Extender oiler A148 Tristar, en route to Force Voth from Rathun's World, has been attacked by an ABBO warship near to the Aritan border. The oiler suffered main power failure and shield failure after a brief exchange of fire. ABBOs boarded the ships and there is reported to have been a short firefight aboard the ship in which a crewmember suffered non-life threatening injuries.
The ABBOs downloaded some data from the ship's computer (nothing too sensitive the DDS have said) and then left. It is thought the ABBOs were looking for Dinos. Two hour later an Aritan Solaris frigate arrived and gave assistance to the oiler which will conduct repairs at New Arit.
Sea Urchin, currently in charge of the DDS while Windy is away, said that a fleet deployment would be made to the area over the next few days as a "show of strength". ABBO warships would be fired upon if they made threatening actions he said. The DDS are also rushing the installation of Cannister TPM to Providers and Extenders that will be operating in this area of space.
