Adventure:
Riding the rapids: Our brave reporter, Gobbi, puts his life in mortal danger as he rides the violent rapids of the Tum-Emosak river, on the planet Sanganara, in an air boat...
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'All Trussed Up With Nowhere To Go.': Sashi visits the twin marketplaces of Saith and Dara, on Montanera, where just about everything is for sale, including humanoid slaves. On a hunch, she decides to track down the slave traders and winds up in a heap of trouble... Read more....
'Gulag': Can Tor-Ganistan's awesome military machine win this battle of wills in Narwin's northern, polar wilderness as three convicts make a desperate bid for freedom? - Story written by one of the convicts, Julia Karass, in her own words. Read more....
Conflict:
'Chloro-Sapiens' - Solar Powered Warriors: The University City of Dateen, on Ganymea, in the Tribulzi Empire, is a center of excellence for gene research. The Tribulzi have been at war with their neighbors, the Cora, for over two hundred years. Never-ending wars require that each combatant must develop new weapons, just to stay competitive! Well, Dateen just broke the mold, with a soldier that runs on sun light! Read more....
Chikaros - Hamarbakir's brutality must stop now : Hamarbakir's devastating attacks on other nations on Chikaros must stop! We bring you this report, filed by Ghi'Chon and his young assistant, Ca'Houn, who were tragically killed as they tried to leave the planet... Read more....
Ghu'Ka's anti-pollution technology is lost forever : For more than a millennium, Ghu'Ka suffered from environmental pollution. When it developed the technology to rebuild its eco-system, others wanted it, too. But they didn't want to pay for it... Read more....
Ring Fire: Colonel Riuth Rydell is injured during a covert mission and ordered to take a leave of absence. She is the only passenger on a transport, piloted by Milo Yoonan, as they head out on a sightseeing tour of Arrapkha, the Tusratta Moons and the Brahma Singularity. While returning slowly to Yoonan's home port of Papskeet, after an electrical failure has reduced their speed to 'sub-light', they discover a small moon, on which a base has been constructed. Inside a large cavern they find human residue burned into the walls, like shadows. Did these people meet their death as the result of an accident, or was it murder? If so, who did it, and why? Read more....
Environment:
Mass Extinction, Ottuba style : "I suppose we shouldn't mourn the passing of the 'long toothed hossora', from Corridoor. It was a peaceful, eternally grazing creature, with four legs, a long swishing tail, floppy ears and puppy eyes." Read more....
"How to make it really easy to kill your enemies." : Alethea takes a look at 'Species Pseudo-Differentiation' - the latest technique revolutionizing the thinking of military planners on Artogos III. Seems familiar! Read more....
'Oh, I'm dreadfully sorry, but I thought you were dealing with that.' : Alethea investigates the reason behind the greatest environmental disaster to occur on Cora-Ventu in living memory! Read more....
Osipa IV - an unfolding tragedy : Our reporter, George Onslow, brings you news of the birth of Osipa IV: the new kid on the block in the Osipa system. But all is not well... Read more....
Genetic Engineering:
The Bizarre Effects of Gene Therapy on Tok-Nar : Alethea checks out the rumour that in exchange for the sole rights to vast deposits of unique and priceless gem stones on Tok-Nar, Marku Funn, a part-time trader and notorious womaniser, has arranged for its inhabitants to undergo gene therapy... with unfortunate results. Read more....
Cor-te-Eva - "Let the Bad Times Roll!" : Sashi travels to Cor-te-Eva to investigate reports that some really bad stuff is happening, there. It turns out, an old 'acquaintance' has something to do with it! Read more....
Note: This report post dates Sashi's visit to Montanera. Click to read that earlier story - "All Trussed Up With Nowhere To Go." - first. K?
Mystery and the Supernatural:
Darmun: An erie silience grips this world, absent of all life, where a vast cemetery lies overgrown and forgotten, beneath a fiery red sky. Yet there is no clear evidence that intelligent creatures lived here. Read more....
Migration : If you stand in the right place, on the right planet, in the right galaxy, at the right time, you will see the most beautiful sight in the entire universe. George Onslow reports... Read more....
The Miraculous Cycads of Tesselmon : There are many among us who would have you believe that they, alone, understand the cycles of the universe. Yet, occasionally, Mother Nature shows us she has an inside track on how things really are and that, perhaps, we should take the trouble to understand and learn from her, if we wish to find the true path to happiness and prosperity. Alethea reports... Read more....
