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| name = New Berlin
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| name = New York
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| description = New Berlin is the capital system of the [[Federal Republic of [[Rheinland]]]], the system was settled in 3 [[A.S]], with the landing of the SS Rheinland on [[Planet New Berlin]]. Recent studies done by a group of government scientists estimated that the main star of the system, a white giant, will cease to exist in the next 300 years, due to the fact that the star will finish its hydrogen reserves.
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| description = The [[New York]] system is the capital of [[Liberty|House [[Liberty]]]] and one of the most populated areas of the entire [[Sirius Sector]]. Centered around a relatively cool G8-class star not unlike the sun of the [[Sol|Sol System]] are two fully habitable and colonized planets, [[Planet Manhattan|Manhattan]] and [[Planet Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh]]. The latter also features a moon, [[Maine]]. Further locations of interest include nine permanent space stations (of which one is home to the [[Liberty Rogues]] and another owned by the [[Junkers]]), two stationary [[Capital ship|capital-sized ships]] with full docking facilities, the mysterious [[Badlands]] and the enigmatic [[Zone 21]].
  
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An interesting factor of the system is given by the presence of a special space station, constructed by [[Daumann Heavy Construction]], [[The Ring]]. The Ring was developed to gather solar energy and heat, and direct it towards the frozen [[Planet New Berlin]]. The space station was a total success.
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The system's geography is dominated by the many scrap fields that arose from years of industrial exploitation. Named after the former States of [[Detroit Debris Field|Detroit]] and [[Jersey Debris Field|New Jersey]] and the [[Pittsburgh Debris Field|City of Pittsburgh]], they are frequented by corporate clean-up crews, self-employed salvagers as well as the occasional pirate or smuggler. The system's deep south is home to the already mentioned Badlands, a peculiar dark matter cloud which used to be home to two research stations, [[Benford Research Station|Benford]] and [[Ithaca Research Station|Ithaca]], until external circumstances forced them to be abandoned by their crews.
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| image = New_Berlin.jpg
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| government = {{House Link|Rheinland|long}}
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New York is host to five major corporations and countless pirate outfits preying on them. There are [[Jump Gate|jump gates]] and [[jump hole|holes]] to four different systems. Located near the [[Sirius Sector|Sector Core]], it is frequently used as central point of reference by map-makers across Sirian space, a fact which the Liberty Government is eager to promote.
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| region = Rheinland
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| image = New_York.jpg
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| neighbors = [[Hamburg]]<br/>[[Stuttgart]]<br/>[[Frankfurt]]<br/>[[Dresden]]<br/>[[Sigma-13]]<br/>[[Braunschweig]]<br/>[[Halle]]
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| government = {{House Link|Liberty|long}}
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| lawful-factions = * [[Rheinland Police]]
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| region = Liberty
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| neighbors = [[California]]<br/>[[Colorado]]<br/>[[Texas]]<br/>[[Alaska]]<br/>[[Pennsylvania]]<br/>[[New York]]
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| lawful-factions = * [[Liberty Navy]]
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* [[Liberty Police, Inc.]]
 
* [[Bounty Hunters Guild]]
 
* [[Bounty Hunters Guild]]
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* [[Rheinland Military]]
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| trade-factions = * [[Cryer Pharmaceuticals]]
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| trade-factions = * [[ALG Waste Disposal]]
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* [[Universal Shipping]]
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* [[Republican Shipping]]
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* [[Ageira Technologies]]
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* [[ALG Waste Disposal]]
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* [[Border World Exports]]
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* [[Gateway Shipping]]
 
* [[Synth Foods, Inc.]]
 
* [[Synth Foods, Inc.]]
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* [[Kruger Minerals]]
 
 
* [[Orbital Spa and Cruise]]
 
* [[Orbital Spa and Cruise]]
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* [[Daumann Heavy Construction]]
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* [[Kishiro Technologies]]
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* [[Gateway Shipping]]
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* [[Samura Industries]]
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* [[Deep Space Engineering]]
 
| unlawful-factions = * [[Junkers]]
 
| unlawful-factions = * [[Junkers]]
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* [[Unioners]]
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* [[Liberty Rogues]]
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* [[LWB]]
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* [[Xenos]]
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* [[Red Hessians]]
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* [[Outcasts]]
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* [[Wild]]
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| suns = * Medium White Sun
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* [[Bundschuh]]
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| planets = * [[Planet Manhattan]] (inhabited)
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| suns = * White Giant Sun
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* [[Planet Pittsburgh]] (inhabited)
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| planets = * [[Planet New Berlin]] (inhabited)
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* Maine
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* Potsdam
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| stations = * [[Newark Station]]
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| stations = * [[Oder Shipyard]]
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* [[Trenton Outpost]]
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* [[The Ring]]
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* [[Liberty Rogue Destroyer]]
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* [[Bonn Station]]
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* [[Battleship Missouri]]
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* [[Dortmund Station]]
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* [[Norfolk Shipyard]]
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* [[Essen Station]]
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* [[West Point Military Academy]]
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* [[Brandenburg Border Station]]
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* [[Detroit Munitions]]
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* [[Kreuzberg Depot]]
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* [[Fort Bush]]
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* [[Battleship Strausberg]]
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* [[Baltimore Shipyard]]
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* [[Kaiserslautern Depot]]
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* [[Buffalo Base]]
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| fields = * Aachenfeld
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* [[Rochester Base]]
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* Harzfeld
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| fields = * Badlands
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* Ruhrfeld
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* Zone-21
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* Saarfeld
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* Detroit Debris Field
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* Jersey Debris Field
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* Pittsburgh Debris Field
 
| mining-zones = * [[Scrap Metal]]
 
| mining-zones = * [[Scrap Metal]]
 
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===[[Planet New Berlin]]===
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===[[Planet Manhattan]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Planet New Berlin}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Planet Manhattan}}</div>
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: New Berlin is, much like the huge contrast between rich and poor in Rheinland, a planet of extremes. Each day and night on the planet lasts for nearly a standard year, with the night side plunged into a frigid, bitter winter with temperatures as low as -35°C in the equatorial regions, and the day side having a slightly more temperate summer where the temperature just about climbs above the freezing point of water. Despite the extremely hostile environment, the planet is very close to the abundant natural resources of the Walker Nebula, so the crew of the sleeper ship Rheinland chose to land on New Berlin in 3 A.S., making it the capital of Rheinland.
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: Founded in the year 1 A.S., Manhattan was the first human colony established in the Sirius Sector. Over the last eight centuries it has grown into a teeming world of over 2.1 billion people who live and work in a number of large metropolises that dot the planet's surface. It still remains a bustling tourist destination, however, with many gorgeous sandy beaches and crowded shopping promenades.
  
