Essen Station

Essen station

Essen Station is a base in the New Berlin system. It is the headquarters and primary manufacturing facility for Kruger Minerals, a once proud company currently experiencing hard times. Wishing to exploit the vast gas resources of the Crow Nebula despite claims made to the territory by the Gas Mining Guild (GMG), Kruger was a primary supporter of the 80-Years War. After that conflict ended in disaster, Kruger's capital was exhausted and the company persecuted. Today Kruger is attempting to rebuild by allying itself with ALG Waste Disposal.

Dortmund and Essen station

Infocard

• LOCATION: New Berlin system
• OWNER: Kruger Minerals
• CLASS: Abbey
• GRAVITY: Partial
• DOCKING: Yes
• AMENITIES: Yes
• POPULATION: 2K

Ships for Sale

• None.

Commodities Selling

• Mining Machinery - $120

Guns For Sale

• Adv. Stunpulse
• Flashpoint
• Heavy Starbeam

Turrets For Sale

• Adv. Starbeam Turret
• Debilitator Turret

Missiles For Sale

• Slingshot Missile - Class 3
• Windstalker Missile - Class 3
• Sweeper Missile - Class 4
• Catapult Missile - Class 5
• Moonstalker Missile - Class 5

Shields For Sale

• Sconce Fr. Shield - Class 3 (Level 2)
• Sconce H.F. Shield - Class 3 (Level 2)
• Sconce L.F. Shield - Class 3 (Level 2)
• Adv. Sconce Fr. Shield - Class 4 (Level 6)
• Adv. Sconce H.F. Shield - Class 4 (Level 6)
• Adv. Sconce L.F. Shield - Class 4 (Level 6)
• Palisade Fr. Shield - Class 5 (Level 10)
• Palisade H.F. Shield - Class 5 (Level 10)
• Palisade L.F. Shield - Class 5 (Level 10)
• Adv. Palisade Fr. Shield - Class 6 (Level 16)
• Adv. Palisade H.F. Shield - Class 6 (Level 16)
• Adv. Palisade L.F. Shield - Class 6 (Level 16)

Torpedo/Cruise Disruptors For Sale

• Starkiller Torpedo Launcher
• Wasp Cruise Disruptor

Mine Dispensers For Sale

• Wardog Mine
• Razor Mine
• Tadpole Mine
• Driller Mine

News

REISCHSTAG --NEW BERLIN--please fill it

BLUE DIAMONDS: RED HOT FASHION: --DRESDEN -- The blue Diamonds mined at Kruger's Bautzen facility in Dresden have recently gained in popularity among the Rheinland super-rich. More top designers and jewelers are using the expensive rocks that have come to be known as Hessian Tears. Rebecca Daumann, daughter of the current CEO of the mega-corporation, is in many ways responsible for the stone's resurgence. She has been wearing them to all the largest galas and parties thrown in New Berlin, and her flawless fashion sense has captured the public's imagination.

OPINION DIVIDED ON LATEST TAX LAW: NEW BERLIN -- The Rheinland government announced that the old tax codes are being thrown out and rewritten. "We are going to start from scratch," an anonymous government source reported. Many of Rheinland's citizens feel that the taxes imposed upon them are unfair in light of the economic turmoil facing the colony, and the Reichstag agrees. There are still skeptics out there, but who can blame them? "I've heard this all before," one interviewee uttered. This will be the third time in four years that the tax code has been revised.

CLEANUP OF SIGMA-13 ON SCHEDULE: --HELGOLAND-- An ALG spokeswoman confirmed today that the company still hopes to meet its target completion date of 805 for the cleanup of the old Rheinland Navy relics left from the 80 Years War. "The Junkers have proven to be somewhat slower salvage workers than we anticipated," said Erna Roth. She added that ALG will implement a special incentive program beginning next month to motivate the Junkers to complete their salvage operations in a timely fashion.

Rumors

Kruger Minerals

"Our operations in Dresden and Omega-7 have benn plagued by the Red Hessians in recent times. We never mistreated our workers as Daumann has. Yet many of our laid-off workers that joined the Hessians soon felt that way. We are always in the shadow of Daumann -- paying for their mistakes, or watching them profit from ours."

"Kruger could once compete with Daumann, but they are now much larger and more diversified. We still hold a commanding lead in Mining Machinery, and hold deposits of Diamonds and Silver. But that is not enough. Kruger Minerals will eventually be crushed by the Daumann goliath if radical steps are not taken soon."

"Kruger has seen better days. We've been forced to lay off many of our workers in recent times. Our company incurred vast debt at the beginning of the Eithy-Years War when we lost more than half our mining fleet to the GMG. We've never recovered from that dark period."

"The Aachenfeld was Kruger's primary mining area for centuries. When it was exhausted, we were forced to espand our exploration efforts into Omega-7. We have a profitable Silver mine in operation there now. We also own a synthetic H-Fuel-extraction facility in the Frankfurt system."

"Our H-Fuel extraction operation in Mannheim is totally dependent on government subsidies for its survival. It has not been profitable since the end of the war, 120 years agon. Once Berlin can no longer support it, the last vestige of that sad chapter in Rheinland history will be gone."

"Kruger's management felt that we had no choice but to expand into the Crow Nebula. Daumann had blocked our expansion plans in Dresden, and berlin was exhausted. We felt that there was enough gas for everyone in Sigma-13, but that viewpoint was obviously not shared by the GMG."

"Daumann lies at the heart of Rheinland's problems. They have paid for many a Rheinland government functionary's palatial residence in the countryside of Stuttgart over the centuries. At the same time, their merciless treatment of workers in Leipzig led directly to the Popular Revolution and all the unrest that followed. You can thank them for the rise of the Red Hessians."

"this has been Kruger's headquarters since early in the second century. We are a proud family company that helped build the industrial might of Rheinland. Kruger still produces the finest Mining Machinery in the Sirius sector, utilizing our cheap supply of Diamonds from the Dresden system."

"Secret negotiations are underway between ALG and Kruger. ALG would like to merge our companies into one giant corporation that build all types of machinery and Engine Components to finally truly compete with Daumann's Ring. It is a tempting offer, but there are complications. The memebership of the IMG, one of ALG's partners, views us with suspicion. Many of them are former Kruger employees."

Gateway Shipping

"My ship is picking up a load of Mining Machinery to take out to the IMG operation in Omega-7. We were just over at Dortmund across the way, dropping off some copper from Freistadt."

"There are a lot of people at Gateway who aren't sure we should get so close to the Rheinlanders. We were doing fine with the IMG before ALG came along. Now they want to buy Kruger, which will result in a massive corporation like Daumann or Republican. We're being straight-armed by ALG into accepting their proposal, with little or no say in the matter."

"Gateway does not often deal with Kruger. but that could change soon. They say that ALG will soon acquire the remnants of this once-proud company for next to nothing. Can't say it surprises me; Kruger's been on the ropes for decades."

Republican Shipping

"We supply this operation with Optical Chips from Houston. I guess they use them in their Mining Machinery-manufacturing process for control devices. On the return trip to Liberty, we haul the Mining Machinery needed by the Dallas Debris Field prison crews and the Pittsburgh Boron-extraction operation."

"One day soon we will no longer stop here. Rumor has it that the ALG/Gateway alliance is gaining a new member. That would be a sad end to the proud family company of Kruger, last of the "Mittlestand.""

"We must contend with many pirates on our journey to Liberty. The Unioners await our ships in Hamburg and Bering. If we take the alternative route through Hudson, w often encounter Xenos, I'm not sure which are worse. both groups represent the dregs of humanity."