Gateway Comm System: OPEN
To: All Personnel
From: Alisdair Buchanan
Subject: Trade Report
Greetings All,
Had a short run to Liberty and back the other day, only to catch glimpses of and hear about major pirate activity in California. On my way back through, I happened to hook up with Herald.of.Sorrow, an IMG Albatross. I don't usually like to use capital ships as escorts, but given the pirate activity, I reluctantly agreed this time.
Going back through Cali, sure enough, I was halted at a small distance by Onyx.Wolff and probably four other pirates working in tandem. I cruised to safety while Lady Sorrow...distracted the rather surprised bandits. Incidentally, she paid them for her own passage, for which she did NOT charge me reimbursement. Quite kind, indeed.
That said, be careful in California. Piracy seems to be growing in popularity there.