Tripoli Shipyard

Tripoli Shipyard

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Owner

Corsairs

Location

D-7, Omicron Gamma

CLASS: Fundamento

GRAVITY: Partial

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Limited

CREW: 480

In the earliest days of the Corsair raids on the houses, many bases and ships did not have any kind of defenses or escort at all. While the most common Corsair tactic was to pillage whatever they could carry back home and leave the rest as wreckage, some of their more bold raids boarded and took over entire ships. The Corsairs didn't have much use for unarmed transports once their cargo had been transferred, so they were set adrift in Omicron Gamma. The Corsairs realised that these ships themselves could be a valuable source of materials if they could be stripped down, and set out to build a space-based facility for this purpose. At the time, the Corsairs did not posess the technology or resources to build an entire base from scratch, so they improvised, hollowing out a largest asteroid in the Tenerife asteroid field.

Tripoli Shipyard, as it came to be known, spent the next two centuries doing what it was built to do, that is to strip down captured ships, send whatever material is worth saving to Crete, to be used in the construction of more fighters, and eject the worthless chunks into the Tenerife field. This debris, mostly large sheets of twisted hull plating, settled around the station.

Tripoli's role changed slowly in the last century, as the Corsairs started to experiment with larger ships that could not be built on Crete. The yard was expanded, a large construction moor added, and the base's role changed from salvage yard to ship production.

Today, Tripoli is the most vital base for the Corsairs, handling the construction and maintenance of all ships their engineers have the blueprints for.

Bribes & Missions Offered

Bribes

Corsairs

Missions

Corsairs

Commodities

Imports

Commodity Price Robotics 43$ Ablative Armor Plating 123$ Hessian Tears 159$ Cracking Catalysts 90$ Energy Field Equipment 60$ Hydrogen 38$ Medical Equipment 49$ Molybdenum 205$ Detroit Light Arms 172$ Titanium 70$ Tungsten 69$ Zinc 81$ Outcast Pilot 67$ Military Surplus 1,389$ Deuterium 270$ Counterfeit Computerware 253$ Boron 51$ Beryllium 58$ Gold 240$ Wildcat Gold 249$ Cobalt 43$ Hydrocarbons 34$ Niobium 244$ Copper 228$ Oxygen 26$ Water 15$ Diamonds 135$ Food Rations 31$ H-Fuel 73$ Basic Alloy 40$ Super Alloy 139$ Optical Chips 58$ Mining Machinery 51$ Construction Machinery 57$ Pharmaceuticals 47$ Polymers 40$ Optronics 101$ Consumer Goods 52$ Daumann Side Arms 122$ Gallic Enfer Blasters 169$ Black Market Blasters 222$ Bio-Neural Processors 177$ Black Market Light Arms 178$ Kemwer Technologies 176$ Volgograd Ordinance 135$ Cryocubes 175$ Black Market Augments 155$ Iridium 151$ Neon 81$ Synth Paste 40$ Aluminium 176$ Industrial Materials 45$ Munitions 60$ Xenobiotic Filters 68$ HazMat Canisters 56$ Avionics Systems 10,818$ Interior Systems 10,476$ Propulsion Systems 11,048$ Superstructure Systems 10,325$ Reactor Systems 9,128$ Exotic Systems 17,245$ Xeno Relics 119$

Exports

Commodity Price Deployable Mining Container 50,000$ Black Market Munitions 194$ Black Market Pharmaceuticals 236$ Toxic Waste 45$ Scrap Metal 3$ MOX 61$ Hull Panels 74$ Engine Components 124$

Ships sold

Ship	Class	Price
Corsair Gunboat	Gunboat	1,170,006$
Corsair Cruiser	Cruiser	3,107,900$
Corsair Train	Train	1,046,006$
Corsair Battlecruiser	Battlecruiser	5,100,400$
Corsair Battleship	Battleship	6,910,000$
Corsair Dreadnought	Dreadnought	7,635,000$
Asteroid Miner	Heavy Miner	207,905$
Repair Ship	Repair Ship	30,175$
Civilian Armored Transport	Transport	68,506$

