Hamura
The greatest interest in the Hamura system is Hamurabi portal station, a founder era facility orbiting the star. It is mainly a place where bored crews can wait for bulk haulers with which to jump to Kua, but it is also home to a small group of permanent residents, either operating the station or working on small-scale research projects. To the colonists and prospectors in Hamura, the station is their oasis, both socially and practically – it is where they restock their supplies, catch up on the happenings of the Horizon and purchase spare parts and new machinery. The mail and courier services of the system are based on Hamurabi.
Under the sleepy exterior of daily life on the station, tensions are running high. The power games of the factions influence the entire Horizon, causing bad blood between the stationaries and the hands on Hamurabi. A few of these conflicts are described below.
THE ABUI ICE MINES
The closest colony to Hamurabi is Abui, a moon orbiting the gas giant Nestero. The moon is home to a community of hired hands mining ice for the Colonial Agency. The ice from Abui is very valuable if delivered to the right buyer, and the Consortium have signed lucrative ice trading contracts with the pasha of Dar Bouti on Dabaran, among others. Abui passes relatively close to Hamurabi once every three segments, and the miners usually take this opportunity to visit the station, a veritable paradise in comparison to the dark mines. These visits are the cause of much conflict onboard. The permanent residents of Hamurabi are tired of the loud, well-paid miners wreaking havoc at Brahani's and their other bars. The Free League's representative on the station, Didier Abédi, is working tirelessly to improve the miners' abysmal labor conditions, but this struggle is not buying him any favors with the locals – the miners are well compensated for their dangerous work, and the stationaries are envious of their spending when on leave on the station. The Consortium's people on the station have orders to make sure that the mines operate smoothly, and spend considerable resources to make sure that they do. ABUI THE MINING MOON
On Abui, the Colonial Agency is mining ice for lucrative export to other worlds. The mine itself is an intricate system of tunnels running deep beneath the moon’s surface. On the surface of the moon there is a small loading dock, a control room and living quarters for the mining crew. The core of the moon is reached by fast mine cars on rails running through the tunnels. The ice is mined using massive crawlers equipped with mercurium drills. Sometimes, whole groups of miners disappear in the tunnels, and these incidents seem to be increasing in frequency. Is there something more than ice hiding in the dark heart of Abui? SAMINA'S CORSAIRS
Corsair captain Samina is infamous across the Third Horizon. With absolute precision and bold audacity, she attacks couriers and spare parts transports all over Hamura. Lately, her corsairs have also been targeting the popular cruise liners bound for the water planet Hamura. The increasing boldness of the corsairs' raids could be the beginning of their downfall, however – powerful factionaries on Coriolis have begun questioning why nothing drastic is done about the corsair problem in the Hamura system. Station Akbar Bokor and colonial agent Hur are under increasing pressure to produce results in their fight against Samina. However, the conflict at the nearby Taoan and Uharu systems have meant that there are no Legion ships available to challenge the corsairs.
The closest colony to Hamurabi is Abui, a moon orbiting the gas giant Nestero. The moon is home to a community of hired hands mining ice for the Colonial Agency. The ice from Abui is very valuable if delivered to the right buyer, and the Consortium have signed lucrative ice trading contracts with the pasha of Dar Bouti on Dabaran, among others. Abui passes relatively close to Hamurabi once every three segments, and the miners usually take this opportunity to visit the station, a veritable paradise in comparison to the dark mines. These visits are the cause of much conflict onboard. The permanent residents of Hamurabi are tired of the loud, well-paid miners wreaking havoc at Brahani's and their other bars. The Free League's representative on the station, Didier Abédi, is working tirelessly to improve the miners' abysmal labor conditions, but this struggle is not buying him any favors with the locals – the miners are well compensated for their dangerous work, and the stationaries are envious of their spending when on leave on the station. The Consortium's people on the station have orders to make sure that the mines operate smoothly, and spend considerable resources to make sure that they do. ABUI THE MINING MOON
On Abui, the Colonial Agency is mining ice for lucrative export to other worlds. The mine itself is an intricate system of tunnels running deep beneath the moon’s surface. On the surface of the moon there is a small loading dock, a control room and living quarters for the mining crew. The core of the moon is reached by fast mine cars on rails running through the tunnels. The ice is mined using massive crawlers equipped with mercurium drills. Sometimes, whole groups of miners disappear in the tunnels, and these incidents seem to be increasing in frequency. Is there something more than ice hiding in the dark heart of Abui? SAMINA'S CORSAIRS
Corsair captain Samina is infamous across the Third Horizon. With absolute precision and bold audacity, she attacks couriers and spare parts transports all over Hamura. Lately, her corsairs have also been targeting the popular cruise liners bound for the water planet Hamura. The increasing boldness of the corsairs' raids could be the beginning of their downfall, however – powerful factionaries on Coriolis have begun questioning why nothing drastic is done about the corsair problem in the Hamura system. Station Akbar Bokor and colonial agent Hur are under increasing pressure to produce results in their fight against Samina. However, the conflict at the nearby Taoan and Uharu systems have meant that there are no Legion ships available to challenge the corsairs.
From the outside, it looks like any other portal station – a lonely Founder's Era station, covered in docked ships of various shapes and sizes – but inside, the rundown corridors and dim-lit halls are rife with intrigue, adventures and danger.
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