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VERGESSO ASTEROID BELT
Named after the Corellian scientist Ecile Vergesso, they contained an Ororo Transportation shipyard used by the Rebel Alliance and other organizations. Cruisers and fighters were repaired and refitted in these yards unbeknownst to the local Grand Moff, Kintaro.
The Tenloss Syndicate built the shipyard in the Vergesso Asteroid, a nickel-iron asteroid the size of a small moon and pockmarked with craters. Sensors had difficulty trying to penetrate this asteroid field. The field was less violent than others and also easier to navigate.
Some time before the Battle of Endor the Galactic Empire learned of the Rebel operations in the asteroids. Darth Vader's Death Squadron destroyed the shipyard in the Second Battle of Bajic.
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VERGESSO ASTEROID BASE
Vergesso Base was an asteroid hangar on Vergesso Prime owned by Ororo Transportation and used as a shadowport by the Alliance to Restore the Republic. The base was used by the Azzameens to transfer stolen goods to the Alliance. When Aeron Azzameen decided to stay for a "vacation," she was able to evacuate with the help of Ace before the shipyard portion was destroyed by Darth Vader's Death Squadron in the Second Battle of Bajic.
The base proper, remained largely intact for the better part of a thousand years, while the shipyard wing of the base (as seen in the picture as a protrusion from the main complex) was destroyed. Over the course of the years after the New Republic's rise, the Thrawn Legacy, and the Yhuuzan Vong wars, the base served as little more than a halfway house for smugglers and miscretes. The one advantage of these smugglers, criminals and shady organisations is that the base was rapidly expanded upon, adding additional wings, and integrating them into the base proper.
Approximately in the year 1009ABY, a mercenary by the name of Jolla Arka came across the base, and had long since been abandoned and lost, most likely due to the shift of the asteroid field itself. In an attempt to restart the base, Jolla put a huge amount of money into the operation, but ultimately proved fruitless, as the debris was scattered too far, and recruiting more help would bring too much attention to his organisation which was in the developing stages.
Years later, once Arka was more established, he found an alternative option for a base of operations, and instead permitted Yuri Sharp and Shyra Dervish to have controlling interest over the base, in exchange for a small profit margin. At this point in time, the base is still in a state of disrepair, with over sixty-five percent still being inaccessible due to depressurisation or damage from meteor or debris strikes. Between Yuri and Shyra, they have moved the base to another part of the asteroid belt, once again hiding it from prying eyes.
ONA'BAK RETRADE:
Upon their acceptance into the Ona'bak Retrade, Yuri & Shyra quickly turned the base into an outpost for the organisation, retrofitting certain parts of the base to house other members of the organisation to both function as a stop-over and a safe house. As a part of their refit, the duo built (using Retrade funds) a bar, a small market, and work area to perform upgrades and repairs on ships and equipment.
The base is capable of housing nearly one hundred individuals at any one time, and capable of storing within its cavernous bays nearly ten freighter-sized vessels, in addition to up to twenty five dropship, or fighter sized craft. While not one of the major Retrade outposts, it is one of the better hidden.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
The Vergesso Asteroid base is equipped with several key wings: Life Support, Defense, accommodation, amenities, mess hall, armoury, storage areas, command area, staging area, docks, escape bays, engineering, medical, scientific and recreational. A large number of these systems have been rendered completely offline by either battle damage or neglect over the course of the years.
The life support, storage and amenities area are all grouped together which allows any personnel access to food, water, air, and other essential needs. The life support area of the ship is responsible for not only production of oxygen and recycling of carbon dioxide by using scrubbers, but it also houses a greenhouse which produces a wide variety of edible vegetables and fruits. The water recycling part of the ship operates on a distilling process, evaporating the water from any liquid waste, and compacts the remaining nitrates into fertiliser cubes which are then used to aide in the growth of the life support greenhouse.
The command, staging, engineering and escape areas are located directly next to the docks, which allow for easy preparation for missions tasks, and in the event of attack, escape. The command centre houses the console which operates the sensor net which lines the asteroid belt, allowing the base' occupants time to either power down, or to escape.
Between the two areas are the Retrade's "communal" areas which include the accommodation, recreation, and market areas. The accommodation is quite simple; barracks style beds with ablution blocks. Each room catering to four guests. The market area is a large room, originally what would have been a storage area, or disused hangar, that contains dozens of stalls from various Retrade sellers retailing goods ranging from foodstuffs to weapons, armaments, armour, drugs, alcohol, and on the rare occasion, even horticultural products. The recreation area of the base houses a gym, arcade, and several bars - a typical pub style establishment, a nightclub, and a few other smaller places.
ACCESSING THE BASE:
The location of the Retrade outpost within the Vergesso Asteroid belt is one of the best kept secrets within even the retrade. As the asteroid belt is forever in a field of flux it is nearly impossible to detect or predict where the base is in the field at any point in time. As a result of this, access is very difficult unless you are given specific permission, which is coupled with a series of conditions.
- The base's location is a tightly guarded secret. The coordinates to the Vergesso Asteroid Base (or VAB) are trusted only to the most loyal of Retrade members, and are given the updated coordinates only upon their entry to the Lybeya System, and successfully check an encoded Retrade systems check. The coordinates are not kept on any ship's navigational mainframe, and are instead carried in a small, high-capacity storage drive kept on the Retrade member's person at all times. This device cannot be accessed without the member's genetic information and a private passcode, which is changed every day.
- Retrade vessels are to be cautious to avoid leaving trails to their outposts. All make multiple random jumps in accordance with 'Scatternerf' Protocol. Typically, a vessel will make 3 random jumps, pause to scrub its hull and 'listen' for pursuers using subspace sensors, followed by another 2 jumps to one of three layover points outside of the Lybeya System. There, the vessel will undergo a final decontamination before receiving clearance and coordinates to gain access to the VAB. Each checkpoint is carefully patrolled, and unknown ships that happen across such checkpoints are swiftly detained or outright destroyed. Like the VAB, the location of these checkpoints are known primarily to the Prime Executive, and Shyra Dervish & Yuri Sharp, in addition to the most trusted Cheiftains.
Credit for this section goes to Jiang Winters, whom I blatantly plagiarised this from with his permission.
Any questions, queries or otherwise, please don't hesitate to ask me as this thread is not only for information, but questions!
All queries about the VAB, its exact location, and accessibility must all go through either Tribunal, Gaja, or myself - there are no exceptions to this rule.
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