Nago Station

CLASS: Akebono

GRAVITY: Complete

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Yes

CREW: 580

Constructed in 603 AS by Kishiro, Nago Station is one of Kishiro's primary sources for the Hydrocarbons needed to fabricate the Polymers used in Optical Chips. Optical Chip manufacturing is one of Kishiro's major business sectors, and Kishiro depends on a steady supply of Polymers to manufacture them. The station also houses a standing security force to repulse frequent attacks by pirates and protect its interests from interference by corporate rival Samura.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* IDF Shipping
* Kishiro Technologies
* Bounty Hunters Guild
* Independent Miners Guild
* Zoners

* Bounty Hunters Guild

## News

Ageira disputed this finding in their own press release, calling EFL 'fantasists' and countering that their own scientists had narrowed the cause to a rare 'hypernova' stellar event that originated outside the Sirius sector. Both corporations claim that network-wide hardware safeguards have been implemented that would prevent a similar occurrence in the future. Independent researchers have sharply criticized the corporate announcements, accusing both of self-interested misdirection.
Professor Sophia Nagel from Heisenberg Research Station called EFL's accusation 'incoherent' and the hypernova explanation 'nonsense' that did not explain the characteristics of the 'Blackout Pulse'. Despite multiple different Pulse recordings being widely disseminated across the neural net, public efforts have so far failed to triangulate its source.

At present, no house stands to conclusively fill the vacuum of power in the Taus, clouding the future to secure exploitation of its rich natural resources in ambiguity. Following the withdrawal of Kusari from Tau-23 after the final confrontation in Languedoc, the lanes within the system seem to have been subject to sabotage, and Gallia has released a public statement that Orkney would instead be favored over Tau-23 for the route to Tau-31, likely owing to Orkney being the last major Tau system that Gallia holds bases in. Niobium futures have ballooned in response to plummeting consumer confidence in stable Niobium extraction, resulting in vicious multinational corporate and paramilitary competition over Tau resource exploitation. The Taus are now a lawless battleground of conflicting corporate interests, small scale military skirmishes, and pirate incursions, all scrambling for a piece of Niobium.
Given the thorough depletion of military might and expansionist ambitions in the surrounding devastated houses, chances are low that the Taus will find themselves tamed by a lawful house in the foreseeable future.

## Rumors

* Though the Samura base is closer to the Outcast Cardamine route, we have our own share of problems with the outsiders. They need the Polymers we produce at this base for their own construction and manufacturing concerns. At least this was the information given to us by the Kusari military consultants we hired. They will often attack the external storage depots. We've had to hire mercenaries to keep the threat they pose acceptable - the Kusari Navy can't help us much now.

* The Outcasts always keep us guessing. Sometimes they go after the mining ships further in the field. Sometimes they are waiting at the Trade Lane. And sometimes they are so bold that they attack Nago itself. It forces us to divide our patrols. The lesson of Freeport 7 is still fresh in everyone's mind. A few defensive turrets without fighters to back them up will not save a space station from harm.

* I can't wait to cycle back to New Tokyo. Maybe the space born don't mind the dank recycled Oxygen aboard bases, but I get sick of it. I cannot wait to see the sun without looking through three inches of gold-coated clear plate. Mankind was not born to live in a metal shell.

* We require a steady supply of Mining Machinery, Food and Pharmaceuticals here. Mining is dangerous, and is often hard on both the miners and their equipment. Repeated attacks by Outcasts do not help matters much either.

* This base harvests Hydrocarbons from the ice asteroids of the field we are in. Dirty ice is taken to Nago by mining crews, then the Hydrocarbons are seperated from the Water here. We have no shortages of Water or Oxygen at this base as a result, we only need to import food, and Planet Kyushu is conveniently close by for that.

* We sometimes run into patrols from the Gallic Royal Navy if they are pursuing some Outcasts. Tau-29 used to be proudly Kusari-owned territory, now it is nothing more than a buffer zone between our nations. Still, it could be worse. Gallia hasn't made any agressive move towards us in months, perhaps they truly just wanted to get to Bretonia, and needed everyone else out of their way.

* Shinagawa is in the heart of Kusari. It is a pleasure to leave these barren systems behind for my ancestral home. I get the opportunity when I deliver Polymers to Shinagawa from this base. Whenever I make that run, I am in no hurry to return once I pass the Kyushu gate.

* Hydrocarbons produced here are shipped to our industrial facilities on Planet Honshu and to the Shinegawa facility. The Optronics baseboards and Optical Chips are made largely out of Polymers, which in turn are made from Hydrocarbons, so we need a steady supply. Any surplus is sold either to third parties, such as Gallic shippers, or to the industries on Kyushu.

* Our miners once found a half destroyed Outcast ship, which had been in a firefight and lost. The cockpit was still intact, but life support had given out. They brought the pilot's body back to our base. Some of our scientists ran an autopsy and discovered that they differ from regular human beings on a genetic level. Their cell reproduction requires Cardamine to build RNA. We know now that it is pointless to take Outcast prisoners. They will not live without their drug.

* My convoy was returning to this base from New Tokyo when we were attacked by Outcasts. Kishiro always loses ships and men on the Nago-New Tokyo Polymer run. We were lucky, I suppose. Four of our cargo pods ruptured in the attack, and the Outcasts were more interested in the floating Mining Machinery then they were in us. We got out of range as fast as we could.

* We run frequent patrols through the Nago field and around this base. We have to, since the asteroids give the Outcasts plenty of places to hide. We used to be able to count on the Kusari Naval Forces to dispatch patrols from Nagumo, just beyond the Kyushu gate, but after the defeat of the Naval Forces at the hands of Gallia, they simply don't have the men for that anymore. I hate to admit it, but the Outcasts are too tough for us most of the time.

* Most Kusari don't appreciate us Bounty Hunters much. These miners here are no different. Doesn't matter to me, the barkeep knows better than to deny me a Sake when I order one. Beyond that I prefer to keep to myself. The work we do doesn't require a lot of "people" skills.

* Ahh. That age old adage, "War is good for business". It certainly is for any mercenaries. When armies get stuck fighting eachother, civilians on the fringes are usually left to fend for themselves. They either fold and pack up shop, or hire their own muscle to keep themselves safe. And we're definately that kind of muscle.

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