Sabah Shipyard

CLASS: Bandar Seri Begawan

GRAVITY: Complete

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Yes

CREW: 2400

The first Crayterian outpost constructed in Coronado, Sabah Shipyard was built in haste, initially following the blueprints of the secret Singapore Shipyard. It is largely constructed with components salvaged from Tau-44 during the Republic's evacuation of that system. It provided a sufficient platform for the desperate colonization of Yuma, as well as the temporary resettlement of the rest of the Crayterian population onto Pecos, and was rapidly expanded to be able to service ships of all sizes.

As the Crayter Republic's only shipyard, Sabah is one of the busiest ports in the region. Ever since the first drydock was bolted together, Sabah has been operating at full capacity, churning out not only more snubcraft and capital ships for the refugee Republic, as well as performing repairs, but also producing civilian craft as well. Since their exodus from the Taus to Coronado, the Crayterian Military is no longer forced to constantly fight on the defensive, and this has freed up some resources to expand Sabah's capacity.

While formerly the shipyard served as the prime platform for the colonization of Yuma and the resettlement of the civilian population, it now functions as the Republic's center of industry, and all civilian traffic headed to or from a Crayterian base in the system checks in with Sabah.

## News

Within a month of the IMG's plea, the political leadership of the Crayter Republic unanimously concurred on the imperative need for assistance. Simultaneously, several of our courageous pilots volunteered to become supply carriers destined for the strife-torn planet Malta. While executing cargo operations in the perilous Omicron Alpha system posed a grave risk, the opportunity to strike a significant blow against the Outcasts on their home turf was deemed too compelling to forego.
In tandem with the preparations for breaching Outcast defenses on planet Malta, our fleet took the bold step of extending emergency military support to the IMG at Falkland Base. The ultimate objective: to drive the Outcasts out of the Tau-37 system once and for all.

Ageira disputed this finding in their own press release, calling EFL 'fantasists' and countering that their own scientists had narrowed the cause to a rare 'hypernova' stellar event that originated outside the Sirius sector. Both corporations claim that network-wide hardware safeguards have been implemented that would prevent a similar occurrence in the future. Independent researchers have sharply criticized the corporate announcements, accusing both of self-interested misdirection.
Professor Sophia Nagel from Heisenberg Research Station called EFL's accusation 'incoherent' and the hypernova explanation 'nonsense' that did not explain the characteristics of the 'Blackout Pulse'. Despite multiple different Pulse recordings being widely disseminated across the neural net, public efforts have so far failed to triangulate its source.

Within a month of the IMG's plea, the political leadership of the Crayter Republic unanimously concurred on the imperative need for assistance. Simultaneously, several of our courageous pilots volunteered to become supply carriers destined for the strife-torn planet Malta. While executing cargo operations in the perilous Omicron Alpha system posed a grave risk, the opportunity to strike a significant blow against the Outcasts on their home turf was deemed too compelling to forego.
In tandem with the preparations for breaching Outcast defenses on planet Malta, our fleet took the bold step of extending emergency military support to the IMG at Falkland Base. The ultimate objective: to drive the Outcasts out of the Tau-37 system once and for all.

Over the last few days, Archer-class siege cruisers have been deploying their massive coaxial cannons to suppress military infrastructure on the planet, systematically targeting the very last bastions of the Insurgency. First to be destroyed were the planet's few remaining ground to space weapons installations, quickly crippled by bomber strikes from the Ohio herself, before the remaining desolate ground defences and deserted infrastructure were reduced to rubble, their populations having already long fled the world.
A small service was held on the Ohio as the bombardment drew to a close in memory of Rear Admiral Dylan Brandt and those thousands of sailors and marines who had given their lives in the name of Liberty; fought their own lost brothers-in-arms so that others may not live under their misguided yoke, and many more who had their lives irrevocably changed as a result of the evils the campaign sought to end.
The announcement also confirmed identical monuments to the Insurgency campaign would be erected on every world in Liberty, from Planet Houston to Planet Erie, each monument an obelisk carrying the names of every serviceman lost in the conflict and serving as a reminder that Liberty is stronger when it stands together.

