Gateway Comm System: OPEN
To: All Personnel
From: Charles Dee
Subject: Trade Report
Tried out a new shipping route on my latest shift. This one involves Gold, Beryllium, refrigerated Luxury Foods and a new commodity to us - Neon gas (stored in very compact canisters). Loaded with Gold, I set off from the Hood. I encountered a friendly IMG miner on the way out - the captain seemed like a nice fellow.
The trip to Fort Bush was pleasant. No pirates were encountered, but there were some delays. The trip took longer than I expected - a disappointing twenty minutes. But the credit boost from the Gold sale cheered me up. We took a small shipment of H-fuel to Manhattan, and got the containers replaced with Neon canisters.
On the way out of New York, my Shetland Train stumbled upon a battle between the Liberty Navy and terrorists known as the Hellfire Legion. I told my Navigator, Jane Matthews, to quickly start our cruise engines and the docking procedure with the California Jump Gate trade lane. We had to get out of there, and we safely escaped the explosion-filled battlefield.
The Gibraltar was safely navigated to Cambridge Research Station, in Cambridge orbit. The neon was offloaded onto the Station, and the scientists there certainly know how to handle their credit cards. The neon gave me a hefty sum - nearly five million credits profit. We headed to Cardiff Mining Facility for the next leg of the trip. The Beryllium was loaded with the help of the IMG staff.
The Omegas were surprisingly quiet at this time of my shift. No pirates were sighted, and there were no incidents to report. Checking in Rheinland at Border Station , we continued towards Planet New Berlin. The Beryllium was sold on the planet-side metals exchange for a profit of around four million credits. A nice sum, I must say. Travelling empty, the Gibraltar flew to Stuttgart for the final leg of the trip. After stocking up on luxury foods (and having the refrigerator components installed and switched on), we returned to Bretonia. Again, there were no pirates to report. This was good news for us, as we had not arranged an escort to guard my Shetland class Train.
The delicacies were offloaded to the awaiting transports on New London - Matthews and I got to sample a few of the leftovers before they were shipped off to warehouses and restaurants. The profits were as tasty as the food - a sum of 4.890.000 credits!
That's all. I'm currently on Kensington writing up some paperwork regarding ship and escort options and my shift rosters. Here's the shipping manifest:
Gibraltar Shipping Log 27.03.817 Wrote:Gold (Battleship Hood) --> Fort Bush (190 credits/second) - Profit: 7.170.000
H-Fuel (Fort Bush) --> Planet Manhattan Profit: 110.000
Neon (Planet Manhatan) --> Cambridge Research Station (132 credits/second) - Profit: 4.945.000
Beryllium (Cardiff Mining Facility) --> Planet New Berlin (129 credits/second)Profit: 4.320.000
Luxury Food (Planet Stuttgart) --> Planet New London (158 credits/second) - Profit: 4.890.000
Mining Machinery (Planet New London) --> Battleship Hood (73 credits/second) - Profit: 1.280.000 Total Profit: 22.605.000
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