Greetings, fellow Colonials. Flight Officer S. Johnsons reporting in.
Well... it seems a few more commotions began yesterday. I started a patrol with Flight Officer Costanza around Tau-39 and then proceeded to Tau-23. All seemed quiet until we found a Gallic Vessel filled with Basic Alloy, apparently heading towards the Orkney Jumphole. After a rather redundant inquiry, the captain of the ship admitted to be transporting those to Gallia, and when we asked him to drop the cargo he denied, trying to flee towards Java Station. Luckily, we responded with haste and the ship was torn apart by my SNAC, while it's cargo was given to the IMG for a better use.
On a side note, i've heard that my wife, Anna, received a distress call from the BAF earlier the same day. Apparently some Valors along with pirates tagged "Fury" were assaulting Leeds. She responded and they managed to finish off one of them, before she and the BAF were outnumbered and forced to retreat.