Today I decided to head to Bretonia, New London system to be exact, to gather information about how things are going over there.
My first encounter was with a Bowex vessel. It was hauling 4,090cu of Luxury Consumer Goods. He said that his cargo had been acquired from planet Los Angeles, California system and it was destined for sell on planet New London, New London system. Even in times of war Bretonia seems to be import luxurious commodities. As for export Gin was bought from the planet and hauled back to Liberty, but I am not sure about the destination. This encounter ended with him paying me a tax of three millions SC.
As of my second encounter an Outcast Battle Transport showed its face. It had 4,200cu of Food Rations. According to him this cargo was destined for a Molly installment in Newcastle system. The reason of this cargo was because he received the radio operator of the vessel picked up a call form said base and he wanted to check it out and after that head back to Omicron Alpha.
While I was patrolling the system I stumbled upon an ALG Waste Disposal transport. Unfortunately it was empty and I could't interrogate him because of being under heavy fire. I tried to catch him and ask some questions but he got away.
Next an Interspace ship entered New London by Cambridge. I was right next to the gate and stopped him. It's cargo was empty but on its way to Scarborough Station in New Castle. From there High Performance Alloy would be bought and transported somewhere in Omega-7. I let him go after one million SC was transferred to my account.
Just as I was finishing with the Interspace guy a Pilgrim Liner jumped in Cambridge system. I followed him and stopped right before he could run. 4,005cu of Light Arms were in its cargo. The captain of that vessel said that the guns were bought from Barrier Gate Station in Coronado system and heading to Lisburn Rock.
Right before calling a day another Interspace trader showed up on my radar. I intercepted him and after scanning his cargo 4,940cu of Synth Gel were found aboard. This was a stubborn guy because even after I warned him several times to cut his engine, he didn't listen. I had to blow his ship and all that cargo was lost in space.
In all this time I managed to do some reconnaissance of the system. Due to Gallic threat Southampton Shipyard is now defended by two Bretonian Destroyers. Also I spotted a big ship in the dry docks resembling a carrier. It seemed to be a prototype . Far in the distance two bases could be seen. I head towards them to investigate. One of them is called Ironhead Industries and seemed to be hostile because its defense guns were shooting at me. The other one is called Ilfracombe Base. This one appeared to be ok with me but I was not able to dock on it. As I was flying around this bases I remembered that an old Junker base is around, so I decided to look for it. I entered the field full of metal chunks and hoped that I won't hit any. I came across some big metal parts which seemed to be the remains of a Bretonian Battleship. The parts were still in the shape of the ship but it couldn't be recovered. For my surprise when I got to the Junker base it was heavily damaged and I could not dock. I spent several minutes around it to see if anyone is alive aboard it but I couldn't find anything. Suddenly something red appeared on my scanner so I decided to check it out. It was a Royal Navy patrol. I kept myself at a safe distance and followed them. They led me to a Royal Navy Battleship called Castress.
I will keep patrolling Bretonia and return with further information.
