BWI wrecks convoy

Date: 190711
Planet: Tatooine/Corellia System/Ord Mantell System
Region: Farpoint Valley/Nova Orion Station

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

Last night IMC's weekly cargo convoy from Farpoint Valley, Tatooine, to the Nova Orion Station in Ord Mantell consisted of Captain Ryian Corons' "Spinning Cloud", Captain Britney's "Sugar Rush", and Captain Zheezah Kanu's "Wandering Wraith". Falcun Nix and Ramona flew escort.

The convoy left the Tatooine system without trouble, but was ambushed at the Talus Secta Hyperpoint in the Corellia System shortly after hypering in. While a scouting pirate Vaksai was engaged and destroyed, the main force of the pirates hit the convoy hard, shooting down and disabling all escorts and freighters within minutes before boarding and looting the "Wandering Wraith", whose crew barely made it into the escape pods.



The pirates escaped before CorSec ships arrived on the scene, but records and testimonies identified them as using the same markings as the ships that attacked the convoy in the week before. IMC upped the reward for any substantial information about BWI to 25'000 credits.

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