12. FS in the SF MK.III - GARAGE

   + Smuggle Garage decorations into the Firebase (costs ¤200,000)

-Repopulation
The garage has an additional machine room installed, but this one has a special purpose; it is a private research facility for the creation, improvement, and installation of newer, better, and more portable incubators. These incubators are cutting edge by global standards, pioneering the complex science of growing existing babies to become bigger, stronger, smarter, more beautiful, and of course, more fertile. All of this special machinery has a purpose, of course; the next generation of skilled mechanics and crewmen is fast approaching.


-Eugenics
The garage has an additional service room installed, but this one has a special purpose; it is a private command facility intended for the creation, improvement, and implementation of newer and better armour formation strategies and maneuvers. These strategems are cutting edge by global standards, pioneering the complex science of attacking a variety of opposing forces so as to minimize overall casualties and maximize the demoralization, pacification, and capture of enemy personnel.

-Radicalism
On the longest wall of the garage is a cartoonish motion picture illustration depicting quite a lively, lurid scene; every fighting vehile used in the Firebase is depicted on shown with a phallic turret, and they are all shown to be blasting away at enemy vehicles and fortifications with very fast streams of burning hot semen that melt them on contact.


-Fundamentalism
On the longest wall of the garage is a cartoonish motion picture illustration depicting quite a lovely, lavish scene; every fighting vehile used in the Firebase is depicted as being on parade, streaming past the arcology in precise rows of vehicles that form an endless tide of disciplined armour units obviously on their way to their next victory. Flanking the armour columns are a long crowd of women throwing colorful flowers of all kinds

-Purism
It is worth noting that the garage has taken on many characteristics of a sandy beach, harkening back to the amphibious landings of times both past and present. The entire garage floor is covered in a thick blanket of sand, complete with small sand dunes, patches of marram grass, rocky outcroppings, an enourmous overhead flourescent light fixture to mimmick the sun, and even an artificial breeze from powerful new air filtration systems. Work stations are protectively sectioned off with hand-crafted wooden palisades, and vehicles are tended to on raised wooden platforms meant to help keep the sand out of the machinery. Meanwhile tiny communitties of crabs, lobsters, frogs, and other natural amphibians gravitate towards the small refillable pool installed next to the far wall of the building.

-Transformation
It is worth noting that the garage has taken on many characteristics of an amphibious assault ship's well deck, harkening back to the amphibious landings of times both past and present. The entire garage floor is covered in a thick layer of water, complete with hoses and drains, shallow water fishes, rows of standardized flourescent lighting, and even a powerful breeze that is felt every time the main entrace 'ramp' of the 'well deck' is lowered to allow entry or exit for both personnel and vehicles. Work stations are sectioned off with pre-fabricated synthetic walls, and vehicles are tended to on heavy hydraulic platforms that can be raised at will to assist crews in their repairs. Meanwhile, captured crabs, lobsters, frogs, and other natural amphibians are grilled regularly at the community barbeque that is set up at the far wall of the facility.

-Youth
There is an undercurrent of "artistry" previling in the garage. Graffitti is everywhere here; on the walls, on the tables, and even on the many mechanical tools and utensils applied in daily use.  At the end of every month, each of the walls are cleared out with white paint make space for new creations. Each garage staff member employed here has worked both their technical and aesthetic artisty on various parts of both the garage and several of the vehicles it contains, with the use of various paints, aerosols, chalks, and stencils that the garage keeps impressive stocks of. Also, any piece of furniture or gear that is even slightly damaged or out of date is replaced immediately too, meaning that the garage always looks 'new'. Of course, loud music is on play throughout the garage, and every duty station has a different musician's works on their speakers. Parties are ussually held whenever a new shipment of replacement vehicles arrives, or better yet, a new shipment of high-tech aquisitions meant to replace older vehicle platforms. So-called 'Legacy' systems are scorned for their advanced age, and both the maintainence crews and the vehicle crews regularly draw lots to determine who will operate on them next.


-Maturity
There is an undercurrent of "legacy" previling in the garage. The names and summarized service records of distinguished or deceased maintainence staff members and vehicle crewmen are enscribed throughout the duty stations the garage. Realistic etched illustrations of both retired and legacy vehicle systems known to the Firebase have been rendered all over the walls of the garage as well. History is everywhere here; scrapes, burns, and tears can be seen on the walls, on the tables, and even on the many mechanical tools and utensils applied in daily use, and all of the evidence of use serves to add much character to the place. Furniture and equipment pieces used here have been in place for years, constantly repaired, sometimes tweaked, but almost never replaced. Each garage staff member employed here has contributed their technical mastery on various parts of both the garage and several of the vehicles it contains, and the evidence of this can be seen in the monolithic maintainence logbook and maintainence guidebook tomes that these staff members, retired and active, have written and stored on the garage's impressive bookshelf section. Of course, several retired mechanics and crewmen still spend much of their time here, relaxing at coffee tables and often trading stories and advisement with their somewhat younger active duty counterparts at each duty station.

