Norfolk Shipyard

CLASS: Alabama

GRAVITY: Partial

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Yes

POPULATION: 9K

The Norfolk Shipyard, in continuous operation since its construction in 230 AS, has the honor of being the oldest functional shipyard in the Sirius Sector. The facilities at Norfolk are chiefly used by the Liberty Navy.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* Cryer Pharmaceuticals
* Deep Space Engineering
* Universal Shipping
* Ageira Technologies
* ALG Waste Disposal
* Republican Shipping
* Junkers
* Border World Exports
* Orbital Spa and Cruise
* Bounty Hunters Guild
* Gateway Shipping
* Samura Industries
* Synth Foods, Inc.
* Kishiro Technologies

## Commodities

* Gold
* Oxygen
* Water
* Food Rations
* MOX
* H-Fuel
* Basic Alloy
* Super Alloy
* High-Temperature Alloy
* Superconductors
* Optical Chips
* Construction Machinery
* Pharmaceuticals
* Polymers
* Consumer Goods
* Engine Components
* Light Arms

* Scrap Metal

## Rumors

* Ageira ships Super Alloys and Superconductors from Pueblo, Colorado. These components will be used in the construction of Liberty's naval fleets, the ships that symbolize Liberty's dominance in Sirius space.
* From Jump Gates to Side Arms and Optical Chips, Ageira is the high-tech leader for all of Liberty and Sirius. What other company has given so much toward the progress of all the people here?

* ALG ships High-Temperature Alloys and MOX to this facility from Dortmund, New Berlin. On the last run we lost two in our convoy to Xenos and Rogues as we passed through Texas.
* Toxic Waste and Scrap Metal produced here is shipped to Dortmund in New Berlin. It is the responsibility of ALG to ensure that waste is not strewn throughout Sirius space. Remember, what one throws away another can use.

* The scum you see here in Liberty is all that you find in an area with the greatest police and military presence in Sirius. Once you leave Liberty, you start meeting the real bad ones: Mollys in Bretonia, Red Hessians in Rheinland, and Blood Dragons in Kusari.
* The pirates and raiders here in Liberty are punks compared to what you’ll find on the fringes of Sirius. Sure, there are Outcasts here, but they are an Edge World syndicate that travels into the heart of Liberty to sell their Cardamine.
* Most Bounty Hunters you run across have either been hunting for a few years and know the ropes, or they're green -- in which case they’ll probably be dead within a month or two.
* Some people say that Outcasts and Corsairs used to be the same people. I guess it’s possible, though if you’ve ever seen an Outcast you might think differently. They are just different from the rest of the people of Sirius and the Corsairs. I can’t imagine them being friendly with anyone but other Corsairs.
* Ever been out away from colony space? It’s dangerous out there in the Edge Worlds, and you can get popped in the blink of an eye. But that’s where you have to go to get the meanest and the toughest criminals.

* Bowex is one of the oldest and most reliable shipping firms in all of Sirius. We have more ships and greater hauling ability than the upstarts at Gateway Shipping. Their company will not last the test of time, as Bowex has.
* The Mollys in Dublin hit the last shipment headed here before this last one. All hands were lost, but that is the cost of shipping valuable Commodities like Gold. That is what Bowex is known for -- um, the shipping valuable Commodities part, not the dead-employee part.

* We ship Construction Machinery to this shipyard from Houston. The Outcasts staged a major assault on our convoy in Texas on this last trip. I saw two transports and three escorts go up in flames. I don't know how many died all told.
* Deep Space Engineering maintains the only civilian shipyards in Liberty space: Baltimore Shipyards. We manufacture components that are shipped here and used at this military shipyard, so you can see that Deep Space builds or helps build the finest ships in Sirius.

* The majority of Liberty naval ships protect our shipping concerns in the Independent Worlds. That is where the more dangerous pirates and criminal activities take place. The exception is the Missouri, which is stationed in New York to keep the jewel of Sirius safe.
* The sorties launched from this base are patrols tasked with keeping the inbound Commodities to this base safe so that ship production is never slowed by thieves and pirates.

* Gateway ships Gold to this base from the Hood in Dublin. The Rogues’ ability to sniff out the Gold convoys seems uncanny. I'm told that they get their info from the Lane Hackers, so they are the real enemy -- the ring leaders versus the attack dogs.
* The Gold shipments we bring in from Dublin are a fight all the way to this station. First we have to fight the Mollys out of Dublin. Once we hit the Independent World Trade Lanes, we have to contend with the Lane Hackers or whomever they’ve sold our cargo manifests to. Once we get into Liberty space, we have to fight the Rogues off.

* If we didn’t need labor for our consumer goods facilities, I’d kill all the Rogues I came across. I just get tired of putting away the same scum and watching ‘em get released a couple years later to start doing the same illegal activity.
* I sure as hell don’t like hanging out with all these navy guys around. They are so straight-laced it makes me itch just to watch 'em march around from place to place in here. They need a couple of Liberty ales to loosen those stuffy collars.

* Republican Shipping is the premier Rheinland shipping firm. If it weren’t for the massive debts that Rheinland accumulated during the 80-Years War, Republican would still be the only shippers in Rheinland space.
* Engine Components are shipped here from the Ring in New Berlin via Republican Shipping. The Ring is Rheinland's symbol of industrial might; many of Rheinland's Commodities are produced there.

* Universal ships Gold to this base from New London. I've been the pilot for this Gold run for many years. I remember when I first started long ago. I've seen so much since then that it feels like more than a lifetime ago that I was strapping into my own freighter for the first time.
* H-Fuel from Ft. Bush and Basic Alloys from Sugarland are brought to this base by Universal Shipping. The Basic Alloys are dropped off here. I head up to Ft. Bush to pick up the H-Fuel, come back here to unload it, and then head back to Texas to start all over.