First of all, I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Jaimie Santacana. My uncle, Lucius Cogito, gave me his ship, OSI-Selene, so I could continue transporting cargo for OSI while he's busy with all the paperwork.
My first cargo one was really hard. I hope it's just a coincidence, not something I will have to deal with every day.
I launched from Lanzarote base in Gran Canaria with intention of taking some counterfeit software from Ames to finish our Black Sails contract. Of course, I took a full load of deuterium as I know Ames always buys it at very good prices.
First part of my run - to Ames - was as smooth as every transport captain could dream of. No pirates, no problems... just a smooth, easy ride.
I docked at Ames, unloaded deuterium, loaded the software and docked off.
The problems started right then. There was a KSP ship named NightFire floating outside of Ames.
I knew I can't just move towards Shikoku so I took a course towards Colorado JH and then, after getting out of his range, I changed course towards Kusari.
I thought it's all done. i jumped to Shikoku, moved away from lanes and cruised towards New Tokyo JG.
But then, I found out that the same KSP officer is sitting near the JG, with another KSP, chating...
I couldn't sneak past them. I moved away, took a dive into nebula and started to look for some help.
Fortunately, there was a zoner gunboat named Amarus in New Tokyo. And the captain agreed to help me.
We decided to go through Kyushu jumphole, then trough New Tokyo and further east - to Sigmas.
Everything was going smooth... and then, the same KSP showed up in New Tokyo. I knew he was after me. I decided to run for it. My escort, Amarus, which was scouting ahead, jumped off the lane and disabled it. That gave me some additional time. I jumped to Shikoku and cruised south right after jump. KSP jumped in and followed me. He was like 7k behind me. I knew he couldn't scan my cargo just yet... But i had to take a turn towards S-13 JH and when I was turning, he got closer - to 5.5k.
In the meantime, Amarus took the lanes to get in front and cover my retreat if it's necessary.
It wasn't. When I was about 10k from the hole, KSP vessel turned back.
The rest of the route was as smooth as the first part. S-17, Theta and Gamma - where I unloaded the cargo.
I paid my escort 5 millions for his service. It was high risk and high value cargo and he was the best escort I could imagine.
Cargo delivered:
5k of Counterfeit Software for Planet Crete [cargo manifest]
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