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| name = Okinawa
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| name = New York
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| description = The discovery of this system was a joint venture between the [[Gas Miners Guild]] and [[Kishiro]] Technologies. Much of the infrastructure in this system was financed by [[Interspace Commerce]], though the newest addition, the jump gate to Sigma-19 and its attached trade lanes have been sponsored by GMG and Kishiro.
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| description = The [[New York]] system is the capital of [[Liberty|House [[Liberty]]]] and one of the most populated areas of the entire [[Sirius Sector]]. Centered around a relatively cool G8-class star not unlike the sun of the [[Sol|Sol System]] are two fully habitable and colonized planets, [[Planet Manhattan|Manhattan]] and [[Planet Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh]]. The latter also features a moon, [[Maine]]. Further locations of interest include nine permanent space stations (of which one is home to the [[Liberty Rogues]] and another owned by the [[Junkers]]), two stationary [[Capital ship|capital-sized ships]] with full docking facilities, the mysterious [[Badlands]] and the enigmatic [[Zone 21]].
  
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The principal terraforming of [[Planet Miura]] has succeeded in 818 A.S. and a primary docking ring has been established. However, most of the planet still offers a very harsh environment and terraforming by Kishiro will proceed for the foreseeable future.
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The system's geography is dominated by the many scrap fields that arose from years of industrial exploitation. Named after the former States of [[Detroit Debris Field|Detroit]] and [[Jersey Debris Field|New Jersey]] and the [[Pittsburgh Debris Field|City of Pittsburgh]], they are frequented by corporate clean-up crews, self-employed salvagers as well as the occasional pirate or smuggler. The system's deep south is home to the already mentioned Badlands, a peculiar dark matter cloud which used to be home to two research stations, [[Benford Research Station|Benford]] and [[Ithaca Research Station|Ithaca]], until external circumstances forced them to be abandoned by their crews.
  
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Main revenue sectors in this system are the high-yield plutonium mines on Miura and the orbital Isehara refinery as well as the refining of Helium-3 to H-Fuel at Fujisawa.
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New York is host to five major corporations and countless pirate outfits preying on them. There are [[Jump Gate|jump gates]] and [[jump hole|holes]] to four different systems. Located near the [[Sirius Sector|Sector Core]], it is frequently used as central point of reference by map-makers across Sirian space, a fact which the Liberty Government is eager to promote.
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| image = Okinawa.jpg
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| image = New_York.jpg
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| government = {{House Link|Kusari|long}}
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| government = {{House Link|Liberty|long}}
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| region = Kusari
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| region = Liberty
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| neighbors = [[Honshu]]<br/>[[Sigma-19]]<br/>[[Nagano]]
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| neighbors = [[California]]<br/>[[Colorado]]<br/>[[Texas]]<br/>[[Alaska]]<br/>[[Pennsylvania]]<br/>[[New York]]
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| lawful-factions = * [[Bounty Hunters Guild]]
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| lawful-factions = * [[Liberty Navy]]
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| trade-factions = * [[Gas Miners Guild]]
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* [[Liberty Police, Inc.]]
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* [[Bounty Hunters Guild]]
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| trade-factions = * [[Cryer Pharmaceuticals]]
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* [[Universal Shipping]]
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* [[Ageira Technologies]]
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* [[ALG Waste Disposal]]
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* [[Border World Exports]]
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* [[Gateway Shipping]]
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* [[Synth Foods, Inc.]]
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* [[Orbital Spa and Cruise]]
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* [[Kishiro Technologies]]
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* [[Samura Industries]]
 
* [[Deep Space Engineering]]
 
* [[Deep Space Engineering]]
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* [[Interspace Commerce]]
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| unlawful-factions = * [[Junkers]]
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* [[Kishiro Technologies]]
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* [[Liberty Rogues]]
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| unlawful-factions = * [[Farmers Alliance]]
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* [[Xenos]]
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* [[Hogosha]]
 
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* [[Blood Dragons]]
 
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* [[Golden Chrysanthemums]]
 
 
* [[Outcasts]]
 
* [[Outcasts]]
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| suns = * Medium Green Sun
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| suns = * Medium White Sun
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| planets = * [[Planet Miura]] (inhabited)
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| planets = * [[Planet Manhattan]] (inhabited)
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* Planet Niiza
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* [[Planet Pittsburgh]] (inhabited)
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| stations = * [[Isehara Refinery]]
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* Maine
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* [[Kamakura Base]]
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| stations = * [[Newark Station]]
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* [[Battleship Matsuda]]
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* [[Trenton Outpost]]
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* [[Fujisawa Mining Facility]]
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* [[Liberty Rogue Destroyer]]
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* [[Sendai Research Complex]]
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* [[Battleship Missouri]]
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* [[Furyoku Station]]
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* [[Norfolk Shipyard]]
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| fields = * Kofu Dust Cloud
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* [[West Point Military Academy]]
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* Karatsu Cloud
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* [[Detroit Munitions]]
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* Mintaka Hydrogen Field
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* [[Fort Bush]]
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* Hasuda Asteroid Field
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* [[Baltimore Shipyard]]
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| mining-zones = * [[Helium-3]]
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* [[Buffalo Base]]
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* [[Rochester Base]]
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| fields = * Badlands
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* Zone-21
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* Detroit Debris Field
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* Jersey Debris Field
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* Pittsburgh Debris Field
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| mining-zones = * [[Scrap Metal]]
 
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==Planetary Bodies==
 
==Planetary Bodies==
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===[[Planet Miura]]===
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===[[Planet Manhattan]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Planet Miura}}</div>
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: Founded in the year 1 A.S., Manhattan was the first human colony established in the Sirius Sector. Over the last eight centuries it has grown into a teeming world of over 2.1 billion people who live and work in a number of large metropolises that dot the planet's surface. It still remains a bustling tourist destination, however, with many gorgeous sandy beaches and crowded shopping promenades.
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: First charted by the Blood Dragons in 688 A.S. when they discovered the Okinawa system, but due to the resources that a terraforming project would require the Blood Dragons simply could not afford such a vast undertaking. Instead, they focused their assets into building the more viable and long-term investment of Sendai Research Complex, leaving Miura untouched despite the mineral deposits that deep scans revealed.
 
  
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: Miura is an icy, snowbound planet with some quite large glacial formations. Although the atmosphere is breathable to humans, it is rather uncomfortable without decent filter systems. The average temperature rarely rises above -2 degrees Celsius, even at the relatively mild equatorial regions. Despite this, there are a number of indigenous life forms, including the Kaishi, an ice burrowing rodent similar to a cross between an ancient Earth rabbit and rat. Many of the life forms, however, have barely progressed from the invertebrate stages of evolution.
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: Nearly the entire population is dedicated to the manifest destiny of the Liberty free market, and today Manhattan is the hub of a vast commercial network that stretches into almost every corner of Sirius. While "going to Manhattan" has become a commonly accepted phrase for leaving home to seek your fortune, the cost of living on Manhattan itself is extravagantly high. If a trend is new and exciting - and expensive -- then it almost certainly originated here.
  
