AlTime News Channel

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The AlTime News Channel is a media publication commonly available to citizens of the Coreworlds. It provides daily updates on current affairs, entertainment and culture, science and travel, as well as high-profile interviews, features and promotions. The Channel also hosts a gossip page which discusses such topics as the 'KilJaron' scandal. Each subject area is presented in its own clearly-delineated section. The Channel also had a subscription service, which came with additional perks such as discounts and vouchers.

The slogan of the AlTime News Channel which precedes every new update is "Non-stop news for non-stop people!" The publication is known to have a sensationalist bias.

Among the staff of the AlTime channel are a number of legal analysts, who reported on the charges raised by the Trifold Union against former Aglostarros University Museum Curator Endelle Stroth. The channel also employed a number of culinary experts for its Food & Drink section, and had at least one anonymous source within Coreworlds Intelligence. The channel allows leading political analyst Merran Ward to publish opinion pieces, though it is unclear whether he is an employee of AlTime or a freelance columnist.

In the year 2270, AlTime ran a 22-page special feature covering the nominations for the year's Celebration of Performing and Televised Arts (COPTA) Awards, which included details of all nominees and exclusive interviews.

After Centurions 56 and 72 reportedly broke out of a Queil Empire research facility, leading the Trifold Union to change its tactics from engaging the drones directly to relocating sensitive targets out of their predicted flight paths, AlTime provided its subscribers with an extra-large map detailing the routes that Centurions were predicted to take.

The following week, AlTime's Sport section offered an extensive feature showcasing the launch of the FTL League, which sought to reinvent interstellar racing to accommodate the commercialisation of faster-than-light travel. The Channel's feature included track maps, racer profiles and interviews for the League's inaugural season.

When reports began to return to the Coreworlds from within the Ele Dominion, AlTime ran an oversized feature on the Ele Metanation which was, as ever, highly sensationalised. They also partnered with Bright Aura Gem Therapy to offer their subscribers crystals which would apparently ward off the effects of the Metanation for ⍺25 per week. The accuracy of this claim is in doubt.

AlTime's Home & Ship section ran a substantial feature showcasing Veldt Star Industries' new Eidolon Collection after it was unveiled at the company's 2270 keynote on Ourinia. The feature included technical specifications of each model in the range, and a number of 'foldout' diagrams.

In 2270, the subjects of AlTime's spotlight interviews included:

* **Ardus Lyn, CEO of Veldt Star Industries**, speaking on the cost of commercialising scientific advancements.
* **Dorn Oramande, Baroness of the Family Oramande**, denying the AUM's allegedly slanderous implication that she had been responsible for the Harthoe tragedy.
* **Immus Omn, Director of *The Sorrows of Kor'Tor***, revealing how their COPTA-nominated work is inspired by their own lived experience, which makes it "beautiful".