Full Name: [color=#FF9900]Buck Murry Ships Name:Hermes T304 Ship Class:Heron Transport Rank:Employee
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My first week started with delivering Baron to the bretonian system and coming back with gold from dublin to New York system, and that was my stander route then changed to delivering military vehicle from the ontario system to the Leeds system then leaving with hull panals to ontario system. After that I started delivering Baron from New York system agian but to the Leeds system and coming back with hull panels and selling it in New york system.
Full Name: [color=#FF9900]Jason Miller Ships Name:Hades T21 Ship Class:"Crane" Large Train Rank:Employee
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G'day Lads, Miller here,
I started my day with an full cargo of Robotic Components which i brought to Fort Severn.
My next trade route took me to planet honshu with a full load of Platinum.
My last trade routes for today were optronics to Freiburg Station and Copper to Planet Denver.
That was all for today.
Very basic day, barely to have something to report.
I was searching for our transports but only thing i found were few Rouges in Light Fighters that attacked me.
Well as you can see they were very easy to kill but they hit my fuel tank so i had to dock for repairs.
I heard that our transports will make convoy today so ill escort them if my ship will be ready.
Full Name: [color=#FF9900]Theodus Krantz Ships Name:Theodus|T Ship Class:"Crane" Large Train Rank:Employee
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My report as usual start with me trying to get in touch with my contacts back in Bretonia, after i delivered a Luxury goods at NL i stumbled in some MD miners willing to make a lilttle contract, they mined Gold Ore in Dublin and sold cheaply to me and Mason, the guys back at Detroit Munition payed good cash for it, the only note was that the Merc i hired for scouting left me without warning when he heard about hostile activity in nearby systems, i was lucky though and even on those conditions i managed to repeat the route once again before a molly named coockie.monster dispersed the miners in dublin.
After Meeting Dagobah Mason on his Apollo and Buck Murry on the hermes at Manhattan we started a convoy trasporting luxuries to New Tokyo, there we bought Robotic Components for the factories of Honshu, where we bought Optronics planning to sell 'em in Rheinland, our plans where ruined though since my Engines started to malfunction and even by trying some repairs i had to leave them, so i decided to take a detour and i dropped my load in New London, there i docked at Southampton Shipyard for the repairs and i took the sums, well a remuneratice day afterall and my ship took no serious damages, i only hope that the engineers here will fix my ship soon
Well, had an interesting day today, for sure. Well, the beginning wasn't particularly interesting in terms of trading profits, but after a rest for a good deal of time, the Apollo was launched and headed to meet up with the Theodus, this didn't quite happen, however, saying so, we hired a Mercenary, after seizing a deal with the MD, on a 4000k per unit gold. Prior to arriving at Dublin, we hauled a load of Luxury goods from Manhattan to Planet New London.
Overall, incident free here.
Arriving at the mining site, I wired the 20 million required, and filled the hold with ore. The run most definitely proved profitable, as with the assistance of the Mercenary scouting ahead, there were no unwarranted encounters that we came across. Dropping off the Ore for its considerable profit at Detroit, the Merc split ways. Subsequently, the Apollo was moved into Manhattan orbit, holding for a bit till the Hermes T304, Theodus T86 and our escort/scout McIllheney arrived.
Deciding to form a convoy to save costs for defence, all three transports filled up with Luxury Consumer goods of assorted kinds and made headway to Planet New Tokyo, in Kusari. At a few points, McIllheney alerted us of hostiles on the lane, but, at no point did said hostiles cause any trouble to the convoy. After travelling through Shikoku without incident, and arriving at planet New Tokyo, the goods were dropped off at a distributor, and our ships loaded up with Robotic components.
Once we left the moors, our escort pilot was suddenly absent, and thus, we had to continue without escort on our way for most of the rest of the loop. Regardless, our arrival at Honshu marked an incident free leg, letting us drop sell Robotic components, and acquire holds of optronics, to be sold at Freiburg. We launched and headed towards Stuttgart, however, as we passed through the Sigma 13 Nebula, the Theodus' engines began to falter in and out of operation.
