Jenmae Ophiro
B L E E D
The Orrery
Intent: To create a location to promote the plotting of future faction RP for the CIS.
Image Credit: Griffith Park Observatory and Planetarium
Canon: N/A
Links: [member="Seren"] / [member="Jenmae Ophiro"] / [member="Willow Fae"] / Cularin
Structure Name: The Orrery
Classification: Observatory / Orrery
Location: Remote mountain top - Cularin
Affiliation: The structure itself belongs to no one, but is was built as a gift to [member="Seren"] and [member="Willow Fae"] by [member="Jenmae Ophiro"]
Accessibility: [member="Jenmae"] has taken great pains to ensure that all their operations are located far from the prying eyes of the public. The Orrery is located far from any civilized place, and not easily accessible to anyone who may spot it from the ground below. The only entrances have been built into the foundation of the building, allowing access to the interior only from a series of tunnels that are built into the mountain itself.
Description: The Orrery is a simple structure from all appearances. The walls are built with stark white stone, mined from the inside of the mountain that it sits atop. The domed covers for the two observatories are made from a dull metal that does not reflect the brilliant glare of the sun even at midday. There are several external walk-ways that have been built into the sides of the main observatory to allow for vantage spots to gaze up at the sky without the dome shielding the view, should anyone choose to use them.
- Observatory: One of the two domes, the larger, has a roof that can be retracted, and contains a myriad of scientific equipment for the purpose of star-gazing. All manner of telescopes and measuring instruments are located here, and several large-scale computer systems for the purpose of collecting that data and housing it. These items are for the purpose of a more manual approach when observing the galaxy - and could be used as a welcome escape should someone wish to use them.
- The Orrery: Inside the second dome, much smaller than the first, is housed a digital orrery. Unlike the Observatory, this place is not open to the night air - and the only way to view the starts is through the projections that are created by a large simulator built into the floor at the centre of the circular room. The genre of star-gazing this room is designed for has more to do with magick that is does with science. [member="Jenmae Ophiro"] has created is for the purpose of scrying, aiming to assist her companions with their sinister goals, and keep a watchful eye on a systems surrounding them while she's at it.
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- Subterranean Tunnels: When constructing The Orrery, several tunnels were bored into the mountain itself before the structures foundations were set. These tunnels are utilitarian at best, rugged and lit with naked bulbs of light strung from the centre of the tunnels apex from their egress into the building, down into the mountain proper.There are three tunnels in total. One leads deep into the mountain, winding in slow circles through the core of the mass of stone, until it spills onto a well worn stone path leading deeper into the earth, and to the edge of Shahku iw Kraujas. The second tunnel keeps close to the surface of the mountain, winding down it's face just below the surface and spilling out into a grove of massive trees, their thick trunks and the dense follicle making the entrance difficult to find for those who don't already have an idea where it might be. The third tunnel is extremely steep, nearly a stone slide, that dumps any unlucky enough to select it into an underground river. The tunnels original construction had been meant to feed into Shahku iw Kraujas as well, but when the river blocked excavation, they abandoned the tunnel and made a new one instead.
Low - Due to the remote location as well as the lack of exterior entrances that are above ground, [member="Jenmae Ophiro"] saw no need for any additional security.
Upon the White Witch's rebirth, she quickly discovered that her paramour had not been able to establish quite the foot-hold that they had hoped for in his time returned from their shared future. Intending to assist him in his ventures with The Crucible, [member="Jenmae Ophiro"] set to work finding some skilled architects among the denizens of Cularin. Using her knowledge of the Force and her skills with entrapment of the mind, the witch took a sizable retinue of locals and brought them back to the remote part of the jungle they'd been calling home for the last year.
Putting them to work mining, crafting and building - in the space of a few short weeks The Orrery sat perched high atop the nameless mountain peak. Any who had been unlucky enough to be ensnared by the Dathomiri reject had been disposed of easily enough - offered up on the alter deep within the bowels of the mountain itself.
The witch now seeks to make a gift of the observatory to [member="Seren"] and the latest addition to his collection, in hopes that he will find a use for it while she busies herself in the orrery itself, turning her gaze to the distant stars and furthering their search for The Nine.
