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From: Captain Charles O'Callaghan, Bowex)Firbolg
Source: Planet Leeds, Leeds System, Bretonia
To: Bowex Information Network
Re: Convoy Report

Good evening lads, this is my first official report as a Bowex employee and luckily it's a uneventful one. Let's see, where to start.. ah yes, Leeds.

Under the lead of Mr. Peterson we formed a convoy of three, consisting of two Shires and a Stork; the Johnson, Firbolg and Cook. Shortly before departure we were joined by the Danzig, an ALG Heavy Mover shipping Super Alloys to Nuerenberg, Munich.

While the Danzig held position at Leeds, we made a quick trade run to Scarborough to offload Basic Alloys and load up Super Alloys, the Cook following with it's hold full of Nobium. After regrouping at Leeds, we set off in earnest for Munich.

Our trip through the Omegas was rather uneventful, with only a few of the usual rookies smashing against our shields like bugs. Upon entering Rheinland space, we ran into an old 'friend' of mine, a Bundespolizei by the name of Wolthers, who gave us pass after scanning our load and checking our credentials. I will never forget him for.. ah, I digress.
Meantime the Cook had unloaded it's Nobium and a short while later we entered the Munich system. There we made for Nuerenberg, where we unloaded our cargo and filled up with Consumer Goods for the short run to Mainz, profits you see.

Here Mr. Peterson took his leave, summoned for paperwork concerning security in Rheinland space I believe. He left Captain Whelms of the Cook in charge as the senior officer in the Convoy, with the Firbolg, being the most heavily armed and armored ship of the convoy, taking point.
After the short trip we made the Mainz, we had to wait for the Danzig which went to Helgoland station for a shipment of H-Fuel. When he rejoined us, we picked up our own shipment of H-Fuel at Mannheim station and set course for Leeds.

After a cascade of lane docking system malfunctions, we left Rheinland space and entered Omega-7 where we found the first unpleasant surprise of the day. Our long range scanners picked up a Das Wilde ship and we quickly decided we would not wait for it to come any closer. We hastily initiated trade lane docking procedures to get as much distance between it and us and didn't stop before jumping into Omega-3. We made haste and thankfuly encountered no other hostile entities in system.

Upon jumping into Manchester, we had our second close encounter. We had to power up weapons as we found ourselves being intercepted by a rogue bomber pilot. As he seemed hesitant to engage such a large convoy, we dediced to power up our cruise engines and make for the trade lane to Leeds. He decided not to follow and shortly after we found ourselves safely at planet Leeds where we offloaded our cargo and stood down the Convoy.

Our trade mission was quiet and succesful and I hope to have many more of the kind flying for Bowex.

O'Callaghan out.

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