Incoming Transmission:
From: Shipping Operator Eli Jefferson (ID Code 115)
To: RepEx Executives
Subject: Junker Blockade in Sigma 13
While shipping 4500 tons of diamonds from New Berlin to New Tokyo, and while under the escort of security officer Trek. I encountered 3 Junkers in a blockade near Gas Miner Naha. They shot the trade lane and outrageously demanded I give up 340 tons of diamonds for their petty thievery. I refused and asked security officer Trek to shoot them, but he was quickly downed due to a faulty shield system and they asked me again to give up my cargo. I told them they could take it from my cold, dead hands (as per the words of ancient trader Benjamin Heston) and eventually they destroyed my ship.
Among the pirates were a Van and a Shelby. They carried the IFF codes of Junker civilian ship.