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Falkland Base
The Independent Mining Guild (IMG) established Falkland Base on an asteroid in the Tau-37 system soon after the construction of Freeport 10. Falkland has easy access to the rich deposits of Niobium nearby, a mineral rare enough to make the effort involved in mining and transporting it back to the colonies extremely profitable. However, Falkland and other IMG operations are subject to frequent attacks by local pirates, making life aboard the base a risky proposition at best.
LOCATION: Tau 37 system
OWNER: Independent Miners Guild
CLASS: Unknown
GRAVITY: Complete
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 300
Freeport 10
Until Freeport 10 was established in 760 AS by a band of Zoners looking to establish an outpost as far from the colonies as possible, Tau-37 remained a virtually unexplored system at the distant edge of the Sirius Sector. Largely self-sufficient due to a Synth Foods biodome, the Zoners have continued the open-to-all tradition of the Freeports and frequently play host to members of the Independent Mining Guild (IMG) and Outcasts.
LOCATION: Tau 37 system
OWNER: Zoners
CLASS: Unknown
GRAVITY: Complete
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 150
Rumours
Falkland Base
"Some guys around here call me "the Snake", but I don't do that anymore. No sir, I'm straight as an arrow now. I'm a miner. I mine... Niobium. I like it... Please kill me."
Freeport 10
"People say that the drug runners have all them nice ships because of all the money the Cardamine brings them. I believe that's part of the reason, but they think differently than we do. An Outcast just seems to understand how a ship should look and run, like it's a part of him."
"I used to be a soldier in the Bretonia Armed Forces. I left Bretonia and came to this place where I make a difference and feel that I belong. When this base was first established I was commander of Freeport 10's base defenses. Now that the Outcasts don't attack us, I help out in the biodome."
"The Zoners at this base tell me it used to be very dangerous to live here. The Outcasts would often attack them. Eventually, they realized that this base was an asset to them. Maskers come here to refuel and resupply on their way in and out of Malta."
"We get almost all of our basic supplies from Freeport 6 in Tau-29. Most importantly, we receive Fertilizers and Terraforming Gases for our biodome. In return we ship Freeport 6 Alien Organisms and Food."
Bonus rumour:
"Jessica Stephenson was a former Bretonia Police Authority prison guard who yearned for a more exciting life outside of the walls of Newgate. A quick study, she joined the Bounty Hunters Guild and quickly rose through the ranks, eventually taking on the most challenging assignments the Guild had to offer in the Edge Worlds. She was based out of Freeport 10, which is a risky post for a hunter given the dominating presence of the Outcasts in the area. It is said that they laid a trap for her in the Bermejo Cloud."