Convoy escapes catastrophe by a hair

Date: 261008
Planet: Tatooine/Naboo System/Ord Mantell
Region: Farpoint Valley/Nova Orion Station

Story: (Written by the Galactic News Agency, Ramona doesn't write IC).

Six days ago, another IMC Convoy encountered massive pirate troubles. The two freighters carrying ore from Tatooine to Ord Mantell, Captain Ryian Coron's YT-1300 "Spinning Cloud", and Captain Auros Drayen's YT-2400 "Midnight Runner", both flying under the flag of Coron Enterprises, were attacked near Rori by four pirate ships, despite having an Imperial TIE Interceptor as escort.

The pirates - an A-Wing, a Y-Wing, an old ARC-170 and a TIE Advanced, most likely a deserter, managed to shoot down the escort, and then fell on the two freighters. In the following battle, the "Midnight Runner" suffered a disabled engine while the "Spinning Cloud" took serious damage to her weapon systems, losing armor plating and a turret and a missile tube each before managing to shoot down the last pirate.

Afterwards, emergency repairs were conducted on the "Midnight Runner", and both freighters reached the Nova Orion Shipyards in Ord Mantell without further trouble, delivering the cargo on time.

Local IMC manager Kimisei Bythmi was quoted that the company trusted that no matter the odds, Coron Enterprises would deliver the cargo in time.

IMC stock rose 2 % at the Coronet Stock Exhange.