Battleship Rio Grande

CLASS: Monument

CREW: CLASSIFIED

ARMAMENT: CLASSIFIED

Constructed in 777 A.S., the Battleship *Rio Grande* became famous in the 792 A.S. campaign against the Xenos in the Hudson System. The Rio Grande, currently commanded by Captain John Palmer, protects the economically vital Ageira Technologies manufacturing facility at Pueblo Station, and also patrols the Trade Lanes into Kepler and Galileo.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* Gateway Shipping
* Republican Shipping
* Universal Shipping
* Cryer Pharmaceuticals
* Synth Foods, Inc.
* Ageira Technologies
* Bounty Hunters Guild
* Kishiro Technologies
* Samura Industries
* Liberty Police, Inc.

## Commodities

* MOX
* Pharmaceuticals
* Light Arms

* Oxygen
* Water
* H-Fuel

## Rumors

* We get attacked frequently by Xenos on our runs through Colorado, Texas, and the Independent Worlds of Hudson and Bering. They are one of the few criminal factions that attack out Toxic Waste shipments. We are friendly to Liberty, so I don't understand their hostility.
* ALG handles all of the MOX delivery and Toxic Waste disposal for Liberty Navy battleships.

* A good way to catch Xenos is to fly into the Copperton Field, then take the Jump Hole to Kepler. Watch out on the other side, swarms of them in that cloud. Their base is real close. Never seen it, but you can feel it.
* The LPI doesn't have the guts to come into the fields very far. First sign of trouble, and they're hightailing it back to Denver. That's where we come in. Since a lot of us are Rogues who did time in Sugarland or Huntsville, we know where the Jump Holes and bases are. Guild rules are that you tell no one or you may have a little "accident" out there.
* Liberty space is the training grounds for all Bounty Hunters. As a Hunter becomes more and more accomplished, they will begin to move out towards the edges of Sirius. Only the very best should be going up against Corsairs and Outcasts.
* Got me a Rogue ace the other day by the name of Buford "Tex" Wilson. He'd been shooting up a lot of ships along the Trade Lane to the Galileo Gate during the past few weeks. The LPI cornered him once, but he just shot his way out of it. I was patient, waited in the Alamosa Field near the Galileo Jump Hole. When he came through, blammo! That bounty will set me up for a while.
* Bounties used to be for bringing back the offender dead or alive. Somewhere back when the Lane Hackers started itching old Ageira and IC, it changed to dead only, please.

* We're always bailing out those LPI losers, especially in the Alamosa Field. I don't know why they don't just let us take over security. They can focus on running those prison factories, since that's what they seem to really want to do.
* We're supposedly here to watch out for Xenos, but I think that Liberty wants to keep a close eye on Pueblo -- all that top secret stuff there that Kusari and Rheinland are always trying to find out about. Guess the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates are a big deal -- a mystery to me.
* I hear the toughest systems for the navy are the Independent Worlds between Texas and Hamburg. Colorado is pansy land -- just some stupid Rogues and Xenos.
* We're pretty sure that the Xenos have a base in the Denko Cloud in Kepler. They won't let us go take a looksee though. They say the radiation levels are too high. That sounds like a bunch of political red tape to me.
* The navy patrols the Independent Worlds of Galileo and Kepler. We split duties with the Kusari armed forces. They cover the northern half of the Trade Lanes; we do the southern half. It's kind of dark and spooky up there -- no suns. All those dark clouds make the baddies hard to see.
* The Lane Hackers and Rogues both have bases somewhere in Galileo, probably in those dark matter clouds. Kusari won't let us go take a look though. Says it's their responsibility. Hey, Liberty was the one that paid for those Trade Lanes up there. Kusari didn't have to put up a cent for the Galileo route.

* Universal brings in Side Arms from Detroit. We get attacked by Xenos on occasion in the Silverton Field.
* We deliver some supplies here, then continue with H-Fuel, Water, and Oxygen to the Pueblo facility just down the Trade Lane.