The Emerald Spar Imulsion Platform, formerly owned by the Union of Independent Republics, was an offshore Imulsion rig located near a Gorasnayan protectorate. Since it had later fallen into the hands of the Gorasini, their leader, Miran Trescu, handed it over to the COG in exchange for refuge at Vectes, in 15 A.E. It had been maintained and protected for years, even during the Locust War, by a group of Gorasni - mainly men together with their wives - led by Stefan Gradin.