Kata Base

Kata Base began as a forward base of operations during the Gaian Empire's first forays into the unsettled Threshold some 200 years ago. It soon attracted large numbers of opportunists, Gaian and Xukumid both, who came to exploit the presence of soldiers and explorers. Even after the ING abandoned the base itself, the community continued to grow.

Today, Kata Base is the image of urban decay, and is featured in Gaian propaganda as a lawless cesspit. The sprawling city has long since engulfed the entire surface and burrowed deep into the crust of the small planetoid, creating an unbroken cityscape broken only by bottomless pits where every imaginable manner of depravity is on display and for sale. Kata Base is a hub for the Threshold's criminal underworld, and attracts outlaws and degenerates from a thousand worlds. It is a land of infinite opportunity if you have the gold to open doors and the guns to keep it yours, but it will swallow you whole in an instant if you don't.