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 ===== Overview =====
-The Trade Route is a two-part paved artery linking the twilight settlements of the Asari Region to the ice-bound outpost of [[firetown|Firetown]] on VOI 700 D’s Dark Side. It consists of two sections: The Asari- Section which connects [[New Kourou|New Kourou]], [[Hope|Hope]] and [[Morningstar|Morningstar]] and the Ralar-Section that connects New Kourou and [[Firetown|Firetown]].
+The Trade Route is an [[the_humans|exohuman]] two-part paved artery linking the twilight settlements of the Asari Region to the ice-bound outpost of [[firetown|Firetown]] on VOI 700 D’s Dark Side. It consists of two sections: The Asari- Section which connects [[New Kourou|New Kourou]], [[Hope|Hope]] and [[Morningstar|Morningstar]] and the Ralar-Section that connects New Kourou and [[Firetown|Firetown]].
 First laid in the early [[beta_age|Beta Age]] by the [[free_state_of_settlers|Free State of Settlers]], the road was engineered largely by penal-labor work crews sentenced to infrastructure duty. Financed in part by private investors such as the [[trade_guild_of_new_kourou|New Kourou Trade Guild]], the Trade Route quickly became — and remains — an indispensable pillar of [[the_humans|Exohuman]] commerce. Caravans, courier convoys, and Federal supply trains still roll over its stones in the [[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]], stitching together the planet’s most populous zones.
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 ===== Rest Stops and Infrastructure along the Trade Route =====
-  * **Lumi-Lantern Line (Ralar-Section)** – Every 500 m a slender iron mast—fashioned from salvaged [[last_frontier|Last Frontier]] alloys — supports a sealed globe that houses a bioluminescent matrix and a low-draw wind turbine. These [[lumi_lanterns|Lumi Lanterns]] pierce the [[dark_side|Dark Side]] gloom with a steady aquamarine glow, guiding caravans across black ice and snowdrifts. Since nationalisation the [[federal_courier_service|Federal Courier Service]] dispatches weekly lamp-teams from Firetown to clear rime, replace cracked globes, and harvest fresh Luminofera cultures for the light cores.
+  * **Lumi-Lantern Line (Ralar-Section, Gamma Age) –** Installed only after 2631 by the [[federal_lumi_manufactory|Federal Lumi Manufactory]], these iron masts stand every 500 m, each crowned with a sealed globe containing bioluminescent matrices and micro-wind turbines. They bathe the Dark Side road in aquamarine light and are serviced weekly by [[federal_courier_service|Federal Courier Service]] lamp-teams.
+  * **Beta Age note:** Before nationalisation the Ralar stretch was pitch-black; convoys relied on near- and far-range lamps mounted on Type 2 carts and powered by [[quantum_fusion_batteries|Quantum Fusion Batteries]].
   * **Halfway Inn (Ralar-Section) –** Exactly 55 km from both Firetown and New Kourou, this fortified, roofed rest stop was built under a Free-State tenancy scheme. Since then, the [[halfway_inn|Halfway Inn]] serves as the lone hostel-stable on the Dark-Side road.