Dimonroff

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Dimonroff is a secret facility owned by the Special Division of Experimental Technology, a Karalian Empire organization which studies new and alien technology. Unlike the facility on Thaloss, Dimonroff's existence is top secret. It is highly classified, and some simply pass it off as an amateur conspiracy theory. It is a space station orbiting the Eye of Uszaroth, an enormous red giant star surrounded in a thick nebula known as Kani'Majoro.

The nebula as well as the close proximity to the massive star make the location almost impossible to stumble upon by accident. However, in the event this occurs, units known as "Phantoms" will capture the individual and erase their memories with amnestic chemicals. Additionally, those who retire or no longer have active clearances to enter Dimonroff will have their memories erased.

Location

Dimonroff orbits its star at 5 AU. The nebula makes it incredibly difficult to navigate along with the enormous gravity wells of the star. Not to mention, the star ejects wild flares that stretch well beyond the star itself. As a result, most believe that Dimonroff cannot actually exist. However, as the facilities of Dimonroff perform research on illegal technology, it is understandable that the facility is equipped with technology not commonly seen throughout the Karalian Empire.

To maintain stability, Dimonroff is shrouded in a complex network of EM waves that keeps its orbit stable as well to divert flares away. The station is also completely self-sufficient. Solar panels collect energy from the star and mechs regularly collect minerals from dust and small planetoids.

While Dimonroff has no windows, viewed from the outside, one will see the Eye of Uszartoth dominate half the sky, while a thick red nebula dominates the other side along with several small planetoids.

History

In Dimonroff, highly classified research is undertaken. Many of these projects have questionable ethical values, but these are meant to be last resort tools. The secrecy is done in an attempt to explore possibilities and new sciences without the interferences of politicians.

However, the most important research project of Dimonroff was the study of the Eye of Uszaroth's stellar life cycle. As the largest star in the galaxy, it would pose a massive threat to all residents of the Twin Hearts Nebula and other nearby systems. Were it to go supernova, it would render most star systems within a radius of several thousand light years as uninhabitable as gamma ray bursts would destroy the ecosystems of the inhabited worlds. Because of this, the true age of the Eye of Uszaroth was kept a secret from the general public. The date of the supernova would begin sometime during the Anathema Wars, and as such, evacuation protocols were already being put into place.

When the threat of the supernova could no longer be covered up, an emergency broadcast across the Twin Hearts Nebula was sent to tell all citizens to evacuate to other nearby star clusters connected via jumpgates such as the Krizael Expanse. King Rustiagon Karrel had a risky plan to bring the Anathema to devour Eye of Uszaroth to reduce the intensity of the gamma ray bursts. Bringing the Anathema through various jumpgates posed a risk to other systems along the way so his decision was viewed as extremely controversial. Several skirmishes with the Anathema also resulted.

Karrel did not survive, and the Dimonroff facility was destroyed. Despite that, he successfully reduced the gamma ray bursts' effects so that the affected ecosystems had a chance of recovering decades into the future.