The Tiacken Tribune

Hello again from the Tiacken Tribune. This is one of our last concurrent issues with our other publishing house - http://kornecke.de/tribune - Next week or the week after, we will be attempting to achieve the impossible…route a signal from the theoretical dimension (Artemis) to that publishing house! With some luck, a few good men, women, rashkir, keldons, and things that go bump in the night when you kick them across the floor with step up and help make the Tribune the name to be known…transdimensionally! This publishing house will continue to be dedicated to reporting news from our own dimension. For now, however, we bring you this! We hope you enjoy!

ISDC Special Report

The Informer

Today, our source inside the Interstellar Ship Design Committee (ISDC) let us know of a truly disturbing internal report:

According to sources who wish to remain anonymous, the ISDC has, in an attempt to reduce costs with the Interceptor class of ships, removed a few “redundant” safety valves in the engine cooling system. In consequence, hard-used Intys have a very high risk of developing leaks in their cooling systems.

“The cooling gas has no color and no smell, however it’s highly toxic. It’s also lighter than air, so it accumulates in the cockpit over time. It has known psychotropic effects, leading victims to develop megalomania and lose coherence in their thoughts”, says our source.

The Tribune has seen a copy of this internal report. It is indeed disturbing.

“They won’t ever release it. It would make the ISDC, and therefore the whole neutral ship market, plummet, and cause a generalized crisis trough the galaxy (and in the investors’ pockets) So they decided it’s best for everyone to put up with the occasional deranged pilot.”, our source continues.

Further inspection of the document reveals hints that this may not have been the first case of such leaks on ISDC ships. “Budget cuts are to be cancelled on other ship models. Must not repeat Interceptor and mid-level freighter tragedy,” says the report.

The Tribune alerts all pilots to check their ship systems manually regularly, for the leaks aren’t detected by normal shipboard sensors. Fly safe, fly sane.

The Great Hunt

Ranius del Noth

- for all ya yammerheads out there -

The Great Hunt, a monster hunt for all pilots out there in the Pardus universe is run by Kariel. As soon as ten pilots (in the appropriate ship class) enter the hunt and pay their entrance fee (30000 credits), Kariel announces the start date as well as the hunt list. To make things interesting, no pod ride or recloning is allowed (Because, as Kariel says, “Dead pilots aren´t winners”). The hunt runs until there´s a winner. That hunter wins the trophy money. Losers get to be losers…. The first hunt started some weeks ago under the motto “Hawk class ships” (Hawks, Nighthawks, NHDs, Pascs and Chitins). Pilots like Cyborg Snowman, Pink Flamingo and the (in)famous Ghorahkhan took part in this first hunt. The hunt list contained relatively easy targets like Blood Amoebas but also tough targets like Famous Pirates. Surprisingly, the winner was an Empire pilot called Arthurv who also killed his first Energy Bee and Solar Banshee during this hunt. We from the Tribune join GNN when we wish him good luck and continued success in hunting these vermin. The second round of The Great Hunt was for sub hawk class fighters and hybrids. The hunt list contained 31 different monsters. When the dust and maggot guts cleared, Melkor stood victorious.With the Great Hunt now in its third round (Trader Challenge), the Tribune finally caught up with Count Kariel, Smoke and Mirrors CMC, founder and organiser of The Great Hunt.
TRIBUNE: Good Morning, Kariel. We already know some stuff about The Great Hunt but I think that many of our readers are also interested in the person behind the hunt. Can you tell us some things about yourself?Kariel: Well, as some of you may know, I was involved in the Keldonian Military as a ground fighter before I decided to go into space. Being a pilot is actually my second career so to speak. TRIBUNE: Congrats on your new career. It seems you are quite successful. But let´s get back on topic, why did you run the hunt and what were your motivations?Kariel: As for why I run the hunts, that’s easy, to give the yammerheads something to do. Seriously, some of them boys don’t know when to let go. I heard so many re-tellings and arguments over the battle of Nari, (both battles), coming from pups who hadn’t even been there. I up and decided to try and give them something else to work off some of that energy they were wasting yammering on about stuff that is over. There are only two sides in the hunt, hunter and hunted, nice thing is the hunted don’t tend to yammer even when they win.

TRIBUNE: That´s right, I never saw Z´s moaning about getting camped, but that leads me to our next point. Of course fighters appreciate The Great Hunt, but what about the wildlife organisations out there. I know at least of a certain group that worships the great jellyfishes. Have you received any complaints, especially as Shadowspan accidentally killed a Medusa instead of a Medusa Swarmling during the second round?

Kariel: Actually no I haven’t, so far a Medusa has not been on any of the hunt lists, I expect some yammering from the Worshippers when I do place one on there. Funny thing was last hunt I thought I was gonna have to give the money to the Society for the Protection of Blue Crystals (SPBC) at one point. Seems like the crystals were winning the hunt, they had killed three pilots in the space of about two hours.

TRIBUNE: Interesting, another point I noticed that the trophy price is 1 million credits, but doing some maths you only earn 300000 credits from the entrance fees. Where does that additional money come from?

Kariel: The prize purse comes from our Sponsors, usually SB owners or Alliances looking to advertise for their SBs. Soul Reaper Academy is our current sponsor.

TRIBUNE: So that´s a win-win for both sides. By the way the current hunt is for high class freighters (BBB, Extender and Boas). Current participants are Meanguy, Davetrack, Liquid, Gerakken, Lucky, Lyam and Mgeoffriau. Do you have any favourites?

Kariel: As of this interview I have a couple of pilots way out front. Lets say that weapon choice is making a clear difference.

TRIBUNE: I also studied the Hunt list, don´t you think that a Famous Pirate is a little bit tough for those traders?

Kariel: Yeah it’s a little tough, so what? An easy Hunt would be boring and some pilot would finish it in a couple of hours if he got lucky. I usually put in things that are hard for the ship class, things that are hard to find, and groups that are bigger than the average amount found in one area. Got to make the boys work a bit.

TRIBUNE: I´m sure we´ll see what these traders can pack. I am very curious who will be the winner in this round. Do you have any plans for a fourth round?

Kariel: 4th round is liable to be an Unlimited Hunt. This will be held in the Pardus Core and the setup will be a little different. Not much will be held back off the Hunt list for that one. I expect several heroes of the war to participate. I have already made arrangements to have support ships available in the Core for this Hunt.

TRIBUNE: Thank you very much for your time, Kariel. I´m sure we´ll see some interesting and exciting sequels of The Great Hunt in the close future.

If you are interested in participating in Kariel’s “Great Hunts,” contact Smoke and Mirrors CMC, today!

Did You Know?

The Informer

Did you know that your ship’s equipment deteriorates daily?

Remember that time when you planned that sea cruise for you and your family on Earth? Or went to Mintaka to hike across the ice glaciers? Both of those times you enjoyed youself so much you stayed there for days and days.

But when you returned, were you horror-stricken because your ship had become a derelict without engines and equipment? This is because all ship’s equipment deteriorates at 0.5% daily. Therefore, if you forget to repair for too long, you might end up stranded in a station, in open space, or after a battle.

Thus, always keep in your route a place to repair your equipment. And if you’re not going to use that shiny new Union cloaker or that shiny (well, mostly, some of them are… goopy) new exotic weapon, then don’t buy it, it’s just going to waste your money in repairs until you get around to using it.

Plan smart, travel safe.

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