Gateway Comm System: OPEN
To: All Personnel
From: Cap'n Jubal
Subject: A merry chase
Well sir, I's carry'n a load of gold t' Fort Bush don't you know. An' so fer, the trip is as easy as you pleez. I came through Magellan think'n i's out smart'n the dern pirates by fly'n through ter own system. An I's thinkin' tat I'm perty smart in all fer thinkin' up tis idea.
As I swing aroun' Riverside Station in California and jump in the trade lane t' th' New York jumpgate, My nav map is a goin' all red 'n alarms er goin off. I slam 'n th' brakes an jump out 'f th' tradelane bout half way to the jumpgate. Right's before m' eyes is two Lane Hackers name Reflux an' Kalin.
As yer all a known, I's a gettin' a bit tired 'f all these dern pirates swarmin' on me like leeches to a blood clot. So I's crank up the cruise engine an' I high tail it back th' way I came, a runnin' from Reflux an' Kalin. Not a know'n what else t' do, I's head fer th' Pennsylvania jumphole and I's lose em goin' through the asteroid field since tey thot I was a flyin up an over'em.
I make it to Pennsylvania safe and soun' an' finish m' trip to Fort Bush to offload th' gold. After load'n up 'n boron at Pittsburgh, I decide to take m' chance an' head back fer California. Well sir, i's bout as smart as that load o boron in the back of m' ship. As soon 's I jump from New York to California, tem dern pirates ur waiting fer me right at the exit o the jumpgate. Is lookin' pretty grim fer Gimpy an' me, but a few seconds later, a navy ship named HiFly jumps out o the New York jumpgate an he's hearin' my call fer help. He starts a shootin' at tem Lane Hackers.
See'n m' chance, I hit the cruise engine an point m' dern ship straight down. A bit later, our savior HiFly is blown to smithereens. But by then, I'm outa th' scanner range o' tem Hackers. They's a callin' insults to ol Skipsea 'n th' system channel, but she's a sailin away an' free.
