Davos Base

CLASS: Silber

GRAVITY: Partial

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Limited

CREW: Unknown

The main criminal and black market hub in Zurich and the first Sirian base in the system. The base was established almost immediately after the discovery of a stable wormhole between the Cologne and Zurich systems and was initially built as quickly as possible using prefabricated parts manufactured in Rheinland and assembled on site in the Valais Cloud.

The original purpose of the base was to serve as a smuggling den and liaison with the Gallic criminal underworld, however in this regard the base did not fare well at all - Gallic criminals and smugglers showed little interest in the installation and so the base gradually became more of a launching pad for armed Unioner raids and operations in general.

In early 828 A.S. Davos faced its greatest challenge when the Valais Cloud proved to inflicting a long term corrosive effect on the station's exposed structures, especially when it reacted with the station's leaking fuel. The base's administrators considered abandoning it at first, but ultimately decided to excavate a new base in a large asteroid in the cloud to provide the necessary protection for all sensitive equipment due to its operational importance in the area.

Work on the new base began around mid-year, and for this purpose the Unioners flew to the site with two tugs to tow the existing station closer to the asteroid to make it easier and safer to work on the new base.By the beginning of 829 A.S., all work on the new base was completed and the old Davos base was dismantled and abandoned.

Although living conditions on Davos can still be considered less favorable than is customary on similar bases, the crew and equipment are now considerably less exposed to the corrosive effects of the Valais Cloud.

As the base gradually became more important to the Unione Corse and the Corsairs after the Red Hessian's defeat in Cologne System, the Unioners were forced to intensify the supply of distilled water and alkaline salts to the base to neutralize the corrosive effects on the docked ships and to decontaminate the smaller ships arriving at the station.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* Unione Corse
* The Maquis
* Gallic Brigands

## News

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.

We will welcome any ships willing to explore Gallic space and establish relations with local factions. In exchange for the passage, we ask for guarantees of neutrality towards the Council, its military and civilian personnel. We also warn that any capital ship fleets or other large military detachments will be denied passage, by force if necessary. Our goal is to prevent the war, not to encourage attacks of other Houses who might consider Gallia its enemy. Gallia is no one's enemy, and our task is to prove it. We hope that after our actions in the Gallic Border Worlds the King of Gallia will demonstrate responsibility and discretion by establishing diplomatic relations with all four Houses and by canceling plans of Sirius-wide aggression.
However, even if the relations will be established, we, the Council, will still remain sworn enemies of the Crown, and the Second Gallic War will continue. Our current goal is to hold the passage in Languedoc open for everyone for as long as possible. However, the Royal Navy has assembled an overwhelming fleet in Languedoc that will soon head towards Languedoc. Our casualties has been very high during the recent years of fighting in this system, and odds to win the battles that will follow are very low. Languedoc detachments of the Council, and all civilians willing to escape the prosecution by Gallic government, will have to seek refuge in the Sirius Border Worlds. We are already looking for possible locations where we can build our bases and defensive installations.
We are also aware that Sirius space has its own unlawful factions, much like Gallic Brigands and Unione Corse in Gallia. Since our situation is complicated right now, we might seek help of those factions in order to survive and prevent unnecessary casualties. But we also realize that our equipment, ships and weaponry contain Gallic technologies that many Sirius parties are willing to appropriate. We are not trading or exchanging any of our military technologies. If any attempts to capture or attack Council personnel and ships occur, we reserve the right to retaliate with deadly force.

## Rumors

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