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Current Information
Dortmund Station
LOCATION: New Berlin system
OWNER: ALG Waste Disposal
CLASS: Abbey
GRAVITY: Partial
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 2K
Essen Station
LOCATION: New Berlin system
OWNER: Kruger Minerals
CLASS: Abbey
GRAVITY: Partial
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 2K
Bonn Station
LOCATION: New Berlin system
OWNER: Interspace Commerce
CLASS: Cathedral
GRAVITY: Complete
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 3K
Brandenburg Border Station
LOCATION: New Berlin system
OWNER: Rheinland Police
CLASS: Chapel
GRAVITY: Complete
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 250
The Ring
LOCATION: New Berlin system
OWNER: Daumann Heavy Construction
CLASS: Special
GRAVITY: Partial
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 9K
Oder Shipyard
LOCATION: New Berlin system
OWNER: Rheinland Military
CLASS: Mosel
GRAVITY: Partial
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 11K
Planet New Berlin
LOCATION: New Berlin system
OWNER: Rheinland Police
DIAMETER: 18,207 km.
MASS: 7.11 x 10e24 kg.
TERRAIN: Ice
TEMPERATURE: -73°C to 1°C
ESCAPE VELOCITY: 14.22 km/sec
Rumours
Dortmund Station
"Scrap is melted into its constituent metals in our furnaces. It's then blended with Beryllium, Cobalt, Copper, or Niobium to create Basic and High-Temperature Alloys. From those basic components we manufacture Ship Hull Panels and Industrial Furnaces for use in shipbuilding and manufacturing plants."'
Essen Station
"Kruger could once compete with Daumann, but they are now much larger and more diversified. We still hold a commanding lead in Mining Machinery, and hold deposits of Diamonds and Silver. But that is not enough. Kruger Minerals will eventually be crushed by the Daumann goliath if radical steps are not taken soon."
"One day soon we will no longer stop here. Rumor has it that the ALG/Gateway alliance is gaining a new member. That would be a sad end to the proud family company of Kruger, last of the "Mittlestand."
Bonn Station
"We will issue a decision on the Omega-7 system shortly. There are field agents assessing the situation. IC may no longer insure cargo in that system, as Dresden after the rise of the Red Hessians. This would significantly increase the exposure of area shippers to catastophic losses."
"We're doing very well on this route since Liberty decided to use us as a secondary source of metals for their factories and smelters. Word was that they didn't trust Daumann anymore and were concerned with the Hessians shutting off the flow of Copper through Dresden."
Brandenburg Border Station
"Many of my comrades are joining the Bounty Hunters. They say you can make as much in one day killing Hessians as we get paid in a month. That is, if we get paid at all. The rich aristocrats of Berlin do not seem to be feeling our pain at all. There is money in Rheinland, but it is concentrated in the hands of an elite few."
The Ring
"The Kusari Engine Component manufacturer Kishiro has benefited greatly from ALG's entry into the High-Temperature Alloy market. It has been difficult to compete with the cheaper Kusari imports since ALG began shipping them their raw materials. Daumann feels that ALG has betrayed the future of Rheinland industrial might for their short-term monetary gain."
"The Ring is one of Rheinland's most famous landmarks. On a clear day, you see it planetside on Berlin. It is positioned at the La Grange point between Potsdam and Berlin, where the gravitational attraction of the planet and moon effectively neutralize each other. That enables the Ring to maintain a stable orbit with minimal attitude and speed corrections, which would otherwise exert substantial forces on such a large structure."
"The Ring is the terminating point for inbound Daumann transports delivering Polymers and Hydrocarbons from the base of Reugen in Omega-3. That system also contains a BMM operation producing the same materials, so it is a very competitive route."
Oder Shipyard
"Because we have no money or ships, we cannot patrol the Trade Lanes in Omega-7 or protect Daumann operations in Dresden and Omega-4. The police must make do as well as they can, but thats not always sufficient when Red Hessians are involved."
"It seems like all the cargo runs into Berlin are difficult now. The Red Hessians have become too strong. Crossing Dresden is becoming a tenuous proposition, at best. Last week, two successive convoys outbound from Leipzig with High-Temperature Alloys were set upon and annihilated by Hessians."
"Daumann has been our partner for as long as anyone can remeber. There are murmurings from the High Command that we should investigate ALG. They are developing superior materials at lower cost than Daumann. And their workers seem more motivated and productive."
Planet New Berlin
"New Berlin was once the mining center of Rheinland. But over the centuries all of the deposits were exhausted. now most of the new activity is in Omega-7. Even Dresden is not what it once was."
"Artifacts and Cardamine have recently begun appearing in the high-end clubs of Berlin. We think the Junkers are involved, though they're hard to pin down. They always seem to know when we're planning a sting operation. Smells like a mole to me."
"The Federal Police runs a daily patrol up into the Aachenfeld to keep an eye on the Bundshuh and the Unioners. Rheinland's full of splinter groups like them. Their usual targets are the Ring and the Oder Shipyard. Everyone wants to overthrow the government and big business in Rheinland."
"Kruger has an experimental H-Fuel center in Mannheim, Frankfurt. I don't know why we bother to continue the operation. Only the government subsidy keeps our price competitive with Kusari and GMG gas from the Crow Nebula."