• Location: Industrial Ring, New Kourou
• Address: SW Industrial Ring Road 4
• Surroundings: Adjacent to the Federal Textile Recycling Plant

The Federal Technological Recycling Plant is a standardized state-run facility operated under the Federal Allotment Agency in the Gamma Age. As the Confederation’s central e-waste hub within the Federal Waste & Recycling System (FWRS), it dismantles and recovers value from devices, wiring, instruments, housings, and shop-floor equipment. Operating within Communardism and chronic material scarcity, the plant maximizes recovery of reusable modules, precious/base metals, magnets, and housings for redistribution to priority services (e.g., GAIA infrastructure, medical and public-safety equipment). Sorted outputs move via the Federal Courier Service under tasking by GAIA. No direct public drop-off; citizens use neighborhood collections and municipal routing.

• Construction Materials: Salvaged alloys and reinforced polymers from the Last Frontier; ribbed bulkhead frames; ship-deck offcut flooring; acid-resistant tile in wet bays.
• Floors: 1 (process halls & bays) + enclosed mezzanine galleries for control, assay, and vaults.
• Design Aesthetic: Industrial salvage—open spans, jib cranes, gravity chutes; color-coded work cells (blue = triage, orange = depop, yellow = assay, red = HazMat).
• 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 / Fume Control (Passive): Stack chimneys over acid benches; cross-flow louvers; charcoal/sand scrubber beds at exhaust heads. No powered negative-pressure systems.
• Energy Use (Low-Draw): Biogas micro-genset for safety interlocks, assay scales, and a hand-crank teletype; dismantling is manual; no eddy-current separators or high-load shredders.

Ground Floor (Process Halls & Bays)

• Gate & Weighbridge: Deputy-supervised entry; analog tickets; tare/gross logs for FCS consignments.
• Intake / Triage Bay: Visual grade; de-dust; tag by stream (boards, wiring, motors, housings, displays, batteries).
• Manual Depop Line: Hand tools and heated knives; component pulls from boards; magnet harvest from motors/drives; wire stripping.
• Assay & Recovery Bays: Part test racks (low-draw), precision scales; small muffle kiln (biogas) for organics burn-off; wet tables for selective leach in guarded trays; charcoal neutralization tubs.
• Metals Sorting / Shear: Manual guillotine shear; gravity racks for Cu/Al/Fe; bagging for Au/Ag bearing fines.
• Battery Cage: Non-spark enclosure; sand buckets; neutralization drums; ledgered quarantine.
• Chassis & Plastics Cell: De-riveting; panel true-up; plastics ID by float/scratch; bale press (lever) for outbound.
• Staging Apron: Crated modules, metal sacks, and magnet boxes queued for dispatch.

Mezzanine / Galleries (Control, Admin & Vaults)

• Operations Gallery: Analog boards, batch cards; hand-crank teletype for GAIA dispatches and priority picks.
• Quality & Lab Nook: Spot tests (continuity, resistance, insulation), reagent lockers, sample archive.
• Secure Vaults: Shelved certified modules (processors, memory, medical boards), Au/Ag fines locker, rare-earth magnet bins.
• Administrative Office: Plant Manager desk, FWRS records locker.
• Staff Facilities: Lockers, wash-up, small break bench.
• Restrooms (2): Staff W.C.s with the AuroraSan System near stair core.

Perimeter & Yard

• Perimeter Fence: 3 m alloy fence with guarded gatehouse.
• Leachate & Stormwater: Trench drains to sumps and charcoal/reed beds; inspection hatches.
• Outbound Lanes: Marked lanes for certified modules (secure courier), metals/plastics (bulk), batteries (hazard run).

Patchwork, but disciplined. Bulkhead ribs and tank plates frame bench rows; ship-deck offcuts underfoot; cargo-net guards along mezzanines. Flux, vinegar, and oil ride the air, tempered by passive stacks and scrubbers. Tools clack and snap—hand shears, screwdrivers, rivet pulls — over the hiss of quench trays; no powered belts or fans. FWRS pictograms and zone bands overwrite ghost ship stencils; clipboards and tag strings crowd every rack; the teletype clatters in the gallery. Orderly, repeatable, energy-aware—industrial craft built from second lives.

• Plant Manager (1): Operations, FWRS compliance, incident command.
• Weighmaster / Gate Clerk (1): Entry control, tare/gross logs, route tickets.
• Triage & Sorting Techs (12): Stream classification; safe prep for lines.
• Depop / Recovery Crew (10): Board pulls, magnet harvest, wire reclaim, chassis salvage.
• Assay & Lab (6): Test/certify modules; metals assay; reagent logs.
• Machine / Kiln Operators (4): Shear, lever press, muffle kiln, scrubber maintenance.
• Logistics & Yard (4): Crating, palletizing, sealed-bag custody; outbound with FCS.
• Admin & Records (3): Rosters, environmental logs, inter-agency comms.
• (Collateral Duties): HazMat Officer (rotating), Safety Steward (per shift).

• 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 & triage peak; depop.
  • 15:00–23:00 — Assay, packaging, outbound staging; maintenance.
  • 23:00–07:00 — Quiet cycle; vault inventory, deep clean, flare/stack checks.
• Operating Days: 24/7 process continuity; HazMat intake and reagent changes in daylight hours.

Sorted processes and mandated destinations within the FWRS:

• Perimeter Fence: 3 m alloy fence around halls and yard.
• 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: Assay lab, reagent lockers, and secure vaults require yard badge + analog key and escorted, countersigned log entry.
• Exit Inspections: Tool/pocket checks post-shift; random fines-bag assays; serial audits on certified modules and magnet boxes.
• 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 triage, depop, or assay support during a surge week.
• Lead/attend a citizen workshop on e-waste prep to reduce jams and damage.
• Transport certified modules/metals as an employee of the Federal Courier Service.

Illegal interactions:

• Skim rare-earth magnets or swap serial tags on certified modules.
• Tap Au/Ag fines bags; falsify assay cards to hide losses.
• Stage a reagent spill to reach the vaults during drill confusion.

• Adventure Hook — The Hollow Board: Priority control boards destined for a GAIA relay arrive dead — perfect casings stuffed with sand-filled dummies. The Federal Sheriff quietly deputizes the PCs: back-trace the custody chain (gate ledgers, assay cards, vault logs), spot the swapped serials, and infiltrate the night shift where the trade happens. Unmask the inside crew feeding a black-market parts ring and recover the real boards before a regional outage ripples through essential services.

• Gamma Age
• Federal Confederation
• New Kourou
• Federal Waste and Recycling System
• Federal Allotment Agency
• Federal Courier Service
• GAIA Spare Parts Depot
• Federal Garbage Collection Center of New Kourou
• Federal Organic Waste Recycling Plant of New Kourou