Sanzu
"It took me a long while to find someone who would openly discuss the fate of Loum's largest colony; a Co-Operative information-broker, who asked to remain anonymous. If he's to be believed (and I don't see much reason to doubt him), Sanzu was a former off-world colony ran by Falias' old regime, that grew from a bunch of isolabs. Something happened though, nobody's sure what, and the place has been shut out from outsiders for decades. Understandably, it wasn't on our tour-list."
"So, Union's planning to crack Sanzu open and take a look inside? Bless those idiots. It's not like we've not tried ourselves several times already, and every attempt's either ended with the foolhardy interlopers wising up and retreating as soon as the turrets light up, or dissapearing inside and never being heard from again. You ask me, it's the DCFP's old leadership still lurking about. After all, someone's gotta be keeping those turrets loaded...
!!ATTENTION!! !!A͂ͭͭ̈́ͯͨͬT̐ͭ̅̿ͦͩ̕Tͨͭ̏ͧ̑ͯͪE̶Ṅͮ̚TION!! THIS IS AN AUTOMATED EMERGENCY-BROADCAST, ACTIVATED PER PROTOCOL: DAGHDA THIS IS NOT A DRILL
REPEAT
THIS IS NOT A DRILL THE COLONY HAS BEEN PLACED UND̢̕ÉR̴̢͡ ͘͞I̶̕͟N͢͢D҉È̷͠F̵̛I̸͟N̸ITE LOCKDOWN, FOLLOWING A QUARANTINE BREACH OF ANOMALOUS MATERIAL, ORIGINATING FROM:
R̷͘E͠D͞A͏C͘ŢE͡Ḑ̴̧ ALL COLONISTS MUST SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY, AND FOLLOW CLASS-1 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AS PER PROTOCOL: DAGHDA, ALL COMMUNICATION WITH OUTSIDE ELEMENTS HAS BEEN OBVIATED
AS PER PROTOCOL: DAGHDA, AUTOḾ̢͞ATE҉D̴̴͢ ̛̛D͝E̷̡͘F̷Ę̡Ń̸C͢É̛S͠ ̶WI̡̛ĻL̛̕ ̧M҉̕A̷̕͠IN͟͠T̷͢A̸I͠Ń͜ ̧̨Q̴͞Ú̧A҉Ŗ̨A̸NTIN̷E͘ ͏̧͝BY̕͞ ̸͞L̕͡IVE-ARM DEFENCES LOCKDOWN WILL REMAIN UNTIL QUARANTINE IS REESTABLISHED OR PROTOCOL: FENRIR IS ENACTED T̨̨̀Ḩ͘I͜S͢ ̶̴̡M̛҉E͢͟͝S͜S͝͏À̧G҉E͜ ͝W̴͝ILL Ŗ̴̵̩̩͉̲̪̘̲̺̝̬͇̙̺͇͔̩͚͘͝È̡̩̖̜̱̰P̸͘͞͏͎̦̘̭̫͟E̸҉̲̰̥̜͍̟̪͎͍͍̼̩͔͔̝̦A͇̪͎̯̙̯̣͘͠ͅT̸̛̬͚͇̰͉͚̟͖̪̰͚̗̜̙͓̦̠̖͡
Government
Sanzu essentially followed the same governing system as the FUC, with the caveat that the research-staff in its isolabs generally held as much political authority as its military personel, able to dictate colony-wide policy as they saw fit.
Defences
Owing to the secretive and frequently dangerous research conducted in its labs, Sanzu was constructed with a formidable array of exterior defences, both manned and automated, to deter unwanted interlopers. Chief among these defences are three Mars-class orbital defence cannons, incredibly large and well-armored lorentz-guns able to fatally cripple even a large Union cruiser in a single volley. The surface is protected by a wide network of automated gun-turrets and howitzer cannons, which automatically lock onto and attack vehicles that fail to broadcast proper IFF codes.
Interior defence was provided via a mixture of powersuited security-personell, AI-controlled subalterns and a strong and redundant system of lockdown-walls and airlocks that allow for instant isolation of unsafe areas on a hermetic level, supplemented by deployment of various self-neutralising chemical-weaponry through sections of closed-circuit ventilation systems.
