Oolite Bulletins

I thought I remembered something from the Stargate universe - it turns out that there are healing nanites in one of the computer games but not in the actual series: The Nanotech Universal Recovery System, a little robot that sprays injured people with nanites that help them heal. I don't think it ad...

And yet another one... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54397522484_81866e6a95_c_d.jpg It's a four-coloured ball-point pen about 30cm long and 3.5cm wide, and possibly the most cumbersome pen I've ever seen. Each of the fins pushes out one of the colours, which is why they are coloured differentl...

Doctor Who had alien medical nanites (called Nanogenes) used to "cure" humans in The Empty Child and sequel The Doctor Dances (2005), unfortunately the programming is a bit wrong which is why the patients end up growing gasmask faces and wandering around saying "Are you my mummy?"...

Actually I think I may be mixing it up with Sleeper - sorry for the confusion.

Is it Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) - 1972 Woody Allen film with some SF elements

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everythin ... sk)_(film)

N, operated by WY - Film Oh, I dunno, could it be the Nostromo , owned by the sinister Whyte Yarcowie corporation, from the 1979 film, Alien ? Oh no, I'm wrong, it was the Weyland-Yutani corporation. Well, no point for me, then. :shock: :lol: :evil: It is indeed the Nostromo , which means you get t...

More expansion of the clues: ATC, run by AG - Comics - does not appear to be available in Oolite. British source. MF, piloted by HS - Millennium Falcon piloted by Han Solo PE, owned by HJF - TV - definitely is available in Oolite. Animated series And one more for luck N, operated by WY - Film

OK, some obvious clues (and I really do mean obvious) MF, piloted by HS Well, it couldn't possibly be Millennium Falcon and Han Solo. They just flew around doing heroic hero stuff. We never once saw them hauling any cargo in those three movies. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Millennium_Falcon It'...

OK, some obvious clues (and I really do mean obvious)

ATC, run by AG

MF, piloted by HS

PE, owned by HJF

I'm pretty sure that two of these (at least) have ships in Oolite.

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 6:17 am

D.T.T. Ship Builders Inc. - Heavy Metal Freight Hauler

I should have remembered that, I'm a fan of the DTT ships, my preferred big freighter is the DTT Cyclops.

Just two to go - I'm sure that people will be able to remember two more, there are plenty in books, films, comics, etc. etc.

[...] Hate to say it, but according to Wikipedia that's a series about interstellar bounty hunters - cargo isn't even mentioned. Or is there something else? Hate to admit it, but now that you mentioned it, I think I remember the wording on the title screen starting with "I'm a bounty hunter, t...

Submitted for your approval, the painfully bad and incredibly low hanging fruit that is SPACE TRUCKERS . Yes, definitely, that was in the first two or three I thought of. Have an MBP for not being afraid to state the bleeding obvious! "Low hanging fruit"++ : Starhunter :) Hate to say it, ...

OK, if I must I suppose I must... Let's go back to our roots and have five stories / films / whatever about space traders - people who fly the spacelanes in ships that they own themselves, transporting cargo either for a customer or for sale, etc., whether legally or not. It must be a MAJOR part of ...

I have no idea on the Tesla question, unfortunately, apart from Tesla being the creator of the central McGuffin of Christopher Priest's novel The Prestige (also filmed). FM - short story, 1980s - Told in the first person by a movie personality - British author I have no idea what that clue refers to...

ECoM - novel, 1890s - The first word of the title is a real person's surname I had never heard of that one before. According to its Wikipedia page, it was quite innovative. (Thanks, ChatGPT, for finding it for me. You're a much better AI helper than lame-o Gemini.) Sorry, missed this one - it is ac...