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-====== FEDERAL TEXTILE RECYCLING PLANT ======
+=== Races | Economy | Buildings & Organizations ===
+====== FEDERAL TEXTILE RECYCLING PLANT (NEW KOUROU) ======
 ===== Overview =====
-  * **Location:** NW Guardian Way 2, Industrial Ring, [[New Kourou|New Kourou]]
+  * **Location:** Industrial Ring, [[new_kourou|New Kourou]]
-  * **Surroundings:** Adjacent to the Federal Garbage Collection Center, the Federal Textile Recycling Plant (FTRP) is centrally positioned in New Kourou’s Recycling Cluster.
+  * **Address:** SW Industrial Ring Road 3
+  * **Surroundings:** Adjacent to the [[federal_garbage_collection_center_of_new_kourou|Federal Garbage Collection Center of New Kourou]].
-The Federal Textile Recycling Plant (FTRP) is an integral part of the [[federal_waste_and_recycling_system|Federal Waste and Recycling System (FWRS)]], focusing on repurposing textiles to support the [[federal_confederation|Federal Confederation’s]] sustainability and resource conservation goals. Operating under the [[Federal Allotment Agency|Federal Allotment Agency]], the FTRP processes discarded clothing and fabric remnants, ensuring a closed-loop system that minimizes waste and maximizes material reuse.
+The Federal Textile Recycling Plant (FTRP) is the Confederation’s central textile-recovery hub, operated under the [[federal_allotment_agency|Federal Allotment Agency]] in the [[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]]. Within the [[federal_waste_and_recycling_system|Federal Waste & Recycling System (FWRS)]], it receives worn garments and production offcuts from all settlements, prioritizing recovery of scarce [[hekana|Hekana]] fibers and legacy suit textiles from the [[last_frontier|Last Frontier]]. Outputs are routed by the [[federal_courier_service|Federal Courier Service]] (FCS) under [[gaia_system|GAIA]] tasking to the [[federal_garment_manufactory|Federal Garment Manufactory]] and allied worksites. Public drop-off is not available; inflow is via FGCC consignments and federal workshops.
-===== Operations =====
+{{ :ftrp_new_kourou_plan.png?200|}}
-The FTRP handles textile recycling through several carefully managed stages:
-  * **Textile Collection:** Worn-out clothing and fabric remnants from [[federal_sewing_shops|Federal Sewing Shops]], [[federal_garment_manufactory|Federal Garment Manufactory]], and citizen returns are transported to the FTRP by the [[federal_courier_service|Federal Courier Service]].
-  * **Sorting:** Incoming materials are manually sorted by fabric type, separating recyclable textiles from non-reusable waste.
-  * **Deconstruction:** Textiles are dismantled into raw fibers using specialized machinery, ensuring that even small scraps are efficiently processed.
-  * **Fiber** Processing: Recovered fibers are cleaned, treated, and transformed into raw materials for new clothing or other uses.
-  * **Quality Assurance:** Recycled fibers undergo strict inspection to ensure they meet the durability standards required for Federal Garment Manufactory production.
-===== Products and Uses =====
-The FTRP produces two primary outputs:
-  * **Recycled Fibers:** Used by the Federal Garment Manufactory to produce standardized clothing sets for ExoHumans. Fibers are also allocated to Federal Sewing Shops for repairing existing garments.
-  *
-  * **Insulation Materials:** Low-quality fibers unsuitable for clothing are repurposed for insulation in construction projects, including housing and industrial facilities.
 ===== Architectural Significance =====
+  * **Construction Materials:** Last Frontier alloys, cargo-truss ribs, and ship-deck floor plates; timber in-fills where salvage ran short.
-The FTRP is a model of sustainable architecture, incorporating elements that reflect the Confederation's resourceful ethos:
+  * **Floors:** 2 (ground process hall + mezzanine/second-floor galleries).
+  * **Design Aesthetic:** Industrial salvage — wide-span bays, line-shaft galleries, gravity chutes; clear color banding by stream.
