Osaka Storage Facility

CLASS: Akebono

GRAVITY: Partial

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Limited

POPULATION: 200

Constructed in 350 AS by Samura, the Osaka Storage Facility is the largest structure of its type in all of Sirius. Fuel shipments mined from the Crow Nebula by the Gas Mining Guild (GMG) are stored here until they can be transported to distribution points in the other colonies by foreign shipping companies.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* ALG Waste Disposal
* Border World Exports
* Bounty Hunters Guild
* Orbital Spa and Cruise
* Samura Industries
* Farmers Alliance
* Hogosha
* Gas Miners Guild
* Kishiro Technologies

## Commodities

* Pharmaceuticals
* Optronics
* Cardamine

* Water
* H-Fuel

## Rumors

* I must say, Samura has let this facility fall into disrepair in recent years. We have pointed out numerous cracks and corroding joints in the tanks to their inspectors, but nothing ever comes of it. The Blood Dragons are always trying to sabotage the place, and at this rate, their job will be simple.
* Samura has approached us about plans to open a new gas storage area adjacent to Shinjuku in recent months. We're not quite sure what is going on within Kusari -- plotting and scheming on all sides.

* Osaka is old; Samura is no longer maintaining the tanks well. We know that shortly the GMG will abandon us. There have been numerous complaints by Bowex about the dangerous conditions, but there is little that we can do.
* Rumor is that there will be an "attack" by the Blood Dragons someday soon that will result in the destruction of this facility, and a massive insurance claim will be filed with the government. Just business as usual for our company, I guess ...
* The Blood Dragons have become bolder. They have attempted frontal assaults on Osaka in recent years. It would be a catastrophe if they were to start a chain-reaction explosion in the storage areas. We have strengthened the tank walls as a precaution.
* The GMG has transferred its Gas here as long as anyone can remember. Osaka's isolated location was intentional. It would not have been cost effective or safe to place such a facility planetside. We needed to keep it clear of the clouds for security reasons.
* We have bought the GMG's Gas at very reasonable prices for 400 years. Now they betray our trust and secretly negotiate with Kishiro. They will pay for this. Perhaps there will be fewer State Police available to patrol this system in the near future ...
* A Blood Dragon spy was discovered last week. He had entered a restricted H-Fuel re-pressurization area without the proper credentials. When confronted, the imposter blew himself up, killing several guards. We were lucky -- the effects of the blast were absorbed by a structural bulkhead. One must always be vigilant.
* Kusari has controlled the H-Fuel since the dawn of Jump Gates. There are those at Samura who feel that Kusari did not exploit this powerful tool more effectively in the past, as Liberty as done with their Trade Lane technology monopoly.
* Samura will open an H-Fuel complex larger than this in Hokkaido, once the criminal element has been reduced to an acceptable level. Hokkaido is much closer to markets and less susceptible to Edge World pirates than the Sigma systems. Kishiro and the GMG will not be able to compete.

* People in Kusari think we are their long lost children that will return someday. We do share our genetic heritage with Honshu, but not much else. The goal of the GMG is to find an ocean planet somewhere in the mists of the Edge, with plentiful fish to reestablish our traditional way of life.
* This is the primary distribution point for Naha Gas produced in Sigma-13. Ogashawa H-Fuel is shipped directly from Sigma-19 or transferred on Honshu to Kishiro transports.