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Spaceflight. Scandal. Mostly scandal.

Disasters

You just want to watch the world burn

Someone set fire to a pallet of Units outside Station #12. Not stolen. Not spent. Burned. There's no angle here. Somebody just wanted to.

An artist's rendering. Our photographer got too close and lost his eyebrows.

Usually when Units go missing, somebody else ends up with them. That's how this works. That's how every scandal in this paper works.

Not this time. Witnesses say a single person walked up to the Station #12 loading dock on Tuesday night, set a pallet of cash on fire, watched it for a while, and left. On foot. Slowly.

I asked him what he wanted. He said 'nothing.' Then he asked if I had marshmallows.

Station #12 night guard

Station #12 says the loss won't affect its operations. Station #12 also canceled its holiday party the next morning.

Police have no suspects. Everyone else has nine.

  • Station #12

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