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: The planet was left alone for several centuries save for the occasional landings by the scientists at Sendai to collect samples for research purposes, until the arrival of a GMG ship, the exploration vessel Kinai Maru, in 812 A.S. The Captain, Toru Watanabe, spent almost a year surveying the planet and the nearby Mintaka Hydrogen Field, before returning to Aomori Station to present his findings to the Guild Administrative Board. After deliberating for several months, which included secretive talks with Kishiro Technologies, the decision was made to go ahead and push for a full terraforming project using the accelerated methods recently developed by Kishiro scientists (using stolen Planetform information in some places) in their attempts to solve the overpopulation problems facing most of the Houses.
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: Despite the turmoil surrounding the brief, but bloody, Nomad war that ended in 801 A.S., Manhattan has continued to grow, and shipments arrive from all over Sirius on a daily basis. While there are reminders of the Nomad War still left over, most people prefer to focus on the future and, for Liberty at least, it appears to be a bright one.
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: Starting in late 813 A.S., the terraforming of Miura was initiated, with the construction of the Kishiro base in orbit beginning soon after. Upon landing, planetary geologists and terraforming engineers discovered vast deposits of a number of various rare ores, leading Kishiro to make the decision to begin large scale mining operations on the planet, despite it being during the terraforming process. Due to the desire by the GMG and Kishiro to reduce costs in an already expensive project, it was decided to use prisoners instead of ordinary workers, and they are shipped in from various prison stations to serve as a work force in the uranium mines.
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| {{Thumbmaker|Planet Manhattan}}
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: The shipments of prisoners to such an unusual location have raised some eyebrows within the Kusari government, but for the most part they are only too happy to be rid of the troublemakers. Kishiro has, interestingly, refrained from using any Golden Chrysanthemum or Blood Dragon prisoners for the work in the mines, for fear of reprisals from both groups though possibly also at the behest of the GMG.
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Liberty Police, Inc.]]
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: In the last year, Kishiro and the GMG have made remarkable breakthroughs in the development of Miura, not the least of which is the completion of a docking ring for the planet. Plutonium output on Miura has more than doubled since the system was connected to the gate network at the start of 817 A.S. 818 also saw the completion of the much-delayed Sigma-19 gate, finally giving the GMG an avenue between their two domains that didn't involve going through Kusari territory. Despite these improvements to Okinawa's infrastructure, the Hogosha have become an inreasingly greater threat to the operations in the system. While the Hogosha don't enjoy the same level of political protection, the development of the Nagano system has created a safe haven and large source of income for them. The Hogosha have also found a new route into the solar system, no longer hindered by the Golden Chrysanthemum, Blood Dragon, and GMG forces that are a near-constant defense around the known jumpholes to the north, and the Honshu Gate. GMG has made finding the location of the Hogosha base and jumphole one of their largest security priorities.
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:: <b>Location:</b> D/4
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:: <b>Diameter:</b> 12,753 km.
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Gas Miners Guild]]
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:: <b>Mass:</b> 5.98 x 10e24 kg.
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:: <b>Location:</b> E/5
 
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:: <b>Diameter:</b> 12,803 km
 
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:: <b>Mass:</b> 6.27 x 10e23 kg
 
 
:: <b>Terrain:</b> Terrestrial
 
:: <b>Terrain:</b> Terrestrial
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:: <b>Temperature:</b> -62°C to 3°C
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:: <b>Temperature:</b> -46°C to 43°C
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:: <b>Escape Velocity:</b> 12.08 km/sec
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:: <b>Escape Velocity:</b> 11.27 km/sec
 
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===Planet Niiza===
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===[[Planet Pittsburgh]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Planet Niiza}}</div>
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: Pittsburgh is covered by a single vast desert, broken only by large rocky outcroppings that were big enough to escape being swallowed up by the sand. Without any ice asteroids in close proximity, the planet was not considered a good candidate for terraforming and remained sparsely populated until a full-scale mineral survey in 650 A.S. pinpointed enormous deposits of Boron in the form of borax salts deep within the Corridera Plateau. A large scale mining operation was established on the planet in 660 A.S. by Deep Space Engineering to exploit these deposits, and it is now one of the only raw material extraction facility left within Liberty space.
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: An arid planet with a thin, choking atmosphere, it was surveyed shortly after Miura, initially by the original Blood Dragon explorers, and later by the GMG vessel Kinai Maru. Despite an atmosphere breathable by humans, though barely, the planet lies on the very edge of the Green Dwarf star's corona. The day-side facing the sun is scorching hot, with temperatures exceeding 90 degrees Celsius, while the night-side falls to a frigid -80 Celsius.
 
  
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: Deep scans of the planet have revealed gold and boron in some amounts, and there are a few life forms living deep underground, away from the searing heat and freezing cold of the surface, although the few Blood Dragon and Kishiro scientific landings onto the night side to investigate have revealed that they are not much more advanced than basic arthropods and invertebrates.
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: Since the success of DSE's boron mining concerns, there has been an increasing need for miners and other workers. Many refugees that come seeking asylum in Liberty often get redirected to Pittsburgh to find work in the boron mines, and to live in the cities that are slowly sprawling outwards around the mining facilities, and Liberty authorities estimate that Pittsburgh's population will reach the 85 million mark by 820 A.S.
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: It is unlikely that any serious attempt will be made to terraform, colonize or otherwise extract resources from Niiza, as the costs and dangers involved, particularly due to the proximity to the sun, make it prohibitively expensive and difficult. Neither Kishiro nor the Gas Miners Guild have so far shown any interest in pursuing operations on the planet, although the scientific community that is actually aware of the existence of this planet do occasionally make landings on the surface. Both Kishiro and the GMG have, so far, conveniently ignored excursions by Blood Dragon scientists to this planet and seem content to maintain the unofficial status quo.
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| {{Thumbmaker|Planet Pittsburgh}}
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:: <b>Location:</b> E/3
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| <div style="font-size: 90%; vertical-align: top;">|
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:: <b>Diameter:</b> 11,249 km
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Deep Space Engineering]]
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:: <b>Mass:</b> 6.13 x 10e23 kg
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:: <b>Location:</b> F/2
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:: <b>Terrain:</b> Terrestrial
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:: <b>Diameter:</b> 6,485 km.
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:: <b>Temperature:</b> -79°C to 92°C
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:: <b>Mass:</b> 4.73 x 10e24 kg.
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:: <b>Escape Velocity:</b> 11.83 km/sec
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:: <b>Terrain:</b> Desert
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:: <b>Temperature:</b> -38°C to 69°C
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:: <b>Escape Velocity:</b> 9.04 km/sec
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===Maine===
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: Surveyed in 1 A.S. along with the rest of the New York system, Maine has never had any resources worth the effort to extract them, or enough atmosphere to allow any effective colonisation effort. Deep Space Engineering, who own the rights to Maine, sometimes lease it out to the Liberty Navy and Detroit Munitions, in order for them to conduct weapons testing on the planet.
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| {{Thumbmaker|Maine}}
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| <div style="font-size: 90%; vertical-align: top;">|
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:: <b>Location:</b> F/2
 
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==Nebulae and Asteroids==
 
==Nebulae and Asteroids==
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===Kofu Dust Cloud===
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===Badlands===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Badlands}}</div>
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: The Kofu Dust Cloud is something of a misnomer, given that it is in fact a cloud of nebulous gases that restricts sensor usage to short ranges. The fine particles of dust that pervade the cloud are responsible for the scanner malfunctions and few ships venture within to explore, especially given the huge Blood Dragon presence within the cloud. It is suspected that the Blood Dragons are hiding something in the Kofu Cloud, but nothing has ever been substantiated.
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: <span style="color:red;">&gt;&gt;&gt;WARNING: NAVIGATIONAL HAZARD&lt;&lt;&lt;</span>
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: The Badlands is a particulate cloud filled with asteroids and subject to intense electrical activity that renders most scanners inoperable. Two government research stations, Bedford and Ithaca, were constructed here to study these unique environmental phenomena. However, the Badlands also provides a natural refuge for all types of criminal elements. The Battleship Missouri has since been deployed to protect Liberty interests in the area and deter pirate attacks against nearby Trade Lanes.
 
