Another proposal/suggestion from the last thread:
Hmm. Setting up a system of archeological expeditions would be pretty interesting. We could even make our own museums full of our discoveries for PR and tourism.
1) This was proposed a
long time before we got the 'Discovery Corps' action to actually outfit an archaeological team. Nicely done! (Wish we'd looked into this idea more at the time...)
2) Turns out there's an abandoned museum/Jedi library right next door.
Nespis VII is located in the Auril sector (same as Ossus, and Murkhana, and Bal'demnic). It is orbited by '
Space City' once regarded as one of the twenty 'Wonders of the Galaxy' (it made the official list, back in 10,000 BBY). Space City was almost completely abandoned after the '
Cron Drift' Supernova that basically eradicated life in the sector, and Space City never recovered. Its current total population:
one Jedi, stationed on the entire city-sized complex to guard a long-abandoned Jedi archive. (That Jedi was so isolated he didn't even learn about Order 66 until
Vader showed up to kill him).
I want it. Specifically, I wonder if we could use it as a galactic museum: to celebrate Ciaran's accomplishments, celebrate the cultures and systems that belong to the CNS and/or the Outer Rim, to celebrate & showcase our own archaeological discoveries (at least the ones that are public record...)
Option #1: wait until Auril sector belongs to Neutral Space, then take it over. Nom nom nom.
Option #2: take it over now as a secure Abyss Watcher base -- it is a city-sized station with only a single resident, so it shouldn't be
too hard to find space that isn't used or observed by the Jedi.... (Alternately, persuade the Jedi to join our cause...)
Option #3: contract with Kuat Drive Yards (they specialize in massive capital ships...) or Sienar (they do custom work) to outfit the station with hyperdrive engines, then move the whole Space City away from Nespis, Auril, and the whole 'Foundry of the Confederacy' area. Put it in orbit over Taris? (It'd certainly boost our reputation and 'revitalizer' credentials, to restore a ten-thousand-year-old galactic Wonder to its former glory....
Those same engines, incidentally, would let us make an 'emergency exit' in a worst-case scenario, and bring Space City to Kiln or some other site
And that is only the "publicly available" side. We can also set up top-tier research, manufacturing, education and training facilities.
Yeah creating a museum for the less volatile pieces could be done. ... Also I like the idea for Ciaran to become the purveyor of education across the Galaxy leading the way to a new golden age of science...hahahahahha
Of course, since Space City is in fact city-sized, we could always use the space station for other things. Lease some space for a Kuat facility in exchange for the engines. Let the Ithorians do their thing and make it self-sufficient for food and water. Set up a Karada medical center/school in collaboration with Alderaan. Set up a secret research site. Lots of possibilities...