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: The colony grew quickly, with deep space industry the primary concern of the fledgling government. The Aachenfeld and Harzfeld asteroid fields quickly became the focal points of huge mining enterprises, stripping asteroids of raw materials to fuel the orbital industrial platform that would eventually become known as the Ring. Food shortages became a huge problem in the formative years, due to New Berlin's climate being largely unsuited to crop growing outside of the huge hydroponics farms that were constructed across the surface, although population control measures introduced by the first Emperor managed to make the situation slightly more tolerable. The planet's population as of the 816 A.S. planetary census was just over 1.3 billion people, making it one of the more populated planets in the Sirius sector, despite the harsh climate conditions.
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: Nearly the entire population is dedicated to the manifest destiny of the Liberty free market, and today Manhattan is the hub of a vast commercial network that stretches into almost every corner of Sirius. While "going to Manhattan" has become a commonly accepted phrase for leaving home to seek your fortune, the cost of living on Manhattan itself is extravagantly high. If a trend is new and exciting - and expensive -- then it almost certainly originated here.
  
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: Rheinland's military and economic power continued to grow exponentially over the centuries until the Empress Jessika Leicht, pressured heavily by Kruger Minerals and ill-advised by the Imperial Navy's high command, declared war on the Gas Miners Guild in a surprise attack on Sigma 13 in 589 A.S. The war lasted for eighty years, going from strength to strength until, with the economy crumbling around them, the Imperial high command ordered an all-out last ditch attempt to take Sigma 13. This resulted in the Battle of the Yanagi Cloud in 668 A.S., which ended in the complete destruction of the entire Rheinland Imperial Navy.
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: Despite the turmoil surrounding the brief, but bloody, Nomad war that ended in 801 A.S., Manhattan has continued to grow, and shipments arrive from all over Sirius on a daily basis. While there are reminders of the Nomad War still left over, most people prefer to focus on the future and, for Liberty at least, it appears to be a bright one.
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Liberty Police, Inc.]]
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:: <b>Location:</b> D/4
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:: <b>Diameter:</b> 12,753 km.
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:: <b>Mass:</b> 5.98 x 10e24 kg.
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:: <b>Terrain:</b> Terrestrial
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:: <b>Temperature:</b> -46°C to 43°C
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:: <b>Escape Velocity:</b> 11.27 km/sec
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===[[Planet Pittsburgh]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Planet Pittsburgh}}</div>
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: Pittsburgh is covered by a single vast desert, broken only by large rocky outcroppings that were big enough to escape being swallowed up by the sand. Without any ice asteroids in close proximity, the planet was not considered a good candidate for terraforming and remained sparsely populated until a full-scale mineral survey in 650 A.S. pinpointed enormous deposits of Boron in the form of borax salts deep within the Corridera Plateau. A large scale mining operation was established on the planet in 660 A.S. by Deep Space Engineering to exploit these deposits, and it is now one of the only raw material extraction facility left within Liberty space.
  
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: With its military might shattered and the economy in ruins, the then-Emperor Albrecht Friedmann was forced to sign a peace treaty in 669 A.S. with the GMG, acknowledging the sovereignty of the Gas Miners Guild over all of the Sigma systems. This final, humiliating act became the trigger for the Popular Revolution, which began on Von Rohe's Day in Dresden in 672 A.S., and quickly spread to the rest of Rheinland. Within five months, Emperor Friedmann had been deposed and a coalition government installed. Many promises of a glorious future for all Rheinland went unfulfilled in the chaos that followed the uprising, leaving many who had fought in the revolution with a bitter taste in their mouths.
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: Since the success of DSE's boron mining concerns, there has been an increasing need for miners and other workers. Many refugees that come seeking asylum in Liberty often get redirected to Pittsburgh to find work in the boron mines, and to live in the cities that are slowly sprawling outwards around the mining facilities, and Liberty authorities estimate that Pittsburgh's population will reach the 85 million mark by 820 A.S.
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: Rheinland, and in particular the New Berlin system itself, struggled for over a century to pull itself out of the economic slump left by the aftermath of the Eighty Years War, even more so after the Nomad War ended in 801 A.S. With the ascension of Kanzler Rheinhardt in 814 A.S., however, the economy took a major upswing, including the discovery of additional diamond fields in the Dresden system, increasing farming productivity on the planet Stuttgart and the military armaments industries in Munich gaining ground. As a result, goods and passengers have been flowing in from all corners of Sirius, and planet New Berlin is once again enjoying something of an economic and social renaissance.
 
 
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Rheinland Police]]
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Deep Space Engineering]]
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:: <b>Location:</b> F/5
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:: <b>Location:</b> F/2
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:: <b>Diameter:</b> 18,207 km.
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:: <b>Diameter:</b> 6,485 km.
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:: <b>Mass:</b> 7.11 x 10e24 kg.
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:: <b>Mass:</b> 4.73 x 10e24 kg.
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:: <b>Terrain:</b> Ice
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:: <b>Terrain:</b> Desert
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:: <b>Temperature:</b> -73°C to 1°C
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:: <b>Temperature:</b> -38°C to 69°C
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:: <b>Escape Velocity:</b> 14.22 km/sec
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:: <b>Escape Velocity:</b> 9.04 km/sec
 
</div>
 
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===Potsdam===
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===Maine===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Potsdam}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Maine}}</div>
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: A tiny moon with no appreciable resources. Scientists speculate that it may have wandered into the system from elsewhere and been captured by New Berlin's gravity well.
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: Surveyed in 1 A.S. along with the rest of the New York system, Maine has never had any resources worth the effort to extract them, or enough atmosphere to allow any effective colonisation effort. Deep Space Engineering, who own the rights to Maine, sometimes lease it out to the Liberty Navy and Detroit Munitions, in order for them to conduct weapons testing on the planet.
 
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:: <b>Location:</b> F/4
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:: <b>Location:</b> F/2
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:: <b>Diameter:</b> 5,989 km
 
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:: <b>Mass:</b> 2.75 x 10e24 kg
 
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:: <b>Terrain:</b> Barren
 
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:: <b>Temperature:</b> -71°C to -30°C
 
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:: <b>Escape Velocity:</b> 4.21 km/sec
 
 
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===Aachenfeld===
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===Badlands===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Aachenfeld}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Badlands}}</div>
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: A mined-out asteroid field. Its proximity to the Ring and Oder shipyards has made it a favorite hiding place for Bundschuh terrorists, while Unioners prefer to hit the diamond convoys passing along the Trade Lane to the Kruger Minerals headquarters on Essen Station.
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: <span style="color:red;">&gt;&gt;&gt;WARNING: NAVIGATIONAL HAZARD&lt;&lt;&lt;</span>
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: The Badlands is a particulate cloud filled with asteroids and subject to intense electrical activity that renders most scanners inoperable. Two government research stations, Bedford and Ithaca, were constructed here to study these unique environmental phenomena. However, the Badlands also provides a natural refuge for all types of criminal elements. The Battleship Missouri has since been deployed to protect Liberty interests in the area and deter pirate attacks against nearby Trade Lanes.
 
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:: <b>Location:</b> F/3
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:: <b>Location:</b> D/6
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===Zone-21===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Zone-21}}</div>
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: <span style="color:red;">&gt;&gt;&gt;WARNING: RESTRICTED AREA&lt;&lt;&lt;</span>
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: All information concerning Zone 21 is CLASSIFIED by the Liberty Navy and the area protected by a minefield. Any unauthorized ships attempting to breach the Zone 21 minefield or enter Zone 21 itself will be nullified WITHOUT EXCEPTION OR EXEMPTION.
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:: <b>Location:</b> G/5
 
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===Harzfeld===
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===Detroit Debris Field===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Harzfeld}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Detroit Debris Field}}</div>
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: A mined out asteroid field. Frequently used by Red Hessian pirates to attack Daumann and Kruger shipments arriving at the nearby Dresden Jump Gate -- or to make the occasional daring raid on the multitude of cargo ships docked at the Ring.
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: An industrial dumping ground left over from early expansion efforts, it is now frequented by Junkers and Rogues.
 
