Priority: Medium
Signal origin: DSE)Galaxy
Initializing decryption
Greetings DSE, Recruit Victor Michaels reporting from DISP station.
I recenly delivered a small cargo there with my Mammoth class transport. There's the cargo manifest:
700 tons of solid Water
700 Oxygen tanks
700 tons of Food Rations
There's all I have to report, Recruit Victor Michaels signing off.
ENDING TRANSMISSION
// If you don't understand what i write, it's because i'm from Chile
Location: New York Pilot Name: Cosmo Kessler Vessel:DSE)Caribou
Subject: Supply drop
Hi again,
Back from a stint up in Alberta. I gotta say, I kinda forgot the simple pleasure of sailing through fields of industrial scrap grinding against my hull after so much time in ice clouds, y'know? Maybe I'm just getting old...er. Although since when did DISP get like this? With everyone shambling around, you'd think they just came back from the dead, sheesh. Can't say I'm a fan of that new dock guy working the Beta shift - I swear he had the loader scratch the ship on purpose.
Anyway, brought some bio-neural processors down from the eggheads at the 'Duc and picked up a supply assignment to patch up some holes and keep folks tickin'. Logs're as follows:
Reinforced Alloy.....14955 units
Food Rations..........9970 units
Oxygen................9970 units
Water.................9970 units
Oh yeah, I filled in a comment card at the canteen about how we should think about changing up some things on the menu. Kusari rice, fancy luxury foods every now and then - heck, even Synth Paste might be a nice change of pace. I know I can never resist going to town on a good tube steak.
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Location: New York Origin: DSE)Stratolifter Captain: Lawrence McCrawford
Subject: Shipments
Hello everyone,
Joining the ranks as the newest of the cargo hands in this fine corporation, I recently completed a few trade runs in my small Mammoth transport to help the Rheinlanders with their trade lane networks. Met a few friends and a..few enemies along the way as well, and I've already got more than enough stories to tell at the bar.
I started out in Pueblo Station, buying Lane parts from the Ageira vendors there. I took them up to New Tokyo, where Nk. Katsuo Shimoe escorted me to the Sigma-13 gate. I dropped off the Lane parts in Bonn Station with no trouble and brought consumer goods back to New Tokyo.
I was then stopped by a Blood Dragons gunboat who tried to get me to drop my goods:
Code:
[04.05.2014 14:26:52] Mikaboshi: halt Strato
[04.05.2014 14:27:22] Mikaboshi: The Blood Dragons cause require payment
Fortunately, local police forces drove him off before any damage was done. I continued my course, dropping the goods in exchange for Sake on Planet New Tokyo, bringing that to Planet Manhattan, and then finally bringing Liberty Ale back to the good folks on Pueblo.
I took another trip, successfully dropping the parts at Bonn, the goods at Tokyo, and..well, almost the Sake at Manhattan. As I took the trade lane from Fort Bush to Planet Manhattan, the lane died out. I was then deposited 5 feet from a massive Outcast destroyer.
I did the smart thing and stopped dead, not wanting to get immediately destroyed. But thank the heavens Liberty always watches over its citizens. Not one moment later, a Liberty dreadnaught and a Bretonian battleship under service of the Liberty Navy dropped out of the lane and engaged the destroyer. He tried to finish me off:
Code:
[04.05.2014 14:44:46] LNS-Proud.Mary: Responding to emergency call
[04.05.2014 14:45:03] LNS-Milwaukee: Nicole: Here we are.
[04.05.2014 14:45:16] DSE)Stratolifter: McCrawford: Navy, thank heavens!
[04.05.2014 14:45:23] LNS-Proud.Mary: Target is in sight.
[04.05.2014 14:45:29] Cardamine: Sry DSE... *laugh*
[04.05.2014 14:45:34] LNS-Proud.Mary: Ready up the weapons, my dear crew!
[04.05.2014 14:45:37] LNS-Milwaukee: Nicole: Defend DSE!!
[04.05.2014 14:45:41] LNS-Milwaukee: Nicole: Fire!!
I made my retreat to the backdrop of the Outcast destroyer going up in flames. I dropped off my cargo, shut the ship down and got a nice rest. I think that's enough action for one day.
Addendum:
Here's a receipt for recordkeeping:
856 t of Trade Lane Parts -> Bonn Station, New Berlin
4180 t of Consumer Goods -> Planet New Tokyo, New Tokyo
4180 t of Sake -> Planet Manhattan, New York
4180 t of Liberty Ale -> Pueblo Station, Colorado
Total Profit: 18.393.200 sc
I've shipped 10% of the credits (1.839.320 sc) to DSE)Ft. Knox:
Location: New York Pilot Name: Cosmo Kessler Vessel:DSE)Caribou
Subject: Re: Shipments
Hey,
Welcome to the Logistics fleet Lawrence, good to see a fresh face' round here. I'll be your temp super or something while you get situated. I checked out those logs and gotta say - that's a heck of a way to hit the ground running on the first day, huh?
Uh, introductions. My name's Cosmo Kessler, but forget that "Mr. Kessler" business - that's what my dad was called and you'll probably be moving your way up the chain in no time anywho. You might know me from the directing credits of such holo-tainment features as "Sigma Sirens 6" and "Gaian Girls Gone Wild", but I don't do them as often 'cause I think DSE technically owns the work if I do it while clocked in. Anywhosit, I've been hauling with DSE for a few years now and I wouldn't trade it for the galaxy - great place to work.
So yeah, drop me a line anytime. Don't be afraid to chuck some questions at Mr. Veneanar neither, the guy's one of us through-and-through.
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Location: New York Origin: DSE)Stratolifter Captain: Lawrence McCrawford
Subject: Shipments (con't.)
Back again,
Had a much less eventful run this time. Decided to take a different route that took me up to the ungated regions of Nagano, north of Kusari Core space. I dropped off Trade Lane parts there and took some of the regional furs back to the demanding market of Planet Erie. Did some in-system trading there to get me back to Pueblo, and then did the whole run a second time, with the help of a local trader and DSE)T-34.Calliope. I then took a break before returning to work by dropping off 5 shipments at our local DISP. After that, I called it a night. Details attached.
Lane Parts -> Nagano
856 t of Trade Lane Parts -> Planet Tomoka, Nagano
Location: New York Pilot Name: Cosmo Kessler Vessel:DSE)Caribou
Hi haulers,
Thanks for the reports so far, the crew's been jumpin right on fabrication and construction with the new supplies. I'm pleased to let everyone know we're actually ahead of schedule thanks to everyone's work and you should be seeing them roll out those modules real soon.
Sender ID: Brendan Carter, DSE)Hustler Location: Platinum Incorporated, Bar. Subject: Doing work
A man with a pint of beer in one hand and a cig in the other is seen right next to the no smoking sign. He's wearing sunglasses on his swollen face, despite the dimmed lights.
It was rude interrupting my bar activities! Fine, a man has to work from time to time, right?
I did as requested, took a shipment of Food, Water and Oxygen to Platinum. Oh? Distribute it? Done, I saw some idle peasants at the docks, so they will be busy for the next day or so.
Then proceeded to take an ore shipment to New London. There's a chance I got a bit sidetracked there and visited certain adult establishments.
Loaded up some Reinforced Alloy on the way back. Distributed the cargo this time, since the labourers were busy.
Now if you excuse me, I have important issues to address!
He takes a strong sip from the pint, emptying half of it.