-  * **Construction Materials:** Built using alloys salvaged from the Last Frontier
+  * **Lighting (Perpetual Twilight; No Electric High-Bays):** Sawtooth clerestories and prismatic light wells harvest constant skyglow; hooded oil lamps and baseboard [[luminofera|Luminofera dualis]] runs provide even, low-draw illumination in deep zones and during low-sky periods.
-  * **Energy Efficiency:** Equipped with solar panels and heat recovery systems to minimize energy consumption.
+  * **Ventilation / Dust Control (Passive):** Cross-flow louvers, ridge vents, burlap dust screens; fiber traps over floor drains.
+  * **Energy Use (Low-Draw):** Manual, treadle, and flywheel drives on a limited biogas line-shaft for surge tasks; no powered belt conveyors; analog gauges and boards (no electric displays).
-**Design Features:**
-  * **Light Wells:** Optimize natural lighting, reducing the need for artificial illumination.
-  * **Water Recycling System:** Captures and purifies water used in textile cleaning processes.
 ===== Building Structure =====
+**Ground Floor (Process Hall & Inbound)**
+  * **Gate & Weighbridge:** Deputy-guarded entry; analog tickets; tare/gross logs for FCS consignments from FGCCs, sewing shops, and the Garment Manufactory.
+  * **Receiving & Quarantine:** Bale seal check, moisture and pest inspection, grade-tag staging.
+  * **Primary Sort:** Manual tables by fiber class (Hekana vs. synthetic suit textiles vs. rags); contaminant pull; repairable set-aside bins.
+  * **Deconstruction Bay:** Shear benches, hand guillotines, treadle shredders, fiber pickers; magnet rakes for hardware.
+  * **Carding & Blend Alley:** Line-shaft carders and hand cards; blend chutes for reinforcement mixes.
+  * **Matting & Pressing:** Lever presses for felt and insulation batts; trim capture for re-run.
+  * **Outbound Staging:** Palletized bales, felts, slivers, and rags queued for FCS dispatch.
-The FTRP is divided into functional zones for efficiency:
+**Mezzanine / Second Floor (Control & Admin)**
+  * **Operations Gallery:** Overlooks lines; analog throughput boards; hand-crank teletype for GAIA dispatches.
+  * **Quality Lab:** Tear/abrasion rigs, loft and denier checks, water-shed tests for Hekana.
+  * **Administrative Offices:** Plant Manager, records, and routing desk.
+  * **Staff Facilities:** Lockers, wash-up, break nook.
+  * **Restrooms (2):** Staff W.C.s with the [[AuroraSan System|AuroraSan System]] near stair cores.
-**Ground Floor:**
+**Perimeter & Yard**
+  * **Alloy Fence:** 3 m enclosure with covered receiving dock.
+  * **Stormwater & Dust Traps:** Grated channels and settling boxes; sweepings to containment bins.
+  * **Outbound Lanes:** Marked lanes to the Garment Manufactory and insulation depots.
-  * **Sorting and Deconstruction Areas:** Spaces for manual and mechanical separation of textiles.
+===== Look and Feel =====
-  * **Machine Workshop:** Houses textile shredders and fiber recovery systems.
+Patchwork, but disciplined. Riveted plates, truss ribs, and ship-deck offcuts underfoot; burlap dust screens and cargo-net guards along galleries. Oil lamps and Luminofera bands lay a steady low-draw glow across grade boards and clipboards. The soundtrack is human and mechanical — shear clack, treadle thump, flywheel hum, carder whisper — with chalk-tallies updating at each bay. FWRS pictograms and zone bands (green repairables, blue fiber recovery, yellow insulation, red rejects) keep traffic intuitive. Orderly, repeatable, energy-aware — built from second lives and run by hands.
-  * **Reception Bay:** Dedicated area for incoming deliveries from the Federal Courier Service.
-**Second Floor:**
+===== Roles and Responsibilities =====
+=== Staff (≈27) ===
+  * **Plant Manager (1):** Operations, FWRS compliance, incident command.
+  * **Receiving & Sort (8):** Seal checks, grade tags, fiber-class sorting, contaminant pulls.
+  * **Deconstruction Operators (8):** Shears, shredders, pickers, magnet rakes.
