Bil's Bazaar

*Bil's Bazaar*, official designation JS-14, is a space station orbiting Jupiter. Operated by spacer and businessman Bil Jax, it becomes one of the most important places of business for spacers in the post-Solar War Twilight Era. Affectionally known also as the *Bizarre* for it's free availability of illicit and eclectic goods, spacers of all walks of life throughout the Main Belt and the Rim frequent the station for many reasons.

## History

Bil Jax acquired a small fortune he had gained over several decades, first working as a cobalt and nickel refiner in the Confederacy, then operating several successful mercantile businesses supplying essential goods between platforms. In the mid-Standard Era, he designed and constructed what would become the *Bazaar* from several mothballed spacecraft purchased in the Confederacy. The first iteration of the station contained a crew cabin with several lightly furnished passenger rooms, an operating station, a general store, a spacer bar, and most notably, a rotating bath house facility that offered .75 g. The latter proved to be wildly popular among spacers mining near Jupiter. Due to orbital cycles, the station experienced several years of peak seasons full of merchants wanting to take a 'real' hot shower followed by relative inactivity. Bil charged nominal docking fees and affordable prices for essential goods, as well as offering several luxury items in the bar.

Five standard years after opening the station, Bil contracted with Yochanan 'Big John' Goldfarb to operate a repair station and buy-sell-trade space lot. Over the next decade, the profits from the combined ventures on the station allowed him to construct a rotating ring operating as a spacer hotel with a variety of room options ranging from single night economy stays to long duration and luxury experiences.

During the Solar War, business severely declined and almost put the station out of business. Bil contracted with spacers and freebooters to provide him with essential goods and gained a reputation as a shrewed and sometimes generous but strictly neutral businessman. He also began employing a small security team, which would later be expanded with the permanent employ of several Protectorate veterans.

With the end of the war and much of the regular shipping from the Consortium lost, it fell to Bil to figure out his own means of continued survival. He expanded his station into a permanent, semi-sustainable entity that grew about 80% of it's foodstuffs hydroponically and employed several scientists, chemists, and cooks to produce essential medicines.

Several decades into the Solar War, Bil's station is known throughout Sol System as a destination unto itself.

## Features

* The Bazaar Bar, offering an assortment of chemical diversions from the cheapest of synthehol to the finest of Paranoophrine.
* Bil's Bath House
* Bil's Bazaar, the main mercantile attraction
* Three levels of accommodation for short term, long duration, and luxury stay.
* Three dock yards
* A shipping hangar for the unloading and loading of contracted space craft
* Big John's Space Lot
* Crew quarters for those in Bil's employ
* Private quarters and command deck for Bil
* Hydroponic garden facilities
* Scientific chemical engineering laboratories