The Apollo and Hermes arrived ahead of the Theodus, meaning we had some time to burn before it arrived, so both vessels unloaded the previously bought goods, headed to Planet Stuttgart, and loaded up on Synthpaste. It was at this point that Theodus Krantz decided that he would instead take his load to New London.
Proceeding on our current path, we arrived at Sigma 19 gate construction site without major incident. The one minor problem that occurred was a corsair whom requested a unit of synth paste as we happened to get the lane disrupted by them. They pretty clearly were sure that they couldn't beat us, so we continued to head to the gate site, and drop off our foodstuffs there. Here we met up with the Hephaestus and formed a new three ship convoy.
As we headed empty back to Yukawa shipyard, we saw the corsair again, this time, way off in the distance. They caused no trouble to us as we loaded up on engine components and headed back to Baltimore to meet up with other ships that had launched. The run this time occurred completely without any piracy attempts, and all three ships managed to unload the components for ship construction on Baltimore.
It was at this point that the Hermes had to land, so we formed up a convoy with the Tartarus, Ross Denton and a independent contractor, John Smith. As per instructions, all three ships loaded up on Boron, and, as it was decided, a drag race was held between Baltimore and LD-14.
Suffice to say, that maybe wasn't the best of ideas, and this is where it started to go downhill'¦
All three ships arrived in California at about the same time, but, on the lane to Riverside station, there was a Liberty Rogue posted at the lane. They ended up deciding that it perhaps wasn't the best idea to pirate the three transports with two escorts, so they left us alone. As the Hephaestus took the lane to California minor, my ship, the Apollo, and the Tartarus headed down the lane towards Los Angeles, here was probably where we should've tailed the Hephaestus instead.
As it turned out, there was a rather'¦ unreasonable individual on the lane from the planet to Magellan, in the form of a Moros, a phantomterrorist. He quite obviously did not appreciate our going fast, and decided to open fire on our vessels. Shortly after, both of our escorts arrived and began to deal with the threat. As we fell back to the planet, the Tartarus suffered critical damage from continued attack , and was completely disabled, the damaged hulk being towed back to the planet afterwards. By the time we managed to enter the Los Angeles defence grid, the hostile fighter had taken a heavy beating, and was forced to fall back. At this point, the independent contractor decided to follow the phantom instead, but he was paid for attempting to keep both transport ships out of harm.
The Hephaestus won the race due to these events, however, it headed back to rejoin with the now smaller convoy. We continued on our way to Freeport 4, where a lanehacker was waiting, at which the Hephaestus held ground, along with Ross Denton, whom soon ran headfirst into one of the bombers Supernova shots. This seemed to alert a Pirate cargo ship of our presense, which would cause problems very soon. However, as the pirate bomber began to attack our vessels, they probably figured that it was a mistake, as we critically damaged the hull, before a heavily armed and armored Pirate transport arrived, and decided to make us its prey. Completely outgunned, we were forced to take refuge within the defensive field of Freeport four.
We held in there for quite a while, before I decided to take the risk and undock after receiving a transmission that another escort pilot was en-route, unfortunately, this meant that I was unaware of the damaged memory banks, and hence, lost a good deal of the following cam shots. Undocking, the space around the station was clear, and we held, till the pilot, Katie Harrison arrived at the base. From there, we headed towards LD-14, and sold the boron. During this time, I was contacted by a miner whom proposed a ore deal, which we subsequently accepted, changing our course with the Mox from the battleship Derby to the battleship Essex. Unloading the fuel for the reactors there, the Apollo made headway for the coordinates H4, where the miner was located.
