Characters in Star Conquest are kept up-to-date via holovision broadcasts from the Intersector News Network, or ISNN, as well as headlines from their news aggregators.
6 October 2324 Headline -- Interalliance: Area Pilot Builds a Temporary Space Station [ISN]
2 October 2324 Headline -- Entertainment: New Orleans - 19.7 Yardbirds of Nonharmonic Groove Particles Registered During Zoot Coltrane Concert - Experts Fear Catastrophic Runaway Solo [TPR]
30 September 2324 Headline -- EAOS: Anomaly Observed in Varavarana Object High-Energy Event Logs: Sensor Loss-of-Contact Precedes Visual Confirmation by 0.82 Seconds [ESR]
25 September 2324 Headline -- Entertainment: Zoot Coltrane Announces First Post-War Performance; Will Play New Album 'Much Ado About Tooting' [VAR]
20 September 2324 Headline -- Economy: Tony's Interstellar House of Wings to Upsize Staff Following Profitable Quarter; Now Hiring Nuclear Reactor Technicians [ISN]
18 September 2324 Headline -- AEU: AEU Naval Command in Talks To Increase Budget, Scramble Capabilities Following Lackluster Civilian Pilot Response [NEN]
16 September 2324 Headline -- EAOS: Mysterious "Varavarana Object" Suddenly Disappears After Long Inactivity - "Unprecedented Energy Spike," Says EAOS Spokesperson [ISN]
7 September 2324 Headline -- Tabloid: Correction: Average Person Falls Down Zero Consecutive Flights of Stairs; Stairways Steve Is An Outlier and Should Not Have Been Counted [OTI]
7 September 2324 Headline -- EAOS: "No Evident Pattern or Meaning" - Scientists Stumped as "Varavarana" Object Emits Several Femtosecond-Long Bursts of Radiation After Four Years of Inactivity [ESR]
6 September 2324 Headline -- EAOS: Loose Morels: Three Wounded in "Freaky Fungus Friday" Mishap - Torus Staff Canteen Closed, Risotto Still at Large - Has Culinary Science Gone Too Far? [ISN]
4 September 2324 Headline -- AEU: Local VET Editor Transported off the Premises After Publishing Sixty Consecutive Identical Headlines [VET]
4 September 2324 Headline -- AEU: Local Man Transported to Hospital After Falling Down Single Flight of Stairs Sixty Consecutive Times - Bystander: "Groundbreaking Technique" [VET]
3 September 2324 Headline -- League: Human Trafficker Dennis Feldman to Serve Multiple Life Sentences Without the Possibility of Parole, Remanded to Corbin Memorial Prison [LCR]
2 September 2324 Headline -- AEU: Serial Escalation: Deranged Local Architect Spotted Drafting Plans for Sixty-Floor Elevator Shaft [VET]
31 August 2324 Headline -- AEU: Union Navy Command Rejects Accord Request to Declassify Details of Recent Skirmish: "Not an Inter-Alliance Concern" [VET]
30 August 2324 Headline -- AEU: Riverway Rumble: Union 37th Fleet Engages Outsider Patrol in "Classified" Beacon Skirmish [VET]
24 August 2324 Headline -- Tabloid: Amazing: The Average Person Falls Down Eight Consecutive Flights Of Stairs In Their Sleep Every Year! [OTI]
22 August 2324 Headline -- League: At Arraignment, Infamous Ex-Pilot Dennis Feldman Pleads Guilty to Human Trafficking and Related Charges; Sentencing Scheduled for September 3rd [LCR]
20 August 2324 Headline -- League: Report of Illegal Settlement Deep Within Lebedev Crater on Luna Leads Authorities to None Other Than Dennis Feldman; Disgraced Ex-Pilot Now, Finally, in Custody [LCR]
15 August 2324 Headline -- Interalliance: Intersector Health Organization (IHO) Assures Citizens that Consecutive Flights of Stairs Are Not Airborne [ISN]
14 August 2324 Headline -- EAOS: Heavily Bandaged EAOS Scientists Hold Press Conference: "Consecutive Flights Of Stairs Must Be Stopped" [ESR]
13 August 2324 Headline -- EAOS: Entire Team of Top EAOS Scientists Transported to Hospital After Falling Down Sixty-One Consecutive Flights of Stairs [ESR]
12 August 2324 Headline -- EAOS: Top EAOS Scientists Suggest Theoretical Sixty-First Consecutive Flight Of Stairs [ESR]
12 August 2324 Headline -- AEU: Port Matsu Inauguration Committee Transported to Hospital After Falling Down Sixty Consecutive Flights of Stairs [VET]
11 August 2324 Headline -- Economy: Would Raising Wages Destroy the Very Fabric of Society? Seeking a Broad Range of Opinions, We Asked Nineteen Corporate CEOs [ISN]
11 August 2324 Headline -- AEU: Local Woman Transported to Hospital After Attemping to Climb Sixty Consecutive Flights of Stairs [VET]
10 August 2324 Headline -- AEU: Local Man Transported to Hospital After Falling Down Sixty Consecutive Flights of Stairs [VET]
10 August 2324 Headline -- League: How an Old Earth Soda Company Is Secretly Bankrolling the Hidden AEU War Machine [NAO]
9 August 2324 Headline -- Tabloid: AEU Merchant Transport Files Flight Plan To Unrecorded Destination - Here Is Why That Signals Economic Doom [OTI]
9 August 2324 Headline -- Economy: Heyuan Colonial Concern Stock Price Soars as CEO Else Mac Eacharn Announces "Imminent Reveal" [VET]
6 August 2324 Headline -- EAOS: Neutroni Al Dente: Torus Staff Kitchen On Lockdown Following Energetic Pesto-Antipesto Reaction [ISN]
31 July 2324 Headline -- AEU: Endymion Spaceport Traffic Jammed as Strategic Stockpile of Military Cookware Goes On Sale At Surplus Stores [VET]
22 July 2324 Headline -- Entertainment: Fight At Snail Race Becomes Brutal Slugfest [USN]
13 June 2324 Headline -- Interalliance: Poll of Civilian Pilots with Landline Phones Reveals Their Most Important Concerns in These Fraught Political Times -- Topping the List: Wetting Their Genitals [DNA]
9 May 2324 Headline -- Tabloid: Nudist Owner of Starship "Haul Me Away" Gets Her Wish; Hauled Away to Jail for Public Indecency [SSX]
17 December 2323 Headline -- Entertainment: Area Pilot Opens Bar Inside Own Battlesuit: "Very Little Seating, But Prices Are Competitive" [VAR]
22 July 2323 Headline -- League: Sing Us a Song: Interstellar Manhunt Now Underway for the "Cargo Man" [NAO]
15 December 2322 Headline -- AEU: Controversial Civilian Pilot Lily Kaise Arrested for Structuring Payments to Fellow Pilot in Attempt to Avoid Transaction Reporting Regulations [NEN]
10 December 2322 Headline -- Mutuality: Nouveau Quebec to Grant Honorary Citizenship During "New Year Celebration" at Independence Plaza, a Tradition Which No One Understands [DFP]
2 August 2322 Headline -- League: Drunk Casino-Goer Attacks AEU In Rambling Rant On L5 - Claims New 'Fall Into Obscurity' Coming For Them [SSX]
14 July 2322 Headline -- Interalliance: Opinion: Bari Spreaders Are Being Destroyed Efficiently, But At What Cost? It's Time to Power Down Our Weapons, Enjoy Our Freedom and Live With the Bari [THN]
16 June 2322 Headline -- Entertainment: Musical Instruments: Not Just For People Capable of Playing Them Anymore [TPR]
11 June 2322 Headline -- Entertainment: Spacer Raves: Not Just For Spacers Anymore [VAR]
8 May 2322 Headline -- AEU: Blazing Bullseye! Blast From The Past as Lovelace Mainframe Analytics Announces New Fresh Off The Production Line Arrows Now On Sale [NEN]
7 May 2322 Headline -- Interalliance: Union Expedition Vessel "Chimera Prospect" Returns Following Rescue by Mutuality Vessel "Torch," Carrying Rumors of Mysterious Megastructure Dubbed "Obenn Ring" [ISN]
6 May 2322 Headline -- League: Civilian Pilot Liaison Election Week Gets Heated as Current Officers Decline to Disclose Owner of Felo Death Ship "Golden Opportunity" [NAO]
23 February 2322 Headline -- Interalliance: Surprise News As Mutuality/AEU Agree New Non-Aggression Pact: Mutuality Representative 'Hopeful', AEU Representative Unavailable for Comment [ISN]
7 February 2322 Headline -- Interalliance: Fringe Visionary-Class Exploration Vessel "Crescendo" Takes Joint Fringe-Mutuality-League Crew to New Frontier, Discovers Strange "Reflective" Anomaly [ISN]
29 January 2322 Headline -- Interalliance: "Anyone Know How to Clear the Smell of Death Out of Ships?" Asks Civilian Pilot, Receiving Multiple Tips in Response - What Are Pilots Up To? [ISN]
30 December 2321 Headline -- Economy: Wardrobe Sales Up 14%; "Consumers No Longer Want to Keep Their Clothes in Mouldering Piles on the Floor," Says Market Analyst [ISN]
6 December 2321 Headline -- Mutuality: Avid Readers On Helios? Book Stacks Scattered On Helios Station Vanish, Only To Return Cycles Later - Security Has No Explanation 'They Can Keep The Damn Things If They Want' [DNA]
13 November 2321 Headline -- AEU: Drone Recordings Confirm Multiple Families of Phoenician Boars Living On Isolated Part Of Rabaran Peak; Scientists Move Species From 'Extinct In The Wild' To 'Critically Endangered' As Conservationists Push for Government Protections [ISN]
30 October 2321 Headline -- AEU: 'Cautious Optimism': Zoologists Prepare Surveillance Drones to Confirm Potential Phoenician Boar Sighting At Rabaran Peak [ISN]
14 October 2321 Headline -- Tabloid: PRESIDENT KAISA REBANE UNMASKED AS SECRET BEAR AT STATE FUNCTION WHEN HONEY BUNS SERVED AS REFRESHMENT [OTI]
30 August 2321 Headline -- Interalliance: Apology Issued for Previous Headline [ISN]
30 August 2321 Headline -- Interalliance: Area Pilots Brighten Their Day with Visit to Historic Aria VII Colony [ISN]
16 May 2321 Headline -- EAOS: RATS Swarm Gamma-12-05-17-SC Loses Major Swarm Status After Battle with Multi-Alliance Forces - Remains Split into Two Discrete Minor Swarms to Evade Destruction; Both Minor Swarms Now Moving Away From Kiron Nebula [ESR]
16 May 2321 Headline -- Interalliance: RATS Swarm Gamma-12-05-17-SC Intercepted Before Arrival at Kiron Nebula by EAOS Task Force, Accord Peacekeepers, and Tandem Pact Patrols; 68% of Swarm Mass Destroyed in Ensuing Battle [DNA]
14 May 2321 Headline -- Fringe: Area Pilot Rescued From Well Wishes Everyone Would Stop Talking About It, Pledges to Go Down Second Well Out of Spite [UPN]
14 May 2321 Headline -- Fringe: Asked If He Would Prefer Airlift Out of Well, Area Pilot Asks Why We're Still Talking About Trapped in Well Incident, As It's All In the Past [UPN]
14 May 2321 Headline -- Fringe: Area Pilot Wonders Why He Should Be the One to Climb Rope Out of Well When It Isn't His Fault He Went Down There [UPN]
14 May 2321 Headline -- Fringe: Asked How He Ended Up Down Well, Pilot Responds: "No One Told Me I Shouldn't Go Down Into Wells" [UPN]
13 May 2321 Headline -- Fringe: Area Pilot Found Trapped Down Well [UPN]
12 May 2321 Headline -- Economy: Sluggables(tm) Packaged Lunch Snack Trays Facing Recall Crisis: Eponymous Protein May Actually Be De-Shelled Snails [ISN]
11 May 2321 Headline -- Interalliance: Two Outsider Patrols, Likely Attracted by Civilian Pilot Use of Active Beacons, Destroyed at Feng Wo Trading Collective Border; Accord Task Force on Standby but "Will Not Enter Sovereign Space Without Invitation" [ISN]
27 April 2321 Headline -- Fringe: Chetumal Restaurant Unveils Record Breaking Bicentennial Flan [UPN]
20 April 2321 Headline -- Fringe: Confederation of Fringe Worlds Shuts Down Salvage Operations System After Civilian Fleet Debate Apparently Convinces Provisional Committee; "We See No Reason Not To Add A Few Extra Steps to Ensure Safety" [CPC]
19 April 2321 Headline -- AEU: New Corps Liaison Clerks Overzealous in Efforts, Sending Out Payments Without Confirming Performance Goals - Pilot Program Corporate Syndicate Votes 4-1 for Erven Group Recommendation to Replace New Clerks [NEN]
14 April 2321 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Corps Rejects Former President Best's Support for Their Words and Actions [NEN]
13 April 2321 Headline -- AEU: The Erven Group Replaces Majority of Liaison Clerks in Union Civilian Pilot Liaison Office With Own Contractors after Minor Teething Trouble for New Corporate Conquest System [NEN]
12 April 2321 Headline -- Tabloid: CHILDREN OF THE SUN = REPLONS!!! EVEN NOW INFILTRATING HUMANITY WEARING SKINS OF UNREGS!!! [OTI]
11 April 2321 Headline -- AEU: Members of Civilian Corps Theorize that Unregs May Be Supplying Resources to Outsider Battle Thralls [NEN]
11 April 2321 Headline -- AEU: CEO and Former President Eric Best with Unexpected Press Release: "Weak Rebane Is Responsible for the Unreg Menace at Our Borders - I'm Grateful for New Generation of Civilian Pilots Who Refuse to Coddle Them" [NEN]
11 April 2321 Headline -- Fringe: Champoton Sees Drastic Rise in Cacao Prices in Aanticipation of Centennial Celebration [DNA]
10 April 2321 Headline -- Interalliance: Guns For Steel? Civilian Pilots and Merry Band Facilitate Peaceful Offering of Raw Resources to Unregs of Unknown Affiliation [ISN]
10 April 2321 Headline -- Interalliance: Controversial Merry Band Leader "Mister Kelsey" Calls an End to His Unilateral Ceasefire With the AEU Following Tragic Death During Civilian Salvage Op [ISN]
8 April 2321 Headline -- Mutuality: Reg Pilots Once Again Prove Where Their Priorities Lie: Property Over People [DFP]
8 April 2321 Headline -- Interalliance: Civilian Pilots Demonstrate Restraint as AEU-Led Salvage Op Comes Under Unreg Attack; Only One Confirmed Casualty [ISN]
8 April 2321 Headline -- Interalliance: One Unregistered Person Killed in Civilian Pilot-Involved Altercation in Beaconed Space [DNA]
5 April 2321 Headline -- Interalliance: Civil Servant Within Hyperion Council Revealed as AEU Operative, Deported Back to New Earth With Most Strenuous Protest From First Minister Geller [ISN]
19 March 2321 Headline -- Fringe: Egg Prices Rising on Chetumal Thanks to Centennial Festivities [UPN]
27 November 2320 Headline -- AEU: Erven Group Spokesman Suggests 'Favoritism' of Civilian Liaison Office and Pilot Liaisons to Blame for Travellyon Interstellar Meeting with Corps while Erven Group and Others Remain Unscheduled [NEN]
25 November 2320 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS-Mutuality-Tandem Scientists at the Centre for Rift Astrogation Predict Passage of "Ol' Gunther" Through Alliance Space Within the Next Three to Six Weeks [ESR]
24 October 2320 Headline -- EAOS: "Little Risk of Hitting Alliance Space in the Immediate Term," Responds Rift Environmental Science Departmental Spokesman Regarding Ol' Gunther [ESR]
8 October 2320 Headline -- Entertainment: Various Artists Across Known Space to File Class Action Lawsuit Against Varavarana for Unauthorized Duplication of Copyrighted Material [DNA]
8 October 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: All Sectors Briefly on High Alert as Alien Object "Varavarana" Analyzes Planetary Networks [ISN]
4 October 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU President Rebane Reportedly in Contact with Accord, Cooperating on a Procedure to Safely Relocate "Varavarana" Object [ISN]
4 October 2320 Headline -- League: Appearance of Alien Sphere in Manhattan Spaceport Draws the Curious and Unsettles Many -- "The Object Appears To Be Harmlessly Probing Its Environment; Avoid If You Prefer, But Do Not Interfere," Advises EAOS Scientist Peter Fienstein [LCR]
2 October 2320 Headline -- AEU: President Rebane Completes 'Long Overdue' Civilian Corps Sale After Multiple Delays from Previous Administration; Corporations to Fully Take Control by End of Next Week [VET]
1 October 2320 Headline -- AEU: AEU Civilian Pilots Authorized to Accept Accord Missions If They Should Be Offered, In Arrangement Similar to That With EAOS and Mutuality [NEN]
1 October 2320 Headline -- AEU: President Rebane Signs Series of Day One Executive Orders, Looking to "Correct Some of the Mistakes" of National Patriot Administration [NEN]
1 October 2320 Headline -- AEU: President Kaisa Rebane Sworn In -- Promises "Return to Prosperity for the Union" [NEN]
29 September 2320 Headline -- Mutuality: After Several Civilian Pilots Decline to Defend Gateway from Siege, "League Prime Defense Cruiser" Finally Routs Enemy, Inflicting No Casualties [DFP]
27 September 2320 Headline -- Sports: 2320 HypAc EuroGP Third-Place Winner Found to Have Raced Under Performance-Decreasing Drugs [USN]
26 September 2320 Headline -- Sports: HypAc OpEd: "We Just Want to Win More Than You Soft-Skinned Regs," Writes Anonymous Author [USN]
25 September 2320 Headline -- Mutuality: Sylvain LeBlanc Nominated Director of Nouveau Quebec Public Industries, Despite Protests; Youngest Director of Nouveau Quebec Public Industries in History at Three Trade Cycles [DFP]
25 September 2320 Headline -- Sports: HyperAccelerant Racing Committee: "Historic Teams Would Be Exempt from These Proposed Regulations, Of Course" [IAS]
23 September 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU Civilian Pilot Corps Special Precinct: 100% Voted for Kieryn Summer in Yesterday's Chaotic Election [ISN]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: President-Elect Rebane Rejects the Legacy of Ousted President Sheffield: "We Are the New Republic of 2320, a New Party for a New Era" [NEN]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Analysis: Pundits and Pollsters Failed to Capture Several Factors - Voters Rejected Incumbency as a Consideration, Feeling Alliance Is On Wrong Track; Many Have Lost Faith With NaPas But Felt Green Earth Was Too Liberal [VET]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: President-Elect Rebane Gives Late Victory Speech As Union Reels From Surprise Result: "The Media Counted Us Out, But We Stand Victorious"; "This Is the Beginning of a New Era of Prosperity and Fair Dealing With Our Neighbors" [NEN]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: National Patriot Party Issues Furious Objection, But While Unprecedented, Faithless Electors are Legal on Endymion [VET]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: With Endymion's Electoral Votes Pledged to the New Republic, Kaisa Rebane Will Become President with a Slim 38 Electoral Vote Win [NEN]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Breaking: Endymion Electors Sign Pact of Faithlessness: "In Order to Have a Peaceful Transfer of Power and Respect the Union Majority, We Pledge Our Votes Instead to Kaisa Rebane" [NEN]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Streets Flood with Protesters Representing All Parties [NEN]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: No Party Has Reached the 37 Electoral Votes Required to Win: What Now? Constitution Demands that NaPa-Majority Senate Chooses New President [NEN]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Breaking: Telex and Its 15 Electoral Votes Will Go to Kaisa Rebane; New Republic Will Eke Out a Plurality With Just 28 Electoral Votes [NEN]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: All Eyes on Telex as Lines at the Polls Begin to Clear [NEN]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: We've Seen Enough: New Earth and Its 25 Electoral Votes Will Go to Green Earth, Against National Patriots at 19 and New Republic at 13 [NEN]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Green Earth Support Surges to Plurality on New Earth Amidst Late Returns, Now at 39.7% [NEN]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Partial New Earth Returns: 36.8% National Patriot, 32.8% Green Earth, 30.4% New Republic, With Larger Precincts Yet to Report [NEN]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Surge in Turnout on Telex, Where Green Earth Attempted to Remove New Republic From the Ballot -- Voters Are Still in Line [NEN]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Bikura Called for Kaisa Rebane in Surprise Upset, Giving New Republic 13 Electoral Votes -- Their First Electoral Vote Win Since 2300 [NEN]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Endymion Called for President Stotterman, Giving Him a New Total of 19 Electoral Votes [NEN]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Bikura "Too Close to Call" with Exit Polls Suggesting Unexpected Strength in New Republic Party Support [NEN]
23 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Polls Close Across AEU - Aenea, Zion Moonbase Immediately Called for President Gavin Stotterman for 9 Electoral Votes, Endymion Too Early to Call [NEN]
22 September 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: "Who is Ezra Shafir?" - A Primer on Recent Events Within the Mutuality with Potentially Far-Reaching Implications [DNA]
22 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Polls Close Across AEU in One Hour -- NEN Ready to Make Immediate Calls [NEN]
22 September 2320 Headline -- Sports: Proposed HypAc Regulations Would Bar Racers from L5, Luna, and Certain Regions of Mars and Centauri [IAS]
21 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: New Republic Party Issues Complaint: "Respondents in NEN Poll Have Been Pushed to Choose Either Kieryn Summer or Gavin Stotterman, Manufacturing the Narrative That Our Party Is Not Viable" [VET]
21 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Final NEN Poll Shows Two Point Swing Toward National Patriot Gavin Stotterman [NEN]
21 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Green Earth Party Accepts Civilian Pilot Endorsement, Looks Forward To Program Winding Down Peacefully [NEN]
20 September 2320 Headline -- Entertainment: AEU Director Chuck Jameson to Produce Film Involving Face-Snatching Unreg Terrorist and a Union Operative Forced to Assume the Terrorist's Identity [EFX]
19 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: AEU Civilian Pilot Liaison Secretary Orders Civilian Corps to Recall Her For Political Purposes [VET]
19 September 2320 Headline -- Sports: The Spacer Advantage: HyperAccelerant Racing Committee Reportedly in Talks to Restrict Applicants Based on Certain Criteria for "Fairer, More Competitive" Race [IAS]
19 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Single-Issue Vegan Political Party 'The Green Party' Issues Statement: Green Earth Cannot Claim Our Name, We Were Here Before They Formed [VET]
18 September 2320 Headline -- Mutuality: Apprehended Spy Used Mutagenics to Change His Appearance, Claims Clan Doctor [DFP]
18 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Presidential Candidate Rebane on Telex Ballot Issue: "They're Scared; Internal Polls Show Us Higher Than Anyone Will Admit -- Media Are Pretending This Is a Two Party Race" [NEN]
18 September 2320 Headline -- Tabloid: AEU NOW USING REPLONS IN DARING COUNTERATTACK AGAINST UNREGS! [TBX]
18 September 2320 Headline -- Mutuality: Spaceman Roger Surprises Council with Footage of Apprehended Researcher; "Gait and Speech Patterns Indicate an Entirely Different Person," Experts Claim [DFP]
17 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Green Earth Party Seeks Court Order to Have New Republic Candidate Removed from the Ballot on Telex, Alleging Procedural Irregularities [NEN]
17 September 2320 Headline -- Tabloid: PAPARAZZI PHOTOGRAPHER OBSERVES MYSTERIOUS PHOTOGRAPHS BEING CARRIED INTO SSN HEADQUARTERS: PHOTOS INSIDE [TBX]
Interstellar Politics Hour: Dateline 17 September 2320
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a generic-looking planet spinning around. "And now, the Interstellar Politics Hour!"
The image fades quickly, then displays a newscaster seated at a desk. "Good evening! Last night, the AEU candidates for president took to the debate stage for the one and only debate in this short election cycle, less than one week before voting begins! We'll show you a few highlights focusing on the candidates' space policy."
The shot transitions to show the same newscaster, but at a different desk, on the debate stage with a large audience behind him, acting as moderator.
"The civilian pilot program has been in limbo," the moderator begins. "Its pieces have been broken up and offered to the highest bidder, but events like the One Day War over Hyperion and President Metz's recent resignation have delayed the completion of the sale. What will your administration do?"
The image of Kieryn Summer, the Green Earth candidate, appears.
"It's a good question. As you might remember, in 2316 President Garner ran on a promise of dissolving the Civilian Corps, arguing that it was overall a detriment, particularly in the area of foreign relations, and that its functions could be better performed with direct government or naval oversight. I would say that is still the case, but, fortunately, the Civilian Corps is also the least relevant it's ever been -- the silver lining of their having lost all credibility with foreign powers is that there is little more damage they can do short of starting a shooting war."
"Personally, I would still prefer to turn its functions over to the government directly, but given the budget shortfall we're facing in the wake of the loss of Hyperion and National Patriot mismanagement, it may be best to fulfill the expectations of the private sector and allow the sale to go forward. My administration would evaluate this as a very early priority."
The shot transitions away from the Green Earth candidate to Kaisa Rebane of the New Republic party.
"Certainly the sale should go ahead. I was the first to propose this idea in 2316, and I stand by it. Although I can't agree with dismantling the Civilian Corps -- the resources it brings in would be difficult to replace, at least without a large up-front expense -- I do agree with Kieryn that the Civilian Corps has no business conducting foreign affairs on behalf of the Union. Privatization will keep them a step removed from this role. In addition, of course, the sale will help to repair our growing deficit and ensure that the burden does not land on working families and job creators."
Finally, the current president, National Patriot Gavin Stotterman, states his answer.
"Yes, of course the sale will go ahead. We stand by and will see through President Best's decision to privatize the Civilian Corps. Throughout all sorts of overblown controversies, the Civilian Corps hasn't been distracted, they've just stayed productive, working hard, providing vital resources to the Union. Once privatized, they can be even more productive, their resources allocated efficiently according to the demands of the free market. They do not need to be distracted by the strange demands of foreign powers to act as a diplomatic arm of the government."
The moderator nods, shifting a paper from the top to the bottom of the pile. "As you know, during President Best's time in office, we were brought to the brink of war. Relations with the League have since mostly stabilized, but the Mutuality remains cold toward us. What will you do in terms of foreign relations?"
Ms. Summer of Green Earth answers, "I sympathize with the position of the Mutuality. The sovereignty of their space was violated again and again by our civilian pilots. Even today, our Liaison Secretary enjoys full support from her fellow pilots while making spiteful pronouncements that other alliances lack any leverage over them, looking to anyone but themselves for blame, and pursuing a misguided strategy of pure self-reliance that seeks to discard the need for good relationships with our neighbors. This is indistinguishable from the old, outdated rhetoric of Eric Best himself. This path of isolation is how we got to where we are today, and it has failed. The way forward is honest, forthright discussions with foreign powers with professional diplomats at the table, working to hammer out a deal that benefits us both and lets us look outward together to the real threat."
Ms. Rebane of the New Republic responds, "The real threat is out there, outside of Known Space, yes, but that does not mean we need to abase ourselves before every foreign power. The ball has been in the Mutuality Council's court. If they wish to sit down at the table with us, they must find their way to it. Unlike the National Patriots, however, I will deal in good faith. If there is to be a warming of relations with the Mutuality, it will only come through compromise. We can no longer offer nothing and expect everything. We must put both spite and prejudice behind us. Those things have no place in business, and will not see us grow prosperous again."
President Stotterman shakes his head and leans into the microphone. "No. We have left them to huddle alone on their side of the skim gates as they want. We withdrew what they called the 'Rogue Navy' from their space, as they wanted. We even let them take an entire planet from us with no reprisal. The League, too, continues to withhold desperately needed ground combat equipment from us in violation of the spirit of the pact they signed with us, an exception maintained by their own Civilian Pilot League, who wish to hold it over our heads and tell us we haven't been good enough little boys and girls yet. No. We have done everything they asked. We will not kowtow to them. If that isn't good enough, then they are the isolationists, not us."
Some scattered cheers from the audience follow these remarks, and the moderator reminds the audience to remain silent.
The moderator asks next, "Controversially, President Best oversaw 'Outccord,' the AEU's exit from the Accord of Free Worlds, during his short term. He promised that Steel Phoenix would instead protect the Union from deep space threats, but as we all know, that program is now disbanded. What are your plans now? Would you consider having the AEU rejoin the Accord? President Stotterman, let's begin with you."
President Stotterman sighs. "We'll look at the Union Navy taking over as many functions of Steel Phoenix as it can, but frankly, we may have been left with little choice but to work with them on some things. We won't rejoin fully -- we can ill afford funding them at this time -- but we'll make a deal that keeps the Union safe without overburdening us with obligations."
Ms. Summer answers, "Of course we should try to rejoin, if they'll have us. The Accord of Free Worlds is an organization that keeps us safe, has undoubtedly kept us safe even as we've abandoned it. To join it again, even if we have to make a few concessions, is not only the right thing to do, it makes good sense."
Finally, Ms. Rebane answers, "Perhaps. The President is right, it would be difficult to find room in the current budget to begin meeting their funding requirements again. But not being a member is also crippling, as evidenced by the massive alien ship sitting on our doorstep that we don't currently have the means to explore safely. Whether we rejoin as full members or not, reaching a suitable agreement with the Accord should be a priority."
The image transitions to show the news studio once more. The newscaster says, "And those are all the highlights we have time for! Highlights of the domestic policy portion of the debate will be shown tonight on the evening news programs of our AEU-based affiliates. This has been the Interstellar Politics Hour, only on ISNN!"
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly zooms away from the newscaster, who smiles and gives the camera a slight nod.
17 September 2320 Headline -- League: Intelligence Agencies Confirm Similarities Between Mutuality-Recovered Virus and Virus Used in 2315 Vostochny Security Breach [LCR]
15 September 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: Retired Pilot Associations Lodge Joint Complaint as Civilian Pilots Begin Earning Credit for Doing One Important Thing Instead of 50,000 Unimportant Things [ISN]
14 September 2320 Headline -- Economy: Allied Starships' CEO Shocks Shareholders at Latest Board Meeting with Surprise Announcement of the Agnarr's Choice(tm) Line of Rift Drives [EXN]
14 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: NEN Poll of Registered Voters Finds 52% Support for National Patriots, 48% for Green Earth [NEN]
12 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Green Earth Party Nominates Kieryn Summer: "The Moderate Voice We Need In These Extreme Times" [NEN]
11 September 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: League, EAOS Request Samples of Computer Virus Allegedly Recovered by Mutuality [ISN]
11 September 2320 Headline -- Mutuality: Recovered Computer Virus Possesses "Telltale Signs Consistent with AEU-Produced Programs" [DFP]
10 September 2320 Headline -- Tabloid: Cardenas Woman Teaches Carnivorous Plant Carnal Pleasures... and How to Dance! [TTT]
10 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: Kaisa Rebane to Again Head Third Party New Republic Ticket, While Green Earth Has Yet to Settle on a Candidate -- Liberal Celebrity Activists Coin Catchy Slogan: "Vote Green No Matter Who It Might Have Been" [NEN]
9 September 2320 Headline -- Mutuality: Livid Councilwoman Reportedly Physically Restrained During Break in Emergency Council Meeting After Reading Sports Column [DFP]
9 September 2320 Headline -- Mutuality: Apprehended Researcher Possessed Sponsorship for More Than Two Trade Cycles, Investigation Reveals [DFP]
9 September 2320 Headline -- Sports: HypAc EuroGP Results Shock Crowds As Top Three Winners Hail from Mutuality Stations or Protectorates, Second-Place Racer Previously Took Home 2317 Cup [IAS]
9 September 2320 Headline -- Mutuality: Preliminary Audit Reveals Apprehended Researcher Was Stopped by Tandem Station's Compartmentalized Authorization System [DFP]
8 September 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: Press Secretary Issues Statement Denying Union Involvement in Incident Involving Unreg Facility [NEN]
8 September 2320 Headline -- Mutuality: Apprehended Researcher Found To Be in Possession of Advanced Computer Virus [DFP]
7 September 2320 Headline -- Mutuality: Researcher Apprehended by Tandem Security Worked on Secret Project at New Beginning [DFP]
7 September 2320 Headline -- Mutuality: Tandem Station Security Gives All Clear, Station Controller Cassandra of Turanova Lifts Lockdown [DFP]
7 September 2320 Headline -- Mutuality: Sponsored Researcher Apprehended After Allegedly Tampering with Tandem Station's Research Mainframe, Extent of Damage Currently Unknown [DFP]
7 September 2320 Headline -- Sports: Through a Technicality and Poorly-Worded Regulations, "Lady Whiskeria" the Cat Becomes Heavyweight Boxing Champion of Pital [IAS]
7 September 2320 Headline -- Mutuality: Council Tight-Lipped as Tandem Station Reportedly Goes on Lockdown [DFP]
6 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: In Unprecedented Move Amidst Ongoing Unrest, Congress Approves Special Presidential Election; Sets Date for September 22nd; "Let Us Move Past This Swiftly and Return to Governing" [NEN]
3 September 2320 Headline -- AEU: In Coordinated Effort, Protesters Gather Outside Congresspeople's Residences, Demanding Immediate Election [NEN]
30 August 2320 Headline -- AEU: Stotterman Administration Accepts 1.2 Billion Credit Reimbursement from Civilian Pilot Corps for Mutuality Space Decoy Beacon Safety Override Installed on All Ships Several Years Ago [NEN]
29 August 2320 Headline -- AEU: NaPa Rhetoric Shifts: "I Am Confident I Would Win a Special Election," Says President Stotterman, Who Dismissed Idea Out of Hand Last Week [VET]
29 August 2320 Headline -- AEU: The Small but Vocal Minority: Polls Show a Majority Prefer to Avoid the Turmoil of a Special Election, Yet Protests Continue to Grow [NEN]
17 August 2320 Headline -- EAOS: Scientists Impatient to Examine Varavarana Object Up Close: "While AEU Politicians Play Games, a Monumental Discovery Awaits" [ESR]
17 August 2320 Headline -- AEU: "Election, Not Selection" Protesters Clash with NaPa Supporters in Cities Across New Earth as Congress Debates Having Presidential Special Election [NEN]
14 August 2320 Headline -- EAOS: RATS Swarm Alpha-15-02-05-MD Loses 0.5% of Mass to Energetic Particle Storm; Approximately 10 Million Individual Units Destroyed [ESR]
13 August 2320 Headline -- League: Majority of Missing Galatea Inhabitants Now Located and Taken to Hospitals in Zarozinia - Several in Critical Condition, Most Stable; Three Confirmed Dead, Two Still Missing [LCR]
11 August 2320 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: Confederation of Fringe Worlds Hyperdimensional Physics Engineer Yosef Pereira Has Accepted Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
9 August 2320 Headline -- Mutuality: Electromagnetic Accelerator Researcher Recalled by Tandem Pact in Urgent Communique, Leaked Memo Reveals [DFP]
9 August 2320 Headline -- AEU: Green Earth Party Calls for Special Election: "Our President Cannot be a National Patriot Appointee -- It Is Time for the Voices of the Voters to be Heard Again" [NEN]
9 August 2320 Headline -- AEU: Speaker of the House and National Patriot Gavin Stotterman to be Sworn In as President [NEN]
9 August 2320 Headline -- AEU: President Metz Resigns; Lacking Support in Congress, Metz Discontinues Steel Phoenix Program and Resigns Presidency [NEN]
Space News Break: Dateline 9 August 2320
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 9 August 2320."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a well-groomed newscaster seated at a desk. He nods to the camera as an image of AEU President Stephen Metz standing at a podium appears over his shoulder.
"Our top story tonight: As many viewers with standard holovision access may have just witnessed live, President Stephen Metz, at a surprise press conference, has just followed in the footsteps of his predecessor and... resigned the presidency."
The image of President Metz expands and becomes a video feed. "As many of you know, Steel Phoenix was to be my legacy, and the legacy of my friend, the much-maligned President Eric Best."
The video feed skips ahead a few moments. "It seems that many in this government, even within my own party, no longer share this dream of a self-sufficient, secure Union. Despite this, for months I have been doing everything in my power to keep Steel Phoenix funded, to keep brave men and women of the AEU at the vanguard where they feel they belong. Alas, it seems their dream, too, must come to an end -- because Steel Phoenix can no longer survive without the support of Congress."
"And so I have initiated a draw-down of the Steel Phoenix program. The station has already been operating with a skeleton crew in the wake of the Varavarana incident, and now the remainder of its personnel will be withdrawn. The command station will be shuttered and the program discontinued."
President Metz looks up from his podium, gazing out at the gathered press. "This will be my final act as president. Effective midnight, I resign the presidency of the Alliance of Extrasolar Unions. That's all. Good night." He leaves the podium, disappearing out of frame as questions are shouted after him.
The shot transitions to show the newscaster once more. "What happens now is unclear. The AEU Constitution states that the Speaker of the House, currently Gavin Stotterman, should assume the presidency next. But, of course, it was hoped that this clause would never need to be invoked. The Speaker, who is selected by the House of Representatives alone, will be someone that no citizen voted to be near the presidency, something which is sure to add to the turmoil within the AEU."
"In addition, the Green Earth party is already objecting to the idea of the House Speaker gaining the presidency, pointing out that this would be the third National Patriot president in a single presidential term, and expressing the opinion that the party has clearly failed. Instead, Green Earth calls for a special election to take place."
The newscaster gives the camera a serious look. "This would be unprecedented, but the Constitution does not specifically bar it. It states that the Speaker should serve until a new president is elected, and while it is assumed that said election would take place at the end of the regular five year term, it does not say that an election cannot be held earlier."
The newscaster gives a grim smile. "Whatever happens now, it is sure to keep Congress and the Supreme Court busy. As always, we will keep you apprised of events right here on the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster.
29 July 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: Controller of Helios Station Clarifies Clerical Error that Added Additional Zero to Plasma Bomb Order; 'Excess Bombs Have Been Returned and Future Orders Will Be Triple-Checked' [ISN]
29 July 2320 Headline -- League: Subaquatic Survival Party Blames Galatea Explosion on Funding Cut to Underwater Colonies, Calls Land and Sky Movement to Account; 'Basic Maintenance and System Upgrades Cannot Take Place Without Credits to Pay for Them' [LCR]
28 July 2320 Headline -- League: Land and Sky Movement Calls for Immediate Shutdown of All Underwater Colonies; 'These Facilities Use Out-of-Date Technology and Are Unsuitable For Long-Term Habitation. The Surface is Safe.' [LCR]
28 July 2320 Headline -- League: Investigation into Galatea Explosion Reveals Faulty Parts and Lack of Proper Maintenance Behind Multiple System Failures That Caused Disaster [LCR]
28 July 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: Plasma Bomb Sales See Unexpected Uptick Even Though Bari Sightings Fall [ISN]
25 July 2320 Headline -- Fringe: Sixth Season to be Last of Ventura's Voice, But Final Episode Ends with A Wink; 'My Throat Needs A Rest, But I Can't Shut Up Forever' [UPN]
24 July 2320 Headline -- AEU: Guest Editorial: National Patriots Should Not Choose President Metz in Next Party Leadership Election [NEN]
24 July 2320 Headline -- League: Fifty Seven Injured, Dozens Missing After Explosion Rocks Galatea Underwater Colony; Mission to Locate Missing is Underway, But Experts Unsure at Present What Caused Disaster [LCR]
17 July 2320 Headline -- AEU: In Apparent Sudden Reversal, Civilian Pilot Corps Offers Funding to Steel Phoenix to Support Their Further Handling of Firongatry Situation [NEN]
16 July 2320 Headline -- AEU: In Prepared Statement, Civilian Pilot Corps Reprimands Metz Administration for Departure from the Accord and Steel Phoenix's Handling of Firongatry Situation [NEN]
16 July 2320 Headline -- AEU: Congress Passes Military Budget Excluding Funding for Steel Phoenix in a Move Regarded as a Rebuke of President Metz and Recent "Firongatry" Debacle; Metz Expected to Veto [NEN]
13 July 2320 Headline -- EAOS: Engineering Team Theta Breach Fifteenth Deck Security, Begin Exploration of On-Board Scientific Laboratories and Research Facilities [ESR]
12 July 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: Asked for Comment Regarding Mysterious Aliens Allegedly Led Home by Steel Phoenix Task Force, President Metz Demands to Know Identity of Whistleblower [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 12 July 2320
The ISNN theme plays over an image of a newscaster seated at a desk and hurriedly inserting an earpiece. The music fades out early as the newscaster begins to speak.
"Good evening. We have breaking news for you on this very early Sunday night, July the 12th."
The image transitions to show a recent image of Steel Phoenix Command Station, its primary docking bay nothing but crumpled wreckage, with a very large marble-and-gold alien ship all but touching it.
"As you are likely already aware, last week a massive alien starship, designated 'Varavarana,' appeared suddenly, damaging Steel Phoenix Command Station. While its method of arrival caused extensive damage to at least one section of the station, it has been utterly motionless since, displaying no hostile intentions."
The image zooms in slowly, showing the Varavarana in grainy detail.
"The EAOS have taken the opportunity to scan the alien ship in detail and prepare teams for whatever comes next, which may well be a live first contact scenario. Besides the mystery of the aliens' purpose, though, one other question has lingered: Why Steel Phoenix? Since the beginning, the aliens have shown a strange interest in the station, neither the largest nor the most advanced in Known Space, and Steel Phoenix themselves have provided no explanation as to why that might be."
The projection transitions to once again display the newscaster, wearing a serious expression. "Tonight, an anonymous source who claims to be a high level official within Steel Phoenix has come forward with an explanation, claiming whistleblower status. If what they have to say is true, this is shocking news."
The image now shows an anonymous figure, just a black shape. In a disguised voice, they say, "For obvious reasons, I will not identify myself, but I will tell you that I have personal knowledge of what I'm about to say."
The figure jabs themself in the chest. "We did it. We brought it. The politicians will never admit it, but it was us. When that signal came back, Steel Phoenix heard it too. And while Accord and EAOS dithered, we went out after it."
The figure sits back and shakes their head. "We're not equipped to operate in deep space. Everyone knows that. We can only go out and come straight back, so that's what we do. And when we found a... an artifact out there... that's what we did with it. Brought it straight home. Those fluctuations, they approached so slowly because they were following us."
"It's been there ever since, secured inside a ship docked in Steel Phoenix Command Station. Or it was, till that... the Varavarana reunited with it. That has to be what happened. Nothing else makes sense."
The anonymous figure sighs. "I'm blowing the whistle on this because... whatever happens... people deserve to know why it's happening. And if it is hostile, and we can recover the artifact again, then maybe we can lead it out of here. I don't know, but a little information is better than none. And Steel Phoenix as a military force simply does not have the resources to handle this situation alone."
The newscaster is displayed once more. "We cannot directly verify the details of this story, but we do have reason to believe the source is who they say they are. Most importantly, we felt these details deserved to be aired as soon as possible, in case the situation does take a sudden turn."
"We will continue to work to get to the bottom of this story, and, of course, we will be reaching out to Steel Phoenix and the Metz administration for comment."
The newscaster presses a finger to his earpiece, then nods. "If you have standard holovision access, please stay tuned for a more complete interview with the whistleblower after a word from our sponsors. For everyone else, we will be leaving you now, but you can rely on ISNN to report on new developments as they unfold. Good night and good luck."
The ISNN theme plays as the shot zooms out slowly. A man wearing a headset mic appears on the set, handing the newscaster a sheaf of papers just as the shot fades.
7 July 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: Steel Phoenix Tight-lipped as Accord, EAOS Seek Reasons for its Targeting by "Firongatry" Aliens -- "We Have No Answers and We Need Time to Assess Damage" [ISN]
6 July 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: Large Alien Ship Appears Partly Inside Steel Phoenix Command Station, Damaging its Docking Bay -- Evacuations Underway -- Full Extent of Damage Unclear [ISN]
28 June 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: People Across Known Space Report Unexplained, Apparently Sourceless Emotions as Unknown Contacts Appear near Steel Phoenix, Old Earth, and Chetumal [ISN]
26 June 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Patrols Complete Triangulation Scans, Confirm that Fluctuations are Moving Towards Known Space -- "Effects Unlikely to be Perceptible to Humans," EAOS Scientist Assures [ISN]
23 June 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: Minkowski Space Fluctuations Appear to be Either Growing in Strength or Approaching Known Space, or Both; "Likely Harmless, and We Hope to Know More Soon," Says EAOS [ISN]
22 June 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: Deep Scan Reveals New Anomalous Fluctuations in Minkowski Space -- Relation to Previous Mystery Signal, If Any, Unknown [ISN]
20 June 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: Source of Coreward Signal Remains Unknown After Repeating Several Times Before Falling Silent -- Accord Resumes Deep Scan [ISN]
9 June 2320 Headline -- League: Area Pilot Claims Outsiders Were "Blown Out of Proportion," Panel of Seven Experts Unanimously Disagree [LCR]
7 June 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Temporarily Suspends Deep Scan Upon Reception of Possible Faint "Return Signal" -- Scan Will Resume When EAOS Presents Full Analysis [ISN]
18 May 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: Anonymous Source Within Steel Phoenix Says Leadership "Dismayed" at Not Being Included in Deep Scan Project [ISN]
7 May 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord and EAOS Announce Joint Project with the Goal of Performing a Deep Scan in the Direction of Mysterious Alien Installation [ISN]
6 May 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: Recent Civilian Expedition Finds Abandoned but Active Alien Installation Some Hundreds of Light-Years from Known Space [ISN]
13 April 2320 Headline -- AEU: In Midst of Ongoing Budget Crisis, President Metz to Controversially Use Executive Order to Divert Disaster Relief Funds to Steel Phoenix [NEN]
3 February 2320 Headline -- League: Black Market Civilian Pilot Sex Tapes Traced Back to Ground Combat Audio Logs - Liaison Office Promises Full Investigation [ENN]
25 January 2320 Headline -- AEU: President Metz: "I Will Not Sign a Budget that Does Not Fund Steel Phoenix. This Is a Routine Matter and Congress Needs to Do Its Job" [NEN]
Interstellar Politics Hour: Dateline 24 January 2320
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a generic-looking planet spinning around. "And now the Interstellar Politics Hour, condensed into an easily ignored timespan, as our viewers demand!"
The image fades quickly, then displays a newscaster seated at a desk.
"Good evening! Today in AEU politics... a routine vote on the military budget is turning into a major debate!"
A image appears of the AEU Senate in session. "At the heart of this debate: the question of funding for Steel Phoenix, including its command station and its dedicated fleets."
"The Steel Phoenix program was initiated by the National Patriots and spearheaded in particular by former President Best."
The image changes to that of a sharply declining line graph. "However, the popularity of the NaPa Party has been in steep decline since the so-called 'One Day War' over Hyperion, even though most of the party's policy positions continue to poll favorably with citizens."
"Many see the battle over Hyperion as foreign interference, the exact sort of incursion that Steel Phoenix promised to prevent. Hyperion's successful secession is seen by even many former NaPa supporters as the ultimate failure of the Steel Phoenix program, what some have taken to calling 'Best's boondoggle.'"
The image changes to that of the newscaster. "Indeed, without Best's populist influence, funding of the Steel Phoenix program appears to be something of a tough sell these days. Even many NaPa senators are balking at committing much of the military budget to it, fearing the ire of their constituents."
"And so what looked to be a routine budget vote has become a debate between two camps: NaPa hardliners against a New Republic and Green Party opposition joined by several NaPa defectors, with the future of the Steel Phoenix program hanging in the balance."
"Can President Metz keep his party in line while ensuring a future for Steel Phoenix? We will find out!" The newscaster smiles. "And that's all the time we have for today. This has been the Interstellar Politics Hour, only on ISNN!"
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly zooms away from the newscaster, who nods curtly.
20 January 2320 Headline -- Interalliance: Surprise Announcement from New Joint Private Venture "Stravinsky Inc.": Principal Investors in League and Mutuality Joined by Other Major Powers Announce Launch of New Floating Luxury Resort from Luna Shipyards [ISN]
20 January 2320 Headline -- League: Breaking: Rumors of Unusual Activity on Luna Abound as Authorities Declare "Brief Halt" to Both Incoming and Outgoing Space Traffic [LCR]
20 January 2320 Headline -- Tabloid: HUMANITY'S SECRET WEAPON MEGA WARSHIP ALREADY FULLY OPERATIONAL - PHOTOS INSIDE [TBX]
13 October 2319 Headline -- Fringe: Imprisoned Fund Thief Decides Pilot Life Not For Him: 'I'm Not The Man I Thought I Was' [UPN]
23 September 2319 Headline -- Fringe: Government Statement on Gary Santos: "Corruption Allegations Are Cover Story, Actual Reason Much More Banal -- He Discovered Lover Cheating on Him" [CPC]
22 September 2319 Headline -- Fringe: Gary Santos to Retire; Alleges Rampant Corruption Within the Civilian Liaison Offices [UPN]
15 September 2319 Headline -- AEU: Secretary Candidate Veronica Salas Fails to Persuade Voters Despite Unique Campaign Strategy of Personally Insulting All of Them [VET]
11 September 2319 Headline -- League: Enterprising Civilian Pilots Convert Small Starship into Makeshift Camp in Which to Relocate and Concentrate the Homeless [NAO]
16 August 2319 Headline -- AEU: After Extensive Cleanup Operation, Space Station Alpha Declares Itself Bari-Free Following Final Inspection [NEN]
14 August 2319 Headline -- AEU: Breaking: Space Station Alpha in New Earth Orbit Entering Emergency Lockdown Following Visit from Bari-Infested Civilian Starship [NEN]
27 July 2319 Headline -- Interalliance: Civilian Expedition Returns with News of Mysterious "Spindle Ship" That May Use Black Holes for Travel [ISN]
16 July 2319 Headline -- AEU: Ousted Secretary Blake's Partner Accuses NEN of "Fake News"; Editor Sighs and Produces Comm Recordings [NEN]
1 July 2319 Headline -- Economy: Sponsored Pilot Sponsors Again: Recent Transfer Arroyo Facilitates Cooperation Between Planetary Sportswear Suppliers and New Heliomutamall Venture [DFP]
1 July 2319 Headline -- AEU: Ousted Secretary Callum Blake Accuses Former Secretary Vlcak and Sitting Liaison Officers of "Grooming" New Civilian Pilots [NEN]
30 June 2319 Headline -- Tabloid: Savage Space Saloon Smackdown Sends Civvie to the Slammer! Photos Inside! [OTI]
30 June 2319 Headline -- AEU: Violent Altercation in New Phoenix Spaceport Lounge Broken Up By Police [NEN]
23 June 2319 Headline -- Fringe: Civilian-Military Liaison Giddeon Graves Easily Fends Off Challenger as Construction Begins on Bari-Safe Plasteel Superstructure on Barnham's Redoubt [CPC]
23 June 2319 Headline -- AEU: "Beacon Boosters" Callum Blake and Veronica Salas Unanimously Rejected in Bids for Civilian Liaison Office Roles [ENN]
21 June 2319 Headline -- Interalliance: Editorial: Pilots Should Not Decide Which Drugs Accord Procures for Their Ships -- These Aren't First Aid Kits Anymore, They've Become Party Boxes [THN]
21 June 2319 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Spokesperson: New Medicines Are for Health and Safety, Not Recreation -- New Program Is Based on Feedback from Explorers and Sponsored in Full by Ninth Fleet Pilot Wendy Arroyo [ISN]
21 June 2319 Headline -- Interalliance: Editorial: Drugs Don't Belong Within Easy Reach of a Pilot of an Armed Spacecraft -- We Pay the Accord to Defend Space, Not Medicate Civilian Pilots [THN]
21 June 2319 Headline -- AEU: In Important Symbolic Gesture, Civilian Corps Votes Unanimously to Strip Secretary Blake of Office Three Days Before End of Term; "The Corps Condemns Any Action that Threatens the Mutuality or Humanity as a Whole" [NEN]
20 June 2319 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Sponsors Program to Bring Wider Variety of Medicines to Starship First Aid Kits to Treat Common Conditions Encountered on Long Voyages, Urges Pilots to Exercise Caution and Moderation [ISN]
20 June 2319 Headline -- Interalliance: QSA End Run: AEU Secretary Blake Plans "Beacon Chain" to Reach Glyphmakers' Graves; "No Point Trying to Negotiate" [ISN]
2 June 2319 Headline -- Fringe: In Desperate Bid for Reinstatement, Suspended Pilot Hank Marvelstine Clumsily Attempts to Enlist Media in Scheme to Unseat Liaison Giddeon Graves [CPC]
23 May 2319 Headline -- League: Retired Civilian Pilot Seen Joining Seminary; Declines Comment [NAO]
23 May 2319 Headline -- AEU: Who Was the Bavarian Bomber? Who Were His Victims? Details Inside! [OTI]
14 May 2319 Headline -- Economy: Select Canned Goods Suppliers to Offer Bulk Supplies Following Market Research Indicating Some Demand Among Civilian Pilots [VAR]
12 May 2319 Headline -- Interalliance: Not Just a Trade Cycles Card Anymore: Torus Xenology Center Begins Offering Modular Extra Battery Upgrade for Fast, Foolproof, Single Use Recharge, Available to All Alliances [ISN]
12 May 2319 Headline -- Fringe: Civilian Fleet Rejects Controversial Figure Adonis Noriega's Bid for Reelection as Civilian Watchman [UPN]
7 May 2319 Headline -- Interalliance: Certain Non-Main Sequence Stars May Be More Common Than Theorized; "The Scientific Community Relies on Expeditions to Gain a Perspective on the Galaxy We'd Otherwise Never Have," Says Astronomer [ISN]
4 May 2319 Headline -- League: Highly Productive Civilian Pilot Retires Explosively - Market Analysts Warn of Potential Economic Dip [ENN]
2 May 2319 Headline -- Entertainment: Annual Fashion Fair Continues Tour of Capital Worlds -- Wealthy Customers Can Purchase 2319 Fashion Fair Tokens Outside The ChetuMall Right Now! [TPR]
1 May 2319 Headline -- League: Official Spokesperson Distances Civilian Pilot League from Tyrone Webber's Anti-Accord Remarks: "These Are Not the Views of the Weaver Administration Nor, We Trust, of the Civilian Pilots as a Whole" [LCR]
19 April 2319 Headline -- Fringe: Area Pilot with Access to One Hundred Twenty-Two Other Pilots' Ships Gracefully Accepts Praise for Granting Access to One of Her Own Ships [CPC]
10 April 2319 Headline -- Fringe: Eyewitness in Spacesuited Felo Abuser Case Reported Missing [UPN]
8 April 2319 Headline -- Fringe: Adonis Noriega, Alleged Felo Murderer, Insists Blood Present on Outside of His Fully Sealed Spacesuit Was His Own, Contradicting Witness Report -- Intends to Continue Keeping Felo [UPN]
4 April 2319 Headline -- Fringe: Witness Reports Pilot Concealed in Black Spacesuit Carrying Multiple Felo into Marauder, Emerging Minutes Later Covered in Fresh Blood in Chetumal Spaceport [UPN]
29 March 2319 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU and League Conclude Diplomatic Summit with Signing of New Non-Aggression Pact [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 29 March 2319
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 29 March 2319."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a well-groomed newscaster seated at a desk. He nods to the camera as an image of AEU President Stephen Metz and League President Amber Weaver shaking hands appears over his shoulder.
"Our top story tonight: the AEU-League diplomatic summit concludes with the signing of a new non-aggression pact in New Phoenix."
Holofootage of the two presidents plays, depicting them each signing a long sheet of paper with a flourish as a crowd of reporters looks on, holding up holo recorders and snapping photographs.
"President Weaver's visit to the AEU capital was a longer one than anyone expected, with the exchange of the powered infantry armor commonly known as 'battlesuits' a particular sticking point. While an increased exchange of this equipment is a usual component of non-aggression pacts, the League government did not wish to include it, perhaps in light of the extremely controversial events on Hyperion last year. While those events took place under the watch of President Eric Best, his party, the National Patriots, is still in power."
A file photo of a gathering of civilian pilots at an official Accord function appears.
"The discussions were also lengthened by a late proposal from the League's civilian pilots, who suggested that exchanging battlesuits might be possible after all if Steel Phoenix would agree to extend the range of its mission to destroy and study the wreckage of a dangerous class of Outsider Thrall battleship."
"President Metz was amenable to this suggestion, but said that the Union would need the League to supply components required for rift drive maintenance in order to accomplish it. The president had hoped that the League, as a licensed manufacturer of many of these components, might see fit to provide them to Steel Phoenix and the AEU Navy at cost."
The image returns to that of the grave-faced newscaster. "The League government declined this suggestion, stating that it would have too many possible implications for their relationships with both the EAOS, which grants these manufacturing licenses as patent-holder, and the Mutuality, which has felt particularly under threat by the AEU Navy in recent years, and is itself another licensed manufacturer of these parts. The League civilian pilots also voted near unanimously against President Metz's counterproposal which, as it was their proposal in the first place, was the final nail in the coffin."
"Discussions then returned to their previous course and concluded successfully and amicably, though without any exchange of ground-based weaponry."
The image changes to that of President Weaver, standing at a podium with President Metz over her shoulder. She says, "We welcome the AEU back to the table of responsible governance, and wish them well in a new era of looking outward and forward in recognition of the fact that we are all stronger together."
The image cuts to a similar one, but with the position of the two presidents reversed. President Metz says, "I am pleased to be on the path to normalizing relations with the League, and we look forward to a growth in trade that will greatly benefit the citizens of both interstellar alliances."
The image returns to show the newscaster again, who looks steadily into the camera. "With the signing of this non-aggression pact, to the relief of all of us, it looks as though peace will reign between these two powerful alliances. And as always, we will keep you apprised of events right here on the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster.
25 March 2319 Headline -- EAOS: Torus Xenology Center Introduces Aftermarket System of Internal Sensors to Provide Smart Crew Manifest; Assures Prospective Users that Crew Data is Non-Specific About Location and Nature of Current Activity [ESR]
1 March 2319 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU-League Talks Reportedly Falter Following League Reticence Regarding Ground Combat Technology, But Parties Agree to Resume on Monday Following Weekend Tour of Velouria [ISN]
25 February 2319 Headline -- Interalliance: Weaver Delegation Arrives in New Phoenix for Next Week's Summit [ISN]
20 January 2319 Headline -- Interalliance: President Weaver Accepts President Metz's Invitation to Meet, Likely to Happen Next Month [ISN]
19 January 2319 Headline -- Tabloid: MONSTROUS FUNGUS DRAGON COLLAPSES AFTER CONSUMING CUPCAKE FACTORY; BYSTANDER REMARKS, "'TWAS GLUTEN KILLED THE YEAST" [TBX]
13 January 2319 Headline -- Interalliance: Editor's Thoughts - Is The League Unable To Control Its Own Pilots? [UPN]
13 January 2319 Headline -- Interalliance: Going Unreg: Two League Pilots Abandon Alliance To Join Mutuality [NEN]
13 January 2319 Headline -- League: Weaver Administration Has 'No Current Plans' To Allow Further Migration To Mutuality [LCR]
13 January 2319 Headline -- League: LEAGUE ACE PILOT BITES HAND THAT FED IT - WHY HAVE TWO PILOTS RENOUNCED CITIZENSHIP? [SSX]
13 January 2319 Headline -- League: Government Allows Emigration Of Two Civilian Pilots - Liaison Office Calls Situation 'A Special Case' [ENN]
12 January 2319 Headline -- Interalliance: Existence Of Secret League Talks With Mutuality Leaked - What Is Being Discussed? [NAO]
6 January 2319 Headline -- Interalliance: Newly Constituted Government of the Free World of Hyperion to Begin First Congressional Session Next Week [ISN]
6 January 2319 Headline -- Tabloid: LEAGUE AND MUTUALITY PLAN TO MERGE CIVILIAN PILOT CORPS - OUR SOURCE GIVES THE SCOOP INSIDE! [SSX]
3 January 2319 Headline -- Interalliance: President Metz Invites President Weaver to New Phoenix Diplomatic Summit [ISN]
26 December 2318 Headline -- Economy: Salsa Futures Up 12% After Area Man "Overjoyed" to Find His Pants Filled with Limited-Edition Festive Salsa [DNA]
22 November 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Steel Phoenix Command Advises Callers That Their Mass Avian Sacrifice Day Jokes Are Not Original and All Bomb Threats Will Be Investigated [ISN]
16 November 2318 Headline -- EAOS: Technicians Rush to Contain Bari Biohazard on Torus After Starship "And Peggy" Thoughtfully Spreads Spores from Dock to Dock [ESR]
7 November 2318 Headline -- Entertainment: The Lost Colonies: Dr. Mizushima Applies for Permit Extension to Investigate Antispinward Unaffiliated Peoples [TPR]
5 November 2318 Headline -- League: Inhabitants Of Small Island On Old Earth Burn Effigies Of 17th Century Man To Celebrate Failure To Fix Government [ENN]
3 November 2318 Headline -- Mutuality: A Battered and Bloody Edouard Gagnon (Except For Five Teeth Which Are Quite Missing) Returns Home Clutching Schematics to Triumphant Fanfare, Complimentary Poutine, Complimentary Cardiovascular Union Benefits [DFP]
1 November 2318 Headline -- AEU: Pilot Constantine Stone Finishes Payment of Voluntary Reparations For His Part in New Phoenix Starship Crash Tragedy [NEN]
1 November 2318 Headline -- Mutuality: New Comrade Space Bus Driver Accepts Sacred Duty of Bus Service Between Farport and Famous Andy's Trading Post, To Run Every Standard Earth Fortnight [DFP]
30 October 2318 Headline -- Tabloid: Potentially Drunken Pilot Attempts Takeover of Hovertaxi [SSX]
27 October 2318 Headline -- Mutuality: Nouveau Quebec's Leading Rift Physicist Monsieur le Professeur Edouard Gagnon Departs for Ol' Gunther in Customized Rift Galleon; Station Controller Maxime Roberge Ensures Ample 'Hardtack' Style Poutine Rations for the Voyage [DFP]
27 October 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Issues Unprecedented Travel Advisory: All Naval, Merchant, and Contracted Civilian Traffic Advised to Avoid Rift Travel Until Ol' Gunther Passes [ISN]
25 October 2318 Headline -- Economy: Star Warriors to Focus Test New Peanut Butter Starship Carpeting for Superior Deck Grip [EFX]
25 October 2318 Headline -- Economy: Long-Distance Trading Volume Slows After Ol' Gunther's Long-Predicted Arrival [THN]
24 October 2318 Headline -- Mutuality: Area Pilot Likes Big Ships, Pledges Honesty [DFP]
23 October 2318 Headline -- AEU: Reconstituted Congress to Resume in Joint Session Tomorrow [NEN]
13 October 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: League Shut Out of Candelaria Skunkworks's Shipyards; Concerns Raised Over Future of Joint Cruiser and Morningstar Maintenance Agreements [ISN]
8 October 2318 Headline -- Tabloid: Area Woman Marries Giant Sea Bug: "I Just Love His Cavitation-Generating Claws and Exceedingly Complex Eyes" [SSX]
8 October 2318 Headline -- Economy: "Ol' Gunther" Predicted to Pass Through Alliance Territory; Interalliance Stock Exchanges Down an Average of 12.3% Across the Board [DNA]
27 September 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: EAOS-Mutuality-Tandem Scientists at the Centre for Rift Astrogation Predict Passage of "Ol' Gunther" Through the Eastern Sensor Quadrant, Advise All to be Wary During Rift Travel [ESR]
26 September 2318 Headline -- AEU: President Metz: "By Definition, We Do Not Know the Flight Plans or Intentions of Unreg Task Forces Near Our Border [...] But Given Recent Events, We Will Suspend and Re-Evaluate the Need for These Missions" [NEN]
23 September 2318 Headline -- AEU: Former President Eric Best to Become CEO of Dyna-Aeronautics, a Contractor Chosen by President Best to Produce Components of the Patriot-Class Fighter [VET]
21 September 2318 Headline -- AEU: Citing Cost Concerns, Central Government Drops Controversial Treason Case Against Decorated Civilian Pilot Ather Jammoa [VET]
20 September 2318 Headline -- Mutuality: Area Station Controller's Proposal to Create 56 New Fleets Just to Put Two People in the Very Last One Denied, Then Reopened and Given Consideration [DFP]
29 August 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: During Routine Procedural Meeting, AEU and Fringe Agree that Fringe Will Cease Integration into Steel Phoenix and Withdraw Instead [ISN]
12 August 2318 Headline -- AEU: Following Civilian Pilot Accusations of Mistruth, VET Produces Eyewitness Reports of Current Secretary Casen Thale Policing Hyperion Up Until Day Spaceport Was Captured [DNA]
12 August 2318 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Pilots Who Patrolled Hyperion Until the Very Day the Spaceport Was Captured Now Pay Reparations to Citizens Harmed by "Policing" [VET]
29 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: Reached for Comment Regarding Boycott, Shopowners Grumble About President Best and "Incompetent Navy" as Reasons for Removing Signs [VET]
Space News Break: Dateline 29 July 2318
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 29 July 2318."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a well-groomed newscaster seated at a desk. He nods to the camera as an image of AEU President Stephen Metz appears over his shoulder.
"Our top story tonight: The Union's first state visit to the newly independent Hyperion, with a message of peace."
The image of President Metz expands and eclipses that of the newscaster. The President is standing before a crowd at Jacktown Spaceport, some of the locals looking more ready to listen than others, with a few holding protest signs.
"Thank you all very much for your hospitality," begins the President. "Ms. Geller and I have already had wide-ranging discussions on the matter at hand. All of the people of the Union were saddened that it came to fighting here at Hyperion, and we were all appalled and outraged at the atrocities that preceded that event."
"So too were unregistered people all across Known Space. Acts of violence causing the deaths of innocents violate the moral code of unregistered people, embodied in documents like the Free Port Doctrine, as much as they do anyone else's. The face of piracy and criminal acts is not the true face of the unregistered. It is important for my fellow people of the Union to understand that."
