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242-2511 Gateway News Service- Gateway
The Octagon Society has announced that its latest push to put distressed spacefarers shelters on worlds has been relatively successful of late with many of the worlds in the Badlands, New Caledonia, Near Dark, Outlands and now the Ultima Thule subsectors getting shelters. The shelters are well built to a standard pattern, and contain long term survival gear designed to last for decades at a minimum. Each shelter is equipped with a powered signal beacon, to guide life pods and small craft to the shelter. Each shelter, is of course, shaped as an octagon, and they have between 4-6 levels to the shelter. Each shelter is capable of holding up to 40 distressed spacefarers in a pinch.
The Octagon Society is a tax exempt, charitable write off for most on Gateway, and other heavily settled worlds in the sector. The Society was originally chartered in the Terran sector and has proven to be a popular charity in the Far Frontiers. Based on Gateway, the society has generally been scandal free although there have been the occasional issues, which are generally quickly resolved by the board of directors. The society uses chartered ships to transport the materials, and crews to remote worlds in order to build the shelters.
The Octagon Society received much good public comment after the release of the epic poem the “Voyage of the Argent Dragon”, written by Horace Mandrake who was part of the crew of the free trader Argent Dragon which suffered a misjump into the Outlands and crashed on Anasazi where just six months prior an Octagon Society shelter had been set up. The poem details the efforts of the dozen crew to survive for three years on Anasazi.
The poem, is definitely not written by an accomplished poet, and is certainly a bit pretentious in some of its verbiage, but as a history of the crew surviving and attempting to fix their ship it makes for some good history. The crew found the Octagon shelter and used it as a base of operations while they did their best to survive until an exploration vessel found them in 2504.
The crew was able to get the parts they needed, fuel their ship, and safely travel to Shangri La where they finally ended their journey. The Argent Dragon was able to be repaired, and is now plying the space-lanes in the Outlands subsector a traveling advertisement for the Octagon Society. Only two of the original crew still are on board the Argent Dragon, but the others have been hired by the Society as spokesmen and spokeswomen to spread the message of the Society.
The poem is available for sale in hard copy and digital format at all Gateway Books Stores in the sector. A well received Vid by the same name as the poem was released earlier this year, and has gotten a small but avid following. The vid was a Dusty Hammer Studios Production, and despite the limited budget was remarkably well made, despite having “C” and” D” list actors of no especial notoriety. It has come in for praise for both the effects, and shocking the critics the solid acting by the cast.
The Octagon Society has announced that its latest push to put distressed spacefarers shelters on worlds has been relatively successful of late with many of the worlds in the Badlands, New Caledonia, Near Dark, Outlands and now the Ultima Thule subsectors getting shelters. The shelters are well built to a standard pattern, and contain long term survival gear designed to last for decades at a minimum. Each shelter is equipped with a powered signal beacon, to guide life pods and small craft to the shelter. Each shelter, is of course, shaped as an octagon, and they have between 4-6 levels to the shelter. Each shelter is capable of holding up to 40 distressed spacefarers in a pinch.
The Octagon Society is a tax exempt, charitable write off for most on Gateway, and other heavily settled worlds in the sector. The Society was originally chartered in the Terran sector and has proven to be a popular charity in the Far Frontiers. Based on Gateway, the society has generally been scandal free although there have been the occasional issues, which are generally quickly resolved by the board of directors. The society uses chartered ships to transport the materials, and crews to remote worlds in order to build the shelters.
The Octagon Society received much good public comment after the release of the epic poem the “Voyage of the Argent Dragon”, written by Horace Mandrake who was part of the crew of the free trader Argent Dragon which suffered a misjump into the Outlands and crashed on Anasazi where just six months prior an Octagon Society shelter had been set up. The poem details the efforts of the dozen crew to survive for three years on Anasazi.
The poem, is definitely not written by an accomplished poet, and is certainly a bit pretentious in some of its verbiage, but as a history of the crew surviving and attempting to fix their ship it makes for some good history. The crew found the Octagon shelter and used it as a base of operations while they did their best to survive until an exploration vessel found them in 2504.
The crew was able to get the parts they needed, fuel their ship, and safely travel to Shangri La where they finally ended their journey. The Argent Dragon was able to be repaired, and is now plying the space-lanes in the Outlands subsector a traveling advertisement for the Octagon Society. Only two of the original crew still are on board the Argent Dragon, but the others have been hired by the Society as spokesmen and spokeswomen to spread the message of the Society.
The poem is available for sale in hard copy and digital format at all Gateway Books Stores in the sector. A well received Vid by the same name as the poem was released earlier this year, and has gotten a small but avid following. The vid was a Dusty Hammer Studios Production, and despite the limited budget was remarkably well made, despite having “C” and” D” list actors of no especial notoriety. It has come in for praise for both the effects, and shocking the critics the solid acting by the cast.
