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Helgoland Station
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.
LOCATION: Sigma 13 system
OWNER: ALG Waste Disposal
CLASS: Abbey
GRAVITY: Partial
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Yes
POPULATION: 200
Yanagi Depot
A Junker base. Junkers are an itinerant population unaffiliated with any colony. They salvage and then resell abandoned ships, equipment, and other scrap.
LOCATION: Sigma 13 system
OWNER: Junkers
CLASS: Unknown
GRAVITY: Partial
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Limited
POPULATION: Unknown
Gas Miner Naha
Rich in vital gas resources, the Sigma 13 system has been contested by a number of groups since its discovery in 60 AS. Conflict reached a fever pitch when the system became one of the more fiercely contested prizes during the 80-Years War between the Gas Mining Guild (GMG) and Rheinland. Using speed and a thorough knowledge of the territory, the GMG managed to push back the Rheinland forces, finally obliterating the bulk of the Rheinland Navy at the Battle of the Yanagi Nebula. Since that time the system has been almost exclusively under GMG control, and the Gas Miner Naha has provided support for the GMG's extensive mining operations.
CLASS: Nostromo
AMENITIES: Limited
CREW: 400
LOCATION: Sigma 13 system
FACTION: Gas Miners Guild
Rumours
Helgoland Station
"We have been contracted by the Rheinland and Kusari governments to remove the debris remaining from the 80-Years War battlefields. Much of it poses hazards to shipping in the area. The GMG has allowed the Helgoland Scrap Metal shredding and sorting facility to be based in the Yanagi Pocket."
"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 30of (sic, most likely 30% of) the debris -- not much of a hurry."
Yanagi Depot
"This is the termination point for the Outcast and Corsair smuggling runs in this sector. The Cardamine comes in from the Outcast systems north of Sigma-19. The Artifacts come from the other direction along the southeastern boundary of the Edge Nebula. That's Corsair country down there."
Gas Miner Naha
"The Outcasts have entered Sigma-13 in recent times. They are quite similar to the Corsairs, yet seem to hate them as much as anyone else. They access this system through our own Jump Hole from Sigma-17. We must be more vigilant in our patrols."
"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 it very dangerous and unpredictable."
"You must be careful of the oxygen pockets within Sigma-13. Many ships have stumbled unawares into these dangerous traps over the years. They are interesting phenomena created when an oxygen pocket is protected from the surrounding hydrogen-rich clouds by a shell of inert helium. When a ship enters the area, its engines emit hydrogen that reacts explosively with the surrounding oxygen."