Burcham's Port

*"This place its a hub of intel founded by Thaddeus Burcham himself, the Shadow Guild hold direct authority here so whilst we look for any info on our guy please don't try and annoy Grego Shif otherwise she'll most likely kick the shit out of us."* - Two hunters talking about the space station before they arrive

Burcham's Port is a mini planet sized space station and has been described as a "mini city" by many who have ventured into its port which would be true as the space station harbours a large population inside of criminals, outlaws and other types of characters, the space station was built using Thaddeus Burcham's vast amount of wealth from which he had accumulated over his travels from being a simple gun for hire to becoming one of the most powerful crime bosses in the galaxy. The original idea of this space station was to serve as Thaddeus personal home and fortress from which only him and members of his organisation known as the Shadow Guild were allowed to enter, this idea would change after he died and the station began serving as a hub spaceport for various people from such who simply have come to rest or for others who may have dealings there. Despite the space station being open to the public it still serves to the current date as the home and headquarters of the Shadow Guild who have evolved from their simple criminal syndicate ways into a bounty hunter and warrior guild keeping Thaddeus' hope that there are honourable people within the galaxy, the guild are one of the largest forms of unified gun for hire groups and have maintained good connections to crime lords and even earned the respect of the Empire who despite the station being within Imperial borders are paid a fee to leave them alone. Whilst the Shadow Guild were known to once wage war on many different planets both for and against the Empire at different times in history the current guild is not as populated as it once was and so their current leader Grego Shif resides in Burcham's Port leading the guild's remaining members and newcomers.

## History

Before the massive port was constructed the legendary outlaw and crime lord Thaddeus Burcham was still roaming the galaxy taking on contracts and jobs for both criminal groups and government groups until he would receive his first big contract, a company coalition headed by the Jackal Guild would hire Thaddeus as a privateer in the Corporate War after hearing of his growing reputation to help them in their fight against the Empire's new tax bills. This open rebellion saw Thaddeus garner a large amount of attention from many other companies and planets across the galaxy and eventually the Empire of Sudaetti after his first space battle with the Empire in which he would manage to defeat two Imperial cruisers with his small starfighter ship, eventually the Corporate War would come to a close and Thaddeus had amassed a lot of wealth which he began putting to good use through hiring his own small crew and eventually hiring enough people to form the Shadow Guild.

The Shadow Guild would at first serve as a group of rogues and outlaws which before long after recruiting far too many members began spiralling out of control with many doing their own acts of piracy and criminal acts, this would cause Thaddeus to set in motion a strict set of rules for the guild stating that they must become more disciplined and above all else honour their contracts. The rules that were set in place would involve the banning of many contracts that were deemed too immoral such as slavery and child trafficking and also included that the pay of any contract a small cut would be paid into the guild's own treasury, in his latter years Thaddeus was at one point one of the most successful and richest criminals in both the Outer Ring and Mid Ring but he knew that he had no place to keep his vast wealth and so began construction on a large space station with its location to be above a large gas giant planet. The large space station would cost Thaddeus a large sum but this would be to his plan as he now could once again build up the guild's treasury alongside giving them a home and fortress to operate out from, before the legendary outlaw passed away he would name the station Burcham's Port claiming it to be his home and final resting place whilst the Shadow Guild continued to operate out of it in honour of him.

Over the years since Thaddeus' passing the guild would go through many leaders each with their own ideas and plans with some waging war on other systems even conquering them for a time and some daring to once again face the Empire of Sudaetti like their founder once did, as the criminal underworld grew the guild would decide to open Burcham's Port to the general public making it a trading port and resting place for other criminals and outlaws alongside providing entertainment for their patrons and visitors. In recent years the leader of the guild named Grego Shif has continued to use the port as the headquarters for the guild continuing its tradition of having honourable outlaws alongside making it one of the largest mercenary groups to exist.