Sheffield Station

CLASS: Zeus

GRAVITY: Complete

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Yes

POPULATION: 2K

Sheffield Station houses many of the off-shift prison, manufacturing, and mining personnel who work in facilities scattered throughout the Manchester system. A large number of guilds and shipping companies have regional headquarters on Sheffield, including Bowex and Gateway Shipping. But the Bounty Hunters Guild more or less administrates the station, and its members keep the BPA Newgate prison filled to capacity.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* Border World Exports
* BMM
* Planetform, Inc.
* Gateway Shipping
* Universal Shipping
* Bounty Hunters Guild
* Orbital Spa and Cruise
* Independent Miners Guild
* Ageira Technologies

## Commodities

* Gate/Lane Parts

* Hydrocarbons
* Oxygen
* Water
* Food Rations
* H-Fuel
* Optical Chips
* Pharmaceuticals
* Polymers
* Consumer Goods
* Light Arms

## Rumors

* This base's location between the two major ice fields in this system leaves us with plenty of options. All kinds of scumbag criminals come into this system. You name it, we got it: Mollys, Gaians, Outcasts, and even Lane Hackers. Most of the action takes place north of the Trade Lanes, except the occasional Molly raid on the Newgate.
* Outcasts come into this system via the Magellan Jump Hole, so if you are looking to bag an Outcast, then I suggest you look in the Sheffield North. Be careful -- Outcasts are pretty touchy with a hold full of Cardamine and have no problem blowing a hole in your ship.
* Lane Hackers do a lot of raiding in this system. They know when the Gold shipments are going to come through, and yellow metal is one of their favorite finds.

* Side Arms and H-Fuel are shipped throughout this system from this base. Even though these shipments are staying in the system, the haul is still dangerous.
* From New London Bowex hauls H-Fuel and Pharmaceuticals to meet the large demand at this base. It's a decent run if you don't mind when Mollys and Lane Hackers blast holes in your ship.
* Want to travel to California and make lots of cash while you're at it? Buy Polymers and Hydrocarbons here, ship them to Los Angeles, and then come back with Optical Chips.
* Bowex ships the Optical Chips at this base to Cambridge and Leeds. Either facility will purchase them, so you can take your pick.
* Boron makes it to this base all the way from Pittsburg. If you feel like you haven't had enough adventure, you can always continue your journey to Stokes. They'll purchase the Boron there.
* The Charles Kane and its escorts were ambushed in the Roatan Ice Crystal Cloud several weeks ago, probably by Rogues or Lane Hackers. They commandeered the ship and flew it further into the cloud. Several Bounty Hunters happened upon the hijacked ship, and a fierce firefight ensued. Only one limped back to tell the tale. She said the ship was still out there in the cloud, abandoned and drifting with the field.

* The Crown has instituted a work program for the least dangerous criminals at the Newgate. They mine ice in the Sheffield South. I run the patrol from this base, which keeps their mining operation secure from attempted breaks.
* I don't like being here at this base. I would prefer to be stationed at a police base where there are more of my kind. Several of the Bounty Hunters I have encountered here were criminals that I put away at one time or another.
* I fly a patrol from this base all the way to the New London Jump Gate and back again. Last week I came up against a few Mollys on their way from Birmingham. One of the Mollys escaped, one died, and the third is on a convoy to Newgate.
* All the Cardamine that flows into Liberty comes through this system. Have you ever tangled with an Outcast? I and two other police interceptors engaged four of them a few days ago. It was a mistake to go against them with fewer numbers. The other two interceptors got cooked.
* Gaians are a bunch of pansy rich kids who had no problems in their lives, so they decided to create one. Terraforming isn't anything terrible or unethical. As a matter of fact, it will eventually save Bretonia. I take pleasure in wasting or busting them filthy snobs.

* I ship Food and Consumer Goods to this base from Kensington. It's a living, and you only have to jump from one system away. Mollys can be quite a problem on occasion, so be careful if you try it.
* Hauling Pharmaceuticals from Sheffield might be the easiest run that Gateway does. Sure, the pay isn't great, but I don't care as long as I have a better chance of making it home.

* Two of my escorts bought the farm back in Magellan, and so did one of my gunners. Too bad, we had made it all the way from Newark with a full load of H-Fuel without incident until then.
* Our shipping firm brings Trade Lane Parts from Trenton. It is a lucrative run. Maybe you could earn some cash and get to see New York while you're at it.