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{{System_v2
| name = Texas
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| name = Colorado
| nickname = li04
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| nickname = li03
| description = The Texas system is, more or less, a prison system. It contains four planets, only one being inhabited, four bases and Jump Gates to the [[New York]], [[Hudson]], and [[Bering]] systems. There are rumors of jump holes to the [[California]], [[Pennsylvania]], and [[Hudson]] systems. It is home to three major corporations and four criminal syndicates. This system was devastated due to the [[Texas Incident]], and portions of it have high radiation levels.
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| description = Colorado is ruled by the [[Liberty]] government and was the first system to have a Jump Gate connecting it to the New York system. It is the location of [[Pueblo Station]], Ageira's main facility.
 
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| image = Colorado.jpg
Due to the war with [[Rheinland]], there is a Trade Embargo being enforced in system. Violators are asked to drop their cargo or return from whence they came. Those who refuse are destroyed immediately.
 
 
 
For more information on the embargo, see [[dgctopic:106075|Liberty Trade Embargo]].
 
| image = Texas.jpg
 
 
| government = {{House Link|Liberty|long}}
 
| government = {{House Link|Liberty|long}}
 
| region = Liberty
 
| region = Liberty
| neighbors = [[Bering]]<br/>[[Hudson]]<br/>[[New York]]<br/>[[Virginia]]<br/>[[California]]<br/>[[Pennsylvania]]<br/>[[Minnesota]]<br/>[[Puerto Rico]]
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| neighbors = [[New York]]<br/>[[Kepler]]<br/>[[Galileo]]<br/>[[Illinois]]<br/>[[Ontario]]
| lawful-factions = * [[Liberty Navy]]
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| lawful-factions = * [[Liberty Police, Inc.]]
* [[Liberty Police, Inc.]]
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* [[Liberty Navy]]
 
* [[Bounty Hunters Guild]]
 
* [[Bounty Hunters Guild]]
 
| trade-factions = * [[Cryer Pharmaceuticals]]
 
| trade-factions = * [[Cryer Pharmaceuticals]]
 
* [[Universal Shipping]]
 
* [[Universal Shipping]]
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* [[Ageira Technologies]]
 
* [[ALG Waste Disposal]]
 
* [[ALG Waste Disposal]]
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* [[Border World Exports]]
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* [[Kishiro Technologies]]
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* [[Gateway Shipping]]
 
* [[Synth Foods, Inc.]]
 
* [[Synth Foods, Inc.]]
* [[Deep Space Engineering]]
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* [[Samura Industries]]
 
* [[Orbital Spa and Cruise]]
 
* [[Orbital Spa and Cruise]]
| unlawful-factions = * [[Liberty Rogues]]
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| unlawful-factions = * [[Xenos]]
* [[Xenos]]
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* [[Lane Hackers]]
* [[Junkers]]
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* [[Liberty Rogues]]
* [[Outcasts]]
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| suns = * Medium Yellow Sun
| suns = * Medium White Sun
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| planets = * [[Planet Denver]] (inhabited)
| planets = * [[Planet Houston]]
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* Planet Gunnison
* Abilene
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* Planet Durango
* Planet Chisos
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| stations = * [[Battleship Rio Grande]]
* Planet Brazos
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* [[Ouray Base]]
| stations = * [[LPI Huntsville]]
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* [[Pueblo Station]]
* [[Battleship Mississippi]]
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| fields = * Cheyenne Asteroid Field
* [[Beaumont Base]]
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* Silverton Asteroid Field
* [[LPI Sugarland]]
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* Copperton Asteroid Field
| fields = * North Dallas Debris Field
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* Alamosa Asteroid Field
* Pequena Negra
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| mining-zones = * [[Silver Ore]]
* West Dallas Debris Field
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* [[Copper Ore]]
* East Dallas Debris Field
 
* Grande Negra
 
* South Dallas Debris Field
 
* Zone 42 Minefield
 
| mining-zones = * Scrap Metal
 
* Premium Scrap
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
==Jump Gates and Holes==
 
==Jump Gates and Holes==
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|System||Type||Location
 
|System||Type||Location
 
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|-
|[[Bering]]
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|[[New York]]
 
|Gate
 
|Gate
|style="text-align: center;"|G/5
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|style="text-align: center;"|E/7
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Hudson]]
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|[[Kepler]]
 
|Gate
 
|Gate
|style="text-align: center;"|E/7
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|style="text-align: center;"|C/3
 
|-
 
|-
|[[New York]]
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|[[Galileo]]
 
|Gate
 
|Gate
 
|style="text-align: center;"|E/2
 
|style="text-align: center;"|E/2
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Virginia]]
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|[[Kepler]]
|Gate
 
|style="text-align: center;"|F/3
 
|-
 
|[[Hudson]]
 
 
|Hole
 
|Hole
|style="text-align: center;"|D/7
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|style="text-align: center;"|B/4
 
|-
 
|-
|[[New York]]
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|[[Galileo]]
 
|Hole
 
|Hole
 
|style="text-align: center;"|D/3
 
|style="text-align: center;"|D/3
 
|-
 
|-
|[[California]]
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|[[New York]]
 
|Hole
 
|Hole
|style="text-align: center;"|C/4
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|style="text-align: center;"|D/7
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Pennsylvania]]
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|[[Illinois]]
 
|Hole
 
|Hole
|style="text-align: center;"|C/2
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|style="text-align: center;"|E/3
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Minnesota]]
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|[[Ontario]]
 
|Hole
 
|Hole
|style="text-align: center;"|F/4
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|style="text-align: center;"|C/6
|-
 
|[[Puerto Rico]]
 
