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 ====== GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT ====== ====== GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT ======
  
 +{{:geothermal_power_plant_scenic2d.png?direct&400|}}
 ===== Overview ===== ===== Overview =====
  
-  * **Location:** [[ralar_region|Ralar Region]], [[firetown|Firetown]] +  * **Location:** Outside [[Firetown|Firetown’s]] Town Wall, [[ralar_region|Ralar Region]] 
-  * **Address:** Energy Park, 1 km from Main Gate +  * **Address:** 1 km from Main Gate 
-  * **Surroundings:** Adjacent to the [[quantum_fusion_recalibration_station_of_firetown|Firetown Quantum Fusion Recalibration Station]] and [[firetown_tier-1_ern|Firetown's Tier 1 Energy Redistribution Node]]+  * **Surroundings:** Close to the [[federal_prison|Federal Prison]] (Gamme Age only), the (Federal) [[copper_mine|Copper Mine]] and the [[firetown_tier-1_ern|Firetown Tier-1 Energy Redistribution Node]] as well as the [[quantum_fusion_recalibration_station_of_firetown|Quantum Fusion Recalibration Station]].
  
-Commissioned in 2626 and financed, built, and operated by the [[trade_guild_of_new_kourou|Trade Guild of New Kourou]] under a contract guaranteeing the [[free_state_of_settlers|Free State of Settlers']] purchase of its output, the Geothermal Power Plant was the [[the_humans|ExoHumans]]’ most powerful energy installation on [[the_planet_voi_700_d|VOI 700 D]]. Its pair of 10 MW turbines harnessed volcanic steam for continuous baseload electricity and district heating loops, making it the largest-capacity power source of the [[beta_age|Beta Age]] and the primary feed for Firetown’s Tier-1 Energy Redistribution Node.+ 
 +Commissioned in 2627 and financed, built, and operated by the [[trade_guild_of_new_kourou|Trade Guild of New Kourou]] under a contract guaranteeing the [[free_state_of_settlers|Free State of Settlers']] purchase of its output, the Geothermal Power Plant was the [[the_humans|ExoHumans]]’ most powerful energy installation on [[the_planet_voi_700_d|VOI 700 D]]. Its pair of 10 MW turbines harnessed volcanic steam for continuous baseload electricity and district heating loops, making it the largest-capacity power source of the [[beta_age|Beta Age]] and the primary feed for Firetown’s Tier-1 Energy Redistribution Node.
 ===== History ===== ===== History =====
  
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 ===== Architectural Significance ===== ===== Architectural Significance =====
  
-  * **Materials:** Volcanic‐stone blockwork, reinforced tritanium steam piping +  * **Materials:** The plant is assembled from stacked industrial cargo containers, reinforced with salvaged spaceship hull plating from the [[last_frontier|Last Frontier]]. Containers are partially sunk into volcanic ground to stabilize them against tremors and wind shear. 
-  * **Design:** Low, bunker‐style profile to anchor heavy wells and turbines against quakes+  * **Design:** Entirely functional and deliberately inelegant. Every visible element communicates heat, pressure, and risk — the architecture of necessity rather than planning.
   * **Wells & Loops:** Dual‐well extraction system with surge‐buffer tanks and pre-insulated heating ducts   * **Wells & Loops:** Dual‐well extraction system with surge‐buffer tanks and pre-insulated heating ducts
  
 ===== Building Structure ===== ===== Building Structure =====
  
-**Heat Extraction Wing**+**Perimeter & Exterior Systems** 
 + 
 +  * Steam Yard:Open-air container cluster with exposed pipes, pressure buffers, and vent stacks. Constant steam discharge creates dense fog banks in cold conditions. 
 +  * Maintenance Walkways: Wooden and steel catwalks connecting turbine housing, valve clusters, and inspection points. 
 +  * Guard Post: Reinforced container at the main gate, housing a [[guarding_bots|Guarding Bot]] and checkpoint controls. 
 + 
 +**Heat Extraction Wing (Container Block A)**
  