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:: <b>Location:</b> D/2
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:: <b>Location:</b> D/6
 
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===Karatsu Cloud===
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===Zone-21===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Karatsu Cloud}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Zone-21}}</div>
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: The Karatsu Cloud is often perceived by all who know of its existence to be a hauntingly beautiful cloud of swirling gases and fine particles of dust that catch and refract the light filtering through the cloud from the Green Dwarf star at the heart of the system.
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: <span style="color:red;">&gt;&gt;&gt;WARNING: RESTRICTED AREA&lt;&lt;&lt;</span>
  
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: Scanners are severely restricted within the cloud due to the nature of the gases and dust particles present, and the Golden Chrysanthemum are known to inhabit the cloud. It is believed that they have a base within Karatsu, although they zealously guard it with heavy patrols and it has never been reliably confirmed.
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: All information concerning Zone 21 is CLASSIFIED by the Liberty Navy and the area protected by a minefield. Any unauthorized ships attempting to breach the Zone 21 minefield or enter Zone 21 itself will be nullified WITHOUT EXCEPTION OR EXEMPTION.
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:: <b>Location:</b> G/5
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===Detroit Debris Field===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Detroit Debris Field}}</div>
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: An industrial dumping ground left over from early expansion efforts, it is now frequented by Junkers and Rogues.
 
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:: <b>Location:</b> B/4
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:: <b>Location:</b> C/5
 
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===Mintaka Hydrogen Field===
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===Jersey Debris Field===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Mintaka Hydrogen Field}}</div>
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: Discovered in 812 A.S. by the Gas Miners Guild exploration vessel Kinai Maru, the Mintaka Hydrogen Field appears to be one of the largest and most dense hydrogen fields ever discovered. The GMG were quick to move in and establish Fujisawa Mining Facility, and it has rapidly become one of the largest mining facilities operated by the Guild. Caution is to be advised within the field as pockets of explosive gas in some areas present navigational hazards to the unwary.
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: A floating junkyard, the byproduct of orbital development around Manhattan. Some criminal activity is present, chiefly drug runners and smugglers, along with itinerant Junkers who comb the field looking for scrap and parts.
 
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:: <b>Location:</b> G/4
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:: <b>Location:</b> C/3
 
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===Hasuda Asteroid Field===
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===Pittsburgh Debris Field===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Hasuda Asteroid Field}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Pittsburgh Debris Field}}</div>
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: Although a number of the asteroids contain traces of iron, the vast majority are devoid of any real resources and no active mining operations exist within the field. Sightings of Hogosha vessels are occasionally reported throughout the field.
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: A cloud of abandoned ships, parts, and other scrap pulled into the planet Pittsburgh's gravity well from the Baltimore Shipyard over the centuries. The Pittsburgh Debris Field is frequently used as cover by Rogues who like to attack traffic in and out of Pittsburgh.
 
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:: <b>Location:</b> D/7
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:: <b>Location:</b> F/3
 
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===[[Isehara Refinery]]===
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===[[Newark Station]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Isehara Refinery}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Newark Station}}</div>
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: Isehara finished construction in 814 A.S., four months after the terraforming of Planet Miura was started. Isehara was originally used to handle the flow of goods to and from the planet, including the Plutonium shipments that frequently made their way up from planet-side and the transports full of prisoners to work in the mines.
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: Interspace Corporate was founded in 204 A.S. by Ageira and Deep Space Engineering, since they could pool the necessary capital in insurance and finance. Built in the same year, Newark Station is the local headquarters for the now renamed "Interspace Commerce" (IC), one of the largest financial concerns in the Sirius Sector. While Interspace was initially responsible for financing the construction of the vast Jump Gate and Trade Lane network that connects the various colonies, it was forced to divest itself of these holdings as a result of the Rheinland-Kusari Trade Embargo in 521 A.S.
  
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: As the base of operations for the entire terraforming project on Planet Miura, quite a few Kishiro scientists, advisors, and even an unspecified number of former Planetform engineers hired for a huge sum are based onboard the station, with sophisticated tracking and weather satellite arrays to keep track of the planet's progress.
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: The corporation changed its name to Interspace Commerce and has since transitioned to insuring cargo shipments within and between the various colonies. The remainder of the Newark Station population is a constantly shifting crowd of traders, technocrats, executives, and Bounty Hunters, all cutting deals and arranging for the transport or protection of their goods.
  
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: The station itself has a considerable security detachment from both Kishiro's personal forces and the Gas Miner Guild's own paramilitary squadrons, and the civilian transports that make their way to and from the base carrying supplies are generally considered relatively safe from hostile attacks.
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: Newark is also ideally located in central New York to act as a Headquarters for the Angels. It has been rumored that the Angels garnered one of the best offices on Newark by gathering potential employees for Interspace. As a place where bounty hunters, traders and many other types of pilots live and work from, the Angels have an ear to the ground on Newark, able to read more out of financial and insurance records than most accountants. Occasional maintenance drones can be seen cleaning the outside of Newark, when an unfortunate trading vessel tries to enter the docking pattern at high speeds.
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: With the completion of Planet Miura's docking ring in 818 A.S., Isehara was set to fulfill its original purpose as the main refinery for the planet's Plutonium production. While still operating as the headquarters for the terraforming project, much of the operations could be moved to the planet's surface with the completion of the docking ring, freeing up that space for refinement.
 
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: The new docking ring and focus on refinement has increased Kishiro's profits from the Okinawa project dramatically, further solidifying their new control over Kusari's government, as well as solidifying their alliance with the Gas Miners Guild.
 
 
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:: <b>Location:</b> E/5
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:: <b>Location:</b> C/4
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:: <b>Class:</b> Suika
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:: <b>Class:</b> Chasins
 
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Complete
 
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Complete
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
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:: <b>Population:</b> 4K
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:: <b>Population:</b> 5K
 
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===[[Kamakura Base]]===
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===[[Trenton Outpost]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Trenton Outpost}}</div>
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: After having learned of their rival Kishiro's plans in conjunction with the Gas Miners Guild for the Okinawa system in early 815 A.S., Samura Industries decided that it could risk somewhat more indirect intervention to destroy or at least delay the plans of its rivals. To this end, it has enlisted the aid of the Hogosha, insisting that they build an outpost to keep an eye on developments within the system, and disrupt them wherever possible. The Hogosha readily agreed, having no love for Kishiro or the Gas Miners Guild in particular and secretly began construction on Kamakura base within the Hasuda Asteroid Field.
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: Trenton Outpost is the headquarters of Universal Shipping, one of the "Big Three" family of Liberty companies that also includes Ageira Technologies and Deep Space Engineering. Universal Shipping made its fortune by gambling on shipping silver from Colorado to California for use in terraforming Los Angeles, long before Jump Gates and Trade Lanes reduced the risk of transporting goods over such long distances. Universal then cemented its reputation as the premiere Liberty shipping company in 181 A.S. by signing a contract to handle all shipping between Ageira Technologies facilities and Deep Space Engineering construction sites.
  
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: Construction was completed in late 816 A.S., despite several delays and near discovery of the base by Golden Chrysanthemum and GMG patrols, and the Hogosha makes full use of the base's strategic location to launch raids on both the Kishiro and GMG installations, as well as the Nagano jump gate construction site.
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: It is often rumoured that Universal Shipping has made several clandestine deals with the Xenos, as vessels that carry both the Universal Shipping transponder and ident codes are always ignored by the Xenos. This is strenuously denied by the Universal's Executive Board, but nevertheless the rumours continue to persist, and Universal Shipping has never yet lost a vessel to the Xeno Terrorists.
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:: <b>Location:</b> D/4
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:: <b>Class:</b> Cochrane
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:: <b>Gravity:</b> Partial
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:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
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:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
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:: <b>Population:</b> 1K
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===[[Liberty Rogue Destroyer]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Liberty Rogue Destroyer}}</div>
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: The Liberty Rogue destroyer, dubbed the "Drunken Codger" by easily amused Liberty Rogue pilots who frequently use it to rearm and repair their vessels, was originally constructed at the Terre Haute Shipyard in the Cassini system in 812 A.S., with its primary function being the protection of the shipyard facilities there.
  
