Special issue of “The Frontier Voice” news publication
New Ceres
Greetings, dear viewers and listeners! Welcome to “The Frontier Voice”, this is Max “The Comet” speaking to your from a new office. In today’s issue:
- From Asclepius to Thanatos: rescue volunteer unit turned out to be a pirate brigade in disguise
- No freedom for the enemies of freedom: the Alliance of Free Worlds announces a ban of a number of controversial media outlets
- Threat eliminated: the Armada press center announces that the Alien issue in the Olympus system has been resolved
- Mysterious message: where does it lead and what does it mean?
The “Asclepius” volunteer unit turned out to be a pirate gang. They kidnapped the son of the deputy head of the Sargas Fund finance department, and demanded a ransom of forty million credits. Sargas has already issued an official statement claiming the involvement of Sparta’s intelligence services and demanding that the threat posed by this “pseudo-state” be eliminated. However, no substantial evidence of Sparta’s involvement with “Asclepius” was ever presented. Moreover, some of the “Asclepius” ships were purchased with grant money from the Sargas Fund.
The Alliance of Free Worlds has withdrawn licenses from several provocative media outlets: “The Will of Mankind”, “True Faith”, and “Federation Volley”. According to official sources of the Atlantic Alliance, the reason for banning these news outlets is the dissemination of unverified information, which is unacceptable on the territory of the Federation. According to our source, the real reason was the extremist statements made by these media about Armada.
I remind you that “The Frontier Voice” is impartial to the political interests of any state and does not represent the official opinion of any party to a possible conflict. Our job is to report on events in the Frontier sectors and to save lives whenever possible.
The Armada press center shared a good news: the Aliens that infiltrated the Olympus system (we wrote about that in our last issue) have been successfully eliminated by the joint efforts of Armada and UMC mercenaries. Connie Aren gave us a comment: “This time, the Aliens have been purged from the system. However, do not assume that the Abandoned Beacon is safe, I urge everyone to be vigilant, especially in these troubled times.” “The Frontier Voice” fully supports this statement. Stay vigilant, dear viewers and listeners!
Our final story for today is a mysterious one. The UMC has recorded a number of cryptic messages. Some are easy to decipher, some are almost impossible. Together, they should probably point to some place.
The first message:
Yzws gfhp yt ynrj zsxtzlmy
Wjrjrgjw bmfy dtz ktwlty
Ymj qnlmy ymfy xjjrx gqjfwd
Xmnsjx gwnlmy bmjs dtz sjfw ny
Ymj Uwtumjy xmtbx ymj ufym ktwjytqi
Yt qtsl qfxynsl xjhwjyx tk tqi
The second message:
VGhlIHNsYXRlIHNheXM6IHRoZXJlIGFyZSB0d28gZ3VhcmRzLCBvbmUgYWx3YXlzIHRlbGxzIHRoZSB0cnV0aCwgdGhlIG90aGVyIGFsd2F5cyBsaWVzLiBUaGVyZSBhcmUgdHdvIGRvb3JzLCBvbmUgbGVhZHMgdG8gZnJlZWRvbSwgdGhlIG90aGVyIGxlYWRzIHRvIGEgdGVycmlibGUgZGVhdGguIFlvdSBjYW4gYXNrIG9ubHkgb25lIHF1ZXN0aW9uIHRvIG9uZSBndWFyZC4gQnV0IGRvIHdlIGJlbGlldmUgdGhlIHdvcmRzIG9mIHRoZSBvbmUgd2hvIHdyb3RlIHRoZSBzbGF0ZT8=
The third message:
Zmtov lu erhrlm xzm nzpv zm fmgifgs z szou-gifgs. Uiln wdziu gl trzmg rh zm vgvimrgb, yfg blf wlm'g szev gl dzrg
The fourth message:
Hvs pcl wg cdsb, hvs qifgs wg cih, obr vwg vsofh wg pifbwbu wb dzoqs. Zccy oh hvs gwuvh obr hvs qczcf, fsasapsf wh. Obr aomps hvs kcfrg ct hvs Dfcdvsh kwzz psqcas qzsof
The fifth and sixth message were probably combined:
yαu dα∞'δ ∞eed δhe gods' aπαde
∞αr the ßies of wi∞δer δria∞gße
eve∞ a frie∞d in δhe pßace yαu seek
wißß stay siße∞t
wrecks αf dead ships,
fire and dusδ πeckα∞ you: hurry!
πut whaδ is a dream
and whaδ is δhe δruδh?
The last message doesn’t make any sense, but we still decided to include it here:
Soldiers of light army! Raid into system!
These messages have prompted our reporter who saw a new anomaly in the Pandora system to create a new investigative format for “The Frontier Voice”. You’ll be able to see the first publication soon, as we find out more details. Max “The Comet”, signing off. “The Frontier Voice” is always ready to take information from you, dear viewers, remember, it could save someone’s life!