- Roanne facility was initially a prominent mining station built by Gallic Metal Service in 392 AGS. At that time it was the largest and most technologically advanced mining facility in Gallic space. However, the surrounding Saone Asteroid Field did not have as many asteroids with significant ore concentration as GMS researchers anticipated. In 594 AGS, mineable areas of the surrounding field were almost completely depleted, and GMS made a decision to convert Roanne into a large production center with habitats for numerous workers, specialists, and even higher management. The construction was personally overseen by one of the most famed GMS directors, Eugene Arquette, who spent most of his life on the station. After Arquette's death, the class designation of the station was officially changed to his name. Over time, Roanne became the primary off-world headquarters of the Gallic Metal Service. It is a tradition that the chief executive of the company spends at least one third of each year onboard the station, personally overseeing the production process.
- There is quite a lot to oversee: Roanne houses several independently operating production plants and has over eight thousand permanent inhabitants. The facility is one of the central hubs of space travel in the Lyonnais system, and the primary producer of superalloys in Gallic space. With Lyonnais being one of the safest systems in Gallic space, the station and its surroundings are rarely threatened by pirates. However, GMS maintains a sizeable defensive fleet in case an attack occurs, and several platoons of Royal Navy Marines are maintained through GMS funding to ensure internal station security in addition to the security personnel of the company.
 Roanne Production Facility |
- Owner Faction: Gallic Metal Service
- Location: C/3
- Class: Eugene Arquette
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: 8200
- Capacity: 8800
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- Luxury Liner Belleville is one of the well-known cruise vessels operated by Bouvet Space Entertainment group. The liners are built by EFL Oil & Machinery in the Laval Shipyard, and the corporation owns and maintains them jointly with Bouvet. EFL also provides security and logistic support for the liner's operations.
- Belleville is one of the latest vessels of its class, its first independent flight taking place in 703 AGS. It is most commonly seen in the Lyonnais system, but it occasionally visits Ile-de-France, Orleanais and Berry. The liner is currently stationed within the spectacular Givors Debris Field, not far from the wrecked components of the Givors Shipyard devastated by a Maquis bomb in 665 AGS. The debris that formed the Givors Field partially consists of shipyard parts that floated away after the explosion. Outer parts of the field were formed earlier, when massive ship construction took place in Givors.
- Belleville cruises are one of the most popular for upper-class Gallic travellers who prefer the safer environments of the Core Worlds, Lyonnais in particular. For those who prefer more exciting experiences, other cruise routes exist, including a trip into the Border Worlds featuring a "guaranteed pirate attack".
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- Owner Faction: EFL Oil & Machinery
- Location: F/3
- Class: Snapdragon
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: 400
- Capacity: 400
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- Gleize is a Unione Corse base located in the Miribel-Jonar field not far from Planet Lyon. It is one of the most populated bases of the Corse in Gallia, housing more than 7,000 inhabitants. It is not known for certain when Gleize was established, but it is most probable that the first hallways of the base were dug out and pressurized in about 380 AGS. Like many asteroid bases, it was expanded without much planning for several hundreds of years, and currently the base is rather hard to navigate. Yet few outsiders get a chance to venture deep into Gleize's hallways. Corse consider this base to be their own safe haven where visitors are not welcomed, and guests are mostly limited to the few common areas around the docking ports.
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- Owner Faction: Unione Corse
- Location: E/2
- Class: Cyan
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Limited
- Population: 8000
- Capacity: 7600
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- The Normandie class was designed in the 660s as a versatile battleship capable of both offensive and defensive actions. Since 670 AGS until 710 AGS it was produced in massive numbers by the Royal Navy shipyards, but the battles of the Second Gallic War revealed several critical flaws in the ship's construction. After that, no new Normandie ships were built. However, existing ships were retrofitted to install better power arrays, improved offensive capabilities, and better internal security sensors to prevent capture. Normandie battleships form a bulk of Gallia's Sirius invasion forces, along with more recent and better equipped Richelieu battleships and rearguard Charlemagne battleships.
- Battleship Venissieux is one of the Normandie class battleships usually stationed in various regions of Lyon and Orleanais. Its current assignment is guarding Luxury Liner Belleville. According to recent information received by Gallia's internal security department, the Maquis are planning a large-scale terrorist act against the liner.
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- Owner Faction: Gallic Royal Navy
- Location: F/3
- Class: Normandie
- Crew: CLASSIFIED
- Armament: CLASSIFIED
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- Montbrison is a relatively large shipping platform built by IDF Shipping in 486 AGS. Montbrison's location was previously occupied by a smaller station, serving as a transit point for shipments to Lyon colonists and Saint-Etienne Space Colony. In about 480 AGS, trade lanes were built around Lyonnais, and a new type of shipping station was necessary. IDF got the contract and built the station in less than eight months.
