| Stockton Depot | |
| Owner | |
| Wild | |
| Location | |
| G-3, Newcastle |
CLASS: Ramshackle
GRAVITY: Unknown
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Unknown
CREW: Unknown
While no surviving public records identify this depot, it is likely to have been constructed at some point in the 650s. At the height of the 80-Years War between Rheinland and the Gas Miners Guild, H-Fuel supplies across the Colonies were both erratic and expensive. Numerous projects were launched by the other Houses to develop their own domestic alternatives. Bretonia sponsored the Craster Initiative, following supposed discoveries of trace amounts of fuel-rich gasses. Despite more than a decade of fruitless searching, the promised gas deposits were never found. The BMM subsidiary responsible was driven into bankruptcy, leaving abandoned infrastructure scattered across the nebula edge.
In 818 AS, the Wild of Omega-58 overloaded an Alien Jump Gate, with catastrophic consequences. The system was ripped apart and dragged through a rift into the distant Drake system. The survivors of this disaster began to explore the surrounding area, discovering Jump Holes into Bretonia and Liberty. When these infiltrators found Stockton Depot, it was adopted as a staging post for raids across Newcastle. While the nearby Alien City was too well protected by entrenched BIS forces, cloaked Wild raiders frequently attacked freighters transporting Scientists and Artifacts to and from the site, and raided corporate transports for materials to repair the damaged Gate with.
In 827 AS, Stockton was transformed from a minor staging ground into the last holdout of the Drake remnants. Having become aware of the Wild’s plans to reactivate the repaired Alien Jump Gate, The Order and Crayter Republic launched an invasion of the system. In desperation, the Wild overloaded the Alien Gate once more, triggering a second cataclysm. Bottrop Station was immediately destroyed, while the Battleship Embrun and many Wild patrols were dragged away to Alberta. Cut off after Drake's Jump Holes collapsed, the remaining Wild of Stockton have been forced to return to more covert methods, in particular targeting the system’s Gaians, Mollys and corporate vessels for subversion.
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Ships sold
| Ship | Class | Price |
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| Cavalier | Light Fighter | 13,522$ |
| Crusader | Very Heavy Fighter | 25,079$ |
| Clydesdale | Freighter | 18,706$ |
News
| [833 AS] Cambridge on the Line |
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NORFOLK -- 833 AS -- The number of recorded Corsair incursions across Cambridge has increased by 193%% in the last 3 years. According to Captain Edwards of the Battleship Norfolk, this is simply a result of the successes in detecting and reacting to attacks. "You can't respond to a Corsair you don't know is there," he noted. "The Cambridge Line ensures we know when and where to deploy our resources for maximum effect." Retired Major Jane Gilliam disagrees. "The Line was never fit for purpose," she says. "The Regents lobbied London to keep it, and so the pantomine continues." It is speculated that the spike in Corsair raids may have been prompted by increased resistance elsewhere, or a shift in their internal politics. Regardless of their true motivations, Interspace Commerce has recognised the elevated peril and adjusted its premiums accordingly. |
| [831 AS] Bretonian Focus Turns on Mollys |
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SHEFFIELD -- 831 AS -- The Bretonia Police Authority has announced that the eradication of the Molly movement is their top priority. In light of the loss of the Dublin system and the seemingly connected 'Blackout', the dangerous terrorist movement has leaped to the top of Bretonia's most wanted board. Bounties on Molly terrorists have doubled, with Bounty Hunters flocking to the beleaguered House. Guild Master Tina Hale of Sheffield Station commented that, "this is a good deal for a job that's less dangerous than many of our Edge World boards." Despite this, prospective Hunters should be cautious, as the Mollys are notoriously cunning and brutal fighters. The bounties and Police crackdown do appear to be having some initial effects however, with reports of Molly attacks on shipping in the Cambridge and Newcastle systems falling over recent weeks. |
| [831 AS] Cost of Rebuilding too High? |
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NEW LONDON -- 831 AS -- Bretonia continues to face a difficult and lengthy recovery process following the conclusion of the Gallic War. The Bretonian people initially accepted this, and quietly pledged to come together and struggle on. While Bretonia is now witnessing an extraordinary rate of growth, it has come at the cost of severe cuts and harsh industrial quotas. Professor Timothy Ball of the Economic Review Institute says, "the recovery we've witnessed so far has been uneven, mainly benefiting Bretonian corporations and Crown agencies. If dividends of recovery are not felt by the average citizen, this inequality could become a major point of domestic political contention." |
| [829 AS] Marauding in Manchester |
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MANCHESTER -– 829 AS -- Reports from the Manchester system have now been confirmed by BPA and Bretonian intelligence officials: Liverpool Border Station, guarding over the Magellan jump gate and serving as the command center for police operations in the system, has been destroyed in what is being deemed a terrorist attack. Yesterday at 2200 hours SMT, nearby Sheffield Station and Kingston Border Station received automated distress signals from Liverpool, indicating an emergency aboard the station. Guild patrols redirected from Sheffield arrived on the scene within minutes, finding the border station destroyed. Search and rescue operations headed by Guild and BPA units commenced immediately and successfully salvaged several escape pods bearing several dozen survivors, who were immediately delivered to hospitals on New London. BPA spokesperson Sandra Halling held a press conference earlier this morning. According to joint police and BIS investigations, Liverpool was destroyed by antimatter explosives planted aboard the station. Their detonation caused a catastrophic chain reaction, resulting in the station's own reactors melting down and exploding. Of the estimated one-hundred-twenty persons on board at the time of the attack, seventy-eight have been reported as dead or missing. \So far, no party has taken credit for this heinous attack. However, Bretonian police surmises that it was likely perpetrated by either the criminals known as the Mollys or the infamous pirate organization, the Lane Hackers. The attack occurred following a significant redeployment of local Armed Forces units to the Cortez system for the purpose of joint operations with Libertonian security forces. This, says Halling, may have allowed terrorist sympathizers to exploit undermanned BPA patrols and smuggle illegal explosives through Manchester's ice fields, onto Liverpool Station. While investigations continue, Bretonian Police Authority has reinforced patrols within Manchester and established traffic controls at Kingston Border Station and Birmingham Station. Traffic to and from Liberty has been advised to reroute through the Cortez system. |
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