Work In Progress Lords' Sanctums

[Akhuul Sautra]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To document the places of residence for the Derumic Android Lords on Sautra Vokh (encompassing all of them in this post to reduce redundancy since the only differences between each of the 4 sanctums are more cosmetic).
• Image Credit: Original found from ArtStation by Lucas Terryn, Red Edit by Ingrid L'lherim
• Canon: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Links: Akhuul Sautra Derumic Android Lord Derumic Android (factory) Derumic Android (codex) Derumium Derumic Android Soldier Derumic Android Officer Derumic Android Scribe Thrones of Sautra Vokh

SETTING INFORMATION

• Structure Name: Lords' Sanctums of Sautra Vokh
• Classification: Identically built throne rooms/meditation chambers/"living quarters" with regalia akin to a temple.
• Location: These identically built chambers are located at the poles and outermost "West" and "East" points of the outer layer of the Sautra Vokh station.
• Affiliation: AKhuul Sautra
• Accessibility: Despite being very close to entrypoints to the station, these sanctums are well protected by regular patrols of, and stationed guards made up of, Derumic Android Soldiers, and a cadre of Derumic Android Officers being present in the chambers as counselors and bodyguards for their respective Derumic Android Lord. Usually, if not ordered to go to these chambers, or the Lord of a given chamber did not invite a guest, any rare visitors to Sautra Vokh would be directed away from these kinds of chambers. Furthermore, the station of Sautra Vokh is usually kept isolated and hidden from much of the galaxy for its own security out of Akhuul's paranoia.
• Description: These somewhat large, atriums for chambers of Sautra Vokh are the seats of power for most of Akhuul's apprentices. The four Lords' Sanctums are located at the poles of the station, and the furthest "East" and "West" points, of the outer layer of he station. The idea was for these chambers, and by extent the respective Lords' presence to act as security for the perimeter of the station. Their entrances have the markings akin to a Korriban tomb at the main entryways of each of them, and each of those entryways lead to a bridge that crosses a deep trench before going to the main dais of the chamber. This method creates a funnel for any invaders that take the main entryways for the security of the chamber. On the dais, several ornamental obelisks are marked with ancient Sith glyphs depicting stories from the respective Lord's life. Then, along the wall opposite from the entrance, and directly across from the bridge, lies the given Lord's throne where the Lord interfaces with Sautra Vokh's network to perform security or archivist duties. Derumic Android Soldiers stand guard on the dais, while the Officers stay close to the throne. Meanwhile, any Scribes present act as additional advisors to the given Lord. The room is dark, much like the rest of the station's corridors and chambers, and said darkenss is accentuated by the dark Derumium that makes up the structure of the station that houses the sanctums. The only light comes from the glyphs from the obelisks, the present androids, and slots for light on the walls, which comes as a ghostly red glow rather than proper lighting. Finally, behind the throne, is an entrance to the network of secret passageways that snake around the chambers and main corridors of the station in the case that the Lord must retreat from the chamber.

POINTS OF INTEREST
There is not much due to the simplicity of the layout for these chambers. The obelisks and any glyphs marked on the walls detailing stories from the lives of the given Lord for one of these chambers is the first object of interest. However, once one notices the glyphs, and stories told by them, the throne of the given Lord is the most prominant thing in the room. Commonly, the chamber's Lord would be interfaced into it either meditating or performing duties for the security of the station. However, through certain codes, the Lord, Akhuul, and any trusted Derumic Androids of high rank, could acces the entrance to the hidden passageway network that is located behind the throne. Such information is not known to outsiders to the Derumic Androids, and is not even known of by the majority of the Derumic Androids as well.

SECURITY
High: These chambers operate in a similar fashion to perimeter fortresses in their role for the security of Sautra Vokh. They act as nexuses for Derumic Android Lords to operate the secruity systems of certain sectors allocated to them by Akhuul in the case of an invasion. Due to their outer location within the station, their security is not maximum/ However, they receive just as much protection as the inner chambers with tight and numorous patrols of Derumic Android soldiers making up the bulk of the secruity, the corridor layout, and the ability for the Lords in these sanctums to operate the security system of their nearby sector as they see fit to repell invaders. The overall security system controlled by the Lords and Akhuul include directing patrols of soldiers to converge at certain points, crushing down the ceilings or crushing in the walls of certain corridor segments, activating ray shields a the junctions of given corridor segments, closing blast doors at said junctions as well, and creating vaccuums when certain corridor segments are cealed off.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Akhuul knew it would be a lot of effort to control all the security systems of the station of Sautra Vokh. He also knew that he ought to give his apprentices, the Derumic Android Lords, spaces of their own as well as tasks to occupy them so there would be no chance of them scheming against him. Therefore, he had private sanctums for four of his five apprentices constructed as part of Sautra Vokh to accomplish that goal. The thrones in each of the sanctums then give the Lords access to portions of the Sautra Vokh network Akhuul entrusted them to in order to delegate authority on the station and among the Derumic Androids. From there, Akhuul had the sanctums constructed in the outer layer of the station in order to act like perimeter fortresses to his sanctum, and any other inner chambers that are of high value.

Since the Great Hyperspace War, not much activty has taken place on Satura Vokh as it has been kept hidden under Akhuul's orders. As a result, the Lords have simply stayed interfaced in the network performing their duties for the past thousands of years since the Great Hyperspace War to current times (time period as of this post).