News

[834 AS] Penitence implores Elders for reinforcements

PENITENCE -- 834 -- Commanders seeing to the Dresden theater have issued a public letter to the Elders of Crete, urgently calling for reinforcements or permission to withdraw. The redeployment of the Penitence’s squadrons to bolster the defenses of Freeport 9 have left the battlegroup unable to carry out effective military operations. The Hessians have now committed to a full offensive into the Schwefelnebel to sever the supply lines to Frankfurt. If reinforcements are not dispatched urgently, or the Penitence withdrawn, the situation may rapidly worsen resulting in the loss of many Corsair vessels. Crete insists that the moment of victory approaches, and a final effort is all that is needed to crack the Omega-5 lines.

[834 AS] Back door business

ATHOS -- 834 -- Scouts have reported an uptick in Coalition and Hessian activity in Omega-48, with patrols regularly sighted disappearing into the Alegranza Field. After a number of failed attempts, we successfully intercepted and shot down a Hessian freighter. After several days of active questioning, he finally cracked and confessed that there was a newly discovered Dublin Jump Hole in the region. Our enemies having discovered a back door through the Dublin blockade at first seems unfortunate, but this also opens opportunities for Corsair reinforcements to hit them from both directions at once. The Athos is rearming to exploit this providence, while plans are drawn up with the Santander fleet.

[834 AS] Order strikes Corsair smugglers

BATTLESHIP DELOS -- 834 -- The Order has treacherously struck at Corsair freighters passing through Omicron Delta. Their arrogance knows no bounds. We have survived in this region for centuries longer than their organization has existed, yet they have the hubris to condescend to the Corsairs of the dangers? We bear The Order no ill will so long as they focus their attention where it belongs -- the Nomads. The moment they interfere with Corsair business, they can expect a Corsair blade. With the situation in Omicron Theta now stabilizing, the Elders have retasked the Battleship Delos to Omicron Delta to safeguard Xeno Relic smuggling routes. The Order, Core or anyone else shall interfere at their peril.

[833 AS] Outcasts retreat, sealing Corsair victory

FREEPORT 9 -- 833 -- Facing superior Corsair forces, the Outcasts have fled from battle in Omicron Theta, abandoning their Zoner lapdogs. Valiant Corsair fighters cut down their pitiful enemies, putting these upstart Zoners in their place. Despite this, victory has come at the cost of many precious Corsair ships, and ambushes on our freighters continue in the system's nebulae. The Elders recognize that the Zoners are feeble minded and were manipulated by the treacherous Outcasts -- Crete has generously offered peace terms to local Zoner leaders so that they may accept Corsair rule and ensure their survival.

[833 AS] Elders dismiss general over failure

CRETE -- 833 -- Outraged at the destruction of the Battlecruiser Kefalonia and damage to Freeport 9, the Elders have summoned General Galvez to answer for his failure to anticipate the scale of the attack. The Home Fleet is now being reorganized under new command, with the Battleship Delos providing immediate cover while the Battlecruiser Vis and squadrons from Rheinland are urgently pulled back from their present campaigns. Elder Garcia commended the Freeport’s defenders for their tenacity, congratulating them on throwing back the Outcast invaders. “We held our ground, at a cost,” she noted. “The Outcast feel they have struck a blow, but the wreckage shows they’ve paid a severe cost in blood they cannot well replace. When they return, we shall be ready.”

[832 AS] Breaking the Stalemate

PETRA -- 832 AS -- Grinding stalemates against the Hessians in Omega-5 and Omega-48 have gone on for decades, with tens of thousands having met their end in these systems. High Elder Montoya once pioneered the Road to Rheinland strategy to break this impasse. He envisioned an assault through the Sigmas into Rheinland, crippling the Hessian back lines in Dresden. While the High Elder has since passed, today we have the power to once again put his bold plan into action. Our scouts aboard the Battlecruiser Penitence report that the Rheinland Military and Hessians have severely bloodied one another in a massive clashes within Dresden. Both are weakened and preoccupied; all we must do is administer the fatal blow. The Elders have directed our forces to assemble at Petra and prepare to break through Frankfurt into Dresden. Be wary of the Bundschuh, who have harassed our raiders and resupply freighters in the area. They will likely try to stop us, and are to be shot on sight.

