Freedon Nadd Lake Outpost
“The fifty meter tunnel just opens up Len.” Talis exclaimed into his communicator.
“How big is it?”
“Oh its big enough,” Talis paused, “and beautiful.”
--Brief History--
The lake was found by Jedi Knight Talis DeMorte while scouting the tunnels of Daleem with members of an expeditionary squad sent out to scout the planet for Satele Shan’s relocation. The fifty meter tunnel they were in opened up to a large expanse with an opening in the ceiling just large enough for a corvette class cruiser. The opening had let enough rainwater in to create a lake at the bottom of it. The main cavern area was created by various forces of nature. Two ledges protruded from the sides of the cavern giving plenty of room for a base. Talis messaged back to the leader of Garza’s Pathfinders and relayed its possibility as a new base of operations for the group. It had everything from sandy beaches to swampy terrain. It is a small ecosystem of its own among the barren rocks. The name of the lake and outpost were chosen as a homage to the tale of Freedon Nadd, the prodigal apprentice of Odan Urr who turned to the darkside by choice. Reiterating that this was a choice for them and to be light was the harder choice. The base was made in conjunction with both the Ship Smith’s Guild and the engineers from the Indag conclave. To aid in the compounds secrecy all files about the construction and the site were kept on the site and workers were brought in by windowless shuttles. In return for this secrecy a deal for intel on competitors activities was struck. Those types of missions are deemed training in nature but pay very well so they do not pull the members of Garza’s Pathfinders away from their primary duties but are an easy way to earn the unit funds.
--Chamber--
The chamber has two openings. One on the east and west side of it. The lake follows what use to have been the tunnel route straight across the cavern chamber from east to west. It is approximately one thousand meters from east to east and two hundred meters at its widest point in the middle. On the northern side of the lake is a large ledge that sits 5 meters above the sandy beaches and stretches eight hundred meters.The widest point of the northern ledge is on the western side of the ledge. It goes from three hundred and fifty meters wide and tapering down to the wall on the eastern side. The ledge is large enough to hold a large complex and is situated right beneath the hole in the ceiling. The ledge on the southern side of the cavern is 15 meters above the sandy beaches that surround the lake and is about fifty meters from wall to ledge. There is a large cavern on the western side of the southern ledge that is about 20 meters deep and 5 meters high. There is a swamp on the the western side of the lake that turns into the lake where very little water moves. On the Eastern entrance is a small creek that flows steadily down the tunnel pooling in several places.
--Freedon Nadd Lake Base--
---Main Compound---
The main compound is nestled on the northern ledge, on the far western side.The main compound is six stories high with the first three stories being 5 meters high each and the final three stories only 3 meters tall each. Making the main complex 39 meters tall and two hundred meters across at its widest point with large conduit going up the wall of the cavern up to through the opening in the ceiling to antenna arrays and communication equipment. A small bunker is up there to defend it and to house the maintenance personnel for the comm arrays. The entrance to the temple goes straight out onto the flight deck where supplies can be loaded and offloaded straight into the main building.
----Basement----
Mainly storage for parts and spare equipment. This is also the home to the base’s bar. The Rusty Jawa.
-----Rusty Jawa-----
A creation by the maintenance chief. The bar stays stocked because pilots bring alcohol in from their runs as well as communal offerings from the troops as the come and go from missions. It is customary to put your name on the board when you go on a mission. If you fall they etch your name into a steel plate that was salvaged off the first starfighter to crash in the cavern. Six names scar the plating of honor. Sevir Tal’fis the first death in the cavern. Caldin Vassen, Tha’va Rill, Case Tiikten, three special missions troopers who died from a maintenance accident that electrocuted them at their stations. Shiin Lan’qas, another pilot who died landing a damaged fighter. Ter Darller a star fighter mechanic who died of pneumonia.
----First Floor----
The first floor of the compound holds the armory and maintenance shops for the base. This includes the starfighter maintenance shop all the way to ordnance maintenance.
----Second Floor----
The second floor contains the Kitchen and cafeteria as well as the barracks for four platoons. The platoons currently serving there are one platoon from the Special missions recon company, one Freerunner platoon, as well as one flight of starfighters on station and their mechanics.
----Third Floor----
The third floor consists of the training simulators for the pilots as well as two sparring rooms. One of which being much bigger and able to recreate different weather phenomenons like driving rain or snow. The other is a basic, padded floor, open room with two sparring mats. The remaining room is a weight room and fitness center and medical station for all the members stationed at the base.
----Fourth Floor----
The fourth floor is known as the halls of hell. This floor contains the bases’ library as well as its jail cells and interrogation chambers. Normally these would be relegated to the basement floor but this puts any chance of escape out the window being windowless and wedged between two floors that are constantly filled with activity.
----Fifth Floor----
The fifth floor is is the housing of the Garza pathfinders. Each member getting their own room to decorate as they deem fit. Each one with a numerical designation starting a 4A representing the fourth floor room A. There are sixteen rooms on the fifth floor and a common area that they all open up to. There are extra rooms just in case there are guests that visit the site.
----Sixth Floor----
The sixth and final floor the Command and Control Center and is staffed with members of the Special missions recon company. They watch and analyze and prepare intel for missions for all of the folks stationed in the cavern as well as act as the bases Air traffic controllers.
---Flight deck---
The flight deck consists of one long wide strip of runway and 30 landing pads that attach to it. 20 landing pads are occupied by the flight of T-70 x wings that are constantly on station. The base boasts a flight of 25 T-70 X-Wings from the Satele Shan’s fighter squadron for Tactical reasons. It gives a good launch point for the flight to intercept anything that tries to move on the main base of operations for Satele Shan.
---Secondary Compound---
Across from the lake from the main compound is where two platoons of Satele shan’s Special operations Battalion. Their compound consists of two floors built into the side of the cavern wall where the smaller cavern is.
----First Floor----
The first floor is the training and maintenance area for their vehicles.
----Second Floor----
The second floor is comprised of barracks in the back half and and armory and defensive positions on the forefront with mounted turrets and other forms of defensive munitions.