Name: Alexander Chase.
Rank: Captain
Ship Name: Lynx
Ship Class: "Titanic" Heavy Tanker
Title: Ship Upgrade.
Report Body: As requested by Assistant Director Bales, I took the initiative to replace my personal BK-65 "Serenity" with a "Titanic" Heavy Tanker. Having already made a considerable profit bringing food supplies and pharmaceuticals to the New Hope colonies, I did not require the short-term loan from the GalSpan office. The increased cargo hold has already dramatically improved profits, and my crew is adapting well to a larger ship.
Name: Alexander Chase
Rank: Captain
Ship Name: Lynx
Ship Class: ”Titanic” Heavy Tanker
Title: Delivery to Sabah Shipyard.
Report Body: I was surprised to see a direct order sent by Assistant Director Bales waiting for me when I returned to my ship. It requested the delivery of specific cargo to our Colonial friends. Docked on planet Eerie, and already on a trade run that took me back to the California system, I quickly finished the run and returned to our research station in Magellan. After successful loading of the cargo, a series of large canisters simply labeled “Lynx”, I took them directly to Sabah Shipyard. The crew and I were somewhat amused by the identically named cargo. The flight back to the Coronado system was uneventful, with only a few light fighters being flown by Rogues and Outcasts, although nothing that was a threat to our shields. Upon mooring, I contacted Sabah’s administrator, as per the orders from A.D. Bales. The shipment has been left in their bay where it is awaiting their pick-up. The Administrator has been informed of the cargos importance, and who will be arriving to retrieve it.
Name: Alexander Chase
Rank: Captain
Ship Name: Lynx
Ship Class: "Titanic" Heavy Tanker
Title: First pirate encounter.
Report Body: So after delivering another load of food supplies to the Crayterians on New Hope East, I decided to fly to Sabah Shipyard. Once there, I bought up a large quantity of their toxic waste, which I'm certain they appreciated. Originally I was going to take it to the Texas system, but opted instead to head further out and sold it for a considerable profit at Alster Shipyard in Hamburg. There, I bought Ablative Armor Plating for a pittance and began the return trip directly back to Sabah Shipyard. Taking only jump holes and admiring the view, I made it all of the way back to Coronado. That's when it happened.
On my way past planet Curacao, a ship came up on my scanners. The Captain, Hausser_Ferdinand, said only one thing, and "STOP!" doesn't make me feel comfortable with complying. As I wasn't sure the direction of the ship, and I was so close to planet Curacao, I thought my best course of action would be to turn around and quickly moor. As I did, I turned right into the direction of the hostile ship. Without enough time to scan him, I had to rely solely on a quick glance as I passed within 3k of his ship. It was at least an RA-4 "Hellhound" Gunboat, but the gentle hump at the front of the silhouette made me believe it was most likely a "Scylla" Destroyer. They fired a cruise disruptor but missed entirely, as my full cruising speed of 350 m/s took the Lynx right past the port-bow of his ship. He fired again, turning to face Lynx. The second shot also missed, but his 3rd found it's mark.
Unfortunately for him, I was within 2K of the mooring fixture. Having received permission to dock as soon as I saw him appear on my scanners (as a precaution), I made it safely into port. As I did so, I wished him better luck the next time, then insulted his intelligence. After waiting in port for less than half a Sirius hour, he was gone and making his way into Bretonian space. Lynx then departed from the mooring point of planet Curacao and I made it safely to Sabah Shipyard. In fact, Sabah Shipyard is where I wrote this report.
GalSpan might need to be on the lookout for more Rogues in the future, now that they have seen our Merchant Division's ships.
Name: Alexander Chase
Rank: Captain
Ship Name: Lynx
Ship Class: "Titanic" Heavy Tanker
Title: Emergency Evacuation.
Report Body: While docked on New Hope East, I was contacted directly from Director Martin Richardson. I was surprised and honored he sought me out, though as it turns out, I was the closest freighter in the vicinity. Our base had been targeted for destruction by the Gallic Royal Navy, and apparently a mix-up had caused the initial contact by Gallia to be overlooked. I was ordered to immediately collect the crew, as well as any valuable that I could fit in my hold and return to Coronado.
