- Built at Southampton Shipyard in 809 A.S., the Battleship Ark Royal was immediately sent to the Newcastle system to deter the Mollys from making further assaults against Bretonian corporations and shipping, especially in light of their capture of Belfast Production Facility. After the destruction of the Battleship Leicester, the Bretonia Armed Forces were given strict orders to leave Belfast well alone, but rumours amongst the naval personnel persist that if the Mollys try to capture another station, the Battleship Ark Royal will be moved in along with the Battleship Grimsby to put a stop to it.
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 Sunderland Research Station
- Sunderland Research Station was constructed in 612 A.S., and is the largest and most important research facility that the Bretonia Armed Forces controls. Built next to the strange alien ruins that were discovered in 598 A.S., the station has attracted considerable attention from the scientific communities from all four Houses. However, details of what is actually going on inside the station remain unknown to the public, and all personnel working onboard are made to sign strict secrecy agreements.
- Owner Faction: Bretonia Armed Forces
- Location: +H/2
- Class: Dundee
- Gravity: Partial
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: 200
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- Stationed in orbit of planet Carlisle, Gateshead is a busy trans-shipment point currently owned by the Bretonia Police Authority. From here, police ships patrol the surrounding nebulas, protecting nearby trade lanes from the Outcasts and the Mollys. The police also protect the nearby Lancaster Trade Station from possible attack, although with the recent Molly peace talks, attacks have almost ceased completely. The station also houses numerous Cambridge scientists and Planetform engineers from New London, who are studying planet Carlisle in order to prepare it for colonization, although how long it will be until Carlisle is deemed acceptable for settlement is unknown.
- Owner Faction: Bretonia Police
- Location: C/4
- Class: Zeus
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: 1,4K
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- Lancaster Trade Centre is the heart of stock brokering in Bretonia. Formerly located on New London, the endless Molly and Corsair attacks caused many traders and investors to worry about their safety, which the Bretonia police couldn't guarantee totally. Due to Newcastle's distance from all the major centres of pirate activity, it was considered to be a safer prospect for business deals. Traders from around Sirius come to Lancaster to adjust their stocks, buy from sellers, and sell to the highest bidder. Enormous sums of money pass through the station's airlocks every day, and Gateshead station keeps a close eye on the proceedings to ensure the safety of all concerned.
- Owner Faction: Border World Exports
- Location: C/3
- Class: Dundee
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: 800
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- Scarborough Station is the headquarters of Borderworld Exports for the Newcastle system, and its main purpose is the manufacture of super alloys and high temperature alloys, although they do manufacture a number of vessels here also. In recent years, large numbers of police pilots and bounty hunters have also been frequenting the station because of the endless Molly attacks from the nearby Belfast Production Facility. Belfast is officially abandoned, but everyone knows that it was in fact captured by the Mollys many years ago. Borderworld Exports has been trying to get a battleship stationed outside Scarborough for some years now, but with little success, although the Bretonian government did concede some ground, by agreeing to base the Battleship Ark Royal in Newcastle.
- Owner Faction: Border World Exports
- Location: E/4
- Class: Loch Linnhe
- Gravity: Partial
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: 1,4K
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- The Battleship Wessex was originally stationed outside the research facility Sunderland when it was first being built, but after many years it was decided that the battleship was unnecessary as the alien ruins were completely lifeless. Shortly after the Nomad War, however, it was decided to station the newly commissioned Battleship Grimsby nearby to reassure the public. Many of the scientists object to having a heavily armed battleship keeping watch over Sunderland; but as they are given no say in the matter it is likely that the Battleship Grimsby will be keeping watch on them for the foreseeable future.
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- South Shields Refinery is a huge manufacturing complex orbiting the planet Hartlepool. The Independent Miners Guild was the first to discover the Newcastle system, in mid 588 A.S., and constructed South Shields in 590 A.S., when Bretonian corporations were only just starting to explore Newcastle and evaluate its resources. The refinery mainly purifies water and oxygen from the nearby Galloway Ice Cloud, seperating the hydrocarbon impurities, but it also manufactures a small amount of Deuterium and H-Fuel, using resources mined from the atmosphere of Hartlepool.
- The BMM has been lobbying to drive the independent miners out of the refinery for many years now, but without much success. The Bretonian Government initially refused due to the BMM already having caused the uprising in Dublin that resulted in the formation of the Molly movement, and these days it argues that South Shields makes a good "hostage" to blackmail the IMG with in case the miners openly support Bretonia's enemies, although many believe it is unlikely the IMG will do so.
