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Far Frontiers Gateway sector

313-2507 Gateway News Service- Amaterasu

Nakajima Space Equipment corporation (中島宇宙機器株式会社 Nakajima uchū kiki kabushikigaisha) has announced for Space Day on Amaterasu their latest offerings in equipment for the discerning Space Traveler. First up is their latest M-121 Vacc Suit with inner skin-suit. This new TL 12 suit has all of the necessities for the well equipped space traveler, with new climate control system, longer duration air tanks, smaller thruster pack, a new self sealing design, a med sensor and pack, and it comes in multiple colors and designs. For both men and women, this suit is fashion forward, and a subtle statement of power and competence.

For those who are exploring the unknown, and need something more durable, and protective, we have the M-44 Hardi-suit which combines both the skin suit with a light armored outer to Combat Environment Suit protective levels, re-configurable lighting system, bio monitor system, built in recorder system, and extended air supply. Also the suit come complete with an equipment belt and extra attachment points. In multiple colors so that teams can be more easily identified on hostile planets. It has all of the features of the M121 and much, much more!

For those dangerous atmospheres, we have the M-65 Hard suit, which is completely sealed, armored to Combat Armor levels, has self sealing features for rips in the gloves, or other joint areas. An extra sturdy visor complete with our innovative re-configurable lighting system, toxic system sensor, rated for multiple hours in an exotic atmosphere, an extra hour in corrosive atmospheres for a total of 6 hours, and two hours of safe use in insidious atmospheres! All for a very competitive price, see the dealer for single and multi unit pricing.

Next up is the M-92 Construction suit, a semi-hard suit, it comes complete with extra sturdy helmet, our patented re-configurable lights, designed for those Vacc workers who are building our future, this suit has extra thrusters, our new auto stabilization system, attachment points for tools, and all the other features that those who work in space need. It can be configured for both tethered air hoses or extra EVA pack air units. The self sealing feature is our most robust due to the dangerous environment. A special Adamant glass visor gives good vision as well as proximity sensors in case of a potential collision. Pricing available on request.

Always trust Nakajima Space Equipment for your space travel needs! Dealers are throughout the sector, with corporate and individual sales. Bulk discounts are available via our dealers. Trade ins on older suits can be negotiated, and as always Nakajima services what it sells! Nakajima's motto is: "Safety is our number one priority!".
 
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318-2507 Gateway News Service- New Atlantis

A rather stressful event occurred today on this world, as a herd of sheep got loose and were found grazing on the newly installed Cricket pitches. The Cricket Keeper told us that the sheep did a great deal of damage to the pitch before they could be removed. Groundskeepers swarmed the site, and determined that the damage could be repaired in two or three years.

The owner of the sheep was fined an eye watering sum for the destruction of the Cricket Pitch, and local police had to intervene to prevent him from being tarred and feathered, as it is he has put his station up for sale, and is moving his herd to New Montana due to threats against his sheep by the local cricket aficionados.
 
319-2507 Gateway News Service- New Paris

Several works of art by the late, lamented Master Maxim were damaged by hooligans who entered the Museum of Fashionable and Utterly Impenetrable Art, where one of the Master's great pieces was on display after being loaned by Diana Thevins. The Urinal of Love, which graced the men's room of the Thevins Corporation offices was sent on loan. Several of the intoxicated felons were caught actually urinating on the piece. They were swiftly arrested.

His other famous work, D.i.s.g.u.s.t was damaged when one of the utterly art deprived Philistines tossed his cookies on the piece after having consumed far too much wine for lunch. The curator of the museum had to be taken to his office to recover from the vapors brought on by this utter lack of appreciation for fine art. All those involved have been arrested.
 
321-2507 Gateway News Service- Gateway

The Colonial Ministry has released its update to its "New Look 2501" colonization plan for the Outlands subsector since the number of voluntary colonists has plummeted in the last two years, and even fairly lucrative financial incentives have failed to meet the projected number of colonists. The members of the Ministry have blamed multiple causes, to include better than expected economic times in the Gateway System, as well as concerns that the growing tension between Gateway and the other worlds in the sector have left the Outlands vulnerable to possible hostilities.

