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Torden Base can be found in the heart of the Judana plains, just a few clicks from the Wayfarer's Landing. It is built into the mouth of a cave that reaches deep but opens up into a cavern that is filled with Kyber Crystals, contains a Force Nexus, and is the shield that suppresses a dark presence that grows in intensity the deeper you travel.
History
Torden Base was originally established during the tenure of Marl Gondor as a means for the Guardian Corps to better establish its own identity and independence from the wider clan. Thanks to the Corps' structure and emphasis on individuals, the base of operations in addition to several more established across Daleem were used to create a strong support network, and a series of strongholds in order to best defend the planet during times of crisis. The choice of picking a location close to Wayfarer's Landing was motivated as much by its relevance to the local population as it was the presence of a Force Nexus and natural source of Kyber crystals that had been uncovered during Daleem's recent geological crisis.
Although the Corps would face repeated challenges as they investigated both tomb raiding and mysterious high profile murders during the Streets Painted Crimson situation, Torden Base would thankfully avoid being targeted during the threat. Beyond its use as a gathering point and command centre during these months, the base largely remained isolated from wider events.
Planted Banners
The planted banners are a formation leading into the base's main gate, consisting of replica warbanners taken from every member to have joined Clan Odan-Urr. This is treated as a means to honour the group's legacy and its history given the extremely diverse origins and natures of all those who have signed up to the cause. Bereft of traditions or even a greater meaning, it is also intended to be a simple gesture even with the extremely colourful and varied nature of its structure.
Yet even beyond the basic traditions it holds among Odan-Urr's members, the planted banners also serve several defensive means. Along with disguising outer defenses and movements during times of battle, they are often swapped out, as if to indicate who is present on the base at any one time. Through this use and a number of fabricated rumours, it is used to not only disguise the numbers present at any time, but also who is present.
Layout
Exterior
Outside, crescent flowing stairs lead away from a stone courtyard and to a grassy plain just above the main entrance. Defensive turrets such as the FPC 6.7 Anti-Aircraft Battery and the DF.9 Anti-Infantry Battery are strategically positioned in a way that helps them blend into the terrain. A low wall frames a clearing, where individuals or groups gather for sparring sessions. Close by is a transportation hub that acts as a lifeline to and from Wayfarer's Landing.
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The Inner Sanctum
A ritualistic platform with stone seating surrounding it in a circle. Located inside one of the many caverns that run below the surface. Directly below the base. This is also where the knighting ceremonies take place.
The platform is a plinth held atop of a pool of water, with a stone octahedron hovering above its place. Each face of the plinth is carved with actions by Clan Odan-Urr, images from New Tython, and memories of the knights who served the Galactic Republic, and those of the revitalized Jedi Order. Although only reflecting brief moments in history, these are intended to honour the Jedi throughout the ages, displaying both their greatest triumphs and worst failings. It's seen as one final moment of recognition for students before joining, understanding what life they will be embracing, with echoes of those events written into the very Force about the plinth.
Beyond this one addition, the rituals to knight each new member can emulate any number of past or unique traditions; from the assembled council and severing of a Padawan's braid to the far more general ceremonies of Luke Skywalker's Order. These are watched over by several of the Clan's ranking members. What further separates this from other Clans is that those without a strong connection to the Force are also given the option to have award or promotional ceremonies take place here. Although few accept, normally requesting the Council Chambers or other locations, it is a gesture to further emphasise that all within the Guardians are equal and they do not raise some above others purely thanks to their origins.
Council Chambers
Four hallways link to the center of the facility, leading to a circular room open to the sky, with large pots on a raised platform, each one slightly bigger than the other. These pots hold the seeds to a variety of plants that were also planted in reclamation zones across the planet such as the Oku Flower. These plants are symbolic - the life in those pots is what the Guardians are fighting for, may it always be a reminder to the Council, to remain rooted and grounded in their mission.
The chamber consists of a large raised platform to hold the wealth of plant life in vast pots, while also ringing an upper gallery with vines and creepers about its edges. As the roof can easily be retracted and opened to the air, this allows for the plants to thrive throughout the day, and to be tended to by a mix of floating gardener droids.
The chambers can be easily reconfigured to suit a larger or smaller council as required, but more often than not also double as a briefing chamber for the Clan. The presence of several photographic projectors and its open tiered structure means that it can host fully half of Clan-Odan Urr and the majority of its supporting personnel in one place at any time.
