OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create an interesting mining location for people to use in various kinds of threads
- Image Credit:
"Asteroid" By Michael Oberschneider [LINK]
[*]Canon: N/A
[*]Links:
- MandalMotors
- Shev'la Kal
- Shriek-Hawk Mercenary Company
- Dorn Skirata takes control of House Skirata and Gilamar's Assets
SETTING INFORMATION
- Mine Name: MM-A2 Location 6
- Material: Stygium, Rare Gems, Various Minerals
- Location: Aeten II Asteroid Belt
- Affiliation:
Previously; United Clans of Mandalore - Currently; MandalMotors
[*]Size: Medium
[*]Accessibility: Privately Owned and Operated by MandalMotors
[*]Security: Security Privately Operated by Shriek-Hawk Mercenary Company
[*]Description: Location 6 was the first foothold the United Clans made with MandalMotors in Aeten II's asteroid belt. While it was one of the largest asteroids that read positive for Stygium, only approximately half of the potential mining locations were used. Instead, much of the asteroid was used to secretly construct the Shev'la Kal. Thus, large portions of the asteroid are laboratories, ship part manufacturing stations, and a dry dock. Crisscrossing along its surface are high speed rail systems designed to bring minerals and Stygium crystals as well as personnel from place to place. A small hangar is located beneath the secondary dry dock which held one squadron of interceptors for defense as well a location for bulk freighters to load and unload materials.
POINTS OF INTEREST
Research and Development Lab: Located on the south pole of the asteroid, the R&D lab was where experiments containing Stygium were held as well as experimental weaponry when it was in use by the original United Clans. It was far enough away from the main mining and manufacturing operations that if something went wrong it was easily containable. It was connected to the main hub by a high speed rail system and count take several minutes to reach the hub.
The Hub: The hub was where most of the action took place. Comprised mostly of two integrated dry dock and a hangar built into the asteroid it held most of the sleeping and working quarters of the staff present on the asteroid. While each sector away from the hub had its own small dining area and sleeping area the Hub's were no doubt the best and most spacious. Security was also centralized here as well as the loads of Stygium that had been mined and refined offsite.
The Mines: Located all around Location 6, the mines were medium to large operations where mostly droids worked. Supervisors, some miners, and security actually comprised the minority of staff in these areas. Pockets of dangerous gasses threatened to ignite if proper care wasn't provided though and some areas still held artifacts and bodies in various stages of decomposition from when Aeten II was originally destroyed.
The Big Dig: An ancient Imperial military base that was unearthed during construction. It is generally off limits due to superstition, but various scholars often visit the site under extreme supervision from the Mandalorian mercenaries stationed there.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
While many planets within the Galaxy were able to be recreated through advanced Terraforming technology, the remains of those planets still remained. The original Aeten II had long been destroyed through unsustainable mining methods by the Galactic Empire under Emperor Palpatine. The remnants of the planet at first glance were useless chunks of rock and old military bases that had survived the planet's destruction, creating an ominous planet graveyard that surrounded the new Aeten II. During the arguably one of the Mandalorian's best Golden Eras the united clans had spread their influence far past the Mandalorian Sector, including planets like Aeten II. It was there that the growing MandalMotors partnered with the United Clans officially to provide labor and infrastructure to scan and mine for the increasingly rare mineral of Stygium. Through the brilliant minds of the magnificent and legendary Bard of the Hyperlanes and Gilamar Skirata it was here that one of the first Stygium cloaked Capital Ships graced the Post-Gulag era. However all good things must come to an end at some point.
As the United Clans' influence began to dwindle MandalMotors lost much of its protection in the sector, leaving the various asteroid mines to eventually become overrun with pirates, scavengers, and thieves. Some even claimed that the largest asteroid mine had become a place Starweirds visited. Fearing for their lives, much of MandalMotors staff abandoned the station, leaving eerie scenes throughout the various stations and substations throughout the Aeten II asteroid belt.
After betraying Gilamar Skirata and joining Death Watch, Dorn Skirata captured the older Mandalorian and took control of House Skirata under minimal support Death Watch. He took control of MandalMotors and most of Gilamar Skirata's physical assets including the Aeten II mines still owned by MandalMotors. One of his first moves as Alor of House Skirata, Dorn reorganized MandalMotors placing Zeke Farthen as head engineer, giving him almost every power that a CEO would have over the company. He then paid from Gilamar's own bank accounts Shirek-Hawk Company mercenaries to take and protect Location 6 as this was one of the most important mining operations MandalMotors held at its peak.
