The Multiverse Monitor

The Multiverse Monitor is a publication distributed in PPC HQ. It has been described as 'regenerating '; every few years, long after the previous version has died, the name is picked up by a new editorial team and attached to some new variant. The Monitor usually seems to operate out of Response Centre #14.

The 2013 Incarnation
The most recent version of the Multiverse Monitor is a news magazine. Its first known edition was released in April 2013 HST. Its Editors work out of RC #2536 and may or may not be operating under the pseudonyms Anon E. Maus and Nita Incog. In-universe, it has been in publication since 2011 HST, as the first published issue has feedback referencing articles in previous issues written. Its 2011 origins were as a 'sporadically printed newsletter', but evidently the printing budget expanded between then and 2013.

Issue One
The first edition of the Multiverse Monitor had four cover stories: It also included the first examples of two regular features:
 * The Blackout which had recently affected HQ, and the consequences thereof. (Main cover story)
 * An interview with the Doctor from Doctor Who.
 * A piece about the Doctor's companion Clara beating Agent Omicron at PPC Cluedo.
 * A discussion of Agents Christianne Shieh and Eledhwen Elerossiel finally becoming a couple.
 * Canon Character of the Month: Madoka Kaname
 * Canon Location of the Month: Rivendell

Issue Two
The second edition had four cover stories: Regular features include: New features include:
 * The continued cleanup of HQ after the Blackout.
 * An upcoming distance learning programme for potential OFU writers, called OFU-squared.
 * A new species of Sue called the Sue Lord, and how the agents involved in its mission defeated it.
 * An interview with Thane Krios from Mass Effect, as a followup to a mission by Agents Xanthus, Anneli, and Cinderella.
 * Canon Character of the Month: Spock
 * Canon Location of the Month: The Infinite Library, Nanohaverse
 * Reviews by Stan Grayston of various artistic endeavours in HQ. In this issue, he reviews "The Glorious Revolution", a stage adaptation of Night Watch that premièred on May 25, 2013.

The 2006-2007 Incarnation
This Multiverse Monitor was a short lived British-style tabloid that ran for fourteen issues from March 2006 until June 2007, HST. The initial plan was for it to be monthly, but the final six months were on bimonthly basis. Interestingly, issues eleven through fourteen have not been linked from the Monitor's main page. At the end of Issue Fourteen, it was announced that the paper would be taking a hiatus until the end of the year. It never started up again.

A running theme in the tabloid, which was edited by Agents Starwind Rohana and Estelnar Celebduin, was supposed debauchery among the Flowers. Whether any of this was true or not remains open to debate, usually somewhere the Flowers can't overhear.

Issue One
The first issue of the Multiverse Monitor featured two cover stories regarding (the heavily elaborated, if not completely made up) romantic conquests of both the Sunflower Official and Dafydd Illian. Equally noticeable in this issue is the beginning of a series of Page Three images - in this case, a photo of Agent Suicide in the shower. This issue began the tradition of advertisements, and the leadup to its publication formed part of the plot of the semi-canon PPC Computer Game.


 * Page Three - Agent Suicide

Issue Two
The second issue of the Multiverse Monitor featured two cover stories - one regarding Agent Keily Shinra suffering from Mary Sue Syndrome, the other a how-to guide for 'Sue taxidermy. This issue also started including letters from readers. It also featured the first 'Lust Object of the Month'.


 * Page Three - Agent Estelnar Celebduin
 * Lust Object of the Month - Mara Jade

Issue Three
The third issue of the Multiverse Monitor featured two cover stories; one asking about the HQ Pool ('Does it really exist?'), and one claiming to expose the 'secrets of the Plants' - namely, that the Marquis de Sod has 'a few bends in his stem'. This issue was also the first to feature horoscopes.


 * Page Three - Agent Narto Telyan
 * Lust Object of the Month - Lord Elrond

Issue Four
The fourth issue of the Multiverse Monitor featured two cover stories; one describing the invasion of HQ by a (tiny) Dalek (made of pipecleaners), and one asking who was to replace the Wisteria as Head of Operations. This issue ran immediately after the Crashing Down crisis.


 * Page Three - Agent Starwind Rohana
 * Lust Object of the Month - Legolas

Issue Five
The fifth issue


 * Page Three - Agent Charlotte Deline
 * Lust Object of the Month - Éowyn

Issue Six
The sixth issue


 * Page Three - Agent Gammut, whose picture is now a frog in an ice cube for some reason
 * Lust Object of the Month - Anakin Skywalker

Issue Seven
The seventh issue


 * Page Three - Agent Pyro
 * Lust Object of the Month - Draco Malfoy, only apparently now it's Draco Malfoy the Bandwidth Theft notice

Issue Eight
The eighth issue of the Multiverse Monitor was the Hallowe'en issue.


 * Page Three - Agent Jennifer Robinson
 * Lust Object of the Month - Princess Leia

Issue Nine
The ninth issue


 * Page Three - Agent Logan
 * Lust Object of the Month - None

Issue Ten
The tenth issue


 * Page Three - Agent Terri Ryan
 * Lust Object of the Month - Maglor Fëanorian

Issue Eleven
The eleventh issue


 * Page Three - Agent Wayne
 * Lust Object of the Month - Celebrían and Arwen

Issue Twelve
The twelfth issue


 * Page Three - Agent Kumori
 * Lust Object of the Month - Ron Weasley, whose picture has vanished.

Issue Thirteen
The thirteenth issue


 * Page Three - Agent Simon Jones
 * Lust Object of the Month - None.

Issue Fourteen
The fourteenth issue


 * Page Three - None.
 * Lust Object of the Month - None.

The 2003-ish Incarnation
There was a Multiverse Monitor many years ago, sometime around 2003 ; however, its issues have since been lost to the Internet. It was presented in a single-page newssheet format, and featured (among other things) a Plotbunny Adoption Center.

Related Links

 * 2006 Multiverse Monitor Main Page
 * Tabloid, Agents Dafydd and Constance discuss the 2006 Multiverse Monitor