Place: UPN Office (Beaven Point)
Overview
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Type | Liaison Office / Police Outpost |
| Parent Location | Beaven Point |
| Owner/Steward | Lt. Mitchel Jackson |
| Security Level | Mil-Spec (Internal protocols), Low (External projection) |
| Price/Quality | Standard (Bureaucratic efficiency) |
Visual Reference
Atmosphere & Vibe
Sensory Tags: Smell of recycled sterile air and stale coffee, low hum of independent servers, stark white lighting, walls vibrating slightly from nearby mining drills.
A stark, prefabricated module shoved into a rough-hewn rock cavity. The interior is aggressively clean, brightly lit, and standard-issue UPN grey—a jarring contrast to the grime and shadow of the rest of Beaven Point. It feels less like an embassy and more like a bunker or a cage. The desk is covered in physical flimsies and datapads, representing a backlog of bureaucracy that one man cannot possibly manage.
Goods, Services & Points of Interest
| Item / Service | Cost / Value | Notes / Effect |
|---|---|---|
| UPoS Citizenship Check | Free | Verifies if a visitor is a legal UPoS citizen; required for certain protections. |
| Quarantine Access Request | Bureaucratic Hell | The only legal way to request approach vectors for Lucido Prime. 99.9% rejection rate. |
| Bounty Claim Processing | Standard | Official payout for OEG or Pirate bounties. Takes 4-6 weeks to process. |
Inhabitants & NPCs
| Name | Role | Quirk / Disposition |
|---|---|---|
| Lt. Mitchel Jackson | UPN Liaison / Head Officer | Exhausted, by-the-book but fraying at the edges. Constantly rubbing his wedding ring. |
| ”Miranda” (VI) | Office Virtual Intelligence | A localized, cheerful UPN hologram assistant that is glitchy and annoyingly polite given the grim circumstances. |
Security & Hazards
- Passive Defenses: Reinforced Blast Doors (can seal the room off from the station’s atmosphere), Independent Oxygen Scrubber, Encrypted Comms Array (Direct link to UPN Santa Fe).
- Active Defenses: 1x Ceiling-mounted Stun Turret (Automated), Personal Sidearm (Lt. Jackson).
- Access: Public Lobby (Open), Inner Office (Locked, Biometric Scan required).
Secrets & Clues
- The “Santa Fe” Logs: A datapad in a locked drawer containing encrypted comms with the UPN Santa Fe. They reveal that the Navy is preparing to purge the station if the OEG presence is confirmed to be above 5%.
- Conflict of Interest: A drafted, deleted report on Jackson’s terminal details illegal smuggling by the Guild, but he deleted it to protect his wife, Zara Jackson.
- The Back Door: There is a heavy vent behind the server rack that leads not to the ventilation system, but to a maintenance crawlspace connected to Isabel’s Workshop. Jackson uses it to meet informants (or his wife) off the record.