Far Frontiers Gateway sector

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A local franchise did Mediterranean Lamb that seems as if it would be similar. Their menu's pretty disappointing lately.

Yeah, sort of same ol, same ol boring. That Greek Pizza was something special.

 

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339-2508 Gateway News Service- Xanadu

A private chartered company Xanadu Colonies, Inc has been formed with the intent of developing interest in the colonization of two worlds in the New Caledonia Subsector: Loch Lomond, a dense atmosphere, 1.1g world, and Skye, a thin atmosphere, Terran Steppe world with 61% water. The interest in these two worlds is due to their location on the New Silk Road route.

Xanadu Scouting and Terraforming has accepted the contract to perform the long term biological and ecological survey of these worlds in exchange for the usual 10% royalty fee for each world. Crews from the company will be landing on both worlds by the middle of the next year. Each planet with have multiple crews working in multiple locations so as to get a better idea of the biome of each planet.

Xanadu is the largest population world in the sector at 485 million people, and is looking to re-settle a percentage of its population away from Xanadu. Right now the colonization initiative is being set up with the intent of attracting at least 50,000 colonists per planet. If the biome survey works out well, then with an initial placement of 50,000 per world they will be able to jump start the infrastructure of each world very rapidly.

The increase in interest in colonization has been spurred by Gateway's aggressive colonial push in the Outlands subsector, which has naturally drawn the interest of the other high population worlds in the sector. But few worlds have had the full biological survey completed which has become a requirement for insurance purposes and financing of potential colonial ventures.

Too many of the originally settled worlds in the sector did not have a completed work up done before the colonists started to arrive. Since the collapse of the gateway to the Terran sector, things are done more circumspectly since there is no desire for dangerous flora and fauna to be transported to worlds which have no defense against them. An example is the Marduk Flu which has been a scourge across the sector for over 100 years.

 

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346-2508 Gateway News Service- Dunwich

Three members of an alleged GeneCo Recovery team were ambushed in the street in Innsmouth early this morning. As the three were getting ready to enter a decrepit building, gunfire rang out, and all three were eliminated, dropping in the street. As their killers fled in three older model air cars, a playing card with the Ace of Spades was dropped on the chest of one of the deceased.

The card was the Ace of Spades, and had the inscription: Welcome to the afterlife, courtesy of the Heirs of D68G. The Police who responded have been unable to identify a motive at this time, and have officially declared it as a matter of "Illegal dumping". We were told by the Chief of Police of Innsmouth that if the culprits were found, they would be fined 25 stellars for the failure to remove the trash from the street.

 

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344-2508 Gateway News Service- Kokopelli

In a rather dramatic orbital insertion, a Deployable Wombat Burger stand was seen coming down in a rather impressive fashion as it dropped along with a complete dropship compliment of employees. The station landed only 1 meter off of its proposed location, and was rapidly shifted, connections to water, power, sewage made, and in less time that one expects was providing hot, fresh burgers, fries, and vegemite jello shots to the colonists. Good Show Wombat Burger! The flaming re-entry was seen across most of the colony as the Burger stand made its flaming descent to the surface. Diana Thevins-Wang is nothing if not addicted to the dramatic flair!