Academics

Description
The academics are a second, smaller chartered group that the Empire is sponsoring on Marcadia. There's almost a "which one is more successful gets the money." The Empire knows there is a chance that they will discover something more useful than a lightweight metal, and has informants to make sure such a thing is not hidden from them. The group has members from many disciplines, but is primarily made up of archaeologists and biologists.

There are 39 academics, currently, but there used to be more. Many have given up on the planet. The academics control a section of the station (figure out where), with its own hovercraft docks and the like, but they get essentially no support, infrastructure, material, or anything, from Zydel Corporation. The food is worse, the rooms are breaking down, but there's some freedom from the overbearing corporation there.

Their section of the station is actually a Baleen class Heavy Freighter that got welded on to the rest of the station at some point in its history

The archaeologists are always interested in studying the development of a species "untainted" by galactic civilization, and are constantly complaining about dismantling their pristine ruins. They are often seeking to sabotage or race to get to ruins first and study them. Sometimes they hole up secretly and study a place without being known, or stand bodily in the way of dismantling crews (hoping that they care, of course). The biologists are less militant, since most of their creatures they are studying don't live in the towers, but they agree with the archaeologists in principle and are generally against "raping the planet for some war that won't be remembered in 1000 years." Only a small subset of the academics are willing to resort to sabotage or violence, but they definitely exist and are quietly present in the larger group.

The primary interest of the biologists is the rate at which things grow here. "It just seems impossible, like the plants from here don't follow the rules we've observed around the galaxy."

Members

 * Vadnaa Tondagul - Togrutan, unnoficial leader of the academics, archaeologist, trying to make peace with Zydel corp, has a dive they need escort on
 * Kael Orlessunn - Archaeologist, Alderannian human, lead saboteur, trying to build a non-repulsorlift flyer (helicopter)
 * Salia Girsul - Biologist, plant focus, imperial informant, Female Corellian Human
 * Surn Shode - Materials Scientist, literally Gune from Titan AE, agrees emphatically with the bombings but didn't do it, and has a clear alibi
 * Veeemisthan - Revwien biologist, animal focus, has ties to Tyia, willing to protect force-users