- 54 people rescued from trafficking craft, 17 found unresponsive: A public news article on a case where a trafficking voidcraft was captured and detained, two pilots arrested.
- Sellers of refurbished voidcraft arrested after family trip turns into 3 months of agony: This tells the harrowing story of a family trip with 18 people turned into a devastating situation for all involved.
They had purchased a luxury voidcraft, once used as a cruise craft some 10-15 years prior. 'The Void Titan'. It was taken out of commission after the craft had been hijacked from both inside and out, its controls overruled by members acting as staff that led to a lockdown. The passengers inside, wealthy individuals, were forced to give over their possessions, but further incident led to deaths of passengers.
The criminals were eventually apprehended, and the voidcraft was removed for use for maintenance.
Given the tragedy that took place on the voidcraft, the owners quietly sold it off while they replaced it with a new cruise craft - it was unlikely anyone would ever use it. Exchanging hands, its name was removed, a basic maintenance check given, and it was sold off to a wealthy family looking to have their own voidcraft for travelling purposes.
The voidcraft operated smoothly for a time without issues. It had no problems travelling the void, and was amicable to its passengers in the way any cruise craft would be. However, there was never any doubt of the craft's ability to function in transporting its passengers.
It was its potential actions after the traumatic event that took place on its craft.
And that's what led to what happened next.
From investigation, all it took for the voidcraft to become unstable was a knock of void debris to its craft. To those inside, they heard a 'thump' - nothing unusual, nothing too damaging, luckily. But the voidcraft, remembering what had happened to it before, was quick to act. It shut down doors, locked out individuals from internal functions, and started travelling at fast speeds. It wouldn't allow communication between different spaces, ignored the calendar and sense of time it was programmed to, and ran.
And ran, and ran. It ran for a long time, trying to escape from a danger it thought was present. To protect its passengers, without realising they were dying repeatedly inside its walls.
It's not until the craft was apprehended by Void Inspectors that it was finally stopped, and the people within prepared to seek emergency medical attention. Those who conducted in the selling of the craft without proper maintenance checks have been taken in, and will face serious charges.
- Fleeting: When People Become Void Ghost Echoes: It's a lengthy, informative article written on Void Ghost Echoes: people who have lost their anchor to their body, and now only exist in the void.
Void Ghosts. Void Echoes. Fleeters. These are some terms used to describe those whose connection to their bodily anchor is lost to their self that's been connected to the void. This happens either through a malfunction of the tether, or by loss of their bodily selves. With no body, physical self to return to, their existence relies on the tether with the voidcraft to keep them alive. To allow them to keep being.
This means that people can't disconnect from the point of their tether without completely dying. There is research ongoing on what can be done for people who come to lose this part of themselves. Can their self in the void be transferred into a new body? Can they be safely transferred from one tethering point to another, to allow them a more stable place of existing?
News Articles
- Sellers of refurbished voidcraft arrested after family trip turns into 3 months of agony: This tells the harrowing story of a family trip with 18 people turned into a devastating situation for all involved.
They had purchased a luxury voidcraft, once used as a cruise craft some 10-15 years prior. 'The Void Titan'. It was taken out of commission after the craft had been hijacked from both inside and out, its controls overruled by members acting as staff that led to a lockdown. The passengers inside, wealthy individuals, were forced to give over their possessions, but further incident led to deaths of passengers.
The criminals were eventually apprehended, and the voidcraft was removed for use for maintenance.
Given the tragedy that took place on the voidcraft, the owners quietly sold it off while they replaced it with a new cruise craft - it was unlikely anyone would ever use it. Exchanging hands, its name was removed, a basic maintenance check given, and it was sold off to a wealthy family looking to have their own voidcraft for travelling purposes.
The voidcraft operated smoothly for a time without issues. It had no problems travelling the void, and was amicable to its passengers in the way any cruise craft would be. However, there was never any doubt of the craft's ability to function in transporting its passengers.
It was its potential actions after the traumatic event that took place on its craft.
And that's what led to what happened next.
From investigation, all it took for the voidcraft to become unstable was a knock of void debris to its craft. To those inside, they heard a 'thump' - nothing unusual, nothing too damaging, luckily. But the voidcraft, remembering what had happened to it before, was quick to act. It shut down doors, locked out individuals from internal functions, and started travelling at fast speeds. It wouldn't allow communication between different spaces, ignored the calendar and sense of time it was programmed to, and ran.
And ran, and ran. It ran for a long time, trying to escape from a danger it thought was present. To protect its passengers, without realising they were dying repeatedly inside its walls.
It's not until the craft was apprehended by Void Inspectors that it was finally stopped, and the people within prepared to seek emergency medical attention. Those who conducted in the selling of the craft without proper maintenance checks have been taken in, and will face serious charges.
- Fleeting: When People Become Void Ghost Echoes: It's a lengthy, informative article written on Void Ghost Echoes: people who have lost their anchor to their body, and now only exist in the void.
Void Ghosts. Void Echoes. Fleeters. These are some terms used to describe those whose connection to their bodily anchor is lost to their self that's been connected to the void. This happens either through a malfunction of the tether, or by loss of their bodily selves. With no body, physical self to return to, their existence relies on the tether with the voidcraft to keep them alive. To allow them to keep being.
This means that people can't disconnect from the point of their tether without completely dying. There is research ongoing on what can be done for people who come to lose this part of themselves. Can their self in the void be transferred into a new body? Can they be safely transferred from one tethering point to another, to allow them a more stable place of existing?
There are no answers for now.