As we arrived, and completed the transaction, a Corsair gunboat decided to tractor in a bit of the ore, and demand that I pay it 6 million credits. I declined this offer, and hired a nearby Mercenary whom had just offered their services, and began to destroy the gunboat, with the assistance of the Merc and Katie. Soon after, a Mining ship decided that enough was enough, and began to assist us against the gunboat. The combined firepower of the four ships tore apart the Corsair rather quickly. The Merc was paid, and we continued our voyage back to Detroit, with its ever so high price on gold ore.
Here, we encountered another ship attempting piracy on the Apollo, however, Ms. Harrison managed to delay, and subsequently, hold off the bomber from catching to our vessel. Now escort less, we decided to take the long trip around to New York through Ontario, which proved to be safer, with no more unwarranted encounters, the ore was dropped off, and we called it a day. Not sure what happened after the escort stopped the pilot though, was a few systems off.
Overall, it was a very long day, with a good deal of variety in events. That's about it, signing off.
Full Name: [color=#FF9900]Katie Harrison Ships Name:Katie H. S619, Aphrodite T817 Ship Class:Falcon, Stork Rank:Senor Employee
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Yesterday was interesting. I heard Apollo was flying around Liberty, and decided to go bug him for an escort job. After a few words, he accepted, and we made our way to Bretonia with a load of Boron. Halfway there, he mentions that he came in contact with somebody from Dublin who would sell us some ore. So we quickly offloaded the Boron on LD-14, grabbed some MOX, and offloaded on the Essex. We flew towards the field, and found the miner, a tiny Basalt, surrounded by a field of Gold. Right when we arrived, so did a Corsair Gunboat, immediately filling its hold with our gold, and demanding 6 million credits from Apollo! I wasn't going to stand for this! So Apollo got some help from a passing merc, and we blew that sucker to smithereens! We payed the merc, then went on our way. We started makig our way towards Leeds, when -another- pirate showed up tried to rob us! I stalled him just long enough for Apollo to get away. The pirate then turned to me, and demanded this and that and bla bla bla. I told him to stuff it, and immediately opened fire. I had the advantage in the fight, and almost immedietly started beating his hull down. But, as always, I got too cocky on one joust and he managed to hit a supernova on my hull, destroying the entire ship save the escape pod.
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Here's my report for today. Got up and took the Aphrodite and moved it away from Denver, talked to Apollo for a bit before reaching Stokes, where I was -supposed- to be meating some Kusari Navel Forces pilot about getting some more hull reinforcements, but he didn't show. So I then parked the Aphrodite on LD-14, and took a shuttle to New York where I jumped into my Falcon.
Once in New York, I met up with Theodus, Hermes, Hephaestus, and Ross. After sitting around Manhatten waiting for everyone to regroup, we picked up some Robotic Componants and took them to Toronto Station. From Toronto, we took Platinum to Honshu. From Honshu, we took Optronics to Freidburg in Stuttgurt, and from there, Consumer Goods to Solaris in Omega 11. Things didn't really pick up until we got diamonds from Solaris and started making our way to Newcastle. When we got to Cambridge, we came across some blue...thing. I'm not sure what it was, but it gave me a raging headache, and I was wanting to blast it. Unfortunitely, Heph convinced me otherwise, and we continued on our way. We made it to Lancaster, got some alloys, and made our way back to New York. While passing through Leeds, I jumped in to find a Roc attempting to rob the convoy. Ross was already taking control of the situation, and engaged the pirate, allowing the convoy to escape. I started fighting too, but the Ross convinced me I would be a better help sticking to the convoy. I met up with the convoy in Magellan, and we continued on our way, Ross still dealing with the pirate. Things were quiet until we reached California, where I scouted ahead to find a Hacker Tagged Rogue Gunboat. Strangely enough, a Corsair Tagged Raven's Talon, which somehow was supporting Krakens, showed up, and distracted the Hacker enough for us to slip through. We then made our way to Baltimore, and decided to part ways, most of the convoy packing it in for the day. Oh, and the pirate from Leeds decided to send me some death threats, I'll upload them at the end of the report.
