Hemingway (Station 0604)

Hemingway (TL 4)
This station, an English military outpost, was quiet until the discovery precious metals in the large asteroid belt featured in the system. The outpost couldn’t stop the large influx of miners and corps following the gold-rush fever, so they installed a battery of railguns and required the registration of any vessel to enter the belt without being fired upon. Registration in turn would allow them to use the outpost’s services as a processor and shipper as well. There are a small number of mining corps operating in the belt, with their own plants in orbit just out of English jurisdiction, who are veritable ‘get rich quick’ employers, with adverts seen in nearby sectors. There are rumors of illegal mining operations deeper into the belt, out of the battery’s line of sight.