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Comm ID: Cpt. Thomas Kirkland
Access point: Bowex Transport Black Prince, LD-14, Leeds
Target: Border Worlds Exports Management, Shipping Division
CC: Special expedition report

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G'day Gentlemen.

We have the sad duty to report, that our mission to you-know-where through the Tau systems has failed.

As per the shipping assignmment's parameters we have loaded Hull Panels on Planet Leeds enroute to the shipyard at destination. Our friend or foe identification system with the buyer was neutral, also as requested in the shipping assignment. Despite a local storm slightly delaying our launch from the planet the first leg of the delivery was rather uneventful right up to the point of where we were to meet up with the buyer.

Having entered the system we observed heavy traffic near the destination, so we set our engines to idle and hailed planetary control on open frequencies. For some time no answer was forthcoming, so we assumed there must have been some difficulty on the buyer's side and they can't send any ships for the usual cargo inspection at this time. We restarted the engines and set a slow course for the shipyard. After all if at no other point, the buyer will be able to inspect the cargo during loading the latest.

At this point some ships in planetay orbit did respond to our hails, but merely started insisting they had no authority in the matter, but they'd prefer to have our liver for breakfast, and accused the corporation of unjustified agression against the buyer's representatives. We announced our cargo in an attempt to underline the importance of our mission, but immediately a vessel IDed ROBOT_ possibly others intercepted us guns blazing. I believe it is understandable that we were more concerned with getting out before a lucky shot could penetrate the hull, then IDing the attackers. We fired not a single shots in selfdefense or otherwise during the whole mission, and took no fire except from these representatives of the buyer.

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Unfortunately we had to consider the transport assignment impossible for us at the time on account of having been forced to retreat out of the system. We docked at the nearby Freeport and arranged for some local shippers to finish the delivery. We were taking a considerable loss, but this allowed us to take more profitable cargo on the return journey instead of having to write the whole trip off as a waste of time. In the end we managed to cut a slight profit on the whole.


Gentlemen, I must ask, if we receive such abuse and baseless accusations from this buyer, and the most we may hope is to get out with our ship and cargo intact, what profit is there in continued business relations with them?


We also feel oblidged to remember the brave sacrafice of our countrymen in BAF and BPA, who we observed fighting and bleeding outnumbered against Joker's thugs, and Kusari butchers in Leeds during our return to Bretonian space. The Prince is currently docked at LD-14 due to their heroic, but losing battle preventing our return to more favourable mooring locations.

Yours,

Thomas Kirkland

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