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<td>[[Waterloo Station]]</td>
<td>[[Planet Los Angeles]]</td>
<td>[[Interspace Commerce]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Police, Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[New London]]</td>
<td>[[California]]</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Norfolk Shipyard]]</td>
<td>[[Newark Station]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Navy]]</td>
<td>[[Interspace Commerce]]</td>
<td>[[New York]]</td>
<td>[[New York]]</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Canterbury Station]]</td>
<td>[[Planet Gran Canaria]]</td>
<td>[[Planetform, Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[Zoners]]</td>
<td>[[New London]]</td>
<td>[[Omega-48]]</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
<td>Omega Edge Worlds</td>
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<td>[[Baltimore Shipyard]]</td>
<td>[[Elbe Border Fortress]]</td>
<td>[[Deep Space Engineering]]</td>
<td>[[Rheinland Federal Police]]</td>
<td>[[New York]]</td>
<td>[[Omega-7]]</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
<td>Omega Border Worlds</td>
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<td>[[Battlecruiser Yellowstone]]</td>
<td>[[Planet Baden Baden]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Navy]]</td>
<td>[[Orbital Spa & Cruise]]</td>
<td>[[California]]</td>
<td>[[Stuttgart]]</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
<td>Rheinland</td>
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<td>[[Fort Bush]]</td>
<td>[[Kensington Shipping Platform]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Police, Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[Gateway Shipping]]</td>
<td>[[New York]]</td>
<td>[[New London]]</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Battleship Norfolk]]</td>
<td>[[Bretonia Armed Forces]]</td>
<td>[[Cambridge]]</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
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<td>[[Freeport 1]]</td>
<td>[[Waterloo Station]]</td>
<td>[[Zoners]]</td>
<td>[[Interspace Commerce]]</td>
<td>[[Omega-3]]</td>
<td>Omega Border Worlds</td>
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<td>[[Belvedere Refinery]]</td>
<td>[[ALG Waste Disposal]]</td>
<td>[[New London]]</td>
<td>[[New London]]</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
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<td>[[Nansei Research Complex]]</td>
<td>[[Fort Bush]]</td>
<td>[[Kusari Office of Intelligence]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Police, Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[Kyushu]]</td>
<td>[[New York]]</td>
<td>Kusari</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Planet New Berlin]]</td>
<td>[[Planet Stuttgart]]</td>
<td>[[Rheinland Federal Police]]</td>
<td>[[Rheinland Federal Police]]</td>
<td>[[New Berlin]]</td>
<td>[[Stuttgart]]</td>
<td>Rheinland</td>
<td>Rheinland</td>
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<td>[[Planet California Minor]]</td>
<td>[[Portsmouth Shipyard]]</td>
<td>[[Planetform, Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[Bretonia Mining & Manufacturing]]</td>
<td>[[California]]</td>
<td>[[Cambridge]]</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
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<td>[[Elbe Border Fortress]]</td>
<td>[[Bonn Station]]</td>
<td>[[Rheinland Federal Police]]</td>
<td>[[Interspace Commerce]]</td>
<td>[[Omega-7]]</td>
<td>[[New Berlin]]</td>
<td>Omega Border Worlds</td>
<td>Rheinland</td>
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<td>[[Portsmouth Shipyard]]</td>
<td>[[Freiburg Station]]</td>
<td>[[Bretonia Mining & Manufacturing]]</td>
<td>[[Imperial Shipping]]</td>
<td>[[Cambridge]]</td>
<td>[[Stuttgart]]</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
<td>Rheinland</td>
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<td>[[Planet Los Angeles]]</td>
<td>[[Freeport 1]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Police, Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[Zoners]]</td>
<td>[[California]]</td>
<td>[[Omega-3]]</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
<td>Omega Border Worlds</td>
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<td>[[Planet Curacao]]</td>
<td>[[Planet New Berlin]]</td>
<td>[[Orbital Spa & Cruise]]</td>
<td>[[Rheinland Federal Police]]</td>
<td>[[Cortez]]</td>
<td>[[New Berlin]]</td>
<td>Independent</td>
<td>Rheinland</td>
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<td>[[Planet Cambridge]]</td>
<td>[[Freeport 6]]</td>
<td>[[Bretonia Police]]</td>
<td>[[Zoners]]</td>
<td>[[Cambridge]]</td>
<td>[[Tau-29]]</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
<td>Tau Border Worlds</td>
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<td>[[Planet Yuma]]</td>
<td>[[Versailles Station]]</td>
<td>[[Crayter Republic]]</td>
<td>[[IDF Shipping]]</td>
<td>[[Coronado]]</td>
<td>[[Ile-de-France]]</td>
<td>Independent</td>
<td>Gallia</td>
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<td>[[Battleship Missouri]]</td>
<td>[[Detroit Munitions]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Navy]]</td>
<td>[[Ageira Technologies]]</td>
<td>[[New York]]</td>
<td>[[New York]]</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Planet Kyushu]]</td>
<td>[[Planet Denver]]</td>
<td>[[Kusari State Police]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Police, Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[Kyushu]]</td>
<td>[[Colorado]]</td>
<td>Kusari</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Portsmouth Drydock]]</td>
<td>[[Willard Research Station]]</td>
<td>[[Bretonia Mining & Manufacturing]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Navy]]</td>
<td>[[Cambridge]]</td>
<td>[[California]]</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Luxury Liner Shetland]]</td>
<td>[[Halifax Freeport]]</td>
<td>[[Orbital Spa & Cruise]]</td>
<td>[[Freelancers]]</td>
<td>[[Newcastle]]</td>
<td>[[Leeds]]</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
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<td>[[Holman Outpost]]</td>
<td>[[Battlecruiser Yellowstone]]</td>
<td>[[Independent Miners Guild]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Navy]]</td>
<td>[[Tau-31]]</td>
<td>[[California]]</td>
<td>Tau Border Worlds</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Heaton Mining Station]]</td>
<td>[[Planet New London]]</td>
<td>[[Planetform, Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[Bretonia Police]]</td>
<td>[[Newcastle]]</td>
<td>[[New London]]</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
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<td>[[Narita Outpost]]</td>
<td>[[Kagoshima Depot]]</td>
<td>[[Kusari State Police]]</td>
<td>[[Farmers Alliance]]</td>
<td>[[New Tokyo]]</td>
<td>[[Kyushu]]</td>
<td>Kusari</td>
<td>Kusari</td>
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<td>[[Sheffield Station]]</td>
<td>[[South Shields Refinery]]</td>
<td>[[Bounty Hunters Guild]]</td>
<td>[[Independent Miners Guild]]</td>
<td>[[Manchester]]</td>
<td>[[Newcastle]]</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
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<td>[[Planet Baden Baden]]</td>
<td>[[Baltimore Shipyard]]</td>
<td>[[Orbital Spa & Cruise]]</td>
<td>[[Deep Space Engineering]]</td>
<td>[[Stuttgart]]</td>
<td>[[New York]]</td>
<td>Rheinland</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Perth Station]]</td>
<td>[[Valley Forge Flight School]]</td>
<td>[[Bretonia Armed Forces]]</td>
<td>[[Interspace Commerce]]</td>
<td>[[Edinburgh]]</td>
<td>[[Pennsylvania]]</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Pueblo Station]]</td>
<td>[[West Point Military Academy]]</td>
<td>[[Ageira Technologies]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Navy]]</td>
