| Pacifica Base | |
| Owner | |
| Unioners | |
| Location | |
| C/D-6/5, Bering |
CLASS: Riss
GRAVITY: Partial
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Limited
CREW: 360
The history of the Unioners is tied to Alster. Conditions were appalling in the yards, worker safety being a tertiary concern of the owners. Coupled with the excessively long shifts, worker morale gradually deteriorated until a major accident killed several hundred in 512 AS. Three months later, the Alster Union was formed. Because of workers' highly specialized skills, the management had no choice but to capitulate to their demands. During the next century the Union strengthened and expanded to the dockworkers on the Altona Station. By the 80-Years War, the Union demanded increasingly high wages and progressively fewer annual hours for its members. When the war ended, demand for ships plummeted.
The bloated headcount of Alster was now a sore point as management desperately tried to restore profitability. After almost 200 years of acceding to union demands, Republican fired tens of thousands and pried major concessions from the remaining workers. Centuries of gains were lost in a matter of days. As unemployment rocketed towards 30%% in Hamburg, a radicalized version of the Union emerged. Freeport 2 in Bering proved alluring to the nascent Unioner movement -- following the Popular Revolution of 700 AS, the station’s population exploded. In 720 AS the Zoners laid down the ultimatum: Take your criminal activities somewhere else. As a result, the Unioners carved Pacifica Base out of an asteroid in the Tanner Belt.
Today, the Unioners scavenge Bering for war salvage to feed Pacifica’s drydocks, with spare construction capacity often sold to the Liberty and Rheinland underworld. During the Rheinland Civil War, the Unioners fought for the Imperial cause, however they quickly became disillusioned when Republican rebranded to Imperial Shipping and used its political influence to marginalize them, stymying promised reforms. As a result the Unioners continued to engage in piracy and smuggling despite an armistice established by the Holstein Accords. By 829 AS the Unioners had been outlawed again, with strikes on Alster Shipyard and Altona resuming in earnest. Smuggling continues to be a lucrative business for the Unioners, with Corsair Artifacts, Corse Nox and stolen Hessian Diamonds all regularly passing through Pacifica’s bays.
Bribes & Missions Offered
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Ships sold
| Ship | Class | Price |
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| Arbeiter | Very Heavy Fighter | 25,029$ |
| Solidaritat | Bomber | 70,176$ |
| Tiger Shark | Light Fighter | 17,022$ |
| Rheinland Blackmarket Frigate | Frigate | 1,337,466$ |
| Unioner Gunboat | Gunboat | 1,210,006$ |
| Rheinland Pirate Cruiser | Cruiser | 2,507,900$ |
News
| [834 AS] A bad breakup? |
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DARMSTADT -- 834 -- It appears the LWB and Farmers Alliance have gone their separate ways, on very bad terms. Witnesses report seeing fighting between LWB and FA squadrons, and the FA resultingly retreating from Rheinland space. The FA’s expansion into Rheinland alienated many of the LWB’s traditional allies, most notably the Red Hessians. The Hessians for their part appear to have moved quickly to fill the vacuum the Alliance left behind, approaching LWB commanders with offers of weapons and technical support in exchange for the LWB supplementing their supply lines in west Rheinland. LWB pilot Arthur Saebel noted, “we've done what's best for our people.“ |
| [832 AS] A Different Kind of Heat |
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HOUSTON -- 832 AS -- A horrifyingly large scale firefight broke out in one of Houston's major city centers - Marlton, hundreds upon hundreds of arrests have been made and dozens of brave officers lost their lives in the vicious attack. The attack itself seems to have specifically targeted the city's dedicated police station, resulting in significant amounts of private property damage. The attack appears to have been highly coordinated, reliant on insider information, and carried out by contractors or former professionals, with one LPI spokesperson going so far as to say that this must have been a bought and paid for terrorist attack. Many of the perpetrators of the attack were killed by officers on scene, or by the Naval Emergency Response Team that responded to scattered reports of small arms fire. The LPI has currently released no statement about the progress of the investigation. |
| [832 AS] Kusari's Plight |
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KAGOSHIMA -- 832 AS -- Synth Foods audacity knows no bounds. They use a time of tragedy as an opportunity to bloat their already bloated purses with more ill-gotten wealth. We cannot allow this. There can be no room for Synth in Kusari. They already control too great a share of the market and with Kyushu's food production on a downward spiral after the storm, our intervention is necessary now more than ever. We must commit ourselves fully to our mission for the greater interests of Kusari unless we wish to live under the jackboot of Liberty and its vile corporate interests! |
| [832 AS] Counting Doses |
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ROCHESTER -- 832 AS -- The catastrophic crash of the Cardamine market has been tough for all the associates involved in the chain of its distribution, and the substantial drop-off in the quantity of it available for use and resale has caused a new problem in this series of bad episodes. The Rogues and Hackers, former partners in feeding the needs of the underworld are now at each other's throats, unable to meet demands for the drug both by their own and by customers, it seems as if stealing it from each other at gunpoint is the new business model. |
