New Ogizima

A deep space habitat located within the , New Ogizima was once a major manufacturing plant, a cog in the vast industrial machine of the . One of two dozen such O’Neil cylinders positioned in asteroid fields, the refineries and factories of these stations had worked tirelessly to convert the mineral rich asteroids around them into finished products. New Ogizima’s host of asteroids were rich in elements essential to humanity’s military and civilian starships; from titanium ore meant for the battleplate of warships to hydrogen meant for fusion reactors to cadmium meant for the electronics. New Ogizima forged tens of merchant and military ships a year, destined for the far reaches of space. The station had become fabulously wealthy as profits rolled in. However, the fortunes of New Ogizima would rapidly take a turn for the worse when the Human-Covenant war began in earnest. 
As burned through the Outer Colonies and the seemed all but unstoppable, the UNSC had appropriated any and all relevant civilian facilities for use in the war effort. Naturally, New Ogizima’s shipyards, drydocks, and factories were turned to supporting the flagging UNSC fleet during their ill-fated defensive stands or fighting retreats throughout the Outer Colonies. New Ogizima’s habitation decks had become crowded with refugees and wounded military personnel, heavily taxing the infrastructure of the station as thousands upon thousands of the desperate and the displaced were forced on the station. Regardless of the less than ideal conditions, the people aboard did their best to continue their work, now more critical to the survival of the UNSC than ever. New Ogizima’s position within an asteroid field had also proven to be its saving grace, being an unassuming target hidden away in a hazardous area led Covenant captains passing it by. 
Ultimately, its concealment had failed the station and in 2540 a Covenant flotilla enroute to the had uncovered the station. With the strategic situation growing more and more untenable for the UNSC in the Outer Colonies, the defenders of New Ogizima had decided to scuttle the station, melting anything useful into slag after taking what they could from the station. The task force assigned to the station had then screened the evacuation convoy from attack, suffering several casualties en route to Reach. 
For the remainder of the Human-Covenant War, the station has remained completely untouched, the Covenant uninterested in destroying or plundering the now valueless station. It wasn’t until the end of the Human-Covenant War that life had returned to New Ogizima. With much of the station inoperable, the new residents of the station had worked tirelessly for years to restore New Ogizima to its previous state. By 2562, the station was running at close to full capacity and had once again become a hub for trade and industry, with both UEG and Covenant businesses making their homes on New Ogizima. While much of the business on New Ogizima was legitimate, the remote nature of the station had led to many illegitimate actors flocking to it. The station had soon developed a thriving black market, selling bootleg goods and stolen items to customers from all across the Outer Colonies. While the UNSC has made overtures to clamp down on such activities, enforcement against New Ogizima is slow to come.