+  * **Quality Control (4):** Fiber tests, sliver specs, felt density checks, lot certification.
+  * **Maintenance (4):** Line-shaft care, tool sharpening, safety inspections.
+  * **Admin & Records (2):** Throughput logs, routing slips, inter-agency comms.
+  * **(Collateral Duties):** Safety Steward (per shift), Dust Marshal (rotating).
-  * **Quality Control Lab:** Ensures the durability of recycled fibers.
+===== Public Access, Operating Hours and Operational Rhythm =====
-  * Administrative Offices: Coordinates operations, staff, and logistics with the Federal Allotment Agency.
+  * **Public Access:** Not open to the public; authorized FCS and federal workshop consignments only. Tours by appointment (off-peak).
-  * **Break Area:** A well-equipped lounge for employee relaxation.
+  * **Shift Schedule:**
+    * **06:00–14:00** — Morning shift (receiving, primary sort, first deconstruction run)
+    * **14:00–22:00** — Afternoon shift (blending, carding, pressing, outbound)
+    * **22:00–06:00** — Quiet cycle (machine service, deep clean, inventory)
+  * **Operating Days:** Continuous operations; dust-abatement sweeps at shift change.
-===== Job Roles and Workforce =====
+===== Services / Operations =====
+Recovered streams and mandated destinations within the FWRS:
-The FTRP employs 27 staff members:
+| **Stream / Process** | **What Enters** | **Primary Handling** | **Outputs** | **Mandated Destination / Use** |
+| **Inbound Collection** | Worn garments, offcuts from FGCCs, sewing shops, Garment Manufactory | Seal check, quarantine, moisture/pest inspection | Cleared bales | Internal routing (on-site) |
-  * **Plant Manager (1):** Oversees all operations, ensuring adherence to sustainability mandates.
+| **Hekana Recovery** | Hekana clothing and trims | Manual deconstruction, treadle shred, card/blend per spec | High-grade sliver/yarn feed | [[federal_garment_manufactory|Federal Garment Manufactory]] via [[federal_courier_service|FCS]] |
-  * **Sorting Staff (8):** Responsible for manually separating recyclable textiles from waste.
+| **Suit-Textile Recovery** | Legacy synthetic suit fabrics, liners, webbing | Shear, picker; blend to reinforce or down-cycle | Reinforced blends or secondary fibers | Federal Garment Manufactory; cordage/webbing shops |
-  * **Machine Operators (8):** Manage fiber recovery machinery and shredders.
+| **Repairables Set-Aside** | Intact garments with minor faults | Mending, regrade, retag | Repaired garments | [[federal_sewing_shops|Federal Sewing Shops]] / Allotment distribution |
-  * **Quality Control Inspectors (4):** Ensure recycled fibers meet production standards.
+| **Felt & Insulation** | Low-grade fibers and mixed trims | Blend, lever press, trim capture | Felt sheets, insulation batts | Construction depots; housing & industrial retrofits |
-  * **Administrative Staff (2):** Handle logistics, inventory, and coordination with other federal entities.
+| **Wiper Rags & Padding** | Short fibers, seam waste | Cut, bundle, bale | Shop rags, padding | Industrial maintenance pools |
-  * **Maintenance Technicians (4):** Maintain machinery and address technical issues.
+| **Contaminant Handling** | Metals, plastics, inerts, infested lots | Segregate, document, sanitize or reject | Safe consignments | [[federal_garbage_collection_center_of_new_kourou|FGCC of New Kourou]] |
+| **Water & Dust Control** | Wash water, sweepings, lint | Screen, settle, reclaim where possible | Recovered fiber fines | Re-run to insulation; compliant discharge per FWRS SOP |
-===== Shift Work =====
-The plant operates on a two-shift schedule:
-  * **Morning Shift:** 6:00 AM – 2:00 PM
-  * **Afternoon Shift:** 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM
-Nighttime operations are paused to allow for machine maintenance and energy conservation.
 ===== Security Measures =====
+  * **Perimeter Fence:** 3 m alloy fence around docks and yards.
