To: Republican Corporate HQ, Records Division
From: James Lancaster, RepEx ID:716
Re: Recent activity
What follows is an activity report detailing my first few days with the company, I'm sorry I will not be able to be precise with days, they all seem to blend together on the bridge of my Train:
Several days ago I received help setting up from Alan Groteck, who I must say seems to be an exceptional trader. We then went on a standard NB-Cambridge-NB run and ran into a little pirate trouble on the way back as noted in Alan's report. Although I am concerned about the piracy I find the lack of available escorts more disturbing. Most of the time I stick to local system trade for precisely that reason. On a side note though I find during peak trade times pirate activity can be reduced as there are more other trade ships that have escorts flying through the lanes.
The next day I helped Jeremy Isaacs (ID: 524) acquire his ID and IFF. He had acquired a whale having been told to by another employee who's name alludes me, I didn't know RepEx flew those. As such it was a little difficult for him to acquire an IFF but I was happy to lend a hand. I also did a fair deal of prison populating (my term for the Nueremburg run).
Last but not least, today I went on a NB-Cambridge-NB run with new pilot Peter Strauss (ID:019) after he had gotten his ID and IFF. On this run there was no pirate activity most likely due to the large amount of other traders passing through the same systems with escorts. This concludes my report.