- Owner Faction: Independent Miners Guild
- Location: F/2
- Class: Loch Ness
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: 600
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- The Cape Wrath asteroid was hollowed out in 811 A.S., to help the Outcasts create a solid foothold in Bretonia. They wanted a base to launch attacks against the Gaians and the IMG, while being close to both the IMG base and busy trade routes for supplies. Cape Wrath was constructed using materials and tools smuggled through the Tau 31 jump hole, although this became increasingly difficult after the rising tensions between Bretonia and Kusari forced their smuggling transports to divert ever further afield. The Outcasts are loosely allied with the Mollys and are frequently plagued by Gaian and bounty hunter raids, despite the fact that neither the Gaians nor the bounty hunters have the power to directly destroy Cape Wrath.
- Owner Faction: Outcasts
- Location: D/2
- Class: Unknown
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: Unknown
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- Mull base was created by the Mollys in 772 A.S., shortly after the jump hole from the Chester system was discovered. They used it to launch attacks against the Belfast Production Facility, before taking it over in a daring raid. The base is heavily fortified, and has good trade relations with Arranmore Base in Dublin, from whom Mull gets a lot of its supplies and recruits. The Barrier Nebula was chosen because of its excellent sensor disabling properties, and the large asteroids make it very difficult for the Bretonia Armed Forces to explore in any great detail. Mull base is also the key nuclear weapons manufacturing centre for the Mollys, using plutonium smuggled in from Kusari and the Sigma systems. The Bretonian authorities have tried for years to find Mull, as for obvious reasons they do not like the idea of nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists, but all attempts to find it have so far met with failure.
- Owner Faction: Mollys
- Location: G/5
- Class: Unknown
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Unknown
- Population: Unknown
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 Belfast Production Facility
- Belfast has had a grim and bitter past. Built in 776 A.S., the facility has been mining resources from the crust of the nearby planet Middlesbrough. The Mollys didn't take too kindly to the new trade lane and manufacturing base infringing on their territory, especially with it dangerously close to Mull Base, and started launching attacks against it. Molly agents secretly started applying for and receiving jobs aboard Belfast, ready for the day when they would claim it for their own.
- In 795 A.S., the Mollys struck. They launched an all-out offensive using all of their limited gunboats and most of their heavy fighter craft. They broke out from the nearby barrier nebula and opened fire on Belfast's defence turrets, disabling them. While the battle between the Bretonia police and the Molly fighters raged outside, the Molly undercover agents onboard Belfast moved quickly. Pulling concealed weapons free they turned on their management, slaughtering them and throwing their bodies out of the airlocks. Belfast was theirs.
- With her smelters working at even 60% capacity, the facility can create more than enough materials for the Mollys to construct more components and ships. Shortly after the hostile takeover, the Bretonians attempted to retrieve their lost station, but the Mollys fought hard to keep it. Along with several newly constructed weapon platforms and heavy fighter cover, they drove back the Bretonian forces twice.
- After the loss of their second destroyer and the complete destruction of the Battleship Leicester with all hands lost, the Armed Forces finally admitted defeat. However, they ordered the Battleship Ark Royal to keep an eye on Belfast and to be prepared to counter any renewed hostilities from the Mollys..
- Owner Faction: Mollys
- Location: F/5
- Class: Unknown
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: No
- Population: Unknown
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- Concealed deep within the Northumberland Ice Cloud, Skye Base was constructed by the Gaians as a base to help expand their movement, especially in trying to prevent the exploitation of the planet Carlisle. Being the second Gaian base ever to be constructed, it is quite small. However, it is big enough for its main purpose of refuelling and restocking raiders, on their way to disrupt traffic throughout Newcastle. The Gaians constantly have to put up with Molly raiding parties, and much of their available resources are often diverted in attempts to prevent the Mollys from finding Skye.
- Owner Faction: Gaians
- Location: E/6
- Class: Unknown
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: Unknown
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- After seeing heavy combat in the war with Bretonia and playing a critical role in the capture of Stokes Mining Station, Battleship Yamaguchi retreated to the Newcastle system when the GRN cut off its route to Kusari. Now loyal to the Emperor in exile, its crew drills relentlessly when they are not engaging in active missions against the GRN.
- Owner Faction: Kusari Exiles
- Location: B/4
- Class: Sekigahara
- Crew: CLASSIFIED
- Armament: CLASSIFIED
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- The Battleship Macduff was a key element of Planet Harris' defense against the Kusari Naval Forces, being the only Bretonian battleship that stayed in Tau-31 system after the Leeds Jump Gate area came under Kusari control. Following the withdrawal of Kusari's fleet when Gallia invaded the Tau systems, Macduff was withdrawn to the Newcastle system to bolster its defenses against a flanking attack by the GRN that would place the BAF under attack from three fronts in Leeds.
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Kingdom of Bretonia
