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To: Sir James Cromwell, Board of Directors.
From: Michael Caine, Capt. Bowex)Carter
CC: ExSec Manager, Andrew Peterson
RE: Reconnaissance Freeport 11 in Omicron Delta.
Date: 22 October 819 A.S.


Sirs, I would like to report a successful Exploration mission to Freeport 11 in Omicron Delta.

For some reason Capt. Peterson was unable to lead the mission, so Capt. Aaron Clarke of the Bowex)Sheridan took command of the convoy (rumour has it, Mr Peterson had drunk a little too much in the Blue Lion and couldn'€™t find his ship). The convoy assembled at Freeport 1 in Omega 3.Other members of the convoy included:

Bowex)Hyman Capt. Colin Trevena
Bowex)Ripper under the command of Capt. Martin Fraser
Bowex)Shackleton Capt. David Whelms
ExSec pilot Bart Fletcher as our scout
A Freelancer known only as LJB who has experience of fighting Corsairs and with his Havoc would help us with anything bigger than a Gun Boat should it come to a fight, even though our standing orders were to avoid confrontation if possible.

We departed from Bretonia and took a route through Rheinland space and then into the Sigma systems.

There was an unfortunate incident in the Stuttgart system; a Kusari Kurki I believe he was called was killed. We were only trying to help the local Police stop him as he had been identified as a smuggler. [RFP]Geilenkirchen asked us to stop firing; but it was too late the Kusari's ship cracked open like an egg.
To avoid an international incident with the Rheinland Government; it may be an idea to apologise for our eagerness to get the Kusari, although some of the lads think the rice muncher shouldn't have been so close to Bret' space in the first place and he got what he deserved!
Also in our defence Officer Wolthers did ask for assistance "This is officer Wolters aboard the Geilenkirchen. I have located criminal activity at F-3. All units respond" So we did; just a little too efficiently I suppose.

In Sigma 17 Mr Fletcher; using informationhad obtained from unkown sources we are told; we found a Jump Hole that took us to Omicron Theta; Mr Fletcher then proceeded to take us to a Jump Hole into the Omicron Gamma system.
Whilst in Gamma I lost the convoy and my scanners could not locate the Jump Hole; Mr Fletcher and Capt. Trevena then had to search for me, putting the whole convoy and mission in jeopardy, in the meantime I found the Jump Hole to Omicron Kappa and then nearly fell into some sort of Black Hole; luckily Capt. Trevena located me and linked up his Nav computer to guide me back to the convoy.

Once in Delta we proceeded to Freeport 11 where Capt. Clarke negotiated with the Station commander for us to purchase Iridium.

Whilst we were being loaded, a ship with the ID BHG|Core-Eden entered the region of Freeport 11. The Captain seemed quite friendly, definitely surprised to see us, either way he let us go on our way without incident; he did mention he may send a message to the Directors of Bowex to clarify our mission.

I believe the Captain of the Core-Eden told Capt. Clarke of a quicker route back from Delta and we proceeded towards the Omicron Kappa Jump Hole.
However on route we encountered 2 ships with the ID GHOSTS an ID I have never encountered before; Ghost~of~Didrik~Pining and Ghost~of~Louis-Garneray. They said they represent the '€œThe Galactic Outlaws and Shadow Traders'€ and demanded payment for not destroying us.
After much discussion Capt. Clarke decided to pay 2.5 million credits to avoid confrontation; as per our orders, but some of the lads wanted to fight the ruffians! I still don'€™t know who they are, although they were flying Civilian ships; Havoc and Roc bombers; one of the lads thought, because of the French names, they were from Gallia, the French house that was lost 800 years ago?

We left the GHOST ships and went through Kappa and Gamma to a new Jump Hole to Omega 41.
This system was very unusual in that it has a Neutron Star and we had to make sure we didn'€™t get too close.
From Omega 41 we took a Jump Hole to Omega 5 and then the Jump Hole to Cambridge. It was good to be back in Bretonian space. We then took the Trade Lanes through Leeds to Newcastle and home.

Although we did not encounter any problems on this trip, I would recommend these Jump Holes are checked as I am not sure Shire'€™s and Shetlands would be safe, the anomalies may collapse if something as big as Shire used the Jump Holes.

We docked back at Scarborough Station at around 21:00 Sirius time, where Capt. Clarke took us to the Lion to celebrate our safe return and therefore a successful mission.

This concludes my mission report on behalf of the Delta Exploration Convoy;
Michael Caine.

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