From: Charles "Chuck" Alestone, Captain of [Star]Frigga
To: Star Enterprises, Operations Office
Subj: Shipment 20141205-1800
1. On a routine Food Ration delivery, I encountered the Cretian vessel Martillo. Following our SOP, I stopped when ordered, especially since there wasn't any chance of getting clear. The following conversation is extracted from the ship's communication logs (//DSAce.log, edited for pertinence):
Quote:[05.12.2014 18:32:55] Martillo[TBH]: cut the engine zoner
[05.12.2014 18:33:21] Martillo[TBH]: nice food haul you got there
[05.12.2014 18:33:27] [Star]Frigga: Chuck Alestone: Ahoy, Martillo. This is Frigga, with a load of Food for Crete.
[05.12.2014 18:33:35] Martillo[TBH]: Copy you can proceed
[05.12.2014 18:33:40] Martillo[TBH]: Gracias for the food
[05.12.2014 18:33:45] [Star]Frigga: Chuck Alestone: Thank you, sir
[05.12.2014 18:35:07] [Star]Frigga: So you are aware, I will be back through with Hull Panels.
As you can see, Martillo was courteous and did not demand transit fees once it was established that I was on route for them. My transit through Gamma was uneventful. Aside from the usual, but not rude, "You're not from around here" attitude, I had no problems with anyone I dealt with. Given the routine nature of both today and yesterday's (see attached below) operations, I must assume that the people attacking the base do not represent the official position of our customers.
2. On a related note, profit analysis indicates that it would be better to get the Food Rations from Freeport 1 than Freeport 5. Even with a full cargo of Robotics to FP5, the profit after picking up rations was less than 30 credits per unit. At the sales point , the profit for the Food Rations is only 372 credits per unit. A straight hop from FP1 with Food Rations to Gamma should generate about 883 credits per unit.
