Aomori Station

CLASS: Akebono

GRAVITY: Complete

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Yes

POPULATION: 550

Aomori Station is the major outpost of the Gas Mining Guild (GMG) in Kusari space. Initially built as an equipment depot for Honshu miners working the lucrative oceans of gas in the Crow Nebula, Aomori has been extensively expanded and renovated over the centuries. Once an exclusive agreement was signed with Samura in 330 AS for the distribution of Fuel, Aomori gained even greater importance as the main point of contact between the GMG and Samura. However, the GMG continues to assert its independence, and Aomori Station is considered sovereign GMG territory.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* Samura Industries
* Gas Miners Guild
* Bounty Hunters Guild

## Commodities

* Cardamine

* Water
* Food Rations
* H-Fuel
* Pharmaceuticals
* Consumer Goods

## Rumors

* We are searching of a planet to call home. We thought there was a possibility in the Donryu Cloud, but the twin planets are frozen gas, alas. The Outcasts have also proven very challenging in that region of space. We are now looking further inside the Edge Nebula, where our sensors have indicated another planet may lie.
* Sometimes Samura can be so naive. They have never understood where the Blood Dragons get their financial support. We are the silent partner; we decided to aid the fledgling movement of the Blood Dragons to exact our revenge for centuries of theft and humiliation at the hands of Samura.
* The Corsairs and Hogosha were once our friends and partners in the Artifact business. Then they became greedy and bypassed us to trade directly with each other. We do not forget such betrayals easily. All Hogosha and Corsairs are now shot on sight.
* This base has come under attack by the Outcasts since they discovered the Jump Hole from Sigma-19. We have attempted to patrol it, but they are fearsome fighters, blasting their way through our blockades with impunity.
* Samura thinks that once that the government pulls back from the Chugoku Gate project that Hokkaido will finally be theirs. They are gravely mistaken. The GMG will insure that the Blood Dragons live on, and do not rest in peace until Samura abandons Hokkaido. The victory will be sweet.
* Kishiro has offered us superior gas miners that could double our profits. We will abandon Samura within the next year and deliver our Gas to Kishiro exclusively, ending our centuries long agreement with the old lady of Kusari.
* We buy our basic supplies in Honshu. For many us, it is difficult to walk planetside, after spending our entire lives in stations that simulate half the normal gravitational force. From here it is a short journey through the Gate to Sigma-17, the site of our newest field.
* The GMG has secretly trained many of the best pilots of the Blood Dragons. We gained much valuable tactical knowledge of how to fight in the clouds of the Crow Nebula during our long war with the Rheinlanders.
* The GMG encountered a Corsair raiding party in the Chuyu Cloud a few days ago. They engaged and destroyed most of the fighters, but one heavily damaged ship escaped to the Hiryo Cloud. The GMG set up an ambush near the Sigma-13 Jump Hole, but the Corsair never arrived.