TERRA GAZETTE: UEE TIED TO GOLDFINCH

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UEE TIED TO GOLDFINCH


By Bernadette Ziegler
Senate Correspondent


PRIME, TERRA: It has been over six months since the universe first learned of the unconscionable attack perpetrated against respected ship manufacturer Origin Jumpworks, when billions of credits in research and design documentation linked with Origin’s “Project Goldfinch” were publicly leaked. Since then, the Advocacy, in conjunction with local authorities, have been conducting an exhaustive search to find those responsible for this heinous crime. To date, this investigation has resulted in zero formal charges filed. Many would blame the Agents assigned to the case for this lack of progress, or attribute it to the cleverness of the criminals involved, but recently uncovered facts point to a possible darker and much more significant truth: the government itself may be behind the corporate espionage.

Documents provided to the Terra Gazette by an anonymous source, and verified by our research staff, have revealed a tangled web that leads back to a single source: the UEE Senate’s Office of Executive Services (OES), a little-known bureaucratic department whose public facing role has been to collate informational packets for Senate members on various research topics. For example, if a Senator wants to know about average rainfalls or how many times they were mentioned on this season of ShowDown, they would turn to Executive Services, who would then condense the data into an easily digestible form. It is worth noting that the OES does not claim to conduct any research itself, but rather handles all “processing, collection and repackaging of existing information.” That description, published in the 2788 UEE line item budget upon the department’s establishment, has remained unchanged in the years since.

On 2944-11-04 SET, Rigs Bakas, a former FTL employee and Navy starman, was temporarily held by the Advocacy for questioning with regards to the Goldfinch leak. Released with no charges filed, Mr. Bakas was found dead three weeks later. The official cause of death was listed by the coroner’s office as accidental drowning. The documents provided by our source showed that not only did Mr. Bakas have access to the Goldfinch files while working at FTL, but he was receiving regular payments through a dummyblind transfer into an offworld banking account from a company named Terran Aquatics. A company that as far as our inquires have shown, existed for two sole purposes: sending funds to Mr. Bakas and receiving funds from one Elanore Calgory. Ms. Calgory is a former clerk who died in 2923 and who, our investigation has shown, has continued to receive a small fortune in weekly salary from the OES to this very day.

All of this leads us to ask why was Mr. Bakas never formally arrested? Why was Mr. Bakas receiving payments indirectly from the OES? If the OES job is to collect data, what data was Mr. Bakas collecting for them? Was Mr. Bakas’ death more than an accident? Unfortunately, at this point, there are more questions than answers, but the fact remains that the OES had ongoing ties to this suspect and that alone is cause for concern.

When contacted the OES declined to comment. No point of contact for Terran Aquatics has been located.

The Terra Gazette posts this information not to be sensational, but because only by bringing these questions to the public do we believe they have a chance to be answered. The Senate and the Advocacy have an obligation to look into this issue immediately.
RAUCH, DER AN DEN GOLDFINK GEBUNDEN IST.

Von Bernadette Ziegler
Korrespondent des Senats

PRIME, TERRA: Es ist mehr als sechs Monate her, seit das Universum zum ersten Mal von dem skrupellosen Angriff auf den angesehenen Schiffbauer Origin Jumpworks erfuhr, als Milliarden von Credits in der Forschungs- und Designdokumentation im Zusammenhang mit Origin's "Project Goldfinch" öffentlich bekannt wurden. Seitdem führt die Advocacy in Zusammenarbeit mit den lokalen Behörden eine umfassende Suche nach den Verantwortlichen für dieses abscheuliche Verbrechen durch. Bislang hat diese Untersuchung dazu geführt, dass keine formalen Vorwürfe erhoben wurden. Viele würden die dem Fall zugewiesenen Agenten für diesen mangelnden Fortschritt verantwortlich machen oder ihn der Klugheit der beteiligten Kriminellen zuschreiben, aber kürzlich aufgedeckte Fakten deuten auf eine mögliche dunklere und viel bedeutendere Wahrheit hin: Die Regierung selbst könnte hinter der Wirtschaftsspionage stehen.

Dokumente, die der Terra Gazette von einer anonymen Quelle zur Verfügung gestellt und von unseren Forschern verifiziert wurden, haben ein verworrenes Netz ergeben, das auf eine einzige Quelle zurückführt: die UEE Senate's Office of Executive Services (OES), eine wenig bekannte bürokratische Abteilung, deren Aufgabe es war, Informationspakete für Senatsmitglieder zu verschiedenen Forschungsthemen zu sammeln. Z.B. wenn ein Senator über durchschnittliche Regenfälle wissen möchte oder wie oft sie auf dieser Jahreszeit von ShowDown erwähnt wurden, würden sie an Executivdienste wenden, die dann die Daten in eine leicht verdauliche Form verdichten würden. Es ist anzumerken, dass die OES nicht den Anspruch erhebt, selbst zu recherchieren, sondern sich mit der gesamten "Verarbeitung, Sammlung und Umverpackung vorhandener Informationen" befasst. Diese Beschreibung, die im 2788 UEE Einzelpostenbudget nach der Einrichtung der Abteilung veröffentlicht wurde, ist in den folgenden Jahren unverändert geblieben.

