206-2509 Gateway News Service- Aki
The New Styx colony, has gotten its first colonists. A dozen bemused members of the New Styx colony, who were rushed here from Gateway, have landed and formally run up the flag on this newest of the Gateway colonies in this subsector. Captain Larsson has been named system Naval commander and his ship will remain in system for the time being.
The JT Kirk has arrived in system, and upon entering orbit began its standard survey protocols, as well as landing a team of scientists both at the New Styx location, and in Acheron City where they spent three days filling out the proper forms as required by the Acheron government.
Apparently the crew of the Kirk were unused to actually writing things down on actual paper, having to then trek to a different office get an official stamp (red of course)on said paper, and then return to the first office for yet another official stamp confirming the original stamp. One crew member was heard to complain that they were being run around in circles by stupidly officious bureaucracy for no good reason, and why were they using paper instead of digital copies like civilized people!
But finally the last piece of (real) paper was stamped, the proper signatures were affixed and a seal (real wax) along with some red (real) tape on the papers, to the complete satisfaction of the Acheron colony officials, so that the crew of the Kirk with their splendidly official documents in hand were finally able to start work surveying and investigating the Alien site.
After a semi-protracted negotiation with the colony officials (which one crew member described as the “whole bloody colony”) they were allowed to set up Nemidia Tower, and were further allowed one complete company of Marines and security troops. The Nemida Tower has been designated as the location for all off world, non Acheron groups as their residence.
As has become common, the female members of the Kirk’s crew queued up to get their time in “the pod” as it has been called, each one emerging perfectly groomed and made up, to their evident delight. One of the daring male crew members entered the pod, and emerged, again scrupulously clean, and this time with shocking electric pink hair to the evident delight and hilarity of his male crew members.
