| Barrow Base | |
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| E-2, Hudson |
CLASS: Calvin
GRAVITY: Complete
DOCKING: Yes
AMENITIES: Limited
CREW: Unknown
The Xenos descend from heavy manufacturing and mining workers from Colorado and Texas. Excavated in 764 AS, Barrow Base was originally a Deep Space Engineering (DSE) extraction platform from the "days when Liberty did its own mining". DSE chose to shutter expensive local operations and import cheaper minerals from Rheinland and Bretonia instead. Over time, most blue-collar miners became unemployed and were pushed to the economic fringe of Liberty society.
By 816 AS, Barrow’s population had exploded due to mass recruitment aboard the LPI’s prisons, and sudden layoffs at Houston’s Fertilizer chemical plants. Despite expansions to the base's cramped tunnels and caves, overcrowding quickly hit critical levels. The southern Xeno clans were forced to expel surplus pilots, sending them away to larger bases such as Fort Ramsey. Despite this, Barrow remains a claustrophobic bastion of the Xeno cause against Rheinland, primarily targeting Republican and ALG transports.
Barrow’s patrols are also a persistent thorn in the side of the Junkers, Liberty Rogues and Unioners, as Xenos frequently disrupt their smuggling operations across Texas and the Independent Worlds, stealing valuable contraband. Since 827 AS, the Rogues have become more aggressive in proactively targeting the Xenos in return, with some speculating that furious Junkers have handsomely paid them off as mercenaries.
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Ships sold
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| Rebel | Very Heavy Fighter | 92,180$ |
| Aggressor | Bomber | 83,427$ |
News
| [835 AS] LSF receives a black eye in Ontario |
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ONTARIO -- 835 -- For months, the Battlecruiser Lehigh has skulked around Ontario. Neither the Xenos or Lane Hackers were happy about having house guests, but it seems the Xenos were the ones to put their money where their mouth was. A tide of Xenos poured from the Georgian Ice Field, using suicidal waves to peck apart the heavy defenses with sheer numbers. Lehigh was sent packing with its tail between its legs in a major victory for the Xeno movement. “They laughed at us before, but no-one’s laughing now,” says veteran Xeno Hamish Garcia. The Lane Hackers avoided getting their hands dirty, but helped out by jamming Liberty’s comms and disrupting LSF transponders. |
| [835 AS] Leaks reveal Ontario alien technology |
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MANHATTAN -- 835 -- The neural net is abuzz with speculation and worry after sensor readings of an active alien facility in Ontario were widely distributed. The datafeed claims the source of an enormous beam of energy is an ancient alien ruin on Planet Sudbury. Inert alien ruins are often discovered in the remote Edge Worlds, enticing adventurers and scientific expeditions. According to professor Johan Miller of the Hammer Institute, the discovery of an active Daam-K’vosh site is “unprecedented”. In an attempt to reduce panic, government officials have confirmed that steps have been taken to secure Liberty’s borders, and reiterated that there is currently no threat to Liberty’s people. |
| [835 AS] Kusari is the enemy of Liberty’s workers |
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OURAY -- 835 -- The government is starting to wake up to the reality that Kusari isn’t Liberty’s friend. We’ve known that for centuries, since their goods shut down our factories, and their “keiretsu” killed our shipyards. When the corporations can’t use Kusari imports as a crutch, Liberty’s worker wins. War breaks this broken market, and it's our job to swing the hammer. The Navy are already crawling all over Colorado which makes our work difficult, but the Clan leaders are making plans to light the fuse on this powderkeg. Be ready for action, we strike soon. |
| [835 AS] Liberty and Kusari trade sanctions |
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DESHIMA -- 835 -- Liberty’s President Hawthorne has announced sanctions targeting key Kusari high-tech industries, blocking their access to advanced Superconductors and funding. This came following a “security incident” in the Independent Worlds, and a failed Farmers Alliance attack on Deshima Station, which Liberty says is part of a state-endorsed campaign of terrorism against its citizens. Kusari has dismissed the claim as “lurid nonsense”, and responded by banning the export of Optronics to Liberty until its “economic coercion” is ended. Liberty has vowed to increase pressure until Kusari takes steps to eradicate the Farmers Alliance and root out their backers. |
