| Leicester Shipping Platform | |
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| Border World Exports | |
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| D-5/6, Omega-3 |
CLASS: Wellington
GRAVITY: Partial
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Limited
CREW: 240
The recently established Leicester Shipping Platform is a staging area under Bowex administration for industrial equipment being transported to new colonies on the surface of Planet Sprague, known locally as Planet Nottingham. Cobalt and Titanium ore mined, in addition to various industrial goods manufactured planetside are also stored here, where it is later exported to the other colonies or domestically.
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News
| [831 AS] 'Slog' banned throughout Bretonia |
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NEW LONDON -- 831 -- The drug 'Slog,' otherwise known as Carix, has officially been banned across Bretonia. It is now a criminal offense to possess or distribute this drug in any quantity. The strict prohibition comes in response to the rising popularity of this dangerous substance, which has ravaged the Bretonian working class. Authorities claim the Slog trade creates extreme public health hazards, and has strong links to the funding of terrorism. Despite this, journalists have suggested that the government’s real fear lies in decreased productivity, which Bretonia's struggling post-war economy cannot afford following the loss of Dublin. |
| [831 AS] New drug flooding Sprague's hab blocks |
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SPRAGUE -- 831 -- Hospitals across Planet Sprague are raising alarms about mounting overdose cases relating to a new and addictive substance. Colloquially known as Slog, the inhalant has in extreme cases caused hallucinations, kidney failure and heart attacks. Some have suggested the sudden surge in popularity has been caused by a "Cardamine shortage", however experts quickly dismissed this conclusion, pointing to the radically different pricing and clientele for the two drugs. The Bretonian Police Authority have launched an investigation into the substance, which they believe is closely tied to off-world organized crime. |
| [831 AS] Gate corps clash over 'Blackout'! |
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ABBEVILLE -- 831 AS -- EFL's 'Resilience Taskforce' today reported its findings on The Blackout, claiming to have gathered forensic evidence that proved the cause as Ageira negligence. A spokesperson claimed that the destruction of the Dublin Jump Gate by Molly separatists had created a hyperspace feedback loop that was propagated and amplified through the Ageira gate network. Ageira disputed this finding in their own press release, calling EFL 'fantasists' and countering that their own scientists had narrowed the cause to a rare 'hypernova' stellar event that originated outside the Sirius sector. Both corporations claim that network-wide hardware safeguards have been implemented that would prevent a similar occurrence in the future. Independent researchers have sharply criticized the corporate announcements, accusing both of self-interested misdirection. Professor Sophia Nagel from Heisenberg Research Station called EFL's accusation 'incoherent' and the hypernova explanation 'nonsense' that did not explain the characteristics of the 'Blackout Pulse'. Despite multiple different Pulse recordings being widely disseminated across the neural net, public efforts have so far failed to triangulate its source. |
| [831 AS] Pulse phenomenon linked to Blackout |
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AMES RESEARCH STATION -- 831 -- Independent researchers have announced that a hyperspace pulse of unprecedented strength was detected moments before The Blackout, destroying many of the sector’s most sensitive and finely tuned observatories. Surviving data about 'The Pulse' has been widely shared across the neural net in recent days, prompting mass speculation. Professor Katsuma Oster of Ames Research Station described the signal as “astounding”. “These readings are unprecedented, as if reality itself were struck like a gong.” House authorities have remained tight lipped, refusing to share their own observatories' data. |
| [831 AS] 'Blackout' causes jump network failure |
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MANHATTAN -- 831 AS -- Two days ago Jump Gates failed simultaneously across Sirius, freezing commerce and neural net access across the sector. When communications resumed 31 hours later, the news broke of Bretonia's loss of the Dublin system. This twin shock has plunged markets into chaos, prompting fears of sector-wide economic recessions. Interspace estimates that the stoppage alone caused billions of credits in losses. Gallia immediately accused Liberty of causing the outage, claiming the destruction of Dublin's Jump Gate instigated a cascading failure in faulty Ageira infrastructure. Ageira has sharply refuted the allegation, claiming such a systemic effect would be physically impossible. |
