Bowex InfoNet (inRP)

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To: Bowex InfoNet.
From: Flight Instructor Andrew Peterson.
Ship: Bowex)Leeson.
RE: Slightly unusual report.

Well, today was certainly worth it. Myself and Mart Bellock were officially reprimanded by the Scarborough station commander earlier, for stealing the structure's septic tank. I believe this chiding goes on our permanent records and will affect our prospects for future pay-rises. Regardless, that's not important. I like to think we had a better use for the tank's contents than the BMM cleaner-crews would have. The BES Leeson and Wheatstone loaded up a full cargo of the human waste - and it was most certainly toxic - it was chilli night in the Scarborough canteen yesterday. Altogether, we were in possession of 5,540 standard units of effluence.

From there, we jumped from Newcastle to Leeds to Edinburgh. This gave us a clear shot at moving through to the Taus. Passing by the Battleship MacDuff, we set a course for the Tau 23 gate, travelling directly through open space. Mart's Advanced Train struggled slightly with the asteroids, but his shields prevented him from falling foul of any natural hazards. From Tau 23, we proceeded to the Kyushu system, then Hokkadio and finally Chugoku. The latter two systems were exceptionally risky - populated almost entirely by Golden Chrysanthemums and Blood Dragons. While relations with these two groups have been cordial in the past, it is always difficult to gauge how they will react to our presence - especially so close to home.

We managed to slip through unperturbed, allowing us to jump into the Sigma systems. Sigma 13 in particular. Passing through a large explosive gas cloud, we emerged near the Junker Yanagi Depot. In close proximity to this den of degenerates was the Frankfurt jump hole - the next waypoint to our destination. Emboldened by the lack of resistance we had encountered up to that point, we jumped through and set a direct course for the Munich jump gate. Unfortunately, those Jerry buggers had planted a battleship out back of the asteroid fields, that we had to swerve around in order to avoid. It gave its best to shoot us down, in what could be described as little more than a futile fireworks display. I believe it was the Battleship Koblenz.

At any rate, the jig was up - the element of surprise scuppered. We immediately began to make use of the infrastructure again, and jumped to Munich. There we took the trade lanes, ensuring we made a long detour around the edges of the Battleship Regenburg's sensors. I scouted ahead to Planet Nuremberg, to find it utterly devoid of patrols or forces. Signalling to the Wheatstone, we both took our places in front of the docking ring and began to drop what you could describe as a 'dirty bomb'. After we'd ejected roughly 700 individual units of human faeces into orbit, a RFP patrol and a Rheinland Military cruiser battlegroup arrived, and promptly chased us off. We dumped the remainder of our cargo as a single larger load, then lost them through some rather neat trade lane manoeuvres.

From there, we took a different route home. Using a path our ExSec pioneer teams found in 817 AS, we moved through to Sigma 13, then Sigma 17, followed by Omicron Theta. From Theta, we proceeded to Omega 41 and Omega 5, where we had some hair-raising encounters of the Corsair variety. Even so, we escaped to Cambridge without harm. I believe this route-change was essential. After we were caught outside Nuremberg, we'd have been easily apprehended if we'd attempted to head back the way we got in. No doubt Jerry would have radioed ahead to his new best friends and told them to expect us. We arrived back at Scarborough a short while later. It was a relief indeed when we dumped our ships after that considerable strain, I can tell you.

I wonder how Jerry will react to our dumping over 5,000 tons of crap on his doorstep? I mean, if they can't even stop a civilian corporation from leaving their doings all over their pride and dignity, what chance do they have in the Omegas? My only regret is I did not have a paper bag big enough, nor do they burn in a vacuum. A shame indeed. Oh, and the BBC covered the story too, it seems. As I said... Today was certainly worth it.

~Peterson.

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