   * Houses wellheads, pressure regulators, and primary steam collectors   * Houses wellheads, pressure regulators, and primary steam collectors
   * Oversized surge tanks buffer pressure spikes   * Oversized surge tanks buffer pressure spikes
  
-**Turbine Hall**+**Turbine Hall (Container Block B)**
  
   * Three tandem turbines rated at 7 MW each   * Three tandem turbines rated at 7 MW each
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   * Analog backup panels and manual overrides for treaty-mandated fail-safe   * Analog backup panels and manual overrides for treaty-mandated fail-safe
  
-**Maintenance Bay**+**Control & Monitoring Center (Container Block C)** 
 + 
 +  * SCADA consoles and analog backup panels. 
 +  * Manual override levers required by treaty-mandated fail-safe regulations. 
 +  * Observation slits and reinforced porthole windows facing the turbine hall. 
 + 
 +**Maintenance Bay (Container Block C)**
  
   * Heavy-duty repair pits beneath turbine shafts   * Heavy-duty repair pits beneath turbine shafts
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 ===== Look and Feel ===== ===== Look and Feel =====
  
-A deep, throaty rumble resonates as steam hisses through insulated flues. Corridors glow with sodium‐vine lamps that reflect off wet stone floors slick with condensate. The sulfurous tang of volcanic steam hangs heavy, while the clatter of [[maintenance_bots|Maintenance Bots]]’ tool-arms and pop-hiss of pressure‐release valves underscore the ceaseless machine rhythms. Outside, the dark stone façade is streaked with mineral runoff; guard-troopers’ boots crunch on gravel under the watchful beam of a lone [[guarding_bots|Guarding Bot]] at the gate.+The Geothermal Power Plant never truly rests.
  
 +A deep, constant rumble vibrates through the container walls as superheated steam roars through exposed pipes. Condensation beads on metal surfaces and drips onto black volcanic gravel below, where ice forms and cracks underfoot. Steam clouds billow endlessly, torn apart by icy winds from the Ralar highlands.
 +
 +Inside, corridors are narrow and metallic, lit by harsh industrial lamps and emergency strips. The air smells of sulfur, wet stone, hot metal, and oil. Control rooms hum with generators and analog consoles, their surfaces worn smooth by gloved hands. Valves hiss, pressure gauges tremble, and warning placards are scratched and half-burned.
 +
 +Outside the perimeter, the wilderness presses close: frozen ash, volcanic rock, and darkness. The glow of Firetown’s industrial ring is visible only in the distance. Here, heat is survival — and failure would be catastrophic.
 ===== Roles and Responsibilities ===== ===== Roles and Responsibilities =====
  
-  * **Plant Manager (1):** Coordinates operations and liaises with Firetown’s Contact Person+  * **Plant Manager (1):** Coordinates operations and liaises with Firetown’s [[contact_person|Contact Person]]
   * **Geothermal Engineer (1):** Monitors well integrity and steam flow   * **Geothermal Engineer (1):** Monitors well integrity and steam flow
   * **Turbine Operator (2):** Oversees turbine load and ERN feed coupling   * **Turbine Operator (2):** Oversees turbine load and ERN feed coupling
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   * **Cleaning Bot (1):** The [[cleaning_bots|Cleaning Bot]] maintains walkway cleanliness and drains   * **Cleaning Bot (1):** The [[cleaning_bots|Cleaning Bot]] maintains walkway cleanliness and drains
   * **Guarding Bot (1):** The Guarding Bot secures the main gate   * **Guarding Bot (1):** The Guarding Bot secures the main gate
 +  * **Combat Drone (1)** The [[combat_drones|Combat Drone]] surveils the perimeter
  
 ===== Public Access & Operations ===== ===== Public Access & Operations =====
  
   * **Access Level:** Restricted — no civilian entry   * **Access Level:** Restricted — no civilian entry
-  * **Operational Hours:** Continuous 24/7 with three overlapping shifts+  * **Operational Hours:** 24/7 in three shifts per day (06:00–14:00, 14:00-22:00, 22:00-06:00)
  
