![[wellspring.png]] *Added to the Codex on* ***September 19th, 2023*** --- ### Quotes “Wherever there’s a paradise, you’ll find Wellspring trying to destroy it.” - Casper “Wellspring destroyed my village, my family, my life. But they were only a symptom of a much more virulent and damaging disease.”[^1] - Oz “They abandoned my village to American predation. That company, Wellspring - they occupied the river near us, and the mining they did killed everything.”[^2] - Oz <br> ### Description Wellspring is an American logistics company, founded in 2022 by the investment of several shell corporations tied to U.S. mining conglomerates. It is, essentially, a shell of a shell, allowing for economic activities in other countries with limited liability. Wellspring specializes in “wildcat” mining operations across Africa, most of which operate without legal permission from local governments. Their primary facility was in the Richtersveld, where rare resources for rocket fuel were extracted from the bio-diverse region at the highest possible speed. Members of surrounding tribal villages complained for years of tainted water and dying wildlife, but Wellspring-funded mercenaries maintained a hard perimeter to ensure extraction was never interrupted. One villager eventually became involved in local CIA operations and received extensive militia training before ties were severed. In 2037, the [[Wellspring Disaster|Wellspring disaster]] forced the site’s closure in the Richtersveld. [^1]: This is one of Oz's loading screen quotes. [^2]: Featured in [[The Partnership|The Partnership.]]