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:: <b>Location:</b> E/6
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:: <b>Location:</b> C/5
 
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===Ruhrfeld===
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===Jersey Debris Field===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Ruhrfeld}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Jersey Debris Field}}</div>
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: <span style="color:red;">&gt;&gt;&gt;WARNING: NAVIGATIONAL HAZARD&lt;&lt;&lt;</span>
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: A floating junkyard, the byproduct of orbital development around Manhattan. Some criminal activity is present, chiefly drug runners and smugglers, along with itinerant Junkers who comb the field looking for scrap and parts.
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: The New Berlin System was initially settled because of its abundant and easily accessible resources. But while the other asteroid fields in the area yielded their treasures with relative ease, the rich Ruhr Asteroid Field proved to be a treacherous terrain of toxic gases and radioactive pockets. The debris from many a destroyed ship still litters the area, providing ample fodder for local Junkers. Unioners and the LWB have also been known to take advantage of the natural cover provided by the field to attack nearby Trade Lanes.
 
 
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:: <b>Location:</b> C/3
 
:: <b>Location:</b> C/3
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===Saarfeld===
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===Pittsburgh Debris Field===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Saarfeld}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Pittsburgh Debris Field}}</div>
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: A mined-out asteroid field. Red Hessian pirates will often retreat into this field following attacks on the nearby Trade Lanes.
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: A cloud of abandoned ships, parts, and other scrap pulled into the planet Pittsburgh's gravity well from the Baltimore Shipyard over the centuries. The Pittsburgh Debris Field is frequently used as cover by Rogues who like to attack traffic in and out of Pittsburgh.
 
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:: <b>Location:</b> C/6
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:: <b>Location:</b> F/3
 
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===[[Oder Shipyard]]===
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===[[Newark Station]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Oder Shipyard}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Newark Station}}</div>
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: One of the first large-scale projects undertaken by Daumann Heavy Construction, the Oder Shipyards, is the largest in Sirius. In the past the majority of the Rheinland Navy was constructed in its massive bays, but after the destruction of the Navy during the 80-Years War and the economic crash that followed, Daumann has been forced to transition into the less lucrative fields of commercial and civilian ship construction.
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: Interspace Corporate was founded in 204 A.S. by Ageira and Deep Space Engineering, since they could pool the necessary capital in insurance and finance. Built in the same year, Newark Station is the local headquarters for the now renamed "Interspace Commerce" (IC), one of the largest financial concerns in the Sirius Sector. While Interspace was initially responsible for financing the construction of the vast Jump Gate and Trade Lane network that connects the various colonies, it was forced to divest itself of these holdings as a result of the Rheinland-Kusari Trade Embargo in 521 A.S.
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: The corporation changed its name to Interspace Commerce and has since transitioned to insuring cargo shipments within and between the various colonies. The remainder of the Newark Station population is a constantly shifting crowd of traders, technocrats, executives, and Bounty Hunters, all cutting deals and arranging for the transport or protection of their goods.
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: Newark is also ideally located in central New York to act as a Headquarters for the Angels. It has been rumored that the Angels garnered one of the best offices on Newark by gathering potential employees for Interspace. As a place where bounty hunters, traders and many other types of pilots live and work from, the Angels have an ear to the ground on Newark, able to read more out of financial and insurance records than most accountants.  Occasional maintenance drones can be seen cleaning the outside of Newark, when an unfortunate trading vessel tries to enter the docking pattern at high speeds.
 
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Daumann Heavy Construction]]
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Interspace Commerce]]
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:: <b>Location:</b> F/5
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:: <b>Location:</b> C/4
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:: <b>Class:</b> Mosel
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:: <b>Class:</b> Chasins
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:: <b>Gravity:</b> Partial
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:: <b>Gravity:</b> Complete
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
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:: <b>Population:</b> 11K
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:: <b>Population:</b> 5K
 
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===[[The Ring]]===
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===[[Trenton Outpost]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|The Ring}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Trenton Outpost}}</div>
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: The Ring is probably the most recognizable symbol of Rheinland and a source of great pride among its people. Originally a loose amalgamation of shipyards, habitats, manufacturing centers, and smelting plants built to support the first great push into space from the surface of New Berlin, the structures soon merged into the shape from which its name is derived. The Ring is now a single, massive complex that produces vital components for Rheinland industry.
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: Trenton Outpost is the headquarters of Universal Shipping, one of the "Big Three" family of Liberty companies that also includes Ageira Technologies and Deep Space Engineering. Universal Shipping made its fortune by gambling on shipping silver from Colorado to California for use in terraforming Los Angeles, long before Jump Gates and Trade Lanes reduced the risk of transporting goods over such long distances. Universal then cemented its reputation as the premiere Liberty shipping company in 181 A.S. by signing a contract to handle all shipping between Ageira Technologies facilities and Deep Space Engineering construction sites.
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: It is often rumoured that Universal Shipping has made several clandestine deals with the Xenos, as vessels that carry both the Universal Shipping transponder and ident codes are always ignored by the Xenos. This is strenuously denied by the Universal's Executive Board, but nevertheless the rumours continue to persist, and Universal Shipping has never yet lost a vessel to the Xeno Terrorists.
 
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Daumann Heavy Construction]]
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Universal Shipping]]
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:: <b>Location:</b> F/5
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:: <b>Location:</b> D/4
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:: <b>Class:</b> Special
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:: <b>Class:</b> Cochrane
 
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Partial
 
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Partial
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
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:: <b>Population:</b> 9K
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:: <b>Population:</b> 1K
 
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===[[Bonn Station]]===
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===[[Liberty Rogue Destroyer]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Bonn Station}}</div>
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Liberty Rogue Destroyer}}</div>
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: Originally constructed in 521 A.S., to oversee the transition of trade lanes and jump gates to Rheinland ownership after Interspace Commerce was all but forced to sign agreements to nationalise them, Bonn Station has since become the headquarters of Interspace within Rheinland, and is the station where all cargo being shipped out of Rheinland is insured for the journey.
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: The Liberty Rogue destroyer, dubbed the "Drunken Codger" by easily amused Liberty Rogue pilots who frequently use it to rearm and repair their vessels, was originally constructed at the Terre Haute Shipyard in the Cassini system in 812 A.S., with its primary function being the protection of the shipyard facilities there.
  
