Layers of defences on At Attin

Let's see what do we know about the defences at the mint :

  1. The planet is hidden in a nebula or gas giant. Navigation inside is very difficult and comms are completely jammed. From the outside it looks like a maelstrom, a big and turbulent gas giant.

  2. Inside the whirlpool of blue-green gasses are the satellites from the defensive grid. They will emit a powerful energy spike, a lightning, which will destroy any ship instantly. The satellites seems to be fully operational despite their age.

  3. Ships permitted to land are guided via automatic landing procedure. It's not possible to fly free. I guess any ship trying to disengage the autopilot will be shot down.

  4. Landing pad is a platform on a lift or repulsorlift which is behind armoured shutters. The armour seems to be really thick. Everything is disguised as a playground or stadium. Nice camouflage.

  5. Ship's landing gear is locked on the platform. It's not possible to escape once landed. Locks need to be released first before takeoff.

  6. Welcome party consists of 5 droids, 4 of them seems to be armed with rifles. The fifth one is having a backpack with antennas, my assumption is that they are connected to a central computer hidden somewhere.

  7. The mint and the vaults are inside an underground tunnel deep below surface in what appears to be solid rock. Hard to say how deep but counting the time and speed when traveling inside - it's pretty deep, at least few hundred metres.

  8. The vault is cut inside the rock and protected with very tick side-sliding blast door. The door seems to be at least 4 meters thick. I say side-sliding is important because it means the door cannot be forced to open and most probably cannot be jammed. There is an extending ramp which connects the vault platform with the landing pad. The ramp is probably controlled remotely by those droids.

  9. There are hidden guns, I am not sure orbital or close support, but the gun is huge, easily orbital. Those guns are hidden inside the buildings around, like schools, administrative buildings, etc. I am very curious to see them shooting down this pesky pirate frigate.

I would say the defences are formidable. Nothing extraordinary, except the nebula and the satellites, but still very thick protection.