Pedagouge Entria, 28'th Iteration, explained the situation he found himself in, "I was flying through [Asteroid Belt] Beta on a trade run, when I noticed a distress beacon. Normally I would fly-by and kill time by working on my genetic history assignments at the Sabine university, but I'd just got my Jumpstart license and wanted to help out. That's what we explorers do right?".

Surely a situtation common to us all, Entria continued to give further details of the scandal, "I offered the stranded pilot [who cannot be named for factional correctness] a js right then and there, which they agreed to and thanked me for. It was a long way to get to them, but that didn't bother me, even when I hit a gravity well I just kept on going. I'd been travelling on combat engines for about 2-3 minutes with about another minute to go and POW! The ship vanished! Gone, towed, logged, I don't know. I had to turn around and fly all the way back. My shedule was shot to shards after that, and the manifest of discordite I was carrying was making my cargo hold glow! I just feel cheated and disgusted, it'll be along time before I help one of their type again."

There is no doubt about the seriousness of this new phenonmenon, but is this crying wolf, a new form of joy-riding, or just plain old bad manners? The only thing we know for certain is that the problem is getting worse. Proconsul Kerr had this to say, "I salute the Sentinel who placed the needs of those of lesser genetic quality over his own, he is indeed an example to all Sabine, to all Progen. However my warning to those deviants perpetrating this offence is grave; use your beacons responsibly or those equipped to assist you will just fly by."

And maybe that's not bad advice. Net-7 will be charting the progress of this new social jinx.

The Sentient Sabine, Arx Ymir