External Contracts: No significant updates; Weiss continues to take its sweet time with matters at hand.
Exports: The iridium trade remains highly profitable, even in the presence of our amiable competitors.
Miscellaneous: The IMG has recently inaugurated a new base near Freeport 14. It serves as a pragmatic and cost-efficient staging point for transporting copper back to the Order and the Livadia shipyard.
Now on our riveting neighbors.
The Brotherhood:
To be candid, I harbored some initial reservations, but much like in days past, these Corsairs have conducted themselves with far more decorum than their counterparts. Time has certainly passed since my first visit to Freeport 9, twelve years ago, and they have matured remarkably. Should the need arise to engage with the Corsair Empire, I would prioritize their faction.
The Corsair I encountered near the Order's primary shipyard was courteous enough to extend a conversation and offer an escort back to Theta. Regrettably, my memory fails me when it comes to recalling his name, though he was a distinguished individual, particularly in the bomber he piloted. Wait, the ship name is Busardo!
Sails:
In all honesty, TBH advises us to maintain a cautious distance from the Sails. They are young, unstable, and exhibit a level of violence that even the Corsairs find troubling.
DTR:
Now, to the more entertaining part of the report. As I was en route to secure a water shipment at Freeport 9, I may have been inadvertently observed at the docking bay. Despite their apparent inebriation and disarray—sufficient to suggest they were in no condition for any coherent action—something caught their attention.
The moment I departed the Freeport, chaos erupted. A stream of incoherent demands flooded my communication, and it became evident they sought to impose a "tax" on my goods—taxing me for water, no less, and demanding a sum of 50,000 SC to boot.
In a rare moment of clarity, knowing full well I was outnumbered in typical DTR fashion, and one of them had his hand suspiciously close to the trigger, I agreed to their terms—on the condition that they undergo an urgently needed bath.
To say their odor was overpowering would be an understatement. It seemed to transcend the very vacuum of space, assaulting my olfactory senses with a stench that was nothing short of oppressive. Never in my life have I encountered such a potent, nauseating fragrance, a true embodiment of depravity.
As I made my departure, I judiciously dropped some water as a parting gesture. One can only hope that, with time, these… individuals… may regain some semblance of humanity.
In conclusion, I would strongly advise avoiding any dealings with the DTR near Freeport 9, lest your sense of smell suffer an irreversible and catastrophic decline.
The log will be appended at the conclusion of this transmission.
The old man, out.
Code:
[12.11.2024 18:38:28] (\^/)Sophos: J: Greetings
[12.11.2024 18:38:32] DTR-CC>Divine-Shield: A: Pheonix.
[12.11.2024 18:38:34] 2024-11-12 18:38:34 SMT Traffic control alert: DTR-CC>Mors.Tenaci has docked
[12.11.2024 18:38:36] DTR-CNS>Manticore: woah woah woah
[12.11.2024 18:38:57] DTR-CC>Divine-Shield: A: You have a nerve being here.
[12.11.2024 18:38:59] DTR-CNS>Manticore: A phoenix in Omicron Theta? What are you doing here
[12.11.2024 18:39:12] (\^/)Sophos: J: The basic trading I suppose
[12.11.2024 18:39:18] (\^/)Sophos: J: No more no less
[12.11.2024 18:39:40] 2024-11-12 18:39:40 SMT Traffic control alert: DTR-CNS>Aleksandaros has docked
[12.11.2024 18:39:46] 2024-11-12 18:39:46 SMT Traffic control alert: DTR-Ruiz.Corendor has docked
[12.11.2024 18:39:51] DTR-CC>Divine-Shield: A: Where is this water off to?
[12.11.2024 18:39:52] DTR-CNS>Manticore: we got a water tariff specifically for you Phoenix
[12.11.2024 18:39:56] DTR-CNS>Manticore: Op
[12.11.2024 18:40:05] DTR-CC>Divine-Shield: A: Ill let manticore deal with this one
[12.11.2024 18:40:06] DTR-CNS>Manticore: You handle it Divine shield
[12.11.2024 18:40:08] DTR-CC>Divine-Shield: A: I need to repair
[12.11.2024 18:40:12] DTR-CNS>Manticore: woah...
[12.11.2024 18:40:20] DTR-CNS>GranGatita: Repairing can get expensive.
[12.11.2024 18:40:36] DTR-CC>Divine-Shield: A: Indeed, but it is better then flying half a ship.
[12.11.2024 18:40:39] (\^/)Sophos: J: Arhh too much com spam... What you were saying ?
[12.11.2024 18:40:42] DTR-CNS>GranGatita: At least $50,000
[12.11.2024 18:40:53] DTR-CNS>GranGatita: For the repairs to poor Divine Shield.
[12.11.2024 18:41:14] DTR-CNS>GranGatita: The Blood Dragons ravaged his hull like a swarm of angry bees.
[12.11.2024 18:41:42] DTR-CNS>GranGatita: And you are in a bad place, amigo. What with relations between us being what they are.
[12.11.2024 18:41:48] (\^/)Sophos: J: I will do better, the 50k and some water for this poor soul to take a bath. You almost smell like cardamine
[12.11.2024 18:42:09] DTR-CNS>GranGatita: You smell alive, after you pay the $50K
[12.11.2024 18:42:35] DTR-CNS>GranGatita: It is not too much for you?
[12.11.2024 18:42:47] DTR-CNS>GranGatita: It is more than your life is worth?
[12.11.2024 18:43:09] DTR-CNS>GranGatita: Pay to the Manticore.
[12.11.2024 18:43:10] (\^/)Sophos: J: It's far more than the price of the cargo. But well
[12.11.2024 18:43:30] (\^/)Sophos: J: As long as you take a bath it will be better for every one
[12.11.2024 18:43:37] DTR-CNS>GranGatita: It is not a price for your cargo. It is a reparations for your people's deeds.
[12.11.2024 18:44:10] DTR-CNS>GranGatita: Quickly now...
[12.11.2024 18:44:20] DTR-CNS>GranGatita: WonderfuL!
[12.11.2024 18:44:25] (\^/)Sophos: J: And don't forget that water
[12.11.2024 18:44:30] DTR-CNS>GranGatita: Now, go and stink no more.
[12.11.2024 18:44:54] (\^/)Sophos: J: and scrub hard!
[12.11.2024 18:45:07] DTR-CNS>GranGatita: My own advice on bathing, i will keep
