Reims Station

CLASS: Augustus

GRAVITY: Complete

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Yes

CREW: 720

Reims was built by EFL Oil and Machinery in 643 AS. In 798 AS, when the civil war on Marne entered its crucial stage, the station was captured by Council marines during a bloody, prolonged ground battle. It was the very first direct action of the Second Gallic War and it emboldened the then fledgling Council, whom then used it as a vital trade artery to send and receive smuggled goods from the Core worlds under royal control.

Following the conclusion of the Second Gallic War, Reims became subject to an expensive internal reconstruction, aimed at outfitting Reims as storage and filtration facility for the water ice mined by the GMS on the moon Vouziers. Once processed, the water from Reims supplies the cities on Marne in a never ending struggle to compensate fresh water shortages planetside.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* RGS Shipping

* EFL Oil and Machinery
* IDF Shipping
* Gallic Metal Service

## News

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We will welcome any ships willing to explore Gallic space and establish relations with local factions. In exchange for the passage, we ask for guarantees of neutrality towards the Council, its military and civilian personnel. We also warn that any capital ship fleets or other large military detachments will be denied passage, by force if necessary. Our goal is to prevent the war, not to encourage attacks of other Houses who might consider Gallia its enemy. Gallia is no one's enemy, and our task is to prove it. We hope that after our actions in the Gallic Border Worlds the King of Gallia will demonstrate responsibility and discretion by establishing diplomatic relations with all four Houses and by canceling plans of Sirius-wide aggression.
However, even if the relations will be established, we, the Council, will still remain sworn enemies of the Crown, and the Second Gallic War will continue. Our current goal is to hold the passage in Languedoc open for everyone for as long as possible. However, the Royal Navy has assembled an overwhelming fleet in Languedoc that will soon head towards Languedoc. Our casualties has been very high during the recent years of fighting in this system, and odds to win the battles that will follow are very low. Languedoc detachments of the Council, and all civilians willing to escape the prosecution by Gallic government, will have to seek refuge in the Sirius Border Worlds. We are already looking for possible locations where we can build our bases and defensive installations.
We are also aware that Sirius space has its own unlawful factions, much like Gallic Brigands and Unione Corse in Gallia. Since our situation is complicated right now, we might seek help of those factions in order to survive and prevent unnecessary casualties. But we also realize that our equipment, ships and weaponry contain Gallic technologies that many Sirius parties are willing to appropriate. We are not trading or exchanging any of our military technologies. If any attempts to capture or attack Council personnel and ships occur, we reserve the right to retaliate with deadly force.

## Rumors

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