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=IT= Trip Log Entries - Interstellar Transit - 11-23-2024

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Trip Log submission by:
Captain Jake Donovan, =IT=Mercury		 Date:
Nov 21, 834 AS
Brief summary of trip:

Spent a few days since arrival exploring Provence, trying the raceway and visiting Marseille. There was a local faction running routes but the language barrier must have kept us getting past 'hello'.

Thinking about proper presentation of our organization was nagging at me, and unfortunately my trustworthy Grouse wasn't going to give the image I wanted to the public to remember. I decided to again upgrade the ship - to a Civilian Ferry! That doesn't give us much extra room, but it is the more passenger friendly craft.

The 'net said that Bonn Station was the closest location that had the Democritus- so we found Gallic passengers wanting to check out Rheinland, and were ok with my Bonn destination.

Again, during the trip, my attention was drawn to ALG activities - they are one busy group! In Cologne, I noted a small base outside just outside the orbit of Planet Saarbrucken - my guess again working to clean up and recover the wrecks scattered throughout the nearby debris field. I give them props, it's a large project!

We grabbed a load of cigars as additional cargo from Gallia before departing - I know we've had no problems offloading such commodities in the past. This turned out to be the case once we reached Bonn Station - traders grabbed them almost as fast as I entered them into the inventory system!

So upon entering the ship dealer, I felt we had a bit of a disadvantage as this savvy salesman had noted my queries for this particular vessel and that they originated from a Gallic terminal. Hard to hide enthusiasm for a product when it is known how far you've traveled to see it!

As it turned out, though, all was not lost - the only ship of this type they had was not only decommissioned from OS&C, but it had a hard ride through some house public transit fleet. Despite their best efforts to hide such wear and tear, it showed. I played up my disappointment enough for a significant discount as well as credit hours in their bay to apply some detailing by the crew and myself. I must admit I was impressed by our efforts - seems the crew gives the extra 10% when overtime and Rheinbeer are offered!

We took some time remaining awhile on station to relax - but my mind was still racing towards next steps... time to get some contracts and clients... maybe cold calling or advertising to get the word out about our services. I knew our next run back to Liberty would be on auto-pilot with all these ideas running through my head!


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RE: =IT= Trip Log Entries - Interstellar Transit - 11-27-2024

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Trip Log submission by:
Captain Jake Donovan, =IT=Mercury		 Date:
Nov 22, 834 AS
Brief summary of trip:

After recovering from all the great efforts the crew put into getting the Ferry 'passenger ready', we found our first contract with a Rheinland group that was headed to Interspace's Newark Station in New York on business. It could've just been that we were ON an Interspace station already, but the running joke was our efforts immediately paid off as we no longer looked like just another transport. Whatever the reason, our fare was ready, so we loaded up our secondary cargo of Rheinbeer and set off for Liberty.

As we set out, I got in touch with our Manhattan HQ and asked them to 'get creative' with some options for advertising our organization, in hopes of growing the business and perhaps relying more on contracts rather than just piecemeal work that we'd appreciated so far. They seemed VERY enthusiastic - almost to the point where I started to wonder if I'd made a mistake. I was about to tell them so and to wait for my arrival - but they quickly said they'd take care of it and cut the transmission. I have a feeling they've got too much free time - again another reason for trying for more business - we aren't busy enough it seems!

New Berlin, Hamburg, and even Bering systems were actually quiet this ride out - as if I'd planned a light ride for our inaugural flight with this small yacht. I wasn't complaining - the last thing I need business types seeing is hostile actions nearby - it could affect our customer ratings!

As we entered the New York system, there was a message waiting - a demo of the ad work that the office team had put together using local talent and their own skillsets. It seems a little over the top for the simple ads I requested - but hey, I'd rather have the team excited about their job and going over and above when given assignments!

I left the demo attached to the supporting Images & Videos, as I've done with all prior video footage from these flights.


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=IT= Trip Log Entries - Interstellar Transit - 11-30-2024

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Trip Log submission by:
Captain Jake Donovan, =IT=Mercury		 Date:
Nov 29, 834 AS
Brief summary of trip:

It's been one of those weeks. Things are still getting accomplished but I haven't left Manhattan since returning from Newark Station after our return from Rheinland.

Paperwork, planning, and projects have been the order of the day - but thankfully the crazy factor of the week is winding down and the office will hopefully return to normalcy.