−
: As their supply lines have become more stabilised, the Hogosha's strategic options have opened up and in addition to a small ship production facility onboard, a fully integrated repair yard was installed to enable the Hogosha to operate with a greater degree of effectiveness so far from their main base.
+
: With the Liberty Police increasing its patrols and cracking down harder on the Liberty Rogues, eventually the Rogue leadership decided to move the destroyer near to the Detroit debris field in the New York system, to help reinforce the Rogue pirate activities in the heart of Liberty.
 
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:: <b>Location:</b> C/7
+
:: <b>Location:</b> F/3
−
:: <b>Class:</b> Arakachi
+
:: <b>Class:</b> Scylla
−
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Complete
+
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
−
:: <b>Population:</b> 200
+
:: <b>Population:</b> ''Unknown''
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
|-
 
|-
 
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===[[Battleship Matsuda]]===
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===[[Battleship Missouri]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Battleship Missouri}}</div>
−
: Originally the Battleship Himeji, commanded by Chujo Michio Raikatugi, was permanently stationed outside Governor Tekagi's fortress in the Tohoku system, along with the Battleships Ishioka, Musashi and Sennan. During the Nomad War , towards the end of 800 A.S., the Blood Dragons led an attack on Tekagi's fortress, resulting in the destruction of the Battleship Musashi and the death of the Nomad-infested Tekagi.
+
: The Battleship Missouri is the flagship of the Liberty Navy. Commissioned in 799 A.S., the Missouri has state-of-the-art weaponry and is constructed around a unique triple-hulled design that incorporates integrated armour plating. The armour plating is specially manufactured in the Norfolk Shipyards for the Liberty Navy using a classified, proprietary process.
  
−
: After the Governor was killed, the Nomad-controlled crews of his defence fleet began to fall into a retreat towards an unknown jumphole in the Tohoku system, while members of the Blood Dragons and hired Freelancers withdrew with the alien artifact that they had been sent to recover from the fortress. The Blood Dragons, fighting against heavy odds, sent a call to arms to the Golden Chrysanthemums, who responded with all available ships.
+
: The Missouri has seen action in a number of conflicts, including a brief battle near the Zone 21 minefield during a skirmish with Order forces in early 801 A.S., and more recently in the audacious Lane Hacker led raid on Norfolk Shipyard in 814 A.S. Admiral Wendi White is in command, and has been the captain of the Missouri since its commission to active service.
 +
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 +
:: <b>Location:</b> F/5
 +
:: <b>Class:</b> Overlord
 +
:: <b>Crew:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
 +
:: <b>Armament:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
 +
</div>
 +
|-
 +
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 +
===[[Norfolk Shipyard]]===
 +
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Norfolk Shipyard}}</div>
 +
: Built in 87 A.S., Norfolk Shipyard has the honour of being both the oldest shipyard in Liberty and the second oldest in the Sirius sector, after Yokohama Shipyard in Kusari. Constructed and maintained by the Liberty Navy, it has the distinction of manufacturing many of the battleships and cruisers of the Liberty Navy. Of particular interest, is the unique, triple hulled armour plating design that all Liberty Navy vessels have, although the manufacturing procedure used at Norfolk is highly classified.
 +
<div style="font-size: 80%">
 +
:: <b>Location:</b> F/5
 +
:: <b>Class:</b> Alabama
 +
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Partial
 +
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 +
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
 +
:: <b>Population:</b> 9K
 +
</div>
 +
|-
 +
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 +
===[[West Point Military Academy]]===
 +
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|West Point Military Academy}}</div>
 +
: West Point Military Academy has been training the best and brightest officers in the Liberty military for over 600 years. Completed in 189 A.S. and formally opened a year later, the current commandant of West Point is Admiral Matthew Evans, son of the former commandant, Walter Evans. West Point has had many famous personalities who have both trained at the Academy and served on its teaching staff, including decorated veterans such as Captain Jason Findley and Captain Marcus Walker. Rear Admiral Jun'ko Zane of the Liberty Security Force is currently teaching at West Point, although it is believed that she will be reassigned next year to a classified location once her teaching stint at the academy ends, and either Commodore Juan Cruz or Captain Nikki Kidman are expected to replace her.
 +
<div style="font-size: 80%">
 +
:: <b>Location:</b> C/5
 +
:: <b>Class:</b> Military
 +
:: <b>Gravity:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
 +
:: <b>Docking:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
 +
:: <b>Amenities:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
 +
:: <b>Population:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
 +
</div>
 +
|-
 +
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 +
===[[Detroit Munitions]]===
 +
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Detroit Munitions}}</div>
 +
: Detroit is the headquarters for Detroit Munitions, one of the oldest privately owned companies in Liberty. Detroit has been manufacturing small- and medium-sized arms since its founding by patriarch Ed Garner in 614 A.S. His name still graces the company's most popular line of blasters, despite the occasional attempt by an Ageira executive to have his own name imprinted onto a weapons line.
  
−
: As they arrived, the Battleship Sennan was destroyed in a fiery explosion as the magnetic fields around the fusion reactor collapsed. With extensive engine damage, partially inflicted by the dying Sennan, the Battleship Himeji changed course, limping towards the Nagano jumphole, pursued by large numbers of Golden Chrysanthemum fighters, bombers and transports. The Battleship Ishioka escaped, and its whereabouts today remain a mystery.
+
: Although Detroit Munitions as a company has been extremely successful, it eventually decided to partner with Ageira Technologies, in an effort to gain access to even more advanced weapons research, particularly in light of the contracts that Ageira holds with the Liberty Navy and the Liberty Security Forces. Ageira now owns the station itself and pays for its upkeep, although Detroit Munitions has several new outlets on Denver and a weapons testing range on Pittsburgh's moon of Maine.
−
 
 
−
: The Himeji managed to jump into Okinawa, but was finally disabled on the other side, near to the Sendai Research Complex. Golden Chrysanthemum and Blood Dragon soldiers boarded the ship, and assisted by agents of the Order from Sendai, captured the vessel, destroying all traces of Nomads found onboard. The ship was discovered to have too extensive damage to move it too far, so it was slowly nudged into a parking orbit of the research station and left there under the control of Golden Chrysanthemum  techs and soldiers, in gratitude for their assistance.
 
−
 
 
−
: Over the ensuing years since the end of the Nomad War, the Golden Chrysanthemums have spent a considerable amount of effort and time to repair it, using hijacked materials from Samura military freighters transporting parts to the various shipyards across Kusari. Eventually, in 813 A.S., the ship was deemed fully operational once more and with much ceremony the Sisterhood re-christened the ship to the Battleship Matsuda, in honour of Yuyu Matsuda, founder of the Golden Chrysanthemum movement.
 
−
 
 
−
: At present, the Matsuda is tasked with guarding the Cardamine run through Okinawa and the jumphole to Honshu, and is home to a large population of Golden Chrysanthemum families in addition to the crew. Outcasts and Blood Dragons are also known to frequent the ship for supplies.
 
 
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<div style="font-size: 80%">
 
:: <b>Location:</b> B/4
 
:: <b>Location:</b> B/4
−
:: <b>Class:</b> Matsuda
+
:: <b>Class:</b> Ford
−
:: <b>Crew:</b> 3k
+
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Partial
−
:: <b>Armament:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
+
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 +
:: <b>Amenities:</b> No
 +
:: <b>Population:</b> 1K
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
−
===[[Fujisawa Mining Facility]]===
+
===[[Fort Bush]]===
−
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Fujisawa Mining Facility}}</div>
+
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Fort Bush}}</div>
−
: Constructed in 814 A.S. by the Gas Miners Guild after the discovery of vast untapped hydrogen reserves in the Mintaka Hydrogen Field, Fujisawa has grown to become one of the largest bases in operation by the GMG, supplying H-Fuel to various markets across Sirius and assisting Isehara with raw materials needed for its terraforming projects.
+
: Ft. Bush was one of the earliest outposts established during the settlement of Liberty. As Liberty expanded, Fort Bush became a popular jumping-off point for any number of wild business ventures as explorers set out to make their fortunes among the stars. Today Ft. Bush provides a haven for traders from all over Sirius who have business to conduct in Liberty. A branch of Liberty Police, Inc. (LPI) headquartered aboard the station helps maintain the peace necessary to a free economy by suppressing pirate activity in the debris fields and administrating automated weapons platforms that defend the nearby Trade Lane junction.
−
 
 
−
: Fujisawa is also serving as a way station, repair depot and barracks for the security forces that are heavily present in the system due to the sensitivity of the project being undertaken by the Gas Miners Guild and its corporate ally, Kishiro. Both Kishiro and the GMG have invested enormous sums of money into the joint project, with the Guild providing both raw materials and the security muscle necessary to protect their interests.
 