"The unregistered people have chosen a different path, but they are just mothers and fathers, sons and daughters. If they come to the worlds of the Union to visit, work, or even live for a time, they deserve to feel comfortable. I've been told that unregistered people fear to visit now. That is not the Union I know. It will not stand."
"Those who feel that unregistered people deserve to be the targets for their anger don't represent the best of the Union, they represent the worst of humanity, and should be ashamed. The Union is great, and it is great because we recognize the worth of all humanity, registered and unregistered."
The image cuts back to that of the newscaster.
"That was President Metz addressing the people of Hyperion and the Union. He is, it seems, using the event of Hyperion's independence to make a point regarding the anti-unreg rhetoric that characterized President Best's administration, or, perhaps, referring to various conspiracy theories that unregistered people were directly behind the secessionist movement."
"The more cynical have said in recent days that President Metz, a National Patriot like Best, is merely 'playing nice' -- struggling to keep the Union out of a conflict it cannot win. Regardless, this drastic change in tone since President Best's abrupt resignation earlier this month must be a vast relief to those in various alliances -- and those in no alliance at all -- who so vigorously protested against his rhetoric."
"The AEU Civilian Corps, the large majority of whom attempted to forcefully end the protests on Hyperion and several of whom blamed unregs for them, are attempting their own reversal, urging their reforming government toward gentler and more inclusive positions. The League and Mutuality, of course, continue to stand against any persecution of the unregistered, and seem to be awaiting a sure sign of the government's new direction. Whether President Metz's speech will be enough remains to be seen."
The newscaster offers a small smile. "With the strength of these various convictions having been proven, for better or worse, at Hyperion, there is no doubt that President Metz is feeling the pressure. As always, we will keep you apprised of events right here on the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster.
29 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Corps Announces Intention to Eventually Join Kaise Boycott Against New Earth Businesses [NEN]
29 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: Pilot Lily Kaise Calls for Boycott of Entirety of New Earth Until Anti-Unreg Signage is Removed from Shops, Specifies that Her Colleagues Do Not Endorse Boycott [NEN]
27 July 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Arkady Geller Invites Experts in Political Science, History, and Economics to Hyperion for Constitutional Convention [DNA]
27 July 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Independent Hyperion Restores Vital Government Services, Re-Opens Jacktown Spaceport [DNA]
27 July 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: President Metz Responds to Mounting Pressure from Foreign and Domestic Civilian Pilots: "Unreg Folks Are Not Our Enemy - We Must Focus on Putting Our Own House in Order" [NEN]
16 July 2318 Headline -- Mutuality: Scientist Contemplates Constructing Research Structure "Uncomfortably Close" to Star [DFP]
15 July 2318 Headline -- League: Land And Sky Representative Puts Forth Motion in Assembly to Redistribute Funding from Vestan Underwater Efforts; 'After all, the Majority of the Population Live on the Surface' [LCR]
15 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: Opinion: Why Blaming Eric Best for the AEU's Problems Probably Won't Save the National Patriots [VET]
15 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: President Metz: "We Lost Focus Under Best - Our Problems Are Closer to Home: Inefficient Government Services, Ivory Tower 'Experts,' and Political Corruption" [NEN]
15 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: Vice President Stephen Metz Sworn in as President [NEN]
15 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: President Best To Resign Following Vote of No Confidence [NEN]
15 July 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Hyperion To Be Recognized as Independent Planet Following Emergency Joint Session of Congress [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 15 July 2318
The ISNN theme plays over an image of an empty desk. A newscaster enters the frame and quickly sits down, still straightening his tie. The music fades out early as the newscaster begins to speak.
"Good evening. We have breaking news for you on tonight, half past midnight on July the 15th."
The image transitions to show a file image of Hyperion from orbit, its famous Sea of Grass immediately distinguishable.
"As many of you likely already know, a major skirmish took place in orbit and on the surface of Hyperion tonight. Union forces attempted to recapture the Capitol Building, where Arkady Geller and the other separatist leaders have based themselves, and then bring Hyperion back into the fold. However, this attack was repelled by a coalition of Mutuality, League, and Merry Band forces, leaving Hyperion, for the moment, still independent. The position of the Confederation, who may have been required to assist the Union under the stipulations of Steel Phoenix membership but did not, is unclear."
The image changes to show the newscaster again, his expression grim. "Does this mean war? It seems we are about to find out. We're taking you now to a live feed of the -- not Hyperion's, but New Earth's -- Capitol Building where, we are told, President Eric Best has just arrived to address an emergency joint session."
The shot transitions to show Eric Best standing at a podium, the flags of the AEU and New Earth to either side of him. He has already begun speaking as the sound fades in. "--you for... inviting me here tonight."
The President sweeps a hand back through his hair, leaving it in some disarray. "I won't waste your time. I know that you folks rushed through two votes tonight before asking me here. You passed a bill to grant Hyperion independence, and you passed a vote of no confidence in me."
Best jabs his finger at the assembled Congress. "Hyperion belongs in the Union. We all know it. I would've come here asking Congress for a declaration of war, but I know I'm the only one in this room with the guts to fight. I hear that Culwyn, the, uh--" Best makes air quotes-- "'esteemed leader' of the Greenie Party, even attached a rider offering reparations." Best leans over the podium. "Listen. -They- owe -us.-"
The President straightens. "But you know what? Fine. I've tried to tell you people, but fine. Have it your way. I'll sign the damn bill. And then, you know what? You won't have Eric Best to kick around anymore, because, ladies and gentlemen, that'll be my last act as President."
President Best turns and walks away from the podium. A few members of Congress shout questions after him, but he keeps going.
The newscaster reappears on the screen, his mouth hanging open. "Well," he says after a moment. "That was... President Eric Best addressing Congress, and for the last time, if we can believe him. If, er... if the President does indeed sign the bill he described, then Hyperion will be, in fact, fully independent. As the League-Mutuality alliance joined battle under their Treaty of Guarantee only, this could signal a swift end to this conflict."
The newscaster holds a finger to his earpiece. "We're taking you back to New Earth now, where Ginevra Culwyn, leader of the Opposition, is now addressing the joint session."
The shot transitions to show Ms. Ginevra Culwyn at the podium President Best occupied moments ago. "We have done the people of Hyperion a grave disservice," she is saying. "Not only is our treatment of them over the past few months unjustifiable, but we now find ourselves forced to abandon them, and without the protection and resources of the Union, I am afraid they are unlikely to prosper."
Ms. Culwyn shakes her head slowly. "But the President painted us into a corner. His politics of isolation and finger-pointing have set virtually all of humanity against us, and now we must accept things as they are, attempt to rebuild, and move forward. President Best's only saving grace in this hour is that he was smart enough to make his exit, though not before looting this Union, enriching himself, his friends, and his family at the cost of so much else."
She takes a deep breath. "We can only hope that, in time, we can prove ourselves worthy of trust again, and especially the trust of the people of Hyperion, to whom I apologize deeply. Good night."
She leaves the podium, and the image fades back to the newsroom. "That was Ginevra Culwyn, no fan of President Best, signaling a... what many might call a return to normalcy. We can only hope that, if nothing else, peace will return to the Union and to all of us."
The newscaster presses a finger to his earpiece again, then nods. "If you have standard holovision access, please stay tuned for a recap of tonight's events after a word from our sponsors. For anyone else, we will be leaving you now, but you can rely on ISNN to report on new developments as they unfold."
The ISNN theme plays as the shot zooms out slowly. The newscaster turns to speak to someone out of frame as the shot fades.
14 July 2318 Headline -- Sports: Captain Goodboy Shatters Glass Ceiling, Allowed to Enter Competitive Tea-Drinking Championship [USN]
14 July 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Union Attempts Invasion of Hyperion; Attack Repelled by Coalition of Mutuality, League, Merry Band [ISN]
13 July 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Hyperion Signs First Interalliance Treaty, Accepting a Guarantee of Independence From the League-Mutuality Alliance [ISN]
12 July 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Geller Promises "Democratically-Elected Council Not Beholden to Velourian Wealth" Will Govern Hyperion "Once the Situation Has Stabilized" [DNA]
12 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: President Best Says that "Geller and Her Unreg Thugs" Do Not Represent the Will of the People of Hyperion - "Peace Will Prevail" [NEN]
12 July 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Following Hurried Conference, the League-Mutuality Alliance Formally Recognizes the One-Planet State of Free Hyperion, Begins Diplomatic Overtures [ISN]
11 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: The Planet of Hyperion Declares Its Independence from the Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 11 July 2318
The ISNN theme plays over an image of a newscaster seated at a desk and hurriedly inserting an earpiece. The music fades out early as the newscaster begins to speak.
"Good evening. We have breaking news for you on this Wednesday night, July the 11th."
The image transitions to show a crowd of angry-looking but otherwise ordinary people assaulting a barrier in the middle of what appears to be a spaceport. Security officers with stun sidearms, looking rather overwhelmed, man the opposite side of it.
"This was the scene earlier tonight in Hyperion's primary spaceport just outside Jacktown. Though both sides had heavier armament to call upon to break the stalemate, neither side did, perhaps fearing the loss of life that might come with such close quarters fighting."
"Regardless, the confrontation came to an end just a short time ago when a section of the barrier was dismantled, apparently by some individuals within spaceport security. It should perhaps be noted that most spaceport employees are residents of the nearby Jacktown."
The holovideo of the confrontation continues to play as the newscaster narrates the developments. "Most of the security personnel immediately surrendered, and the rest were disarmed following a short exchange of non-lethal stun fire. Following this, the loyalist personnel were allowed to board shuttles and depart -- the separatists perhaps not wanting a repeat of the 2310 hostage crisis."
"This leaves the spaceport firmly in separatist control, which means they can control most traffic to and from the planet and may even be able to--"
The newscaster frowns and presses a finger to his earpiece.
"We're getting word now that -- do we have confirmation? Are we sure? -- yes, the Capitol Building itself has fallen to the separatists just minutes ago. They have deposed the local government, which was not majority National Patriot, and it is safe to say that the separatists now effectively control--"
The newscaster stops and holds a finger to his earpiece again, then says, "We are now taking you to a live broadcast from within the occupied Capitol Building."
The shot transitions abruptly to show the interior of a building that seems only slightly the worse for wear. Someone just out of frame rights a chair as an AISSF security droid trundles slowly by.
A woman with short dark hair wanders into frame, then turns and faces the camera. "When in the course of human events... et cetera, et cetera." She grins and shoulders a stun rifle. "The planet of Hyperion hereby declares its independence from the Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions."
"My name is Arkady Geller, by the way. And don't worry, you'll get all this in writing soon enough. For now, the people of Hyperion invite any forces loyal to the Union to get off our planet and go home. This is our world, and we will no longer fund your navy, house your soldiers, pay for Velouria's excesses, or tolerate machines made to fight the Outsiders marching past our own homes and businesses."
Geller plants the butt of the rifle firmly on the floor. "This is now Free Hyperion, a one-planet state, and we will fight to keep it that way if we have to."
The transmission ends abruptly, the shot transitioning to again show the newscaster seated at his desk. He sits in silence for a moment, glances down to look at papers he doesn't have, then recovers and looks up at the camera.
"That was, er, Arkady Geller, apparently speaking for the separatists, who have, er, accomplished a coup tonight and declared the planet of Hyperion independent from the Union. Of course... of course, how long this state of affairs might last depends upon the actions of the AEU and forces loyal to them, and, of course, the response from those alliances that have communicated support for the secessionist movement."
The newscaster steadies himself as he carries on. "And that is the question tonight. The Union has been reluctant to bring real force to bear, no doubt fearing the manner of response from the League-Mutuality alliance. Anonymous sources from within the administration have told us that President Best feels this show of support is a bluff, while others in the government are more cautious, and that this is the driving force of the recent turmoil within the adminstration."
"The League and Mutuality, too, have been tight-lipped about the range of possible actions that are on the table for them. The EAOS and Fringe have been conspicuously silent, maintaining a careful neutrality, despite the Fringe still being a signatory to the Steel Phoenix."
The newscaster presses a finger to his earpiece again, then nods. "If you have standard holovision access, please stay tuned for a recap of tonight's events after a word from our sponsors. For anyone else, we will be leaving you now, but you can rely on ISNN to report on new developments as they unfold. Good night and good luck."
The ISNN theme plays as the shot zooms out slowly. A man wearing a headset mic appears on the set, handing the newscaster a sheaf of papers just as the shot fades.
11 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: Three Members of Cabinet Resign: "It Is Clear the President Is Doing What's Best for Eric Best, Not the Union" [VET]
10 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: Primary Hyperion Spaceport Partially Occupied, Placed on Emergency Lockdown - Civilian Pilot Patrols Can No Longer Deploy [NEN]
10 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: Unrest on Hyperion: Jacktown Locals Aided by AISSF Security Droids Storm Police Station, Seizing Stun Weaponry and Releasing Prisoners [DNA]
9 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: President Best Condemns Foreign Interference in Union Affairs [NEN]
9 July 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: League-Mutuality Joint Statement: "Just Powers Are Derived From the Consent of the Governed - In the Traditions of the Old Earth Democracies, in the Spirit of the Disparate Freemen, We Offer Our Support of the Liberty of the Hyperionese People" [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 4 July 2318
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 4 July 2318."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a well-groomed newscaster seated at a desk. He nods to the camera and arranges his papers before him.
"Our top story tonight: Unrest on the AEU world Hyperion!"
An image of a protest appears over the newscaster's shoulder. People are holding handmade signs with slogans like, "This is our world," "Protesting doesn't carry the death penalty," and "Is my son next?"
"These events, as you probably know, are already the hot topic around Known Space. While we don't have any breaking news for you tonight, this is a complicated story long in the making, and it's important to understand how we got here as demonstrations continue across Hyperion tonight."
"The story begins several months ago when President Best authorized his Civilian Pilot Corps to begin armed battlesuit patrols in the cities and towns of Hyperion in response to rumors of growing discontent there. Initially resistant to the idea, the civilian pilots soon took to the patrols with gusto."
An image appears of an AEU battlesuit with a prominently-mounted stun cannon.
"The presence of government employees in power armor in their hometowns did little to calm the people of Hyperion, however, and rumors began to emerge that unrest was increasing, with the battlesuited civilians regularly coming under assault by thrown rocks and bottles. These objects, of course, could do little to trouble a battlesuit."
"This unrest rather flew under the radar until it took a sudden turn on 26 June. On that day, a reporter working for Distributed News Access broke a story about what they called 'a campaign of casual brutality.'"
"It seems that, for several months, at least some of those patrolling the streets of Hyperion have been stunning every dissident they saw. It should be noted that battlesuit-mounted stun cannons are designed to penetrate armor and are therefore more high-powered than most stun weaponry. While most victims recover completely in a few hours, numbness and tremors can persist for months, reports say."
The image over the newscaster's shoulder shows another shot of a protest. "Perhaps predictably, the people of Hyperion reacted by taking to the streets in even larger numbers, though, aside from the occasional thrown object, they were still unarmed. President Best reacted by saying that stunning 'at the very least' was justified, a remark for which he came under intense fire."
"That night, of course, would be what became known as the first Midnight Massacre."
The image changes to show an AEU battlesuit equipped with a laser.
"Perhaps threatened by the growing crowds, perhaps emboldened by the President's words, AEU pilots went to Hyperion to conduct four separate, simultaneous patrols, and a fifth one shortly after. That night, twenty-seven protesters were killed -- or, as some would have it, summarily executed -- by the AEU civilians safe inside their battlesuits."
"President Best responded by calling the protesters violent and laying the blame for the deaths at their feet, adding that his pilots were justified in defending themselves. The group popularly known as the Hyperion Separatists emerged into the open at this time, calling for an independent Hyperion and distributing security droids to various towns and cities to defend against another round of patrols."
"The droids, we are told, are from AISSF, a Mutuality-based combat supplier infamous for selling to anyone. Indeed, you may already be familiar with the name in connection with the Merry Band. Just how the equipment got to Hyperion under the noses of the Union Navy remains a mystery, however, along with the source of their funding. More importantly, the presence of the droids immediately resulted in some small victories, forcing at least two battlesuited pilots to retreat the night they were deployed."
"The increased security appears to have discouraged some of the pilots, and the number of patrols has decreased." The newscaster frowns deeply. "Unfortunately, other pilots have responded by hurling explosive devices into the protesting crowds, resulting in further deaths."
"Despite this, the Separatists insist that history is on their side and have pledged to fight until independence is achieved. The Mutuality Council, rumors say, is also watching the unfolding events with interest."
The image changes to show an angry President Best. "All of which no doubt helped lead to the pronouncement that, sources say, the Best administration forwarded to its pilots, wherein it is claimed that 'unreg elements' are behind the uprising and that it does not represent the will of the Hyperionese people at all."
"Liaison Secretary Lily Kaise has gone one better, and insists that she will prove that the Midnight Massacres themselves are a false flag operation and that AEU civilian pilots are not to blame at all."
The newscaster shakes his head. "Whatever happens, all we can hope is that peace will eventually reign. Until then, we will keep you informed here on the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster.
3 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: Secretary Kaise Seeks to Prove, Despite Overwhelming Evidence, That AEU Pilots Are Not Responsible for Recent Deaths on Hyperion [DNA]
2 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: In Statement to Colleagues, Secretary Kaise Endorses Further Patrols on Hyperion, Including Use of Less-Than-Lethal Force [VET]
2 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: Pro-Secession Demonstrations to be Held All Over Hyperion Today Despite Ongoing Patrols [VET]
2 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: Opinion: The Months-Long Campaign of Terror and Intimidation Conducted Unchecked by the Civilian Corps Made the Current Brutality on Hyperion Inevitable [DNA]
2 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: Five Hyperion Protesters Killed in Explosion During Battlesuit Patrol - "Go F*** Yourselves," Said Patroller According to Witnesses [VET]
2 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Corps Continues to Fight for Peace on Hyperion [NEN]
2 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: Erven Group Takes Industrial Operations of Civilian Pilot Program After Other Bidders Fail to Match Final Offer [VET]
1 July 2318 Headline -- AEU: Thousands of Union Flags Burn Across Hyperion in Coordinated Demonstration [PFP]
28 June 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Overheard Snippets from a Closed Council Session: "We Would Defend a Free Hyperion" [DFP]
28 June 2318 Headline -- Tabloid: Brave Hyperion Citizens Repel Vicious Battlesuit Attack, One Civilian Dead [PFP]
28 June 2318 Headline -- AEU: Union Navy Spokesman Unable to Explain How Separatists Procured Security Droids [DNA]
28 June 2318 Headline -- AEU: Three Protesters Killed By Battlesuit-Lobbed Explosive Device in Another Round of Midnight Raids [VET]
28 June 2318 Headline -- AEU: Battlesuit Patrols Find Separatists in Possession of Security Hardware - Three Killed in Explosion [NEN]
27 June 2318 Headline -- AEU: President Best: "The Responsibility For These Deaths Rests with the Separatists. Our Civilian Pilots Have the Right to Defend Themselves" [NEN]
27 June 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Agnarr's Interstellar Siege Force Rental Raises Concerns Regarding Proposed Free Port Doctrine Amendment Restricting Business With AEU-Controlled Entities [DFP]
27 June 2318 Headline -- AEU: Hyperion Separatists Take to the Streets Amidst Rapidly Growing Public Support: "We Will Not Be Cowed" [DNA]
27 June 2318 Headline -- AEU: "You Are Going To Die": Protesting Citizens of Hyperion Murdered in Cold Blood in Four Separate Simultaneous Attacks, Say Witnesses [DNA]
27 June 2318 Headline -- AEU: Midnight Massacre: Twenty-Seven Shot Dead in the Streets of Hyperion, Including Sixteen-Year-Old Girl and Fifteen-Year-Old Boy [VET]
27 June 2318 Headline -- AEU: Twenty-Seven Dead Following Clash Between Battlesuited Civilian Patrollers and Hyperionese Protesters [NEN]
26 June 2318 Headline -- AEU: President Best Praises Latest Crop of Cadets: "Now These Are Smart People, the Elites of Pilotdom" [NEN]
26 June 2318 Headline -- AEU: Hyperionese Protesters Reject Assertion that Alleged Civilian Pilot Brutality Comes From Fresh-on-the-Job Cadets - "This Has Been Going On For Months, Our Only Reprieve Was When They Were Stuck on Torus" [DNA]
26 June 2318 Headline -- AEU: President Best: "These Violent Protesters on Hyperion Are Breaking the Law - Stunning Is Justified at the Very Least" [NEN]
26 June 2318 Headline -- AEU: "Afraid to Walk the Streets" - People of Hyperion Speak Out Against Battlesuit Patrols, Allege a Campaign of "Casual Brutality" by Civilian Pilots [DNA]
23 June 2318 Headline -- Economy: Confidence in ""Doc"" Johnny's Discount Kidney Removal Shoppe Down 5% As Johnny Removes Only One Kidney in Most Recent Discount Kidney Removal [DFP]
13 June 2318 Headline -- Economy: Landlord Reaches Agreement With Ten Ants [TTT]
11 June 2318 Headline -- League: First Assembly Session Begins After President Amber Weaver Forms New Coalition Government Headed By Conservatives; 'There Will Be Challenges, But We Will Face Them Head-On Together' [LCR]
9 June 2318 Headline -- AEU: Travellyon Interstellar Takes Civilian Pilot Program Starship Rights/Ownership Bid; What Will This Mean For Starship Access And Production? [VET]
9 June 2318 Headline -- AEU: End-Game In Sight For CPP Industrial Operations As Six Companies Vie For Upper Hand After Drop-Outs [VET]
9 June 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Retired Confederation Civilian Pilot Donates All Career Funds To Provisional Committee; No Time For Interview As She Intends To Work On Ground To Support Government Plans [CPC]
8 June 2318 Headline -- League: Conservatives Come To Agreement With YES2ACCORD, Land And Sky Movement To Form Coalition Government; Amber Weaver Assumes Presidency [LCR]
7 June 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU-EAOS Diplomatic Standoff Ends as Kaise, Stone, Thale Re-Commit to Pilot Contract and Leave Freely; Jammoa Placed Into Union Custody [ISN]
4 June 2318 Headline -- Entertainment: ROBCO TO SELL TUXEDO-PATTERNED CATBOTS! EXCLUSIVELY ON THE SPACE SHOPPING NETWORK! [TPR]
30 May 2318 Headline -- League: League Reform Rebuffs Conservatives After Conservatives Refuse To End Discussions with YES2ACCORD [LCR]
24 May 2318 Headline -- League: Analysts Consider Y2A/Reform Coalition 'Unrealistic At Best'; Which One Is Most Likely To Join Conservatives? [ENN]
23 May 2318 Headline -- League: Conservative Ministers Meet With YES2ACCORD And League Reform [LCR]
22 May 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Civilian Pilot Organizations To Be Folded Into Civilian Pilot Program in Bid for Greater Unity [ISN]
20 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: Union Navy Begins Work On Organising 'Rogue Navy' Resources - Upgrading Starships For Reintegration Into Fleet Structure; Repurposing Ammunition, Beacons, MREs If Found To Still Be Functional [NEN]
20 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: Almost Three Quarters Of Rogue Navy Now In Union Custody; AEU High Command Admit Remainder Likely To Be Janus Loyalists [VET]
Interstellar Politics Hour: Dateline 19 May 2318
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a generic-looking planet spinning around. "And now the Interstellar Politics Hour, special League Election Edition!"
The image fades quickly, then displays a newscaster seated at a desk.
"Good evening. Today we look at the final results of the League general election."
The newscaster stands up and moves over to one wall, which displays a hologram of five planets and five land masses.
"Five worlds and the five zones of Old Earth. Yesterday the citizens of the League of Old Earth Democracies used their democratic right to vote to choose who will lead us for the next five years."
The land masses and four of the worlds vanish as the fifth world, Callisto, becomes larger.
"Callisto is the first to confirm the results of the votes for its sixty seats within the League Assembly."
Callisto suddenly splits into seven sections, each a different colour: Gold, blue, brown, white, red, purple, and grey.
"The Liberals have managed to keep their eighteen seats, while the Conservatives lost five, leaving them with seventeen."
The newscaster gestures at the gold and blue segments as he speaks.
"The Republicans are not far behind with ten seats, and the Callistan Independence Movement gains its largest victory with six."
Motioning towards the brown and white segments, the newscaster pauses for a moment before continuing.
"The Democratic Socialists have lost several seats to leave them with five, thanks to the Independence Movement's efforts, while League Reform have gained their first three seats on Callisto. One seat was won by the independent Daniel Koverian, who takes it from the Conservatives.
As he speaks, the newscaster gestures at the red, purple, and grey sections.
The newscaster motions as if to fling the planet away, and it moves aside to be replaced with a hologram of Vesta.
"Vesta is next, with one hundred and twenty seats total."
As with Callisto, Vesta is suddenly divided into multiple segments.
"The Conservatives have held on to their seats here and even gaining three more, giving them fifty two in total."
A large segment of the hologram lights up blue.
"Meanwhile the Liberals have lost significant ground as the Democratic Socialists take half their seats, with each party now holding twenty."
Two equally sized segments light up, one gold and the other red.
"Vesta is not known for its love of the Republicans, but they still manage to keep hold of nine seats, while League Reform gains five seats from them."
Thin slivers of the hologram turn brown and purple as the parties are named.
"Subaquatic Survival loses a seat to the Land and Sky Movement, giving them six and four seats respectively."
Two different sections become white.
"Meanwhile three independents take seats from the Liberals, with the Greens taking one for themselves."
Once again he pushes the hologram of the planet aside as it is replaced with Centauri.
"Of the one hundred and seventy two seats in Centauri, the Conservatives have had significant losses but still hold sixty eight."
Centauri splits into sections, with a large chunk becoming blue.
"The Liberals keep their thirty, while the Democratic Socialists lose a few to end up with twenty two."
Two sections become gold and red.
"Yes to the Accord gains strength with its fifteen seats, while the Republicans snatch up some old Conservative constituencies to give them eleven."
One section becomes yellow, while another becomes brown.
"League Reform does almost as well as the Republicans, managing to get ten seats for themselves."
A section becomes purple.
"While Centauri Labour and Agrarian Choice gain ground with eight and six seats, and two independents take the final seats.
The final sections become white and grey, before the newscaster once again moves the hologram aside.
A hologram of Luna replaces Centauri.
"Once again a strong showing from the Conservatives with ninety four seats of Luna's two hundred."
The hologram of Luna splits, with the largest portion becoming blue.
"The Democratic Socialists overtake the Liberals for the first time on Luna with twenty four seats to the Liberal twenty three."
Two sections become red and gold.
"Free Moon keeps their twenty seats, as usual."
A section glows white.
"League Reform takes fourteen seats, while Yes to the Accord takes ten."
Two smaller sections become purple and yellow.
"The Republicans have a poor showing, losing multiple seats to leave themselves with only five, while the Greens gain a seat to give themselves seven."
Sections of the hologram glow brown and green.
"And three independents take the final seats."
The newscaster gently nudges the hologram of Luna aside as it's replaced with Mars.
"The Conservatives lose a few seats but still retain eighty two of the two hundred and forty eight Martian seats for themselves, while Mars Life adds to its support with sixty."
A large section of the Mars hologram becomes blue as another large part becomes white.
"The Democratic Socialists move in to Conservative territory to hold thirty six seats, while the Liberals take twenty two and the Republicans manage twenty."
Three sections of the hologram become red, gold, and brown.
"Yes to the Accord and League Reform both win ten seats each, while the Greens take six and the last two go to independents."
As sections light up yellow, purple, green, and grey, the newscaster moves the Mars hologram to the side.
"Now we move to the Old Earth zones. But so far while the Conservatives have held on to their core seats elsewhere, will it be enough to gain an overall victory?"
The newscaster takes a few steps as a map of Africa appears on the other side of him.
"Sixty of Africa's ninety seats go to the Conservatives, fifteen to the Liberals, eight to Terra First, five to Sustainable Earth, and two to independent candidates."
He gently nudges the hologram of Africa out of frame, and a holographic map of Oceania appears.
"For Oceania, the Conservatives take fifty two of its ninety seats, Liberals take eighteen, the Republicans and One Alliance both take five seats each, Yes to the Accord and Earth for Earthers both take four, with two independents also winning seats."
Oceania gets pushed away as a hologram of the Sinozone appears.
"For the Sinozone's one hundred and twenty seats, the Conservatives take sixty nine, the Liberals thirty one, People's Hope manage to get ten, Earth for Earthers get seven, and the last three all go to independents."
The hologram of the Sinozone is replaced with one of the Amerzone.
"The Conservatives hold forty two of the Amerzone's ninety. The Republicans take fifteen, the Liberals thirteen, Terra First get ten, Greens manage to get eight, and the remaining two are once again taken by independents.
The newscaster once again moves the hologram aside to reveal one of the Eurozone.
"And finally, the capital area, the Eurozone. Sixty eight of the Eurozone's one hundred and ten seats go to the Conservatives, twenty two to the Liberals, twelve to Earth for Earthers, five to Yes to the Accord, two to independents and... surprisingly, the Monster Raving Loony Party gain their first seat ever."
"We also know that the special civilian pilot area, technically classed as part of the Eurozone, is now a Yes to the Accord held seat."
The newscaster swipes the Eurozone hologram aside.
"That's a lot of numbers, but what does it actually mean?"
He moves back to his desk and sits down. Behind him, a list of the parties and their seats appears.
"Of the minor parties, the big winners are Mars Life with sixy seats, Yes to the Accord with forty four seats, and League Reform with forty two seats. But with all thirteen hundred seats of the League Assembly now accounted for, we know that none of the big four have an absolute majority. So what now, does this mean there is no government?"
A picture of Old Earth with a red X over it is displayed.
"For now, no government can form. What will happen over the next week or so will depend on the ministers and their party leaders. For parliament to reconvene a coalition must be formed that has an overall majority in the Assembly. What kind of coalition is likely? We'll have to wait and see."
"That's all we have for today. This has been the Interstellar Politics Hour, only on ISNN!"
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly zooms away from the newscaster, who nods politely before tidying up his papers.
19 May 2318 Headline -- League: Monster Raving Loony Party Celebrations Across League Continue After 'Unimaginable Victory' [ENN]
18 May 2318 Headline -- League: Polls Close Across League Worlds As Ballot Collection And Collation Begins; First Planetary Results Likely Tomorrow Morning [LCR]
17 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: Multi-Trillion Credit Bids For CPP Industrial Operations Remain From Ninteen Entities; Can They Maintain Offers? [NEN]
17 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: Cheyanne Holdings, Ngosi Industrial, Travellyon Interstellar, The Erven Group, Avalon Reactionless, Vostan Metals, Telex Defense, Applied Automation, MetalliSynth Final Contenders For CPP Starship Rights/Ownership; Likely To Be Last Round Of Bidding Before Victor Emerges [NEN]
17 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: Emergent Technologies Withdraws From Bidding; Lovelace Mainframe Analytics Begins Finalisation Process For Exploration Arm Of Civilian Pilot Program [NEN]
17 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Pilot Program Ground-Based Operations Ownership Will Go To Precision Technologies [NEN]
17 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: Interplanetary Dynamics To Take Control of Civilian Pilot Program Weapons & Space Combat Operations 'In Near Future' As Bidding Concludes [NEN]
16 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: President Best Unleashes Tirade Against Own Senators During Press Meeting; 'Janus Is Loyal Citizen! She Should Head Steel Phoenix, Not Be Punished For Fighting Enemies Of The Union!' [VET]
15 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: National Patriot Senator Pushes For Harshest Possible Sentence For Kendra Janus; Gains Significant Bipartisan Support [VET]
13 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: Over Half Of Rogue Navy Now Back In AEU Space, With Information On Janus; Fleet Admiral Considers Government Invalid And Refuses To Return Home While "EAOS Puppets" Control Union [ISN]
10 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: A Trickle Becomes A Flood As Nearly A Third Of "Rogue Navy" Returns To New Earth; But Where Is Fleet Admiral Janus? [NEN]
9 May 2318 Headline -- League: REMINDER: Election Day is 18th May - Only One Week Left to Register to Vote [LCR]
7 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: President Best Has Outdoor Barbecue; Thanks Foreign Pilot For 'Giving Me The Idea' [NEN]
4 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: Offers Down to Thirty Seven Entities as Current High Bid Reaches Five Trillion Credits for CPP Industrial Operations [VET]
4 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: CPP Starship Rights/Ownership Offers Whittled Down to Fifteen Corporations at Second Round Completion [VET]
4 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: Surprise Bid Withdraw of Travelyon Interstellar Leaves LMA, Emergent Vying for CPP Exploration Arm [VET]
4 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: MetalliSynth Pulls Out of CPP Ground-Based Operations Bidding; Who Will Outbid The Other, Precision Technologies Or Applied Automation? [VET]
4 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: CPP Weapons/Space Combat Operations Bids Become Two Horse Race as IntSec Fails to Match Current Offers [VET]
3 May 2318 Headline -- Tabloid: Strain Your Vegetables and Cover Your Outlets! Ship of FCI Babies Returning Home Carrying Alien-Engineered Infant Regression Disease [TBX]
3 May 2318 Headline -- AEU: President Best Releases Statement: 'Soldiers of Loyal Navy That Spent Years In Deep Space Are Most Patriotic Citizens Who Respected Legitimate Authority Rather Than Unelected Stooges' [NEN]
27 April 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: League Releases Statement Offering Harshest Possible Condemnation of Union Action Regarding Rogue AEU Navy, Kendra Janus [ISN]
27 April 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Prepared Statement from Thomas Haldeman States that EAOS 'Most Strongly Condemns' AEU Decision to Welcome Back Kendra Janus and Rogue Navy [ISN]
27 April 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Confederation Threatens to Expel Union Diplomats in Response to Latest Decision; 'Janus Is A Traitor, This Travesty Is Unacceptable' [ISN]
27 April 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: 'So That's How It's Going To Be'; Mutuality Council Offers No Official Statement After AEU Action, Most Unofficial Comments Not Fit To Be Printed [ISN]
27 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: 'Time to Come Home': Best Administration Issues Full Amnesty for 'Dedicated' Rogue Navy, While Kendra Janus Must 'Face Investigation to Determine if There Was Any Wrongdoing' [ISN]
25 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: President Best Hints that Military Expansion Plans Ready to Come to Fruition; 'We'll Double Our Forces Within The Week, You'll See' [NEN]
23 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: To Ensure Protection of Union Citizenry, National Patriots Grant Additional Special Powers to ExtraSolar Border Patrols and Security Forces. [NEN]
21 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: Trillion-Credit Mark Passed as Sixty Five Discrete Entities Enter Second Round of Bidding for Civilian Pilot Program Industrial Operations [VET]
21 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: Twenty Eight Corporate Entities Enter Second Round of Civilian Pilot Program Starship Rights/Ownership Bidding; Big Five Still Remain Most Likely Candidates [VET]
21 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: Lovelace Mainframe Analytics, Travelyon Interstellar Keep Pace with Emergent Technologies Offer for Exploration Arm of Civilian Pilot Program as Second Round Begins [NEN]
21 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: MetalliSynth, Applied Automation Up Against the Wall? Precision Technologies Raises CPP Ground-Based Operations Bid As Opponents Weigh Risks vs Benefits; Has Result Already Been Determined? [NEN]
21 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: Hyperion Security Withdraws Civilian Pilot Program Weapons/Space Combat Operations Bid to Leave IntSec, Telex Defense, Interplanetary Dynamics as Final Trio [NEN]
18 April 2318 Headline -- EAOS: RATS Swarm Gamma-12-05-17-SC Major Course Change Detected Indicating New Target is Mineral-Rich Kiron Nebula; Now Heading Away From Inhabited Space [ESR]
18 April 2318 Headline -- League: Two Centuries After Obsolescence, Final Westford Clump Burns Up as it Re-Enters Martian Atmosphere [LCR]
15 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: Offers Reach Multi-Billion Credit Level as Fifty Nine Corporate Entities Remain in Fight for Industrial Operations of Civilian Pilot Program at Completion of First Round; How High Will They Go? [NEN]
15 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: Aenea Research Withdraws Offer for Civilian Pilot Program Exploration Arm at End of First Round, Citing Lack of Potential Profit Beyond Current Bid Level; Travelyon, LMA, Emergent Keep Pace [NEN]
15 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Pilot Program Starship Rights/Ownership Bid Battle Continues as First Round Ends; Twenty Four Corporate Entities Enter Second Round [NEN]
15 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: Telex Defense, Erven Group Pull Out of Ground-Based Operations Bids to Focus on Other CPP Offers; MetalliSynth, Applied Automation, Precision Technologies Three Remaining Primary Bidders at End of First Round [NEN]
15 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: After Revo, Erven Group Withdraw, First Round of Bids for Civilian Pilot Program Weapons/Space Combat Operations Ends With Four Offers on Table: IntSec, Hyperion Security, Telex Defense, Interplanetary Dynamics [NEN]
15 April 2318 Headline -- League: Area Man Jumps from Bottom of Tribeca Tower Using Antigravity Boots, Leaves Anti-Suicide Note - Heard to Shout "I Love Life!" as He Rockets Skyward [NAO]
Interstellar Politics Hour: Dateline 15 April 2318
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a generic-looking planet spinning around. "And now, the Interstellar Politics Hour, extended edition!"
The image fades quickly, then displays a newscaster seated at a desk.
"Good evening. As the League election campaigns continue, we speak with the candidates or their party representatives to hear their policies in their own words."
The faces of several people appear behind the reporter, including someone who appears to be wearing an elongated bucket.
The image of the first face expands to replace all of the others, revealing a middle aged woman with greying brown hair. Text under her reads 'Amber Weaver - Leader of the Conservatives'.
"Amber, thank you for joining us. Now that President Dietrich has stepped down, a lot of people are suggesting that he was fleeing a sinking ship; what are your policies going to be and how can you assauge people's concerns in that regard?"
"First I would like to say that the Conservatives have been a rock for the peoples of the League since before the Subjugation, and thanks to Presidents Dietrich and Robinson our alliance was central to the Resistance that valiantly pushed the Outsiders from our space. We were able to do so much for the League in that time, so I strongly disagree with your assessment. The Conservatives don't see a need to fix what isn't broken, and the League has continued to grow steadily in these last years under our guidance while others have faltered. We have a tried and true track record and plan to keep that going."
"Thank you, Amber."
Amber Weaver's face shrinks back to once again show the panel of faces.
The image of the second face expands, revealing a bald man with a carefully maintained Van Dyke beard. Text under him reads 'Maximilian Gavrilenko - Leader of the Liberals'.
"Max, thank you for joining us. I think you would agree that while you have led the Liberals for several years now, the Conservatives have never really felt much pressure from you. What are your plans to change that?"
"You must keep in mind that during the Subjugation it was us all in it together. While President Robinson and President Dietrich were both bastions of stability in a time of crisis, the main reason we did not fight Conservative policy back then was because there were threats to our very existence in the form of the Outsiders. Now we must look over what the Conservatives have done in their time and see that by themselves they have rested on their laurels, holding on to a legacy that sadly is no longer true. The Liberals will work hard to ensure that the League can rightfully say that we are an alliance to look up to, by pushing forward instead of simply looking out the window as others pass us by."
"Thank you, Max."
Maximilian Gavrilenko's face shrinks back to once again show the panel of faces.
The image of the third face expands, revealing a bespectacled, clean-shaven blond man. Text under him reads 'Oliver Jackson - Leader of the Democratic Socialists'.
"Oliver, thank you for being here. What would be the plans for the League after a Demsoc victory?"
"We have watched the Conservative lack of action over the past few years and been very disappointed. Our allies in the Mutuality are the only ones who are truly ensuring the survival of humanity, and we sit here doing nothing. Maybe it's time for the Third Great Colonisation Rush; where we can expand to new worlds to spread humanity beyond the reach of the Outsiders, and ensure that we can all be safe."
"Thank you, Oliver."
Oliver Jackson's face shrinks back to once again show the panel of faces.
The fourth face expands, revealing an attractive blonde woman in her early twenties. Text under her reads 'Kasia Mitra - Republican Party Chairman'.
"Unfortunately Doctor Powell wasn't available to speak to us today, but we are lucky enough to have Republican Chairman Kasia Mitra. Kasia, good evening. What can you tell us of the Republican plans for the League?"
"Hello! Thank you for letting me be here, I'm thrilled to have this opportunity to tell you about our policies and why a Republican victory would be the best, most sensible choice for the future of the League. Our alliance has so much potential, but for the past few years the Conservatives have squandered it with their lack of drive. Our merchant fleets, our trade technology, our military assets, they were all once the pride of human space and far above what the other alliances could muster. But now we're happy to let our civilian pilots do all the work with minimal tools. Don't get me wrong, our civvies are the best in space, but we could do so much more in addition to letting them deal with everything themselves. Yet the Conservatives haven't touched our trade network or given our research teams a chance to really get anywhere, beyond a handful of basic joint projects with the other alliances. We mean to change that."
"Thank you, Kasia."
Kasia Mitra's face shrinks back to once again show the panel of faces.
The fifth face expands, revealing a woman in her early thirties with startlingly bright pink hair. Text under her reads 'Yehma Havero - Leader of the Green Party'.
"Yehma, thanks for being here. What can you tell us about the Green party's plans for the League?"
"First, we need to upgrade our healthcare system - unless you're a civilian pilot there are often hours of waiting before being seen, and even then the creche rollout that was meant to happen years ago never quite materialised - something that the Conservatives did rather well at keeping quiet. We'll be earmarking more funding for scientific research, since so many of our capable minds end up getting poached by the EAOS; that's both a compliment and a problem - we need to give our scientists a reason to want to stay here rather than automatically going to them. We also plan to nationalise public transport - the pod network, maglevs, and more environmentally safe methods should all be free for citizen use."
"Thank you, Yehma."
Yehma Havero's face shrinks back to once again show the panel of faces.
The sixth face expands, revealing a still image of a woman in her mid-forties with dark brown hair. Text under her reads 'Arlene Paisley - Leader of League Reform'.
"Unfortunately Miss Paisley wasn't able to be in the studio today, but we do have her on einrophone via wormhole. Are you there, Arlene?"
A slight crackle is heard, then, "Yes, I'm here."
"Wonderful, thank you for taking the time to speak to us. What does the League Reform want to do if it does well in the election?"
"Well, now that we've have a chance to get rid of some dead weight, League Reform really has the opportunity to do what the party exists to do - reform the League. We all know that Old Earth controls the Assembly, and Presidents have almost always focused exclusively on Earth issues. It's time to redraw the lines to ensure a fair and balanced Assembly, a democratically elected Council, and a Cabinet who aren't beholden to the President's whims. Once we've managed to do that, we can work on forging stronger ties with our allies - and those who aren't - until they all work together as one cohesive group under our guidance."
"Thank you, Arlene."
Arlene Paisley's face shrinks back to once again show the panel of faces.
The seventh face expands, revealing a woman in her mid-twenties with a blue and purple faux hawk and a nose piercing. Text under her reads 'Tolly McGregor - Leader of YES2ACCORD'.
"Hello Tolly, thank you for your time. What are Yes to Accord's policies in the upcoming election?"
"Hey Greg! Glad to be here! Our main focus is to ensure that the Accord has what it needs to expand its efforts while we also work on our own; especially to convince the AEU to come back, or at least fold the Steel Phoenix into the Accord and rethink their attitude on several things. Other plans include working with the Mutuality to mitigate some of the considerable bad history we have with smaller groups out there that the Conservatives, and most other parties, have refused to even comment on or admit exist. And something dear to my heart, we still have yet to make any real post-Outsider attempt to re-establish contact with the Jinu, and they were our strongest allies for years. Are we really so fickle and care so little for them and our lost colonies that instead we flit about looking for new friends to replace them?"
"Thanks for your time, Tolly."
Tolly McGregor's face shrinks back to once again show the panel of faces.
The eighth face expands, revealing a man in his fifties or sixties with tidy silver-grey hair and an easy smile. Text under him reads 'Sir Harold Smythe - Leader of Terra First'.
"Hello, Sir Harold. Could you tell me what Terra First's focus will be for the future of the League?"
"Certainly! With both the AEU and the Fringe keeping their attention on their private little Lead Turkey venture, the League is currently the only alliance propping up the Accord. This puts an extremely large and increasingly unnecessary strain on our economy. Why should we be funding a supposed multi-alliance effort when everyone else decides they want to do their own thing rather than be part of it? It's time to admit that the Accord project isn't working and for us to take back control of our own destiny, not letting the other alliances dictate our actions by leaving us with the bill every time something happens."
"Thank you, Sir Harold."
Sir Harold Smythe's face shrinks back to once again show the panel of faces.
The ninth face expands, revealing another man in his fifties or sixties, with black hair. Text under him reads 'Enoch Mosley - Leader of Earth For Earthers'.
"Mister Mosley, thank you for being here. What does EE want to accomplish after this election?"
"There's plenty we want to see done for the wonderful people of the League. They've had so little say in things since before the Subjugation, so it's about time they finally get a voice. But you asked us to keep it short, so if you want the full details just go to any of our events and you can get a full policy list. In brief, our efforts will be to focus on protecting League interests. We've also noted the concern about the AEU, especially the letters we've received from civilian pilots. I have to admit, it surprised me but the civilian pilot plan to isolate the AEU was a good one; though it can only go so far. Right now we're just watching the Union wallow in its own filth, and eventually that filth is going to overflow on us; we need to take action before that happens, not just watch an entire alliance fall apart through a lack of honest leadership when we could be there to to stop it."
Enoch Mosley's face shrinks back to once again show the panel of faces.
The tenth and final image expands, revealing a man completely covered by a black velvet cloak over what looks like black full-plate armour and wearing what appears to be a two feet tall black bucket-like helmet over his head. Text under him reads 'Lord Buckethead the Unfathomable and Unassailable - Deputy Leader of the Monster Raving Loony Party'.
"And finally, thank you for joining us, uh... Lord Buckethead. What are your party's plans for the future of the League?"
"IT IS A GREAT HONOUR TO HAVE OUR WONDEROUS ORGANISATION FINALLY BE RECOGNISED BY THIS FINE INSTITUTION SIR, AND I SHALL BE MOST PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF THE LOONIEST PLANS FOR THE LEAGUE! WE HAVE ALREADY STATED THAT WE WILL MOVE THE ORBIT OF VENUS OPPOSITE EARTH, AND SINCE IT IS ALREADY IN THE GOLDILOCKS ZONE ALL WE THEN NEED TO DO IS BEGIN TERRAFORMING IT, WHICH WE PLAN WITHIN A YEAR OF OUR VICTORY! WE ALSO THINK IT IS LONG PAST TIME TO RECONSIDER THE BOUNDARIES OF THE VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES, AS RIGHT NOW OLD EARTH IS WOEFULLY OVER-REPRESENTED IN THE ASSEMBLY! OUR OTHER WORLDS DESERVE AN EQUAL SAY, SAY WE!"
The newscaster appears to try to say something, but he is drowned out by the loud voice of Lord Buckethead.
"OF COURSE SNOOTY HOOTIE HONEY BADGER THE THIRD INSISTS THAT WE INCREASE TAX ON THE RICH, LIKE CIVILIAN PILOTS, AND USE THE NEW FUNDS TO ENSURE OUR LESS FORTUNATE CITIZENS ARE ABLE TO BREAK THE BONDS THAT LIMIT THEM FROM THRIVING! AND WE SHOULD SEND PRESENTS TO THE IFS TO SHOW THAT WE LOVE THEM! ALSO WE-"
"I'm sorry, Lord Buckethead, but I'm afraid we've run out of time - we did ask for a short statement. Thank you everyone for being here. This has been the Interstellar Politics Hour, only on ISNN!"
"BUT I'M NOT FINI-"
The ISNN theme cuts Lord Buckethead off as the camera slowly zooms away from the newscaster, who quietly facepalms.
14 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: Allied Starships Representative Regarding Recent Bid: "It's a Shame That the AEU Doesn't Like Money" [DNA]
13 April 2318 Headline -- League: MRLP Chair Baron Thomas von Thunderclap And Lightning Very Very Frightening Senior the Third Junior Lodges Formal Complaint Against Interstellar Politics Hour Snub; 'We Are Legitimate Party And Demand Equal Coverage' [ENN]
Interstellar Politics Hour: Dateline 13 April 2318
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a generic-looking planet spinning around. "And now, the Interstellar Politics Hour! Now condensed into one minute by popular demand!"
The image fades quickly, then displays a newscaster seated at a desk.
"Good evening. Our topic for tonight... The upcoming League general election! The party leaders have all announced their candidacy, so let's take a look at who will be standing in the upcoming election."
The image of a stylised blue torch with a red flame appears behind the newscaster.
"With President Dietrich stepping down as both leader of the alliance and the party, Home Secretary Amber Weaver takes leadership after all other potential Conservative candidates withdraw from the race. The Conservatives lean to the right and have always maintained that a strong government doesn't need sweeping changes to empower their alliance."
The torch is replaced with a simplified line drawing of a dove in gold.
"Unsurprisingly, Maximilian Gavrilenko remains the Liberal choice as voter support for him has consistently grown since the last election. Unlike the Conservatives, the more left-wing Liberal party has always pushed for a more socialist outlook and a rejection of the past."
The dove becomes a stylised rose head with red petals.
"Oliver Jackson also remains the Democratic Socialist choice, though rumors persist that the party is unhappy with his leadership. Once an offshoot of the Liberal party, the Democratic Socialists maintain a somewhat similar left-leaning stance; though with a more moderate tone to appeal to centrists."
The rose shifts into a brown fox as a blue circle appears behind it.
"After a long race for the Republican top spot, Doctor David Powell stands victorious, though plenty of party members supported newcomer Daniella Wallace. Where the Demsocs are more centrist than the Liberals, the Republicans reject centrism and tend towards more hard right policies than the Conservatives."
The fox disappears as the blue circle becomes the Earth, surrounded by green leaves.
"While the party's membership is not what it was, the Greens have rallied around Yehma Havero once again. General expectation is for the Greens to continue pushing environmental policies."
The petals surrounding the Earth are replaced with circular silhouettes.
"Arlene Paisley has taken the reigns of League Reform as Angus Wright moves to distance himself further from the party. After the 'proxy' issue a few months ago, League Reform is currently in a state of flux and as such much of their new direction is yet unknown."
The Earth and silhouettes become a blue background with yellow stars.
"Tolly McGregor remains at the helm for Yes to Accord, and has stated that she will continue to push for greater connectivity to the Accord and League allies."
The yellow stars disappear, becoming seven white interlinked circles with two horizontal red bars behind them; the flag of the League, which is itself inside a large black circle.
"Sir Harold Smythe stands unopposed in leading Terra First, with its membership refusing to have a nomination race. Having gained significant ground after the Union's 'Outccord', Terra First is likely to push harder for the League to do the same."
The flag of the League disappears, replaced with a bright red background with a white circle in the center containing the letter E with a reversed one opposite, both at an angle.
"Earth for Earthers continues to grow as Enoch Mosley also retains his position. So far EE appears to be focusing on pushback against the Union for its current attitude, though we will keep you updated as we hear more from their campaign."
The red and white disappears, leaving the background blank. The newscaster gives a brief half-hearted smile.
"With the campaigns in full swing, the parties will be revealing their major policies in the next few weeks; so we will be sure to bring you that information as soon as they do."
"That's all the time we have for today. This has been the Interstellar Politics Hour, only on ISNN!"
