• Location: Industrial Ring, New Kourou
• Address: SW Industrial Ring Road 2
• Surroundings: Adjacent to the Federal Garbage Collection Center of New Kourou.

The Federal Organic Waste Recycling Plant (FOWRP) of New Kourou is a standardized state-run facility operated under the ExoHuman Federal Allotment Agency in the Gamma Age. As the Confederation’s flagship organics hub within the Federal Waste & Recycling System (FWRS), it converts ExoHuman and organic waste into biogas and nutrient-rich compost for industry and agriculture. Biogas supports New Kourou’s industrial nodes, while compost is routed to agricultural projects across reservations via the Federal Courier Service under tasking by GAIA. The Funeral Home of New Kourou also consigns sanitized “memorial soil” to the plant for stockpiling/blending before transfer to fields in Hope.

Typical NK Outputs (reference):

• Biogas: ~1,596 m³/day (≈1,176 m³ organics + 420 m³ AuroraSan) ≈ 582,540 m³/year — prioritizes on-site genset and nearby industrial nodes.
• Compost: ~25,550 t/year finished product — dispatched via FCS to the Federal Food Plant in Hope and affiliated fields.

• Construction Materials: Salvaged alloys and reinforced polymers from the Last Frontier; tank collars and walkways braced with repurposed cargo truss.
• Floors: 1 (process yard and tank field) + partial mezzanine galleries over control and gas-conditioning skids.
• Design Aesthetic: Industrial salvage—domed digesters, open catwalks, gravity chutes; clear flow lanes from intake to compost yard.
• Lighting (Perpetual Twilight; No Electric High-Bays): Sawtooth clerestories and prismatic light wells harvest constant skyglow; hooded oil lamps and baseboard Luminofera dualis runs provide even, low-draw illumination in deep zones and during low-sky periods.
• Ventilation / Odor Control (Passive): Cross-flow through louvered walls; covered tank vents to biofilter beds (charcoal/compost) at exhaust points; emergency flare stack for gas overs.
• Energy Use (Low-Draw): Biogas-fueled genset for safety interlocks and hand-crank teletype; valves/indicators are mechanical & analog (no electric screens).

Process Yard & Halls

• Gate & Scalehouse: Deputy-supervised entry; analog tickets; tare/gross logs for FCS organics and AuroraSan loads.
• Intake & Pre-Sort Hall: De-bagging tables; contaminant pick; leachate channel to sumps.
• Anaerobic Digester Field (4 tanks): Sealed domes with gas caps, manual scum rakes, gas-lift circulation (no electric mixers).
• Gas Conditioning Skid: Water knockout, sand/charcoal scrubbing, moisture traps; manifold to flare and genset.
• Genset House: Biogas engine driving low-draw plant electrics and heat-recovery loop for digester temperature control.
• Compost Pad & Curing Rows: Windrows with manual turners (lever jacks), cover tarps, and curing bays; finished product shed.
• Memorial Soil Stockpile (Funeral Homes): Covered quarantine shed for Funeral Home consignments; batch ledgers, assay station, and blending dock for outbound to Hope.
• Leachate & Stormwater: Sumps, reed/biofilter cells, inspection hatches.

Control & Admin (Mezzanine Galleries)

• Operations Gallery: Analog boards and batch charts; hand-crank teletype for GAIA dispatches (throughput, gas yield, compost temps).
• Lab Nook: pH, ammonia, solids tests; sample lockers.
• Administrative Office: Plant Manager desk, FWRS records locker.
• Staff Facilities: Locker room, wash-up, small break bench.
• Restrooms (2): Staff W.C.s with the AuroraSan System.