−
 
 
−
: With the ever increasing attacks against Gas Miner Ogashawa in Sigma 19 by the Corsairs, Outcasts and even Samura's dirty tricks operatives, the Hogosha, the GMG hope that Fujisawa and the Planet Miura terraforming project will help revive their and Kishiro's fortunes in Kusari and the Sigmas, both economically and politically, allowing them to pull out of the Omicrons somewhat and come to some form of unofficial agreement with the Outcasts to lessen the pressure exerted on them by the incessant assaults.
 
 
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<div style="font-size: 80%">
−
:: <b>Location:</b> G/4
+
:: <b>Location:</b> E/3
−
:: <b>Class:</b> Kitamura
+
:: <b>Class:</b> Goliath
 
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Complete
 
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Complete
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
−
:: <b>Population:</b> 530
+
:: <b>Population:</b> 5K
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
−
===[[Sendai Research Complex]]===
+
===[[Baltimore Shipyard]]===
−
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Sendai Research Complex}}</div>
+
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Baltimore Shipyard}}</div>
−
: Built in 692 A.S., four years after the Okinawa system was discovered by Blood Dragon scouts, the Sendai Research Complex was originally designed to house weapon and ship R&amp;amp;D for the Blood Dragons in an uncharted system, to maintain security and secrecy. It is believed that the principle design work behind the Blood Dragon Bomber, whose designs were copied from a captured Kusari bomber, was completed here, although finalized specifications and prototype testing were done at Mito Shipyard.
+
: Baltimore Shipyard was originally constructed by Deep Space Engineering in 699 A.S., after they moved their headquarters to the planet Pittsburgh. The shipyard is known for its quality manufacturing processes on the construction of numerous vessels, including civilian liners and yachts, and even a number of smaller craft such as the "Chesapeake" class shuttle.
  
−
: In 735 A.S., research was expanded to include a Xenoarchaelogical department and an alien biology division, after unusual artifacts of alien origin were discovered in the Tohoku system. This work became of further importance in 793 A.S., after scouts in the employ of Governor Tekagi discovered the Tohoku system and construction began on the fortress base that the Governor would later occupy.
+
: Although the shipyard takes construction orders to manufacture civilian vessels to the client's specifications, there is usually a waiting list as priority is given to Deep Space Engineering transports and luxury liners. The Xenos are also reputed to have contacts at Baltimore that supply them with spare parts for small fighters and occasionally bombers, but this is always strenuously denied by DSE executives.
 +
<div style="font-size: 80%">
 +
:: <b>Location:</b> E/3
 +
:: <b>Class:</b> Delaware
 +
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Partial
 +
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 +
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
 +
:: <b>Population:</b> 9K
 +
</div>
 +
|-
 +
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 +
===[[Buffalo Base]]===
 +
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Buffalo Base}}</div>
 +
: The Rogues are a product of over two centuries of systematic lower-class cleansing that occurred on the Liberty planets of Manhattan, Denver, and Los Angeles. Relocated to the Texas prison system, many of them end up planetside on Houston upon release. Some stayed straight and joined the population scratching out a living. The rest returned to their life of crime, often ending up vaporized by a pursuing Liberty police patrol or back in prison for longer stretches, manning the prison factories that are the economic lifeblood of the Texas system.
  
−
: Their research soon became of interest to the Order, who contacted the Blood Dragons in 794 A.S. with the proposition of a mutual exchange of knowledge, although how the Order found out about the top secret research conducted by the Blood Dragons in the first place remains unknown. The two groups agreed and Order scientists soon moved aboard Sendai to assist in experiments. The Order quickly became concerned with the unusual activities of Tekagi, with numerous reports of mysterious artifacts being uncovered by the Governor's agents, and of strange ships sighted around his fortress, and the Blood Dragons agreed to construct a forward observation post in the Tohoku system, in the form of Ryuku Base.
+
: Some say the massive LPI roundups of even minor offenders in Liberty have more to do with staffing these plants cheaply than reducing crime. Fresh out of the incubator of the Texas prison system, they have limited choices. Either they work in the factories of Houston for a pittance, join the Bounty Hunters and hunt down their former brethren, go radical and hook up with the Xenos, or rejoin their former partners in crime. The latter path is the obvious one for most. Simply put, these are not-too-quick opportunists, people willing to do whatever it takes to make a buck and get by until tomorrow. Usually they end up taking the fall for anything illegal that occurs in Liberty, whether they were involved or not.
  
−
: It was scientists working at the Sendai Research Complex, under the supervision of Lord Hakkera and Research Director Yuu Funabashi, which eventually realised the importance of the Proteus Tome and its connection to the Daam-K'Vosh, and transmitted all their gathered information to both groups in the hopes that the Tome could be retrieved from Governor Tekagi's grasp. Things came to a head during the Nomad War, although Sendai saw little actual action, save for assisting in the disabling and capture of the Battleship Himeji as it retreated from the Nagano Jump Hole.
+
: The Rogues were initially a disorganized lot, but over the last century have slowly evolved into quite a highly organised collection of criminals. They are responsible for most of the Trade Lane attacks in Liberty space and the adjacent Independent Worlds, usually operating in groups of three or more ships, utilising a variety of tactics. They occasionally provide shelter for the Outcasts in exchange for cardamine, but they are not averse to dealing in the artifacts trade either. The main Rogue ethos seems to be to make money however possible, regardless of how low or uncivilized their actions may be.
  
−
: Nowadays, with the Nomad war long over and the Order's alliance with the Corsairs, no Order scientists remain onboard the research base, although the Blood Dragons do still continue their investigations into both the Nomads and their origins, and also into various other alien life forms they have encountered, such as those on the Planets Niiza and Miura. Scientists on both sides occasionally submit reports to each other regarding any new and useful data they might have obtained from their research into the exobiology and astrosociobiology of the Nomads and Daam-K'Vosh.
+
: Buffalo Base is the original Liberty Rogue hideout, deep in the badlands of the New York system. Constructed in 672 A.S. by malcontents from Houston and Manhattan, it has served as the main operations centre for the Rogues across the entire of Liberty. With the authorities loathe to patrol or pursue suspects within the confines of the extremely dangerous Badlands, Buffalo Base is the safest criminal hideout in Liberty, and arguably one of the safest in the entire Sirius sector.
 
