LIL FINN THE BASEDGOD
Active Member
THE GILDED HEARTH
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To establish a permanent urban base of operations for the Iron Covenant on Nar Shaddaa, serving as a hub for the Mandalorian diaspora and a source of off-books funding for the Mythos Fleet.
- Image Credit: Tiago Sousa | ArtStation, Eddie Del Rio | X, Adam Brockbank | Stoneage Studios, LiXin Yin | ArtStation, Daniele Solemene | ArtStation, Nick Gindraux & Doug Chiang | X
- Canon: N/A (Custom location on a Canon planet).
- Permissions: N/A.
- Links: The Iron Covenant, Verd'kandar, Nar Shaddaa, Mandalorian Enclave - Galactic Alliance War
SETTING INFORMATION
- Military Base Name: The Gilded Hearth (Designation: Covert Shaddaa-Prime).
- Classification: Guild-Hearth / Urban Covert.
- Location: Nar Shaddaa.
- Affiliation: The Iron Covenant (Overseen by the Hearth-Warden,
Uros Wren
). - Population: Moderate.
- Public Facing: ~400 multi-species staff members
- The Diaspora: ~150 Mandalorians living in sublevel residences or serving as Security Consultants.
- Demographics: 25% Mandalorian Diaspora: (Various Clans, primarily Clan Wren and smaller clans).
- 15% Hapan Refugees.
- 60% General Species: (Duros, Twi'leks, Humans, etc., hired to maintain the front).
- Accessibility: High (Public Areas) / Extremely Low (Covert Levels). The nightclubs, restaurants, and hotels are open to anyone with the credits to enter. However, the true Covert sectors are hidden behind biometric scanners and secret lifts. Accessing the Mandalorian levels requires a specific Mando'a passphrase and a registered signature in the Covenant’s registry.
- Description: A massive, neon-lit vertical complex in the Corellian Sector of Nar Shaddaa. From the outside, it is a flagship of luxury and vice, featuring the Nova-Pulse nightclub, Iron Chef’s Kitchen, and The Sovereign Wing hotel and penthouse. Beneath the glitz lies a hardened, Beskar-reinforced core designed to house a battalion of warriors and their foundlings in total secrecy.
POINTS OF INTEREST
- The Nova-Pulse: A multi-level club on the upper floors. The loud music and heavy electronic interference are intentionally designed to mask the sounds of the armory and forge located directly beneath it.
- Iron Chef’s Kitchen: A high-end establishment serving "traditional" Outer Rim fare. It serves as a neutral ground where the Hearth-Warden and his crew can meet with informants or recruit new potential under the guise of a business dinner.
- The Sovereign Wing: A luxury hotel section modeled after Hapan palaces, the Wing hosts high-profile guests from across the galaxy, as well as Mandalorian guests coming on a diplomatic mission.
- The Bastion Sublevel: Located between the hotel and the basement, this level is shielded from all external scans. It contains a communal living area, a small training salle, and a medical bay specializing in combat trauma.
- The Silent Forge: A secret industrial space in the maintenance tunnels where armor is repaired and specialized tech is developed for the Mythos Fleet away from the prying eyes of the Hutts and the Black Sun.
SECURITY
- Security Rating: High
- Assets:
- Corporate Security: A squad of elite Mandalorian Forge Wings in uniformed Beskar’gam, carrying concealed weaponry.
- Encrypted Comms-Jammers: The complex is saturated with white-noise generators to prevent remote eavesdropping.
- Ray-Shielded Panic Rooms: Hidden within the hotel suites for high-value assets (HVAs).
- Biometric Dead-Bolts: All internal doors to the Covert levels are mag-locked and keyed to Mandalorian DNA or encrypted cylinders.
- Automated Turret Sconces: Disguised as decorative lighting in the VIP lounges, ready to deploy if the Covert is compromised.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Following the Mandalorian Enclave - Galactic Alliance War and the realization that the Storyfire needed a thousand homes to survive, the Rekav’dral authorized the purchase of a failing entertainment block on Nar Shaddaa as the center of Hutt Space Mandalorians community. Using a Hapan front company to distance the purchase from Kestri, the Covenant transformed the derelict towers into The Gilded Hearth.The purpose was twofold: to provide a legitimate economic engine for the Iron Covenant and to create a Sovereign Wall in the heart of the galaxy’s most lawless sector. Since its inception, the Gilded Hearth has become the primary extraction point for Mandalorian minorities fleeing Sith and Imperial-controlled space. To the Hutts and Black Sun, it is a profitable taxpayer; to the Iron Covenant, it is the fire that keeps the diaspora warm and the blade that waits in the shadow of the Smuggler’s Moon.