The colonial ministry was attempting to induce recently paroled criminals to take up colonist incentives, but existing colonists have filed a protest that they do not want to become a dumping ground for malcontents and criminals like so many of the current worlds in the sector were at the start of their colonization. As a result the Ministry has backed off of this idea, for now, and is offering free transport, cash for start ups and improved backing to try and get more colonists.

Analysts have always stated that the New Look 2501 was vastly over hyped, and was unrealistic from the very beginning. The architect of this plan and his staff have been sacked from the Ministry over lack of performance, and perhaps a desire to "sweep this failed policy under the rug". The repudiation of the New Look 2501 by the Ministry has left a void in Colonial policy, with some pundits viewing with alarm the possibility that other worlds will take advantage of this vacuum to move their own colonists into the Outlands.

So far the only other world really looking to move into the Outlands is Amaterasu, with several completely independent colonies having been placed on worlds not directly claimed by Gateway.
 
322-2507 Gateway News Service- Dunwich

The Herpes Brothers have arrived on their latest stop in the "Utter Degradation Tour", and they are finding a less than hopeful welcome by the citizens of the various colonies on this border planet. The Herpes Brothers spokesman had said that it appears that they had a slight miscalculation as to the welcome that would be available to them. In light of this unwelcoming atmosphere, the Herpes Brothers are looking at a trip to New Drakkensburg.

They cannot visit New Medina since they have arrest warrants out for them for "Disgusting, immoral, and perverse actions which caused harm, and insult to the Royal Family". It is known that they got three of the Royal Princesses "in a family way" on their last visit to this world. We are told that there is a shoot on sight order if they are seen on planet, and a "blow their ship out of space" order if they even jump into the system.

It is not known what sort of reception they will get on New Drakkensburg. We suspect that this might not be the scrofulous trio's best idea yet. However as they said: We are going to new heights in Utter Degradation! We wish them luck, and massive doses of antibiotics.
 
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324-2507 Gateway News Service- Freedonia

R. Brown Guccione here from Soldier of Fantasy, the best spot for all your mercenary and adult entertainment in our famed Brown Paper Wrapper! I have been given an inside look at the new Yacht purchased by the excellent Bilmont Cockvalve. This new ship, purchased with what Mr. Cockvalve refers to as his “pocket cash”, is a 1,500 ton ex Freedonian Navy Corvette which has been worked over at the Gateway Yards to bring it up to his fabulous specifications!

He has named it the OPM II, after his first yacht that was destroyed in a terrorist attack by the evil forces of a major corporation which shall be nameless, but might possibly be on New Drakkensburg. Wink Wink. The Other People’s Money one was his spectacular mobile office and love pad, equipped to the highest standards with this new ship being much the same.

First, all of the staterooms for guests are 12 ton capacity, with there being 10 of these, and his personal stateroom is a massive 24 tons. It has an 8 ton office and relaxation nook next to it, along with his personal armory. The Armory is bio coded to just him, and is filled with exquisite death dealing weapons of utter destruction.

The ceiling of his personal stateroom is covered in diamondite mirrors, the chairs covered in specially grown cloth from the Xanadu silk crawlers which is the most valuable fabric around of course. Then the bar chairs are upholstered in the skin of the reproductive organs of Ultiman Mega-Whales, complete with iridium polished frames.

The bed is large enough for three people, and has a counter grav feature for those days he just wants to practice Zero G acrobatics. Entry is via bio coded command, and a 128 digit combination lock sequence that changes every 48 hours depending. Of course Mr. Cockvalve is fully capable of remembering each and every random combination change and password since he is working on his fifth Ph.D.

The gym is a full 32 tons, and is where Cockvalve hones his impressive build and is complete with a holo-range for handgun shooting. Spending several hours in the gym each day allows him to reduce his body guard force to a mere three dozen. The crew is dressed in the most fashionable crew wear, which shows off their toned and bronzed physiques in the most impressive way.

The yacht is kept immaculate as always, and the “command center” where he can hold business meetings, or dress down an under performing minion is state of the art. A network of couriers bring news of his far flung business holdings to him on a regular basis. The great man is, of course, able to speak a dozen languages fluently, and is a master of no less than eight martial arts.