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12 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: Dozens Of Corporations Focus Attention on Civilian Pilot Program Starship Rights & Ownership: Top Five Candidates Are Avalon Reactionless, The Erven Group, Travelyon Interstellar, Omega Heavy Industries, and Cheyanne Holdings; Allied Starships Bid Rejected by National Patriots, Calling It 'Offensive' [VET]
12 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: Travelyon Interstellar, Aenea Research, Lovelace Mainframe Analytics, and Emergent Technologies Push For Civilian Pilot Program Exploration Arm; EAOS Offer Not Even Considered [VET]
12 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: MetalliSynth, The Erven Group, Telex Defense, and Applied Automation Serious Bidders In Fight For Civilian Pilot Program Ground-Based Operations [VET]
12 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Pilot Program Weapons & Space Combat Operations Main Bidders Likely To Be IntSec, Hyperion Security, Telex Defense, Revo Developmental, and The Erven Group [VET]
12 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: Primary Offers On Civilian Pilot Program Industrial Operations Come From Union Industrial Worlds, Heartwood Holdings, The Erven Group, and Revo Developmental; Other Bids Under Consideration [VET]
12 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: National Patriots Open Bidding On Aspects of Civilian Pilot Program; Interested Corporations Prepare Offers [NEN]
12 April 2318 Headline -- AEU: "Go Home Unregs" Spraypainted on Homeless Shelter in Velouria Inhabited by Registered - Though Poverty-Stricken - Citizens [VET]
10 April 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Steel Phoenix Issues Statement: "We Are Not Fooled - How Will Finding More Aliens Help Us Against Supposed Great Alien Threat? We Will Secure Our Members Against the True Threat to Our Freedom" [ISN]
10 April 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Issues Statement: "We Support the First Contact Initiative and Hope to Find New Allies in the Fight Against the Outsiders" [ISN]
9 April 2318 Headline -- EAOS: Target of First FCI Expedition to Be the "Fwoof-Foom," a Potential Outsider Battle Thrall Who May Have Defeated Outsider Occupation Force - Little Else Known [ESR]
9 April 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: EAOS Reveals They Have Extracted Homeworld Locations of Various Species from Magistrate Databanks - "First Contact Initiative" Announced, with Preparations for First Joint Expedition Already Underway [ISN]
8 April 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Civilian Fleet Lauded For Plan To Bring In Additional Resources For Reconstruction Effort [UPN]
8 April 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Cleaning House? Rogue Status Assigned to Civilian Fleet Members Hank Marvelstine, Ted Warburton, Evenia Callseah By Provisional Committee [CPC]
5 April 2318 Headline -- League: Authorities in Manhattan Say There Is No Evidence of Giant Moth Menacing Manhattan - "Simply a Classic Case of Mass Hysteria," Says Chief of Police [NAO]
5 April 2318 Headline -- League: Giant Moth Hysteria in Manhattan: Several Sightings Reported - Residents of Tribeca Tower Report Glowing Eyes Peering Through Upper Storey Windows [NAO]
5 April 2318 Headline -- Tabloid: Moths Over Manhattan! Giant Moth Sighted Flying Over City at Night - Scientists Baffled! [SSX]
29 March 2318 Headline -- League: EE Presidential Candidate Enoch Mosley Releases Statement; 'Civilian Pilots May Be Concerned That AEU Continues To Be Thorn In League's Side, But We Will Ensure So-Called Union Understands Their Position' [LCR]
20 March 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Local Temporary Space Station Soon to Shut Down - Will Be Replaced By Identical Temporary Space Station [DNA]
19 March 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Civilian Pilots Mourn the Loss of Maggie, a Felo Who Lived a Really Long Time [DNA]
18 March 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Pilot Elections Conclude After Busy Term - Fringe Voice: Newcomer Dunn Surprises with Upset Win After Promising Reform. League Voice: Vocal Merry Band Ceasefire Proponent Arroyo Carries Second Term. AEU Voice: Status Quo. [ISN]
17 March 2318 Headline -- League: Republican Party Convention In Full Swing; Jackson, Potter Pull Out Of Nomination Race While Goldstein, Jennings, And Wallace Give Powell Trouble [NAO]
17 March 2318 Headline -- League: Maximilian Gavrilenko Wins Liberal Nomination For Second Time; 'I Am Thankful For Your Faith In Me' [LCR]
17 March 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Confederation of Fringe Worlds Removes Civilian Pilots From Non-Fringe Organizations; 'The Alliance Comes First, Not Organizations' [CPC]
16 March 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Officer Accuses AEU of Misappropriating Accord Intelligence for Steel Phoenix Project: "Their Testudinidae Battleship Assault Mission Profile is Dangerous, [They] Should Let the Professionals Handle It" [ISN]
13 March 2318 Headline -- AEU: President Best Pleased With Increased Strength Of Steel Phoenix After Confederation Negotiations, But States That Upcoming Unrevealed NAPA Plan Will 'More Than Double' Union Capabilities [ISN]
13 March 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Conservatives Get Friendly With Allied Pirates, Attempt To Hide Negotiations By Using Mutuality Station [NAO]
13 March 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: A Pirate's Life For Die(trich); League Diplomatic Party Sent To Mutuality Space Station Tandem For Official Meeting With 'Merry Band' Representatives [ENN]
13 March 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Mutuality Graciously Grants Use Of Space Station Meeting Chambers For Official League Negotiations with Merry Band [ISN]
10 March 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: One Representative Each from League, Fringe, Mutuality to Join EAOS Science Team on Temporary Detachment; AEU Rejects Request [ESR]
9 March 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Previous Voice Evenia Callseah Recruits for League Pilot Organization on Alliance Channel [CPC]
9 March 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Peacekeepers Call for Civilian Pilots to Assist with Locating Testudinidae Battleships in Deep Space [ISN]
9 March 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Area Pilot Suggests Necromancy In Order To Succeed At RATS Nest Assault [UPN]
8 March 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Civilian Fleet Loudly Speak Out Against Deep Space Exploration, Criticizing Voice Moreau's Presence on Coreward Trip [CPC]
8 March 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Confederation Of Fringe Worlds Formally Becomes Signatory Member Of Steel Phoenix; 'Today Marks The Start Of A New Era' [CPC]
8 March 2318 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions Explorer Jonathan Gray has Accepted Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
7 March 2318 Headline -- League: Gerald 'Snooty Hootie Honey Badger The Third' Callistan False Moa Mascot Of The Monster Raving Loony Party Narrowly Loses Candidacy To Meretricious Marquis Michael Milliner; 'Gerald Will Make An Excellent Vice-President' [ENN]
7 March 2318 Headline -- League: YES2ACCORD Leader Tolly McGregor Announces Candidacy For Upcoming Election [LCR]
7 March 2318 Headline -- League: 'My Candidacy Is First Step To Brighter Future For League' States Terra First Leader Sir Harold Smythe [ENN]
7 March 2318 Headline -- League: Demsoc Conference Ends With Oliver Jackson Once Again Announcing Candidacy [NAO]
6 March 2318 Headline -- League: Republicans Ask 'Is It Time For Dr. David Powell To Step Aside?'; Powell Says His Nomination Is Assured [NAO]
6 March 2318 Headline -- League: The Right Honorable Enoch Mosley; 'Long Past Time' For League Interests To Take Central Stage As EE Membership Rises [ENN]
6 March 2318 Headline -- League: Angus Wright Stands Down As League Reform Leader After Recent 'Proxy' Controversy; Arlene Paisley Defeats Ian McDermot To Take The Reins For Election [LCR]
6 March 2318 Headline -- League: Maximilian Gavrilenko One of Five Nominees In Liberal Nomination Race [LCR]
6 March 2318 Headline -- League: Yehma Havero Remains Green Presidential Candidate As Party Membership Falters [LCR]
6 March 2318 Headline -- League: Conservative Presidential Primaries Surprise Pundits With No Johan Dietrich Candidacy; Who Will Lead The Cons? [ENN]
2 March 2318 Headline -- AEU: Metal Fixtures Used in Interiors of New Fleet of Steel Phoenix Starships Traced to New Earth Supplier Where President Eric Best's Son-in-Law Sits on Board of Directors [PFP]
27 February 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: After Constant Rumours Over Confederation/Union Negotiations, Diplomats Officially Reveal Steel Phoenix Signatory Membership For Confederation Now On Table; 'The Union Is Always Open To Those Who Want To Bolster Our Potential' [ISN]
26 February 2318 Headline -- AEU: Thirteen-Year-Old Timmy Tomlinson Overjoyed to Find Golden Ticket Earning Him Tour of Razor Wire Factory [VET]
25 February 2318 Headline -- Fringe: The Confederation Expects That Every Pilot Will Do Their Duty [CPC]
23 February 2318 Headline -- AEU: National Patriots Spokesman Suspicious of Supposed 'Outsider Station' Found by Accord Scouts, Demands Proof; 'Why Are We Only Hearing About This Now, I Wonder?' [NEN]
23 February 2318 Headline -- Tabloid: OUTSIDER DEATH SPHERE POISED TO DESTROY ALL YOU LOVE WITH NO HOPE OF ESCAPE; PROOF FROM EAOS ITSELF INSIDE! [TBX]
23 February 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: EAOS/Accord Joint Scout Force Limps Home After Investigation of First Coordinates From Mothership Database Reveals Outsider Blockade Station; 'If Each Listing Marks A Station, Human Space is Surrounded' [ISN]
22 February 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Nathaniel Owens Implements Decisive Plan to Make Civilian Fleet More Respectable by Retiring From It [UPN]
22 February 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Member of the Civilian Fleet Returns Credits Taken from Confederate Funds After 'Accidental' Withdrawals [CPC]
19 February 2318 Headline -- Tabloid: Emissary of the Cabbage People Meets Grisly End on Englishwoman's Stovetop [SSX]
19 February 2318 Headline -- Fringe: New Era of Transparency: Voice Moreau Publicly Accuses Pilot and Aspiring Strategist/Politician/Engineer/Xenolinguist Hank Marvelstine of Absconding with Donated Funds [CPC]
18 February 2318 Headline -- AEU: Hyperion's Voter Registration Ledgers Leaked by Unknown Anti-AEU Force [ISN]
17 February 2318 Headline -- Tabloid: Area Pilot Boasts Impressive Starship Shower Urination Resume, As Well As a Second Resume in Case You Lose the First One [TTT]
17 February 2318 Headline -- Mutuality: Space Bus Company Begins Installing Ship's Heads in Living Quarters Block Following What Company Representative Insists on Referring Cryptically to as "The Incident of February the 17th" [DFP]
17 February 2318 Headline -- Tabloid: Majority of Pilots Agree: Felo Fornication is Family Fun [TBX]
17 February 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: In a Sign of Strengthening Bonds, League, Mutuality Open Channel for the Organization of Joint Strategic Operations and Mutual Friendship [ISN]
17 February 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Future of Joint Confederation/League "Morningstar" Project Unclear as Alliance Ends - Production Suspended For Forseeable Future As Last Two Ships Leave Facility [ISN]
15 February 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Confederation/League Formally End Alliance; 'Though Our Paths Have Diverged, We Remain Friends and Committed to Protecting Humanity Together' [ISN]
15 February 2318 Headline -- League: Civilian Pilot Organization Continues to Signal Its Anti-Government Stance by Promoting Most Vocal Anti-Regulation Pilot to Trustee [LCR]
15 February 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Fringe Cargo Hauler Operating in Neutral Space Demands Surrender of Accord Peacekeeper Patrol, Threatens Violence -- A Sign of Things to Come Under New Regime? [DNA]
15 February 2318 Headline -- Economy: Area Man Attempts to Purchase One Hundred and Eighty Personal Corporate Runabouts, Later Downgrades Order to Two Personal Corporate Runabouts [NAO]
13 February 2318 Headline -- Economy: "Revolutionary" NapBot 4000 Found to be Ordinary Robot With No Power Supply; Venture Capitalists Threaten Legal Action Against RobCo [DNA]
11 February 2318 Headline -- Tabloid: Area Man Discovers Portal to Strange Dimension Where Taking Back Your Ex Is a Good Idea [TTT]
8 February 2318 Headline -- EAOS: Keep Your Pets Forever WITHOUT Taxidermy! The Ontological Felo Announces New Cryopods Designed to Fit Your Felo [ESR]
7 February 2318 Headline -- AEU: Union Security Investigation into Hyperion Tracking Station Assault Reveals Mainframe Destroyed by Non-Standard Metallic Projectile [ISN]
5 February 2318 Headline -- Mutuality: Spaceman Roger Announces Next Soup of the Cycle Will Consist of Imported Luxury Rat Meat [DFP]
4 February 2318 Headline -- League: Meretricious Marquis Michael Milliner Announces First New MRLP Policy for Upcoming Election: 'We Will Move Venus into Equal Orbit Around Sol to Old Earth to Make it Suitable for Habitation' [LCR]
3 February 2318 Headline -- AEU: Local Ace Pilot Ather Jammoa Praises Newly Released Fighter: "I Can't Remember the Last Time I Completed a Decoy Beacon Drop So Fast." [NEN]
1 February 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Provisional Committee Proclaims Closing Term One of Elevated Civilian Pilot Productivity, Citing Several Reports from Industrial Whip [CPC]
31 January 2318 Headline -- League: Customers of Kadath Local Coffee Shop 'Surprised and Thrilled' by Unexpected Impromptu Sing-Along Initiated by Voxel Earlier This Evening [LCR]
28 January 2318 Headline -- AEU: ISN Investigation into Hyperion Pirate Attack Raises Questions: "Fully Automated" Tracking Station Records Show No Employees on Site at Time of Attack - Who Are Alleged Victims and Where Are They Now? [ISN]
28 January 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: In Response to Rumors of Talks Breakdown, Confederation Diplomat Releases Statement; 'League Apparently Willing to Throw Away Long-Term Alliance for New Friends' [ISN]
28 January 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Confederation Ambassador Ends First Round of Negotiations with Union; 'Great Progress has Been Made After Slow Beginning' [ISN]
28 January 2318 Headline -- AEU: One Week After Pirate Attack, Automated Tracking Station #74 Returns to Full Operational Status, Eliminating Temporary Gap in Hyperion Surface Defense Grid [VET]
28 January 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Provisional Committee Clears Barnham's Redoubt for Regular Operations [CPC]
28 January 2318 Headline -- AEU: Union Proudly Announces the Release of a New Fighter to More Effectively Subdue Threats from External Forces [VET]
27 January 2318 Headline -- League: Terra First Senator Agrees With Pilot Organisation; 'Why Should Citizens be Limited in What They Do? My Only Issue is it Went to the Fringe' [NAO]
27 January 2318 Headline -- League: Member of Anti-Regulation Civilian Pilot Organization Structures Payments to Fringe Citizen Totaling Nearly One Billion Credits to Avoid Approval Process [LCR]
24 January 2318 Headline -- AEU: Three People Revealed to have been Beaten Up Defending Tracking Station from Unreg Assault; One Victim Says 'We Tried to Fight Them Off, But There Were Too Many. This Just Shows How Callous They Are.' [NEN]
21 January 2318 Headline -- AEU: Mister Kelsey Leaves Apology After Destroying Tracking Station; Union Security Unsure as to Purpose Behind Attack [ISN]
20 January 2318 Headline -- Tabloid: Our Reporters Discover the REAL Reason Confederation Returned Disgraced Leader to EAOS: James Korie Pregnant with Nina Thomas's Love Child! [TBX]
20 January 2318 Headline -- EAOS: Exciting New Study Receives Funding: The Growth of Black Mold on Various Substrates, Including Transparisteel, Gelatin, and Backs of Mice [ESR]
20 January 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: In Unexpected Move, James Korie Transferred via Secure Shuttle to Torus Holding Cells After Confederation/EAOS Negotiations End; EAOS Promises Public Resolution to Questions [ISN]
20 January 2318 Headline -- League: League Civilian Pilot Organization Discusses Ways to Get Around New Financial Regulations - Are These Pilots Above the Law? [LCR]
17 January 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Confederation Sends Diplomatic Team Headed by Space Commodore Hart to Torus After EAOS Agree to Meeting [ISN]
17 January 2318 Headline -- EAOS: Discovery of Secondary Computer Access Point by Engineering Team Eta Leads to Subsystem Decryption Revelation: List of Coordinates Surrounding Human Space to be Investigated [ESR]
15 January 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: League/Fringe Diplomatic Meetings Temporarily Adjourned After Stalemate Regarding 'Questionable and Concerning Unofficial Cease-Fire' [ISN]
14 January 2318 Headline -- Entertainment: What is Oubliettes and Outsiders, and Why Are Your Kids Obsessed With It? Publisher Strategic Tuition Regulations Denies Claims of Outsider Indoctrination [TPR]
14 January 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Confederation/Union Negotiations Stall Once Again After President Tells Ambassador to 'Go Back to Your Shithole Planet'; Union Diplomats Downplay 'Tired' President's Words [ISN]
13 January 2318 Headline -- AEU: Late Night Comedian James O'Brady Visits Hyperionese Slums; Exposes Laziness, Misuse of Government Aid Funds [EFX]
12 January 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Union Diplomats Work to Ease Confederation Concerns After Presidental Outbursts During Meeting [ISN]
11 January 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Voxel Fans Disappointed by News that Singer will Not Be Running in Upcoming League Election, But There Is Hope; 'Sorry Guys, I'm Only A Temp Right Now... Maybe Next Time!' [VAR]
11 January 2318 Headline -- League: President Dietrich Begins Process of Calling General Election; 'This April, League Citizens Will Show Other Alliances How to Democratically Enact Proper Mandate' [LCR]
11 January 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Tactical Squad Uninjured After Takedown of Protesters in Yaxchilan Central Plaza; City Commander Informs Citizenry 'Dissent is Disloyalty' [CPC]
11 January 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Curfew for Over-16s Moves from 23:00 to 21:00, Under-16s Curfew Remains 18:00; Military Police Increase Patrols to Ensure Obedience [CPC]
10 January 2318 Headline -- AEU: During Interview with Phoenix News, Eric Best Admits He Regrets Saying Unregs Were People at 2314 Corporate Event; 'It Let Down the Union, I Was Foolish and Wrong' [VET]
9 January 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Confederation Naval Ambassador Temporarily Adjourns Meeting with Union Diplomatic Team After No Progress Made; 'The Union Needs to be Realistic and Compromise, Not Just Stonewall Everything in Hopes of Compliance [ISN]
9 January 2318 Headline -- Entertainment: 2318 Winter Fashion Fair Aims to Connect Fashion's Biggest Names with the Wealthiest Customers -- Civilian Pilots Can Purchase Fashion Fair Tokens at Manhattan's Newly Renovated Pedestrian Plaza [TPR]
8 January 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Confederation Diplomatic Team Recalled from New Earth as Decorated Ambassador and Security Detail Sent to Renegotiate Position [ISN]
7 January 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Confederation of Fringe Worlds Send Replacement Ambassadorial Team to Old Earth in Order to Reaffirm Relations [ISN]
7 January 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Battle Barge Responds to Union: If Confederation Needs Untested Flitter Pilots, We Know Where To Go [CPC]
7 January 2318 Headline -- AEU: Union Forces Follow Alliance Ideals Not Idols, States NAPA Spokesman [VET]
7 January 2318 Headline -- AEU: National Patriots Ask Confederation: Does Even Half the Military Follow New Junta Yet? [NEN]
6 January 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Statement Released from Battle Barge: Confederation's Goal is Stability by Strengthening all Humanity, Not Making it Weaker [CPC]
6 January 2318 Headline -- AEU: 'Fringe Too Busy Fighting Itself to be Threat' Comments President Best During Cabinet Meeting [VET]
6 January 2318 Headline -- AEU: President Best Declares Superior View of Earthshine Event is from New Earth [NEN]
6 January 2318 Headline -- League: Luna Officials Declare this Earthshine the Brightest Ever by .0001% [ENN]
6 January 2318 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord of Free Worlds Rejects Extradition Request from Confederation of Fringe Worlds [DNA]
5 January 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Confederation Sends Accord Extradition Request for 'Enemy of the State' Mirjam Hayha [ISN]
4 January 2318 Headline -- Tabloid: Famous League Civilian Pilot Revealed to Have Been Secretly Hatched From Outsider SuperSoldier Program: PROOF INSIDE! [SSX]
3 January 2318 Headline -- AEU: 'Union Doesn't Need Terrible Music from Washed-Up Musicians' Says President Best in Wake of Voxel Emigration Announcement [NEN]
3 January 2318 Headline -- Entertainment: Centauri Celebrates After Temporary Residency Visa Approved for Voxel; 'I Needed A Change of Atmosphere and Centauri Came Highly Recommended by A Friend', Says Voxel [VAR]
3 January 2318 Headline -- AEU: Union Navy Doubles Patrols Near Confederation Borders Due to Dangers of 'Unrest', Says National Patriots Spokesman [ISN]
3 January 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Early Reports Suggest Confederation Change of Leadership, But Only Confirmed Report Indicates Space Marshal Tlaloc Iroh Arrested [ISN]
3 January 2318 Headline -- Fringe: BREAKING: Statement Just Sent From Battle Barge; Change is Often Difficult, But Confederation Will Retain its Character and Strength [CPC]
3 January 2318 Headline -- Entertainment: Captain Goodboy Voted Best Space Dog of 2317 in Space Superiority Fighter Class -- Wows Judges With Snazzy Silver Shipsuit and Matching Helmet [TPR]
2 January 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Unconfirmed Reports of Explosions Within Battle Barge; Confederation Military Locking Down All Spaceports [ISN]
2 January 2318 Headline -- Fringe: Explosions and Gunfire Reported Within Chetumal City; Media Blackout Hindering Further Information [UPN]
31 December 2317 Headline -- Fringe: Confederation Patrols Doubled Near AEU Space; Space Commodore Tashiro Yuki States Fleet Will Do "Whatever is Necessary to Keep Humanity Safe from All Threats" [CPC]
26 December 2317 Headline -- AEU: Union Security Escorts League Diplomatic Team to Spaceport as National Patriots Release Statement; 'We Stand Alongside Only Those Who Make Us Stronger' [NEN]
25 December 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: League of Old Earth Democracies Formally Dissolves Diplomatic Relations with Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions, Citing Irreconcilable Differences; 'Perhaps in Future we can Renegotiate' [ISN]
20 December 2317 Headline -- AEU: Minister for Internal Security Outlines Plans to Secure Union Worlds from Unregistered Crisis; 'Individuals Not Registered in One of the Four Alliances to be Removed from Cities' [NEN]
19 December 2317 Headline -- AEU: The Trail of Dark Money, Defense Spending Earmarks, and No-Bid Government Contracts that Led to the AEU's Steel Phoenix Program Revealed by President Best Just Hours Ago [DNA]
19 December 2317 Headline -- AEU: Asked How AEU Will Defend Itself from External Threats, President Best Replies, "The Steel Phoenix Command Station Is Already Fully Operational!" Before Immediately Leaving Press Conference [ISN]
19 December 2317 Headline -- AEU: Final Withdrawal from Accord of Free Worlds Completed; President Best: "Tonight the Union Celebrates Its Liberty" [ISN]
18 December 2317 Headline -- EAOS: Deeper Exploration Missions Authorized into the Experimental Research Structure's Massive Bari Infestation, aka 'The Megapod' [ESR]
17 December 2317 Headline -- League: Leaders Speak Out Against Unregulated High Value Credit Transfers and Pledge Comprehensive Pilot Finance Reform [LCR]
27 October 2317 Headline -- Entertainment: Coffeehouse Haunting? Nightshade Patrons in Outland City Startled by Sudden Appearance of Mysterious Woman! [VAR]
13 October 2317 Headline -- Tabloid: Outsiders, IFS, RATS, Bari, Confirmed to All Be Projections to Distract Humanity From Expanding Outside Nature Preserve of Milky Way Galaxy: PROOF INSIDE! [TBX]
13 October 2317 Headline -- Fringe: Sector Captains Travel to Battle Barge for Quarterly State of the Confederation Sessions; Sector Captain Balewa Suggests it Will Last Longer than Usual Due to Recent Events [CPC]
12 October 2317 Headline -- AEU: Government-Mandated Disaster Relief Effort Funding Up 500% After Recent Donation by Loyal Pilot [VET]
7 October 2317 Headline -- EAOS: Engineering Team Eta Discover First Enforcer Drone Storage Unit, Begin Work to Ensure Lack of Activity; 'Scared the **** Out of Us When the Door Opened' [ESR]
6 October 2317 Headline -- Entertainment: The Lost Colonies: Oxford's Sir Joshua Ackerman, Ph.D Accuses Dr. Mizushima of Attempting to "Go Unreg" Via Her Research [THN]
4 October 2317 Headline -- AEU: In Surprising Move, Voxel Cancels Upcoming Tour; 'I Have A Dirge to Write' [VET]
4 October 2317 Headline -- AEU: New Earth Celebrates Outccord: Velouria and Encata to Hold Multiple Parties 'For Freedom' [NEN]
4 October 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions Formally Leaves Accord of Free Worlds; Initial Transition Period to Last Two Months as Separation Begins [ISN]
2 October 2317 Headline -- EAOS: Engineering Team Eta Celebrates After Breaching Primary Spinal Corridor With No Injuries; Lucky Computer Node Discovery Leads to Deactivation of Internal Defense Systems [ESR]
2 October 2317 Headline -- AEU: "Call to Evacuate" Given Moments Prior to Bombing of Pro-Union Pub on Hyperion [DNA]
28 September 2317 Headline -- Entertainment: Mizushima on the Lost Colonies: "I Have More Hypotheses, but I Need to Investigate Unaffiliated Space Further" [VAR]
25 September 2317 Headline -- AEU: 9/24 Starship Crashes Deemed "Tragic Accident"; Pilots Responsible Pledge Themselves to Unity and Promise to Pay for Damage [NEN]
24 September 2317 Headline -- AEU: Authorities Urge Citizens of New Phoenix to Avoid and Report Food and First Aid Supplies Airdropped by "Merry Band" [NEN]
24 September 2317 Headline -- AEU: Thirty Dead, Hundreds Wounded on New Earth in Wake of Multiple Starship Crashes [ISN]
23 September 2317 Headline -- AEU: Kaisa Rebane to Get Outccord Back on Track, Negotiations to Conclude Within the Week [DNA]
23 September 2317 Headline -- Entertainment: Fall Fashion Preview: Is the Crotch Pineapple Finally Out? [TPR]
21 September 2317 Headline -- AEU: AEU Rogue Stands Against Peacekeeping Movement Amidst Recent Acts of Terrorism and Homicide from Alleged Separatists [ISN]
19 September 2317 Headline -- Tabloid: "No Man Can Eat Seven Pancakes!" Claims Incredulous Onlooker... Incredible Proof of Seven Pancakes Inside! Free Pancake Inside Every Issue! Pancakes!!! [OTI]
18 September 2317 Headline -- AEU: President Best Calls on Pilots to Assist Troubled Worlds [VET]
18 September 2317 Headline -- AEU: Best Announces Creation of Peacekeeping Task Force for "Troubled Worlds" [ISN]
17 September 2317 Headline -- AEU: Hyperion's National Patriot Planetary Chairman Found Beheaded in Her Own Home [DNA]
15 September 2317 Headline -- Entertainment: The Lost Colonies: Dr. Mizushima to Visit Mutuality Space for Clues [VAR]
14 September 2317 Headline -- AEU: Pro-Government Supporter Fatally Stabbed in Hyperion's Zabol Slums [VET]
8 September 2317 Headline -- Tabloid: Dehumanization in Deep Space? Whispers of Secret Projects Say Yes! [TBX]
8 September 2317 Headline -- Entertainment: Historian Alice Mizushima to Investigate Mystery of Catastrophic Early 2160s Pacific Bloc Colonization Push in New HV Documentary Series [TPR]
7 September 2317 Headline -- AEU: Unregistered Woman Allegedly Assaulted by Anti-Unreg Counterprotesters; Photos of Incident Show Numerous Bruises [ISN]
6 September 2317 Headline -- AEU: Foreign Citizens Protest and Demand Removal of Democratically Elected Union Government [NEN]
6 September 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: "Security Didn't Lift a Finger to Help," Ninth Fleet Freeman Recounts Attack by Unreg-Bashing AEU Citizens [DFP]
6 September 2317 Headline -- AEU: Clash in the Streets as Foreigner Shoots Loyal Patriot at "Peaceful" Protest [VET]
6 September 2317 Headline -- AEU: Amidst Foreign-Backed Protest Claiming Popular Support, Best Approval Rating at 73% [THN]
4 September 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: Genius Inventor Turned Away From Brian O'Learin's Pub After Attempting to Pay in Megacredits [DFP]
3 September 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Genius Inventor Discovers That Temporary Station Modules Can Fit in a Modestly-Sized Intermodal Shipping Container [DFP]
30 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: AEU Voice of the Corps Conducts "Push Poll"; Achieves Unanimous Support in Anti-Outccord Resolution with Loaded Wording [ISN]
29 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Excerpts from Patriot Stone's Liaison Terminal Paint Former Government Official as Unreg Sympathizer [VET]
28 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Best Praises Patriot Stone, "A True Example of Our Finest, Our Very Best Pilots," Awards Prototype Starship [NEN]
28 August 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Interpol Stonewalled by Mutuality "Council" After Late Night Hints to Disgraced Journalist's Whereabouts on Public Access HV [ISN]
27 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Outccord: AEU Civilian Corps Strike puts Pressure on Government; 'Picket Line' Not Allowing Merchant Traffic to Pass [ISN]
27 August 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU Withdrawl From Accord Temporarily On Hold After Union Negotiator Edward van Dannikin Removed From Negotiations; President Best Says He Will Find 'The Greatest Negotiator To Get The Greatest Deal' [ISN]
27 August 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Breaking News: Union Negotiatior for 'Outccord' Set Up Escape Plan Post-Withdrawal: Fraudulent Applications Sent to League of Old Earth Democracies Claiming Residency in Unused Home [ISN]
26 August 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Trail for Rogue Journalist Once Again Stops Cold; Traced Phone After Late Night Public Access Call Leads to Unmanned Relay in Deep Space [ISN]
26 August 2317 Headline -- Entertainment: Corn-Fed Beef Stock Fails to Outdo Beef-Fed Cornstalk at Annual Hydroponics & Gengineering Fair [TPR]
25 August 2317 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: Confederation of Fringe Worlds Social Scientist Keen Escutia Has Accepted Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
24 August 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: Years of Silence From Pirate Group 'Veyjer's Host' After Seizing Control of Sunset Station At An End; New Leader 'The Big A.C.' Calls on Nearby Stations to Join With Them Under Banner of 'The Cunning Hammers' [DFP]
23 August 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Amidst Anti-Unreg Rhetoric from Other Leaders, Mutuality Ninth Fleet and League Civilian Pilots Vote Unanimously to Reaffirm League-Mutuality Alliance [DNA]
23 August 2317 Headline -- Economy: Merchant Activity Down 7% As AEU Pilots Steer Traffic Away From Their Worlds [ISN]
22 August 2317 Headline -- EAOS: RATS Swarm Alpha-15-02-05-MD Growth Now At Two Billion Individual Units; Most Recently Detected Course Correction Still Avoids Inhabited Space [ESR]
22 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Productivity More Than Doubles During Peak of "Strike" [NEN]
21 August 2317 Headline -- Fringe: Space Chief Marshal Thomas on "Merry Band": "This Rebranding Is a Transparent Attempt at Public Relations [...] Mutuality Is Irresponsible for Harboring These Thieves" [CPC]
21 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Patriot on Interalliance Relations: "The Other Alliances Would Happily See Us Die" [NEN]
20 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Recording of Presidential Outburst Leaked: 'Why Do The Fringe Have To Be The Ones To Tell Our Pilots The Right Thing To Do?' [NEN]
20 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Fringe Power Couple Show Support for Union by Urging AEU Pilots to Keep Working and Violate Rogue Pilot's Strike [VET]
20 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: President Best Congratulates Patriotic Pilots Who Refuse Rogue Pilot's Poison "Strike" Apple [NEN]
18 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Pilot Industrial Strike Ends with a Whimper; Most Pilots Contributing Normally [VET]
18 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Future Voice Valiantly Disobeys Rogue Pilot's Strike, "I Didn't Make The Rules" [NEN]
17 August 2317 Headline -- Economy: Week In Review: Auroch Meat Prices Plummet to 30 Year Low After Recent Horse Meat Scandal [DNA]
16 August 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: Area Man Slips on Inconveniently-Placed Pie [DFP]
15 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Eli's Stom-Ark: Strike Ringleader Takes Time Off to Eat One of Every Sandwich [VET]
14 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Union Security Begins Investigating Green Earth and New Republic Senators Under New 'Assisting Terrorism' Laws [NEN]
14 August 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: Mister K's Merry Band Formally Invited to Join Tandem Pact as Probationary Member [DFP]
Space News Break: Dateline 14 August 2317
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 14 August 2317."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a well-groomed newscaster seated at a desk. He nods to the camera and arranges his papers before him.
"Our top story tonight: The AEU Outccord Negotiations."
An image appears of the Accord logo with a big red X superimposed over it.
"During the AEU election campaign, President Best spoke of having the AEU leave the Accord of Free Worlds, but most people dismissed his talk as hyperbole to win votes. Of course, in the beginning of July this year the President proved his detractors wrong and began the proceedings to allow the AEU to formally withdraw from the Accord."
The newcaster turns to face another camera. "Each alliance within the Accord of Free Worlds enters into an agreement that they must abide by. This agreement is a monolithic document, but sets down regulations the member alliances must follow."
The image is replaced by a series of bullet points.
* Monetary remuneration to assist Accord defense of interalliance space
* Supply and resource shipments to the Accord for Accord use, stockpiling, and transfer to other alliances
* Personnel, both military and civilian, sent to the Accord when needed
The list vanishes to once again show the newscaster. "Of course, the agreement also sets down how a member alliance may leave. On 21st July, the Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions formally initiated the withdrawal process and sent Edward van Dannikin, leader of the controversial People's ExtraSolar Union party, to be their chief negotiator."
"We managed to get a quote from Mister van Dannikin during a brief recess in the negotiations."
The image of a middle-aged man with greying hair appears. He smirks at the camera. "Well, of course leaving the Accord is the best choice for the Union. All it's ever done is restrict what we can do. Once we're out we'll be a sovereign alliance again, free to make our own choices. Who wouldn't want that? Only people who don't want what's best for the Union."
The image fades, revealing the newscaster once again.
"Of course, not everyone is quite so positive. Leader of the Opposition Ginevra Culwyn gave her thoughts to us a few hours ago."
The image of a woman in her fifties appears. She frowns and looks at someone off-camera. "This entire process has been chaotic, and there has been little in the way of debate or discussion. The President may claim he has a mandate, but even though his party won the election it doesn't give them the freedom to ignore disagreement."
She shifts in her seat, looking a little uncomfortable. "This needed to be a careful, considered event. The only people who have had their say here are supporters of the President, basically yes-men. Where is the referendum to see what the rest of the population want? What about the people who voted for the National Patriots but don't want to leave the Accord?"
Culwyn shakes her head. "There is still no public plan, no discussion about what happens once we leave. Is it all in President Best's head, or is there really no plan set down? This is an unparalleled act of self-harm, and the National Patriots are sleepwalking us into it."
The image fades, returning to the newscaster.
"Of course, there have been some significant events surrounding Outccord, such as the broadcasts from the now familiar Eli Grey."
A picture appears behind the newscaster of an oddly blue-skinned man sitting in what is noted as the pilot lounge located on Old Earth.
"As well as the strike by the Union's civilian pilots initiated by the intentional destruction of several transport ships."
Footage of three transports exploding in New Earth orbit is shown, a fourth transport floating nearby.
"By all accounts the withdrawal process is almost complete, though Accord experts suggest the AEU won't fully withdraw until the first week of September. After that... we shall have to see. Until then, this has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster.
14 August 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord of Free Worlds Suggests Gemini May No Longer Be Available to Union Corps Post-Withdrawal After Insistence on Limiting Interaction [ISN]
14 August 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Followers of His Chosen Path Run Third Annual Moon Pie Bake Sale; Fourteen Freighters of Moon Pies Delivered to Luna and Sold; "What a Time to Be Alive," Comments Onlooker [DNA]
14 August 2317 Headline -- League: League Bureau of Citizenship and Residency Investigation into Immigration Application Issues Dropped After Lack of Evidence [LCR]
14 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Hyperion Senators M. Donovan (Gr.E) and L. Bates (N.Rep) Make Joint Statement that Government Must "Enter into Discussion" With Separatist Movement to Avoid Escalating Conflict [VET]
13 August 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: Enraged Councilwoman Flips Nearby Desk After Reading DFP's Own Sports Column, Bystander Reports [DFP]
13 August 2317 Headline -- Fringe: Several Days Without Scandal Emanating from Fringe Pilots! GLORY TO THE CIVILIAN FLEET! [CPC]
13 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Rogue Pilot Verbally Spars With Alleged Renegade [VET]
13 August 2317 Headline -- Sports: Upset Victory in the HypAc EuroGP as Rookie Racer from "Antai" Mutuality Protectorate Station Brings Home First Place [IAS]
13 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Negotiator Lily Kaise Vows Vengeance Against Mutuality Council: "They Believe They Have Upper Hand. When There Is a Time They're Not So Able to Be Boastful... We'll See Now Won't We?" [VET]
13 August 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: Council "Frustrated" After Fruitless Flash Negotiation Request With AEU [DFP]
13 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: "Mutuality Didn't Even Want to Strike a Deal with Us. Sad!" States Best in Official Memo [NEN]
12 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Hyperion Spaceport Returns to Active Status as Jacktown Cleanup Finishes; President Best Says He Will 'Release Full Fury' of Union on Bombers [VET]
12 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Returning Pilots Disagree with Direction of Corps Set by Strike Ringleaders [VET]
12 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Corps Industrial "Strike" Over? Voice Bailey Credited Earlier Today for Asteroid Hauls, Most Participants Rarely Salvaged Before Strike [NEN]
12 August 2317 Headline -- Sports: Rev Your Engines! The 2317 HyperAccelerant European Circuit Grand Prix is TODAY! [USN]
12 August 2317 Headline -- League: "Pet" Furry Superpredator Eats Through Leash, Escapes into English Wilderness After Neglect by Owner [ENN]
11 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Hyperion Separatist Movement Claims Responsibility for Jacktown/Spaceport Bombing; "There Will Be More Until Best is Stopped or Independence is Granted" [ISN]
11 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Voice Bailey Shamed Into Gesture of Solidarity Following NEN Article [VET]
11 August 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: United Freight d'Intsec Mystified After AEU Pilots Target Medium Transports for Self-Destruction: "Perhaps We Should Reconsider Doing Business with the AEU Corps Given Current Political Climate" [DNA]
11 August 2317 Headline -- Tabloid: Ooh La La! Fringe Woman Seen Entering Disloyal Pilot's "Casa Resistance" Multiple Times! [OTI]
11 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Voice Bailey Declines to Participate in Corps "Strike", Makes Public Statement Urging Mutuality Council Not to Oppose President Best [NEN]
11 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Rogue Pilot Declares That No Resources Will Be Brought In For Relief Efforts After Hyperion Bomb Attack [NEN]
11 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Rogue Pilot Destroys Multiple Transports in Protest of Upcoming Accord Withdrawal, Promises to Continue as Normal Aside from Industrial Efforts [ISN]
11 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Corps Announces Shift to Border Defense in Public Broadcast [VET]
10 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Hyperion Under Lockdown: Multiple Explosions in Jacktown and Primary Spaceport Injure 23; Terrorism Suspected [ISN]
10 August 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: Tacitus Celebrants Cure Hangover with Canned Beer [PAID ADVERTISEMENT] [DFP]
10 August 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: Tacitus Celebrants Collectively Awake to Extreme Hangover [DFP]
10 August 2317 Headline -- League: New Archaeological Finds Indicate that Humans Once Didn't Eat Ham From Cans [ENN]
10 August 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: Celebrations Spontaneously Erupt on Tacitus As AEU-Mutuality QSA Treaty Expires [DFP]
8 August 2317 Headline -- Sports: Lime Green Wins by 4 Micrometers in 2317 Summer Gelatin Races [USN]
8 August 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Union Third Flotilla Movements Skirt Mutuality Border After Misaligned Course Correction [ISN]
8 August 2317 Headline -- League: League Bureau of Citizenship and Residency to Crack Down on Fraudulent Citizenship Applications After 'E. Dannikin' Debacle [LCR]
8 August 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Council, Ninth Fleet Issue Firm Warning Against AEU Aggression, "We Will Not Back Down in the Face of Fear" [DFP]
7 August 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: Amazing! Area Cannery Invents Canned Beer! [DFP]
6 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Eight Months Into Best Presidency, Area Pilot Cheers for Joy for All to Hear [NEN]
6 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: After Influx of New Pilots, President Best Outlines Plan for Increased Civilian Pilot Benefits; 'A Privatized Corps Will Profit the Entire Union Without Limiting Government Control' [VET]
6 August 2317 Headline -- AEU: Rogue Pilot Claims Accord Responsible for Creation of Technology Used Several Years Prior to Subjugation; Ignores Brave Citizens that Took to Streets and Brought Down First Enforcer Drones During Resistance [NEN]
5 August 2317 Headline -- Tabloid: Area Pilot Marries Unreg 'Skim Gate' - Have Liberal Marriage Laws Gone Too Far? [OTI]
5 August 2317 Headline -- Fringe: Most Eligible Bachelorette Evenia Callseah Verbally Spars with League Cadet [UPN]
5 August 2317 Headline -- Economy: Independent Survey Reveals 'Significant' Amounts of Horse Meat in 5 Different Farm Fresh Brands Claiming to Contain '100% Auroch Meat' [DNA]
3 August 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: "They Never Even Sent Anyone" Writes Councilwoman Doyle Regarding Nonrenewed AEU Treaties [DFP]
3 August 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Union State Secretary Anderson Ryan Commissions Independent Analysis of Accord and Pact Migration in Union Territory; Report to be Completed As Outccord Withdrawal Negotiations Finish [VET]
2 August 2317 Headline -- Fringe: Confederation Training Intensifies as Space Marshal Iroh Begins Deep Space Three-Way Wargames; Space Commodores Tashiro Yuki, Mirjam Hayha, Isabella Losa to Command Individual Forces [CPC]
2 August 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU Secretary of State Anderson Ryan Comments on Accord Interalliance Movement; 'There is no Benefit to the Union in Allowing Accord Members or Others to Live and Work Here, Only Negatives' [ISN]
2 August 2317 Headline -- League: Teenager That Broke Door Seal On Euro-Asia Suborbital Pod Moments After Landing Before Clamps Locked Pod into Place Detained by League Security; No Injuries Reported [ENN]
2 August 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Outccord Negotiations: Non-Union Nationals Living on Union Worlds Will Lose Any Authorization to Stay and Must Leave After Withdrawal, Confirms Union Negotiator van Dannikin [ISN]
1 August 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Outccord Negotiations: Accord Negotiator Confirms Access to Facilities and Technology for Union will Continue After Withdrawal [ISN]
28 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Controversy Last Night in Government as Edward van Dannikin Tells Ginevra Culwyn to Step Down to 'Allow Someone Capable of Actual Opposition to Take Lead' [NEN]
27 July 2317 Headline -- EAOS: Engineering Team Eta Reports Deactivation of Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary Defensive Systems in Secondary Mothership Corridors, Two Critically Injured; Work Begins on Accessing Primary Spinal Corridor [ESR]
26 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Rogue Pilot Films Grenwold Chunks, Discusses How Fossils are Formed [ISN]
26 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Anti-Union Pilot Tells Tale of Lush Forest on Lifeless Asteroid, Claims Benjamin Masterson Murdered by Phased Destabilising Beam [NEN]
25 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: President Best Promises Swift Progress on Plan to Increase Military Capabilities 'Once We Are Free From Accord Shackles' [VET]
24 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Spokesman for Best Administration "Concerned" About Allegations of Bullying Against the Pilot Corps Most Loyal Members [NEN]
24 July 2317 Headline -- EAOS: Professor Griswold of the EAOS Releases Statement: Felo Were Subjects of Genetic Experimentation, but Originated Elsewhere [ISN]
24 July 2317 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS Admit President Best Correct; Felo Are Product of Genetic Engineering [NEN]
24 July 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: President Best Makes Additional Statement: Felo Genetically Engineered by EAOS on Experimental Research Structure [NEN]
24 July 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Disagreement by Prominent Figures on Whether Grenwold Was Destroyed by Outsiders: The Truth Will Probably Never Be Known For Certain [NEN]
24 July 2317 Headline -- EAOS: Professor Sonorous Griswold, of the EAOS Scientific Community, States Categorically that Grenwold Was Destroyed by Outsiders [ISN]
24 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Destruction of Grenwold an "EAOS Fabrication" Claims President Best: Asteroid Chunks Were Always There [NEN]
24 July 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: DeMargas Controller Uses Council Veto to Reject Blacklisting of AEU Pilot; 'With No Violation of The Free Port Doctrine, Blacklisting is Unacceptable' [DNA]
24 July 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: After Second Walkout, Council Session Temporarily Halted While Controller's Broken Nose Healed; Consensus On Recent Vote Almost Reached! [DNA]
23 July 2317 Headline -- Sports: BATS! GENGINEERED BATS A-BATSING IN 2317 BATSINGTON MEMORIAL BATSING BATSMANSHIP! IT'S A BATS-OFF [USN]
22 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: National Patriots Promise Superior Deal from Accord upon Withdrawal: 'We'll Leave With Nothing Rather Than Accept An Agreement That Benefits The Accord' [NEN]
22 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Responding to Remuneration Demands, Best Says Accord Threats Won't Move Him: 'They Won't Get A Single Credit' [NEN]
21 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Accord of Free Worlds Spokesman Michael Barnoble Cites Original Accord Entry Agreement: Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions Must Meet All Current Obligations, Including Monetary, Before Withdrawal [ISN]
21 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions Initiates Withdrawal Process from Accord of Free Worlds; National Patriots Now Have Six Months to Conclude Negotiations Before Automatic Removal [ISN]
21 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Rogue Pilot Backtracks on Traitorous Broadcast, Admits Mistakes Were Made [NEN]
21 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Rogue Pilot Issues Correction for Pro-Accord Broadcast Error: 'The Experimental Research Structure Was Blown Open by Other Alien Enemies, the IFS' [VET]
21 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Respected Long-Term Union Civilian Pilot Eli Grey Acknowledges Minor Error: 'IFS Destroyed Experimental Structure, Not Outsiders' [ISN]
21 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Rogue Pilot Broadcast Lies: EAOS Confirm Experimental Research Structure NOT Destroyed by Outsiders [NEN]
21 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Chanting Demonstrators Spontaneously Assemble Outside Capitol Building: "For the Union, the Accord, and Humanity!"; Small Group Swiftly Dispersed by NPPD [NEN]
21 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: President Best "Cleans House" Following Unsanctioned Broadcast and Actionable Tip From Loyalist Within Civilian Corps [VET]
21 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: President Best Praises Civilian Pilot Vernos Bailey for Uncovering Unreg Sympathizers, Urges All Best Loyalists, "If You See Something, Say Something" [NEN]
20 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: President Best Reveals He Has Plan to 'Basically Double' Union Defensive Capability [NEN]
20 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Green Earth Party Leader Ginevra Culwyn Expresses Concern Over Ability to Defend Borders After Outccord; 'Our Military is Strong, But Not As Large As Accord' [VET]
20 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: President Best Discusses Dangers to Alliances in Press Conference; EAOS/Accord Exaggerate Alien Menace to Distract From Real Threat - Human Pirates and Unregs [NEN]
20 July 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Best Administration Responds to Frolov Statement: 'Further Proof that Mutuality Actively Works Against Alliance Rule of Law' [ISN]
20 July 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: One Trade Cycle on, League, Fringe Renew Resistance-Era QSA Treaty [DFP]
20 July 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Frolov to Best: "Anyone Who Values Property Over Human Life Stands Against Our Values" [DFP]
18 July 2317 Headline -- League: London Museum of Aviation Receives Billion-Credit Anonymous Donation; 'This Can't Undo Recent Events, But Does Allow Us To Work Towards Restoration' [ENN]
18 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Half-Year Hero: The Best of Best's Accomplishments In His First Six Months [NEN]
18 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Reports That Civilian Pilots Do Not Actually Support Outccord: How Will Best React? [VET]
18 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Controversy in the Corps! Could Some Civilian Pilots Disagree with NAPA Policy? Best Administration Says 'No' [ISN]
18 July 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Best Administration Releases Official Statement: 'Brave Union Pilot Proves Mutuality 9th Fleet Now Assisting Allied Pirates, League Clearly Suffers While Alliance Remains in Place' [NEN]
7 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Best Administration Releases Statement that AEU Credit Now Stronger Than Ever and NAPA Policies Causing Economic Boom After Garner Mismanagement [NEN]
6 July 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Second Civilian Pilot in Two Weeks Attempts to Glide Starship Into Landing Berth, With Disastrous Results [ISN]
6 July 2317 Headline -- Economy: Union Credit Plummets In Wake of News of Possible Accord Withdrawal [ISN]
6 July 2317 Headline -- League: Terra First and EFE Send Messages of Support to AEU Government, Promise to Use National Patriots' Sovereignty Victory as Guideline for Future Efforts [NAO]
6 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: National Patriots Foreign Secretary States in Interview that Leaving Accord 'Will Be Like A Prisoner Escaping Jail' [NEN]
6 July 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: People's ExtraSolar Union Spokesman and Union Representative to the Accord Edward van Dannikin heads 'Outccord' Campaign; 'We Send 500 Billion Credits to the Accord Every Week That Can be Put to Better Use Within the Union' [ISN]
5 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: President Best: "Everyone I Talk to Says Leaving the Accord Is a Great Idea -- Economists, Scientists, Civilian Pilots, Everyone Agrees With Me" [NEN]
5 July 2317 Headline -- League: Several Suspected 'Children of Lagrange 5' Members Apply for Sponsorship in the Mutuality, Citing 'Bando Emigration' [LCR]
4 July 2317 Headline -- Sports: Robofootball Up-and-Comer SuperKicktron 4500x Scores 2,074th Goal of Season [IAS]
4 July 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: First Speaker Shea Saddened By 'Unexpected But Unsurprising' News of AEU Plans, States 'Membership is A Choice, The AEU is Free to Withdraw if They Decide to Do So' [ISN]
2 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: President Best Announces Plan to Invoke Accord Treaty Withdrawal Within A Month: 'The Union Cannot Be Great While Being Drained by Others' [NEN]
2 July 2317 Headline -- AEU: Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions Reconsiders Direction, National Patriots Discuss Potential Withdrawal from Accord of Free Worlds [ISN]
30 June 2317 Headline -- League: Police Reveal Note Delivered to New Scotland Yard Prior to Museum Theft: 'Sorry for all the trouble, but it will look so good next to my cruiser I couldn't resist. -K' [ENN]
30 June 2317 Headline -- League: London Museum of Aviation Storage Hangar Break In! Second Explorer-Class Jumpship Ever Constructed Now Missing; Police Begin Investigation [ENN]
28 June 2317 Headline -- AEU: Drama Rocks Union Scientific Community as National Patriots Scientific Advisor David DeHallan Becomes Littleton Professor of Interdisciplinary Hyperengineering Amidst Claims of Pressure from Best Cabinet [ISN]
28 June 2317 Headline -- AEU: Recognised Scientist David DeHallan Takes Littleton Professorship of Interdisciplinary Hyperengineering at Christabel College [VET]
27 June 2317 Headline -- Fringe: SDC Owens Tests Fleet Readiness by Going Into Battle Without Weapons and Demanding Rescue... Twice! Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [CPC]
26 June 2317 Headline -- AEU: Protester, Traitor, or Crazed Lunatic? Area Pilot Loudly Slanders President in Local Dive [THN]
25 June 2317 Headline -- AEU: Christabel College Left Reeling After Fienstein Shock Announcement; Littleton Professorship of Interdisciplinary Hyperengineering Now Unexpectedly Open [VET]
25 June 2317 Headline -- EAOS: Professor Peter Martin Joseph Fienstein, of the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients, Formally Renounces Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions Citizenship in Protest of New 'Anti-Science Stance' [ISN]
24 June 2317 Headline -- AEU: National Patriots Spokesman States President-Created Ministry of Facts Designed to Ensure False or Unnecessary Research No Longer Hinders Government Efforts to Strengthen Union [VET]
24 June 2317 Headline -- AEU: President Best Uses Executive Order to Halt Scientific Publications; All Union Scientific Efforts and Announcements Must Now be Approved by Newly-Formed Ministry of Facts [NEN]
24 June 2317 Headline -- League: League Corvette "Sinek" Sees Off Gilgamesh and Escorts: "Outsiders Probably Humiliated," Speculates Xenopsychologist [LCR]
23 June 2317 Headline -- AEU: Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions Scientific Community Plans Legal Action Against NAPA Induction Rulings: 'This Damages Our Ability to Work With Other Scientists' [ISN]
23 June 2317 Headline -- AEU: 'No More Brain Drain' - National Patriots Pass Legislation to Stop Union Citizen Inductions into EAOS [NEN]
23 June 2317 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients Electromagnetic Fields Engineer Santiago Montana has Returned to the Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions [ESR]
22 June 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Multi-Alliance Scientific Task Force 'Penitent Sage' Raises Eyebrows after Ex-Confederation Unreg Brought on Board as Cultural Advisor For Antispinward Research Mission [DNA]
22 June 2317 Headline -- AEU: Minister for Science Overheard Discussing Union 'Brain Drain', Suggests Bill to Assist Union Scientific Community is Being Written by National Patriots [VET]
22 June 2317 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions Electromagnetic Fields Engineer Santiago Montana has Accepted Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
22 June 2317 Headline -- Tabloid: CIVILIAN PILOTS FORGE NEW ALLIANCE WITH A NOTORIOUS VON NEUMANN MENACE! SECRET MEETING TRANSCRIPT INSIDE! [SSX]
12 June 2317 Headline -- League: Footage Released of Civilian Pilot Vandalizing Sanitation Drone and Shouting Obscenities in Manhattan Spaceport Pilots' Lounge [NAO]
10 June 2317 Headline -- Fringe: Addition to Grand Amnesty Listing by Confederation of Fringe Worlds Raises Questions: Who is James Kennedy? [UPN]
10 June 2317 Headline -- AEU: AEU Military Attache to the Accord Rear Admiral Javier Rodriguez Recalled to New Earth for Series of Presidential Debriefings [NEN]
8 June 2317 Headline -- EAOS: Recent Sightings of Albino in Torus Advanced Medical Research Wing Sparks Further Controversy [ISN]
6 June 2317 Headline -- EAOS: Secret Genetic Tests on Torus? EAOS Refuses to Comment on Rumoured Focus on Albino Subject [ISN]
5 June 2317 Headline -- EAOS: Engineering Team Eta Gain Access to Mothership Secondary Spinal Corridors, Only Minor Injuries Reported [ESR]
29 May 2317 Headline -- League: Area Pilot Menaced by Dice-Brandishing Craps Droid on L5 Station, Heard to Remark, "Aisling, Stop This Crazy Thing!" [LCR]
26 May 2317 Headline -- Fringe: Civilian Philosophers Unveil Comforting New Perspective on Life: "There Is More To Life Than Worrying About Why Our Battlesuits Constantly Explode" - Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [CPC]
26 May 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: NOTORIOUS RASCAL "WILD" BILLIAM B. BENSON PROMISES TO PAY AKEMI BANDO'S REMAINING DEBT TO LEAGUE, PAUSES BRIEFLY, THEN ADDS "NOT!" [DFP]
25 May 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Deniers of Grenwold Destruction Seize on Fringe Civilian Pilot's Statement that No Planets Have Ever Exploded [ISN]
24 May 2317 Headline -- AEU: Best Administration Shuts Down 'Waste of Resources' Explorer's Corps; 'The Focus Should Be Us, Not Road Trips - Besides, There Were No Members' [NEN]
17 May 2317 Headline -- Tabloid: Area Pilot Suggests, "Come On Hydrogen" -- Atmosexuals in Our Midst? [OTI]
16 May 2317 Headline -- Tabloid: Area Pilot Creates Capsule-Sized Crater, Photos Within! [TBX]
13 May 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU, League, and Fringe Civilian Corps Reach New High for 2317 Productivity Following Multi-Day Deep Space Salvage Operation [ISN]
AEU Today: Dateline 29 April 2317
The holoimage shows a bright flame shoot straight upwards, gradually changing shape into a bird.
Spinning, the fire bird creates the words AEU TODAY out of its own flame.
The fire bird flies away, leaving the words superimposed over the newly revealed image of New Earth. Blocky text appears underneath: JANUARY 6TH 2317
New Earth's image is replaced with a view of two men, one sitting at a desk while the other relaxes on a couch.
The tall, middle aged man at the desk nods towards the camera amiably. "Good evening, I am Angus Ireman."
He continues with a smile. "On this special edition of AEU Today we will be speaking publicly for the first time to a well known local boy - Ace Pilot of the Union's civilian corps Ather Jammoa - about the state of the Union, the status of the corps, and perhaps a few other things."
Turning towards the man on the couch, the camera pans slightly to give focus to the man on the couch. Ather appears to be in his early thirties with tan skin, but his most notable feature is the bulky optics augmentation that covers his eyes. Smiling, Angus addresses him. "Mister Jammoa." He pauses, one eyebrow shifting. "Ather. Thank you for being here tonight."
Nodding politely, Ather gives a brief smile of his own. Another bulky augmentation at his throat begins to glow amber and a clearly synthetic voice with a classic New Phoenecian accent speaks. "My pleasure! I'm glad to be here."
Angus smiles briefly before glancing at something on his desk. "There have been several hot issues both at home and abroad recently, but let's start with something specific to the corps to ease you in, shall we?"
Ather chuckles, an oddly mechanical sound. "Sure, sure. That's why I'm here. Ask away."
"Last year, a notable legal professional condemned pilot attitudes that supported animal cruelty."
An image of the Honourable Judge Marshall Garcia briefly appears on the wall behind the two men.
Angus leans on his desk and shifts to face Ather more directly. "After this, you were rather vocal about how felo should be treated... making some fairly extreme comments involving, uh, sanitation drones and carnivorous alien life."
Ather nods in acknowledgement.
Angus clears his throat. "In response to your comments, many animal rights organisations have called for both you and the civilian corps as a whole to be investigated by the police."
The logo of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Felo appears behind the two men, along with its mailing address.
"What are your REAL thoughts on the treatment of felo and other animals? Have any of the debates of the past year changed your original viewpoint at all?"
The optical unit replacing Ather's eyes shifts its focus and he leans towards Angus. "I'm very glad you asked that question!" He gestures with a hand. "Let's recap a few things about felo since we first came across them after the war, shall we?"
Ather pauses for a moment. "Those days were dark times. Shortly after we had dealt with the Outsider mothership, around the time the IFS were engaging us in full force..."
Angus nods slowly, apparently a little confused. "I think we all remember those days..."
Ather shakes his head suddenly. "The Chronos-class vessel had just blasted open the Experimental Research Structure, releasing a Bari megapod and causing Bari infestations on most alliance ships present, including an AEU cruiser which ended up being taken over by them." The optic band dulls slightly.
Angus interrupts with, "While a fascinating insight into corps history, I'm not sure how this relates to the question about felo."
Ather smiles. "I'm getting there, don't worry. We were caught completely off-guard by that, but when we found cryogenically frozen felo in the same structure as we scouted it, we couldn't breed them fast enough to deal with the steadily advancing infestations on all our vessels."
The cyborg looks off to the side, pursing his lips in annoyance. "During that breeding process, some felo were either accidentally or purposefully introduced to several planets, including New Earth and Chetumal. Sanitation drones, wisely in my opinion, were programmed to deal with these felo by disposing of their corpses."
Angus once again interrupts. "This is still just describing events, not your opinion of the felo."
Ather moves his hands, a slight mechanical whirr audible just before he speaks. "I'm getting there. Felo had been on the planets for too long and had started breeding at an alarming rate, causing the extinction of several species in the ecosystems of those planets."
Another pause, Ather's eyebrows creasing above the optics band. "That, I suppose, had little to do with pilots at the time, except for the fact it was pilots who introduced the felo to the planetary wildlife."
Angus nods. "The Velourian forest is now a protected region since the introduction of felo there, and an exclusion zone exists by law around it."
Tilting his head towards Angus again, Ather gestures further. "As days passed, the sanitation drone manufacturers, or programmers, or at least I have to assume it was them, introduced the concept of felo points to those drones - basically the more felo those drones disposed of, the more upgrades they tended to get. This convinced quite a few of us, including myself, that felo were just annoying pests that deserved little regard whether in their raising or in their disposal."
His optical band glows a brighter red. "There's even one sanitation drone which killed off so many felo, it was able to choose a name for itself! I'm sure it's still wandering around somewhere on one of those Fringe planets, though I don't recall which one. But I digress."
The throat augmentation flickers again as Ather snorts. "That just convinced a lot of us that little regard should be given to the disposal of the felo. Nothing seemed to change in the span of a few years, until I suppose the infamous story broke of my feeding a felo to a Tardick lizard. That sparked uproar and I admit, perhaps belatedly, that it may not have been the wisest thing to feed a felo to a Tardick lizard in public. However, I do feel obligated to point out that Tardick lizards aren't the only pets people have that eat other animals, whether live or dead. I researched information about this in case I ever had to answer questions and found out that some Old Earthers used to feed live mice to pet snakes."
It looks as if Angus is about to speak, but Ather continues. "Anyway, the Tardick lizard incident caused more people to become vocal about felo rights, I suppose. The sanitation drone manufacturers, seemingly in the span of minutes and with only the vaguest of explanation which made little sense to me, removed the entire felo point system and issued an apology."
Angus raises a finger and coughs. "The so-called 'felo point' system was put in place without the knowledge of the corporation by a few members of the engineering team who developed the sanitation drone mechanisms. When the debacle was discovered they were arrested."
Ather waves a hand towards Angus in response. "That as may be, but as you know pilots often get little to no information regarding many of the internal workings of the alliance government. That is honestly news to my ears, probably would be to the other pilots, too. As it stands for the longest time, we believed that felo points were completely sanctioned by the alliance governments who purchased sanitation drones as this went on for years without anything being done about it."
Ather shrugs. "As for me personally? I don't know where I stand. I still view felo as creatures that should be disposed of with minimal regard. However, for the sake of sanity and my desire to not deal with headaches from fools like the SPCF and those who support them, I have voluntarily chosen to stop raising felo."
Opening his mouth, Angus appears to be about to speak but instead just stares at Ather for several moments. Turning to look off-camera, he eventually nods and clears his throat. "Well, I think I speak for most people when I say that it's probably for the best that you've decided to do that."
Angus re-arranges his notes before pulling a sheet out and glancing down at it, then turns back to Ather. "Over the past several years the civilian pilot corps has caused massive controversy and its members have on many occasions acted counter to Union interests or directly caused the Union to lose face. How do you consider your own part in this, and why do you think the corps has acted in such a way?"
Ather's eyeband whirrs as he listens to the question. Before offering a response, he pauses to turn and carefully observe the room. "I have often believed, as I'm sure others in the AEU have, that one of the main things we lack is good leadership among the civilian pilot corps."
Angus raises a hand to interrupt him. "Many people would say that for quite some time the civilian corps looked to you, a decorated Ace Pilot, as a de facto leader, regardless of how active you felt you were. For many years your word was almost law: what you said, the rest of the corps did. It's only recently that the corps in general seems to have taken a more adversarial relationship with you."
Ather shifts uncomfortably, turning his head from side to side, his optics unit whirring quietly. "Well... I mean I never really sought that kind of position. It was given to me by default probably because I'm one of the longest-serving pilots. To be honest, I don't mind so much that they've started to look more to themselves for leadership. I don't mind handing out advice from time to time, but I've always admitted to anyone who is willing to listen that I'm no leader. I fly. I fight whatever threatens us. I do what I can for the alliance. It's about all I really want to do."
Angus nods thoughtfully. "You seem to have centered yourself around the role you want, and the rest of the corps seems to be content with that, at least."
For a moment, Ather looks down at his hands in thought. "Looking back, I wonder at times if I should have stepped in and advised pilots in how to handle certain situations. People may say foresight would've caused you to do things differently, but I can't think of anything I would have done differently when it came to things like the slavers, Takana and Nils, and so on. I was obviously against all of the things they had done, and very vocal about it. Nils and I even met privately to discuss the situation when Takana was approached by the infamous Mister Kelsey, and I told her at the time that he was a member of the Allied Pirates which alone should have been an indication not to trust him or his word."
Looking surprised, Angus interjects. "You don't feel there is anything that either yourself or the corps could have done differently in response to any of the events that have transpired? Considering Nils Aristov later joined the so-called Allied Pirates, are you saying that in your discussions with her you noticed nothing... off?"
Ather shakes his head. "I did notice that her connection with Takana seemed to be fairly deep, but never put too much stock into it at the time. In all of the times that I spoke with Nils I never noticed any sort of behavior which might have tagged her as a potential pirate sympathizer. I never thought she would consider joining the pirates! I was completely shocked when she defected. In her brief stint as Voice, she did a lot more things when holding the position than many others, past and current. She was even instrumental in helping us procure a second copy of the starchart which we used with the expertise of Anfisa of Marzore to find the lost Aria VII colony."
Angus nods solemnly. "A connection that ran perhaps too deeply, and in hindsight should have been more of a red flag for everyone. And a definite pity that such an incredible rediscovery of our heritage was marred by such traitorous actions by someone so involved."
Ather nods, shifting on the couch to lean more towards Angus. "Regardless, I'm not usually active enough to fill a leadership role myself. Mind you, I was never and am still not perfect, and I'm the first to admit that. There are definitely a few things I could have done differently. My mishandling of the negotiations with the Mutuality is probably one of my biggest blunders as a member of the civilian corps. It certainly did not contribute to the overall reputation of the AEU or the betterment of relations with the Mutuality as an alliance. However, I did what I could to rectify that mistake by offering a formal apology to the Mutuality council, though I suppose we're getting a bit off-topic here now."
Angus also leans forward, looking a little surprised. "Some pundits suggest that it was the actions of the corps several years ago to unilaterally end our diplomatic agreements with the other alliances that set in motion the path towards the current rather... controversial relationship we have in general with the League and Fringe. Regarding the Mutuality situation specifically, many people consider your actions in the failed attempt to re-establish relations to have been a deliberate act of sabotage. Are you saying that you honestly wanted to improve relations with the Mutuality?"
Shaking his head, Ather leans back into the couch as he speaks. "I did honestly want to improve our relations with the Mutuality, and the thought of sabotage never even crossed my mind. Saying bad things about the Mutuality council in a public forum, especially on one of the Mutuality stations was not a good way of starting things off, but when I went into negotiations with them, I did have hopes of reestablishing a non-aggression pact. Hindsight would have us do a lot of things differently, but going back in time and fixing the mistakes of the past is easier said than done!"
Angus chuckles, nodding in agreement. "Perhaps not your finest moment, there. You are correct that we cannot go back and undo the mistakes of the past once committed, but we have always had the tools to fix them should we have really been so inclined."
He pauses and considers his next statement carefully. "The fact no one actually did so after your attempt... unfortunately speaks for itself."
Ather leans on the armrest of the couch. "Part of what probably contributed to the blunders caused by members of the AEU civilian pilot corps is definitely a lack of knowledge. I'll use the slavers as an example, since a lot of people do anyway. They went into unregistered territory completely ignorant of their customs. All they were interested in was exploring a new station."
He shrugs. "With Takana, she clearly got in over her head with Mister Kelsey. I'd like to hope that if she knew some of the things he had done in the past, she would've reconsidered her actions. I still believe that ultimately, leadership is what the civilian pilots really need. However, I don't know who would be best to fill such a role. I'm honest enough to admit though that at the present time, it should be someone other than myself."
Angus nods thoughtfully as he glances at another sheet on the desk. "As much as our foreign detractors would love to claim otherwise, the corps as a whole is not stupid. They do not lack for access to information either; some people are quite knowledgable in fact. The problem appears to be that they are actively choosing not to use this knowledge. What would you suggest as the best method for how this wilful ignorance within the corps should be dealt with?"
Ather pauses for a moment before answering. "Well Angus, to be perfectly honest, I have taken much time to think about this long and hard. Especially after the situation with Nils that ultimately let to her joining the Allied Pirates. What I envision is to require all new AEU pilots enter into a period of mentorship with an experienced pilot. Something sanctioned by the AEU government, a requirement if anyone wants to join the corps."
He points at Angus. "It will then be that mentor's job to ensure that the person has the knowledge that they will need. Teaching them about recent civilian pilot history and so on. Most pilots now days, know nothing about what the days of the resistance were like, what kinds of ships we had at the time, as well as the few minimal upgrades available to us back then."
Ather gestures widely. "The mentor will also make sure that this person is actively using the knowledge taught to them so that they do not mess up as spectacularly as other corps pilots have in the past. Part of that responsibility will be to make sure that they know if they mess up, they understand that the consequences will be harsh and severe."
After raising an eyebrow, Angus nods thoughtfully. "That's certainly a potential option for the government to consider, though I doubt it would be a simple shift just by doing that."
Tapping his fingers on the desk, Angus continues. "Since you've mentioned government policy, let's move away from the corps itself and focus more on the events within the Union."
Angus smiles. "I think it's fair to say that you have always been fairly critical of President Garner and the Green Earth administration. Now that the election is over and his term is almost up, how would you sum up his time in office? Is there anything that you would have preferred had been done differently?"
Ather chuckles, the synthetic sound not quite as expected. "There are a few things that I wish he'd done differently. For now though, I'll just focus on what I saw at the time as the biggest issue. During the whole slave trade disaster I always wished that the government, and President Garner himself, hadn't wasted so much time dragging their heels. Perhaps that may have also partially been the fault of the voice at the time as well. I never knew too much about the reports that the voice forwarded to the government, but it was all over the news aggregators, at least when Brandon Ryland confronted me about the matter because he believed at the time that I was involved."
Angus frowns. He raises a hand to stop Ather. "The voice at the time was one of the individuals involved, so surely that helped to hinder the government investigation? The corps itself continually informed the government even afterwards that there was no real issue."
Angus shrugs. "Who are the government supposed to believe? An unreg with a known hatred of the alliances and obvious mental issues, or a collection of pilots who are meant to be the face of the alliance?"
Pointing at Angus, Ather resumes speaking. "When we learned about the whole trade, I would've liked to see the government launch an immediate investigation into the matter. Instead, little to nothing was done until the expedition which went to Feng Wo and retrieved the film that showed pretty much the entire trade."
Angus raises a hand again to stop Ather from speaking before he interjects again. "An investigation was launched, but the corps were very effective in hiding enough information to make it appear that nothing significant had transpired. In fact the only information that initial investigation team managed to glean from the corps was that a fighter had been stolen."
Ather continues. "The crew had already admitted to the trade on several occasions at this point and should have already been handled. That might have helped us maintain diplomatic relations with the Mutuality, at the very least. Instead, our government showed little interest in the matter based on what I myself witnessed until the film surfaced."
Pausing for a moment, Ather nods decisively. "I hold President Garner partially responsible for that, since I'm sure he was well aware of the situation and could've spurred quicker and more decisive action against the guilty parties. I imagine that the government would've received reports more detailed than the versions that we got as pilots."
Angus tilts his head as he spreads his arms. "Reports from who? The navy, who barely knew of the existence of the unreg trading group at that point? Or perhaps the Mutuality, who don't like talking to the alliance governments at the best of times? That's why they've always dealt with the pilot corps and why their initial response to finding out what had happened was to have a member of their so-called Council launch an attack on the person they believed to be accountable: You."
Ather grins faintly at Angus and says, "It's clear that people do at times manipulate things to suit their own interests. I did hope that we might have gone beyond that at some point in humanity's existance, but evidently not. It's unfortunate, but there we are."
Angus shrugs as he continues. "You're saying, with hindsight, that it is clear that the government should not have trusted the word of its Voice or of almost the entire corps. I'm sure you agree that they very quickly learned that lesson."
Smiling, Angus moves some of the papers on his desk. "Of course the big news right now is what we could call the first proper election since the Subjugation. It's no surprise that it's caused quite a stir both at home and abroad - what are your thoughts?"
Ather pauses a moment before answering, his optics unit focusing on the camera, the glow from within creating a brief lens flare. "The election has definitely caused quite a stir back home, and being a pilot, I can tell you that members of the other alliances have definitely expressed their concerns as well. Quite loudly. Some of their points are of course valid."
Angus nods thoughtfully. "I don't think anyone has missed how vocal the other alliances have been during the run-up to the election, and of course afterwards."
Speaking carefully, Ather continues. "There have been a lot of attacks against non-AEU citizens which I'm sure everyone will agree is unacceptible. In times like this, people tend to get carried away either in their celebrating or out of anger."
Angus raises a hand to gesticulate emphasis as he speaks. "The President-Elect has gone on record to state that those who support the AEU have nothing to fear, though he has mostly kept his comments to the Union itself, rather than explicitly talking about external relations as yet."
Ather nods before shifting in his seat and gesturing at himself. "We the civilian pilots, of course, don't condone any violence against anyone whether they be AEU or non-AEU. I'm sure that President-Elect Best will also agree with the statements released by the civilian pilots condemning the violence against non-AEU citizens on AEU holdings. After all, everyone knows that friendly relations should be maintained with the other alliances for everyone's best interests. We should definitely look to strengthening our own borders, but at the same time, we should not do anything that might further jeopardize our relationship with the other alliances."
Glancing down at the papers on his desk once again Angus nods, almost to himself. "That brings up an interesting point; the election count breakdown showed that 100% of the pilot vote went to the National Patriots. Now that they will be taking control of the House, Senate, and Presidency, what does the corps expect from them? Just strengthening borders?"
Ather takes a few moments before he responds. "Well, strengthening borders is definitely a primary concern. There's always the worry of the Outsiders, and there is the worry of the IFS, to say nothing about Mister Kelsey and his band of Allied Pirates. We are fighting wars on multiple fronts, and we need to be able to fight those wars effectively. Strengthening our borders will go a long way towards helping with that."
Speaking more emphatically, Ather continues. "Our great alliance navy has always been quick to respond against attacks, which definitely helps with that, but we should take care to equip them with the best ships and weapons so that they will be able to go against any hostile forces they might face and bring them down faster than they normally might."
Angus purses his mouth and hums. "While that is true, the navy has patrolled Union space and kept our borders safe since its reinstatement after the success of the resistance, and is now larger than before the Helios incident. Are there not diminished returns on how well we can 'strengthen' that?" He nods. "But you are correct that there are many disparate groups who want to see the Union come to harm."
Ather pauses a moment then says, "Additionally, I'm hoping that President-Elect Best and his new administration will continue to maintain good relations with the other alliances and the Accord, so that we can be able to fight our mutual enemies more effectively."
Glancing around once more before fixing his gaze on the camera, Ather says, "Lastly, I hope that the new administration will work closely with the Pilot Corps through the AEU Pilot Liaison office so that maybe in the future, we can start allowing more pilots to join the Corps, while at the same time ensuring that those pilots will not make the mistakes that have been made by previously mentioned pilots."
Nodding in agreement, Angus says, "One of the major promises of the President-Elect's campaign was for a more defined role for the civilian corps, and he has been vocally against much of the Garner administration's plans - including the potential closing of the corps. With that in mind, what do you think the new administration will expect from the civilian pilot corps and how do you plan to assist in carrying it out?"
Ather furrows his brow in consideration, speaking slowly at first. "I think that the new administration will expect us to have a much more active role in pushing back our usual list of enemies. Kind of like we use to before, during the resistance and shortly after it."
Continuing his answer, Ather speaks more quickly. "In addition, the pilots might also be asked to ramp up their resource gathering for the alliance. After all, while we might start spending more money to research better military technology and outfitting our naval ships better, I imagine that we might need the resources to start producing the technology fast enough to go onto our alliance's naval vessels."
Angus nods thoughtfully at Ather's comments. "You could be right there. Things have definitely slowed down since the resistance, not necessarily for the better."
Ather glances away for a moment before his mechanical gaze once more fixes on the camera as he continues, "As for myself, I will do whatever I am able when the time comes to assist the alliance in any way I can, while at the same time encouraging other members of the alliance to do the same."
He pauses for a moment. "I'm not all that amazing at gathering resources with salvaging, asteroid hauling and the like, but I can do other things. Who knows? I might even take up the SDC office again in order to share the knowledge that I've collected over the years."
Ather looks off-camera, apparently deep in thought. "I've participated in many space battles. As I said earlier, I don't much desire a leadership position, and think that my alliance mates should look to themselves for leadership when it comes to overall direction. I know how to fight. However, I know that fighting is not always the right solution. In that, the alliance should look to someone else. I believe that I have experience that might be useful to my alliance mates when it comes to the enemies we tend to face on a daily basis though."
Angus pauses for a moment, then turns back to face Ather directly. "Speaking of leadership roles however, you mentioned a few moments ago about good relations with other alliances... as a de facto leader in the corps, what do you consider more important: ensuring the stability and strength of the Union at the possible expense of those relationships, or limiting Union sovereignty in order to appease those concerned foreign governments?"
Ather speaks carefully, but emphatically. "Truth be told Angus, I'm not in favor of limiting union sovereignty. There was a time when I might've answered that question with a yes, but that time is long gone. Were the shoe on the other foot, and members of other alliances had messed up, I would not ask them to do things differently to appease the AEU government."
A brief pause and he continues speaking. "The League will do what the League will do, the Fringe will do what the Fringe will do, and so on. In turn, the Union, being an independent alliance just like the others, should not limit their own sovereignty in order to appease others and to maintain their relationships with the other alliances. After all, the alliance as a whole has not violated any of the non-aggression pacts that they have signed."
Angus listens thoughtfully to Ather's comments before responding simply with, "I think the majority of Union citizens would agree with you there."
Ather turns to face Angus for a moment, then glances back up at the camera. "No alliance is exempt from having made monumental mistakes. It's just people have short memories. So, one alliance should not have to appease the others by limiting themselves in which ever way to continue to get in good with them."
He continues again. "That being said, we still have a bit to go before I'd consider the Pilot Corps, for example, stable and strong. Can we take suggestions from members of other alliances to do this, and maybe to fix other areas where the alliance might be lacking? Certainly. We are independent, not closed-minded. However, the decision of whether or not to implement those suggestions should be up to us, not anyone else."
Angus nods, smiling a little. "The alliances themselves have fairly long memories, though the general populations and the corps as discrete entities do tend to forget the past relatively quickly, yes. I'm sure that the incoming administration will always focus on choosing the, aha, best decisions. But the other alliances have definitely caused some negative action recently, and there has been an increase of violence involving foreign nationals in the worlds of the Union. How do you think that could be addressed?"
Ather looks up at the ceiling before responding, turning back to Angus as he speaks. "Well Angus, it all goes back to what I said before. No alliance is completely innocent of any wrong-doing. As long as the other alliances are willing to bring their members to justice swiftly and decisively like we did with the slavers when we finally got the ball rolling, then I say let them handle their own wrong-doers. Anyone who commits an offense and doesn't get punished for it can be individually blacklisted from all AEU sectors."
He pauses for a moment, frowning slightly when he finally continues. "The citizens of the Union in the meantime, need to remain calm and collected. Assaulting people who are not members of the Union who are conducting business peacefully on AEU worlds is counterproductive. It doesn't mean that we should let anyone walk all over us, but we should not attack non-alliance members, especially without any provocation. We're better than that."
Gesturing for emphasis, Ather finishes his train of thought. "The government, especially President-Elect Best should consider expressing that they do not condone any violence against non-members of the Union, and punish those who commit violent offenses to the fullest extent of the law."
Angus nods thoughtfully at your response. "I think we can all agree that justice being brought to those who work against us will only benefit us."
Angus gestures in Ather's direction. "In which case, what do you think the correct course of action for our new administration should be in regards to the ongoing tension with the Mutuality, as well as what they should do about the unreg problem in general?"
Ather frowns. "Well Angus, as things stand the new administration should take no action at this time where the Mutuality are concerned. Whether that includes reestablishing a non-aggression pact or anything else. First and foremost, we need to fix our own problems. I don't foresee how the Mutuality will help us with that, even if they want to reestablish a non-aggression pact. Of course, we should still continue to help them in times of invasion, as we have repeatedly in the past. I hope that they will do the same for us."
Angus rubs his chin thoughtfully as you comment on the Mutuality. "Who can say what the Mutuality think, in the end? They do so like to confound us."
