- Intent: To create a raid-able location for fun RP and to create an interesting place for the lore of MandalMotors.
- Image Credit: In Order
haydar sinanç - "Frigid Warmth" by Rahll
- "Arctic Radar Surveillance" by Ward Lindhout
- "Frozen Fortress" by DrawingNightmare
[*]Canon: No
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SETTING INFORMATION
- Mine Name: Werda Station
- Material: Refinement and Storage of
Coaxium (Storage) - Refined Isotope 5 (storage)
- Refinement of Tibanna
- Hydroelectricity
- Refinement of Various Cheap Hypermatter Fuels
[*]Location: Werda
[*]Affiliation: MandalMotors, Mythosaur Electric
[*]Size: Massive
[*]Accessibility: While the location is not hidden, various sections of the facility are hidden deep beneath the ice and the mountain the facility is built on. The Werda Refinement facility has its own large starport, designed to handle the heavy traffic of shipments and security team rotation which means that anyone with clearance and a starship can technically land. Because the planet is uninhabited there are no gates surrounding the main section of the large refinement facility, though beskar security blast doors cut off the transport tram between the main facility and the storage facility where coaxium and isotope-5 is stored.
- Description:
Due to its sheer size high speed mangnetic trams were looped around both mountains, down around the base of the mountain facility, and through the geothermal caverns of the main mountain. These coupled with a variety of land and air speeders, bulk freighters, and other various vehicles moved people and goods around. Guards move in long patrols both on foot and by airspeeder. As far as food, a small indoor greenhouse produced a large amount of organic spices and herbs used to spice up the drab rationed meals served to guards and staff. Due to the site's proximity to a geothermal spring, hot spring water was pumped into bath houses located in various habitation spheres that were located a short train ride away from the main refineries. The habitation spheres functioned effectively as a corporate colony, providing the workers a place to raise their families while they worked at the plant.
POINTS OF INTEREST
MandalMotors Habitation Spheres: Based on the technology utilized in Sundari, the four habitation spheres were connected by underground rail system. Designed for long term habitation, they had various attractions such as public baths, small schools, gyms, limmie fields, holonet connectivity, and access to expeditionary gear for use at the risk of the user should they want to go on a family trip into mountains or hunting the wild hoth hogs. The habitation spheres were all about a 20 minute train ride from one another and about an hour ride from the main plant.
Werda Refinement Facility: The facility itself. It was a massive complex complete with cafeterias, staff rooms for long four day shifts, armories for the guards, and various refining and storage facilities for the fuel being refined and extracted on site. It also held the hydroelectricity being produced as a byproduct of fuel produciton in large storage batteries. Unlike the habitation spheres, the facility was completely uncovered, making transporting goods between buildings and different areas of the facility difficult in high winds and blizzards and made guard duty a living hell if one was stationed outside of the temperature controlled buildings. It also had a space port for transport of goods on and off world.
Mt. 1: The main mountain and the source of the geothermal activity in the area. Deep inside the mountain a natural hot spring had cut a river that led into a waterfall out of the rear of the mountain. The water flowed from the mountain and under a sheet of surface ice, cascading into a massive natural hotspring. It was there at the waterfall that MandalMotors set up the various instruments to use the power of the waterfall to produce energy. The hotspring has been slightly publicized, making it a hidden tourist gem within the Mandalore System. Inside the caverns of Mt.1 a series of trains run through it and into a frozen plateau where isotope-5 and coaxium are stored and guarded 24/7.
Mt. 2: Natural gas is extracted here. Up and down the sides of the mountain were gas pumps.
Barns: Both inside the habitation spheres and dotted throughout the Werda Refinement Facility were Tauntaun barns. Though native to Hoth, the animals provided an excellent way to cover ground by foot quickly.
HoloNet Field: A massive field of solar powered antennae designed to provide both the refinement facility and the habitation spheres with quality HoloNet and communications coverage. Because it is not protected by a dome and blizzards were common on Werda, the HoloNet signal could be pretty spotty at times.
SECURITY: High
MandalMotors' refining facility is protected by MandalMotors' Clone Security Force. The clones here utilized stylized Spaarti Clone Armor designed to keep them warm. Two Gragatus-Class dreadnoughts were stationed in orbit of Werda and acted as the station's first line of defense against would be assailants and provided starfighter escort for some ships attempting to land. Members of MandalMotors non-clone security team also worked here and provided clones with support and leadership. Manned blaster cannon turrets were nestled in the mountains along with a two small hangars. Both airspeeders and starfighters were used for search and rescue and defense of the station in the event of pirate assault.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
A recent addition to MandalMotors, started just before Mia Monroe and Ijaat Mereel set Mandalore ablaze, MandalMotors' refining facility, affectionately called the Ice Ball by its clone security crews, was a storage and fuel refinery location utilized by MandalMotors. Located on the ice planet of Werda in the Mandalore system it provided a nearby location with not only impressive fuel reservers but also provided the perfect climate for storing the ever unstable Isotope-5 and Coaxium that MandalMotors accumulated through business ventures and small time mining operations. Due to the planet's remoteness however a small colony was started by MandalMotors to house the plant's clone and Mandalorian work force. Infrastructure was thrown up almost over night, utilizing MandalRail systems and MandalMotors very limited terraforming techniques. However, the planet would not see use until after the Civil War due to the company being thrown into maximum damage control and political flux while Gilamar Skirata attempted to pull as much funding as possible to help the people of Mandalore. After the Civil War however the Ice Ball proved to be an asset that MandalMotors couldn't afford to lose. The fuel and energy it provided to the company not only nearly covered all of its own transpiration but also produced enough fuel and energy to be sold as a product to the Mandalorian people, prompting the development of Mythosaur Electric, a subsidiary of MandalMotors dedicated to energy production and proliferation.