+  * **Gate Control (Entry & Exit):** Deputy-guarded gatehouse tied to the [[headquarter_of_the_federal_sheriff|Federal Sheriff’s Headquarters (NK)]]; analog ledger stamps; seal checks on bales.
+  * **Restricted Access:** Deconstruction and carding bays by badge plus analog key; escorted access for visitors.
+  * **Exit Inspections:** Tool/pocket checks; random bale core sampling; tag verification on outbound pallets.
+  * **Analog Alert System:** [[analog_alert_system|Analog Siren System]] tied to Sheriff HQ.
+  * **Deputy Patrols:** Scheduled passes through the Industrial Ring; incident logbook countersigned daily.
-To safeguard operations and resources, the FTRP employs strict security protocols:
+===== Player Interaction Possibilities (Legal and Illegal) =====
+**Legal interactions:**
+  * GAIA work assignment to sort tables, deconstruction bay, or press line during a surge week.
+  * Lead or attend a citizen workshop on garment repair and upcycling to reduce waste inflow.
+  * Transport textile bales as an employee of the [[federal_courier_service|Federal Courier Service]].
-  * **Perimeter Fence:** A 3-meter-high barrier encloses the facility.
+**Illegal interactions:**
-  * **Access Control:** Entry is restricted to authorized personnel only.
+  * Skim high-grade Hekana sliver or swap grade tags on outbound pallets.
-  * **Exit Inspections:** Staff undergo inspections to prevent theft or misuse of materials.
+  * Forge routing slips to divert premium blends to a black-market tailor.
-  * **Analog Alert System:** An Analog Siren System [[analog_alert_system|Analog Siren System]]linked to the [[headquarter_of_the_federal_sheriff|Federal Sheriff’s Headquarters]] for rapid response to security breaches.
+  * Seed an inbound bale with contraband to bypass standard inspections.
 ===== Tactical Advice for Dungeon Masters =====
+  * **Adventure Hook — The Ghost Weave:** Premium Hekana sliver keeps vanishing between carding and outbound. The Sheriff quietly deputizes the PCs to run a covert trace: shadow the line-shaft crew, sample bale cores, and cross-check teletype dispatches against gate ledgers. Are tags being swapped, or is a counterfeit blend entering the stream? Unravel the smuggling ring before the next allotment cycle leaves workshops short.
-The FTRP offers a compelling setting for a range of storylines:
-  * **Sabotage and Espionage:** Players could investigate sabotage attempts or espionage related to textile recycling, uncovering political or factional motives.
-  * **Material Smuggling:** Illegal trade in valuable textiles could involve players in smuggling operations or enforcement missions.
-  * **Crisis Management:** A mechanical failure at the FTRP could jeopardize the Confederation's clothing supply, requiring urgent player intervention.
-  * **Factional Conflicts:** Players might encounter tensions between [[communards|Communards]] and [[individualists|Individualists]] over control of recycled textile resources.
-  * **Collaborative Missions:** Engage players in designing a new recycled product or collaborating with Native Tribes on textile innovations.
 ===== Related Pages and Further Information =====
+  * [[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]]
-  * [[the_human_clothing_fashion_and_textiles_in_the_gamma_age|Exohuman clothing and fashion in the Gamma Age]]
+  * [[federal_confederation|Federal Confederation]]
-  * [[federal_waste_and_recycling_system|Federal Waste and Recycling System (FWRS)]]
+  * [[new_kourou|New Kourou]]
+  * [[federal_waste_and_recycling_system|Federal Waste and Recycling System]]
+  * [[federal_allotment_agency|Federal Allotment Agency]]
+  * [[federal_courier_service|Federal Courier Service]]
   * [[federal_garment_manufactory|Federal Garment Manufactory]]
   * [[federal_sewing_shops|Federal Sewing Shops]]
-  * [[federal_allotment_agency|Federal Allotment Agency]]
+  * [[hekana|Hekana]]
-  * [[Federal Courier Service|Federal Courier Service]]
+  * [[the_human_clothing_fashion_and_textiles_in_the_gamma_age|ExoHuman Clothing & Fashion in the Gamma Age]]
-  * [[New Kourou|New Kourou]]