Facts at a Glance:
Geography:Yakutat is North and West of Juneau, and is located at is located at 59°32′49″N 139°43′38″W, at the mouth of Yakutat Bay. It lies in an isolated location in lowlands along what used to be the Gulf of Alaska, 212 miles (340 km) northwest of Juneau, along the mouth of Yakatut Bay between Monti Bay, Puget Cove and Shipyard Cove.
Although Geographically a large city its population is currently slightly less than 4,000-with a very large percentage of that being metahumans of all varieties. The recent influx of Saotome Aquadome (An Evo Subsidiary) money and by proxy EVO money means more and more outsiders are found inside the small city. The city is bordered on one side by the Pacific Ocean, and on the other three by steep mountainous terrain that is often inhospitable, and covered in several feet of snow and ice. The terrain is rugged and heavily forested with a wide variety of flora and fauna-both of the mundane and awakened nature.
Temperatures during the window of operations traditionally range from 30 to 40° F, with 5 to 20 inches of precipitation –some of that snow-more as you go deeper into the mountains. The temperatures fall at night, especially when winds are factored in.
Demographics:
Population: 3995 permanent residents with approximately 500 to 1500 transients, most of whom are corporate affiliated. Like many areas of the Athbaskan Council a small percentage of the population actually has a tribal affiliation, most of the rest are involved in the the areas various industries: fishing, mining, oil, etc...Because of this a significant percentage are metahumans, and from other nations.
Locations of Interest:
Yakutat International
There are three VSTOL capable Airports’, and a single traditional Air Port that while originally built in World War II has been maintained updated several times over the years, allowing it to handle most commercial grade traffic on its two runways. There also four heliports, and docking facilities a large variety of both small and large ships. The cities AR Network is being upgraded but can handle most of the standard needs of the team, and the public at large. The further from the city you get, however the worse the AR Network becomes.
Yakutat Port
The port is capable of handling a large number of universal class ships, frigates and tankers. A busy port-because of it's location and accessibility it is even active during the tumultuous winter months, where shipping is a dangerous business at bet. Yakutat is also home to a small Coast Guard Station, and an Athabaskan Naval Weather Research Facility. The Coast Guard rotates several Search and rescue Cutters, and a single Interdiction Cutter. The Naval Station doesn’t maintain a permanent presence of ships, but several of the Weathermen are Magically Active Shamans or Shamanic Adepts.
>A number of EVO cargo ships are operating in the area, as well as construction vessels which has prompted them to station an ELINT platform in the area (Operating unofficially), as well as two Interdiction Capable crafts. There are also several Ares ships operating in the area of Kodiak Island, and the Spaceport-but unless responding to distress calls they will not operate in the area normally. Because the weather is so unpredictably dangerous it’s unusual to operate aircraft for extended periods in this area. Even drone operation carries a lot of risk.
>Drexel
>Yakutat is also a stop along a number of smuggling routes-as such there is a small but organized Underworld in the city. The Vory ruthlessly controls the scene, but several other syndicates do maintain a limited presence in the city, or in Juneau.
>Steel Machine