Smug Slug
OOC INFORMATION
Intent: To flesh out the primary growing operations of the Zareca Cartel on Rishi. Submission co-written by Helix Syndicate.
Development:
Aeten II
Slash and Burn
CLASSIFICATION:
Name: Rishi Spice Plantations
Classification: Plantation
STRUCTURE INFORMATION:
Affiliation: Bareesh Kajidic
Location: Rishi, Remote Jungle Regions
Defenses (per plantation):
[x001] Stygium Cloaking Device
[x002] Auto-Turret Defense Grid
[x002] Electric Perimeter Fence
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Personnel (per plantation):
[x050] Abyssin Overseers
[x030] Bareesh Thugs
DESCRIPTION
In the most remote regions of Rishi, shrouded in the midst of dense and hostile jungles, the Zareca Cartel cleared and drained vast tracts of land. Thousands of individuals hopelessly in debt to higher powers and labor droids were then imported, tilling the land and paving the way for a set of gargantuan spice plantations.
Currently, there are seven plantations the Zareca Cartel operates on Rishi. Four plantations produce Savorium, two produce Giggledust spice, and one produces Rokna Blue.
The first line of defense for these plantations are their secrecy. Rishi is a planet difficult to reach; remote and relatively unknown. Vast swaths of its jungles are inhabited by poisonous plants, savage natives, hostile wildlife, and perilous disease. Few have the desire or the equipment to explore them in order to expose the Cartel’s spice planting operation there. Stygium cloaking devices at each plantation cast a shroud over the operations.
Though if anyone were to find out the locations of these plantations, or that they existed, they would be hard pressed to get inside. Each plantation is ringed by two electric perimeter fences. These fences are there both to keep the jungle out and the laborers in. Once inside, there are several large buildings: warehouses, laborers’ quarters, and the barracks for the garrison.
The exterior of these buildings are dotted with auto-turrets in order to defend them from enemy personnel in the event of a raid and to remind the penal workers that any attempt to incite a riot will not end well. The interior of these buildings feature defensive turrets as well. Each plantation is guarded by around thirty thugs from the cartel, mostly either Rodian or Ubese.
Abyssins are also employed by the Cartel as overseers for the penal laborers. Abyssins were chosen particularly because they are a naturally cruel species and the various races who labor on these plantations as a result of their debts find them intimidating. It is estimated that their intimidating presence increases worker efficiency and decreases the likelihood of a revolt. Tubul Xenar, a Chevin, is the Chief Overseer of all seven plantations.
On each plantation, there is typically never more than eleven hundred debtors from the Helix Syndicate at any given time. Any more than that would be a security risk as the guards would no longer be able to keep them in line with any reliability. Debtors are typically shipped in from the Pentastar Alignment, wherein they racked up massive debts and must now pay them off through grueling physical labor. When a debtor’s debt is resolved, they are dropped off on Tatooine to do as they will. Usually without much incident.
There are also one hundred non-debtor support personnel in service on each plantation, as some duties require more trust than can be placed on a debtor. Zareca lost control of the plantation during a slave uprising.
News:
The slaves killed all the Zareca thugs and trapped the Abyssin Overseers in their houses. Gorba sent in the Helix mercenary regiment - Hell's Heralds - who wiped out the resistance and established the kajidic's influence over the plantations.