The Great Pulse : Noel Bruton, a part time contributor, has submitted this extraordinary account of the rebirth of a distant galaxy. Read more....
Politics:
Pre-election campaign on Suksamango plumbs new depths... Both of the major political parties on Suksamango were accused today, by the planet's Global News Wire Agency, of plumbing new depths of 'negativity' in their pre-election publicity campaigns... Read more....
Shishkabar - Fighting The Wrong War: The President of Shishkabar is fighting a Religious War, in an attempt to make an ancient prophesy a reality. The Vice President is engaged in a Resource War, to seize vital energy supplies and reconstruction contracts for his corporate buddies. The Secretary of War is 'live' testing his theory that a slimmed down, fast moving, 'shock and awe' military capability is the way to go, while receiving huge rewards from the corporations who benefit from an ever increasing military budget. For now, their personal motivations are as one. But for how long? And how is it preventing them from dealing with a very real threat that is just around the corner? Read more....
'Dream Life' : A young girl is being held in Jukan City Custodial Center, on the planet, Casido, and the State will not tell her what she did wrong. And, it never will, right up until the moment it takes her life! - A Short Story by Rebecca di Angelo Read more....
Political leaders on Alpanipar accused of genocide... The Supreme Court of Arbitrators on Alpanipar has indicted the entire Presiding Cabinet, accusing the seventeen members of being responsible for the extermination of forty-seven million citizens... Read more....
Scandals:
Niros - the Monastery Planet: Sashi has spent a few days investigating the rumour that the monks, who supposedly live a life of poverty, sanctity and denial of the flesh on this fortress world, are not living up to their vow of celibacy. Read more....
Bastario - a needless tragedy unfolds: Alethea reports on the mind-numbing folly of politicians, and their all too frequent and calous indifference to the suffering of their own people. Particularly when their reputations are on the line. Read more....
Car-lyn Boser Forced to Resign: The recently published memoirs of Geddi-Juraseck's ex-Pubir (President) have resulted in the recall of Car-lyn Boser, the recently appointed ambassador to the inaugural meeting of Non-Aligned World Governments, on Peuge. It's not what she's done, but what she said she'd do... Read more....
President of Macoma Prime Seeks Change in Constitution: The ever unpopular President, Jonis Homa, is travelling the planet, trying to drum up support for his proposed constitutional amendment which would limit civil mating agreements to individuals of 'differentiated sexual attributes'. This proposal, considered by many to be nothing but a cynical attempt by an embattled leader to rekindle the support of the fundamentlist religious groups who backed his election, has already run into trouble... Read more....
Social Behaviour:
Sekernefre: Our intrepid Sashi takes time out to visit one of Sekernefre's top 'Personal Trainers' and quickly learns that there are many more ways a girl can serve than she ever realized... Read more....
"When a girl has served old and impotent men, lying comes easy": An epic tale about the life and times of Xanthi, an innocent girl sold into a life of sexual slavery in the fabled city of Senershreb, and her search for the 'Master of her dreams'. Read more....
Gamma Calenda. Squaring the Circle: When nations march to war, they mostly do so in the certain belief that their Deity is on their side. This is fine, if they are victorious. But what happens if they lose? Is it in them to accept that their Deity was not on their side, this time, but on their enemy's side? Are they able to admit they might have been in error? Or do they come up with some other explanation? How, in fact, do they square the circle? Read more....
"Her Serene Highness, The Empress Serafina Roh Lin.": Alethea is invited to join the Empress Seraphina Roh Lin - the wealthiest woman in the Galaxy - on her magnificant Sky Palace, floating high above Kyrax II. Read more....
Time Travel:
"Roll up! Roll up! For the Time Travel Experience of a Lifetime : Sashi visits the Overa Travel Company on Atogenes and takes a trip a million years into its past. Read more....
"We can see clearly now the Huraz have been" : The people of Bandi-Casade were, up until a few centuries ago, primitive hunter / gatherers. And then, almost over night, they gained the ability to predict, with complete accuracy, their own future. But what exactly could they see; and, how, in fact, did they do it? Alethea reports... Read more....
The 'Reluctant' Time Traveler : A tall, gaunt figure walked, slowly, across a rock strewn plain. As far as his eyes could see, there was nothing alive. He was alone in a barren landscape and far from home. A cold breeze ruffled his hair. He shivered, pulled his cloak tightly around his body, and searched for some kind of shelter. In the distance was a low hill. He headed for it, lengthening his stride... Read more....
