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ID: Cpt. Theobald Franklin

Location: OS&C|Reverie, Freeport 1, Omega-3 System

To: All Employees

Cc: Johnathan Seabourne, Paul Falkner

Subject: Reverie attacked by Junker

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*A video-feed opens up with a tired looking Theobald Franklin. He sighs and closes his eyes, rests his head in hins hands and lets a minute slip past, befor he starts to speak. His voice is calm, but one notices he is not his usual self.*

Greetings dear Collagues, Director Seabourne and especially Subdirector Falkner!

I bring grave news today, news I regret to have to tell. Where do I begin?

You all know, that we had a major problem last week when leaving the Hawaii and were in the process of restocking the Reverie. During our restock tour we passed through Omega-3. After a stop at Freeport 1 we continued yesterday and were en-route to Rheinland. Directly in front of the Jumpgate to Omega-7 we were stopped by a Junker Fighter. He simply fired a few Cruise-Disrupters at us. Normaly this is not surprising for us, we all know the deal with pirates.

*Franklin pauses, closes his eyes again. When he opens them again, they are ablaze with fury.*

But what then happened was unthinkable! Not that this ... filth said anything, he started shooting imideatly! And not anything but a Civilian Antimatter Cannon to boot! Naturally it wiped out our shield in one shot.

*he sighs again, but continues to get heated again.*

Alright if he wanted to get my anttention he got it and I braced for his demands, besides "Cut your engines, or you die." But did he stop? NO! He fired on, rained with his Purple Godessess on our hull! We had to put Nanobots to use, before he even uttered a single word! And what did he want after dealing heavy damage to us? 2 Million Credits! But did he stop firing? NO! You think he would give us time to answer, but hell no, he just continued.

*Franklin starts to shout.*

Of course we returned fire and tried to fend him off! We also called for help, because we met the BAF Battleship Dreadnaught earlier on at Freeport 1 and indeed the appeared and targeted the Junker.

*He inhales deeply and pauses a bit, before continuing but still heated up*

We were toled to leave the area, so we jumped to Omega-7, counting that the Junker will follow, and so he did. We were not able to reach the tradelane in time, before the Junker didsabled it and the Dreadnaught was not able to reach us in time.

*Theabald closes his eyes and he looks suddenly totaly defeated*

I don't know exactly how it happened, but I think it was my fault. I should have been more cool, more communicative with this Junker. But his attitude made me so angry. Firing and not stopping, before saying anything. We were lucky that we had no passangers on board, only the standard crew, or it would have been a catastrophic day for us as well as for Orbital.

*He sighs and fixes the screen*

The Junker with the callsign Silver-Chariot fired upon Reverie and dealt near fatal damage to her. I have not seen what remains of her, I await a call from the Freeport 1 Technical Staff who went out to reclaim what is left from the Liner. I was not able to send an evacuation signal througout the sip, before I was nocked unconsious, but someone must have put me into an escape pod. I heared that close to 100 people got off the ship. That means 50 or more crew members missing or dead. I really thought that with BAF support we could escape. I was wrong and people payed the price for my mistake.

*Franklin pauses again. This incident really took his toll and he looks older. No trace of the once sunny mood is to be seen.*

I, Captain Theobald Franklin, deeply apologise for what happened. If the Reverie is salvagable I will pay myself for the renovations and especially for some upgrades. I never counted for any heavy combat with her, since we do not venture out into the edge worlds like The Red Velvet Club. But maybe it is time to invest into heavier armor and some weapons who are more suited for fending off smaller crafts. If anybody has some suggestions for this, I would be very grateful.

*Theobald fixes the screen again. He seems more calm now but is very firm in his words*

I hearby want a bounty on the head of the Junker Silver-Chariot. And no matter how high, I will put an extra 5 Million Sirian Credits out of my personal funds if the one who claims it is able to deliver the following message: "Next time try talking nicely first."
I as well as everybody else from Orbital has no problem in paying the pirates. And I have seen a lot of it in my time. I have normaly no problem with being shot at. But one should be able to answer demands, without having the hull pannels flying around his head while doing it.

*The Video feed ends*

Best regards,
Cpt. Theobald Franklin
OS&C|Reverie

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