<td>[[Colorado]]</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Newark Station]]</td>
<td>[[Interspace Commerce]]</td>
<td>[[New York]]</td>
<td>[[New York]]</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Freeport 6]]</td>
<td>[[Lewes Shipping Platform]]</td>
<td>[[Zoners]]</td>
<td>[[Gateway Shipping]]</td>
<td>[[Tau-29]]</td>
<td>[[Tau-31]]</td>
<td>Tau Border Worlds</td>
<td>Tau Border Worlds</td>
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<td>[[Planet New Tokyo]]</td>
<td>[[Planet Curacao]]</td>
<td>[[Kusari State Police]]</td>
<td>[[Orbital Spa & Cruise]]</td>
<td>[[New Tokyo]]</td>
<td>[[Cortez]]</td>
<td>Kusari</td>
<td>Independent</td>
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<td>[[Freistadt Base]]</td>
<td>[[Nansei Research Complex]]</td>
<td>[[Independent Miners Guild]]</td>
<td>[[Kusari Office of Intelligence]]</td>
<td>[[Omega-7]]</td>
<td>[[Kyushu]]</td>
<td>Omega Border Worlds</td>
<td>Kusari</td>
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<td>[[Planet Manhattan]]</td>
<td>[[Oder Shipyard]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Police, Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[Daumann Heavy Construction]]</td>
<td>[[New York]]</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Halifax Freeport]]</td>
<td>[[Freelancers]]</td>
<td>[[Leeds]]</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
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<td>[[Bonn Station]]</td>
<td>[[Interspace Commerce]]</td>
<td>[[New Berlin]]</td>
<td>[[New Berlin]]</td>
<td>Rheinland</td>
<td>Rheinland</td>
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<td>[[Roppongi Wreck]]</td>
<td>[[Interspace Commerce]]</td>
<td>[[New Tokyo]]</td>
<td>Kusari</td>
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<td>[[Planet Gran Canaria]]</td>
<td>[[Portsmouth Drydock]]</td>
<td>[[Zoners]]</td>
<td>[[Bretonia Mining & Manufacturing]]</td>
<td>[[Omega-48]]</td>
<td>[[Cambridge]]</td>
<td>Omega Edge Worlds</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
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<td>[[Valley Forge Flight School]]</td>
<td>[[Planet Yuma]]</td>
<td>[[Interspace Commerce]]</td>
<td>[[Crayter Republic]]</td>
<td>[[Pennsylvania]]</td>
<td>[[Coronado]]</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
<td>Independent</td>
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<td>[[Versailles Station]]</td>
<td>[[Planet Kyushu]]</td>
<td>[[IDF Shipping]]</td>
<td>[[Kusari State Police]]</td>
<td>[[Ile-de-France]]</td>
<td>[[Kyushu]]</td>
<td>Gallia</td>
<td>Kusari</td>
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<td>[[Planet Stuttgart]]</td>
<td>[[Planet Manhattan]]</td>
<td>[[Rheinland Federal Police]]</td>
<td>[[Stuttgart]]</td>
<td>Rheinland</td>
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<td>[[Planet Denver]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Police, Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Police, Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[Colorado]]</td>
<td>[[New York]]</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Lewes Shipping Platform]]</td>
<td>[[Battleship Norfolk]]</td>
<td>[[Gateway Shipping]]</td>
<td>[[Bretonia Armed Forces]]</td>
<td>[[Tau-31]]</td>
<td>[[Cambridge]]</td>
<td>Tau Border Worlds</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
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<td>[[Freiburg Station]]</td>
<td>[[Planet California Minor]]</td>
<td>[[Imperial Shipping]]</td>
<td>[[Planetform, Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[Stuttgart]]</td>
<td>[[California]]</td>
<td>Rheinland</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Oder Shipyard]]</td>
<td>[[Perth Station]]</td>
<td>[[Daumann Heavy Construction]]</td>
<td>[[Bretonia Armed Forces]]</td>
<td>[[New Berlin]]</td>
<td>[[Edinburgh]]</td>
<td>Rheinland</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
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<td>[[Planet New London]]</td>
<td>[[Belvedere Refinery]]</td>
<td>[[Bretonia Police]]</td>
<td>[[ALG Waste Disposal]]</td>
<td>[[New London]]</td>
<td>[[New London]]</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
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<td>[[Kagoshima Depot]]</td>
<td>[[Heaton Mining Station]]</td>
<td>[[Farmers Alliance]]</td>
<td>[[Planetform, Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[Kyushu]]</td>
<td>[[Newcastle]]</td>
<td>Kusari</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
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<td>[[Freistadt Base]]</td>
<td>[[Independent Miners Guild]]</td>
<td>[[Omega-7]]</td>
<td>Omega Border Worlds</td>
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<td>[[Battleship Missouri]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Navy]]</td>
<td>[[New York]]</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Luxury Liner Shetland]]</td>
<td>[[Orbital Spa & Cruise]]</td>
<td>[[Newcastle]]</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
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<td>[[West Point Military Academy]]</td>
<td>[[Canterbury Station]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Navy]]</td>
<td>[[Planetform, Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[New York]]</td>
<td>[[New London]]</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
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<td>[[Planet New Tokyo]]</td>
<td>[[Kusari State Police]]</td>
<td>[[New Tokyo]]</td>
<td>Kusari</td>
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<td>[[Detroit Munitions]]</td>
<td>[[Pueblo Station]]</td>
<td>[[Ageira Technologies]]</td>
<td>[[Ageira Technologies]]</td>
<td>[[New York]]</td>
<td>[[Colorado]]</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Kensington Shipping Platform]]</td>
<td>[[Roppongi Wreck]]</td>
<td>[[Gateway Shipping]]</td>
<td>[[Interspace Commerce]]</td>
<td>[[New London]]</td>
<td>[[New Tokyo]]</td>
<td>Kusari</td>
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<td>[[Sheffield Station]]</td>
<td>[[Bounty Hunters Guild]]</td>
<td>[[Manchester]]</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
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<td>[[South Shields Refinery]]</td>
<td>[[Narita Outpost]]</td>
<td>[[Independent Miners Guild]]</td>
<td>[[Kusari State Police]]</td>
<td>[[Newcastle]]</td>
<td>[[New Tokyo]]</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
<td>Kusari</td>
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<td>[[Willard Research Station]]</td>
<td>[[Norfolk Shipyard]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Navy]]</td>
<td>[[Liberty Navy]]</td>
<td>[[California]]</td>
<td>[[New York]]</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
<td>Liberty</td>
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<td>[[Holman Outpost]]</td>
<td>[[Independent Miners Guild]]</td>
<td>[[Tau-31]]</td>
<td>Tau Border Worlds</td>
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<td>[[New Berlin]]</td>
<td>[[New Berlin]]</td>
<td>Rheinland</td>
<td>Rheinland</td>
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<td>[[Planet Cambridge]]</td>
<td>[[Bretonia Police]]</td>
<td>[[Cambridge]]</td>
<td>Bretonia</td>
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<ul><li>I always feel uncomfortable here -- this is Bowex territory. You can almost feel the stuffy arrogance of this place. It reeks of the Bretonian aristocrats that won't let go of our country. BMM and Bowex -- what a pair.<p>
<ul><li>Gateway is in partnership with the IMG, Bowex with BMM. Until we came along, BMM had IMG in a stranglehold since Bowex would refuse to ship their products in many cases, and they simply didn't have the means to ship goods themselves. We've had a rough time ourselves, since Bowex has powerful government connections that insure them many exclusive contracts with the Armed Forces and Police Authority. <p>


