WELCOME TO SALUTE!
This zine is for you, the people, and the general public. It's a freelance effort of multiple writers, interviewers, and interviewees. It's goal is to Salute the good in the universe with each issue. And to make the starmourn sector a better more educated place.
This years theme is Turmoil and for our inaugural year we're bringing you six articles, three interviews and three submissions. To everyone out there, from our writers, and our editors,
We Salute You!
Regards from the Editor in Chief
Rhea
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To start we bring you a submission from the Song sector, about the soda companies of all things. But there's protests, there's turmoil, and the undercurrent of it all matches the theme!
Enjoy!
(The article starts, a soft and clearly voiced male sounds off the article through the mindsim while images related to the topic play out on the edges. The theme is of a fiery factory.)
Volt colas new factories scaled back after protests from sector health campaigners.
Volt has scaled back the budget on the construction of five new factories after protests from public health campaigners from around the sector.
The interstellar drinks giant will pause the construction of a series of new factories on Krell, Benu Wen and other systems which had been previously protested by the majority of these planets populations. Now they are joined by the Song Dominion Department of Health, Sanitation and Welfare.
The press conference on behalf of Volt execs kicked off in Omni Station and was broadcasted on the Commsphere, yet viewership was at a low. Boycotting has been the call to arms and it appears to have paid off for the protesters.
Pressure has grown on Volt and other drinks manufacturers over the level of sugar, caffeine and alleged presence of loam leech saliva in their products which campaigners say contribute to rising levels of obesity and health issues, to a greater degree on the non-Wetwired. Volt cola stands among the worst nanoplastic polluters based on planetary clean-ups. Incinerator orders have tripled since last year on several stations.
A 330ml can of Volt contains 120g of sugar, pushing several Non-Wetwired sentients in the sector towards obesity and oral rot. Smaller cans of Volt are handed out for free, making it an ubiquitous drink for random creatures and sentients in the sector entire, a publicity stunt that has drawn fire from health departments.
The protesters are a small group, albeit made up of almost all sentient races in the sector, and have coordinated a letter calling on the company to only hand out sugar and leech-free drinks.
Public protests against the drinks have taken place in Omni, Danica and Celestine Crossings.
Last year, the Volt cola company was embroiled in controversy when researchers detected the presence of leech saliva in the cold beverages. The company, after much denial and evasion, claimed it was due to its aphrodisiac properties.
Scientists and health experts have opened new research entries regarding this claim yet results remain inconclusive.
-This report was compiled Anonymously with sources paid out of pocket. If they wish to be credited they can make us aware of it via a message at the previous contact, and we will credit them publicly in the editors note.