| [831 AS] Jump Hole Upheaval Causes Chaos |
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HEISENBERG -- 831 AS -- Jump holes across Sirius have become increasingly volatile and chaotic over the last year, with Professor Sophia Nagel from the Heisenberg Research Station linking the unusual phenomena to the Pulse. The Pulse was an unprecedented blast of hyperspace energy that was detected immediately prior to last year's jump gate Blackout. Professor Nagel and her team are certain the Pulse originated from outside Sirius, but are otherwise no closer to identifying its source or mitigating a future Blackout event. "Following the Blackout, we began to see immediate signs of jump hole destabilization in multiple different regions, with many ultimately falling out of phase alignment altogether", she commented. The dramatic upending of Sirius' jump hole network has already prompted many groups to abandon stations and withdraw from systems that appear to risk being cut off. While months-long trips between the stars are possible thanks to the Liberty Engine and many centuries of innovation, few ships are designed or provisioned to make such arduous journeys. Those who were displaced by Sirius' redrawn map hope that system connections will return, while adventurers and explorers rush to discover new routes. |
| [830 AS] Troubles in Erie's Paradise |
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ERIE -- 830 AS -- It was the early hours of the morning when a missile was launched from Erie's surface; A missile that struck its target of an LSF satellite in orbit of Erie. The attack was claimed to have originated by militant Zoners seeking to separate themselves from Libertonian governance, and proved to be the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back. For some time, it had been alleged that Insurgent and Xeno-backed cells had been stirring trouble on Erie, inciting violence in the population and seeking to turn the planet into a second Veracruz. Never, however, had such open acts of terror been visited upon the governing Libertonian forces. The response was quick and decisive. In coordination with the LSF, Vice Admiral Hamish aboard the Battleship Alma lead a Liberty Navy task force directly into the system in Operation Pesticide, escorted primarily by Siege Cruisers, Gunboats and fightercraft, with many of the Navy's capital warships tied in the Vespucci campaign or ever watchful at Liberty's borders. They were met by Zoner Q-ships based from Bethlehem, with many coming from as far as Galileo or even the Sigmas, accompanied by a motley assortment of freelancers and other anarchist elements. Leading the Zoner line was a Aquilon-class carrier, the Pinnacle. While the Pinnacle came under heavy bombardment from the Alma and her task force, supplies quickly gathered onto Zoner transports from Erie attempted to run the Navy blockade. While some transports were lost to Navy bombers, others yet escaped to parts as of yet unknown. This 'victory', however, came at a heavy price. The Pinnacle was lost with most of her hands still on board and the rest captured, while the Liberty Marines landed virtually unopposed, quickly securing population centers for both the safety of Libertonian assets and the civilians on Erie itself. The Alma is settled now into the low orbit of Erie, a constant reminder to those below that they are under the protection of the Liberty Navy. A comfort to some, a dire warning to many more. |
| [829 AS] Take What You Can, When You Can |
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PACIFICA -- 829 -- It was inevitable, but Rheinland has outlawed the movement once more. This comes as no real surprise -- while they initially paid us off to keep Bering and Hudson under control, Imperial bribes alone don't cover the bills. There's simply more money on the other side of the law. Now we've no reason to play nice and Imperial Shipping is back on the target list. Despite grand promises to the unions during the war, they failed to follow through on any of those commitments. Conditions on Alster are as bad as they've ever been. It seems our support during the war wasn't worth much respect in the Reichstag when corporate bribes are involved. |
| [826 AS] Victory turns to ash at Vierlande |
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PACIFICA -- 826 -- This should have been a day of momentous celebration, marking the occupation of the despised Vierlande Prison. Sadly, we were betrayed. Our supposed comrades in the Red Hessians and Coalition turned on us in the moment of victory. A full accounting of those lost is still being gathered, but initial reports confirm that Wedel Station has been destroyed, along with the Battleship Undine. Krefeld reports a massacre aboard, perpetrated by pre-positioned Hessian agents. The scale of this treachery is beyond belief, and a grievous wound that can never be forgiven. |
| [824 AS] Kielfeld Losses Continue |
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PACIFICA -- 824 -- Unioner smugglers are advised to steer clear of the Kielfeld - if you need to get to Barrow, route through Bering. Over the last six months, losses in the area have jumped over 300%, mainly hitting our Artifact and Diamond freighters. Crimson Squadron were sent in to investigate, with only Crimson leader Lea Nacht surviving. She says, “there’s a new breed of Bounty Hunter out there, likely ex-Unioners that know our routes.” Nacht successfully retreated deep into the field after her wing was ambushed, field repairing her Eagle’s engines and comms over the next 5 days before she could limp home. While we mourn the loss of the veteran Crimsons, Nacht’s tenacity allows their legacy to live on. |
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