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<li>Gateway actually has very limited business on New London. We ship in Silver from our main base at Kensington by the planet Dover. We buy some basic commodities such as Food, Water, Oxygen and Basic Alloys. We also ship Mining Machinery to the IMG in Dublin and Cambridge. <p>
<li>I always feel uncomfortable here -- this is Bowex territory. You can almost feel the stuffy arrogance of this place. It reeks of the Bretonian aristocrats that won't let go of our country. BMM and Bowex -- what a pair.<p>


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<li>Gateway is in partnership with the IMG, Bowex with BMM. Until we came along, BMM had IMG in a stranglehold since Bowex would refuse to ship their products in many cases, and they simply didn't have the means to ship goods themselves. We've had a rough time ourselves, since Bowex has powerful government connections that insure them many exclusive contracts with the Armed Forces and Police Authority. <p>
<li>Gateway actually has very limited business on New London. We ship in Silver from our main base at Kensington by the planet Dover. We buy some basic commodities such as Food, Water, Oxygen and Basic Alloys. We also ship Mining Machinery to the IMG in Dublin and Cambridge. <p>


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<ul><li>Silver is brought in from the IMG base in Omega-7, Freistadt. Then we ship it out to New London and the terraforming folks. Silver is used in cloudseeding, electronics and jewelry making, so there are a lot of places with a demand for it. <p>
<ul><li>Bowex is far too reliant on their government contracts. They have forgotten how to be efficient, and that will be their downfall. Gateway doesn't rely on bribes and other dirty tricks. We simply outperform those fossils. <p>


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<li>Gateway and the IMG are partners. We haul their minerals and supplies to distant markets. ALG has recently joined our partnership, enabling us to expand into Rheinland and take on the Daumann-Republican monopoly, which is eerily similar to our own BMM-Bowex road block. None of them are too happy with our competition. <p>
<li>One of the key aims of our partnership with IMG is to get along with as many of the criminal factions as we can, thereby lowering our operating costs in the Border Worlds, which will comprise the bulk of future mineral discoveries in the sector. BMM and Bowex take a much harder line, which hurts them with factions like the Mollys and Red Hessians. <p>


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<li>Our two big cargos for long-range runs to Liberty are Beryllium and Gold. That Gold attracts a lot of attention, especially in the Independent Worlds, although the Corsairs have begun to hit us just outside the base here. Luckily the Police Authority always has a few patrols close by. <p>
<li>We'd like to get more involved in the Luxury Goods and Food trade, but Bowex has a lock on that. Its exclusive military and police supply contracts are the worst because they make the Bretonian government pay through the nose. That's what you get with centuries of no competition. The Police Authority wizened up and has started to use us for their operations in Poole. Once we show the government how efficient we are, I reckon not even those Bowex lobbyists will be able to hold us at bay. <p>


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<li>I used to haul H-fuel from the Hokkaido system, but now that Leeds is blockaded, I'm trying to find decent routes into Rheinland and Liberty. Although our corporation can go into Kusari again, it's a long haul to go around the Taus to get there. <p>
<li>Gateway delivers goods throughout Sirius. It is ironic that we're most restricted in our own home, Bretonia. BMM prefers to deal with Bowex, as do most of the government organisation. The Police Authority is more pragmatic however, and have begun a trial with us to see how we work. <p>


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<li>I tried my hand at smuggling recently, heading up through Newcastle to try and sneak through to Tau-31. My little freighter was spotted instantly, and I had to make a run for it back through the Newcastle jump hole. Those Gallic pilots have got far more agile ships then the Mollys and Outcasts ever did. <p>
<li>I used to haul H-fuel from the Hokkaido system, but now that Leeds is blockaded, I'm trying to find decent routes into Rheinland and Liberty. Although our corporation can go into Kusari again, it's a long haul to go around the Taus to get there. <p>


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<li>We'd like to get more involved in the Luxury Goods and Food trade, but Bowex has a lock on that. Its exclusive military and police supply contracts are the worst because they make the Bretonian government pay through the nose. That's what you get with centuries of no competition. The Police Authority wizened up and has started to use us for their operations in Poole. Once we show the government how efficient we are, I reckon not even those Bowex lobbyists will be able to hold us at bay. <p>
<li>Our two big cargos for long-range runs to Liberty are Beryllium and Gold. That Gold attracts a lot of attention, especially in the Independent Worlds, although the Corsairs have begun to hit us just outside the base here. Luckily the Police Authority always has a few patrols close by. <p>


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<li>Kensington distributes Consumer Goods throughout Bretonia. Planets, space stations, depots, wherever there is a Bretonian, you'll find us supplying him or her with the finest little necessities of life. It isn't as lucrative as Luxuary Goods, but you're not as attractive a target for pirates either. <p>
<li>This is Gateway's home base and hub for our shipping operations throughout the Sirius Sector. Bowex made sure that we couldn't use London itself as our base. We've adapted okay. It's actually a little more centrally located - transports coming from Liberty always pass by Kensington if they do business in New London or Cambridge. <p>


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<li>Gateway delivers goods throughout Sirius. It is ironic that we're most restricted in our own home, Bretonia. BMM prefers to deal with Bowex, as do most of the government organisation. The Police Authority is more pragmatic however, and have begun a trial with us to see how we work. <p>
<li>I tried my hand at smuggling recently, heading up through Newcastle to try and sneak through to Tau-31. My little freighter was spotted instantly, and I had to make a run for it back through the Newcastle jump hole. Those Gallic pilots have got far more agile ships then the Mollys and Outcasts ever did. <p>


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<li>Gateway handles the supply of most IMG bases in and around Bretonia. We also handle cargo runs from various ALG bases which Republican refuses to do. Republican and Daumann have attempted to keep ALG in a stranglehold, much in the same way that Bowex and BMM tried to keep the IMG in a stranglehold. Now that the three of us are cooperating, that practise no longer works. <p>
<li>Silver is brought in from the IMG base in Omega-7, Freistadt. Then we ship it out to New London and the terraforming folks. Silver is used in cloudseeding, electronics and jewelry making, so there are a lot of places with a demand for it. <p>


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<li>Bowex is far too reliant on their government contracts. They have forgotten how to be efficient, and that will be their downfall. Gateway doesn't rely on bribes and other dirty tricks. We simply outperform those fossils. <p>
<li>Gateway and the IMG are partners. We haul their minerals and supplies to distant markets. ALG has recently joined our partnership, enabling us to expand into Rheinland and take on the Daumann-Republican monopoly, which is eerily similar to our own BMM-Bowex road block. None of them are too happy with our competition. <p>


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<li>One of the key aims of our partnership with IMG is to get along with as many of the criminal factions as we can, thereby lowering our operating costs in the Border Worlds, which will comprise the bulk of future mineral discoveries in the sector. BMM and Bowex take a much harder line, which hurts them with factions like the Mollys and Red Hessians. <p>
<li>Kensington distributes Consumer Goods throughout Bretonia. Planets, space stations, depots, wherever there is a Bretonian, you'll find us supplying him or her with the finest little necessities of life. It isn't as lucrative as Luxuary Goods, but you're not as attractive a target for pirates either. <p>


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<li>This is Gateway's home base and hub for our shipping operations throughout the Sirius Sector. Bowex made sure that we couldn't use London itself as our base. We've adapted okay. It's actually a little more centrally located - transports coming from Liberty always pass by Kensington if they do business in New London or Cambridge. <p>
<li>Gateway handles the supply of most IMG bases in and around Bretonia. We also handle cargo runs from various ALG bases which Republican refuses to do. Republican and Daumann have attempted to keep ALG in a stranglehold, much in the same way that Bowex and BMM tried to keep the IMG in a stranglehold. Now that the three of us are cooperating, that practise no longer works. <p>


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<li>I'm on the Kensington circuit. We usually import H-Fuel or Gold. On the outbound trip it could be Luxury Food or Pharmaceuticals. We don't make a lot of profit, but it's a fairly safe trip, since you don't need to cross a Borderworld to get where you need to be. <p>
<li>From Cambridge the Trade Lanes get much more difficult. I'm heading out to the IMG's Freistadt Station in Omega 7. We ship Pharmaceuticals and Basic Alloys there. That's if the Hessians or Corsairs don't intercept me first. <p>


