Vergesso Asteroid Base

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Rebel Base
Vergesso "The Rock"

Vergesso Base was once a simple 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 was mostly destroyed by the constant flux of the asteroid field. 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 miscreants. The one advantage of these smugglers, criminals and shady organizations is that the base was rapidly expanded upon, adding additional wings, and integrating them into the base proper. In approximately 1010 ABY, the base came into the ownership of the now defunct Ona'bak Retrade, under who's control it flourished into a clandestine hub of scum and villainy, and pretty good business.

With the dissolution of the Retrade by the Hutt Cartels, the base was once again abandoned and quickly faded into obscurity for nearly a decade, until a chance meeting between a prominent Rebel commander and an eccentric Rodian scientist brought it under new ownership one more time...

Now Vergesso is an active Rebel Base, though a much more hidden one than even Ord Pardron. Vergesso is essentially something of bunker, a place for more important members of the Rebellion to meet, or stay off the radar if they're being actively hunted by the Sith. the base is an occasional destination for smaller capital ships which have sustained damage in fights the Rebellion would rather not just everyone know about, or undergo modifications for more clandestine activities. The well hidden base is one that high level intelligence can be brought to, and like Ord Pardron, has the benefit of being largely isolated so should it be discovered the rest of the Rebellion, and the Rebel Fleet would not be compromised.

The Vergesso Asteroid Base Enclave 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 number of these systems have been rendered completely offline by either battle damage or neglect over the course of the years, and are only slowly being brought back to full operational capacity. Most of these have since been repaired as result of the influx of material and personnel the Rebellion has experienced in the aftermath of the Battle of Naboo.

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 fertilizer 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 center 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 primary areas are the base'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 the remnants of a market that was set up that earned revenue by retailing goods ranging from foodstuffs to weapons, armaments, armour, drugs, alcohol, and on the rare occasion, even horticultural products. Since the Retrade’s dissolution by the Hutt Cartel, the market has been left in a state of disrepair, and has since been walled off into new sections, including an armory, small arms firing range, and small vehicle mechanics workshop. The recreation area of the base houses a gym, arcade, and several bars - though the only one operational is a typical pub style establishment- and a few other smaller amenities.

As the asteroid belt is forever in a field of flux it is difficult to predict where the base is in the field at any point in time. As a result of this, access is difficult unless you are given specific permission. The name of the group betrays their home system, though again thanks to the fluctuating nature of the asteroid belt, it is difficult to pin down the precise location without doing active scans, which would be detected by the base's sensor system. Difficult, but not impossible, the base's security measures having been toned down considerably since Retrade days. Pilots approaching the VAB are asked to be conscious of other ships in the system that might be observing their movements.

The shipyard facility is equipped to handle a single light cruiser, or 2 frigates, or 3 corvettes. The interior hangar of the base can house a single squadron of starfighters, 4 shuttles, and 2 freighters. A squadron of VZ-22's is the most typical garrison, and there are external docking ports that allow for another six light freighters to dock with Vergesso.

After a deal with the Hutt Cartel, 24 dual point defense laser cannons from a Star Trench have been added to the base, giving it a robust anti-starfighter defense system. The facilities on the base are capable of housing 300 permanent residents, and roughly 600 transients at a time.