Ather's expression turns grim as he continues. "As for the unregs, we all know that there are good ones and bad ones out there. The bad factions that harass alliance ships are a problem not just for the AEU, but for all of the alliances. The biggest problem that we have right now is the Allied Pirates. The new administration should make it a top priority to find and destroy any Allied Pirate-operated outposts. Mister Kelsey and his band of pirates have managed to gain a quick foothold in our space, and we should not stand by and let that continue. We need to make finding his operation and dealing with it, including bringing its members to justice one of our top priorities."
Angus nods slowly. "I am sure the incoming administration will have plans for dealing with unregistered entities such as those."
There is a brief pause before Angus turns and smiles warmly at the camera. "Well folks, I'm afraid that's all we have for tonight."
He turns back to Ather. "Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to be here and give us a glimpse into the inner thoughts of the civilian pilot corps, Ather. I've certainly learned a few things, I hope my audience has as well. Do you have any final thoughts?"
Ather smiles at Angus and says, "Well Angus, I've certainly learned a few things too. I think it's been a very enlightening experience for all of us. I guess all I'd like to say is, support your alliance navy and one another, especially during this transition of power! Let's try to remember that while good things are hopefully coming, we shouldn't get carried away and do anything we might later regret."
Angus smiles widely at Ather. "Well said. I think we can all take something from that." He turns to the camera and adds, "Thank you for watching, everyone. Good night, and see you next time."
28 April 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: President Best Promises Government Discussion Over 'Unnecessary Expenditure' of AEU Funds to Accord of Free Worlds [NEN]
27 April 2317 Headline -- AEU: Exclusive Travelyon Interstellar Contract to Supply New Starships to Navy Causes Controversy After Majority Stockholder Revealed as Cousin of President [VET]
22 April 2317 Headline -- Tabloid: LEAGUE ACE ORDERS CORPSMATES TO START MULTIPLE INTERALLIANCE INCIDENTS; PROOF INSIDE! [TBX]
19 April 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Infamous Slaver Ship "Carrying Invader" Last Seen Departing in Direction of Feng Wo [ISN]
14 April 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: Council Blacklists Non-Notable Rogue Pilot Sol Sterling for a While for Possibly Attempting to Provoke the Outsiders and Kill Everyone [DFP]
14 April 2317 Headline -- Tabloid: Area Man Suddenly Realizes Civilian Pilots Exist: "Now It's All I Can Think About! I Must Become a Pilot Too!" [OTI]
11 April 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: The One-Man Holy Interstellar Empire of Teddy Develops the One-Person Teddy-Class Chariot of Imperial Transport [DFP]
9 April 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: After Recent Rogue Pilot Actions, League Lobby Groups Bring 'Flight Plan' Proposal Back to Table [ISN]
7 April 2317 Headline -- Economy: Lawmakers to Draft New Civilian Pilot Finance Regulations After Bando Case Reveals Loopholes [ISN]
3 April 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Merchant Shipping Losses Up 6% in Last Two Weeks as Outsiders Shift Patrols Antispinward; "Just Normal Variation," Assures Accord [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 2 April 2317
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 2 April 2317."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a well-groomed newscaster seated at a desk. He smiles and arranges his papers before him.
"Our top story tonight: Akemi Bando, a League civilian pilot accused of crimes reminiscent of the Centauri Seven, negotiates an end to her part in the investigation and emigrates to the Mutuality!"
An image appears of an oval-faced woman with long dark hair. A floating caption reads, "FILE PHOTO: AKEMI BANDO."
"The Centauri Seven were, of course, a group of ultra-wealthy civilian pilots who once tried to corner markets and create monopolies on the League world of Centauri, and would have profited greatly at the expense of others. Most of the current regulations restricting civilian pilots and their money came as a result of their actions. Of particular relevance is the disbursement of funds to families of pilots and to pilots themselves following their retirement, which must happen in a controlled fashion, not unlike a trust fund."
The newscaster offers a grim smile. "Ms. Bando is accused of similar wrongdoing, much of which she recently publicly admitted to, where she used largely unregulated corporations in Mutuality space to funnel money to her family. In one outstanding example, her parents won a lottery run by one of these corporations, the funding for which can be traced back to Ms. Bando."
"To discuss the legal aspect of these events, we've brought in Mr. Marvin Cykes, the prosecutor in another high profile civilian pilot case."
The image shows a narrow-faced man with neatly combed black hair. A caption reads, "MARVIN CYKES: PROSECUTING ATTORNEY IN PILOT HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRIAL."
"Though my expertise is, of course, with AEU law, the regulations in the League are nearly identical -- most came about, you see, following an interalliance conference in the wake of the Centauri Seven events, sometimes called the Centauri Seven Accords, where all alliances agreed to regulate their civilian pilots in the same manner in order to avoid the very events we find ourselves facing today. Of course, the Mutuality were not recognized as an alliance at the time and did not take part."
Mr. Cykes sighs. "Ms. Bando is a complicated case. Is it legal to operate limited companies as a League citizen? Yes. Is it legal to do so as a civilian pilot? Yes, with oversight and careful economic planning. Is it against the letter of the law to do what Ms. Bando did? No, by the narrowest of margins. Is it against the spirit and intent of the law? Yes, clearly and most definitely."
Mr. Cykes jabs a finger at the holocamera. "Intent counts. Actions have a cumulative effect. Even actions which are, individually and strictly speaking, legal can add up to illegal activity. What's more, Ms. Bando's actions are clearly unethical. How many League citizens have been affected by Ms. Bando's economic manipulations and interalliance shennanigans? How many Mutuality citizens? How many unregs? These regulations are in place so that civilian pilots cannot set themselves up as petty kings, so that they cannot reward family and followers with their nearly limitless wealth, so that they will not be above the law. Ms. Bando clearly subverted that intent."
Mr. Cykes shakes his head. "She may not have set out to harm people, but that does not mean no one has been harmed. When working in secret, hiding behind misleading information and lying about connections to individuals and corporate shareholders... that causes fluctuations in the markets. Economies shift. Just so she can make a few credits that the League doesn't tax, and so her family can go on holiday for free. As has been said in the past: when banks falter, it is rarely bankers who starve."
"Personally," Mr. Cykes concludes, "if I had been asked and if it were possible, I would gladly take on a case against Ms. Bando and I would feel quite confident about the outcome."
The image returns to that of the newscaster, "But no case will be forthcoming, at least not against Akemi Bando. Even while the investigation was ongoing, Ms. Bando was preparing to leave League space and join the Mutuality as a sponsored pilot. When a sponsorship was indeed forthcoming, the League chose to negotiate an end to her part in the investigation. Ms. Bando has turned in all League-sponsored equipment, had her credits confiscated, and will owe further fines which, we are told, add up to billions of credits. These fines include the cost of investigations, reparations for economic harm, the cost of her training as a League pilot, and fees for the accelerated processing of her emigration."
"Have these negotiations averted an interalliance incident? Will Ms. Bando's actions lead to new, heavier restrictions against civilian pilots? As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. Until then, this has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster.
2 April 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: Fellow Pilots Congratulate Akemi Bando on Escaping Punishment for Alleged Tax Evasion, Money Laundering [ISN]
2 April 2317 Headline -- AEU: President Best 'Disappointed' By League Pilot Decision to Become Unregistered, But Praises Economic Actions of Akemi Bando; 'Would Have Been Fine Addition to Improved Corps' [NEN]
1 April 2317 Headline -- Tabloid: Area Man Requires At Least 140 Light-Minutes of Personal Space, Attempts to Put Entire Solar System Under Restraining Order [SSX]
1 April 2317 Headline -- League: Return of the Centauri Seven? Outrage After League Pilot Bends Laws for Personal Profit at Expense of Alliance Economy [LCR]
1 April 2317 Headline -- Interalliance: EAOS Reject League Security Forces Request for Xenobiologist [ISN]
27 March 2317 Headline -- AEU: President Best Begins Search for Loyal Citizens to Join Civilian Pilot Corps [NEN]
27 March 2317 Headline -- League: Law Enforcement Issues No Fly Order for Akemi Bando [LCR]
22 March 2317 Headline -- Tabloid: Area Pilot Pouts Even Though You Cannot See Her! Exclusive Photos Inside!! [TBX]
17 March 2317 Headline -- League: SEC Investigators Discover New Insights in Mutuality Lotto Company Scandal [LCR]
27 February 2317 Headline -- League: Centauri Senator Billy Jones Introduces Bill to Restrict Interalliance Trade with Financially Non-Compliant Entities [LCR]
14 February 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: Alliance Pilots Wonder: Do Unregs Use Math? [DFP]
13 February 2317 Headline -- Economy: Undercover Agents from League CFB Show How Easy It Is to Open an Anonymous Corporation in Mutuality Space; Official States "Another Centauri Seven in the Works, If You Ask Me" [ISN]
9 February 2317 Headline -- League: NDI Clears Lesser Starship Enhancements for the LME-ZO2 'Science Vessel,' Previously Limited to the 'B' Variant [LCR]
8 February 2317 Headline -- League: SEC Fires Shots at Unreg Allies, "Flagrant Obstruction to Justice," Cites One Senior Official [NAO]
2 February 2317 Headline -- AEU: Green Party Representatives Excluded from Vote to Reduce Regenerative Creche Treatment Subsidies as Cost-Saving Measure [NEN]
2 February 2317 Headline -- AEU: Private Interest Groups Behind the Union's Explorer Corps Offers to Fund Arrow Design; Rebuked by Government, Citing Security Concerns [NEN]
1 February 2317 Headline -- AEU: Funding for Arrow Construction Ceases, Military Spending Increases - Government States Future Starships Will Not Be 'Designed for Sightseeing' [NEN]
31 January 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: Mutuality Removes Faction Led by Kelsey from Free Port Bad Actor List; Forges Non-Aggression Pact [DFP]
23 January 2317 Headline -- Mutuality: Squadron of Assault Elves Cause Minor Incident on Nouveau Quebec [DFP]
17 January 2317 Headline -- Tabloid: Civilian Pilot on Replicator Menace, "Don't Think We Need to Get Involved," Kelsey's Merry Band Forced to Step In [TBX]
27 December 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Big Trouble in Little Ice Castle; Four Investigators Wounded in Activation of Automated Defense Systems [ESR]
25 December 2316 Headline -- League: Earthgate Purged of Bari via Grade III "Plasma Flood"; Cost Estimated at 8.3 Billion Credits [ISN]
11 December 2316 Headline -- AEU: Bomb Squad Called In After Mysterious Beeping Package Delivered to President-Elect [ISN]
9 December 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Space Marshal Iroh Leads Multiple Fleets in Month-Long Deep Space Naval Training Exercise at Space Chief Marshal's Command; 'Our Forces Will Be Prepared' [CPC]
7 December 2316 Headline -- AEU: President-elect Best Tells News Team that Outsider Threat Overstated after Resistance Success, Blames Mutuality for Creating Original Outsider Hostility [VET]
7 December 2316 Headline -- League: Travel Sweepstakes Company Under Investigation After Suspicious Earnings Report from Unnamed Mutuality Source [LCR]
5 December 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: INFILTRATOR ROBOTS AMONG US! PROOF INSIDE [TBX]
29 November 2316 Headline -- League: Non-Distinguished Pilot Paige McCormick Turns in License to Avoid Dealing with Felo Tomb-Ships, Will Face Charges of Animal Neglect [LCR]
24 November 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: What's Behind the Frozen Foods Section at Your Local Supermarket? Hidden Camera Reveals Secret Army of Polar Bears [SSX]
24 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: Ace Pilot Ather Jammoa Enthusiastically Defends and Encourages Mutilation of Live Animals on Public Communicator Channel [NEN]
23 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: Raised Voices and Angry Faces as Pilots Storm Out of Meeting: Not So Unified in the Civilian Corps? [VET]
23 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: Some Members of AEU Civilian Pilot Corps Support Statement from League, Fringe, Mutuality - Call on AEU Citizens to Stop Their Attacks [NEN]
Interstellar Politics Hour: Dateline 18 November 2316
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a generic-looking planet spinning around. "And now, the Interstellar Politics Hour! Now condensed into one minute by popular demand!"
The image fades quickly, then displays a newscaster seated at a desk.
"Good evening. Our topic for tonight... the impressive victory of the National Patriots in the AEU general election."
The newscaster moves some paper on his desk and looks grim. "In an historic result Eric Best of the National Patriots will be the 21st President of the Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions. For the first time in almost sixty years a single party controls the presidency, the Senate and the House."
The image changes to show shots of celebrations across AEU worlds, from the Velourian gala attended by Best himself to several amateur street parties on Telex. "Supporters of Best have spent no time in showing their support of the President-elect."
The image changes once again to show Kaise Rebane shaking hands with various members of her team, looking stoic. One man looks close to tears.
Another image change shows Warren Garner sitting at Green Earth HQ, staring at the floor as his wife Johanna places her arm around his shoulder. "For some people, the result was anything but positive."
As the images fade to reveal the newscaster once again, he clears his throat as an image of Old Earth next to New Earth appears behind him.
"President Dietrich of the League of Old Earth Democracies has contacted President-elect Best in order to congratulate him on his victory and commented that the AEU has 'long been known for its community spirit and history of inclusiveness', and that the League will be more than willing to work with an administration that follows those traditions."
The newscaster is replaced by a still image of Nina Thomas in full armor, standing in some sort of command center filled with soldiers working at various consoles.
"Space Chief Marshal of the Confederation of Fringe Worlds Nina Thomas stated from the Battle Barge that she is certain President-elect Best is aware of the need for careful consideration of any decision that could affect the future of the ExtraSolar Unions."
The newscaster reappears, shuffling his papers. Behind him the image of the Torus slowly rotates. "Thomas Haldeman of the EAOS privately met with President-elect Best on Tuesday, but neither side has yet released a public statement."
The image of the Torus is replaced with that of a skim gate as the newscaster puts the papers down and glances back at the camera. "The Mutuality has of course not had any official diplomatic contact with the Union for some time, but recently issued a travel advisory for all unregistered persons to be wary of AEU ports."
The shot changes to show the newscaster from a different angle, and he gives a brief smile. "In a surprising move the civilian pilots of the League and Confederation, along with the sponsored pilots of the Mutuality Ninth Fleet, released a joint statement early this morning."
The image is replaced with a checkerboard image upon which is thick black text.
A female voice reads out the text being projected. "We are civilian pilots. Many people have many different opinions of us, but one thing is undeniable: every day, every cycle, we come into contact with people from other alliances. We know these people better than most other citizens. And we can say that we are far more alike than different. Whether from the League, Mutuality, Fringe, AEU, EAOS, or no alliance at all, everyone has families they care about and worries for the future. Everyone ultimately wants to do the right thing. Less than a decade ago, all of humanity was in a fight for its survival. That fight isn't over yet. We will succeed only by recognizing that we're all in this together."
The text is replaced with the newscaster who adds, "Several high-profile Union groups have already added their voice to supporting this statement, from the Pilot Rights party to even Custodia Legis. Voxel has announced that following this inspiring message he is planning a 'Light Up the Future' tour outside AEU space. The Best Campaign could not be reached for comment."
The camera changes back to its original framing of the newscaster, and he turns to face it, once again looking stern. "The presidential inauguration ceremony for the AEU will take place in Velouria on January the 13th. What sort of president will Eric Best be? We shall find out."
"That's all we have time for today. This has been the Interstellar Politics Hour, only on ISNN!"
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly zooms away from the newscaster, who smiles stiffly before turning to face someone off-camera and saying something unheard.
17 November 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Joint Statement Issued by League, Mutuality, Civilian Fleet to Show Solidarity and Strength of All Humanity when Working Together [CPC]
17 November 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Ninth Fleet Announces Joint Statement with League, Fringe Pilots Calling for Greater Connection Between All Peoples [DFP]
17 November 2316 Headline -- League: Mutuality and Fringe Civilian Fleet Work With League Pilots to Release Statement of Hope and Unity for Everyone [LCR]
16 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: Violence Against Non-AEU Rises Over 400% Since Election Result, Garner Administration Says 'Vigilante Hatred' Will Not Be Tolerated [VET]
15 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: President-Elect Best Promises to Usher in New Era; 'To Make Our Alliance Great Again We Must Do Everything In Our Power To Remove Those Who Stain It.' [NEN]
15 November 2316 Headline -- Fringe: No Time to Remove Bari from Our Space When There Is Mining to be Done - That's Why We Have Allies! Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [CPC]
15 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: Absent Voice Lily Kaise Removed from Office at Request of Civilian Corps Following Refusal to Return Home to Perform Her Duties [NEN]
14 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: President-Elect Best Comments on Media Furor Over Violence: "Bad, Biased Reporting from the Failing New Earth News and Low Ratings ISN" [NEN]
14 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: Garner Administration Releases Statement Calling for Understanding and Unity During this Time of Transition [NEN]
14 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: Protests Force Mutuality-Themed Restaurant to Close; Owner Comments, 'I've Never Even Been Off-Planet' [ISN]
13 November 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Council Issues Formal Travel Advisory Regarding AEU Ports [DFP]
12 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: EAOS-Funded Library Burns to Ground in Suspected Arson [ISN]
12 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: Allegedly Unregistered Individual Found Dead Near Office of the Telexan Chancellor; Cause Unknown, Motive Unknown, Signs of Sexual Assault [DNA]
11 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: 'Go Back To Your Sh*thole'; Gang Attacks Fringe Woman Outside Christabel College [NEN]
11 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: League Businessman Stabbed in Velouria, Currently in Critical Condition; No Apparent Motive [VET]
11 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: Victory Parade Through New Camden by Loyal Brotherhood of the Union in Support of Best [ISN]
3 November 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Station Controller Sauveterre Reprimands Doctor for Damages Done by Errant Ether Ermine [DFP]
2 November 2316 Headline -- League: "Yeah, Gefu. Okay," Says Proprietor of Tony's House o' Wings As He Bans Local Pilot From Ordering Delivery Ever Again [NAO]
2 November 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Doctor Reports "My Favourite Coat and Five Bedpans" As Casualties in Daring Space Ermine Capture [DFP]
2 November 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Wild Space Ermine Sighted on Doctor's Shoulder, Also on Helios Station [DFP]
2 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: Eric Best Claims Title of President-Elect in Energetic Speech, Promises to Make the AEU Great Again [NEN]
2 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: President Garner and Kaisa Rebane Speak at Respective Campaign Headquarters - Each Thank Supporters and Announce Concession to Eric Best [NEN]
2 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: New Earth and Its 25 Electoral Votes Called for Eric Best - With 54 Votes Against President Garner's 38, NEN Projects that Eric Best Will Be Next President of the AEU [NEN]
2 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: Velouria Region Votes Continue to Be Counted - New Earth's Popular Vote Now Garner: 45.8%, Best: 46.1%, Rebane: 8.1% [NEN]
2 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: New Earth's Velouria Region, Including New Phoenix, Now Beginning to Report Results - Too Early to Call [NEN]
1 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: All Eyes on New Earth as Votes Are Counted - Currently Garner: 44.2%, Best: 42.7%, Rebane 13.1%, With Many Large Precincts Still Not Reporting [NEN]
1 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: Big Win for President Garner: Hyperion's 20 Electoral Votes Go to Him, Now 38 Votes to Best's 29 [NEN]
1 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: Telex Called for Eric Best, Bringing His Electoral Vote Total to 29 Against President Garner's 18 [NEN]
1 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: Polls Close Across AEU - Aenea, Endymion Immediately Called for President Warren Garner for 18 Electoral Votes, Bikura's 13 Electoral Votes Go to Eric Best [NEN]
1 November 2316 Headline -- AEU: Polls Close Across AEU in One Hour - Some Immediate Calls Will Be Made [NEN]
1 November 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Wild Space Ermine Sighted on Helios Station [DFP]
29 October 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Furious Fifth Plus Fourth (FAST MATH FOR UNREGS! That's the Ninth) Fleet Member Steps Forward Confirming Funding AEU Poll, Disturbed at Findings [DFP]
27 October 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Mutuality Council Disavows Knowledge of Voter Manipulation Attempt [DFP]
27 October 2316 Headline -- AEU: Casual Investigation Reveals Opinion Poll Commissioned by Mutuality; Rebane Chastizes Mutuality for Attempt to Manipulate Democracy [ISN]
27 October 2316 Headline -- AEU: Last-Minute Opinion Polling Reveals 43% of AEU Citizens Support 'Rogue Navy', 94% Distrust Unregistered Individuals, 58% Distrust Mutuality [DNA]
26 October 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Local Civilian Pilot Pawns a Cafe's Mug Instead of Returning It to the Wash Bin for a Profit of 6.12 Credits -- Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [CPC]
26 October 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Ninth Fleet Swiftly Quells Complaints Regarding New Beginning Visit; Strictly Escorted, Secure, Specific Mission, Impossible Otherwise, Council Approved [DFP]
24 October 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Diplomatic Treaty Signed Between Millions of Live Bees and Nouveau Quebec; Honey to be Exported Alongside Maple Syrup, Fewer Ouchy Stings [DFP]
20 October 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Complaint Raised After Rumors Circulate of League Pilot on New Beginning, "We Can't Even Dock There But They Can?" [DFP]
Interstellar Politics Hour: Dateline 20 October 2316
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a generic-looking planet spinning around. "And now, the Interstellar Politics Hour! Now condensed into one minute by popular demand!"
The image fades quickly, then displays a newscaster seated at a desk.
"Good evening. Our topic for tonight... Last night's debate, where the candidates were questioned about their space policy and given a chance to clearly outline their differing positions. The first such question had to do with the AEU's civilian pilot program."
The image of President Warren Garner appears. He says, "It's clear that the civilian pilot program has suffered from a lack of discipline and leadership. Perhaps we asked too much of civilians, who do not have the benefit of the intensive training our military receive. Regardless, it's clear that the actions of the civilian corps, from engaging in human trafficking to embarrassing us before the Mutuality Council to indulging in conspiracies about deep space cults, leave us with little choice but to continue the gradual cessation of the civilian program. Our gap in expeditions will be made up by a well-equipped, well-trained branch of the navy."
The image changes to show Eric Best. He shakes his head, then gestures animatedly as he says, "It's all nonsense. The only problems our civilians have faced is being too worried about what others think of us. Who cares what the Mutuality or the League think of us? We must make progress on our own terms. And one thing is clear, the civilian pilot program has always had tremendous success in bringing in new resources and creating new wealth, something no branch of the navy is able to match. This idea of eliminating our civilian pilots is terrible."
The image changes to that of Kaisa Rebane. "These answers are both extremes. I see no reason why the civilian pilot program can't continue in much the same way as it is now. Yes, there have been many unfortunate incidents, and we will have to take care and look closely at the program before deciding whether to open it to new applicants again. And, yes, the pilots we have now would certainly need to begin showing some leadership. But Mr. Best is right, the program brings in incredible wealth, and its continuation is essential to the health of the economy until a suitable private sector equivalent emerges."
The image fades into that of the newscaster once again, who remarks, "The moderator then raised the issue of relations with the Mutuality, which still have yet to be normalized, which resulted in a fiery exchange."
President Garner says, "We should strive to have good relationships with all of our neighbors, and the Mutuality certainly qualify, in travel time if not in distance. Perhaps when the civilian pilot program is discontinued, we can convince them to engage with our state department rather than the civilian corps, and our diplomats can work on rebuilding that relationship."
Mr. Best shakes his head. "Waste of time. Look, they want nothing to do with us, so why waste time bowing and scraping to them? We put our tax money into the Accord, tax money that gets spent on defending Mutuality space, sending rift probes with classified technology to bizarre cult societies, and even repairing space stations belonging to a completely different species. What do we get out of that? What have they given us? No more. We need to look to our own borders. If we empower our civilian program and our navy, with MILITARY technology, then we'll do great. Things are very bad right now, but we can do great."
Ms. Rebane responds, "I agree with Mr. Best that we need to spend our tax money more wisely. Spending less on the Accord initiative would allow for tax cuts across the board, kicking our economy back into high gear and giving us the funding we need to subsidize private sector solutions for bringing in new resources. This so-called Expeditionary Force would be an expensive boondoggle. But I have to disagree with this blind empowerment of the civilian corps. A measured, considered approach is best, and in time, again, I would like to see that program transition to a private initiative, out of the hands of the government."
The newscaster smiles tightly as she reappears on the screen. "A stark choice stands before the AEU in regards to its space program as well as many other issues. Election Day is on Tuesday, November 1st, less than two weeks away, and the polls are still tight!"
"That's all we have time for today. This has been the Interstellar Politics Hour, only on ISNN!"
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly zooms away from the newscaster, who smiles stiffly.
17 October 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Hyperion Felo Sanctuary Welcomes 20,000th Unwanted Felo Left by Civilian Pilots [ISN]
10 October 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Citizenry Adore Retired Pilot's Satire; Ventura's Voice Voted Favourite Entertainment News HV Show [UPN]
7 October 2316 Headline -- Fringe: SDC Callseah Misrepresenting Her Net Worth? Poll Shows 62% of Confederation Citizens Think She Should Release Her Tax Returns [UPN]
5 October 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Fringe SDC Gets Loan from League Civilian Pilot Responsible for Threats; Supports Him in Meeting [ISN]
5 October 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: League Civilian Pilot Threatens Fringe GSL in Chetumal Lounge with Fringe SDC Present; SDC 'Not Bothered' by Action [ISN]
3 October 2316 Headline -- Fringe: A New Pilot's Friendly Fire Incident Leads to Admonishment from SDC Callseah; League Lets Incident Pass Without Official Comment [CPC]
2 October 2316 Headline -- Economy: Miniaturized Graviton Detector Powers New Early Warning Space Defense Device, Designed to Alert Spacewalking Crew in the Event of Enemy Attack [DNA]
2 October 2316 Headline -- Fringe: A Question of Readiness: SDC Callseah Flees Pirate Attack Without Determining Enemy Composition, Watches from Safety of Station as League Allies Dispatch Attackers [UPN]
2 October 2316 Headline -- League: Civilian Liaison Officers Organize Training Curriculum to Pass Along Experience to Newer Pilots [NAO]
1 October 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: "Zero Des Cartes" Crew Operating in Deep Space Make Efforts to Restore Derelict Aquatic Alien Starship [ISN]
1 October 2316 Headline -- League: Newly Built Rift Galleon "Queen Brynn" Self-Destructed in Deep Space, an Expensive Addition to Recent Spate of Lost Civilian Pilot Explorers Giving Up on Finding Home [LCR]
30 September 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: OVERHEARD ON TANDEM: FRINGE CIVILIAN PILOTS TO DEPLOY SECRET WEAPON IN STUNNING BETRAYAL OF LEAGUE ALLIES [TBX]
25 September 2316 Headline -- AEU: Moderator of Upcoming Presidential Debate: "Philosophically Speaking, Objective Reality Is a Myth" [NEN]
24 September 2316 Headline -- AEU: Is Mainstream Media Sabotaging Eric Best's Campaign? [THN]
24 September 2316 Headline -- AEU: NEN Retracts Latest Eric Best Story: Claims Were Made by Vocal Supporter Only [NEN]
24 September 2316 Headline -- AEU: Best Attacks Garner For Not Being Present In The Capitol Building Enough During First Outsider War [NEN]
23 September 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Felo Continue to Starve on Absent Eugene Silverlance's Silver Gryphon - Who Is Responsible? CCHV Footage Shows Last Aboard Were Evenia Callseah and Damien Alexander [UPN]
22 September 2316 Headline -- AEU: Best: "I Appreciate the Congrats for Being Right on Pirate Attacks" After Pirate Fighters Target AEU Navy in Frontier Cluster [NEN]
22 September 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Reporters Unable to Reach Eugene Silverlance to Tell Him His Ship Exploded [UPN]
22 September 2316 Headline -- Fringe: SDC Callseah Bravely Takes Eugene Silverlance's Ship Into Battle, Explodes After Valiant Fight - Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [CPC]
21 September 2316 Headline -- AEU: Eric Best Speaks Out Against "Undermanned" State of Civilian Corps, Predicts that Allied Pirates Will Target AEU [NEN]
21 September 2316 Headline -- League: Friendly Wagers Amongst Civilian Pilots Lead to Noticeable Uptick in Industrial Output [NAO]
21 September 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Eugene Silverlance Receives Hefty Fine After Repeated Instances of Animal Neglect Lead to Unsanitary Conditions in Spaceport [UPN]
21 September 2316 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: League of Old Earth Democracies Junior Xenobiologist Hisato Bando has Accepted Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
21 September 2316 Headline -- League: Voice Valdaire Announces Proactive Approach to Civilian Pilot Training in New Term, Continues Fight Against Animal Cruelty and Neglect [LCR]
21 September 2316 Headline -- AEU: Voice Kaise Releases Statement in Opposition to President Garner's Proposed Expeditionary Force - "Exploration Is Our Responsibility as Civilian Pilots" [NEN]
20 September 2316 Headline -- Entertainment: Area Reality Show Contestant Hypes Up Self with Fifteen Minute Litany of Cliches, Remarks "I Came Here to Win!" and "Go Big or Go Home!" [VAR]
20 September 2316 Headline -- Fringe: SDC Callseah Calls False All Clear to Test Readiness of Allies - Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [CPC]
20 September 2316 Headline -- AEU: Voxel Confirms Presidential Campaign after Final Gig of Bikuran Tour: The Fight for AEU's Soul Starts to Rock [NEN]
20 September 2316 Headline -- AEU: Rebane: No Comment on Civilian Corps and "No Plans" for Naval Expeditionary Force, Says "If We Want to Expand the Navy, Build Warships" [NEN]
20 September 2316 Headline -- AEU: Eric Best Hits Garner on Recent Remarks: "I Am Not Embarrassed to be a Citizen of the AEU" [NEN]
20 September 2316 Headline -- AEU: Garner Details Plan for Naval Expeditionary Force, Promises to Gradually Eliminate "Civilian-Led Adventures with Too Little Oversight and Too Many Embarrassments to This Alliance" [NEN]
18 September 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Civilian Fleet Rejects Newly Decorated Keegan Wantz's Bid to Continue as Voice; Direction of New Voice Damien Alexander Unclear [UPN]
17 September 2316 Headline -- AEU: AEU Ground Squad Leader Agrees with Voice Kaise that AEU Ground Squad Needs Better Leadership [NEN]
16 September 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: After Years of Researching the Free Port Doctrine, EAOS Formally Request Access to Alleged "Jupiter Crash" SI [ISN]
16 September 2316 Headline -- Economy: Jeans New Formalwear Trend in Chetumal High Fashion After Awards Ceremony [VAR]
15 September 2316 Headline -- AEU: Opponents Demand Full Printout of Kaisa Rebane's Last Medical Diagnostic and Regenerative Medical Creche Session [NEN]
14 September 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Foreign Pilots Bring Menagerie to Formal Awards Ceremony [UPN]
14 September 2316 Headline -- Fringe: League Pilot Brings Armoured Weapons Platform to Formal Awards Ceremony [CPC]
12 September 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Fringe to Hold Awards Ceremony for Intrepid Explorer Keegan Wantz [CPC]
11 September 2316 Headline -- Economy: Retired Pilot Orders Six Billion Credits Worth of Commemorative Paper Credits, Reportedly to Create Most Expensive Bed Ever [NEN]
6 September 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Brave Fringe Pilots Forego Showers in Order to Serve You Better! Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [CPC]
5 September 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Joint Galleon Project Issues Docking Bay Space Converters on Farport for Stealth Galleons & War Galleons to Configure for Expanded Mission Profiles [ISN]
3 September 2316 Headline -- League: Voice Lawrence Reprimands Neglectful Felo Owners Within Pilot League, Urges Pilots to be More Responsible [LCR]
3 September 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Pirate Skirmish Attracts IFS Attention; Peacekeepers, Pirates, and League Civilians Team Up to Fight Off Invasion [ISN]
Interstellar Politics Hour: Dateline 29 August 2316
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a generic-looking planet spinning around. "And now, the Interstellar Politics Hour! Now condensed into one minute by popular demand!"
The image fades quickly, then displays a newscaster seated at a desk.
"Good evening. Our topic for tonight... The upcoming AEU presidential election! The conventions are done and the parties have picked their candidates and platforms. Let's take a look at the choice AEU citizens will have this November."
An image of a determined-looking older woman appears.
"The candidate for the New Republic party is Kaisa Rebane. The party of ousted President Sheffield has found itself shunned by foreign governments, and seems ready to respond in kind, with a largely domestic platform focused on economic reform via tax relief and subsidies for job-creating corporations."
The image transitions to show a middle-aged man.
"Predictably, President Warren Garner of the Green Earth party is up for another term. His promises for the next term include expanding access to advanced medical care, providing free tuition to university students, and creating a space exploration arm of the AEU Navy to correct the 'expedition gap' left in the wake of the closing of the civilian pilot program."
The image transitions once more to show a confident younger man.
"Last but not least is Eric Best of the National Patriots party. Mr. Best has recently been the voice of a populist outcry against what his supporters see as harmful foreign influences, controversially classifying events like diplomatic appeasements of the Mutuality Council and the shutdown of the civilian pilot program as 'weak-willed kowtowing' that he promises not to continue."
The newscaster smiles into the camera. "Right now, the election is too close to call, but we'll be with you with the latest polls and election news till the end!"
"And that's all we have time for today. This has been the Interstellar Politics Hour, only on ISNN!"
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly zooms away from the newscaster, who smiles stiffly.
29 August 2316 Headline -- Fringe: SPCF Report: "Procrastination Transportation" Felo Were Soldier Breed, Mutilated Corpses Were Not -- Indicates Cruel Breeding and Culling Program Where "Lesser" Felo Were Thrown Into Robotic Trash Compactor for Torturous Death [ANX]
29 August 2316 Headline -- Sports: Wealthy Air Racing Pilot Alters Atmospheric Scoop for Speed, Proposes Historic Race Through Winds of Jupiter [IAS]
29 August 2316 Headline -- AEU: Hyperion Felo Sanctuary Takes in Remaining "Procrastination Transportation" Felo [DNA]
29 August 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Ace Pilot Cesar Ysidro Arrested for Multiple Counts of Animal Cruelty and Sent to Dure Prison [ISN]
29 August 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Breaking: Missile Corvette "Deadly Grace" Forcibly Boarded by Spaceport Security at Chetumal City Spaceport [UPN]
28 August 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: SPCF Statement: "Enough Delay! Governments Worry for Their Citizens and Pilots for Their Friends, Family, and Pets -- We Demand to Know Identity and Call for Arrest of Psychopathic Pilot" [ISN]
28 August 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Fringe Government and Voice Wantz Both Stonewalling Attempts to Discover Owner of Felo Tomb Ship or Why Ace Ysidro Is Grounded; Pilots Speculate Events Are Connected [DNA]
27 August 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Breaking: Fringe Government Issues "No Fly" Order for Ace Pilot Cesar Ysidro, Offers No Explanation [UPN]
25 August 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Voice Wantz, in Public Statement, Refuses to Release Name of Alleged Animal Mutilation Perpetrator; SPCF Condemns What They Call a "Coverup" [DNA]
25 August 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: SPCF Calls Upon Fringe Voice to Release Name of "Procrastination Transportation" Owner [DNA]
24 August 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Animal Forensics Specialists Say Well Over One Hundred Mutilated Animal Corpses in Various Stages of Decay Are Present in "Procrastination Transportation" Robot, Some Less Than a Week Dead [UPN]
24 August 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Smell of Decay Traced to Star Liner "Procrastination Transportation"; Authorities Seize Robot Full of Mutilated Felo Corpses [UPN]
24 August 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Anonymous Source at Chetumal City Spaceport Reports Cadaver Dogs Deployed to Starship Garage [UPN]
18 August 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: Mainframe Woman: "I Love Her and She Loves Me, Why Do You Say Our Love is Not To Be?" [OTI]
16 August 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: NOTORIOUS DELINQUENT "WILD" BILLIAM B. BENSON WALKS BY PET SHOP WITHOUT ONCE GLANCING AT LONELY ADORABLE PUPPIES CONTAINED WITHIN [DFP]
13 August 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Anti-EAOS Sentiment Growing within the League? Two Civilian Pilots Shun EAOS Bio-Containment Facility to Seek Treatment at Helios [DNA]
13 August 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Individuals from Returning Metal Heart Admit Themselves Into Quarantine Following Encounter in Rift; Symptoms Include Mysterious Glow [ISN]
10 August 2316 Headline -- Economy: "Neo-Kobe Pizza" Experiencing an Unexpected Upswing in Popularity Among Today's Youth [NAO]
7 August 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: SPCF Activists on Alert After Spaceport Technicians Complain of Scent of Decay Wafting from Certain Starships [ISN]
7 August 2316 Headline -- League: Nicolette Lawrence to Retain Office of Voice Unopposed Despite Criticisms of Long Exploration Voyages [LCR]
7 August 2316 Headline -- Entertainment: Space Shopping Network to Sell Customized ArachnoPals to the Ultra-Rich; PetAstute Branches (Including Location in Manhattan) Offer Affordable Spider Chow [TPR]
30 July 2316 Headline -- Entertainment: Ultra-Wealthy AEU Pilot Demands Tony Deliver in Under Five Minutes; "I'll Just Serve It Raw Next Time She Calls Then," Promises Tony [TPR]
30 July 2316 Headline -- League: Tony's House o' Wings Enters Interstellar Delivery Industry! Are YOU Ready for the 10,000 Credit Delivery Fee? Dial 0001-30489 Via Einrophone [TPR]
30 July 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: Area Woman Fights for the Right to Marry a Mainframe [OTI]
28 July 2316 Headline -- AEU: Poor Citizens March on Capital to Demand Greater Access to Medical Creche Treatment [PFP]
27 July 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Anonymous Source: Voice Keegan Wantz Shows Leadership, Pulls Mike Marshall Aside for Private Dressing-Down [UPN]
24 July 2316 Headline -- AEU: Felo Sanctuary a Walk Too Far? Felo-Filled "Creature of the Night" Blows Atmo in Hyperion Orbit [PFP]
22 July 2316 Headline -- Entertainment: Pilot Profile: Ted Warburton - The Man, The Life, The Shaggy Black Backpack [TPR]
19 July 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Non-Distinguished Civilian Pilot Michael Marshall Sells Entire Fleet of Ships, Hands Off Felo Population to Baffled Spaceport Technicians [UPN]
13 July 2316 Headline -- AEU: New Civilian Pilot Organization Foundeded [VET]
28 June 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: Spacer Savages Cadet Before Fleeing on Extended Trip - Exclusive Footage [TBX]
24 June 2316 Headline -- League: Crazed Pilot Cadet Attempts to Colonize Manhattan with Alien Felo; Pilot Corps Mob Justice Puts Violent End to Potential Ecological Disaster [LCR]
24 June 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: All Out Pilot Brawl! Shocking Security Camera Images Inside! [SSX]
22 June 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: Pilot Accuses Mutuality of Using Human Organs as Ship Components - Shocking Proof Inside! [TBX]
21 June 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: Area Man Battles Own Skeleton for Control of Holovision Remote [OTI]
17 June 2316 Headline -- Economy: 9 out of 10 Technicians Agree: Allied Starships' Revolutionary New Patented Special Maintenance Technology Helps Ships Get Back on Their Struts Again [DNA]
16 June 2316 Headline -- Entertainment: Gengineered Entertainment Animals, Inc., Introduces ArachnoPal(tm), Your Oversized Fuzzy Spider Friend [TPR]
30 April 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Sean Sloan and the Shattering Mug Heard Round the Galaxy [UPN]
19 April 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Complete Census Finds that Population of The One-Man Holy Interstellar Empire of Teddy Is One Adult Male, 693 Off-Brand CatBots [DFP]
4 April 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: The One-Man Holy Interstellar Empire of Teddy Ministry of Foreign Affairs Requests Financial Aid from Mutuality to Fund Complete Census of Empire [DFP]
21 March 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Lambda Religious Movement to Remain in Pact, With Restrictions [DFP]
13 March 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Ten Lambda Members Claim Responsibility for Antai Station Attack [DFP]
13 March 2316 Headline -- League: Children of Lagrange 5 Petition for Reconsideration of Space-Born Anti-Discrimination Proposal [ISN]
11 March 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Tandem Pact Signatories Discuss Lambda, Equipment Rationing, Ration Rationing [DFP]
11 March 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Society For the Preservation of Illiteracy Strikes a Mighty Blow, Corrupting Several Recent Lots of Book Ink [ISN]
10 March 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Lambda Religious Movement Suspected in Antai Nerve Agent Attack [DFP]
8 March 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Preliminary Investigation Reveals Use of Nerve Agents Against Antai Station [DFP]
6 March 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Mister Kelsey's Allied Pirates Destroy Outsider Task Force Near Tenosque [DNA]
4 March 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Death Toll from Attack on Antai Station Increases to Twelve [DFP]
4 March 2316 Headline -- Entertainment: What's New and Big in Confederation Dance Halls? The Keegan Waltz [UPN]
3 March 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Tatiana Krupin Retires - Most Citizens Breathe Sigh of Relief While Apocalypse Cults Threaten to Sue [DNA]
3 March 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Hundreds Injured, Eight Dead After Attack on Tandem Protectorate Station - Investigation Underway [DFP]
2 March 2316 Headline -- League: Naval Forces Clear Lunar Orbit of IFS Invaders [LCR]
29 February 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Famed Pirate "Mister Kelsey" Delights Orphanage with Surprise Delivery of Celebratory Resistance Anniversary Banner [DNA]
28 February 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Following Return of License of Tatiana Krupin, Mutuality Council Resumes Diplomatic Relations with the AEU Just to Dissolve Them Again [DNA]
28 February 2316 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Pilot Program Suspended: "No New Recruits, Unless Exceptional" [NEN]
28 February 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Civilian Pilots Gather to Celebrate the Seventh Anniversary of the End of the Outsider Occupation [ISN]
25 February 2316 Headline -- AEU: Presidential Bolt Flies Ever So Free on Wings of Troublesome Teleporting Riftstorm - A Cry of Joy Echoes Through the Hyperwaves as AEU Transponder Gives Way to Unregistered One [VET]
23 February 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Tatiana Krupin's "Janus Maneuver" Plan B Exposed - Pilots Capture Her Following Two Hour Standoff, Remand Her to AEU Custody - License Suspended Pending Investigation [ISN]
23 February 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Emergency Council Meeting Ends In 9.3 Seconds; A New Record - Krupin Blacklisted Forever [DFP]
23 February 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: RumorWire: Krupin of 'Krupin Report' Fame Protege of the Rogue AEU Fleet Admiral, Kendra Janus! Photos Inside! [SSX]
22 February 2316 Headline -- AEU: Voxel Signs Onto Grassroots "Fair and Open Elections" Movement; "True Representative Government Can Be Delayed No Longer," Vows Wealthy Pop Star [VET]
22 February 2316 Headline -- Fringe: Civilian and Naval Forces Clear Drift Funnel of Pirate Menace [CPC]
22 February 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Allied Pirate Pledge to Defend Home Space Appears to Be Over Following Attack by Fringe Pincer "Fate Falls Short" [ISN]
22 February 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Interstellar Shipping Lanes Grow Dangerous as Allied Pirates Abruptly Resume Attacks with a Vengeance [ISN]
21 February 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Fringe Navy Bails Civilian Pilots Out of Failed Assault in Drift Funnel - Details Still Emerging [ISN]
11 February 2316 Headline -- Economy: Restaurant Owners Across Known Space Asking Why Mechanized Chefs Were Programmed to Demand Labor Union [ISN]
9 February 2316 Headline -- Mutuality: Premier Delays Mardi Gras For Another Tuesday: "My Most Beloved Son Is Not Here" [DFP]
4 February 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: Most Holy Pius Felix Invictus Barus 'Testes' Augustus, Spiritual Leader and Senator of New Rome, Declares "Neo Carthage Must Be Destroyed." [SSX]
3 February 2316 Headline -- AEU: Two-Thirds Majority of Civilian Corps Believe Krupin Report Was Falsified; Government Once Again Disavows Report; Citizens Split [NEN]
30 January 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Funds Installation of First Aid Kits in All Civilian Pilot Vessels in Response to Recent Events [ISN]
29 January 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Medical Emergency Results in Early Turnaround for Nocturnal Flight Expedition [ISN]
28 January 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: General Unease Amongst Planetary Populations at Scant Presence of Civilian Pilots [ISN]
28 January 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: Barus 'Testes' Augustus Retires to Italia to Pursue a Position in the New Roman Senate [SSX]
27 January 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Allied Pirates Leader "Mister Kelsey" Claims His Ships Will Be Peacefully Patrolling Against Threats to Humanity Until Civilian Pilot Expeditions Return [ISN]
27 January 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Tatiana Krupin Denies that She Made "Revenge" Plans, Refuses to Retract Krupin Report [ISN]
27 January 2316 Headline -- League: Government Condemns Spurious Allegations Made Against Its Pilots by Tatiana Krupin and Syona Vera [LCR]
27 January 2316 Headline -- AEU: Editorial: Rather than Exposing a Hoax, "Black Box" Recording Proves Tatiana Krupin Had Legitimate Concerns [VET]
Space News Break: Dateline 26 January 2316
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 26 January 2316."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a well-groomed newscaster seated at a desk. He places his palms flat upon the desk before him.
"Our top story tonight: The League government declares that the Krupin Report is an elaborate hoax motivated by a desire for revenge!"
An image appears of an Explorer starship model, though this one has been heavily modified from the classic design.
"A few days ago, we reported on the the expeditionary starship 'Metal Heart' and its jettisoning of two AEU pilots whose careers are both just a few weeks old, Tatiana Krupin and Syona Vera. Both pilots stand behind an account of an experienced crew gone suddenly mad, or at least behaving irrationally. Most of this is fueled by what's become known as the Krupin Report, a document authored by Ms. Krupin and originally sent to the AEU government, describing rift oddities driving the crew insane and alluding to pirate sympathies."
The newscaster shakes his head slowly. "At the time, we had only speculation. Though the Accord had already deemed the report specious, there was always the possibility that they were trusting the word of the wrong party. What if the crew really HAD gone mad? Or, even worse, gone rogue and defected to a pirate group, as Nils Aristov did not too long ago?"
"Unable to quash these rumors about five of their pilots, including their most decorated ace pilot, the League launched its own independent investigation into these allegations earlier today. The League government had access to one piece of evidence in particular: magnetic tape backups of the black box belonging to the escape pod that Ms. Krupin and Ms. Vera were sent home in."
An image appears over the newscaster's shoulder of a Masterson High Redundancy Escape Pod.
"Though the Metal Heart is a Mutuality ship, the escape pod used was that of a League module scout which Metal Heart was carrying. Each escape and rescue pod carries a black box, which records telemetry and audio to assist with any postmortem of a starship's destruction or abandonment. Since these pods almost always ensure the crew's survival, the black boxes are hardly ever accessed, since the crew's own account is more readily available and leaves fewer questions."
The newscaster smiles grimly. "But not this time. What you are about to hear is audio recorded on the module scout's escape pod, what investigators have determined to be a conversation between Ms. Krupin and Ms. Vera while on their way back home. Be warned that this audio contains strong language that some viewers may find offensive."
The image of the newscaster fades to black. Subtitles in white text appear as recorded audio plays.
"Syona Vera: I didn't accuse anyone of anything. There was a misunderstanding, and I explained why I misunderstood, and that was that. If they were going to be cunts and pod me, they should've done it then."
"Tatiana Krupin: I'm not particularly fond of the situation, either."
"Tatiana Krupin: They all went batshit insane. I'm going to recommend they be quarantined and held for psych evaluations. I think the stone and rift food did something."
The newscaster says via voiceover, "Our source reports that the investigators nearly requested the immediate recall of the Metal Heart at this point, but first, they let the recording play on. Let's listen."
"Tatiana Krupin: Are you really denying you said it? You said it to me, and I watched you say it to Pierre."
"Syona Vera: Said what?"
"Tatiana Krupin: That the Mutuality wanted to let the slavers go. So you didn't say that? After I told you not to?"
"Syona Vera: How stupid do you think I am?"
"Tatiana Krupin: Considering you said it to Pierre, it would not be without precedent."
The newscaster says via voiceover, "This, investigators say, directly contradicts the Krupin Report, in which Ms. Krupin states clearly that she believes Ms. Vera never made these remarks. But there is still more."
"Syona Vera: I hope they get blown up by pirates. It'd show them 'culture.'"
"Tatiana Krupin: Well. Quarantine is the next best thing."
"Tatiana Krupin: Failing that, I have another plan that would probably get me executed if caught and is so vindictive and petty that it will be part of legend."
"..."
"Tatiana Krupin: So instead of lashing out at me, who didn't do anything to you, why are we not considering revenge?"
The newscaster says via voiceover, "According to the League investigators, this exchange reveals the true purpose of the Krupin Report. Then, they say, the two began to work on getting their story straight."
"Syona Vera: If anything this is evidence of them working for pirates, and they should be investigated for it."
"Tatiana Krupin: Hence my suggestion regarding psych evals."
The newscaster looks up as the image of the text fades. "Shortly after the recording of this audio and the landing of the escape pod, Ms. Krupin filed her report describing the irrational behavior of the crew, alluded to pirate sympathies, and called for them to be placed into quarantine. The nature of her followup plan should she fail to get the crew quarantined, as it seems she has, was not spoken aloud within the escape pod."
The newscaster shakes his head. "With this promise of vengeance ringing in the investigators' ears, they have swiftly concluded that the Krupin Report was primarily motivated by revenge rather than any legitimate concerns of the two jettisoned crew and that the serious accusations contained within have no merit. At this late hour, the League government is vehemently condemning Ms. Krupin for ever filing the report, as well as the AEU government for lending it any merit."
"The League government is also calling for psychiatric evaluations of Ms. Krupin and Ms. Vera, citing what they call the AEU's 'recent failures' in this regard."
"Will Ms. Krupin retract her report given this new evidence? Or is her unspecified Plan B still in the works? And will the League government pursue criminal charges? As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. Until then, this has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster.
26 January 2316 Headline -- League: Krupin Report Investigation Pulls Magnetic Tape Backup of Escape Pod Black Box Information [LCR]
26 January 2316 Headline -- League: Amidst Persistent Rumors, Government Launches Own Investigation into Krupin Report [LCR]
25 January 2316 Headline -- AEU: Editorial: Metal Heart Should Have Been Ordered Home [VET]
25 January 2316 Headline -- AEU: VET Obtains Copy of Krupin Report: Describes "Greatwing Cult", Alludes to Pirate Sympathies, Recommends Quarantine of Metal Heart Crew Upon Return [VET]
25 January 2316 Headline -- AEU: Metal Heart Mystery: SDC Ather Jammoa Hands in Long Distance Resignation Due to Trip of "Unexpected Duration" and "Unknown Return Date" [NEN]
22 January 2316 Headline -- AEU: AEU Spokesman States Government Agreed with Voice Elemmire's Conclusion that Krupin Report was Not Credible; Report Was Forwarded to AFW as "Precaution" [NEN]
22 January 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Declares Report of Metal Heart Rift Madness "Specious" and Will Not Recall or Quarantine Crew [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 22 January 2316
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 22 January 2316."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a well-groomed newscaster seated at a desk. He straightens a stack of papers and sets them before him.
"Our top story tonight: A tale of a rogue ship with unprecedented long range and a space-mad crew!"
An image appears of an Explorer starship model, though this one has been heavily modified from the classic design.
"The story begins with the expeditionary starship 'Metal Heart,' a Mutuality vessel, setting out with a crew of fifteen, including the most decorated names of the AEU, League, Fringe, and Mutuality, to trade with an obscure Coreward unregistered group."
An image of an escape pod appears over the newscaster's shoulder. "However, the trip was cut short for two of the crew, who ignominiously returned in an escape pod a few days into the trip. These two jettisoned crew were AEU pilots Tatiana Krupin and Syona Vera."
"With their return, the two brought a dramatic tale: Space birds, sandwiches from the rift, and a crew gone mad and behaving irrationally and erratically. As the only two unaffected by space madness, the story went, Ms. Krupin and Ms. Vera were rejected by the rest of the crew and sent home."
The newscaster smiles grimly. "Upon receiving this report, the Accord contacted the Metal Heart via quantum entanglement, and got that crew's side of the story: an account describing extended arguments and intolerable, or just factually incorrect, political stances. The crew stated further that the two ejected crew were repeatedly argumentative and were sent home before they could cause further trouble."
"They also specified that, contrary to Ms. Krupin's report, not all of the crew came into contact with any rift artifacts. Most notably, its captain Anfisa of Marzore, who made the decision to jettison the escape pod, did not interact with any rift artifacts."
"Of course, this is merely history's slowest game of he-said-she-said, with facts being scant. We did, however, ask the EAOS's Professor Fienstein, inventor of the rift drive, what he thought of these allegations."
The shot transitions to show Peter Fienstein seated comfortably. He says, "First of all, I've spent more time in the rift than any human being alive, so when I say that the rift itself will not drive someone insane, take that with a grain of salt." He chuckles.
Fienstein continues, "You can compare it to a hallucinogenic drug. A betakezamine addict sees and hears things that aren't there while under the influence of the drug. But these are intrusive sensations brought on by external factors. It does not mean the addict is insane. And the rift, too, afflicts travelers with intrusive sights and sounds, even thoughts, and even the rare contact with unusual entities. But for a psychologically sound individual, as screening ensures that all civilian pilots are, these things pose no threat of lasting harm, particularly to a crew as experienced as this one."
"What is true, however, is that an extended voyage in a small environment causes tension. Any incompatibility between crew members is sure to come to the forefront during a voyage of any length. Small slights become magnified, and offenses that would be shrugged off in any other environment instead take on great importance. This is another reason why psychological screening is so important, but you can't fight human nature."
The image of Fienstein fades, once again replaced with that of the newscaster. "We also asked recent EAOS inductee Jimothy of Layton for his thoughts."
The shot transitions to show a man wearing a cargo dress and a single spacesuit glove. He says, "As the second most time in the rift person, I would like to say that rift food is all right."
Once again, the shot changes to show the newscaster. He says, "Following a consultation with Professor Fienstein and a lengthy explanation from the Metal Heart crew, the Accord at this time have determined that the information from Ms. Krupin and Ms. Vera is specious and that they have no reason to suspect that the ship has gone rogue or its crew insane."
"Rather, the Accord says, they believe the report was simply an attempt to save face following an unceremonious jettisoning. The Accord reminds viewers that falsified reports take time away from the very important business of the defense of all humanity and may be considered a serious crime."
The newscaster smiles. "So is this the end of the story? As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. Until then, this has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the smiling newscaster.
22 January 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: AFW Command Demands Explanation for "Erratic Behavior" from Crew of Expeditionary Starship Metal Heart Following Return of Two Crew in Escape Pod [ISN]
21 January 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: Small Patch of Italia Region Granted to Roman Legion, Dubbed New Rome - Emperor Expresses Complete Satisfaction [SSX]
20 January 2316 Headline -- Interalliance: Aunt Jimmy's Popcorn Warehouse Mysteriously Stolen; Thank You Note Placed in Warehouse's Former Location [DNA]
20 January 2316 Headline -- League: Area Pilot Struggles to Understand Operation of Doors, Repeatedly Attempts to Order Taxi from Apartment Building Lobby to Apartment [NAO]
19 January 2316 Headline -- League: Area Pilot Wanders Manhattan, Grasping Hands of Strangers, Hoping They Are His Mom [NAO]
16 January 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: Roman Legion Erects Makeshift Coliseum, Pits Felo Against Native Earth Wildlife [SSX]
15 January 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: Area Pilot Discovers Magical No Pants Land; Scientists and Travel Agents Baffled [SSX]
12 January 2316 Headline -- Economy: Escobar Estate Wine Cellar Reports Theft of 215 Year Old Wine; Loss Estimated at 2.37 Million Credits [ISN]
11 January 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: Roman Legion Not Dissuaded by Application of Stun Weaponry - "My Men Slept for Two Thousand Years; A Few Hours Mean Nothing," Declares Emperor [SSX]
10 January 2316 Headline -- Economy: Anti-Inflation Measures Prove Ineffective as One Mutuality Credit Trades for 146.27 Trillion Teddybux [DFP]
9 January 2316 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions Computer Programmer Kevin Snowden has Accepted Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
8 January 2316 Headline -- Economy: The One-Man Holy Interstellar Empire of Teddy Ministry of Finance Raises Interest Rates to Combat Rising Inflation [DFP]
6 January 2316 Headline -- League: Pilot Liaison Office Debates Whether It Violates Ethics Guidelines for Sitting Voice to Actively Electioneer for Particular SDC Candidate [LCR]
6 January 2316 Headline -- League: Pilots Openly Conspire Against Space Defense Captain Nominee in Manhattan Spaceport Lounge; "Fuck That Bitch," Declares One Pilot [NAO]
6 January 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: Roman Legion Crosses the Rubicon and Surrounds Rome; Legatus Declares Himself Emperor [SSX]
3 January 2316 Headline -- AEU: Private Interest Groups Team Up with Government to Form Exclusive "Explorer Corps" Within the Pilot Corps [NEN]
1 January 2316 Headline -- Tabloid: Roman Legion Marches from Moon to Italia Region of Eurasian Bloc, Rallying Others to Their Cause Along the Way [SSX]
30 December 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: NINTH FLEET JUSTICE MOVES SLOWLY BUT INEXORABLY: SMARTEST MAN MICHAEL MARSHALL, HIS CHILDREN, AND HIS CHILDREN'S CHILDREN BANNED FROM MUTUALITY SPACE FOR ELEVEN DAYS [DFP]
30 December 2315 Headline -- Fringe: Area Pilot Delights Listeners with Running Commentary on Salvaging Adventure [CPC]
27 December 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Station Controller Maxime Roberge Hospitalized After Attempting to Demonstrate Total Safety of Bee Necklaces [DFP]
27 December 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: Roman Legion Declares War on League of Old Earth Democracies; "They Are No True Heirs of Rome," States Legatus [SSX]
25 December 2315 Headline -- Fringe: Routine Evaluation Reveals that Michael Marshall is the Smartest Person in the Civilian Fleet, and Perhaps in All Pilot Corps [CPC]
24 December 2315 Headline -- League: Arsonist Sets Fire to Newsstand Selling 134 Unique Periodicals; "The News Isn't Always Correct!" Shouts Perpetrator as Police Lead Him Away [NAO]
23 December 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: SVP Detachment Tracks What They Believe to be Errant RATS Probe Slowly Heading Antispinward, Barely Avoids Firing on Franklin the Elf [DNA]
23 December 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: "When You Have the Bees, Make Honey Beads," Cites Beekeeping Station Controller Maxime Robeerge of Noubeeau Qubeec [DFP]
22 December 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Printing Ribbon Found At Fault in Bee Predicament; Fined 1.2 Billion Credits [DFP]
21 December 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: Lost Roman Legion Emerges from Wormhole on the Moon [SSX]
20 December 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Comrade Space Bus 213 Driver Reports Threats of Physical Assault from Fringe Pilot Michael Marshall [DFP]
20 December 2315 Headline -- Economy: Officials from Old Earth's Quebec Admit That They Were Pretty Confused when Nouveau Quebec Requested Five Tons of Bees [NAO]
18 December 2315 Headline -- League: League Government Releases Statement: Sterling Hijack Plan Was Vetoed Before Becoming Public and Would Not Have Been Carried Out [LCR]
18 December 2315 Headline -- League: Civilian Pilot Sol Sterling, Two Months Into Career, Reveals His Secret Plan to Singlehandedly Hijack Pirate Vessel, Promises Next Plan Will Be Even More Secret [NAO]
18 December 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Station Controller "Surprised" When Regular Bead Shipment Replaced with Millions of Live Bees [DFP]
17 December 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Study Reveals That the Average Pilot Will Unknowingly Consume Seven RATS Cores in Their Sleep Every Year [DNA]
15 December 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: Pilot Loses "Lizard," the New Detachable Genitalia Fad Among Pilots and the Otherwise Grotesquely Wealthy [SSX]
11 December 2315 Headline -- AEU: Cuttlefish Blamed in Communicator Mishap [ISN]
9 December 2315 Headline -- Fringe: Area Pilot Takes Stand Against Various Elements of the Periodic Table [UPN]
9 December 2315 Headline -- AEU: Area Pilot Baffled By Concept of Ovens, a Device That Makes Cold Things Hot; Raised By Legions of Man-Servants [VET]
7 December 2315 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Pilot Takana Noki Accepts Plea Bargain in Sedition Case, Will Face Five Years in Prison and Must Pay Punitive One Million Credit Fine - Transfer to Permanent Facility to Occur Soon [NEN]
4 December 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Anatolius of Stavros Offers Pentacosacycle to Council as TCT Name For 25 Cycles, "Nobody will remember that." [DFP]
3 December 2315 Headline -- AEU: Aenea Space Research Center Announces Temporary Station Fusion Containment Breakthrough [NEN]
1 December 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Notorious Scoundrel "Wild" Billiam B. Benson Strikes Again After Hundreds of Credits Worth of Standard Postage Stolen [DFP]
28 November 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Establishments Install Communicator Locating Hardware to Convey Whereabouts of Fellow Weary Travellers and Also Pilots [DNA]
26 November 2315 Headline -- Economy: Space Shopping Network Poised to Pass Twenty Billion Credits in Sales Since Its Introduction [TPR]
26 November 2315 Headline -- AEU: Flocks of Black Rautines Claim Lives During Traditional Great Hunt of Annual Mass Avian Sacrifice Day; "They Need Me More Than I Need Them!" Declares AEU Citizen as Eyes Are Pecked Out [NEN]
25 November 2315 Headline -- EAOS: Sixth Engineering Team Report Success in Disabling Mothership Initial Automated Defenses after Previous Teams Hospitalised [ESR]
23 November 2315 Headline -- Sports: Competitive Tea-Drinking Athlete and Four Time Interalliance Semi-Finalist Edwardith Pennybottom III Found to Have Undergone Illicit Mutagenic Therapy to Decrease Average Body Temperature [IAS]
22 November 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: WOW: CUTTLEFISH-LED TIME SENATE EMERGENCY MEETING DISRUPTED BY FUTURE TIME SENATORS! PHOTOS OF CUTTLEFISH INSIDE! [TBX]
22 November 2315 Headline -- AEU: Fitzgerald Kennedy Announces AAPA Support of Elite Pilots Stance; 'I Know That Was Then, But It Could Be Again' [VET]
22 November 2315 Headline -- Fringe: Fringe Civilian Pilot Allegedly Threatens Sponsored Pilot of the Ninth Fleet on Space Station "Tandem" [DFP]
22 November 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Fringe and League Civilian Pilots Respond in Force to Pirate Attack Against AEU Navy in Cheyanne's Star [DNA]
22 November 2315 Headline -- AEU: Garner Administration Downplays Total Failure of Civilian Corps to Respond to Aristov Attack - "The Navy Is Capable of Handling This," Says Spokesman [NEN]
22 November 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Fugitive Pilot Nilsine Aristov Tangles with Navy in Cheyanne's Star Alongside Pirate Allies; AEU Government to Bring Formal Charges of Treason and Escalate Manhunt [ISN]
21 November 2315 Headline -- EAOS: Linguists Discover Link Between "Spinward" Spatial Language and Diaspora-Era Standardized Spatial Language; All Others "Modern" Recreations [ESR]
21 November 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: CUTTLEFISH TAKE CONTROL OF TIME SENATE [TBX]
20 November 2315 Headline -- Economy: Einstein-Rosen Telephone Company Rolls Out Einrophone-Based Holovid Service [TPR]
20 November 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Spaceman Roger, Battered and Starving, Emerges from Back Room After Many Cycles: "I Couldn't Find Those Placemats, But I Did Find These Old Lead-Based Crayons. Waste Not, Want Not!" [DFP]
19 November 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Heliomutamall Offers New Options for Clothing Your Naked Starcharts [DFP]
19 November 2315 Headline -- League: Alleged Slaver Dennis Feldman Spotted in Kansai Spaceport CCHV Footage; Security Teams on Alert [LCR]
18 November 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Local Crafty Woman Invents Clock Display for Starships [DFP]
17 November 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: RoboFirm Assigns New Prototype LawyerTron 5000 to Noki Case, Another Step Closer to the Dream of Efficient, Automated, Soulless Justice [ESR]
14 November 2315 Headline -- AEU: Elite Pilots of New Earth 'Disappointed' in Construction-Focus for Civilian Corps; 'We Used to Be Explorers' [VET]
14 November 2315 Headline -- AEU: Authorities Say They Believe Civilian Pilot Nilsine Aristov Has Fled Beaconed Space in Star-Class Gunship [NEN]
13 November 2315 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: Sovereign Mutuality of Disparate Freemen Quantum Physicist Antonio "Big Guy" Diego has Declined Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
13 November 2315 Headline -- AEU: Arrest Warrant Issued for Civilian Pilot and Former Voice Nilsine Aristov in Ongoing Pirate Sympathizer Scandal [NEN]
13 November 2315 Headline -- AEU: Spaceport Security Take Alleged Pirate Sympathizer Takana Noki Into Custody in New Phoenix Spaceport - Prisoner Transported to Dure Prison to Await Trial [NEN]
13 November 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: AEU Ambassador Granted Audience with Mutuality Council in Emergency Meeting [DFP]
13 November 2315 Headline -- League: League Bans Alleged Pirate Sympathizer from Their Space [ISN]
13 November 2315 Headline -- AEU: Arrest Warrant Issued for Civilian Pilot Takana Noki in Relation to Alleged Overt Acts of Sedition [NEN]
12 November 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: EAOS Completes Examination of Lovelace Mainframe Analytics Hollerith Card Deck; Programmer Calls SI 'Complete Fabrication', LMA Yet to Respond to Accusation of Fraud [ISN]
10 November 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Council Promises to Increase Paperwork Load for Allegedly Overworked and Understamped Ninth Fleet Outreach Project [DFP]
9 November 2315 Headline -- Entertainment: New Holovid Series To Be Unveiled of Oatmeal Endlessly Flowing into Several Vats [TPR]
9 November 2315 Headline -- Economy: Area Woman Introduces an Invention to Unshred Things That Have Been Shredded Into Their Base Materials [DFP]
8 November 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: THE REDCOATS ARE COMING! CITY OF DALLAS EATEN OUT OF ENTIRE SUPPLY OF PRETZEL DOGS BY CRAZED ENGLISHMAN [SSX]
6 November 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Alleged Pirate Sympathizer Within the AEU Civilian Corps, Possible Coverup - Details Sketchy [ISN]
5 November 2315 Headline -- Economy: Chippy's Chips to Unveil New Line of Corn Chips Made with Potatoes [TPR]
5 November 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Comrade Farport Technicians Discover Method for Fine Handling and Transference of Alien Glyphs [DFP]
2 November 2315 Headline -- Fringe: Pilot Raygar Lee Shows Great Initiative by Transferring Contents of Reconstruction and Naval Funds to Himself for Safekeeping from Greedy, Oblivious Pilots -- Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [CPC]
1 November 2315 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: League of Old Earth Democracies Biologist Tamsin McCurdy has Accepted Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
Space News Break: Dateline 25 October 2315
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 25 October 2315."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a well-groomed newscaster seated at a desk. He shuffles through a few sheets of paper laid before him, then looks up with a smile.
