:: Incoming Transmission ::
:: Encryption level: High :::
:: Source: Pilot: Starless Black ::
:: Source: Ship: (undefined) ::
:: Subject: Junker Marauder in Tau 23 ::
To Guild Leadership
I was conducting a VIP tour of the Tau 23 ore fields with a customer from New Berlin last night. There was an Outcast on the edge of scanner range, but it did not approach. While fiddling with the nav computer and planning to move the tour to our facilities in Tau 39, we were jumped by a Junker Marauder with callsign : JM|-Food.Stamps.
Comm logs:
(no camera shots - will have to have camera maintenance)
[14.05.2015 04:08:23] JM|-Food.Stamps: Dont move.
[14.05.2015 04:08:53] IMG|Starless.Black: what can I do for you?
[14.05.2015 04:09:09] JM|-Food.Stamps: I'm here collecting tolls.
[14.05.2015 04:09:12] JM|-Food.Stamps: And you need to pay.
[14.05.2015 04:09:17] JM|-Food.Stamps: Two million should cover it.
[14.05.2015 04:09:45] IMG|Starless.Black: thats awfully steep
[14.05.2015 04:10:00] IMG|Starless.Black: in our own fields - no less
I felt the demand was bold considering these fields are ours. Plus the marauder was in a Borderworlds Transport. As he had little more power than my Armored Transport, I stalled. About this time, a Gallic patrol vehicle arrived. GRP|-Avignon
[14.05.2015 04:10:21] GRP|-Avignon: Eloise: Is there a problem here?
[14.05.2015 04:10:38] JM|-Food.Stamps: I dont particularly care who owns these fields.
[14.05.2015 04:10:41] JM|-Food.Stamps: All I care is that you pay.
[14.05.2015 04:10:43] IMG|Starless.Black: We are disagreeing over the ownership of these fields
[14.05.2015 04:11:23] JM|-Food.Stamps: I'd highly suggest you pay, miner.
[14.05.2015 04:11:48] GRP|-Avignon: Eloise: I believe that the IMG pilot has more of a claim than you do, junker.
It was at this point, I chose to run. The JMI hit me with a cruise disruptor on the edge of our fields, but for some reason the marauder was slow in pursuit. I was already close to 5 clicks away. I jumped to Tau 39. The JMI followed but I was already deep in the nebula cloud. The JMI could not get a fix on my ship.
I took our VIP guest for a tour of our Tau 39 facilities.
On one hand you would think our customers would be scared by the threats and the piracy, but actually since I began these tours, I find our customers are excited by these encounters. they are often disappointed when they don’t happen. Many of these folks are planet dwellers and this is one of their rare chances to get out in space and have some adventure. I take them on a tour, show them some ore samples, visit the bases, and of course hit the bars.
In this particular case, our VIP guest was thrilled with the adventure and now has a greater appreciation in what it takes to get our ore mined and delivered. They appreciate our pricing as well.
Despite the recent increase in troubles in the Taus, our New Berlin contracts are safe.