|Hole
 
|style="text-align: center;"|D/6
 
 
|}
 
|}
 
|}
 
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|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
===[[Planet Houston]]===
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===[[Planet Denver]]===
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Planet Houston.png|[[Image:Planet Houston.png|thumb|120px|Planet Houston]]|{{#ifexist:File:Planet Houston.jpg|[[Image:Planet Houston.jpg|thumb|120px|Planet Houston]]|Please [[File:Planet Houston.png|upload]] an image of this planet.}}}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Planet Denver.png|[[Image:Planet Denver.png|thumb|120px|Planet Denver]]|{{#ifexist:File:Planet Denver.jpg|[[Image:Planet Denver.jpg|thumb|120px|Planet Denver]]|Please [[File:Planet Denver.png|upload]] an image of this planet.}}}}</div>
: Houston is an arid world whose population has slowly increased to slightly over 450 million people; these mostly consist of what Manhattanites would term "the economically undesirable", many of them former inmates of the orbiting prison ships. The cheap labour force has attracted a number of industries, however, including a major Deep Space Engineering manufacturing plant and several factories specializing in Consumer Goods and Construction Machinery. The presence of phosphates in Houston's alkaline deserts has also produced a booming market in Fertilizers.
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: Originally home to miners, smelters and shipyard workers, Denver has always had a sizeable population, but during the economic collapse of the silver industry in 600 A.S., many of the workers were put out of jobs and either left the system or ended up joining the nascent Xeno movement. The planetary population plummeted, with the remaining people left to scratch a living on Denver's farmsteads, and also in the small, but profitable, tourist industry.
  
: Houston's biggest industry, however, is fuelled by Liberty's criminal element; the vast majority of Libertonian prisoners are housed in the system and prison gangs from the Huntsville and the Sugarland, as well as rehabilitated former inmates looking to go straight, power Texan industries.
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: With the California water shortages continuing unabated, the wealthy elite of Los Angeles began to search for an alternative holiday destination and place to call home, and they found it in the guise of Denver's rough savannahs and beautiful, pristine beaches. The resulting emigration injected new life into the planet's economy, reviving its flagging fortunes, even as the newly arrived upper class were in the process of systematically taking control of the local government authorities.
  
: Both the Liberty Police, Incorporated and the Bounty Hunters Guild maintain their respective local headquarters on the planet; the Bounty Hunters Guild is thicker here than anywhere else in Sirius. After all, not only forcing prisoners to labour is profitable; capturing them is vital, too. Houston is most often "visited" by Liberty Rogues and Xenos; Outcasts also end up pumping Fertilizers here, as the Texas system is the furthest south that Outcasts are generally seen in Sirius.
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: Nowadays the planetary population of Denver stands at a healthy 945 million people, making it the second most populated planet in Liberty after Manhattan itself. Such is the attraction of Denver that Cryer Pharmaceuticals maintains one of the largest medical research facilities in Sirius, just outside the capital city of Crichton Springs, while the headquarters of the Ageira Technologies corporation is also located on the planet. It is widely known that the Liberty Police are paid extremely handsomely by the wealthy residents to ensure the continued peace and security of Denver.
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
 
:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Liberty Police, Inc.]]
 
:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Liberty Police, Inc.]]
 
:: <b>Location:</b> F/4
 
:: <b>Location:</b> F/4
:: <b>Diameter:</b> 8,201 km.
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:: <b>Diameter:</b> 12,211 km.
:: <b>Mass:</b> 3.38 x 10e24 kg.
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:: <b>Mass:</b> 5.54 x 10e24 kg.
:: <b>Terrain:</b> Desert
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:: <b>Terrain:</b> Terrestrial
:: <b>Temperature:</b> -88°C to 100°C
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:: <b>Temperature:</b> -88°C to 59.1°C
:: <b>Escape Velocity:</b> 9.02 km/sec
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:: <b>Escape Velocity:</b> 10.02 km/sec
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
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|-
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
===Abilene===
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===Planet Gunnison===
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Abilene.png|[[Image:Abilene.png|thumb|120px|Abilene]]|{{#ifexist:File:Abilene.jpg|[[Image:Abilene.jpg|thumb|120px|Abilene]]|Please [[File:Abilene.png|upload]] an image of this planet.}}}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Planet Gunnison.png|[[Image:Planet Gunnison.png|thumb|120px|Planet Gunnison]]|{{#ifexist:File:Planet Gunnison.jpg|[[Image:Planet Gunnison.jpg|thumb|120px|Planet Gunnison]]|Please [[File:Planet Gunnison.png|upload]] an image of this planet.}}}}</div>
: A bleak moon with no atmosphere to protect it from the meteor strikes that have gouged ragged holes in its crust.
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: A desolate, airless planet, pockmarked by craters from stray asteroids.
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
:: <b>Location:</b> F/4
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:: <b>Location:</b> C/4
:: <b>Diameter:</b> 9,291 km
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:: <b>Diameter:</b> 10,102 km
:: <b>Mass:</b> 3.81 x 10e24 kg
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:: <b>Mass:</b> 4.25 x 10e24 kg
:: <b>Terrain:</b> Barren
 
:: <b>Temperature:</b> -46°C to 43°C
 
:: <b>Escape Velocity:</b> 8.03 km/sec
 
</div>
 
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|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 
===Planet Chisos===
 
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Planet Chisos.png|[[Image:Planet Chisos.png|thumb|120px|Planet Chisos]]|{{#ifexist:File:Planet Chisos.jpg|[[Image:Planet Chisos.jpg|thumb|120px|Planet Chisos]]|Please [[File:Planet Chisos.png|upload]] an image of this planet.}}}}</div>
 