"Our top story tonight: A lost colony rediscovered! Aria VII, the first colony to be dubbed New Earth, has been located by civilian pilots."
Over the newscaster's shoulder, an image of a beautiful cerulean blue planet appears.
"The Aria VII colony was established during Old Earth's Diaspora era, a wave of colonization taking place between the years 2142 and 2165. Most of these colonies would later collectively seek independence from the United Nations and become the Alliance of Extrasolar Unions."
An image appears of an ancient colony ship overgrown with blue-tinted weeds and vines. The newscaster speaks over it. "The U.N.S. Endeavour carried almost 800 souls to Aria VII. Mere days after landing, contact with the new colony was lost and was never re-established. Building new starships was a tremendous undertaking at the time, making rescue a difficult proposition. When space programs across Old Earth were abruptly shut down in the Global Depression of 2165, the precise location of this first New Earth was lost."
The image is once again that of the newscaster, who shakes his head sadly. "We now have direct evidence that this colony died out very shortly after its founding."
Over the newscaster's shoulder, an image appears of a paper covered in arcane markings. "The story of the colony's rediscovery begins with the AEU civilian pilot office's commissioning of copies of an ancient starchart. Starcharts were an ancient method of navigation used before sector beacons were ubiquitous, and they are still generally in use by unregistered persons today."
"So it was that Ather Jammoa, Space Defense Captain of the AEU, invited Anfisa Marzore, an expert starchart navigator of the Mutuality, aboard his scout Divination. Accompanying the captain and the navigator were Nilsine Aristov, Voice of the AEU Civilian Corps, Annissia Valdaire, ace pilot of the League and recently of the Antispinward Planet-Hunting Expedition, and Pierre-Louis Tremblay-du-Lys, Commissar of the Mutuality and noted bystander."
"The crew located the ruins of the lost colony and explored for several minutes when something unexpected happened. The sun Aria, which astronomers now say is a rare, unpredictable type of variable star, flared suddenly, blasting the surface of the planet with ultraviolet radiation. Ms. Aristov and Ms. Valdaire were caught in the flare, immediately suffering severe radiation burns... essentially, doctors say, the worst sunburn any human has ever suffered."
"Thinking quickly, the Divination crew set out immediately for beaconed space with the two wounded aboard. Nocturnal Flight, captained by League pilot Melinda Michaels, met them halfway and used the larger vessel's superior speed to rush them to a medical team waiting on Old Earth."
The newscaster smiles. "Fortunately, after being treated with traditional medical techniques combined with regenerative medical creches, the two are expected to make a full recovery. Leaders across the League and AEU today are praising the bravery and swift actions of the crew."
The image is now that of AEU President Warren Garner. He states, "Aria VII, the original but lesser known New Earth, is a part of our collective legacy, regardless of alliance. Brave men and women took deadly risks every day in the name of exploration and discovery, and the Aria VII colony will stand as a monument to their selfless pioneering attitude. The circumstances surrounding its rediscovery prove that that same bravery persists today, that space is by no means conquered, that men and women are still braving grave risks every day in the name of all humanity."
The view returns to the newscaster, who says, "The President went on to give especial thanks to Anfisa Marzore for her vital part in locating the lost colony, and stated that his thoughts and those of his family are with the recovering wounded pilots. League President Dietrich expressed similar sentiments, saying, 'The colonists of Aria VII gave their all and we honor their sacrifice, as well as the bravery of the pilots who rediscovered the lost colony.'"
The newscaster smiles. "It is believed that the Accord of Free Worlds will honor the crew in a brief ceremony sometime next week, though the exact itinerary has not yet been released. As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. Until then, this has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the smiling newscaster.
25 October 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Civilian Pilots Act Quickly to Save Two Colleagues Suffering Severe Radiation Burns; Details Uncertain [ISN]
24 October 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Station Controller Maxime Roberge Reportedly Considering Changing Name of Station to "Nouveau Quikbec" in Sponsorship Deal with Jeff's Reactionless Drive Quik-Lube [DFP]
24 October 2315 Headline -- League: New Diaspora Initiative Prepares for Missions Into Enemy Territory with New Galleon Modifications [ENN]
24 October 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Outsider Hybridization Technology Undergoes New Breakthrough, Applications to Exploration Vessels [DFP]
24 October 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Data From Antispinward Planetary Expedition Used To Improve General Accuracy of Shipboard Rift Condition Forecasts [ESR]
23 October 2315 Headline -- Fringe: Oxwitik Gains Mysterious Fourth Tributary Leading Towards Lubaantun Coastal Region; Seibalan Citizens Report 'Strange Sounds' During Night [UPN]
23 October 2315 Headline -- EAOS: Tired of Bare Space Stations? Meet the Man Who Wants to Buy the Residential Structure a Shirt [VAR]
23 October 2315 Headline -- AEU: Annie Lynn, Leader of Coreward Expedition Which Found Followers of Gunarsh, Retires After Being Asked to Return Corps-Owned Diaspora-Era Chart [NEN]
23 October 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Station Controller Shrugs at Corruption Accusation, Offers Beads [DFP]
23 October 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Hermes Communications Releases Long-Range Variant of Luxury Sightseer Featuring Full Living Quarters [DNA]
21 October 2315 Headline -- AEU: Space Defense Captain Ather Jammoa Announces Intention to Continue Violating Animal Cruelty Laws [NEN]
21 October 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Central Stellar Cartography Confirms Valdaire Expedition Found Unprecedented Eighty Previously Undiscovered Planets; "Planetologists and Exogeologists Will be Busy for Years," Says Spokesman [ESR]
20 October 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: Meat-Eating Giant Plant Shamblers of Grenwold Spotted in Protected Forest on New Earth! How Did These Monsters Survive the Explosion? Three Hikers Missing, Presumed Dissolved by Digestive Plant Juices [OTI]
20 October 2315 Headline -- AEU: Hyperion Felo Sanctuary Invites Civilian Pilot for Tour [VET]
19 October 2315 Headline -- League: League Government Mints New Commemorative Quarter Celebrating Anniversary of Advent of Worldwide Electronic Currency [NAO]
19 October 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Restricted Facility "New Beginning" Beacon Goes Online, Minor Outrage As Unauthorized Vessels Escorted Away, "Not a Port of Trade" States Council [DFP]
19 October 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Glorious Comrade Aleksei Frolov Reported As Saying "Glorious As a Word Has Lost All Meaning" and "I Highly Regret Ever Saying It" [DFP]
17 October 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Firmware Update Pushed Out to Sanitation Drones to Prevent Targeting of Felo; Manufacturer Apologizes For "Our Unintentional Contribution to This Culture of Cruelty" [ISN]
17 October 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: DEADLY WARSHIPS WITH FELO CREWS? UNLIKELY AS IT SOUNDS, THIS AEU ACE PILOT HAS FOUGHT AGAINST THEM! PHOTOS INSIDE! [TBX]
15 October 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Society for the Preservation of Illiteracy Releases Statement in Favor of Animal Cruelty - "I Ain't Never Read No Law Agin' It" Comments Spokesperson [DNA]
15 October 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Gap Tooth Enterprises Denies Allegations that Low-Grade Felo Chow Is Harmful - "I Believe You'll Find We Use 100% Recycled Cardboard" [DFP]
14 October 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Felo Rights Debate Continues: Pro-Cruelty Pilots Blame Voice Nils Aristov for Drawing Attention to Violations of the Law [DNA]
Space News Break: Dateline 13 October 2315
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 13 October 2315."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a well-groomed newscaster seated at a desk. He shuffles through a few sheets of paper laid before him, then looks up with a smile.
"Our top story tonight: A debate about animal rights rages amongst the civilian pilots after a public display of live feeding put a spotlight on the issue."
Over the newscaster's shoulder, a slightly grainy image of a Tardick lizard riding on a pilot's shoulder is displayed.
The newscaster says, "When pilot Ather Jammoa fed one of his felo to this alien pseudo-reptile, the Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Felo, an organization based in New Phoenix, took the opportunity to put the issue of animal rights into the spotlight... an issue, they say, which has been ongoing long before this specific incident took place."
The image changes to display a furry six-legged creature.
"Felo, as most of our viewers will already know, are felinoid creatures native to the destroyed planet of Grenwold, a casualty of the Resistance against the Outsiders. Lacking natural predators, felo can reproduce at an alarming rate and present a threat to the balance of ecosystems where their population has grown out of control."
The newscaster smiles again. "Nevertheless, the animals have an undeniable appeal, and though their import to most planets is forbidden, a brisk black market has seen these creatures distributed far and wide. Also, since the invention of a tonic that renders them unable to reproduce, there has been a growing popular demand to make neutered felo legal to own as pets. The AEU government in particular has shown signs of relaxing on this issue."
"For now, though, the creatures remain uniquely and freely available to civilian pilots. According to the SPCF and Voice of the AEU Nils Aristov, their swift reproduction rate causes pilots to regard them as disposable, and has led to a rash of cases of alleged animal cruelty, including... and this may be disturbing to some viewers... subjecting them to the vacuum of space, having them ground up by robots, and even physically beating them to death."
The newscaster shakes his head. "The position of many pilots is that, as the owners of these animals, they are entitled to care for and dispose of them as they wish. Other pilots, as well as the SPCF, disagree profoundly with this."
"Putting aside moral questions, whether these acts are legal is not a matter of opinion. We asked AEU Supreme Court Judge Alan Lindstrom that very question in a recent interview."
The image of the newsdesk is replaced by that of a seated older man. He says, "The law is clear in this regard. The AEU and League's statutes on animal cruelty derive directly from Old Earth law, and state that a person commits animal cruelty if he or she beats, injures, abandons, tortures, torments, overworks, or intentionally mutilates an animal."
Judge Lindstrom continues, "AEU law goes a step further and includes neglect under the definition of animal cruelty, while League law leaves that determination to individual political blocs. Fringe civil law is similar to the League's, though it is often unclear in which areas Space Chief Marshal Thomas's martial law overrides the laws on the books, and so I would not like to speculate."
Judge Lindstrom concludes, "Given all that, if the incidents allegedly perpetrated by certain civilian pilots have been described fully and accurately, then they are certainly violating the law as written and may be subject to legal action. Even if one regards felo as vermin, as they are classified in areas where they have multiplied out of control, there are still laws about how one deals with vermin, and one must be properly licensed to legally control vermin."
The image switches back to the newscaster at his desk. He adds, "The full interview with Judge Lindstrom will air this Sunday morning on Meet The Newspeople, right here on ISNN."
The newscaster lifts his eyebrows and continues, "Whether any legal action will take place is unknown, though the SPCF has indicated that it is investigating the possibility of pressing charges itself. The organization has announced that it is now accepting mail-in donations via credit chip for this and other causes related to the prevention of animal cruelty."
"We would also like to remind our civilian pilot viewers that the Felo Sanctuary located on Hyperion is always open and ready to take in your unwanted felo, completely free of charge or obligation, no questions asked. Animals left at the Felo Sanctuary will be properly cared for, with volunteer veterinarians on hand, until the end of their natural lives."
"Can the SPCF make a difference, or will civilian pilots continue to flout the law? As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. Until then, this has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the smiling newscaster.
13 October 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: EAOS Scientific Study Links Chemical In Low-Grade Felo Chow To Birth Defects In Felo [ISN]
13 October 2315 Headline -- Entertainment: WJGL Issues Statement: Holovision Shows Not Based on Reality - No Animals Harmed During Filming [VAR]
12 October 2315 Headline -- Economy: Starships By Mail! Hermes Communications and Space Shopping Network Sign Marketing Deal for Corporate Personal Runabout [TPR]
12 October 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: "The AEU Invented the Piano" Claims One Member of the AEU Pilot Corps [TPR]
11 October 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: This Civilian Pilot's Craving for Alien Lizard Sex Knows No Bounds! [SSX]
11 October 2315 Headline -- EAOS: Argos Array Nearing Completion: Deep Space Radio Telescope Array Will Search for Signals from Galactic EAOS and Other Theorized Technologically Advanced Civilizations [ESR]
11 October 2315 Headline -- Sports: Introducing Ballball, Where Athletes in Hamster Balls Hit Balls with Other Balls; "All Possible Sports Have Now Been Invented," Says Creator [VAR]
11 October 2315 Headline -- League: Paying Taxes Causes Cancer? Doctors Say No, but This Conservative Think Tank Finds Otherwise [NAO]
11 October 2315 Headline -- Fringe: 'Lights in the Sky' Over Chunchucmil Peninsula Apparently Leave Mile Long Gouge in Coastline [UPN]
11 October 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: SPCF Report: Civilian Pilots Fight for Right to Torture Animals [DNA]
10 October 2315 Headline -- Entertainment: S-SPAN Chronicle Now Airing Infamous Civilian Pilot "Slaver Trial" [TPR]
10 October 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Felo Chairwoman Rosalind Locke Questions Mental Health Of Pilots, "Is There Any Doubt These Individuals Are Sick? They Torture Helpless Animals For Fun." [ANX]
9 October 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Felo Chairwoman Rosalind Locke Horrified At Shocking Report Of AEU Pilot Feeding Live Felo To Pet Tardick Lizard For Public Entertainment [ANX]
8 October 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: New Vaccine Promises to Eliminate Humanity's Greatest Longest-Running Epidemic: Hairy Nipples [DNA]
7 October 2315 Headline -- Fringe: Bonampak Plains, Yaxchilan Valley Closed to Public as Military Training Exercises Begin [CPC]
7 October 2315 Headline -- Fringe: UFO Seen in Night Sky Above Yaxchilan; Disappears After Short Flight [UPN]
6 October 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: Nudity Epidemic Among Pilots Continues; Doctors Mystified [TBX]
4 October 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: Traitors to Humanity Form 'Space Vermin's Terror Squad' -- Exclusive Photos of Aerial Fortress Converted into Hybrid Bari/RATS Death Wagon Inside! [TBX]
4 October 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Board of Accord-Sanctioned Civilian Pilot Psychologists Baffled by Growing Obsession with Lily Kaise Despite Long Absence [ISN]
3 October 2315 Headline -- AEU: No Evidence of Foul Play in Civilian Pilot Angel Martin's Hometown; "Martin Parents Both Very Much Alive," Says Lead Investigator [NEN]
3 October 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: Antispinward Expedition Crew Replaced by Alien Duplicates Completely Indistinguishable from the Originals -- Proof Inside! [TBX]
29 September 2315 Headline -- Economy: EAOS Scientist Creates Box That Can Turn Into a Cube: "A True Revolution in Shipping Technology" [ESR]
29 September 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Local Civilian Pilots Break Off Contact with Antispinward Expedition; "We Hate Them" Comments AEU SDC Ather Jammoa [ISN]
14 September 2315 Headline -- AEU: Industrial Whip Kyle Daridin Retires in Wake of Removal from Office Following Threats to Fabricate Mental Health Reports and Forcibly Retire Fellow Pilot [NEN]
14 September 2315 Headline -- EAOS: Residential Structure Tenants Disturbed by Suspended Civilian Pilot Shouting about Whores in Lobby [ESR]
14 September 2315 Headline -- Entertainment: Chef Ernesto Presents Twenty Simple but Elegant Felo Dishes You Can Make at Home! [TPR]
11 September 2315 Headline -- AEU: New Pilot and Voice of the Corps Nils Aristov Reveals Reasoning Behind Recent League Alliance Proposal: "This Is a Political Move" [NEN]
26 August 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: Outsider Telekinesis Can Disable Human Weapons Systems from Afar! DOOM IS UPON US [SSX]
26 August 2315 Headline -- League: Sabotage in the Civilian Pilot League: Civilian Warship Lost to Outsiders After Entering Battle with Weapons Power Cut [LCR]
22 August 2315 Headline -- Entertainment: Einstein-Rosen Telephone Company Searching for Source of Leaked Civilian Pilot Phone Sex Recordings [DNA]
25 July 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Researchers Indicate Theoretical Possibility of 1068th Color and Beyond, "We Think There Could Be At Least Five More Colors Out There" [DFP]
17 June 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Council Provisionally Reauthorizes Quantum Skim Accelerators to Non-Sponsored Vessels, Discuss Mandatory Flight Plans for Accord-Affliated Pilots [DFP]
16 June 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Council Discusses Merits of Activating Research Facility "New Beginning"'s Beacon [DFP]
9 June 2315 Headline -- Economy: Agnarr's Board of Psychological Study Teams Up with the Makers of Pneumatic KillHammer: Blood Vengeance, the Newest Virtual Reality Gaming Sensation to Provide High Quality Psychological Evaluations of Prospective Renters [DFP]
9 June 2315 Headline -- Economy: Frustrated at Providence's Poor Maintenance of the Providence-Spaceport Light Rail, Telex Defense Inc. Rents Store in Telex-Providence Spaceport [VET]
9 June 2315 Headline -- League: Controversy Surrounds Decision to Allow Sale of Soviet-Era Spacesuit Replicas at Vostochny Cosmodrome [LCR]
9 June 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Area Woman Fills Empty Space In Transport Vessel with Torpedo Launching Mechanisms [DFP]
9 June 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord, Mutuality, EAOS in Joint Talks: All Agree That Civilian Corps and Ninth Fleet Underequipped, Independently Approve Plans to Offer Specialized Equipment to Capable Pilots [DNA]
6 June 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: In Light of Ideran Nebula Mission, Tandem Pact Declassifies Rescue Pod Override Upgrade for Carriers, Previously Utilized on the Augmented Explorer Testbed [DFP]
2 June 2315 Headline -- League: Dietrich Administration Praises Accord, Mutuality Council, and Civilian Pilots for Choosing Ideran Nebula Decoy Station Placement Option [LCR]
2 June 2315 Headline -- Fringe: Confederation High Command Searching for Reasons Why Approved Abd Al-Rahman's Free Republic Option Was Not Chosen by Civilian Fleet [CPC]
2 June 2315 Headline -- AEU: Garner Administration "Disappointed and Concerned" that "Neutral, Safe Third Option" Was Not Chosen for Decoy Station Placement [NEN]
2 June 2315 Headline -- League: Most Expensive Pet in Human History -- Live Lizard-Like Alien Creature Sold for 15 Billion Credits to Civilian Pilot at Auction [VAR]
28 May 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: EAOS Releases Complimentary Safety Update to All Rift Drive Owners [ISN]
28 May 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: DeMargas Controller Knocks Out Reporter After Polite Inquiry of Council Plans to Deal with Outsider Situation [DNA]
21 May 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: EAOS Reports Massive Energy Fluctuations at UKN1 Anomaly --- Assumed Former Site of Renegade Station "A New Beginning" [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 21 May 2315
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 21 May 2315."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a grim-looking newscaster seated at a desk. A number of sheets of paper are spread before him.
The newscaster looks sharply at the camera. "Our top story tonight: A mishap on the very frontier of Mutuality space has put the alliances on high alert."
An image is projected of a tactical platform.
The newscaster says, "The civilian exploration starship Marlena Darby was flying near the border between Mutuality and Outsider space when, according to reports, one of the crew members, Fringe pilot Keegan Wantz, sent out an active sensor ping. This attracted the attention of an Outsider patrol, which immediately struck."
A file photo is shown of a black, unnervingly organic-looking Outsider warship.
The newscaster continues, "Though the crew evaded the patrol once and destroyed one Outsider detachment, they were not able to remain out of its grasp in the end. Using their more advanced technology, the Outsider wolf pack quickly surrounded and destroyed the lightly-armed Fringe vessel."
The newscaster shakes his head. "But, in fact, the real problem had yet to come."
"The AEU government confirms that civilian pilot Jonathan Gray promptly altered the rescue pod's course to head directly for Helios, the primary Mutuality space station which is secreted deep within the Rimward nebula. Apparently the crew believed Helios was the nearest port, though according to records of the ship's course, The Torus would have been approximately equidistant. Reports from the crew state that the Outsiders were likely able to follow the rescue pod's heading for at least part of its journey... giving the biggest clue to the Mutuality's location since the time of the Resistance."
A grainy image is projected of the Outsider mothership "Zmnyi Mmyaz" over space station Helios.
The newscaster says, "As we all know, Helios was threatened in the decisive battle of the Resistance, a battle that would have ended in extinction had Helios fallen. In the same way that an effective weedkiller attacks the roots, the Outsiders desire to end humanity's existence in one fell swoop, destroying the Mutuality's space stations as well as occupying or destroying humanity's other settlements. Only the fact that the Mutuality's location was unknown has protected us from this fate. It is widely believed that when the Outsiders come for us, they wish us to have nowhere we can run."
The newscaster shakes his head. "In providing a vector leading directly to the heart of Mutuality space, the Marlena Darby crew may have finally eliminated this advantage and opened the path to a full encirclement and a final effort to destroy us all. With the possible exception of the Spinward Clans, where the Outsiders are reportedly operating as well, it is believed that no other group of humans could effectively threaten the Outsiders. Destroying the five local alliances would effectively end humanity's chance to resist."
"But the story does not end here. Voice of the Corps Annie Lynn provided a tip to the AEU government that Jonathan Gray, upon hearing the news, had fled local space to Famous Andy's Trading Post, an unregistered space station well outside of communications range, and she recommended that he be detained. The government, taking this information quite seriously, immediately dispatched a task force which, following military procedure, created an armed perimeter around the station prior to searching for Mr. Gray. According to reports, this caused quite a ruckus on the space station."
The newscaster lifts his eyebrows. "Unfortunately, unbeknownst to the task force at this time, Mr. Gray had already begun his return journey from what he apparently considered to be a perfectly normal and mundane trading trip. Upon returning to home space, he immediately contacted his government and volunteered his cooperation. The AEU government has stated decisively that they have now eliminated the possibility that Jonathan Gray's actions represented an intentional breaking of treaties with the Mutuality."
The newscaster shuffles his papers and shakes his head again. "All five alliances as well as the Accord have released statements saying that they are taking all possible precautions and preparing the most effective response to an Outsider attack that they can. Have the Outsiders been given enough information to finally locate the Mutuality, which might have been humanity's last bastion of safety in an all-out invasion? Are any of the crew of Marlena Darby at fault, or were they making the best of a bad situation?"
"All of this has yet to be seen. As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. Until then, this has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster as he efficiently restacks his papers.
20 May 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Chaos as AEU Task Force Blockades Famous Andy's Trading Post; Trading Disrupted as Soldiers Begin Manhunt [DNA]
19 May 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Engineering Teams Move on to Other Stations After Completing Routine Maintenance on Helios [DFP]
19 May 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: Birdman of Chetumal Takes Flight: Fact or Fiction? [TTT]
18 May 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Council Silent as Maintenance Teams Unexpectedly Begin Work on Helios Reactors and Superstructure [DFP]
17 May 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: DeMargas Controller Calls Emergency Council Session to Discuss Additional Protective Measures [DFP]
17 May 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Council Signs Emergency Action 342,988, Barring Non-Sponsored Vessels from Utilizing Quantum Skim Accelerator Network [DFP]
17 May 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: All Freeports to Enter Low-Power Mode in Response to Increased Outsider Activity on Rimward Front [DFP]
16 May 2315 Headline -- League: Following Flat Earth Society "Anti-Indoctrination" Manifesto, Arsonist Destroys Soundstage of Popular Tokyo-Based Children's Educational Show "Happy Octopus Scientific Super Moon Time Bonanza Hour" [LCR]
2 May 2315 Headline -- EAOS: Researchers Release Production Model Quantum Entanglement Communication Device for High-End Exploration Starships; AFW Command to Host State-of-the-Art Multilink QE Receiver [ESR]
2 May 2315 Headline -- AEU: Navy Fights Off Daring Mutuality Thief Attempting Starship Heist in New Earth Orbit [NEN]
28 April 2315 Headline -- Fringe: You Won't Believe What Happened When This Man Made a Sandwich [UPN]
Space News Break: Dateline 26 April 2315
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 26 April 2315."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk. A number of sheets of paper are spread before him.
The newscaster looks into the camera with a bright smile. "Our top story tonight: Our largest extant warship class, the cruiser, gets a makeover!"
An image is projected of several holographic starship designs. Many details are blurred and blacked out.
The newscaster says, "Unknown to most, many of our current warship designs date back to the time of the Resistance, and were hastily modified in order to make use of the limited equipment of the time. This was particularly apparent in cruiser class warships, whose heavy loadouts led to overloaded weapons buses and uneven weapons distribution."
"An Accord research and development team has been working diligently with the four alliances that field cruiser-class warships, and they announced today that they have begun simultaneous production of updated cruiser designs with improved weapons distribution."
A shot of EAOS, AEU, League, and Fringe cruisers together appears over the newscaster's shoulder. "The older designs are now officially discontinued in favor of the new ones. Older cruisers are being refit at the Aenea Space Research Center and the Candelaria Orbital Skunkworks. The new hardware in the improved designs comes with an extra expense, of course, but Accord researchers assure us all that it's worth it! The navy is expected to begin refitting and using the new designs immediately."
The newscaster gives the camera a serious look. "The Accord warns that, although a change in weapons distribution may sound minor, it has increased the apparent strength of each extant cruiser class by 20-25%, and they expect that humanity's enemies will react accordingly, stepping up their own responses."
"Will the new cruiser designs lead us to greater victories? Or is the navy once again fleecing the taxpayers? As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. Until then, this has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster as he efficiently restacks his papers.
26 April 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: Civilian Pilot Whistleblower Seth Johnson Takes Credit For Recent Phone Leaks [TBX]
26 April 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: Shocking Expose! Leaked Phone Conversations Reveal Seedy Civilian Pilot Phone Sex Ring [TBX]
20 April 2315 Headline -- Economy: Just How Much Felo Chow Will Civilian Pilots Buy? One Scantily-Toothed Man Aims to Find Out with Bulk Shipments to All Alliances [DNA]
18 April 2315 Headline -- Fringe: Cadet Checks Ally's Combat Readiness by Attacking Old Earth! Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [UPN]
17 April 2315 Headline -- Fringe: Rising Spectre of Traitor Organization? Interstellar Coalition for Expansion Acquiring More Ixtapian Rangers Assets [UPN]
14 April 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: DOCTORS SHOCKED TO FIND FELO NEST GROWING IN FEMALE PILOT'S WOMB AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO HEALTHY LITTER -- PILOT ADMITS SHE BATHED WITH FELO! [SSX]
13 April 2315 Headline -- Tabloid: Shambling Mass of Teapots Announces Bid for President of the League, Shocking All - Perhaps the First President To Be a Shambling Mass of Teapots? [SSX]
27 March 2315 Headline -- Entertainment: 2315 Fashion Fair to Come to New Phoenix on April 4th [EFX]
21 March 2315 Headline -- Fringe: Accord Reports that Fringe Light Transport "Agony" Attacked Peacekeeper Patrol in Sector A-61; Aggressor Was Quickly Driven Off [ISN]
19 March 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: Courageous Tandem Pact Omega Guerillas Sacrifice Ships to Save Incompetent League Pilot [DFP]
18 March 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Ars Magna Sensation "Big Harry's Monkey Waffle House" Purchases Cargo Hauler and Opens for Intersector Deliveries -- Now Taking Orders at 0300-62224! [TPR]
17 March 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: People Across Known Space Party Dressed in Green for Reasons No One Can Remember [DNA]
12 March 2315 Headline -- League: Civilian Pilot Joel Kringle Attacked by Rift Entities; May Have Permanently Lost the Use of His Sweater [LCR]
11 March 2315 Headline -- Fringe: New Civilian Pilot Arrested in Teslatown for Public Indecency [CPC]
11 March 2315 Headline -- Fringe: Confederation Officers Pleased and Pleasantly Surprised that Newest Civilian Pilot Cadets Have Yet to Shame Fleet [CPC]
Space News Break: Dateline 28 February 2315
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 28 February 2315."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk. A number of sheets of paper are spread before him.
The newscaster looks into the camera with a smile. "Our top story tonight: Resistance Day celebrations take place across inhabited space!"
An image is projected of several pilots gathered at the Torus Restaurant, with First Speaker Corin Shea centered in the shot.
The newscaster says, "Though Resistance Day has long been celebrated by civilian pilots and those in the military, the average citizen, who usually blames space adventuring for the entire Outsider Occupation, has been reluctant to adopt the holiday with any enthusiasm. Though many suffered under the yoke of the Outsiders and were ecstatic to see them gone, most have been reluctant to celebrate alongside the civilian pilots whom they regard as having been the cause of the disaster in the first place."
"However, a new poll out today shows that 57% of citizens attended some sort of Resistance Day celebration last night, indicating that, regardless of the hows or whys, many people are ready to celebrate the final expulsion of the Outsiders from human space."
The newscaster gives the camera another smile. "And why wouldn't they? But don't take this to mean that people are embracing the civilian pilot program! In the same poll, 72% of respondants say that they would like to see civilian pilots earn less money and be further restricted in their travels. However, 63% agree that the income the civilian pilot program brings in is important to their alliance."
"Perhaps tellingly, 7% of respondants said that they 'greatly admire' civilian pilots, and most of these were able to name the winners of the Free-For-All Melee with which the civilian pilots celebrated, quoting kill counts and hit ratios."
A few quick shots of pilot fans are shown. A dark-haired woman says, "I'd give anything to be Jonathan Reets' shoulder to cry on. He's so sensitive. And where does he get his shirts?" A bristly-haired young man says, "He was robbed! He was never taken out! They should have given him-- wait, Nissi? That was a girl?" A blonde woman cries, "PIERRE! J'TAIME!" and begins to pull up her shirt. The shot transitions abruptly back to the newscaster.
The newscaster smiles and shakes his head, then concludes, "So are attitudes changing? Perhaps, and perhaps not, but there is one thing more and more of us have come to agree on... the end of the Outsider Occupation is worth celebrating! And as always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster as he efficiently restacks his papers.
27 February 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Civilian Pilots Celebrate the Resistance and Demonstrate Combat Skills in Free-For-All Melee [ISN]
23 February 2315 Headline -- AEU: Aenea Space Research Center Releases Revolutionary Temporary Station Construction Vehicle [NEN]
22 February 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Tourists Flock to Nouveau Quebec for Annual Mardi Gras Celebration [ISN]
20 February 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: GLORIOUS COMRADE NOUVEAU QUEBEC OPENS MAPLE INN FOR GLORIOUS EXTENDED STAYS IN PARADISE OF MAPLE [DFP]
19 February 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: GLORIOUS COMRADE SPACE BUS LINES LOOK AT GLORIOUS SPACE MAP, DECIDE TO CHANGE DEPARTURE PLACE TO FOXTROT STATION, JEWEL OF THE OTHER SKIM THAT IS USED LESS OFTEN [DFP]
19 February 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: GLORIOUS COMRADE SPACE BUS LINES ANNOUNCES OPENING OF NEW NOUVEAU QUEBEC ROUTE, DEPARTING DAILY FROM HELIOS AT 2000 EARTHY HOURS FOR THREE EARTHY HOUR STAY AT GLORIOUS SYRUPY SPACE JEWEL NOUVEAU QUEBEC [DFP]
14 February 2315 Headline -- Interalliance: Paired Civilian Cruisers Destroy Large IFS Force [ISN]
12 February 2315 Headline -- League: Area Cadet Goes on Bender, Misplaces Ship, Pants [NAO]
7 February 2315 Headline -- League: Who Within the Pilot League Is Gay? Fellow Pilots Openly Speculate! Details Inside! [SSX]
6 February 2315 Headline -- League: Both Voice of the League Candidates Promise Progress with Planetary Reconstruction Fundraising [LCR]
6 February 2315 Headline -- AEU: Annie Lynn to be Next Voice of the Corps - What Will Change? [NEN]
6 February 2315 Headline -- Fringe: Civilian Pilot Jesse Reyf Proves Combat Prowess By Beating Felo with Sticks! Our Next Ground Squad Leader? Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [CPC]
29 January 2315 Headline -- League: Area Pilot Loves Blowing Up Own Ships; Appointed Pilot Psychologist Promises a Resolution [LCR]
24 January 2315 Headline -- Fringe: Non-Distinguished Civilian Pilot James O'Neil Retires After No One Says Hello [CPC]
18 January 2315 Headline -- AEU: Large Portion of Civilian Corps Departs on League-Led Trading Run to Feng Wo Collective [NEN]
18 January 2315 Headline -- League: Civilian Pilots Sell Racy Bikini Photos for Millions of Credits, Claiming Proceeds Will Fund Reconstruction Efforts [ENN]
18 January 2315 Headline -- Fringe: Civilian Fleet Sees Surge in New Membership [CPC]
13 January 2315 Headline -- League: AEU Civilian Pilot Initiates Hostilities Over Old Earth; Offender Quickly Dispatched by Naval Alert Force [LCR]
10 January 2315 Headline -- Mutuality: GLORIOUS COMRADE BALLISTICS EXPERTS SHOW HELIOS AND DEMARGAS ON GRADUAL COLLISION COURSE! BRACE YOURSELF FOR IMPACT IN 27.2 BILLION TRADE CYCLES [DFP]
10 January 2315 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS Inducts Master Pastry Chef Jean Beauchamp [ESR]
10 January 2315 Headline -- League: Civilian Pilot League Productivity Approaching Record Levels; Pilots, Government, and Related Contractors Growing Rich [LCR]
10 January 2315 Headline -- AEU: Who Built What Where? The Curious Recent Turmoil in Civilian-Built Space Infrastructure [NEN]
10 January 2315 Headline -- Fringe: Poll: Citizens Show Overwhelming Approval for Ace Ysidro in Space Defense Captain Office; Space Chief Marshal Thomas Still Enjoying 100% Approval Rating [CPC]
1 January 2315 Headline -- AEU: New Phoenix Spaceport Medics Uncertain Who to Blame for Sudden Outbreak of Atherosclerosis [NEN]
27 December 2314 Headline -- Economy: DeMargas Station Entrepeneurs Manufacture Line of Atmospheric Scoops to Restore Post-War Tritium Reserve [DFP]
21 December 2314 Headline -- AEU: Very Loud Man Annoys, Distracts Reporters Listening In on AEU Civilian Pilot Frequency [NEN]
18 December 2314 Headline -- Sports: Competitive Tea-Drinking Athlete Woodward Whittaker Derringer Crosses English Channel without Spilling His Tea; Credits Clear Skies and Excellent Cruiseship Crew [IAS]
18 December 2314 Headline -- Economy: December Retail Sales Up 12% from Last Year with Expectation of Extinction at Its Lowest Since 2298 [ISN]
17 December 2314 Headline -- League: Lobby Groups Call for Arrest of Civilian Pilots Involved in 'Traitorous Plot' to Aid Enemies of Humanity [NAO]
16 December 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Confederate Squad Enters Chetumal Central Mail Depot; Regional Commander Lazar Promises no Delays as 'Incident' is Resolved [CPC]
16 December 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Leaked Communications from Fringe Liaison Reveal Hostile Plot to Overwhelm Alliances Through Secret Acquisition of Battle Thrall Technology [ISN]
16 December 2314 Headline -- Tabloid: SPACE DINOSAURS KIDNAP MAN AND WOMAN TO BREED HUMANS AS CATTLE! READ THEIR TERRIFYING MANFLESH RECIPES INSIDE [TBX]
12 December 2314 Headline -- Economy: Pilot-Funded Macey Manufacturing Company Opens Its Doors; Declares Bankruptcy Seventeen Seconds Later [ISN]
10 December 2314 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Pilots Plan to Destroy Billion-Credit Starship in Order to Blame Navy: Proof Inside! [OTI]
6 December 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Fringe Pilots Interested in 'DP'; AEU Parent Groups up in Arms [THN]
6 December 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: More Questions Raised After Pilot Discussion of Giving Outsider Battle Thralls Access to Only Defense Against Outsiders [ISN]
6 December 2314 Headline -- Tabloid: PILOTS TO DEFECT TO OUTSIDERS WITH GIFT OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY: PROOF INSIDE! [TBX]
4 December 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Elderly Churchmen Speak Out Against Civilian Pilots' Fervor for Launching Deacons into Space [DNA]
2 December 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord to Call Interalliance Assembly on Friday; 'State of the Accord' Reasoning Under Scrutiny After Reveal of Civilian Pilots Invitation [ISN]
29 November 2314 Headline -- AEU: Historical Preenactment Society Prepares for 39th Century Reptilian Invasion of Hyperion this Weekend [NEN]
28 November 2314 Headline -- Economy: North American Sixteenth Battalion Moves in to Support Retail Clerks During Black Friday Shopping [ISN]
23 November 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: The Space Images Archive, in Cooperation with Alliance Governments, Offering Hefty Royalties for Original Live Space Photographs Submitted by Mail [TPR]
14 November 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Leadership Refuses to Comment on Rumors of Alien Summit on 29 November [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 4 November 2314
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 4 November 2314."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk. A number of sheets of paper are spread before him.
The newscaster looks into the camera with a serious expression and says, "Our top story tonight: Outsider invasion repelled with the assistance of unidentified starships!"
A blurry image is briefly projected of an Outsider Squire-class Rapid Assault Ship.
The newscaster continues, "The story begins late yesterday with the arrival of a powerful Outsider warship in Ars Magna orbit, escorted by four small fighters belonging to their enslaved force of Battle Thralls."
"The warship efficiently destroyed a navy alert squadron launched to respond, as well as four small civilian craft which jumped in one by one. Apparently satisfied with this, the Outsider ship jumped out and left the task of further destruction to their Battle Thralls, which reinforced themselves with two medium-sized warships."
A file photo of a Fringe Flying Wing appears over the newscaster's shoulder. "As the Fringe destroyer 'Swift Strike' jumped in to respond to the threat, events took an unexpected turn. Four mid-sized warships broadcasting an unknown identification signal joined the fight... on the side of humanity."
"With the help of our mysterious allies, the Battle Thralls were quickly eliminated. The civilian pilots on the scene reported that the unknown contacts transmitted some sort of indecipherable communications signal before jumping out themselves."
The newscaster concludes, "No further information is known about these unidentified starships at this time, but Confederation Central Intelligence reports that it is analyzing all available logs from the battle. As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster as he efficiently restacks his papers.
4 November 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Pirate Group Veyjer's Host Claim Sunset Station; Nearby Stations Increase Security [DFP]
2 November 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Tandem Pact Patrol Assists Dusk Station with Comm System Repair in Continued Outreach Effort [DFP]
31 October 2314 Headline -- League: Civilian Pilot Sighted Dragging Unconscious Women Through Manhattan Spaceport Like Futuristic Caveman [NAO]
30 October 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Tandem Pact Increase Patrols of Mutuality Space after League Warning of Incoming Pirate Swarm [DFP]
29 October 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Dusk Station Gone Dark? Attempts to Re-establish Contact Result in Failure [DFP]
29 October 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Twilight Station Reports Increased Pirate Activity; Defense Crews Barely Push Back Assault Force [DFP]
29 October 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Sunset Petitions Mutuality for Information and Assistance in Locating 'Lost Son' [DFP]
26 October 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: Confederation of Fringe Worlds Audiologist Iztali Nahuma has Accepted Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
22 October 2314 Headline -- AEU: SSN Operator Tells Tale of Harassment by AEU Civilian Pilot [ESR]
21 October 2314 Headline -- Economy: Cosmetics Manufacturers Report Quarterly Sales Skyrocketing After Widespread Promotions in Alliance Capitals [DNA]
21 October 2314 Headline -- Economy: Uncle Maynard's Candy-Coated Treats Opens Mail-Order Candy-Coating Service; Accepts Items by Mail for Only 500,000 EAOS Credits! [DNA]
20 October 2314 Headline -- Entertainment: Vestan Leg of Voxel League Tour Ends as Band Moves to Old Earth; Fans Claim Voxel 'Better Than Ever!' [VAR]
20 October 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Ace Pilot Faith Green Survives Battle with RATS Probes Despite Taking 5% Hull Damage -- Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [CPC]
15 October 2314 Headline -- League: Pilots Seen Hastily Leaving and Disassembling "Sex Tent" Outside Famous Luna Cafe as Local Security Closes In [LCR]
15 October 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Mysterious Bespectacled Smoking Man Spotted on Helios "Admiring the Shape of People's Skulls" [DFP]
14 October 2314 Headline -- Economy: Famous Catsup Company "Frank's Cheese Sauce" to Branch Out Into Producing Cheese Sauce [ISN]
14 October 2314 Headline -- EAOS: New Study Finds that Playing with Felo May Increase Aggression! [ESR]
8 October 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Revo Developmental Technologies Issues Recall After Discovering Potential Overheating Problems with Bolt Thrower's Massed Light Turrets; Spaceport Technicians Provide Safety Alteration Free to Pilots [ISN]
7 October 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Owner of Chet's Grill Passing Out Shotguns to Patrons Following Widespread Reports of Alien Attack [DFP]
7 October 2314 Headline -- League: Pilot Alex Black Denies Ownership of Bari-Infested Spacebus, Flees Into Retirement; Ending Career Apparently Easier than Adopting Felo [NAO]
5 October 2314 Headline -- AEU: Corbin Memorial Prison Cracking Down on Vagrants: League Civilian Pilot Arrested After "Camping Out" Long Past Visiting Hours [NEN]
4 October 2314 Headline -- League: Starship Spacebus Emerges from Depths of Manhattan Spaceport Garage, As Filled with Bari Now as It Was Before [NAO]
24 September 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Church of the Holy Subjugation Urges All Humans to Ritualistically Stun Selves for Violating Terms of Occupation [DNA]
22 September 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Industrial Whip Faith Green Belatedly Pays Back Amount Stolen from Chetumal City Fund, With Interest [CPC]
13 September 2314 Headline -- League: At 23 Years of Age, Area Pilot Decides It Is Time to Buy Self Second Pair of Pants [NAO]
12 September 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Einstein-Rosen Telephone Company Publishes Study Revealing that Average Civilian Pilot Could Afford Most Expensive Service Plan for Six Years Without Making Another Credit [ESR]
12 September 2314 Headline -- Economy: As Bitterly Enraged Pilots Approach Einstein-Rosen Telephone Headquarters with Flaming Pitchforks, Company Hurriedly Implements Intermediate Service Plan [ESR]
10 September 2314 Headline -- League: Anonymous Reports Suggest Alleged Slaver Dennis Feldman Sighted at Illegal Brothel in Melbourne, Earth; The Hunt Continues [LCR]
9 September 2314 Headline -- Tabloid: Civilian Pilot Cynthia Blake Uncovers Vast Conspiracy against Civilian Pilots, Set in Motion by the Governments which Employ Them! Find the Scandalous Details Inside! [OTI]
8 September 2314 Headline -- AEU: Velouria Supports Its Wealthy Civilian Pilots! Pengyou Homelife Accepts Residency Applications from Pilots out of Nearby New Phoenix Spaceport [EFX]
8 September 2314 Headline -- League: Tribeca Tower in Manhattan to Begin Accepting Applications of Residency from Civilian Pilots [NAO]
8 September 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Confederation Tourism Department Concerned about Fringe Pilots Constantly Directing Their Colleagues to Chet's Grill [CPC]
6 September 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Industrial Whip Faith Green Helps Self to Portion of Chetumal City Cleanup Fund with Unauthorized Withdrawal [CPC]
6 September 2314 Headline -- Fringe: James Kennedy and Jim Weber Make Sizable Donations to Chetumal City Cleanup Fund; Several Other Pilots Contribute Millions -- Actual Glory to the Civilian Fleet [CPC]
3 September 2314 Headline -- League: New Study Shows that 43% of Schoolchildren Can't Name Capital Planet of the Confederation of Fringe Worlds [LCR]
2 September 2314 Headline -- Economy: Civilian Pilots Rebel Against Notion of Paying for Phone Service [ESR]
2 September 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Team Beta Uses Information from Team Alpha's Success to Access Fighter Bay with only Minor Injuries; Work to Disable Bay Defenses Begins [ESR]
2 September 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Engineering Team Alpha Breach Inner Hatch; Security Systems 'Still Active, But We're Working on it.' [ESR]
2 September 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions Water Reclamation Engineer Danielle Hawthorn-Richards has Accepted Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
30 August 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Chet's Grill and Space Sports Bar Joins Beacon Network; Already a Huge Hit with Fringe Pilots [DFP]
28 August 2314 Headline -- League: Government Denies Rumors of Ein-Gedi Mission Complications; Insists Additional Supplies Due to Team Efforts Exceeding Projections [LCR]
28 August 2314 Headline -- League: Area Pilot Abandons Ship, Rides Escape Pod, Guesses That's Why They Call It The Blues [NAO]
27 August 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Two Civilian Pilot Officers Hone Their Gunplay Abilities While Visiting the EAOS Quarantine Facility; Arrests and Charges of Disorderly Conduct Follow -- Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [CPC]
27 August 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Joint Fringe-League Skunkworks Project Resurrects Wasp Technology in the Form of Remotely Controlled Drones; AEU Admonishes the Two Governments for Secret Weapons Development [ISN]
26 August 2314 Headline -- Economy: New Hot Commodity in Markets Beyond the Skim Accelerator: Instant Potato Flakes [ENN]
25 August 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Space Defense Captain John Mcaleer Quarantined After Failing to Report Exposure When Medical Tech Notices Suspicious Rash [CPC]
25 August 2314 Headline -- League: New Industrial Whip Rachel Smithson in Quarantine After Exposing Skin and Taking Blood Sample Within Alien Environment [NAO]
24 August 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Space Chief Marshal Denies Numerous Requests for Inspections of Candelaria Orbital Skunkworks from the AEU: "We Are a Sovereign State" [CPC]
23 August 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Shop "The Ontological Felo" to Sell Felo Miracle Tonic, Not Yet Approved by Governments, to Wealthy Exotic Pet Owners at Torus Arboretum [ESR]
22 August 2314 Headline -- AEU: Citing History of AEU-Fringe Cooperation Under the Accord, Garner Administration Requests Inspection of Candelaria Orbital Skunkworks [NEN]
22 August 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Better World Pharmaceutical Develops "Miracle Tonic" to Control Wild Felo Populations; Governments Skeptical [ISN]
20 August 2314 Headline -- AEU: Emerging Technologies Announces New A-Variant to the Aging AY-71 Exploration Platform [EXN]
15 August 2314 Headline -- AEU: Hebron Outpost Overbudget Again: Senate Discusses Latest Request for Additional Supplies with Strong Possibility of Project Cancellation [NEN]
15 August 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Science Report: All Results Inconclusive Regarding the Increase in Hyperdimensional Rift Instability [ESR]
15 August 2314 Headline -- League: Area Pilot Talks on Alliance Communicator [ENN]
13 August 2314 Headline -- Tabloid: Pilot Kyle Daridin's Harrowing Tale of Kidnapping! Read All the Details! [OTI]
11 August 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Area Cadet, Unable to Summon Courage to Ask Orientation Officer for Missions, Has Nervous Breakdown on Public Communicator -- Training Program Too Harsh? Glory to the Civilian Fleet? [CPC]
3 August 2314 Headline -- Tabloid: Cannibal Pilots Feast on the Flesh of Their Unreg Enemies! "Great with Honey Barbecue Sauce," Says League Pilot [TBX]
3 August 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Confederation Leadership Allows Schoolchildren to Vote on Official Confederation Animal; Pangolin Takes Early Lead. Glory to the Schoolchildren! [CPC]
2 August 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Perform Genetics Testing in Your Own Home! EAOS Scientists Produce Portable Genetic Tester for Alien Aquatic Critters [ESR]
30 July 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU Pilot Suggests Plasma Flood of Manhattan Island [NEN]
30 July 2314 Headline -- League: Bari Infestation Breaks Out in Manhattan Spaceport; Infestation Traced to Starships "Spacebus," "Solo Flight," "Song Bird," and Most Recently "Gaalivaan" [NAO]
29 July 2314 Headline -- AEU: Should Fully Armed Battleships Be Issued to Cadets Fresh From the Academy? One Cadet Thinks So [VET]
24 July 2314 Headline -- League: Area Man Marries Taco; Wedding Reception to Contain Four Hours of Unoriginal Off-Colour 'Meat in Taco' Jokes [ENN]
24 July 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Sensing Opportunity, Chetumal City Bakery Offers Fish Bread to Civilian Pilots [CPC]
18 July 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Brightest Minds of the Free Worlds Gather at AFW Command to Compile Complete Threat Assessment Report (CTAR); First Up on the Docket: Plantains [ISN]
16 July 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Infamous Pirate Mister Kelsey Scores Multiple Navy and Civilian Kills in Recent Days [ISN]
4 July 2314 Headline -- AEU: Memorial to be Held for Mister Sprinkles at New Phoenix Spaceport [EFX]
2 July 2314 Headline -- League: Infamous BEAST Fighter Sighted Near Old Earth! Jumps Out With 25% Hull Damage, Leaving League Fighter Disarmed and Crippled at 97% Hull Damage [LCR]
23 June 2314 Headline -- Entertainment: Velourian Confectioners' Union Spun Sugar Starship Launch Test Has "Gone Poorly" According to Representative [VET]
14 June 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Pilot Jesse Reyf Released from Hospital After Apparent Seizure During Official Fleet Meeting; Doctors Can Find No Medical Issues [CPC]
13 June 2314 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Pilot Ather Jammoa Alarmed by Appearance of Hair; Doctors Assure It Is All Part of Growing Up [NEN]
1 June 2314 Headline -- League: Civilian Mariah Davidson to Retire in Wake of Disagreement About Salt Licks [NAO]
1 June 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Civilian Samuel Smith to Retire in Wake of Disagreement About Confederation Civilian Fleet Leadership [CPC]
1 June 2314 Headline -- Fringe: In Moving Show of Loyalty, Civilian Pilots Unanimously Vote Nina Thomas into All Civilian Liaison Offices! Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [CPC]
1 June 2314 Headline -- League: Last Minute Campaign for Office of Voice Results in Changed Votes and Resounding Win for Emily Ford [LCR]
28 May 2314 Headline -- League: Voice of the League Exit Polling Shows Pro-Slavery Candidate Delona with Early Lead [DNA]
27 May 2314 Headline -- Entertainment: Latest Fad Spreading Like Wildfire Through Pilot-Friendly Nightclubs Across Old Earth: Salt Licks [VAR]
26 May 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Civilian Pilot Mid-Nomination Election Roundup: Political Analysts Forcefully Expelled From Helios by Angry Bald Man and Furry Creature in Transparent Sphere [DNA]
26 May 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Civilian Pilot Mid-Nomination Election Roundup: Open Misogynist Samuel Smith Looking to Continue Political Career as Voice; Little Apparent Interest in Other Offices [DNA]
26 May 2314 Headline -- League: Civilian Pilot Mid-Nomination Election Roundup: Slaver Supporter Karen Delona Looking to Begin Political Career as Voice; Few Surprises Amongst Other Candidates [DNA]
26 May 2314 Headline -- AEU: Expedition Leader Jonathan Gray Looking to Begin Political Career as Voice [DNA]
26 May 2314 Headline -- League: One Pilot Standing Firm Against Salt Licks, the Downfall of League Civilization [TPR]
26 May 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Sponsored Pilot Reports Seeing Trio of 'Ghosts' In His Ship, No Evidence Found [DFP]
26 May 2314 Headline -- AEU: Questioned at Unrelated Press Conference, President Garner Admonishes Fringe Worlds for "Secretive Military Development" [NEN]
25 May 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: GLORIOUS NINTH FLEET COMRADES DEFEAT MULTIPLE ENEMY PATROLS! MUTUALITY IS FIRST ALLIANCE OF THIS PERIOD TO ACHIEVE ALL PERFORMANCE GOALS! SUCK IT, AEU! [DFP]
25 May 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Confederation Government Refuses to Comment on Rumors of New Warship Development Originating with Civilian Pilot Jonathan Blackwind [UPN]
25 May 2314 Headline -- League: Civilian Pilot Requests Salt Lick for Manhattan Spaceport Lounge; Employees Puzzled but Amenable Once Paid [NAO]
25 May 2314 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Pilots Competing to Lead Decoy Beacon Strikes Against the Enemy [NEN]
25 May 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Bioaugmentation Project Eagerly Awaiting Experimental Results from Civilian Pilot Discoverers [ESR]
24 May 2314 Headline -- Tabloid: Jonafoon Blackfriend Upset About Allegedly Inaccurate Media Reports, Hates Dalmation Puppies [TTT]
22 May 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Society for the Preservation of Illiteracy Issues "Komendashun" to Pilot Faith Green for Her Dedication to Remaining Uninformed! Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [CPC]
21 May 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Genesis Plant to be Relocated to Torus Arboretum [ESR]
19 May 2314 Headline -- League: Beloved Wordminer Chauncy Ludsthorpe XIX Dies of Italic Lung Syndrome at 36 [ENN]
19 May 2314 Headline -- Tabloid: CIVILIAN PILOT REIGN OF TERROR AND IMMORAL BEHAVIOR CONTINUES! EXPLORERS RUTHLESSLY ENSLAVE ALIEN SPACE FAERIES FROM SPACE! [TBX]
18 May 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Comrade Liam O'Toole Briefly Excised from Jonathan Reets' Official Report to Council of Gray Expedition; Correction Later Issued [DFP]
18 May 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Civilian Fleet Planning Up to Six Expeditions at the Same Time! Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [CPC]
18 May 2314 Headline -- League: Pilot Karen Delona Pontificates in Old Earth Lounge: "Poor Dennis Feldman ... [Trading Slaves] a Mistake... We Can't Judge Him Too Harshly" [NAO]
18 May 2314 Headline -- AEU: Anti-Exploration Faction of Civilian Corps Keeping Quiet for Now [NEN]
18 May 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Scientists Observing Final Growth of Alien "Genesis Plant" Aboard BH2 Argo, Gathering Advisory Board of Expert Botanists from Across Known Space [ESR]
17 May 2314 Headline -- Tabloid: Felo Massacred by Robot on the Manhattan Spaceport Landing Pad; Traumatized Spaceport Personnel Seek Therapy! Photos Inside! [SSX]
16 May 2314 Headline -- AEU: Pilot Liaison Lambeth Expresses Government's Approval of Conduct and Results of Gray Expedition; Attempts to Downplay Lack of Support from Space Defense Captain and other Elements of Civilian Corps [NEN]
16 May 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Sensing Opportunity, "Everything But The Fish" Opens on The Torus [ESR]
14 May 2314 Headline -- Tabloid: KNOW THE MANNER OF YOUR DOOM! EXPEDITION STARSHIP RETURNS FULL OF TERROR SQUIDS FROM DEEP SPACE! EAOS SCIENTISTS HELPLESS TO CONTAIN THE THREAT! PHOTOS INSIDE! [TBX]
14 May 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Gray Expedition Returns, Crew Placed Into Quarantine: EAOS Promises a Public Report Once Details are Known [ISN]
13 May 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Tandem Pact Technician Discovers Method of Miniaturizing Riftflow Weather Machine! [DFP]
13 May 2314 Headline -- Economy: Furniture Shops Expecting to Do Brisk Business as Personal Hoverpallets Appear on the Streets of Busy Cities [DNA]
8 May 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Jonathan Blackwind Has That Fringe Spirit: "We May Be Stupid But We're Fringe!" Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [CPC]
8 May 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Day Five of Gray Expedition: Still Somewhere in Space [ISN]
7 May 2314 Headline -- AEU: "Mad" Scientist Invents New Gengineered Animal, Tentatively Named the Hourse, Created from Half an Hour and a Spaceport Concourse; Invented Creature Dubbed an "Affront to Nature" by the Society for Ethical Yet Amusing Gengineering; Also Possibly in Violation of Aenean Law [NEN]
6 May 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Civilian Pilot Dimitri Stevens Falsely Claims to be Officer in Confederate Navy, Promises Voice that He Can Control Civilian Fleet and Defeat the League in Battle [CPC]
4 May 2314 Headline -- AEU: Minutes of Saturday Meeting of Voice, SDC, Whip Released: Discussion Topics Include Defense of Space, Denigration of Gray Expedition, Perceived Idiocy of Fellow Pilots, Whether Jonathan Gray is a Woman [NEN]
4 May 2314 Headline -- League: Pilot Rita Macey Placed in Solitary After Assaulting Prison Guard [NAO]
4 May 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Technicians Release Spacesuit Radio Network Starship Upgrade to Improve Operational Coordination [ESR]
4 May 2314 Headline -- League: Non-Distinguished Pilot Rita Macey Arrested Following Attack on Innocent Trenchcoat-Clad Bystander [NAO]
3 May 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Following Long Absence, Failed GSL Dimitri Stevens Assigns Self Task of Training Entire Civilian Fleet in Space Combat [CPC]
3 May 2314 Headline -- League: League Civilian Explorers Make Up Half of Gray Expedition's Final Crew Manifest [ENN]
3 May 2314 Headline -- AEU: No Non-Aggression Pact! Mutuality Council Rejects Civilian Pilot Spokesman [NEN]
3 May 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: PEOPLE'S DEFENSE COMMISSAR PROPOSES AND THEN DELAYS GLORIOUS COUNTEREXPEDITION [DFP]
2 May 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Update: AEU Dignitary Ather Jammoa Allegedly Considers Statements Declared Within a Bar or Public House to Have Been Said in a Private Venue [DFP]
2 May 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Frolov Seen Wandering Corridors of Helios, Thoroughly Confused About Bars Apparently Not Constituting a Public Place [DFP]
1 May 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: GLORIOUS COMRADE COUNCIL CONVERGES FOR IMPORTANT MAKING OF DECISIONS [DFP]
1 May 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Civilian Pilots Focus on Constant Infighting to Drive Out Weakness! Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [CPC]
1 May 2314 Headline -- League: Gray Expedition to Utilize League Galleon; First Such Starship to Venture into Previously Unexplored Space [LCR]
1 May 2314 Headline -- AEU: Rumors of Important Civilian Pilot Meeting Tonight [VET]
27 April 2314 Headline -- Fringe: A Tale of Two ICEs: Samuel Smith Founds Similarly-Named Pilot Organization and Quickly Nets One Member in the Confusion [UPN]
27 April 2314 Headline -- League: New Ground Squad Leader May Threaten Tradition of Cooperation with Fringe Civilian Fleet [LCR]
27 April 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: GLORIOUS COMRADE NINTH FLEET PILOT LEADS WAY TO SUPERIOR GLORIOUS DEBRIS FIELD IN DEEP, DEEP, DEEPEST SPACE [DFP]
27 April 2314 Headline -- AEU: Association of Neo-Terran Hobbyist Astronomers Turn Their Telescopes Coreward as They Eagerly Await Departure of Gray Expedition [NEN]
27 April 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Residents of The Calm Astir at News of Presence of Party Cube [ESR]
26 April 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Civilian Pilots Enjoy a Small but Loyal Fan Following, But Is It Getting out of Hand? Pilot's Briefs Go Missing on Residential Structure [ESR]
26 April 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: GLORIOUS COMRADE TECHNICIANS AT FARPORT HEAR CRIES FOR GALLEON AMENITIES AND RESPOND! O HOW THEY RESPOND! [DFP]
26 April 2314 Headline -- Fringe: New Book by Samuel Smith is 10% Erroneous, According to the Author [UPN]
19 April 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Enterprising Pilot Attempts to Determine State of Entire Human Population: "What Is Everyone Up To?" Glory to the Civilian Fleet! [CPC]
14 April 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: Confederation of Fringe Worlds Xenolinguist Sarina Ulanos has Accepted Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
9 April 2314 Headline -- League: In Prepared Statement, Samuel Smith Generously Allows that "Not All Females are Twats"; Still Unapologetic for Original Statement and Choice of Words [NAO]
Space News Break: Dateline 9 April 2314
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 9 April 2314."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk. A number of sheets of paper are spread before him.
The newscaster looks into the camera with raised brows and says, "Our top story tonight: Voice of the Fringe Civilian Fleet Samuel Smith is suing the North American Observer!"
An image is briefly projected of a civilian pilot with long brown hair. He appears to be angry. A caption reads, "File Photo: Samuel Smith."
The newscaster continues, "This news comes directly from the North American Observer, who were served late yesterday with a suit filed by Samuel Smith. Mr. Smith asserts that the NAO ran a false story about him, and he demands an order from a judge requiring the news organization to engage in what he calls unbiased reporting."
The newscaster gives the camera an incredulous look. "Mr. Smith also further demands two million credits in damages due to stress and anxiety. This amount would be a significant portion of the NAO's income from last year, whereas Mr. Smith's personal net worth is estimated to be nearly ten billion credits."
"Mr. Smith's claim is that the NAO ran a story misrepresenting his comments to another pilot. The original headline read, 'Voice of the Fleet Samuel Smith Stands Behind Statement Declaring Female League Pilots to be "Twats"'. The NAO, in response, has released a portion of the communicator logs from the incident in question."
A transcript appears while Samuel Smith's voice is heard: "Wow, you think you know me but you barely scratch the surface you tiny twat. ... That goes for Annie too."
The image returns to that of the newscaster. "To put this story into context, Mr. Smith is the same pilot who, in January, briefly produced a public access program which he intended to be a weekly news program. In his first broadcast, he reported information regarding recent invasions and how civilian pilots had responded to them which contradicted what this news organization had reported, and put his own actions into a more positive light. He then publicly called for an end to the free press."
The newscaster shakes his head and concludes, "It is not yet known whether a court will accept the suit. As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster as he efficiently restacks his papers.
