Galaxy Headline News Archive

DATELINE 4523.378

TRANSPO EXEC INVESTIGATED FOR EXCESS! Executives of Transport Technology Limited (TTL), along with agents of the Nova Corporation, announced the results of a year-long investigation into funds misappropriation at the spacecraft company. Seventeen executives and managers, along with nearly two dozen low-level administrators, were named in the corporate indictment. The most senior of these was Harold Wexler, Vice-president of Smallcraft Development for TTL, who was placed under house arrest today. Wexler is accused of being the mastermind of a group of individuals who were diverting funds from legitimate projects. The diverted funds were then used to construct custom spacecraft for a number of off-the-books clientele. The investigation is a joint TTL-Nova operation due to the sector-wide implications of secret spacecraft construction. An anonymous source indicated that classified portions of the indictment describe the construction of small warships for private individuals.

DATELINE 4523.300

FEDERATION INCREASES CROSS-SECTOR TRANSPORT FEES! The Federation Trade Council (FTC) announced yet another increase in fees that will be applied to all intersector trade that crosses Federation space. In addition to an across-the-board increase of 3% in all trade fees, the council has established a “Special Activities Application Fee” for any commercially-registered vehicle making commercial visits to 3 or fewer ports of call at Federation member worlds. The fee will be the greater of 7% of total projected sale value of any commercial cargo aboard ship, or $500. Representatives of the Corporate Sector and Phoenix Domain expressed vehement opposition to these new fees and threatened legal action.

DATELINE 4523.309

CARGO CREW CRACKS SMUGGLING RING! Three members of a freighter security team on shore leave decided to investigate a mysterious passenger death that had occurred aboard their ship. In doing so they discovered evidence of an intersector smuggling operation that involved psionic agents ferrying contraband psi crystals from Beehive. The bold crewmen of the White Line freighter Prosperity received a $2M reward for their effort. Their leader Chief Stevan Eggars, who organized the team and continued the investigation, was awarded an officer's commission in the Merchant Service. 

DATELINE 4523.310

The Better Interplanetary Business Bureau (BIBB) released its annual “Free Trader Survey Report” today. Among other items, the report advises that interacting with random strangers at Class III or better spaceports increases the likelihood of lucrative if unorthodox trade opportunities.