CNS - Freeport 10 News Archive

[Howard10]

09.12.818 '€“ Today terror struck Freeport 10 to its very core. This abject horror and fear brought back the terrible memories of the Outcast aggressions of years past in our older residents. But it was not Outcasts or Bounty Hunters or Miners who sparked panic onboard today: an abomination unlike anything witnessed by residents before launched a brutal and chilling assault on the peace of the Tau 37 system.

A alien construct of unknown origin was first spotted some 13 klicks from the station. While patrols' sensors were not able to get a secure lock on the craft, it could be plainly seen even from that distance. The ship was blue or purple, and radiated light from its unholy innards. It was a breathtaking sight, but only so far as it highlighted its unnatural nature, its perverse form.

Several residents who had shortly returned from the Tau 23 system after welcoming a guest to the station were present to witness the construct's attack. It slowly moved towards the station, and after closing to within station weapons range, opened fire with several deadly vollys of laser fire, that decimated nearby patrols.

We secured an interview with Aksel Goldstein, who valiantly covered the transports which had been moorered to the station throughout the incident. "Well, the 'beast' (I call it this way for lack of a better word) was sitting infront of Freeport 10 and it was looking at us. We... well at least I felt some strange things in its presence. Things like thoughts...that were not my own, feelings I never dreamed I could expirience. Then, the beast started shooting."

It is believed 13 innocent ships were shot down without warning nor provocation, the pilots of which were promptly rescued in a daring effort by all currently assembled surviving ships. All those rescued were suffering from varying degrees of injury, with 4 being of a critical nature. It is believed that two of those four have already died. The Outcast Jack Ramirez later arrived and praised the evening's horrific events with a chilling series of statements as he commanded outraged and terrified pilots, "Do not insult the spitits". When called on the murder of innocent civilians, he cold-bloodedly replied, "Then they deserved it".

Station Hall has already issued a statement to the effect that countermeasures to these attacks are already being implemented, and that panic would be counter-productive and harmful. The families of the pilots in question are being searched for, but it is believed that the majority were out-of-system traders from other Freeports.