The role of the tiny Samsun Universal has been questioned from the beginning. Samsun was in a period of "restructuring" when it took on the job of identifying a cure for the Letifer Virus.  According to releases from Samsun and Quantar sources, the results of clinical tests were promising.

Since that time 60 days ago, there has been absolutely no news of the supposed epidemic on Kapenja, but there has been a number of skirmishes between the three corporation (and their supporters) vying for rights to produce the Samsun serum.

Cromforge Enterprises, Octave Propulsion and Tens & Piney are the organizations who have placed bids with Samsun -- none of whom specialize in biotech.

Geneticorp HQ Destroyed

The controversy about Geneticorp came to an abrupt halt on 105.3.5, when forces organized by The Fourth Tribe were able to gain entrance to the Geneticorp. Laboratory station and detonate a nuclear device, completely destroying the station.

The Solrain shuttle 01shuttle was observes leaving Geneticorp HQ just before the explosion.  Attempts to contact the pilot of the shuttle were unsuccessful, and it was able to leave Hyperial sector undetected.

According to UUNN releases, "The rumor mill at SolCore is abuzz that some of Nifirti's equipment, which had been lost with shuttle01's capture, was rebuilt and repurchased at SC last night. The nature of said equipment is unknown as is whether or not he had time to use it before his station was destroyed around him a mere 24 hours later."

01Shuttle was seen on several subsequent occasions.  The shuttle attacked ships randomly and the little communication coming from the ship was mostly gibberish with a few odd Latin phrases mixed-in.

It is not known whether Geneticorp founder, Dr. Glasgow Nifirti, survived the explosion.

Venurian Releases New Fuel Scoop

In a somewhat surprising development, Venurian Prospecting announced the release of a new piece of equipment known as the "Fuel Scoop."  Research and development of the fuel scoop was done with complete secrecy and the release caught pilots, governments and news agencies by complete surprise.

The Fuel scoop is a modx that allows ships to extract certain minerals and gases from the various storms that course through space.

"The FuelScoop is a natural evolution of the mining scoop technology used on Quantar ships," stated Soheg Ekobzi. "Small enough to fit into a standard M.O.D.x slot, yet powerful enough to capture a wide variety of gases at high speeds, the FuelScoop fills an obvious gap in our resource collection product line. Needing only modest production facilities, the FuelScoop will be aggressively priced to appeal to a broad market sector."

Production facilities are located at Corridor station.  Raw materials needed to produce the Fuel Scoop are Composites, Machines Parts, Magnetics and Power Converters.

DSD exclusive feature!
ISTVAN'S UPDATE
Well it's 1... 2... 3... what are we
fightin' for ... ?

Since I keep finding myself tempted to talk about my plans for the warfare system in the official forums, I've decided to provide in my next columns for Darkspace Dispatch a broad picture of what is forthcoming. I make no representation that this description will be complete or thorough, since new wrinkles are surfacing all the time as I work. Please don't take this as gospel, or promises: I'd just like to shed some light for everyone on the moving target that is the work in progress. I'm also working on a couple of "pie-in-the-sky" ideas that I won't even describe. They'll either become part of the system or I'll decide they are impossible to implement and stop wasting time on them.

The whole point of the planned factional warfare system is to provide a method by which the game itself can create direction and goals for PvP conflicts. Every few months on the US server, players have organized the popular "Weekend of War" events. Many people have told me these are some of the most fun events they've participated in, even if they normally avoid PvP action. The WoW events have inspired me to remember that the original developers wrote Jumpgate as a combat spaceflight game. WoW has also shown me that everyday gameplay in Jumpgate hasn't come very close to the game's potential. I want to take the kind of directed PvP we see in the WoW events, make it a more routine part of the game, and give Jumpgate more of the excitement that the original team intended.

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JPR Expands
Broadcasting to 24x7
Space is a LOT less silent these days now that JPR has expanded its broadcast schedule to 24x7 with round-the-clock automated programming, complete with an automated song request site to complement its live broadcasting schedule, featuring DJs Hunter, Jinx, RT-Mus, and Romulus.

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Betrayal
a Jumpgate Novella by Fellblade
(reprinted with permission)

- Part II -

"Okay... (Jurhern, turn on the rings, tightband to our guy in the Raven... oh you bloody idiot.. give that here... there...) Okay, done, see ya in a few minutes buddy"

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Vol. I, No. 5 (104.12.7)       Vol. I,No.6 (104.12.28)     Vol. II,No.1 (105.1.25)     Vol. II,No.2 (105.2.26)

 
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