Freeport 1

CLASS: Dern

GRAVITY: Complete

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Yes

POPULATION: 2K

Freeport 1 was founded by a group of Zoners over sixty years ago. It was the first station of its kind to be declared open to all, and it still provides a place for commerce and Food sales to everyone, regardless of legal status.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* BMM
* Gateway Shipping
* Zoners
* Bounty Hunters Guild
* Daumann Heavy Construction
* Republican Shipping
* Corsairs
* Red Hessians

## Commodities

* Diamonds
* Artifacts
* Mining Machinery

* Oxygen
* Water
* Food Rations
* Fertilizers
* H-Fuel
* Pharmaceuticals
* Polymers
* Consumer Goods
* Engine Components

## Rumors

* Some of the Zoners at this base are always lookin at me side ways, acting like I'm the almighty hand of BMM itself. Ah, stupid base snipes is all they are. Next one I see looking at me funny is gonna get some teeth popped outta his head.
* This system is gonna be Bretonian space one day, you wait and see. The *Ole Doug* was plopped down by BMM on queen's orders to keep an eye on them cretinous Rheinlanders. They won't have much to do around here once Sprague is all fixed up and we're living on her.

* If you are trying to kill Corsairs, then keep to the western side of Omega 3 and hunt in the fields there. Make sure to patrol the Coombe in the south too -- though you may run into more Hessians than you like down below.
* There's only one Jump Hole in Omega-3, it’s in the Coombe Field on the southern end of the system. It leads right into Omega-5. That's right, into the war zone. The Hessians and Corsairs butcher themselves in there. I don't go there unless I'm trying to pass through, and I've got the throttle buried the whole way.
* Bowex is paying me very well to protect its shipping convoys that pass through this system. This is probably the most dangerous shipping route in all of Sirius, so their pilots are top notch. Even so, a lot of them get charbroiled in Omega-3 and Omega-7.
* I can tell you where the dangerous elements are in this system to help you avoid ‘em. They are everywhere, so go home. Ha, just kidding. There are Hessians to the east in the fields and Corsairs to the west. Both are to the south. Just watch your butt, cuz these pirates will shoot it off.
* Some jerk pulled a knife on me a few nights ago in the bar during a brawl. Since he pulled steel, I decided to pull some ceramic. My “crowd killer” lived up to its name. Too bad I got the two behind him. Lucky I was able to get away without being identified.

* It really is a shame about that Gateway convoy that was set upon by Corsairs last week. All hands lost, truly a tragedy. Ha! They shouldn't be meddling with Bowex business; I say it serves them all right. Fine by me their wives are widows, that's what you get for marrying an idiot.

* Many people on Ruegen fear that Bretonia will eventually control this system. I say there isn't a chance. They are counting on colonizing Sprague once it’s terraformed, then forcing us out. Have you ever heard of Planetform, Inc. ever finishing a project? No. This is Rheinland space.
* The only competent Bounty Hunters in Sirius are Rheinland Hunters. For that matter, the only competent *anybody* in Sirius are Rheinlanders. Everyone else has gotten lucky -- like Liberty -- or cheated like the GMG and Kusari. We make the finest products, mine the meanest systems, and even have the toughest pirates.

* It's important that we help other Zoner bases in the area get what they need to survive. The people at Freeport 5 need the basic supplies plus Fertilizers, Polymers, and Engine Components.
* There are BMM representatives here who purchase goods for their base. I don't mind them spending their money with us, but honestly I don't like having them here. Many of us left Bretonia to escape the BMM. They are awful to work for.
* The trick to surviving out here in the Barrier is to have things that powerful groups want. Our supplies make us allies of many of the toughest ones in this space.
* I see quite a few Bounty Hunters arrive at this base. They get refueled, refitted, have a couple drinks at the bar, and take off. After that I don't usually see them again. This is rough space, and I imagine plenty of them get their ships blown open.
* Daumann and BMM hate each other. Did you know that? Aye, they are trying to establish colonial presence in this system so that they may eventually annex Omega-3. Whoever spreads fastest will probably get the system. I don't care who gets it -- I just hope that I'm dead by then.
* A couple of Gateway boys were minding their own business in our bar a few days ago when some Bowex chaps started talking some smack to them. Next thing you know a fight was going. I enjoy a good bar brawl and was knocking the teeth out of a BMMer when someone pulled a Daumann “crowd killer” and let loose in there.
* You are in some tough space, you know. The Zoners here, though we don't go looking for fights can all handle ourselves. I used to be a pilot in the BAF. That's right. But I gave it up when I realized there weren't a future in it for me but a gold watch or a space burial.
* Zoners hazard the Border Worlds because we don't want any governments telling us how to live. That's why I hope the Corsairs and Hessians force the corporations out of this area. Then we’d have the system to ourselves.

* We have a contract that keeps our convoys running between here and Dortmund. Hydrocarbons and Polymers purchased here are shipped into Rheinland. It's tough because once we clear the Corsairs, we hit Hessian space, which can be just as bad.
* From Kensington in New London we travel here to sell Mining Machinery to these old boys. Quite a bit of excitement, but it pays me well enough, I'd say.
* Freiburg keeps this base rather well equipped with basic supplies and Mining Machinery. Quite a shame, it was this shipping run that got destroyed just a while back. All hands lost, including my brother’s wife, she was a good pilot too.