Site A-7

Site A-7 is a black site prison on an asteroid in theAustan Asteroid Cluster, an asteroid belt in

the Outer Rim. Site A-7, along with other black sites, was established
shortly after the New Republic came into existence. General Airen Cracken, head
of the newly established New Republic Intelligence Services, set-up various
black sites where important imperials, warlords, pirates, and other high-level
threats to the fledgling republic could be held and interrogated. While Cracken
had some misgivings about subverting the New Republic’s goals of reintroducing
transparency and democracy to the galaxy, he was a old-school soldier and not
naïve enough to believe that a government could function without blurring the
lines a little bit.

The prison is shaped roughly like a star, divided into eight
cell blocks. A large dome-shaped control center sits between pairs of cell
blocks, responsible for monitoring and controlling all of the activity within
those cells. Adjacent to the prison facility are three important sites. Landing
pads are located nearby, the only place where prisoners and staff can leave the
prison. The landing pads lead directly into the intake facility, where
prisoners are processed and staff members are given assignments and debriefed.
Nearby is a powerful deflector shield, meant to protect the facility from
orbital attack and a hangar houses four X-Wing fighters.

The cells in Site A-7 are not terrible for prison standards,
as the facility was designed to hold high-profile prisoners. Most cells consist
of two connected rooms. The larger of the two rooms is meant to be lived in,
containing a bed, a desk, a chair and a highly restricted datapad, with no
outside connections. The second, smaller room is a bathroom, containing a
toilet, a sink, and a sonic refresher. Cells are held closed by a thick
durasteel door with an opening slot.

The blacklisted site also has specialized, non-standard
cells to hold prisoners that widely diverge from the galactic norm. Specialized
transparisteel cells can be temperature or vacuum controlled and filled with
liquids or gasses to properly house prisoners whose anatomies need such things.

Guards are constantly patrolling the cell blocks, and most
cells are opened and checked at least per day. Members of a special branch of
New Republic Intelligence, these guards generally wore combat jumpsuits and
carried non-lethal weapons, but in case of emergencies, they could be outfitted
in heavier armor and armed with deadlier weapons.

The multiple control centers are where most New Republic
staff can be found. These control centers are the lifeblood of the site. Every
inch of the facility is powered from them. Every inch of the facility is
monitored from them. Site staff lives in them. Armories are contained in them. Medical
facilities are contained in them.

Movement throughout most of the facility
requires specialized keycards, which are provided to all New Republic
Intelligence staff. Without a keycard, most rooms cannot be accessed, and all
elevators are inoperable. Certain extra sensitive rooms, such as the armory or
the control centers, require special keycards that only certain staff members
possess.