Lewes Shipping Platform

CLASS: Albert

GRAVITY: Complete

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Yes

CREW: 410

Lewes was established by Gateway in Tau-31 to take advantage of the return to trade with Kusari and mineral shipments from the Tau sector.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* Gateway Shipping
* Planetform, Inc.
* Liberty Police, Inc.
* Cryer Pharmaceuticals
* Orbital Spa and Cruise
* Universal Shipping
* Ageira Technologies
* ALG Waste Disposal
* Synth Foods, Inc.

## News

Ageira disputed this finding in their own press release, calling EFL 'fantasists' and countering that their own scientists had narrowed the cause to a rare 'hypernova' stellar event that originated outside the Sirius sector. Both corporations claim that network-wide hardware safeguards have been implemented that would prevent a similar occurrence in the future. Independent researchers have sharply criticized the corporate announcements, accusing both of self-interested misdirection.
Professor Sophia Nagel from Heisenberg Research Station called EFL's accusation 'incoherent' and the hypernova explanation 'nonsense' that did not explain the characteristics of the 'Blackout Pulse'. Despite multiple different Pulse recordings being widely disseminated across the neural net, public efforts have so far failed to triangulate its source.

## Rumors

* This is a pretty good job. There are so many foreigners coming through here that I never get bored from having to hear the same stories over and over again. Sure, lady trouble is lady trouble, but at least the babes have different names.

* I'm hoping to get embedded with a combat crew on Planet Leeds so I can see our Military Vehicles in action. Don't give me that look. I may be a woman, but I can press the fire button just as easily as any man!

* Ageira has been supplying the technological innards for Liberty's military hardware for decades, so moving into control of full scale production is not really a stretch for us.

* War is good for business, no doubt about it. Most people worry about wars starting, but I worry about when they end. Who will we sell our new line of military hardware to if all the politicians decide to talk instead of shoot? We need to keep electing warmongers if this company is going to stay on top.

* It may seem strange to you that Ageira has opened a shipping platform, but it's all part of our master plan. Our operation in Alberta required a lot of material resources, and it's best to be able to handle that in house, rather than relying on outside parties to deliver on time.

* Progress in Alberta is on track, as scheduled. Success there will ensure our profitability for decades to come.

* It's no wonder that the Liberty Navy couldn't handle Military Vehicle production. Running a Navy is a far different thing from running a business. Commanders don't have to care about fulfilling contracts when they can just throw people in the brig.

* I can believe that LPI is too chicken to retaliate for Red Deer Station, but that doesn't mean the Navy should sit around on its thumbs. I guess the Admirals figure the Rogues would never be so brazen as to attack us directly like that. I bet that's what those poor schlubs at Red Deer thought just before the station exploded.

* I've heard some quiet chatter that we're selling Military Vehicles to the Council's planets, up in Gallia. That's probably a good move. The more the Gallic Royal Navy has to worry about their rear area, the less they can focus on the front line against us.

* I've just dropped off a load of Super Alloy and I'll make a quick trip with Mining Machinery to Toronto before heading back to Scarborough with Platinum.

* I've heard that there is a new colony in the Coronado system. Supposedly they are producing Deuterium there and are in need of Mining Machinery.

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