Axius Star Base
| Axius Star Base | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Star Base |
| Manufacturer | Black Lance |
| Primary user | Black Lance |
The Axius Starbase was a covert installation in the Axius System. It is the headquarters of the Black Lance, a secret faction operating within the Terran Confederation.
The Axius Starbase is the only major starbase in the otherwise lifeless Axius System, as Axius' lack of population and strategic worthlessness make it an ideal site to host a secret facility for the Black Lance. It is of an independent starbase design, being one large, modular structure as opposed to the segmented block-like stations seen during the 2670s.
The Axius Starbase hosted supposedly thousands of personnel and held a large stockpile of the Black Lance's high-tech weaponry. It housed dozens if not hundreds of starfighters and could tend to the needs of multiple warships. It hosted laboratories for scientists to develop their latest weapons for use against the Terran Confederation and the Union of Border Worlds, and finally, it held a large audience hall to hold rallies for Black Lance pilots and for meetings amongst Black Lance leaders. It was an all-purpose base with the most ideal facilities to enable Black Lance activities.
After the Black Lance attacked Telamon in 2673 during the Border Worlds Conflict, Colonel Christopher Blair and his Border Worlds allies on the BWS Intrepid tracked the attackers to Axius. Using a F-107 Lance Heavy Fighter, Blair infiltrated the Axius Starbase and blended in with the personnel using a uniform he stole from an officer. Blair then wandered into the audience hall where his rival, "Seether", was holding a rally for Black Lance pilots. It was here that Blair learned of the Black Lance's name and their mysterious leader: Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn.
Blair listened in horror as Tolwyn outlined his plan to force Confed to go to war with the Border Worlds so that he may re-militarize the human race and exterminate "undesirable" human beings with the Gen-Select Bioweapon, which was used to exterminate the colonists on Telamon. All of this was to ensure that the Terrans would be ready to face future threats from races far stronger than the Kilrathi. Horrified, Blair fled the hall, just as Seether spotted him among the crowd.
Blair fled from station security in the station's vast corridors when he ran into Dr. Tuesday Brody, a Terran scientist who had been forced to produce the weapon that destroyed Telamon. She knew who Blair was and was determined to help him stop the Black Lance. The two fled to the hangar bay to board Blair's ship, only to be ambushed by station guards. Although Blair killed both men, Dr. Brody was fatally shot and told Blair to leave her behind. She gave him an important datadisk before dying on the hangar bay. Blair fled before the guards could stop him.
After Blair revealed the conspiracy to the Confederation Senate on Earth, the declaration of war against the Border Worlds was rejected, foiling Tolwyn's plans and saving humanity. The Black Lance were forcefully disbanded shortly afterwards, so it is likely that the Axius Starbase has since been commandeered or shut down.
