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

====== FEDERAL TEXTILE RECYCLING PLANT (NEW KOUROU) ======

===== Overview =====

  * **Location:** Industrial Ring, [[new_kourou|New Kourou]]  
  * **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 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.

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===== Architectural Significance =====
  * **Construction Materials:** Last Frontier alloys, cargo-truss ribs, and ship-deck floor plates; timber in-fills where salvage ran short.
  * **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.
  * **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.
  * **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).

===== 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.

**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.

**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.

===== Look and Feel =====
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.

===== 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).

===== Public Access, Operating Hours and Operational Rhythm =====
  * **Public Access:** Not open to the public; authorized FCS and federal workshop consignments only. Tours by appointment (off-peak).
  * **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.

===== Services / Operations =====
Recovered streams and mandated destinations within the FWRS:

| **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) |
| **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]] |
| **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 |
| **Repairables Set-Aside** | Intact garments with minor faults | Mending, regrade, retag | Repaired garments | [[federal_sewing_shops|Federal Sewing Shops]] / Allotment distribution |
| **Felt & Insulation** | Low-grade fibers and mixed trims | Blend, lever press, trim capture | Felt sheets, insulation batts | Construction depots; housing & industrial retrofits |
| **Wiper Rags & Padding** | Short fibers, seam waste | Cut, bundle, bale | Shop rags, padding | Industrial maintenance pools |
| **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 |

===== 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.

===== 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]].

**Illegal interactions:**
  * Skim high-grade Hekana sliver or swap grade tags on outbound pallets.
  * Forge routing slips to divert premium blends to a black-market tailor.
  * 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.

===== Related Pages and Further Information =====
  * [[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]]
  * [[federal_confederation|Federal Confederation]]
  * [[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]]
  * [[hekana|Hekana]]
  * [[the_human_clothing_fashion_and_textiles_in_the_gamma_age|ExoHuman Clothing & Fashion in the Gamma Age]]