A Mega-city in under half a decade
At least that is what is planned for the city of Umimaru on Jisay, which is said to be the replacement for Shiguen Prime and Kabuki. The ECB`s cannot overshade the large sums and crews that are being pushed throughout the city building mega-complex after mega-complex and structure after structure. Soon the city will reach the capacity of other factions capital cities. Though the city scape will be vast, it will have the least possible eefect on the local biosphere, which consists of a rich fauna and flora that predates human colonization.
An age of Poetry
With Woodstock upcoming, as well as the Ms. Connect contest, we are facing extravagant cultural events, that seem to inspire all kinds of artists. Bands, dancers, sculpturs and
painters alike but especially writers and poets. One of these is Monsignore Ervatto Buchi de Rimera, a passionate fighter for the obscene. His new book, “Frantic Fantasies” is out now.
[ORCA] looking to buy
The massive civilian problems, [ORCA] is facing do not seem to vanish in the near future. Repeated attacks on local food production settlements and facilities, led to officials seeking help at southern factions in regards to food production system replacements and technological know-how. Some [ORCA] based companies are willing to invest large sums to fight the once again impending famine.
Brumfall DevSol - Exposed
The [BDS] headquarters were targeted by a special operations raid last month after unknown elements sent hints at a massive espionage network, incorporated in the companies ranks. Investigations showed a huge collection of data-hives, containing, to a large part, secret information, spanning hundreds of years. Actual military records and operation as well as operator data was secured. Factions affected are [USNE], [SHIF] and [ASU]/[NGE]. This has the potential to cause rifts in the relations between the factions of the sector, as it may destabilize the young networks just recently established.
Big Shocium coup
Hornet established itself as one of the biggest players in the young Shocium-trade. The Metal which was initially discovered on the planet Gojira in the Kaiju system as various uses in structural applications as well as ammunition building.
It was originally studied at the Mustafa RND facility, which was very badly damaged in a recent, catastrophal tectonic accident. Hornet picked up the remnants and continued the studies, coming up with great success, resulting in a freshly sealed deal with Old West Arms.
Science News
Astro-physicist and cosmologist Prof. Dr. Audrey Meylanes claims to have discovered a sub atomic particle, which can, under certain circumstances, move significantly faster then light. This is incredible news if true, but there are many sceptics saying her experiments were inconclusive. For now her thesis stands and she named the particle “Choris Orion”.
Shield upgrade
Newly developed tech made it possible, limited to a very small range, to detect and force-abort travel mid jump. This technology will be initially built into the shield stations defending the outer perimeters of the SDF.
Siren Song
CredSec`s scientific corpse, researching the area north to the Hashi system, released their initial findings after monitoring the surrounding space. It seems some form of energy-radiation is causing ship sensors to receive signals from sources, which are physically abscent. This caused a lot of the trouble in earlier years and is probably part of why so many ships went missing in that area. CredSec restated, the territory is far to dangerous to traverse. [SHIF] and CredSec are working on a permant solution to execute the no-fly-zone-program.
Ex-Sentinel now [ASU] - strikes deep
Ex Sentinel combatant and terrorist, Shirlee Donnaghan was part of an executive commando striking at a critical [WIG] installation, the [WKS] Opal V shipyards. a well coordinated chain reaction within the facility led to a total destruction of the installation regarding usability. More then 3.000 people died, including Thomas Faergus-Wilkinson and Dolores Wilkinson. The financial damage is estimated to be equal to 270-320 billion credits. The Wilkinson Estate gave out a press release promising to find and erradicate all that were ever associated in a supportive way with the elements behind the attack.
MF 93 - spreading
The so called Muta Fever desease is spreading throughout the [USNE] core world Pentagon in the Washington system, causing fear and death in the cities. Top of the line medical teams, as well as virology-specialists and disease-experts, are working tirelessly to get a grip on the pandemic. The problem is the extreme rate, at which the disease mutates the affected cells, which makes it hard to even prognose which kind of pathogen is responible for the aggressive changes in bio-chemistry. [USNE] as well as [SHIF] representatives said a quarantine may be inevitable.
Casino cheater captured
A scoundrel and connoisseur of the better life has been captured and identified as ex-black skull navigator Mr. Simon Myrklas, who was caught on the spot, while cheating in the big games area of the Cancuun Casino on Gamgee in the Iricoe system. investigations showed he has been doing so for quite some time now.
ICap and GenCell`s lovechild
The new line of fighter-craft built by Imladris Capital, is a major cooperation between GenCell, who created the pilots suit and interface as well as the pilot to machine connector, and ICap who built the newest iteration of supersolid material based fighter frame. The platform is based on the 3765 classic Kimchi model 3. Its reliability made it a pilots favorite back in the day and even in the early stages of the (now) SDF conflict.
Memmo de Crank-it-up
Founder and Co-Owner of Ken&Memmo Universal, has landed his next big gig. The complete woodstock-revival-event will be equipped by Memmonimous, his fashion and design brand, which polarized over the years and earned him a star at the sector fashion walk-of-fame on Polyeid, the old and new fashion metropole in the fringe belt. Next to this, a new line of small craft and armored vehicles is going to be released the next month. This guy got it all.
