=== Races | Economy | Buildings & Organizations ===  

====== CANONBERG DOCK HOUSE  ======  

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===== Overview =====  
  * **Location:** Riverfront, [[hope|Hope]]  
  * **Address:** Riverfront Way 15
  * **Surroundings:** Adjacent to [[keunecke_dock_house|Keunecke Dock House]]
  * **Founded by:** Elisabeth Canonberg

Canonberg Dock House operated a boat-to-barrel workflow: two skiffs worked the [[arla_river|Arla River]] shallows for [[silverscale_glider|Silverscale Gliders]] while a shallow-draft barge ferried bulk [[misttail_crab|Misttail Crabs]] to its grading hall, pickling room, and smoke lofts. 

**Status:** **Closed 2631** under the [[peace_treaty|Peace Treaty]] ([[the_humans|ExoHuman]] fishing prohibited). Doors boarded; stamp cabinet impounded.

===== Architectural Significance =====

  * **Construction Material:** A broad-front industrial framework of heavy timber beams and cross-bracing, reinforced and partially clad with salvaged cargo-container wall segments from the [[last_frontier|Last Frontier]]. Container panels form large portions of the exterior skin, while the structural load is carried by a timber-and-steel hybrid frame anchored into high river-stone piers.
  * **Hybrid Container Integration:** Unlike fully stacked container buildings, Canonberg Dock House uses container hull sections as armored walls, cold-room enclosures, and smoke-loft cladding. Burn marks, serial stencils, and re-entry scoring remain visible, interrupted by welded reinforcements and bolted timber braces.
  * **Roof & Signage:** The roofline is flat and functional, pierced by smoke flues, vent stacks, and access hatches. Mounted above the central roof ridge stands a pale red neon sign reading CANONBERG. The glow is weak but constant, bleeding softly into the river mist and serving as a long-range identifier for barges approaching at night-equivalent hours.
  * **Design Purpose:** The reinforced frame-and-container design favors volume, durability, and export reliability.

===== Building Structure =====  
  * **Berths (×3):** Skiffs *Silver Reed* & *Hooklight*; barge *Millrun*  
  * **Grading Hall:** Scale tables; quality stamps; seal-press kiosk  
  * **Pickling Room:** Stone vats; spice racks; oak lids; drainage channel  
  * **Smoke Loft:** Long-rack arrays; flue shutters; resin stores (for Glider fillets)  
  * **Cold Alcove:** QFB chill for premium trays and carcass holds  
  * **Market Gate:** Roll-up hatch to porters for the River Dock Market  
  * **Office Nook:** Ledger desk; shift board; stamp cabinet (locked)

===== Roles and Responsibilities =====  
  * **Factor (1):** Contracts, stamp control, price posts  
  * **Skippers (2) + Barge Pilot (1):** Route planning, boat upkeep  
  * **River Crew (6–8):** Nets, pots, lines, load/unload  
  * **Grading & Pickle Team (8–10):** Quality checks, vats, jar line  
  * **Smoke Loft Hands (4–6):** Rack turns, fire control, packing  
  * **Apprentices (2):** Rotate stations; learn tally & seal

===== Products and Prices (Beta Age) =====  

| **Product** | **Description** | **Price ([[kourou|Kourou]])** |
| Premium Glider Trays (kg) | Choice fillets, chilled, tray-stamped | 24–28 K |
| Pickled Misttail Crab (2 kg jar) | Spice-vinegar cure, caravan grade | 28 K |
| Smoked Glider Barrel | Long-rack smoked, export lot | 80–90 K |
| Shell Glue (tin) | Rendered adhesive for woodwork | 10 K |

===== Look and Feel =====  
The sprawling hall breathes river weather: fog wafts through the pillars, bells clink on the boat lines, and spices from the pickling factory permeate the thick smoke that descends from the attics. [[courier_drones|Courier Drones]] land repeatedly to pick up finished fish and take them to the courier station, from where they are delivered to hungry settlers throughout the Free State.  

===== Public Access, Operating Hours & Operational Rhythm =====  
  * **Operating Hours:** 04:00–20:00 (boats often out before bell)  
  * **Sales Rhythm:** Premium trays at first bell; pickled jars mid-day; smoked exports on Seventhday  
  * **Community Role:** Contract supplier for outfitters and caravans; secondary wholesaler to market stalls

===== Player Interactions =====  

**Legal interactions**  

  * Apply for a job at the dock house
  * Book bulk pickled-crab lots for expedition rations  
  * Contract the barge *Millrun* for upriver freight  
  * Commission custom spice cures for festival orders

**Illegal interactions**  
  * Swap genuine lids for forged seal stampings  
  * Use *Millrun*’s cargo voids to move illicit goods  
  * Launder skimmed Kourou through “broken barrel” write-offs

===== Tactical Advice for Dungeon Masters =====  
A perfect hinge between waterfront, markets, and upriver routes—ripe for forgery plots, labor intrigue, or tribal boundary tensions.

**Adventure Hook Example**  
  * **The Missing Millrun —** The barge Millrun fails to return and the factor’s ledger shows a covert “after-bell” contract. PCs must triangulate last sightings, question stamp-room staff about off-books lids, and brave reed-choked side channels where sacred backwaters—and armed rivals—make the river as political as it is perilous.

===== Related Pages =====  
  * [[beta_age|Beta Age]] · [[hope|Hope]] · [[arla_river|Arla River]]  
  * [[River Dock Market|River Dock Market]] · [[free_state_of_settlers|Free State of Settlers]]  
  * [[peace_treaty|Peace Treaty]] (closure) · [[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]]  
  * [[misttail_crab|Misttail Crab]] · [[silverscale_glider|Silverscale Glider]]