TRI Corp Issues Warning

UUNN Newswire

(UUNN HQ)  The following was released today by Dr. Zhia Khatdinal, Director of Astrophysics and Cartography for TRI Corp:

 *  *  * ALERT *  *  * 

A dark-energy wave has been detected and is expected to reach our space tomorrow.  While this event is similar to the one that caused The Catastrophe ten years ago, it is much less powerful.  It is expected to result in some minor time-disruption.  For most this should only be approximately one hour.

Other symptoms could include tiredness, mild headache and nausea — though if you experience this it could also simply be a hangover.

TRI-R Astrophysics and Cartography will continue to monitor the situation.

Genetic Analysis Connects Conflux to Extinct Sea Creature

by Thane Carios
(Cornea Station) Sutonia College announced today that the study of sentient conflux biomass by Prof. Athena ShaiDen indicates a genetic connection to the Giant Cephalosian, a long-extinct sea creature on Hypsos.
As noted in Prof. Athena Shaiden’s preliminary report on the genetic analysis of a donated sample of sentient conflux biomass, we have found some genetic markers which may indicate a family-level (“Oegopsina”) connection to the giant cephalosian — a deep sea invertebrate that had been found in Hypsos’ Tethiyan Ocean which has been extinct for more than 100 years. It should be noted that this is very a tenuous connection and that before drawing any conclusions, new, unique sentient biomass extractions — preferrably from different sources — would need to be studied.
The initial sentient conflux biomass samples were collected from a C14 sentient on 123.12.27 by pilot GrimGriz and were donated to Sutonia College by Edgar Reece Industries (E.R.I.).
As far as we know, just one captive (cloned) Cephalosian remains — and it is on display in the docking bay of Hyperial Station. According to our sources, a request by the college to Hyperial for a tissue sample was denied.

Hyperial Calls for FM Runners

UUNN Newswire

(UUNN HQ)  The following statement was released today by The Office of President Drago Maximilan:

Beginning on 123.10.28, Hyperial has offered pilots the opportunity to participate in the important task of making RAM production more accessible.  Since that time, another faction mission — which as far as we can tell produced NOTHING — was quickly completed for Amananth.  And here we sit with our faction mission still less than fifteen percent complete!  There are those here in our government who believe it is conspiracy . . . and I find it difficult to argue against them.

We are aware that the Solrain company Edgar Reece Industries has, for some reason, decided to oppose our cause, either because it is poorly informed . . . or perhaps because it has become involved in the same anti-Hyperial agenda that saw falsified “evidence” disseminated to create dissension within our government.

I urge pilots to reject the disinformation and to come help us make RAM more accessible.  And if there are legitimate reasons you feel disinclined to help us move this mission forward, I would appreciate your honest FEEDBACK sent to me via hyperial@tri-subspace.net.

Hyperial thanks you in advance for your support!

E.R.I. Responds to Recent Commodity Drain

UUNN Newswire

The following Press Release was independently submitted and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of UUNN

FROM: Edgar Reece Industries (E.R.I)

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In the course of distributing fine Hyperial-made Manufactured foods across the Galaxy, E.R.I. and contracted associates were able to quell many commodity leaks at various stations. In many cases this required loading what remained of the ingredients from the production line into the cargo bays of their ships. 

In Octavius Core, factory workers were being accused of embezzlement and rumors swirled about various factions smuggling off the missing produced equipment in preparation for future conflicts. There too, loading the commodities being used in the fruitless production into the cargo bays of E.R.I. vessels,  stopping any loss of additional materials.

Our on-call physician Dr. Scaggwhistle has approached the board with a strange theory about how his work with Space Madness patients has caused him to suspect the disturbance was an “aftershock” of the collapse, or a sign of galactic instability that may be the precursor for another one.  One of his most Prestigious Patients, pilot “GrimGriz”, demonstrates the symptom of false memories of flying a Monsoon loaded with Vantage Mortars and Dream Engines. This suggests to Dr. Scaggwhistle that the collapse has to do with various threads of the multiverse collapsing into a single Galaxy.

Quantar Squad Calls on TRI to Remove Hyperial FM

The following Press Release was independently submitted and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of UUNN:

FROM: THE BROTHEROOD OF THE STONE

* * * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE * * *

THE STONE TEMPLE (Ekoos Stop) – For the safety of all pilots, The Brotherhood of the Stone formally calls on TRI Corporation to remove Hyperial’s current faction mission from TRI Mission Computers. Hyperial motives are always suspect and are certainly never in alignment with the good of Quantar. There is nothing to be gained by any of the Factions for supporting this mission. And for individual pilots whose lack of moral compass could lead them to support the mission — the financial rewards are just not worth the risk of losing even a well-insured payload.