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<li>From Cambridge the Trade Lanes get much more difficult. I'm heading out to the IMG's Freistadt Station in Omega 7. We ship Pharmaceuticals and Basic Alloys there. That's if the Hessians or Corsairs don't intercept me first. <p>
<li>I'm on the Kensington circuit. We usually import H-Fuel or Gold. On the outbound trip it could be Luxury Food or Pharmaceuticals. We don't make a lot of profit, but it's a fairly safe trip, since you don't need to cross a Borderworld to get where you need to be. <p>


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<ul><li>Gateway delivers several basic commodities to this ship and other bases in the region. Water and Oxygen come in from the South Shields refinery, since we can't use anything from Carlisle for some reason. Biohazard, the grapevine says. Food has to be shipped in from Cambridge for the same reason. <p>
<ul><li>Gateway hasn't gotten any serious contracts with the military. That is fine with me, I didn't sign up for combat duty, I'm a merchant. Hauling soldiers and weapons around just paints a big bullseye on your hull. Every Gallic, Outcast, Corsair and Molly raider will be on your tail. <p>


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<li>Gateway hasn't gotten any serious contracts with the military. That is fine with me, I didn't sign up for combat duty, I'm a merchant. Hauling soldiers and weapons around just paints a big bullseye on your hull. Every Gallic, Outcast, Corsair and Molly raider will be on your tail. <p>
<li>Well, I say. The boys who ran this ship certainly have a bit of cleaning up to do. But what a fine job they did in bringing her home. I hear it drifted into Dublin in the end - they can be glad the Corsairs or Mollys didn't happen upon her first. Now that would have been a tragedy. <p>


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<li>Well, I say. The boys who ran this ship certainly have a bit of cleaning up to do. But what a fine job they did in bringing her home. I hear it drifted into Dublin in the end - they can be glad the Corsairs or Mollys didn't happen upon her first. Now that would have been a tragedy. <p>
<li>Gateway delivers several basic commodities to this ship and other bases in the region. Water and Oxygen come in from the South Shields refinery, since we can't use anything from Carlisle for some reason. Biohazard, the grapevine says. Food has to be shipped in from Cambridge for the same reason. <p>


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<li>"End of the line", that's what most of the Armed Forces call this station. It is fitting, that the northernmost outpost in Bretonian space is now an IMG station. Still, the chaps here do good work by producing a little H-fuel, some Hydrocarbons, and enough Water and Oxygen to sate the needs of everyone in the system. It saves the Armed Forces from having to have that hauled from New London. <p>
<li>I'll be headed to the Shetland next with a cargo of fresh water. Gallic and Molly attacks make the journey quite dangerous, even with such a low value cargo. Gallia just wants to see Bretonia burn. The Mollys aren't much better than that. It's a shame the IMG chose to remain neutral in the conflict with Gallia. This station isn't in a bad spot to base fighter patrols out of, to counter those Gauls that are coming out of the Tau-31 system via the Jump Hole. It's mostly strikecraft, the asteroid fields on both sides are a pain to navigate, or so the IMG chaps tell me. They must have used that path before. <p>


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<li>I'll be headed to the Shetland next with a cargo of fresh water. Gallic and Molly attacks make the journey quite dangerous, even with such a low value cargo. Gallia just wants to see Bretonia burn. The Mollys aren't much better than that. It's a shame the IMG chose to remain neutral in the conflict with Gallia. This station isn't in a bad spot to base fighter patrols out of, to counter those Gauls that are coming out of the Tau-31 system via the Jump Hole. It's mostly strikecraft, the asteroid fields on both sides are a pain to navigate, or so the IMG chaps tell me. They must have used that path before. <p>
<li>"End of the line", that's what most of the Armed Forces call this station. It is fitting, that the northernmost outpost in Bretonian space is now an IMG station. Still, the chaps here do good work by producing a little H-fuel, some Hydrocarbons, and enough Water and Oxygen to sate the needs of everyone in the system. It saves the Armed Forces from having to have that hauled from New London. <p>


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<li>The Bowex crews in the area are frothing at the bit about Gateway purchasing joint rights to the Bretonian transport franchise. The mighty Bretonian giant is having to sell contracts and rights to bail out debts, I've heard. Serves them right for war profiteering and biting off more than they could chew, if you ask me. <p>
<li>I make the shipping run to this base from Cambridge. When I come here, I bring Consumer Goods and H-Fuel. When I leave, I transport work Crews who were on leave here back to Cardiff or Planet Cambridge. You'd be surprised how often I get jumped by Corsairs. Aye, they're mean ones. Glad I don't have to tangle with those Hessians too. That would be too much. <p>


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<li>I make the shipping run to this base from Cambridge. When I come here, I bring Consumer Goods and H-Fuel. When I leave, I transport work Crews who were on leave here back to Cardiff or Planet Cambridge. You'd be surprised how often I get jumped by Corsairs. Aye, they're mean ones. Glad I don't have to tangle with those Hessians too. That would be too much. <p>
<li>The Bowex crews in the area are frothing at the bit about Gateway purchasing joint rights to the Bretonian transport franchise. The mighty Bretonian giant is having to sell contracts and rights to bail out debts, I've heard. Serves them right for war profiteering and biting off more than they could chew, if you ask me. <p>


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<ul><li>Much of the Silver that is mined here is shipped into Bretonia. Kensington has need of Silver, so we deliver. I enjoy going back into Bretonia, but surviving the trip is always a bit tricky. <p><p>
<ul><li>Copper and Cobalt is shipped to Dortmund. ALG will use its smelters to turn the raw ore into workable materials. If the miners here were more ambitious, they could do the same. <p><p>
 
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<li>Much of the Silver that is mined here is shipped into Bretonia. Kensington has need of Silver, so we deliver. I enjoy going back into Bretonia, but surviving the trip is always a bit tricky. <p><p>


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<li>One of Gateway's more lucrative runs to this base originates in Bonn. We ship Trade Lane Parts here and head back to Bonn with Silver and Copper. It can be quite dangerous since you can be attacked by two of the most vicious groups in all of Sirius. <p>
<li>One of Gateway's more lucrative runs to this base originates in Bonn. We ship Trade Lane Parts here and head back to Bonn with Silver and Copper. It can be quite dangerous since you can be attacked by two of the most vicious groups in all of Sirius. <p>
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<li>Copper and Cobalt is shipped to Dortmund. ALG will use its smelters to turn the raw ore into workable materials. If the miners here were more ambitious, they could do the same. <p><p>


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<li>This is the best layover you get on Gateway runs. We normally don't stop here much, but when we do, it's a nonstop party. <p>
<li>This is the only safe stop in this neck of the woods. Pretty rough on both sides in the clouds. I was stuck here once when the Trade Lane got taken down for a few days. I liked it so much that I try to come back at least once every few years with the missus. The sun's pretty hot though -- I always get burned.<p>


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<li>This is the only safe stop in this neck of the woods. Pretty rough on both sides in the clouds. I was stuck here once when the Trade Lane got taken down for a few days. I liked it so much that I try to come back at least once every few years with the missus. The sun's pretty hot though -- I always get burned.<p>
<li>This is the best layover you get on Gateway runs. We normally don't stop here much, but when we do, it's a nonstop party. <p>


