Baltimore Shipyard

CLASS: Delaware

GRAVITY: Partial

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Yes

POPULATION: 9K

Deep Space Engineering constructed the Baltimore Shipyard as part of its overall operations, but when not at full capacity it also builds prison ships and cruise liners for sale on spec.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* Gateway Shipping
* Republican Shipping
* Universal Shipping
* Junkers
* Border World Exports
* Bounty Hunters Guild
* Orbital Spa and Cruise
* Deep Space Engineering
* Synth Foods, Inc.
* Ageira Technologies
* Kishiro Technologies
* Samura Industries
* Liberty Police, Inc.
* Cryer Pharmaceuticals

## Commodities

* Oxygen
* Water
* Food Rations
* MOX
* H-Fuel
* Basic Alloy
* Optical Chips
* Construction Machinery
* Pharmaceuticals
* Ship Hull Panels
* Polymers
* Optronics
* Engine Components
* Light Arms

* Scrap Metal

## Rumors

* Some of the Scrap Metal produced here at this shipyard is shipped by ALG to the Sugarland. Our freighters in Texas then bring Ship Hull Panels back to this base from Houston.
* MOX and Ship Hull Panels are brought to this base from Dortmund by ALG for Deep Space Engineering's use in the construction of ships.

* The Rogues in the area seem to know which ships are bringing the Gold into this base. They must be getting the information from the Lane Hackers. Whenever Gateway ships Jump into the system, some of us are contracted to escort them into this base.
* Xenos don’t really come this far east into the system from the Jersey Debris Fields, but they will harass the Kusari Rheinland and Bretonian firms coming to this base via Trade Lanes.
* The Junkers in this area will try to steal machinery and components left unguarded. They aren’t too dangerous unless you tangle with several of them in some lonely space with no witnesses around. They will kill you without a thought.
* I killed four Rogues trying to escape into the Pittsburgh Fields last week. They almost made it, but I blew out the engines on one of their ships, and the other three came back to tried and save him. They must have been high on Cardamine the way they were flying.
* Kishiro put up some contracts for us Bounty Hunters to exterminate the Rogues who were attacking their shipments on the Trade Lanes. Here is something to think about: We are to engage and destroy all Xenos that we encounter, unless they’re attacking Samura shipments, in which case we are to break off.

* Our corporation is the cornerstone of Bretonian shipping. We have always competed fairly with other shippers from outside of Bretonia, but the filthy young upstarts at Gateway Shipping have neither the experience nor the intellect to make a successful venture of their firm.
* This company received the first royal shipping charter from the Crown; we have hauled and shipped material throughout Bretonia’s long and illustrious history. Through it all we have remained steadfast and vigilant to the needs of our customers, often times not only shipping but insuring precious Commodities.

* This is the last of the commercial shipyards in Liberty. We had to specialize in prison and cruise ships to survive. Kusari took over the general transport business a while ago. That's when they shut down the Edison Yard in Colorado. Lot of good people lost their way of life on that dark day. Now they're Rogues and Xenos.
* Prison and cruise ships. That says a lot about Liberty society. We don't build all the miners or transports. That went to Kusari and Rheinland over a century ago. A lot of my old buddies that got laid off joined the Xenos to fight back. Personally, I think they should go after IC and all the rich people using these cruise ships.
* I'm just stopping by on the supply run from Manhattan. We bring the usual stuff like Oxygen and Water. Sometimes I bring more Construction Machinery up from Houston. Pretty easy runs.
* Deep Space Engineering is the exclusive manufacturer of machinery and shipping in Sirius’ private sector. If you want something huge or luxurious, then we are the ones to contract.
* Baltimore isn't a bad place. Could be worse, like Houston. Houston is the pits. They get some hellacious dust storms there. Real hot, too. You got one foot in a prison cell there, the other on some factory line with the warden trying to make his monthly bonus.
* I got a friend over at the Norfolk yard. They do a lot of the Hull Panel fabrication onsite to keep everything secret. Once you start building ships for the navy, you're in for life. Can't ever tell your family what you do. Too much stress for me.
* Liberty used to mine most of the materials we use here. Now it's all shipped in from far away. All that debris you see around here is old scrapped ships and junk that everyone threw away for centuries without a thought. Now they're starting to salvage it. It's about time.
* Ageira don't treat DSE with any respect. They think we're just a bunch of mechanics or something. The navy's okay. They know that someone has to build their ships, and it can't be criminals or foreigners.

* Gold is brought to this base for use in wiring the ships built here. We have the pleasure of shipping it in from the Hood in Dublin.
* I’ve heard that some of the Rogues in this system have been tipped off about our Gold shipments to this base, not by the Lane Hackers but by Bowex. I wouldn’t put it past those corporate bastards.

* Optronics and Engine Components are brought to this shipyard by Kishiro from Honshu in Kusari space. These Kusari products that will be used in the luxury liners and prison ships will be reliable for many years.
* Not all of the Engine Components brought to this base by Kishiro come from outside of Liberty; some of them are from Rheinland.

* A lot of the workers here think about turning to crime between contracts when Deep Space will lay off a few hundred or even a thousand employees. Then if they aren’t careful, they will end up making toys on the Sugarland instead of making ships in Baltimore.
* The employees who work at this station are prime examples of the disappearing working class in Liberty. If you aren’t an ultra-rich Manhattanite or a technocrat, you are working too hard for your money. Some of the labor force here is temporary. Between big contracts they do other things, like fly for the Rogues.

* The Xenos are a thorn in our side at Republican Shipping, and yet the Liberty government does next to nothing to curb their piracy. It is obvious they are being bribed by Liberty corporations who do not want outside competition.
* We have been the premier Rheinland Shipping firm since before the 80-Years War. Back then we were known as Imperial Shipping, but alas, no more empire. Now we represent our mighty republic in shipping concerns throughout Sirius.

* The best Optronics that Kishiro makes are used at their own manufacturing facilities in Kusari. They would never sell Liberty the best of what they produce. I have told DSE this many times, but they seem satisfied with their inferior Kishiro products.
* We used to provide this station with all of its H-Fuel. Unfortunately, Deep Space in their wisdom allowed Kishiro to come in and sell their H-Fuels. Kishiro, being the fools that they are, have lowered their prices to try to force us out, so we must lower our prices also. DSE ends up paying less while both Kusari companies lose.

* Universal ships many materials and components to this yard from around Liberty. We bring in Optical Chips from Los Angeles; Basic Alloys from Sugarland; and Engine Components from Denver.
* Not only do these guys build all civilian ships in Sirius as well as the majority of heavy construction in Liberty, they hold the exclusive contract to build Jump Gates from Ageira. Deep Space Engineering, even though it’s not known as one of the “big three” Liberty corporations, has more power than almost any other corporation in Sirius.