I was starting right into extorting after my week of absence.
At the Cortez gate in California I cought A BMM Transport hauling Gold to New York. To lower the risk of refusal and engagement I lowered my demand to 750 thousand SC and got, what I wanted.
Due to lack of traffic in California, a really rare occurence, I moved to New York and right into a battle betwee one of our Outcast allies and two navy vessel. The secondary fleet officer was killed by a mine and the primary fleet one escaped to West Point after a rather long chase:
Heading back to the Lane I originally wanted to be, I got an IC flunky with Gold and Mining machinery. And just after I disrupted his engines, he opened fire. I showed no mercy: