COVID Update
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Friday, October 22, 2021 - 21:37

You'll have noticed that we've been pretty quiet during the NSW lockdown. We've been busy - more on that below - but we decided even with online training videos and remote simulators there was limited value in proceeding with the Academy's launch without the ability to access the actual simulator at some point.

Now that we have some post-lockdown visibility, our plan is to move cautiously towards commencing training and making the simulator available for missions. We'll be starting with (small) group tours of the simulator and working our way up to a (much-delayed) open day. A combination of online training and in-person time with tutors will soon get you ready to take part in missions!

We've been busy during lockdown working on new systems we previewed earlier. Major work was done on the first major engineering system - the Power Distribution Network (PDN) - and a first release will hit the simulator very soon.

We also took advantage of the simulator downtime to install broadcast equipment, which will allow multi-camera live streaming of missions. We're also taking advantage of that studio infrastructure to produce our weekly sci-fi news service Ion Scf-Fi. Check out the news blog now and keep an eye out for the first stream in the next couple of weeks.

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