Ore cargo lost in fight with pirates

Date: 270711
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.)

Two days ago the increasingly infamous BWI pirate group struck another IMC convoy. The convoy, consisting of captain Britney's "Sugar Rush" and Captain Alila Tisoni's "Corellia Star", was escorted by an unidentified Gunboat and two fighters and on its way from Farpoint Valley, Tatooine, to Ord Mantell's Nova Orion Station when it was attacked in the Corellia System by a pirate gunboat and two fighters.



During the fight the escorting and attacking fighters were soon shot down or disabled, followed by the freighters, while the gunboat exchanged volleys of fire with neither gaining a decisive advantage until the escorting gunboat hypered out.



The ore cargo had been lost at this point, with the cargo bays of both freighters suffering critical damage from stray blaster shots, leaving the pirates without loot as well.

In response to this latest act by the BWI pirates IMC upped the reward for any substantial information about BWI to 50'000 credits and put out the same bounty on any dead BWI gang member.

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