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: Thoroughly angry with having to wipe countless billions of credits of debt away almost overnight, after Kusari and Rheinland both nationalised their trade lanes and jump gates, Interspace Commerce has never been satisfied with the two hundred years of tolls it got in exchange, and it is for this chief reason that a good deal of animosity towards Rheinland and Kusari exists even today. As a result, Interspace Commerce often allows ships from the Bundschuh, Red Hessians and even the Unioners to dock and purchase supplies, and even going so far as to donate money to their causes or share information of cargo shipments with them.
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: With the Liberty Police increasing its patrols and cracking down harder on the Liberty Rogues, eventually the Rogue leadership decided to move the destroyer near to the Detroit debris field in the New York system, to help reinforce the Rogue pirate activities in the heart of Liberty.
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: This has angered the Rheinland government considerably, although as yet it has been completely impossible to prove. However, the Rheinland Military has recently stationed the Battleship Strausberg outside the station to keep an eye on Interspace's activities.
 
 
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Interspace Commerce]]
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Liberty Rogues]]
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:: <b>Location:</b> C/5
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:: <b>Location:</b> F/3
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:: <b>Class:</b> Cathedral
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:: <b>Class:</b> Scylla
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:: <b>Gravity:</b> Complete
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:: <b>Gravity:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
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:: <b>Population:</b> 3K
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:: <b>Population:</b> ''Unknown''
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===[[Battleship Missouri]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Battleship Missouri}}</div>
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: The Battleship Missouri is the flagship of the Liberty Navy. Commissioned in 799 A.S., the Missouri has state-of-the-art weaponry and is constructed around a unique triple-hulled design that incorporates integrated armour plating. The armour plating is specially manufactured in the Norfolk Shipyards for the Liberty Navy using a classified, proprietary process.
 +
 
 +
: The Missouri has seen action in a number of conflicts, including a brief battle near the Zone 21 minefield during a skirmish with Order forces in early 801 A.S., and more recently in the audacious Lane Hacker led raid on Norfolk Shipyard in 814 A.S. Admiral Wendi White is in command, and has been the captain of the Missouri since its commission to active service.
 +
<div style="font-size: 80%">
 +
:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Liberty Navy]]
 +
:: <b>Location:</b> F/5
 +
:: <b>Class:</b> Overlord
 +
:: <b>Crew:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
 +
:: <b>Armament:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
|-
 
|-
 
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===[[Dortmund Station]]===
+
===[[Norfolk Shipyard]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Norfolk Shipyard}}</div>
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: Dortmund Station is the primary processing facility for ALG Waste Disposal, one of the great Rheinland success stories and a leader in the field of waste disposal. While ALG handles the majority of waste disposal throughout Rheinland -- making Rheinland one of the cleanest industrialized houses in the sector -- teams are also frequently dispatched under special contract to handle industrial accidents in other colonies. Today ALG is expanding into the re-smelting of Scrap Metal and Toxic Waste to produce Alloys and MOX.
+
: Built in 87 A.S., Norfolk Shipyard has the honour of being both the oldest shipyard in Liberty and the second oldest in the Sirius sector, after Yokohama Shipyard in Kusari. Constructed and maintained by the Liberty Navy, it has the distinction of manufacturing many of the battleships and cruisers of the Liberty Navy. Of particular interest, is the unique, triple hulled armour plating design that all Liberty Navy vessels have, although the manufacturing procedure used at Norfolk is highly classified.
 
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<div style="font-size: 80%">
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[ALG Waste Disposal]]
+
:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Liberty Navy]]
−
:: <b>Location:</b> D/3
+
:: <b>Location:</b> F/5
−
:: <b>Class:</b> Abbey
+
:: <b>Class:</b> Alabama
 
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Partial
 
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Partial
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
−
:: <b>Population:</b> 2K
+
:: <b>Population:</b> 9K
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
−
===[[Essen Station]]===
+
===[[West Point Military Academy]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|West Point Military Academy}}</div>
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: Essen Station is the headquarters and primary manufacturing facility for Kruger Minerals, a once proud company currently experiencing hard times. Wishing to exploit the vast gas resources of the Crow Nebula despite claims made to the territory by the Gas Mining Guild (GMG), Kruger was a primary supporter of the 80-Years War. After that conflict ended in disaster, Kruger's capital was exhausted and the company persecuted. Today Kruger is attempting to rebuild by allying itself with ALG Waste Disposal.
+
: West Point Military Academy has been training the best and brightest officers in the Liberty military for over 600 years. Completed in 189 A.S. and formally opened a year later, the current commandant of West Point is Admiral Matthew Evans, son of the former commandant, Walter Evans. West Point has had many famous personalities who have both trained at the Academy and served on its teaching staff, including decorated veterans such as Captain Jason Findley and Captain Marcus Walker. Rear Admiral Jun'ko Zane of the Liberty Security Force is currently teaching at West Point, although it is believed that she will be reassigned next year to a classified location once her teaching stint at the academy ends, and either Commodore Juan Cruz or Captain Nikki Kidman are expected to replace her.
 
<div style="font-size: 80%">
 
<div style="font-size: 80%">
−
:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Kruger Minerals]]
+
:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Liberty Navy]]
−
:: <b>Location:</b> D/3
+
:: <b>Location:</b> C/5
−
:: <b>Class:</b> Abbey
+
:: <b>Class:</b> Military
 +
:: <b>Gravity:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
 +
:: <b>Docking:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
 +
:: <b>Amenities:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
 +
:: <b>Population:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
 +
</div>
 +
|-
 +
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 +
===[[Detroit Munitions]]===
 +
<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Detroit Munitions}}</div>
 +
: Detroit is the headquarters for Detroit Munitions, one of the oldest privately owned companies in Liberty. Detroit has been manufacturing small- and medium-sized arms since its founding by patriarch Ed Garner in 614 A.S. His name still graces the company's most popular line of blasters, despite the occasional attempt by an Ageira executive to have his own name imprinted onto a weapons line.
 +
 
 +
: Although Detroit Munitions as a company has been extremely successful, it eventually decided to partner with Ageira Technologies, in an effort to gain access to even more advanced weapons research, particularly in light of the contracts that Ageira holds with the Liberty Navy and the Liberty Security Forces. Ageira now owns the station itself and pays for its upkeep, although Detroit Munitions has several new outlets on Denver and a weapons testing range on Pittsburgh's moon of Maine.
 +
<div style="font-size: 80%">
 +
:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Ageira Technologies]]
 +
:: <b>Location:</b> B/4
 +
:: <b>Class:</b> Ford
 
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Partial
 
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Partial
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
−
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
+
:: <b>Amenities:</b> No
−
:: <b>Population:</b> 2K
+
:: <b>Population:</b> 1K
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
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|-
 
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|style="vertical-align: top;"|
−
===[[Brandenburg Border Station]]===
+
===[[Fort Bush]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Fort Bush}}</div>
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: Brandenburg Border Station is the command center for the Rheinland Federal Police in the New Berlin system. Without a substantial military, it falls to the Federal Police to handle Red Hessian attacks against Trade Lane traffic.
+
: Ft. Bush was one of the earliest outposts established during the settlement of Liberty. As Liberty expanded, Fort Bush became a popular jumping-off point for any number of wild business ventures as explorers set out to make their fortunes among the stars. Today Ft. Bush provides a haven for traders from all over Sirius who have business to conduct in Liberty. A branch of Liberty Police, Inc. (LPI) headquartered aboard the station helps maintain the peace necessary to a free economy by suppressing pirate activity in the debris fields and administrating automated weapons platforms that defend the nearby Trade Lane junction.
 
