Freiburg Station

CLASS: Abbey

GRAVITY: Complete

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Yes

POPULATION: 250

Freiburg Station was originally constructed in 312 AS as a clearinghouse for produce harvested on Stuttgart, but now it also handles traffic from foreign shipping companies who increasingly use the Stuttgart system as an alternative to shipping through the Hamburg system.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* Daumann Heavy Construction
* Bounty Hunters Guild
* Border World Exports
* Orbital Spa and Cruise
* Republican Shipping
* ALG Waste Disposal
* Kruger Minerals
* Synth Foods, Inc.
* Gateway Shipping

## Commodities

* Pharmaceuticals

* Gold
* Niobium
* Oxygen
* Water
* Diamonds
* Food Rations
* H-Fuel
* Mining Machinery
* Engine Components

## Rumors

* If you’re looking for the LWB, you’re best served hunting them down in the Ostnebel. That’s where they will be found -- or raiding the Trade Lanes between New Berlin and the planet Stuttgart.
* The Red Hessians are the real problem in this system. At least the LWB confine themselves to the east side of Stuttgart. The Hessians come in from the Jump Hole in the Westnebel and range all over this place. They are fierce pilots too. My apprentice lived for six days before he died.
* The Hessians think they own Rheinland, but I am paid to make them think differently. I used to be a freelancer that did a lot of work for the Corsairs. Eventually, I had to start going up against Hessians in Omega-5. That's how I learned to kill them.
* Occasionally I am hired to kill the LWB. I don't like the work as much as taking down Hessians, but it's much easier. Synth Foods is really the only company that pays well for LWB pilots, and the less I have to work for Liberty the better.
* The police in Rheinland barely get enough parts to keep their ships flying. They are good pilots and have decent training, but that is all they've got. Hey, I can find more work in Rheinland than anywhere else. That means the police aren't doing their job.

* Border World Exports, or Bowex as we are more commonly known, brings the Diamonds gathered here in Rheinland to our solicitors in New London. Hazardous run, I can promise you that, but not without its perks -- basically, the cash you get for making it there with Diamonds.
* From New London Bowex brings Gold to this distribution depot in Rheinland space. It’s good cash if you don't get your ship blown inside-out by Hessians or Corsairs.

* Ruegen, the Daumann operation in the Border Worlds, needs us to supply them with Mining Machinery and H-Fuel. You could be the one to help them there, if you don't fear the Border Worlds.
* Our base Briesen in the Border Worlds requires basic necessities to be shipped in from this facility. The Diamonds we trade here more than pay for any supplies they may need there.

* Republican makes several shipments between this base and the Ring in New Berlin. From Daumann's station, we bring in Engine Components and ship them Beryllium and Niobium.
* The Diamonds that come to this base from the Border Worlds are shipped directly to Cambridge on our shipping convoys. It is a dangerous yet lucrative run.
* Gold is brought aboard this station from New London. It is a prosperous run but requires the crossing of the Border Worlds. If you are willing, it could make you plenty of money. Or it could kill you.
* The ships that get built in Alster Shipyards require Gold to be produced. Republican makes sure that they get the Gold they need to do the job.
* New Berlin often needs Gold. It is a valuable Commodity, and we are happy to provide the fine artisans of New Berlin with the supplies they need from this base.
* Though their presence is heavy in this system compared to others, the Rheinland Federal Police hardly do an adequate job keeping our shipments safe. That is why Republican hires so many Bounty Hunters in Rheinland space; it is a necessary expense.
* The Alster Shipyards are the root of our troubles with the Unioners. Our Gold shipments headed for Alster often get waylaid by those devilish curs. I shall look forward to the day when the last Unioner lays dead upon the ground. Fortunately, there are none in this system.
* Red Hessians and the LWB are our concerns in this system. The Bounty Hunters we hire are competent, only it is a shame we must hire assassins to do what the government collects taxes to accomplish. We lose men every week on our shipping runs. Soon I will be able to retire and not have to worry about these things anymore.

* Gateway crosses the deadly Border Worlds, bringing Gold and Niobium here from Kensington. We took some casualties in Omega 7 from Red Hessians. They hit us hard; most of our escorts got wiped.
* Freistadt in Omega 3 is in need of our services to ship basic supplies and Mining Machinery. The chaps who live out there are crazy ones.
* The lads at Freeport 1 pay us to bring them Mining Machinery and Engine Components from this shipping hub. Strange how much people will withstand to live free of governmental control.

* Our convoy pilots brave the Hessians and the Corsairs, making sure that the employees at Elbich receive all the necessary supplies to keep operations running smoothly.
* From Essen, we bring Mining Machinery to this base, where it will be used in operations throughout the Rheinland-occupied Border Worlds.