Grasslands Agricultural Estate

  

  

The Grasslands Agricultural Estate is a facility operated by the Mundo Zargo Agriculture Bureau – predominantly a huge farm.  It is located on the opposite side of Mundo Zargo from the geostationary Highport.

  

She can see the long strip of runway surrounded by a spread of green, mown grass, ahead to the left is the central farm complex, identifiable as a series of low, sprawling buildings surrounding a single stubby tower.  Swathes of gold and green crops cover a huge spread of the land, intermittently dotted with rows of tens and occasional barns.  In one area, a line of machinery is moving and ploughing up a tract  of field.  The farm is build on a grassy plain in a huge valley.  To the far left and past the runway approach the crops and grass give way to wilder, natural grasses that stretch to the valley’s edges.  To the right, the crops extend right up to an escarpment, leading to which is a road from the basic spaceport and which Lia considers must be the location of the Facility.

  

It has its own space landing facility for cargo shuttles, there’s an admin and residential area for the farm workers, and a basic recreational area. There’s also an escarpment with a research facility built inside it.

The facility, formally The Grasslands Escarpment Facility, is completely separate to the farm with its own accommodations and facilities.

There is a settlement – Happy Town – at the edge of the estate.  It has been described as ‘like a privately run rec centre for the workers at both the farm and the facility.’

There are a handful of Legionnaires stationed at the farm.  However, inside the facility, security is handled by what seem to be Ag Bureau staff and private contractors who wear green and white uniforms.