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<div style="font-size: 80%">
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:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Rheinland Police]]
+
:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Liberty Police, Inc.]]
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:: <b>Location:</b> D/6
+
:: <b>Location:</b> E/3
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:: <b>Class:</b> Chapel
+
:: <b>Class:</b> Goliath
 
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Complete
 
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Complete
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
−
:: <b>Population:</b> 250
+
:: <b>Population:</b> 5K
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
−
===[[Kreuzberg Depot]]===
+
===[[Baltimore Shipyard]]===
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<div style="float: right; margin-right: 5%;">{{Thumbmaker|Kreuzberg Depot}}</div>
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−
: Despite the inherent dangers of the Ruhrfeld, including lethal radiation fields and explosive gas pockets, a large population of Junkers moved into the asteroid field and began building Kreuzberg Depot, which finished construction in 618 A.S.
+
: Baltimore Shipyard was originally constructed by Deep Space Engineering in 699 A.S., after they moved their headquarters to the planet Pittsburgh. The shipyard is known for its quality manufacturing processes on the construction of numerous vessels, including civilian liners and yachts, and even a number of smaller craft such as the "Chesapeake" class shuttle.
−
 
 
−
: Most of the Kreuzberg Junkers spend their time sifting through the wreckage of ships destroyed in gas pockets or in fights with the local law enforcement who occasionally venture into the field. They also do a steady trade in artifacts and all manner of other goods that both the Corsair smugglers and Red Hessian pirates who dock at the station are only too happy to dispose of.
 
  
−
: Many LWB and Unioners also frequent the base to resupply while on their way to raid planet New Berlin, or repairing on their way back to their bases. It is also rumoured to be one of the waypoints for the illegal blood diamond smuggling rings that the Red Hessians are known to be involved in, though the diamonds are not actually acquired from here.
+
: Although the shipyard takes construction orders to manufacture civilian vessels to the client's specifications, there is usually a waiting list as priority is given to Deep Space Engineering transports and luxury liners. The Xenos are also reputed to have contacts at Baltimore that supply them with spare parts for small fighters and occasionally bombers, but this is always strenuously denied by DSE executives.
−
 
 
−
: The Rheinland authorities dislike the Junkers, but have so far made no attempt to remove them, as they provide a valuable service in clearing up dangerous wreckage and debris that not even ALG is willing to deal with, and so for now their presence remains tolerated, albeit barely.
 
 
<div style="font-size: 80%">
 
<div style="font-size: 80%">
−
:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Junkers]]
+
:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Deep Space Engineering]]
−
:: <b>Location:</b> C/4
+
:: <b>Location:</b> E/3
−
:: <b>Class:</b> ''Unknown''
+
:: <b>Class:</b> Delaware
 
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Partial
 
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Partial
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
−
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Limited
+
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Yes
−
:: <b>Population:</b> ''Unknown''
+
:: <b>Population:</b> 9K
 
</div>
 
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|style="vertical-align: top;"|
−
===[[Battleship Strausberg]]===
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===[[Buffalo Base]]===
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−
: The Battleship Strausberg was initially scheduled for launch in 814 A.S., but due to a series of explosions caused by the Unioners at the Oder Shipyard, it was not launched until 815 A.S. Upon its commission it was immediately stationed outside Bonn Station, after the Rheinland Military High Command had become concerned about intelligence reports that Interspace Commerce is covertly supplying the Red Hessians and the Unioners. In recent years it has also been instrumental in reducing the amount of LWB raids from Stuttgart, and the Rheinland Military has so far resisted pressure by politicians to move the battleship to the Hamburg system in light of Liberty aggression.
+
: The Rogues are a product of over two centuries of systematic lower-class cleansing that occurred on the Liberty planets of Manhattan, Denver, and Los Angeles. Relocated to the Texas prison system, many of them end up planetside on Houston upon release. Some stayed straight and joined the population scratching out a living. The rest returned to their life of crime, often ending up vaporized by a pursuing Liberty police patrol or back in prison for longer stretches, manning the prison factories that are the economic lifeblood of the Texas system.
 +
 
 +
: Some say the massive LPI roundups of even minor offenders in Liberty have more to do with staffing these plants cheaply than reducing crime. Fresh out of the incubator of the Texas prison system, they have limited choices. Either they work in the factories of Houston for a pittance, join the Bounty Hunters and hunt down their former brethren, go radical and hook up with the Xenos, or rejoin their former partners in crime. The latter path is the obvious one for most. Simply put, these are not-too-quick opportunists, people willing to do whatever it takes to make a buck and get by until tomorrow. Usually they end up taking the fall for anything illegal that occurs in Liberty, whether they were involved or not.
 +
 
 +
: The Rogues were initially a disorganized lot, but over the last century have slowly evolved into quite a highly organised collection of criminals. They are responsible for most of the Trade Lane attacks in Liberty space and the adjacent Independent Worlds, usually operating in groups of three or more ships, utilising a variety of tactics. They occasionally provide shelter for the Outcasts in exchange for cardamine, but they are not averse to dealing in the artifacts trade either. The main Rogue ethos seems to be to make money however possible, regardless of how low or uncivilized their actions may be.
 +
 
 +
: Buffalo Base is the original Liberty Rogue hideout, deep in the badlands of the New York system. Constructed in 672 A.S. by malcontents from Houston and Manhattan, it has served as the main operations centre for the Rogues across the entire of Liberty. With the authorities loathe to patrol or pursue suspects within the confines of the extremely dangerous Badlands, Buffalo Base is the safest criminal hideout in Liberty, and arguably one of the safest in the entire Sirius sector.
 
<div style="font-size: 80%">
 
<div style="font-size: 80%">
−
:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Rheinland Military]]
+
:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Liberty Rogues]]
−
:: <b>Location:</b> C/5
+
:: <b>Location:</b> E/7
−
:: <b>Class:</b> Bismarck
+
:: <b>Class:</b> Leviathan
−
:: <b>Crew:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
+
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Complete
−
:: <b>Armament:</b> <span style="color:red;">CLASSIFIED</span>
+
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
 +
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Limited
 +
:: <b>Population:</b> ''Unknown''
 
</div>
 
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|-
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
 
|style="vertical-align: top;"|
−
===[[Kaiserslautern Depot]]===
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===[[Rochester Base]]===
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−
: Kaiserslautern Depot is a key LWB base in New Berlin, crucial to all Rheinland revolutionaries operating in the system.
+
: Where there's junk, there are the Junkers. They've been around since the earliest days of the Trade Lanes. Descended from the working classes, they developed within the House systems as a sort of necessary evil, handling the dirty work that no one else would. They do well salvaging valuable materials from the ever-increasing debris fields throughout Sirius, with the notable exception of Kusari. To this day they remain held at bay by the Hogosha.  
  
