Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Fierce fighting over ore transport near Penumbra Omen

Date: 221209
Planet: Tatooine/Naboo System/Ord Mantell
Region: Farpoint Valley/Nova Orion Station

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

Last night the Intergalactic Mining Corporation's weekly ore transport took off again from Farpoint Valley, Tatooine, to make the trip to the Nova Orion Station in the Ord Mantell system.

The convoy consisted of Captain Ashen Katarna's "Crescent Raven", an X-4 medium freighter, escorted by Cris-Om in his Clone Wars vintage ARC-170, Stlian Nix in a Bellubab-22, Sagardon-Kahn in an Ixiyen fast attack craft and Ramona in a Scyk. Kobus, Ahijah. Nu'ro, Batair, Or'dino and Zinaida served as gunners on the "Crescent Raven" and the ARC-170.

The convoy left Tatooine's orbit and reached the Outer Rim hyperspace point without incident, jumping to Penumbra Omen in the Naboo system. They ships had barely arrived though when a number of suspicious starfighters showed up on the scanners, and soon were on an attack vector - two X-Wings, one Rhikxyrk and a TIE Interceptor, likely a deserter gone pirate.

In the following fight the convoy's Ixiyen was heavily damaged and had to be towed to the Naboo Station but all four attackers were shot down and the convoy reached the Nova Orion Station safely.



IMC shares rose 2 % at the Coronet Stock Exchange following the news.

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