I decided to take a trip to Norfolk, for some annoying pilot was screaming over system comms about codename weapons. I get there, and he asks for a ridiculous price for them. So I start to take off, and the insolent rat opens fire on me! I manage to down his shields, then he disappears into Norfolk's bays. We repeated this fashion for awhile, him undocking from the station and me showing him not to mess with me, until he finally for the idea to stay on the station. Shortly after, a battle erupted closeby, and I wandered over to watch. It was an exciting battle, a bunch of Bounty Hunters against a Hacker and Outcast. The LNS Oakland was nearby, shooting missiles in the midst of battle. After the battle started slowing down, and the Outcast was alone against 4 hunters, Oakland fires two missiles into the furball, but they somehow lock onto -me-! I don't even remember hearing the siren until I was in my pod, screaming at the captain's idiocy. I ended up blacking out, and waking up on Solaris Staion, where I am now. Katie Harrison, signing off.
I launched from Leeds with Hull Panels and found that Hermes and Theodus from Transport Division and Ross Denton along with Katie H. from Security were flying nearby. We uplinked and created a new comm node. To keep things organised I temporarily assumed control of the convoy and set a meeting point in New York, where our security division has been already lurking.
We have decided to try out new business opportunities which involved flying nearly all around Sirius.
Our estimated path: Liberty - Kusari - Rheinland - Bretonia and back to Liberty. Quite a long way to go.
We started with Manhattan and visited the central commodity dealer - we were picking up lots of Robotic Components. After successful loading and a bit of waiting, we were ready to go. By the way we've got a volunteer Freelancer that offered his services in escorting us. However, he left us in Colorado. Something related to his engines, I assume.
We flied to Ontario without any incidents - though going through a jumphole is a bit scary, I'll give you that. At Toronto Station we dropped off our Robotic Components and striked a new deal getting us a lot of Platinum to deliver. This one was to delivered to Honshu. However, there was one incident.
Upon reaching Shinagawa Station Ross alerted us of a hostile contact approaching. This was a very strange outcast named Angela Corino. It had no hostile intention but there was something waaay wrong with it. I don't think the weaponry on this ship was human. It left in a hurry leaving us confused.
The rest of the road to Honshu was incidentless. Down on the planet we successfully sold our load and obtained a new set of Optronics that needed delivery to Freiburg Station in Stuttgart - just as planned.
We reached Freiburg with no trouble, either. We sold off our Optronics and bought a bunch of Consumer Goods. That's where the fun begins.
Those Goods were to be delivered to Omega-11, famed by it's immense radiation and pirates. However, we made it through again. Selling goods on Solarius Station, we've picked up a load of very precious Diamonds. The next part of the route could be very dangerous - we had to go through distant Omega space. Good thing we've had our security along. However, we've only met [RHA]Panzer who seemingly was occupied with other matters.
Further on our way another little incident happened. We've met a strange being. Within 5 minutes most of us received a headache to and we've thought that it'd be best if we just leave it alone. Rest of the path to Newcastle, Scarborough Station was without any pirates and whatnot.
We've bought a load of Super Alloy to be delivered to Baltimore. Agreeing to that, we've went back to Leeds. But, right on the first lane, we've met a pirate, That.Littel.Rat. He instantly demanded the cash to be handed over without taking in consideration the size of the convoy and the amount of security. Shortly after he opened fire on my Hephaestus which held his ground quite nicely. Ross and Katie got on disrupting and shooting him, and at one point, when pirate's Cruise Disruptor didn't track on me, I managed to get away. Hephaestus sustained minor damage, save one of the gun cameras. Therefore a large part of my pictures is unavailible.
Ross got on shooting the pirate, Katie grabbed the rest of the convoy along. In California we've met a Lane Hacker Gunboat named "Lurker". However, it got involved in turf wars and ignored the trains.
In New York we've had no troubles and unloaded the Alloy, getting a neat profit. I've sent some cash to the escorts for their trouble and asked others to do so.
