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A generation ship with a living population has been discovered in the Upaniklis system.
The ship's distress signal was initially picked up by a listening post. Investigating pilots were surprised to find that the ancient vessel - identified as the Golconda - had drifted into the uninhabited region around Upaniklis B.
Generation ships are huge, self-sufficient craft from the pre-hyperdrive era, designed to deliver their original crews' descendants to uninhabited systems. Launched in the 22nd century, the Golconda has survived for more than a millennium as the home of a self-reliant society.
But it is believed the vessel's outdated facilities are struggling to meet the needs of its crew. The inhabitants have reported a lack of maintenance materials and medical supplies, the latter made more pertinent by a virus sweeping through the ship.
Itsuko Harada of Upaniklis Vision Incorporated gave the

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John Rhys-Davies has started a new YouTube channel, and one of his first videos is a reflective piece on the impact of the coronavirus. He talks a bit about his personal history and describes how humanity will endure through tragedy as it always does. Mr. Rhys-Davies is an eloquent speaker and it's nice to hear his perspective on things!

21st March 2020. John Rhys-Davies shares his thoughts from his home in the Isle of Man. He reflects on the experience of his family during the war and what we can learn from a generation that faced the greatest adversity of the 20th century.

Not all the clips that he's planning to post will be nearly as heavy. Here's the easygoing intro he posted a couple weeks back. Thanks to capi for the tip!

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General: Resolved an issue that was preventing a successful upgrade when using an Ultimate Upgrade with an Accelerator. Updated the Portraits of the Lower Decks Duty Officers to directly match the art from the show. Nanopulse "Son of None" weapons now have bolt hues that match their blade hues. This affects both NPC and Player versions.

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The acquisition of Lakon Spaceways by Core Dynamics has been revoked following revelations of illegal activity.
An inquiry by the Independent Commission for Market Equality stated that former Core Dynamics CEO Jupiter Rochester "exerted unduly influence on Lakon shareholders, including bribery and blackmail". This led to new appointees to the board of directors, who were paid to approve the hostile takeover.
The inquiry also factored in the recent Federal High Court trial, which proved that Jupiter Rochester was directly responsible for the destruction of Starship One in 3301. In both cases, he set up shell companies to move enormous funds via unregistered banking systems.
Core Dynamics refused to comment on the allegations, but its legal team has terminated the transfer process. The entire corporation is currently in disarray due to several departments becoming an independent faction under

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Hello Citizens,

Last week, we introduced the Crusader Hercules to the lineup of ships you’ll come across while exploring the Star Citizen universe. The entire Hercules family excels in numerous military, civilian, and humanitarian aid applications. If you’re looking to discover more information about the Hercules, you can head over to our Q&A Spectrum thread to ask your burning questions.

Also, if you havn’t picked up a ticket for CitizenCon 2948, we still have Standard Access tickets available here. See a live presentation from Chris Roberts, and meet the team behind the game. We’ll also have plenty of activities and demonstrations around the venue, throughout the day to keep you entertained. We can’t wait to see you all there!

Lastly, we wrapped up our third and final round of our Intel sponsored 900p SSD Screenshot Contest. Congratulations to Captain_Raoul on their winning image.

With

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“Earth, Vulcan, Andoria, and Tellar formed the Coalition of Planets. At this time, Earth still was not using stardates, though most other Coalition members were. By local reckoning, it was the middle of the 22nd century, and it would take humanity nearly another decade before they started to use the Stardate system.” Professor Stevens took a moment to let that sink in to the minds of her class. Not everyone in the hall was from Earth, and the concept of the Julian calendar, let alone the split between BC and AD, took a little getting used to for the extraterrestrial students. “Now, who can tell me what the stardate of midnight on September 14, 2572 will be?” The professor looked over her class. The same few hands rose right away as many others set upon their PADDs to assist with their math. She took her time, hoping to give a non-Vulcan a chance to answer. Stevens smiled as the hand of her