I gathered my crew as soon as I could and immediately departed. I flew towards Sabah Shipyard first, as there was a shipment of Toxic Waste that I was slated to remove for the Crayterians. There, I met CR|-Hellfire and shared our predicament. He decided to escort me on my mission, which was nice. He's a fine pilot and fun to talk too. In any case, I took the Toxic Waste to Birmingham Station to quickly purge my cargo hold. There, we flew to Lagos Depot, deep in Magellan space. Once there, I used my secondary password to grant the Crayterian Republic access, for no other reason than to do it.
I gathered the crew, as well as Fusion Diodes, and as much MOX as I could fit. We promptly left and flew through the jump holes back to Coronado space, where I have since docked on New Hope East. The crew were sent to GalSpan's local office for debriefing. Hopefully we can find new places for them to work.
On a side note, Hellfire commented on how much safer it would be to construct a new research station in Coronado space. I have no idea what's in store for Lagos Depot, but perhaps this is a new beginning? In any case, so long as Lagos exists, I'll return and collect more supplies, until the base is an empty shell, or is destroyed by Gallia.
Report Body: As I am sure most of you have heard we have lost our research station Lagos Depot...fortunately an outstanding Captain Alexander Chase was able to secure all assets before those..those Gallic idiots laid waste to our station. Though the station is gone all assets where saved and rumor has it the Director is planning on contacting the Colonial Republic to rebuild near Yuma, and further the research of Yumas intense flora overgrowth.
Name: Alexander Chase
Rank: Captain
Ship Name: Lynx
Ship Class: "Titanic" Heavy Tanker
Title: Ship destroyed by Outcast.
Report Body: I write this report on Freeport 4 in Magellan. I, and my crew of 20, have been rescued by a series of patrolling Bounty Hunter's Guild fighters as encountering a very dim-witted and un-trusting pilot named Wicca Koine. What saw my beloved Lynx's destruction was actually GalSpan company policy. As we departed Minerva to collect hull segments, I had nearly 6,000,000 credits on board. Before leaving, I banked it, taking only the amount needed to fill the cargo hold upon arriving at Freeport 4. The flight there was quick and uneventful. I passed two CR| ships, one of whom I know moderately well; CR|-Hellfire, who escorted me as we evacuated our original station, Lagos Depot.
At any rate, I arrived at Freeport 4, purchased the hull segments, and made my way back to Minerva. Immediately after entering Cortez through the Magellan->Cortez jump hole, I was stopping by Wicca Koine. They demanded 3,000,000 credits for damages done to their ship by my CR associates, or should I say friends. Sadly, Lynx was alone with this Outcast at this time, and upon scanning, I new I was completely out matched. As I genuinely didn't have the credits, I told him EXACTLY the amount I had at the time, 253,166. He wasn't pleased. I asked him to let me moor on planet Curacao, where I would pull as much as 6,000,000 credits for them and wire it.
The Outcast didn't believe me and said I wasn't "that dumb" and neither were there. I was at first confused, because I'm a man of my word. Alexander Chase is NOT a liar... Besides, thinking of it from a business perspective, what's worth more to the company? An intact Titanic, or 6,000,000 Sirius credits on hand? It occurred to me, as they prepared to destroy my ship, that they thought it was some sort of ploy. They gave me a few last words, which I of course used to get my crew into the escape pods. I entered a pod with a portable terminal to communicate, and asked them for one last chance, promissing that I wasn't going to stiff them on the toll. I was genuinely prepared to pay them... They didn't approve of my offer, and hulled my Lynx...
*Slams his closed fist on the terminal's desk, then stands up as the chair slides across the floor.*
Anyway... *Takes a deep breath and slowly exhales.* We are awaiting delivery of a new Titanic, given the same name. I consider that a bad omen, but I am somewhat superstitious. What bothers me the most, excluding the loss of my ship, which I'm sure I'll hear about later, is the the Outcast didn't believe me... To a man of honor, that cuts deep...
*Presses a key, then walks away from the terminal as images upload.*
Name: Henry Ford
Rank: Manager
Ship Name: GalSpan|Andromeda\M/
Ship Class: CT-69 "Crane" Large Train
Title: Business Trade Opportunity
Report Body: Good day everyone Merchant Manager Henry Ford here sending in a quick report on some great news. Today I was able to contact the owner of the Nebula Complex in the Manchester system and have given myself access to there trading dock. There are plenty of items to choose from Gold ore being the finest product so far. If your interested in getting access let me know I will speak with Mr. Richardson to see if we can get our company full docking rights. That is all for now.