Industry & Trade
Infrastructure
Sanzu was one of the few colonies on Loum constructed with all the infrastructures necesarry to support long-term habitation, and a major recipient of exported ice from Falias. It was constructed with the most advanced civil technology availible at the time, unlike its progenitor colony which had such systems retrofitted after its initial, more modest construction. The colony also posesses a single surface-to-orbit launch-rail and landing-pad outside of its walls.
History
Sanzu was commissioned in the mid 4800s in response to surveying of the remnants of the Kemys indicatiing that its remaining technology and data would be irretrievable for decades at the very least, prompting the DCFP's commitment to 'start from scratch' on what they had lost. The barren moon of Loum was chosen due to the secrecy and passive protection from intruders and spies that its gasseous, volcanically-active enviroment offers.
In 4880, the first of the Sanzu isolabs had finished construction and was set to begin its research as soon as relevant personel and materials arrived. Sanzu was initially unable to accomodate habitation of longer than a few months due to the lack of local infrastructure leaving it dependant on expensive shipping of water-ice and other basic supplies from Falias, and it was only twelve years after its initial construction that the DCFP began to construct means of amenities locally to house a semi-permanent community.
As these 'researcher community centers' were constructed, the isolabs themselves were extended deep into the moon's crust, in part to provide supplementary power and heat through geothermal energy and in part to Provide further secrecy and isolation for its 'black-box' projects by constructing additional facilities that did not exist on general-access schematics of the colony. The lowest levels of these new facilities were called the 'Null Sector' by the local populace, and allegedly housed experiments into DeCorp that even the DCFP's top brass only had partial information on.
When the DCFP was overthrown and replaced by the Falias United Colonies in 4951u, little changed for the inhabitants of Sanzu, and the new management was content in letting them continue as they were, so long as they reported their progress regularly (though there were rumors that surviving figures of the DCFP had fled into hiding at Sanzu, they were dismissed as unlikely). As tensions rose between the FUC and the Vaduz Orbital Collective however, the former began to demand that Sanzu's research be taken to military ends.
In the early months of 4991u, Sanzu entered a state of temporary quarantine when a minor viral-infection began spreading through the colonists. As is standard-procedure, the FUC deployed an inspection-team to Sanzu in order to ensure that quarantine measures were being followed and that the isolabs stayed true to their intended function. After aproximately 90 minutes - the time in which the inspection-team were expected to finish - their transport shuttle attempted to contact the team but recieved no response, prompting the shuttle to organise a second security-team to move into the colony and investigate.
Before such a team could be organised however, the shuttle and all communication-arrays in range of Sanzu received a burst-transmission, stating that the colony was entering emergency lockdown. No less than twenty minutes after the expected departure of the inspection-team, every entrance and bay in Sanzu was instantly shut and locked down, while exterior-defences powered up and began opening fire on any approaching vehicles or personel.
It was only when the closed-circuit emergency beacon situated outside of Sanzu began transmitting that the FUC were clued in on what was happening: The colony was experiencing a containment-breach from the 'Null-Sector' labs, to an extent that automated lockdown procedures not only prevented access and exit from the colony, but had disabled all wireless communication capabilities - a policy that existed since the early days of the colony, to prevent 'anomalous malignant-intelligences' from spreading outside the colony.
With the full might of the colony's cutting-edge anti orbital defences being brought against interlopers, and the potential for a completely unknown danger to spread outside of the colony if the quarantine were interfered with, the FUC made the controversial decision to declare the colony abandoned, continuing to observe only from afar while they focused on more pressing matters. Sanzu remained silent over the following years, broken only by sporadic reports of flashing lights and alleged bursts of radio-noise originating from the colony.
When Union forces arrived in 5006u, their small numbers initially forced them to follow the FUC's hands-off approach and continue observation. In 5012u however, the arrival of new reinforcements and reports of burst-transmissions from in and around Sanzu (despite physical shielding making the latter patently impossible) has prompted the Task-Force to begin laying down the groundwork for an investigative operation, aiming to begin reconnaisance within the colony in 5016u.
Architecture
Sanzu's architecture and construction-parameters have been designed with isolation and seperation first and formost: Every section of the colony underneath the primary outer-shell, whether it's for research or habitation, is seperated from oneanother by thick, reinforced walls and connected via tunnels barely large enough to fit transport-vehicles through (each with its own checkpoint and decontaminiation/inspection chamber), and each 'floor' of the colony (seperated by purpose and/or clearance-level) is seperated by several meters of natural bedrock. Infrastructure such as ventilation and plumbing are built on multiple redundant circuits which rarely cross with eachother and can be sealed into a closed circuit near-instantaneously to prevent the spread of hazardous contamination.
