Sapporo Station

CLASS: Mifune

GRAVITY: Complete

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Yes

POPULATION: 200

Constructed by Samura after the completion of the Jump Gate linking Hokkaido and New Tokyo, Sapporo Station was intended to act as a local base from which Samura could survey the surrounding systems for mineral resources. But with construction proceeding ahead on the Chugoku Gate and the resulting increase in terrorist activity, Samura has been persuaded by the Kusari Shogunate to also house officials from Deep Space Engineering and Universal Shipping while providing support for the Kusari State Police.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* Deep Space Engineering
* Samura Industries

## Commodities

* Food Rations
* Cardamine
* Light Arms

* Water
* H-Fuel
* Construction Machinery
* Pharmaceuticals

## Rumors

* If this is the future of DSE Trade Lane projects, I want out. I'd rather see Liberty start letting other companies shoulder more of the physical risk. This is Kusari's little dirty war. We shouldn't be stuck in the middle of it.
* It is a beautiful system up here -- very inspiring to an artist type like myself. That's one of the reasons I signed up for the Border World division. We get to see the cool places, and get paid very well, thank you.
* The ship Thomas Morrel was transporting Trade Lane Parts to the Chugoku Gate construction site. Shortly after crossing the Kyofu Gap, it was attacked by Blood Dragons,. The disabled Morrel drifted into an area of the Unyo Cloud perilously close to the gap. Several of the containers were offloaded to smaller ships before a radiation storm forced the salvage crew to abandon the area. Upon their return, the ship had disappeared.

* We are here to support Samura's expansion into Hokkaido. It seems like a lot of trouble to mine Gas when there are plentiful supplies in the Sigma systems. But Samura is adamant that Hokkaido be developed, so here I am.
* I hear that the GMG was forced to pay a special "reparation" tax to the government to help Kusari recover some of the loans given to the GMG during the 80-Years War -- more specifically, to pay for the immense costs of constructing the Hokkaido and Chugoku Gates.
* The Golden C. are the main problem in this part of the system; on the other side of the Gap, it's Blood Dragons. But that's the military's problem. Anyway, they like to attack the gas miners, or wait for supply ships to pass along the buoy route.
* Bounty Hunters would be useful up here. Samura could afford to pay them well, unlike us poor State Police officers. We do not like to take bribes. That is the privilege of the New Tokyo bureaucrats.
* One day Sapporo will be converted into a large complex, much like Osaka. Then we will no longer be needed, assuming that the Blood Dragon and GC is gone. I do not believe that day is coming soon.
* They say that The Golden Chrysanthemums hate all men. I would believe that. A GC would rather die than be captured by one of us. It is so sad to see a young woman look at life in such a harsh light.
* There are at least two Holes into this system: one comes from Kyushu, the other from Chugoku. Both are very well concealed in the clouds, where our sensors cannot pick them up. You know when you are close, though. The criminals become agitated and attack like a swarm of stinging insects.
* I've heard a drunk Samura manager brag that one day soon, Kusari will understand the Jump Gate technology that Liberty has controlled for so long. I wonder if it has anything to do with this project.

* One day this system will be full of gas miners, and the enemies of Kusari will be distant memories. The police must first find and eliminate the GC base, which lies somewhere to the west of this outpost.
* We have begun gas mining operations here, but they are not up to full production -- too many attacks by the Golden Chrysanthemums and Blood Dragons. The *Matsumoto* should be stationed here, not up by the Chugoku Gate site.