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Watcher News 2420... Brought to you by Big Eye Broadcasting...
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Reports about a race trying to attain a "bronzed rodent" elude us at the moment. Weasels eat small rodentia, so we expect that this might be some sort of delicacy rare to this galaxy.
Races seem to be expanding apace, and crowding might set in soon. And property values might be increasing soon; who wants squatters on that nice green just over the border? Whether or not any feeding frenzies will start remains to be seen.
Watcher field reporters are about if any race has news to pass on. 2420 survey completed (including another bitmap.)
- The Big Eye (in the Sky)
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Fri, 10 October 2003 08:18 |
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<(o)> Watcher News <(o)> 2430 Edition
We came, We scanned, We chuckled...
Watcher reporters are now well spread in the galaxy, we expect Eye-Net to be fully functional to scan all planets simutaneously in the next few galactic periods. Eye-Net service will only add a small 59.99 GC fee to your normal cable or satellite bill.
Multiple reports of galactic littering have been received. Most claims are that these Pandar and Dog droppings are interfering with warp engine emissions and galactic commerce. Given the current galactic tax laws and the Watcher belief in "small government" (the Watcher speak softly and carry a pointed stick) there is currently not much wiggle room in the budget for extra sanitation sweeper ships. Residents are thereby expected to handle local garbage problems themselves for the time being.
And there has been a copyright violation charge filed with the Watcher Bureau of Investigation. The Pandar claim that another race is illegally copying and using their registered trademark ships. My, what will you people come up with next.
Investigation has come to the conclusion that the recent "Northern Lights" displays seen from Watcher Central are in fact *not* a natural phenomena, but instead the reflection off of galactic dust clouds of exuberant use of torpedoes and energy weapons in a concentrated manner. The Watchers appreciate, and expect, rambunctious celebrations amongst the weaselly population of IIc. However, the little eyeballs shouldn't be kept up past their bedtime by such displays.
And, in response to another query, there are no leash laws in the IIc galaxy. Dogs (and other pets and varmits) are allowed to wander where they want. However, they travel under no guarantee of safety - except for the limited refueling rights at Watcher Central.
And the 2430 census has been completed, including another nice territory map. [Going to experiment a bit now with the more recent 'animation' feature in XB since I only need Watcher pxx files instead of a mix in order to cover the galaxy. If this goes well I'll put that out at the game end.]
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Tue, 11 November 2003 10:12 |
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Good evening, and welcome to Watcher News. It's 2450, do you know where your freighters are? We do!  <(o)>
Our top story. Reports of a monster in the RWIAB IIc galaxy have been confirmed. It's large, it quadruped, and some races in the galaxy are properly very, very, afraid. We'll keep you up to date as the planetbusters drop...
In other news, despite the increasing wars the Watcher News Service has noticed what it can only describe as advanced diplomatic negotiations between the Wombats and Silver Mines in the South-East area of the universe. The Mines Information Minister, one Ferric Pyrite, descibed the recent territorial exchange agreement in detail in a recent broadcast.
The Watcher Mailbox has recently been filled with more spam e-mail complaining about the widening marking activities of the Happy Hounds. A Hound barksdog (spokesperson) replied that they were starting a new "Welcome Wagon" service in order to aid the development of their neighbors and improve galactic cooperation. Thus spreading the example of their peaceful existance in the galaxy while others foolishly squabble. [2542, apparently this "welcome" and following cooperation in intended in a different manner to the new leader of the Micante CRU!]
Watcher scans detected and then met the first Mystery Trader to visit the IIc realm. We report that they are distributing a somewhat interesting technical device. Fairly high construction requirements, and technical advisor R Williams was heard to describe it:
It's a scanner, it's a shield, it's armor, it's a jammer... we don't know what the #$^#^%#^ it is!
The Dark Eldar are reported to have sold the last of their real estate and invested all proceeds into tax shelters. Possibly a wise longterm investment strategy. However, economists have expressed doubts in the continued strength of the catnip and fuzzy mouse commodity markets.
Finally, a picture of the IIc galaxy in 2450 has been added to the album. <(-)>
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Thu, 04 December 2003 06:52 |
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| Zathras wrote on Wed, 26 November 2003 09:16 |
The Eye blinked and no news for 2460.
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Yes, the Big Eye's attention has been elsewhere for a little while. The 2460 survey was completed on time however.
And we are keeping tabs on the Happy Hound Pacification Program.
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Tue, 16 December 2003 18:30 |
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2470 survey completed in 2471 (Eye out of town to deal with some business in Mordo^H^H^H^H^H San Antonio.)
Major question to ask players about - but I'll split that to another thread.
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