Approved Location The Waystation

[Zak Amroth]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To submit a social gathering locale friendly to the ORC for the trade world of Terminus.
• ​Image Credit: Galaxy's Edge Concept Art
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SETTING INFORMATION

• Structure Name: The Waystation
• Classification: Cantina
• Location: Terminus
• Affiliation: Outer Rim Coalition
• Accessibility: Prominently situated just outside one of the trade hub's most heavily trafficked spaceports, the Waystation Cantina is open to all comers throughout the planetary cycle. A confluence of hyperspace lanes means that the variety of patrons is among the most diverse the entire rim has to offer.
• Description: An otherwise nondescript looking cantina, the roof of the Waystation is domed in Terminus' typical byzantine fashion. Its internal layout takes inspiration from a variety of cultures, of particular note is the predominance of floor seating. Some more traditional booths can be found in the corners, but stunted tables and cushions provide most comforts. The bar itself is far more traditional, although it is often cloudy with the haze of hookah smoke from nearby pipes.

POINTS OF INTEREST

• Center Stage: Every night the Waystation has some kind of live music performance. With so many cultural mixes, hired acts can vary wildly in style from night to night.
• The Bar: Keeping a stock of spirits so exotic that it resembles as much a scientific laboratory as it does an outer rim saloon, if you've got a thirst chances are the Waystation keeps your brand of poison in healthy supply.
• Private Booths: Scattered around the cantina's outer perimeter, the Waystation's booths are dimly lit and perfect for conducting all manner of unseemly transactions in relative anonymity.
• Underground Safehouse: Unknown to the public, above the bar is a loft often used by the Underground as an outpost or fallback location in the region. Stored within are power packs, medical supplies, rations and energy cells. Its walls are painted with sensor-scattering ferrosphere paint to shield agents from surveillance.

SECURITY

• Rating: Low

While the Waystation does employ some nasty looking Houk bouncers, this is the Outer Rim Territories. Everyone is armed, some species are even natural killing machines. Brawls are an every night occurrence, shootings not uncommon. Enter at your own risk.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

The Waystation has the advantage of close proximity to one of the nexus world's most bustling spaceports but is otherwise just like any other cantina on Terminus. Having kept out of the underworld gang wars that preceded the First Order's arrival, it was temporarily used as a rally point and aid shelter once their pacification fleet was expelled from the system. Maintaining close ties with the cantina's ownership, when the Underground was looking for a safehouse near the spaceport it was a natural choice.

As far as the public knows the upper loft remains unused, and in the meantime the brief role it played during a crisis only cemented the Waystation's reputation as a popular spot for night life on Terminus. Despite this surge in business, the tavern has managed to maintain some independence from the local criminal underworld and now has a reputation as neutral ground. That is a long way from meaning sanctuary however. It is a violent place on a violent world.