243-2511 Gateway News Service- New Texas
New Texas authorities are warning beach goers to remain in the special hydra free zones along the coast since a number of parties have been held along no secure areas and hydra attacks are on the rise. New Texas Game Wardens have been active along the coast in an attempt to locate and deter hydras from attacking humans.
But, we are told, the hydras have been especially aggressive this year, due to some groups doing “hydra baiting” in an attempt to bring in hydras so they can be eliminated. This has led to some feeding frenzies along the coast which fortunately so far have not resulted in any fatalities, but over a dozen people have had to be airlifted to local hospitals due to hydra stings, which cause massive anaphylactic shock in humans.
As usual Game Wardens are warning New Texans, that hydras can sometimes move as far as 5 kilometers up rivers before the water becomes too fresh for them to survive. Game Warden Bucky Hansen told GNS that he had to use a BEI 20mm anti-hydra rifle on one specimen that had 12 meter long tentacles, and was one of the largest hydras yet seen along the coast. The animal was attacking a “party barge” that was filled with intoxicated revelers, who had been tossing food off the barge, along with some of the revelers, drawing a pod of hydras.
Three of the revelers were grabbed by hydras and stung before Game Wardens could arrive, and New Texas EMS dispatched a critical care team immediately which took the victims to Port Luckenbach hospital where they are reported to be in serious condition due to the stings from the hydras. Game Wardens cited the owner of the party barge and the JP in Port Luckenbach has suspended his license to operate due to his failure to observe safe boating regulations.
A hydra eradication campaign was stopped after environmental studies showed that the New Texas hydra is a critical part of the New Texas ocean environment. So alternate methods of beach recreation have had to be found. The current anti-hydra system was developed by New Texas Instruments Marine Division, and has shown a 99+% success rate in deterring hydra incursions into protected areas, with the few failures due to heavy seas lifting smaller hydras over the nets. New Texas Instruments Marine Division has worked with the New Texas Department of Fish and Game in order to protect recreational beaches on New Texas.
Also a new river net system is being put in place on rivers which are not used for commercial traffic to deter hydras from swimming up river. Hydras cannot survive more than two days in fresh water, but as they are expiring become exceptionally aggressive. The Game Wardens have a special hot line for hydra sightings, and urge all New Texans to be aware of the danger of hydra attacks.
New Texas authorities are warning beach goers to remain in the special hydra free zones along the coast since a number of parties have been held along no secure areas and hydra attacks are on the rise. New Texas Game Wardens have been active along the coast in an attempt to locate and deter hydras from attacking humans.
But, we are told, the hydras have been especially aggressive this year, due to some groups doing “hydra baiting” in an attempt to bring in hydras so they can be eliminated. This has led to some feeding frenzies along the coast which fortunately so far have not resulted in any fatalities, but over a dozen people have had to be airlifted to local hospitals due to hydra stings, which cause massive anaphylactic shock in humans.
As usual Game Wardens are warning New Texans, that hydras can sometimes move as far as 5 kilometers up rivers before the water becomes too fresh for them to survive. Game Warden Bucky Hansen told GNS that he had to use a BEI 20mm anti-hydra rifle on one specimen that had 12 meter long tentacles, and was one of the largest hydras yet seen along the coast. The animal was attacking a “party barge” that was filled with intoxicated revelers, who had been tossing food off the barge, along with some of the revelers, drawing a pod of hydras.
Three of the revelers were grabbed by hydras and stung before Game Wardens could arrive, and New Texas EMS dispatched a critical care team immediately which took the victims to Port Luckenbach hospital where they are reported to be in serious condition due to the stings from the hydras. Game Wardens cited the owner of the party barge and the JP in Port Luckenbach has suspended his license to operate due to his failure to observe safe boating regulations.
A hydra eradication campaign was stopped after environmental studies showed that the New Texas hydra is a critical part of the New Texas ocean environment. So alternate methods of beach recreation have had to be found. The current anti-hydra system was developed by New Texas Instruments Marine Division, and has shown a 99+% success rate in deterring hydra incursions into protected areas, with the few failures due to heavy seas lifting smaller hydras over the nets. New Texas Instruments Marine Division has worked with the New Texas Department of Fish and Game in order to protect recreational beaches on New Texas.
Also a new river net system is being put in place on rivers which are not used for commercial traffic to deter hydras from swimming up river. Hydras cannot survive more than two days in fresh water, but as they are expiring become exceptionally aggressive. The Game Wardens have a special hot line for hydra sightings, and urge all New Texans to be aware of the danger of hydra attacks.
