Since the cracking of the EVE Gate, we call space "The Heavens" now. Maybe we should, because...

Or maybe I should back up a bit and introduce myself:

I'm Slovish.

You might have heard of me.

If you follow what passes for "News" these days, you almost certainly have. The slithering press has been curling around my boots for a long time. (Funny, isn't it, that we still call it The Press even though there's probably not been a real working printing press in use for centuries? But they still use the word "Journalist" with a straight face, so what the Hell?)

Let's settle for some of the highlights:

NEW EDEN NEWS SERVICE - Dodixie

"Mr. Slovish, whom prosecutors have labeled a 'shadowy and notorious figure' was acquitted today for the alleged theft, of the so-called "Quark Spark", an attachment to the accelerated Warp Bleeder Assembly, whom experts say will exponentially increase faster than light travel…"

Almost none of that is true.

Well, maybe the "shadowy and notorious" part. And I guess the Quark Spark bit. I mean the thing did work like a dream for an amazing twenty-odd years before the eggheads thought up something better. I think there are even still minor Fleet support ships riding it to this day

But, to be clear, I wasn't "acquitted of the alleged theft". The charges were dropped. Not because I didn't steal it because I damn well DID steal it. No, the charges were dropped because…

Well, here's the deal…