- Montbrison was refurbished several times, the last time in 677 AGS. Unlike some of the other shipping platforms, the amount of cargo handled by this facility did not decline due to the increased fuel capacity of modern transport vessels that usually do not need any refueling points between their port of origin and destination. In the safe environment of Lyonnais, a large share of the local shipments are processed by local companies and independent traders who often use Montbrison to exchange goods and store large amounts of cargo delivered by larger companies. IDF also organized commodity trade on the station, and distributes Mining Machinery to GMS mining facilities around Gallia.
 Montbrison Storage Facility |
- Owner Faction: IDF Shipping
- Location: C/5
- Class: Etang E-1
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Limited
- Population: 500
- Capacity: 1100
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- Saint-Etienne was built in 429 AGS by Tannier Industries as one of the more remote space colonies in Gallic space. Circa 610 AGS, when Tannier was restructured, the site was purchased by Ile-de-France Shipping. Before the IDF transfer, the facility was not prospering. With a capacity of 8,000, it housed less than 3,000 people, and the station was notorious for a high unemployment and poor accomodation standards.
- IDF dismissed most of the crew and moved out the inhabitants. The station's structure was renewed and expanded with new habitats. In 619 AGS, Saint-Etienne was re-opened for settlers, becoming one of the more convenient and affordable space settlements in Gallic space. Saint-Etienne lies away from major trade routes and areas of pirate activity, making the colony very safe and calm to live in. The facility does not have notable industrial capacity, but it is almost fully self-sufficient, with hydroponic farms and food production available to serve the colonists' needs. The station also produces a wide array of Luxury Consumer Goods, most of which are exported to other stations and planets by IDF and their partners, allowing the station's residents to enjoy a comfortable middle class income.
 Saint-Etienne Space Colony |
- Owner Faction: IDF Shipping
- Location: D/6
- Class: Massenet
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: 12000
- Capacity: 12000
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- Pelussin Base was constructed within the Rhone Nebula circa 500 AGS. The base is an important outpost of the Brigands in the otherwise calm Lyonnais system. The system is under tight Police security, and instead of being a staging point for pirate raids, the base mostly serves as a black market outpost. This means that most ships coming and going from Pelussin hide within fields and nebulas and avoid contact with Gallic lawful ships.
- Pelussin's permanent population is not too large and is estimated to be around 1,500 to 2,000 people. However, the base is one of the primary hubs of the slave trade in Gallia, and it is designed to house a lot more people for limited periods of time. Since the problem of overpopulation is not unfamiliar for Gallia, acquiring Slaves on Gallic planets and some unlawful stations is rarely a challenge. Most Slaves were initially homeless people, drug addicts, and various socially undesirable individuals who were searching for quick and easy earnings. They signed ridiculous (and mostly illegal) contracts that bound them to their employers for dozens of years without an option to quit. After being transported to pirate facilities, the papers they signed served no other purpose than to demonstrate that the Slaves sealed their fate themselves and there wasn't anyone else to blame.
- Various kinds of Slaves are in demand for various activities. Good-looking young women, children between 10 and 14, and strong men in their 30s being in the highest demand. Pelussin can usually offer Slaves of any age or sex. If the supplies of the station cannot meet some of the more exotic demands, slavers can usually acquire the necessary selection in a matter of weeks. During the wait, clients may enjoy himself or herself with various recreational options that the station offers, some of them not found anywhere else in Gallia.
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- Owner Faction: Gallic Brigands
- Location: G/4
- Class: Rhone S1
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: 2000
- Capacity: 2300
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- Saint-Exupery's construction was completed in 551 AGS. It replaced a base named Oullins that previously served as a transit point for some of the shipments going to and from Lyonnais. Over time, the need for a shipping platform in Lyonnais' orbit was no longer present. Bouvet Space Entertainment chose the location to build the off-world base of operations for their cruise liner fleet, and chose Solar Engineering to build and administer the station. Since then, Bouvet's presence was reduced to a necessary minimum, and Solar uses the station for a wide array of services, including short term off-world recreation, ship-to-ship transfers, and storage of valuable or hazardous cargo that is not allowed planetside.
- Saint-Exupery appeared in New Paris' news headlines several times when journalists discovered the presence of Brigands and even Maquis onboard the station. Solar Engineering succeeded in discrediting most of those allegations, however. The corporation keeps large parts of the station off-limits for civilians and even for Gallic law enforcement.
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- Owner Faction: Solar Engineering
- Location: E/3
- Class: Colombier SP07-a
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: 1900
- Capacity: 1800
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