The Golden Rule
Name: Fort Medina
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Classification: General Base, Testing Site
Location: Derelkoos Desert, Klatooine
Affiliation: It is an allied base jointly operated by the local government of Klatooine, the Silver Jedi, and their allies.
Population:
Medina maintains a permanent staff of about 300 administrative and maintenance personnel who oversee the operation of the base, spaceport, and its grounds. An additional 200 instructors are present to teach at the Special Warfare School. At any given time, there's about 6,000 trainees and contractors at Medina constantly rotating in and out of the base.
A dedicated battalion sized unit of military police and droids (500) exist to maintain the peace and provide base defense. Medina also serves as the headquarters for the 1st Special Operations Group (50), and one of the main bases of the Republic's 228th Black Ops Group (50).
Defenses:
Protection begins the structure of the main complex itself, the base and spaceport built underground in a bunker with an armored top covering the entrances on the surface. The bunker is lined with several layers of concrete, agrinium, and quadanium steel to prevent subterranean breaches. Durasteel based foundations of the complex are reinforced by anti-concussion field generators and tensor fields to prevent an underground collapse. Osmotic field generators are used to filter contaminants and pests and serve a secondary function of climate control. A shield generator based on the surface protects the complex from orbital bombardment.
To maintain communication with the outside world, Medina has its own biocomm array in the event that other modes of communication are denied by jamming or destruction. The biocomm is secured in its own vault, operated exclusively by technicians from Panacea or the Kiribian military.
For interdiction against enemy fighters and transports, Medina has a dedicated squadron of Tri-Fighters that can be immediately scrambled for intercept. The drones are supplemented on the ground by a section of mobile AT-AA. Stations of Firewind launchers situated just outside of the range of the complex's shield generator are used against approaching ground units. Military police with trained vornskr and YVH-1 battle droids patrol the base grounds on foot and by vehicle, aided by DRK-1 probe droids for aerial surveillance.
Points of Interest:
- Special Warfare School
- Medina Testing Range
- Small Space Port/Air Strip
Fort Medina is a large military installation serving as a training hub for the special operating units of the Silver Jedi and their allies. The Special Warfare School offers training courses including unconventional warfare, survival (with a special focus on desert environments), pararescue/recovery, airborne tactics, forward air control, and a range of other advanced courses relevant to the special operations community. By the time most trainees make it to Medina, they would have already gone through basic training on their home planets or at another facility in Silver Space.
Medina is also home to the Silver Raiders, and is one of the operating bases of the 228th Black Ops Group. As the Silver Jedi push deeper into Hutt Space, it is expected that Medina will become the home of several more special operation units operating in the region.
Finally, Medina is host to a testing range for testing various weapon systems, the barren wastes of the Derelkoos Desert providing a safe space to do so.
History:
After relocating to Silver Space, General [member="Thoja Arlos"] expressed a desire for a new base to house his men. Around same time, his fellow transplant Arisa Yune had been looking to create some new special operations units to improve the fighting capability of the Silver Jedi. Such an undertaking required a new dedicated training facility. She got together with Arlos and the Elder Council of Klatooine, expanding upon his original idea with the proposal of making a site where all allied special operations units could go to be trained. The Elder Council, having long dealt with the issue of raiders since the fall of the Hutt Cartels, approved of Arisa's proposal as they desired the creation of their own anti-piracy group.
So with a mix of funding from the local government, and the Jedi Council, the base was constructed, providing the Silver Jedi with their first base for training a new generation of commandos to answer the rising threat of the revitalized Sith, and other potential adversaries.
The all Apokkan unit known as the Silver Raiders holds the distinction of being the first special operations unit to successfully graduate from the Special Warfare School, which has now become the headquarters of the clandestine organization.
Intent: Flesh out Klatooine with some interesting locations, provide a backdrop for military themed stories. Special thanks to Thoja for providing the inspiration.
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