if you are someone who comes from even moderate means then you would probably live in the ring in
absalom station you're probably better than any of those folks who would live down in the spike
but you're not quite as good as those who would live in the eye that's why you go to
church there's a lot of churches in this area and there's also a free market today i'm going
to tell you about the ring what's in it and how you might be able to use those for your adventures
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now there are three major neighborhoods in the ring when it comes to where people would live
the first one is called congregation now this is where most of your holy rollers are gonna live
because in this particular area that's where you're gonna find all of the churches
congregation churches wasn't my pun this is the area where you're gonna
find most of the temples to the major pact world religions as well as a few of the smaller ones
people will flock from all over the station to pay their respects at their favored temple see what
i did there drifter's end is a neighborhood that supports aliens and newly discovered aliens from
the lore spire and i'm gonna talk about that one in a bit explorers long-haul crews this is where
those types of people will who are coming into the station will probably stay olensa is another
neighborhood that can be found in the ring however this one's a bit of a dangerous neighborhood
it has been taken over by disgruntled human supremists i guess so they're very based they
have kicked out every resident who is not a human and taken over the entire place for themselves
they are very actively aggressive to non-humans so if you have a party who has aliens in it
because they're not humans they're not all humans you're gonna have a bad time here these guys used
every trick in the book to get what they wanted which was everybody else who is not human out
intimidation tactics strong arming and economic pressures as well not to mention the social aspect
too of outcasting anybody who wasn't human it all worked to very great effect now i'm realizing that
i'm actually starting to look quite a bit like a mess if i'm looking like i just had a day with
two kids that's because i have two kids this is what happens when you have kids i love my children
they were kind enough to pass on a cold to me so feeling like that's coming on here too now
the ring does actually have quite a few places of interest and the first one i'm going to talk
about is related to avatar this place is called free markets it's called this simply because they
subscribe to free market theory no regulation no oversight the market will regulate themselves at
least that's how the free market mentality works and for the people of free market it works for
them so what happens here is avatar core sponsors free markets they sponsor all the businesses
it's avatar core's responsibility to make sure that everyone is making money or rather they're
making money for their shareholders so healthy competition in business is good entrepreneurs will
come to this particular location they will come to this market and they will try to push their wares
they set up storefronts they sell vehicles there's there is not a lot that you cannot purchase
here most of the business that is done in this location is legal the stewards tried to maintain
that and the packed world's police like the the absalom station police they tried to make
sure that everything that happens is legal but they're not perfect even the priests of abaddar
corps get involved with trying to make sure that everything is on the up and up essentially if
you want to buy anything that's mostly legal this is the spot where you want to come get it
and while we're on the topic of abaddar core the golden vault is also located in the ring
the golden vault is abaddar core's main headquarters and they have that stationed
in absalom station now i've talked a little bit about abaddar core and the link will be
up here and in the description below but if you haven't watched that video here's the highlights
their offices double as temples their priests are devoted to making money as well as that's
what avatar wants he wants to facilitate trade and the expansion of the empire this also means
that abaddar core tends to sponsor a lot of the starfinder society missions when they do
exploration now the golden vault is abdar core's most holiest site at least in the packed worlds
their logo is a little bit ostentatious it is a like a bright glowing neon sign it is 10 stories
tall so you can't miss it and inside of this particular temple is a major major bank and this
particular bank facilitates a lot of the currency in the trade between all the planets in the packed
worlds their vaults are also notorious for being impregnable nobody has been able to actually break
into their vaults because you know they have the help of a god to create the perfect vault and
in these vaults they store the wealth of not only nations but planets and if you know anything about
the banking system that money doesn't just sit there they will also loan that out to other people
at higher interest rates congregates of the avatar core will come to church or come to the bank and
their religious doctrination actually includes financial literacy so that's cool avatar core is
also known to hire random people to try to breach their vaults and penetrate their security systems
now recently avatar core has really stepped this up so some speculate that maybe
somebody's gotten through and now they're really ramping up their testing no one knows for sure
though if you happen to run a private security firm you will most likely have your own offices
or your own headquarters somewhere in absalom station if you're a major player if you're not
a major player but you still run private security or you are a mercenary for hire you will probably
use the security resource pavilion this is kind of your one stop shop for mercenaries
representative for crews for any type of work that you might want to do can be found here you present
a contract and it goes to potential employers and they will bid on your contract depending
on if they like you or not so let's hope you have a good reputation for getting in here envoys and
even icons should probably talk up your crew quite a bit here the only thing that will disqualify
you from either getting a job or posting a contract saying that you're available to work
is the fact that you would have a warrant out for your arrest so you can't have done something
too shady some people will short form this name to sacres and those will usually be
a little bit more professional style people or professional mercenaries i
professional mercedes you could be a professional mercenary yes absolutely but this place the locals
their slang for it is called the merc lurk now there are a few really active companies
who are fairly well respected but they keep a very watchful eye on newcomers into the merc lurk
i just that's a fun name i like that the merc lurk the merkler those companies would be red
scale security the sisterhood of iron and star shield limited now the blue rise tower is another
interesting place in absalom station as well this is a place where companies can lease office spaces
either by rooms or by floors but these companies that want to be in this tower
they are so secretive they are so protective of whatever it is that they are working on that
these companies have basically banded together and whoever owns space in this particular tower
that space owned by that company or whichever company it is is their own
sovereign territory it becomes basically the end stage of capitalism i suppose where
companies just they own it they set the rules they are above the government even though the
government technically is above them but if anybody has complained it's never made it past
that company's hr person government officials cannot enter unless the companies have granted
them permission to do so the stewards even have a very difficult time trying to get in
to do investigations if they wanted to it's not very often that these companies are
willing to work with law enforcement at least in absalom station this mentality hasn't really
gone outside of the blue rise tower but that's basically how it runs now the lor spire complex
can also be found in the ring as well this is the home base to the starfinder society the lord spire
complex is reminiscent of a university there is a main building where everything happens but then
there's other buildings as well that collectively form the the complex now in the middle of this
there is a giant spire and that's the main building it is most famous for its archives the
vast collection of data from new species that the star finder society has encountered new planets
new regions of space that need to be explored and everything that's documented and known
about the existing pact worlds universe and basically anything else that's known it goes here
and when one thinks about the lore spire they don't necessarily think of venture capitalism
but this is where a lot of those offices can be found for venture capitalists who are looking to
finance exploration missions so there's also a lot of donations and charity work that happens here
from big companies looking to sponsor expeditions as well as the logistical support and the
research support that goes along with all of those missions the hall of discovery is also found here
this is where the elected forum members and the first seeker luazi el sibo manage the
organization and the supercomputer ai intelligence called guidance it also lives here as well in
in the basement he's actually a pretty neat supercomputer that houses the collective
knowledge of the previous leaders or important leaders throughout the pac worlds as well
so you should really check that one out what was your favorite place of the ring
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