In overall, after checking this business opportunity out my opinion would be that this route is waaaay too long for quite tiny profit. It's somewhat around 28 million per full loop, which takes more than an hour I'd say.
Full Name:Theodus Krantz Ships Name:Theodus |T86 Ship Class:Large Train Rank:Employee
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My report of yesterday's work will be a long one, it started in Bretonia, i was at Southampton Shipyard for the last repairs at my ship so i decided as mi first route to take some goods to Rheinland so i loaded mining machinery for Freaistadt back in Omega 7, after unloading it i was contacted by the Rock&Roll, a Daumann mining ship who offered me a nice bargain, so i payed him, grabbed the silver ore and started my route to kusari for dropping it, luckly for me a merchant warned me about pirates on the road, so after giving him a generous tip for the info i contacted a friendly BH in New Tokyo who stalled the Hogosha while i was dropping the ore and lading some Quantum Multiplexors for the guys back in New york.
As my second route i did a simple one, i took Boron to the miners of LD-14 and from there i brought MOX back to NY, nothing special to add, even if usually there is a high pirate presence on the route i saw only a strange one who probaly had just stolen a ship from the junkers, luckly for me that one didn't had any request so i simply continued my travel.
As my third route i had to go again back in Rheinland since one of my contractors was a little angry, i forgot the goods i ordered there when i loaded the silver ore instead, i brought Luxury Goods to New London and there i loaded mining machinery, but instead of taking them directly to omega space i exchanged them for smelted gold back in dublin even if it took a little extra on the deal, since the reports of pirate activity were increasing i hired a guard, an old war veteran called Austin Goodman, he did a very professional work escorting me to Fraknfurt, there i received a call by Mrs Katie on the Aprhodite and we decided to start a convoy, so i started my way back passing throught rheinland to avoid the blockade with my Luxury Food load, after dismissing Mr Goodman i unloaded my cargo at planet Denver in Colorado system and i joined the now growing convoy.
The convoy route was quite long and in the end not profit effective for the time it took to complete it, we took Robotic Components for the smelters of the Toronto Station in Ontario, there we bought Platinum ingots for Honshu's industries where we bought Optronics, those precious computers where sold in Stuggart.
At Freiburg Station we loaded some overpriced consumer goods for the guys in Omega-11, quite a nasty place i'd say, we even met a guy who had his external hull almost melted by the background radiation, the only reason for going there where the precious Diamonds that the miners extract from the fields, as side note i must note that all my external cams where burned in the system, i couldn't even take any record of a pseudo-organic being we met on the road, a strage thing indeed, our guards Katie and Ross acted in a strangely hostile way against him but well all immediately got a feeling of pain and we preferred to bail off.
At newcastle we sold the diamonds and bought Super Alloy, we headed to New york and docked safely even if we faced a hostile rodent on the road, i payed Ross five Millions to take care of such a impertinent fool, after that we encoutered another one, a strange Corsair ship named a_hostile_vessel who harassed me in the past, he was blasted by a rival in the end, even if Katie tried to do that personally, after docking i checked my Neural Net bank account and i found thet the route got me around 20-25M.
Full Name: [color=#FF9900]Buck Murry Ships Name:Hermes|T304 Ship Class:Crane Rank:Employee
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I started my yesterday shipping from the New York system transporting Baron from planet petersburg to the LD-14 outpost in the Leeds system then taking a load of Hull Panels to the south Hampton shipyard, and it was a smoth sail.
After i joind up with Theodus, Hephaestus and our escort Ross and Katie, we decided to take a long run that would take us from the Liberty system to the Kusari and Rhienland system, then to the Omegas 11,5 and 3 systems which then lead to the Bretonian system and finaly coming back to our starting point in the New York system. The run was very profitable but it wasn't without incident, we encounterd a few hostile and was engage by one though we didn't losse anyone one of our transport sufferd small fire damge but the transport manged to escape, after a few minutes our escort Ross took down the pirate very easly and we enterd New York system without any problems.