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[Interstellar Transit]

Trip Log submission by: Captain Jake Donovan, =IT=Mercury

Date: Dec 4, 834 AS

Brief summary of trip: I've just returned from a lengthy run retracing some old routes with some new 'eyes'. With the intent on increasing trade during our passenger trips, I've been making some notes on stations we encounter directly on the most popular routes. The trip started with a contract of passengers seeking transit to New London. A fairly normal mix of tourists, business, and working class customers. There were some deals on Luxury consumer goods on the board, which we jumped on to fill our hold for the trip out to Bretonia. Upon arrival in the New London system, made some information queries to most of the stations in orbit that were willing to transmit their economic data back with requiring my presence onboard. It's a busy system! Lots of potential for trade! Our passengers departed and we advertised our intent to go to Kusari space, finding no shortage of client willing to take the budget deals offered. Our cargo for this flight was Gin - an import well paid on Planet New Tokyo, possibly due to demand from tourists or visitors wanting their preferred tastes! Ran into some business Freelancers in Taus / Kyushu - the latter running H-Fuel. Comms fairly silent aside from 'Good day' - protocols to keep on schedule I'd imagine, perhaps under contract. The Gin sold easily as we docked on Planet New Tokyo and disembarked our passengers. Our group encountered some VIPs wanting quick transit to the Golden Dragon Casino in Shikoku - which we accepted. The hold was filled with Sake that sells for a quick profit in Shikoku. Unfortunately our quick trip for these passengers was unintentionally extended when we arrived at Golden Dragon, as their policy doesn't allow larger ships to moor. Not sure how OS&C gets away with this on their Luxury Liners but at least I was able to glance at their beautiful vessel, interesting raceway, and effective external advertising billboard! We proceeded as instructed to Deshima Station, which was happy to ferry our fares to the casino at their cost. Our Sake still sold to the station for a profit, so the change of plans cost nothing but a bit of time. We procured some Consumer Goods and Optronics from the station, hoping to sell to some of the smaller bases performing manufacturing. On our way out of Shikoku and through Galileo and Colorado, nearby bases were nicely setup to broadcast their station's needs, and all data was saved in my database. We stopped in at Red Rock Refinery in Colorado and decided to sell our Optronics there while picking up a quantity of Interior Components. Ship systems such as Interior Components can be traded for profit, once demand is known. I felt probably not a bad investment for keeping in the hold until we again come across one such base. As luck would have it, I didn't have to go far to find a buyer. The Interspace base in New York by Baltimore was willing to take them off my hands for a quick profit. The docking crew did make mention of slowing production, however, so I'm not counting on this sales' point for much longer. It was about time to head back to the office on Manhattan where I could gather my thoughts, and process all the station data acquired on these latest routes. We made decent profit this run, but the real value was the data for future contracts...

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