100 105 99 99 97 32 111 32 83 192 75 217 164 94 97 101 100 32 115 39 111 73 32 114 101 104 116 111 114 66 34 10 46 119 111 110 32 109 105 104 32 114 101 141 242 186 75 57 197 185 116 97 119 32 104 97 122 108 97 109 97 72 32 116 97 104 116 32 101 103 100 101 108 119 111 110 202 190 101 203 32 238 221 214 177 170 56 222 44 36 61 8222 178 220 227 97 116 32 101 119 32 116 117 98 32 44 101 114 117 116 114 97 212 91 243 32 144 35 217 36 240 110 105 110 114 117 111 109 32 110 105 32 114 97 116 110 97 117 81 32 102 111 32 40 170 8221 252 169 72 103 8250 32 219 8482 98 242 254 171 116 110 97 117 81 32 114 111 102 32 121 100 101 103 97 114 352 93 91 86 185 108 117 114 116 32 115 105 32 115 117 110 111 73 32 109 117 108 97 77 32 102 111 32 104 116 97 161 232 96 74 10 59 126 72 80 104 97 84 32 101 104 116 32 121 98 32 100 101 117 115 115 105 32 115 97 119 32 116 110 101 8218 205 92 44 95 32 101 253 200 105 114 98 32 65 10 46 115 100 114 111 99 101 114 32 108 97 116 110 352 120 108 176 112 65 108 186 110 105 116 115 101 116 32 65 78 68 32 121 98 32 100 101 105 102 105 116 110 101 100 105 32 115 97 119 32 44 100 101 115 111 112 109 111 99 101 100 32 121 108 100 97 224 32 8364 83 240 111 104 116 108 97 32 44 121 100 111 98 32 101 104 84 32 46 114 97 116 110 97 117 81 32 102 111 32 116 115 101 32 58 32 32 32 244 42 381 172 74 55 32 111 112 115 116 117 111 32 110 101 116 102 111 32 100 110 97 32 110 119 111 110 107 45 108 108 101 119 32 97 32 44 115 117 110 111 73 32 109 117 108 97 77 32 102 111 32 129 71 186 87 338 170 32 352 32 110 105 221 32 8482 110 101 100 105 32 121 108 108 97 109 114 111 102 32 110 101 101 98 32 115 97 104 32 110 111 105 116 97 116 115 32 101 114 111 67 32 114 97 116 110 710 32 255 92 90 42 80 94 250 90 56 103 32 115 97 108 32 100 110 117 111 102 32 121 100 111 98 32 101 104 84 10 108 101 120 101 86 32 101 191 247 143 8224 98 206 228 50 46 48 49 46 51 48 49

DSS-3

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Quantar Releases Parable Recording

UUNN Newswire

For this year’s Miners’ Days holiday, the Quantar Tahirs have once again released a recording of the Parable of Karadron for those who are not able to get to hear a live reading: