FOGWOOD SAWMILL HEADQUARTERS

• Location: Industrial Ring, Morningstar
• Address: NW Industrial Ring Rd 1
• Surroundings: Adjacent to Hussaini Carpentry Inc.

Founded by Hanata Ito in September 2625 — months before Morningstar’s formal establishment — Fogwood Sawmill Inc. was the settlement’s first large‐scale timber operation. Drawing on the company’s privately managed woodlands (Fogwood Sawmill Timber Yard), it oversaw the planting, growth, and harvest of massive hardwood stands. Logs arrived by Hoo and conveyor from the forest edge, were milled into lumber, dried in kilns, and then shipped to local carpentries (such as Hussaini Carpentry Inc.), building firms, and frontier construction projects across the Free State of Settlers.

After the Peace Treaty and the founding of the Federal Confederation in 2632, Fogwood was nationalized and reorganized as the Federal Wood Plant under the Federal Allotment Agency.

• Construction Materials: Reinforced hardwood beams, quarried stone foundation, and corrugated steel roofing
• Floors: Single expansive processing hall with elevated mezzanine for offices
• Design Purpose: Maximized throughput — wide intake bays, overhead rail tracks, and multi-stage conveyor systems
• Processed Timber Storage: Covered yards with adjustable ventilated racks for air-drying lumber
• Town‐Wall Gate: Dedicated timber‐lined gate in Morningstar’s defensive wall, allowing direct log transport from the nearby company woodlands into the mill
• Roof Fixtures: Retractable short-wave antenna linked to the ExoHuman Shortwave Radio Network for production reports, and inter-settlement coordination

Main Processing Hall

• Log Intake Bay: Wide doors with hydraulic clamps guide incoming tree trunks onto roller conveyors
• Primary Sawing Line: Tandem circular saws (20″ diameter) slice logs into standardized planks
• Sorting Conveyor: Manual Labor Bots separate boards by thickness and quality
• Drying Kilns: Four compartmentalized chambers using low-heat steam loops for gradual moisture removal
• Green Lumber Yard: Open‐air racks for partially seasoned wood, protected by overhangs

Mezzanine – Administration & Maintenance

• Foreman’s Office: Desk, route maps of woodlands, production report, guest chair
• Clerks’ Alcove: Order ledgers, shipment manifests, and contracts with downstream carpentries
• Maintenance Bay: Spare blades, drive belts, and diagnostic consoles for Maintenance Bots
• Break Room & Restroom: Staff kitchenette, lockers, and two unisex AuroraSan-equipped stalls

Director’s Residence & Office (Adjacent Wooden House)

• Location: Freestanding timber-framed cottage immediately west of the main mill building.
• Director’s Office: Sturdy oak desk, leather-bound logbooks, wall-mounted route maps of the company woodlands, and a short-wave transceiver for direct communications.
• Assistant Nanny Bot Nook: Charging cradle and tool-rack for “Nanny,” the converted Butler Bot — responsible for document delivery, visitor reception, and light maintenance tasks.
• Private Meeting Parlor: Two armchairs and a small table for confidential discussions with company foremen or visiting Carpentry guild representatives.
• Director’s Restroom: One unisex stall with AuroraSan fixtures, discreetly accessed via a side vestibule.

Exterior Grounds

• Woodlands Gate: Secured entry within the Town Wall of Morningstar to company forests, monitored by Guarding Bot
• Finished Lumber Yard: Covered loading docks with Hoo ramps and overhead crane rails
• Bot Charging Station: Modular power pedestals for Manual Labor and Maintenance Bots

Inside, the scent of fresh sap and warmed timber hangs heavy. Rhythmically, logs thunder onto steel rollers; sawdust drifts in the amber glow of high-bay lamps. Manual Labor Bots hum along treads, ferrying planks to kilns while human operators fine-tune blade settings. On the mezzanine, clerks call out orders. Outside, the distant forest murmurs as cutting crews drive axes and chain-saws through trunks, returning steady supplies to the mill.

• Mill Owner & Director (1): Hanata Ito oversees operations, negotiates supply contracts
• Foreman (1): Manages daily production targets and crew assignments
• Sawmill Operators (6): Run sawing lines, monitor conveyor sorting
• Clerks (2): Process orders, coordinate shipments to Hussaini Carpentry and others
• Manual Labor Bots (8): The Manual Labor Bots move heavy planks, feed logs into saws
• Maintenance Bots (3): The Maintenance Bots perform blade changes, lubrication, and diagnostic checks

• Access Level: Restricted — employees and authorized delivery crews only
• Operating Hours: Continuous 24/7 in three 8-hour shifts; office hours 06:00–18:00 weekdays

Supply Chain:

• Harvest: Lumberjacks fell and debark trees in the company woodlands
• Transport: Logs delivered to intake bay via Hoo‐drawn wagons
• Milling: Planks sawn, sorted, and kiln-dried
• Distribution: Clerks arrange shipments by the New Kourou Courier Service to carpentries

• Perimeter Fence: 2 m timber‐and‐wire barrier with spike-topped posts
• Gatehouse Guarding Bot: A single Guarding Bot, armed with a Guarding Troopers Stun Gun and accompanied by a Combat Drone, stands watch at the reinforced timber gate that opens onto the woodlands
• Access Control: Gatehouse attendant performs identity and credential checks on all incoming workers, vehicles, and carts
• Emergency Shutdown: Manual “kill switch” located beside the Production Control Desk immediately halts all saws, conveyors, and automated feed systems
• Director’s Office Armament: Hanata Ito maintains a Windstrike Rifle secured in a wall rack for last-resort defense of the facility

• Petition for employment as a lumberjack or mill operator
• Negotiate a timber supply contract for a settlement project
• Audit sawmill safety records or challenge labor conditions
• Arrange for an escort of valuable exotic hardwoods to New Kourou

• Smuggle rare timber species out of the preserved woodlands
• Sabotage drying kilns to ruin a competitor’s shipment
• Manipulate Maintenance Bots to mislabel plank grades for profit

Fogwood Sawmill makes a rich backdrop for industrial intrigue or wilderness missions:

• The Missing Logs: A critical shipment of seasoned lumber inexplicably vanishes on its short journey from the Fogwood Sawmill to the adjacent Hussaini Carpentry Inc. Since the carpentry is literally next door, there’s no clear route for the logs to disappear — and yet the delivery yard stands empty. Director Hanata Ito, baffled and furious at both the financial loss and the breach of his facility’s security, hires the PCs to unravel the mystery. Can the PCs recover the logs, unmask the saboteurs, and restore Fogwood’s reputation— or will the forest’s shadowy thieves strike again?

• Beta Age
• Free State of Settlers
• Morningstar
• Hanata Ito
• Fogwood Sawmill Inc.
• Hussaini Carpentry Inc
• Fogwood Sawmill Timber Yard