For some time, it had been alleged that Insurgent and Xeno-backed cells had been stirring trouble on Erie, inciting violence in the population and seeking to turn the planet into a second Veracruz. Never, however, had such open acts of terror been visited upon the governing Libertonian forces.
The response was quick and decisive. In coordination with the LSF, Vice Admiral Hamish aboard the Battleship Alma lead a Liberty Navy task force directly into the system in Operation Pesticide, escorted primarily by Siege Cruisers, Gunboats and fightercraft, with many of the Navy's capital warships tied in the Vespucci campaign or ever watchful at Liberty's borders. They were met by Zoner Q-ships based from Bethlehem, with many coming from as far as Galileo or even the Sigmas, accompanied by a motley assortment of freelancers and other anarchist elements. Leading the Zoner line was a Aquilon-class carrier, the Pinnacle.
While the Pinnacle came under heavy bombardment from the Alma and her task force, supplies quickly gathered onto Zoner transports from Erie attempted to run the Navy blockade. While some transports were lost to Navy bombers, others yet escaped to parts as of yet unknown. This 'victory', however, came at a heavy price. The Pinnacle was lost with most of her hands still on board and the rest captured, while the Liberty Marines landed virtually unopposed, quickly securing population centers for both the safety of Libertonian assets and the civilians on Erie itself. The Alma is settled now into the low orbit of Erie, a constant reminder to those below that they are under the protection of the Liberty Navy. A comfort to some, a dire warning to many more.

Admiral Brandt was heard to give the order to abandon ship right as the ship's hull could take no more and began to be torn asunder, with hull breaches on multiple decks. Tragically, the armored engines of the Delaware had suffered a great deal of damage, and as the armor and shielding was whittled away, vast quantities of radiation and superheated gas began to flood into the crew compartments of the vessel.
In an emotional announcement, the Liberty Navy officially stated that they consider the Delaware to be lost with all hands, including Admiral Brandt himself. No life pods could be secured in the heat of battle, with the remainder of the Delaware's escort making a fighting retreat back to the LNS Ohio which had herself been caught lagging behind the Delaware's doomed thrust into the heart of the Insurgency. The Ohio now remains with her own escort, augmented by survivors of the Delaware's battlegroup, and will continue as the Liberty Navy's bastion in the Vespucci system, ready to ensure that the Insurgents pay dearly for the toll they have extracted upon one of Liberty's finest Admirals.

Leading a fearsome line of some of Liberty's most advanced warships, the Delaware bore down on the Insurgency's remaining, cobbled-together fleet in the Vespucci system, out of position from dealing with a Bretonian thrust from Magellan. Immediately caught was the Battleship Vanquisher, one of the scant few Arbiter-class Battleships available to the Insurgents. Caught by itself, the Vanquisher put up a fearsome fight but was ultimately unable to stand against the Delaware and its escort, despite its fighter component dealing severe damage to much of the Delaware's own, smaller fighter contingent, as well as the Delaware herself.
With the great Arbiter all but vanquished, the Interdictor-class Battlecruiser Triton stared down the guns of the damaged Delaware and her escort. Outnumbered two-to-one, and outgunned to an even greater degree by the Libertonian heavyweight, Triton and her escorts launched their one and only advantage, their fighter and bomber superiority gained at the Vanquisher's expense.

## Rumors

* Over the years I've been involved with this planet I've learnt one thing. If it doesn't kill you immediately, it'll kill you soon after. So far we have found that roughly 83 percent of all flora on the planet is toxic in one way or another.

* Some say that the destruction of the Armstrong wasn't simply a lucky pirate strike. Some say that there was an outside force involved too. <PARA />

* Apparently DSE didn't know where the jumpholes in this system were. It doesn't take a genius to follow an IMG ship. Just goes to show the intelligence of some folks.

* The Republic's doing quite well these days. Although we lost our home, we're in a pretty secure position with plenty of resources at our disposal.

* Don't try to use the jump hole near Baja, you'll probably just kill yourself.

* Apparently there's been sightings of strange ships in the Barrier. Some folk on the Gate said they saw Rheinland military ships! I think they've been sniffing a bit too much.

* You should visit the Gate, it's a great place to unwind after a hard day's work. Don't let your superiors know though, they won't stop you but they won't like it.<PARA />

* This planet may hold the future for the Republic. Unlike Liberty's corporate toff's, the Republic isn't afraid to hurt the environment to let us live planetside. If the environment wants to kill us, we have a right to kill it back.

* There is some good news regarding the planet. As our research went on involving the flora, we noticed that the bacteria we were bringing down to the planet was aggressively attacking the natural flora. Several floral species we brought from Gaia have been introduced to the planet surface and they seem to be thriving, suggesting that the planet can be easily made fully colonisable, without the worry of toxic flora.

* When the Armstrong was destroyed, there were a few of us on the surface of the planet. We were lucky to escape the pirate attack and I thank these bloody poisonous plants every day that the IMG came and wiped out those bastards.

* We've got the shipyard mostly operational at this point. Although it can repair our larger ships and even manufacture our largest battleships, it's current production capacity is only 25 percent of what it will be soon.

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