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<ul><li>Even though this run is a dangerous one, we need to fulfill this contract with the Liberty Navy. When this company first began no one believed it would survive, but we grow stronger every day. <p>
<ul><li>The Robotics shipments we bring in from Omega-3 are a fight all the way to this station. First we have to fight the Hessians out of Omega-3. Once we hit the Bretonian Trade Lanes, we have to contend with the Mollies and Corsairs and in the Independent Worlds there's the Lane Hackers or whomever they've sold our cargo manifests to. Once we get into Liberty space, we have to fight the Rogues off.<p>


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<li>The Robotics shipments we bring in from Omega-3 are a fight all the way to this station. First we have to fight the Hessians out of Omega-3. Once we hit the Bretonian Trade Lanes, we have to contend with the Mollies and Corsairs and in the Independent Worlds there's the Lane Hackers or whomever they've sold our cargo manifests to. Once we get into Liberty space, we have to fight the Rogues off.<p>
<li>Even though this run is a dangerous one, we need to fulfill this contract with the Liberty Navy. When this company first began no one believed it would survive, but we grow stronger every day. <p>


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<ul><li>We ship Beryllium here from Java Station in Tau-23. Our transports have been coming under Xeno attack, but that is the price of being a shipping firm in Liberty space.<p>
<ul><li>We ship Beryllium to this base from Java. Our shipments are frequently attacked in the Independent Worlds; no doubt the goods that the criminals manage to steal will end up back in New York fenced by the Junkers. It's always fun losing cargo containers to Rogues only to get to buy them back from Junkers a few days later.<p>


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<li>We ship Beryllium to this base from Java. Our shipments are frequently attacked in the Independent Worlds; no doubt the goods that the criminals manage to steal will end up back in New York fenced by the Junkers. It's always fun losing cargo containers to Rogues only to get to buy them back from Junkers a few days later.<p>
<li>We ship Beryllium here from Java Station in Tau-23. Our transports have been coming under Xeno attack, but that is the price of being a shipping firm in Liberty space.<p>


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<ul><li>I've heard that some of the Rogues in this system have been tipped off about our Gold shipments to Fort Bush, not by the Lane Hackers but by Bowex. I wouldn't put it past those corporate bastards.<p>
<ul><li>Gold is brought from Dublin to Fort Bush for safe keeping. DSE uses it for wiring the ships built here.<p>


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<li>Gold is brought from Dublin to Fort Bush for safe keeping. DSE uses it for wiring the ships built here.<p>
<li>Bowex will tell you that we don't have the experience or expertise to be prominent shippers of Bretonian Commodities. But the truth is they realize what a threat we are to their firm. We do the same business they do, but for less. <p>


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<li>Bowex will tell you that we don't have the experience or expertise to be prominent shippers of Bretonian Commodities. But the truth is they realize what a threat we are to their firm. We do the same business they do, but for less. <p>
<li>I've heard that some of the Rogues in this system have been tipped off about our Gold shipments to Fort Bush, not by the Lane Hackers but by Bowex. I wouldn't put it past those corporate bastards.<p>


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<ul><li>You should see the faces of the miners at Graves when I dock with a load of Synth Paste. That look is just priceless.<p>
<ul><li>Gateway supplies most of the IMG bases in the Sirius Sector and hauls their products to market. Take Freeport 4 in Magellan, for example. We ship them their Food and H-Fuel. We bring Passengers back into Liberty, and Consumer Goods or Basic Alloy back here. Not a killer run, but it pays the bills.<p>


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<li>Gateway supplies most of the IMG bases in the Sirius Sector and hauls their products to market. Take Freeport 4 in Magellan, for example. We ship them their Food and H-Fuel. We bring Passengers back into Liberty, and Consumer Goods or Basic Alloy back here. Not a killer run, but it pays the bills.<p>
<li>You should see the faces of the miners at Graves when I dock with a load of Synth Paste. That look is just priceless.<p>


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<ul><li>Liberty does seem to have a lot of criminal problems -- not as tough as our Mollys, and certainly nothing like the Corsairs -- but plenty of them, especially those Rogues. <p>
<ul><li>We bring in the Beryllium to Pueblo all the way from the Cardiff mine in Cambridge, even though we have no outbound cargo here. It is a quick shot back into Denver where we can fill up for the journey home.<p>


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<li>We bring in the Beryllium to Pueblo all the way from the Cardiff mine in Cambridge, even though we have no outbound cargo here. It is a quick shot back into Denver where we can fill up for the journey home.<p>
<li>Liberty does seem to have a lot of criminal problems -- not as tough as our Mollys, and certainly nothing like the Corsairs -- but plenty of them, especially those Rogues. <p>


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<ul><li>This is a pretty good job. There are so many foreigners coming through here that I never get bored from having to hear the same stories over and over again. Sure, lady trouble is lady trouble, but at least the babes have different names.<p>
<ul><li>It's no wonder that the Liberty Navy couldn't handle Military Vehicle production. Running a Navy is a far different thing from running a business. Commanders don't have to care about fulfilling contracts when they can just throw people in the brig.<p>


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<li>Progress in Alberta is on track, as scheduled. Success there will ensure our profitability for decades to come.<p>
<li>I'm hoping to get embedded with a combat crew on Planet Leeds so I can see our Military Vehicles in action. Don't give me that look. I may be a woman, but I can press the fire button just as easily as any man!<p>


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<li>It's no wonder that the Liberty Navy couldn't handle Military Vehicle production. Running a Navy is a far different thing from running a business. Commanders don't have to care about fulfilling contracts when they can just throw people in the brig.<p>
<li>They tried to convince me to open the bar on Leduc in Alberta, but I wouldn't have it. That system is too much like the frontier for my taste. Not a trade lane anywhere in the system, no thanks. That's a rookie gig.<p>


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<li>I'm hoping to get embedded with a combat crew on Planet Leeds so I can see our Military Vehicles in action. Don't give me that look. I may be a woman, but I can press the fire button just as easily as any man!<p>
<li>This is a pretty good job. There are so many foreigners coming through here that I never get bored from having to hear the same stories over and over again. Sure, lady trouble is lady trouble, but at least the babes have different names.<p>


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<li>They tried to convince me to open the bar on Leduc in Alberta, but I wouldn't have it. That system is too much like the frontier for my taste. Not a trade lane anywhere in the system, no thanks. That's a rookie gig.<p>
<li>Progress in Alberta is on track, as scheduled. Success there will ensure our profitability for decades to come.<p>


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<li>The lads at Freeport 1 pay us to bring them Mining Machinery and Engine Components from this shipping hub. Strange how much people will withstand to live free of governmental control. <p><p>
<li>Freistadt in Omega 3 is in need of our services to ship basic supplies and Mining Machinery. The chaps who live out there are crazy ones. <p><p>


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<li>Freistadt in Omega 3 is in need of our services to ship basic supplies and Mining Machinery. The chaps who live out there are crazy ones. <p><p>
<li>The lads at Freeport 1 pay us to bring them Mining Machinery and Engine Components from this shipping hub. Strange how much people will withstand to live free of governmental control. <p><p>


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Gateway Shipping
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Alignment Corporation

ALLIES:

ALG, IMG, Planetform, Bretonian Authorities

COMPETITORS:

Bowex, IDF, Imperial Shipping, Universal

ENEMIES:

Corsairs, Outcasts, Mollys, Gaians, Coalition

Gateway Shipping is a young Bretonian firm that hauls raw materials across the Border and Independent Worlds, catering chiefly to smaller, independent companies. They primarily provide shipping services to the Independent Miners Guild, competing with BMM and their preferred shipping partner, Bowex. Their partnership has also expanded to include the industrial prowess of ALG, who competes with Daumann, Kruger, and Imperial Shipping in the Omegas.