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Sometimes exploration of new ideas and new technologies leads to dark places. In Star Trek, we’ve seen many a cautionary tale about omniscient supercomputers, time travel, genetic manipulation, and telepathic oppression. The pursuit of knowledge isn’t always safe or pretty. Hearts and Minds is a mini-mission that explores the consequences of some unconventional research gone awry. This mission is a “story in one act,” so you can easily finish it in a quick play session, and it’s easy to complete it with any additional characters that you may have on your account – which is handy, because the mission offers a special reward. Since Hearts and Minds is a horror story, it will only be around for Friday the 13th, whenever that may fall on the calendar – and perhaps another sufficiently horrifying day that we might choose! Fortunately for the squeamish, Hearts and Minds is creepy, but not

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Chris Roberts

announced

today that proceeds towards Star Citizen and Squadron 42 have now surpassed $200 million. This incredible milestone comes a bit over six years since the project launched and comes from 2.1 million different gamers in 171 countries. For those who haven't tried the current playable version, a

free play event

will be held from November 23-30 with various options each day. For those holding out for the Squadron 42 story game, the team plans to release an updated roadmap to completion next month. That will be interesting to see!

This week marks the start of our 2948 Anniversary Event, which celebrates the end of the original crowdfunding campaign back in November 2012. This year we are particularly excited by our Free Fly event where we are opening the opportunity to try out the 80 flyable ships and vehicles in game. Star Citizen Alpha 3.3.5, which brings a lot more content,

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Trelane

, the hard-working producer of

All Wings Considered

, has put together a neat video explaining how the credits system works in Wing Commander Privateer. He recently developed a good working understanding of the code behind Privateer's currency system while putting together the on-stream counter that displays while the team plays Privateer. I thought I knew a thing or two about binary numbers, but I learned a bunch while watching this! Have you ever wondered if you can get fewer than zero credits? What's the maximum number that you can accrue in your account? Watch the video to find out!

Just how many credits can you get in Privateer? Just how few credits can you have in Privateer? Yes! Both!

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Fans have been itching for any sort of remastered Mass Effect content for quite some time, with nothing official being revealed as of yet. However, that isn’t to say that the rumor mill hasn’t been chugging along, with the latest stating that we will be receiving a Mass Effect trilogy remaster at some point later this year.

Game Reactor’s Eirik Hyldbakk Furu recently reported (via Prima Games) that inside sources have confirmed with them that a Mass Effect trilogy remaster will be releasing this fall. In addition to this, he also noted that it is entirely possible that EA plans to officially reveal the trilogy remaster during the EA Play event, which will be taking place on June 18th. Furu also noted that “the last update I got about it a few weeks ago still had the collection slated for this fall to take the place of the company’s usual blockbusters: Battlefield and Star Wars Battlefront.”

With all of the

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Hello!

We have been overwhelmed by the positive reaction of the community as travellers new and old have been exploring our last big update, No Man’s Sky Origins. Thank you all so much for your kind words and feedback, it was so satisfying for the team to watch your reaction.

Hopefully this year has been a mix of things you wanted to see in the game and a few surprises along the way. But we are not done yet. There is one more surprise…

Today we are announcing perhaps our most important update of the year, No Man’s Sky Next Generation, coming to PC, PlayStation 5, XBox Series X/S.

This has been a huge undertaking for us, in the works for over a year. We wanted to do the next generation of consoles justice. For us that meant:

• A free upgrade for our millions of existing console players
• An impactful graphical upgrade on next generation consoles
• All graphical upgrades available for high end PC players too
• Save game transfer and

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*Pilots Federation ALERT*
Five new starports constructed by Archon Delaine's recent campaign have now become fully operational.
The Orbis stations, which are run by the Kumo Council faction, are listed below:
Kumo City in the Pegasi sector PN-T C3-14 system (Harma region)
California Freeport in the HIP 18390 system (California Nebula)
Crimson Exchange in the HIP 10792 system (Sothis region)
Fort Xeno in the HIP 62154 system (Coalsack Nebula)
Delaine Terminus in the Eol Prou PC-K c9-91 system (Colonia region)
The starports will provide a full range of services, although their low populations bring concerns that they may be under-staffed. Additionally, security agencies in nearby systems expressed fears that since they are operated by the Kumo Crew syndicate, they are likely to harbour black markets and promote illegal activity.
Arch-Corsair Kay Volantyne, a senior member of the Kumo

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An increasing number of religious movements in the core systems are proclaiming that humanity is on the verge of destruction.

