ZNS Breaking News - Jump Drive Failure Consumes Freeport 35

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Jump Drive failure consumes Freeport 35

Freeport 35, Edinburgh The Niyodo Files claim their first victims. What looked to be a bloody and drawn-out battle between Freeport 35's defenders and local Gaian garrisons, assisted by Maquis heavy assets, quickly took a bizarre and horrifying turn. According to scientists stationed on the ZDF Hinaichigo, roughly forty minutes into the battle, scanners detected a massive energy signature welling up within the installation, consistent with the activation of a hyperspace device. A few moments later, Freeport 35 vanished from local space, leaving only a few now-useless weapon platforms drifting around, and both sides momentarily befuddled. Given the newfound precarity of their situation, ZDF vessels and their allies ordered a full retreat. "What the hell were they thinking?! We were winning and these idiots destroyed the station!" exclaimed Bernard Hobbs, lead researcher of Freeport 35. "What kind of imbeciles disobey orders and activate an unfinished Jump Drive like that? We've never seen Tomoe this angry! I'll be lucky to still have a job here by the end of week. Not to mention the hundreds of people that were still on board." As of this writing, FTL communications specialists within the ZDF are still unable to reach Freeport 35. One of them tells us: "Even if the base somehow survived this, it was probably relocated far from civilized space or any sort of infrastructure, making a successful rescue unlikely." "Really sorry for those who couldn't evacuate, but at least this shows that our dark matter backflow inhibitor works," said a senior ZDF scientist who chose to speak on condition of anonymity. "If that half-done Jump Drive they triggered hadn't just been outfitted with it, those morons would have spewed a cloud of dark matter the size of Gaia straight into Edinburgh." We would like to extend our condolences to the families and friends of the crew members lost in this tragic incident. Our thoughts and prayers are with you in these difficult times. - Adam Ronson, Zoner News Service - - -

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