Wolf Run
Role: Repair Station
Circumference: Asteroid Belt
Population: 15,0000
Orbital Path: Asteroid Belt between third and fourth planets
Rotational Period (days): N/A
Orbital Period (days): N/A
Primary Function: Ice and mineral mining
Retention Index: 3
Wolf Run is an odd melting pot. It is administered by citizens, generally enlisted in Federal Service, overseeing a civilian workforce. Added to the mix is a significant number of criminals, who have been approved by the Federation Colonisation Commission to work here. There is usually conflict when citizens and civilians work together. The addition of the criminals has only made it more interesting.
The most defining aspect of Wolf Run is that it is a place of hard work. Mining is a difficult job under any conditions.
Mining in an asteroid belt is only slightly less hazardous than combat duty and it is rare for more than a month to go by without an accidental fatality. This lends a certain callousness and gallows humour to the men and women (but mostly men) of Wolf Run.
History
Though SICON’s survey mission expected to fi nd nothing worth mentioning in the Wolf 294 system, they did not come up completely empty handed. Though none of the planets nor any of their moons were of value, the asteroid belt between the third and forth planets held surprising riches in the form of exceedingly pure ores of iron and other metals, as well as pure ice to be melted down into drinking water. The last is the greatest treasure of all and more than one SICON engineer has remarked as to how little people value water until there is none to be had – as is the case in vast reaches of space.
Wolf Run is the Federation’s newest colony, though it hardly qualifies for that name. Administered by SICON, it is a refuelling and refitting station with restricted use – only SICON ships may use it. Civilian ships will have to look elsewhere.
Wolf Run, a collection of environmental domes erected on some of the largest asteroids in the belt, also marked the Federation Colonisation Commission’s first major foray into the use of criminals as potential colonists. SICON was understandably dubious about the idea but, after several months of negotiation and psychological testing of the potential colonists, finally agreed.
Since taking on criminals as colonists immediately after its founding just 40 years ago, Wolf Run has seen several burglary sprees and one string of particularly gruesome murders. In all cases, blame fell immediately on the criminal colonists but, again in all cases, it was eventually revealed to be one of the civilian workers at the facility attempting to use the presence of the criminals as a smoke screen to cover his own culpability
Laws and Government
As Wolf Run is administered by SICON, it falls under the rule of military law, which applies even to its civilian and criminal populations.
Economy
Wolf Run is fully funded by SICON but that does not mean it contributes nothing back. The ores mined from its asteroids are among the purest ever discovered and are put to a myriad of uses throughout the Federation. The facility could bring in more money if SICON would allow it to service civilian transports but thus far it has adamantly refused.
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