8 April 2314 Headline -- Entertainment: Dramatic Holo-Miniseries "The Life of James Korie" Acquires New Team of Writers; Now to Depict Giant Talking Cats who Keep Humans as Pets [VAR]
8 April 2314 Headline -- Sports: Rising Star Athlete Adam Thomas Melts One Hundred Chocolate Bars With His Own Body Heat in Eighteen Minutes and 42 Seconds [IAS]
8 April 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Nina Thomas Begins Multi-World Resistance Anniversary Tour; Loyal Citizens Flock to See Our Fearless Leader [UPN]
8 April 2314 Headline -- League: Voice of the Fleet Samuel Smith Stands Behind Statement Declaring Female League Pilots to be "Twats"; Is This the Official Position of the Fringe Civilian Fleet? [NAO]
8 April 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Does the Residential Structure House a New Wild Breed of Duct Felo? Citizens' Watch Investigates [ESR]
8 April 2314 Headline -- AEU: Next Season's Hot New Fashion in Velouria: One Storey Hats [EFX]
8 April 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Deep Refrigerated Vault on Helios Station Houses Hundreds of Undeclared Egg Imports; Mutuality Liaison Searching Diligently for Clues to Identify the Owner [DFP]
8 April 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Pilot Corps Well Exceeding Performance Goals as Regular Deep Space Salvage Operations Resume [ISN]
5 April 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Civilian Pilots Arrested After Threatening and Harassing a Trenchcoat-Clad Man [CPC]
29 March 2314 Headline -- AEU: Pilots Clamour for Access to Landfill, City of Environmentally Friendly Waste Processing [VET]
27 March 2314 Headline -- Economy: CIVILIAN PILOTS TO INVEST IN DESTROYER FUTURES! BUY BUY BUY!!! [DNA]
25 March 2314 Headline -- League: Founder of New Civilian Pilot Organization Spatial Stability on Women: "They're All Either Dick Teases, Lesbians, or Whores" [NAO]
25 March 2314 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Pilot Roberte E. Smithe Retires in Wake of Argument about Space Station Modules [NEN]
25 March 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Ryan Thomas Steps in as Civilian Fleet's Space Defense Captain [CPC]
25 March 2314 Headline -- Economy: Intersector Markets Thrown into Indifference as Sales of Canned Beans Decline by 0.013% [DNA]
9 March 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Computer System Error Causes Accord of Free Worlds to Accidentally Award Five Year Service Medal to Mister Kelsey [ISN]
6 March 2314 Headline -- Tabloid: SPACE DEFENSE CAPTAIN LOUIS LANE WORKING FOR THE PIRATES!!! [OTI]
14 February 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Civilian Pilots Succeed in Destroying "Invincible" Outsider Thrall Armored Cruiser over Accord of Free Worlds Command [ISN]
14 February 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: NOTORIOUS NE'ER-DO-WELL "WILD" BILLIAM B. BENSON ACCUSED OF PARKING SHIP DIAGONALLY ACROSS TWO BERTHS [DFP]
14 February 2314 Headline -- Entertainment: Church of the Holy Subjugation Urges Followers to Celebrate Outsider-Mandated "Loved Ones are as Shackles to Peak Production Efficiency" Day [DNA]
13 February 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Equantimenggras Across Known Space Setting Candelarian World Record for Largest Family Reunion [CPC]
10 February 2314 Headline -- AEU: Cool New Toys for AEU Children: Human Trafficking Pilot Playset! Comes with Real Locking Plastic Handcuffs! [EFX]
4 February 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: New Earth Lounge "Relaxing" According to Non-Prominent Fringe Pilot [DNA]
31 January 2314 Headline -- Tabloid: Scientists Develop New Audioscope to Detect Screams in Space [SSX]
28 January 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Space Chief Marshal Nina Thomas Expresses Satisfaction at Slavers' Hefty Prison Sentences [CPC]
28 January 2314 Headline -- Entertainment: First 50,000-Piece Band Plays to Packed Stadium Full of Itself [TPR]
28 January 2314 Headline -- League: Flat Earth Society Protests Against "Ever-Growing Web of Lies" [LCR]
28 January 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Intersector Flight Control Considering Requiring Specific Flight Plans from Civilian Pilots in Wake of Human Trafficking Case [ISN]
28 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Pilots in Human Trafficking Case Found Guilty [NEN]
27 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Reports He Has Made a Decision; Verdict to be Delivered at 2300 [NEN]
27 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests New Phoenix's Finest Sushi Chef Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
27 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Sketch of Famous Andy's Trading Post Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
27 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Chinese Finger Trap Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
27 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Complete Holotapes of Trial Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
27 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Relocates His Chamber to New Phoenix Courthouse: "My Toes Are Cold" [NEN]
26 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Relocates His Chamber to Summit of Mount Phoenix to "Achieve State of Zen" [NEN]
26 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Spirit Medium Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
26 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Benjamin Masterson Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
26 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Biography of Benjamin Masterson Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
26 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Shot-by-Shot Analysis of Human Trafficking Films Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
26 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Carter Maclaine Visits Prison; Taunts Prisoners by Consuming Dozens of Ring Pops in Visitor's Lobby [NEN]
26 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Functioning Outsider Enforcer Drone Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
26 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Full-Scale Holoimages of Defendants Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
26 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Diego Apollo's Defense Attorney Badge Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
26 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Two Almost Completely but Not Entirely Dissimilar Spatulas Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
26 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Confused, Disoriented Line Of Chorus Dancers Seen Exiting Judge Garcia's Chamber [NEN]
26 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Written Explanation of Film Remastering Process Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
26 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Three Quarts of Elk Blood and Book on Neo-Satanic Rituals Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
26 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Schematics of Rift Drive Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
26 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Chocolate Fountain and Cheese Curls Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
25 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Recipe for Black Gelatin Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
25 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Transcript of First Contact with Jinu Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
25 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests an Arachnoid Service Robot Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
25 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Two Whole Turkeys and Three Loaves of Bread Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
25 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge Garcia Requests Detailed Maps of Feng Wo Space Brought to His Chamber [NEN]
24 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Judge in High Profile Human Trafficking Case Delayed by Attack of Black Rautines [NEN]
22 January 2314 Headline -- Entertainment: Holovised Slaver Trial to Air on S-SPAN at 2300 Tonight! [TPR]
21 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Kaite Whitington Found Guilty on Human Trafficking Charges [NEN]
21 January 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Industrial Whip on 'That Old Slavery Issue': "When Will This Saga Ever End?" [UPN]
19 January 2314 Headline -- Economy: Space Shopping Network Reports Millions of Credits in Sales in First Day of Operation [DNA]
19 January 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Opinion: FELO CHOW SALES REPRESENTATIVES HAVE INSTALLED A PAYPHONE IN THE FELO CHOW SALES REPRESENTATIVE BOOTH YOU CAN CALL IT HERE 0000-90047 WHY DON'T YOU CALL IT IT'S A GREAT IDEA [DFP]
18 January 2314 Headline -- Entertainment: The Space Shopping Network Goes On the Air! [TPR]
17 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Court Date Set For Alleged Slavers; Judge to Use 'Right To Justice' Law to Force Three-Day Trial [ISN]
17 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Elizabeth Mayarey, Kesi Shelain, Nadira Dekker Prepare for Wednesday Trial; Kaite Whitington Strips Naked in Cell in Protest of Imprisonment [VET]
16 January 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Confederation Pilots Rewriting History of Botched Sector Defenses in Public Access News Program, Speaking Out Against Free Press [ISN]
16 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Corps Quick to Respond to IFS Siege [NEN]
16 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Nadira Dekker Pleads No Contest to Illegal Trade of Corvette, Not Guilty to All Other Charges [NEN]
15 January 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Explore Without Fear! Alliances Begin Maintaining Long-Range Non-Directional Beacons; EAOS to Sell NDB Locators to Qualified Civilians [EXN]
15 January 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Pilots Who Regularly Navigate Deep Space Found Wandering Lost and Confused Through Corridors of Perfectly Circular Accord Space Station [DNA]
14 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: In Routine Cell Search, Alleged Slaver Kaite Whitington Discovered to be Smuggling Metal Bowls from Cafeteria; May Face Possession of Contraband Charge [NEN]
14 January 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Civilian Pilots Eagerly Volunteer for Deployment in Service of Accord of Free Worlds; Merchant Shipping Loss Down 17% This Week [ISN]
13 January 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: GLORIOUS COMRADE MALES OF THE MUTUALITY: LET US CLING TOGETHER! FOR PROGRESS! FOR OUTREACH! FOR WARMTH! WHO WILL SAY WE ARE NOT MEN? [DFP]
13 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Kesi Shelain, Elizabeth Mayarey Plead No Contest to Illegal Trade of Corvette, Not Guilty to All Other Charges [NEN]
13 January 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Civilian Pilots Ready to Defend Teslaworld and AFW Command with New Early Warning Watchtowers [ISN]
12 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Defense Attorney for High Profile Slaver Case Attacked by Murder of Wild Black Rautines [NEN]
12 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Kaite Whitington Pleads Not Guilty to All Charges in Human Trafficking Case [NEN]
11 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Alleged Slaver Kaite Whitington: "This Gruel Lacks Nutrition," Interstellar House of Gruel's In-House Nutritionist Counters with Numerous Scientific Papers and Nutritional Assays [ANX]
11 January 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: AFW Command Online! Commander Shea Expresses Gratitude as Accord Formally Transfers Old "Resistance Headquarters II" Back to Mutuality Control [ISN]
11 January 2314 Headline -- Entertainment: Slave Trade Fiasco To Be Recreated in a Tragic Drama by Octa-Oscar Winning Director James Quincy Pennington [EFX]
11 January 2314 Headline -- Sports: Competitive Tea-Drinking: Enigmatic Newcomer "Aziz of Layton" Shockingly Aces Prequalification for the Interplanetary HyperPlatinum Cup League [USN]
11 January 2314 Headline -- Economy: HyperTea's Stocks Down 10% Since Last Fiscal Year: "Pilots Just Aren't Stopping In Anymore," Cites HyperTea's COO [DNA]
11 January 2314 Headline -- Tabloid: CRAZED CIVILIAN PILOTS REPORTING SIGHTINGS OF FLYING FORTRESSES [TTT]
10 January 2314 Headline -- Mutuality: Pilots who Allegedly Traded Unreg People Refuse to See Mutuality Delegation in Prison [DFP]
10 January 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Pirates Save Newly Active Accord Station in Massed Outsider Assault; Civilian Pilots Heard Refusing to Fight Off Invasions, Stating Preference for Mining [ISN]
9 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: While Preparing for Arraignment, Alleged Slavers Find Time to Conspire with Visitor to Oust GSL: "Her Top Looked Like a Bra" [NEN]
9 January 2314 Headline -- League: Disastrous Sudden Downpour Permanently Costs Area Woman the Use of Her Paper Bag [NAO]
9 January 2314 Headline -- Fringe: Ars Magna Man Sets Galactic Record for Largest Chocolate Fountain; Dips Whole Beef Steer [UPN]
9 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Voice of the Civilian Corps Angelica Torres Stands Firm Against Human Trafficking [NEN]
8 January 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: ICLU Under Fire as Rumors Spread of Dirty Money Scandal [ISN]
8 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Anonymous Prison Guard Speaks to NEN! Elizabeth Mayarey on Alleged Violent Assault: "He Deserved It for Disrespecting Me" [NEN]
8 January 2314 Headline -- Economy: PAYPHONES, PAYPHONES, PAYPHONES: "It's What People Want" Says One Einstein-Rosen Employee [ANX]
5 January 2314 Headline -- EAOS: Public Access Center for Holobroadcasts Opens for Business in Torus's East Concourse Without Fanfare; Hopes Fanfare Will Be Provided by Interested Citizens [ESR]
5 January 2314 Headline -- Economy: Allegedly Popular Unreg Franchise 'Interstellar House of Gruel' Makes Surprise Bid for Correctional Facility Cafeteria Contract [THN]
5 January 2314 Headline -- AEU: Corbin Memorial Prison Struggles to Keep Up with Demand for Gruel: "The Inmates Just Can't Get Enough of the Stuff!" [VET]
Space News Break: Dateline 4 January 2314
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 4 January 2314."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk. A number of sheets of paper are spread before him.
The newscaster looks into the camera with a serious expression and says, "Our top story tonight: A judge is assigned to the AEU human trafficking case and promptly issues arrest warrants!"
An image is briefly projected of a gray-haired man in judge's robes.
The newscaster continues, "The Honorable Marshall Garcia has been assigned to the case. He was also the judge in another high profile case in 2310 that resulted in the conviction of the 'cook' in the famed suburban Velouria quartex synthesis ring."
"Judge Garcia immediately issued a statement expressing his concerns with the recent reports of violence on the part of the alleged slavers, and stated that the four civilian pilots have 'historically, the highest flight risk of any persons who have ever awaited trial.'"
"Along with these statements, Judge Garcia issued arrest warrants for the four alleged slavers. We have word at this hour that AEU security forces are working on bringing the four into custody. They will await their arraignment at Corbin Memorial Prison on Dure."
The newscaster nods grimly and concludes, "As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster as he efficiently restacks his papers.
3 January 2314 Headline -- Tabloid: Missing Ending of Human Trafficking Film Shows Last Minute Dramatic Rescue of Slaves and Deadly Battle with Feng Wo Slaver Ninjas [OTI]
3 January 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Alleged Slaver Attacks Fellow Pilot in Unprovoked Assault; Residential Structure Inhabitants Express Concerns, 'Why Are These People Still Free?' [ISN]
3 January 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Transports Deliver Double Required Exotic Matter to Shipyard Structure; Pallets in Docking Area Cause Major Delays [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 2 January 2314
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 2 January 2314."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk. A number of sheets of paper are spread before him.
"Our top story tonight: the AEU government begins legal proceedings against its four civilian pilots accused of human trafficking."
The newscaster looks gravely into the camera. "The president's press secretary released this surprise statement late this evening:"
A paragraph of text floats in the air as the newscaster reads it out: "'The Alliance of Extrasolar Unions has always considered itself to be on the forefront of the fight for universal human rights. That is why this administration finds the footage that came to light late last week so very disturbing.'"
A floating ellipsis indicates that the middle of the statement has been excluded, and the newscaster continues reading: "'This administration does not condone this act. Our civilian corps does not condone this act. The government will be pursuing a criminal case against these four pilots, and the president assures humanity at large that justice will be served.'"
The words fade, and the newscaster is visible once more. "True to their word, legal machinery on New Earth appears to be grinding into motion in preparation for pursuing the case in a criminal court."
"We also have word that the civilian pilot office in New Phoenix, in the interest of a full and fair trial, is offering a generous fee to a defense attorney willing to take on the four alleged slave-traders as clients."
The newscaster flips over a paper and continues, "The AEU government has indicated that it wishes to broadcast the proceedings, in their words, 'in the full view of the galaxy, so that all can see that good and fair justice is being done.' However, whether this can occur will be up to the judge in the case."
The newscaster offers a smile and concludes, "As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster as he efficiently restacks his papers.
2 January 2314 Headline -- Economy: Libertarian Jonathan Galtlington on Civilian Pilot Controversy: "If Slave-Trading Were Undesirable, the Invisible Hand of the Free Market would Eliminate It" [THN]
2 January 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: After Joining in Public Outcry, AEU Civilian Pilots Now Appear Generally Supportive of Criminal Pilots in Human Trafficking Film [ISN]
1 January 2314 Headline -- Interalliance: Allied Pirates Release Hundreds of Stolen Documents Detailing Alleged Human Rights Violations by the Fringe Worlds Government [ISN]
31 December 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: The Space Vermin Patrol Prepares to Begin Deployment to Combat Bari and RATS Menaces [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 30 December 2313
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 30 December 2313."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk. A number of sheets of paper are spread before him.
"Our top story tonight is a new, troubling development as we head into the new year: film of civilian pilots engaged in human trafficking has surfaced."
The broadcast immediately cuts to a shot of a fancy restaurant. Most of the area has been taken over by a motley collection of civilian pilots, many of them seated at the bar. A holofilm is being projected, and their attention is directed there. Two men and a woman are identified as Liaison Lambeth, Liaison Wellington, and Space Commodore Tashiro. Near them, respectively, are a well-dressed man with a robotic optics band seated at the bar, a short-haired blonde woman in a dress, and a tall casually-dressed man with very short black hair.
The newscaster speaks via voiceover: "This was the scene at the famous Torus Restaurant early this morning. The film, apparently retrieved from the unregistered territory where the alleged slave trade took place, seems to confirm the rumors that began surfacing six months ago concerning four AEU pilots and one League pilot."
The audio and images from the restaurant become the broadcast's focus for a few moments:
On the film, Dennis Feldman says in a Texan accent, "I'm going for 1020 tael."
Kesi Shelain nods and says, "One way, or another I suppose."
Kesi Shelain's teeth chatter and she chews on her lip.
Kaite Whitington whimpers.
Dennis Feldman says, "Seriously you guys stop fretting about the ship please. I'm totally not worried about that ship."
The crew of the "Carrying Invader" move out of frame as the shot appears to follow some unrelated activity.
Offscreen, Dennis Feldman yells, "Cydon space rock for lizard, I like lizard. Come give me Lizard for space rock."
A fat trader wearing bells in his greasy hair wanders by, yelling, "Full cargo of hydroponic potato wedges! Will trade all cargo for one beautiful woman! Need trade now! NOW NOW!"
Offscreen, Dennis Feldman yells, "Full cargo of potato wedges for beautiful woman. come look, she's pretty..."
Offscreen, Dennis Feldman adds, "Pretty naked and pretty chained up."
The scene cuts back to the newscaster seated at his desk. He looks into the camera with sad eyes. "That disturbing footage was immediately taken by many to be proof of the truth of the rumors that five pilots traded one of their high-tech starships in order to buy slaves six months ago."
The seal of Allipol appears over the newscaster's shoulder. "The League government acted within minutes, and has begun an intersector manhunt for their pilot Dennis Feldman, their own navy acting in conjunction with Allipol in order to locate the fugitive. Feldman is accused of human trafficking and of arming an unregistered faction. The latter charge has not been applied to anyone since before the Occupation."
"The response of the AEU government is as yet unknown. It is believed that the AEU took possession of the film, seeking to verify its validity and extract any other information that may be present on it. Only one of the accused AEU pilots, Kesi Shelain, appeared at the civilian pilot meeting. It is widely believed that the other three have gone into hiding."
"Regardless, the charges of human trafficking now have every appearance of being real. While the charges could previously be dismissed as mere hearsay, many say that the existence of this film changes everything, and may lead to difficult questions about the free rein that civilian pilots are currently given as they travel through space."
The reporter shakes his head and concludes, "As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster as he efficiently restacks his papers.
29 December 2313 Headline -- Sports: Hyperaccelerant Racing: Literally Just Cars Going in Circles [DNA]
29 December 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: PEACEFUL SKELETON REALM ATTACKED BY HELICOPTER! PHOTOS INSIDE! [OTI]
29 December 2313 Headline -- League: League Voice Dodges Slaver Lover Issue: "I Don't Wanna Have Anything To Do with It." [NEN]
26 December 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: GLORIOUS COMRADE BOXING DAY SPECIAL! JOINT EXPERIMENTAL HARDWARE ON SALE AT FARPORT TO PARTICIPATING ALLIANCES! [DFP]
23 December 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: GLORIOUS COMRADE ENTREPENEUR SURRENDERS TO MERRY ASSAULT; AGREES TO HOLIDAY WISH AND RESCINDS TIANA NIGHTWING'S REMAINING THREE MONTHS OF BAN; SHOP WILL BE OUT OF STOCK FOR SEVERAL DAYS IN WAKE OF DAMAGE [DFP]
23 December 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: GLORIOUS COMRADE FELO CHOW ENTREPENEUR IN FIREFIGHT WITH ANNOYINGLY MERRY BATTLE ROBOTS [DFP]
22 December 2313 Headline -- EAOS: Torus Sensors Detect Brief Temporal Disturbance in the Vicinity of Mir; Followup Survey Detects No Unusual Activity [ESR]
22 December 2313 Headline -- AEU: Mysterious Landslide in New Earth's Wealthy Velouria Region Sends Four Mansions Tumbling into the Sea [NEN]
20 December 2313 Headline -- League: AISSF Shipments to Lagrange 5 Colony Up 4000% from Last Grand Cycle: What Could This Mean? [DFP]
20 December 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Mathematicians Determine that, Statistically, December 20th is the Worst Day [ISN]
20 December 2313 Headline -- AEU: Experimental Medcenter Upgrade Rolled Out Across Velouria Region; New Innovations Promise to Reduce Detached Head Syndrome by 76% [NEN]
20 December 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: League, EAOS Technicians Confirm Existence of 'Duct Bats' [DNA]
19 December 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: EAOS, League Technicians Baffled at Tandem Technician's 'Bats' Outburst Onboard Galleon [EXN]
18 December 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: One Feng Wo Collective Courier on Registered Space: Bad Tippers, Dangerous Territory [DFP]
18 December 2313 Headline -- AEU: Gnome Sightings Amongst Civilian Pilots Down by 98% in Recent Weeks [NEN]
17 December 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Pilot Corps Sent into Total Panic over Unreg Mail Delivery [DNA]
10 December 2313 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: Sovereign Mutuality of Disparate Freemen Rift Expert Jimothy of Layton has Accepted Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
10 December 2313 Headline -- Sports: Thousands Line Up To Participate At Annual Competitive Tea Drinking Grand Finals and Gluteal Removal Festival [VAR]
9 December 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: MORE POWER ALL THE TIME! LESS POWER TO YOUR SYSTEMS! ONE WEIRD TRICK AND UPGRADE FROM AN EAOS-MUTUALITY-TANDEM MOM THAT THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT! [DFP]
9 December 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Anti-Slavery Efforts Are "A Circlejerk" According to Members of Interstellar Coalition For Expansion [DNA]
4 December 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Disorganized Organizations? As Some Civilian Pilot Organizations Add Members Seemingly Indiscriminately, Governments Wonder Where Loyalty Lies [DNA]
2 December 2313 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS Interstellar Geological Survey Concludes that Old Earth is 460 Million Years Younger than New Earth [ESR]
29 November 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: Wisdom from the 13th Fleet: Jeremiah Rodrich Supposes that Slave Trading Probably Happens Accidentally And Is Nobody's Fault [DFP]
28 November 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Millions of Avians Across Known Space Symbolically Hurled into the Sea; "Return from Whence You Came!" Exclaim Participants [ISN]
25 November 2313 Headline -- AEU: Ace Pilot Ather Jammoa's Approval Rating at All-Time Low Among Members of Organizations that Wish They Had More Points [DNA]
23 November 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Hunting the Black Rautine: League Hunters Entering Hyperion Wildnerness in Record Numbers in Preparation for Annual Mass Avian Sacrifice Day on 28 November; 30% Casualty Rate Expected [ISN]
23 November 2313 Headline -- Economy: How A Bartender's Poor Hearing Led to the Newest Flavor Sensation: The Story of the Bourbon Trout [DNA]
22 November 2313 Headline -- AEU: Slaver Kaite Whitington, Still Without a Plan, Turns Full Attention to What Is Truly Important: Her Love Triangle with Arthur Cross and Gigi Milano [VET]
20 November 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Are Starships Learning to be Lazy? Why Are Civilian Vessels Constantly Powering Down on Landing Pads? How Much Do We Need To Start Fearing? Find Out Inside! [TBX]
10 November 2313 Headline -- AEU: Arthur Cross: Professional, Efficient, Has Not Insulted Government or Sold Human Beings -- Perhaps Exactly the SDC the AEU Needs? [VET]
9 November 2313 Headline -- Entertainment: Scientists Introduce New Negative Calorie Cracker, The Only Diet Snack Proven to Instantly Reduce Weight; Price Expected to be High Due to Trace Amounts of Negmatter in Recipe [ESR]
8 November 2313 Headline -- AEU: Society for the Preservation of Illiteracy Applauds AEU Pilot Bob Smithe's Declaration: "Reading is a Waste of Time" [NEN]
8 November 2313 Headline -- AEU: Administration Considers Using Black Rautines to Control Wild Felo Population Explosion [NEN]
7 November 2313 Headline -- Economy: Scandal Rocks the Beef Industry as the League's Food and Drug Administration Determines that USave Grocery Chain's Grade-A Beef is Actually Mint-Flavored Ice Cream [DNA]
7 November 2313 Headline -- AEU: AEU Slavers Meet to Make Vague Plans, Decry Unjust Fate: We're Just Being "Badmouthed," Says Kaite Whitington [NEN]
6 November 2313 Headline -- Fringe: Former SDC Tiana Nightwing on AEU Pilots Who Sold Living Humans: "What Right Do We Have to Judge?" [CPC]
4 November 2313 Headline -- Fringe: Yaxchilan Zoological Foundation Begins Charting New Xenological Superpredator Migration Patterns Across Tulum Plains [UPN]
3 November 2313 Headline -- AEU: Exclusive Interview with Nadira Dekker, Accessory to Slave Trading and Next GSL; Calls the Civilian Corps to Action: "Stop Pretending Nothing Happened, Face This Head On, Free Those Slaves" [NEN]
29 October 2313 Headline -- League: Ein-Gedi Survey Proceeding Perfectly, Announces Government; 'We're Amazed At How Well It's Going' [LCR]
28 October 2313 Headline -- AEU: Interim Administration Considers Expenditure Cuts - 'Excessive' Hebron Mission Top of List [NEN]
28 October 2313 Headline -- Economy: AEU's Treaty Breaking Push for Expansion: Aggression or Just What the Doctor Ordered? [EXN]
28 October 2313 Headline -- League: Confusion Over Slaver Pilot Feldman's License Status: Still Valid [NAO]
27 October 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: CONTINUED AGGRESSION! Expansionistic AEU Stakes Claim to Fringe World with No Regard to Interalliance Law! [TTT]
26 October 2313 Headline -- AEU: Shocking Survey Results Show 8 out of 10 AEU Pilots are "Moderately to Completely Illiterate." Society for the Preservation of Illiteracy Declares This "An Triumph" [NEN]
26 October 2313 Headline -- AEU: Society for the Preservation of Illiteracy Infuriated at SDC Ather Jammoa's Blatant Pro-Reading Stance: "I Literally Have No Words for How I Feel Right Now" [NEN]
25 October 2313 Headline -- AEU: Infamous Slaver Pilot Elizabeth Mayarey Announces Return by Yawning into All Available Communicator Channels [NEN]
22 October 2313 Headline -- Fringe: Investigation Suggested After Seventh Resupply Request from Ein-Gedi Survey Team; Space Commodore Asks, 'How Can They Waste More Than Plumed Serpent Hunters?' [UPN]
21 October 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: Thirteenth Fleet Pilot "Jimothy of Layton" Found "Making Up for Lost Time"; Breaks All-Time Mutuality Records of Sextuple-Distilled Alcohol Consumed in One Sitting [DFP]
20 October 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: Fellow Comrade on Recently Returned Thirteenth Fleet Pilot: "We Were Hoping He'd Stay Missing" [DFP]
20 October 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Central Stellar Cartography Preparing Preliminary Report on Sol-Like Systems Located Beyond Fringe Space by Civilian Explorers [ESR]
20 October 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Dure Experiences Unexpected Seismic Activity; Previously Unknown Squid-Like Creatures Attracted to Epicenters [ISN]
19 October 2313 Headline -- AEU: Society for the Preservation of Illiteracy Decry Space Defense Captain Ather Jammoa's Pro-Message Board Stance; Publicly Call for Him to Not Be That Thing Anymore; Are Informed Word Is "Resign" [NEN]
17 October 2313 Headline -- Entertainment: Rowdy Celebrants Fill the Streets of Velouria as Interstellar Twerking Day Kicks off [EFX]
17 October 2313 Headline -- Economy: Intersector Markets Waver as League's Conservative Faction Petitions the Administration: "Stop Spending So Much Money on the Debts We Are Obligated to Pay" [ISN]
17 October 2313 Headline -- Sports: James Eddington Admitted to Hospital with Second-Degree Tongue Burns; Spokesman Says His Competitive Tea-Drinking Season is Over [IAS]
17 October 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Is This Parrot Predicting the Impending Collapse of the Universe? Scientists Say No, Conspiracy Theorists Say Yes -- We'll Tell You Why the Truth is Somewhere in the Middle [OTI]
17 October 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: Thirteenth Fleet Member Missing After Patrol, "Actually, He's Been Gone for Like a Hundred Cycles By Now" [DFP]
13 October 2313 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS Culinary Scientist Nat R. Crumb Invents Self-Buttering Bread: "Best Thing Since Self-Slicing Bread" [ESR]
8 October 2313 Headline -- EAOS: Two Dead, Seven Injured in Mothership Incident; Automated Internal Defenses Protecting Fighter Bay Activate After Team Breaches Hatch [ESR]
8 October 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Incredibly Imperceptive New Father Mistakes Ear of Corn for His Baby...and Leaves the Grocery Store with It! [OTI]
8 October 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: Op-Ed: A NEW AGE OF AQUARIUS OF GLORIOUS PROGRESS OCCURS AS WE CAST OUT CARELESS REG OPPRESSORS FROM OUR SPACE! [DFP]
7 October 2313 Headline -- League: Disgraced Ex-SDC Kerry Rodriguez on the People He Forcibly Ejected from Their Own Ship: "Stupid Ass People" [VAR]
5 October 2313 Headline -- League: Unapologetic SDC Kerry Rodriguez Resigns "Just to Make Everyone Happy"; Narrowly Heads Off Unanimous Vote to Remove Him from Office [ENN]
1 October 2313 Headline -- League: Space Defense Captain Kerry Rodriguez Aborts Peaceful Expedition through Blunder: Pushing "The Big Red Button" May Have Stranded Multi-Billion Credit EAOS Carrier in Deep Space [ENN]
26 September 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: NOTORIOUS HOODLUM "WILD" BILLIAM B. BENSON ATTEMPTS TO SEND LETTER WITHOUT PROPER POSTAGE; GLORIOUS COMRADE MAILMEN NOT FOOLED [DFP]
26 September 2313 Headline -- Fringe: Fringe Voice of the Fleet Lost Inside RV for Three Days; "Please, Water" Comments Pilot [UPN]
22 September 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: NOTORIOUS EVILDOER "WILD" BILLIAM B. BENSON STRIKES SPACEMAN ROGER'S HONKY TONK BAR AND GRILL ONCE MORE BY STEALING ENTIRE BOX OF CHILDREN'S AUTHORIZED LEVITY AND FUN PAPER PLACEMATS [DFP]
21 September 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Selkie Sightings Off Eurozone Coastline Increase - Civilian Pilots Blamed [SSX]
16 September 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: Agnarr of Agnarr's Interstellar Siege Force Rental and Allied Starships "Extremely Offended" at Alleged Assertions from AEU Civilian Pilots That His Vessels Are Rusty [DFP]
14 September 2313 Headline -- AEU: Little Orphan Timmy of New Phoenix Parentless Child Repository has Happy Birthday After All Thanks to Mysteriously Donated Table of Cakes [NEN]
8 September 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: NOTORIOUS OUTLAW "WILD" BILLIAM B. BENSON DRAINS SPACEMAN ROGER'S BAR AND GRILL OF ENTIRE SUPPLY OF FREE CATSUP PACKETS [DFP]
5 September 2313 Headline -- Entertainment: Last Remaining Issue #1 of Linenman Stolen from Velourian Museum of Postmodern Art, Replaced with Heartfelt Thank You Letter [EFX]
5 September 2313 Headline -- AEU: Mister Kelsey Saves the Day Once More in Eleventh Hour Assistance of the Naval Defense Forces [NEN]
25 August 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL "WILD" BILLIAM B. BENSON SUSPECTED OF CUTTING IN LINE AT SKIM QUEUE [DFP]
24 August 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: COMRADE BILLIAM B. BENSON MAKES ONLY CONSEQUENTIAL DECISION OF CAREER WHEN HE ABSCONDS WITH MUTUALITY SHIP AND EIGHTEEN BILLION CREDITS OF GLORIOUS DEBT [DFP]
24 August 2313 Headline -- Fringe: Crazed Ex-Pilot Returned to Chetumal by AEU After Being Caught Attempting Illegal Immigration to New Earth; Claims to Have "Polycitizenship" and Also be Sicilian [CPC]
24 August 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Angry Shopkeepers Across Known Space Band Together to Stop Litterbugs [ENN]
21 August 2313 Headline -- League: Centauri B Belt Reports Over 33 Hours of Prolonged Assault by IFS, Losses Estimated To Be in the Billions [NAO]
21 August 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: League, Fringe "Concerned" Over New Wave of AEU Expansionism, "It's a Flagrant Disregard for Interalliance Law." [ISN]
21 August 2313 Headline -- AEU: AEU Pilot Hands in Licence: "I Refuse to Work in Industry where Women are Treated as Equals!" [EFX]
20 August 2313 Headline -- AEU: "Near Godlike" AEU Pilot Angered At Women Questioning His Competence [EFX]
19 August 2313 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Pilot Roland Stormblade Discussing Civilian Pilot Roland Stormblade: "Near Godlike" [EFX]
16 August 2313 Headline -- AEU: AEU Pilot Corps Turns to Casual Misogyny: "Women Aren't Worth Ten Cents... I Tell Them to Get Lost" [PFP]
15 August 2313 Headline -- Economy: Entrepreneur Creates BreadCoin, a New Breadstick-Based Currency; Features Include Deflationary Nature and No Chargebacks [THN]
14 August 2313 Headline -- Entertainment: Pilot Rosalee Geoffrey Retires to Join Popular Conservative Talk Radio Show; Is Expected to Blame Various Minorities for Outsider Occupation [EFX]
13 August 2313 Headline -- AEU: Human Trafficker Kaite Whitington is "Outraged"; Struggling to Understand Why Fringe is Considering Extending Blacklist [PFP]
11 August 2313 Headline -- EAOS: Engineering Teams Breach Mothership's External Airlock Hatch, Promises: 'Internal Hatch Won't Take Two Years' [ESR]
10 August 2313 Headline -- League: Equipment in Challenger Deep Records Unexplained Luminescence Before Shutting Down; Drones to Investigate [NAO]
9 August 2313 Headline -- League: Non-Prominent Civilian Pilot Lee Hughes Forcibly Retired After Claiming Psychic Abilities [LCR]
9 August 2313 Headline -- AEU: Rise of Expansionism? AEU Launches Survey Team Deep into Space Designated Neutral by the Mir Charter [ISN]
6 August 2313 Headline -- AEU: AEU SDC Forsakes Fighting IFS to Threaten, Manhandle Fellow AEU Pilots [VET]
6 August 2313 Headline -- Fringe: Starship Likely Bringing Bari Infestation was Called "Diplomatic Negotiator," According to Anonymous Source on Barnham's Redoubt Station [UPN]
5 August 2313 Headline -- Fringe: Bari Infestation Detected on Barnham's Redoubt Station; Confederation Military Searching for Culprit [UPN]
30 July 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: NOT AGAIN: HOLY SHIT: TANDEM STATION IS FULL OF BUGS. IS CASSANDRA BEGINNING UNDERGROUND FIGHTING RING? OR IS NINTH FLEET UP TO THEIR OLD TRICKS??????? [DFP]
30 July 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: BREAKING: Crisis on Tandem as Level 2 Bari Infestation Detected in Section 10 [DFP]
26 July 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Fringe Warship Pilot Actually an AEU Pilot...and He's Actually a She! Photos Inside! [TTT]
25 July 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Intersector Forestry Administration Besieges Sector B-29; Area Does Not Even Have Trees [TBX]
21 July 2313 Headline -- Sports: Extreme Bowling Enthusiasts Shrug Off Criticism in Wake of Seventh Maiming of the Season [USN]
20 July 2313 Headline -- Entertainment: Disgraced ex-SDC and Master Sifter Patrick Stein to Play Minor Role in Upcoming Soap Opera About Lake Dredging [EFX]
4 July 2313 Headline -- EAOS: Hologram of Doug Englebart to Lead Symposium of Technologies That We Decided Against Funding [DNA]
4 July 2313 Headline -- Economy: Mahogany Doors [VAR]
3 July 2313 Headline -- Entertainment: Dave's Brothel in New Phoenix Now Offering Backroom Luckholes [EFX]
3 July 2313 Headline -- Economy: Mahogany Doors [TPR]
30 June 2313 Headline -- AEU: Disgraced Ex-SDC Patrick Stein is Angry: Angry About Cans [EFX]
27 June 2313 Headline -- AEU: Samples of Creeping Red Fuzzy Moss Believed to be Infesting Human-Robotic Interfaces Found to be Merely Lab Contamination [NEN]
Space News Break: Dateline 27 June 2313
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 27 June 2313."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk. A number of sheets of paper are spread before him.
"Our top story tonight: The Mutuality Council has voted to dissolve diplomatic ties with the AEU!"
The newscaster gazes steadily into the camera as the symbol of the Mutuality is displayed over his shoulder.
"Good evening. Late yesterday, the Mutuality Council voted to dissolve all diplomatic ties with the AEU, citing their disgust with the actions of several civilian pilots who were recently accused of being involved in illegal human trafficking on an unregistered space station. The pilots in question subsequently reluctantly admitted their involvement."
"There was also heated debate within the Council about what to do with their allies the League, but at the eleventh hour, one event tipped the scales."
The image cuts to show a dark red-haired woman. At the bottom of the image are the words CASSANDRA OF TURANOVA, TANDEM STATION CONTROLLER.
"When we heard that the AEU pilots involved would not even resign their civilian offices," says Cassandra, "the difference in the reactions of the League and the AEU became obvious. We mean to send a clear signal that a proactive response, not excuses, is what is needed here."
The view changes back to that of the reporter, who turns one of his papers over and looks up at the camera. "The League government did receive a formal complaint from the Council for the involvement of one of its pilots in the incident, but the Mutuality Council otherwise appears to be withholding judgment for the moment."
"Reportedly, the League civilian fleet is seeking to form a task force dedicated to freeing the slaves who were traded, in addition to recovering or destroying the alliance property that was sold to the slavers. In the wake of yesterday's new development, there is no definitive word yet on whether the Mutuality Council or the AEU civilian fleet will join the task force."
The reporter turns over the last of his papers. "And that's all we have on the issue at the moment. As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster as he efficiently restacks his papers.
26 June 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Mutuality Council Expels AEU Diplomats from DeMargas, Helios, Tandem [DFP]
26 June 2313 Headline -- AEU: New Sifting Craze Strikes the New Phoenix Spaceport Bridge! Sifting! SIFTING! [EFX]
26 June 2313 Headline -- AEU: Creeping Red Fuzzy Moss Native to New Earth Found to Preferentially Inhabit Human-Robotic Interfaces; Risk of Infection High [NEN]
25 June 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Elite Candelarian Navy Battles Giant Space Toad: "A Sticky Tongue as Long as Five Battleships," Says Terrified Pilot [TTT]
23 June 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: GLORIOUS PROGRESS MARCHES ON! MUTUALITY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT LATEST HORRIFYING PILOT DECISION WAS NOT MADE BY MEMBER OF NINTH OR EVEN THIRTEENTH FLEET [DFP]
23 June 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Multiple Civilian Pilot Corps Rocked by Scandal as Expedition to Unreg Space Engages in Slave Trading [ISN]
22 June 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: BREAKING: REPLON VAMPIRES HAVE INVADED THE AEU AT EVERY LEVEL! PHOTOS INSIDE OF THEIR TERRIFYING BREEDING TANKS! [TBX]
22 June 2313 Headline -- Fringe: Shipbuilders' Union Considering Strike After Learning SDC Antonio Recelli Fabricated Tale of Government Punishment [CPC]
22 June 2313 Headline -- League: Violent Crimes on the Rise on L5; Children of Lagrange 5 or a Difference in Brain Development in Low Gravity? [LCR]
19 June 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Brave Civilian Pilots Take the Fight to Candyland, Battle Chocolate Minions of the Outsiders [TBX]
17 June 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Church of the Holy Subjugation Urges Followers to Celebrate Outsider-Mandated "Fathers Are False Authority Figures Elevated by Petty Sentimentality" Day [ISN]
16 June 2313 Headline -- EAOS: "Heh Am on Root to Campage LP": A New Treatise on Primitive Pidgin Esperanto Commonly Spoken by Civilian Pilots, by Professor Mavis York [ESR]
15 June 2313 Headline -- AEU: Administration Assures the Alliance that the Rumors of Illicit Trades Between AEU and Fringe Pilots are False; "Merely Another Fabrication by Confederation Pilot Recelli to Cover for Being Just Plain Lost" [NEN]
14 June 2313 Headline -- Economy: Unmarriage Ceremonies 'In' This Season; Unmarriages Up By 513% [THN]
11 June 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Spaceport Technicians' Union Tired of Taking the Blame: "All We Do Is Work on Your Ship's Electronic Systems, We Swear" [DNA]
9 June 2313 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS Allows Organizations to Rent Time on the Torus's New Hyperwave Relay [ISN]
9 June 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Tandem-EAOS Announce Hyperwave-Wormhole Communications Bridge; New Technology Deployed at Farport, Torus, Helios [DNA]
8 June 2313 Headline -- Fringe: Shipbuilders' Union to Lodge Formal Complaint with Fringe Civilian Fleet over False Assertions of Unreliability [CPC]
8 June 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Fringe SDC Antonio Recelli Spins Tale of Life Support Failure; Inspections Determine No Failures Have Occurred [ISN]
2 June 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Evil Immortals, Sectors in Alternate Dimensions, and Genetically Modified Starships: Has Space Madness Come Home? [DNA]
1 June 2313 Headline -- Fringe: Mutuality Medical Emergency Vehicle Harasses Campeche Flight Control for Several Hours [UPN]
29 May 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: COMRADES WORKING WITH EAOS COMRADES SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOP HYPERCASTER-ENABLED PIE! GLORIOUS FORWARD-THINKING SCIENCE MARCHES ON! [DFP]
29 May 2313 Headline -- Fringe: "Soon They'll Round Us Up and Put Us in Metal Boxes in Orbit"; Sponsored Pundit Robert James Raises Concerns of the Impact of EAOS-Tandem-Mutuality Relations on Chetumal [CPC]
29 May 2313 Headline -- EAOS: Editors of Interalliance Merriam-Webster-Zarkovacki Dictionary to Reconsider Adequacy of Definition of the Word "Disgraced" After Briefing on Disgraced Ex-SDC Patrick Stein [ESR]
28 May 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Study: The Reasons Civilian Pilots Believe All Reporters are a Single Homogenous Group [DNA]
28 May 2313 Headline -- EAOS: Scientists Propose New Currency Where Each Transaction Takes Anywhere from Ten to Sixty Minutes to Complete [ESR]
28 May 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: GLORIOUSLY BRILLIANT MUTUALITY ENGINEERS INVENT REVERSE AIRLOCK: DOES NOT PUMP AIR OUT, PUMPS VACUUM IN! [DFP]
28 May 2313 Headline -- Fringe: Confederation Military to Automate Process of Berating Raw Recruits with New BeraTron 9000 [CPC]
28 May 2313 Headline -- League: Corruption at the Highest Levels: Jimmy's Donut Holes May Not Really Be Made Fresh Every Day [NAO]
28 May 2313 Headline -- AEU: Students of New Phoenix Children's Science Academy Win Peter Fienstein's Young Scientist of the Year Award for Self-Replicating Chocolate Fudge; "Deliciously Creamy and Potentially Apocalyptic," Says Fienstein [NEN]
26 May 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: AEU Civilian Pilot Corps: "No Tactical Information on Tactical"; By AEU Decree, Channel is Now Only for Cat Stories [TBX]
23 May 2313 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Pilots Jumping for Pecans? What Does This New Trend Mean for the Pilot Corps? [EFX]
21 May 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Investigative Report: An Artificial Gravity Generator / Acceleration Dampener Larger than a Fighter. Why Did the Accord Build It, and Why Is It a Secret? [DNA]
18 May 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Governments Tighten Restrictions on Largest Civilian Warships [ISN]
16 May 2313 Headline -- AEU: New Phoenix Police Department to Undergo Intensive Robot Uprising Training Course [NEN]
11 May 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Central Stellar Cartography Establishes New Branches, Re-Opens Database to Civilian Submissions [ISN]
10 May 2313 Headline -- AEU: Exactly How Disgraced is Disgraced Ex-SDC Patrick Stein? We Ask Leading Mathematicians [EFX]
10 May 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Disgraced Ex-SDC Patrick Stein: Genetic Engineering Experiment Gone Wrong? [OTI]
10 May 2313 Headline -- AEU: Disgraced Ex-SDC Patrick Stein: "I Am Not Disgraced"; Stands Behind Opinion of Worthlessness of Navy Servicemen and Women [NEN]
8 May 2313 Headline -- AEU: Disgraced Ex-SDC Speaks Out Again about Naval and Shipbuilders' Union Issues: "It's All in the Past, We've All Moved On"; Collective Bargaining Bill Expected to Reach Cabinet Soon [NEN]
6 May 2313 Headline -- EAOS: Joint Research into Hyperwave Technology Bears More Fruit [ESR]
5 May 2313 Headline -- Economy: Intsec's Faulty Turret Design Rears Its Ugly Head; Company Vows to Fix Issues with Updated Model [NAO]
5 May 2313 Headline -- Economy: Extruded Synthbeef Cubes a Flop in Planetary Test Markets, Survey Says Majority of Consumers "Kind of Disturbed" at Concept [DFP]
3 May 2313 Headline -- League: Counterrevolutionary Vanguardist MegaBoug 'Defense' Captain Threatens to Strangle the Free Press with Electronic Currency [PFP]
3 May 2313 Headline -- Economy: MegaBoug Inquiries: Survey Finds Zero Percent of Civilian Pilots Consider Civilian Pilots to be Rich, Entitled, or Spoiled [PFP]
3 May 2313 Headline -- AEU: Disgraced Space 'Defense' Captain: "Very, Very Little Navy Even Bothered to Jump In" [NEN]
3 May 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Alliance Pilot: I Hate The Media; I Also Blame Them For My Own Personal Issues and Misgivings [SSX]
3 May 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Alliance Pilot: "The Navy Should've Brought More Than Three Gunships and Six Destroyers" - The Civvies Only Brought One Gunship! How Much is Enough for Them? [THN]
3 May 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: HOLY SHIT: PIRATES AND IFS AND OUTSIDERS AND JINU WORKING TOGETHER [TBX]
28 April 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Teams Indicate Testing Almost Complete; EAOS Refit to be Last Objective Before Readiness Check and Final Test Flight [ESR]
27 April 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: GLORIOUS COMRADE RESEARCHERS DISCOVER 1067th COLOR! SCIENCE MARCHES ON! [DFP]
26 April 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Alliances Hoping to Reduce Expenditures, Increase Preparedness with New Civilian-Funded Starship Support Program [ISN]
26 April 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: "Why Are We Defending Acts of Aggression from the Corps?" Inquires Navy; Alliances Quick to Respond [DNA]
23 April 2313 Headline -- Economy: National Patriot Party Minister Proposes Eliminating Collective Bargaining Rights for AEU Shipbuilders [NEN]
23 April 2313 Headline -- League: "Vampire Hunter" Leaves Another Hospitalized in Graz, Taking Total to Five; Police Looking for Leads [ENN]
23 April 2313 Headline -- AEU: Settlement Reached for Shipyard Strike; Economists Hesitant to Credit Civilian Pilot Efforts Despite Recent Massive Fundraiser and Outreach [VET]
Space News Break: Dateline 22 April 2313
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 22 April 2313."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk. A number of sheets of paper are spread before him.
"Our top story tonight: Pirate platforms: More than meets the eye!"
The newscaster gazes steadily into the camera as a promotional video of Allied Starships' new Modular Tactical Platform plays over his shoulder.
"Good evening. Earlier today, the Allied Pirates leader, 'Mister Kelsey,' made a very personal appearance to a routine salvage operation."
The promotional video flickers slightly. It probably wasn't a subliminal message. SHOP AGNARR'S INTERSTELLAR SIEGE FORCE RENTAL.
"He had a new weapon at his disposal, referred to in promotional materials as the ASS-E7 Allied Starships Modular Tactical Platform."
The promotional video switches to a display of several fighter designs.
"During a lull in the conflict, Mister Kelsey burst into song about his new ship, obtained from Agnarr's Interstellar Siege Force Rental, with many convenient locations to civilian pilots such as Tannhauser's Gate."
The reporter thumbs through a few sheets of paper while humming the tune to Mister Kelsey's "See my ship, rent a ship."
"Some civilians fought bravely, while others quickly retreated to shout insults from the safety of a nearby temporary space structure."
The animation switches to grainy footage of a mildly damaged vessel jumping through a wormhole.
"Sadly, after numerous civilian vessels were destroyed, the pirate ship jumped away to pirate another day."
A sheet of paper is passed from off camera to the reporter, who scans the page.
"One pilot was compensated for the loss of his vessel by Mister Kelsey, who sent his regards...and his finest monocle."
The camera returns to the reporter, and he gives a serious nod. "Truly, Mister Kelsey is a charitable man. As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster as he places a stack of papers to one side of his desk.
22 April 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: League Civilian Pilots Call for Murder as Viable Solution to All Problems; Bloodthirst in the Ranks? [ENN]
22 April 2313 Headline -- League: League Civilian Pilot Demands Ability to Destroy Rescue Pods: Human Rights Groups up in Arms [NAO]
22 April 2313 Headline -- AEU: RDT Corporate #1 Pro Scientist of the Year Sighs; Years of Research Finally Re-Researched, Though Not As Good As Stolen Prototype - Design to be Released As-Is to Recoup Exorbitant R&D Costs [EXN]
22 April 2313 Headline -- Economy: Allied Starships Releases New and Improved Fighter: "50% More Battery Life!" Claims Manufacturer, New Model Even Lighter Than Previous Model [DNA]
21 April 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Cruelty in the Corps: SPCF Condemns the Attempted Actions of One Fringe Pilot [TBX]
21 April 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: VOXEL AND THE SPACER UPDATE: THE DUO SPOTTED LEAVING PARTY TOGETHER! PHOTOS INSIDE! [OTI]
21 April 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Voxel and the Spacer: a Love Affair Without Borders [OTI]
13 April 2313 Headline -- AEU: Heritage Lost? Teens Now Calling New Earth Simply "New": "But Mom, a Pilot Said It!" [THN]
10 April 2313 Headline -- EAOS: Professor Higgins Challenges "That Old Fool Jenkins" to a Balloon Race to the Galactic Core [ESR]
4 April 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Mutuality Requirements to League: Religious Exemption Status for the Church of Glorious Saint Frolov and 'One (1) Cupcake Statue' [DNA]
30 March 2313 Headline -- Economy: Resistance HQ to Close its Doors Forever? Pilots Stocking Up Just in Case! [DNA]
28 March 2313 Headline -- League: Manhattan Shop with "Help Wanted" Sign Targeted by Rogue Bombers; Authorities Suspect the Shadow Helpers [NAO]
23 March 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: Emergency Responders Report Two Dozen Lost in the Explosion; Liaison Officers Promise New Batches Swiftly [DFP]
23 March 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: Mutuality Sponsored Pilot Liaison Office Rocked by Explosion; "Trying to Make Cupcakes in Shotglasses Again" Admits Spokesperson [DFP]
23 March 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Breaking! AEU Ace Pilot States "[Ships are] Irrelevant." [OTI]
17 March 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Accord [...] Public[ly Announces] that They Have [...] Formed a Pact with the Allied Pirates! [TBX]
13 March 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Assures the Public that They Have Not Formed a Pact with the Allied Pirates [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 12 March 2313
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 12 March 2313."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk. A number of sheets of paper are spread before him.
"Our top story tonight: An unlikely alliance defeats a multi-pronged IFS invasion!"
The newscaster gazes steadily into the camera as video of an IFS Hestia-class carrier plays over his shoulder.
"Good evening. Earlier today, the IFS invaded the distant reaches of beaconed space with an unusually strong multi-pronged attack."
A three-dimensional holographic map is briefly displayed, marking the Belt of Orion and Beacon A-64, far from more civilized space.
"By attacking these distant regions, the IFS caught both the civilian fleet and the Accord Peacekeepers off-guard, resulting in many losses."
An animation plays of an IFS Forward Assault Station breaking the back of an Accord Peacekeeper cruiser in a single shot, in a most unlikely fashion.
The reporter flips one his papers over. "The Peacekeeper task force and the civilian fleet soon coordinated their attacks, and in a battle of attrition, defeated one prong of the invasion."
The holographic animation now shows the Hestia carrier exploding in a spectacular fashion, as ships painted in Accord, AEU, League, and Fringe colors fire upon it.
The reporter looks grim. "Unfortunately, the heavy losses sustained in the assault left few warships available to handle the second part of the invasion. Then an unlikely ally appeared!"
A holographic image displays a gleeful man wearing a top hat and monocle and stroking a handlebar mustache. A caption below reads, "Artist's renditon of Mister Kelsey, leader of the Allied Pirates."
"Allied Pirates leader 'Mister Kelsey' offered his assistance, and three pirate cruisers promptly appeared to help dispatch the IFS. Once they were eliminated, the pirate cruisers jumped out without causing trouble."
An animation plays of wreckage drifting slowly through space. "And with that, the invasion was defeated."
The camera returns to the reporter, and he gives a serious nod. "Thank you, Mister Kelsey. As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster as he efficiently restacks his papers.
10 March 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Statisticians Report that Unnerving Trends are on the Rise [DNA]
10 March 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Night People: Secret Police of the Shadow Helpers? [OTI]
7 March 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: Advanced Spinward Component Designs from the Jupiter Crash Expedition Begin Limited Production and Deployment [DFP]
6 March 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: DEADLY ROBOTS MARCHING ON LOCAL MARKETS AT THE COMMAND OF CIVILIAN PILOT MASTERMINDS!! [TTT]
5 March 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Former Fringe Leader Pinochet VII 'Offended' at Recent Remarks by Mutuality-Associated Individuals [DNA]
5 March 2313 Headline -- AEU: Civilian Pilot Threatens Planetary Ecosystems with Deliberate Release of Fast-Breeding Space Rodents [NEN]
4 March 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: GLORIOUS MUTUALITY SCIENCE MARCHES ON! RESEARCHERS BREED MOUSE GROWING OUT OF EAR GROWING OUT OF ANOTHER MOUSE SPROUTING FROM TOMATO PLANT IN APPLIED RADIATED HYDROPONICS FACILITY [DFP]
4 March 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: The 'Shadow Helpers' -- What Is Their Hidden Agenda, and How Much Harm Will Their Help Cause? [SSX]
3 March 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: Nouveau Quebec's Cardiovascular Union Threatens Strike As Contract Renegotiations Break Down [DFP]
28 February 2313 Headline -- Entertainment: Famed Pirate 'Mister Kelsey' Wins 'Galaxy's Finest Cake' Competition with Last-Minute Entry [VAR]
26 February 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Space Defense Captains in the News Again: Fringe SDC Turns Self into Mutated Monster -- A Face of the Confederation is Now a Squat Tentacle Beast [UPN]
25 February 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Recently Reelected Fringe Space Defense Captain Emerges Slavering from Cocoon! [TTT]
25 February 2313 Headline -- Economy: Widespread Shortage of Prepackaged Salads Cause 500% Price Increase; Stores Cite Influence of Prepackaged Salad Worshipping Cult Rituals as Influence [THN]
23 February 2313 Headline -- Economy: Wormhole Communications, Manufacturer of Metafrequency Transmitters, Declares Bankruptcy Following Unwise Investment in Mackerel Futures [ISN]
23 February 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: In New Study of Feline Behavior, Scientists Discover Least Efficient Method of Clearing RATS Nests [ISN]
23 February 2313 Headline -- League: At First Hint of Scandal in SDC Race, Acting Civilian Pilot Voice Seeks to Subvert Voting Process; Government Promises Swift Correction [NAO]
23 February 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: Candidate for Space Defense Captain Marco Giovani Suggests New Isolationist Strategy: "More Productive for Us to Stay on Our Side of the Skim" [DFP]
21 February 2313 Headline -- Sports: Newcomer Michael Turner Achieves 4.8 Meters in High-Performance Urination Qualifiers [USN]
20 February 2313 Headline -- Fringe: IAM Worker Samuel Smith Identified Among the Deceased in Mail Ship Explosion [ISN]
20 February 2313 Headline -- Fringe: Inter-alliance Mail Vessel Arriving from New Earth Explodes on Chetumal Auxillary Landing Pad [DNA]
19 February 2313 Headline -- Economy: Einstein-Rosen Telephone Company to Follow Free-Port Doctrine Mandated Truth-In-Naming Guidelines for Their Devices in Tandem Pact Space; Einrophones to be Renamed to S.H.O.E.S. Interfaces [DFP]
18 February 2313 Headline -- Economy: New 'Einstein-Rosen Telephone Company' Incorporates and Opens Interalliance Branches Selling New Product -- Who Are the Investors? [ISN]
17 February 2313 Headline -- Economy: Early Test Transmissions from Remodeled Wormhole Communications Routing Node Unpromising; Messages Full of Mangled Words, Disdain for Octopi [DNA]
17 February 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: Premier in Good Spirits, Health, "Zut Alors, Zees Was Eleventh Time This Grand Cycle! Is No Big Deal, Haw Haw Haw." [DFP]
17 February 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: League Hebron Outpost Perimeter Compromised by AEU 'Wildlife Barrier' Construction; Lead Surveyor Suggests Encroachment is Intentional [ISN]
17 February 2313 Headline -- AEU: Xenological Superpredator Sightings Outside of Velourian Forest Protected Zone; SPSNSL Refuses to Comment [VET]
17 February 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: Premier Rushed to Medical Ward After Heart Complications Arise During Festival [DFP]
15 February 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Interim AEU Space Defense Captain Kesi Shelain Weighs in on Navy: 'I Personally Regret [...] Our Navy [...] As Well as the Accord Peacekeeper Divisions' [OTI]
15 February 2313 Headline -- AEU: Interim AEU Space Defense Captain Kesi Shelain Weighs in on Navy: 'Without Their Aid, We Would Have Lost Much More' [NEN]
15 February 2313 Headline -- AEU: AEU Civilian Pilot Program Leadership Confirms that Space Defense Captain Patrick Stein No Longer Holds Office [NEN]
13 February 2313 Headline -- AEU: Famous Thomas's Bagel Shop in Landfall to Close After 120 Years of Continuous Operation -- Space Defense Captain to Blame? [NEN]
13 February 2313 Headline -- AEU: Space Defense Captain Announces Plans to Murder People Via Human-Based Ablative Armor [NEN]
13 February 2313 Headline -- AEU: Shipyard Strikes Delay Shipments of New Starships to AEU Civilian Pilots [DNA]
12 February 2313 Headline -- Economy: In Brilliant Surprise Maneuver, Cuttlefish School Gains Ownership of 51% of Wormhole Communications Stock [DNA]
12 February 2313 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS Republishes 2287 Paper: 'Cuttlefish Schooling, Chromatophore-Based Communication, and Instinctive Networking as a Model for Manmade Distributed Communications Systems' [ESR]
11 February 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: New Wormhole Communications Routing System to be Managed by Highly-Trained School of Cuttlefish [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 11 February 2313
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 11 Feburary 2313."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk.
"Our top story tonight: AEU Space Defense Captain Patrick Stein!"
The newscaster gazes steadily into the camera as a photo of a scowling Patrick Stein is shown above his left shoulder.
"Good evening. Recently, the civilian Space Defense Captain for the AEU pilot corps has been criticized for his opinion of the navy. What follows are the communication logs."
Patrick Stein's voice plays over the audio and his image is overlaid with an oscilloscope visualization of the audio clip.
"Yes, I will blatantly say the navy are not that good."
"I resent that tabloid. I don't consider them not that good. I have seen them not that good. That's why they need us to back them up. heh."
"Fantastic! No thanks to the navy, eh?"
The voice clips stop and the reporter begins speaking once again.
"During the invasion, Patrick Stein was allegedly ignoring the calls for help, instead focusing on increasing his own personal profits."
"This event has caused quite a stir in the media. Let's see what you, the viewers, think."
The words "STREET CAM" sweep over the scene.
"Mary's on the streets of New Phoenix right now. Mary?"
Expanding from the center of the scene is a second scene is a dark-skinned woman standing on the sidewalk of a busy street.
"Thanks, Tom."
The woman accosts a young man wearing a trucker cap.
"Excuse me, I'm with ISNN and I was wondering if you've heard of Patrick Stein."
The man adjusts his trucker cap and nods.
"Ayup. I hear he hates freedom and our troops. Why's he in office, anyways?"
The reporter thanks the man and asks a young girl walking down the street the same question.
"He's a bad man! He hates daddy!"
The reporter smiles warmly at the girl and then asks a nearby street performer.
"Yeah, I've heard of him. He's a disgrace to the spacefaring community and should resign."
The reporter thanks the performer and turns towards the camera.
"There you have it, the opinion on the street! Back to you, Tom."
The scene cuts back to the SNB main newscasting desk.
"Thanks, Mary."
The reporter glances down at a piece of paper.
"The AEU pilot corps could not be reached for comment."
The reporter gazes steadily into the camera.
"As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster, who looks down at the papers on his desk with a serious expression.
