Net-7 Editor in Chief Jan Blather expressed frustration today after learning that a crucial shipment of universal adapters for the Net-7 correspondent interface had been briefly delayed."Apparently the shipping company delivered them to the wrong addresses," Blather said. "Some Terran got his hands on them and sold the whole shipment on the black market. We have replacements on the way, but I'm afraid that Net-7's new correspondents will be unable to submit news until tomorrow afternoon (Thursday. Dec. 19) at the earliest."
Blather said the missing parts allow remote Net-7 correspondents to submit articles from virtually any location, including terminals in starbases. However, while Net-7 stories and the regular newsfeed remain available, the submission interface will remain offline for one more day.
"We really don't think it will affect many reporters, because we just don't have that many yet," Blather said. "But for those correspondents who do actually want to submit a story to us, they will just have to wait until the shipment of parts arrives. I don't like it either, but there isn't much we can do about it.
"Hopefully if any reporters were waiting to upload their stories, this will give them a little extra time to polish and edit their submissions. Grammatical precision is an elusive and fickle mistress, after all. At least that's what Oorjit tells me."
Blather said Net-7 will broadcast a follow-up news brief when the parts arrive and the correspondent interfaces are operational.