: A hellish world of freezing nights and burning days, devoid of any life. Terraforming is impossible and settlement infeasible.
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
 
:: <b>Location:</b> D/4
 
:: <b>Diameter:</b> 14,891 km
 
:: <b>Mass:</b> 6.22 x 10e24 kg
 
 
:: <b>Terrain:</b> Barren
 
:: <b>Terrain:</b> Barren
:: <b>Temperature:</b> -69°C to 72°C
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:: <b>Temperature:</b> -68°C to 43°C
:: <b>Escape Velocity:</b> 13.66 km/sec
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:: <b>Escape Velocity:</b> 6.88 km/sec
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
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|-
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
===Planet Brazos===
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===Planet Durango===
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Planet Brazos.png|[[Image:Planet Brazos.png|thumb|120px|Planet Brazos]]|{{#ifexist:File:Planet Brazos.jpg|[[Image:Planet Brazos.jpg|thumb|120px|Planet Brazos]]|Please [[File:Planet Brazos.png|upload]] an image of this planet.}}}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Planet Durango.png|[[Image:Planet Durango.png|thumb|120px|Planet Durango]]|{{#ifexist:File:Planet Durango.jpg|[[Image:Planet Durango.jpg|thumb|120px|Planet Durango]]|Please [[File:Planet Durango.png|upload]] an image of this planet.}}}}</div>
: A relatively small gas planet with no useful resources. The LPI Sugarland prison ship and recycling operation orbits nearby, dumping much of its toxic waste into the planet's gravitational well. Every criminal on Sugarland sees blue when waking up; for those labelled NCR, blue and grey will be all there is to see ever again.
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: A tiny, volcanically active moon incapable of supporting life. Cinder cones will occasionally explode, spewing great plumes of sulfur hundreds of kilometers above the surface.
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
:: <b>Location:</b> F/5
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:: <b>Location:</b> D/5
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:: <b>Diameter:</b> 1,800 km
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:: <b>Mass:</b> 0.98 x 10e24 kg
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:: <b>Terrain:</b> Volcanic
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:: <b>Temperature:</b> -23°C to 78°C
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:: <b>Escape Velocity:</b> 1.34 km/sec
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
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|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 
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===North Dallas Debris Field===
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===Cheyenne Asteroid Field===
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:North Dallas Debris Field.png|[[Image:North Dallas Debris Field.png|thumb|120px|North Dallas Debris Field]]|{{#ifexist:File:North Dallas Debris Field.jpg|[[Image:North Dallas Debris Field.jpg|thumb|120px|North Dallas Debris Field]]|Please [[File:North Dallas Debris Field.png|upload]] an image of this field.}}}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Cheyenne Asteroid Field.png|[[Image:Cheyenne Asteroid Field.png|thumb|120px|Cheyenne Asteroid Field]]|{{#ifexist:File:Cheyenne Asteroid Field.jpg|[[Image:Cheyenne Asteroid Field.jpg|thumb|120px|Cheyenne Asteroid Field]]|Please [[File:Cheyenne Asteroid Field.png|upload]] an image of this field.}}}}</div>
: A medium-sized field of debris that is home to a large settlement of Junkers that have, according to sporadic reports from Liberty Police patrols that wandered into the area, constructed a permanent base amongst the scrap. Though criminals such as Rogues and Outcasts are frequently seen near Junker bases (indeed, Texas is the furthest south Outcasts are seen in Sirius), the North Dallas Debris Field remained relatively harmless up until several years ago, when Texan authorities first began to suspect the field as sheltering slavers. Despite an increase in patrols in the region, however, nothing definite has yet been proven.
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: A large rock asteroid field. Initial surveys indicated no ore or other resources worth mining. This field is often frequented by Rogues.
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
:: <b>Location:</b> D/3
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:: <b>Location:</b> F/3
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
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|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
===Pequena Negra===
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===Silverton Asteroid Field===
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Pequena Negra.png|[[Image:Pequena Negra.png|thumb|120px|Pequena Negra]]|{{#ifexist:File:Pequena Negra.jpg|[[Image:Pequena Negra.jpg|thumb|120px|Pequena Negra]]|Please [[File:Pequena Negra.png|upload]] an image of this field.}}}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Silverton Asteroid Field.png|[[Image:Silverton Asteroid Field.png|thumb|120px|Silverton Asteroid Field]]|{{#ifexist:File:Silverton Asteroid Field.jpg|[[Image:Silverton Asteroid Field.jpg|thumb|120px|Silverton Asteroid Field]]|Please [[File:Silverton Asteroid Field.png|upload]] an image of this field.}}}}</div>
: <span style="color:red;">&gt;&gt;&gt;WARNING: NAVIGATIONAL HAZARD&lt;&lt;&lt;</span>
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: Once the major source of Silver for all of Liberty, the Silverton Field has been mined to rubble and dust. Within the field is the former site of an Ageira Technologies manufacturing facility, abandoned over a century ago in favor of Pueblo Station, it now houses a large contingent of Xenos. Trace amounts of Silver remain.
 
 
:  A smaller region of dark matter and radiation left behind in the wake of the Texas Incident. Pilots should not be fooled by the Pequena Negra's relatively compact size; its composition is precisely the same as that of its larger sibling and is equally lethal to unshielded organics. Despite the Pequena Negra's dangers, it experiences at least sporadic traffic due to its proximity to the criminals of the North Dallas Debris Field. The occasional Liberty Rogue can be seen escaping pursuit into the cloud, as there is believed to be a jump hole located somewhere inside the cloud; Texan authorities are under strict orders not to pursue into either Negra. The question is merely how many fugitives ever come out again.
 