10 February 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Wormhole Routing Node Fire Subdued; Note Found in Midst of Damaged Equipment Reads, "It Was Like This When I Got Here. -K" [ISN]
10 February 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: "We Are Undergoing Unscheduled Maintenance," Explains Wormhole Communications Representative as Black Smoke Pours from Routing Node [ISN]
9 February 2313 Headline -- AEU: Tales from The Ring: Rogue Fleet Admiral Janus Calls for Resignation of AEU Civilian Space Defense Captain [DFP]
8 February 2313 Headline -- AEU: Elite Pilots of New Earth Call for Resignation of Navy Hating "Space Defense Captain" [NEN]
8 February 2313 Headline -- AEU: Should We Allow This So-Called "Space Defense Captain" To Continue Disparaging Our Defense Navy? [VET]
8 February 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Confirmed! Civilian "Space Defense Captain" Doesn't Support Our Troops! [OTI]
8 February 2313 Headline -- Tabloid: Kelsey Writes In! PILOT SECRET WATCH: Civilian Pilot Considers Navy "Not That Good;" Unpatriotic, Doesn't Support Our Troops [OTI]
27 January 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: Civilian Pilot Programs to Begin Renaming Misspelled Starship Names at Owner's Expense: "We Must Show a Professional Face to the Taxpayers" [ISN]
16 January 2313 Headline -- League: Unrest on Lagrange 5 Continues; League Officials Crack Down on Station and Reinforce Local Police Force [DNA]
14 January 2313 Headline -- Mutuality: Tandem Mechanized Infantry R&D Shrink Miniaturized Repair Drone Technology Further; Cite Efficiency Improvements [DFP]
14 January 2313 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU Engineering Squad Completes Hebron Survey Outpost; League, Fringe Teams Concerned Over Length of In-Progress 'Wildlife Barrier' [ISN]
22 December 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Decharged Elf-Like Robot Found Drifting in Space; EAOS Debating Whether 'Franklin' is Self-Aware or Can Be Dissected [ISN]
18 December 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Confederation Survey Team Refutes Claims of Sabotage on League Hebron Construction Efforts; Suggests Own Power Failures Misguided 'Payback' by League Team [ISN]
14 December 2312 Headline -- League: Children of Lagrange 5's Anti-Discrimination Proposal Falls on Deaf Ears in Latest Senate Meeting [DNA]
14 December 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Digital Felo Games: Communication Devices for Replons to Speak with Seventh Fleet Unreg 'Home Base' [OTI]
5 December 2312 Headline -- Fringe: A New Suicide Cult? Seatbelt Self-Destruction and Attempted Bisections on the Rise in Pilot Circles [ANX]
4 December 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: WHAT IS PROJECT RORAMHU?: THE SECRET ACCORD PLOT DRAINING ALLIANCE COFFERS - FIND OUT WHY YOU SHOULD HATE IT! [TBX]
29 November 2312 Headline -- AEU: Voxel Under Scrutiny After Concert Controversy; Tour as Campaign? [VET]
29 November 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: League Engineering Team Accuses AEU, Fringe Teams of Sabotaging Hebron Outpost Construction [ISN]
29 November 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Could the EAOS Be the Next Member of the Unreg 'Tandem Pact'? Our Investigation into EAOS-Tandem Joint Actions [THN]
27 November 2312 Headline -- EAOS: Probationary Induction: Unregistered Tandem Pact Multi-Disciplinary Scientist Willis Kelsie Oglivy has Accepted Probationary Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
27 November 2312 Headline -- AEU: Pilot Rights Party Causes Mass Disruption in Encata Coast Publicity Stunt Earlier Today; Tens of Thousands Late For Work [VET]
27 November 2312 Headline -- AEU: Secret Environmental Mission Confirms Worst Fears as Xenological Superpredator Only Major Lifeform Detected Within Velourian Forest; SPSNSL Decries Illegal Entry of Protected Zone and Demands Arrest of All Phoenician Environmentalists [NEN]
27 November 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Joint Engineering Team Tentatively Announces Second Test to Take Place on Friday 30th November [DNA]
25 November 2312 Headline -- Economy: Op/Ed: Air Hoses: The New "Felo Chow"? [EXN]
24 November 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: BREAKING: AEU PILOT 'FEARFUL' OF PIRATE MASTERMIND HAULING AWAY PLANETS! [OTI]
24 November 2312 Headline -- League: In Emergency Session, League Senate Votes to Discontinue Organization-Owned Space Station Program; Other Alliances, for Various Reasons, Likely to Follow Suit [ISN]
24 November 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: BREAKING: Officials 'Concerned' about Security Risks of Pilot-Owned Space Stations as Infamous Pirates Attempt to Tug One Away [ISN]
23 November 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Editorial: Coalition Mandate and Human-Jinu Protocols - Still Valid in A Post-Subjugation Environment? [ISN]
22 November 2312 Headline -- Sports: Interalliance Bloodsport's "The Black Widow" Rushed to Medcenter After Last Night's IBC RAW RumbleCage Bloodstravaganza [USN]
22 November 2312 Headline -- League: Children of Lagrange 5 Petition Reaches Minimum Signatures Required for Mandatory Discussion on Congress Floor [ENN]
22 November 2312 Headline -- EAOS: BREAKING: Pilot to Residential Structure Civilians: 'You Are Targets, Get Over It' [ESR]
22 November 2312 Headline -- EAOS: Residents of The Calm File Petition Concerning the Staging of Wartime Operations out of Residential Structure by Civilian Pilots; 'We Are Being Made a Military Target' Claims Document [ESR]
21 November 2312 Headline -- AEU: Telex to Open Chain Restaurant Featuring 100% Local Cuisine Called 'Don't Mex With Telex' [VET]
21 November 2312 Headline -- Fringe: Space Chief Marshal Thomas Reportedly Reevaluating Organization-Owned Space Station Program in Wake of Terrorist Sympathizer Scandal [CPC]
21 November 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: DeMargas Closer to Secession? Rumors of Secret Meeting Gone Bad [DFP]
20 November 2312 Headline -- Economy: Association of Traditional Businessmen Asserts that Pilots Have Too Many Special Privileges, Access to Too Many Cities [ISN]
20 November 2312 Headline -- League: Children of Lagrange 5 Petition League Government to Stop Discrimination [DNA]
19 November 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Mutual Parcel Service Has No Comment on Recent Sexual Harassment Charges [DFP]
18 November 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: NEO-INCOMAYATEC CALENDAR ENDS DECEMBER 21ST 2312, WILL YOU BE READY FOR THE END OF THE UNIVERSE? FIFTEEN REASONS WHY YOU WON'T BE! [OTI]
18 November 2312 Headline -- AEU: Abraham Thoric Eases Fears at Open Rally - Polls Show "No Tentacles at My Back" Speech Given New Republic Slight Edge [VET]
18 November 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: CIVILIAN PILOT DEATH STATIONS, HOW LONG UNTIL THEIR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION TARGET YOUR HOMES? [TBX]
18 November 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Multi-Alliance Concerns Over Civilian Pilot Organisations Increase: Lobby Groups Demand Limitations on Pilot Power Gains [ISN]
17 November 2312 Headline -- Economy: EAOS-Tandem Technology Breakthrough: 'Hypercaster' Release Results in Estimated 14.907% Weekly Loss of Revenue as Civilian Pilots Pause Activities to Freak Out Over Increasingly Obvious Prank [ESR]
17 November 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU, League Survey Teams Begin Construction of Own Outposts on Hebron, Cite Coalition Protocols as Precedent [DNA]
17 November 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Fringe Uses Official Claim to Bypass Multi-Alliance Protest, Continues Outpost Construction on Newly Christened "Hebron" [ISN]
17 November 2312 Headline -- EAOS: Joint Expedition Engineering Team "Almost Ready" for Second Stage of Testing, Promise No Repeat of Fringe PWD Joyride [ESR]
16 November 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: No News Is Good News, Says Sex-Crazed Shady Civvie Fringe Pilot, but We Have the Scoop on Him! [TBX]
15 November 2312 Headline -- League: Case Goes Cold on League Diplomat Disappearance [NAO]
15 November 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: PILOTS ENJOY ARYAN HUMAN BABY TACOS; CLAM DIP. PILOTS RESPONSIBLE FOR INTERPLANETARY SHELLFISH SHORTAGE? [SSX]
15 November 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Confederation of Fringe Worlds Makes Official Claim on Resource-Rich World in Ein-Gedi System; Both AEU and League Offer Protests [ISN]
15 November 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Sex-Crazed Socialite Virgin Fringe Civvie Pilot Tells...and Bares... It All! Photos Inside! [OTI]
15 November 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Three of Every Four Civvie Pilots Are Virgins; Remaining One in Four Is a Sex-Crazed Rapist! [TTT]
15 November 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Sauveterre Cuts Ribbon on Recently Completed Heliomutamall Expansion [DFP]
15 November 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: AEU Civvie Pilot 'Worried' About Her Unscrupulous Actions That Have Gone Unreported...Until Now! [TBX]
15 November 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Op/Ed: Unchecked Medical Issues in the Ninth Fleet? Grunting on Troubling Sharp Rise [DFP]
14 November 2312 Headline -- Fringe: Confederate Survery Team Planetary Outpost Construction Temporarily Halted Due to Political Backlash [UPN]
14 November 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Signatories Finalize Civilian Cadet Protection Act; Critics Compare Act Unfavorably to Mutuality's 'Free Port Doctrine'; Cite Additional Costs, Maintenance Overhead, Taxpayer Waste on Foreign Disputes [DNA]
12 November 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Fringe Pilot Corps Pilot Professes Wish for More Secure Comm System: What Does He Have to Hide? [TTT]
11 November 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Fringe Civilian Pilot: 'There Are Better Uses of Fringe Resources than to Defend Fringe Space from Bloodthirsty Alien Hordes' [TTT]
9 November 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Callistan Exploratory Inc Questions Legality of Fringe Planetary Survey, Files Official Protest Under Interalliance Law [ISN]
8 November 2312 Headline -- Fringe: Green Planet Discovered in Ein-Gedi Circumstellar Habitable Zone; Confederation Team Plans Environmental Survey [CPC]
7 November 2312 Headline -- Sports: Interalliance Bloodsport Commission Controversially Allows Venomous Spiders in Upcoming Season [USN]
7 November 2312 Headline -- EAOS: Delusional Woman Breaches Containment on Hyperion EAOS-AEU Joint Bari Experiment [ESR]
6 November 2312 Headline -- Entertainment: Jinu and the Baby's Adrian Rockafeller 'Confused' at Announcement of Own Memorial Service: 'I'm Not Dead!' [EFX]
6 November 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: "Fucking Navy Scum." Why Do the Civilian Pilot Corps Hate Our Troops? [TTT]
6 November 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Tacitus Technicians 'Celebrate' 170th Earth Year Creation Celebration of Overly Failure-Prone Expanded Flitter with Mild Annoyance, Frustration [DFP]
3 November 2312 Headline -- Entertainment: Adrian Rockafeller: 'Never Felt Better!' and 'Excited' for Upcoming Role in Hit Soap Opera 'Jinu and the Baby!' [TPR]
2 November 2312 Headline -- AEU: Opinion: Ex-Pilot Adrian Rockafeller Joining the Cast of 'Jinu and the Baby': Just More Pilot Corps Propaganda [NEN]
2 November 2312 Headline -- Entertainment: Mushroom-Headed Ex-Pilot to Assume Minor Recurring Role in Next Season of Hit Soap Opera 'Jinu and the Baby!' [EFX]
1 November 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Statistics: RATS Activity on the Rise in Mutuality Space [ESR]
1 November 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Asylum Granted to Members of Clan Layton [DFP]
29 October 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Ninth Fleet, One Member of Thirteenth Fleet Assist Funding Expansion of Tandem Pact in Surprise Move [DFP]
25 October 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Sauveterre Greenlights Heliomutamall Expansion [DFP]
21 October 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Syrup! Or is it? Investigative Report: 95% of Syrup from Mutie Unreg 'Nouveau Quebec' Contains Deadly Nanites [TBX]
18 October 2312 Headline -- Fringe: Regional Commander Lazar Helps Fund Ventura Ventures [UPN]
18 October 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Sticky Situation: Conference Room Covered in Syrup After Council Questions Usefulness of 'Syrup Cannon' Module [DFP]
16 October 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Thirteenth Fleet Pilot Asserts that 47% of Tandem Pact Will Never Take Responsibility for Their Lives [DFP]
13 October 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Whistleblower Report: Mutuality Mum to League Inquiries [NAO]
12 October 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: ROVING BAND OF UNREGS CLAIM EXISTENCE OF 'HOSTILE' ALIEN SPECIES KNOWN AS 'OUTSIDERS' AS FACT [OTI]
12 October 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Night of Terror, Echoes from the Last War? Multi-Pronged Outsider Assault! [ISN]
6 October 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: NOTED FRINGE PILOT AND CONSPIRACY THEORIST SEVERS OWN PENIS IN ORDER TO MARRY IT! INSIDE: AERIAL PHOTOS OF ACTUAL CHURCH [TTT]
6 October 2312 Headline -- Fringe: Confederate Engineering Corps Sends Team to Begin Full Survey of Ein-Gedi System [CPC]
5 October 2312 Headline -- League: League Officials Tighten the Noose on Known Terrorist Sympathizer Organization [THN]
24 September 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Tandem Representatives Demand Refit of Aging Fleets with More Advanced Hardware [DFP]
21 September 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Council Hotly Debates Ninth Fleet, Discusses Thirteenth Fleet [DFP]
17 September 2312 Headline -- Economy: Economists Predict that the Space Trading Market Will Either Begin to Recover, or Decline Further [ISN]
17 September 2312 Headline -- EAOS: Researchers Observe Similarity Between Torus's Mysterious and Long-Ignored "Donut Hole" Nodules and the Recently Invented Riftsail Alignment Nodes; "Perhaps Not a Coincidence," Comments Team Leader [ESR]
17 September 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Me and Corin Shea: A Day in the Life of the First Speaker of the Accord, with Exclusive Interview [ISN]
17 September 2312 Headline -- Fringe: Confusion Reigns as Party Official Accidentally Accuses Nina Thomas of Being Insufficiently Loyal to Nina Thomas [CPC]
17 September 2312 Headline -- Sports: Interstellar Triathlon to Become Quadrathlon; Official Rulemakers Adding Exotic Dancing [IAS]
15 September 2312 Headline -- League: League Diplomat Lydia Solanas Missing - Foul Play Suspected [LCR]
15 September 2312 Headline -- AEU: AEU Xenocryptozoologists Dismiss 'Space Megafauna' As Product of Overactive Spacer Imagination [ANX]
12 September 2312 Headline -- League: President Dietrich Denies Allegations that He Worships Nyarlathotep; This Paper Believes the Truth Lies Somewhere in the Middle [NAO]
8 September 2312 Headline -- League: League Politicians Express Concerns About Growing Civilian Pilot Involvement in Pirate Sympathizer Organization [DNA]
5 September 2312 Headline -- Entertainment: Sixth Spice Discovered in Chinese Five Spice [ENN]
4 September 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Snipers at Weddings and the Called-Off Shot: The Dark and Seedy Underworld of the Pilot Leagues [OTI]
4 September 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Creepy Enough to Be True: Fringe Sends Pilot Clones Fresh Out of Their Tanks to Their Pilot League [TBX]
31 August 2312 Headline -- League: Paul Washington, Sr. of Scotland in the Eurasian Bloc Becomes First Case of Jinu Measles in a Decade; Source of Illness Unknown [ENN]
30 August 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Dirty Unreg Space Madness Plague Spreading to YOUR Pilot League? It Hits Closer to Home Than You Think! [TTT]
26 August 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Tandem Engineers Exploit Modern Starship Programming; Release TCT Aftermarket Conversion Kits [DFP]
24 August 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: The Mutuality's Mysterious Seventh Fleet, New Identities, and Infiltrators in Our Pilot Corps: Truth or Fiction? [ISN]
23 August 2312 Headline -- AEU: Civil Servants Agree to Allow EAOS Access to LMA Storage Facility; LMA Attempts to Stall in Courts [VET]
20 August 2312 Headline -- AEU: EAOS Use Inter-Alliance Security Resolutions to Petition AEU for Access to LMA Hollerith Cards [ISN]
18 August 2312 Headline -- Economy: Economists Baffled as Sales of Outsider-Mandated Rations Continue to Drop Sharply [DNA]
18 August 2312 Headline -- Entertainment: New Reality HV Series Promises to Recreate Old Earth Apollo Program from Start to Finish; "Except for the Deadly Fire," Promise Producers [VAR]
18 August 2312 Headline -- Sports: Beer Pong Tournament Now Underway; "Woo," Remark Onlookers [USN]
18 August 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Half-Human Cyborg Mining Drones and the Women Who Love Them - Galactic Exclusive! [OTI]
18 August 2312 Headline -- EAOS: After Refurbishment, Residential Structure Opens New Discount Furniture Outlet [ESR]
15 August 2312 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: League of Old Earth Democracies Starship Engineer Fabian Alvara has Accepted Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
15 August 2312 Headline -- EAOS: Organic Removal Task Force Prepares Detachment of Primary Structure from Service Substructure [ESR]
15 August 2312 Headline -- EAOS: Organic Removal Task Force Upgrades Residential Structure Bari Danger Status to Orange Level After Introduction of "Hyperbari" Strain [ESR]
14 August 2312 Headline -- Economy: AEU Economists Question Additional Transport of Starship Components to Capital Ship Drydock; 'Alliance Space Stations a Better Focus for Rebuilding' [DNA]
14 August 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Ninth Fleet, AISSF, League Raise Seven Billion Credits to Establish Helios Bari Eradication Fund [DFP]
14 August 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Grade IV Plasma Flood of Helios' Primary Module Authorized to Combat Bari Infestation [DFP]
13 August 2312 Headline -- EAOS: Cost of Residential Structure Early-Stage Bari Infestation Cleanup Estimated at 2.4 Billion EAOS Credits [DNA]
Space News Break: Dateline 12 August 2312
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 12 August 2312."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk.
"Our top story tonight: Bari!"
The newscaster gazes steadily into the camera as a rendered animation of a stylized Bari warrior crawling through a set of maintenance ducts.
"Good evening. A few hours ago, the EAOS Organic Task Force has announced that there is a minor infestation of Bari in the Residential Structure."
The reporter smoothly turns to another camera.
"The Bari, as some might know, are spaceborn insectoid aliens. Alone, they produce no threat to the ship or life itself, but once an infestation takes hold, they feed off of a symbiotic mold-like lifeform that dissolves spaceship and station components with ease."
The image of a Bari warrior over the reporter's shoulder suddenly drops out of the maintenance duct to attack a man brewing tea in his home.
"Bari warriors are hostile to all non-Bari life, and should be avoided if encountered."
The reporter glances down at a piece of paper.
"The prime suspect in this act of bioterrorism is a sponsored pilot of the Ninth Fleet of the Mutuality by the name of Peter Milaro, known previously for placing starships with an advanced Bari infestation near AEU, League, and Fringe colonies."
The reporter gazes steadily into the camera.
"The EAOS Organic Removal Task Force report that the infestation has been quarantined at an early stage, and will cost an estimated 2.4 billion credits to clean."
"As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster, who looks down at the papers on his desk with a pensive expression.
11 August 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Cleaned the Wrong Ship: Luna Gets into Scuffle over Hull Brush [DFP]
11 August 2312 Headline -- EAOS: Organic Removal Task Force to Initiate Thorough Sweep of Residential Structure [ESR]
10 August 2312 Headline -- AEU: Ad Astra Per Aspera Promise Increased Accord Funding in Election Pledge [VET]
9 August 2312 Headline -- AEU: H. Trevors (EPP) Blames Civilian Pilots for Devestation Caused by Xenological Superpredators [NEN]
8 August 2312 Headline -- League: Man Loses Hand to Alligator; Charged With Unlawful Feeding of Wildlife [LCR]
8 August 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Seventh Fleet: Fact or Fiction? [SSX]
8 August 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Replon Technology Allows Traceless Body Swapping; The Beacon Exposes Five Replon Infiltrators [TBX]
7 August 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Anatomy of a Replon; Lizard-Women Engineered to Look Like Humans [TBX]
7 August 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: DeMargas Hydroponics Project Grand Cycle-End Report Reveals 7.2% Reduction in Standard Gelatin Mixture Production from Last Grand Cycle, Reasons Unknown [DFP]
6 August 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Replons Occupy Upper Echelons of Unreg Terrorism Pact! [TBX]
6 August 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Julien Luna May Have Suffered Brain Damage; "Does Not Even Remember Outsider Mothership Assault," Confides Doctor [DFP]
6 August 2312 Headline -- League: 300 Years Ago Today: Curiosity Rover Lands on Mars; United States President Pledges Manned Mission by 2022 [LCR]
5 August 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: 'Cruisergate' Janitor Discovered Unconscious at Bottom of Tandem Airflow Junction Conduit; Assault Rumors Unverified [DFP]
4 August 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Ninth Fleet Pilot "Isn't Concerned" with Recent Tandem Pact Departures [DFP]
4 August 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Woman Attempts to Call Accord Peacekeeper Fleet to Geostationary Orbit Over Outland City Restaurant in Dispute Over Order Mixup [SSX]
4 August 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Search Continues for Ex-Pilot, Narrowed Down to Sections 7-12 of Tandem Station [DFP]
3 August 2312 Headline -- Economy: Whistleblower Report: Billions of Credits of Accord Funding Disappearing into Unnamed Projects; Accord Officials Tight-Lipped, Citing "Interstellar Security" [PFP]
3 August 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Mutant Spore-Spewing Pilot Impregnates Female Passengers on Suborbital Pod -- "My Husband Thinks I Cheated on Him!" and Other Harrowing Tales! [OTI]
3 August 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: 'Cruisergate' Ex-Pilot Fails to Report in for Duty; Declared Missing [DFP]
3 August 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Unreg Secret Agents Infiltrating the Civilian Pilot Corps? It's More Likely Than You Think! [SSX]
2 August 2312 Headline -- League: Ex-Pilot Caught Streaking Naked Through Rome Holding Tattered Certificate; Promptly Tazed and Arrested [ENN]
1 August 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Homeless in Space: 1 Out of Every 4 Civilian Pilots Forced to Sleep in Public Places; Heartbreaking or Public Nuisance? We Report, You Decide! [SSX]
1 August 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: PILOT SLAVE DRIVERS: Tales from One "Belt Management" Station [TBX]
1 August 2312 Headline -- Economy: Rioting in the Streets: Economists Befuddled as Employees Refuse to Work Without Pay [THN]
31 July 2312 Headline -- EAOS: Aging Residential Structure Artificial Gravity System in Need of Repairs; Station Gravity Now Measured at 0.992G [ESR]
31 July 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Mutuality Manufacturer Announces Seventeen New and 'Exciting' Limited-Time Flavors of Synthbeef [DNA]
31 July 2312 Headline -- AEU: New Phoenix Regional Hospital Unveils New Medical Creche with Reduced Deformity Rate [NEN]
31 July 2312 Headline -- League: Site of Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Defaced with Anti-Space Travel Graffiti [LCR]
31 July 2312 Headline -- Fringe: Confederation 'No Child Left Behind' Program Abandoned in Favor of 'Annual Children's Survival Arena' Program [UPN]
31 July 2312 Headline -- Sports: Competitive Tea-Drinking Olympics Opening Ceremony Lasts a Record Sixteen Hours [IAS]
31 July 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Is the Accord Building a Giant Robot Superweapon? Mysterious Factory Photos Inside! [TBX]
29 July 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: 'Cruisergate' Ex-Pilot Declares Transfer to Space Station "Tandem" [DFP]
29 July 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Ships Extra Resources, Personnel to Capital Ship Drydock [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 29 July 2312
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 29 July 2312."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk.
"Our top story tonight: The flight test of the Percival Lowell!"
The newscaster gazes steadily into the camera as a rendered model of the Percival Lowell slowly rotates in three dimensions over his shoulder.
"Good evening. A few hours ago, the Percival Lowell, also known as the 'expedition starship', conducted a test of its wormhole drive."
The reporter smoothly turns to another camera.
"The wormhole drive, known colloquially by some as the 'faster-than-light' drive, is a common sight on many a starship."
The image over the reporter's shoulder switches to an image of a flitter opening a wormhole.
"However, reports indicate that the Percival Lowell's is highly modified from its original configuration, which itself is unusally designed due to the size of the vessel."
The reporter shuffles a ream of paper before continuing.
"However, the testing did not go entirely as planned. Although the sectors were placed on alert beforehand, nobody could have been prepared for what happened next."
The image over the newscaster switches to a Mantis-class cruiser.
"The 'pirate' group led by the mysterious Mister Kelsey appeared to warn the assembled fleet of an impending Outsider attack. Interestingly, he was in a Mantis Mark II class cruiser, a design never before flown by the pirates."
The newscaster continues, "However, even with this warning, the response of the Outsiders surprised many."
The newscaster looks sternly at the camera as the image of several Outsider judicator-class battleships in combat with EAOS, League, and Accord forces appears over his shoulder.
"The Outsider force was dispatched after a protracted battle with the assistance of the civilian pilot corps."
"As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster, who looks down at the papers on his desk with a tired expression.
28 July 2312 Headline -- Economy: Accord Waste Resources to Restore Fifteen Year Old Starship; Experts Agree Time and Effort Better Spent on Other Projects [THN]
27 July 2312 Headline -- Economy: Hyperion Drought Eased by Deliveries of Water Ice Asteroids [NEN]
27 July 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: 'Cruisergate' Ex-Pilot Suffers Unlikely Accident Which Costs Him the Use of His Broom; Janitor in Stable but Less Efficient Condition [DFP]
26 July 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: First Lowell Test Flight to be Conducted this Weekend; EAOS and Accord Both Confident of Success [ISN]
26 July 2312 Headline -- Entertainment: Cruisergate Perpetrator Luna to Write Memoir of His Time As a Janitor [VAR]
25 July 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Cruisergate Update: Luna to Begin Work as Station Janitor [DFP]
23 July 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: UNREG SPECIAL: A LOOK INSIDE THE TWISTED MIND OF A WOULD-BE PIRATE, WHAT MAKES RENEGADES SO EVIL? [TBX]
23 July 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Confederation of Fringe Worlds Demands Extradition of Ninth Fleet Member from Sovereign Mutuality of Disparate Freemen [ISN]
23 July 2312 Headline -- Economy: Telex Defense Inc. Reports Record Profits This Quarter [NEN]
23 July 2312 Headline -- Economy: Allied Starship Deal Finalizes: Allied Starships to Become Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Mutuality-Registered Agnarr's Interstellar Siege Force Rental [DNA]
22 July 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord-EAOS Joint Operation Begins Preparations for Shakedown Flight and Operational Testing in Near Future [ESR]
22 July 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: "Metal Pirates": New Renegade Movement? Experts Voice Concerns Over Extent of Pirate Operations [ISN]
20 July 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: ALIEN BATS CUT POWER TO NEW EARTH TOWN! PROOF INSIDE! [OTI]
14 July 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: AEU Pilot 'Lost In Space' Serves As Distraction For Massive Prison Break; Thwarted By IFS [DFP]
8 June 2312 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS Praises Own Naval and Multialliance Civilian Response to Muttering Deeps Assault [ESR]
8 June 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: INTERSTELLAR FEDERATION OF SPECIES NOW INCLUDES OUTSIDER LIZARDS! PROOF INSIDE! [TBX]
8 June 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Battle Thrall and IFS Invasions: Serious Questions Must be Asked of Accord Due to Lack of Detection [THN]
8 June 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: IFS Use Battle Thrall Invasion to Mask Deployment of Assault Stations in EAOS Space [ISN]
4 June 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Holofilm Bribery Scandal Resolved Out of Court; Big Three Studios Pay Substantial Fines Without Admitting Guilt [VAR]
4 June 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Conservation Groups Laud, Attack Providence City Planners for Striking New Spaceport Design [TBX]
4 June 2312 Headline -- AEU: Telex-Providence Spaceport Opens for Business; ITPN Service to Telex Also Restored [ISN]
8 May 2312 Headline -- League: Little-Known Skeeball Table Manufacturer PlayCo Reports Startling Profit Increase in 2312 Fiscal Year [LCR]
4 May 2312 Headline -- AEU: LMA Continues to Refuse EAOS Engineers Access to SI Hollerith Cards, Citing Proprietary Keypunch Tabulation Layout [ISN]
3 May 2312 Headline -- Entertainment: Providence Holofilm Studios Report Profits Up an Average of 72% in FY2312 [DNA]
22 April 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Site of New Telex-Providence Spaceport Said to Be Haunted Burial Ground -- We Have Proof! [OTI]
21 April 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: EAOS Engineers Request Access to SI Hollerith Cards [ISN]
20 April 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: LMA Turing Success Confirmed, Officials Agree on Pass: Next Step Unclear [ISN]
19 April 2312 Headline -- Entertainment: Op-Ed: "The Costs of Doing Business," by Edgar Chambliss, CEO, Providence Pictures [VAR]
19 April 2312 Headline -- Economy: Providence Holofilm Companies Accused of Bribery in Studio Reconstruction Scandal [TPR]
18 April 2312 Headline -- Economy: Hyperion Cattle Ranchers Predicting Heavy Drought; Local Water and Grain Prices Skyrocket [DNA]
18 April 2312 Headline -- Sports: HyperAccelerant Racing Championship Reportedly in Talks with Mutuality Representatives for Expansion Round [IAS]
18 April 2312 Headline -- AEU: Government Announces Quarterly Report on Telex Reconstruction; Project 103.2 Billion Credits Over Budget as Second Phase of Construction Begins [NEN]
9 April 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: MUTUALITY SEPARATIST DESTROYS STATION TO COW REST OF SO-CALLED COUNCIL! WHAT WILL THEY DO NEXT? EXPERTS SPECULATE INSIDE! [TBX]
9 April 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Space Station Salyut Deemed 'Irretrievable' Due to Massive Bari Infestation and Complete System Failure, DeMargas Controller Oversees Scuttling [DFP]
9 April 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Pact Patrol Finds Inert Station Heavily Infested by Space-Based Lifeforms, Search Teams Locate No Survivors [DFP]
8 April 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Tandem Pact Send Patrol to Investigate Three Day Silence from Space Station Salyut [DFP]
7 April 2312 Headline -- League: Teaching Unions Back Further Strikes, Demand Increased Education Funding for Colonies [LCR]
1 April 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Yearly Pilot Tradition of Talking Like Cats for a Day is Bizarre, Annoying; Some Pilots Retreat Planetside in Protest [DNA]
31 March 2312 Headline -- Fringe: Probes Indicate Ein-Gedi System may Contain Planetary Bodies [CPC]
27 March 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: LMA Accede to Demands for Turing Test for Possble SI [ISN]
26 March 2312 Headline -- AEU: Lovelace Mainframe Analytics Announces Prototype Synthetic Intelligence [NEN]
26 March 2312 Headline -- EAOS: Anomalous Materials Team Begins Experimentation on Possible Psychomagnetheric Gel-Like Substance Found Within Grenwold Fragment [ESR]
26 March 2312 Headline -- Fringe: Leaked Memos Reveal Sector Captain Hart Suspicious of Lack of Recent ICC Action [UPN]
25 March 2312 Headline -- Fringe: Engineered Retrovirus Considered Success After Tulum Plains Declared Clear of Invasive Species: Plumped Serpent Hunting Teams Search for Possible Surviving Breeds in Nearby Regions [UPN]
25 March 2312 Headline -- AEU: Ecologists Reveal Xenological Superpredator Packs have Reached Bouyan Plateau; Dozens of Species Found Only on New Earth Could be at Risk [NEN]
25 March 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Strange Creatures Seen in Trocadero Park, Seibal - Are Aliens Among Us Still? [TTT]
24 March 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Joint EAOS/Accord Teams Make Tentative Plans for Expedition Starship Shakedown Flight 'Within A Month', Careful Monitoring of Automated Systems Expected [ESR]
9 March 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Space Warehouse Mysteriously Vanishes With No Sign of Battle or Debris; Peacekeepers Find Small Floating Note: "Terribly Sorry, Couldn't Help Myself. Mister Kelsey"; Reward Offered for Information [ISN]
8 March 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Merchant Fleet Destroyed While Shipping Metals From Teslaworld; Teslaworld Consortium Declines To Disclose Monetary Value of Resources Lost [ISN]
8 March 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Mutuality to Join Forces with IFS to Invade Known Space! PROOF INSIDE! [TBX]
8 March 2312 Headline -- AEU: Will Invasion Costs Affect Garner's Chances for Re-Election? [VET]
8 March 2312 Headline -- League: Dietrich Refuses to Comment on Recent Invasion, Offers League Naval Assistance to AEU After Civilian Pilots Fail to Respond [ENN]
8 March 2312 Headline -- Fringe: Leaked Fringe Navy Memo Indicates Space Chief Marshal 'Displeased' With Events in Gateway [UPN]
6 March 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: GATEWAY TO DISASTER: Civilian Pilots Show Their Worth! [TBX]
6 March 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Recent Assault Destroys Portion of Accord Fleet: 'This Shows Exactly What the IFS are Capable of' [ISN]
6 March 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Mutuality Council Makes Statement Thanking Civilian Pilots for Invasion Assistance, Regret Significant Economic Losses [DNA]
6 March 2312 Headline -- Interalliance: Multi-Billion Credit Catastrophe in Gateway [ISN]
27 February 2312 Headline -- Fringe: Space Superiority Special Research Division Unveils the 'Flying Wing'; Begins Selling New Design to Civilian Pilots to Raise Revenue [CPC]
11 February 2312 Headline -- Economy: Accord Begins Selling Standard Tugboat Design to Civilians to Raise Revenue [ISN]
25 January 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Civilian Pilots Construct Army of Alien Robots as First Step in Glyphmaker Invasion: Proof Inside! [TBX]
20 January 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Hidden Recorder: Chetumal To Be Next Target Of Mutuality "Death Ray" Invention [TTT]
20 January 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Top Secret Mutie Unreg Weapon Destroys Starships Months After Activation! [TBX]
13 January 2312 Headline -- Tabloid: Breaking News: Civilian Pilots Blow the Lid Off Mutuality/EAOS Coverup! Who Are the Glyphmakers and What Do They Want With Us? [TBX]
13 January 2312 Headline -- AEU: Reports of Bari Infestation Spreading Through Frontier Cluster; Old Frontier Processor on Temporary Lockdown [NEN]
8 January 2312 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS Begins Producing Fienstein Rift Drive Mk1, A Revolutionary New Form of Long-Range Travel; Promises Not to Destroy Civilization Thereby [ESR]
7 January 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Rumors of Possible DeMargas Station and Protectorates Withdrawal from Mutuality Cause for Concern [DNA]
7 January 2312 Headline -- Entertainment: Hologram of Amy Winehouse Found Short-Circuited in Pool of Alcohol [TPR]
7 January 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Council Declares Peter Milaro "Rogue Element" in Bari Incident; Ninth Fleet Pilot Placed on Probationary Status [DFP]
2 January 2312 Headline -- Mutuality: Mutuality Council Releases "Peter Milaro" Statement After Concluding Own Investigation; Acknowledge Truth of Accusations, Deny Any Prior Knowledge or Involvement [DFP]
2 January 2312 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: Sovereign Mutuality of Disparate Freemen Pilot Liam O'Toole has Accepted Temporary Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients. [ESR]
2 January 2312 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: Confederation of Fringe Worlds Pilot Asteris Duvoix has Accepted Temporary Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients. [ESR]
2 January 2312 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions Pilot Ather Jammoa has Accepted Temporary Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients. [ESR]
2 January 2312 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: League of Old Earth Democracies Pilot Annissia Valdaire has Accepted Temporary Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients. [ESR]
30 December 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Confederate Legislature Tries Mutuality Pilot In Absentia, Finds Him Guilty of Bioterrorism; 'A Clear and Present Danger to All Humans in Space' [CPC]
30 December 2311 Headline -- AEU: Kusa No Umi Onsen Expands Hours; Owners Cite Onsen Removes Stress, Relaxes Body, Helps Decision Making in Times of Crisis [VET]
26 December 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Space Chief Marshal Declares Intentional Spreading of Bari will be "Considered an Act of Bioterrorism" [UPN]
26 December 2311 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: Sovereign Mutuality of Disparate Freemen Engineer Donovan Correia has Accepted Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
25 December 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU, League, Fringe Space Bari Infestation Reportedly Under Control; Mutuality Pilot Peter Milaro's Name Released as Registrant of at Least Four Ships; Ships' Names Indicate Intentional Infestation Attempt [ISN]
24 December 2311 Headline -- League: Small Shop on Manhattan's Canal Street Opens as Fortress in the War Against the Annual Festive Holiday-Related Gift-Transferring Celebratory Event [THN]
21 December 2311 Headline -- EAOS: Joint EAOS/Accord Teams Announce Lowell Repairs Complete; Work Now Commences to Reverse Engineer Unknown Systems Installed During Korie's Mission [ESR]
19 December 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: Additional Bari "Hive" Ships Discovered Across Space, Specifics On Responsible Party Still Unreleased [DNA]
17 December 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Unknown Ship Eludes Candelarian Navy. Chase Results in Discovery of Contaminated Ship Actively Spawning Bari [CPC]
11 December 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Icy? Icy? Are You There, Icy? Please Wake Up. - A Young Pilot's Tale [SSX]
11 December 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Emergency Icy Distress Signal Broadcasted by FEMA Lizardwomen! Proof Inside! L@@K [TBX]
11 December 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Emergency Signal from Icy the Snowfish's Holiday Ice Castle o' Wonders Raises Doubts over Fate of This Year's Festivities [OTI]
11 December 2311 Headline -- Sports: Centauran Native Jonathan Humphreys Wins 47th Annual Interalliance Borscht Eating Contest [USN]
11 December 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU Decline to Release Naval Transponder History, Citing Alliance Security Concerns [ISN]
11 December 2311 Headline -- Mutuality: Coreward Seekers Claim Rumors of Connection to Gabriel Nazar are Unfounded [DNA]
11 December 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Explosion at Tlapan Suborbital Hub Injures 13; No Reported Fatalities [UPN]
10 December 2311 Headline -- Mutuality: AEU 'Rogue' Navy Assault on DeMargas Protectorate Station Destroys Tandem Pact Patrol, Kills Seven [DNA]
6 December 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Hyperion Report Hiding Joint AEU-Mutuality Infestation Plot? What They Won't Tell You! [OTI]
5 December 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: Contamination Report from Hyperion Reveals the Infestation Started from a Coalition Fighter Belonging to Kaito Zalmont [ISN]
2 October 2311 Headline -- Entertainment: Trinian Announces Voxel-Sponsored Election Gig; All Party Leaders Invited as VIP Guests [EFX]
2 October 2311 Headline -- AEU: EAOS PROMISES TO KILL US ALL IF NEW REPUBLIC PARTY WIN! PROOF INSIDE! [OTI]
2 October 2311 Headline -- AEU: New Republic Party Insists they are Ready for Election after Post-Rebellion 'Incident': Secret Ballot to Decide New Leader in Progress [VET]
2 October 2311 Headline -- AEU: Lord Cholmondeley (Custodia Legis Party) Cites Pre-Independence Law Still on Books that would Bar Pilots Rights Party from Running: Leader Natalie Harrison Insists She Will Fight [VET]
2 October 2311 Headline -- AEU: National Patriots Extend Campaign Trail, Aaron Richmond to Visit Home Town of Mersen to Gather Support [NEN]
1 October 2311 Headline -- AEU: Editorial: Do We Really Need Civilian Pilots in This Post-Outsider World? [NEN]
30 September 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Pilots Hallucinate Rain of Starships; Return of Space Madness? WE SAY YES! [TBX]
27 September 2311 Headline -- AEU: Final Act of Current Administration Revealed as Allowing SPSNSL to Name Velourian Forest as Protected Felo Sanctuary; Ecologists in Public Outcry, 'This Will Result in the Loss of all Non-Felo in Velourian Region' [NEN]
27 September 2311 Headline -- League: League Government to Invest 800 Million Credits into Rumoured Telepathic Ability Granted by Space Travel: Pseudoscience Organisations Celebrate while Reputable Organisations Decry Decision [NAO]
27 September 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Space Chief Marshal Releases Engineered Retrovirus into Tulum Plains Water Table in Attempt to Stem Tide of Ecological Menace: AEU Group 'Friends of Felo' Begins Protest March. [UPN]
25 September 2311 Headline -- AEU: Brief Thunderstorm over New Phoenix Confuses Meterologists: One Felo Killed by Lightning Strike on New Earth Spaceport Landing Berth [VET]
22 September 2311 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: League of Old Earth Democracies Theoretical Physicist Sam Calavicci has Declined Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
20 September 2311 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions Xenopsychologist Irina Nictarov has Accepted Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
17 September 2311 Headline -- EAOS: Induction: Confederation of Fringe Worlds Metallurgist Janek Arven has Accepted Induction into the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients [ESR]
17 September 2311 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS to Publically Announce New Inductions After Suggestions of Discrimination and Partisanship [ISN]
17 September 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: EAOS in League with Aryan Supremacist Jewish Alien Slave Traders! [TTT]
17 September 2311 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS Scientists Report 3.704 Second Long Transmission Pulse Broadcast from The Torus, Cause Unknown [ESR]
15 September 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: EAOS PROMISES FLEET OF BATTLECRUISERS TO HIGHEST BIDDER: PROOF INSIDE! [TBX]
15 September 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord, EAOS Announce Joint Venture to Restore Expedition Starship to Full Functionality [ESR]
14 September 2311 Headline -- Mutuality: Insider Report: Pierre-Louis Tremblay Promises Escape Pods for All Unaffiliated Pilots Out of His Own Pocket [DFP]
6 September 2311 Headline -- Entertainment: Noted Graffiti Artist Don Gaspar Killed by Overzealous Mall Security Guard on Cardenas [VAR]
6 September 2311 Headline -- League: Outland City Mayor Says Construction of Low-income Housing Will Be a Priority In Rebuilding Effort [LCR]
6 September 2311 Headline -- EAOS: Torus CryptoAnalysts and Xenolinguists Indicate Partial Success in Translating Basic Door Controls on Outsider Mothership [ESR]
6 September 2311 Headline -- Sports: Fringe Sporting Council Reportedly Reconsidering HyperAccelerant Racing Ban [IAS]
2 September 2311 Headline -- Economy: Space Taxi Firm Revenues Hit Hard by Reopened ITPN Routes [ISN]
1 September 2311 Headline -- AEU: Telex Spaceport Reconstruction Could be Finished as Early as This Fall [DNA]
1 September 2311 Headline -- Sports: Fringe Bans HyperAccelerant Racing After Marshal Killed On-track During Chetumal GP [UPN]
31 August 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Dooley Constable's Body Found Alongside Second Corpse in Burned-out Tikal Farmhouse; Investigators Quickly Rule Out Arson [UPN]
31 August 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Outland City Internment Camps Also Variously Reported to Hold Thomas Haldeman, Jarvis Cocker, Hrakh Mununtra, and Guts McGillan [TBX]
31 August 2311 Headline -- Entertainment: Print Readership Sinks to All-Time Low; Just 1.1% of Interalliance Population Cracked a Book in 2310 [ISN]
31 August 2311 Headline -- League: League Authorities: Western Outland Evacuation Compulsory, but Camps Meet Interalliance Standards [DNA]
30 August 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Reports of Internment Camps Near Outland City; All Signs Point to Government Coverup of Forced Relocation [SSX]
30 August 2311 Headline -- Economy: (Editorial) Questionable Motives: Outland City's Sudden Interest in Cleanup, and the Disappearance of the City's Underclass [PFP]
30 August 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: Alliance Economies See 4.7% Average Growth in Third Quarter; Construction, Retail Sales, and Government Research Drive Expansion [DNA]
30 August 2311 Headline -- League: Last of Long-burning Outland City Fires Extinguished; League Government Sends in Clean-up Crew [ISN]
30 August 2311 Headline -- AEU: Telex Improvement Agency Announces Comprehensive Rebuilding Plans for Telex Spaceport; Providence Mayor Pledges Assistance [VET]
30 August 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Loch Ness Monster Seen Roaming Lake Erie; Enthusiasts Debate Renaming Nessie to Lake Erie Monster, Dismiss Idea as Stupid [SSX]
19 August 2311 Headline -- Mutuality: Space Station "Tandem" Opens New ITPN Station, With Connecting Service to Alliance Capitals [DFP]
19 August 2311 Headline -- League: ITPN Unveils New Pod Stations on L5, Mars, Callisto, Vesta, and the Starship Museum [LCR]
19 August 2311 Headline -- AEU: New ITPN Station Opened on Endymion; Service Resumes Throughout AEU [NEN]
19 August 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Fringe Goverment Announces Three New ITPN Stations; Reopens Old Locations to Passengers [UPN]
19 August 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: Dietrich Cuts Ribbon on New Rucker ITPN Station; Transport Pod Network Open for Business [ISN]
17 August 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Tenosque's Community of Dalton Reopens to Outside Visitors After Extensive Felo Cleanup Operations [UPN]
17 August 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: Intersector Public Transportation Administration Announces Imminent Reopening of Interplanetary Transportation Pod Network [DNA]
15 August 2311 Headline -- Sports: 17-Year-Old Unknown from Cardenas Wins Felo & Friends Charity Golf Tourney; Dietrich Crashes Out in Second Round [USN]
15 August 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Rautines Seen Cooperating to Pick Locks on Hyperion Grain Silos [OTI]
15 August 2311 Headline -- AEU: Conservative Groups See Piloting Organizations as Potential Threat to Alliance Sovereignty [THN]
13 August 2311 Headline -- Economy: Wormhole Drive Manufacturers Respond to Pilot Concerns, Pledge Vibration Reduction to Prevent On-ship Injuries [DNA]
13 August 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Shipment of Valuable Negmatter Plates Disappears; Replaced with Apologetic Note Signed by "Mister Kelsey" [UPN]
12 August 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Felo Demands Extreme Response to Civilian Pilot Felo Overcrowding [ANX]
12 August 2311 Headline -- EAOS: Residential Structure Authorities Appalled By Massive Felo Die-Off on Cargo Hauler; Pile of Corpses a Grim Reminder of the Dangers of Overcrowding [ISN]
10 August 2311 Headline -- League: Dietrich Administration and Opposition Party Reach Compromise: Will Cut Social Safety Net By 1,684.74 Trillion [ISN]
10 August 2311 Headline -- Entertainment: 16-Member Chetumalian Girl Group Dies in Fiery Bus Crash; Sales of 'Do the Felo' Skyrocket to Top of Charts Once Again [VAR]
10 August 2311 Headline -- Sports: Inaugural Felo & Friends Benefit Golf Tournament Marred by Violent Protests [USN]
10 August 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Swarm of Rautines Decimates Three Hyperion Farms; Farmers Claim Birds Were Using Tools [OTI]
5 August 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Thomas Avows Zero Tolerance For Pilots Found Willingly Spreading Bari [CPC]
23 July 2311 Headline -- Economy: Investors in Metals Processing and Manufacturing Urged Not to Worry About Increased Pirate Activity [ISN]
22 July 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Rescue Team Disabled by Mothership Assault Veteran and Chetumal Regional Commander in Misguided Attempt to Protect Schoolchildren from ICC [UPN]
22 July 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Military Lockdown of Expanded Search and Rescue Zone Begins as Search Team Stops Responding [UPN]
22 July 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Mothership Assault Veteran Secretly Member of ICC, Responsible for Shuttle Crash: Proof Inside! [TTT]
22 July 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Sergeant Andrew Lermis Dies in Hospital, Shuttle Death Toll Rises to Eight [CPC]
22 July 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Chetumal Regional Commander Confirmed as Passenger on Attacked Shuttle: Search Radius Increased by Military [UPN]
22 July 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Shuttle Crash Update: 4 More Injured Passengers, 3 More Bodies Recovered, 19 Passengers Still Unaccounted For - Military Assistance to Search Teams Begins [CPC]
22 July 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Body of Tlaloc Middle School Teacher Recovered from Shuttle Crash Site, Disoriented Soldier Found In Critial Condition [UPN]
21 July 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Chetumal Regional Commander MISSING! Secret Tryst with Space Commodores? Proof Inside! [TTT]
21 July 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Shuttle Crash Excavation Reveals Body of Respected Doctor, Work Continues as Search Radius Widens [CPC]
21 July 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Hunt for Shuttle Survivors Continues: Damaged Robotic Hat Discovered Near Crash Site [UPN]
19 July 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Shuttle Passenger List Released, Rescue Teams Hunt for School Party and Mothership Assault Veteran [CPC]
19 July 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Passenger Shuttle to Ixtapa Shot Down Early this Morning, ICC Claims Responsibility: Search for Survivors Ongoing [UPN]
16 July 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Degenerate Pilots on Mutagens? More Common Than You Think! [SSX]
9 July 2311 Headline -- Mutuality: DeMargas Controller Activates Anti-Vermin Protocol to Clear Station, Threatens to Blacklist Starships with Feline Infestation [DFP]
8 July 2311 Headline -- League: Dietrich Administration and Opposition Party in Fierce Ideological Battle Over Whether to Cut Social Safety Net By 975.6 Trillion or 975.65 Trillion Credits [ISN]
29 June 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Zombie Uprising Quelled in Small Centauri Town, Mayor Unavailable for Comment [SSX]
24 June 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: Tandem Pact Considering Sanctions Against AEU for Destruction of Patrol [ISN]
8 June 2311 Headline -- AEU: Pilots Talking About the News: What Does This Mean for Garner? [NEN]
18 May 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Nina Thomas Announces Stiff Penalties for Deliberate Spread of Spaceborne Pest Bari [UPN]
4 April 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Influx of Credits Allows Ardsley Revitalization Project to Begin; Shanty Town Homeless Observe with Suspicion [CPC]
3 April 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Church Ladies of Chetumal Organize Protests in Ixtapa; Threaten Closure of Sex Shops [CPC]
17 March 2311 Headline -- Entertainment: Voxel Claims: 'I'm at Least 7.5 Times as Interesting as James Korie' [TBX]
16 March 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Ancient Toltec Calendar, Recently Discovered, Predicts Galaxy-wide Cataclysm in December 2312 [OTI]
16 March 2311 Headline -- League: Unexplained Disappearance of Hundreds of Bee Colonies a Grave Concern to Centauri Farmers [LCR]
16 March 2311 Headline -- AEU: AEU Government Announces Massive Telex Rebuilding Project; Sets Quarterly Goals [ISN]
16 March 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Dalton Tea Fanciers Outraged by Felo Attacks; Block Access to Tenosque Compound [UPN]
14 March 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: 'Felo Plague' Revealed to Be Rare Strain of Avian Flu; Entirely Cured [DNA]
14 March 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Repairs to Chetumal Spaceport Nearly Complete Following January Bombing [CPC]
13 March 2311 Headline -- Entertainment: 'James Korie: Sphinx of Space' Tops ISN Bestsellers List for 34th Consecutive Week [ISN]
11 March 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Felo Plague Spreads to Three More Worlds; More Than 20 Cases Reported [OTI]
11 March 2311 Headline -- Entertainment: Traditional Melodrama 'The Commodore's Last Stand' Wins Best Picture at the 383rd Annual Academy Awards [VAR]
10 March 2311 Headline -- Sports: First Round of 2311 HyperAccelerant Championship Cancelled Due to Security Concerns on Chetumal [IAS]
10 March 2311 Headline -- Economy: Friends of Felo Spokesman Says Donations Down in Recent Months; More Funds Needed to Continue Efforts [ANX]
8 March 2311 Headline -- EAOS: Residential Structure Director Quoted as Saying Exterminators Will be Hired if Felo Situation Not Brought Under Control [ESR]
8 March 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: Interalliance Task Force Suggests Transportation Pod Service to Core Worlds May Resume Soon [DNA]
7 March 2311 Headline -- AEU: Hyperian Environmental Groups Split on Voxel's Bird Domestication Plan [NEN]
6 March 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: 11-Year-Old Child Dies, First Victim of the 'Felo Plague' [SSX]
4 March 2311 Headline -- Sports: Will Felo Become the New Carrier Pigeon? Why We Must Examine Our Stance Toward Indiscriminate Slaughter [ISN]
4 March 2311 Headline -- Entertainment: Voxel Purchases 370-Acre Hyperion Ranch; Announces Plans to Domesticate the Wild Black Rautine [TPR]
4 March 2311 Headline -- League: Outland City Officals Project Two-Year Timetable to Restore Order to Western Half of City [ENN]
28 February 2311 Headline -- Economy: Jacktown Economy Sees Significant Boost from Tradesman Fair; Other Colonies Scramble to Attract Similar Events [VET]
28 February 2311 Headline -- AEU: Sanitation Drone Reactionless Drive Upgrade Testing at Phoenix Cliffs Research Facility Put on Hold After Minor Miscalculation Shoots Several Drones At Spaceport [NEN]
26 February 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: EAOS/Accord Task Force Locate Two Drifting Infested Mutuality Starships Causing Increased Bari Presence; Promises to Investigate Further [ISN]
26 February 2311 Headline -- League: New York Mayor Denies Existence of Felo in New York: Spaceport Biological Controls are Sufficient [LCR]
26 February 2311 Headline -- AEU: SPSNSL Demands Velourian Forest Become New Felo Sanctuary, Send Official Condemnation to Fringe Regarding Plumed Serpent 'Slaughterfest' [VET]
26 February 2311 Headline -- Fringe: First Tulum Plains Felo Hunt Collects More than 2000 Pelts, Plumed Serpent Spokesman Warns: We Didn't Make a Dent [UPN]
23 February 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: EAOS, Accord Send Teams to Investigate Origins of Unusually High Number of New Bari Pods in Known Space [ISN]
20 February 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Sector Captain Hart Joins First Plumped Serpent Hunt on Tulum Plains, Promises to Bring Back at Least 100 Pelts [UPN]
Space News Break: Dateline 20 February 2311
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 20 February 2311."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk. His expression appears unusually troubled.
"Shocking news tonight: Humanity has been attacked by Outsider ships of a kind not seen since the War, ships which outclass anything we can currently produce."
The newscaster gazes steadily into the camera as a blurred image of an Outsider judicator-class battleship appears over his shoulder.
"Good evening. Just a few hours ago, several Outsider battleships arrived in the region of the United Stations of the Accord. The fleet present handily outclassed anything either the navy or any civilian pilot corps could field."
The reporter frowns severely and turns to another camera.
"But that may not be the worst news. The Outsiders were followed moments later by a sizable force of IFS starships. Perhaps fearing the combined might of humans and IFS, who seem to have an unspoken agreement to ally in battle against the Outsiders, the ships quickly fled."
The wall behind the reporter shows an image of several IFS starships. The bright beams of a few long-range lasers are visible.
"The IFS, worryingly, also deployed what the Accord are calling 'forward assault stations.' We are told that the IFS appear to have replicated one of humanity's pre-War advantages, the temporary space station, and applied it for their own use."
The screen behind the reporter shifts to display a grainy image of an IFS forward assault station.
"The assault stations have a powerful, very long-range laser and they are essentially invulnerable to starship weapons fire. The only way to destroy them is to land forces using powered armor and destroy it from within."
The reporter's expression remains grim, "The League cruiser known as 'Hey Friend! What You Doing' and the AEU gunship 'Bishamonten,' both flown by decorated civilian pilots, repelled the invasion with the help of a wing of Accord Peacekeepers and the famous EAOS Fighting Cephalopods, though not without taking heavy losses themselves."
A grainy image appears of a League cruiser and an AEU gunship attacking a Hestia-class carrier together.
"The Accord tell us that it has been obvious for some time that the IFS are stepping up their attacks against humanity. And now the Outsiders appear to have the same idea. Will they step aside and hope for humanity and the IFS to exhaust themselves fighting against the other, as they did today? Or will we soon be fighting a war on two fronts? The Accord has no answers at this time."
The reporter turns to the main camera and frowns once more.
"As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster, who looks down at the papers on his desk with a pensive expression.
16 February 2311 Headline -- Mutuality: Tandem Plasma Flood Completed; Final Cost Estimated at Over 25 Billion Mutuality Credits - Council Considers Harsher Punishments for Infestation of Mutuality Assets [DFP]
7 February 2311 Headline -- AEU: Velourian Sparklehawk Now Listed as Extinct in the Wild Along with Phoenician Boar and Several Others, Evidence of Xenological Superpredators Expanding Influence [NEN]
7 February 2311 Headline -- League: The Bronx Reports Second Week of No Rat Sightings - CDC Begins Observation [NAO]
7 February 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Felo SuperColony Taking Over Tulum Plains, Moving Towards Seibal [UPN]
5 February 2311 Headline -- League: Heart Scare Forces Baron Wellington of St. Margarets into Overnight Stay at Hospital, Intends to Return to Work Immediately [LCR]
2 February 2311 Headline -- Economy: Interstellar House of Gruel Announces Antispinward Expansion to Tandem Pact Stations [DFP]
1 February 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Plumed Serpent Hunting to Scout Area Sector Captain was Found, Hoping to Acquire Trophy Pelts [UPN]
1 February 2311 Headline -- League: Jersey Hit by Multiple Animal Attacks, Severe Injuries but no Deaths - Animal Control Searching for Solution [LCR]
1 February 2311 Headline -- AEU: Velourian Zoologists Discover Evidence of Xenological Superpredator as Cause of Sparklehawk Disappearance, Concerns Rise over Multiple Species Disappearances [VET]
31 January 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Cyborg Pilot Admits Assisting IFS in Constructing Advanced Starship [OTI]
29 January 2311 Headline -- League: New York Sewer Alligators Killed by Sewer Lions! Photos Inside! [SSX]
29 January 2311 Headline -- AEU: Disappearance of Velourian Sparklehawk a Mystery: New Earth Zoologists Begin Search of Velourian Forests [VET]
29 January 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Sector Captain Found Outside Chetumal City with Broken Arm and Tuft of Onyx Mane in Hand [UPN]
29 January 2311 Headline -- Entertainment: Isaac Asimov's Entire Bibliography Brough Back Into Print; Sequel Franchises Planned [TPR]
28 January 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Friends of Felo Sanctuary Using Felo Corpses to Produce Low-Grade Felo Chow [OTI]
27 January 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: One-Alliance Squad Spearheaded by Unknown Pilot Rescue AEU Ace Ship; Placed in Undisclosed Location [OTI]
26 January 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Study Shows Children on Subordinate Fringe Planets Have Lowest Test Scores in Known Galaxy [DNA]
26 January 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Jacktown Police Charged with Misconduct After Drinking Confiscated Booze [TBX]
25 January 2311 Headline -- Economy: Space Taxi Firms Report Firm Uptick in Fares; Tourism Continues to Recover Amid Ongoing Interalliance Peace [ENN]
25 January 2311 Headline -- Economy: Economists Fear Impending Crash on Motionless Plastic Novelty Discs [ESR]
25 January 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: All-Alliance Squad Spearheaded by AEU Ace Pilot Rescue AEU Ship; Placed in Undisclosed Location [OTI]
25 January 2311 Headline -- Sports: Interplanetary Geocaching Takes on Mantle of Galaxy's Number-One Extreme Sport [DNA]
25 January 2311 Headline -- League: Heavy Winter Snow Points to Summer Bumper Crop for Centauri Farmers [LCR]
24 January 2311 Headline -- AEU: Illegal Brewing Ring Busted in Jacktown; Eight Conspirators Sentenced Under AEU Anti-Alcohol Laws [VET]
24 January 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Baby Mauled by Rogue Felo Placed with Family Who Lost Child to Bari Warrior [CPC]
23 January 2311 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS Establishes Permanent Colony on Teslaworld; Metal Pirates Follow Their Lead [ISN]
22 January 2311 Headline -- Entertainment: Voxel Reveals 'Dark, Twisted Fantasy' at Heart of Upcoming Bari-themed Concept Album [EFX]
22 January 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: EAOS, Mutuality Promise New Refinements to Plasma Bomb Production will Eventually Reduce Costs [ESR]
21 January 2311 Headline -- Entertainment: Academy Awards Holocast to Feature Appearances from Voxel, Warren Garner, Michael Jackson Approximation [VET]
21 January 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Plasma Bomb Shortage Traced to Intervention by Galactic EAOS on Behalf of Bari Allies [OTI]
21 January 2311 Headline -- Mutuality: Cassandra of Turanova Authorizes Grade IX Plasma Flood for Tandem Sections 8-11 [DFP]
19 January 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Pet Felo Eats Seven Fingers of Baby Boy; Chetumal Child Safety Relieves Parents of Custody [CPC]
19 January 2311 Headline -- Sports: Chetumal, Telex Vying for Right to Host 2318 Galactic Cup [IAS]
19 January 2311 Headline -- Economy: Felo, Bari Both Represent a Boon to Struggling Economies Despite Obvious Negatives [THN]
19 January 2311 Headline -- Mutuality: Mutuality-Registered Explorer-class Jumpship Implicated in Level 3 Bari Infestation on Tandem [DFP]
18 January 2311 Headline -- Entertainment: Voxel Falls Out of Top 10 for First Time in 22 Months [TPR]
18 January 2311 Headline -- League: Dietrich Visits Tsunami-afflicted Manila, Meets with Local Leaders [NAO]
16 January 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Dietrich Had McGillan Murdered to Cover Up Own Involvement in Sadistic Felo Fighting! [SSX]
16 January 2311 Headline -- Sports: New Evidence Emerges Linking McGillan to Felofighting Ring [ANX]
16 January 2311 Headline -- League: 6.3-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Southeast Asia; Tsunami Warning for Malaysia, Philippines [LCR]
15 January 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: Civilian Pilot Stockpiling of Plasma Bombs Results in Lack of Supply - EAOS Promises Next Production Run Available 'Soon' [ISN]
15 January 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Bomb Threat Perpetrator Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison [UPN]
13 January 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: EAOS, Mutuality Announce Successful Joint Test of Plasma Bomb Technology, Begin Mass Production [ISN]
13 January 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Bomb Threat Made Against ChetuMall; Local Crackpot Jailed After Call Traced [CPC]
13 January 2311 Headline -- Mutuality: Technician Larry Purchases New Space Wrench: "Has Thirty-Two Distinct Settings," Boasts Helios Employee [DFP]
13 January 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: ICC's Chetumal Bombing: A Death Blow to the Totalitarian Regime? [PFP]
13 January 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: Why Liberal Extremists Attacked the Fringe Spaceport & What You Can Do About It [THN]
13 January 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: Totalitarianism vs. the Exploration Imperative: Some Initial Thoughts on the Chetumal Incident [EXN]
12 January 2311 Headline -- League: McGillan Murder Suspects Released on Lack of Evidence; Case Remains Open [ENN]
12 January 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Five Injured, None Killed in Chetumal Spaceport Attack [DNA]
12 January 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Chetumal Explosion Was Message From Gefu [TTT]
12 January 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Bomb Placed on Fringe Cruiser's Hull Detonates on Chetumal Landing Pad; ICC Claims Credit for Attack [ISN]
12 January 2311 Headline -- Mutuality: Council Responds to Alliance Arms Race [DFP]
12 January 2311 Headline -- Fringe: Meridan Kelp Farmers Launch New Ad Campaign: Haze Ads Targeted at Felo Aged 18-38 [UPN]
11 January 2311 Headline -- AEU: SPSNSL Lauds the Opening of Friends of Felo Sanctuary on Hyperion; HEPA Deplores Loss of Grasslands [NEN]
10 January 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: Mysterious Fuligin Cylinder Revealed to be Dust in Armchair Astronomer's Telescope [EXN]
9 January 2311 Headline -- Economy: Entire Stock of Allied Starships Purchased in 73 Seconds; Average Backorder is Nine Months [DNA]
9 January 2311 Headline -- Economy: Allied Starships Gains Clearance from Starship Registry for Discount Warship Designs, Begins Accepting Bulk Order Requests [ISN]
8 January 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: William George John, Previously Scrudro-05, Uses Felo Points to Buy Freedom, New Name [PFP]
7 January 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Amateur Astronomer Discovers 10000-Meter-Long Fuligin Cylinder on Collision Course with Old Earth [SSX]
6 January 2311 Headline -- EAOS: Residential Structure Managers Debate Adding Pet Deposits; Cite Noise Complaints, Smell [ISN]
4 January 2311 Headline -- Sports: HyperAccelerant Racing Team Bosses Agree to Eco-Friendly Power Supplies from 2312; Fans Protest Reduced Horsepower [USN]
4 January 2311 Headline -- Economy: Starship Manufacturers in AEU, League, Fringe Racing to Be First to Unveil New Designs [ISN]
4 January 2311 Headline -- Entertainment: Holographic Representation of 20th-Century Actor James Franco to Direct As I Lay Dying, Blood Meridian Holovid Remakes [EFX]
3 January 2311 Headline -- Tabloid: Fringe Constructing Fleet of Alien Battlecruisers to Destroy League and AEU! [TBX]
3 January 2311 Headline -- Interalliance: Expedition Starship Test Launch - What are Fringe Plans? [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 3 January 2311
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 3 January 2311."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk.
"Our top story tonight: The launch of the Percival Lowell!"
The newscaster turns to the camera with a stern expression.
"Good evening. Early reports indicate that the starship Percival Lowell, known colloquially by many as 'the expedition starship' due to its trip to Jinu space, launched briefly from Chetumal a few hours ago."
The reporter tilts his head and turns to another camera.
"While much information has yet to filter out of the Fringe, what is known is that the Percival Lowell entered orbit of Chetumal, stayed there for less than five minutes, then returned to the spaceport."
The wall behind the reporter shows an image of the Percival Lowell at its original launch from the League Shipyards.
The reporter moves a piece of paper aside and glances down at the one underneath.
"The Percival Lowell was of course the prototype for the class of starship that would later become known as the battlecruiser."
"With the need for Jinu assistance to construct and the vast production requirements, along with significant loss of data thanks to the Outsiders, it is still currently unfeasible for any of the alliances to seriously consider battlecruiser programs."
The screen behind the reporter shifts to display a grainy image of Chetumal and a very large starship in orbit around it.
"In 2304 the ship was taken in greatest secrecy by one of the leaders of the Egalitarian Alliance of Sentients, one James Korie. What he planned to do is still unknown, but indications are that this was what broke the Outsider Terms of Occupation and began the subjugation of humankind."
The reporter's face hardens slightly, "When the ship returned at the beginning of 2310, it was not the same vessel that had left. It had obviously been fitted with many new pieces of technology and had unknown alien devices aboard. When James Korie surrendered himself to the Fringe, they also seized the Percival Lowell."
Stock footage is displayed of a gathering of pilots with James Korie and Nina Thomas, standing beside the Percival Lowell.
"The Fringe have refused all requests for engineers and scientists from other alliances to inspect the starship, and have had sole access to it for almost a year. Today's launch indicates that they have been at least partially successful in gaining control of its systems. What this actually means for Known Space is as yet unclear."
The reporter turns to the main camera and purses his lips.
"As always, we will keep you updated as further news emerges. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN."
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly pans out from the newscaster, who looks down at the papers on his desk with a pensive expression.
2 January 2311 Headline -- League: Foreign Secretary Denies Allegations of Government Support for Terrorism [ENN]
2 January 2311 Headline -- League: Emergency Session of Cabinet Called by President Dietrich [NAO]
30 December 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Inside Source Indicates Holowrestler McGillan Was Involved in Underground Felofighting Ring [SSX]
30 December 2310 Headline -- Sports: Five Suspects Apprehended in Connection with McGillan Murder; Detectives Thank Unnamed L5 Source for Break in Case [NAO]
30 December 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU-League/Fringe Negotiations Set to Continue with Arrival of Space Commodore [ISN]
30 December 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Fringe Officer Seen Stalking Officials Outside Parliament [OTI]
28 December 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Chetumal Orbital Defense Vessel Launches Without Clearance from New Earth, Quick Thinking by AEU Control Only Reason Orbital Weaponry Did Not Activate [ISN]
28 December 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Fringe Regional Commander Assaults League Diplomat, Storms Out of Negotiations on New Earth [ISN]
28 December 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Sanitation Drones Crave the Flesh of Felo! Photos Inside! [TBX]
28 December 2310 Headline -- Fringe: ChetuMall Increases Sanitation Drone Presence After Felo Waste Becomes Major Issue [UPN]
23 December 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Blacklisted AEU Pilot Smuggled into Old Earth Orbit; Minor Skirmish Ensues [DNA]
23 December 2310 Headline -- Mutuality: Unauthorised Alteration of QSA Programming by DeMargas Controller Overruled by Saner Council Members [DNA]
23 December 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Mutuality Tow League Fleet From Helios, DeMargas to Gateway [ISN]
23 December 2310 Headline -- Mutuality: Mutuality Revoke League Access to Quantum Skim Accelerators, Cite Bari Infestation Attempt [DNA]
23 December 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Chetumal Regional Commander Enters Talks with League and AEU [ISN]
22 December 2310 Headline -- Sports: McGillian Funeral Held on Centauri; Detectives Express Frustration at Lack of Suspects in Murder [LCR]
22 December 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Invasive Cat-Like Species Sighted on New Earth, Old Earth, Chetumal [THN]
21 December 2310 Headline -- League: Vestan Underwater Colony Expansion Plans Under Review, Inhabitants Optimistic [LCR]
21 December 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Warped Alien Sympathiser Captured by New Earth Security - Was he Attempting to Begin an Invasion? We say YES! [OTI]
21 December 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Fringe Terrorist al'Helim Arrested on New Earth by AEU, Thomas Demands Immediate Extradition - League Lodges Formal Protest [VET]
21 December 2310 Headline -- AEU: Richmond Embarrassed after Recorded Conversation Reveals Thoughts on Coalition with Garner, 'Like Fighting A War' [VET]
21 December 2310 Headline -- League: Centauri Promises that Weather will not Force Spaceport Shutdown [LCR]
21 December 2310 Headline -- Economy: New Earth Government Borrowing Hits Record High [NEN]
17 December 2310 Headline -- Sports: Casino Owner Doubts Crime Syndicate Responsible for McGillian Murder [LCR]
17 December 2310 Headline -- League: Lead Investigator Suggests McGillan Murder Tied to Old Earth Organized Crime Syndicate [LCR]
17 December 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Rogue Scientist Suggests Bari and Feloes Vanguard of Onslaught by Unknown Alien Forces [SSX]
17 December 2310 Headline -- Sports: Guts McGillan's Body Found in L5 Casino Dumpster; Police Clueless as to Killer or Motive [IAS]
15 December 2310 Headline -- Entertainment: Voxel Dethroned; 16-Member Chetumalian Girl Group Takes #1 with Smash Hit 'Do The Felo' [TPR]
12 December 2310 Headline -- Mutuality: Escaped Felo Form Feral Colony On Helios, Harass Asteroid Miners [DFP]
7 December 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU Scientist Calls 'Ecological Menace More Serious Than Bari', Citing Questionable 2299 Study [LCR]
7 December 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Mutated Cannibalistic Unregistered Mutuality 'Pilot' First Step of Pact Secret Super Soldier Program! [OTI]
7 December 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Pilots Plot Massive Eugenics Experiment? Overheard Discussion to Create Ultimate Life Form! [TBX]
4 December 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Bari Unchecked, Civilian Pilots Seek Aid from Felo Spirits on Remenants of Grenwold [ANX]
4 December 2310 Headline -- AEU: AEU Navy Encounters Bari Epidemic With No End In Sight [NEN]
4 December 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Chetumalian Woman Claims Ownership Of Nearby Star; Goes Missing [TTT]
3 December 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: They Came From Space: Lankers Refuse To Engage Their Space Spider Queen Overlords! [SSX]
3 December 2310 Headline -- Mutuality: Mutuality Close Quantum Skim Accelerators In Light of Bari Threat [ISN]
3 December 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Pilots Release 'Terrorform Xenomorph.' Photos Inside. [TBX]
22 November 2310 Headline -- Sports: Holowrestling Champion Gregory "Guts" McGillan Unexpectedly Retires; Disappears [USN]
19 November 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Anti-Mutuality Protests Mar G4 Summit - Several Arrests As Protesters Turn Violent [ISN]
19 November 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: IFS Invasions Aided By Lost Jinu? Civilian Pilots Say Yes! [TBX]
18 November 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Offers Apologies, Settlement to Families of the Deceased [ISN]
17 November 2310 Headline -- Economy: Alliances Reconsider Accord Funding Plan After Safety Procedures Ignored [ISN]
17 November 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Three Construction Workers Die In United Accord Station Decompression Accident, Accord Refuses To Comment [ISN]
15 November 2310 Headline -- Economy: G4 Summit Begins, Possible New Funding Plan For Accord Of Free Worlds To Be Discussed [ISN]
15 November 2310 Headline -- Sports: Anti-Grav Backgammon Tournament Ends in Tragedy, Twelve Fatalities [USN]
15 November 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Plucky Accord Pilot Singlehandedly Defends New Accord Station From IFS & Outsider Fleets! [SSX]
15 November 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: IFS Hinder Accord Station Relocation - Hades Johnson and Civilian Pilots Repel Attacks [ISN]
14 November 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Rise In Invisible Ninja Sightings: Are They Getting Sloppy? [OTI]
7 October 2310 Headline -- Sports: Martial Arts: Interalliance Tournament Semi-Final Tomorrow - T. Kirkwood (Krav Maga) vs J. Henry (Dark Morris) [USN]
3 October 2310 Headline -- AEU: Garner Initiates Dissolution of Parliament, Election Timetable Finalized [NEN]
Space News Break: Dateline 3 October 2310
ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 3 October 2310."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk.
"Our top story tonight: AEU Elections!"
The newscaster briefly shuffles some papers.
"The Alliance of ExtraSolar Unions has had a difficult year, with governmental issues alongside rogue elements of the navy and the recent actions of the separatist movement. President Pro Tempore Warren Garner has begun the process of parliamentary dissolution, allowing a proper election and hopefully drawing a line to allow these events to be put behind the alliance."
The newscaster allows a quick, neutral smile towards the camera.
"While this has been expected for some time, analysts predicted that the election would be pushed back at least another two months after the Hyperion incident. President Garner's official statement only spoke of hoping to bring back unity to the alliance."
The logos of the Green Earth party and the National Patriots are displayed.
"A spokesman for the Green Earth party has already announced that the party conference will be within the week, and current polls indicate that President Garner will again be elected as leader. The leader for the Opposition, Aaron Richmond, is also the current favorite to be chosen to lead the National Patriots for the third time. We have currently not had comment from the New Republic party, but many still hope for them to field a candidate, with many members still feeling angry over the EAOS's actions earlier this year."