Peak entertainment
Enter the Matrix has been the most watched ECB match in the ECB`s history. Not only were the participants, the Cardinal Sins extremely beloved by the audience, but the theme and environment resonated with those watching and reliving, to a point of ecstasy. The hype is ever growing at this point, which does put a bit of a pressure on Connect to deliver after those amazing shows.
Champion spotlight: Greed
Greed, the Cardinal Sins, displayed by Mr. Dean Hawkings. He is janitor and personal guard by trade, but obviously there is a hidden talent hiding, namely acting. Not only does he know how to look stupidly sexy in most situations, but he really fills out his role with a coolness much appreciated by every demography of audience. Female-fan-clubs spent their time after matches thirsting over him and youth-fan-clubs replay his actions in varios shooter games and sims.
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[ACO] Agenda
Siding with Siden
A change to the better
Microsoft - the old one
3 out of 5
Craddle of Consumption
Hydrogen Boom
Last month, Hydrogen Dynamics, unexpectedly overtook all businesses from Jerry`s Gas, in a swift and aggressive takeover action. Though now shots were fired, we heard that a majority of the executives from [ORCA] Jerry`s Gas disappeared. The difficult situation, [ORCA] faces at the moment did not help in securing their assets.
PlanTrack`s Spacewhale
PlanTrack`s Aurora system seems to be hosting at least one very real spacewhlae. The company claims to have captured one and is currently preparing to make it publicly available in a sort of zoo. Though morally questionable, the publics interest is definetively huge.
Christmas comes early
As the end of the year draws ever so close, Belaind Food and Delecacies [BFD], created the Ruprecht Foundation. A group where children without stable parenthood can partake in pre-christmas events like cookie-baking and sledging. There will also be a reinvention of the classical “Christkindl Punch” a wintersports even for young adults and parents.
[USE] Nightslayer - remnants found
The [USE] Nightslayer was part of an early Jump IV experimental vessel group, which vanished after testing their engine decades ago in an operation named Project Odysseus. Now a group of [USNE] and [SHIF] pioneers have found remnants and wreckage of the Nightslayer on the third moon of Reach in the Lis system. MilTech scientists are mobilising at this very moment to gather all information available regarding this tragedy. Out sources state, an emergency black box could be retrieved from the wreckage. This has the potential to burden the fresh relationship between [USNE] and [SHIF] since it was always rumored, that Saigon (who now produce and sell the largest part of Jump IV engines on the market) were at least part of what caused this incident.
We will update you on the matter once information is made public.
The Odysseus Project
These are archive records, that show the initial testing of what was, at this time top secret technological development – the early Jump IV Drive: Project Odysseus. Both participating ships, the Nightslayer and the Carnival went missing on this day, over 24 years ago. This tech-operation went down in [USE] MilTech history as worst RND accident in over a century.
Following this incident, the engine and jumpdrive technology wing of then [USE] MilTech, broke down loosing years and years of scientific development in one moment, paving the way for the second in race to success, Saigon.
Saigon promises transperancy
As reaction to the discovery of the Nightslayer remnants, Saigon promised support and complete transperency to help clear up the incidents mysteries. A Saigon representative claimed “We were and are to this date eager to help in clearing up the mysteries that surround this tragedy. Not just to proove that we were not involved whatsoever, but to bring the one responsible, if there is one, to justice.
A special group of investigators has been detached from [USNE] MilTech General Javier H. Ferguson.
Reaction relevant
The Asteroid which hit Bible (ICA 1102-39, Mose 19-24), has had a devastating effect on the people on the planet, killing a large number of inhabitants. Yet the impact left the planet with a welcome oportunity, since its crater revealed the existence of a huge deposit of “Dysprosium”, which is extremely expensive and used in almost every reactor-technology available. While the majority of inhabitants are in the process of evacuating, [USNE] pioneers are working on ways to extract the rare metalls from ground zero. The tragedy, that was the impact of ICA 1102-39, thus is resulting in a positive way so to speak.
Nice Dice
The group behind the ECB-tournament contester, “Dice” is organizing a big game-convention in Sol Secundae after their early elimination from the tournament, featuring the very first of its kind ECB Trading Card Game – battle. This as well as some of the most reknown, so called “TTRPG`s” like Depths and Drows, Wanderer, s.c.h.u.r.z. (System of Comparable Houserules Using Restrictive Zealotry), No Flesh Must Be Eaten, Jelly Robbery, Danger World, Conflict Mace fantasy role play, Empire – the Cascade, Twilight Sprint, among others.
PlanTrack holidays
PlanTrack is reopening their legendary Spa and Wellness attraktion “Hawaii” On Sunder Tengo in the Clotine system. This world has been significantly worked on by [SITF], Saigon (inTerraformation) over the last year, to make it revive the holiday-vibe of the once sprawling paradise of “Hawai” on Mectora in the Belland system. The initial attraction fell victim to the “Fringe-Belt-Conflict” and the industrialisation afterwards. This grand reopening starts with a huge party, which we announced earlier this year. The upcoming Woodstock celebration will be held as reopening ceremony on “Hawaii”. So if you attend, you`ll be able to witness two revivals at the very same time. The event will host to some big player attractions like the Ms. Connect contest, the Chanela`s FuSku and the Grand Tricerathlon, to name a few. The celebration will start at December the 24th 3893.
