Galactic News Network -- Food For Fiction

[NullAshton]

You want me to write a news report?

[geoschmo]

I believe what Angle is attempting to do here is plant seeds to get people thinking and writing some fiction. He's doing it in the form of a news broadast which gives a headline and a few seconds of general information. Then one of us is supposed to run with the idea and fill in the details of the story if we are so inspired.

[AngleWyrm]

Mostly, it's just for entertainment. I was looking at the newspaper yesterday, and wondered how the headlines might translate into this game universe. Some of it fits quite nicely, and could be turned into 'events'. Others are just flavor type of things.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

NNN, Net-News Division

Chaos erupted on Inter-Galactic Speedway #43214546 when two tankers, one with a load of neo-gen-fish from Altaira and one with a load of pre-whipped generic whipping cream colided, sending 1.4mt of non-processed fish and 8mt of whipped cream across the spaceway. Authorities had nearly restored order when a school of space-dolphins and a hairball of space-cats arrived on the scene, nearly simultaniously.

'It was horrendous' commented one spectator. 'There were guts everywhere. I'll never eat fish again!'

'We just left. There was nothing we could do' Said one patrolbeing, who asked to remain annonymous.

When asked for comment, one of the space-dolphins said 'Yeah, it was pretty good'

No comments were obtained from the space-cats, although the Redway-Glenwood-Xcl'cx hospital informs us that Bob's scratches should be completly healed in a month. Sorry about that, Bob. But even with a granite carapace, you really shouldn't have come between the cats and all that creamy fish.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

This seems to have died...

[AngleWyrm]

GNN, Cornelia,

Shuttlecraft Flight school attendant Blurb Xaxica went on a rampage today, killing 120 civilians before ramming the school office building with his shuttle. Local authorities say it's much too early to assess motives, but a fellow student says he was failing to please one of the dead teachers.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

This is GNN.

Earlier today, a mysterious crash on Vulcan has left authorities baffled. All satellite scan logs indicate the ship, piloted by a Vulcan, flew at high speed into the Vulcan asteroid belt, where the ship met up with others in a race. The Vulcan craft, a beefed-up warp sled, clipped a large asteroid and lost a nacelle. The pilot then lost control over the craft and it spun down to Vulcan, where the pilot died in the crash.

Authorities are currently trying to track down the other racers. More news will follow.

And now we pause for commercials.

[El_Phil]

This is Jose Traxis for GNN, live from the frontlines of the Terran-Phong war.

The much anticipated Terran invasion of Beta Aqualine IV failed to materialise today when the Terran fleet commander realised there were no troops on his transports. When asked for comment the Admiral's staff said the troops must have been 'Forgotten' when the 3rd Fleet left Devonshire II. More on this story later, only on GNN

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

This is GNN.

Earlier this morning, the mental hospital The Happy Loonie admitted a new, and rather unusual and shocking patient - rumors abound, but all speculation points to one man.

It is said that the renowned graphic artist David E. Gervais has done too much SEV work lately, and has gone completely [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon30.gif[/img][img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon30.gif[/img][img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon30.gif[/img].

Rumors say Mr. Gervais demanded people to call him "King Volrek" and that he started talking to random people on the street saying such things as "Mineral planets are the best" and "Watch out for strange warp points!". He was also said to have been trying to send e-mails to "the Phong", " the Praetorian" and "the Jraenar".

More news to come.

Please stay tuned for these commercials.

[AngleWyrm]

GNN, Terak Nor

Citizens are rioting over new "recruiting" policies for the Terak Nor Stellar Guard. New advances in medical science have allowed doctors to re-animate soldiers lost to battle wounds with minimum physical damage.

The reanimated dead are considered new entities by some lawyers, so that they can process death benefits for relatives, but others want the reanimated to be liable for prior debts. The undead seem to believe that they are the original person.

It is rumored that some recruiters are braying "Give your life for your country, and your debts will be wiped away." Local minister Eminence Herbert declared it to be a sign that the end is coming.