Perth Station

CLASS: Eden

GRAVITY: Complete

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Yes

CREW: 120

Perth Station was originally owned and operated by Planetform Inc. as a base for the arduous and hopefully lucrative process of terraforming the Planet Ayr. This operation was under constant attack by Gaian eco-terrorists, despite increased protection from the Bretonian government. The installation was abandoned as the Gallic Royal Navy invaded Edinburgh and would subsequently turn into a Gallic military garrison named Orthez Station.

When the Royal Navy abandoned Edinburgh in late 827 AS, the base swapped hands back to Bretonia and Perth Station serves as a fortified Armed Forces garrison. Planet Ayr's terraforming project has yet to resume operations.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* Gateway Shipping
* Independent Miners Guild
* Border World Exports
* Universal Shipping
* Bounty Hunters Guild

* 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.

"My faithful subjects! We have stood by long enough while the ravenous remnants of the Alliance feasted upon the lands they have eyed for themselves from long before the landing! We know what they did to assure themselves domination, we know that they led Coalition forces to our sleeper launch site so that they may escape like the rats that they are, and take the best of this region for themselves. All their actions must have consequences! Starting from today, they will be running once again. They will run, or they will be included into the rightful control of House Gallia! Hail the reconquest!"
The crowd gathered at Ile du Palais cheered throughout the speech. The first Royal Navy units are expected to reach and pacify Tau-23 within days, officially marking the first step on the road to victory.

The Council leaders claim that their goal is to change the government of Gallia and overthrow the monarchy, in addition to breaking the isolation of Gallia from the rest of Sirius worlds. According to our today's expert Robert Broussard, Doctor of Economy and senior consultant of Solar Engineering and Ile-de-France Shipping, the Council never had an intention to overthrow the New Paris monarchy. "Our information on the Council agenda is mainly based on their own public announcements and press releases. Yet, New Paris is so far from the Gallic Border Worlds that the Council will not be able to overtake the Core Worlds by force, even if all Border Worlds fall under their supreme rule," - Broussard says, - "On New Paris and other prominent worlds of Gallia, public support for the warlike actions of the Council is relatively low, and the Council is aware that the chances to inspire revolts in the heart of our nation are very slim."
Independent analysts estimate black market operations in Gallia rising by 150%% during the last 30 years. At the same time, frequency of pirate attacks had risen twice in the Core Worlds, and more than three times in the Border Worlds. This unprecedented wave of piracy occured mainly because of the demand for various smuggled goods that the Council generates, and because of the overall chaos caused by the war. Royal Police was caught unprepared by this new dangerous tendency, unable to defend corporate and civilian shipments. The pirate groups are expected to grow even larger now that the path to Sirius was breached by the Council in Languedoc. Being able to take advantage of this new development, pirate groups like the Unione Corse, Gallic Brigands, and Maquis now plan their expansion into Sirius, searching for new markets and recruiting more pilots.
The Council supports those pirate groups almost openly, in return for their help against the Royal Navy. Sporadic raids of Brigands and Maquis never cause significant losses, but play a crucial role in delaying Navy operations against the Council. Almost every asteroid field and nebula in Gallia is now swarmed with ships of various unlawful groups. It remains unknown for how much longer the Council resistance will continue, but it is already evident that there are forces within the Council and within the pirate groups interested in using the war as a source of income. For the Council leadership, political struggle and the well being of their own people appears to be less important than gaining personal wealth and power. This is the reason why the Council would never support any peace negotiation initiatives.

## Rumors

* Seems Ayr still has a bunch of Planetform equipment on it, will not take long for them to come looking to claim it. Best of luck to them, this system is not friendly.

* Getting supplies into this system is a virtual nightmare. The Leeds hole is our main entry point, though you are likely to run into some form of villany on your way to Durham, which means we have to ship goods in heavily armoured ships with paltry cargo space. Takes thrice the trips for half the supplies.

* Alcohol abuse became a problem on this base basically overnight. I do not honestly know where they get it from, but it is good stuff.

* I've been digging through a few notes I found on an old pad. Whatever was going on here was apparantly well behind schedule. "Stage 2 deadline not met...", and the date indicates the information is 5 years old. I suppose that might explain the station being abandoned, if what Planetform tried to do here failed.

* The Gallics made a real mess of this station, converting systems over to their strange setups, going to take ages to get it back into proper condition.

* There is a horrific smell that exists on this station, I cannot make it out, probably something Gallic.

* Have you seen Jimmy? I have not seen him since we came back with that intercepted shipment of Whiskey.

* This is a terrible place to be posted, it can get quite depressing. Fancy a drink?

* It is a pity this station has only a limited amount of storage bays with a half decent climate control. We need to receive supplies from external sources daily.

* I remember this place before the war started, it is still a dump. It was never particularly the most lawful of systems, but the invasion and everything after has turned the lawlessness up to 10.

*NOTE: Page generated on the 28/10/2023 at 17:59:45 UTC*