The youngest sector ever
A recent study shows, the sector has never been younger before, since the great boom after arrival.
The study was commissioned by [CSA], CredSec`s own “Civilian and Social Sciences Agency. It shows the ratio of 0-6/7-16/17-26/27+ year olds is, for the first time in about 3400 years about 26%/22%/19%/33%, with a large portion of the 33% being older then 80 years.
Unknown Vessel destroyed
Megon 1512. An unknown vessel has been shot while attempting a close-sling-shot maneuvre, orbiting Rybnik. The vessel was detected only by chance, since, it may have utilized advanced stealthing technology, our sources state. The vessel was given the chance to identify and surrender repeatedly, but failed to comply and was shot down before it could escape. The wreckage unfortunately could not be recovered, when it fell into the deeper layers of Rypnik where the military deemed it to dangerous to follow. Our Shiguen Intel-insiders consider this a possible new development in the war against [CSM], advising the people in charge to drastically increase security in the Cerberus Void. As a reaction, the [SHIF] government ordered the immediate built up of a special task force for detecting and destroying hidden hostile assets.
ECB Death=Toll
Statistics prove, that the rising bloodshed and violence within the ECB-matches is particularly well recieved by the larger part of the audience. While some argue the tournament would loose its “code of honor” or the “sportsmanship-character”, others counter with the greater entertainment value, especially with the new tech from Connect. This will probably be considered by the match-designers at Connect.
[ORCA] Isolation
After public unrest peaked in the last months once again within the closer [ORCA] core territories, [ORCA] officially shut down any ungranted travel into or out of the four core-systems. Our experts expect this to cause more unrest and deepen the rift between the government and its people. And while the powerfull struggle, to keep controll, rumors reached us that some assets of the newly formed [ASU], were spotted within the outer rim of the [ORCA] area.
Progression !
The sector is “moving” at stellar pace regarding progression. Either technolog- or socialwise. It seems the war has led to a unification (at least in theory) unthinkable in times of peace. It is something, that has been known throughout human history, that we grow stronger, our alliances more reliable and our friendships more meaningfull in times of great uncertainty. This shows in the technological advances primarily but also in the ambition to create a unified law-system. Many of our finest experts claim humanity is on the brink of making the next big step. What ever that really means, we are eager to learn about it. One thing is clear though, these are exciting time to witness.
Rounding up the Snakes
A CredSec led joined operation, code-named “Forked Tounge”, in the Thorfin and Belland region caused public unrest, when seemingly random [USNE], [ORCA] and [NGE] functionaries were arrested and abducted by CredSec operators. Their families and friends were left without notice or explanation other then it being a matter of sector security. Our CredSec representatives and experts know the situation and reassured us, this would be a common way to keep the operation save for the participating officers. The families of the arrested were quickly invited to a non-public space, to be informed and able to check the well being of their relatives. Our contact at CredSec promised us further information, as well the operation as a whole is concluded.
Unexpected proposal
The leader of one of the biggest coorporations in the Shigueni region, just announced an unexpected connection. Mr. Kabukisama Arasaka is going to marry once again. The woman of his late choice, is the young Uma Rider, Daughter of [USNE] ex president Harold Connor Rider. This is a very unexpected marriage, since Ms. Rider was only largely known for her distinct lifestyle of party and excess. She has to have some incredible talents, being able to seduce one of the most powerfull men in the Shiguen Emprire. This had no imidiate effect on stocks or the like, but our experts agree that some ripples of this announcement WILL effect the way Arasaka will be seen in the upcoming future.
Science News
Biologist and genetics-expert, Freiherr Gerd von Erlangen, claims to have found an extra bone-structure in recently born children all over the sector, suggesting a step in evolution that was previously undetected. This has to be confirmed on a wider scale though. He calls the structure “Kolben-Gelenk”, which means as much as “piston-joint”.
Call of Booty
Connect has launched a series of notifications to call judges into service for the upcoming Ms. Connect event. This is a voluntary duty, the chosen may act upon. It is a great responibility to act as one of the chosen in such an event. The judges will undergo a series of “swearing in`s” before their service. There will be five judges in total. Two of them being male and three female as per target-audience-statistics. Further information on the event will follow soon.
[SPL] looking to boost numbers
CredSec`s Sector Police and Law group is starting a huge campaign to recruit personell for their own ranks in preparation for the upcoming law-streamlining. CredSec once again is looking to built a better future for the sector as a whole.
Taito Tantrum
After years of struggling with public perception, Taito recently got a bit of critical coverage regarding one of their “business” decisions in the late Kabuki Undercity.
To loose such negative publicity, they now started a program which lets imprisoned criminals with a certain profile work aboard their transport ships, under heavy supervision and control, but able to earn good money. This may help to reielve the prisons and help resocialize these prisoners.