Castra Servitus

Castra Servitus is a Legion camp in Nova Mexico during 2281. West of the Reservation, it is a camp for holding slaves until they are sold to the ghoul settlement and a stopping point for the long journey of slaves moving from Colorado and southern Utah.
==Background==
In the 2220s the Reservation, an all-ghoul settlement descended from the Los Alamos Nuclear Testing Facility, was trading with local tribes and slavers in exchange for equipment produced within the facility. These human slaves worked in horrid conditions, making the very weapons that were traded back to the slavers for more slaves and resources for the ghoul community.
As Caesar’s Legion claimed more territory throughout the mid-23rd century and conquered the Reservation’s customers, the ghouls became fearful of their future. Fortunately, the Legion does not have the manufacturing capabilities of the NCR or their Gun Runners. Tributes of firearms were given to the Legion as a gesture of good faith and a show of how trade with the Reservation could benefit them. Hungry for more human slaves to use in manufacturing and the atrocious experiments performed deep within the facility, the Reservation’s leader Willem Clark organized trading between the settlement and Caesar’s Legion. Cooperation between the two was sensible for both parties; the Reservation requires workers and the resources they can't scavenge locally while the Legion needs a consistent supply of firearms. As the radiation surrounding the Reservation prevents the Legion from establishing a presence in or near it, Castra Servitus was created to act both as a military base and a holding area for slaves before their trek to the Reservation. It was built on the site of an abandoned settlement, one once habited by a tribe assimilated into the Legion many years ago.
Recently the camp has experienced massive growth after the campaigns of Legate Lanius into Colorado and the wilds of Utah. Most of those slaves taken from the 14 tribes he subjugated went through Castra Servitus, some were traded to the Reservation although most went to support the upcoming Second Battle of Hoover Dam or to core Legion territory in Arizona and Nova Mexico. In 2281 the camp is under the control of Caius Drusus. Carrying himself with the pomp and dignity one might expect from a loyal centurion, he personally leads Legion caravans to the Reservation and negotiates the worth of each batch of slaves with Horatio, his equivalent in the ghoul town.
==Layout==
Built in the mouth of a rocky canyon, Castra Servitus is a collection of tents and makeshift metal structures that house the Legion’s slaving operations here. The quality of accommodations greatly reflects those who inhabit it; slaves are held in pens with fabric coverings draped over their tops to protect them from the harsh sun, legionaries have quality-made housing, while Drusus’ tent is comparatively lavish. Watchtowers and a few machine gun nests protect the camp and the “merchandise” within, though few would attack the Legion in their own territory.
In the centre of the camp one can find the dwellings of high-ranking legionaries and Centurion Drusus himself, a large tent that acts as food preparation and eating area, and a scrap storehouse for holding the weaponry purchased from the Reservation until it can be collected by the Officiorum ab Copiae. Slaves are hard at work here constructing stone and wooden buildings, cementing a more permanent Legion presence in the area. A distance from the centre, it is clear that the Legion values the safety of their Reservation firearms and themselves more than that of the slaves. The slave pens surround the centre and are much closer to the fringes of the camp.
Category:Locations
Category:Caesar's Legion