The yacht was forced to have its weapons systems removed, but thinking ahead, he has managed to get it installed as a Naval Reserve vessel with the Freedonian Navy, and so has had the weapon systems seriously upgraded at the Gateway Yards turning the OPM II into a death dealing ship of vengeance if need be. Sparing no, and I mean NO expense, this ship just drips wealth and status, all in accord with the outstanding example that Mr, Cockvalve sets of Noblesse Oblige.

Streamlined for landing, it normally sits at the Nacogdoches Downport, ready for immediate lift off if the great man needs to go to his various holdings on other worlds. The golden hued ship, guarded by an impressive number of hired guns, is kept in a constant state of readiness by the crew.

Well, our well educated and excellent readers, we have to leave the ship since Mr. Cockvalve is off to an undisclosed destination for feats of derring-do which I am sure that Soldier of Fantasy will be the very first to get the inside scoop. Well, R. Brown Guccione signing off, and hoping that all of our readers have a successful mission!
 
25-2507 Gateway News Service- Asgard

The Hammerfel region of this planet has been the scene of some recent seismic disturbances which have caused destruction of many structures. The most powerful tremor was 8.6 on the Richter scale. Local emergency services units were kept busy, and as a result, the New Caledonian forces which are stationed on planet have pitched in to assist both in the debris removal and clearing, and rebuilding. The 15th New Caledonian Engineer battalion has deployed all of its equipment to the region, and experienced a 7.5 tremor immediately after it arrived.

The Hammerfel region, like much of Asgard is seismically active due to several fault lines which are relatively active. The last shock-wave was the heaviest one, and the others are under 3.2 on the Richter scale, causing minimal damage. Already between local forces and the New Caledonians much of the debris has been removed so that rebuilding can start as soon as the quakes die down.

As is common on Asgard most structures are earthquake resistant, but these were larger than normal for the area. Hammerfel is both an exceptionally scenic region, and the location of several of the more lucrative rare earth mines on planet. No fatalities have been reported and under 200 injured have been treated at local hospitals with all but 21 being already released.

The shock-waves from the tremors were felt as far away as the downport which is 250 kilometers from the Hammerfel area. The downport registered shocks in the 2.1-3.9 range over the course of the series of quakes. A Pinnace was lightly damaged as the pilot was taken by surprise as she was landing, making a harder landing which caused slight damage to one of the landing skids due to ground movement. The pilot had disengaged the auto landing system since she was getting in some required pilot hours for her logbook. None of the passengers were injured, and none of the cargo was damaged. Planetary Space Safety investigators have already cleared the pilot of any negligence, and have issued a finding of unavoidable accident. The Pinnace belongs to Asgard Surface to Orbit company and is one of the companies which carry cargo from ships to the surface. The pilot has 3,200 hours behind the stick, and has been flying for ASO for a decade.
 
323-2507 Gateway News Service- Gateway

To honor the GNS Lookfar, the exploration ship which misjumped and was later found to have accidentally triggered the Nova at X0709L the Gateway Exploration Service has named its latest Kirk class ship as the GNS Lookfar. This ship is one of the 60,000 ton J.T. Kirk class exploration cruisers, and its very first mission will be to explore into the Outlands along the Leng Shan-Twilight-Aki chain of worlds, eventually heading over to the Near Dark subsector.

The mission is expected to last upwards of 30 months, and so for the first part of the mission the Lookfar will have cargo ships with it to provide items that the ship might need before heading off into unexplored space. An additional ship of the new Adventure class will head out along the X0807C-X0808C axis into the Near Dark subsector. The two ships will rendevous back in a year or two.

Neither ship is planning on extensive biological surveys of newly discovered worlds, but robot probes will be deployed to see if planets are capable of supporting life. Right now the main mission is stellar and system surveys.

The exploration service has announced that it is decommissioning its 20,000 ton Dawn class exploration ships, since the three ships have proven to be less capable, more expensive to operate and harder to maintain than the newer Adventure class ships which are half the tonnage. The Dawn class will be put up for sale, and if no one purchases them they will be sold for scrap. The class has always under performed despite everyone expecting great things from them based on the plans, blueprints and corporate literature.

