Change in Miscellaneous: Added a network lag test. To make this work, your client needs to respond to LAG-TEST as a string on its own line. The response has to be lag_result, once again with no additional text on the line. The official VipMud soundpack has already been made to work with this. The command to initiate a lag test is @lag. Please note that unless your client responds with lag_result, the test is only halfway done and you don't get the result, since the game's ping doesn't get your client's pong as a response, as it were.

Change in Activities: You can now type @nebulas to see the top list of players who have surveyed nebulas.

Announcement from A large Fluffy creature: For those who wish to participate in Easter egg collection this year, the basket dispenser is now located at Malacia docking bay, and eggs should start appearing on local planets and in space. Shortly after this, eggs will start generating once more on rocky planets and relics. Happy hunting!

Change in Activities: Quasars have been made less destructive in the following ways, firstly they now cause proportional damage to your shields or your ship components based on the ship specifications, much like how stars and nebulas cause damage, rather than causing a set static amount of damage. This should make them now much more survivable in deep space researchers. Secondly, they now do not discriminate, no ship is spared, friendly or enemy. You should find their overall radiation damage reduced and more manageable.

Chuck Norris, Hollywood martial artist and actor, dead at 86 https://www.cbc.ca/entertainment/chuck-norris-actor-obituary-9.7136043

what is the fastest way of killing my interest on trying out the instand lemon pudding and pie filling from Jell-o? only charge 63 cents for one box of it, but then charge $4.99 for the shipping! I! DON'T! FUCKING! THINK! SO!

Picard management tip: Every officer needs to be in charge of something they understand, even if it's just radishes.