| [835 AS] Galileo on the brink |
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GALILEO -- 835 -- Following an unspecified “security incident” in the Independent Worlds, military forces in Colorado and Shikoku have been ordered to high alert. Observers have raised alarms as the Liberty Navy and Kusari Naval Forces surge to their respective borders, warning of a heightened risk of “accidental escalation” in Galileo. Despite urgent calls for information from local system representatives, the governments of Kusari and Liberty remain tight lipped, other than confirming Manhattan and New Tokyo were in “active dialogue”. Both Houses have since put traffic controls in place, and are actively stopping and searching shipping entering their mutual borders. |
| [834 AS] Fresh start, old baggage |
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PLANET ERIE -- 834 AS -- Many impoverished Liberty citizens have been flocking to Erie, looking for a fresh start. Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done in Liberty. Dragged down by debts, criminal records, or a lack of jobs to go around, many have ended up resorting to crime to make ends meet. The Liberty Rogues and Xenos have both seen recruitment surge, as gangs take up the very profitable activities of smuggling and shakedowns. The Navy and LSF are mostly interested in squashing the Militants who want to topple the new governor, leaving breathing room for the common crook. |
| [834 AS] 'Slog': A New Enemy |
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LEYTE -– 834 -– The clans of Leyete say a new foreign poison is crossing the border. Some have asked how Slog is any different to Cardamine, arguing we can buy better guns and ships if we move quickly to grab this new market from the Rogues. Here's the difference: Cardamine is aimed at the treacherous Manhattan elites who betrayed us; a leash to bring them to heel. Slog is a Bretonian weapon of misery meant to cripple the blue collar of Liberty. Our brothers and sisters have already suffered enough humiliation. We will show no mercy to dealers and distributors in Liberty -- our fight here is personal. |
| [833 AS] LPI commissioner sentenced following Erie probe |
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PLANET ERIE -- 833 -- Helen O’Shea, Pennsylvania’s former LPI Commissioner, has been sentenced on corruption charges over the mismanagement of Erie’s planetary internment camps. The facilities were constructed to temporarily hold prisoners from the Liberty Insurgency while the courts cleared sentencing backlogs. Following allegations of human trafficking, the LSF launched a major investigation, discovering that as many as 10 percent of inmates were suspected of having been sold to traffickers. O’Shea is the latest and most high profile prosecution to date, and is expected to serve a ten year sentence at a minimum security penitentiary on Planet Los Angeles. |
| [832 AS] A different kind of Houston heat |
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MARLTON CITY -- 832 AS -- A huge firefight has been reported in one of Houston's urban centers, involving a gang of heavily armed assailants and dozens of casualties. The target appears to have been a major LPI penitentiary facility, with one force spokesperson going so far as to say that the raid must have been carried out by a professional mercenary outfit. Malton City has gone into lockdown amid rumors of a mass breakout by Pennsylvania convicts. An enormous manhunt has been launched, involving Marine support from the Battleship Arkansas. |
| [832 AS] Counting doses |
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ROCHESTER -- 832 AS -- The catastrophic crash of the Cardamine market has been tough for all the associates involved in the chain of its distribution, and the substantial drop-off in the quantity of it available for use and resale has caused a new problem in this series of bad episodes. The Rogues and Hackers, former partners in feeding the needs of the underworld are now at each other's throats, unable to meet demands for the drug both by their own and by customers, it seems as if stealing it from each other at gunpoint is the new business model. |
| [831 AS] Lack of Cardamine, Liberty's Underworld Burns |
