Basil

Basil

Battleplate

Position

Northern Lambda Cluster Monolith Battleplate Dimension

Size

Large

Key Resources

Scrap

Controlled By

Disputed

Inhabitants

Very few Residents, Frequent Visitors

Key Locations

Novgorod Trade Center Greener Pastures Red Rock Mine Scrap Palace Basil station Dustbowl Fort Bluetop

Basil, Also known as Lambda-357 in MPC Monolith Plate Classification is a large, sparsely populated battleplate in the Lambda Cluster of the Monolith Battleplates.

Features

Basil is a sparsely populated plate, with a few inhabited areas, some civilized and some hostile. The most notable feature of the plate is the Novgorod Trade Center, A fortified urban area owned by the Bay City Administration that plays host to many of the northern Lambda plate's traders and merchants. Minifigs from the area often buy and sell their goods here. And the administrators often provide paying work to volunteers. Novogorod is protected by a dangerous, defended area known as the Novgorod hills. the highest elevated point in the plate. Law enforcers often occupy the area and use it to spy on would be raiders. Novgorod is a densley packed town, and does not allow road vehicles, All cars and trucks are parked outside and serviced by a nearby fuel station

Next to Novgorod is an abandoned mining camp, known as Red Rock, named so because of the red buildings that dot the area. Red rock is known as a shady area where smugglers, criminals and savages will often hide while planning to infiltrate the trade town.

Greener Pastures is a small villa on the opposite side of the plate, offering a somewhat calm refuge from the hustle and bustle of the trade center. However recentley the Bay City administration have built roads on either side of the area, causing vehicles to sometimes pass directley through the base.

Down the road from Greener Pastures, is the Basil station, A small office that acts as an import/export zone. Where passing ships will drop off and pick up cargo for long distance transport to faraway plates.

Situated inbetween the Station and the Pastures, is a barren area known as the Dustbowl. A dry, dead region full of dirt, sand, rock and junk. A few scavenger bases dot the landscape and who's occupants are relatively friendly to the residents of Greener Pastures, however closer to the Station is a fortification known as the Scrap Palace. A large fort made of castle walls and broken ship parts, The residents of this area are known to attack on sight and frequentley try to raid both Novgorod, The Basil Station, and the PastuItalic textres.

Lastly, Fort Bluetop is a small fortification that was created by a small clan, it's periodically raided and captured by other clans and larger armies. It's perhaps the oldest structure in the region, Every time it's taken over, it's new owners contemplate demolishing it and building something better, but it always seems to stick around

Events

Early R2019

• Vorhut began sending patrols into the area, hunting the Black Legion but Vorhut Troops became distracted fighting and bickering with locals, while the Legion periodically launched raids against innocents.
• Vorhut assaults Fort Bluetop after an altercation with one of their patrols.
• Basil Bob is killed by Kast Renzo for the first time, he awakes in the Basil plate confused to his identity. And quickly learns the ways of the Monolith Plates
• Kast Renzo encounters Bob again, and feeling responsible for Bob's plight in the new world, takes him under his wing for a time.
• Syndicate agents enter the region, looking for Kast Renzo.
• The Pact also sends scouts into Basil, aware of Syndicate operations in the plate and wanting to keep tabs on their enemy.

Notable Residents

• Basil Bob - An anonymous Minifig who was killed for the first time in an unknown region by Kast Renzo, Who reincarnated in Basil, and started using the name Bob as he'd forgotten his own name. Currentley Alive, and doing Mercenary work in the area for the Novgorod administration. He is notable in that he is one of the only minifigs known to reincarnate in the same place over and over again, without use of an L-Gate. Likely the result of a metaphysical "glitch"