Sal'ya'tations tae ye Java Station and Corporate overlords leaders. This here be Grin Rurik. I wanted ta give ya a bit o' an update related tae the temperature of the system o'er the last few days whilst we been hammerin' away at some o' them Niobium clusters in tha local group.

Aside from tha odd Gaul miner frequentin' the fields, we ran into a Gallic Navy destroyer who popped a Samura minin' platform last night. What's more, is them Kusarian's have been frequentin' the system claimin' it as theirs while the Gaul Navy has been doin' tha same--when we were here long before any o'them. We been stayin' out of it and just ensurin' we bring in our shares of Niobium and tha like but we wanted tae give ya and update on tha climate and what not. 'specially considerin' the head office has more of a military arm than us in Anvilstar--our Archon's can give as good as they get but they don't compare tae one o' them Destroyers with faster engines. Seems things be heatin' up again between tha various parties. All we need is the thievin' Bretonian bastards tae get involved again to have a right dust up.

Keep yer drills sharp, and yer mugs full!

-- GARRICK "GRIN" RURIK
Tau-23 Lead Miner & Drink Supervisor