246-2511 Gateway News Service- Xu Su
Regrettably, the Imperial Safety Bureau reported that Mr. Shang Liu Steyn was found to have drowned in a boating accident after he had taken his famed “party boat” out on the waters, and in some rough water, he apparently was intoxicated, and fell overboard, but no one noticed he had been missing for some time. Prince Roger and Princess Juliette were guests on board the vessel, and upon noticing that Mr. Steyn was missing, the Prince took charge and organized a search for the unfortunate man.
Mr. Steyn’s body was found, but it appeared that the local sea life had been at him, and so parts were missing. Needle Eels, and Corkscrew burrowers had attacked the body which had apparently been in the water for at least 7 hours by the time it was found. Princess Juliette had been overcome and had to take to her cabin and rest after the trauma of discovering their host had perished in a tragic accident. She had to take a sedative since she was just so overcome by the events.
The waves were a bit more energetic than anticipated, which left members of the boating party and crew a bit sea sick. Speculation is that Mr. Steyn, who was known for his fondness for fine brandy, had, as was his wont, overindulged, and had inexplicably gone on deck where he fell to his death in the sea. Prince Roger was detained before he could dive into the sea to assist in the recovery of the body since the local aquatic life forms were swarming, and it would have been fatal for him to have gone it.
We have been told by the Maritime Police that Mr. Steyn was found to have a blood level of .19 at the time of the autopsy, as well as traces of Nidhogg Green which would indicate that Mr. Steyn was certainly not in his right mind to be making decisions when he fell overboard. Prince Roger took command right away, and summoned both police and rescue forces to the scene, where he remained in charge until such time as properly relieved by the authorities.
Princess Juliette was so horrified that the was seen smoking a nic-stik on the fantail of the party boat, and just telling everyone that she feels so responsible, since Mr. Steyn wanted to impress her with his home world’s famed seas and sunrise on the Ocean. She told GNS if she had just declined, then “poor Mr. Steyn” would still be alive. She was seen weeping, and being consoled by her husband.
Shocking everyone even further, police discovered that eight members of the crew were slaves which had been purchased by Mr. Steyn and were being forced to work as “attendants” to several of the guests. The slaves were impounded, and will be freed. The captain of the vessel, along with six other crew have been arrested under the Anti-Slavery laws. We are told that Mr. Steyn has been involved in this disgusting trade for some time based on the testimony of the ships captain, and one of the crew who was in charge of “slave discipline”.
A raid on Mr. Steyn’s home and businesses turned up close to 30 additional genetic slaves who were taken into protective custody. Of those 30 half were female pleasure units as they are called. An intensive investigation has been opened up over this, with Mr. Steyn’s companies and associates being scrutinized.
Prince Roger and Princess Juliette have cut their visit short in light of this tragedy, and as the Princess told GNS, she just cannot handle being on this world due to such a horrible tragedy, which has just shaken her to her core.
The Royal Pair is now headed to Xin Zhongguo where they will spend a few weeks, and meet the Emperor at the Imperial Palace. The Police on Xu Su have asked that Prince Roger be awarded a medal for exceptional service, and they all were sincerely hoping that the Princess recovers from this terrible shock, since she is a delicate and sensitive person.
Regrettably, the Imperial Safety Bureau reported that Mr. Shang Liu Steyn was found to have drowned in a boating accident after he had taken his famed “party boat” out on the waters, and in some rough water, he apparently was intoxicated, and fell overboard, but no one noticed he had been missing for some time. Prince Roger and Princess Juliette were guests on board the vessel, and upon noticing that Mr. Steyn was missing, the Prince took charge and organized a search for the unfortunate man.
Mr. Steyn’s body was found, but it appeared that the local sea life had been at him, and so parts were missing. Needle Eels, and Corkscrew burrowers had attacked the body which had apparently been in the water for at least 7 hours by the time it was found. Princess Juliette had been overcome and had to take to her cabin and rest after the trauma of discovering their host had perished in a tragic accident. She had to take a sedative since she was just so overcome by the events.
The waves were a bit more energetic than anticipated, which left members of the boating party and crew a bit sea sick. Speculation is that Mr. Steyn, who was known for his fondness for fine brandy, had, as was his wont, overindulged, and had inexplicably gone on deck where he fell to his death in the sea. Prince Roger was detained before he could dive into the sea to assist in the recovery of the body since the local aquatic life forms were swarming, and it would have been fatal for him to have gone it.
We have been told by the Maritime Police that Mr. Steyn was found to have a blood level of .19 at the time of the autopsy, as well as traces of Nidhogg Green which would indicate that Mr. Steyn was certainly not in his right mind to be making decisions when he fell overboard. Prince Roger took command right away, and summoned both police and rescue forces to the scene, where he remained in charge until such time as properly relieved by the authorities.