My small advertising project turned into a production - but I think we've got some decent results that we just need some group opinions on before hitting the public with our message. So many submissions - I only added a few to this entry.

Aside from this distraction, drafts of many a cold call are ready to go - we need steady opportunities getting funneled in to justify hiring more captains and financing more ships.
But my gut and the business I've done so far says that the economy and vitality of this industry can and will support us as a player - we just have step forward and stake our claim!


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=IT= Trip Log Entries - Interstellar Transit - 12-11-2024

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Trip Log submission by:
Captain Jake Donovan, =IT=Mercury		 Date:
Dec 4, 834 AS
Brief summary of trip:

I've just returned from a lengthy run retracing some old routes with some new 'eyes'.

With the intent on increasing trade during our passenger trips, I've been making some notes on stations we encounter directly on the most popular routes.

The trip started with a contract of passengers seeking transit to New London. A fairly normal mix of tourists, business, and working class customers. There were some deals on Luxury consumer goods on the board, which we jumped on to fill our hold for the trip out to Bretonia.

Upon arrival in the New London system, made some information queries to most of the stations in orbit that were willing to transmit their economic data back with requiring my presence onboard. It's a busy system! Lots of potential for trade!

Our passengers departed and we advertised our intent to go to Kusari space, finding no shortage of client willing to take the budget deals offered. Our cargo for this flight was Gin - an import well paid on Planet New Tokyo, possibly due to demand from tourists or visitors wanting their preferred tastes!

Ran into some business Freelancers in Taus / Kyushu - the latter running H-Fuel. Comms fairly silent aside from 'Good day' - protocols to keep on schedule I'd imagine, perhaps under contract.

The Gin sold easily as we docked on Planet New Tokyo and disembarked our passengers. Our group encountered some VIPs wanting quick transit to the Golden Dragon Casino in Shikoku - which we accepted. The hold was filled with Sake that sells for a quick profit in Shikoku.

Unfortunately our quick trip for these passengers was unintentionally extended when we arrived at Golden Dragon, as their policy doesn't allow larger ships to moor. Not sure how OS&C gets away with this on their Luxury Liners but at least I was able to glance at their beautiful vessel, interesting raceway, and effective external advertising billboard! We proceeded as instructed to Deshima Station, which was happy to ferry our fares to the casino at their cost. Our Sake still sold to the station for a profit, so the change of plans cost nothing but a bit of time. We procured some Consumer Goods and Optronics from the station, hoping to sell to some of the smaller bases performing manufacturing.

On our way out of Shikoku and through Galileo and Colorado, nearby bases were nicely setup to broadcast their station's needs, and all data was saved in my database. We stopped in at Red Rock Refinery in Colorado and decided to sell our Optronics there while picking up a quantity of Interior Components. Ship systems such as Interior Components can be traded for profit, once demand is known. I felt probably not a bad investment for keeping in the hold until we again come across one such base.

As luck would have it, I didn't have to go far to find a buyer. The Interspace base in New York by Baltimore was willing to take them off my hands for a quick profit. The docking crew did make mention of slowing production, however, so I'm not counting on this sales' point for much longer.

It was about time to head back to the office on Manhattan where I could gather my thoughts, and process all the station data acquired on these latest routes. We made decent profit this run, but the real value was the data for future contracts...



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=IT= Trip Log Entries - Interstellar Transit - 12-19-2024

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Trip Log submission by:
Captain Jake Donovan, =IT=Mercury		 Date:
Dec 4, 834 AS
Brief summary of trip:

After another attempt to reach out to bases across the sector with limited response, we decided to get back to the business of building up existing relationships - we found some tourists looking to go to the OS&C's Vespucci Luxury Liner Barbados, and the extra hold space we grabbed some Basic Alloys for drop off to Tijuana Freeport. The Voyager Society on base were one of our few responses to hails thus far, so we help where we can!

No sooner did we leave Manhattan's orbit, we encountered a bounty hunter - really friendly one - that offered to escort on our trip once we mentioned our off-lane destination. We happily accepted - having a hired gun in the independent systems can be an asset, even as just a deterrent spotted from afar.

Some pleasant conversation and a few jumps later, we were docking at Barbados, having dropped off our Alloys successfully and our bounty hunter having no quarrels save for dispatching a few trigger happy Gaians that went weapons hot when we were about to dock to the ship.

