Mysterious pirate group "BWI" attacks cargo convoy

Date: 050711
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.)

Yesterday another cargo convoy transporting ore for Intergalactic Mining Company from Farpoint Valley, Tatooine, to the Nova Orion Station in the Ord Mantell System was formed, like every week. After the attack the week before by a pirate "Vigo" IMC hired two pilots, Traynu and Ramona, both flying Scyks, as escorts. The convoy itself was made up by veteran spacers - Captain Ryian Coron in his YT-1300 "Spinning Cloud", Captain Britney in her YT-2400 "Sugar Rush" and Captain Alila Tisoni in her YT-2400 "Corellia Star".

The convoy left the Tatooine system with some delay, but suffered no attack. Shortly after arriving in the Corellia system at the Talus Secta hyperspace jump point however the ships came under attack by half a dozen pirates. Sensor recordings from the different ships later showed two V-Wings, two Bellubab-22, one Dunelizard and one X-Wing, all attacking the freighters and escorts.



The lead ship of the convoy, the "Spinning Cloud", came quickly under attack by heavy fighters and took off with them in pursuit while the rest of the convoy had to deal with the remaining fighters, quickly shooting down one Bellubab-22 and one V-Wing. While the "Sugar Rush" and the "Corellia Star" suffered armor damage. The remaining V-Wing disabled Ramona's Scyk but the pirate was destroyed by the second Scyk by Traynu when it swung around to finish the escort off. The disabled fighter then received jury-rigged repairs by the crew of the "Sugar Rush" in time to help shoot down the last pirate, an X-Wing, who was purusing the "Spinning Cloud" as it returned to the convoy. All ships then continued the convoy and reached the Nova Orion Shipyards safely to deliver their cargo.

The pirate ships were all marked with "BWI" on their fuselage. CorSec has no knowledge of any group using that name and concluded that it was a previously unknown or new pirate group. So far there is no information about the group's size and capabilities, but travelers to and from the Corellia system are adviced to be on their guard and keep an eye out for any ship showing such markings.

IMC shares rose 1 % at the Coronet Stock Exchange following the news.