Ships used

Ship Class
Heavy Lifter Transport
Repair Ship Repair Ship
Starblazer Very Heavy Fighter
Clydesdale Freighter
Large Transport Transport
Hawk Light Fighter
Armored Transport Transport
Bretonia Transport Transport
Large Train Train
Falcon Heavy Fighter
Train Transport
Bretonia Heavy Transport Heavy Transport
Eagle Very Heavy Fighter
Bretonia Train Super Train
Passenger Liner Liner
Bretonia Cruise Liner Liner
Civilian Gunboat Gunboat

Bases owned

Base Owner System Region
Kensington Shipping Platform Gateway Shipping New London Bretonia
Lewes Shipping Platform Gateway Shipping Tau-31 Tau Border Worlds

Bribes

Base Owner System Region
Planet Los Angeles Liberty Police, Inc. California Liberty
Newark Station Interspace Commerce New York Liberty
Planet Gran Canaria Zoners Omega-48 Omega Edge Worlds
Elbe Border Fortress Rheinland Federal Police Omega-7 Omega Border Worlds
Planet Baden Baden Orbital Spa & Cruise Stuttgart Rheinland
Kensington Shipping Platform Gateway Shipping New London Bretonia
Waterloo Station Interspace Commerce New London Bretonia
Fort Bush Liberty Police, Inc. New York Liberty
Planet Stuttgart Rheinland Federal Police Stuttgart Rheinland
Portsmouth Shipyard Bretonia Mining & Manufacturing Cambridge Bretonia
Bonn Station Interspace Commerce New Berlin Rheinland
Freiburg Station Imperial Shipping Stuttgart Rheinland
Freeport 1 Zoners Omega-3 Omega Border Worlds
Planet New Berlin Rheinland Federal Police New Berlin Rheinland
Freeport 6 Zoners Tau-29 Tau Border Worlds
Versailles Station IDF Shipping Ile-de-France Gallia
Battleship Hamamatsu Kusari Naval Forces Honshu Kusari
Detroit Munitions Ageira Technologies New York Liberty
Planet Denver Liberty Police, Inc. Colorado Liberty
Willard Research Station Liberty Navy California Liberty
Halifax Freeport Freelancers Leeds Bretonia
Battlecruiser Yellowstone Liberty Navy California Liberty
Planet New London Bretonia Police New London Bretonia
Kagoshima Depot Farmers Alliance Kyushu Kusari
South Shields Refinery Independent Miners Guild Newcastle Bretonia
Baltimore Shipyard Deep Space Engineering New York Liberty
Valley Forge Flight School Interspace Commerce Pennsylvania Liberty
Ulm Border Station Rheinland Federal Police Stuttgart Rheinland
West Point Military Academy Liberty Navy New York Liberty
Lewes Shipping Platform Gateway Shipping Tau-31 Tau Border Worlds
Planet Curacao Orbital Spa & Cruise Cortez Independent
Nansei Research Complex Kusari Office of Intelligence Kyushu Kusari
Oder Shipyard Daumann Heavy Construction New Berlin Rheinland
Essen Station Kruger Minerals New Berlin Rheinland
Portsmouth Drydock Bretonia Mining & Manufacturing Cambridge Bretonia
Planet Yuma Crayter Republic Coronado Independent
Planet Kyushu Kusari State Police Kyushu Kusari
Planet Manhattan Liberty Police, Inc. New York Liberty
Battleship Norfolk Bretonia Armed Forces Cambridge Bretonia
Planet California Minor Planetform, Inc. California Liberty
Perth Station Bretonia Armed Forces Edinburgh Bretonia
Belvedere Refinery ALG Waste Disposal New London Bretonia
Heaton Mining Station Planetform, Inc. Newcastle Bretonia
Freistadt Base Independent Miners Guild Omega-7 Omega Border Worlds
Battleship Missouri Liberty Navy New York Liberty
Luxury Liner Shetland Orbital Spa & Cruise Newcastle Bretonia
Scarborough Shipyard Border World Exports Newcastle Bretonia
Canterbury Station Planetform, Inc. New London Bretonia
Planet New Tokyo Kusari State Police New Tokyo Kusari
Pueblo Station Ageira Technologies Colorado Liberty
Roppongi Wreck Interspace Commerce New Tokyo Kusari
Sheffield Station Bounty Hunters Guild Manchester Bretonia
Narita Outpost Kusari State Police New Tokyo Kusari
Norfolk Shipyard Liberty Navy New York Liberty
Holman Outpost Independent Miners Guild Tau-31 Tau Border Worlds
Brandenburg Station Rheinland Federal Police New Berlin Rheinland
Planet Cambridge Bretonia Police Cambridge Bretonia

Diplomacy

View Reputation
Bundschuh
-0.65%
Gallic Royalists
-0.65%
Rheinland Federal Police
+0.3%
Blood Dragons
-0.65%
Gallic Navy
-0.65%
Bretonia Armed Forces
+0.65%
Gallic Brigands
-0.65%
Gallic Gendarmerie
-0.65%
Bretonia Police
+0.65%
Corsairs
-0.65%
Unione Corse
-0.3%
ALG Waste Disposal
+0.65%
Farmers Alliance
-0.65%
Hogosha
-0.3%
Bretonia Intelligence Service
+0.65%
Gaians
-0.65%
Junkers
-0.3%
Independent Miners Guild
+0.65%
Independent Pirates
-0.65%
The Maquis
-0.3%
Gateway Shipping
+0.91%
Golden Chrysanthemums
-0.65%
Bretonia Mining & Manufacturing
+0.3%
Unknown
-0.65%
Cryer Pharmaceuticals
+0.3%
Sirius Coalition
-0.65%
Interspace Commerce
+0.3%
Lane Hackers
-0.65%
Daumann Heavy Construction
+0.3%
Liberty Rogues
-0.65%
Deep Space Engineering
+0.3%
LWB
-0.65%
Synth Foods, Inc.
+0.3%
Mollys
-0.65%
Orbital Spa & Cruise
+0.3%
Nomads
-0.65%
Imperial Shipping
+0.3%
Vagrants
-0.65%
Universal Shipping
+0.3%
Outcasts
-0.65%
Planetform, Inc.
+0.3%
Red Hessians
-0.65%
Ageira Technologies
+0.3%
Unioners
-0.65%
Bounty Hunters Guild
+0.3%
Wild
-0.65%
Liberty Security Force
+0.3%
Xenos
-0.65%
Liberty Navy
+0.3%
Gallic National Intelligence
-0.65%
Alaska Security Forces
+0.3%
EFL Oil & Machinery
-0.65%
Liberty Police, Inc.
+0.3%
Gallic Metal Service
-0.65%
Kruger Minerals
+0.3%
IDF Shipping
-0.65%
Rheinland Military
+0.3%

Rumors

Planet New London
  • Gateway is in partnership with the IMG, Bowex with BMM. Until we came along, BMM had IMG in a stranglehold since Bowex would refuse to ship their products in many cases, and they simply didn't have the means to ship goods themselves. We've had a rough time ourselves, since Bowex has powerful government connections that insure them many exclusive contracts with the Armed Forces and Police Authority.


  • I always feel uncomfortable here -- this is Bowex territory. You can almost feel the stuffy arrogance of this place. It reeks of the Bretonian aristocrats that won't let go of our country. BMM and Bowex -- what a pair.


  • Gateway actually has very limited business on New London. We ship in Silver from our main base at Kensington by the planet Dover. We buy some basic commodities such as Food, Water, Oxygen and Basic Alloys. We also ship Mining Machinery to the IMG in Dublin and Cambridge.


Kensington Shipping Platform
  • Bowex is far too reliant on their government contracts. They have forgotten how to be efficient, and that will be their downfall. Gateway doesn't rely on bribes and other dirty tricks. We simply outperform those fossils.


