Silver Arrows VHF with police license was docked on Neutro station in Custodian. Fleet-Admiral Forlon was on working visit in BG watch officer's office where he acquired information about possible smuggler in Texas. Ship with IOC identification just entered Wanderers Pond. Officer quickly jumped into his ship and left station. Soon after he reached Alaska and jumped through gate to Midpoint Rift . He not needed wait too long, his ship radar showed incoming freighter and scanning started. Ship: Bullpup MK III , Cargo: Niobium ... no illegal cargo detected. Officer greets trader and asked for his destination. Reply which came was interesting. IOC pilot was en route to Lost Paradise system ... What want civilian pilot in his freighter in such hostile and dangerous place full of Nomads !?! thought officer for a second. But this was only thought, in next second he wished trader a safe journey. Was time to continue in patrol, ship computer had another data acquired in Neutro station and police ship started cruise engines. But bad feeling still remained in the edge of officer's mind ... "this trader will definitely gets intro troubles ..."
Few minutes later officer scratched patrol plan and checked fastest route leading through Unknown systems to Lost Paradise . His instinct was correct, after he jumped through unstable jump hole leading to Lost Paradise and his ship's system started to load the local data his com captured emergency call from sector B7 ... Deva Station, new Nomad Outpost ... "Oh, this crazy ..." Was not possible waste more time and police VHF in cruise passed blue nebulae heading to emergency call coordinates. On this short route he avoided many big nomad fleets, two times his path crossed nomad carrier. But was no time for fight and soon after he had on visual big blue nomad structure. When he came closer his radar showed two IOC ships ... great, not one but two civilians ... Both ships were scanned, but there was only legal cargo. Freighter which he met in Midpoint was crashed in nomad Station. It looked that only cabin remained intact and rest of ship was destroyed. Time got short very fast, sensors beeped loud and indicated incoming explosion. Only very risky option left, one Gatling gun aimed cabin front part which one second after exploded releasing escape pod which was locked in tractor beam. Police ship and second trader very fast get out of freighter remnants. Rear sensors showed five second later huge explosion.
Freighter pilot survived and was released from escape pod on Landing pad on Planet Lost Paradise. All pilots met one hour later in bar ... was time for rest, talk and good beer.