 ===== Security Measures ===== ===== Security Measures =====
  
-  * **Perimeter Wall:** 3 m volcanic-stone barrier with spike-topped parapet+  * **Perimeter Fence:** 3 m metal fence with spike-topped parapet
   * **Controlled Entry:** Main Gate secured by a Guarding Bot, armed with [[guarding_troopers_stun_gun|Guarding Troopers Stun Gun]] and accompanied by [[combat_drones|Combat Drone]].   * **Controlled Entry:** Main Gate secured by a Guarding Bot, armed with [[guarding_troopers_stun_gun|Guarding Troopers Stun Gun]] and accompanied by [[combat_drones|Combat Drone]].
   * **Regular Patrols:**  A local unit of the [[guarding_troopers|Guarding Troopers]], assigned to Firetown's energy sector; rotate every 6 hours   * **Regular Patrols:**  A local unit of the [[guarding_troopers|Guarding Troopers]], assigned to Firetown's energy sector; rotate every 6 hours
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 ===== Tactical Advice for Dungeon Masters ===== ===== Tactical Advice for Dungeon Masters =====
  
-Steam Sabotage – A disaffected technician plans to release wellhead pressure to distract Guarding Troopers while a heist team raids the ERN. PCs must trace the pressure spikes and avert catastrophe. +  * **The Vanishing Steam** – Firetown’s Contact Person confides that a shadowy investor behind the Entertainment District may be using the Geothermal Power Plant’s service tunnels and high-pressure steam chambers to make “troublesome” competitors disappear without a trace. The PCs are hired to infiltrate the plant’s restricted maintenance corridors, follow the trail of steam-scoured footprints, and uncover whether the plant’s vast underbelly is serving as a secret execution chamber — or if something even more sinister lurks beneath Ralar’s fumes.
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-Black-out Heist – Rival settlers hire the PCs to disrupt geothermal output long enough to slip unauthorized cargo into the Tier-1 ERN feed lines.+
  
 ===== Related Pages and Further Information ===== ===== Related Pages and Further Information =====
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   * [[ralar|Ralar Volcano]]   * [[ralar|Ralar Volcano]]
   * [[firetown|Firetown]]   * [[firetown|Firetown]]
 +  * [[trade_guild_of_new_kourou|Trade Guild of New Kourou]]
   * [[energy_resources_production_and_supply_in_the_beta_age|Exohuman Energy Production in the Beta Age]]    * [[energy_resources_production_and_supply_in_the_beta_age|Exohuman Energy Production in the Beta Age]] 
-  * [[firetown_tier-1_ern|Firetown Tier-1 Energy Redistribution Node]] 
   * [[quantum_fusion_recalibration_station_of_firetown|Firetown Quantum Fusion Recalibration Station]]   * [[quantum_fusion_recalibration_station_of_firetown|Firetown Quantum Fusion Recalibration Station]]
   * [[federal_geothermal_power_plant|Federal Geothermal Power Plant]] (Successor in the [[federal_confederation|Federal Confederation]])   * [[federal_geothermal_power_plant|Federal Geothermal Power Plant]] (Successor in the [[federal_confederation|Federal Confederation]])
  
 +**Tier 1 Energy Redistribution Nodes** 
 +
 +  * [[morningstar_tier-1_ern|Morningstar Tier 1 Energy Redistribution Node]] (Beta Age only)
 +  * [[firetown_tier-1_ern|Firetown Tier 1 Energy Redistribution Node]]
 +
 +**Tier 2 Energy Redistribution Nodes** 
 +
 +  * [[new_kourou_primary_energy_redistribution_node_ern-1|New Kourou Tier 2 Energy Redistribution Node]] 
 +  * [[hope_tier_2_trickle_node|Hope Tier 2 Energy Redistribution Node]]
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