Unescorted transport operations in the DDS Southern Sector have been suspended by the DDS after a Provider class transport was attacked and destroyed by a Zone warship on a Rathun's World - Delta 9 run. 7907 Hercules was jumped by at least 1 Zone fighter and destroyed. The nearest DDS warship was over an hour away and by the time it arrived on the scene the Provider was devastated though 3 crew members were rescued from an escape pod.
The Operations Chair Action Painting paid tribute to the dead and said that the Zones would be punished for their crimes.