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
:: <b>Location:</b> C/3
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:: <b>Location:</b> D/6
</div>
 
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|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 
===West Dallas Debris Field===
 
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:West Dallas Debris Field.png|[[Image:West Dallas Debris Field.png|thumb|120px|West Dallas Debris Field]]|{{#ifexist:File:West Dallas Debris Field.jpg|[[Image:West Dallas Debris Field.jpg|thumb|120px|West Dallas Debris Field]]|Please [[File:West Dallas Debris Field.png|upload]] an image of this field.}}}}</div>
 
: <span style="color:red;">&gt;&gt;&gt;WARNING: NAVIGATIONAL HAZARD&lt;&lt;&lt;</span>
 
 
 
: This debris field is all that remains of the Jump Gate machinery whose malfunction in 500 A.S. led to the Texas Incident. Liberty technicians were testing the prototype of a new form of Jump Gate that was intended to revolutionize travel across Sirius; their prototype version was to connect California to Texas. Due to a bizarre and critical technical error, the Jump Gate, instead of initializing upon start up, fatally ruptured; the initial explosion, setting free copious amounts of dark matter and radiation, inundated half a star system before petering off. Texas' beauty was forever ruined in the disaster, with half the system made fatal to all organic life; its economy was shattered, and the system experienced a massive exodus that would cripple its productivity for the indefinite future. Curious pilots may see the cataclysmic Jump Gate's core here, although they are cautioned, for the area is heavily radioactive; for the most part, however, it's merely a refuge of last resort for criminals seeking to avoid capture by Liberty authorities.
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
 
:: <b>Location:</b> C/4
 
 
</div>
 
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|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 
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===East Dallas Debris Field===
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===Copperton Asteroid Field===
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:East Dallas Debris Field.png|[[Image:East Dallas Debris Field.png|thumb|120px|East Dallas Debris Field]]|{{#ifexist:File:East Dallas Debris Field.jpg|[[Image:East Dallas Debris Field.jpg|thumb|120px|East Dallas Debris Field]]|Please [[File:East Dallas Debris Field.png|upload]] an image of this field.}}}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Copperton Asteroid Field.png|[[Image:Copperton Asteroid Field.png|thumb|120px|Copperton Asteroid Field]]|{{#ifexist:File:Copperton Asteroid Field.jpg|[[Image:Copperton Asteroid Field.jpg|thumb|120px|Copperton Asteroid Field]]|Please [[File:Copperton Asteroid Field.png|upload]] an image of this field.}}}}</div>
: <span style="color:red;">&gt;&gt;&gt;WARNING: NAVIGATIONAL HAZARD&lt;&lt;&lt;</span>
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: Like most of the resources in Colorado, the famed Copperton Field has long since been exhausted. Trace amounts of copper remain. Xenos are active within the field.
 
 
: A small debris field whose proximity to the F-Zone defensive line makes it a frequent destination for prison work convoys, but also a favorite meeting place for Xenos and local Rogues despite the best efforts of the Liberty Navy to patrol the area.
 
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
:: <b>Location:</b> E/5
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:: <b>Location:</b> B/5
 
</div>
 
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|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 
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===Grande Negra===
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===Alamosa Asteroid Field===
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Grande Negra.png|[[Image:Grande Negra.png|thumb|120px|Grande Negra]]|{{#ifexist:File:Grande Negra.jpg|[[Image:Grande Negra.jpg|thumb|120px|Grande Negra]]|Please [[File:Grande Negra.png|upload]] an image of this field.}}}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Alamosa Asteroid Field.png|[[Image:Alamosa Asteroid Field.png|thumb|120px|Alamosa Asteroid Field]]|{{#ifexist:File:Alamosa Asteroid Field.jpg|[[Image:Alamosa Asteroid Field.jpg|thumb|120px|Alamosa Asteroid Field]]|Please [[File:Alamosa Asteroid Field.png|upload]] an image of this field.}}}}</div>
: <span style="color:red;">&gt;&gt;&gt;WARNING: NAVIGATIONAL HAZARD&lt;&lt;&lt;</span>
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: A large rock asteroid field. Initial surveys indicated no ore or other resources worth mining. Alamosa is a favorite refuge of Rogues and Lane Hackers attempting to escape capture by the Liberty Navy.
 
 
A large region of dark matter and radiation left behind after the Texas Incident of 500 A.S. decimated the system. Unlike the northern Pequena Negra, the Grande Negra is centred around the fatal Jump Gate's destructive epicentre; as a result, the Grande Negra is far larger than its sibling, although the two clouds' compositions are identical. Much of the Dallas Research Complex was forever swallowed by the Jump Gate's detonation; therefore, whatever resources and technology the Liberty government of over three centuries ago stored there might still remain, shielded from dark matter by storage containers. Archaeologists speculate that were the Grande Negra to be lifted, a perfect tableau of life prior to the Incident would be found; Police patrols going about their business, supply transports, and personnel carriers, frozen doing what they had been when the Incident happened. Other than treasure-hunters and suicidal explorers, however, no ships are ever seen entering this zone; even the truly desperate aren't mad enough.
 
