Nysa Facility

Settled in one of the most lush and temperate valley's available. The primary site sits in a valley created by water flow that still flows through the valley flow on its way to the coast. The coast is about an hour or so to the east from the base's location. The valley sits on the edge of grasslands transitioning to a dense forest around 30 minutes to the west. The grasslands to the east run quickly off into wetlands and then the coast.

Design

The facility uses a biophilic design philosophy to minimally impact the native environment and preserve as much as possible. The facility rests in a clearing near the valley floor and uses geothermal and solar energy for its primary power source. An underground fusion reactor provides auxiliary and backup power. Buildings are blends of open well-lit areas with running gardens and even trees growing through the structures, part of the design. Smaller creeks and streams run throughout the facility as well blending inside and out.

Launch Bay

The base has an underground hanger and maintenance facility constructed by using existing underground cave systems modified and reinforced to accommodate the 6 level facility for landing and maintaining a variety of space and land craft. The launch bay doors open about a quarter of a mile south along the valley floor where the river naturally moves far enough from the central line of the valley to allow for the landing pad and bay doors.

Air Field

Directly above the hanger and the launch doors is the air field. This has a simple set of twin runways, control tower, and an associated staging area for air and space craft. The airfield has a number of lifts that can pull vessels into the underground facility for storage and maintenance.

Crew Accommodations

Just north of the facility are crew accommodations designed in the same way as the base itself. Each of the 4 complexes has 10 individual single family dwellings designed to take advantage of the local water table and habitat. Accommodations come with a standard arrangement of bedroom, kitchen, living area, and office in a single floor building and a central transporter facility in the center of the complex.

Military Barracks

Underground military barracks run under the facility, particularly around the launch bay facilities. There is a large amount of military housing there for expansion of forces at the station, should it be needed.

Research and Development

There are a number of lab facilities within the base's central complex catering mostly to botany, ecology, and planetary sciences.