1.24.00 Cure for Gervidian Gout Discovered A new substance synthesised from the floating space-plants of Gossamer VII has demonstrated its ability to cure Gervidian Gout. This new orange colored substance has been christened 'Tang' by it's creator Dr. SooYee Tang, biochemistry director at Hechenger Labs. Franklin Medical has stated that they intend to purchasing the patent rights and market 'Tang' as an over-the-counter powdered drink mix. 10.27.99 Heighliner Missing A Spacers Guild Heighliner disappeared while making a routine trip from the Helios galaxy to the Alpha Majori galaxy in the UTE. The Imperial Spacer Association(ISA) reported that the Heighliner's dissappearance was due to navigator error, but the GSP suspects pirate activity. Heighliners, huge behemoths large enough to contain even dreadnought size starships, are Oceania's main form of intergalactic mass transit. Other methods utilizing Protoculture based space fold generators or sidewarp engines are used on a much smaller scale. 10.20.99 Spacemonkeys: Cute furry mammals, or scourge of the galaxy? A recent report indicates that spacemonkey populations on several major worlds have skyrocketed within the past few months. Experts believe this is due to bannanna harvesters picking up stray spacemonkeys along with their bannanna loads from various tropical worlds. With few local predators, this exotic species quickly spreads, destroying vegitation and displacing the indiginous creatures. Several environmental groups including Green Gauge and the NWPA are calling for a boycott of all bannanna based products. 10.13.99 Cooperative research with the UTE As you may know, the Unified Terran Empire was attacked by three unknown starships. Defending Terran and Draken fleets were technologically outmatched and decimated. The UTE has begun cooperating with Oceania on developing offensive and defensive countermeasures against another such attack. 10.7.99 CyberScape Becomes Accessible The Psinet CyberScape, long time domain of Cybertelepaths is now accessible to the public. Control System Alpha, in cooperation with Franklin Medical and Humanoid Systems, has developed a neural interface called Thinker. This device converts average brainwave emanations into Psinet signals. |