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
:: <b>Location:</b> C/6
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:: <b>Location:</b> D/3
</div>
 
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===South Dallas Debris Field===
 
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:South Dallas Debris Field.png|[[Image:South Dallas Debris Field.png|thumb|120px|South Dallas Debris Field]]|{{#ifexist:File:South Dallas Debris Field.jpg|[[Image:South Dallas Debris Field.jpg|thumb|120px|South Dallas Debris Field]]|Please [[File:South Dallas Debris Field.png|upload]] an image of this field.}}}}</div>
 
: The South Dallas Debris Field consists of the remnants of the Dallas Research Complex; those that hadn't been swallowed by the Grande Negra after the Texas Incident. The zone appears to house a large contingent of Xeno terrorists, and it is rumoured that they are engaged in constructing a more permanent home. Unfortunately for both parties, the jump hole to the Junker controlled system of Puerto Rico lies to the field's northwest; the Junkers and the Xenos, ancestral enemies, are engaged in a haphazard struggle for control of the region.
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
 
:: <b>Location:</b> D/6
 
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===Zone 42 Minefield===
 
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Zone 42 Minefield.png|[[Image:Zone 42 Minefield.png|thumb|120px|Zone 42 Minefield]]|{{#ifexist:File:Zone 42 Minefield.jpg|[[Image:Zone 42 Minefield.jpg|thumb|120px|Zone 42 Minefield]]|Please [[File:Zone 42 Minefield.png|upload]] an image of this field.}}}}</div>
 
: All information concerning Zone 42 is CLASSIFIED by the Liberty Navy and the area protected by a minefield. Any unauthorized ships attempting to breach the Zone 42 minefield or enter Zone 42 itself will be nullified WITHOUT EXCEPTION OR EXEMPTION.
 
<div style="font-size: 11px">
 
:: <b>Location:</b> F/3
 
 
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===[[LPI Huntsville]]===
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===[[Battleship Rio Grande]]===
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:LPI Huntsville.png|[[Image:LPI Huntsville.png|thumb|120px|LPI Huntsville]]|{{#ifexist:File:LPI Huntsville.jpg|[[Image:LPI Huntsville.jpg|thumb|120px|LPI Huntsville]]|Please [[File:LPI Huntsville.png|upload]] an image of this station.}}}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Battleship Rio Grande.png|[[Image:Battleship Rio Grande.png|thumb|120px|Battleship Rio Grande]]|{{#ifexist:File:Battleship Rio Grande.jpg|[[Image:Battleship Rio Grande.jpg|thumb|120px|Battleship Rio Grande]]|Please [[File:Battleship Rio Grande.png|upload]] an image of this station.}}}}</div>
: The prison ship Huntsville, under the control of Liberty Police, Incorporated (LPI), is commonly referred to by prisoners and locals alike (there's often no difference) as "The Wall". Xenos make up a large percentage of the population and are isolated here to minimize exposure to other inmates in the penal system, since for every Xeno that mingles with other prisoners, three leave jail several years later, although Xeno recruitment has been on a downward slope recently partially due to the LPI being increasingly effective at cracking down on the terrorists and partially due to said prisoner separation system. Apart from the prisoners and jailers, the Bounty Hunters Guild also maintains an onboard presence in the event of any unforeseen escape attempts. Outcasts who end up on Huntsville or Sugarland quickly die from cardamine withdrawal, or else are murdered by the Xeno prisoners.
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: Constructed in 777 A.S., the Battleship Rio Grande has been at the forefront of many assaults against the Xenos and Liberty Rogues. It first became famous in the 792 A.S. campaign against the Xenos in the Hudson system, later followed by the 808 A.S. campaign against the Liberty Rogues, again in the Hudson system. Currently commanded by Commodore John Palmer, the Rio Grande's primary mission is to safeguard the vitally important Ageira Technologies manufacturing facility at Pueblo Station, and is also occasionally assigned to patrol the Kepler and Galileo systems.
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Liberty Police, Inc.]]
 
:: <b>Location:</b> F/4
 
:: <b>Class:</b> Tantalus
 
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Complete
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Restricted
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Limited
 
:: <b>Population:</b> 8K
 
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===[[Battleship Mississippi]]===
 
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Battleship Mississippi.png|[[Image:Battleship Mississippi.png|thumb|120px|Battleship Mississippi]]|{{#ifexist:File:Battleship Mississippi.jpg|[[Image:Battleship Mississippi.jpg|thumb|120px|Battleship Mississippi]]|Please [[File:Battleship Mississippi.png|upload]] an image of this station.}}}}</div>
 
: The Battleship Mississippi, constructed in 745 A.S., is easily the oldest ship still serving in the Liberty Navy. More than one high-ranking officer affectionately refers to the warship as "Old Miss"; though originally set to be decommissioned in 805 A.S., public protest (not very enthusiastically from the Sugarland and Huntsville) as well as the Mississippi's symbolic status (a foreboding icon of fear for Texan pirates, as well as a beacon for the often-oppressive conditions of lawful work in Texas) led to its being permitted to remain in active service until 825 A.S. at least.
 
 
 
: As Sirius-wide technological advancements since the Nomad War have been comparatively modest, with perhaps a few exceptions (rumours of cloaking devices installed on Liberty Navy ships run rampant), the Mississippi remains nearly as effective as the day it was built. The Mississippi's primary duty is to provide additional security for the prison ships in orbit around Houston, as well as attempting to hold the Texas Line surrounding the F-Zone. The battleship has been under the command of Commodore Dane Caruthers since before the Nomad War.
 