Am 2944-11-04 SET wurde Rigs Bakas, ein ehemaliger FTL-Mitarbeiter und Marinestarman, vorübergehend von der Advocacy zur Befragung in Bezug auf das Stieglitz-Leck festgehalten. Freigegeben ohne Anklageerhebung, wurde Herr Bakas drei Wochen später tot aufgefunden. Die offizielle Todesursache wurde vom Gerichtsmediziner als versehentliches Ertrinken angegeben. Die von unserer Quelle zur Verfügung gestellten Dokumente zeigten, dass Herr Bakas nicht nur während seiner Arbeit bei FTL Zugang zu den Goldfinch-Akten hatte, sondern auch regelmäßige Zahlungen durch eine blinde Überweisung auf ein außerweltliches Bankkonto von einer Firma namens Terran Aquatics erhielt. Eine Firma, die, wie unsere Anfragen gezeigt haben, für zwei einzige Zwecke existierte: das Senden von Geldern an Herrn Bakas und das Empfangen von Geldern von einer Elanore Calgory. Frau Calgory ist eine ehemalige Sekretärin, die 2923 starb und die, wie unsere Untersuchung gezeigt hat, bis heute ein kleines Vermögen an Wochengehalt von der OES erhalten hat.

All dies führt uns zu der Frage, warum Herr Bakas nie offiziell verhaftet wurde? Warum erhielt Herr Bakas Zahlungen indirekt von der OES? Wenn der OES-Auftrag darin besteht, Daten zu sammeln, welche Daten hat Herr Bakas für sie gesammelt? War Mr. Bakas' Tod mehr als ein Unfall? Leider gibt es an dieser Stelle mehr Fragen als Antworten, aber Tatsache ist, dass die OES ständig mit diesem Verdächtigen in Verbindung stand, und das allein gibt Anlass zur Sorge.

Bei Kontaktaufnahme lehnte die OES eine Stellungnahme ab. Es wurde kein Ansprechpartner für Terran Aquatics gefunden.

Die Terra Gazette veröffentlicht diese Informationen nicht als sensationell, sondern weil wir nur durch die Veröffentlichung dieser Fragen glauben, dass sie eine Chance haben, beantwortet zu werden. Der Senat und die Anwaltschaft sind verpflichtet, diese Angelegenheit unverzüglich zu prüfen.
UEE TIED TO GOLDFINCH


By Bernadette Ziegler
Senate Correspondent


PRIME, TERRA: It has been over six months since the universe first learned of the unconscionable attack perpetrated against respected ship manufacturer Origin Jumpworks, when billions of credits in research and design documentation linked with Origin’s “Project Goldfinch” were publicly leaked. Since then, the Advocacy, in conjunction with local authorities, have been conducting an exhaustive search to find those responsible for this heinous crime. To date, this investigation has resulted in zero formal charges filed. Many would blame the Agents assigned to the case for this lack of progress, or attribute it to the cleverness of the criminals involved, but recently uncovered facts point to a possible darker and much more significant truth: the government itself may be behind the corporate espionage.

Documents provided to the Terra Gazette by an anonymous source, and verified by our research staff, have revealed a tangled web that leads back to a single source: the UEE Senate’s Office of Executive Services (OES), a little-known bureaucratic department whose public facing role has been to collate informational packets for Senate members on various research topics. For example, if a Senator wants to know about average rainfalls or how many times they were mentioned on this season of ShowDown, they would turn to Executive Services, who would then condense the data into an easily digestible form. It is worth noting that the OES does not claim to conduct any research itself, but rather handles all “processing, collection and repackaging of existing information.” That description, published in the 2788 UEE line item budget upon the department’s establishment, has remained unchanged in the years since.

On 2944-11-04 SET, Rigs Bakas, a former FTL employee and Navy starman, was temporarily held by the Advocacy for questioning with regards to the Goldfinch leak. Released with no charges filed, Mr. Bakas was found dead three weeks later. The official cause of death was listed by the coroner’s office as accidental drowning. The documents provided by our source showed that not only did Mr. Bakas have access to the Goldfinch files while working at FTL, but he was receiving regular payments through a dummyblind transfer into an offworld banking account from a company named Terran Aquatics. A company that as far as our inquires have shown, existed for two sole purposes: sending funds to Mr. Bakas and receiving funds from one Elanore Calgory. Ms. Calgory is a former clerk who died in 2923 and who, our investigation has shown, has continued to receive a small fortune in weekly salary from the OES to this very day.

All of this leads us to ask why was Mr. Bakas never formally arrested? Why was Mr. Bakas receiving payments indirectly from the OES? If the OES job is to collect data, what data was Mr. Bakas collecting for them? Was Mr. Bakas’ death more than an accident? Unfortunately, at this point, there are more questions than answers, but the fact remains that the OES had ongoing ties to this suspect and that alone is cause for concern.

When contacted the OES declined to comment. No point of contact for Terran Aquatics has been located.

The Terra Gazette posts this information not to be sensational, but because only by bringing these questions to the public do we believe they have a chance to be answered. The Senate and the Advocacy have an obligation to look into this issue immediately.

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