She was still available for another run, so we picked up a local contract from OS&C for delivery of Luxury Consumer Goods to be delivered to the Shetland in Newcastle.

In conversation along the way, this lady was making sure we knew of expertise in multiple areas of the industry - from escort work and security to private investigations and recon. We exchanged particulars upon reaching the Shetland as a contact like this is a very nice option to have in many business and even regular life scenarios!


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=IT= Trip Log Entries - Interstellar Transit - 01-15-2025

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Trip Log submission by:
Captain Jake Donovan, =IT=Mercury		 Date:
Jan 14, 835 AS
Brief summary of trip:

After some downtime on the Shetland, we began scouting the docking area for potential clients looking to advance their trip schedules. Some Vacationers wishing to return to Planet New London signed us up after a discussion and, with some additional Luxury Consumer Goods obtained, we proceeded back to the Bretonian homeworld at best speed.

On our travels through Manchester, we encountered a friendly Bounty Hunter at the Birmingham Station junction. We managed to catch a brief lightshow as the skilled pilot engaged with the harassing Outcasts in the vicinity and after exchanging some pleasantries, we both continued to our pre-determined destinations.

New London was a flurry of usual activity as well, especially in near orbit of the planet, where some subtle evasion of cross-fire was necessary to escape damage from skirmishes by Mollys and Gaians with local police forces.

That said, we successfully landed our exhausted passengers and sold our luxury cargo to an eager vendor in the docking area.



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=IT= Trip Log Entries - Interstellar Transit - 01-21-2025

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Trip Log submission by:
Captain Dawn Richardson, =IT=Concordia		 Date:
Jan 19, 835 AS
Brief summary of trip:

Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone! Glad to be part of the team and looking forward to digging into your activities on the go!

After departing our offices on Planet Manhattan, I headed down towards Rheinland, given our current biggest contract is supplying a station in Provence with High Temperature Alloys. To pay for the trip out there, our ship grabbed some good ol' Liberty Ale for export.

The inter-house trip was uneventful - few hostilities to worry about that weren't already engaged by local police and military forces.

Once we arrived at Planet New Berlin, our cargo was sold quickly and we were able to immediately depart to the nearby orbital The Ring. They had plenty of HTA to supply for our export to Gallia - I'm sure recently trade between these houses has been good for both sides, pushing up production on the high demand items.

The Alsace Passage was surprisingly clear - we must have caught it shortly after some patrols of lawfuls on both sides spooked any pirates away from the lanes.

Gallia was fairly straight forward - allowing some spectacular views unhindered by interruptions. We made it through IDF to Provence in record time.

As our arrival to Mecachrome was expected, they waved us in and we were being unloaded in no time flat. It seems being involved in the nearby tracks has even the dock crew working with 'racing fever'!

Our Serenity will depart shortly, either grabbing some cargo for export back to Rheinland on base, nearby stations, or the Planet Marseille itself.

One load of 3600 units out of 50,000 requested. Hopefully you don't mind the music on the logs - on the longer trips it helps keep things exciting, as well as pleasant and relaxed!



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RE: =IT= Trip Log Entries - Interstellar Transit - 02-01-2025

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Trip Log submission by:
Captain Dawn Richardson, =IT=Concordia		 Date:
Jan 25, 835 AS
Brief summary of trip:

Another trip from Provence to Rheinland for Mecachrome under my belt - but at least it comes with a mildly exciting report!

We departed Mecachrome after our last shipment and flew to nearby Avignon Refining Station where we picked up some cigars and consumer goods for export. A few of the dock staff on hand were particularly helpful packing these shipments, and one even provided me with some 'shortcut' navmap knowledge about a jump point in Cologne that would help get me through to Hamburg quickly. I like shortcuts - so this run we tried it out!

As we arrived in Cologne and sailed down the lanes to Wuppertal Refinery, we made the hard left and skirted Planet Steinfurt on our way out to this 'shortcut' in the Norddrauwolke. The nearby Battleship Altenburg didn't seem concerned with our detour, mind you the planet likely dropped our sensor contact as we put it behind us, and between our ship and the military vessel. It's independent space, but appearances count, right?

After some brief searching at the coordinates provided, we found the access point and jumped to Hamburg - seemingly in the middle of nowhere, but in clear space so even as Navmaps were estimating our location, the view to the Planet and Sun in system allowed us to immediately plot a course. There were some pleasant views from open space - it's nice to get off-lane from time to time!

