V6 Planetquakes Destroy City Dateline 3202.119 V6 Quadrant 7 Xyonist seismologists on V6 were taken completely by surprise by a sudden, and unprecedented planetquake surge under the Northwest Continent. The epicentre was near the city of Toyoda, and virtually every building in the city was destroyed by the ‘quake. Losses are less than feared at […]
(Alphie writes about his state visit to Wolf 359) I have had a nice time at Wolf 359. No seriously, a bit weird, no, quite a lot weird, but kinda nice. Arrival: first cultural misunderstanding. All weapons to be surrendered. All? Yes. So my bodyguard Ned has to defend me with his bare hands. Right. […]
Quadrant 3 ‘Ultron Crisis’ Growing Dateline 3202.075, Q3 Reports are now being confirmed of a major military criris developing in Quadrant 3. Warships from all polities are reported as having been taken over by malicious code embedded in the new Ultron anti-piracy device. Doomsayers are announcing widely that they ‘told us so’. Dr Henry Pymm, […]
Insider Incident ends in Settlement Local Dateline Q8 3202.042 A variety of reports from the Insider System in Quadrant 8 have been telling of a standoff between Venerian, Earther and local independent forces from Knobknocker and Digger over trade rights. The situation got pretty heated at times, it seems, but careful diplomacy on the part […]
Some Ships Missing In Q3 Local Dateline Q3 – 3201.379 Rumours are coming in of a number of military ships missing in Quadrant 3. Local authorities are tight-lipped about this – some announcing that this is part of a planned security exercise, others that there is a temporary communications fault. Critics of the new Ultron […]
Earth Forces Pacify Free Republic Dataline Binni Q0 Stardate 3201.377 Reports are coming in of a startling raid by large Earther forces on the rogue colony known as the Free Republic of Binni. The capital, Bradley and a number of other cities of the colony were the subject of a terrifying assault by a complete […]
Piracy ‘Licked’ in Quadrant 3 Local Dataline Q3 – 3201.289 The new ULTRON system for counter piracy has virtually eliminated space piracy in Quadrant 3 – this startling new report was presented at a special pan-quadrant Anti-Piracy Seminar held at Chakan. Attendees were senior personnel from all space Navies in the quadrant, as well as […]
Day One. Sol, outside Pluto {Mickey’s pet dog!] Orbit. My yacht returns to N-Space. We pick up Esteeler Polity Anthem: ‘Rock Around the Clock’ in march time. Then the Presidential Music: ‘Hail to the Cheese’! They get the protocol spot on here. Arrival at the M25; pleasantly surprised to be met by LZ [Lee Zhang, […]
Binnian Colonists Request Membership of the Union Stardate 3201.263, Binni, Quadrant 0 After the unpleasantness on Binni earlier this year, a joint communique from 3 of the four colonial administrations on the planet has officially asked to be considered for membership of the Martian Union. Mars has been very popular since its military and humanitarian […]
Draconians complain of ‘human rights’ abuses Local Dateline 3201.155, Gryt, Quadrant 7 The legal representatives of a small poor colony on the edge of Quadrant 7, Draconis, have formally filed a complaint against the Earth Empire with the Sirian Socialist Republic. Their claim is that several years ago a huge Earth fleet turned up out […]
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