The Peacock Room Archives - Recent changes [en]

Eridania Ossuccio

Asapphesteron — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 06:56:01 GMT

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:56, 17 September 2026
(2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1:		Line 1:
	Eridania Ossuccio was a city in the northwest of the Eridania quadrangle on Mars. It was destroyed by an Earth Federation nuclear strike during the Second Martian-Terran War.		'''Eridania Ossuccio''' was a city in the northwest of the [[wikipedia:Eridania_quadrangle\|Eridania quadrangle]] on Mars. It was destroyed by an Earth Federation nuclear strike during the Second Martian-Terran War.

	== Etymology ==		== Etymology ==
			Eridania Ossuccio's name is derived from the municipality of Ossuccio along the shore of Lake Como in northern Italy. The Eridania region of Mars is home to a wealth of evidence of ancient water, including gullies and a [[wikipedia:Eridania_Lake\|suspected lake basin]]. As such, many features were named for Italian and ancient Mediterranean lakes and ports during the initial phase of exploration and colonization on Mars.

	== History ==		== History ==
Line 7:		Line 8:
	=== Mining outpost ===		=== Mining outpost ===

	=== ~~Incorporation~~ ===		=== Terra-Atmos project ===

	=== Planned city ===		=== Planned city ===

	=== Destruction ===		=== Destruction ===
			On the morning of November 4th, 2577, the EFSF bombed Eridania Ossuccio with a nuclear weapon, destroying it. Due to its modest size and civilian industry the MSD did not believe that the city would be a primary target. The motive behind this strike remains unknown.

	=== Ruins ===		=== Ruins ===

	== Geography ==		== Geography ==
			Eridania Ossuccio was situated in a shallow crater at 128.051754°‎, -38.691168° between the larger Arrhenius and Pursat. The closest spaceport is Gallia, located on the Hesperia Planum not far to the northwest.

	== Demographics ==		== Demographics ==
			At its height, Eridania Ossuccio had a population of approximately 50,000.

	== Economy ==		== Economy ==

	== ~~Culture~~ ==		== Notable locations ==

			=== Botanical garden ===

Eridania Ossuccio

Asapphesteron — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:16:42 GMT

Created page for Eridania Ossuccio.

New page

Eridania Ossuccio was a city in the northwest of the Eridania quadrangle on Mars. It was destroyed by an Earth Federation nuclear strike during the Second Martian-Terran War.

== Etymology ==

== History ==

=== Mining outpost ===

=== Incorporation ===

=== Planned city ===

=== Destruction ===

=== Ruins ===

== Geography ==

== Demographics ==

== Economy ==

== Culture ==

Main Page

Asapphesteron — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:29:13 GMT

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:29, 11 September 2026
(One intermediate revision by the same user not shown)
Line 14:		Line 14:
	* [[Offworld]] by Mezzimo		* [[Offworld]] by Mezzimo
	** [[Mercy Quinlan]], player character		** [[Mercy Quinlan]], player character
			*[[Abigdingus's World Project]] by Abigdingus

	== Site updates ==		== Site updates ==

User:Abigdingus

Abigdingus — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:15:48 GMT

User account Abigdingus was created

Mercy Quinlan

Asapphesteron — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:01:58 GMT

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:01, 11 September 2026
(6 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1:		Line 1:
	'''Mercy Patricia Quinlan''' is an agent for the underground Alhambra network and former police detective under the Martian Soviet Directorate.		'''Mercy Patricia Quinlan''' (née '''al-Asma''') is an agent for the underground Alhambra resistance network and former police detective under the Martian Soviet Directorate.

			== Appearance ==
			Mercy is 5'6" and around 150 lbs with green eyes and curly chestnut hair that is starting to grey. She has two bullet scars on her back and a questionable devotion to wearing hats.

			== Early life and education ==
			Mercy was born September 27th, 2543 in the Hesperia region of Mars. Her father was a terraforming worker and her mother a physician of Yemeni descent. After graduating with a degree in forensics from Ascraeus College (class of '65) she entered the Civil Security Bureau Academy, intent on becoming a detective.

