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(Quantar Core Station) Quantar offcials have confirmed Organic Foods are back online in full production mode. The facility was shut down two weeks ago after several hundred people were sickened by food that had been itentially contaminated with a neurotoxin derived from Ekel venom.
No arrest warrants have, as yet been issued although TRI-SEC indicates that they have been unable to contact one person of interest.
by Thane Carios
(Quantar Core Station) Four have died and several hundred more were sickened on Quantar Core — some critically — by contaminated Organic Food from the Quantar Core processing facility. The outbreak started on 124.1.9 and medical personnel quickly identified Organic Food consumption as the common
link.
“Our medical emergency staff was amazing,” said Delphia Neamru, Governor of Quantar Core. “If it was not for their quick diagnosis, there would have been many more victims. Processing was shut down and all shipments stopped within an hour of the contamination alert.”
“The contaminant was a neurotoxin derived from ekel venom,” said TRI-Security Commandant Solder Ronin, “so this was clearly an act of sabotage. Furthermore, D&L records for the period from midnight UTC on 124.1.8 and 00:40 UTC on 124.1.9 were wiped. And during low-traffic times like those, flight decks are usually empty. We plan on interviewing the following pilots who were on-duty during that general time period: Boelling, Flint, Malachite, Nel, Nari and Tork.”
Ekels are enormous predatory sea creatures native to Martius. Their venom is located in their dorsal fins. We asked the Office of Empress Iulia Atreus about Ekel venom. The reply was:
“Her Highness says that Ekels do not surrender their venom very easily . . . so this was an impressive feat of skill, determination and valor.”
Quantar Core is one of the largest exporters of Organic Foods generating approximately 40u per hour. Officials hope processing can be resumed within a week, once investigations are completed and all equipment has been sanitized.
by Yaz Shanndar
(UUNN HQ) Miners’ Days 123 kicked off with a pre-holiday Quanus-Ice-Brewing Faction Mission that took just 1 day to complete and each day included celebratory events — two of them sponsored by pilot Hammer-BS.
Day 1 featured the Hammer-BS Mining Trivia Contest. Pilot Peng took first-honors by answering all five questions correctly plus the bonus question willing him the Seeker of Knowledge award plus 4 million credits. Pilots Big_Iron and Radar both got 5 out of 5 correct and won the Seeker of Knowledge award plus 3 million credits. GrimGriz answered 3 out of 5 correctly and Nessos answered 2 of 5 correctly. They will each receive the Keval’s Thanks award and 1 million credits.
Day 2 of the holiday was highlighted by Karadron’s Quest — and event where pilots spent fours hours
exhaustively prospecting and mining in Great Venure Belt sector, submitting coordinates of asteroids not previously listed in popular charts, and included coordinates for Common asteroids as well. Pilots were awarded points for the numbers or new and corrected coordinates they submitted. The awards were a sweep by Hammer-BS with Most Overall Points (Spade of Karadron and AB-4); Most New Non-Common discoveries (Seeker of Knowledge and EB-3); and Most New Asteroid coordinates in total (Keval’s Thanks and EB-2).
Pilots Nessos and Radar will receive RockDoc’s Legacy patches for participating in the quest, and GrimGriz, Peng and Sinver will receive Fluxbuster patches for providing flux cover during the event.
The complete list of new and corrected asteroid coordinates for GVB can be found HERE. Continue reading
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The following schedule has been announced for this years MIners Days holiday, which runs from Friday 123.9.1 through Sunday 123.9.3:
If you’re not sure how to convert your time to UTC — check out THIS TOOL
123.8.30 – Wednesday
Quanus Ice “Brew-haha FM” Begins
123.9.1 – Friday
The Hammer-BS Mining Trivia Contest
Hammer-BS will release 5 mining-related questions on his TRI-Plog early on Friday. Answers must be submitted to hammer-bs@gmx.de by midnight on Friday (24:00 UTC).
The awards will be:
– All 5 answers correct: Seeker of Knowledge medal and 3 million credits.
– 1 to 4 answers correct: Keval’s Thanks medal and 1 million credits
– 0 for 5: Captain’s Commendation
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by Phineas Attora
(Tripoint Station) Sentient Conflux activity was first detected in The Quadrangle at 16:30 UTC and a relentless barrage went on until pilots Kanthakeh, Peng, Algore and Hammer-BS were able to destroy the sentient eel in Tripoint Station Sector at 21:22 UTC.
As overheard from pilots in the #ready-room, the attack began with the Conflux sealing off all of the jumpgates to The Quadrangle with infestations, and continued with the infestation of all gates into Tic-Tac’s Hook. At 18:13 UTC, KTRI reported the beginning of the bombardment of the Helium Nano Assembler. Active pilots assembled, blasting their way through infestations to launch their defense of Tripoint sector and its infrastructure.
The Sentient Eel was defended by numerous drones, but the gritty pilots whittled away at the Conflux horde and destroyed its leader, putting an end to the hours-long assault . Pilot Peng reported the building has sustained significant damage, but was not destroyed. Concerted repair efforts were able to restore the Nano Assembler building to functionality fairly quickly.
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*** BREAKING NEWS ***
(UUNN HQ) Quantar endures prolonged Conflux Assault, Helium Nano Assembler damaged.
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(UUNN HQ) Quantar launched a new Mining Faction Mssion yesterday, calling on pilots to mine Precious Metals to help boost supplies of Vanadium and Palladium. Hyperial, however, is viewing this as a direct attack on their mission.
“Our mission has languished for months while missions for TRI Corporation — and now Quantar — get all of the the attention,” said Dr. Viggio Ragne, Special Representative for the Office of the President. “This is a clearly planned disruption . . . an attack on the welfare of Hyperial! There will be repercussions.”
The Hyperial mission, which was initiated on 123.2.2 calls for Conmats, Fiber-optics and Fuel Cells. While the end-dates of FMs has not typically been captured, many believe this is the longest-running mission by a wide margin and it has sat unchanged at 73.68% completion for several weeks.
by Thane Carios
(UUNN HQ) At an impromptu rally on Hyperial Station, Hyperial Prince Sandrich Fablemi called for a military response against Quantar for the Faction Mission blockade being enforced by some Quantar pilots.
“For the Quantar vermin their jihad has never ended,” screamed Fablemi to the crowd, which roared its agreement. “So if THEY want war — I say they should GET a war! There are tens of dozens of out-of-work mecenaries out there. I say we give the economy a jump-start by HIRING them to put Quantar in its place!” urged Fablemi, as he led the crowd in a ‘death to Quantars’ chant. Continue reading
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.
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(Quantar Core) Quantar oficials today announced the passing of Yasar El-Baz, the last remaining Quantar member of the Thrice Seven. El-Baz passed quietly in his home today at 19:17, just days short of his 104th birthday. The following excellent summation of Yasar’s life comes from the text of Tahir Tashawar’s speech four years ago on Yasar’s 100th birthday. Continue reading
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