Orinoco Beta/The Rock

Orionoco Beta - "The Rock"

	Intro

Orinoco Beta is a Station in the Marchlands about 6 hours from Starbase 104, near a brown dwarf star by the same name surrounded by asteroids, that had never formed planets. The station is not visible and will not show up on scanners.

The asteroid is roughly one fifth the size of Luna. Just over two hundred and fifteen miles in diameter. Is has been hollowed out to build the station inside, surrounded by shielding rocks (a natural hull that was miles thick and shielding, structural integrity and camouflage) and protective mechanisms that hide it from view. However, with the right settings 'strange' energy readings can be detected.

The station -also called "The Rock"- is operated by the Orion Syndicate. To find it one needs the coordinate and contact the station on special frequencies. Starfleet would not be granted access, but if one finds a way through the identification and verification process and gains permission to enter, docking coordinate would be assigned and upon approach, a section of the asteroid would split and two concealed doors swing open to allow the ship to enter.

It really was hollow, like a Dyson sphere. What was the outer wall on the outside was the floor on the inside. There had to be gravity generators set into the inner surface but their sensors suggested that they were quite localized, and somewhat variable. The core of the asteroid was open, with ships moving here and there. Nothing large. The docking pads were arrayed about that space; they would be viewed as being in the ‘sky’ above by those who were using the base’s facilities.

	Personnel

This section will list known personnel:

• Hadar - COMMs, contact person for Identification and verification process

	Facilities

The Rock offered a wide variety of facilities from Dingy bars, cheap accommodation, brothels to medical facilities, shops and more.