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July 19, 3063 – We have spent three months scouring Arboris unsuccessfully, it seems all pirates have left. The “blockade” ends. We boarded around 3 DroShips a week that were passenger or cargo ships.
July 25, 3063 - Our army jumps out, and takes Metal Battalion. We’re jumping in Star Battalion from Alpha Regiment to garrison the place.
Arboris joins the Celestial Coalition.
Arboris has two smaller continents, each roughly the size of Australia. Those have some light mining and timber and other wood based industries (including a large cork plantation). Meanwhile, the other continent is about 40% of the surface area, and has sprawling agriculture. A local Arboris variant of wheat grows here, and before the harvest, its bigger than a BattleMech. A large number of agricultural mechs work the trade out here.
The ground in Arboris is very healthy, even today, and is another large exporter of food. This gives us another bread-basket world (this time literally).
Our major gains here were not mech and tank, but transport assets. Having a WarShip and interdicting a planet is a huge asset. Running the gauntlet was smart, because they avoided losing on Arboris (these are bandits, not soldiers – there is no value in running a guerilla campaign or staying on Arboris when you are being ousted).
We almost got the JumpShip at the pirate point. Captain Randall Lewis calculated that it would take his WarShip about 7 hours longer to get there after it had recharged and added on the DropShips. No sense heading out and losing your blockade of Arboris.
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