In this weekly digest, the latest GalNet data is compiled to show the economic state of a short list of minor factions and the star systems they inhabit. Here are 10 of the 12,177 minor factions currently enjoying an economic boom: Chi Herculis Creat…

Professor Ishmael Palin, the scientist conducting research into the Unknown Artefacts, has issued a response to Violet Belbin of the Xenological Research Institute. Professor Belbin recently released a statement in which she suggested that Professor Palin was exercising insufficient caution over the meta-alloys – the substance produced by the so-called ‘barnacles’ discovered in the Pleiades…

Each week, GalNet presents a list of 10 of the 1,370 minor factions currently expanding into new systems. Osermo Gold Dynamic Incorporated HIP 43296 Labour Slatus PLC Orgen Citizen Party The Gathering League of Mannona Confederacy of Bondranses …

Prime Minister Edmund Mahon approved trade agreements with the leaders of Dao Zi and Ross 931 this week, bringing a total of 88 preferred trading partners under his influence. A truly impressive trade network now supports the Alliance economy, and repr…

Yesterday, Professor Ishmael Palin called upon independent pilots to deliver meta-alloys – produced by the newly discovered ‘barnacles’ in the Pleiades Nebula – to Obsidian Orbital, suggesting that the material could be the cure for the technological virus spreading through inhabited space. But Professor Violet Belbin of the Xenological Research Institute has expressed doubts: “I…

Officials at Kanwar Horizons in the Turbo system have strenuously denied allegations of involvement in an unsanctioned Buckyball Racing Club event known as the ‘Turbo Hour Endurance Race’, which will apparently run alongside the station’s annual air sh…

This weekly transmission lists some of the systems currently in conflict around the galaxy, based on the latest data. Here are 10 of the 15,071 minor factions involved in a civil war: Quan Gurus Crimson Public Ltd Traditional HIP 22052 Constitution …

When the Federal Navy destroyed the Emperor’s Dawn base in the Kausalya system in December, many believed the organisation had finally been defeated. The Federal offensive, which was supported by a large deputation from the Federal Navy Auxiliary, was swift and merciless, and resulted in the total destruction of the insurgent outpost. But a statement…

A remarkable discovery was made last week when non-human structures were found on a number of planets in the Pleiades Nebula. These ‘barnacles’, as the galactic community has christened them, produce a material known as meta-alloys, the exact properties of which are not yet known. The discovery was followed swiftly by news that technical personnel…

According a statement from the Green Party of HIP 112974, the faction’s recent appeal for onionhead has been successful. In the statement, a spokesperson confirmed the faction had received sufficient quantities of the drug to establish a new onionhead-…