Patchwork, but disciplined. Salvaged tank plates and truss ribs ring the digesters; catwalks tread on ship-deck offcuts; lines are hand-painted with FWRS bands. The air rides a warm, earthy tang from biofilters; oil lamps and Luminofera bands lay an even, low-draw glow across gauges and clipboards. Valves thunk, rakes scrape, tarps snap — exohuman + gravity mechanics over motors. Analog thermometers, manometers, float glasses, and chalked batch boards carry the story at a glance; logs live on clipboards, not screens. Orderly, repeatable, energy-aware — industrial craft built from second lives.

• Plant Manager (1): Operations, FWRS compliance, incident command.
• Waste Processing Engineers (4): Digester balance, gas conditioning, H₂S control, compost QA.
• Sorting Crew (10): Contaminant removal at intake; windrow prep.
• Machine/Process Operators (6): Valve cycles, gas manifold, genset oversight, windrow turns.
• Quality Assurance (3): Compost temps/moisture/pathogen checks; gas yield logs; memorial soil assay & certification.
• Logistics & Yard (5): Load routing with FCS, tarp/cover handling, palletizing bagged compost; memorial soil staging.
• Admin & Records (2): Roster, safety drills, environmental logs, inter-agency comms.

• Public Access: Not open to the public. Authorized FCS/municipal loads only; guided technical tours by appointment (off-peak).
• Shift Schedule:
  • 07:00–15:00 — Intake & sorting peak; digester checks; compost row turns.
  • 15:00–23:00 — Conditioning, packaging, outbound staging; maintenance.
  • 23:00–07:00 — Quiet cycle; monitoring, flare watch, deep clean.
• Operating Days: 24/7 process continuity; flare tests and HazMat spill drills in daylight hours.

Sorted processes and mandated destinations within the FWRS:

• Perimeter Fence: 3 m alloy fence around yard and tank field.
• Gate Control (Entry & Exit): Guarded gatehouse operated by a Deputy of the Federal Sheriff’s Headquarters (NK); analog ledger stamps; seal checks on consignments.
• Restricted Access: Digester field, gas skid, genset house, and memorial soil shed require yard badge + analog key and escorted, countersigned log entry.
• Exit Inspections: Tool/pocket checks post-shift; random compost/memorial-soil batch sampling; gas-meter seal verification.
• Analog Alert System: Analog Siren System tied to the Federal Sheriff’s Headquarters.
• Deputy Patrols: Scheduled passes through the Industrial Ring; incident logbook countersigned daily.

Legal interactions:

• GAIA work assignment to intake sorting, windrow crew, or flare watch during a surge week.
• Lead/attend a citizen workshop on AuroraSan contamination reduction to raise gas yields.
• Transport compost/memorial soil as an employee of the Federal Courier Service.

Illegal interactions:

• Tap the gas manifold to feed a black-market burner; falsify meter charts.
• Salt a compost/memorial-soil batch with contraband to bypass Sheriff inspection.
• Stage a spill to access restricted areas during drill confusion.

• Adventure Hook — Bloom in the Soil: A trusted informant tells the Federal Sheriff that the Jane Mendoza Gang is piggybacking on memorial-soil consignments — bribed plant staff are dosing batches with a lab-made catalyst that boosts intoxicant herb yields downrange. The Sheriff deputizes the PCs for a covert audit: sample the quarantine shed, cross-check batch assays against teletype dispatch slips, and trace route tickets to fields showing abnormal growth. Identify the compromised operators (lab, handlers, clerks), flip a weak link, and map the trafficking path between settlements. Shut the network before the next blended load rolls to Hope.

• Gamma Age
• Federal Confederation
• New Kourou
• Federal Waste and Recycling System
• Federal Allotment Agency
• Federal Courier Service
• Federal Garbage Collection Center of New Kourou
• AuroraSan System
• Composting the Deceased

Federal Organic Waste Recycling Plants within the Federal Confederation:

• Federal Organic Waste Recycling Plant of New Kourou
• Federal Organic Waste Recycling Plant of Firetown
• Federal Organic Waste Recycling Plant of Hope
• Federal Organic Waste Recycling Plant of Morningstar