Sanctuary in Galileo

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To: All friendly, peaceful visitors to Sanctuary and Haven bases in Galileo
From: Anburusuki, Administration Executive

I must apologise for the time that has passed since my last post. I hope you will understand as you read about the activity we have undertaken and the sad news that arrived 2 weeks ago just as I was about to complete and send this update.

Our group has spent some time discussing the way forward. Explorador who was born a Zoner on Gran Canaria explained that we had been living as Zoners without realising it. We are a diverse group of individuals, each having decided alone to reject the regulations imposed by House Space. We have adapted to become a trading community and all of us has started a new life here in Galileo. We have been careful to live peacefully with groups who live in or close to Galileo and have been able to call on their expertise as and when we needed assistance. The best example being the rebuild and programming of PJ-888, which would not have been possible without the Lane Hackers.

We all agreed that Haven would start life as a Zoner base and that Explorador would be the administrator. We constructed additional storage and started work on a defense platform to supplement the defenses of Sanctuary. Explorador decided he should take PJ-888 to Omega-48 and Omega-52 using a route avoiding Leeds where we had experienced some minor problems. Explorador was not going to be able to travel quite so far as often with his increased responsibilities.

Then tragedy. We received a message that when entering Dublin from Edinburgh, Explorador suffered a stroke. PJ-888 took action to stabilise him and diverted to the Poole jump hole, the Omega-48 jump hole and Gran Canaria, where he knew there were excellent Zoner health facilities.

Explorador is recuperating slowly on Gran Canaria, where he has a home and people to look after him. He is unlikely ever to pilot a ship again but we hope he will be able to visit us on occasion by accompanying PJ-888 when he is trading in Gran Canaria or adjacent systems.

Back at base we have started to rationalise Sanctuary and Haven. The former will concentrate on foodstuff and drinks. Haven will primarily trade in hard to find ores and precious metals, etc. We will almost certainly refine this in light of experience gained as time progresses.