-Paternalism
Safety, Survivability, and Dependability are very high priorities for the dedicated maintainance and refitting crews of the garage. There are safety notices pasted onto the walls of many duty stations within the garage, clearly encouraging mechanics and crewmen to exercise great caution and best practices in dealing with the vehicles in their care. Additonal safety instructions and even some well-wishes painted on by the staffmen can be found inside the vehicles as well.


-Degredationism
Aggression, Lethality, and Versatility are very high priorities for the dedicated maintainance and refitting crews of the garage. There are killcount chalkboards posted onto the walls of many duty stations within the garage, clearly encouraging mechanics and crewmen to do their best to better augment and utilize the vehicles in their charge and compete against their sibling units. Every week, new taunts and insults can be found crudely painted onto the interior of each vehicle, no doubt planted there by hecklers from a rival sibling unit aiming to goad that crew into another killing contest.

-Idealism
The hulls of many of the ground vehicles in the garage are mildly enlargened, and it is easy to see why. All around the garage there are impressively large [and sometimes even downright massive] engines, auxillary systems, and fuel tanks suspended from overhead racks and awaiting either customization, retooling, or installation into their intended vehicles. The gruff and tough mechanics here are obviously hard at work to advance a new generation of 'muscle' tanks, trucks, and transports.

-Decadence
There are treats of all kinds all over the garage, to set the hardworking staff here at ease. Unclad sex slaves bounce up and down on the laps of debreifed crewmen while waitress slaves rush about carrying platters of ouderves to mechanics that summon them, feeding the machanics hand-to-mouth while they make their adjustments. There are drugs all over the garage too, half-snorted, half-injected, and half smoked. Substances pepper the garage as the workmen get their fixes in between the fixes they perform on the vehicles. It is not uncommon to find tweakers passed out underneath or next to the vehicles they were just tweaking because of this.

-Pastoralism
The garage resembles a large farm's toolshed, only this toolshed is very big, and it definately has more than one tractor. Most of the walls of the garage have been covered with decorative wooden planks to resemble the walls of a barn, as have most of its tables and counterspaces. Duty stations have been seperated by imperfect high wooden gates and fences as well, to give the impression of having 'stables' for the various vehicle 'steeds' around as well. Naturally, there are a few cows tied down to some of the workstations, next to  wooden tables stacked with cups. After all what hardworking mechanics doesn't want a sweet warm glass of milk after completing a job well done?



-Religionism
Some would say that the Firebase's garage is ruled by superstition. Of course, the garage staff disagrees with this notion; in the garage, there is only Rite and Rote. The colorfully robed technological priests of the garage facility always take care to perform all neccessary rituals before, during, and after each repair, inspection, and augmentation of each vehicle. Chants and incantations of all measures are properly recited during routine maintainane jobs so as to properly honour every vehicle's prescence, and properly blessed vehicles that crewmen should place their faith in are properly marked with sacred seals, with veteran and distinguished crews having priviledged access to these exalted vessels. Overall, repairs take a bit longer to perform due to the extra ritualism, but since these ministrations provide divine protection, as well as further distinction from the heathens who do not pray as such, is that really a loss?

-Multiculture
Some would say that the Firebase's garage has become a mere showroom. Of course, the garage staff disagrees with this notion; the garage has become a place of demonstration and opportunity. The entire garage has been carefully rearranged; the repair, maintainance, and upgrade bays have been tightly reconfigured to fit snugly into the rear sections of the facility; the forefront of the floorspace has been repurposed to showcase the Firebase's newest and most exciting ground warfare vehicle platforms and upgrades to merchants, commanders, representatives, and dignitaries from a variety of allied and neutral territories and arcologies, as a basis for prospective future cooperation and trade deals, and of course, a form of threat deterrance against those secretly plotting hostilities.  Exotic foods and wines are kept on store and made availible during exhibition events so as to properly honour each VIP's prescence, and sometimes properly distinguished garage staff and vehicle crews are made to dress up and be introduced to these powerful figures as exalted VIP's in their own right.  Overall, repairs take a bit longer to perform due to the troublesome reduction in operating space the workers have, but since these trade shows provide unique support and permissions from abroad, as well as further distinction from the multitude of less cooperative arcologies who do not form international ties as such, is that really a loss?

-Enthusiasm
Advanced technologies were always implemented within the Firebase, and the garage is no different. Slimness Enthusiasm mania has pushed the garages procurement specialists working out of the rear offices of the facility to aquire complex new ultra-lightweight vehicle chassis kits for your ground vehicles.

-Expansionism
Advanced technologies were always implemented within the Firebase, and the garage is no different. Asset Expansionism mania has pushed the garages procurement specialists working out of the rear offices of the facility to aquire complex new high-calibre vehicle armament suites for your ground vehicles.