Some think that the Dawn class was ordered from General shipyards based on the level of kickbacks that the supervisors in the Exploration Service were found to have gotten from General Products for the purchase of these vessels. Due to the poor reliability and lack of performance they exhibited, only three of a planned 12 were constructed. The executives in the service have been arrested and are currently being tried for accepting bribes.

The Dawn class suffered several high profile issues during its relatively short period in service, compared to all other vessels. In service for less than a decade, this class was very unpopular with both crews and service personnel both. The internal life support system had after a short time a tendency to develop its own peculiar aroma, which required a two month overhaul to completely replace all filters and flush the entire life support system which was so poorly designed that the ships required twice to three times the maintenance that comparable craft required.

General Products managed to pass the blame on to the crews, stating that they were not properly maintaining the vessels, and upon conducting system tests, claimed that all systems were operating well within system parameters. When confronted with the lack of performance, General Products said that they had built the ships according to Scout Service specifications, and could not be held accountable if the Scouts did not know how to use such an advanced ship.

In one well publicized issue, as the Copper Dawn was accelerating out of orbit, the external mounting brackets released, which caused all four ships boats, four shuttles, and six pinnaces to come loose of the ship which was maneuvering at 3 G's acceleration. As they worked to recover the loose auxiliary vessels, the mounting clamps would not lock, and so the ship had to spend an additional six weeks in the repair dock to replace all external locking systems.

In another spectacular failure, the turbo-flush and waste reclamation system on the Silver Dawn failed, and had a reverse flow issue while on a mission 9 jumps outside of the settled areas of the sector. It took a complete shutdown of the system for 24 hours to trace the problem to a glitch in the latest General Products OS 49 which was incompatible with the hardware which was specifically set up for OS 50. The entire crew put in for a transfer after the ship limped back into settled space.
 
328-2507 Gateway News Service- Sutekh

The crew of the Silver Dawn have been cleared by doctors to travel to Sutekh so they can get acclimatized to planetary living again. All of them are suffering from Temporal Adjustment Syndrome with two of the crew being of most concern of complete withdrawal, and the doctors thinking that being able to get out in the "good clean air" will have a positive effect on the health and mental well being of the survivors.

New Texas has sent a delegation, and has offered the crew re-settlement on New Texas or any other planet of their choice, along with an immediate payment of 1 million New Texas Dollars to assist in that regards. The survivors have requested that their compatriots who did not survive be buried in the "soil of Texas", and so they are being sent to New Texas on the battleship Lone Star with a Marine honor guard, and they will be interred in the New Texas State Cemetery. Sutekh is sending along an honor guard as well from the Gendarmes D'Elite Regiment to escort them "home".

As for the ship, at this time, the vessel is being moved to the Sutekh Alpha system and after a complete examination, download of all data, will be loaded onto a carrier and moved to the New Texas system, where it is thought that it will become a museum ship after it is brought down to the surface safely. Plans are to build a Museum of Exploration with the Silver Dawn as its center piece.
 
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328-2507 Gateway News Service- Sutekh

The crew of the Silver Dawn have been cleared by doctors to travel to Sutekh so they can get acclimatized to planetary living again. All of them are suffering from Temporal Adjustment Syndrome with two of the crew being of most concern of complete withdrawal, and the doctors thinking that being able to get out in the "good clean air" will have a positive effect on the health and mental well being of the survivors.

New Texas has sent a delegation, and has offered the crew re-settlement on New Texas or any other planet of their choice, along with an immediate payment of 1 million New Texas Dollars to assist in that regards. The survivors have requested that their compatriots who did not survive be buried in the "soil of Texas", and so they are being sent to New Texas on the battleship Lone Star with a Marine honor guard, and they will be interred in the New Texas State Cemetery. Sutekh is sending along an honor guard as well from the Gendarmes D'Elite Regiment to escort them "home".

As for the ship, at this time, the vessel is being moved to the Sutekh Alpha system and after a complete examination, download of all data, will be loaded onto a carrier and moved to the New Texas system, where it is thought that it will become a museum ship after it is brought down to the surface safely. Plans are to build a Museum of Exploration with the Silver Dawn as its center piece.
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Why does my brain keep telling me to go buy this book and read it? :)

A great story line for sure. Well done.
 
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