[832 AS] Core on Our Doorsteps!

CIUTADELLA - In a surprise attack, the Core battleship Mars has emerged from the Theta Jump Hole in the Omicron Kappa system, and launched a massive attack on the Artificial Intelligence planet of Gammu! They cowardly waited for our forces to be dispersed between various theaters, the latest one being the Outcast return to Omicron Theta, and took advantage of our inability to crush them like the pests they are. Special orders were relayed to Battleship Delos in Theta to coordinate additional patrols in the Amarus Cloud to interfere with their shipments of Gammu materials as much as possible.

[832 AS] The Outcast Menace Returns

DELOS -- 832 AS -- In a bitter day for the Corsair Empire, the Outcasts have returned to Omicron Theta. The crew of the Battleship Fes gave their lives to raise the alarm, allowing the Corsair defenders of Freeport 9 to assemble and repulse the assault. The Elders have authorised the deployment of elements of the Omicron Gamma defence fleet to respond to the Outcast invasion and secure our borders. These elite fighters are more than a match for the drug-addled Outcasts and will hold the line until the Northern and Southern Fleets complete their assignments in Dresden and Dublin. The Battleship Delos has been dispatched to the system to coordinate our counter-attack and avenge the loss of the Fes. The Elders have announced that a great honor will be bestowed upon the pilots responsible for the destruction of the Outcast Battlecruiser Augusta.

[832 AS] Gunboat Prosperity

CRETE -- 832 AS -- The rightful occupation of Freeport 9 has relieved some pressures on Crete, but stressed others. While we now control the biodomes of Omicron Theta, Food production has begun to decline. Our engineers think this is because of the high-yield synth crops depleting the soil. The Zoners seem to have prevented this previously by importing Fertilizers from the Houses. Similarly, Crete, Leon and Cadiz are facing a shortage of Pharmaceuticals, complicating the treatment of our casualties. The Zoners now refuse to sell us these goods, so we must look elsewhere to obtain what we need. The Elders have decreed that the raiding fleets are to redouble their efforts in Cambridge, and make new inroads into the Frankfurt system. Petra Base in Sigma 15 is to be reinforced, and the Fertilizer convoys from Planet Holstein treated as priority targets. The Corsairs have always prized strength, and we have the strength to take what we need from the weak. Prosperity is there to be seized.

[832 AS] The Gold-Paved Path to Victory

CADIZ -- 832 AS -- The Gallic War left Bretonia a wounded beast, stumbling along in a desperate attempt to prolong the inevitable. This new 'peace' has left the Bretonians weak, lazy and complacent. This presents us with critical opportunities. Our reavers scourge their trade lanes to feeble opposition, each raid securing the plunder and materiel needed to rebuild our mighty fleets. Now, the Mollys have seized the Dublin system, and its immense Gold wealth along with it. The Mollys are but gnats compared to the mighty Corsairs - the Elders have decreed that the system will be ours. The Battlecruiser Santander has already struck a great victory by eliminating the Battleship Hood. The Mollys fear to meet us in open battle, but soon they will be forced to fight or starve. With the wealth of Dublin secured, no one will be able to oppose us. The path to the Corsairs' great victory in Bretonia and Rheinland is paved in Gold.

