We came through the Gate to New London from Leeds, being told it was clear. Unfortunately just as the scout left to scout the lane, these four came down the lane. They demanded 2 million per trader. I decided our one Roc was not enough and paid. Three of them were in VHF's and one in a slave liner.
Casualties: 6 million credits
CEO Notes: The convoy was rough at first, but once we got going everything was smooth. Unfortunately Mr.Sanderson decided to get intoxicated and went down the wrong lane. He soon came back to us and we proceeded. The rest of the trip was a smooth one. Gary soon recovered and made good on his job
Convoy CEO - [*USI*]New.York[S], over and out.[/i]
---Incoming Transmission---
---Comm ID: Araevin Teshurr, Supervisor, Department of Trading---
---Subject: Convoy Report 0031---
---Location: Trenton Outpost, New York System---
Encounters: LH~Dialectius
Brutus.Clay Others lost in data....
We were stopped in one of the Tau's, and we were about to be charged around 3 million credits. I chose to take a gamble, by gambling! I told the pirate, double or nothing, and he took. I won shortly thereafter, and we made it safely home.
Casualties:
None
CEO Notes: "Excellent performance from Mr.Sanderson, he is laying off the alcohol more and more."
---Incoming Transmission---
---Comm ID: Kurt Gruzlund, Supervisor, Department of Trading---
---Subject: Convoy Report 0032---
---Location: Trenton Outpost, New York System---
There were no pirating incidents until we finally got to Dublin. We contacted a friendly miner [Name with-held to avoid reprisals] to buy his ore. While he was handing over the ore, a Molly bomber with the call-sign: The.Mad.Hatter happened by and tried to tax the Miner. Our escort, Jack Hammerson, was standing right there, and The.Mad.Hatter had plenty of chances to leave. He kept making threatening comments and demanding payment. After 15 minutes of banter, we grew tired of his shrill demands. In the interest of the safety of the convoy and the ore supplier, the decision was made to separate him from his ship. Hammerson did the dirty work. Sufficeth to say, The.Mad.Hatter was not happy about this.
CEO Notes: "Early on, the [*USI*]Reno[T] fell victim to ion storms. We had 3 Bounty Hunter escorts through the first 2/3 of the route, but they had to depart once we reached New London. Luckily we still had Jack, who handled the duties well. We met up with the [*USI*]Shreveport[T], one of the newest ships in the fleet, while in Dublin. The Shreveport was not part of the official convoy but it did help carry gold ore back to New York. The [*USI*]Toledo[E] had sudden life support failures and had to urgently dock at Graves for repairs for the night. The [*USI*]Chicago and the [*USI*]Shreveport finished the route to New York with Hammerson's escort."
Convoy CEO - Kurt Gruzlund, [*USI*]Chicago[ S ], over and out.
Pretty uneventful convoy. We talked, shared stories and got to know eachother. For extra security we hired an Ageira escort who accompanied us all the way.
Casualties:
N/A
CEO Notes: Except the small talk there is only one thing I can say about the convoy: boring.
---Incoming Transmission---
---Comm ID: Kurt Gruzlund, Supervisor, Department of Trading---
---Subject: Convoy Report 0035---
---Location: Trenton Outpost, New York System---
"Dublin's a Scary Place. Where's the HMS battleships when you need 'em?"
Participating Vessels: [*USI*]Chicago[ S ] [*USI*]Newport[T] [*USI*]D.Wake[R] BMM-Rick.Astley[O]
Route Name:
The LOG Route More like the LONG Route...am I right, fellas?!? Ha Ha Ha!
We did the route and came to the Dublin part. A BMM employee had a bunch of gold ore to sell us and it was a good deal so we took it. Berbice, Spuckly, and Bristal were a group of Molly Gunboats who stalked us in Dublin and demanded $6M in total from us. We of course refused and tried to avoid them. We got from Dublin to New London and barely escaped their grasp. Our bomber escort, Daniel Wake, tried to reason with them after we had passed but a fight broke out. Some HMS and BMM ships even tried to help, but against 3x Anti-Fighter Gunboats, it was no use. Wake's ship was destroyed and the Bretonians all met a similar fate. This seems to be a recurring theme since the USI does not have the proper firepower to deal with Pirate Gunboats. How many USI escorts have to get shot down until the leadership gets us better equipment to protect ourselves?
Luckily our transports escaped unscathed due to clever re-routing and some luck. We got a friendly escort from an LPI policeman LPI-J.D.Makley (unsure of the spelling) from Cortez to New York's Detroit Munitions base. The transports returned to Trenton Outpost unharmed and with a much bigger bank account.
Casualties: [*USI*]D.Wake[R]
CEO Notes: "Nikolas, captain of the [*USI*]Newport[T] did well throughout the route. I can see him having a bright future with the USI."
Pirates were swarming in the California system so we decided to go around it, through Ontario. Lt.Alex.Leroy, of the Liberty Navy, accompanied us. Other than that, a quiet evening.
Casualties:
N/A
CEO Notes: "Very small convoys, all I can say. We can do much better than that."
Well, we did encounter some pirates, but they were unusually friendly. +LE+"Wrathe.of.Vulpe", actually offered to escort us through the Taus..I was surprised to say the least.
Casualties:
N/A
CEO Notes: "Nothing new to add, we can do better than just 3 members. On a more positive note, the new trainee and the new clerk are doing a great job."
---Incoming Transmission---
---Comm ID: Kurt Gruzlund, Cadet, Department of Security---
---Subject: Convoy Report 0038---
---Location: Trenton Outpost, New York System---
Right at the end of the route, we encountered a Rogue Gunboat that was sitting on the lane from the Colorado gate to Fort Bush in New York. He threatened our transports but since we had 2 escorts, they were able to get away safely to Baltimore Shipyard. Then we told him we called the Navy and he fled into the scrap yards near Rochester.
Casualties:
None.
CEO Notes: "Everyone performed well. Nothing out of the ordinary happened. It was a long route though."
---Incoming Transmission---
---Comm ID: Kurt Gruzlund, Cadet, Department of Security---
---Subject: Convoy Report 0039---
---Location: Trenton Outpost, New York System---
CEO Notes: "Another quiet route with the team. 2 escorts, 2 traders. Gary Sanderson had an itchy trigger finger and was anxious for a fight, but there wasn't any chances for one. The transports performed very well."
