| Alyn_Stark | Date: Monday, 20 Feb 2012, 1:10 PM | Message # 1 |
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| (( This is sort of a work in progress for description and a reference for when requests are made. I'll neaten it up once completed. Still trying to find pictures. ))
The Entry:
Stark's castle is set in a mountainous portion of the Kinyov province. Approximately three kilometers through the foothills, the mountains begin properly, with a pass large enough for two hovertrucks to maneuver, but little else larger. The pass winds back and forth for an additional three kilometers before reaching the first gate.
Summary:
- 3 kilometers of foothills before mountains
- 4.8 meter wide path
- 2 'S' curves in the path
- 3 kilometers of path before reaching the Portal
- 6 kilometers of road total from entry to Portal.
The Portal:
The portal is the initial gate any ground vehicles utilize to pass onto Stark's land. Surrounded by mountains, the portal is defended from one-hundred fifty feet up the natural mountain walls by parapets of armored permacrete; one on the western-facing range and one on the eastern, turned in towards the north-south running road and built in to the stone of the mountain. These parapets allow for a maximum of fifty men per parapet to utilize cover and fire down upon any attackers. Where the road narrows enough so that only one hovertruck could pass at a time, a forty-foot thick durasteel gate is placed, along with the mechanism to draw both pieces to either side in their respective tracks. On either side of this gate is a single watchtower, standing one hundred feet tall and housing the main portion of the portal's garrison. The parapets are accessible via turbolifts from either watch tower and built into the mountain. The Portal is garrisoned by two hundred men.
After passing through the Portal, visitors are treated to a relatively shaded valley nearly fifty kilometers long and twice as wide. It is here that a large number of Stark's people live and work. The valley contains a large lake, as well as a small town.
Summary:
- 2 armored parapets flank the Portal from one-hundred fifty (150) feet above the gate
- Road narrows before the Portal to 4.2 meters
- Forty (40) foot thick gate
- 2 watchtowers one-hundred (100) feet tall flank the gate
- Two-hundred (200) man garrison
- Inner valley fifty (50) kilometers long and one-hundred (100) kilometers wide
Standard Defenses-
- 3x Bp.4 Anti-vehicle turret (one mounted on each tower and one above the gatehouse)
- 4x DF.9 Anti-infantry battery (two on either side of the gatehouse, placed at the base of either tower)
- 50x CORE: Standard suits issued
- 15x CORE: Assault/command suits issued
- 10x CORE: Body tank suits issued
- 25x Ronin 900 sabot cannons issued
- 10x HAK-59 quantum miniguns issued
- 25x D-16 plasma rifles issued
- 25x M5 11mm sabot rifles issued
The Passage:
At the far end of the valley sits the Passage, at the foot of the tallest mountain in the Kinyov province. The Passage is the gateway to the only non-aerial path up to Stark's home. A miniaturized fortress, the Passage boasts a sixty-foot thick durasteel gate, four armored guard towers, a motor pool for vehicles and a garrison of five-hundred men. The garrison doubles as watchmen of the mountain range and rotate as sheriffs for the towns, cities and encampments of the Kinyov province, assisting local mayors and governing councils.
Beyond the Passage lies the mountain, which rises nearly 5.6 kilometers from the valley's floor.
Summary:
- Miniature fortress
- Sixty (60) foot thick gate
- Four (4) guard towers
- Motor pool
- Five-hundred (500) man garrison
Standard Defenses-
- 3x Particle cannon turret (mounted atop the gatehouse)
- 2x Air defense tower (mounted atop rearmost two towers)
- 2x Bp.4 Anti-vehicle turret (mounted atop foremost two towers)
- 4x DF.9 Anti-infantry battery (two per either side of main gate)
- 150x CORE: Standard suits issued
- 15x CORE: Assault/command suits issued
- 100x CORE: Body tank suits issued
- 40x HAK-59 quantum miniguns issued
- 50x D-16 plasma rifles issued
- 75x AGC-7 autoflechette rifles issued
Motor Pool-
- 12x V-19 landspeeder
- 14x A-A5 heavy speeder truck
- 2x TX-130 Saber-class fighter tank
- 12x T-47 Airspeeder
- 1x VAAT/e
The Waypoint:
The road to the Waypoint is set with multiple switchbacks, forcing slow movement. Built one and a half kilometers up the mountain, the Waypoint has a thirty-foot thick durasteel gate, along with eighty-foot high walls of armored permacrete. Flanking the gate are a pair of one-hundred foot watchtowers. The garrison of the Waypoint consists of two-hundred men.
