Ashin Varanin
Professional Enabler
Who knows what Sith Emperor built it, or tried to. What's certain is that it never came operational, and in the Empire's fall its critical components were all taken, and most of its weapons and small craft. Its engines, hyperdrive, major comm systems too. It is no longer a superweapon and could never become one. Attempts to move it will likely result in a greater or lesser degree of boom.
But it is, unquestionably, a big round space station, recently discovered in the deep black, who knows how it stayed hidden so long. Overlooked by cursory conquerors, perhaps. A sector's fortune in durasteel, a nearly fuelless, broken-down reactor the size of a command ship -- and deep inside, maybe something that got missed.
No, schematics aren't just sitting there. The systems have been purged, the computer cores removed. All that remains is basic life support, jury-rigged by the remaining stormtroopers and workers. They want a way out more than anything. Their consumables have run low; some are cannibals.
No, there is no vulnerable exhaust port. No, there is no convenient passageway to the heart of the reactor.
Oh, and it's in the middle of the nastiest asteroid field around. The clear zone around the station is only a kilometre wide. No capital ship can hope to get close, nor concentrate enough firepower through the asteroids to make a dent. Getting close enough to board is a starfighter/light freighter job. Getting through the Death Star is going to absolutely require either days of travel or use of speeder bikes. The turbolifts are very unreliable and can kill you.
I have no intention of joining this thread. This is simply an opportunity.
Main Hangars - Gutted. A few Raptor-class droid starfighters are still around, and could be reprogrammed with the right amount of time and resources. A pair of TIE Exalts and an Aleph-class were brought here by explorers who never reclaimed them.
Main Engineering - Gutted. No computer access. A suit of Zambrano-era stormtrooper armor, Inquisitor grade, is worn by a dry corpse. A Koensayr KUT-42 Stark Plasma Cutter is also around.
Main Fire Control - Gutted. A couple of large energy crystals proved too difficult to remove from their armatures. Sustained work with plasma cutters, lightsabres, the Force, repulsor clamps, etc. could secure them; they weigh a ton each, and are heavily bracketed in durasteel. All the components around them were taken or destroyed.
Commander's Cabin - Gutted. Within a hidden compartment is the lightsabre of Darth Sidious. Assorted money, lightsabre crystals, and datacards are scattered around -- you can't eat those, and previous looters took more important things. The cards include starship plans from the old Sith Empire armory manifest.
Imperial Suite - Thoroughly looted. One intact datacard, discarded by a stupid looter, holds the location of the top-secret Styx research base, currently in CIS hands and run by Santhe/Sienar -- people you do not want to piss off. Within a hidden compartment is a manuscript detailing the creation of holocrons -- a very difficult process that Masters often fail.
Cannibal Stormtrooper Camp - The Shrine to the Emperors is a must-see, decorated as it is with the bodies of failed treasure hunters. Heavy weapons, lightsabres, Twi'lek slaves/consumables. A wide assortment of 'adventuring gear', from synthrope dispensers to macrobinoculars to cyborg enhancements to blorash jelly. Oh, and lots and lots of cannibal stormtroopers. (They're everywhere, but mostly here.)
But it is, unquestionably, a big round space station, recently discovered in the deep black, who knows how it stayed hidden so long. Overlooked by cursory conquerors, perhaps. A sector's fortune in durasteel, a nearly fuelless, broken-down reactor the size of a command ship -- and deep inside, maybe something that got missed.
No, schematics aren't just sitting there. The systems have been purged, the computer cores removed. All that remains is basic life support, jury-rigged by the remaining stormtroopers and workers. They want a way out more than anything. Their consumables have run low; some are cannibals.
No, there is no vulnerable exhaust port. No, there is no convenient passageway to the heart of the reactor.
Oh, and it's in the middle of the nastiest asteroid field around. The clear zone around the station is only a kilometre wide. No capital ship can hope to get close, nor concentrate enough firepower through the asteroids to make a dent. Getting close enough to board is a starfighter/light freighter job. Getting through the Death Star is going to absolutely require either days of travel or use of speeder bikes. The turbolifts are very unreliable and can kill you.
I have no intention of joining this thread. This is simply an opportunity.
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Main Hangars - Gutted. A few Raptor-class droid starfighters are still around, and could be reprogrammed with the right amount of time and resources. A pair of TIE Exalts and an Aleph-class were brought here by explorers who never reclaimed them.
Main Engineering - Gutted. No computer access. A suit of Zambrano-era stormtrooper armor, Inquisitor grade, is worn by a dry corpse. A Koensayr KUT-42 Stark Plasma Cutter is also around.
Main Fire Control - Gutted. A couple of large energy crystals proved too difficult to remove from their armatures. Sustained work with plasma cutters, lightsabres, the Force, repulsor clamps, etc. could secure them; they weigh a ton each, and are heavily bracketed in durasteel. All the components around them were taken or destroyed.
Commander's Cabin - Gutted. Within a hidden compartment is the lightsabre of Darth Sidious. Assorted money, lightsabre crystals, and datacards are scattered around -- you can't eat those, and previous looters took more important things. The cards include starship plans from the old Sith Empire armory manifest.
Imperial Suite - Thoroughly looted. One intact datacard, discarded by a stupid looter, holds the location of the top-secret Styx research base, currently in CIS hands and run by Santhe/Sienar -- people you do not want to piss off. Within a hidden compartment is a manuscript detailing the creation of holocrons -- a very difficult process that Masters often fail.
Cannibal Stormtrooper Camp - The Shrine to the Emperors is a must-see, decorated as it is with the bodies of failed treasure hunters. Heavy weapons, lightsabres, Twi'lek slaves/consumables. A wide assortment of 'adventuring gear', from synthrope dispensers to macrobinoculars to cyborg enhancements to blorash jelly. Oh, and lots and lots of cannibal stormtroopers. (They're everywhere, but mostly here.)