Ownership: Ames Research Station?

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Now, to wrap my head around the idea that a group centered in the Omicrons is in charge of a base on the opposite side of the sector.

Tricky ain't it? Zoner Zones, they Zone. In my opinion, let some baseless Zoner unofficial group have that one. I think O74 plus FP11 is already a big enough claim.

That was possibly the direction I was looking.

To RedEclipse, from your own lore:

The core fleet acts as our mobile head quarters and home, with our members living on board the vessels along with their families. Following the exodus of our friends and cousins to the far reaches of deep space, we currently have possession of only a few large capital class vessels. Each full member is trusted with the command of one capital vessel, should they wish it. The fleet keeps away from house space and overly populated regions, usually remaining in the Sigma, Omicron and Omega systems.