Freistadt Base

CLASS: Cochrane

GRAVITY: Partial

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Yes

POPULATION: 300

Freistadt Base is run by the Independent Mining Guild (IMG) to provide support for the mining of Copper, Cobalt, and Silver from nearby asteroid fields. Of course, the IMG asks few questions about where the ore was actually mined, and a few Red Hessians have been known to take advantage of that fact when selling their goods. Gateway Shipping handles most of the cargo runs from Freistadt, while Deep Space Engineering teams and members of the Bounty Hunters Guild are also frequently seen aboard.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* Gateway Shipping
* Independent Miners Guild
* Bounty Hunters Guild
* Daumann Heavy Construction
* Red Hessians

## Commodities

* Artifacts
* Mining Machinery
* Gate/Lane Parts

* Silver
* Copper
* Oxygen
* Water
* Food Rations
* H-Fuel
* Pharmaceuticals
* Consumer Goods
* Engine Components

## Rumors

* If you are looking to go into Omega-5, use the Jump Hole on the far west side of the system. It's just south of a large gas pocket below the Trade Lanes. Be very careful; Omega-5 is a meat grinder no matter how good you are.
* I can kill Corsairs or Hessians and get paid by whoever I want. They attack everyone who has a base here or passes through, except the IMG. Corsairs generally keep to the western side, but when they come up against Hessians you are going to see a fight

* I hate working here. This is a very dangerous part of Sirius, yet the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates must be maintained. I will never understand why pirates attack us, or our rings. If they only understood that without us or the rings, the shipping they prey upon would not exist.
* My job is to keep the Trade Lane Rings at this base maintained. If something goes wrong, any ship that enters might be shot off course into a planet or star or gas pocket. It’s very ugly when that happens. No one survives, of course -- and DSE gets blamed.

* This system used to be free from pirates, but after the revolt, the Hessians gathered together and started attacking shipments moving between Rheinland and Bretonia. A lot more of us miners came here after the revolt as well. Daumann and Kruger are both evil companies that worked us for nothing but promises and heartache. I hope the Hessians kill them all.
* This base was left behind by the companies that built the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates in this system. What we mine is the amount that will buy us the Food and supplies we need from Freiburg. We don't need to amass a fortune or anything like that. Just trying to get by.
* The Hessians don't really attack us, so that is good. We don't have to fear for our physical safety, but Gateway does all the shipping to this base and their convoys often get attacked on the way in. So the pirates do make our lives a bit harder sometimes, but I'm not going to try and explain that to the Hessians who come here.
* I hear word that Dresden is running out of raw materials to mine. That's why it doesn't surprise me to see Daumann sniffing around here. If I had to wager, I'd say they are just testing the waters for a larger operation in Omega-7. They weren't here ten years ago when Dresden was still doing fine. You wait and see. I'm right.
* I'm glad I don't work for Kruger anymore. No sir, I wouldn't step foot on that base of theirs for anything. You can bet the men there are working obscene hours, eking out profits for the executives in New Berlin -- and getting shot up by Hessians.
* Watch out for the gas pockets in this system. If you fly through one of those, you are going to become a permanent fixture of your ship. You will melt right into your seat. I've seen it happen; some fool was not being careful and -- kapow! -- vapor.
* Usually IMG has to compete with BMM for resources within systems. Here in Omega-7, BMM knows that it would be too costly to start operating where we have already laid stakes. No, this system was left to us. Now I just hope that the Rheinland companies will do the same.
* It’s easy to get lost in here if you leave the Trade Lanes. It’s a dangerous system to live in, but being friends with the Hessians helps. Well, not friends, but not enemies either. Imagine getting lost and then beset by pirates. It’s over pretty quick.
* On this base we mine for Copper, Silver, and Cobalt. All will be shipped directly to the Ring in New Berlin. This is a dangerous run because of those damnable Hessians. I curse them all. We aren't the ones who exploited them; yet we are the ones who get killed.
* Omega-5 is the site of a full scale war between the Corsairs and Hessians. The two factions are vying for control of this critical Jump Hole crossroads in the Omega Sector. Within the area of the no-man’s-land and the Hammen Hole are numerous dead ships from both sides. Most are picked clean, but there are some that may still yield some weapons.
* The local word is that one of the early Corsair raiding parties into Omega-7 headed straight into the Gubenfelde gas pocket just south of the Omega-3 Gate. It is believed that the remains of at least three ships are still in there.

* Much of the Silver that is mined here is shipped into Bretonia. Kensington has need of Silver, so we deliver. I enjoy going back into Bretonia, but surviving the trip is always a bit tricky.
* Copper and Cobalt is shipped to Dortmund. ALG will use its smelters to turn the raw ore into workable materials. If the miners here were more ambitious, they could do the same.
* This base receives all its basic supplies from Freiburg. More than just the basic necessities; we also bring Mining Machinery and Engine Components. I fear that much of what we ship here, the IMG turns around and sells to the Red Hessians, making our jobs much more perilous.

* Many of the IMG members are former Daumann and Kruger workers. A shame they are too cowardly to exact revenge, but that is their loss. Regardless, they supply Freital with basic supplies and Engine Components.
* Some of the Bretonian shipping boys on this base aren't bad fellows; just trying to make a living, I suppose. Too bad they chose the wrong line of work. I might have a beer or two with them in the bar, but it won't stop me from blowing a hole in their ship out in the void.