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<div style="font-size: 80%">
−
:: <b>Location:</b> E/1
+
:: <b>Location:</b> E/7
−
:: <b>Class:</b> Hideyoshi
+
:: <b>Class:</b> Leviathan
 
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Complete
 
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Complete
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
−
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
+
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Limited
−
:: <b>Population:</b> 720
+
:: <b>Population:</b> ''Unknown''
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
−
===[[Furyoku Station]]===
+
===[[Rochester Base]]===
−
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Furyoku Station}}</div>
+
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Rochester Base}}</div>
−
: After the discovery of the Okinawa system, Kishiro and the GMG required a considerable amount of money to quickly begin the construction of the system's infrastructure. Unfortunately, the only corporation both willing and able to underwrite the project was Interspace Commerce, who agreed to insure and finance it in exchange for 5% of the H-Fuel profits and also being permitted to construct a base in Okinawa. The GMG grudgingly agreed, and construction started on Furyoku Station at the same time as Fujisawa Mining Facility was assembled. The station was eventually completed in early 816 A.S., despite a number of sabotage incidences that were believed to be the work of Hogosha agents.
+
: Where there's junk, there are the Junkers. They've been around since the earliest days of the Trade Lanes. Descended from the working classes, they developed within the House systems as a sort of necessary evil, handling the dirty work that no one else would. They do well salvaging valuable materials from the ever-increasing debris fields throughout Sirius, with the notable exception of Kusari. To this day they remain held at bay by the Hogosha.
 +
 
 +
: Anyone who deals with Junkers knows they live by a strict code; if you're not a Junker, you're not part of the family. A Junker will double-cross you without a second thought, and they're fiercely protective of each other. Most House corporations consider the Junkers to be simple criminals, but Junkers will occasionally do favors for the police, turning in the odd, mid-level criminal or letting them know about the occasional drug shipment. So despite some harassment, the police stop short of shutting them down. The infrequent police cleanup operations are little more than exercises in public relations, though there's no love lost between the two groups.  
 +
 
 +
: The Junkers make their official money from salvaging debris within the fields, but also have a good deal going with various criminals, who like their "no questions asked" policy. Tolerated by the governments, Junkers sometimes deal in contraband, but they are extremely hard to catch red-handed. They are frequently patronized by the criminal element for the refuge they offer within the often hostile territory of House capitol systems.  
  
−
: The base handles a large portion of the traffic moving in and out of Okinawa, and the GMG often stores a large amount of H-Fuel reserves at Furyoku. Attacks in the system against GMG and Kishiro facilities, as well as the Interspace base, have been more or less non-existent, save for the occasional raiding parties that are almost certainly Hogosha in origin. Part of the reason for this is almost certainly due to the influence and dealings that Interspace are known to have with the Golden Chrysanthemums. In exchange for the lack of piracy and attacks on their facilities and transports within Okinawa, it appears that both the Kishiro and GMG authorities within the system have taken to turning a blind eye whenever a Golden Chrysanthemum vessel has been seen docking with Furyoku Station.
+
: Liberty has two groups: a major population in the New York system, and a smaller enclave in Texas. The Junker base of operations in New London is located near the shipyards within the Southampton Debris Field. In New Berlin they scavenge the remaining pockets of industrial waste and scrap within the asteroid fields. Their latest foray is a departure -- a base in the Border Worlds. Attracted by the ALG operation in Sigma-13, they have set up shop near the facility and do most of the dirty work, picking off the best loot from the old ships for themselves. It also serves as a convenient launching point for Cardamine and Artifact runs into New Berlin. Long-distance smuggling is new for the faction, which is still perfecting this skill.  
 
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<div style="font-size: 80%">
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:: <b>Location:</b> D/5
+
:: <b>Location:</b> D/3
−
:: <b>Class:</b> Akebono
+
:: <b>Class:</b> ''Unknown''
−
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Complete
+
:: <b>Gravity:</b> ''Unknown''
−
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
+
:: <b>Docking:</b> ''Unknown''
−
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
+
:: <b>Amenities:</b> ''Unknown''
−
:: <b>Population:</b> 3K
+
:: <b>Population:</b> ''Unknown''
 
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===[[Helium-3]]===
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===[[Scrap Metal]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Scrap Metal|scrap_metal}}</div>
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: A lighter isotope of Helium gas, He3 is an essential component of the H-Fuel used across Sirius. When mixed in equal proportion with Deuterium, the resulting fuel has the advantage of being 'aneutronic' - that is, it does not produce dangerous neutrons that require heavy shielding. Gas Mining companies like the GMG and Samura can charge a premium by delivering the Helium-3 component directly to customers, letting them add their own Deuterium onsite. Known reserves of Helium-3 are in the Crow Nebula of the Sigmas, and the Shiden Cloud in the Hokkaido system.
+
: The rapid industrialization that followed the settlement of the Sirius Sector has resulted in large fields of Scrap Metal, the detritus resulting from extensive manufacturing and mining operations. These debris fields present both a navigational hazard and a potential second-stage resource, so a small cottage industry has sprung up among those who collect scrap metal and resell it at smelting plants.
 
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|align="left;"{{!}}Helium-3 Field
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|align="center;"|20
 
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|align="left;"{{!}}Helium-3 Field
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|align="left;"{{!}}Helium-3 Field
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|align="left;"{{!}}Helium-3 Field
 
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|[[igma-19 Jump Gate]]
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|[[California]]
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|Gate
 +
|style="text-align: center;"|B/6
 +
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 +
|[[Colorado]]
 +
|Gate
 +
|style="text-align: center;"|D/2
 +
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 +
|[[Texas]]
 
|Gate
 
|Gate
 
|style="text-align: center;"|G/6
 
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|[[Honshu]]
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|[[Alaska]]
 +
|Gate
 +
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 +
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|[[Pennsylvania]]
 
|Gate
 
|Gate
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|[[Sigma-19]]
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|Hole
 
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|[[Honshu]]
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 +
|Hole
 +
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|[[Colorado]]
 
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New York
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System
Governing House Flag-liberty.png Republic of Liberty
Region Liberty
Connected
Systems 		California
Colorado
Texas
Alaska
Pennsylvania
New York

The New York system is the capital of [[Liberty|House Liberty]] and one of the most populated areas of the entire Sirius Sector. Centered around a relatively cool G8-class star not unlike the sun of the Sol System are two fully habitable and colonized planets, Manhattan and Pittsburgh. The latter also features a moon, Maine. Further locations of interest include nine permanent space stations (of which one is home to the Liberty Rogues and another owned by the Junkers), two stationary capital-sized ships with full docking facilities, the mysterious Badlands and the enigmatic Zone 21.

The system's geography is dominated by the many scrap fields that arose from years of industrial exploitation. Named after the former States of Detroit and New Jersey and the City of Pittsburgh, they are frequented by corporate clean-up crews, self-employed salvagers as well as the occasional pirate or smuggler. The system's deep south is home to the already mentioned Badlands, a peculiar dark matter cloud which used to be home to two research stations, Benford and Ithaca, until external circumstances forced them to be abandoned by their crews.

New York is host to five major corporations and countless pirate outfits preying on them. There are jump gates and holes to four different systems. Located near the Sector Core, it is frequently used as central point of reference by map-makers across Sirian space, a fact which the Liberty Government is eager to promote.

System Overview

Astronomical Bodies
Stellar Objects
  • Medium White Sun
  • None
  • Badlands
  • Zone-21
  • Detroit Debris Field
  • Jersey Debris Field
  • Pittsburgh Debris Field
Industrial Development
Faction Presence
Lawful Factions
Corporations & Guilds
Unlawful Factions


Planetary Bodies

Planet Manhattan

Founded in the year 1 A.S., Manhattan was the first human colony established in the Sirius Sector. Over the last eight centuries it has grown into a teeming world of over 2.1 billion people who live and work in a number of large metropolises that dot the planet's surface. It still remains a bustling tourist destination, however, with many gorgeous sandy beaches and crowded shopping promenades.
Nearly the entire population is dedicated to the manifest destiny of the Liberty free market, and today Manhattan is the hub of a vast commercial network that stretches into almost every corner of Sirius. While "going to Manhattan" has become a commonly accepted phrase for leaving home to seek your fortune, the cost of living on Manhattan itself is extravagantly high. If a trend is new and exciting - and expensive -- then it almost certainly originated here.
Despite the turmoil surrounding the brief, but bloody, Nomad war that ended in 801 A.S., Manhattan has continued to grow, and shipments arrive from all over Sirius on a daily basis. While there are reminders of the Nomad War still left over, most people prefer to focus on the future and, for Liberty at least, it appears to be a bright one.
Planet Manhattan
Owner Faction: Liberty Police, Inc.
Location: D/4
Diameter: 12,753 km.
Mass: 5.98 x 10e24 kg.
Terrain: Terrestrial
Temperature: -46°C to 43°C
Escape Velocity: 11.27 km/sec