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When the convoys heading from Cali to Mactan and Buffalo thinned out - and even stopped for a brief moment - the underworld in Liberty literally imploded. Previously close alliances quickly fell apart to the displeasure of the Outcasts, and every part of the underworld in Liberty was desperately trying to get as much Cardamine for themselves as possible. The Outcasts and their most loyal agents stepped in almost immediately in anticipation of something like this happening, and set new rules for distribution according to set keys. A small group of Liberty Rogues defied them and followed their own rules of distribution, but they didn't fare too well - the Dons, despite the ongoing crisis in Malta, do not tolerate insubordination. For this reason, several powerful Junkers and Rogues immediately decided to dilute Cardamine instead of redistributing ostentatiously against the wishes of the Outcasts at the expense of their clients, thereby raising their own shares. Fortunately for these savvy businessmen, word did not reach the Outcasts until some time later, and thanks to an improved network of cooperation, most of the organizers were able evade Malta's assassins. However, all these measures had only limited effectiveness. Many end-clients and casual Cardamine users have been forced to seek medical attention due to their deteriorating health due to potentially fatal withdrawal symptoms. It is not known how many Cardamine users eventually died because of the shortage, but it appears to be in the order of single-digit percentages - much to the very verbal displeasure of the Outcasts themselves. |
| [831 AS] Jump Hole Upheaval Causes Chaos |
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HEISENBERG -- 831 AS -- Jump holes across Sirius have become increasingly volatile and chaotic over the last year, with Professor Sophia Nagel from the Heisenberg Research Station linking the unusual phenomena to the Pulse. The Pulse was an unprecedented blast of hyperspace energy that was detected immediately prior to last year's Jump Gate Blackout. Professor Nagel and her team are certain the Pulse originated from outside Sirius, but are otherwise no closer to identifying its source or mitigating a future Blackout event. "Following the Blackout, we began to see immediate signs of jump hole destabilization in multiple different regions, with many ultimately falling out of phase alignment altogether", she commented. The dramatic upending of Sirius' jump hole network has already prompted many groups to abandon stations and withdraw from systems that appear to risk being cut off. While months-long trips between the stars are possible thanks to the Liberty Engine and many centuries of innovation, few ships are designed or provisioned to make such arduous journeys. Those who were displaced by Sirius' redrawn map hope that system connections will return, while adventurers and explorers rush to discover new routes. |
| [831 AS] Caught in their own trap? |
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BARRIER GATE -- 831 -- Word is the Xenos have a Cardamine problem. Recruiting from the bottom of Liberty society, most Xenos lived in poverty and decided to lash out. Now they’ve got a foot in the door with the Cardamine trade and their leaders are having issues keeping the grunts out of the goods, after that first taste of luxury. Witnesses report one such incident aboard Barrier Gate, after a Xeno executed a green wingman who’d used the product he was supposed to be shipping. Even if you’re only in the trade for business, the GC and Rogues can tell you there’s always a catch in the contract. |
| [830 AS] Liberty underworld bolstered by Insurgency survivors |
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FONTANA -- 830 AS -- The Liberty Insurgency dramatically exploded following Liberty's invasion of Vespucci, with the human wreckage now scattered across Liberty's underworld. While some slunk away into the crowds of Planet Erie or the obscurity of foreign Freeports, others sought refuge with the Liberty Rogues, Xenos, or Technocracy. Those survivors are now having to prove their worth with their new hosts, with the Xenos in particular having an extremely rocky history with the Insurgency and its predecessors. More than anything else, these pariahs provide an object lesson on the risks of fighting Liberty head-on. |
| [830 AS] Liberty annexes Planet Erie |
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PLANET ERIE -- 830 -- The Liberty Navy has launched Operation PESTICIDE to annex Pennsylvania, following the collapse of talks between Liberty and Zoner authorities. President Hawthorne declared that Liberty could no longer tolerate a "lawless frontier" within its very core, and that the Zoners had repeatedly refused to extradite criminals and terrorists from the Pennsylvania protectorate. The recent destruction of an LSF satellite was the straw that broke the camel's back. Militias congregating around Planet Erie were routed following the Zoner Carrier Pinnacle’s destruction. The Battleship Alma then secured Erie’s orbit and landed Marines to impose Liberty law on Lake City. Surviving militants have vowed to resist Erie’s occupation. |
