An introduction to ALS)

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Azure Line Shipping

Established in 788 by former smuggler and pirate Nathan Black, Azure Line Shipping is a Bretonian company focusing on the delivery of civilian products - consumer goods, food, and medicine. In 813, Nathan's son Evan began working for the company, and inherited its largest transport, Cerulean from his father. In 816, Evan took over the business and his father went into semi-retirement, though he still flies his old pirate fighter Black Wind as an ALS escort.

Until the Bretonia-Kusari war, Azure Line Shipping made deliveries to Liberty, Kusari, Rheinland, and within Bretonia for companies that couldn't spare their own transports or didn't want to risk piracy. More recently, the Liberty-Rheinland embargo opened up a profitable passenger transportation market, and a wealthy trader from New York named Jacob Pantangolli helped ALS invest in that market, establishing their passenger division.

Azure Line Shipping has no space stations of its own, but maintains a headquarters on New London.

In addition to their other services, Azure Line Shipping offers security services to other traders when ALS has spare pilots. They charge a standard fee of a hundred thousand credits up front, plus ten percent of the earnings after each leg of the trade run, though this can be negotiated. This is also the standard rate that ALS pays escorts, whether they're ALS pilots or mercenaries.

Diplomacy
Short form: Unless they shoot at us, leave them alone.

Products
While Azure Line Shipping doesn't produce anything, they focus on delivering specific goods, listed below. Additions to the below list must be cleared with the CEO.

Consumer Goods
Luxury Consumer Goods
Food Rations
Luxury Food
Pharmaceuticals
Light Arms (Not allowed for passenger division)
Passengers
Diamonds (sometimes)
VIPs (Passenger division only)
Prisoners (Passenger division only)

Roster
ALS)Cerulean (Thexare Blademoon)
ALS)Blake.Sullivan (Thexare Blademoon)
ALS)Black.Wind (Thexare Blademoon)
ALS)Cobalt (TKShadow)
ALS)Ghost.Servant (TKShadow)
ALS)Onyx (Spartan 5150)
ALS)Jet (not on forum)
ALS)Obsidian (neo_razgriz)

The OOC Bit
Okay, better explain why I'm doing this. When I initially started Azure Line Shipping, it was little more than a backstory explanation for how Evan got his transport and where Blake went after leaving the BPA. But then three of my friends started playing and wanted to join. Additionally, lately I've gotten a few questions regarding ALS.

As we have no ties to any NPC factions, I have no intention to make ALS official.

This isn't quite an imported clan. While all of us have played games together before, we didn't have any predefined RP plans when we came here, nor did I intend for us to all end up joining up together. Better than more OORP traders floating around, though - you'll note that our cargo list doesn't allow for either the Boron/Beryllium run or the Diamond/Niobium run.

Okaaay... I fully expect some complaining about this, but whatever. Constructive feedback appreciated.