−
: It started out as a mining operation in the Saarfeld, and was reused as an ore storage facility after Kruger miners finished carving out the metals from its insides. Abandoned shortly before the Popular Revolution, it was later used by the Red Hessians as a temporary base during their raids into New Berlin. Several years later the aging depot would become a problem to maintain for the Hessians, as they continued transferring as many resources and personnel as possible to their war against the Corsairs in Omega-5. Instead of abandoning the depot completely however, it was decided that control would be transferred over to the emerging LWB instead. The Red Hessians still maintain a number of members on the station, along with the pilots from the Bundschuh, Unioners, and Junkers who stop by on business.
+
: Anyone who deals with Junkers knows they live by a strict code; if you're not a Junker, you're not part of the family. A Junker will double-cross you without a second thought, and they're fiercely protective of each other. Most House corporations consider the Junkers to be simple criminals, but Junkers will occasionally do favors for the police, turning in the odd, mid-level criminal or letting them know about the occasional drug shipment. So despite some harassment, the police stop short of shutting them down. The infrequent police cleanup operations are little more than exercises in public relations, though there's no love lost between the two groups.  
  
−
: As Kaiserslautern grew as a hub for the revolutionary elements in Rheinland, it also began to be used in a new endeavor: the repatriation of liberated slaves. Many slaves are brought, primarily from Liberty, and set free on Kaiserslautern. The logistics of this operation are mainly conducted by the Bundschuh. While many of the formerly enslaved attempt to return to their previous lives, a good portion end up joining the Hessians in their war in the Omega border worlds. A smaller amount join the LWB, under the promise of becoming independent farmers if Planet Stuttgart is successfully freed from Synth Foods' control.
+
: The Junkers make their official money from salvaging debris within the fields, but also have a good deal going with various criminals, who like their "no questions asked" policy. Tolerated by the governments, Junkers sometimes deal in contraband, but they are extremely hard to catch red-handed. They are frequently patronized by the criminal element for the refuge they offer within the often hostile territory of House capitol systems.  
 +
 
 +
: Liberty has two groups: a major population in the New York system, and a smaller enclave in Texas. The Junker base of operations in New London is located near the shipyards within the Southampton Debris Field. In New Berlin they scavenge the remaining pockets of industrial waste and scrap within the asteroid fields. Their latest foray is a departure -- a base in the Border Worlds. Attracted by the ALG operation in Sigma-13, they have set up shop near the facility and do most of the dirty work, picking off the best loot from the old ships for themselves. It also serves as a convenient launching point for Cardamine and Artifact runs into New Berlin. Long-distance smuggling is new for the faction, which is still perfecting this skill.  
 
<div style="font-size: 80%">
 
<div style="font-size: 80%">
−
:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[LWB]]
+
:: <b>Owner Faction:</b> [[Junkers]]
−
:: <b>Location:</b> C/6
+
:: <b>Location:</b> D/3
−
:: <b>Class:</b> Oberstein
+
:: <b>Class:</b> ''Unknown''
−
:: <b>Gravity:</b> Complete
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:: <b>Gravity:</b> ''Unknown''
−
:: <b>Docking:</b> Yes
+
:: <b>Docking:</b> ''Unknown''
−
:: <b>Amenities:</b> Limited
+
:: <b>Amenities:</b> ''Unknown''
−
:: <b>Population:</b> 250
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:: <b>Population:</b> ''Unknown''
 
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New York
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System
Governing House Flag-liberty.png Republic of Liberty
Region Liberty
Connected
Systems 		California
Colorado
Texas
Alaska
Pennsylvania
New York

The New York system is the capital of [[Liberty|House Liberty]] and one of the most populated areas of the entire Sirius Sector. Centered around a relatively cool G8-class star not unlike the sun of the Sol System are two fully habitable and colonized planets, Manhattan and Pittsburgh. The latter also features a moon, Maine. Further locations of interest include nine permanent space stations (of which one is home to the Liberty Rogues and another owned by the Junkers), two stationary capital-sized ships with full docking facilities, the mysterious Badlands and the enigmatic Zone 21.

The system's geography is dominated by the many scrap fields that arose from years of industrial exploitation. Named after the former States of Detroit and New Jersey and the City of Pittsburgh, they are frequented by corporate clean-up crews, self-employed salvagers as well as the occasional pirate or smuggler. The system's deep south is home to the already mentioned Badlands, a peculiar dark matter cloud which used to be home to two research stations, Benford and Ithaca, until external circumstances forced them to be abandoned by their crews.

New York is host to five major corporations and countless pirate outfits preying on them. There are jump gates and holes to four different systems. Located near the Sector Core, it is frequently used as central point of reference by map-makers across Sirian space, a fact which the Liberty Government is eager to promote.

System Overview

Astronomical Bodies
Stellar Objects
  • Medium White Sun
  • None
  • Badlands
  • Zone-21
  • Detroit Debris Field
  • Jersey Debris Field
  • Pittsburgh Debris Field
Industrial Development
Faction Presence
Lawful Factions
Corporations & Guilds
Unlawful Factions


Planetary Bodies

Planet Manhattan

Planet Manhattan
Founded in the year 1 A.S., Manhattan was the first human colony established in the Sirius Sector. Over the last eight centuries it has grown into a teeming world of over 2.1 billion people who live and work in a number of large metropolises that dot the planet's surface. It still remains a bustling tourist destination, however, with many gorgeous sandy beaches and crowded shopping promenades.
Nearly the entire population is dedicated to the manifest destiny of the Liberty free market, and today Manhattan is the hub of a vast commercial network that stretches into almost every corner of Sirius. While "going to Manhattan" has become a commonly accepted phrase for leaving home to seek your fortune, the cost of living on Manhattan itself is extravagantly high. If a trend is new and exciting - and expensive -- then it almost certainly originated here.
Despite the turmoil surrounding the brief, but bloody, Nomad war that ended in 801 A.S., Manhattan has continued to grow, and shipments arrive from all over Sirius on a daily basis. While there are reminders of the Nomad War still left over, most people prefer to focus on the future and, for Liberty at least, it appears to be a bright one.
Owner Faction: Liberty Police, Inc.
Location: D/4
Diameter: 12,753 km.
Mass: 5.98 x 10e24 kg.
Terrain: Terrestrial
Temperature: -46°C to 43°C
Escape Velocity: 11.27 km/sec

Planet Pittsburgh

Planet Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is covered by a single vast desert, broken only by large rocky outcroppings that were big enough to escape being swallowed up by the sand. Without any ice asteroids in close proximity, the planet was not considered a good candidate for terraforming and remained sparsely populated until a full-scale mineral survey in 650 A.S. pinpointed enormous deposits of Boron in the form of borax salts deep within the Corridera Plateau. A large scale mining operation was established on the planet in 660 A.S. by Deep Space Engineering to exploit these deposits, and it is now one of the only raw material extraction facility left within Liberty space.
Since the success of DSE's boron mining concerns, there has been an increasing need for miners and other workers. Many refugees that come seeking asylum in Liberty often get redirected to Pittsburgh to find work in the boron mines, and to live in the cities that are slowly sprawling outwards around the mining facilities, and Liberty authorities estimate that Pittsburgh's population will reach the 85 million mark by 820 A.S.
Owner Faction: Deep Space Engineering
Location: F/2
Diameter: 6,485 km.
Mass: 4.73 x 10e24 kg.
Terrain: Desert
Temperature: -38°C to 69°C
Escape Velocity: 9.04 km/sec