Upon arrival at Hamburg, our Cigars sold quickly and the contact for the Consumer Goods was waiting, somewhat impatiently, for their shipment we had onboard. I shrugged it off as just another eager business guy with clients waiting to be served.

Next stop was the New Berlin system, where our supply of High Temperature Alloys could be procured.

We were inbound with clearance to land at The Ring and that's where the next 'notable' item for the log occurred - a local police convoy somehow crashed against the planet's atmosphere!

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Picking up this commotion on our sensors, we immediately reacted by aborting our landing sequence, and rushing to their aid. Thankfully, there were survivors, and we were able to tractor the escape pods and cabins of several crew, a police pilot, as well as their cargo - Criminals from throughout the Rheinland area!

After securing and stabilizing everyone quickly in our empty hold, we headed again to The Ring, and informed the station administration of our situation. We turned over all but 2 of the survivors, keeping a few crew members who asked to join our ship's complement after being checked out successfully in the station's medical unit. Initial vetting showed no reason to deny their request, and they seemed just glad to be on a new assignment now that the one on their old ship was effectively terminated in the worst possible way.


The High Temperature Alloys were secured and we headed off to Provence once again!

The rest of the trip through Rheinland was fairly uneventful, although there was some altercation around the Planet Stuttgart that thankfully we were able to avoid with fast, full thrust passage.

Gallia entry through the Passage was achieved, and before we knew it, we were back on Mecachrome with another delivery for the contract.

This is the second load of 3600 units out of 50,000 requested.



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RE: =IT= Trip Log Entries - Interstellar Transit - 02-02-2025

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Trip Log submission by:
Captain Jake Donovan, =IT=Mercury		 Date:
Jan 31, 835 AS
Brief summary of trip:

When my tour of Isle of Skye and business negotiations in New London was complete, it was time to attend my MFE training in Omicron Theta, and I was cutting it pretty close in regards to travel time getting out there, given the distance.

I landed on New London to secure some passengers and cargo to pay for this trip, and managed to find a fairly quiet lot that was looking forward to some 'Me time' on the Luxury Liner Hawaii in Sigma-19. That was just right for me, so I topped up the cargo hold with some Gin while cabins were loaded. We were headed out in no time.

The trip was nowhere near the quiet milk run - I had to navigate carefully around several combat actions taking place in Bretonia near Belvedere, in Tau-29 near the Kyushu JumpGate, and in Sigma-19 near the Gas Miner Ogashawa. Those quiet passengers got even more silent when observing such firefights so close to our vessel!

We also passed the Luxury Liner Maldives in Kyushu - another OS&C installation just outside Planet Kyushu's orbit. I made a note on my datapad to reach out and see how we may be able to help with operations there - it might tie in slightly with our routes between New York and New Tokyo already underway with OS&C approval.

Eventually we arrived at our destination and the group perked up incredibly upon seeing the accommodations onboard - and the local scenery! On the cargo side, my Gin sold for a decent price, making the trip worthwhile for that alone.

Having this be my first time as well on this installation, I allowed myself and the crew a bit of exploration time - 'market research' - before we hopped back aboard for our next quick stop at the nearby Omicron Theta system.



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RE: =IT= Trip Log Entries - Interstellar Transit - 02-03-2025

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Trip Log submission by:
Captain Jake Donovan, =IT=Mercury		 Date:
Jan 31, 835 AS
Brief summary of trip:

Back to the schedule, we departed the lovely Liner Hawaii to continue onward to Omicron Theta.

Even with the relatively short flight, the crew was in awe over the beauty found in the multi-star system of Sigma-17 as well as the asteroid formations and nebula found around Theta, visible from our flight path to Corfu Base.

Once we docked, I dismissed the crew to R&R for the next few days while I attended to my studies with MFE.

I was successful in my search to find some shuttle service to the nearby station and soon was aboard a Rheinland freighter roaring at full speed towards Med Force General Academy. The station viewed from outside was quite an impressive sight - I found myself eagerly anticipating the tour I would receive once onboard!

Security didn't find any cause for concern with my credentials and my student pass was received with any drama.

I will be on station for the next few days and will periodically check my room for any emergency coms - but hopefully everyone behaves on Corfu and out on the other routes!


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