Greetings, Commanders, and welcome to this week’s community goals blog. If you’re looking for a goal, the breakdown below should help:



Station Construction in LHS 3447:

Worlidge Terminal in LHS 3447 – Deliver Metals to Worlidge Terminal in the LHS 3447 system to support the construction of a new space station.



Clean Up Orulas: Rescue Operation:

Wilkes Orbital, Nespeleve system – Aid the Joint Security Taskforce with their rescue operations in the Orulas system and deliver any escape pods to Wilkes Orbital.



Clean Up Orulas: Combat the Criminals:

Wilkes Orbital, Nespeleve system – Aid the Joint Security Taskforce in their fight against criminal gangs and support the rescue operation in the Orulas system.



*Single Day CG**Going live on the 29th Feb 3302*

The Day That Should Not Be:

Jones Estate, Groombridge 34 system - Deliver Cartographic Data to Jones Estate in Groombridge 34 to help prove the crazy theories of Ricardo Bentonio.



For years, the sparsely populated Orulas system has been dominated by the Orulas Blue Hand Gang, a ruthless criminal organisation. This cold-blooded band has been making life intolerable for the system’s inhabitants, but the local government appears reluctant to take a stand. Rumours abound that the authorities receive regular kickbacks from the criminals.



But one resident has had enough. Rose Trebek, a former soldier and veteran of countless military campaigns, has established a defence initiative to clean up Orulas – the Joint Security Taskforce.



“Our intelligence indicates that the Blue Hand is ferrying its spoils in big convoys to various fences. They trade mostly in escape pods, which they sell to shady pseudo-scientific outfits conducting illegal human experiments. We need pilots to swoop in, bust open the convoys, and recover as many pods as they can. We also need volunteers to sweep the system, taking out any Blue Hand ships they encounter. That should make things easier for the Commanders targeting the convoys.”



Trebek has the resources to offer generous incentives to those who support the campaign which is expected to begin on 25th February 3302 and last for 1 week.



A little closer to the centre of inhabited space, the Pilots Federation, in association with LHS 3447 Dynamic & Co, has announced plans to build a new starport in LHS 3447. The system is familiar to many independent pilots, being a popular starting point for those embarking on careers as traders, bounty hunters and explorers. But many of these pilots have bemoaned the relative inaccessibility of the system’s current starports.



According to a spokesperson for the organisation, the new starport will orbit LHS 3447 B 1 a, making it particularly valuable to miners exploiting the LHS 3447 AB belt.



“The Pilots Federation is all about building a better future for the people who keep the galaxy moving. This new starport will give those people a valuable new trade and resupply hub, in addition to giving the system’s economy a boost.”



The campaign to construct the starport, which will be named ‘Bluford Orbital’, begins on the 25th of February 3302 and will run for two weeks. Pilots who want to support the first phase of the campaign are invited to deliver metals to Lawson Orbital in LHS 3447.



In other news, having been labelled as a crackpot by most of civilised space, tin-foil-hat-wearing conspiracy theorist Ricardo Bentonio has teamed up with Kruger 60 Free to fund a one-day appeal for pilots to deliver cartographic data. He claims this will help him prove his theories that, according to ancient records he has unearthed, the 29th February 3302, which appears on all galactic calendars, should not exist.



Bentonio went into more details at a press conference, claiming that the entire human race will be wiped out if something is not done. When questioned about his theory he had this to say:



“We’re not just talking about see ship systems failing and computer system across the galaxy shutting down. We’re talking about all life as we know it stopping instantaneously, the very fabric of space time collapsing in on itself and the universe as we know it coming to an end in the blink of an eye.”



Pilots that want to contribute to the appeal are instructed to go to Jones Estate in Groombridge 34 system and drop off any cartographic data they have on the 29th of February 3302.



The construction project in LHS 3447 begins on 25th of February 3302 and will run for two weeks.

The rescue operation in Orulas begins on 25th of February 3302 and will run for one week.

Ricardo Bentonio’s request for Cartographic Data will begin at midnight on 29th of February 3302 and will run for 24 hours.



Whether you’re rescuing hostages, fighting criminals or making deliveries, be careful out in the black, Commanders!