Padua Base

Padua Base
Asteroid base
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Owner
Liberty Rogues
Location
6C, Galileo
Technical Data
Gravity	Complete
Docking bays	Yes
Amenities	Limited
Crew	Unknown

Undoubtedly the most veiled and well-hidden of all Liberty Rogue hideouts, these murky tunnels, roughly cut from the core of a massive, deformed asteroid in the centre of Galileo's Reppu dark matter cloud, have housed perhaps the shadiest and most dubious elements of the Rogues for over a century, ever since the base's construction in early 702 A.S. Copiously dosed with pharmaceuticals to counter Reppu's constant radiation, Padua's murderous population subsists by striking at and hijacking trade between Kusari and Liberty. The Rogues' burgeoning Artifact trade is housed here, funnelling said artifacts from the north to Liberty proper, where they ultimately end up at Rochester Base in New York's Jersey field.

The Reppu cloud obfuscates scanners and makes it impossible to catch criminal elements fleeing from local law enforcement, relatively sporadic though it may be, a fact that has been thoroughly exploited not only by Padua's Rogue inhabitants, but also by the Lane Hackers housed in Leiden to the distant north of the system, who can frequently be seen docking here to divulge important information on traders and cargo convoys passing through the system. Padua, comparatively out-of-the-way, has in recent years been receiving a population boost from an unusual source: the Rogue Guard. The Liberty Rogues' home system of Cassini may be found immediately north of Padua proper and is defended rigorously and zealously, and uninvited "visitors" are well advised to stay clear of the system.

Padua's slanting hallways harbour many a dark secret; visitors hurrying through the dimly-lit passageways may see gleaming eyes peering at them from behind chiselled doorways, or hear the malignant click of a Detroit blaster being cocked. Despite, or perhaps because of, its suspicious and vaguely threatening ambience, Padua remains fairly popular, especially for Rogues looking to make a quick getaway and/or lay low for a while. Its bar is said to be the finest in all Liberty, though the Hackers of Leiden vehemently claim that theirs is really the best.

Missions Offered

• Liberty Rogues: $40,000 to $65,000 range

Bribes Offered

Spoiler:
Golden Chrysanthemums Hogosha Lane Hackers Liberty Rogues

Commodities

Exports

None

Imports

Blood Diamonds Deuterium Food Rations Luxury Food Oxygen Water