Tahirs React to Void Storm Statement

UUNN Newswire

(UUNN HQ)  The following statement was released by the Office of the Tahirs:

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From the Office of the Tahirs
122.3.3

The Tahirs do not know the Void Storm path and do not recognize it in any way.  We alone speak for the Qua’ it tahir (Will of the People).  We believe that the statement from this alleged “Path” could very well be a Hyperial ruse with the intent of discrediting Quantar and causing dissension.  At this point, we have no intention of supporting a “No-Fly-Zone” in Hyperial space.  We encourage all faithful Quantar pilots to focus their efforts on supplying Quantar stations and maintaining proper tuning of Quantar beacons.

New Fiction Added to Library Collection

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:  H.E. Jenkins, Head Librarian        librarian@tri-subspace.net
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We are pleased to announce that, today, we have added the first new piece of pilot fiction to the Sarath V Memorial Library.  The story, The Horror is authored by pilot Tiberius and it was submitted for our recent Storyteller Contest.  The contest involved using one or more of the three illustration provided as inspiration for a story.  Tiberius submitted The Horror and received the Newtron Literary Award for his efforts.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

The Horror

Storyteller Contest Redux

Sarath V Memorial Library
***** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *****

We’re going to try this again!  Here are the “inspiration pictures” for the Sarath V Memorial Library’s Storyteller Contest 119.   Your story should describe the place …  what happened there (or what will happen) ….  what’s it’s purpose? … what’s its secret? Is it from the past … present … or future?

Choose a picture and let your imagination run wild!  You can even incorporate more than one of these settings into your story if you want.

It can be a narrative (report … log … memorandum … etc.) or a full-blown story with characters.  It can be third-person or first-person … or even scripted like a play or screen play.

(click on a picture below for a full-size image)

Make it long or make it short (minimum 3,000 words).  Make it funny or make it tragic.  It’s entirely up to you.

Submit YOUR story to librarian@tri-subspace.net by Sunday 119.12.1 at 24:00 UTC.  If our editors select your story for publishing in the Sarath V Memorial Library, you will receive a Newtron Literary Award (aka “The Newt”) and 5 million credits.  And even if your story is not selected, you’ll still receive 1 million credits and a Captain’s Commendation.

Corridor Audit Results Released

UUNN Newswire

TRI-Corporation has released the results of its audit of all activity on Corridor Station on 119.10.5:

TRI Corporation’s Security (TRI-SEC) and Station Ops (TRI-SSM) divisions completed their investigations into the RF Transceiver production issue.  We have determined that the Faction Mission did, indeed, result in the delivery of the commodities required to produce RFTs.  We have also determined that RFT manufacturing did take place.  The reason why the Faction Mission did not appear to successfully result in RFT manufacture is that the items manufactured appeared to be immediately purchased, and therefore did not appear on Market Tracking systems.

The remaining question revolves around the purchaser.  Systems show the purchasing ship as an Octavius tow with the transponder XTR-v1059.  That transponder was registered to a ship destroyed in one of the very early conflux attack in 100.6 AT.

We are continuing our investigation, focusing on possible system-tampering, and remain confident that we will identify the true purchaser.

 

Festival! Storyteller Contest

Sarath V Memorial Library
***** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *****

Here are the pictures for the Sarath V Memorial Library’s Festival! 118 Storyteller Contest.   Your story should describe what the place in the picture is.  What happened there … or what will happen.  What’s it’s purpose?  What’s its secret? Is it from the past … present … or future?  Let your imagination run wild!  You can even incorporate more than one of these settings into your story if you want.

It can be a narrative (report … log … memorandum … etc.) or a full-blown story with characters.  It can be third-person or first-person … or even scripted like a play or screen play.

(click on a picture below for a full-size image)

Make it long or make it short (minimum 3,000 words).  Make it funny or make it tragic.  It’s entirely up to you.

Submit YOUR story to librarian@tri-subspace.net by Sunday 118.11.25 at 24:00 UTC.  If our editors select your story for publishing in the Sarath V Memorial Library, you will receive a Newtron Literary Award (aka “The Newt”) and 5 million credits.