To: IMG Mining, Defence
Location: BS Hood, Dublin /part one/ ; Jakarta Infirmary, T39 /part two/
From: Vernon Vale -part one ; Samuel Vale - part two
Subject: Mining op report
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Part one
1. Name and vessel type - IMG|Vernon.Vale[M] Mafic
2. Mining location - Dublin , D6
3. Material mined - gold ore. First did some work with our Molly friends filling up a couple of Junker transports. A molly miner - Mike .Oxford had a contract with them, he said. Paid handsomely. Couple of BAF patrols went by and I pretended to hunt Corsair smalls - even joined the BAF for a while. No trouble there.
Much later we filled Peter's transport on the same spot. All clear and calm.
4. Escorts hired - none this time
5. Hostiles encountered - nope, not for me
6. Any other interesting encounter or event - well, except for the Molly working contracts with Junkers, nothing of interest
Part two
1. Name and vessel type - /IMG|Samuel.Vale/ Spatial
2. Mining location - T23
3. Material mined - niobium ore, one Heg cargo haul - Tom Fuller's
4. Escorts hired - not exactly/see below/
5. Hostiles encountered - oh, baby, did we not. First a nosy Junker PTrans named Govedo blew up an indie IMG Heg. Fortunately /I am NOT a good figher pilot/ a merc - Silver.Reaver was around . Blew up the nose off the Junker, he he.
Then it got worse. We were about to start our second run, when a Maquis bomber decided we're good targets for piracy. We managed to reach T39, but he followed us there. As I said, I am a lousy pilot, and the Spat is no feather. So I ended up here in Jakarta infirmary. Tom is in better condition, the doctors said, but the yard is gonna have fun time puting back together his Heg.
6. Any other interesting encounter or event - well, there's a redhead nurse here that's quite the look about her, but that's not what you all need to know anyway...
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Ascribed to General Count Piotr Pier Vorkosigan
<span style="color:#FFFF33">"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."</span>
Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear.