 
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Liberty Navy]]
 
:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Liberty Navy]]
:: <b>Location:</b> F/4
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:: <b>Location:</b> C/4
:: <b>Class:</b> Eagle
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:: <b>Class:</b> Monument
 
:: <b>Crew:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
 
:: <b>Crew:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
 
:: <b>Armament:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
 
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===[[Ouray Base]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Ouray Base.png|[[Image:Ouray Base.png|thumb|120px|Ouray Base]]|{{#ifexist:File:Ouray Base.jpg|[[Image:Ouray Base.jpg|thumb|120px|Ouray Base]]|Please [[File:Ouray Base.png|upload]] an image of this station.}}}}</div>
: This Junker base is rumoured to be the centre of slavery in Liberty, although little has been proven to date; shady shipments often depart to the southwest, that much is certain. Hidden deep within the North Dallas Debris Field, it is frequented by Liberty Rogues and Outcasts; this is the furthest south in Sirius that Outcasts will ever come. Disgruntled Xenos seeking to displace their Junker competitors in the cardamine trade launch sporadic attacks against Beaumont; though the occasional missile breaches the perimeter, no serious harm has yet been caused. Said cardamine often changes hands here; drug runners hailing from as far away as the Edge Worlds make port here to fuel Liberty's orange dream. The Beaumont bar is perhaps Liberty's most prime source of gossip and information; murderers lurk in the shadowy corners, ready to divest themselves of dark secrets, adventurers discuss their latest exploits, and the Junkers know everything there is to know, for a price.
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: The Xenos were originally comprised of heavy manufacturing and mining workers within Colorado and Texas. Quite a number of their ancestors also worked at the Ames Research Station, which was a good employer for generations. But Liberty increasingly made money from its information technology licensing and Trade Lane associated monopolies rather than hard, manufactured goods. Over time most of the blue-collar workers became unemployed and were pushed to the economic fringe of Liberty society, with this trend culminating in the collapse of almost all Colorado based mining industries in 600 A.S., precipitated in no small part by the failure of the terraforming projects in the California system, and the exhaustion of silver reserves in the Silverton field.
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: As the Liberty rich moved to Colorado to escape the paradise lost in California, the Xenos were displaced to a small base in the mined out Silverton asteroid field, located inside a hollowed out asteroid known as Ouray. The base took several years to make habitable, with the various construction projects finally completed in 628 A.S. Once settled in to their new home, the Xenos began launching sporadic raids focused against foreign shippers, in the hopes of driving them out of Liberty.
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: Whenever they were captured they were sent to Huntsville prison in Texas, where cross-fertilization with other inmates only helped to swell their ranks. Xenos also hate the foreigner Outcasts that feed the habits of Liberty's morally corrupt rich. For this reason, most of those declared NCR for drug crimes are placed aboard the Sugarland to keep the two groups separate.
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: Because of the Xeno preference for other Houses' ships, Universal Shipping has actually benefited from the attacks and has lobbied the government to take it easy on them. It is rumoured that some of their attacks on foreign shipping were not Xenos, but actually mercenaries hired by Universal to harass the competition. As a result, certain clandestine deals (that Universal strenuously deny) have been struck, and as such the Xenos have entered into an "agreement" with the Liberty corporation. The agreement was that the Xenos are to ignore Universal Shipping in return for supplies, information and political pressure on the Liberty government in their favour.
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: The Xenos are currently one of the poorest of all the criminal factions, so they have little resources to buy better ships and weapons. To gain a more stable income stream, they hope to evict the Junkers from Texas, and ultimately New York, and thus control a crucial market for black market goods, mostly artifacts, "cracked" software, and illegal gold and diamonds. The implications of the drop in cardamine sales are obvious.
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: The Xenos' love of side arms regularly brings them into conflict with Ageira, especially around the Detroit Munitions plant. They also regularly attack the Junkers in the Jersey Debris Field of northern New York, in the hopes of displacing the scrap merchants as the premier smuggling outfit within Liberty.
 
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:: <b>Location:</b> D/3
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:: <b>Location:</b> D/6
 
:: <b>Class:</b> ''Unknown''
 
:: <b>Class:</b> ''Unknown''
:: <b>Gravity:</b> ''Unknown''
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:: <b>Gravity:</b> Complete
:: <b>Docking:</b> ''Unknown''
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:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> ''Unknown''
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> ''Unknown''
 
:: <b>Population:</b> ''Unknown''
 
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===[[Pueblo Station]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:Pueblo Station.png|[[Image:Pueblo Station.png|thumb|120px|Pueblo Station]]|{{#ifexist:File:Pueblo Station.jpg|[[Image:Pueblo Station.jpg|thumb|120px|Pueblo Station]]|Please [[File:Pueblo Station.png|upload]] an image of this station.}}}}</div>
: The prison ship Sugarland, under the control of Liberty Police, Incorporated (LPI), was built in 600 A.S. to handle the Huntsville's criminal overflow. Sugarland is particularly hard-time, as a smelter worked by prison labour operates around the clock to re-process scrap from the Texas and New York debris fields (Scrap Metal; the Texas Incident's sole advantage). Apart from the prisoner population, a large contingent of cops, Hunters, and representatives of ALG Waste Disposal (the sole Rheinland faction still permitted into Liberty) round out the personnel on board.
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: Ageira Technologies manufacturing facility. Notice: All ships should be aware that Ageira Technologies facilities are protected by private security authorized to use deadly force against any deviation from standard flight procedures.
 
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Liberty Police, Inc.]]
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Ageira Technologies]]
:: <b>Location:</b> F/5
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:: <b>Location:</b> C/5
:: <b>Class:</b> Tantalus
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:: <b>Class:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Complete
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:: <b>Gravity:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
:: <b>Docking:</b> Restricted
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:: <b>Docking:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Limited
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:: <b>Amenities:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
:: <b>Population:</b> 6K
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:: <b>Population:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
 
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===[[Scrap Metal]]===
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===[[Silver Ore]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:silver.png|[[Image:silver.png|thumb|120px|Silver Ore]]|{{#ifexist:File:silver.jpg|[[Image:silver.jpg|thumb|120px|Silver Ore]]|Please [[File:silver.png|upload]] an image of this commodity.}}}}</div>
: 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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: Ore is a type of rock that contains minerals such as metals which can be extracted through mining and refined for use. The ores must be processed to extract the metals of interest from the waste rock and from the ore minerals. Many organizations prefer to receive unsmelted ores in order to keep the additional cost of their production and finish within the local economy, as opposed to paying markups to foreign laborers to do the work for them.
 
