Sunday, November 2, 2008

IMC Convoy encounters only light pirate activity

Date: 021108
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, the weekly IMC Convoy was prepared to face another massive pirate attack, like the one that almost stopped it a week before. A total of four ships made up the convoy carrying ore from Tatooine to Ord Mantell: Veteran Captain Ryian Coron's YT-1300 "Spinning Cloud", Captain Auros Drayen's YT-2400 "Midnight Runner", both flying under the flag of Coron Enterprises, the YT-2400 "TTC-Shining Nebula", chartered from the Tatooine Trading Company and flown by Jamayle Williams and the Vigo-class "Vengeance" of captain Aenius Bosk. Despite having no starfighter escort, the ships' firepower was deemed more than enough to deter or destroy pirate attackers.



The stop over in the Naboo system was passed without trouble - most likely the local pirate elements were still reeling from the losses taken the week before. But when the convoy arrived in Ord Mantell, a lone pirate attacked, causing a slight delay until it was destroyed by accurate fire during a bombing run right at the Nova Orion station. The cargo was delivered in time.

IMC stock rose 3 % at the Coronet Stock Exhange.

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