Planet Baden Baden

DIAMETER: 11,293 km.

MASS: 5.96 x 10e24 kg.

TERRAIN: Terrestrial

TEMPERATURE: 6°C to 42°C

ESCAPE VELOCITY: 10.99 km/sec

Baden Baden is an idyllic world of large oceans, black sand beaches, and the odd hot spring bubbling from volcanic outcroppings of rock. Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines maintains a popular resort here, though it has seen a decline in business as the economic situation in Rheinland grows worse while radicals sympathetic to the LWB farmer's movement attack government officials who vacation here. Orbital has reportedly been trying to remedy the situation by attracting bargain-hunting Liberty tourists.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* Daumann Heavy Construction
* Republican Shipping
* Border World Exports
* Gateway Shipping
* Orbital Spa and Cruise
* ALG Waste Disposal
* Kruger Minerals
* Synth Foods, Inc.
* Bounty Hunters Guild

## Commodities

* Food Rations
* Luxury Food
* MOX
* H-Fuel
* Pharmaceuticals
* Consumer Goods
* Luxury Consumer Goods

* Water

## Rumors

* Now that I'm getting to the top, I'm going to start playing the game by my rules. It is time for a change in Daumann, they must be made to realize that our corporation can still profit without exploiting its workers.
* My father was a joint fitter at the Alster Shipyards. Nobody else knows this but me and his ghost. He worked triple shifts sometimes to pay my way through New Berlin University. He was on the bottom rung in Daumann; I just made VP.

* The finest foods in all of Sirius are brought in from Stuttgart and hand-delivered to our exclusive clientele. Luxury Foods make a luxury vacation.
* The appointments at this beautiful resort are of the finest quality. Manhattan is where we get all of our Luxury Goods -- from the art on the walls to the Phantasy Game Consoles in each room. In every way it's Orbital, exceeding your expectations.
* This planet's oceans and landmasses are lifeless. At first we believed this would be a detriment to tourist activities, but it actually works out quite well; no bothersome insects or man-eating carnivores. Just human beings and the animals they wish to bring here.
* Many of Rheinland's elite used to build in Stuttgart when they wanted a summer home or were thinking about retiring. But now, with Synth Foods moved in and the LWB attacks and fires, many are finding Baden-Baden to be their choice for premium relaxation.
* The spring-heated mud baths of Baden-Baden make Sieglinde a singular vacationing experience. Where else can you wile away the hours covered in nutrient-enhanced moisturizing muds? Those wrinkles gotcha down, but you are afraid of dermaburns? Take off a decade or two in Baden-Baden.
* Every month we hold our Sieglinde submersible-craft races. They are a favorite with retired pilots and adventure seekers. The oceans of Baden-Baden are deep and clear, which makes for some fun racing amongst the jagged rocks of the ocean depths. Luckily, only a few casualties per year.
* The LWB are reasonable people. Their attacks on Baden-Baden will become less frequent, but gradually, so as to not arouse suspicion. A little money in their coffers helps us all profit. They may need a little extra funding to help them blow up the vacation villas on Stuttgart.
* Because of the financial troubles Rheinland is in, we haven't been making as much profit at this resort as our others. We may be forced to bring in Liberty vacationers. Not the quality types either -- they can go to Hawaii or Curacao. We’ve had to bring in the econoclass vacationers to fill the rooms.
* The Babylon was finishing a routine Luxury Goods run from Manhattan to Baden-Baden when it was attacked on the final leg by the LWB. The freighter feigned surrender, then made a run for it, but was cut off before reaching the planet. It then fled towards the southern end of the Ostnebel, with the LWB in hot pursuit. The Babylon was never found.

* If this bash doesn't go over well, I'm in big trouble. Kruger is posting record losses and we need something to turn this company around. We haven't been able to get going since our horrible losses in Frankfurt, and the reparations we were forced to pay.
* While I'm here, I'm going to try and enjoy myself. But my miserable wife is eating every Luxury Food in sight. I keep telling her that this resort is not all-inclusive, I cannot put this all on my expense account -- ach, I must not think of these things...relax, relax. I hate that fat cow.

* This resort is nice and relaxed, not like the other Orbital Spa locales that are populated by criminals and deviants. Yes, this is where you go to rub elbows; not just with the rich, but with the genteel.
* My great-grandfather was on the board of directors for Republican when we changed our name from Imperial Shipping. A Neumann has sat upon the board for the past 200 years, and this has always been a favorite vacation spot.

* I'm a captain in the navy, but here I am a tourist like any other. No matter how powerful you are, you still need to relax here and there. Of course, my ship could destroy all the people on this planet from orbit, but that means nothing when I am plopped in a mud bath.
* If Orbital didn't give us discounts, they would find themselves fighting off a lot more pirates than they do now. Hey, it’s not my problem a few tourists get blown up here and there. There is a lot of space to keep safe.

* Yes, Orbital knows how to keep its resorts well-protected; they offer discounts to higher-ranking members of the Rheinland Police. Police presence is stretched to the maximum in Rheinland, yet there are two bases within Stuttgart -- a system that houses two Liberty corporations as its primary residents.
* Don't be fooled; just because I work for a bankrupt government, that doesn't mean I don't have credits to spend. Several corporations always pay well for the authorities to turn a blind eye to certain actions. I don't open my mouth when Synth Foods burns down one of the few remaining Rheinland plantation houses, and that's how I make sure I'll retire in style.
* Several days ago, the Belknap was traversing the Trade Lane from Stuttgart to the Berlin Gate when it was hijacked by LWB pirates. They flew the ship into the Ostnebel, where it is likely stationed for use as a temporary food supply.
* The Nurnberg was making a gun run from here to Omega-11 when it was attacked by a Federal Police patrol while crossing the open area in the center of the system. The ship was pursued into the Westnebel, where it lost contact. Because it never arrived in Freital, the police must have destroyed it.