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|align="left;"{{!}}Scrap Metal Field
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|align="center;"|C/3
 
|align="center;"|30
 
|align="center;"|10
 
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|align="center;"|C/6
 
|align="center;"|30
 
|align="center;"|10
 
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|align="left;"{{!}}North Dallas Debris Field
 
|align="center;"|D/3
 
|align="center;"|15
 
|align="center;"|16
 
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|align="left;"{{!}}West Dallas Debris Field
 
|align="center;"|C/4
 
|align="center;"|12
 
|align="center;"|11
 
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|align="left;"{{!}}South Dallas Debris Field
 
 
|align="center;"|D/6
 
|align="center;"|D/6
|align="center;"|10
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|align="center;"|16
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|align="center;"|0
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|align="left;"{{!}}East Dallas Debris Field
 
|align="center;"|E/5
 
|align="center;"|10
 
|align="center;"|16
 
 
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===[[Premium Scrap]]===
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===[[Copper Ore]]===
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:scrap_metal.png|[[Image:scrap_metal.png|thumb|120px|Premium Scrap]]|{{#ifexist:File:scrap_metal.jpg|[[Image:scrap_metal.jpg|thumb|120px|Premium Scrap]]|Please [[File:scrap_metal.png|upload]] an image of this commodity.}}}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%; font-size: 75%;">{{#ifexist:File:copper.png|[[Image:copper.png|thumb|120px|Copper Ore]]|{{#ifexist:File:copper.jpg|[[Image:copper.jpg|thumb|120px|Copper Ore]]|Please [[File:copper.png|upload]] an image of this commodity.}}}}</div>
: Moderately damaged hull panels, salvagable engine components and other ship parts that are too valuable to be simply thrown in the smelters. These salvaged parts can be refurbished by some shipyards, and put back into service. They are in demand at shipyards that do not have a steady supply of new parts.
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: Ore is a type of rock that contains minerals such as metals which can be extracted through mining and refined for use. The ores must be processed to extract the metals of interest from the waste rock and from the ore minerals. Many organizations prefer to receive unsmelted ores in order to keep the additional cost of their production and finish within the local economy, as opposed to paying markups to foreign laborers to do the work for them.
 
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|align="center;"|5
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|align="center;"|30
 
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Colorado
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System
Governing House Flag-liberty.png Republic of Liberty
Region Liberty
Connected
Systems
New York
Kepler
Galileo
Illinois
Ontario

Colorado is ruled by the Liberty government and was the first system to have a Jump Gate connecting it to the New York system. It is the location of Pueblo Station, Ageira's main facility.

System Overview

Astronomical Bodies
Stellar Objects
  • Medium Yellow Sun
  • None
  • Cheyenne Asteroid Field
  • Silverton Asteroid Field
  • Copperton Asteroid Field
  • Alamosa Asteroid Field
Industrial Development
Faction Presence
Lawful Factions
Corporations & Guilds
Unlawful Factions


Jump Gates and Holes

Planetary Bodies

Planet Denver

Planet Denver
Originally home to miners, smelters and shipyard workers, Denver has always had a sizeable population, but during the economic collapse of the silver industry in 600 A.S., many of the workers were put out of jobs and either left the system or ended up joining the nascent Xeno movement. The planetary population plummeted, with the remaining people left to scratch a living on Denver's farmsteads, and also in the small, but profitable, tourist industry.
With the California water shortages continuing unabated, the wealthy elite of Los Angeles began to search for an alternative holiday destination and place to call home, and they found it in the guise of Denver's rough savannahs and beautiful, pristine beaches. The resulting emigration injected new life into the planet's economy, reviving its flagging fortunes, even as the newly arrived upper class were in the process of systematically taking control of the local government authorities.
Nowadays the planetary population of Denver stands at a healthy 945 million people, making it the second most populated planet in Liberty after Manhattan itself. Such is the attraction of Denver that Cryer Pharmaceuticals maintains one of the largest medical research facilities in Sirius, just outside the capital city of Crichton Springs, while the headquarters of the Ageira Technologies corporation is also located on the planet. It is widely known that the Liberty Police are paid extremely handsomely by the wealthy residents to ensure the continued peace and security of Denver.
Owner Faction: Liberty Police, Inc.
Location: F/4
Diameter: 12,211 km.
Mass: 5.54 x 10e24 kg.
Terrain: Terrestrial
Temperature: -88°C to 59.1°C
Escape Velocity: 10.02 km/sec

Planet Gunnison

Planet Gunnison
A desolate, airless planet, pockmarked by craters from stray asteroids.
Location: C/4
Diameter: 10,102 km
Mass: 4.25 x 10e24 kg
Terrain: Barren
Temperature: -68°C to 43°C
Escape Velocity: 6.88 km/sec

Planet Durango

Planet Durango
A tiny, volcanically active moon incapable of supporting life. Cinder cones will occasionally explode, spewing great plumes of sulfur hundreds of kilometers above the surface.
Location: D/5
Diameter: 1,800 km
Mass: 0.98 x 10e24 kg
Terrain: Volcanic
Temperature: -23°C to 78°C
Escape Velocity: 1.34 km/sec

