=== Major Planetary Zones | (Twin) Sections of the Habitual Belt | Regions | Sites ===

====== FISHERPOINT ======

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  * **Type:** Site (abandoned construction area; never a completed settlement)
  * **Location:** [[lake_orlanda|Lake Orlanda]], [[asari|Asari Region]]

===== Overview =====

Fisherpoint (colloquially “Fishertown” among crews) was a provisional [[the_humans|Exohuman]] construction area on the northern shore of [[lake_orlanda|Lake Orlanda]] in the [[habitual_belt|Habitual Belt]] on [[the_planet_voi_700_d|VOI 700 D]]. Conceived shortly after [[arla_town|Arla Town]] became the first functioning Exohuman fishing hub on Lake Arla, Fisherpoint was intended as the second hub in a planned lake-to-lake supply network. Unlike Arla Town, Fisherpoint never matured into a real settlement: it remained a work camp of prefab sheds, half-built docks, and machinery — financed and pushed by the [[trade_guild_of_new_kourou|Trade Guild of New Kourou]] to rapidly exploit Lake Orlanda’s sealife under the [[human_settlement_plan_hsp|HSP]].

Escalating tensions with the [[the_orlanda|Orlanda Tribe]] halted construction. Within months, the site was overrun and destroyed — erasing the Trade Guild’s short-lived venture.

===== Facts and Figures =====

  * **Established:** 2627 (Beta Age); dismantled/destroyed 2628  
  * **Purpose:** Rapid extraction/processing of Lake Orlanda biota; staging point for regional expansion  
  * **Status:** Never completed; destroyed two months before the [[great_war|Great War]]  
  * **On-site population (peak):** ~90 contractors, laborers, and minimal protection detail  

===== Cultural and Strategic Notes =====

  * **Network Intent:** Built to mirror and support [[arla_town|Arla Town]] (first fishing hub) with a second node on Lake Orlanda.  
  * **Trade Guild Control:** Entirely financed, staffed, and provisioned through the [[trade_guild_of_new_kourou|Trade Guild of New Kourou]]—profit-driven and schedule-compressed.  
  * **Local Opposition:** The Orlanda viewed the project as desecration of sacred waters, intensifying conflict.

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

==== Beta Age (2627–2628) ====

**Not a town — a construction yard**: pallet stacks, crane gantries, temporary gantries over half-sunk pilings, canvas rack lines for test-drying catches, and tool sheds hammered together from prefab panels. Nets and hose lines sprawled across gravel berms; generator hum and saw rasp mixed with skimmer calls from the lake. [[manual_labor_bots|Manual labor Bots]] clanked as they hauled timber beams and prefab panels into place, while small [[courier_drones|Courier Drones]] zipped between dock sections, ferrying messages and light supplies. [[maintenance_bots|Maintenance Bots]] scuttled or hovered near machinery, oiling winches and clearing silt from gear housings. A flimsy palisade fenced equipment rather than people — the machines kept the site running, but their presence only highlighted how little of Fisherpoint ever felt like a lived-in town.

==== Gamma Age (post-2631) ====

Time and violence wiped the slate: collapsed pilings, twisted davits, rust-choked winches, shredded netting snagged on reeds. Charred kit crates lie half-buried in silt. Forest edge and tall reedbeds have reclaimed the berms; only scattered metal teeth of machinery hint at Exohuman intent.

===== History / Legacy =====

  * Conceived under the [[human_settlement_plan_hsp|HSP]] as the second fishing hub after [[arla_town|Arla Town]], Fisherpoint was a Trade Guild project from first survey to last shipment manifest. Construction never passed beyond temporary staging: prefab bunk rows, a provisional pier, and an uncommissioned smokehouse module.
  * Rising clashes culminated in the Battle of Fisherpoint two months before the Great War: roughly 1,000 Orlanda warriors overran the ~90-person camp, whose defenders fielded only Windstrike rifles and the laser weapons of two Guarding Troopers. The Orlanda lost ~250; nearly all Exohumans were killed or captured. The site’s destruction became a catalyst for wider alignment with the [[alliance_of_native_tribes|Alliance of Native Tribes]] and a symbol of the perils of extractive overreach.

===== Tactical Advice for Dungeon Masters =====

Use Fisherpoint as a pressure-cooker prologue (Beta Age) or a haunting ruin (Gamma Age):

  * **Beta Age — “Hold the Line, Then Leave”:** PCs contend with supply delays, Trade Guild quotas, and nonnegotiable sacred boundaries. Is de-escalation possible—or is evacuation the only ethical route?  
  * **Gamma Age — “What Remains of a Plan”:** Artifact recovery amid reeds and collapsed pilings; evidence of hurried abandonment and a brief, brutal last stand. Political minefield: any trespass requires explicit authorization.

===== Related Pages and Further Information =====

  * [[Habitual Belt|Habitual Belt]]
  * [[equator_sections_east_and_west|Equatorial Sections East and West]]
  * [[Asari|Asari Region]]
  * [[Lake Orlanda|Lake Orlanda]]
  * [[the_orlanda|Orlanda Tribe]]
  * [[alliance_of_native_tribes|Alliance of Native Tribes]]
  * [[trade_guild_of_new_kourou|Trade Guild of New Kourou]]
  * [[arla_town|Arla Town]] — first Exohuman fishing hub (Lake Arla)
  * [[Exohuman Nutrition in the Beta Age|Exohuman Nutrition in the Beta Age]]

**Known Sites in the Asari Region:** 

  * [[arla_dam|Arla Dam]]
  * [[Fisherpoint|Fisherpoint]]
  * [[tijonara_field_station|Tijonara Field Station]]
  * [[new_horizon_s_rest_cemetery|New Horizon's Rest Cemetery New Kourou]]
  * [[Harvest Rest Cemetery|Harvest Rest Cemetery Hope]] 
  * [[mistfall_rest_cemetery|Mistfall Rest Cemetery Morningstar]]
  * [[lake_view_cemetery|Lake View Cemetery Arla Town]]