4207: March 21th:
Ore is at $46
Gas is at $37
"Captains, this is James of the Austin-Ega speaking. Pirates have recently hijacked ships from the Austin-Ega. They managed to escape with ten ships, all from several independent traders and miners. The Austin-Ega's MAC cannon shot seven of the ten hijacked ships down. The three surviving ships are the "Rocky Dream", an EN-42, the "Stroman's Glory", an EN-42L, and the "Storman's Pride", a MOD-02 with two compartments. It is pressumed that the insignia and names of these ships will be changed or removed.
Ravage Corp. and Safety Zone Inc. have been called in to protect you from these pirates, and they will be arriving in less than three months.
he range of the 'safe zone' around the Austin-Ega has been doubled, to the current range of the station's MAC cannon. We wish to remind people that attacking another ship in this 'safe zone' is counted as an attack on the USEC itself. We would also like to ask ships to not attack other ships outside the 'safe zone'.
Currently, the Austin-Ega has no full-time combat ships, and we will gladly accept any donations to outfit several ships which are hanging around the Austin-Ega for full-time military use.
That is all."
Funds: $40 000
Name of ship: Ad Mortis Nos Bibendum
Captain's name: Ted the Automaton
Type of ship: Girder
Armour: 10/10
Equipment:
Level 5 engine
2x light vacuum
1x Prospector
Cost; 240.000
Name of ship: Lasius Flavus
Captain's name: Bill Beardlacking
Type of ship: EN-42(ant)
Armour: 6/6
Equipment:
Level 5 engine
Tiny Canister (1/5 full)
Cost; 105.000
Name of ship: Myrmica Rubra
Captain's name: Damien Gorts
Type of ship: EN-42(ant)
Armour: 6
Equipment:
Level 5 engine
Tiny Canister
Cost; 105.000
Funds: $30 000
Name of ship: Galen's Flush
History: The captain won this ship in a 24 galactic hour long poker tournament. It's been with him ever since, and shows signs of obvious battle damage and hasty repairs. Can you guess his winning hand?
Captain's name: Galen White
Type of ship: MOD-02, 2C:
Armour: 12/12
Level 5 engine
Equipment: (4/4)
2x Light Canister
2x Tiny Vacuum (1/5 full)
Cost; 300.000
Name of ship: Chapel of Hope
History: The Chapel of Hope was found derelicit by Rebecca White on a salvage run somewhere in the outer colonies. It was, in fact, a space going church of an old Earth religion-the lack of escape pods she found suggests they apparently all ejected themselves into the void. She took the ship for herself and kept the name, as a sort of monument...to what exactly, is up to you.
Captain's name: Rebecca White
Type of ship: Girder ($150,000)
Level 6 engine ($65,000)
Equipment: 6/6
1xLight Vacuum ($15,000)
1xVacuum ($40,000)
1xSmall Canister ($40,000)
Total Cost $310,000
Funds: BANKRUPT
Name: The Jolly Dwarf
Captain's name: Bob smith
Type: Girder
Armour: 12/12
Equipment: Level 6 engine
Prospecting equipment
2 light mining tools
Small container (3/5 full)
Cost: 295,000
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captain Urist McGenericName
girder 150
3 machine guns 30
2 light mining tools 30
level six engine 65
Cost: 275 000
Funds: $275 000
Name of ship: Pioneer
Captain's name: Richard Yates
Type of ship: Girder
Equipment: Level 6 engine
Prospecting equipment
2 light mining tools
Small container (3/5 full)
Cost: 295,000
Funds: $221 000
Name of ship: Clever Dream
Captain's name: Alice Valent
Type of ship: EN-42
Armour: 6/6
Equipment:
prospector unit
speed 5 engine
Cost: 100k
Name of ship: Samson
Captain's name: Jacob Valence
Type of ship: MOD-02
Armour: 12/12
Equipment:
1 miner tools
small container
speed 3 engine
Cost: 259k
SHADOW, Sheb, get some ships ready for turn 20. (You can suggest ship types/equipment, but I have to approve it first)
You have $550 000 each. Make the best of it.
Working on CITs now.
(It takes a turn to change equipment on your ships. Don't think I've missed it.)