Maine

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Surveyed in 1 A.S. along with the rest of the New York system, Maine has never had any resources worth the effort to extract them, or enough atmosphere to allow any effective colonisation effort. Deep Space Engineering, who own the rights to Maine, sometimes lease it out to the Liberty Navy and Detroit Munitions, in order for them to conduct weapons testing on the planet.
Location: F/2

Nebulae and Asteroids

Badlands

Badlands
>>>WARNING: NAVIGATIONAL HAZARD<<<
The Badlands is a particulate cloud filled with asteroids and subject to intense electrical activity that renders most scanners inoperable. Two government research stations, Bedford and Ithaca, were constructed here to study these unique environmental phenomena. However, the Badlands also provides a natural refuge for all types of criminal elements. The Battleship Missouri has since been deployed to protect Liberty interests in the area and deter pirate attacks against nearby Trade Lanes.
Location: D/6

Zone-21

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>>>WARNING: RESTRICTED AREA<<<
All information concerning Zone 21 is CLASSIFIED by the Liberty Navy and the area protected by a minefield. Any unauthorized ships attempting to breach the Zone 21 minefield or enter Zone 21 itself will be nullified WITHOUT EXCEPTION OR EXEMPTION.
Location: G/5

Detroit Debris Field

Detroit Debris Field
An industrial dumping ground left over from early expansion efforts, it is now frequented by Junkers and Rogues.
Location: C/5

Jersey Debris Field

Jersey Debris Field
A floating junkyard, the byproduct of orbital development around Manhattan. Some criminal activity is present, chiefly drug runners and smugglers, along with itinerant Junkers who comb the field looking for scrap and parts.
Location: C/3

Pittsburgh Debris Field

Pittsburgh Debris Field
A cloud of abandoned ships, parts, and other scrap pulled into the planet Pittsburgh's gravity well from the Baltimore Shipyard over the centuries. The Pittsburgh Debris Field is frequently used as cover by Rogues who like to attack traffic in and out of Pittsburgh.
Location: F/3

Space Stations

Newark Station

Newark Station
Interspace Corporate was founded in 204 A.S. by Ageira and Deep Space Engineering, since they could pool the necessary capital in insurance and finance. Built in the same year, Newark Station is the local headquarters for the now renamed "Interspace Commerce" (IC), one of the largest financial concerns in the Sirius Sector. While Interspace was initially responsible for financing the construction of the vast Jump Gate and Trade Lane network that connects the various colonies, it was forced to divest itself of these holdings as a result of the Rheinland-Kusari Trade Embargo in 521 A.S.
The corporation changed its name to Interspace Commerce and has since transitioned to insuring cargo shipments within and between the various colonies. The remainder of the Newark Station population is a constantly shifting crowd of traders, technocrats, executives, and Bounty Hunters, all cutting deals and arranging for the transport or protection of their goods.
Newark is also ideally located in central New York to act as a Headquarters for the Angels. It has been rumored that the Angels garnered one of the best offices on Newark by gathering potential employees for Interspace. As a place where bounty hunters, traders and many other types of pilots live and work from, the Angels have an ear to the ground on Newark, able to read more out of financial and insurance records than most accountants. Occasional maintenance drones can be seen cleaning the outside of Newark, when an unfortunate trading vessel tries to enter the docking pattern at high speeds.
Owner Faction: Interspace Commerce
Location: C/4
Class: Chasins
Gravity: Complete
Docking: Yes
Amenities: Yes
Population: 5K

Trenton Outpost

Trenton Outpost
Trenton Outpost is the headquarters of Universal Shipping, one of the "Big Three" family of Liberty companies that also includes Ageira Technologies and Deep Space Engineering. Universal Shipping made its fortune by gambling on shipping silver from Colorado to California for use in terraforming Los Angeles, long before Jump Gates and Trade Lanes reduced the risk of transporting goods over such long distances. Universal then cemented its reputation as the premiere Liberty shipping company in 181 A.S. by signing a contract to handle all shipping between Ageira Technologies facilities and Deep Space Engineering construction sites.
It is often rumoured that Universal Shipping has made several clandestine deals with the Xenos, as vessels that carry both the Universal Shipping transponder and ident codes are always ignored by the Xenos. This is strenuously denied by the Universal's Executive Board, but nevertheless the rumours continue to persist, and Universal Shipping has never yet lost a vessel to the Xeno Terrorists.
Owner Faction: Universal Shipping
Location: D/4
Class: Cochrane
Gravity: Partial
Docking: Yes
Amenities: Yes
Population: 1K

Liberty Rogue Destroyer

Liberty Rogue Destroyer
The Liberty Rogue destroyer, dubbed the "Drunken Codger" by easily amused Liberty Rogue pilots who frequently use it to rearm and repair their vessels, was originally constructed at the Terre Haute Shipyard in the Cassini system in 812 A.S., with its primary function being the protection of the shipyard facilities there.
With the Liberty Police increasing its patrols and cracking down harder on the Liberty Rogues, eventually the Rogue leadership decided to move the destroyer near to the Detroit debris field in the New York system, to help reinforce the Rogue pirate activities in the heart of Liberty.
Owner Faction: Liberty Rogues
Location: F/3
Class: Scylla
Gravity: Yes
Docking: Yes
Amenities: Yes
Population: Unknown

Battleship Missouri

Battleship Missouri
The Battleship Missouri is the flagship of the Liberty Navy. Commissioned in 799 A.S., the Missouri has state-of-the-art weaponry and is constructed around a unique triple-hulled design that incorporates integrated armour plating. The armour plating is specially manufactured in the Norfolk Shipyards for the Liberty Navy using a classified, proprietary process.
The Missouri has seen action in a number of conflicts, including a brief battle near the Zone 21 minefield during a skirmish with Order forces in early 801 A.S., and more recently in the audacious Lane Hacker led raid on Norfolk Shipyard in 814 A.S. Admiral Wendi White is in command, and has been the captain of the Missouri since its commission to active service.
Owner Faction: Liberty Navy
Location: F/5
Class: Overlord
Crew: CLASSIFIED
Armament: CLASSIFIED

Norfolk Shipyard

Norfolk Shipyard
Built in 87 A.S., Norfolk Shipyard has the honour of being both the oldest shipyard in Liberty and the second oldest in the Sirius sector, after Yokohama Shipyard in Kusari. Constructed and maintained by the Liberty Navy, it has the distinction of manufacturing many of the battleships and cruisers of the Liberty Navy. Of particular interest, is the unique, triple hulled armour plating design that all Liberty Navy vessels have, although the manufacturing procedure used at Norfolk is highly classified.
Owner Faction: Liberty Navy
Location: F/5
Class: Alabama
Gravity: Partial
Docking: Yes
Amenities: Yes
Population: 9K

