[member="Valiens Nantaris"]
Bespin was a world of marvels. For one, it had a city that was floating in the sky high up in the clouds. Most imaginatively it was called Cloud City. Whoever had come up with the name deserved a medal for originality. It was probably a miracle that the city had not fallen out of the clouds or been blown up yet. Then again, it would have probably been rebuilt anyway. After all, even Alderaan got better, despite being blown into micro pieces by the death star's super laser.
But against all logic and reason the city still stood tall and proud in the clouds and had become a hub of trade and commerce. Naturally it had also attracted its share of scum and villainy. Luke Skywalker had fought Darth Vader in an epic duel in this very city...and learned that the evil Sith Lord was his father, which had obviously caused daddy issues. Many centuries later the vile and savage Bando Gora had seized control over the city before being purged with fire and sword by an Omega Pyre invasion force led by Siobhan Kerrigan. Along the way a Great Unclean One had gotten a building dropped on it before being bombed from the air.
In this day and age, when war was spreading across the stars like wild fires, things were calmer on Bespin and life continued as normal, seemingly untouched by the violence and misery that plagued so many worlds, even though it was a frontier planet. Most recently Firemane and the Abregado-Rae Guild of Hammers had erected an outpost in the gasuous layers of the planet to mine cortosis, which could somehow be found here. It had been created as a joint venture, though overall control now fell to Firemane since the enigmatic droid HK-36 had vanished from the public eye after a brief term as Iron Lord Protector.
The Iron Knight had described the mining process so well in another place that this one sees fit to quote him: "You see Cortosis forms in the upper layers of Bespin's core and lower atmosphere cloud layers filled with gases poisonous to most organics, it can be found on other planets, of course, but this is rather unique for Bespin. In its raw form it is a very fibrous material, like plant strands, even in its purified form where it can disable lightsabers it is very fragile, it has greater energy dissipating properties, however, making it a very strong defense against energy weapons like blasters and lightsabers but incredibly weak against physical weapons like slugthrowers or swords. And in its raw forms it is explosive when it comes in contact with organic matter, so it is mined only by specialized hover-droids who pulls its strands from clouds and the core, and then bring them up here to the special furnaces we have on the platforms. Here it is either purified or mixed together with Durasteel. Diluting it with Durasteel weakens its anti-energy properties, meaning it cannot disable lightsabers or dissipate bolts just as easily, but it strengthens it against physical attacks, making it quite a nice middle ground as it allows Durasteel to resist lightsaber attacks."
There, now the kiddies shall no longer wallow in ignorance about how cortosis is mined on Bespin, whether they're interested or not. It's a truly fascinating topic, you see!
Through the clouds a sleek shuttle swooped down, being steered towards the mining outpost, which could already be seen in the distance. The platforms that formed the Firemane and ARGH command bases could be seen through the viewport of the craft, as could the large furnace section. Basic defences could be made out in form of anti-aircraft guns and a few turbolaser cannons that aimed into the sky, for though it was not a militarised outpost one could never be too careful. After all, Sith infiltrators were everywhere and besides, you never knew when a rift might be thrown into the fabric of reality and an armada of Celestials would emerge from the netherworld to wipe out all life. The shuttle was a military craft and marked with the colours of the Kaeshana Confederation. Aboard were Grand Seraph [member="Aeda Shaytari"], who could be considered the Grand Master of the Eldorai, and Kaida Taldir, her equally stoic minion. Suffice to say the Eldorai had come to collect. All the appropriate calls had been made, things had been arranged with the Firemane couple and payment rendered.
Bespin was a world of marvels. For one, it had a city that was floating in the sky high up in the clouds. Most imaginatively it was called Cloud City. Whoever had come up with the name deserved a medal for originality. It was probably a miracle that the city had not fallen out of the clouds or been blown up yet. Then again, it would have probably been rebuilt anyway. After all, even Alderaan got better, despite being blown into micro pieces by the death star's super laser.
But against all logic and reason the city still stood tall and proud in the clouds and had become a hub of trade and commerce. Naturally it had also attracted its share of scum and villainy. Luke Skywalker had fought Darth Vader in an epic duel in this very city...and learned that the evil Sith Lord was his father, which had obviously caused daddy issues. Many centuries later the vile and savage Bando Gora had seized control over the city before being purged with fire and sword by an Omega Pyre invasion force led by Siobhan Kerrigan. Along the way a Great Unclean One had gotten a building dropped on it before being bombed from the air.
In this day and age, when war was spreading across the stars like wild fires, things were calmer on Bespin and life continued as normal, seemingly untouched by the violence and misery that plagued so many worlds, even though it was a frontier planet. Most recently Firemane and the Abregado-Rae Guild of Hammers had erected an outpost in the gasuous layers of the planet to mine cortosis, which could somehow be found here. It had been created as a joint venture, though overall control now fell to Firemane since the enigmatic droid HK-36 had vanished from the public eye after a brief term as Iron Lord Protector.
The Iron Knight had described the mining process so well in another place that this one sees fit to quote him: "You see Cortosis forms in the upper layers of Bespin's core and lower atmosphere cloud layers filled with gases poisonous to most organics, it can be found on other planets, of course, but this is rather unique for Bespin. In its raw form it is a very fibrous material, like plant strands, even in its purified form where it can disable lightsabers it is very fragile, it has greater energy dissipating properties, however, making it a very strong defense against energy weapons like blasters and lightsabers but incredibly weak against physical weapons like slugthrowers or swords. And in its raw forms it is explosive when it comes in contact with organic matter, so it is mined only by specialized hover-droids who pulls its strands from clouds and the core, and then bring them up here to the special furnaces we have on the platforms. Here it is either purified or mixed together with Durasteel. Diluting it with Durasteel weakens its anti-energy properties, meaning it cannot disable lightsabers or dissipate bolts just as easily, but it strengthens it against physical attacks, making it quite a nice middle ground as it allows Durasteel to resist lightsaber attacks."
There, now the kiddies shall no longer wallow in ignorance about how cortosis is mined on Bespin, whether they're interested or not. It's a truly fascinating topic, you see!
Through the clouds a sleek shuttle swooped down, being steered towards the mining outpost, which could already be seen in the distance. The platforms that formed the Firemane and ARGH command bases could be seen through the viewport of the craft, as could the large furnace section. Basic defences could be made out in form of anti-aircraft guns and a few turbolaser cannons that aimed into the sky, for though it was not a militarised outpost one could never be too careful. After all, Sith infiltrators were everywhere and besides, you never knew when a rift might be thrown into the fabric of reality and an armada of Celestials would emerge from the netherworld to wipe out all life. The shuttle was a military craft and marked with the colours of the Kaeshana Confederation. Aboard were Grand Seraph [member="Aeda Shaytari"], who could be considered the Grand Master of the Eldorai, and Kaida Taldir, her equally stoic minion. Suffice to say the Eldorai had come to collect. All the appropriate calls had been made, things had been arranged with the Firemane couple and payment rendered.
