04.19Shackleton
Shackleton
Owner: Space Revolutionary Army
Location: Arctic
Add-Ons:
- Hangar x 4
- Airstrip
- Advanced Sensor Array
- Command Center
- Submarine Pen
Mobile Suits (20):
- Lvl2 Juragg x 10
- Lvl3 Juragg x 8
- Lvl3 Octave x 2
Mobile Armors (1):
- Lvl3 Grandine
Defenses:
- Minefield
- Missile Launcher x 10
- Beam Cannon x 4
- Antiaircraft Laser x 12
Occupants:
This lonely fortification sits on the edge of the Antarctic Peninsula, pointing outward towards the far South Pacific. Formerly an Alliance submarine base, it was seized by the Space Revolutionary Army in a covert operation. Along with the Barclay base, Shackleton formed the western half of the Alliance’s south pole early warning array, and is similarly adorned with old X-band radars that have been supplemented by the Army’s more compact, modern models. Most of the base, including its hangars, warehouses and operational support is nestled within the craggy fjords of the peninsula, its white exteriors blending in neatly with the snow, with the hardened (though essentially unused) submarine pens jutting out into the frigid water; the airstrip is placed atop the rock outcroppings slightly inland, which were bulldozed flat in earlier years. Inclinators are used to shuttle cargo and mobile suits up the sheer fjord walls. Most of its defenses point seaward, but some are situated around the airstrip to cover the inland side as well as to be able to fire down the fjord into the base itself if need be.