New Alliance Research Base in California Nebula.
After the recent Trade CG out to Asteroid Base: Darwin Research the new Alliance Base is Ford Research Laboratory.
Just as the first two were built on the back of Community Goals and have biological structures within the No Fire Zone this new base has a field of Fumeroles within the No Fire Zone.
The other Big news is that Ford Research Laboratory has a shipyard. It is now possible to get to the California Nebula in an Asp or other explorer and then bring out a combat ship.
There are two Tourist Beacons at Mic Turner Base:
"Mic Turner Bark Mounds" within the No Fire Zone.
"Alliance Outpost in the California Nebula" which is in orbit on the sunny side.
The only other tourist beacon in the region is "Little Blue" a beautiful Nebula about a third of the way back to the Pleiades.
Turner Research Group has a presence at every Alliance Base out there, and generates well paid Passenger Missions to the regional Tourist Beacons. The missions are stackable and can be done quickly. You can get cabins from Mic Turner Base and Mahon Research Base (First class and Business) and Redmarch Laboratory and Ford Research Laboratory also have outfitting. With the shipyard now at Ford, we can easily bring out Pythons and other mission running ships.
At most of the bases, Turner Research Group is the sole minor faction, so the regular mission board generates nothing and Turner is always a 100% influence. But at the Darwin Asteroid Base, there are two other factions and there are normal missions as well as the Passenger Lounge.
The first Alliance goal should be to depose Deep Space Industries as the ruler at Darwin, and enstate Turner Research Group there as well.
You can get allied to Turner Research Group (TRG) by selling exploration data anywhere EXCEPT Darwin. Once Allied - collect passenger missions to the local tourist beacons, but only for Turner Research Group. There is a Compromised Nav Beacon at Darwin as well so Bounty Hunting is available to move the BGS there as well. (When the states are suitable).
With Deep Space Industries sitting at 90% there's quite a swing to achieve before TRG is installed at Darwin.
I don't know what Frontier has planned for us out here, but we are slowly being equipped with a tiny, but viable Alliance bubble.
Mic Turner Base
California Sector BA-A E6
Bark Mounds - Fungi
Two tourist beacons.
Four barnacle sites.
Mahon Research Base
HIP 18077
Pumpkin Patch - Fungi
Redmarch Research Facility
California Sector JH-V c2-12
Two other settlements (not landable)
Darwin Research Laboratory (asteroid station)
California Sector BV-Y c7
Full mission board and compromised Nav beacon.
Ford Research Laboratory from the May 3303 CG
California Sector HR-W d1-28
Shipyard and Fumeroles.
Fly safe or deadly as you prefer CMDRs
DNA-Decay o7