Our arrival at the Noshima Freeport did not go unnoticed by some weary gamblers looking for another getaway venue. The group of them decided to book our charter together with a distant destination in mind - a resort on Planet Blois in the New Orleanais system. As unfamiliar as I was with Gallic space, I took the fare as a way to expand my horizons and knowledge (and star charts) of this region. We left immediately.
Given current state of law between the Gallia and the governments of Kusari / Bretonia / Crayter Republic, the only viable route at present was through Rheinland space and Cologne's Alsace Passage.
Our journey took us through the New Tokyo and Honshu systems of Kusari, then briefly into the Sigma-13 system as we transitioned to Rheinland space.
The entry into Frankfurt was quiet but only at the first lane intersection. At Mannheim Station, we arrived and were briefly forced to watch a battle between government / corporate forces and local rebellious factions. The gunfire knocked out the first ring in the lanes ahead - so while the hardware restarted we held our breath and hoped stray gunfire would steer clear of our neutral vessel.
Thankfully, we managed without a scratch and zipped through the restored lane to relative safety - although rear turrets reported some explosions behind us indicating that others in the fight did not have such luck...
New Berlin, Stuttgart, Cologne, and Zurich systems went by without a hitch, aside from the occasional checkpoint scan by local security forces. With the jump from Zurich's gate, we were in Gallia!
I'll say one thing for the Gallic territories - they are incredibly scenic - just the view from our ship we could immediately see distant nebula, several planets, and numerous asteroid fields - I smiled when I noted several of the passengers working their cameras to capture some images for record of this journey.
In the Champagne system, relays managed to update my local nav data enough to plot the remainder of the course - through the Ile-de-France system then finally the Orleanais system. Quite simple as I'd figured starting out it would be.
One point of note was the rather increased security presence in the Ile-de-France system when we exited the jump gate sequence - local authorities broadcasting to remind local traffic that failure to stop at a checkpoint would result in 'lethal force' being used. My guess is it was a crackdown on either dissidents or smuggling activities - possibly both! Our ship passed through all scans without any problems and our trip continued onward to Orleanais.
Once we reached Planet Blois in the next system, we were cleared to land and our passengers made their way through the spaceport, glad to reach their new adventure destination. Counting on some 5 star reviews again with this group!
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