Summary:
- Four switchbacks in road
- Road condenses to 4.2 meters wide
- Waypoint built 1.5 kilometers up the mountain
- Thirty (30) foot thick gate
- 2 one-hundred (100) foot tall watchtowers flank gate
- Structure protected by eighty (80) foot high walls
- Two hundred (200) man garrison
Standard Defenses-
- 2x Particle cannon turret (mounted atop the gatehouse)
- 2x Air defense tower (mounted atop towers flanking gate)
- 2x Bp.4 Anti-vehicle turret (mounted along wall, near towers)
- 100x CORE: Shocktrooper suits issued
- 75x CORE: Standard suits issued
- 25x Ronin 900 sabot cannons issued
The Breaker:
The road winds on and doubles back on itself at two points, but at 2.8 kilometers, the breaker is aptly named. Built in such a manner as to command full view and aim of the entire path from the Waypoint to the Breaker, the Breaker itself is a solitary armored tower of seventy feet, set behind a twenty-foot wall of armored permacrete. Small prefabricated homes house the seventy-five man garrison of the Breaker, and a small motor pool houses ten speeder bikes.
Summary:
- Two switchbacks in road
- Breaker situated 2.8 kilometers up the mountain
- Solitary seventy (70) foot tall tower
- Tower sits behind twenty (20) foot tall wall
- Motor pool
- Seventy-five (75) man garrison
Standard Defenses-
- 1x FPC 6.7 Anti-aircraft battery (mounted atop tower)
- 2x DF.9 Anti-infantry battery (two per either side of main gate)
- 25x CORE: Standard suits issued
- 35x CORE: Shocktrooper suits issued
- 15x CORE: Assault/command suits issued
- 25x Bantam-5 rocket launchers issued
Motor Pool-
The Summit:
The Summit is not truly named, for it is not the ending point. At four kilometers, the Summit has the smallest garrison at fifty men. The path to Summit is dangerous to any vehicle traveling at over a crawl, and the narrowness of the path can cause a slight slip in driving to become a fatal plunge down the mountain. For this reason, guides are traditionally issued from Breaker to the Summit. Summit is little more than a forty-foot armored permacrete wall built into the mountain, capable of being walked by four men abreast on top or utilized by small anti-aircraft weapons. Behind the wall sits a natural cavern, hollowed out to make it larger and reinforced. Within resides a turbolift large enough to house four hovertrucks comfortably that takes visitors the last stretch up to Stark's castle, which is built atop the peak itself.
Summary:
- 8 switchbacks in road
- Summit built 4 kilometers up the mountain
- Protected by forty (40) foot tall wall
- Natural cavern with turbolift shaft behind Summit
- Fifty (50) man garrison
Standard Defenses-
- 2x FPC 6.7 Anti-aircraft battery (mounted along wall)
- 4x Particle cannon turret (mounted atop the gatehouse)
- 2x Bp.4 Anti-vehicle turret (mounted along wall, near gate)
- 50x CORE: Shocktrooper suits issued
- 25x Bantam-5 rocket launchers issued
Castle Stark:
At the height of the mountain's tip, built and anchored safely, lies the immense, towering Castle Stark. A massive twin gatehouse sits over the entrance to a large hangar, capable of holding a dozen freighters comfortably, or an equal number of shuttles. Standing eight hundred and forty meters, the highest point of Castle Stark offers an unparalleled view of the lands in which it sits and even far off to the desert proper. Capable of holding two thousand people, it is rather empty most of the time, attended to by an army of caretaker droids and a minimal sentient staff, usually around two hundred. Within the armored castle walls reside a number of intriguing areas, including a grand reception hall, a ballroom, two immense dining rooms, a machine shop, medical facility and a repair bay. The castle holds as well a number of hidden rooms and a full communications suite complete with a holoprojector and a hypercomm transmitter.
Very few sentient soldiers work within the palace; a total of one-hundred act as the public face to escort and show a public presence, but behind the scenes, all guarding and defense are handled by droids and droid brains. Six modified droid brains run the interior and exterior castle defense systems from behind their lead-shielded server room of sorts, which itself sits in a hardened room below the castle and within the mountain. Additional hardened rooms exist, twenty in all, within the depths of the mountain and remain a closely-guarded secret of Stark's.
Ground access to the castle is granted via a large turbolift whose entrance point is at the Summit. The terminating point for the turbolift is a large, circular room where the turbolift emerges in the center, allowing for easy offloading of cargo, as well as providing the security systems a good field of fire.
Summary:
- Largely automated
- One-hundred (100) man garrison
- Capable of holding two-thousand people
- Hardened structure
Standard Defenses:
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Alyn Stark
Lord of Kinyov
Senior Captain, Retired, Republic Navy
Head of House Malos (former)
Licensed bounty hunter
Majority shareholder, Lorrd Engineering
Owner, Stark Defense Conglomerate
Civilian Medal of Honor recipient
Representative, Lorrd (10 BBY-9 BBY)
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