Awareness of the issue has been raised by independent reporter Gethin Okonkwo, who published an article outlining the phenomenon:

"The return of the Thargoids has led to the emergence of dozens of radical groups. Although their nature varies, the message is the same: the apocalypse is coming."

"Some of these groups are distinctly religious in flavour. The Church of the Eternal Void, for example, preaches that the war for human souls is almost lost. Their view of the Thargoids as 'demons from a hellish universe' and the Guardians as 'beings of light who have decreed us unworthy of salvation' runs along classic theological lines."

"Others, such as Generation Omega, stoically accept that our time is almost over. They state that 'superior spacefaring lifeforms will

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Hello everyone,

We hope you enjoyed the daily CitizenCon panel uploads on our YouTube channel last week and there’s still more to come, with more panels being released through the end of the month. Let us know in the comments below which has been your favorite panel so far.

We also released the Kraken Q&A last week, which included answers to your top-voted questions, regarding its refuel, restock, and repair capabilities, and more. Make sure to check it out here.

Did you attend CitizenCon and mount up on the back of the Drake Dragonfly? The complete gallery of attendees riding the to-scale bike was also published last Friday. Find your pictures and share them with the ‘verse.

Lastly, for the chance to get your hands on a Constellation Phoenix, or other exciting prizes, check out our Mustang Commercial Contest. You have until October 29th to submit a video focusing on one variant of the

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Infinity Lock Box All new level-scaling Mirror Escort Carrier! The Mirror Escort Carrier [T6] is an all-new starship being added to the Infinity Lock Box this run, as a choice players may select upon opening any “Infinity Prize Pack – T6 Ship.” This new starship can be used as soon as you’ve completed the tutorial, and will scale with you as you level up all the way to 65! For more details please visit the “The Mirror Engle Carrier Leads a New Infinity Lock Box!” blog: The Mirror Engle Carrier Leads a New Infinity Lock Box! | Star Trek Online Winter: When accessing the Winter Event from the Journal or Welcome Screen, players will now be transported in front of Q. Resolved an issue that would cause an error when attempt to play the Gingerbread Village TFO from the globe in the gazebo. Resolved a typo where Q' was referring to a free Breen

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Australia Day Gladius Free-Fly

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Celebrate the founding of Australia (and domination of the Vanduul)

The Gladius Valiant was created by Aegis in conjunction with Electronic Access’ flight sim Arena Commander. As the premier example of the ‘Masters of Flight’ series, the Valiant’s custom green and gold livery stands as a fitting homage to the legacy of defense pilot Condi Hillard.


Everyone knows that Hillard was the first human pilot on record to defeat a Vanduul ship in combat. But did you know that her ship’s now-iconic paint job also shares colors with Earth island-nation Australia? It’s true!


So, let’s go way back and honor the landing of the First Fleet at Port Jackson while simultaneously celebrating Hillard’s inaugural Vanduul beat-down with the Aegis Gladius Valiant – available for all current backers to fly for free, all weekend long. Just log into your account and retrieve it from

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Hello everyone,

Valentine’s Day is but a sweet memory, yet after celebrating all weekend long with community-made Valentines and limited-time ship offers, you still have until 11:59pm PST today to pick up Anvil’s limited-edition Hornet F7C-M Heartseeker. The ‘Be my Valentines’ greeting card contest is over and we’d like to thank everyone who shared their love (and cards) across the ‘verse. It was tough as always to select the winning entries and we can only recommend checking out all the fantastic cards the community created over the past few days.

Last week we sent out the latest information on the continuing development of Squadron 42, collected from each of our studios around the globe. Check your inbox if you haven’t read the report yet and make sure you’re subscribed to the SQ42 newsletter to ensure you don’t miss any future news.

Also last week, a new ship from Argo Astronautics was

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