Planet Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is covered by a single vast desert, broken only by large rocky outcroppings that were big enough to escape being swallowed up by the sand. Without any ice asteroids in close proximity, the planet was not considered a good candidate for terraforming and remained sparsely populated until a full-scale mineral survey in 650 A.S. pinpointed enormous deposits of Boron in the form of borax salts deep within the Corridera Plateau. A large scale mining operation was established on the planet in 660 A.S. by Deep Space Engineering to exploit these deposits, and it is now one of the only raw material extraction facility left within Liberty space.
Since the success of DSE's boron mining concerns, there has been an increasing need for miners and other workers. Many refugees that come seeking asylum in Liberty often get redirected to Pittsburgh to find work in the boron mines, and to live in the cities that are slowly sprawling outwards around the mining facilities, and Liberty authorities estimate that Pittsburgh's population will reach the 85 million mark by 820 A.S.
Planet Pittsburgh
Owner Faction: Deep Space Engineering
Location: F/2
Diameter: 6,485 km.
Mass: 4.73 x 10e24 kg.
Terrain: Desert
Temperature: -38°C to 69°C
Escape Velocity: 9.04 km/sec

Maine

Surveyed in 1 A.S. along with the rest of the New York system, Maine has never had any resources worth the effort to extract them, or enough atmosphere to allow any effective colonisation effort. Deep Space Engineering, who own the rights to Maine, sometimes lease it out to the Liberty Navy and Detroit Munitions, in order for them to conduct weapons testing on the planet.

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Location: F/2

Nebulae and Asteroids

Badlands

Badlands
>>>WARNING: NAVIGATIONAL HAZARD<<<
The Badlands is a particulate cloud filled with asteroids and subject to intense electrical activity that renders most scanners inoperable. Two government research stations, Bedford and Ithaca, were constructed here to study these unique environmental phenomena. However, the Badlands also provides a natural refuge for all types of criminal elements. The Battleship Missouri has since been deployed to protect Liberty interests in the area and deter pirate attacks against nearby Trade Lanes.
Location: D/6

Zone-21

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>>>WARNING: RESTRICTED AREA<<<
All information concerning Zone 21 is CLASSIFIED by the Liberty Navy and the area protected by a minefield. Any unauthorized ships attempting to breach the Zone 21 minefield or enter Zone 21 itself will be nullified WITHOUT EXCEPTION OR EXEMPTION.
Location: G/5

Detroit Debris Field

Detroit Debris Field
An industrial dumping ground left over from early expansion efforts, it is now frequented by Junkers and Rogues.
Location: C/5

Jersey Debris Field

Jersey Debris Field
A floating junkyard, the byproduct of orbital development around Manhattan. Some criminal activity is present, chiefly drug runners and smugglers, along with itinerant Junkers who comb the field looking for scrap and parts.
Location: C/3

Pittsburgh Debris Field

Pittsburgh Debris Field
A cloud of abandoned ships, parts, and other scrap pulled into the planet Pittsburgh's gravity well from the Baltimore Shipyard over the centuries. The Pittsburgh Debris Field is frequently used as cover by Rogues who like to attack traffic in and out of Pittsburgh.
Location: F/3

Space Stations

Newark Station

Newark Station
Interspace Corporate was founded in 204 A.S. by Ageira and Deep Space Engineering, since they could pool the necessary capital in insurance and finance. Built in the same year, Newark Station is the local headquarters for the now renamed "Interspace Commerce" (IC), one of the largest financial concerns in the Sirius Sector. While Interspace was initially responsible for financing the construction of the vast Jump Gate and Trade Lane network that connects the various colonies, it was forced to divest itself of these holdings as a result of the Rheinland-Kusari Trade Embargo in 521 A.S.
The corporation changed its name to Interspace Commerce and has since transitioned to insuring cargo shipments within and between the various colonies. The remainder of the Newark Station population is a constantly shifting crowd of traders, technocrats, executives, and Bounty Hunters, all cutting deals and arranging for the transport or protection of their goods.
Newark is also ideally located in central New York to act as a Headquarters for the Angels. It has been rumored that the Angels garnered one of the best offices on Newark by gathering potential employees for Interspace. As a place where bounty hunters, traders and many other types of pilots live and work from, the Angels have an ear to the ground on Newark, able to read more out of financial and insurance records than most accountants. Occasional maintenance drones can be seen cleaning the outside of Newark, when an unfortunate trading vessel tries to enter the docking pattern at high speeds.
Location: C/4
Class: Chasins
Gravity: Complete
Docking: Yes
Amenities: Yes
Population: 5K

Trenton Outpost

Trenton Outpost
Trenton Outpost is the headquarters of Universal Shipping, one of the "Big Three" family of Liberty companies that also includes Ageira Technologies and Deep Space Engineering. Universal Shipping made its fortune by gambling on shipping silver from Colorado to California for use in terraforming Los Angeles, long before Jump Gates and Trade Lanes reduced the risk of transporting goods over such long distances. Universal then cemented its reputation as the premiere Liberty shipping company in 181 A.S. by signing a contract to handle all shipping between Ageira Technologies facilities and Deep Space Engineering construction sites.
It is often rumoured that Universal Shipping has made several clandestine deals with the Xenos, as vessels that carry both the Universal Shipping transponder and ident codes are always ignored by the Xenos. This is strenuously denied by the Universal's Executive Board, but nevertheless the rumours continue to persist, and Universal Shipping has never yet lost a vessel to the Xeno Terrorists.
Location: D/4
Class: Cochrane
Gravity: Partial
Docking: Yes
Amenities: Yes
Population: 1K

Liberty Rogue Destroyer

Liberty Rogue Destroyer
The Liberty Rogue destroyer, dubbed the "Drunken Codger" by easily amused Liberty Rogue pilots who frequently use it to rearm and repair their vessels, was originally constructed at the Terre Haute Shipyard in the Cassini system in 812 A.S., with its primary function being the protection of the shipyard facilities there.
With the Liberty Police increasing its patrols and cracking down harder on the Liberty Rogues, eventually the Rogue leadership decided to move the destroyer near to the Detroit debris field in the New York system, to help reinforce the Rogue pirate activities in the heart of Liberty.
Location: F/3
Class: Scylla
Gravity: Yes
Docking: Yes
Amenities: Yes
Population: Unknown

Battleship Missouri

Battleship Missouri
The Battleship Missouri is the flagship of the Liberty Navy. Commissioned in 799 A.S., the Missouri has state-of-the-art weaponry and is constructed around a unique triple-hulled design that incorporates integrated armour plating. The armour plating is specially manufactured in the Norfolk Shipyards for the Liberty Navy using a classified, proprietary process.
The Missouri has seen action in a number of conflicts, including a brief battle near the Zone 21 minefield during a skirmish with Order forces in early 801 A.S., and more recently in the audacious Lane Hacker led raid on Norfolk Shipyard in 814 A.S. Admiral Wendi White is in command, and has been the captain of the Missouri since its commission to active service.
Location: F/5
Class: Overlord
Crew: CLASSIFIED
Armament: CLASSIFIED

Norfolk Shipyard

Norfolk Shipyard
Built in 87 A.S., Norfolk Shipyard has the honour of being both the oldest shipyard in Liberty and the second oldest in the Sirius sector, after Yokohama Shipyard in Kusari. Constructed and maintained by the Liberty Navy, it has the distinction of manufacturing many of the battleships and cruisers of the Liberty Navy. Of particular interest, is the unique, triple hulled armour plating design that all Liberty Navy vessels have, although the manufacturing procedure used at Norfolk is highly classified.
Location: F/5
Class: Alabama
Gravity: Partial
Docking: Yes
Amenities: Yes
Population: 9K

