<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>The Wilderness</strong></span></div><br/><div align="center">(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/Leapyear12/tropical-rain-forest--destny-les-bali.jpg)</div><br/>The island is home to many beaches of clear tropical water and lush white coral sand. These beaches are visited only by the wealthiest tourists and those who are members of the family. Otherwise, they are kept pristine and free from human contact. The southern edge of the island is bordered by high cliffs that make it nearly inaccessible from the shore.<br/><br/>Tropical forests fill much of the interior of the island. The eastern forests contain a spring that is legendary to the people of the island. It is rumored that the spring contains the pool where Marco and Maria gained their powers. This spring feeds an underground fresh water reservoir and drains into the ocean from the south eastern edge of the forest.<br/><br/>The western forests are a bit more developed. Islanders sometimes harvest the coconut palms for their fruit. There is a wide area of forest stripped away for the production of pineapples and other tropical fruit that can grow on the island. The farmers of this Xantelli land are rumored to be humans whose ancestors were turned to mythical creatures by the Xantelli and forced to work the land. The village they live in is a small farming community of wooden dwellings hidden within the foliage of the forests.<br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>The USS Moonbeam</strong></span></div><br/>Off the cost of the island is a destroyer that routinely circles the island at a distance from the coast. This destroyer has been specially fitted with the latest electronic gear to monitor radio and phone intercepts from the island. The decoding room contains a small staff of electronic countermeasures, decryption, computer, and language experts. For all the efforts to spy on the island, no information about the power has ever been obtained in any form that could be decrypted.<br/><br/>From the bridge the steering of the ship is controlled by the captain, who is aided by a small crew. The captains task is to keep the vessel from straying into the danger zone while ensuring cooperation to keep the vessel within the conduct of its mission.<br/><br/>Much of the weapons systems of this vessel have been removed to give the vessel further fuel stowage and engine power. There is a large living space for special operations soldiers complete with a barracks, a kitchen, a recreational area, and an exercise area. The ship can house about two hundred passengers besides its crew rather comfortably.<br/><br/>Towards the aft of the ship is a heliport that can hold two Chinook helicopters. As for weapons, the crew is armed with side-arms and there are stocks of weapons on board. The ship can still launch depth charges,  has one working small cannon at the fore, and the capability to fire torpedo’s. It has no anti-air defense but still has radar and sonar equipment for threat detection. Since the ship is not used for warfare but covert operations much of its weapons capacity has been reduced to make room for stowage, improve speed, and to make room for the advanced electronic and ECM equipment.<br/><br/>It has been discovered that any vessel that enters the twelve mile mark of the islands territorial water is discovered and destroyed. Since stealth against the Xantelli seems to be all but impossible, this ship has been ordered to simply maintain its monitoring mission. Three helicopter drops into the island have been attempted, all have been failures with 100% loss ratios. The commanders are still working on ways to get agents into the island without losing them.