The (Unregulated) Update

Vol. IV, No. 1 – by Ares Kiden

Hello again!  UUNN has been quiet so I thought to myself, “Self … why don’t you make some noise again.”  So here goes …

To Antiflux … or NOT to Antiflux ….

Looks like pilots are back on board (somewhat) with rebuilding the Antiflux CP in Amananth.  Repair of the facility was almost complete about a month ago — and then someone comes in and blows it up. Itookacruisebytocheckitoutandthebasic”skeleton seems to have been completed — 28% according to the mission computer.  According to unconfirmed pilot reports, the CP that had just gone live a month ago used the “old” antiflux recipe — i.e. they could become fairly cheap and plentiful again.

Apparently that was something the folks at PRI-SEC didn’t like.  It will be interesting to see if they try to disrupt things again.

Maybe the pro-antiflux crew should start setting up 24-hour guard duty or something.

Quantar Organics Producing Again

UUNN Newswire

(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.

Quant Core Organic Foods Processing Shut Down after Contamination Sickens Hundreds

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.

Empress Lashes Out on Prosthetics

UUNN Newswire

(Etruscera, Martius) Consul Caelina Arsann today released the following statement:

Great Pillars Station has recently received a number of Prosthetics deliveries.  While we are unimpressed with the irrelevant legalities of the situation, we are nonetheless displeased.  Notably the Empress. To quote her own words:  “If I catch the imbecile who thinks this is even a little bit funny, they will NOT be turned over to TRI . . . I’ll personally feed them piece by piece to the ekels!”

We recommend delivering them elsewhere.

TRI-Security had no immediate comment.

Missing Tow Found!

UUNN Newswire

(UUNN HQ)  TRI-Security released the following statement regarding the missing TRI-TRAN-1:

The missing remote-operated tow, TRI-TRAN-1 was recovered from a deep space area of Light Gateway.  Unfortunately, its important and valuable cargo had already been stolen.  This is a considerable loss, but since the theft occurred in unregulated space, we are unable to investigate further or press charges.

TRI Releases Info on Missing Transport

by UUNN Newswire

(Solrain Core)  TRI Corporation announced today that it is requesting assistance in locating the missing transport ship (TRI-TRAN-1).

“We have been searching for some time, but we realize now that we need more help with this,” said Solder Ronin, Commandant of TRI Security.  “Our searches have turned up nothing.  As far as we can determine the ship should be somewhere between Far Point and Pulsar and ship safeguards should keep it within 75k of a beacon — so that’s a lot of space to cover.  A multi-pilot search pattern would present the best opportunity to locate it.

“The big concern is that either the Conflux, or the shield and armor storms that frequent this area will destroy the ship before we can get to it, so time is critical.”

Ronin said that the ship is a standard remote-piloted Solrain tow with about 200u of cargo, relics and other important TRI information.

If you locate the ship, please contact TRI-SEC immediately at tri@tri-subspace.net

Flux Hunters Report C30 Sightings

UUNN Newswire

(UUNN HQ) TRI Security (TRI-SEC) has received disturbing reports of C30 Megalodon sightings in Flux space sectors C-2204 and Cynomy’s Passage over the past week. One pilot reported: “It’s a monster! It’s bigger than an Eel and faster than a Stingray. I’d barely jumped into the sector before it was shredding my armour away. I was lucky to get out.”

So far there have been no images captured and TRI-SEC patrols have come up empty. Anyone sighting a Megalodon should exit the sector immediately and report the sighting to a.trottel_tri-sec@tri-subspace.net

All pilots are urged to avoid C-2204 and Cynomy’s — and to exercise exreme caution in the rest of Conflux space. So far, no C30 Megalodon sightings have been reported outside of Conflux Space sectors.

Pilot Releases Amazing Photos of Ghost Ship

by Thane Carios

(Solrain Core)  Pilot Nimdas shared images at The SpaceBar Pub yesterday that he claims he captured “a few days ago” while flying in a shield storm in Saron’s Shoulder sector.

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The images, if authentic, could be the famed “ghost ship” The Holländer which has allegedly been appearing in storms, along with a garbled distress call for years. There is only one known image of this ghost ship and it was a very blurry image captured from a distace. If the Nimdas images are in fact The Holländer, it would be a huge breakthrough.

Nimdas refused to provide additional information to a TRI-SEC official, but he did mention that he tried to use a “transport beam” (which we assume means an Insight/Displacer combination) with no results.

Many say that the distress call is an echo from pre-collapse times, but most scientists have dismissed that possibility.  Some believe that finding the ship would be finding amazing new pre-collapse technologies and riches.

The first report of The Holländer’s distress call was in 106.10.

Plot to Disrupt Funeral Ceremony Foiled

by Yaz Shandar

(Tripoint Station)  TRI-SEC successfully foined a plot to disrupt a funeral ceremony for Ja’lil Aq’tamm today.

“We had strong suspicion that something like this would happen,” said Solder Ronin, head of TRI-Security. “Pilot GRN2 launch was pertty clear with his intent on station channels.  So we have TRI-SEC-2 positioned outside the station and launched the decoy.  GRN2 took the bait and TRI-SEC-2 took him down.  It was an easy operation.”

TRI-SEC Calls Off Manhunt

UUNN Newswire

(UUNN HQ) TRI-SEC announced today that is is calling off the manhunt for the clone-pilot -Gent-.  Those who participated in the manhunt that resulted in the capture of the other two clones — Gent (Solrain) and _Gent_ (Octavius) — have been rewarded as follows:

Two Tache’s Crest medals have been awarded to pilot Aion for the capture and arrest of the Gent and _Gent_ clones.  Aion also received 2 million credits in bounty reward from Octavius.

 

The new Paladins Pride pin has been awarded to Kefla (two pins) for his assistance in pursuing and apprehending the clones; and to GrimGriz for providing intel on a clone’s location.  GrimGriz also received 250,000credits for that information.

The Office of Governor Hasdrubar Carto has also announced that it is discontinuing its bounty and information offers on the one clone who has not been apprehended.