Coriolis

The Coriolis space station is the hub of the Third Horizon, in more ways than one: it was from this place that the Zenithians brought the Horizon back to life. The station lies at the intersection of all the major trade routes, and houses both the Council of Factions and many other rulers.

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When the zenithians stripped their arkship for parts and created the colossus that would become Coriolis station, they had no idea what it would mean to the Horizon. During the first cycles of the station’s existence, many areas were empty and uninhabited. Over time, the station filled up with activity and experienced a cultural boom – while decaying at the same time. From the deep echoes of the Cellar to the floors in the Spire mimicking real planetary nature under blue holo skies, the Coriolis of today is a melting pot of Algolan refugees, masked Sadaalian bureaucrats, and wealthy pashas from Sivas and Dabaran.

The Ring

The Core

The Spire

The Cellar

Other than the plebeians who do maintenance on the station’s life support and the members of the Guard on purge patrols, no one visits the Cellar of Coriolis. If you have business in the Cellar, put on some protective gear and buy a gun. The gravity down here is unstable so it is good to be acquainted with zero-G. Roughly speaking, the Cellar can be divided into a higher, less decrepit part, and a lower, very worn down part. The floors of the Cellar are not named or numbered, and the only maps that exist are hand-made by the service personnel with the bitter jobs of tending to the systems down here.

The Sewers

An old sewage treatment plant in the upper part of the Cellar has been converted into a massive gambling den, named simply“the Sewers”. Its reputation speaks of high stakes and even higher takings – if you manage to win and make it out alive, you can live out your days like a pasha. The Sewers are run by the enigmatic Mida, who recently strong-armed the Free League into giving up their control of the place, something they are less than happy with. The Sewers consists of three parts: the Bazaar, Jacinto’s Cantina, and the Pit, where actual gladiator matches supposedly take place.

The Aqueduct of Zakara

The students of Coriolis speak of “Zakara’s” in romantic terms as, traditionally, many of them ohave visited the aqueduct for romance as well as for sins of the flesh. The old aqueduct is still in operation, slowly passing water that is more or less clean. This has made the site popular with both slummers and skavara, as clean water is hard to come by in the Cellar.

The Net

The Net follows Coriolis like a shadow. Its spindly and seemingly fragile construction is actually the Zenith’s old skeleton, nowadays supporting commerce rather than an actual ship. From afar, the Net appears as a strange jumble of light and dark shapes against the starlight. A steady stream of spaceships come and goes, and as one comes closer, the enormity of the Net becomes clear. The old “ribs” of the Zenith, metal beams several kilometers long, act as an outer perimeter, but during the 50-odd cycles since the completion of Coriolis, the Net has been rebuilt, expanding, and breaking down in different sections at the same time, which makes the borders of it all far from clear. At the intersection of the beams are hubs of docks, loading ports, and service stations. Heavy freighters bearing the logo of the Consortium rest against the beams while their precious cargo is redistributed onto smaller vessels to be taken down to Kua. Banged up free trader ships glitter like tiny pearls in the dark as the welders mend the damages from their last trip. Stevedores in exos move across the ships and the beams in a never-ending dance.

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-Notable NPCs-
Ishaq Noor
Shala Touma
Aydin Morcos
-Notable Locations-
The Ring
The Core
The Spire
The Cellar
The Net