West Point Military Academy

West Point Military Academy
West Point Military Academy has been training the best and brightest officers in the Liberty military for over 600 years. Completed in 189 A.S. and formally opened a year later, the current commandant of West Point is Admiral Matthew Evans, son of the former commandant, Walter Evans. West Point has had many famous personalities who have both trained at the Academy and served on its teaching staff, including decorated veterans such as Captain Jason Findley and Captain Marcus Walker. Rear Admiral Jun'ko Zane of the Liberty Security Force is currently teaching at West Point, although it is believed that she will be reassigned next year to a classified location once her teaching stint at the academy ends, and either Commodore Juan Cruz or Captain Nikki Kidman are expected to replace her.
Owner Faction: Liberty Navy
Location: C/5
Class: Military
Gravity: CLASSIFIED
Docking: CLASSIFIED
Amenities: CLASSIFIED
Population: CLASSIFIED

Detroit Munitions

Detroit Munitions
Detroit is the headquarters for Detroit Munitions, one of the oldest privately owned companies in Liberty. Detroit has been manufacturing small- and medium-sized arms since its founding by patriarch Ed Garner in 614 A.S. His name still graces the company's most popular line of blasters, despite the occasional attempt by an Ageira executive to have his own name imprinted onto a weapons line.
Although Detroit Munitions as a company has been extremely successful, it eventually decided to partner with Ageira Technologies, in an effort to gain access to even more advanced weapons research, particularly in light of the contracts that Ageira holds with the Liberty Navy and the Liberty Security Forces. Ageira now owns the station itself and pays for its upkeep, although Detroit Munitions has several new outlets on Denver and a weapons testing range on Pittsburgh's moon of Maine.
Owner Faction: Ageira Technologies
Location: B/4
Class: Ford
Gravity: Partial
Docking: Yes
Amenities: No
Population: 1K

Fort Bush

Fort Bush
Ft. Bush was one of the earliest outposts established during the settlement of Liberty. As Liberty expanded, Fort Bush became a popular jumping-off point for any number of wild business ventures as explorers set out to make their fortunes among the stars. Today Ft. Bush provides a haven for traders from all over Sirius who have business to conduct in Liberty. A branch of Liberty Police, Inc. (LPI) headquartered aboard the station helps maintain the peace necessary to a free economy by suppressing pirate activity in the debris fields and administrating automated weapons platforms that defend the nearby Trade Lane junction.
Owner Faction: Liberty Police, Inc.
Location: E/3
Class: Goliath
Gravity: Complete
Docking: Yes
Amenities: Yes
Population: 5K

Baltimore Shipyard

Baltimore Shipyard
Baltimore Shipyard was originally constructed by Deep Space Engineering in 699 A.S., after they moved their headquarters to the planet Pittsburgh. The shipyard is known for its quality manufacturing processes on the construction of numerous vessels, including civilian liners and yachts, and even a number of smaller craft such as the "Chesapeake" class shuttle.
Although the shipyard takes construction orders to manufacture civilian vessels to the client's specifications, there is usually a waiting list as priority is given to Deep Space Engineering transports and luxury liners. The Xenos are also reputed to have contacts at Baltimore that supply them with spare parts for small fighters and occasionally bombers, but this is always strenuously denied by DSE executives.
Owner Faction: Deep Space Engineering
Location: E/3
Class: Delaware
Gravity: Partial
Docking: Yes
Amenities: Yes
Population: 9K

Buffalo Base

Buffalo Base
The Rogues are a product of over two centuries of systematic lower-class cleansing that occurred on the Liberty planets of Manhattan, Denver, and Los Angeles. Relocated to the Texas prison system, many of them end up planetside on Houston upon release. Some stayed straight and joined the population scratching out a living. The rest returned to their life of crime, often ending up vaporized by a pursuing Liberty police patrol or back in prison for longer stretches, manning the prison factories that are the economic lifeblood of the Texas system.
Some say the massive LPI roundups of even minor offenders in Liberty have more to do with staffing these plants cheaply than reducing crime. Fresh out of the incubator of the Texas prison system, they have limited choices. Either they work in the factories of Houston for a pittance, join the Bounty Hunters and hunt down their former brethren, go radical and hook up with the Xenos, or rejoin their former partners in crime. The latter path is the obvious one for most. Simply put, these are not-too-quick opportunists, people willing to do whatever it takes to make a buck and get by until tomorrow. Usually they end up taking the fall for anything illegal that occurs in Liberty, whether they were involved or not.
The Rogues were initially a disorganized lot, but over the last century have slowly evolved into quite a highly organised collection of criminals. They are responsible for most of the Trade Lane attacks in Liberty space and the adjacent Independent Worlds, usually operating in groups of three or more ships, utilising a variety of tactics. They occasionally provide shelter for the Outcasts in exchange for cardamine, but they are not averse to dealing in the artifacts trade either. The main Rogue ethos seems to be to make money however possible, regardless of how low or uncivilized their actions may be.
Buffalo Base is the original Liberty Rogue hideout, deep in the badlands of the New York system. Constructed in 672 A.S. by malcontents from Houston and Manhattan, it has served as the main operations centre for the Rogues across the entire of Liberty. With the authorities loathe to patrol or pursue suspects within the confines of the extremely dangerous Badlands, Buffalo Base is the safest criminal hideout in Liberty, and arguably one of the safest in the entire Sirius sector.
Owner Faction: Liberty Rogues
Location: E/7
Class: Leviathan
Gravity: Complete
Docking: Yes
Amenities: Limited
Population: Unknown

Rochester Base

Rochester Base
Where there's junk, there are the Junkers. They've been around since the earliest days of the Trade Lanes. Descended from the working classes, they developed within the House systems as a sort of necessary evil, handling the dirty work that no one else would. They do well salvaging valuable materials from the ever-increasing debris fields throughout Sirius, with the notable exception of Kusari. To this day they remain held at bay by the Hogosha.
Anyone who deals with Junkers knows they live by a strict code; if you're not a Junker, you're not part of the family. A Junker will double-cross you without a second thought, and they're fiercely protective of each other. Most House corporations consider the Junkers to be simple criminals, but Junkers will occasionally do favors for the police, turning in the odd, mid-level criminal or letting them know about the occasional drug shipment. So despite some harassment, the police stop short of shutting them down. The infrequent police cleanup operations are little more than exercises in public relations, though there's no love lost between the two groups.
The Junkers make their official money from salvaging debris within the fields, but also have a good deal going with various criminals, who like their "no questions asked" policy. Tolerated by the governments, Junkers sometimes deal in contraband, but they are extremely hard to catch red-handed. They are frequently patronized by the criminal element for the refuge they offer within the often hostile territory of House capitol systems.
Liberty has two groups: a major population in the New York system, and a smaller enclave in Texas. The Junker base of operations in New London is located near the shipyards within the Southampton Debris Field. In New Berlin they scavenge the remaining pockets of industrial waste and scrap within the asteroid fields. Their latest foray is a departure -- a base in the Border Worlds. Attracted by the ALG operation in Sigma-13, they have set up shop near the facility and do most of the dirty work, picking off the best loot from the old ships for themselves. It also serves as a convenient launching point for Cardamine and Artifact runs into New Berlin. Long-distance smuggling is new for the faction, which is still perfecting this skill.
Owner Faction: Junkers
Location: D/3
Class: Unknown
Gravity: Unknown
Docking: Unknown
Amenities: Unknown
Population: Unknown

Commodity Mining

Scrap Metal

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Scrap Metal
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.

Jump Gates and Holes


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