Down South

[Capt. Henry Morgan]

Lancaster Trade Center, Newcastle

Sir William Burke had just returned to his office. At 0230 local time, he had been fast asleep, but upon recieving the report from the explorer Cook, his aides knew it was worth rousing him from bed. They were certainly right. Burke dressed, then came to his office as fast as the exoskeletal frame on his legs would allow.

The report from the Cook was incredible. A Class-A habitable planet and a rich niobium deposit, only one jump from a core Bretonian system, and far from Kusari interference. With the Harris Terraforming project completely halted, this could be exactly what Bretonia needs. The presence of Corsairs in the system, and the possibility of a settlement on the surface, however, could be a disturbing development. Burke pulled up the latest BIS intelligence reports (at least, the ones he was cleared for) on known Corsair activity. The reports were surprisingly detailed considering that Bretonian forces don't venture far into Corsair space. Obviously the BIS had a source inside the Corsairs. As he perused the reports, he found no indication that the Corsairs had colonized any other planets besides Crete. He knew that, if they had, they would be using it for food production, and importing that much food would be extraordinarily difficult to hide.

Burke considered for a moment. If there was a settlement on that planet, it's very unlikely that it's a Corsair colony. If it were a house settlement, that would be even harder to hide, and is even less likely considering Omega-49's proximity to Bretonia. That meant that the planet is likely unclaimed, even if there are squatters living there.

Burke closed the report, and began to draft orders for the company. They would dedicate more explorers to the scouting of Planet Sydney, along with a siginifigant security presence, both space-bourne and ground units, to insure the saftey of the mission. Next, he authorized the largest bonus ever paid to an exploration team to be paid to the Cook's captain and crew upon confirmation of the planets suitability for colonization. Finally, he called his secretary, and ordered an immediate meeting of the Board of Directors to discuss Bowex's plans for this discovery.

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