Beaumont Depot

CLASS: Chatel

GRAVITY: Complete

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Yes

CREW: 300

Built in 303 AGS, Beaumont was at first a hastily patched up bulk in space intended as a hideout for the Gallic Brigands raiding the nearby mining operations inside the Saint-Cloud Asteroid Field during Gallia's earlier interstellar expansion. Looted copper and silver ore then got sold off for cheaper prices to smaller corporations not keeping up with the competition GMS gave, giving the Brigands the untruthful connotation of prideful medieval highwayman stealing of the rich to distribute it to the poor, which they use to appeal to the lower strata of Gallia.

This also lead to an influx of new pirates, who were formerly employed as mining and industrial workers. Unhappy with the harsh working environment, they turned on their former employers. The bulk of the stations' initial hull was comprised of junk and stolen materials from Beauvais construction sites. With the station hoarding more loot and growing in riches, it was eventually rebuilt and expanded to fit the more romantic picture that the Brigands have in mind.

Eventually the asteroid field was stripped of valuable ores, which forced the pirates to adapt to their newfound circumstances. They found themselves in a prime spot to stage raids against convoys from Beauvais Production Facility, to steal various industrious goods, profiting from it to sell it to several trading partners which are in need of said goods for their ambitions like the former organization called The Council.

With the arrival of Nox, a drug originating from Provence, the former simple hideout turned into a booming black market becoming the primary distributor to the higher-class Planets of Gallia that popularized the drug despite the Government's attempts to curb its spread.

Nowadays Beaumont is frequently visited by various parties, including pirates, freelancers and covert agents of Gallic corporations. The opening of Gallia only contributed more of a high rise in profits making Beaumont the primary gallic black market rooted strategically inside the heart of Gallia.

## News

Once a beacon of our national ingenuity, Metz was the site of the experimental Metz Mirror Array, more commonly known as the MMA project. The project was intended to assist the terraforming operations through a sophisticated array of orbital mirrors. The array would redirect additional sunlight onto the equatorial band of Metz, further raising local temperatures on the otherwise icy world.
Decried by its detractors as a "fool king's endeavour", the ambitious project never had the opportunity to prove its capabilities, as the nearly complete array fell victim to Kusari's invasion of Lorraine. With the array gone and supplies severed, the terraforming project and the biosphere it maintained collapsed during the occupation, leading to widespread famine across Metz. Unfortunately, in the wake of King Charles' gambit in Bretonia and the near complete destruction of Lorraine and Languedoc by Kusari forces, the Union government has declared the system a total loss and ordered a full evacuation of the planet.

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.

Meanwhile the Royal Enclave has snuck the king back into power, ruling from the shadows with eyes glowing purple! He is possessed I tell you! And not only that, but the entire government is corrupt! "Reformation" Hah. You all better all be prepared my brothers and sisters, the worst is yet to come! We have to protect our loved ones!
Whatever you do, don't drink the wine from New Paris. They have laced it with microchips they will use to control your body. A little cooperation project of our 'beloved' government and Technocracy!
I hope you all enjoyed my little segment of truth, until we meet again!
Mak. E.

The situation was the same on a similar yet greater scale on Planet Toulouse itself. The planet, which possesses an atmosphere disagreeable to the human lung, was dependent upon great domed cities for habitation, and vast fields of atmospheric scrubbers which Crown scientists project would have cleared the atmosphere of its irritants fully within the next several years. Nuclear warheads were smuggled onto the planet's surface as the Montmorency, which spearheaded the assault, was occupied at Perpignan, and detonated at every city and scrubber field, as well as at both of the planet's polar ice caps, releasing many tons of greenhouse gases and causing sea levels to rise significantly.
Despite these setbacks, EFL has expressed confidence that Toulouse can still be terraformed, and in time will serve as a new home for the Crown's people. Plans are already underway to commence repairs on the planet's docking ring so that cleanup crews can begin preparing the planet for eventual colonization. The Montmorency has been stationed in orbit of Toulouse, and now presides over Roussillon to ensure security throughout the Gallic Hebrides for the posterity of Gallia for years to come.

Despite the strong military presence, Brittany still sees Brigand and Outcast raiders skulking the peripheries of the system, and the Royal Police have warned against traveling outside of the designated patrol zones until the Brittany can be brought under more thorough local control. Though lacking any habitable worlds, the system is replete with dense mineral rich asteroid fields containing Cobalt, Molybdenum, and other valuable resources. GMS and EFL have already staked claims upon several sites within the system, undeterred by local pirate activity. Analysts say that once industry in the system enters full swing, Brittany could generate thousands of new job opportunities for citizens of the Crown.

Of particular interest is Planet Bordeaux, formerly Gaia, located in the Aquitaine system. The idyllic world, dubbed the Jewel of the Gallic Hebrides, has a mild but tropical climate, and in all respects appears to be perfectly suited to human habitation. Once a Bretonian nature preserve, new surveys have shown Bordeaux to be a veritable treasure trove of fossil fuels and metals, the likes of which have not been seen since the Marne Rush of 4th century. The Crown has already issued a subsidy for Gallic citizens relocating to Bordeaux to incentivize colonization on the new world. A groundbreaking ceremony is to be held tomorrow morning, formalizing Bordeaux's status as capital of the Aquitaine system as construction on its first city commences.

## Rumors

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