Jadwiga Terminal

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  1. Occultatum

    Occultatum New Arrival

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    With so many freighters and cargo haulers finding themselves in dire straits of late, it might come as some relief to their various crews to know that a new planetary anchorage has opened on the fifth planet in the Gita Nexus system... A small lush planet, known to its inhabitants as the Republic of Marzanna or simply Marzanna.

    The ground facilities and orbital control towers were originally built by the USSS, serving as a Supply Depot and Nuclear Weapons Storage Facility. It carried out these tasks quietly and without incident until it was deactivated and abandoned sometime in the mid-3280s.

    Subsequent years saw these facilities partially reclaimed by the planet, but recently they've found themselves occupied by a contingent of workers, settlers, and mercenaries, restoring many of its primary systems to working order. Now that the restorative work has been completed and the colonists are thoroughly settled, Marzanna has opened its borders to provide freighters and their crews a safe place to pause on their journeys throughout the Fringe. Among the offered services are basic maintenance and repair, as well as specialists trained in the loading, offloading, and transfer of hazardous cargoes that otherwise might not be safe for teleportation and tachyon relays.

    Marzanna considers itself a sovereign state, albeit a very small one, with a permanent population of less than 10,000 people, many of them fresh from Civ-Space. In addition to offering sanctuary to pilots and freighter captains of most stripes, it has also positioned itself to serve as a 'Flag of Convenience' for those shipping companies and private owners that might not want to register their vessels in more overbearing territories. Likewise, its banking and data security policies are equally geared towards minimizing the effect of foreign oversight. The settlement has very few restrictions on what cargo can and cannot be carried or sold in their territory, so long as they're paid proper duties. The primary limitations are biological, chemical, and a limited number of radiological hazards. Slavers, it should also be noted, will be shot on sight.

    The planet is overseen and governed by a small local council, with primary authority resting with Dr. Wiktoria Drazkowski, MD. Dr. Drazkowski was responsible for reactivating the forgotten facilities to begin with, and has proved instrumental in dealing a recent outbreak of disease. How she knew the planet's location or the myriad of security codes required to gain complete access to its systems is a matter she's declined to comment on.

    The National Anthem of the Republic of Marzanna is 'Mazurek DÄ…browskiego', and its national languages are Galactic Common and Polish. Though it lacks an official 'State Religion' the two most common faiths are Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. It is defended by a small but dedicated and well trained militia, which has widely equipped itself with surplus Soviet equipment that was recovered from the facilities there, supplemented by equipment provided by the Heritage Arms company. Though the nation itself is still quite new, the population is widely patriotic with regards to their colony, comprised primarily of those of Polish, Lithuanian, and Ukrainian descent.

    Points of interest include the Jadwiga Memorial Freight Terminal, the Localizer Radio Tower, Chekhov's Cafe, an abandoned Nuclear Waste Disposal Site, a Heritage Army Surplus Store, Infinity Express, and several abandoned bunkers. Visitors are encouraged not to enter the bunkers under any circumstances.

    ((ICly there are also a number of small residential areas and ground based defense cannons, but these occupy 3D space as I didn't feel there'd be enough actual building space to incorporate them without diminishing the overall theme of the planet. If you have a character that might like to live there, either in 3D space housing or by building their own small house, go ahead and let me know via Discord: The Boss#9590 .))


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