West Point Military Academy

West Point Military Academy
West Point Military Academy has been training the best and brightest officers in the Liberty military for over 600 years. Completed in 189 A.S. and formally opened a year later, the current commandant of West Point is Admiral Matthew Evans, son of the former commandant, Walter Evans. West Point has had many famous personalities who have both trained at the Academy and served on its teaching staff, including decorated veterans such as Captain Jason Findley and Captain Marcus Walker. Rear Admiral Jun'ko Zane of the Liberty Security Force is currently teaching at West Point, although it is believed that she will be reassigned next year to a classified location once her teaching stint at the academy ends, and either Commodore Juan Cruz or Captain Nikki Kidman are expected to replace her.
Location: C/5
Class: Military
Gravity: CLASSIFIED
Docking: CLASSIFIED
Amenities: CLASSIFIED
Population: CLASSIFIED

Detroit Munitions

Detroit Munitions
Detroit is the headquarters for Detroit Munitions, one of the oldest privately owned companies in Liberty. Detroit has been manufacturing small- and medium-sized arms since its founding by patriarch Ed Garner in 614 A.S. His name still graces the company's most popular line of blasters, despite the occasional attempt by an Ageira executive to have his own name imprinted onto a weapons line.
Although Detroit Munitions as a company has been extremely successful, it eventually decided to partner with Ageira Technologies, in an effort to gain access to even more advanced weapons research, particularly in light of the contracts that Ageira holds with the Liberty Navy and the Liberty Security Forces. Ageira now owns the station itself and pays for its upkeep, although Detroit Munitions has several new outlets on Denver and a weapons testing range on Pittsburgh's moon of Maine.
Location: B/4
Class: Ford
Gravity: Partial
Docking: Yes
Amenities: No
Population: 1K

Fort Bush

Fort Bush
Ft. Bush was one of the earliest outposts established during the settlement of Liberty. As Liberty expanded, Fort Bush became a popular jumping-off point for any number of wild business ventures as explorers set out to make their fortunes among the stars. Today Ft. Bush provides a haven for traders from all over Sirius who have business to conduct in Liberty. A branch of Liberty Police, Inc. (LPI) headquartered aboard the station helps maintain the peace necessary to a free economy by suppressing pirate activity in the debris fields and administrating automated weapons platforms that defend the nearby Trade Lane junction.
Location: E/3
Class: Goliath
Gravity: Complete
Docking: Yes
Amenities: Yes
Population: 5K

Baltimore Shipyard

Baltimore Shipyard
Baltimore Shipyard was originally constructed by Deep Space Engineering in 699 A.S., after they moved their headquarters to the planet Pittsburgh. The shipyard is known for its quality manufacturing processes on the construction of numerous vessels, including civilian liners and yachts, and even a number of smaller craft such as the "Chesapeake" class shuttle.
Although the shipyard takes construction orders to manufacture civilian vessels to the client's specifications, there is usually a waiting list as priority is given to Deep Space Engineering transports and luxury liners. The Xenos are also reputed to have contacts at Baltimore that supply them with spare parts for small fighters and occasionally bombers, but this is always strenuously denied by DSE executives.
Location: E/3
Class: Delaware
Gravity: Partial
Docking: Yes
Amenities: Yes
Population: 9K

Buffalo Base

Buffalo Base
The Rogues are a product of over two centuries of systematic lower-class cleansing that occurred on the Liberty planets of Manhattan, Denver, and Los Angeles. Relocated to the Texas prison system, many of them end up planetside on Houston upon release. Some stayed straight and joined the population scratching out a living. The rest returned to their life of crime, often ending up vaporized by a pursuing Liberty police patrol or back in prison for longer stretches, manning the prison factories that are the economic lifeblood of the Texas system.
Some say the massive LPI roundups of even minor offenders in Liberty have more to do with staffing these plants cheaply than reducing crime. Fresh out of the incubator of the Texas prison system, they have limited choices. Either they work in the factories of Houston for a pittance, join the Bounty Hunters and hunt down their former brethren, go radical and hook up with the Xenos, or rejoin their former partners in crime. The latter path is the obvious one for most. Simply put, these are not-too-quick opportunists, people willing to do whatever it takes to make a buck and get by until tomorrow. Usually they end up taking the fall for anything illegal that occurs in Liberty, whether they were involved or not.
The Rogues were initially a disorganized lot, but over the last century have slowly evolved into quite a highly organised collection of criminals. They are responsible for most of the Trade Lane attacks in Liberty space and the adjacent Independent Worlds, usually operating in groups of three or more ships, utilising a variety of tactics. They occasionally provide shelter for the Outcasts in exchange for cardamine, but they are not averse to dealing in the artifacts trade either. The main Rogue ethos seems to be to make money however possible, regardless of how low or uncivilized their actions may be.
Buffalo Base is the original Liberty Rogue hideout, deep in the badlands of the New York system. Constructed in 672 A.S. by malcontents from Houston and Manhattan, it has served as the main operations centre for the Rogues across the entire of Liberty. With the authorities loathe to patrol or pursue suspects within the confines of the extremely dangerous Badlands, Buffalo Base is the safest criminal hideout in Liberty, and arguably one of the safest in the entire Sirius sector.
Location: E/7
Class: Leviathan
Gravity: Complete
Docking: Yes
Amenities: Limited
Population: Unknown

Rochester Base

Rochester Base
Where there's junk, there are the Junkers. They've been around since the earliest days of the Trade Lanes. Descended from the working classes, they developed within the House systems as a sort of necessary evil, handling the dirty work that no one else would. They do well salvaging valuable materials from the ever-increasing debris fields throughout Sirius, with the notable exception of Kusari. To this day they remain held at bay by the Hogosha.
Anyone who deals with Junkers knows they live by a strict code; if you're not a Junker, you're not part of the family. A Junker will double-cross you without a second thought, and they're fiercely protective of each other. Most House corporations consider the Junkers to be simple criminals, but Junkers will occasionally do favors for the police, turning in the odd, mid-level criminal or letting them know about the occasional drug shipment. So despite some harassment, the police stop short of shutting them down. The infrequent police cleanup operations are little more than exercises in public relations, though there's no love lost between the two groups.
The Junkers make their official money from salvaging debris within the fields, but also have a good deal going with various criminals, who like their "no questions asked" policy. Tolerated by the governments, Junkers sometimes deal in contraband, but they are extremely hard to catch red-handed. They are frequently patronized by the criminal element for the refuge they offer within the often hostile territory of House capitol systems.
Liberty has two groups: a major population in the New York system, and a smaller enclave in Texas. The Junker base of operations in New London is located near the shipyards within the Southampton Debris Field. In New Berlin they scavenge the remaining pockets of industrial waste and scrap within the asteroid fields. Their latest foray is a departure -- a base in the Border Worlds. Attracted by the ALG operation in Sigma-13, they have set up shop near the facility and do most of the dirty work, picking off the best loot from the old ships for themselves. It also serves as a convenient launching point for Cardamine and Artifact runs into New Berlin. Long-distance smuggling is new for the faction, which is still perfecting this skill.
Location: D/3
Class: Unknown
Gravity: Unknown
Docking: Unknown
Amenities: Unknown
Population: Unknown

Commodity Mining

Scrap Metal

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Scrap Metal
The rapid industrialization that followed the settlement of the Sirius Sector has resulted in large fields of Scrap Metal, the detritus resulting from extensive manufacturing and mining operations. These debris fields present both a navigational hazard and a potential second-stage resource, so a small cottage industry has sprung up among those who collect scrap metal and resell it at smelting plants.

Jump Gates and Holes


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