Topic: Nexus Newstream Scrolling Headlines :: October 2011

Talkinghead Ned

Date: 2011-10-04 12:42 EST
Monday's top stories from the news tickers throughout the Stars End sector:

Marketplace cleanup continues in RhyDin after last week?s mayhem, which left three bystanders dead and several injured, including councilor Iseult DeRomiano. Two local businesses reported closed ?indefinitely? due to damages. Governor?s office mum on what security action will result following closed door advisory council meeting. Small Business Emergency Relief Fund launched just days prior. Coincidence or conspiracy?

Local clinic served with warrant in price gouging scandal following RBF scare. Dr. Marjoritte Huver and the High Street Emergency Clinic were presented with the warrant demanding accounting records on Friday, after complaints from neighborhood about exorbitant vaccine fees during epidemic scare. Complainants allege the clinic charged as much as five g.p. each for the shots, which the city had pledged to citizens at no cost.

Taggers beware! Inexplicable shortage of luminous paint in shops around spaceport called an anomaly, but has Port Authority issuing pre-emptive warning: Acts of vandalism in Stars End will be prosecuted to full extent of law.

Regatta Shocker! After a week of debate amongst event officials, for the first time in its centuries-long history, the Helix Regatta ends in first place tie. Disagreements occurred following the race in which recordings from monitoring stations confirmed arrival of cruiser Aite?s Cloud across finish line exactly 15 clicks before next-in ship, the EMV Transactor. However, 15-click penalty assigned to the Transactor and captain Ges Wurol earlier in race for skipping was ruled invalid. Appeals expected.

Talkinghead Ned

Date: 2011-10-06 17:43 EST
Tuesday's top stories from the news tickers throughout the Stars End sector:

Body found under Pier 19 in the dockside declared by Watch ?not linked? to what are being dubbed the ?Jester Killing Spree? last weekend that claimed seventeen victims. The unidentified body was found when a dock worker noticed a net had fallen partially off the pier and attempted to retrieve it from the water. The body displayed throat lacerations consistent with an animal attack, but was otherwise intact. The Watch is asking any who might have information about the victim to step forward.

Two City Watch investigators who disappeared over the weekend are still missing. Officer Roahl Jeffers and Sergeant Will ?Billyclub? Booth, both members of the Dockside station house, went on patrol late Saturday night but did not report back in at the end of their shift. Citizens who have information regarding the officers? whereabouts are asked to contact their local Watch stations.

Spaceport resident charged in cannibalism case: Jaer Threllian, a fueling station attendant residing in The Hive housing block, was apprehended by Stars End Port Authority agents this morning after neighbors reported ?strange odors? emanating from his unit. Investigators confirmed the presence of body parts from ?more than one individual? in Threllian?s subzero unit, but could not yet confirm the identities of any of the original owners. Bone fragments and other remains in the unit?s disposal processor showed signs of cooking and consumption.

Still no departure date filed for maiden voyage of The Nexus Traveler prompting continued speculation over reason. The Nexus Traveler, a Class A sublight scientfic freighter, was expected to launch in August, after captain issued all hands alert.

Talkinghead Ned

Date: 2011-10-06 18:00 EST
Wednesday's top stories from the news tickers throughout the Stars End sector:

Two more medical clinics told to present their account books for review after complaints of price-gouging by neighborhood residents in RhyDin City. The Gentle Hand Apothecary Emergency Clinic and the New Haven Care Center have been charged by patients of charging fees for administering the free RBF vaccines provided by the city and commercial donors. Asked whether other clinics were under scrutiny, the governor?s office declined comment.

Yola: Is it a threat to RhyDin? Spralian Premier, Milas Zein, warns that it is. In testimony before the Reboyczek Council of Elders, Zein denounced distributors as a ?Galactic cancer that will multiply throughout much of the inhabited sectors of the universe if they are not stopped.? He warned that ?Nexal hubs are particularly vulnerable because they will be seen as strategically desirable distribution targets.? No incidents involving Yola have yet been reported beyond Spral IV?s planetary system.

War declared by weakened B?oruan government as merc fleets under the command of Jarl IV renewed salvos targeting energy production plants on-planet. Number of casualties from this most recent attack are unknown, but upwards of one million residents of the planet are suspected already dead from earlier aggression. Planetary leader Golrua rumored to be among those killed in on Tuesday.

Siu continues peacekeeping blockade of Davros in response to B?oruan attacks. A council armada of armed ships dispatched last week are expected to arrive at B?oru tomorrow and ?will engage? with the Davrosian merc fleet unless they ?remove voluntarily from the system.?