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News Archive: Week 34, 2012

SSS Ambassador: Drat those rats!

Hello, everyone! This is Captain Dinghy speaking to you from the bridge. Our final destination will be the glorious city of Centropolis, but unfortunately we have encountered a slight delay. Ever since the Centropolis Green project earlier this year, organizations have been popping up for the betterment and cleanliness of the city-- they do a lot of good work so I'm not complaining, but it does make docking there a little trickier nowadays. One of these organizations, the National Institute of Nutritional Health, has sent us a pre-docking checklist to make sure we are not importing any nasty diseases or vermin with the food on board. The secret of NINH's success has been these pre-screenings; this protocol has really cut back on the rat population of Centropolis in particular, which I'm sure you'll notice when you visit.

Unfortunately though, somewhere out there we picked up a rodent problem of our own. One of our chefs has been taking some culinary advice from a rat (which explains the chicken pot pie burger and the rest of Darkside's menu...), and while that might sound like a cute plot for an animated feature film, this is real life. That sort of thing isn't sanitary, and we need to clean up our kitchen before we can drop anchor anywhere near the pristine capital city. I'm not sure what that chef's been feeding this rodent, but its size is unusually large and we have no exterminators on board. If we can get help from everyone, hopefully we can get clearance from those NINHies on Monday. If you'd like to help out, report to the Tour Club!

Weekend Quests


Quentin is the weekend quest! Do those quests for increased prizes and special rewards!

Music Shop: New Items!



Make some music with these new instruments from the Music Shop.

We will be taking Subeta offline on Tuesday August 21st at 1AM for scheduled maintenance!

SSS Ambassador: Onward to Veta

It's that time again: the ship is now moving on to its next destination! We're trading one scenic location for another as we leave Riverside, and move on to Veta.

Veta is well known for its picturesque lakes and romantic inns, but did you know that Veta is also home to a wide variety of industries? It will be a wonderful stop for those who are interested in sustainable farming, home-brewing, or hand-made instruments of all kinds. If none of those things interest you, I think someone wrote a really popular book that is set here, and they do some kind of tour... Or maybe they stopped doing that last year? I guess we will find out.

So, no sea monster. We could hope for a lake monster, but that only really affects passengers, not the ship as a whole. I think we're pretty out of luck in terms of ship-wide disasters, but if you plan to go for a swim, watch out for giant crocodiles, prehistoric monsters, fresh water sharks, or whatever else.

More Recycle Beast Items!



The Recycle Beast has two new items for those who are serious about recycling.