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14 JUN 3307 | |||
*The [[Affiliated Counter-Terrorism unit]] has published an update on its investigation into the [[Neo-Marlinist Liberation Army]]. Senior Agent [[Tanya Ramirez]], one of ACT's joint leaders, gave a statement to the media: "ACT is currently pursuing multiple lines of enquiry, which must remain classified for reasons of security. Our agents are gathering evidence from sites across the [[Alliance]], [[Empire]] and [[Federation]]. As yet we cannot report any significant breakthroughs. NMLA activists appear to use a dark-comms network that defies detection. They also compartmentalise their operations, so individual cells have little knowledge of each other. In recent months, NMLA incidents have been restricted to minor strikes against Imperial authorities, which were dealt with by local police forces. There has been no activity by Theta Group, the hardcore extremists responsible for the '[[Nine Martyrs]]' starport bombings. The collapse of the Neo-Marlinist Order of Mudhrid may have deprived the NMLA of their logistical capability to deliver large-scale attacks. But it remains possible that a new wave of terrorist atrocities is being planned." ACT later confirmed that it has recruited additional personnel from [[Alliance Interpol]], the [[Federal Intelligence Agency]], the [[Imperial Internal Security Service]], the [[Marlinist Colonies|Marlinist Constabulary]], [[Nova Imperium]]'s Praetorian Guard and the Wallglass Investigations Agency.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/60c743ff19871404ab6986a6 GalNet: ACT Continues to Hunt NMLA Terrorists]</ref> | |||
27 APR 3307 | 27 APR 3307 | ||
*[[Francesca Wolfe]] of the Wallglass Investigations Agency examines the [[Hesperus]] [[megaship]] and the [[Dredger Clans|Dredger Clan]] that caused its recent discovery. "When the [[Adamastor]] derelict received a strange signal, smart money was on it originating from its sister ship, the Hesperus. Both were owned by [[Azimuth Biochemicals]] and had vanished 200 years ago. After a united effort to decode and trace the signal, independent pilots located the Hesperus in an asteroid belt around the second star of the Perseus Dark Region KC-V C2-2 system. Like the Adamastor, it was devoid of life – but not alone. Alongside it was a [[dredger]], whose proximity had triggered the Hesperus's mayday. This was a rare sighting of a Dredger Clan, one of the nomadic tribes that [[Erik Gunnarson|Gunnarson]] recently discussed. [[The Scriveners Clan Dredger|The Scriveners Clan]] was originally a fleet of research vessels for a long-forgotten academic consortium. Over centuries they became a self-sufficient society, constantly acquiring materials and information. They're not aggressive, but shun outsiders and jealously guard their 'Knowledge Core'. I'm fascinated by mentions of research-sergeants and lector-generals, suggesting their culture is a merger of scholastic and military. With the Hesperus claimed as salvage by the Scriveners and its drives stripped, all chance of learning more was lost. Luckily, four encoded data files had resisted upload, and a gap in the dredger's antiquated firewalls allowed pilots to hack them. The decrypted logs have now been preserved for posterity in a nearby [[Tourist Beacon|tourist beacon]]. They tell a disturbing story of corporate rivalry, murder and revenge, but also leave many unanswered questions... We know that survivors abandoned ship to continue searching for 'alien artefacts'. Did they all die in space or did they find something? What did Azimuth's probes detect back in 3113? And who the hell is '[[Salvation]]', the shadowy figure who contacted pilots to find the Hesperus?"<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/6087fb6ea940e70cd925f8c2 GalNet: Galactic Mysteries: The Hesperus]</ref> | *[[Francesca Wolfe]] of the Wallglass Investigations Agency examines the [[Hesperus]] [[megaship]] and the [[Dredger Clans|Dredger Clan]] that caused its recent discovery. "When the [[Adamastor]] derelict received a strange signal, smart money was on it originating from its sister ship, the Hesperus. Both were owned by [[Azimuth Biochemicals]] and had vanished 200 years ago. After a united effort to decode and trace the signal, independent pilots located the Hesperus in an asteroid belt around the second star of the Perseus Dark Region KC-V C2-2 system. Like the Adamastor, it was devoid of life – but not alone. Alongside it was a [[dredger]], whose proximity had triggered the Hesperus's mayday. This was a rare sighting of a Dredger Clan, one of the nomadic tribes that [[Erik Gunnarson|Gunnarson]] recently discussed. [[The Scriveners Clan Dredger|The Scriveners Clan]] was originally a fleet of research vessels for a long-forgotten academic consortium. Over centuries they became a self-sufficient society, constantly acquiring materials and information. They're not aggressive, but shun outsiders and jealously guard their 'Knowledge Core'. I'm fascinated by mentions of research-sergeants and lector-generals, suggesting their culture is a merger of scholastic and military. With the Hesperus claimed as salvage by the Scriveners and its drives stripped, all chance of learning more was lost. Luckily, four encoded data files had resisted upload, and a gap in the dredger's antiquated firewalls allowed pilots to hack them. The decrypted logs have now been preserved for posterity in a nearby [[Tourist Beacon|tourist beacon]]. They tell a disturbing story of corporate rivalry, murder and revenge, but also leave many unanswered questions... We know that survivors abandoned ship to continue searching for 'alien artefacts'. Did they all die in space or did they find something? What did Azimuth's probes detect back in 3113? And who the hell is '[[Salvation]]', the shadowy figure who contacted pilots to find the Hesperus?"<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/6087fb6ea940e70cd925f8c2 GalNet: Galactic Mysteries: The Hesperus]</ref> | ||