Bowex InfoNet (inRP)

[Carlos_Benitez]

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To: Bowex InfoNet
Comm ID: Herr Fyn Adler
Source: Freeport 1, Omega-3 system.

This is Herr Adler, I have just arrived at Freeport 1 after a ruthless attack by der Korsaren.
Last night I received a communication from an executive on Graves Station in Dublin who claimed the BMM had managed to get hold of some 30 carat deposits of the very highest purity Gold. He said he was happy to give Bowex first disposal.

Today I headed off to Dublin and met the guy on the landing pad, he filled my hold with the high-quality gold and wished me luck. I checked the chamber of commerce and decided to ship it to the Ring in the Berlin system.
I travelled to Cambridge and then, after refuelling at the Battleship Essex jumped to Omega-3. I initiated trade lane sequence and headed for Freeport-1 but the lane was quickly disrupted.



I was immediately set upon by 2 ruthless Korsaren vessels; a Bomber, and another vessel I could not identify.

They demanded I empty my entire cargo hold and hand over every last ingot of gold in my posession. I was prepared to fight, when I was set upon by as many as 12 Legionnaires in addition to the 2 ships that had given demands, who seemed to be in-charge. I asked them to call off their friends, but they continued to hammer on my shield which eventually fell. Faced with the prospect of losing my ship and life, I had to relinquish the Gold and with it, all the savings I had accumulated since admission into the company.

After they got what they wanted, they disappeared back into the gloom and I made straight for Freeport-1, my starboard engine venting coolant.
I had encountered Korsaren before, but never had I seen them demand an entire hold of cargo, or seen them fly vessels capable of liberating a leiden freighter's worth of contents. I'm convinced they must have had prior warning about my cargo.
I can only apologise to the company for losing such a valuable cargo. I accept total responsibility and will pay for the consequences; damage to my ship and the value of the lost cargo personally. I regret to inform the company that 500 tonnes of the purest and most valuable gold bullion BMM have ever had the joy to mine...are now in the possession of the despicable Korsaren pirates, which I am sure they will use to make yet more deadly ships to use against Bretonia and der faderland. Again, I apologise for my failure to defend the valuable cargo.
This was only the second voyage of my Clydesdale freighter, the VonDecken. Sadly, it is now crippled and will be in the repair shop of Freeport-1 for many days.
It seems der Korsaren have, after many years of mostly only holding traders to ransom, returned to their heritage as petty thieves. I know most pilots in the company would have been more compotent against such foes than I, but I still believe we must be extra careful in future. I will certainly be reconsidering weather travel through the Omegas unescorted is anything other than suicide.

Herr Fyn Adler out.

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