Helgoland Station

CLASS: Abbey

GRAVITY: Partial

DOCKING: Yes

AMENITIES: Yes

POPULATION: 200

At the Battle of the Yanagi Nebula, the forces of the Gas Mining Guild managed to obliterate almost the entire Rheinland Navy in a surprise maneuver. The remnant of that great battle is a vast field of Scrap Metal and radioactive cores that has rendered the area a major navigational hazard. Under an agreement brokered by Interspace Commerce (IC), ALG Waste Disposal has been allowed to build Helgoland Station and begin clean-up of the affected area, shipping Scrap Metal and other waste back to Rheinland for re-smelting.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* Kishiro Technologies
* Republican Shipping
* Samura Industries
* Corsairs
* Junkers
* Outcasts
* Zoners

## Commodities

* H-Fuel
* Pharmaceuticals
* Cardamine

* Scrap Metal
* Oxygen
* Water

## Rumors

* ALG was reluctant to take this job, but the contract was quite lucrative. It is eerie dismantling all of these tombs of Rheinland sailors. The interiors of the ships look like the day they were destroyed over 130 years ago. There are plenty of bodies still floating about.
* We use this base as a stopover point for Toxic Waste and Scrap Metal ships returning from the Yukawa Shipyard in Honshu. We pick up additional Scrap Metal and Toxic Waste collected by the Junkers in this area, and then we continue on to Dortmund.
* We let the Junkers handle the dirty work of removing most of the Scrap and Toxic Waste. They don't seem to be bothered by the often gruesome nature of their daily work. Organic material is brought here for incineration in our furnaces. So far, they've removed about 30% of the debris -- not in much of a hurry.
* It's a lonely job out in this station. ALG does not ship across any other Border World areas. I've seen Corsairs and Outcasts in the area. They appear to be headed for the Junker base. The odd Zoner passes through on occasion, headed out to the Edge Worlds. They’re harmless.
* Beware of the oxygen pockets in this area. The GMG used them with devastating effects against the Rheinland fleet during the war. There's a big one in the clouds just to the east of our base. Rumor has it there's a Hole to Sigma-17 on the other side of it.
* ALG is a very progressive company that treats its workers properly. We don’t expose them to excessive danger like Daumann. For this reason, we let the Junkers do most of the difficult work here in the Yanagi Debris Field. It is just too dangerous for our employees.

* ALG wants us to retrieve the reactor cores. That's dangerous business, that is. We've had to upgrade our shields substantially to deal with the dangers out here. It sure helps if you wander into one of those oxygen pockets. That's where all the good stuff is.
* We're taking our time. That was the plan all along. GMG wants us out of here as soon as possible, but that would create problems for our little import/export business of Artifacts and Cardamine.
* We've recovered some interesting items of historical interest from the ship debris fields, I reckon. They should fetch a good price back in New Berlin among those nostalgic aristocrats. I found an officer's Side Arm yesterday, one of those old Daumann 620 series 15 mm Auto-Blasters.
* It makes me wonder how Rheinland messed up the Yanagi campaign so badly. They had a huge advantage in ships and men. Chalk it up to imperial arrogance and a lack of appreciation for the local terrain.
* Our base is tucked away just inside the south edge of the Yanagi Debris Field. You should stop by for a drink sometime. Watch out for those Outcasts and Corsairs, though. They can get a bit testy.
* The great battlefield in Sigma-13 is the site of Rheinland’s most shameful defeat of the 80-Years War. The entire First Fleet was reduced to smoking hulks within several hours by the GMG. In the high radiation areas, the debris is relatively untouched to this day, but salvaging it is very dangerous and unpredictable.