Nebula and Asteroids

Cheyenne Asteroid Field

Cheyenne Asteroid Field
A large rock asteroid field. Initial surveys indicated no ore or other resources worth mining. This field is often frequented by Rogues.
Location: F/3

Silverton Asteroid Field

Silverton Asteroid Field
Once the major source of Silver for all of Liberty, the Silverton Field has been mined to rubble and dust. Within the field is the former site of an Ageira Technologies manufacturing facility, abandoned over a century ago in favor of Pueblo Station, it now houses a large contingent of Xenos. Trace amounts of Silver remain.
Location: D/6

Copperton Asteroid Field

Copperton Asteroid Field
Like most of the resources in Colorado, the famed Copperton Field has long since been exhausted. Trace amounts of copper remain. Xenos are active within the field.
Location: B/5

Alamosa Asteroid Field

Alamosa Asteroid Field
A large rock asteroid field. Initial surveys indicated no ore or other resources worth mining. Alamosa is a favorite refuge of Rogues and Lane Hackers attempting to escape capture by the Liberty Navy.
Location: D/3

Space Stations

Battleship Rio Grande

Battleship Rio Grande
Constructed in 777 A.S., the Battleship Rio Grande has been at the forefront of many assaults against the Xenos and Liberty Rogues. It first became famous in the 792 A.S. campaign against the Xenos in the Hudson system, later followed by the 808 A.S. campaign against the Liberty Rogues, again in the Hudson system. Currently commanded by Commodore John Palmer, the Rio Grande's primary mission is to safeguard the vitally important Ageira Technologies manufacturing facility at Pueblo Station, and is also occasionally assigned to patrol the Kepler and Galileo systems.
Owner Faction: Liberty Navy
Location: C/4
Class: Monument
Crew: CLASSIFIED
Armament: CLASSIFIED

Ouray Base

Ouray Base
The Xenos were originally comprised of heavy manufacturing and mining workers within Colorado and Texas. Quite a number of their ancestors also worked at the Ames Research Station, which was a good employer for generations. But Liberty increasingly made money from its information technology licensing and Trade Lane associated monopolies rather than hard, manufactured goods. Over time most of the blue-collar workers became unemployed and were pushed to the economic fringe of Liberty society, with this trend culminating in the collapse of almost all Colorado based mining industries in 600 A.S., precipitated in no small part by the failure of the terraforming projects in the California system, and the exhaustion of silver reserves in the Silverton field.
As the Liberty rich moved to Colorado to escape the paradise lost in California, the Xenos were displaced to a small base in the mined out Silverton asteroid field, located inside a hollowed out asteroid known as Ouray. The base took several years to make habitable, with the various construction projects finally completed in 628 A.S. Once settled in to their new home, the Xenos began launching sporadic raids focused against foreign shippers, in the hopes of driving them out of Liberty.
Whenever they were captured they were sent to Huntsville prison in Texas, where cross-fertilization with other inmates only helped to swell their ranks. Xenos also hate the foreigner Outcasts that feed the habits of Liberty's morally corrupt rich. For this reason, most of those declared NCR for drug crimes are placed aboard the Sugarland to keep the two groups separate.
Because of the Xeno preference for other Houses' ships, Universal Shipping has actually benefited from the attacks and has lobbied the government to take it easy on them. It is rumoured that some of their attacks on foreign shipping were not Xenos, but actually mercenaries hired by Universal to harass the competition. As a result, certain clandestine deals (that Universal strenuously deny) have been struck, and as such the Xenos have entered into an "agreement" with the Liberty corporation. The agreement was that the Xenos are to ignore Universal Shipping in return for supplies, information and political pressure on the Liberty government in their favour.
The Xenos are currently one of the poorest of all the criminal factions, so they have little resources to buy better ships and weapons. To gain a more stable income stream, they hope to evict the Junkers from Texas, and ultimately New York, and thus control a crucial market for black market goods, mostly artifacts, "cracked" software, and illegal gold and diamonds. The implications of the drop in cardamine sales are obvious.
The Xenos' love of side arms regularly brings them into conflict with Ageira, especially around the Detroit Munitions plant. They also regularly attack the Junkers in the Jersey Debris Field of northern New York, in the hopes of displacing the scrap merchants as the premier smuggling outfit within Liberty.
Owner Faction: Xenos
Location: D/6
Class: Unknown
Gravity: Complete
Docking: Yes
Amenities: Unknown
Population: Unknown

Pueblo Station

Pueblo Station
Ageira Technologies manufacturing facility. Notice: All ships should be aware that Ageira Technologies facilities are protected by private security authorized to use deadly force against any deviation from standard flight procedures.
Owner Faction: Ageira Technologies
Location: C/5
Class: CLASSIFIED
Gravity: CLASSIFIED
Docking: CLASSIFIED
Amenities: CLASSIFIED
Population: CLASSIFIED

Commodity Mining

Silver Ore

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Silver Ore
Ore is a type of rock that contains minerals such as metals which can be extracted through mining and refined for use. The ores must be processed to extract the metals of interest from the waste rock and from the ore minerals. Many organizations prefer to receive unsmelted ores in order to keep the additional cost of their production and finish within the local economy, as opposed to paying markups to foreign laborers to do the work for them.

Copper Ore

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Copper Ore
Ore is a type of rock that contains minerals such as metals which can be extracted through mining and refined for use. The ores must be processed to extract the metals of interest from the waste rock and from the ore minerals. Many organizations prefer to receive unsmelted ores in order to keep the additional cost of their production and finish within the local economy, as opposed to paying markups to foreign laborers to do the work for them.