A pirate station built from derelict freighters in the Ashtari Cloud. The Maelstrom calls it home. Everyone else calls it a last resort.
A pirate station built from derelict freighters in the Ashtari Cloud. The Maelstrom calls it home. Everyone else calls it a last resort.
The Cove is hidden inside the Ashtari Cloud — a nebula generated by an ancient Ur ship wreck. Navigation within the Cloud is nearly impossible without Maelstrom guides; its ruins scramble nav systems and eat conventional propulsion. The station moves unpredictably within the Cloud, which is the only security system it needs.
The rule: Harder to reach, harder to be found. Wanted level doesn't carry inside the Cloud. What happens here stays here.
Scene: Two captains settling a dispute with their fists while the whole station bets. Maintenance welders throwing blue-white sparks off a new hull addition. The Banshee's latest conquest playing on every screen, greeted with cheers.
Campaign relevance: The Cult has contacts here. Orin Vess was last seen near the Cloud. The Maelstrom are neutral-to-friendly toward the crew if they haven't burned them — and potentially useful muscle in Act 3 if that relationship is built.
Key locations:
The Banshee's Court — Alanda's open-air throne room where deals and disputes are settled
The Hydroponics Ring — the beating heart of the station's food supply; also where quiet conversations happen
The Salvage Bays — fenced goods, artifact pieces, and things that fell off a ship