Description
The moons of the planet Ndoria, in the system of Uplingur, have long been a focus for tensions between the Minmatar Republic and the Ammatar Mandate, a satellite state of the greater Amarr Empire. Uplingur is located on the border of Minmatar and Ammatar space, and for many years was claimed by both governments. With both Republic and Mandate focused on the security of key systems during the long Vindication Wars, neither were willing to go beyond mere words and assert their claims in substance. This changed in YC104, two years after the cessation of hostilities between the Republic and Mandate, when military and logistical support from the Amarr Empire enabled the Ammatar to assert control of the system.
Seizing this opportunity, the Mandate-based Nefantar Miner Association moved into Uplingur in force and began constructing infrastructure to exploit Uplingur's rich resources. The 22 moons of the planet Ndoria contained huge deposits of several highly valuable minerals and had been coveted for years by all the empires. The main surface deposits of valuable resources on Ndoria's moons had long since been depleted by rampant and uncontrolled mineral harvesting operations conducted by competing mining expeditions from both the Republic and Mandate, during the decades of contested system control.
To access the remaining valuable deposits deep beneath the moon surfaces required the stability of permanent infrastructure, and the NMA drilled massive mining shafts into the moons. These extensive works allowed the Mandate's miners to harvest minerals that were inaccessible to temporary surface miners and later capsuleer orbital moon mining operations.
This fortified mining hub facility was constructed by the Nefantar Miner Association to serve as the central collection and processing center for ores collected from mining installations spread across Ndoria's moons. It has since expanded to serve NMA's resource harvesting operations all across the Hevaka constellation.
