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Incoming Transmission from Planet Cambridge, Cambridge, Kingdom of Bretonia
11th October 834 A.S.

To: Bowex InfoNet
Priority: Normal
Topic: Recent consignments

Message Contents:

Esteemed colleagues

I have been saving up a number of shipment logs for reporting, as I feel it is more efficient to conduct my affairs in that manner. As is my prerogative as the captain of this vessel, Mr Smith, so I'll have none of your dilly-dallying on filling out these reports for me!

Now then, we had been serving in the High Value Commodities Service, on assignment in Kusari. Unfortunately, a member of the crew had an entirely reasonable, calm discussion with a Kusari law officer about what precisely his father had been doing in Tau-31 in 813 AS. Needless to say, that deployment became untenable on an ongoing basis.

Fortunately, Papa had put in a good word with Canary Wharf so it was no trouble at all to put that troublesome situation behind me, that is to say, us. Fortunately, Mr Peterson was looking for a reliable pair of hands to fulfil a new order placed with some small firm or another in the Liberty Independent Worlds. Brisket Industries, I want to say?

Funnily enough, we weren't assigned a security escort for the run out to Arcetri Station, which I can only assume was an oversight? Regardless, the two trips to Galileo passed without incident, allowing us to promptly deliver 8,400 units of Super Alloys. For the return, we were provided with full bays of Platinum, which were offloaded into the Firm's Planet New London Lewisham warehouses as instructed.

This evening, we were sent off again for another high value Brisket delivery, this time as a subcontractor for Galway Frontiers. I understand they've been assembling ship parts, and had called upon our services to run a full load of Superstructure components out to Bering. When I cast an eye over the insurance manifest, the total value was a breathtaking £1,470,000 - probably the most we've had aboard at once!

Needless to say, the convoy was taking security extremely seriously, and we were flanked by a Galway armoured Bustard carrier and two Peregrine frigates. That ran up to a total of 372 components underway. Fortunately, we arrived at Bering without incident, before very carefully ensuring the Brisket cargomaster signed each and every dotted line and release form before offloading the cargo.

The total convoy cargo final sale value was estimated to be in the range of £5,208,000. Astounding stuff! I dare say there's going to be more work for us in this line of business, much more! Smith managed to snag a passable picture from one of the onboard maintenance drones.

We took the route back through Liberty, stopping in Texas to pick up Luxury Consumer Goods at Planet Houston. Unfortunately, I can't say the quality of the televisions they produce are exactly stellar, but at least the undesirables are contributing to civilised society. In a manner of speaking, at least. You would hope they could have at least managed to achieve a tolerable contrast for deep black images, but alas. A passable job for the middle classes on New London.

There did seem to be something peculiar going on at Norfolk too. A lot of H-Fuel sloshing about. I'm sure it's nothing to pay much heed to.

Yours faithfully

Captain Horatio Fairfax Rodney Alfred Bickerton
BES Compton
Borderworld Exports

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