[831 AS] Freeport 9 Seized Over Zoner Treachery

FREEPORT 9 -- 831 AS -- For decades we tolerated the insolence of Freeport 9's Zoners. They wrongly assumed that the Corsairs would simply ignore the sheltering of our enemies and the disrespect of our laws, so long as their biodomes continued to provide for Crete. The death of Juan Garcia was but the latest in a line of killings by the Bounty Hunters Guild, abetted by the Zoners who provide them with safe harbor. The Elders have decided: no more. One opportunity was offered for the Zoners to make amends for their transgressions, and instead they chose to ignore our reasonable demands. Last night, Freeport 9 was boarded and the station administration placed under arrest. From this day forward, the biodomes will provide exclusively for the Corsairs, and the docking bays will admit only those we allow. Fortunately, our ancient enemies the Outcasts appear to be preoccupied with a self-inflicted revolt on their poisonous planet. By the time they turn their focus back to the Omicrons, we will be secure in our conquest.

[831 AS] Jump Hole Upheaval Causes Chaos

HEISENBERG -- 831 AS -- Jump holes across Sirius have become increasingly volatile and chaotic over the last year, with Professor Sophia Nagel from the Heisenberg Research Station linking the unusual phenomena to the Pulse. The Pulse was an unprecedented blast of hyperspace energy that was detected immediately prior to last year's jump gate Blackout. Professor Nagel and her team are certain the Pulse originated from outside Sirius, but are otherwise no closer to identifying its source or mitigating a future Blackout event. "Following the Blackout, we began to see immediate signs of jump hole destabilization in multiple different regions, with many ultimately falling out of phase alignment altogether", she commented. The dramatic upending of Sirius' jump hole network has already prompted many groups to abandon stations and withdraw from systems that appear to risk being cut off. While months-long trips between the stars are possible thanks to the Liberty Engine and many centuries of innovation, few ships are designed or provisioned to make such arduous journeys. Those who were displaced by Sirius' redrawn map hope that system connections will return, while adventurers and explorers rush to discover new routes.

[831 AS] Corsair Elder's Son Killed by BHG!

FREEPORT 9 -- 831 AS -- The presence of Bounty Hunters so close to the Corsair home world has long been a source of anger for the Edge World pirates. Zoner Freeports offer a safe harbor and open market to all comers - including the BHG. For decades the Zoners of Freeport 9 have kept themselves safe from Corsair reprisals by offering useful services, with their biodomes providing Crete with respite from the famines that once ravished it. Despite this, outrage has swept Omicron Gamma after a flight of Hunters killed Commander Juan Garcia, before retreating back to the No Fire Zones of Omicron Theta. The Council of Elders have ordered the administrator of Freeport 9 to attend Planet Crete to hear their demands. Elder Garcia has vowed that the station's halls would "run red with blood" unless the Zoners turned over all BHG aboard the Freeport. The Zoners are yet to respond, likely trying to anticipate how the Corsairs will react.

[830 AS] Tempers Flare over Pygar Colony!

PYGAR -- 830 AS -- The Zoners have seen many trials over recent years, with the Bretonian invasion of Gran Canaria being one among many. It was this occupation that forced many settlers off-world, with some braving the deadly storms of Pygar to eke out a difficult existence under the barren planet's surface. The arrival of Zoner colonists in Omicron Theta has not been met with warmth by all, however. The Corsairs see the Pygar colony as a direct competitor for the region's scarce resources, with Elder Garcia warning that there would be "dire consequences" should Freeport 9's biodomes reduce or divert their exports to Planet Crete. Whispers of alien ruins and Artifacts discovered below Pygar's surface may also antagonize the Corsairs, who rely on the Artifact trade as a source of wealth. The hardship of Pygar's extreme conditions and the uneasy relationship with the Corsairs has already led many colonists to consider a return to the now liberated Gran Canaria.