  • One of the key aims of our partnership with IMG is to get along with as many of the criminal factions as we can, thereby lowering our operating costs in the Border Worlds, which will comprise the bulk of future mineral discoveries in the sector. BMM and Bowex take a much harder line, which hurts them with factions like the Mollys and Red Hessians.


  • We'd like to get more involved in the Luxury Goods and Food trade, but Bowex has a lock on that. Its exclusive military and police supply contracts are the worst because they make the Bretonian government pay through the nose. That's what you get with centuries of no competition. The Police Authority wizened up and has started to use us for their operations in Poole. Once we show the government how efficient we are, I reckon not even those Bowex lobbyists will be able to hold us at bay.


  • Gateway delivers goods throughout Sirius. It is ironic that we're most restricted in our own home, Bretonia. BMM prefers to deal with Bowex, as do most of the government organisation. The Police Authority is more pragmatic however, and have begun a trial with us to see how we work.


  • I used to haul H-fuel from the Hokkaido system, but now that Leeds is blockaded, I'm trying to find decent routes into Rheinland and Liberty. Although our corporation can go into Kusari again, it's a long haul to go around the Taus to get there.


  • Our two big cargos for long-range runs to Liberty are Beryllium and Gold. That Gold attracts a lot of attention, especially in the Independent Worlds, although the Corsairs have begun to hit us just outside the base here. Luckily the Police Authority always has a few patrols close by.


  • This is Gateway's home base and hub for our shipping operations throughout the Sirius Sector. Bowex made sure that we couldn't use London itself as our base. We've adapted okay. It's actually a little more centrally located - transports coming from Liberty always pass by Kensington if they do business in New London or Cambridge.


  • I tried my hand at smuggling recently, heading up through Newcastle to try and sneak through to Tau-31. My little freighter was spotted instantly, and I had to make a run for it back through the Newcastle jump hole. Those Gallic pilots have got far more agile ships then the Mollys and Outcasts ever did.


  • Silver is brought in from the IMG base in Omega-7, Freistadt. Then we ship it out to New London and the terraforming folks. Silver is used in cloudseeding, electronics and jewelry making, so there are a lot of places with a demand for it.


  • Gateway and the IMG are partners. We haul their minerals and supplies to distant markets. ALG has recently joined our partnership, enabling us to expand into Rheinland and take on the Daumann-Republican monopoly, which is eerily similar to our own BMM-Bowex road block. None of them are too happy with our competition.


  • Kensington distributes Consumer Goods throughout Bretonia. Planets, space stations, depots, wherever there is a Bretonian, you'll find us supplying him or her with the finest little necessities of life. It isn't as lucrative as Luxuary Goods, but you're not as attractive a target for pirates either.


  • Gateway handles the supply of most IMG bases in and around Bretonia. We also handle cargo runs from various ALG bases which Republican refuses to do. Republican and Daumann have attempted to keep ALG in a stranglehold, much in the same way that Bowex and BMM tried to keep the IMG in a stranglehold. Now that the three of us are cooperating, that practise no longer works.


Sheffield Station
  • I ship Food and Consumer Goods to this base from Kensington. It's a living, and you only have to jump from one system away. Mollys can be quite a problem on occasion, so be careful if you try it. But it is a hell of a lot safer than crossing the Independent Worlds.


  • Hauling Pharmaceuticals to Sheffield might be the easiest run that Gateway does. Sure, the pay isn't great, but I don't care as long as I have a better chance of making it home.


  • I hate crossing the Independent Worlds. When I signed up for the H-Fuel run from Los Angeles to here I thought it would be an adventure. I'd say it's closer to a nightmare. Gateway doesn't pay me enough to get killed. Gateway's route goes by Sheffield and over Manchester. Our IMG partners often help us out near Freeport 4, but travelling through the Barrier ice fields is quite dangerous. Lane Hackers, Outcasts and Liberty Rogues are on the prowl there.


Planet Cambridge
  • We run the supplies to the IMG's Cardiff Station across the system. From there we pick up Beryllium for shipment to Liberty or Rheinland. This is one of our core contracts with the IMG that helps keep us competitive against our rivals.


  • From Cambridge the Trade Lanes get much more difficult. I'm heading out to the IMG's Freistadt Station in Omega 7. We ship Pharmaceuticals and Basic Alloys there. That's if the Hessians or Corsairs don't intercept me first.


  • I'm on the Kensington circuit. We usually import H-Fuel or Gold. On the outbound trip it could be Luxury Food or Pharmaceuticals. We don't make a lot of profit, but it's a fairly safe trip, since you don't need to cross a Borderworld to get where you need to be.


Luxury Liner Shetland
  • Gateway hasn't gotten any serious contracts with the military. That is fine with me, I didn't sign up for combat duty, I'm a merchant. Hauling soldiers and weapons around just paints a big bullseye on your hull. Every Gallic, Outcast, Corsair and Molly raider will be on your tail.


  • Well, I say. The boys who ran this ship certainly have a bit of cleaning up to do. But what a fine job they did in bringing her home. I hear it drifted into Dublin in the end - they can be glad the Corsairs or Mollys didn't happen upon her first. Now that would have been a tragedy.


  • Gateway delivers several basic commodities to this ship and other bases in the region. Water and Oxygen come in from the South Shields refinery, since we can't use anything from Carlisle for some reason. Biohazard, the grapevine says. Food has to be shipped in from Cambridge for the same reason.


South Shields Refinery
  • With all the Armed Forces now in this system, the lanes have become a lot safer. Well, except the ones south of Scarborough of course, but even the Mollys seem to keep quiet in Newcastle. They're probably wondering if they'll need to defend Belfast again before soon. It's small comfort though, considering the threat of invasion looms over this system like a shadow.


  • I'll be headed to the Shetland next with a cargo of fresh water. Gallic and Molly attacks make the journey quite dangerous, even with such a low value cargo. Gallia just wants to see Bretonia burn. The Mollys aren't much better than that. It's a shame the IMG chose to remain neutral in the conflict with Gallia. This station isn't in a bad spot to base fighter patrols out of, to counter those Gauls that are coming out of the Tau-31 system via the Jump Hole. It's mostly strikecraft, the asteroid fields on both sides are a pain to navigate, or so the IMG chaps tell me. They must have used that path before.


  • "End of the line", that's what most of the Armed Forces call this station. It is fitting, that the northernmost outpost in Bretonian space is now an IMG station. Still, the chaps here do good work by producing a little H-fuel, some Hydrocarbons, and enough Water and Oxygen to sate the needs of everyone in the system. It saves the Armed Forces from having to have that hauled from New London.


Freeport 1
  • Bretonia keeps this base rather well equipped with basic supplies and Mining Machinery. Quite a shame, it was this shipping run that got destroyed just a while back. All hands lost, including my brother's wife, she was a good pilot too.


  • I make the shipping run to this base from Cambridge. When I come here, I bring Consumer Goods and H-Fuel. When I leave, I transport work Crews who were on leave here back to Cardiff or Planet Cambridge. You'd be surprised how often I get jumped by Corsairs. Aye, they're mean ones. Glad I don't have to tangle with those Hessians too. That would be too much.


  • The Bowex crews in the area are frothing at the bit about Gateway purchasing joint rights to the Bretonian transport franchise. The mighty Bretonian giant is having to sell contracts and rights to bail out debts, I've heard. Serves them right for war profiteering and biting off more than they could chew, if you ask me.


Freistadt Base
  • Copper and Cobalt is shipped to Dortmund. ALG will use its smelters to turn the raw ore into workable materials. If the miners here were more ambitious, they could do the same.