Princess Juliette was so horrified that the was seen smoking a nic-stik on the fantail of the party boat, and just telling everyone that she feels so responsible, since Mr. Steyn wanted to impress her with his home world’s famed seas and sunrise on the Ocean. She told GNS if she had just declined, then “poor Mr. Steyn” would still be alive. She was seen weeping, and being consoled by her husband.
Shocking everyone even further, police discovered that eight members of the crew were slaves which had been purchased by Mr. Steyn and were being forced to work as “attendants” to several of the guests. The slaves were impounded, and will be freed. The captain of the vessel, along with six other crew have been arrested under the Anti-Slavery laws. We are told that Mr. Steyn has been involved in this disgusting trade for some time based on the testimony of the ships captain, and one of the crew who was in charge of “slave discipline”.
A raid on Mr. Steyn’s home and businesses turned up close to 30 additional genetic slaves who were taken into protective custody. Of those 30 half were female pleasure units as they are called. An intensive investigation has been opened up over this, with Mr. Steyn’s companies and associates being scrutinized.
Prince Roger and Princess Juliette have cut their visit short in light of this tragedy, and as the Princess told GNS, she just cannot handle being on this world due to such a horrible tragedy, which has just shaken her to her core.
The Royal Pair is now headed to Xin Zhongguo where they will spend a few weeks, and meet the Emperor at the Imperial Palace. The Police on Xu Su have asked that Prince Roger be awarded a medal for exceptional service, and they all were sincerely hoping that the Princess recovers from this terrible shock, since she is a delicate and sensitive person.
253-2511 Gateway News Service- Miskatonic Station
Miskatonic station was the scene of a minor donnybrook between crews of the Royal Sutekh Merchant Marine 1,999 ton cargo ship Azathoth, and several free traders, to include the Nosferatu. We are being told by Commander Lars Berquist of Station Security that the RSMM crew had arrived and were “full of ginger” and finding a number of Free Traders in Howard’s Watering hole, a popular place for ship crews, decided to evict some of the others from a table they were sitting at, watching the stage show.
The crewmen thus displaced, took offense to this, and delivered their rebuttal to the crew of the Azathoth, which led to an increasing dispute between the crews. At one point, a visibly angry, and intoxicated DL Wang, was seen flying across the table, grabbing on to one of the Azathoth crews head, and attempting mayhem.
As the disagreement became more general, and other crews joined in to the Free Trader battle cry of “Hey Rube!”, an ancient signal to come to the aid of other Free traders, the Azathoth crew also summoned reinforcements from the RSMM Sanford. By the time that station police arrived, the donnybrook had turned into a full blown chingaso. Police waded in with stun batons, giving fair and equal treatment to all.
As the semi-sober crews of the Free Traders found themselves on the losing end of the battle with the police and RSMM crews, there was a stampede to the doors, with a number of crew falling to the awaiting police. We saw DL Wang being carried off by a fellow crewman in a fireman’s carry, somewhat worse for wear, weakly muttering indistinct comments. All were fined 25 stellars and told to go back to their ships after paying Howard for the damage to his establishment.
Miskatonic station was the scene of a minor donnybrook between crews of the Royal Sutekh Merchant Marine 1,999 ton cargo ship Azathoth, and several free traders, to include the Nosferatu. We are being told by Commander Lars Berquist of Station Security that the RSMM crew had arrived and were “full of ginger” and finding a number of Free Traders in Howard’s Watering hole, a popular place for ship crews, decided to evict some of the others from a table they were sitting at, watching the stage show.
The crewmen thus displaced, took offense to this, and delivered their rebuttal to the crew of the Azathoth, which led to an increasing dispute between the crews. At one point, a visibly angry, and intoxicated DL Wang, was seen flying across the table, grabbing on to one of the Azathoth crews head, and attempting mayhem.
As the disagreement became more general, and other crews joined in to the Free Trader battle cry of “Hey Rube!”, an ancient signal to come to the aid of other Free traders, the Azathoth crew also summoned reinforcements from the RSMM Sanford. By the time that station police arrived, the donnybrook had turned into a full blown chingaso. Police waded in with stun batons, giving fair and equal treatment to all.
As the semi-sober crews of the Free Traders found themselves on the losing end of the battle with the police and RSMM crews, there was a stampede to the doors, with a number of crew falling to the awaiting police. We saw DL Wang being carried off by a fellow crewman in a fireman’s carry, somewhat worse for wear, weakly muttering indistinct comments. All were fined 25 stellars and told to go back to their ships after paying Howard for the damage to his establishment.
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