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12/16/833
Westerwald Patrol
Kpt Trager Reporting.
While patroling the Westerwald, we encountered 'Wide.Load', an Orbital Spa and Cruise IFF Libertonian Mastodon class Transport bound for Mainz with a cargo of copper. The vessel was stopped and ordered to pay 100,000 credits and return to Hamburg - after an exchange of words and several minutes, the vessel complied.
[28.05.2024 22:13:53] BDM|U-66: Wide.Load, please cut your engines and prepare for inspection.
[28.05.2024 22:14:02] 2024-05-29 05:14:02 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:14:02] Wide.Load: Very well.
[28.05.2024 22:14:34] 2024-05-29 05:14:34 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:14:34] BDM|U-66: This is a high security area, what are you doing here?
[28.05.2024 22:14:40] 2024-05-29 05:14:40 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:14:40] Wide.Load: This transport is inbound to Mainz station. We had to take a detour from rised pirate activity.
[28.05.2024 22:14:45] 2024-05-29 05:14:45 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:14:45] Wide.Load: We did not know this area was restricted.
[28.05.2024 22:14:58] 2024-05-29 05:14:58 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:14:58] Wide.Load: We were informed that the northern part of the nebula was restricted however.
[28.05.2024 22:15:15] 2024-05-29 05:15:15 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:15:15] BDM|U-66: Our records show that this is not your first time being warned that the entire Westerwald is a security zone.
[28.05.2024 22:15:31] 2024-05-29 05:15:31 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:15:31] Wide.Load: We have not flown through this cloud before.
[28.05.2024 22:15:44] Rules Tip: A single player running two or more instances of Freelancer for trading or mining purposes is against server rules and is regarded as cheating.
[28.05.2024 22:15:55] 2024-05-29 05:15:55 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:15:55] Wide.Load: When we inquired regarding alternative routes during piracy, we were given the OK to bypass to the lanes from the hole anomaly
[28.05.2024 22:15:57] 2024-05-29 05:15:57 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:15:57] Wide.Load: by the Police.
[28.05.2024 22:16:13] 2024-05-29 05:16:13 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:16:13] BDM|U-66: The police do not have jurisdiction over the nebula
[28.05.2024 22:16:18] 2024-05-29 05:16:18 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:16:18] Wide.Load: There is nothing out here as far as we can see.
[28.05.2024 22:16:23] 2024-05-29 05:16:24 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:16:23] Wide.Load: I'm sure there's nothing to fret.
[28.05.2024 22:17:05] 2024-05-29 05:17:05 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:17:05] BDM|U-66: That's irrelevant. You will empty your cargo hold and return to Hamburg. If you are caught here again, your ship will be
[28.05.2024 22:17:07] 2024-05-29 05:17:07 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:17:07] BDM|U-66: destroyed on sight.
[28.05.2024 22:17:29] 2024-05-29 05:17:29 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:17:29] Wide.Load: We cannot drop our cargo hold. It is scheduled to arrive at Mainz.
[28.05.2024 22:17:39] 2024-05-29 05:17:39 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:17:39] Wide.Load: This is non-negiotable, unless of course -- you do not want resources to arrive for Rheinland?
[28.05.2024 22:18:53] 2024-05-29 05:18:53 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:18:53] BDM|U-66: Very well, we can levy a fine of 100,000 credits and you will return to Hamburg with your cargo.
[28.05.2024 22:19:07] 2024-05-29 05:19:07 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:19:07] Wide.Load: We are but twenty clicks, there's no harm in finishing the journey.
[28.05.2024 22:19:09] 2024-05-29 05:19:10 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:19:09] Wide.Load: Afterall, there's nothing here
[28.05.2024 22:19:20] 2024-05-29 05:19:21 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:19:20] BDM|U-66: No. This is non negotiable.
[28.05.2024 22:19:36] 2024-05-29 05:19:36 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:19:36] BDM|U-66: You could of course refuse to comply, have your ship forcibly impounded
[28.05.2024 22:19:39] 2024-05-29 05:19:39 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:19:39] Wide.Load: We will pay you two hundred kay -- and proceed to the end destination.
[28.05.2024 22:19:42] 2024-05-29 05:19:43 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:19:42] BDM|U-66: and be declared a fugitive
[28.05.2024 22:19:46] 2024-05-29 05:19:46 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:19:46] BDM|U-66: No.
[28.05.2024 22:19:47] 2024-05-29 05:19:47 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:19:47] Wide.Load: The end result is the same, we are vacating the area.
[28.05.2024 22:20:49] 2024-05-29 05:20:49 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:20:49] Wide.Load: If you are to tell us to goto Hamburg, we would insist on you giving an escort.
[28.05.2024 22:21:00] 2024-05-29 05:21:00 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:21:00] Wide.Load: Piracy is beyond acceptable levels on that route.
[28.05.2024 22:21:18] 2024-05-29 05:21:18 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:21:18] BDM|U-66: We are stationed to guard the Westerwald - if you wish for an escort, I suggest you hire one
[28.05.2024 22:21:45] 2024-05-29 05:21:46 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:21:45] Wide.Load: Twenty clicks, two-hundred-kay and we will never use the bypass again.
[28.05.2024 22:21:53] 2024-05-29 05:21:54 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:21:53] Wide.Load: There is nothing this way.
[28.05.2024 22:22:02] 2024-05-29 05:22:03 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:22:02] Wide.Load: The exit to the nebula is ten clicks away.
[28.05.2024 22:22:07] 2024-05-29 05:22:08 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:22:07] BDM|U-66: This is not a negotiation. You can either pay the fine and return to Hamburg, drop your cargo and return to Hamburg
[28.05.2024 22:22:16] [2024-05-29] 05:22:16 You have received 100.000 credits from Wide.Load
[28.05.2024 22:22:18] 2024-05-29 05:22:19 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:22:18] BDM|U-66: or submit to forcible repossession.
[28.05.2024 22:22:27] 2024-05-29 05:22:28 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:22:27] Wide.Load: Rerouting then.
[28.05.2024 22:22:32] 2024-05-29 05:22:32 SMT
[28.05.2024 22:22:32] BDM|U-66: Very good. You will return to Hamburg and never return to the Westerwald.
[28.05.2024 22:22:51] 2024-05-29 05:22:51 SMT