  • Much of the Silver that is mined here is shipped into Bretonia. Kensington has need of Silver, so we deliver. I enjoy going back into Bretonia, but surviving the trip is always a bit tricky.


  • This base receives all its basic supplies from Freiburg. More than just the basic necessities; we also bring Mining Machinery and Engine Components. I fear that much of what we ship here, the IMG turns around and sells to the Red Hessians, making our jobs much more perilous.


  • One of Gateway's more lucrative runs to this base originates in Bonn. We ship Trade Lane Parts here and head back to Bonn with Silver and Copper. It can be quite dangerous since you can be attacked by two of the most vicious groups in all of Sirius.


Planet Curacao
  • My ship broke down in the Paloma Cloud yesterday. They're still working on it, so I've got at least another night here to burn on company time. I think I'll head down to the casino and roll the dice tonight.


  • This is the only safe stop in this neck of the woods. Pretty rough on both sides in the clouds. I was stuck here once when the Trade Lane got taken down for a few days. I liked it so much that I try to come back at least once every few years with the missus. The sun's pretty hot though -- I always get burned.


  • This is the best layover you get on Gateway runs. We normally don't stop here much, but when we do, it's a nonstop party.


Norfolk Shipyard
  • The Robotics shipments we bring in from Omega-3 are a fight all the way to this station. First we have to fight the Hessians out of Omega-3. Once we hit the Bretonian Trade Lanes, we have to contend with the Mollies and Corsairs and in the Independent Worlds there's the Lane Hackers or whomever they've sold our cargo manifests to. Once we get into Liberty space, we have to fight the Rogues off.


  • Even though this run is a dangerous one, we need to fulfill this contract with the Liberty Navy. When this company first began no one believed it would survive, but we grow stronger every day.


  • Gateway ships Robotics to this base from Aland Shipyard in Omega-3. The Rogues' ability to sniff out the Robotics convoys seems uncanny. I'm told that they get their info from the Lane Hackers, so they are the real enemy -- the ring leaders versus the attack dogs.


Newark Station
  • We ship Beryllium to this base from Java. Our shipments are frequently attacked in the Independent Worlds; no doubt the goods that the criminals manage to steal will end up back in New York fenced by the Junkers. It's always fun losing cargo containers to Rogues only to get to buy them back from Junkers a few days later.


  • The Beryllium we supply Ageira with in Pueblo will eventually be used to manufacture Gate or Lane Parts and then sent back to Waterloo in New London to maintain the Bretonian trade lane network.


  • We ship Beryllium here from Java Station in Tau-23. Our transports have been coming under Xeno attack, but that is the price of being a shipping firm in Liberty space.


Baltimore Shipyard
  • Gold is brought from Dublin to Fort Bush for safe keeping. DSE uses it for wiring the ships built here.


  • Bowex will tell you that we don't have the experience or expertise to be prominent shippers of Bretonian Commodities. But the truth is they realize what a threat we are to their firm. We do the same business they do, but for less.


  • I've heard that some of the Rogues in this system have been tipped off about our Gold shipments to Fort Bush, not by the Lane Hackers but by Bowex. I wouldn't put it past those corporate bastards.


Planet Los Angeles
  • Gateway supplies most of the IMG bases in the Sirius Sector and hauls their products to market. Take Freeport 4 in Magellan, for example. We ship them their Food and H-Fuel. We bring Passengers back into Liberty, and Consumer Goods or Basic Alloy back here. Not a killer run, but it pays the bills.


  • Just got in on a Gold run from the Hood in Dublin. Everything was fine until we got to the Barrier Cloud in Magellan. The Lane Hackers were waiting as usual -- pounced on us as soon as we entered the Trade Lane to Freeport 4. We got lucky when a Universal convoy showed up. Still lost one of my escorts.


  • You should see the faces of the miners at Graves when I dock with a load of Synth Paste. That look is just priceless.


Pueblo Station
  • We bring in the Beryllium to Pueblo all the way from the Cardiff mine in Cambridge, even though we have no outbound cargo here. It is a quick shot back into Denver where we can fill up for the journey home.


  • Liberty does seem to have a lot of criminal problems -- not as tough as our Mollys, and certainly nothing like the Corsairs -- but plenty of them, especially those Rogues.


  • We'd like to break into the Trade Lane Parts-hauling business, but the Liberty government and Ageira will not allow it. They say it must be a Liberty company that handles their precious cargo. I smell something fishy.


Lewes Shipping Platform
  • It's no wonder that the Liberty Navy couldn't handle Military Vehicle production. Running a Navy is a far different thing from running a business. Commanders don't have to care about fulfilling contracts when they can just throw people in the brig.


  • I'm hoping to get embedded with a combat crew on Planet Leeds so I can see our Military Vehicles in action. Don't give me that look. I may be a woman, but I can press the fire button just as easily as any man!


  • Ageira has been supplying the technological innards for Liberty's military hardware for decades, so moving into control of full scale production is not really a stretch for us.


  • They tried to convince me to open the bar on Leduc in Alberta, but I wouldn't have it. That system is too much like the frontier for my taste. Not a trade lane anywhere in the system, no thanks. That's a rookie gig.


  • This is a pretty good job. There are so many foreigners coming through here that I never get bored from having to hear the same stories over and over again. Sure, lady trouble is lady trouble, but at least the babes have different names.


  • War is good for business, no doubt about it. Most people worry about wars starting, but I worry about when they end. Who will we sell our new line of military hardware to if all the politicians decide to talk instead of shoot? We need to keep electing warmongers if this company is going to stay on top.


  • Progress in Alberta is on track, as scheduled. Success there will ensure our profitability for decades to come.


  • It may seem strange to you that Ageira has opened a shipping platform, but it's all part of our master plan. Our operation in Alberta required a lot of material resources, and it's best to be able to handle that in house, rather than relying on outside parties to deliver on time.


Bonn Station
  • We're doing very well on this route since Liberty decided to use us as a secondary source of metals for their factories and smelters. Word was that they didn't trust Daumann anymore and were concerned with the Hessians shutting off the flow of Copper through Dresden.


  • The Liberty folks lobbied the Rheinland government quite heavily to allow us to land here. Not quite so sure what their real intentions were, but it's been a boon for the IMG and Gateway. We haul their Copper and Silver from Omega-3.


  • Gateway and the IMG haven't had nearly the problems with the Red Hessians that Kruger and Daumann have. We try to tolerate them as much as possible, which specifically means not hiring Bounty Hunters to chase them down.


Essen Station
  • My ship is picking up a load of Mining Machinery to take out to the IMG operation in Omega-7. We were just over at Dortmund across the way, dropping off some copper from Freistadt.


  • Gateway does not often deal with Kruger. But that could change soon. They say that ALG will soon acquire the remnants of this once-proud company for next to nothing. Can't say it surprises me; Kruger's been on the ropes for decades.


  • There are a lot of people at Gateway who aren't sure we should get so close to the Rheinlanders. We were doing fine with the IMG before ALG came along. Now they want to buy Kruger, which will result in a massive corporation like Daumann or Republican. We're being straight-armed by ALG into accepting their proposal, with little or no say in the matter.


Freiburg Station
  • From Cardiff, Gateway brings Beryllium to Rheinland. This is only a supply depot; our shipments continue on to Dortmund.


  • Gateway crosses the deadly Border Worlds, bringing Gold and Niobium here from Kensington. We took some casualties in Omega 7 from Red Hessians. They hit us hard; most of our escorts got wiped.


  • Freistadt in Omega 3 is in need of our services to ship basic supplies and Mining Machinery. The chaps who live out there are crazy ones.


  • The lads at Freeport 1 pay us to bring them Mining Machinery and Engine Components from this shipping hub. Strange how much people will withstand to live free of governmental control.


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