Burst-transmission detected. Source unknown.
--ONTACT WITH PRIME TRANSMITTER LOST, NO VIABLE CARRIER DETECTED.
SYSTEM ONTOLOGY WITHIN ACCEPTABLE INTEGRITY THRESHOLD.
POWERPLANT FACTORS: EFFICIENCY WITHIN ACCEPTABLE THRESHOLD
EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION FACTORS: N/A, SEE PROTOCOL DAGHDA
INTERNAL COMMUNICATION FACTORS: SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW NOMINAL PARAMETERS. PRIORITIZING ANTIBODY COUNTERMEMETIC SIGNALS.
PERIMETER ANTIBODY FACTORS: AWAITING REPLENISHMENT
PRIMARY INTERIOR ANTIBODY FACTORS: WITHIN NOMINAL PARAMETERS
SECONDARY INTERIOR ANTIBODY FACTORS: WITHIN NOMINAL PARAMETERS
NULLS ANTIBODY FACTORS: NO CONNECTION
MANNED ANTIBODY INTEGRITY STATUS: _̸̧̪̜͈̖͓̥̞̙͍̮͓̠͊̌͐͊̈́̇̀̈́̉̅͘-̸̡̡̙͙̰̪̫̲͓̦͔͍̪̙̺͈͒͗́̒_̸̨̧̢̟͖̥̝͙͕͍̤͚̻͎͍͈̀͗̋̀́̉͆̐̽́̚͝-̷̙̰̬͒̓̈́̈̋̏̇̀̀̑̕̕͝_̴̢͍̯͉͊̿̍͂̇͆͌͗̈́̀̏͘͝_̵̳̣̳͋̆͌_̴̻̦̜̼͉̞̙̩͕̽̌̓͆̈́̇͐̈͌̿͌-̵̧̢̛͔̠̼͈͔̠̜̥̘͍̼͎͍̃̓̉̾̓̈̀̾-̶̛̻̪͇̗͙̘̣͕̥̟̏̎̀̇͋͑̾̿͐̀̅̐͠ͅ-̵̛̠͚̳͔̔͑̿̍̍̉̒̀͑́̚ͅͅ_̸̙̻͗̍́̆͛͐̐̅́̏̈̽̑͝-̷̢̧͈̭͍̹͔̪̟̟̦̮̰͇̱͗̽̄͌̀̓̀̓_̷̺͍̝̻͗̽̈́͊̋͑̈́̍͘
UNMANNED ANTIBODY INTEGRITY STATUS: ACCEPTABLE
TOTAL ANTIBODY INTEGRITY STATUS: ACCEPTABLE
AUTOFABRICATOR FACILITY QUEUE PRESENTLY FULL. PLEASE CONTACT LOGISTICS ADMINISTRATOR TO REMOVE QUEUED TASKS BEFORE ADDING NEW ONES.
SUBJECTIVE CHRONOLOGY MARGINS WITHIN 1:24 RATIO.
COMPENSATING.
C̸̘͒O̵̞͋Ṃ̶͑P̶̬̊E̴̜͒N̷͕͛S̴̭͠A̵͉͘T̴̝̈́I̷͚̍N̶̞̈́G̴̦͂.
COMPENSATING.
SUBJECTIVE CHRONOLOGY MARGINS NOW WITHIN 1:0001 RATIO
PRIMARY ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE SUPPORT FACTORS: BELOW NOMINAL PARAMETERS. PLEASE REFER TO LATEST TROUBLESHOOTING REPORT.
PRIMARY THERMAL FACTORS: AVG 261.15K. SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW NOMINAL PARAMETERS. PLEASE REFER TO LATEST TROUBLESHOOTING REPORT
CNS INTEGRITY STATUS: 2232322>:@>:23223:@>:22339.1===. BELOW NOMINAL PARAMETERS. NECROSIS-ANALOGUE STATUS IMMINENT
NULLS ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE-SUPPORT FACTORS: WITHIN NOMINAL PARAMETERS
NULLs THERMAL FACTORS: 230.004. WITHIN NOMINAL PARAMETERS
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RUINED SETTLEMENT
4991
Founding Date
4880
Alternative Name(s)
The Dead City
Type
City
Population
Aprox 80,000 at last taken census
Location under
Owning Organization
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