David Jamison. Freighter Pilot; son of a freighter pilot

[Redline.Inc]

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COMPANY MEMO David Jamison CEO, Redline Inc.

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There's no other way to say it. It's a catastrophe.
My attempt to push our envelope further by extending our reach into the Sigmas and capitalizing on the needs for additional materials within our existing area of operation in the western reaches of Sirius was not successful.
While we were eking out a decent profit, there just wasn't enough local demand to make it a worthwhile adventure.
Then came the disastrous hyper-magnetic Ion Storms that swept through parts of Sirius like a Tsunami.
Both Intra and Intersystem communications were spotty at best for a few weeks afterward, and then we started hearing tales of the aftermath.

Many ships were lost entirely. Many more mangled wrecks were found either abandoned in the chaos or with their crew having perished aboard. But that's not all.

The storms also affected not only tradelanes and jumpgates many of which had to be repaired or replaced, but no small number of jumpholes were also adversely affected. Several once busy transit points are just gone. Some reportedly are still present and connected but ships that enter them are spat out the other side as pulverized debris. Others simply swallow ships that are never heard from again.
The crews of countless ships and stations which are lying on the other side of broken holes would now be stranded in deep space systems that would take decades to return from without the resources to make such a trip, or survive long enough.
Poor Bastards.

The rest of us now have to deal with a changed Sirius. We've lost contact with systems that were reliable sources of building materials for our society. Even now, the hunt is on for new sources and ways to squeeze more from what were once secondary, low yield fields.
The competition for these new resources will be fierce since some areas that once had sufficient supplies of metals, minerals and gases locally will now have to go farther afield to attend to their needs. There have already been skimishes and even full on wars over the existing fields before, so who knows what is coming?

The distribution of resources has changed and the Houses of Government are adapting to a new reality. Old enemies may have gained new strength, or perhaps become further removed from the things that made them stable. The deck has been re-shuffled, and all the players are waiting for the drop.
There is serious talk from the governments about the losses to their economies and that a re-monetization of the Sirius Credit may be required. Instability may breed chaos. Everthing's up in the air.

Redline Inc. is fortunate that we had recently divested ourselves of our ventures in the Sigmas and reconstituted ourselves back home in the western reaches. New factories and refineries are springing up everywhere to reconstruct broken supply chains, and it certainly looks like there will be much work for us to do in the months and years ahead.

Redline Inc. has pivoted from setbacks into successes previously,
and we do love a challenge.

It looks like we may have our work cut out for us.