| [827] Glasgow Ghosts stranded on Hamburg |
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SPRAGUE -- 827 AS -- The Glasgow Ghosts have been stranded on Planet Hamburg after the Plasmaball Finals were canceled. The team of ex-Leeds residents soared to superstardom after making it to the finals in a stunning underdog upset. Hamburg authorities axed the rowdy event over fears that it could exacerbate the disorder already ripping through Rheinland cities. Team captain Greg Brown said the players were safe, but all transit off-planet had been restricted. Sprague viceroy Dame Dixon has urged the Bretonian government to intervene and “bring our boys home”. |
| [735 AGS] Foreign Diamonds Flooding the Market? |
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METZ -- 735 AGS -- GMS officials are privately voicing concerns over the influx of diamonds from Sirius into Gallia's markets. Planet Metz's red and pink diamonds have been a mainstay of GMS profits for decades, but recent analysis by the company's assayers indicates that an increasing share of the market of especially industrial diamonds are arriving from Sirian sources, as far as Rheinland. So far, there has not been a large enough influx of foreign gems to destabilize prices in Gallia, but GMS is not waiting for that to happen. GMS lobbyists have been quietly talking to Royal Ministers about the problem, and legislation to combat the apparent smuggling may soon be submitted for debate. |
| [733 AGS] Business in Gallic Border Words: Risks and Profits |
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ALESIA -- 733 AGS -- The Second Gallic Civil War made conducting business hazardous all around the Gallic Border Worlds. New threats are not directly related to the military conflict between Gallia and the Council. Instead, the war gave rise to unprecedented increase of piracy in all Border Worlds, except for Lorraine. Criminal activity is on the rise even in the well-protected Core Systems. Using the war and chaos associated with it, Gallic Brigands, Corse and other groups gained access to new ships and weaponry, and gained opportunities to increase their numbers by rallying recruits from Council-controlled worlds of Marne and Quillan. As a result, most financial institutions refuse insurance for any shipments going to and from the Core Worlds. Even if they do, insurance is so expensive that only a few shippers are able to afford it. As of now, the only efficient way to protect cargo is hiring Gallic Navy escort. Presence of Navy fighters usually scares pirates away, however, the Navy has many other duties to perform. Government promises to increase Police presence in the area, however, increased numbers of Police does not guarantee presence of their ships in the areas where pirates are going to attack. According to the reports from Briancon and Gap installations in Languedoc, some police patrols deliberately avoid patrolling areas where commercial transports are present and where pirate attacks are most likely to occur. Solar Engineering, the only large space corporation without a significant presence in the Border Worlds, has actually gained profits from the war rather than losses: gaining large government contracts for building up the Core World defenses, its stock value has risen more than 80%% over the last 15 years, an unprecedented rise for any large company listed on the New Paris Stock Exchange (NPSE) for the last four hundred years. |
| [816 AS] Terrorist attacks rising in Omega-3 |
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FREEPORT 1 -- 816 AS -- Omega-3 has a long and turbulent history of being a lawless space. In recent days there have been a particularly brutal spate of killings, with several BMM and Bowex convoys massacred. The Bretonia Armed Forces has been on the case for weeks, and yesterday successfully intercepted the mysterious attackers mid-ambush. Major Helen Hardy identified the assailants as Rheinland Military vessels, commenting that, “it was like 800 all over again” -- referring to Rheinland’s assault on Omega-3 during the Colony Wars. Following a complaint to the Rheinland government, defense officials were quick to deny responsibility for the attacks, pointing instead to the Military deserters-turned-terrorist group commonly known as The Wild. |
| [812 AS] Rheinland warns about “Wild” attacks |
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FREISTADT -- 812 -- For many years rumors have spread about attacks on Omega shipping by a group known as The Wild. Now their ships have been sighted marauding across Stuttgart and New Berlin. Rheinland has announced that MND intelligence has identified these menaces as traitorous Colony War deserters and war criminals, who stole Military hardware and vanished into the border worlds to enrich themselves. It is unclear what prompted the renegades to extend their attacks into Rheinland core space, however it is speculated that they may have been driven out of their old hunting grounds by other pirate organizations such as the Red Hessians or Corsairs. |