Festival! 123 Wrap-Up

by Yaz Shanndar

(UUNN HQ)  Festival 123! is over and a number of pilots participated in the three events:  TRI-Trivia, Festival! Lights, and the Flux-Hunting Contest.

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TRI-Trivia

Only one pilot, Hammer-BS, submitted answers for the TRI-Trivia contest.  He correctly answered all five questions and will receive the Seeker of Knowledge medal and 1 million credits.

The ANSWERS to the trivia questions are as follows:

• Before being opened to pilots with GateKeys, how was Conflux Space initially mapped?  

ANSWER:  A C.Y.N.O.M. (Cosmic Yield Neural Observation and Mapping) cartography probe,  affectionately known as “CYNOMy”  https://tridatabank.wordpress.com/2003/04/01/cynomy/

• On what jumpgate was the first Conflux Infestation seen?

ANSWER:  Canis 9502  https://jgnewsnet.wordpress.com/2002/05/18/one-chapter-closes-a-new-one-begins/

• What JPR DJ did live broadcasts from “The Fabulous Cabana Room” in Great Pillars Station?

ANSWER:  WileE  https://jgnewsnet.wordpress.com/2014/05/05/cabana-room-demolished/

• With whom was Kingmonkey infatuated?

ANSWER:  Dr. [Holly] Q’son  https://jglibrary.wordpress.com/2015/11/07/the-kingmonkey-tails-infatuation/

• Name an ocean on Hyperial.

ANSWER:  Tethiyan Ocean  https://tridatabank.wordpress.com/2000/10/01/giant-cephalosian/

TRI Trivia for Festival! 123

UUNN Newswire

(UUNN HQ) The TRI Trivia contest is ON! There are five questions to answer, and all of the answers can be found here on UUNN; on TRI-Databank; or in the Sarath V Memorial Library.
Here are the questions:

• Before being opened to pilots with GateKeys, how was Conflux Space initially mapped?
• On what jumpgate was the first Conflux Infestation seen?
• What JPR DJ did live broadcasts from “The Fabulous Cabana Room” in Great Pillars Station?
• With whom was Kingmonkey infatuated?
• Name an ocean on Hyperial.

Answers must be submitted to tri@tri-subspace.net by midnight (24:00) UTC on Saturday 123.11.25

The awards:

All five answers correct: Seeker of Knowledge medal and 1 million credits
1 to 4 answers correct: Keval’s Thanks medal and 500k credits
0 for 5: Captain’s Commendation

UUNN will publish links to the answers at the end of Festival! when winners have been announced.

Hammer-BS Sponsors Festival! Events

UUNN Newswire

(UUNN HQ)  Pilot Hammer-BS has notified UUNN that he will be sponsoring two day-long Festival! 123 contests.  Details can be found on his Pilot Log (PLOG):

FESTIVAL LIGHTS – Saturday 123.11.25

Festival! 123: Festival Lights

FLUX-HUNTING CONTEST – Sunday 123.11.26

Festival! 123: Flux-Hunting-Contest

Happy Festival! 123 to All

UUNN Newswire

(UUNN HQ)  Festival! 123 begins today and runs through Sunday 123.11.26.  Festival! is the holiday for all pilots in all factions.  One of the great Festival! tradition is the Pilots’ Choice Awards — your chance to vote for your friends, colleages, acquaintances, enemies … or even yourself.

Make your choices and cast your votes at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/96ZLKKR

Only one vote per person (regardless of how many “personalities” you may have).  Voting for the Pilots Choice Awards will continue until the end of the year (midnight UTC on 123.12.31).

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This year we’ll also be continuing another Festival! tradition — the TRI Trivia Contest.

The questions will be published here on UUNN on 123.11.25, and all of the answers can be found here on UUNN; on TRI-Databank; or in the Sarath V Memorial Library.  Answers must be submitted to tri@tri-subspace.net by midnight (24:00) UTC on Saturday 123.11.25

The awards:

• All five answers correct: Seeker of Knowledge medal and 1 million credits
• 1 to 4 answers correct: Keval’s Thanks medal and 500k credits
• 0 to 3: Captain’s Commendation

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And keep an eye-out for other player-sponsored Festival! events and contests.

Dorator Acquires Annihlitech Patents

By Yaz Shanndar

(Octavius Outpost)  Dorator Industries today announced it has acquired the patents and intellectual properties of long-defunct Annihlitec from Postern Associates.

“Annihlitech made bad-ass weapons,”  said Dorator President and CEO, Malkev Dorator.  “We think there’s an opportunity to continue that tradition and, of course, to grow our business.”

According to Dorator, production has already been activated for the FeatherFire ion canon on Octavius Outpost. It will continue to be marketed using the Annihilitech brand. 

Hyperial President Issues Statement

UUNN Newswire

(Hypsos, Hyperial)  The following statement was just released by the office of Hyperial President, Drago Maximilian:

Over the past two weeks it has saddened me to watch as our people have fallen into squabbling and back-stabbing.  I chose to allow things to play out while I collected enough information to make a proper decision.  That time is now.

“Evidence” that our Station Governor, the Honorable H.A. Nelson, was involved in a murder plot  was obtained by a member of The Directorate.  This “evidence” was delivered by a known smuggler and it was allegedly discovered during maintenance of an Octavius subspace transceiver.  Careful forensic evaluation of this record reveals that it was falsified — actually a pretty sloppy job that the perpetrator tried to cover up with random data corruption.

Unfortunately this kind of evalution did not happen before emotions flared and this witch-hunt began — and before we made public fools of ourselves.  This was clearly an attempt made by outsiders to destabilize Hyperial — and we are looking into that.

As of this moment, Governor Nelson is completely and absolutely cleared of any wrongdoing in the murder of Berl Rismore; and Grain shipments to Hyperial Station will resume.

Now, hopefully, this circus is at an end and we can focus on getting some traction on the important faction mission under way to construct the new RAM production facility.

Oct Core Attacked

UUNN Newsire

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(UUNN HQ) There are unconfirmed reports of two attacks on Octavius Core by consular ships from Martius.  More details when available.

Court Issues Injunction on Directorate Indictments

UUNN Newswire

(UUNN HQ)  Hyperial Court Chief Justice Graham Talut issued an injunction today suspending the indictments against H.A. Nelson and Lerril Bade, noting that ‘The Directorate had overextended its authority under the Charter and that the evidence used was questionable.’  A full ruling on the issue is expected within a few weeks.

Nelson Calls for Aid

UUNN Newswire

(UUNN HQ)  H.A. Nelson, the de-facto governor of Hyperial Station has put out a plea for food and water supplies.  Sources indicate that the Hyperial Directorate cut off food and water exports to the station in response to Nelson’s refusal to relinquish his position and surrender to authorities.

“We have enough stored supplies to last for a short while, ” said Nelson, “but after that it could get a little rough.”

Hyperial’s high court is currently reviewing the actions of The Directorate.  There has been no word whether it wil also get involved in the export stoppage.

Approximately 279 people are permanent residents on the station, though many have begun leaving in response to the tense political situation.  So far, neither basic station services nor the current Faction MIssion have been impacted.