			== Detective career ==
			After graduating the academy in the spring of 2567, Mercy was assigned a position in [[Eridania Ossuccio]], a modest city home to six massive magneto-shield generator plants for terraforming. She embraced the move and soon found herself enjoying the slightly slower pace of life, though she worked more than enough cases (primarily smuggling related) to hone her skills.

			The biggest case Mercy worked, and the one that nearly killed her, involved the pursuit of a fleeing suspect all the way to Kronovostok in late 2570. Once there, for reasons Mercy never discovered, her detective partner Ewald Dreiser placed the muzzle of his pistol to her back and fired two shots. The bullets perforated her lung; she only survived thanks to a passing truck driver who spotted her body and redlined it to the hospital. Dreiser himself vanished and was never caught.

			Mercy returned to the force in early 2571, just in time for the outbreak of the Second Martian-Terran War. It kicked her work into overdrive investigating supply pilfering and hunting down suspected spies in collaboration with the Internal Bureau.

			== Fall of the Directorate ==
			Mercy was on an assignment at the Gallia spaceport on November 4th, 2577, when the news came that Eridania Ossuccio had been destroyed by a nuclear strike. She sank into a depression so intense that she didn't speak for over a week. With nowhere to go and nothing else to her name Mercy remained on the force until the end; she slipped into hiding as the Directorate crumbled.

			The years of the White Terror were not kind to anyone. Mercy, however, weathered them better than most due to the destruction of so many records of her existence.

			== Alhambra agent ==
			Over time Mercy came to be known to the Alhambra network, a fully underground communist resistance group with pseudonymous leadership. She was brought in as a trusted hand with a valuable skillset under the codename 'Vega.' It was in this capacity that she made contact with Samara Steinbeck, a high-level fixer and daughter of Edward Steinbeck, one of Mercy's friends from before the war. She keeps Samara at arm's length — she is regarded by Alhambra as a fellow-traveller sort of contact, not a recruit to be brought into the circle — but their personal connection is not nothing.

			Alhambra assigned Mercy to travel to Arcadia for a rendezvous with 'Mr. Arkadin,' a Belter smuggler with a delivery for the resistance. His death and her subsequent investigation brought her into the path of Snake McCoy and the crew of his ship, the Medusa.

			== Personal life ==
			Mercy met her husband, botanist Bortram "Bort" Quinlan Jr., during her time in the academy. After being assigned neighboring seats on a train they hit it off to the point that Mercy intentionally missed her stop so they could continue talking. They married at the domed botanical gardens not long after Mercy's move to Eridania Ossuccio. While they discussed having children Mercy's near death on Kronovostok and the forthcoming war put dampers on their plans; Bortram was then killed in the bombing of Eridania Ossuccio.

			== Beliefs and goals ==
			Mercy does not delude herself about the fall of the Martian Directorate. Their communist project has been soundly defeated and attempting to deny that fact will only lead to further disaster. Instead, Mercy understands that she has the responsibility of keeping the flame of communism alive for further generations. She is also quite conscious that with her set of skills she is most useful to the Martian resistance as a field agent.

			== Aliases ==

			* '''Brenda Holiday''' — 'mercenary' identity commonly used in the Nox
			* '''Ismat al-Laith''' ''—'' 'civilian' identity used to conduct her daily life, rent her apartment, etc.
			* '''Vega''' — Alhambra network codename
			* '''Lauren Platt of Lounging Cougar''' ''—'' founder of an entertainment startup for discerning clientele, used at the Black Astra

Mercy Quinlan

Asapphesteron — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:23:05 GMT

Created page for Mercy!

New page

'''Mercy Patricia Quinlan''' is an agent for the underground Alhambra network and former police detective under the Martian Soviet Directorate.

Main Page

Asapphesteron — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:16:25 GMT

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:16, 7 September 2026
(One intermediate revision by the same user not shown)
Line 12:		Line 12:
	** [[Duodeca RPG System]] by Asapphesteron		** [[Duodeca RPG System]] by Asapphesteron
	* [[The Horde]] by QuinnOne		* [[The Horde]] by QuinnOne
			* [[Offworld]] by Mezzimo
			** [[Mercy Quinlan]], player character

	== Site updates ==		== Site updates ==