A series of smaller logos for relatively minor parties are shown.
"The Ecological Purity party will once again be pinning their hopes on Ms. Holly Trevors, while the People's ExtraSolar Union has put forward the renowned philanthropist Edward van Dannikin, who was also the party choice in the previous election."
"Ad Astra Per Aspera has not yet announced who will be standing, and Custodia Legis is in the third week of its conference with no immediately forthcoming announcements."
"The ever-vocal Pilot Rights has decided not to place Miss Natalie Harrison as their representative this time, possibly due to her rather infamous response to the recent Accord and Tandem Pact diplomatic incidents. Instead, newcomer Anton Crane will be heading the party."
Photographs of several people are displayed.
"Independent-wise, Andrea McCleod is once again standing, continuing her one-woman campaign to hold the civilian pilot league more accountable for its actions. Wind-Of-Change Storm-Warning announced to the Velourian Times that he will be standing again, after performing an hour long recital of several of his poems in the Times' main office's courtyard."
The image of the superstar Voxel replaces the other photographs, giving a peace sign to the camera and grinning broadly in a rather tight-fitting catsuit, his arm around a young blonde woman in a clinging sleeveless purple and black skater dress who looks familiar, but a facemask makes her anonymous.
"The always divisive singer Voxel has reaffirmed his previous statements that he plans to stand as an independent candidate. While Aaron Richmond has stated he finds Voxel's candidacy as an independent a mockery of governance, President Garner joked that he plans to vote for him, stating more seriously that if anything, Voxel standing will help increase the percentage of citizens actively voting."
The newscaster shakes his head briefly.
"As always, we will keep you updated. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN!"
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly zooms away from the newscaster, who turns to speak to someone off-camera.
27 September 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Agrees to Relocation Timetable; Mutuality Reopens Trade to Constituent Alliances [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 26 September 2310
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 26 September 2310."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk.
"Our top story tonight: First Speaker Corin Shea defuses Gateway standoff!"
The newscaster turns towards the camera.
"Early this morning, a fleet of Tandem Pact starships pushed through the blockade set up by the Accord Peacekeepers, causing the Accord to respond with its own fleet."
"Joined by pilots from all alliances, it seemed as if all-out war was a certainty, until the appearance of the enigmatic EAOS in the form of veteran pilot Casey Orin."
Raising an eyebrow briefly, the newscaster moves to face another camera.
"Orin quickly announced that the EAOS would be entering the war, while leaving both sides to wonder which the EAOS would assist. EAOS warships then joined the stand-off as Orin called the civilian pilots away for reasons unknown."
The newscaster moves aside a sheet of paper and turns back to the first camera.
"Both the Pact and Accord fleets held back until the motives of the EAOS could be garnered, though this network has it on good authority that insults flowed from ships in both fleets."
The image of Corin Shea, standing in Accord uniform in a briefing room, is displayed behind the newscaster.
"When Orin reappeared, he brought with him Corin Shea, previously First Speaker of the Accord, who has not been seen for several months. Original reports indicate that she left the Accord due to stress, but these have not been confirmed."
The newscaster shakes his head briefly.
"After a short discussion, Shea attempted to convince the Accord peacekeepers that the role of the Accord had always been to fight the alien threat of the Outsiders, not to enter into politically delicate scenarios. Though a strained discussion followed, eventually the Peacekeepers agreed that Shea had the right to negotiate a truce."
The newscaster continues.
"Though the Accord had acknowledged Shea's right to speak, and the civilian pilots willingly agreed to abide by her decisions, the Pact fleet was less immediately accomodating."
"The lead ship, believed to be captained by one Gabriel Nazar, a relative unknown up to now, but apparently a high-ranking Pact member, refused to listen. Stating that he had seen this before and would not allow 'another' victory by the alliances, the rest of the Tandem Pact fleet quickly distanced themselves from him and left, citing a willingness to open diplomatic channels with Shea."
A single Tandem Pact warship is shown briefly in front of Resistance HQ.
"The Pact vessel controlled by Nazar immediately opened fire on the lead Peacekeeper ship, though it was quickly destroyed by the civilian pilots and the peacekeeper vessels."
"Known Space and the Tandem Pact are now waiting for First Speaker Shea's next move, all sides apparently having faith that Shea can somehow bridge a gap that until her reappearance had just grown larger."
The newscaster nods briefly at the camera.
"As always, we will keep you updated as we gain further information. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN!"
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly zooms away from the newscaster, who turns to speak to someone off-camera.
26 September 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Citizens of Waxaktun Report Sightings of Terror Bus Full of Miscreants, Sharkman [TTT]
Space News Break: Dateline 19 September 2310
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 19 September 2310."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk.
"Our top story tonight: Station Resistance Headquarters, the seat of the Accord, defended from Tandem Pact aggression!"
The newscaster gazes grimly into the camera.
"Following a disturbance along the quantum skim acceleration route between Gateway and Mutuality space, the nature of which the ISN has still not determined, the Tandem Pact launched an attack force to the Gateway Sector and revealed that it had deployed weapon platforms around the seat of the Accord."
The newscaster gives a slight shake of his head.
"The Tandem Pact, it seems, wishes for the Accord space station to be abandoned and for the Accord to move elsewhere. This, of course, is a reversal of the 2309 agreement made at the height of the Outsider War."
An image appears of a small, scrappy fighter firing a long-range laser at an Accord Peacekeeper escort vessel.
"After a fierce battle, the Tandem Pact ships were driven off by the Accord Peacekeeper force. At the same time, the Accord military division tells us, civilian pilots were using their own equipment to fight their way aboard the weapon platforms and disable them."
The view now shows a blurry image of a weapon platform with an aerial fortress hovering just outside the docking bay.
"The Accord has assured us that it considers this only a minor skirmish, probably influenced by the same extremist fringe that was responsible for the terrorist attack on Aenea and the attempted coup on Hyperion, and that war with the Tandem Pact is not in its plans."
The newscaster looks straight at the camera, his expression very grim.
"Although this, of course, depends on the Tandem Pact's next move."
"As always, we will keep you updated as we gain further information. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN!"
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly zooms away from the newscaster as he begins to sort through several sheafs of paper.
Interstellar Politics Hour: Dateline 15 September 2310
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a generic-looking planet spinning around. "And now, the Interstellar Politics Hour! Now condensed into one minute by popular demand!"
The image fades quickly, then displays a newscaster seated at a desk.
"Good evening. Our topic for tonight... Hyperion and its reaction to the failure of the more extreme elements of the separatist movement."
A shot of Hyperion taken in space appears, with a bar graph superimposed over it.
"A poll released today shows that only 17% of Hyperions consider themselves to be in favor of a secessionist movement. A mere 2% of respondents would be willing to accept the help of the Tandem Pact, which is below the margin of error for this poll."
The newscaster shuffles her papers for a moment.
"So what does this mean? It means that the millions of citizens who attempted to flee the star system during the hostage crisis are now settled back in their homes, mourning the lives lost but happy to still be part of the AEU."
"However, the movement for planet rights is still alive and well. In the wake of the assault on Hyperion, there is even larger support for a bill which would exempt the planetary government and its citizens from having to support the civilian pilot league program."
The newscaster smiles into the camera. "The AEU government, of course, still insists that a planet cannot legally opt out of the civilian pilot program, since it is a part of the interstellar government, and interstellar law trumps planets' rights."
"Regardless, the legislation appears to be moving forward on Hyperion amid heavy debate."
"And that's all we have time for today. This has been the Interstellar Politics Hour, only on ISNN!"
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly zooms away from the newscaster, who smiles stiffly.
14 September 2310 Headline -- Economy: Merchants Report Serious Headwear Deficiency: Criminal Organisation Posing as Purveyor of Hats Blamed [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 12 September 2310
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 12 September 2310."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk.
"Our top story tonight: Separatists routed, Cheyanne's Star cluster back in AEU hands!"
The newscaster flashes a very brief smile towards the camera.
"Very early this morning, an Accord mission to re-take the Cheyanne's Star cluster was enacted, with the AEU navy alongside Accord peacekeepers holding the blockade and giving a clear path to Hyperion, while other efforts were made to take out the unregistered and separatist forces still on the ground."
The newscaster speaks slowly, his face expressionless.
"Unfortunately, the Accord discovered that the hostages being held were killed by the Tandem Pact before troops could reach them. While this was not the result anyone wanted, it does reinforce that the AEU and the Accord as a whole cannot and will not bow to terrorism."
A list of names scrolls quickly up the wall behind the newscaster.
"President Garner has released a statement offering his condolences to the families of the hostages, promising that those responsible will be found."
The newscaster adjusts his tie as the image of a barely functional battlesuit shooting into orbit is displayed behind him.
"While the Mutuality and Tandem Pact members involved in this heinous act managed to escape, some of the separatists were arrested by Hyperion security forces. Their comrades cannot be far behind."
An image of several damaged droids being examined by men in AEU police uniforms is briefly shown.
"Even now, Hyperion's security forces are working to determine who exactly is responsible for the creation of these weapons of mass destruction."
"As always, we will keep you updated as we gain further information. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN!"
The ISNN theme plays as the camera slowly zooms away from the newscaster as he begins to sort through several sheafs of paper.
10 September 2310 Headline -- Fringe: ICC Releases Surprise Statement in Support of Hyperion Separatists [UPN]
Space News Break: Dateline 10 September 2310
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 10 September 2310."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk.
"Our top story tonight: Cheyanne's Star cluster in the hands of unregs!"
The newscaster looks towards the camera with a tilt of the head.
"Late last night, the hostage crisis on Hyperion became far more serious as the separatists have managed to infect the beacon platform with a virus that has rewritten sector control, leaving it officially classed as unregistered."
The image of an AEU naval fleet arranged around Hyperion is shown behind the newscaster.
"The AEU has responded to this with a naval blockade, while also assisting the thousands of civilians who are able to make the attempt to flee the cluster, though this has been hindered by the separatists gaining control of several key spaceport facilities and sections of the transport network. Millions of others are also trapped, leading President Warren Garner to issue a statement that all that can be done to assure the safety of AEU citizens in the cluster is being done."
The newscaster shakes his head.
"The Accord has offered to help the AEU transport civilians to safety, but tensions are high and the Accord Peacekeeper forces are currently poised in preparation of another assault against the alliances."
An image of several unregistered ships appears behind the newscaster.
"As yet, the Tandem Pact has yet to condemn the actions of either the separatists or the Mutuality members who are actively aiding them. With the lack of forthcoming dialogue from the Mutuality itself or the Pact as a whole, this newsreader must ask, what exactly are they hiding?"
"This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN!"
10 September 2310 Headline -- Fringe: Escuintla Survivalist Group Presses Separatist Agenda at End Times Gathering (Photos Inside) [TTT]
Space News Break: Dateline 9 September 2310
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 9 September 2310."
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk.
"Our top story: Mutuality starship invades Hyperion!"
The newscaster turns to stare intently into the camera.
"A few hours ago flight control for the Cheyanne's Star cluster detected a Mutuality transport force its way onto Hyperion without clearance, and did not land at the spaceport."
The newscaster raises an eyebrow and turns to another camera.
"Shortly thereafter, the spaceport was placed on lockdown and- I'm sorry, I'm being updated."
The newscaster turns to the side for a moment and touches the earpiece in his left ear.
"A known separatist movement has apparently seized control of several government buildings, taking several dozen government personnel as hostages. It seems the Mutuality vessel was carrying supplies for them to use in this assault."
The newscaster nods as he removes his hand from his ear.
"The Accord is already mobilizing in an attempt to defuse the situation, but as of yet there has been no official statement from the Mutuality or the Tandem Pact."
The logos of the League and Fringe are displayed behind the newscaster.
"The three major alliances have rarely had a stronger political relationship, thanks to the hard work of the oft-maligned civilian pilot leagues. This has led to increased tensions between the Mutuality and the League and Fringe, forcing them to drop relations in a show of solidarity with their ally, the AEU."
"We will keep you updated with new information as it becomes available."
"This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN!"
9 September 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU Unanimously Moves to Impose Sanctions Against Tandem Pact and Mutuality in Emergency Session [ISN]
8 September 2310 Headline -- AEU: Terrorist Attack Leaves Eleven Dead on Aenea [DNA]
Space News Break: Dateline 8 September 2310
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 8 September 2310!"
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk.
"Our top story tonight: Eleven dead after a starship explodes on Aenea."
The newscaster looks sternly into the camera.
"Earlier this morning, explosions shook Aenea, killing eleven people on a luxury spaceport tour."
An image appears over the newscaster's shoulder: A crater on Aenea surrounded by several motionless spacesuited bodies.
"The investigation so far has revealed that the starship was an unregistered vessel and the explosion was apparently caused by a forced reactionless drive failure."
The newscaster stares steadily into the camera.
"The Tandem Pact has been silent on the matter."
"We will keep you updated as events proceed. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN!"
The ISNN theme plays again as the view zooms slowly away from the newscaster.
8 September 2310 Headline -- AEU: Breaking News: Hyperion Navy Repels Outsider Invasion, Suffers Moderate Losses [NEN]
7 September 2310 Headline -- Sports: HyperAccellerant Racing: The Announcement We've Waited For! Nurburgring Open to HA Racers for First Time Ever! [IAS]
7 September 2310 Headline -- Entertainment: Critical Acclaim Continues as Voxel Sits in Top Spot for Third Week Running With 6th Album, 'We Are Here' [EFX]
7 September 2310 Headline -- Fringe: Chetumal City Zoo Reports Theft of Velourian Scaled Ligers, Metallic Strands in Habitat Only Clue [UPN]
7 September 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Issues Firm Response to Tandem Pact [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 7 September 2310
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 7 September 2310!"
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk.
"Our top story tonight: An update on the Tandem Pact-Accord tensions."
The newscaster looks sternly into the camera.
"Earlier, The Tandem Pact expressed its concerns at the growing Accord Peacekeeper force."
An image appears over the newscaster's shoulder: The emblem of the Accord of Free Worlds.
"The Accord has issued their own public statement to the Tandem Pact."
Words slide into view as the newscaster reads from his own hardcopy, preparing to quote the statement.
"The statement declares, 'The Accord of Free Worlds is obliged to defend themselves from any threats deemed appropriate, internal or external.'"
The newscaster lowers his copy of the statement, looking into the camera with an unfaltering gaze.
"We will keep you updated as events proceed. This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN!"
The ISNN theme plays again as the view zooms slowly away from the newscaster.
Space News Break: Dateline 5 September 2310
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 5 September 2310!"
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk.
"Our top story: The original jumpship Explorer has been recovered! And its crew, including famed Captain Dean Howland, is alive!"
An image appears over the newscaster's shoulder: the jumpship "Explorer" fleeing from an Outsider Arbitrator as various civilian starships place themselves protectively between the two.
"This was the scene very early this morning as the jumpship and its famous crew appeared unexpectedly in orbit around Jupiter. The crew does not speak Esperanto and seems to be very disoriented."
The newscaster appears grim as he looks into the camera.
"Predictably, the Outsiders responded with an attack, but the League navy, with the assistance of some civilian pilots, succeeded in destroying the massive alien cruiser."
An image appears of an angry-looking young man with hair falling in front of his eyes.
"The jumpship's crew, unaware of just how far they had really traveled, insisted on speaking with U.N. President Cameron Shetland. President Shetland was in office in the year 2142, when the Explorer disappeared. Unfortunately, the only Shetland who could be rounded up on such short notice was the young Aric Shetland."
"The Accord tells us that Aric Shetland and the jumpship crew had a brief but intense conversation and then retired to rest for the night. Today, the Accord will see what, if anything, might be done to ease the transition of the crew into modern times."
"This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN!"
The ISNN theme plays again as the view zooms slowly away from the newscaster.
5 September 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Captain Dean Howland and Crew Found ALIVE After Time Travel Mishap [SSX]
Space News Break: Dateline 3 September 2310
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 3 September 2310!"
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk.
"Our top story tonight: The Tandem Pact and the Accord are once again at odds."
The newscaster looks sternly into the camera.
"The Tandem Pact has expressed its concerns at the growing Accord Peacekeeper force."
Words appear as the newscaster reads from his own hardcopy, preparing to quote the statement.
"The statement declares, 'An increase in Accord forces in Tandem Pact space will be considered a hostile action.'"
The newscaster lowers his copy of the statement, looking into the camera with a steely gaze. "Our more knowledgable viewers would know that the Accord's headquarters are located in the middle of Tandem Pact-dominated space."
"Our queries to the Accord about their response to this statement have been met with a subdued response."
"We will keep you updated as events proceed! This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN!"
The ISNN theme plays again as the view zooms slowly away from the newscaster.
31 August 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Free Holovision Program for Civilian Pilots Re-Launched [ISN]
Space News Break: Dateline 30 August 2310
The ISNN theme plays to the image of a galaxy of stars swirling around rapidly. "Around the galaxy and into your home... it's the Space News Break on ISNN! Dateline: 30 August 2310!"
The scene cuts abruptly to show a serious-looking newscaster seated at a desk.
"Our top story tonight: An unprecedented joint statement has been released today undersigned by all major signatories of the Tandem Pact."
The newscaster looks sternly into the camera.
"The statement alleges that a League civilian pilot, one Meteu Gamrey, attempted the theft of a Tandem Pact vessel. They further allege that this is not the first the Accord has heard of this complaint, yet despite ample time to act, no action has been taken against this pilot."
Words appear as the newscaster reads from his own hardcopy, preparing to quote the statement.
"The statement declares, 'Whether the Accord acknowledges it or not, the Tandem Pact is a sovereign entity. Attacks by Accord pilots that go unpunished are effectively condoned, and this may be taken as an act of war.'"
The newscaster lowers his copy of the statement, looking into the camera. "Our queries to the Accord about their response to this statement have not met with any reply."
"We will keep you updated as events proceed! This has been the Space News Break, only on ISNN!"
The ISNN theme plays again as the view zooms slowly away from the newscaster.
25 August 2310 Headline -- EAOS: Miniaturizing Ray Beam Developer Announces: "We've Almost Figured Out a Way to Make Them Big Again!" [ESR]
24 August 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: FARMER'S FARMING FARM! The Terrible Secret of Lanker Farms Inside! [TBX]
24 August 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Study Reveals That 76% of Farmers' Children Will Join a Civilian Pilot Academy [ESR]
24 August 2310 Headline -- Economy: Amidst Much Disagreement, 112th Annual Farmer's Family Convention Considers Allowing Pilot Attendees [THN]
24 August 2310 Headline -- AEU: Telex Defense Press Release: Accelerate Your Life With "Jackrabbit" [ISN]
23 August 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Box Farm Controversy: Legal Status of Gengineered Boxes in Question, Farmers to Appeal [TBX]
12 August 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Announces Launch of New Peacekeeping Force [ISN]
12 August 2310 Headline -- EAOS: Scientia: Science! Science, science science Science Zeta. FOR SCIENCE! [ESR]
12 August 2310 Headline -- Economy: United Freight d'Intsec Announces Acquisition of Shangri-la Terraform Group [NAO]
7 July 2310 Headline -- League: Charmant Opens on Broadway in Manhattan Amid Charges of Sweatshop Violations; Exclusive Men's Wear Chain Denies Allegations [NAO]
20 June 2310 Headline -- League: Two Dead, Seventeen Injured in Wake of Contentious Spelling Bee [LCR]
20 June 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Psychologists Baffled by Near-Universal Entitlement Complex Amongst Pilots [DNA]
20 June 2310 Headline -- Economy: Exotic Matter Manufacturer Proudly Announces One Century Without a Reactionless Drive Accident [ISN]
15 June 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: President Robinson Joins Accord to be Close to Her Alien Lover - PROOF INSIDE! [SSX]
15 June 2310 Headline -- EAOS: Work on Long-Range Beacons Slower Than Expected, Scientists Comment: We Could Really Use Jinu Help to Find Jinu [ESR]
14 June 2310 Headline -- Entertainment: Hundreds of Complaints After Release of New Novel 'Thralls of the Tentacle' - Does it Glorify the Battle Thralls? [VAR]
14 June 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Presidents Dietrich and Garner in Two-Hour Long HoloConference This Morning - What Was Said? [ISN]
14 June 2310 Headline -- Fringe: Casimir Research Locks Down Calakmul Facility After Theft of 5 Tons of Exotic Matter, Calls For Space Chief Marshal to Take Action [CPC]
8 June 2310 Headline -- Fringe: ICC Claim Responsibility for Seibal Bombing, Promises 'There Will Be More' [UPN]
7 June 2310 Headline -- Fringe: Central Seibal Evacuated After Fifteen Injured, Three Dead in Explosion Earlier Today [UPN]
6 June 2310 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS Scientists Report that Rotation of The Torus Has Increased by 0.08 Rotations Per Minute Since It Was First Occupied in 2204, Without Visible Cause [ESR]
6 June 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Tove Medical Promises Improved Pilot Sterilization Method to Stop Some Falling Through the Cracks [ISN]
6 June 2310 Headline -- Economy: TerraSave and League Interplanetary Banking Join Forces to Offer Competitive Tea Drinking ISA - Each Victory For League In New Season Increases AER [LCR]
6 June 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Wormholes Make People Insane! Pilot Attitudes Finally Explained! [TBX]
6 June 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: 10-Year Study of Wormhole Travel Effect on Rats Reveals Possible Link to Dopamine Receptors - Next Step, Study of Civilian Pilots? [ISN]
2 June 2310 Headline -- Mutuality: Mutuality Adopts New, Highly Confusing Time System [DNA]
1 June 2310 Headline -- Fringe: Fistfight Breaks Out as Contract Bidding Begins for ChetuMall Tram Project [CPC]
1 June 2310 Headline -- Mutuality: Non-Mutuality Tandem Pact Members, Questioned Tentatively About the Possibility of Standardizing Transponder Signals, Respond Vehemently in the Negative [DFP]
1 June 2310 Headline -- Sports: Competitive Tea-Drinking: Beleaguered Athlete Forrest Returns, Kicks Off New Season with Dramatic Last-Minute Game Winning 3-Point Gulp [IAS]
1 June 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: The "Children of the Sun": Communists? Experts Say No, But OUR Sources Say Yes! [TBX]
29 May 2310 Headline -- AEU: People for Ethical Treatment of Algae Decry Use of Meat-Flavored Algal Mats, Petition Galactic Boiled Chicken Company to Begin Using Live Animals [VET]
29 May 2310 Headline -- Entertainment: Icy the Snowfish Cartoon Development Officially Cancelled - Icicle Productions Loses 75% of Staff [EFX]
29 May 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Angelic Being Seen Again in NeoOsaka - Pital Regional Commander Refuses to Comment [TTT]
29 May 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: 'Devil' Dietrich Meets With Fringe Pilot in Secret - Has Nina Thomas Bought the League President? [SSX]
27 May 2310 Headline -- League: Old Earth's Global Communist Party Accuses Global HyperCommunist Party of Being "A Bit Too Far Left" [ENN]
27 May 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Troubling Statement from Accord Researcher: "Elimination of RATS Nests Exerts a Form of 'Natural Selection,' and We've Learned that Yes, They Can Evolve" [DNA]
25 May 2310 Headline -- Entertainment: A Concept Too Far - Can Voxel Deliver 'New Sound' Promise on Forthcoming Fifth Album? [EFX]
24 May 2310 Headline -- Economy: Mutuality Station Owners Rebuff AEU Trade Delegation; Planets with Suffering Economies Wondering When Pilot League Will Take Action [ISN]
24 May 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Forbidden Fruit - League Pilot Bedded by Voxel in New Phoenix Hotel! Pictures Inside! [OTI]
24 May 2310 Headline -- League: The Devil in the Details - Who is Johan Dietrich? [NAO]
24 May 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Robinson States Accord Role Will 'Let Me Help More Than Just The League.' [ENN]
24 May 2310 Headline -- League: 'Devil' Dietrich Overthrows Robinson! Backroom Deals Seal Leadership Bid! [SSX]
24 May 2310 Headline -- League: SHOCK ANNOUNCEMENT: President Robinson Steps Down - Vice President Dietrich to Head Government Until Elections Called [LCR]
24 May 2310 Headline -- League: Pilots Grumbling Over Rumored Design Flaw in Heavy Launch Vessel Hatches, Engineers Assure: "Can Only Be Forcibly Opened In Vacuum" [LCR]
17 May 2310 Headline -- League: Lewd Videos Flood Local Law Enforcement Offices. Photos Inside! [SSX]
17 May 2310 Headline -- League: In Response to Local Complaints, League Officials Promise Hefty Penalties For Lewd Public Acts [LCR]
3 May 2310 Headline -- EAOS: Decorated Pilot Steps Down as STG Operations Leader [DNA]
3 May 2310 Headline -- EAOS: Programmer Arrested After Connections to Outlaw Journalist Revealed [ISN]
3 May 2310 Headline -- Entertainment: Insidious Entertainment Announces Record 1st Quarter Profits Thanks to Political Docudrama 'Confed Law' [TPR]
3 May 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Girl Gives Birth to Human-Jinu Hybrid! Photos Inside! [OTI]
10 April 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: 25 Year Study Comes To a Close: Scientists Report Plumetting Literacy Ratings, Inability for Parents to Spell Any Part of Their Childs Name for Forms Properly [ESR]
2 April 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Tombstone Mysteriously Disappears from Pilot Lounge, No Body in Evidence; Deceased Pilot Logically Assumed to be Son of God [SSX]
17 March 2310 Headline -- AEU: Applied Automation Project Nearing End: Reprogrammed Outsider Drones to Replace Humans in Menial and Dangerous Jobs [VET]
22 February 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Hot Hot Hot Threesome! Two Space Commodores and the First Speaker Spotted Sunbathing on the Shores of Candelaria! [TTT]
22 February 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Reports Station-Wide Viral Infection; Analysts Question Utility of "Networks" [DNA]
20 February 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Virus Outbreak Temporarily Shuts Down League, AEU Systems; Officials Narrow Down Suspects [DNA]
19 February 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Breaking News Holofootage: Kuari Bloodstone Revealed as the Infamous Salon Bombadier - Experts State Motive Related to Naming Registry Incident [TBX]
14 February 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Naval Patrol Scout Now Joins Two Missing Corporate Freighters; Accord Promises Action [DNA]
7 February 2310 Headline -- Entertainment: Hologram of Quentin Tarantino Produces New Exploitation Film Centered Around Renegades and the Inhabitants of Lucias Station [VAR]
6 February 2310 Headline -- Fringe: Confederation Navy Increases Hunt for UIGN Head: Illegal News Feed Ruffling Feathers [UPN]
5 February 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Large, Suspicious Blue Box Appears in Callisto Landing Creche - Spaceport Workers Remove for Investigation [SSX]
5 February 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord: Corin Shea Will Continue as First Speaker [ISN]
3 February 2310 Headline -- AEU: Business Owners Blame Political Superstar for Neo Alternative Outlets Opening on Japan Boulevard: 'Youth Market Not Our Market' [NEN]
3 February 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Prejudice in the System: Naming Registry Declares, "No Polygamous Homosexual Pilot Marriages." Documents Inside! [TBX]
31 January 2310 Headline -- Mutuality: Latest Council Meeting Update: Beacon Revision to Mutuality Rev-Gamma Naming Conventions and More [DFP]
28 January 2310 Headline -- Mutuality: New System No Good: A. Frolov Spearheads Movement to Use Old Sector Designations Again [DFP]
27 January 2310 Headline -- Sports: With Retirement of Forrest, Ratings for Competitive Tea-Drinking Championship Drop Off Precipitously [USN]
26 January 2310 Headline -- Fringe: Op/Ed: Chetumal Merchant Corps Celebrate 70th Birthday Despite Obsolescence [UPN]
26 January 2310 Headline -- League: Eurozone Recovery Summit Begins, Senator Kukermaa Calls for Unity in this Difficult Time [ENN]
22 January 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Hideously Mutated Space Bird Sighted Making Nest in Sector 30's Sector Beacon! Exclusive Photos Inside! [TTT]
21 January 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Fringe Pilot League Makes Surprise Anti-Piracy Commitment; Accord Member Alliances Pledge Mutual Defense [ISN]
19 January 2310 Headline -- AEU: New Phoenix Bay Park Officially Reopens: Garner Takes Credit [NEN]
19 January 2310 Headline -- Economy: New Shops in Manhattan, New Phoenix, Chetumal City Indicate Economic Recovery Beginning [ISN]
16 January 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Shock Report: Erven Slave Factories Produce Murals for Sale! [OTI]
15 January 2310 Headline -- AEU: Grand Opening for Boutique on New Phoenix's Japan Boulevard; New Fashion Line Based on Voxel's Offhand Comments to Civilian Pilots at Last Week's Meet and Greet [VET]
11 January 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Unsurprising Truth: Lee Hughes Completely Uninteresting [SSX]
11 January 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Shocking Truth: Renowned AEU Ace Ather Jammoa Touches Human Children Inappropriately [OTI]
11 January 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Revelation from Space Experts: RATS Wombs Contain Writhing Fetal Mutuality Pilots [TTT]
10 January 2310 Headline -- Entertainment: Voxel Begins Work on Concept Album: Promises 'Great New Sound' [EFX]
9 January 2310 Headline -- Tabloid: Strange Figure Seen Wandering Shipyard Structure -- Believed to be Benjamin Masterson's Ghost [SSX]
9 January 2310 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Spokesperson: "RATS May Be Greater Threat Than We Believed" [ISN]
30 December 2309 Headline -- Mutuality: AEU Pilot Behind the "Christmas Assault" Steps Forward, Denies Attack [DFP]
26 December 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Icy the Snowfish: The Forgotten Reality of the Holiday Season's Favorite Mascot [TPR]
25 December 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Alliances Cede Partial Control of Registries to Hyperion Corporate Security [DNA]
23 December 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Breaking News: Bomb Squads Arriving at Fringe Capital in Response to Suspicious Package Addressed to Nina Thomas [UPN]
17 December 2309 Headline -- League: South African Riots Continue to Escalate After Police Failure [LCR]
12 December 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: EAOS, Without Fanfare, Begins Naval Patrols Overnight [ISN]
9 December 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Thomas Downplays Continuing Terrorist Attacks Against Naval Vessels on Patrol; "The Situation Will Be Handled in an Appropriate Manner" Spokesperson Declares [UPN]
1 December 2309 Headline -- League: Body of Outsider Conflict Veteran Discovered in Charleroi: Police Admit No Suspects [ENN]
30 November 2309 Headline -- League: Decorated War Hero Captain Harold Carnby Missing - Foul Play Suspected [LCR]
29 November 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: First Speaker Carries Battle Thrall Spawn - is This Part of Outsider Plans? [TBX]
29 November 2309 Headline -- Sports: Competitive Tea-Drinking: Forrest, Renowned World Champion, Crashes Hovercar into Hoverhydrant, Raising New Questions About This Athlete's Private Life [USN]
28 November 2309 Headline -- Sports: Hines and Myrk to Face Off in Baritsu Semi-Final: World Champion Holmes-Lindahl Set to Fight Victor Next Month [USN]
28 November 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Article Five Media Announce Epic War Holoseries 'The Thralls of Grenwold' - Advisors Claim Total Accuracy [TPR]
28 November 2309 Headline -- Economy: 2000 Tons of Synthturducken Produced for Consumption by Agri-Feed Industries: 4th Quarter 2309 Profits up 300% [LCR]
28 November 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Tandom Pact Secretly Under Control of Outsiders (Again!) - Full Story Inside! [OTI]
28 November 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord-Pact Tensions Grow - Rumors of Aggressive Action Outside Beaconed Space Unconfirmed [ISN]
28 November 2309 Headline -- League: Pact Assault on League Starship in Uncharted Space, Two Injured: Pact Representatives Refuse to Comment [NAO]
16 November 2309 Headline -- AEU: Garner Awards Posthumous Velourian Star to Benjamin Masterson, Grants Honorary AEU Citizenship [VET]
16 November 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Will Computers Ever Be Cheap Enough for the Average Citizen? Scientists Say No, Magicians Say Yes! [TBX]
14 November 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: New Study Indicates That "New Phoenician Plague" During Height of Outsider War May Have Been Transmitted by Felos [ISN]
13 November 2309 Headline -- League: Robinson's Messages Pre-Recorded? Premier Not Seen in Person for Several Weeks - Rumors Abound [ENN]
7 November 2309 Headline -- EAOS: Torus Scientific Society Announces Startling Theory of Alternate, More Boring Reality [ESR]
5 November 2309 Headline -- League: Terror Attack on Parliament Averted - Only One Suspect Currently in Custody [LCR]
4 November 2309 Headline -- EAOS: DeepSeek Science Team Discover Evidence Pointing to Proof of Multiverse Theory while Studying Calabi-Yau Manifold. [ESR]
3 November 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Worst Fears Confirmed as Halloween Parties, Children's Costumes Result in Return of Satan [TBX]
28 October 2309 Headline -- Sports: Competitive Tea-Drinking: Another Cheater Disqualified! In Freestyle Round, Stevenson's Daring "Catnip" Tea is Mere Lemon [USN]
28 October 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Pilot Finishes First - Thomas Removes Honors in Fit of Sexual Frustration [TTT]
27 October 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Strange Energy Spike at Hyperspatial Rift; "Beware of Time Rifts" Fienstein Advises [DNA]
19 October 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: War on Contraband Heightens: Alliances Begin Offering Extraterritorial Bounties [ISN]
12 October 2309 Headline -- Sports: HyperAccelerant Driver O'Neal Dies in Freak Accident; Cooper Wins Landfall Rally [IAS]
9 October 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Fringe Commodore seen having Intimate Dinner with AEU President - Political Analysts Speculate on Meaning [DNA]
9 October 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Garner Receives Accord Honors for AEU Planetary Reconstruction Plans [ISN]
7 October 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Conspiracy Theorists Vindicated After 300 Years: Reptilians Control Alliance Leaders - Proof Inside! [OTI]
5 October 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Chainsaw Incident in Resistance HQ Canteen Leaves Five Injured; Inner Hull Damage Causes Temporary Lockdown [ISN]
4 October 2309 Headline -- AEU: Opposition Scoffs at Garner's Meeting with Thralls; Insists President Will Extend Health Care Benefits to Alien Immigrants at Taxpayer Expense [NEN]
4 October 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Special Report: AEU, League, Fringe in Talks with Outsider Battle Thralls; Negotiating Accord-Thrall Military Alliance [ISN]
3 October 2309 Headline -- Economy: Patent on 'The Wheel' Sold for 450 Million EAOS Credits [ENN]
1 October 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: First Ghosts, Then Meteors: Was the Residential Structure Cursed by Outsider Shamans? [TBX]
28 September 2309 Headline -- AEU: Universal Healthcare Passes; Added Provision Denies Pilot League Members Coverage [VET]
28 September 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: No Progress, Suspects in Roque Murder, Say Investigators [NAO]
28 September 2309 Headline -- League: First Pilot League Members Visit Outland City; Greeted With Enthusiasm by Local Business Owners [LCR]
28 September 2309 Headline -- Economy: Starship Consumer Report: United Freight d'Intsec Asteroid Courier Uses Less Than Two Million Credits Worth of Material, Fails Several Standards Tests [ISN]
26 September 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Festival Entertainment Announces Retro Revival: 'The New Adventures Of Ralph The Space Dog' Coming Soon! [VAR]
26 September 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Scientist Declares "We Are Stuck in a Thirty-Minute Temporal Loop." Full Story Inside! [TBX]
19 September 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Banks Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges; Gets Off With One Year of House Arrest and Community Service [EFX]
19 September 2309 Headline -- AEU: Universal Healthcare Opponents Demand Provision Denying Civilian Pilots Government-Funded Insurance [NEN]
19 September 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Javier Roque, Member of the Centauri Seven, Found Dead in Manhattan Apartment [ISN]
19 September 2309 Headline -- League: After Much Debate, Outland City Council OKs Pilot League Access [LCR]
15 September 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: 'Jinu and the Baby' Star Elton Banks Caught With 500 Grams of Xanadine, Facing Up to 5 Years in Prison [VAR]
15 September 2309 Headline -- Economy: Fusion Reactor Market Momentarily Returns to Normal on Strength of Mass Shipments [ENN]
15 September 2309 Headline -- AEU: Garner Calls for Calm Over Healthcare Debate; Points Out That Other Alliances Have Had Universal Healthcare for Years [VET]
15 September 2309 Headline -- Sports: Did Western Chetumalian Runner Foster Adibaya Use Spliced Cheetah DNA Treatments to Gain an Unfair Advantage? [USN]
15 September 2309 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS Members to Debate Merits of Naval Patrols of the Torus [ESR]
15 September 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU, League, and Fringe Begin Regular Navy Patrols At Accord's Request [ISN]
15 September 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: EXCLUSIVE: Retired Pilot K. Beckett Member of AEU Shadow Government? Ex-Mutie Carl Thomas Has the Scoop! [TBX]
13 September 2309 Headline -- League: Cooper City Recovery Effort to Cost Upward of 25 Billion Credits [LCR]
13 September 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Mechanical Replicators Continue to Press Coreward in Fresh Attacks; Accord to Hold Emergency Meeting This Evening [ISN]
12 September 2309 Headline -- AEU: Thousands Gather in New Phoenix to Protest Government Health Care; Demand Smaller Government, Abolishment of Medcenters, Return of Wooden Splints, Hacksaws [NEN]
10 September 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: 2-D Films to Make a Retro-Comeback? Universal Telex Thinks So! [EFX]
10 September 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Attack of Unidentified Automated Mechanoids Continues; Second Cluster Driven Off by League Gunship [ISN]
9 September 2309 Headline -- EAOS: Casey Orin Officially Reprimanded After Pirated Beatles Remasters Found on Government-Provided Personal Computing Device [ESR]
9 September 2309 Headline -- Economy: Sudden Shortage of Fusion Reactors Fuels Fears of Another "Centauri Seven" Incident; Analysts Say No Cause for Alarm [NAO]
9 September 2309 Headline -- League: Rare Earthquake Kills 2 in Remote Centauri Town of Cooper City [LCR]
9 September 2309 Headline -- Sports: HyperAccelerant Racing: Slumping Teffarn Hopes to Clinch Title Against Rival Jones at Ixtapan Grand Prix [USN]
9 September 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Rory Jenkins: Is this "Space-Crazy" Unreg Really a League Operative? Evidence Inside! [OTI]
9 September 2309 Headline -- AEU: Garner Urges AEU Schoolchildren to Work Hard, Complete Education; Worst Fears of Opposing Parties Confirmed [VET]
9 September 2309 Headline -- Mutuality: Mutuality Finally Acknowledge Long-Known "Deep Space Isolation Sickness", AKA "Space Madness"; Decline to Speculate on How "That Space-Crazy Unreg" Acquired Civvie Pilot Communicator [DNA]
9 September 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Breaking News: Multi-Alliance Civilian Force Drives Off Cluster of Unidentified Hostiles [ISN]
7 September 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Chetumal City-Yaxchilan Transport Pod Service Temporarily Suspended for Emergency Maintenance [CPC]
7 September 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Belt Management: The New Dieting Craze Sweeping Through the Civvie Pilots and How It Can Help YOU [VAR]
4 September 2309 Headline -- AEU: Garner Sharply Criticized for Proposed Address to AEU Schoolchildren [ISN]
3 September 2309 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS Purchases Beatles Song Library; Alliance Retroactively the Author of Hits Like 'Please Please Me' and 'Can't Buy Me Love'; Critics Hail EAOS as Most Influential 20th Century Band [VAR]
3 September 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Pilot Leagues Come Together in the Face of Piracy: AEU and League Pilots Agree to Mutual Defense Alliance [ISN]
3 September 2309 Headline -- Economy: Report: League-Accord Shipyard Discussions Stalled on Talk of a Buyout [LCR]
2 September 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Robinson, Shea and Thomas Together at Last in New Feature From HiDef HoloSkin Ltd.: Pre-Orders Already at 5 Million Copies [TTT]
2 September 2309 Headline -- Mutuality: Mutuality Manufacturer Apologizes for Tapioca-Flavored Synthbeef Mixup; Promises Lifetime Supply of Chocolate-Flavored Synthbeef to Those Affected [DFP]
2 September 2309 Headline -- League: Gluscevic Successfully Mediates Agreement Between Workers and Government in Central America [LCR]
2 September 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Holofilm Classification: F Subtype 17 Winning Format War Versus Holofilm Classification: F Subtype 17a [TPR]
2 September 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Earth Freedom League Lodges Formal Complaint over Separate 'Mutuality' and 'Everyone Else' Restrooms on Helios Station [DNA]
2 September 2309 Headline -- Sports: Competitive Tea-Drinking: Testing Shows Conclusively that Adams Uses Three Sugars Instead of Two; Announcement of Disqualification Expected Soon [USN]
30 August 2309 Headline -- AEU: Garner's Popularity Rating Skyrockets Among AEU Pilot League; Pollsters Baffled [ISN]
30 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Civvie Pilots Encounter Giant Lizard-Dog; Menacing Creature Steals Photo of Human Females for Further Study [OTI]
30 August 2309 Headline -- AEU: Bikura Spaceport Closed for Several Hours as Officials Investigate Ursine Flu Outbreak [ISN]
27 August 2309 Headline -- League: Gluscevic Offers to Act as Diplomatic Mediator Between Government and Central American Strike Leaders [LCR]
27 August 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Fringe Vessel Attempts to Capture AEU Pulsar over New Earth; Battle Ensues; AEU Pilot League Dissolves Non-Aggression Pact [ISN]
26 August 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Epic Three-Part Outsider War Documentary in Editing Stages; To Premiere in Manhattan on One-Year Anniversary of Resistance Victory [VAR]
26 August 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Xanadine Distribution Ring Used Comic Books to Launder Credits [VET]
25 August 2309 Headline -- League: Central American Bloc Shows Signs of Strain Amid Ongoing Workers' Strikes [ANX]
25 August 2309 Headline -- Economy: Ports Across IA, Mutuality Space Report Increased Operational Costs Due to Increased Trade [THN]
25 August 2309 Headline -- EAOS: Investigation Into Residential Structure Phenomenon Abandoned Due to Lack of Leads [TBX]
25 August 2309 Headline -- Sports: Ixtapa Stadium Nearing Completion; Developers Promise Readiness for Intergalactic Cup [IAS]
25 August 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Seibal's Petition Denied by Thomas Government; City Plans to Appeal Decision [CPC]
25 August 2309 Headline -- AEU: In Time of Crisis for New Phoenix, Telex Growth Rate Doubles [VET]
25 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Nina Thomas's Breasts Double Their Size in a Month: Implants or Pregnant with Frolov's Love Child? [TTT]
23 August 2309 Headline -- League: Pan-European Rail System in Need of Serious Overhaul, Says Watchdog Group [NAO]
23 August 2309 Headline -- Economy: CaNikon Corp. Expects Bullish Returns on New 55-Gigapixel Holocams [ENN]
23 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Giant Man-Eating Ants Found on Airless Planetoid; Mad Scientist Transports Specimen to Luna [OTI]
20 August 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Victor Hamilton as Chris Sheffield: Career Suicide?--The New Phoenician Actor Speaks His Mind [EFX]
20 August 2309 Headline -- Sports: Competitive Tea-Drinking Surpasses Golf as 17th Most-Watched Sport [USN]
20 August 2309 Headline -- AEU: Garner's Acting Administration Praises Recovery Efforts in New Phoenix [NEN]
20 August 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Prominent ISN Reporter A. Markham Sacked [DNA]
20 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Giant Baby Saves New Phoenix [OTI]
18 August 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: EAOS Raises Concerns over AEU Navy Commander J. Erikson [DNA]
18 August 2309 Headline -- EAOS: No New Sightings of Residential Structure Entity in Past Two Weeks [EXN]
18 August 2309 Headline -- Economy: European Markets Rebound Sharply on News of Bergman Appointment [ENN]
18 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: The Universe Will End in Just Over Two Years! 10 Other Shocking Secrets the EAOS Have Learned from Zymnaz!! [SSX]
18 August 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Investigation Into Outsider Sightings in Hills of Ticul Concludes; Hairless Dog Captured and Returned to Grateful Owners [UPN]
18 August 2309 Headline -- Mutuality: Near Miss At Helios While Anti-Hazard Station #4 Stands Unmanned; Full Investigation Underway [DFP]
18 August 2309 Headline -- Sports: Talk of New Baseball League Bandied About in Australasian Principality; Time for a Rebirth? [USN]
18 August 2309 Headline -- League: Bergman Appointed Governor of Pan-Atlantic Union; Acting Governor Gluscevic Reassumes Treasury Chairmanship [ENN]
17 August 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Accord Looks To Volatile Human/Outsider Border; Weapons Development Accelerating [ISN]
17 August 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Fender Introduces 64-String Hypercaster(tm) [TPR]
17 August 2309 Headline -- AEU: Voxel Sends Comprehensive Signed Box Set to Garner [VET]
16 August 2309 Headline -- Economy: EAOS Reports Sudden, Meteoric Rise in Space Market Usage [DNA]
16 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Corin Shea: A New Man Every Night? See Our Candid Photos and Judge for Yourself! [TBX]
15 August 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Reality Holoshow 'Who Wants To Be a Starship Pilot?' Cancelled After Former Contestant Tells All: Pilots Are Actors on New Phoenix Soundstage [TPR]
14 August 2309 Headline -- AEU: Garner on Voxel: Fan of His Music, Not of His Politics [NEN]
14 August 2309 Headline -- League: Tentative Agreement Reached for Outland City Pilot League Access; Could Open as Early as Late August [LCR]
14 August 2309 Headline -- Economy: First Trickle of New Designs Herald Return of Shipbuilding as Major Economic Force in the Interalliance [DNA]
13 August 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Seibal Petitions for Return of Confederation Capital Status [UPN]
13 August 2309 Headline -- Sports: Outland City Reportedly Considering New State-of-the-Art Stadium [IAS]
13 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Casey Orin: Cyrex, Sex, and League Cadets--The Real Story Behind His Public Outburst! [OTI]
12 August 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Shipyard Rehabilitation Plan Stalled on Disagreement Over Jurisdiction [ISN]
12 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Shocking Homemade Holovid Shows Nina Thomas Personally Escorting al'Helim Offworld!! [TBX]
12 August 2309 Headline -- Mutuality: Ryland Tells EAOS and League to Check Facts, Demands Mutuality Members Grow Up [DFP]
12 August 2309 Headline -- EAOS: Still No Conclusive Findings Regarding Residential Structure Phenomenon, Say Team of Interalliance Researchers [ESR]
12 August 2309 Headline -- League: Outland City Council to Meet on Pilot League Access This Friday [LCR]
12 August 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Documentary Film Crew Reportedly Following Voxel on Campaign Trail; Holofilm Expected Post-Election [VAR]
12 August 2309 Headline -- AEU: Study Finds Voxel Making Few Inroads With 45-and-Older Demographic [DNA]
11 August 2309 Headline -- EAOS: Counterpoint: How Town Hall News is In the Pocket of Anti-Mutuality Interests [EXN]
10 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Does Voxel Have Alien DNA? Our Source Says Yes! [TTT]
10 August 2309 Headline -- AEU: As Expected, Voxel Gaining Support Among Youth, Women [VET]
10 August 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU, Fringe Representatives Express Interest in Shipyard Rehabilitation Plan; League Response Tepid [DNA]
10 August 2309 Headline -- EAOS: Editorial: Why Casey Orin Was Right to Accuse the Mutuality [THN]
10 August 2309 Headline -- Sports: Chumworth Barred From Entering IABS After Xanadine Doping Tests Come Up Positive [USN]
10 August 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Hyper-Holofilm: Does It Spell the End of Holocinema as We Know It? [EFX]
10 August 2309 Headline -- Economy: Report: Centauri Spaceport Reconstruction Project Came in 20 Billion Credits Under Budget [ISN]
9 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Report: Rogue Squirrel Menace Far Greater Than Originally Feared [TBX]
9 August 2309 Headline -- League: Centauri Spaceport Officially Re-Opens for Business Following Extensive Renovations; Outland City Council Still Debating Pilot League Access [LCR]
8 August 2309 Headline -- AEU: National Patriots Coalition Offer to Green Earth Accepted by Garner: Richmond States Need for Unity in Times of Upheaval [VET]
8 August 2309 Headline -- League: Yes 2 Accord Backs Shea for Administrator Position [NAO]
8 August 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Looped AEU Charter Recitation Over Pital Airwaves Causes Confusion [CPC]
8 August 2309 Headline -- AEU: N. Harrison Talks About Fringe Situation: 'Does He Even Have a License?' [VET]
8 August 2309 Headline -- Economy: Hermes Corporation Reports Huge Upswing in Demand for Interstellar Passenger Ships Over Recent Months [LCR]
8 August 2309 Headline -- Economy: Report: League Leaders to Discuss Shipyard Reconstruction Plan with Accord Bigwigs Thursday [LCR]
8 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Zymnaz: Have We Imprisoned the Alien Jesus? [OTI]
6 August 2309 Headline -- League: Nuts About Nuts!: Rogue Squirrels Deforest 28 Acres of Centauri Walnut Groves [TPR]
6 August 2309 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS Research Teams: No Progress Made Yet in Determining Nature of Visitor [ESR]
6 August 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU, League Scientists Join EAOS Researchers in Studying Tapes of Residential Structure Entity [EXN]
5 August 2309 Headline -- Sports: Badminton Star Charles Chumworth Declares He Will Take Up New Career in Table Tennis [ISN]
5 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Fringe Scientist Reveals Common Squirrels Possess Telepathic, Telekinetic Abilities [OTI]
5 August 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: 'Rocket Summer': First Holofilm in Sheffield Trilogy to Focus on the President's Upbringing, Says Writer Erik Jackson [EFX]
5 August 2309 Headline -- AEU: Special Political Report: Why Voxel and Trinian May Be the Ones to Watch This Electoral Season [NEN]
5 August 2309 Headline -- League: 'Family First!' Group Pickets Old Earth Pilot Academy; Decries Pilot League's Pushing of 'Lesbian Agenda' Across Known Space [THN]
4 August 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Chetumal Spaceport CCHV Reveals Female Pilot Aids al'Helim Escape! [CPC]
4 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: al'Helim: A Secret Muslim? [TBX]
4 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Entity Believed to Be Ghost of Michael Jackson [SSX]
4 August 2309 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS Authorities Closely Monitoring Residential Structure; Phenomenon's Behavior Recorded Via Automated Security System [EXN]
4 August 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: BREAKING NEWS: Reports of Ghostly Sightings Flooding in from Across Known Space; Authorities and Scientists Baffled [DNA]
4 August 2309 Headline -- League: Misappropriated Funds Temporarily Derail North American Coastal Rail Project; Robinson Promises Deadlines Will Be Met [NAO]
4 August 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Action Star Victor Hamilton Tapped to Play Chris Sheffield in Daring New Trilogy of Holofilms from Universal Telex [VAR]
3 August 2309 Headline -- Economy: Accord Offers Funding to Rebuild Shipyard Structures; League Economic Downturn Shows Promise of Slowing Further [ENN]
3 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Thomas Haldeman Revealed to be Nothing More Than Three Cats and a Chipmunk in Business Suit [OTI]
3 August 2309 Headline -- Sports: Interalliance Badminton Society Disbands Due to Lack of Interest; Rescue Petition Signed by Only 137 [USN]
3 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Advanced Holographic Analysis Reveals Robinson's Outland City Date to be Nina Thomas! [TTT]
1 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Jinu Cultists Claim Telepathic Contact With Disembodied Felo Gestalt Consciousness [SSX]
1 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Man Insists Outsiders Evolved from Earth Octopus; Time Travel Assumed [TBX]
1 August 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Mutuality 'Pilots' Fornicating Their Way to Valid Licenses [THN]
1 August 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Do YOU Measure up to The Space Chief Marshal's 'Talents'? [TTT]
1 August 2309 Headline -- Fringe: ICC Member Alexander Frobisher Captured Booking Passage off Chetumal - Commodore States Net is Closing on al'Helim [CPC]
1 August 2309 Headline -- AEU: AEU Ambassador Injured In Sector 17 IFS Ambush; Hawthorne Praises Speedy Response Of Fringe Vessel 'Faux' [VET]
1 August 2309 Headline -- EAOS: Mass Hallucination on Torus? Residents Report Sightings of Floating Ghost-like Entity, Strange Voices [ESR]
31 July 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: After 340 Years, Scientists Agree: The Moon Landing was Fake [SSX]
30 July 2309 Headline -- League: League Association of Retired Pilots and Vesta Planetary Council at Odds over Pilot Admission to Vesta [ENN]
30 July 2309 Headline -- Mutuality: Tandem Pact Announces Technology Breakthrough [DFP]
30 July 2309 Headline -- AEU: Revo Developmental Technologies Takes over Renovation of Aging Endymion Power Plants [NEN]
26 July 2309 Headline -- Mutuality: Survey Shows 4,365% Increase in Surveys Conducted Since Interalliance Gained Access to Mutuality Space [DFP]
26 July 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Corin Shea's Oversight of Successful Peter Fienstein Rescue Mission Wins Support for Her Nomination to Accord Leadership [ISN]
26 July 2309 Headline -- Sports: Competitive Tea-Drinking: Rookie Nelson Fumbles Dunk in Chamomile Round; Now Officially Out of the Running [USN]
26 July 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Peter Fienstein, Returned from Hyperrift Only Yesterday, Approached with 2 Billion Credit Book and Holovid Deal [TPR]
26 July 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Unstoppable Being from Alternate Dimension Arrives to Subsume Mankind [TBX]
25 July 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Study Shows Revenues Slowly Climbing Among Providence Holovid Studios [TPR]
24 July 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Candelarian Navy Reports Experiment a Success: Disembodied Owl Brain Wired to Marauder Dominates Target Drone [CPC]
24 July 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: 50 Billion Worth of Xanadine Confiscated from Gated Community in New Amsterdam, New Earth; Authorities Suspect Ties to Ardsley Crime Syndicate [NEN]
24 July 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Mutuality: Full of Baby Eaters? [TTT]
24 July 2309 Headline -- Sports: HyperAccellerant Racing: Teffarn Wins Again at Hyperian Grand Prix Marred by Massive Crash [USN]
24 July 2309 Headline -- AEU: Rock Star 'Voxel' Stuns Public with Declaration of Candidacy for Office of AEU President [ISN]
24 July 2309 Headline -- League: Booming Local Economy Supporting Outland City's Rapid Recovery from Outsider Attacks [VET]
24 July 2309 Headline -- EAOS: Residential Structure Beefs Up Security Camera Coverage in Response to Break-Ins [ISN]
22 July 2309 Headline -- EAOS: EAOS: Recent Rash of Break-Ins at Residential Structure Puzzles Authorities; Nothing Reported Stolen [DNA]
22 July 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Ex-Mutie Pilot Carl Thomas Believes Constant Wearing of Spacesuit Helmet Gives Him Sexual Powers - Shocking Photos Inside! [TTT]
21 July 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Report: 63% of ChetuMall Clothing Made by Child Laborers [UPN]
21 July 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Shocking!!! GalKit, Inc Tests Products on Actual Galactic Kittens! Story Inside! [OTI]
20 July 2309 Headline -- Sports: New Earth Pins 2310 Ryder Cup Hopes on Team Captain Elmer Pavlington [IAS]
20 July 2309 Headline -- League: Outland City Trade Booming Thanks to Hyperion Crop Losses [LCR]
20 July 2309 Headline -- Mutuality: Survey Shows Sex Drive Down 300% in DeMargas Domicile Section Gamma; Analysts Blame Reduction in Cyrex Trade [DNA]
20 July 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Nina Thomas Beach Photos Inspire Fake Cybernetics Fad [UPN]
20 July 2309 Headline -- AEU: Opposition Leader Aaron Richmond Backs Garner's Reformation Plans in Shock Interview [NEN]
20 July 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: AEU Senator Accused of Keeping Pet Felo - Bikuran Citizens Demand Clones of 'Checkers' [OTI]
20 July 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Was the Moon Colonization Faked? Shocking Proof Inside! [SSX]
20 July 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Volker Bermann, News Anchor Famed for Live Coverage of the 2254 Tuxtla Attack, Dies Aged 102 [VAR]
19 July 2309 Headline -- Economy: EAOS Reduces League, AEU Interalliance Credit Rating [DNA]
19 July 2309 Headline -- AEU: James Hastingworth Resigns as Chancellor of Telex [ISN]
19 July 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON [TPR]
19 July 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Mysterious Coreward Signal is 'Hyperdimensional Rift'; 'Unprecedented and Baffling' Says Lead Researcher [ISN]
19 July 2309 Headline -- Sports: Competitive Tea-Drinking: Favorite Johnson Falters in Sudden Death English Breakfast Round [USN]
19 July 2309 Headline -- AEU: New Earth Passes Massive Health Care Reform; Medcenters to Be Available Every 5 Miles Instead of Every 8 [NEN]
19 July 2309 Headline -- EAOS: Sector 9 Residential Structure Nearing Capacity; Administrators Urge Other Alliances to Build Similar Facilities for Pilot Population [EXN]
19 July 2309 Headline -- Economy: Analysts Predict Commodities Markets Will Rebound on Strength of Synthetic Centauri Soy Strains [ISN]
19 July 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: New Breed of Cat Has Felo-Like Appeal, Two Week Life Expectancy [ENN]
19 July 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: League Government Discusses Special Tax on Interalliance Pay; AEU Leaders Sharply Critical [LCR]
19 July 2309 Headline -- AEU: Soy Farmers Say Shortfall Due to Overproduction, Fear Worse Harvests to Come [NEN]
19 July 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Some Fringe Vessels Reportedly Turned Away from Mutuality Ports [CPC]
19 July 2309 Headline -- League: Earth Freedom League Offices Shut Down as Part of Tax Evasion Probe [ENN]
19 July 2309 Headline -- Mutuality: Memorials for the Pilot of the Unaffiliated Starship 'Janice Joyce' to Take Place on DeMargas, Helios, and Tandem [DFP]
19 July 2309 Headline -- Sports: Despite Setbacks Organizers Insist St. Andrews Will Be Ready for 2310 Open Championship [IAS]
19 July 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Mad Scientist Invents 'Planetary Network'; Claims Near-Instantaneous Communication Can Occur without Wormholes [TBX]
18 July 2309 Headline -- EAOS: Back on Torus? Imprinted Holoimages Show Haldeman in Meeting [PFP]
18 July 2309 Headline -- Economy: Unexpectedly Poor Soy Season on Hyperion Depresses Commodities Markets [DNA]
18 July 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Study Shows 7% Decline in AEU Reading Rates Over Last 10 Years [NEN]
18 July 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Top Interalliance Diplomats to Meet Next Month to Discuss Future of Mir Station [DNA]
18 July 2309 Headline -- AEU: Telex Financial Crisis Investigation in Full Swing; Attorney General Tight-Lipped on Details [VET]
18 July 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Fringe Officials Silent Over 'Janice Joyce' Situation; Fringe-Mutuality Tensions Rising [DNA]
18 July 2309 Headline -- League: Illegal to Hold Alien Warlord Zmnyaz without Trial, Says Activist Group Earth Freedom League [PFP]
18 July 2309 Headline -- Mutuality: Carl Thomas Expelled from Mutuality in Grave Violation of the Free Port Doctrine [DFP]
18 July 2309 Headline -- Sports: London Jets Receiver Haynes Suspended Indefinitely on Xanadine Charges; Coach Says Won't Affect Playoff Chances [USN]
18 July 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Spider-Man: Hero or Menace? Exclusive Photos Within [SSX]
17 July 2309 Headline -- EAOS: Fienstein Search Still Ongoing, Says Orin [DNA]
17 July 2309 Headline -- Economy: Misappropriated Funds Cause Mild Financial Crisis on Telex [ISN]
17 July 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Michael Jackson Reissues Retain Stranglehold on IA Music Chart Top Spots [EFX]
17 July 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU, League Leaders Continue to Voice Criticism Over Unilateral Korie Detainment [ISN]
17 July 2309 Headline -- AEU: Endymion Water Supply Threatened by Aging Machinery [VET]
17 July 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Candelaria Welcomes Chess Prodigy Home With Ticker Tape Parade [UPN]
17 July 2309 Headline -- League: L5 Station Casino Reports Record Increase in Profits Since Outsider Defeat [DNA]
17 July 2309 Headline -- Mutuality: Survey Shows Cyrex Usage Up 93% in DeMargas Domicile Section Gamma [DNA]
17 July 2309 Headline -- Sports: 12-Year-Old Candelarian Prodigy Wins Confederation Chess Championship [CPC]
17 July 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: REPORT: Exiled Mutie Pilot Carl Thomas a Secret Spy For Fringe Junta! [TBX]
16 July 2309 Headline -- EAOS: Artifact Gamma Generates Energy Pulse Out of Sequence [ESR]
16 July 2309 Headline -- Economy: Increased Interest in Dormant ISC Assets Met with Increased Red Tape [ENN]
16 July 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: "Cuddles" Wins Top Prize At Velourian Pet Show! [ISN]
16 July 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: AEU Trade Boom Brings in League Workers to Aid Restoration [NEN]
16 July 2309 Headline -- AEU: Sir Kristoph Abernathy Donates One Billion Credits to Exploration Research Fund [EXN]
16 July 2309 Headline -- Fringe: ICC Leader al'Helim Slams Thomas Again, Demands Election [ANX]
16 July 2309 Headline -- League: League Association of Retired Pilots Petitions IA Flight Control Authorities to Abandon 'Old Earth' Terminology [LCR]
16 July 2309 Headline -- Mutuality: Ryland Raises Concerns of Mutuality Mail System Abuse by the Interalliance: Too Much Junk Mail [DFP]
16 July 2309 Headline -- Sports: Tennis: Gregory Wernal Claims Victory For New Earth at 10th Annual Yaxchilan Open [IAS]
16 July 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Was Sheffield Really Responsible--Or Did Garner Set Him Up? [OTI]
15 July 2309 Headline -- EAOS: Research Teams Still Attempting to Breach Biohazardous Material Paralyzing ERS [ESR]
15 July 2309 Headline -- Economy: Nuclear Power Industry Experiencing Rebirth With Loss of Zero-Point Energy Technology [LCR]
15 July 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Historical Docudrama Series 'Volkov's History' Wins Dedication Award [VAR]
15 July 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Tensions Mount on News of Increased Pirate Sightings [THN]
15 July 2309 Headline -- AEU: Scientists at Mt. Trifad Research Station Discover Native Carnivorous Plant on New Earth [NEN]
15 July 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Tikal Regional Administrator Replaced For Fifth Time in As Many Months [UPN]
15 July 2309 Headline -- League: North American Transit Union Predicts Manhattan-Hamptons Corridor Will Open by 2310 [NAO]
15 July 2309 Headline -- Mutuality: Sauveterre Reports Record Income For Helios; IA Analysts Skeptical of Gains [DNA]
15 July 2309 Headline -- Sports: Martial Arts: Cris Allison of Pital Disqualified From Baritsu Finals For Using Illegal Move [USN]
15 July 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Who Gets Shea's Heart Racing? Our Psychologists Reveal the Two Likeliest! [SSX]
14 July 2309 Headline -- EAOS: 1,733 Days and Counting Since Last Contact with Jinu; Researchers Not Giving Up Hope [ESR]
14 July 2309 Headline -- Economy: Intersector Economies Continue Slow Recovery; Economists Cite End of War, Greatly Increased Civilian Pilot Activity Over Last Year [ISN]
14 July 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Very Special Episode of 'Jinu and the Baby' Earns Major Kudos From Parenting Groups [TPR]
14 July 2309 Headline -- Interalliance: Plans for Grenwold Memorial Well Under Way [ISN]
14 July 2309 Headline -- AEU: Holocade Games Psychologically Damaging, Claims Lawyer Johnathan Tellini [THN]
14 July 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Cardano City Restoration Project Shelved; Magnans Want It Gone [UPN]
14 July 2309 Headline -- League: Vestan Underwater Colony Requires More Funding, Say Administrators [DNA]
14 July 2309 Headline -- Mutuality: Six Station Owners Still Standing in Way of Full Mutuality Census [DNA]
14 July 2309 Headline -- Sports: HyperAccellerant Racing: NorAm's Robert Teffarn Wins HypAc Grand Prix For Third Time in Four Years [IAS]
14 July 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Casey Orin: Xenophile? Exclusive Footage of Jinu Romp [TBX]
13 July 2309 Headline -- Economy: Stock in Motionless Plastic Novelty Discs Gains Over 300 Points Amid Heavy Trading [ISN]
13 July 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: 'A Pilot's Life For Me' Cancelled After Second Season; Fans Petition For Unlikely Renewal [VAR]
13 July 2309 Headline -- AEU: Independent Polls Show Garner's Approval Ratings Dip in New Phoenix; Opposition Predicts Further Slide [NEN]
13 July 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Salvage Operations to Begin on Battle Barge Wreckage [CPC]
13 July 2309 Headline -- League: Intersector Shipbuilding Corporation Liquidation Continues [NAO]
13 July 2309 Headline -- Sports: Zero-G Football: London Jets Beat New York Kings, Go Through to Second Round [IAS]
13 July 2309 Headline -- Tabloid: Charisse Robinson Spotted Cavorting with Unknown Woman at Chic Outland City Nightclub [SSX]
12 July 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Children's Presenter Brings Fun Back to Space [ISN]
12 July 2309 Headline -- Fringe: Thomas Government Mum on Korie's Diplomatic Status [DNA]
12 July 2309 Headline -- League: Masterson Monument Nearing Completion in Manhattan's Hudson River Park [LCR]
12 July 2309 Headline -- Sports: Ixtapa To Host 2310 Intergalactic Cup; National Team Still Ranked 97th in IA Standings [CPC]
11 July 2309 Headline -- Entertainment: Michael Jackson Memorial Celebrates 300th Birthday; Guest Appearance This Week By Hologram of Stevie Wonder [EFX]
11 July 2309 Headline -- League: Governor of Pan-Atlantic Union Resigns Amid Multiple Ethics Investigations; Blames Ethics Laws [ENN]
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