This report is about the Bretonian Armed Forces Merchant Navy Convoy in the evening of December 19th, 824.
During my first duty as convoy scout and escort, out convoy managed to deliver vast supplies of processed Gold from Graves Station in Dublin to Planet Cambridge, as well as a good amount of Food Rations back from Cambridge to Graves Station. We did this run two times. After that, we moved back to the Cambridge system, heading for the Bristol Mining Facility.
Reaching New London on our way there, we picked up a distress call. Upon investigation, we found a Zoner Nephilim-class Mobile Colony Ship (= foreign capital ship) drifting above Planet New London. The ship was about to break apart and after a short argument, the convoy leadership decided to send have the escorts show it the way out of Bretonia, which seemed like the best decision to be done in this scenario. So far it was refrained from levying a fine for the law violation. The ship in question, designation Harbourship.NewDawn, was escorted via Dublin through the jump hole to Omega-49 to Planet Gran Canaria. This caused a delay of the convoy.
Having returned to Cambridge to rejoin the convoy at Bristol Mining Facility, our transports filled with Beryllium and their escorts headed to Planet Houston, Texas system. Exporting the Beryllium there, we loaded up libertonian Nanocapacitors and returned to Planet New London with them. This is where the main convoy ended. After a short break, we continued with another, smaller convoy, delivering Toxic Waste from Southampton Shipyards in New London to Wuppertal Station of the ALG in the Koeln system. From there we continued over to the Munich system to buy Military Vehicles from Planet Nuremberg. I wish to add here that the horrible Dark Matter catastrophe devouring the Munich system has advanced faster than expected, based on what I heard in the news and read in the archives. The planet itself is already in the very close proximity to the Dark Matter clouds which affect the planet heavily. Trade Lanes leading to and from Nuremberg can not be used anymore. A saddening view.
My duty ended as we returned to New London, delivering the Military Vehicles to Battleship Suffolk, which will take care of the distribution of the new planet-based assets. We didn't encounter hostile elements apart from a Xeno in New York and Texas, however being confronted with the imposant Merchant Navy Convoy, the fellow must have realized he wouldn't have stood a chance. No combat situations.