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Good day Director Seabourne!

I apologise for this delayed report upon the first search for the missing Liner Martinique. The damage to Ikarinohi was more extensive than anticipated.
As Captain Fuentes already reported OS&C|SEC-Ikarinohi and OS&C|TE-Cloud-9 conducted a preliminary search for the missing Liner on the day befor yesterday. We went from Baden-Baden to Dresden through a Jumphole I discoverd in the Ostnebel behind Baden-Baden. I found it, when I made an extended patrol of the immediate surroundings of Baden-Baden. That Zwetschgenwasser was able to vanish in the system bothered me. Now I probably know how he was able to sneak away and we have to be aware of this backdoor to Stuttgart.
From Dresden Captain Fuentes searched for a way to the Omega Systems and found another Jumphole just 30k away from the previous one, still in the Daumann Lavafield; it lead to Omega-55. Thus this way was plausible for Martinique to use. We first looked of course to the Core Station Dagger Oupost as well as the immidiate surrounding. We found of course no trace of our Liner. Captain Fuentes and myself had the same idea, that the rockformations within the Ferner Field might be of particular interest for Captain Nellen and his passangers. Thus we went there and found a Jumphole leading directly to Omega-58. We searched within this dark System, well aware of the dangers lying within the Dark Matter Storms. We found further connections to Omicron Gamma and Omicron Theta, but no sign of the Liner. Within the pockets of Dark Matter we found the wreck of the lost Battleship Canaan and a damaged Bount Hunter Fighter, nothing else.
We continued to Omicron Theta, where I stopped at Freeport 9. The radiation damage Ikarinohi received in Omega-58 was extensive and I did not want to endanger the ship or the crew any further. Repairs took some time thus I was not able to file this report earlier.

Search Pictures

A special note to all Spa-SEC Stewards commanding Fighter-Class ships:
From the Bounty Hunter Fighter in Omega-58 I was able to salvage an interesting weapon, codenamed "RAGNAROK". I have it currently in my hold. Since I can't use it on my ship, I will hand it over to anyone from you, who is interested. Just drop me a message.

Regards,
Hiian Muro
Steward, Spa-SEC

Conversation with the Kidnappers

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OS&C Corporate HQ

ID: David Crooke
Location: Planet Curacao
To: Chairman Seabourne, Board of Directors

Subject: Martinique Ransom

Good day Mr Seabourne, members of the board,

I understand at the moment that negotiations for the ransom of the Martinique are under way. Call me pessimistic, but I recommend a security detail sweep the ship and that nobody at an essential executive level should be present at the exchange ceremony or on the ship upon returning. In addition, I propose that the ship be evacuated using existing OS&C assets rather than transporting the passengers back in the liner. These terrorists have already killed 47 people on board and are fully intent on killing more if the ransom demands are not met. I do not trust them to fully keep their end of the deal.

At the very least, I suggest some degree of caution when dealing with them.

Regards,
David Crooke
Director, Orbital Spa & Cruise

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Have a pleasant flight!

Members of the Board,

While I appreciate the delicate situation that Orbital finds itself in I feel compelled to ask if a billion credit ransom is even worth 1800 odd passengers and crew, let alone an aging soon to be decommissioned liner. As Orbitals Director of Travel and Tourism a few short years ago we faced what was, at the time, the largest loss of life with the Mindoro Massacre within the Fleets history. Since that time not only have we lost the Luxury Liner Mackinac, we have seen profits fall across the sector, entire houses fall pray to revolution and one cannot forget the general piracy increase.

Additionally a records check shows that the Martinique isn't even apart of Orbitals current Fleet Management System. Meaning this entire operation was being run without the Directors consent or knowledge, and more importantly I feel, without posting the vessels profits to Orbitals Operation Account per guidelines.

In short these sorts of things happen and the board would be ill advised to pay out any ransom that allows a bounty charge of over 100,000 credits a head on a Liner who refused to compete a simple registration form for our administrative staff or even contribute to our Operations Fund.

The Martinique Ransom reasonably shouldn't run Orbital more than 200 million credits even if they had registered with our fleet management system. Anything more than that, to be blunt; would make it cheaper to pay a P.R. firm to scrub the interlink of any mention of the Martinique.

Regards,
James Blackwood