FROM: Manhatten General Hospital
TO: Gateway Interstellar HQ, Kensington
RE: Alisdair Buchanan
To Gateway HQ Staff:
This is Dr. Susan Johnson of Manhattan General. I regret to inform you that your CEO, Alisdair Buchanan, was seriously wounded in an incident above Manhattan yesterday evening.
From what we can tell, it appears that a band of Corsair-tagged vessels ambushed the Trafalgar just out of the trade lane from West Point. It appears he only had time to ask them what was going on. Here are the only images retrieved from the Trafalgar's holocam:
When his escape pod was brought to the surface, Mr. Buchanan was in shock, but able to mumble something about "without warning" - and it appears from the logs (or so the authorities tell me) that no message was sent from the attackers to the Trafalgar prior to its destruction. The rest of the crew is in somewhat better shape, and recovering well.
Mr. Buchanan's situation is, as I said, serious, but we do expect him to recover. We will keep you posted on his progress. Please let me know if there is anything further you need.
Yours,
Dr. Susan Johnson
Asst. Dir. Emergency Surgery
Manhattan General Hospital
Gateway Comm System: OPEN
To: All Personel
From: Calum McDonald, GlenCoe
Subject: Re. Sir Aliadair
Hello everyone,
This is a sad day for Gateway indeed. I will be visiting Sir Alisdair on Manhattan as soon as i can and i will report back on his condition. This is also very unusuall indeed for a group of Corsairs to attack with no warning and i will be taking this issue up with the Liberty Navy. Also i will be posting a bounty on these cowards to teach them and anyone else who would do the same.
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To: All Personel
From: Calum McDonald, GlenCoe
Subject: Trade report
Hello everyone, hope i find you all well. Been doing Pullman runs with just the odd pirate asking for tax. Nothing too expensive so all has gone really well. Even a trip or two to NY has gone without a hitch. On a side note two of the Corsairs that took out the Trafalger have been delt with by Mercs comissioned by me. Two more to go, get well soon sir Alisdair
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To: All Personnel
From: Alisdair Buchanan
Subject: Trade Report
Greetings All!
My apologies for not reporting earlier, but I am up and around, and I've even managed a short one-way trip in the reconstructed Trafalgar back to Kensington.
On the way, I met a fine gent named Devalin Bowman. He has now applied to join our fair company, and I suspect we'll be seeing him in his new Percheron soon!
Thanks very much for the kind wishes, cards, and tea. Thank you especially to Mr. McDonald for his personal regrets posted on this comm system.
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To: All Personel
From: Aaron Power, Canterbury
Subject: Trade report
Good evening everyone and special greetings to you sir Alisdair. I am very happy to hear that you recovered so quickly and are back at the helm.
Did a Pullman today and I have to say I didn't notice notice any turmoil one would expect in current political situation. I wish you all at least as safe and peaceful flights as I had.
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To: All Personnel
From: Alisdair Buchanan
Subject: New Employee
Greetings All!
It is my pleasure to welcome to our company Mr. Devalin Bowman, captain of the newly christened Kingstone. I hope you will welcome him warmly and support him in whatever needs he may have.
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To: All Personel
From: Calum McDonald, GlenCoe
Subject: Trade report
Hello everyone, hope i find you all well or getting better.
A trip to NY and back followed by a pullman run with no problems. Seems the pirates are quiet today. Welcome to the company Mr Bowman and i look forward to flying with you.
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To: All Personel
From: Aaron Power, Canterbury
Subject: Trade report
Good day captains,
First of all: Welcome to our family, Mr. Bowman. By chance, if you need anything, just ask.
I did another Pullman yesterday. Everything was calm both in Bretonia and Omegas. But in New Berlin I encountered a pirate named Caelum. Luckily for Canterbury, we received part of transmission he sended to less lucky trader, so we were able to avoid him. Still, I was quite surprised to meet a pirate in Home system of a major House.
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To: All Personel
From: Devalin Bowman, Kingstone
Subject: Greetings
Greetings,
I thank all of you for welcoming me to the fold. I am still familiarizing myself with the Kingstone and all of it's intricacies. It is a beautiful ship, that I am growing to love. I've been doing slightly modified Pullman runs with great success and little pirate activity, although I was assaulted by a very poorly armed Kusari vessel several days ago. I was in a hurry and still not familiar enough with my ship or I would have taught him a lesson.
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To: All Personel
From: Devalin Bowman, Kingstone
Subject: Notice of ship change
Greetings,
I just wanted to notify everyone that the Pullman runs have been relatively clear of pirates over the last few days during my flying times. Due to this, I have been able to upgrade myself into a new Firefly. It is a large and ungainly looking thing but it gets the job done, and that's all that matters.
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