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IS THIS AN ALIEN SPACE STATION?
A trader on a long haul mission through Helios made a startling discovery today. After a navigation computer malfunction the trader found himself in an uncharted sector in empty space.
The trader, who wishes to remain anonymous, claims that his navigation computer threw a warning seconds before he jumped into the Helios/Ukari Wormhole.
"There was this massive station! It dominated my view, and I was well beyond sensor range."
The trader further describes boost trails of small craft everywhere around the station, and another feature:
"There was definitely a Wormhole beyond the station, and it was very active." The trader describes seeing several hundred Wormhole jump bursts, but was too far away to see or describe the ships. The trader boosted for several minutes toward the station, and never got close enough to get a sense of scale, but maintains that it was "massive. Far bigger that anything we have in human space."
The trader describes one other curious detail: There were almost no stars.
Dr. Dolos Apate of Axia Research explains, "The lack of visible stars suggests the station, if there was a station, was in intergalactic space, the vast, empty expanse of space between galaxies."
The trader, who hasn't set foot out of station since the incident, cannot explain his return, other than to say "One second I was staring at this massive thing, the next second I'm completing the Wormhole Jump to Ukari, but according the the ships clock, its 3 days later!" The traders logs were blank, all the data zeroed for the entire 3 day missing duration.
What did the trader encounter? And if he did in fact encounter advanced Aliens in intergalactic space, Aliens advanced enough to transport him vast distances, why did they let him remember?
One opinion is that they want to be known. Says Dr. Apate: "We know, mathematically, there must be intelligent alien life somewhere in the galaxy. It's a statistical fact. It's also no surprise we haven't encountered them yet. Space is vast, and considering how long we have existed compared to how long we have left to exist in the galaxy, technologically we're still in the dark ages. The life is out there, maybe looking for us too."
Others feel this is a massive sham.
"This guy is a nutter. He's making it up for his 15 seconds of fame."
Another man has this to say: "It's Blak! [The now disbanded Black Lance Guild -ed.] Has to be. They're like 50-armed puppeteers, pulling their strings all over the galaxy, steering every one of us toward their own devious end game!"
Other people simply don't care. When polled, 4 out of 5 walked away the moment they heard the word "alien".
Could this be a photo of an alien space station?
If you or anyone you know encounters an alien, please contact the Corvus News Network.
A trader on a long haul mission through Helios made a startling discovery today. After a navigation computer malfunction the trader found himself in an uncharted sector in empty space.
The trader, who wishes to remain anonymous, claims that his navigation computer threw a warning seconds before he jumped into the Helios/Ukari Wormhole.
"There was this massive station! It dominated my view, and I was well beyond sensor range."
The trader further describes boost trails of small craft everywhere around the station, and another feature:
"There was definitely a Wormhole beyond the station, and it was very active." The trader describes seeing several hundred Wormhole jump bursts, but was too far away to see or describe the ships. The trader boosted for several minutes toward the station, and never got close enough to get a sense of scale, but maintains that it was "massive. Far bigger that anything we have in human space."
The trader describes one other curious detail: There were almost no stars.
Dr. Dolos Apate of Axia Research explains, "The lack of visible stars suggests the station, if there was a station, was in intergalactic space, the vast, empty expanse of space between galaxies."
The trader, who hasn't set foot out of station since the incident, cannot explain his return, other than to say "One second I was staring at this massive thing, the next second I'm completing the Wormhole Jump to Ukari, but according the the ships clock, its 3 days later!" The traders logs were blank, all the data zeroed for the entire 3 day missing duration.
What did the trader encounter? And if he did in fact encounter advanced Aliens in intergalactic space, Aliens advanced enough to transport him vast distances, why did they let him remember?
One opinion is that they want to be known. Says Dr. Apate: "We know, mathematically, there must be intelligent alien life somewhere in the galaxy. It's a statistical fact. It's also no surprise we haven't encountered them yet. Space is vast, and considering how long we have existed compared to how long we have left to exist in the galaxy, technologically we're still in the dark ages. The life is out there, maybe looking for us too."
Others feel this is a massive sham.
"This guy is a nutter. He's making it up for his 15 seconds of fame."
Another man has this to say: "It's Blak! [The now disbanded Black Lance Guild -ed.] Has to be. They're like 50-armed puppeteers, pulling their strings all over the galaxy, steering every one of us toward their own devious end game!"
Other people simply don't care. When polled, 4 out of 5 walked away the moment they heard the word "alien".
Could this be a photo of an alien space station?
If you or anyone you know encounters an alien, please contact the Corvus News Network.
Perhaps it's a new hive bot
LMAO. I love the fact that every CNN story has the "It's Blak! Has to be. They're like 50-armed puppeteers, pulling their strings all over the galaxy, steering every one of us toward their own devious end game!" line in it. Excellent writing. Hehe.
But, cool. A truly gigantic station would be... well, kickass.
But, cool. A truly gigantic station would be... well, kickass.
I kinda find that line annoying by now. But it's a very good story otherwise.
You just cant handle the truth.
It is Blak!
It is Blak!
I'm with Erik on that one. The line was funny the first two or three times, but now it's just... repetitive and stupid. At least make the sentence different each time instead of just copy-pasting it. It looks like a tabloid article as-is, with that line copy-pasted every time.
Well, you pair of gits, it IS supposed to sound tabloid-like; ever heard of tongue-in-cheek? :P
I'm curious about that pic now.
I'm curious about that pic now.
It's BLAK!
(That line is hilarious btw, and I thought it's Leber who writes all these CNN stories).
(That line is hilarious btw, and I thought it's Leber who writes all these CNN stories).
I thought it was ctishman who writes these? It's gotta be a guide or dev. Honestly I have no idea. I'm in the dark as much as you all are.
Uh... everyone knows who CNN is.
Not everyone.
i know who it is!
no really i dont
i just said it to seem like i was in the loop
no really i dont
i just said it to seem like i was in the loop
/me wanders off and makes a few dozen characters in order to use zoom to check every pixel of every skybox of every sector in Helios
Who knows? It might be there somewhere.
Who knows? It might be there somewhere.
Visitor said:
No, no, Mr. Kerome just uses a different definition of 'everyone' than we do.
Indeedy. "Everyone" for me means "everyone who matters" :P
No, no, Mr. Kerome just uses a different definition of 'everyone' than we do.
Indeedy. "Everyone" for me means "everyone who matters" :P
jexkerome » Indeedy. "Everyone" for me means "everyone who matters" :P
... which equates to:
People[] whoCare = {"jexkerome"};
... which equates to:
People[] whoCare = {"jexkerome"};
It's a Mega-Burger. Fast food is invading VO.
Codespeak doesn't make it sound any better, Miharu.
It's still music to MY ears.
K what I want to know is, where is that station?
Wait. I wanna know who writes this stuff!