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'''''WSW 193''''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Scoop! (short story)|Scoop!]]'') also known as '''''W.S.W.193''''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Zodiac's Rescue Bid! (short story)|Zodiac's Rescue Bid!]]'') was a [[space liner]] owned by [[World Space Ways]] in [[2065]]. It had a capacity of one thousand [[passenger]]s.

On its [[front page]] for [[17 April]] 2065, ''[[TV Century 21 (in-universe)|TV Century 21]]'' reported that officials at [[Space City]] were "puzzled" by the loss of [[radio]] contact with ''WSW 193'', which had not been heard from since leaving [[Space Station Z 11]] on its journey to [[Earth]] via [[Mars]]. A [[Spokesman (Scoop!)|spokesman]] for World Space Ways was quizzed by [[Reporter (Scoop!)|a ''TV21'' reporter]] on the matter, telling them the ship was "the safest thing that [[Flying|flies]]" and that there was "absolutely no cause for [[alarm]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Scoop! (short story)|Scoop!]]'') [[Steve Zodiac]] later investigated ''WSW 193'' after getting no response to a search request whereupon he discovered the dangerous [[Omega-Minus device]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Zodiac's Rescue Bid! (short story)|Zodiac's Rescue Bid!]]'') which [[Jodrell Bank]] had previously tracked approaching Earth, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Earth in Peril! (short story)|Earth in Peril!]]'') bolted to its underneath. Steve gave [[Matthew Matic|Professor Matic]] orders to destroy the ship with all aboard should he fail to release the device before ''WSW 193'' entered Earth's [[atmosphere]]. [[Wilbur Zero|Commander Zero]] agreed with this judgement, commenting "It is either the 1,000 passengers in the space liner, or the rest of the world" for the front page of ''TV21'' on [[24 April]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Zodiac's Rescue Bid! (short story)|Zodiac's Rescue Bid!]]'')