Sparring Chamber
Also known as the Sparring Arena and Combat Ring, the Sparring Chamber is a misnomer. The area consists of a single large hall divided up into eighteen separate chambers, each averaging eighteen by eighteen metres in scale. This is intended to be best suited to either singular duels or engagements of four upon four, with rooms and overhangs allowing for tutors to monitor events if not joining the arena in person. These are built to be easily refitted and rebuilt to fit various mission profiles, as the atmospheric environment and temperature can be reworked to fit almost any terrain. At the same time, more advanced technology can be used to reform the very ground itself into a mix of varied terrains, of increased and lessened variation. Fast-growing mosses and even plants kept alive and reserved for bolstering these environments can be then used to further rework them to fit certain environments.
The chambers are not meant to replace field training or missions over a much wider scale, but to allow for individuals to better learn the use of weaponry and tactics in small-scale direct engagements. This is intended to account for both the use of blasters and lightsabers to better accommodate all of the Clan's members, and several can even be reworked into a full-fledged firing range for close-range projectile weapons. When not reformed to emulate a foreign environment, the floor of each chamber is marked with a series of circles overlapping and radiating out from the middle. This is intended to further limit ranges and better train members in the use of either Martial Arts Forms or other melee techniques, by limiting their area of focus and altering it depending upon their skill.
Archives
Hidden among the lowest levels, the archives are the most heavily guarded area beyond the Barracks, Armory, and Council Chambers. Consisting of isolated computer terminals and holobook shelves, the area is carefully divided into a mix of separate chambers, separating out libraries based upon their area of focus. Several are given over to the history and teachings of the Jedi and other Force Orders, fully half are given out to military tactics and history for their personnel, and a multitude of others cover everything from psychology to diplomacy.
The archives are further divided up into later sections, either covering specific minor areas of interest or age. It is noted that the archive holds a multitude of tomes - ancient books in stasis fields to preserve their original knowledge - from across the galaxy's history. Many of these were recovered during the Guardians' missions, while a few were donated by its older members from personal archives. To contrast this, several of the Guardian Corps' members contributed their own works, covering detailed records of events or lessons that are felt to be useful to their comrades.
Another, extremely heavily guarded, the section is held behind multiple sealed doors and bulkheads. Supposedly this is intended to be where the Corps hold any relics of the Dark Side they claim and retrieve, or knowledge that is deemed potentially harmful to untrained minds. This is actually a carefully disguised falsehood, known only to the Temple Masters, and the chamber is effectively empty save for multiple scanners and a vast number of security measures. This was crafted by Essik Lyccane during his tenure, using lessons felt from the loss of The Fang to create a trap for determined Dark Side assassins or thieves. The actual location where such items are guarded and examined remains unknown.
Barracks
The internal barracks of Torden Base are hidden in the very centre of the facility, and it has become a common joke that they are the base's worst-kept secret. Well defended and with its surroundings reinforced against energy, explosive, and kinetic weaponry, the barracks serves as a bunker system to hold up against capital ship grade or siege weapons. Although supplied with enough immediate supplies to last a full two months, the barracks are largely a misdirection. The area is occupied by a number of internal personnel at any one time, but its actual use is intended to both draw fire from surprise attacks or throw off potential data breaches surrounding any battle plans. The actual barracks used by the stationed personnel are instead more widely distributed to four primary areas, far better hidden but just as well armoured. The wider divide allows for some limited degree of privacy, but also more immediate shifts between patrols or work schedules.
Armory
Torden Base's armory system is broken up into one main room along with several resupply and arming areas at key points throughout the facility. These are intended to help rapidly fortify and arm the area, but also to best supply and help the extremely eclectic mix of personal weapons carried by the group's members. With such a broad variety of blasters, solid slug weapons, lightsabers, and far more exotic items, any effort to establish uniformity is doomed to failure. As such, each one is fitted with multiple recharging stations for every known model of blaster, a variety of ammunition types to fit the more widely known slugthrower weapons, and even several work stations to assist with maintenance and repairs for various blade weapons.
The primary armoury features most of the equipment intended to arm and resupply conventional troops, with smaller segments in the outlying secondary armories. These are outfitted with enough equipment and arms to supply a company-strength defensive force from scratch, divided into several well-defended and secure equipment rooms. The supplies within are built to match the standard supplies offered to a Special Missions Company, with the intent to adapt and rearm any defending troops to quickly match whatever opposition they face. Even so, most are built with an emphasis on fighting troops after breaching the facility, particularly in close or confined engagements with the use of choke points.
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