Saturn Base

Poseidon Base
Skyshroud Facility
An aerial photo of Headquarters Sector in Saturn Base
Facilities
Opened	7 January 2032
Location	Obock Region, Djibouti
Owner	Skyshroud
Area	462 sq km
Population	43,562
Garrison	17th Skyshroud Division 19th Skyshroud Division 21st Skyshroud Division Gulf of Aden Naval Command 498 Air Squadron Saturn Special Operations Command Saturn Military Police Command
Commander	Bruce McClendon

Saturn Base is a military base located in Obock Region, Djibouti, owned and administered by private military company Skyshroud LLC. The base is home to more than 44,000 Skyshroud personnel of various nationalities. Pursuant to the 150-year lease agreement signed between Skyshroud and the Government of Djibouti on 1 August 2031, the territory occupied by Saturn Base is privately administered and not subject to the jurisdiction of Djibouti. Instead, the laws in effect within the base are those of the Skyshroud Military Code, which is enforced by the Saturn Military Police Command. According to the terms of the lease, Skyshroud is obligated to defend and protect the territorial boundaries of Djibouti, and its forces may be requisitioned by the President of Djibouti for national security purposes at any time.

"Although Skyshroud is supposedly a neutral, for-profit company, the way it is now set up makes it comparable to a nation-state. It has its own military, its own laws, and now, its own sovereign territory. The rest of the world should be terrified."

Gordon Thune

Secretary of State for Defense, United Kingdom

8 September 2031

The land area of Saturn Base includes a stretch of coastline as well as large swathes of rocky desert. It is believed that there are at least four silos containing up to 500 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) on the base, although multiple independent reputable sources have verified none of them are armed with nuclear warheads.

For administration purposes, the base is divided into six sectors, namely Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo and Headquarters Sectors. The high command of Saturn Base operates out of the Wheel, a 50,000 sq ft headquarters building with multiple operations capabilities located inside Headquarters Sector.

Capabilities

Conventional Weapons

ICBMs

The Webmasters, a covert group of elite hackers supporting the Saturn Special Operations Command

Cyberwarfare

There are two specialized cyberwarfare units within Saturn Base, namely the Cyberwarfare Branch, which is a subsidiary unit of Headquarters Command, and the Webmasters, an elite black ops unit under the Saturn Special Operations Command.

Skyshroud is known to invest significant amounts of resources in recruiting the world's top cybercriminals and transitioning them into cyberwarfare operatives. It is believed that the Saturn Base units have capabilities including advanced hacking, surveillance, sabotage, espionage, propaganda, misinformation, cyber defense, and economic warfare. In July 2033, Saturn Base's Cyberwarfare Branch acquired sensitive information pertaining to terrorist group Boko Haram, leading to the capture of 14 of its top leaders by the African Union.