Registered Contract: LA-OR-12-01

Region:
 Lyran Alliance
System:
 Halfway
Galactic Coordinates:
 X: -254.80 Y: -86.85
Planet:
 Halfway
Capital City:
 Torrence
Primary Operational Terrain:
 Farmland
Primary Planetary Climate:
 Temperate
Contract Type:
 Objective Raid
Contract Duration:
12 Months (180 Days in REAL TIME) negotiable
Employer:
 Ioto Galactic Enterprises
Employer Contact:
Mr. Stavros Niarchos, CEO of IGE
Command Rights:
 Independent
Forces Recommended:
 A Company Strength Detachment
Supporting Forces:
 None
Enemy Forces:
 Unknown (Possibly Word of Blake)
Supplement Contracts Offered:
 None
Bounty Per Word:
 1,500 C-Bills
Minimum Bounty:
 42,000 Word Transcript
Bonus Salvage Bounty Target:
 102,000 Word Transcript
Bonus Salvage Category:
 Type-C Salvage

PLANETARY DETAILS:
Halfway is predominately an agricultural planet. The planetary capital is Torrence.

[3064] During the FedCom Civil War, Allied forces under the direct command of Prince Victor Steiner-Davion landed on May 11th, and quickly smashed the planetary militia. Despite repeated calls for them to do so, the militia refused to surrender even though they were outnumbered more than five-to-one.

Running the militia to ground took several days but the last organized resistance ended on May 14th, with the final surviving militiaman finally surrendering a week later.


Socio-Industrial Levels:
Technological Development
Minimal advancement; inhabitants live without dependence on technology; no advanced education; medical care at level of mid 20th century at best.
Industrialization Level
Some industrialization at level of mid-20th century; fusion reactors imported.
Raw Material Dependence
World/system must import much of its raw materials.
Industrial Output
World must import most of its heavy industrial and high-tech needs.
Agricultural Dependence
World has a rich environment producing a great excess of food in relation to population needs, with planet’s agricultural regions augmented by agricultural technologies; exports some portion of its resources.

EMPLOYER SITUATION REPORT:
The contract for public consumption is that you will be doing tests for IGE on Halfway but the planet will only act as your base of operations, your true mission lies in a long and detailed search of the 37 uninhabited systems within 75 light years of the Halfway system.

The reason for this is due to diagrams found in 3035 for a mythical Sylphid Class Stealth Cruiser warship developed by the Terran Hegemony before the fall of the Star League, we have found recent evidence that one might have been built by a shipyard secretly constructed in an uninhabited system near halfway. The evidence is a journal log by Captain Jergen Swartz, a SLDF jumpship captain that left with the exodus and recently acquired by IGE from a Jade Falcon war prisoner.

We know there is a small chance of success, but with a chance at obtaining stealth alloys and deep range jump K-F Engines we can not ignore the possibility so close to our interests on Alarion. There is some rumors that Word of Blake scoutships have been seen in the region and are after the same prize.

For this expedition, a large ASF contingent will be necessary.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
1) Find the mythical Star-League era Sylphid Class Stealth Cruiser dubbed Hyperion and secure it for IGE.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
1) Keep the search secret.

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