[830 AS] Corsair Empire salutes High Elder Montoya

CRETE -- 830 AS -- The Corsairs all across the Empire salute High Elder Montoya, who died among his family aged 78. The High Elder dedicated his life to the Corsair people, having won a lifetime of glory leading strikes into Bretonia, Rheinland and the Sigmas. Montoya pioneered the 'Road to Rheinland' strategy, commanding the Northern Fleet as it entered Sigma 15 in 815 AS. While that campaign would falter in Frankfurt, Montoya's steady leadership ensured that many Corsair warriors returned to Crete to continue to fight for the Empire and future victory. In his later years, Montoya would act as a steadying hand on the Council of Elders, counseling against rash decisions and reckless action. The Council has since inducted Elder Rosita Garcia to their number. As she commemorated the launch of the Battlecruiser Santander, she declared that "Sirius shall be set alight as a pyre in Montoya's honor". The Santander and its squadrons have been dispatched to pillage Bretonia.

[828 AS] Reconquista

CRETE -- 828 AS -- Following a lull of successful conquests waged by the Corsairs, the Elders have finally broken their silence and issued an ultimatum. "The standing Navy of the Corsair Empire as well as its irregular raiders must do everything within their means to break existing stalemates or make progress. The enemies of Crete have grown arrogant and take for granted that Corsair offensives have lost their steam, this is an assessment which must be proved woefully wrong." In response to these express instructions, activity across every Corsair installation has intensified to levels that suggest substantial mobilization.

Rumors

Corsairs

The MOX that powers this base's larger ships is stolen, usually by our raiders that go into Bretonia. The police there are no threat to our pilots. As the number of captured ships grew, we realized that a shipyard was needed to repair damaged vessels and build ships from stolen components and spare parts. We began to gather modules together and steal the goods necessary for the construction of this shipyard, which you can see is quite operational. The war with the Red Hessians in Omega-5 has cost the Corsairs many ships and pilots. Death is the way of the Corsair, so the lost pilots are regrettable yet acceptable. Much worse is the loss of their ships, which are often passed from one generation to the next. This shipyard is constantly running at full operational capacity to build new fighters for the front. In 450 AS we captured our first ship. It was the Rheinland exploration vessel Schiller. Once we dispatched the crew the ship was ours, and more inner colony ships began to disappear. The Corsairs had begun a legacy that lasts to this day. We are pirates; we take what we need. Now that our shipyard is operational, we have begun gathering the components to build a biodome. If we could have one of those domes under direct control of the Corsairs, none of us would ever want again. It would be a new age, a time without hunger. Even now we come closer and closer to it. The warships under construction here will cement our reputation as the most fearsome group in all of Sirius. They will allow us to finally break through the defences of the weakening houses, and claim their territory as our own. I can't wait until I can walk on the surface of planet Cambridge. When that day comes, it will all be thanks to these ships. I don't know why so many resources are going into the construction of capital ships. I mean, they look imposing on the battlefield, but they're so inefficient. They are also cumbersome, and have high crew requirements. That crew could all be flying fighters and bombers instead, which are much more useful in a system like Omega-5. Engine Components, Construction Machinery, and Gold are Commodities that are crucial to our ship-building operations here. They are either stolen or purchased from Trafalgar and shipped here. We get many different goods and basic supplies from the Freeports in nearby zones. Often times it is easier to buy what we need with Artifact income than to steal it. Newport supplies us with several essential Commodities. We get a majority of our Optronics, Side Arms, and Basic Alloys from that base. The Corsairs and Outcasts are the survivors of the Hispania. Half of the crew left in smaller ships and crawled into Sirius; they became the Corsairs. The rest of the Hispania crew kept the ship running until it limped close enough to Sirius to abandon; they became the Outcasts. More than fifty percent of both groups died in the first two years after planetfall. Cadiz is an important base for the Corsairs. It is one of our primary supply depots from which we receive many Commodities. Within the Malvadas Cloud you'll find a Jump Hole leading to Omicron Theta. There is another Jump Hole in this system in the Walker Cloud. Be careful, there are mines scattered among the carbon asteroids, but once past those you'll come upon the Jump Hole to Omega-41. IMG prospectors have been sneaking into the system recently, looking for Artifacts. They don't understand whose space they are entering, until we catch them. Then their last few moments are spent thinking deeply about the subject. The Artifact trade is our resource; anyone who endangers it must be killed.

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