Orange Industry Haulage

[Chenzo-]

Chapter One, the smoulder of an idea

An efficient transport and logistics foundation is essential to the basis of any operation. In times of old, Outcasts had relied on various groups to deliver the orange dream to all corners of Sirius, most notably within Liberty. The routes within Liberty had been long established and was almost common knowledge that the Lane Hackers and the Liberty Rogues peddled Cardamine for the Outcasts. The primary way in which it got to Liberty however, fell to the hands of the Junkers who saw great profit in getting it there.

On Chenzo's return, the efficient flow via Junkers had all but stopped. Contact with the Junkers Congress was thin compared to what he remembered it to be. Upon talking to one of their seasoned members he knew personally from before his departure, Chenzo was advised that The Core had all but obliterated all attempts to ship the product where it needed to go and as such, Maltese dons had put into commission the Aspis class transport. The ship was very well equipped with life support systems, armaments, navigational scanner technology as well as various other traits found in line with the Sabre and all Outcast ships; the ability to fight.

The point however was sorely missed on Chenzo. Smuggling involved not being caught, ergo, not running into enemy's. It was off the back of this train of thought which spiked Chenzo's interest to get his hands on multiple commercial haulage ships which couldn't be traced back to any house space, but utilised the largest possible Cargo Hold. This, coupled with routes to follow and vary to avoid detection and interaction with hostiles in itself was his idea of efficiency.

Upon his first nostalgia based trip around Sirius to re-acquaint himself with goings on, a particular group of seemingly unused vessels caught his attention. Heavy Tankers were capable of hauling up to 5000 units at a time and were not directly affiliated with any specific faction. There was another ship class which caught his attention also, but these were always in use. Six ships were enough to start his plans and Chenzo turned his hand at diplomacy, something he was no stranger to. Even if they were considered hostile.

Recent communication with The Lane Hackers made part of his elaborate plan possible, if they indeed could deliver. Chenzo trusted them greatly, their interactions spanned for years before his departure, were still strong on his return.

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