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085-2508 Gateway News Service- Gateway

Gateway Shipyards announced that the 100 ton Scout/Courier was getting a "facelift" with the latest TL 12 electronics, computers, and drive systems. Also the air purification system was finally going to be updated to remove the tendency for it to develop an "interesting" smell over several weeks of operations. The source of the issue seems to have been the General Products designed environmental system, with the new system being sourced from the Gateway Corporation Environmental and Ships Systems division. The new unit has a good reputation for purification of the air and water on the ship, and its resistance to developing what some have taken to calling "a real whang in the air, that sort of sticks with you after a while".

The new unit has been designed for easy retrofitting into existing installations, so that currently in service 100 ton Scout/Couriers can with a one week stay in the spacedock get their enviro-systems completely replaced. The General Products system was installed due to a sweetheart deal made with bureaucrats who have since been sacked or prosecuted for getting "kickbacks" from the now defunct General Products.

 

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087-2508 Gateway News Service- New Canberra

Diana Thevins-Wong has revealed the new menu item for the Wombat Burger chain of stores; the Aslan Special. A double meat burger, extra rare, bacon, not crisp, pickles, lettuce, and brown mustard. The Aslan Special will be available at all Wombat Burger locations by the end of the year. Also the chain is looking into adding several other Aslan specific meal items to their menu, since they are betting on an increase in the number of Aslans entering human space.

Ms. Thevins-Wong is always on the look out for new taste sensations for the chain which she has run for over two decades now. She has found what is being called a Purple Beet-Tater in English since no one can pronounce the Aslan name for it. The Aslans apparently like it boiled them fried in rendered animal fat. Humans who have tried it, have not shown a great deal of fondness for this plant. Aslans, however, enjoy it with their burgers. Also they have shown an increasing fondness for Wombat Tartare, which is on the "Secret Menu" at all participating Wombat Burger stores.