Bored Trellum Members Create New Sport

Started by members of Trellum’s government, in order to amuse themselves while they went through their daily trading/mining/lining routines, a new sport has been developed – involving tagging each other with ion cannons.

The rules are fairly simple, whoever had been tagged last was “it”, and you could tag players at any time, at any location. This resulted in large profits for the government, as players tagged each other while orbiting Trellum, generating fines. The game was picking up popularity until a new member of government attempted to tag the president’s CM with his gunship. Fortunately, his escape pod was picked up within the hour.

President e1ement reports that he has received so many distress beacons that if he received another, he’d personally go and kill the person who sent it out. Deals to televise the some-what dubious sport with the CSSN (ChosenSpace Sports News) have so far been unsuccessful.

Story Courtesy of Cpt. checkmateman, Marshal of the Trellum Republic

Raxia galaxy opens up!

A new galaxy, termed Raxia by the joint Casian-Solian expedition force was found earlier this CE year.

The earliest reports managed this picture of the galaxy:

Raxians have been found to be what most Solian and Casian members dub “n00bs.” The expeditionary force that found the galaxy were able to get this report before contact was lost.

“Twen – planets…habitable-, not…. m-much… sign…-of… ap…200,000…wait… No-!…so many of them – … newbies! ”

Transmission Ended (Signal Lost)

A strange phenonemom exists in the galaxy that makes it inexplicably inhabitable for Solian and Casian members. Only new players have the ability to survive in the galaxy. Previous Solian and Casian citizens who have tried venturing into the galaxy have been met with destruction – along with their entire faction.

In addition, players who have self-destructed have found it impossible to have their consciousness transplanted into a Raxian body.

NOISI: Planetary Databank Added

A planetary database featuring planet types (from BOTH galaxies), location, population and current governments and more has been added to the NOISI page. Here’s a sample of what you’ll find:

Quadrant: Outer Rim NWPlanet Arcas
A Class P Glaciated Planet
Population 4,500,000
Arcas Council
Ruled By: High Lord G-force
Allegiance to: Joint Action Fleet
Next Election: 5542.29 CE
Sales Tax: 8.00% / Income Tax: 8.00%
- No Bounties Available

Get the rest HERE!

Starship Design Competition Winners

The starship design competition has concluded!  Congratulations to all winners!

Grand Prize – Cpt. Joeyea – 5,000 points

Runner-up – Cpt. e1ement – 1,000 points

Entrants – 100 points

Cpt. Conejo
Cpt. Corozon
Cpt. Dragon_Blue
Cpt. Kid0527
Cpt. NO
Cpt. Shredder
Cpt. Sora1373

Next competition: Userbar design! 

Grand prize is 5,000 points!

Get a great tutorial on how to design userbars here.

Ask for help and receive answers to graphics questions here, on CSN!

ONS/NOISI Collaboration

ChosenSpace News will soon be featuring static pages from Osenspa’s News Service! Stay tuned for more details, and expect things to be finished in a few days.

Check out the first pages by clicking on the NOISI tab.

Tribble Plague Sweeps Casian

Cute Animals Quickly Make Themselves Unwanted Guests

Small, furry animals approximately 18 cm in diameter have been reported in massive amounts from the holds of long-distance miners in the Casian Galaxy. These balls of fur have no external features, and range in color from gray, speckled light to dark brown, yellow to reddish orange, and black.

They reproduce exponentially, feeding off any amount or type of food. Traders have reported that these animals can turn an entire cargo hold of nutrition packs into millions of tribbles within one intra-sector jump.

The massive numbers of these animals quickly replicate until they fill all available space. One ship is rumored to have exploded after several thousand Tribbles somehow managed to lodge themselves inside the ship’s tetrium sonoluminescence chamber.

Dr. McFrwoCoy, president of the TTT (Trellum Tribbles Tribune) has done many years of research on the curious bundles of fur. The animals are, according to his research, born pregnant, and use “over 50% of their metabolism for reproduction.”

He advised Captains to exercise caution when visiting known Tribble homeworlds, purchasing ships that may have had a Tribble infection, and accepting cute fuzzy balls as hood ornaments.

Several factions in the Solian galaxy have expressed alarm at the sudden Casian wave; many called for a quarantine and lockdown of the Solian-Casian wormhole.  Further details of the proposal were not yet available.

News Brief: Prolix Overthrow – Again

Edit: Report by Cpt. Inpu of the SLA:

Artemis sold off Planet Prolix without consulting the SLA, after the SLA secured that planet. The planet was bought and paid for using SLA Coinage. Artemis was replaced after leaving Prolix, joining Kryos Gov and running off with Prolix funds and SLA funds.

The GoC and SLA are still in negoiations discussing how this will reflect on our Relationship.

After pledging an oath to the former Leader of GoC, Steptoe,That the SLA and the GoC will stay out of each others ways, The SLA has struck back at the GoC controled planet Kryos, for it’s part of deliberatly trying to sabotage SLA Territory.

The SLA sees the debt owed to them by Artemis, Corrado and Romansixx now to be fulfilled.

This matter no longer will take up SLA time and resources. It has been settled in our Eyes.

Inpu.

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Cpt. Artemis, formerly of Prolix, was destroyed shortly after 5000CE. As of yet no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The SLA (System Lord Alliance) may be connected to the attack; Artemis and the SLA were, at one time, cooperating, but details of the alliance since then are unknown.

Cpt. Rex Olson assumed command following Artemis’s disappearance. Olson was at one time the leader of Lax, before he was killed by Cpt. Zaltais, the ruler of the galaxy for treason.

Galactic Dues Doubled

Following budget crisises following the economic downturn in recent months, Cpt. Zaltais, the Ruler of the Galaxy, raised the Galactic Dues to 8.00%.

Reactions to the change has been mixed. Some sympathized with the Ruler, pointing at his recent losses. Others warned of a forecoming insurrection from hoardes of anrgy traders.

Prolix Government Overthrown

President Miasma of Prolix, and the rest of the Republic members were killed following a coup that left the government in anarchy.

Miasma was in an FR-Mark XI in a space dock orbiting Prolix. Sources say that Cpt. Artemis, of Dahir, and Cpt. Inpu, of the System Lord Alliance are primary figures in the event. Both Dahir and the System Lord Alliance are pledged to the Black Rose Alliance.

Rx_79_Gundam claimed responsibility for Miasma’s death.

Aside from the destroyed Mark XI (value, approximately 2 billion credits, 5,000+ points,) there was relatively little damage; all outposts remained in control of Prolix with the except of the space dock where Miasma was killed, which is now in control of the System Lord Alliance.

Cpt. Inpu has informed CSN that the space dock is now a shipyard.

Cpt. Stealth is the favorite in Prolix’s upcoming election.

Daily news – 2/13/2007

Today was a slow news day, so we drove around until we hit someone.

An FR Mark XI slamming into a -302 is never pretty. We did see an escape pod pop out, though.