Zhejiang Orbital

CLASS: Progress

GRAVITY: Complete

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Full

CREW: 900

Zhejiang Orbital is administered by the Coalition. It serves as a trading post, receiving merchant ships from the Coalition's authorized trading partners. Zhejiang also houses immigration and diplomatic offices, welcoming guests from the rest of Sirius and processing those who wish to join the Coalition.

A small contingent of Coalition military fighter squadrons is based here, patrolling space around Planet Jiangxi and maintaining security.

Zhejiang Orbital is the oldest Coalition installation in Omega-52, built when they were still in the process of charting the system. As they planned to colonize Planet Jiangxi, they realized they needed an outpost in orbit to coordinate their efforts, provide temporary housing, and service their fleet of starships. Many of the system's initial settlers lived here before being relocated down to the surface or to Volgograd.

Since those days, the station has been given over to civilian administration. It now serves as a trading post, receiving merchant ships from the Coalition's authorized trading partners. Zhejiang also houses immigration and diplomatic offices, welcoming guests from the rest of Sirius and processing those who wish to join the Coalition.

A small contingent of Coalition military fighter squadrons is based here, patrolling space around Planet Jiangxi and maintaining security. This is often the first assignment of freshly graduated Coalition pilots.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* Red Hessians
* Sirius Coalition

## News

As Crete demanded the Zoners of Theta turn over any Hunters aboard their stations and surrender docking control, the Freeport 9 administrators were confident that some kind of compromise could be found. A delegation from Gran Canaria was requested to assist with negotiations, due to the close ties between Zoner and Corsair communities on the planet.
Tragically, the Corsairs interpreted this delay as refusal, and launched a surprise attack while the delegation was en-route. Many of Freeport 9's crew are now being held as hostages while the Corsairs pillage the station. An urgent conclave has been called on Gran Canaria to discuss the Zoner response, while militias on Pygar have taken up arms in case the violence spreads.

Professor Nagel and her team are certain the Pulse originated from outside Sirius, but are otherwise no closer to identifying its source or mitigating a future Blackout event. "Following the Blackout, we began to see immediate signs of jump hole destabilization in multiple different regions, with many ultimately falling out of phase alignment altogether", she commented. The dramatic upending of Sirius' jump hole network has already prompted many groups to abandon stations and withdraw from systems that appear to risk being cut off.
While months-long trips between the stars are possible thanks to the Liberty Engine and many centuries of innovation, few ships are designed or provisioned to make such arduous journeys. Those who were displaced by Sirius' redrawn map hope that system connections will return, while adventurers and explorers rush to discover new routes.

For decades the Zoners of Freeport 9 have kept themselves safe from Corsair reprisals by offering useful services, with their biodomes providing Crete with respite from the famines that once ravished it. Despite this, outrage has swept Omicron Gamma after a flight of Hunters killed Commander Juan Garcia, before retreating back to the No Fire Zones of Omicron Theta.
The Council of Elders have ordered the administrator of Freeport 9 to attend Planet Crete to hear their demands. Elder Garcia has vowed that the station's halls would "run red with blood" unless the Zoners turned over all BHG aboard the Freeport. The Zoners are yet to respond, likely trying to anticipate how the Corsairs will react.

The Corsairs see the Pygar colony as a direct competitor for the region's scarce resources, with Elder Garcia warning that there would be "dire consequences" should Freeport 9's biodomes reduce or divert their exports to Planet Crete. Whispers of alien ruins and Artifacts discovered below Pygar's surface may also antagonize the Corsairs, who rely on the Artifact trade as a source of wealth. The hardship of Pygar's extreme conditions and the uneasy relationship with the Corsairs has already led many colonists to consider a return to the now liberated Gran Canaria.

## Rumors

* Not a lot of records have survived of the people we modeled our society after. We know from the stories passed down that the Coalition was made up of many nations of old Earth, like the Eastern Republic, the Tigris Confederation and the East Asian Federation, but we know very little about them. What we've managed to preserve or reconstruct is on display in Volgograd City. But that's just historical artifacts. Immaterial cultural heritage like names, languages, traditions - we have gone through great effort to make sure they are not lost to us. That's why the Coalition government places a special importance on making primary, secondary and higher education available to all its citizens, for free. Through the education system, we pass on this knowledge to the next generation, keeping the spark alive.

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