Tonus Anchorage

The Anchorage
Astrographical
Region:	Unknown Regions
System:	Aliso system
Physical
Class:	Space Station
Diameter:	9km
Atmosphere:	Type 1 (artificial)
Gravity:	Standard (artificial)
Societal
Affiliation:	Clan Plagueis
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The Anchorage is the headquarters of Clan Plagueis, serving mainly as a fleet starbase and slave processing center. A massive space station, originally built by resurgent Sith Empire some time before the outbreak of the Great Galactic War, it served as an important strategic center for the war effort and was well known throughout the galaxy. The station was lost during the final conflict between the Sith Empire and the Republic over three thousand years ago, but was finally re-discovered in 30 ABY by the then-House Plagueis following the fall of Jusadih. Positioned in orbit of the planet Tonus in the Aliso system, its location is unknown to those outside of the Ascendant Clan.

History

Old Republic Era

The construction of the space station is assumed to have started sometime before the start of the Great Galactic War. The station was thought to have been built purely for military reasons, however it also boasted non-military facilities for the support of crew and soldiers in between deployments. Sith Imperial Fleets were stationed at the starbase, and it served as a strategic coordination center during the war.

Loss

As the Galactic War began to finally turn against the Sith, the Republic launched a full scale attack against the station and its assigned fleet. During the engagement, the massed Republic fleet overwhelmed the besieged defenders and began to board the station. The Sith commanders realised that the station was most likely going be captured by the Republic, which would be a devastating blow to their continued war effort.

Knowing that keeping the station and the strategic information contained within was of paramount importance, they combined their power to create a great wave of Force energy, ripping the station from its planetary orbit and hurling it into deep space. The few that survived the journey eventually died when their supplies of food and water were exhausted, leaving the station to drift like a ghost ship for the next three millennia.

Rediscovery

The re-discovery of station was made in 30 ABY by Clan Plagueis following the final naval battle against the forces of Archibald Zoraan over Kapsina. With most of the Ascendant Fleet destroyed, only the flagship Ascendancy remained. Under a continued heavy bombardment, Quaestor Tra'an Reith was forced to order an emergency hyperspace jump using the force to guide the ship. After completing the jump successfully and reverting to realspace within the Stygian Caldera, Reith realized they had stumbled upon a large object in space. It was only when the nebula distortion cleared that the Plagueian leader realised that it was in fact a derelict station.

When forces of Plagueis first boarded the space dock the sight that greeted them was horrible, the hangar bay had debris strewn across the floor, power conduits hanging from the overhead, and blast damage was evident throughout. The station's atmosphere had long since bled off into space after systems had failed. Skeletal remains, evidence of the running firefights of the Republic assault, were found in many sections of the station. With most of the database servers destroyed and powerless for a millennium, it was hard for the Clan to understand its history and origins and how it found itself to be on the outskirts of the Stygian Caldera. Engineers from the Ascendancy were eventually able to restore power to some systems and reestablish the station's atmosphere in some sections.

Originally serving Plagueis as little more than an isolated waystation and a place to start repairs on the Ascendancy, over time the leadership of Plagueis began to see the station's potential. From what little was able to be retrieved from the station's databanks, it was obvious that it had remained uninhabited and undiscovered for thousands of years. The Stygian Caldera in which it was located made it almost impossible to detect at distances of even system scale, and plotting a course to the station itself would prove problematic for any outsiders. Tra'an Reith eventually decided that the station would serve as the perfect base of Operations for Plagueis, dubbing it The Anchorage. As a headquarters, The Anchorage gave them a secret base from which to launch attacks, allowing Plagueis to become a phantom army that appeared out of thin air to destroy their targets before disappearing completely.

Upon the discovery of the Aliso system in the Unknown Regions, Clan Plagueis relocated the starbase in orbit of the gas giant Tonus. The Anchorage now acts as the Ascendant Fleet strategic fleet headquarters, as well as a position of retreat if the planet Aliso fell under attack. The importance of the station is still significant, though its primary focus has shifted to fleet operations, freeing personnel for work on the surface of Aliso.

Description

The Station

Even over a year after its discovery by Plagueis, The Anchorage was still undergoing construction and repair. Approximately thirty percent of the space station had been explored and restored to habitable conditions, with much of the unused volume still open to the vacuum of space. The lack of full repairs was due to the attention of Plaugies being diverted away from more pedestrian efforts and towards the campaign against the One Sith. Currently the station is still in a state of disrepair, with little else outside of essential systems having been restored.

Hangar Bays

The Anchorage has four main hangar bays with various other smaller ones. The sheer size of the Anchorage allows for the largest hangar bays to accommodate vessels up to the range of mid-sized capital ships. Only two of the main hangar bays have been fully restored, as the effort required is substantial given the scale of the facilities. Since the completion of repairs to the two primary bays was completed, efforts have focused on smaller hangars located in and near the sections of the station in use by Plagueis. Each of the two primary bays is used by Plagueis for a specific purpose, with the north hangar currently used for docking and repairing starships and the east hangar used for slave processing as it is in close proximity to the area of the station used for slave quarters.

Living Quarters

The living quarters are spread across the entire station, however with many decks still unexplored and even parts of explored decks still without power, most of the living quarters are located around the north and east hangar bays. The living quarters are simple as the majority of those aboard are slaves and are housed in barracks rooms converted from storage bays. Those officers of the Ascendant Fleet and Ascendant Legion that serve Plagueis willingly each are entitled to individual quarters aboard the station. The Dark Jedi of Plagueis are granted even larger accommodations, with those high-ranking members of the Clan being granted several compartments. All of the current living quarters have been rebuilt since Plagueis's arrival, and while most are not oppulent, they still offer some luxuries in excess of the bare essentials.

Slave Processing

One of the primary functions of the station is to process any slaves that are brought into the Clan. The slaves will arrive by shuttle to the southern hangar and will be immediately stripped of any luxuries if they have not already. The slaves are then taken to a large compartment flanking the hangar where they are evaluated and separated to serve as different types of slaves. The facilities of Doctor Emar Xu are also located within the slave processing sector, his laboratories and surgical centers being vital to the process of indoctrinating new slaves.

Command Deck

The Command Deck is located in the centre of the station, and was one of the few compartments which stayed completely intact during Republic attack. The facilities within were completely renovated in order to serve as a main operations center aboard the station that would still interface with more modern systems aboard the fleet.

Assigned Forces

While much of the Plagueian military can be found aboard the station in the down time between campaigns, The Anchorage itself has a small, permanent complement of soldiers. Two platoons of Ravager Enforcers are complemented by three companies of B2 super battle droids. Given the lack of a civilian population to police, these troops primarily serve as guards for newly arrived slaves prior to their indoctrination. In addition, they are used to help in the training of new slaves and Dark Jedi. These soldiers are also trained to defend the station from possible attack, but because of the secrecy of its location and complexity of any approach to the station by an enemy they have never been called on to perform that duty.