| [830 AS] Trouble in paradise on Erie |
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PLANET ERIE -- 830 AS -- Since the destruction of Williamstown Depot near Planet Tremont, Liberty and Erie's autonomous Zoner government have been locked in a standoff. Liberty has long suspected the Insurgency attack on its logistics station was facilitated by informants on Erie, and has accused the Zoners of allowing Insurgency and Xeno operatives to roam the planet with "impunity". This morning, a missile streaked from Erie's wilderness, shooting down an orbiting LSF satellite that had been tracking "terrorist activities". Liberty has accused Zoner militias of the attack, and ordered Erie authorities to hand over the perpetrators, and all Insurgency affiliates. Zoners have denied responsibility, calling the attack a “Liberty false flag”. |
| [829 AS] The orange path to power |
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OURAY -- 830 -- Our persistence has paid off. Despite suffering hundreds dead to Outcast retaliation over the last 3 years, the De Angelis cartel have seen sense. The northern Clanheads have agreed a deal on Cardamine, cutting us into the De Angelis network. Ouray has already made plans with Freelancers from Fontana Freeport to smuggle goods into New York through the Jersey Debris Field. We’ll also use our contacts with the work gangs on Pittsburgh to get doses onto Manhattan with commuting mining crews. The Rogues and Junkers will try to stop us, but there’s too much at stake. This is the Xenos’ road to power. |
| [829 AS] Prison rumble |
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FONTANA FREEPORT -- 829 AS -- Liberty's underworld is abuzz with the shocking news that the LPI's infamous Attica Supermax prison has been... stolen. It's still unclear what happened there, but the LPI seem to have washed their hands of the situation, and left the Rogues and Xenos to brawl over an alleged mass breakout. What is known is the Attica Supermax prison is no longer where it should be, and the LPI is locking down that side of the system with a phony story about training exercises. |
| [828 AS] Underworld meeting goes sour |
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BARRIER GATE -- 827 -- Patrons were forced to dive for cover when a meeting on Barrier Gate’s Orange Deck went south. A delegation of Xenos met with Outcasts to “bury the hatchet” over recent attacks on the Cardamine trade. “I didn’t hear what they said, but the Outcast Donna laughed in their face, then all hell broke loose”, said Lucky Stevens. “It was a massacre. The Xenos didn’t stand a chance.” The Xenos recently knocked out Rochester Base, with most guessing they’re trying to cut into the drugs trade. One anonymous Xeno noted, “eventually they’ll see it’s better to have us in the tent and pissing out, than out the tent and pissing in.” |
| [827 AS] A statement of intent |
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LIBERTY ROSE -- Today the Xeno Northern Alliance struck a blow against the Junkers of New York. A plan 20 years in the making, the newly restored Liberty Rose was used as a battering ram to knock down Rochester’s doors. The Rose’s unexpected arrival drew a lot of attention, causing panic among the Junkers. Using this distraction, Xeno bombers landed several torpedoes on Rochester, badly damaging it. They’ll be out of commission for the foreseeable, giving us a window to muscle in on their turf. The Rose was badly damaged in the battle, but we’ve successfully withdrawn her back to Ontario for assessment and repairs. |
| [817 AS] Houston workers flock to the cause |
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BARROW -- 816 -- Chemical Fertilizer workers on Houston have been kicked in the teeth after Synth Foods outsourced their jobs to Rheinland. Liberty stood by and let the layoffs roll in, so now betrayed workers turn to us. The Xenos know what it's like to be kicked to the bottom, and we welcome these new brothers and sisters to the struggle as we fight our way to the top. The Houston clans are already training up these chemical workers as bomb makers and preparing them for the fight to come. Soon Houston will be a no-go zone for any foreign shipper. |
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