Date: 030211
Planet: Ord Mantell
Region: Nova Orion Station
Story: (Written by the Galactic News Agency, Ramona doesn't write IC).
Last night the Nova Orion Shipyards hired a mixed force of mercenaries to strike at the pirates preying on the shipping in the system. Led by Wint Risden in his YT-1300 "Exodus" the small force struck first at the pirate base that was rendered unoperational in an attack two weeks ago but whose automated emergency distress signal has been used as a bait by pirates since then to lure unsuspecting ships into ambushes. Despite a very large pirate presence the mercenaries managed to destroy the station, with the "Exodus" luring the majority of the pirates away by serving as bait, which opened the station up for a decisive strike.
As soon as the pirate base blew up the mercenaries moved on to attack and destroy a Warlord-class cruiser, considered to be a flagship of the pirates. The ship was found and destroyed within minutes.
The loss of both the station and the cruiser is expected to drive down the number of pirate attacks significantly, but ships entering the Ord Mantell system are still cautioned to be on their guard and have their weapons ready.
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