Jan 22, 2023 9:48 pm
FLAMMARION
Flammarion is an important link on the Xboat route to Five Sisters subsector, and the site of both an Imperial Navy
base and a Scout Service Way Station. The Naval base is a small affair intended mainly to support patrol ships and
destroyers. It is unusual to see even a cruiser, let alone a capital ship, passing through the region in peacetime. The
Scout Base is considerably larger, with full Way Station status. This makes it an important center for Scout Service
activity in the region, ranging from training and routine communications duty to exploration and survey missions,
and probably (though the Imperial authorities will neither confirm nor deny) surveillance and reconnaissance
missions into the Sword Worlds Confederation. Flammarion itself is a fairly unappealing world with a
thin atmosphere despite its size, and little surface water. Most Travellers stop over at the large and well equipped
Highport and never set foot on-planet.
Flammarion Highport
There are plenty of shops, bars and restaurants as well as recreation facilities ranging from squash courts to prize-fighting arenas.
The port has a similar Law Level to the planet below (Law Level 4). In practice this means sidearms can be carried, as can blade weapons. Although shotguns are legal, anyone wandering around with one would attract the attention of the portside security force. Similarly, while discreet body armour is acceptable for people who perceive the risk, someone stomping about in a flak jacket will be viewed with suspicion. There is simply no need, in the eyes of the port authority, and thus anyone wearing overt armour is assumed to be up to no good. Most bars and other facilities require that weapons be checked at the door. This can be inconvenient when shopping, and many visitors just leave their weapons aboard ship or in their hotel.
Violence is very uncommon in the clean and well-lit corridors of the Highport, other than the occasional punch-up in a sports bar. Such occurrences are one reason why most bars prohibit guns. Society is generally cosmopolitan and easy-going. By far the majority of people are human, though they come from several cultures and can seem quite alien at times. The largest minority are Vargr, with smaller numbers of Aslan and odd members of other species.
Flammarion is an important link on the Xboat route to Five Sisters subsector, and the site of both an Imperial Navy
base and a Scout Service Way Station. The Naval base is a small affair intended mainly to support patrol ships and
destroyers. It is unusual to see even a cruiser, let alone a capital ship, passing through the region in peacetime. The
Scout Base is considerably larger, with full Way Station status. This makes it an important center for Scout Service
activity in the region, ranging from training and routine communications duty to exploration and survey missions,
and probably (though the Imperial authorities will neither confirm nor deny) surveillance and reconnaissance
missions into the Sword Worlds Confederation. Flammarion itself is a fairly unappealing world with a
thin atmosphere despite its size, and little surface water. Most Travellers stop over at the large and well equipped
Highport and never set foot on-planet.
Flammarion Highport
There are plenty of shops, bars and restaurants as well as recreation facilities ranging from squash courts to prize-fighting arenas.
The port has a similar Law Level to the planet below (Law Level 4). In practice this means sidearms can be carried, as can blade weapons. Although shotguns are legal, anyone wandering around with one would attract the attention of the portside security force. Similarly, while discreet body armour is acceptable for people who perceive the risk, someone stomping about in a flak jacket will be viewed with suspicion. There is simply no need, in the eyes of the port authority, and thus anyone wearing overt armour is assumed to be up to no good. Most bars and other facilities require that weapons be checked at the door. This can be inconvenient when shopping, and many visitors just leave their weapons aboard ship or in their hotel.
Violence is very uncommon in the clean and well-lit corridors of the Highport, other than the occasional punch-up in a sports bar. Such occurrences are one reason why most bars prohibit guns. Society is generally cosmopolitan and easy-going. By far the majority of people are human, though they come from several cultures and can seem quite alien at times. The largest minority are Vargr, with smaller numbers of Aslan and odd members of other species.