Mount Jekara Research Center

The Mount Jekara Research Center (Tamashek: , Esawal Jekara Sammejnet Gamo) is an Imperial Charnean Army research and development installation in Awakar province, Charnea. The facility is located 732 kilometers northwest of Awakar City at the foot of Mount Jekara, a 1,000 meter granite inselberg serving as a highly visible landmark emerging from the surrounding flat desert region on the edge of the Erg Awakar in the Ninva. Mount Jekara Research Center sits on 550 square kilometers of state owned land allocated to the ICA for testing purposes associated with the facility, making Mount Jekara the largest military facility in Charnea. In addition to weapons development and testing, Mount Jekara undertakes tactics experimentation and numerous vehicle tests within the research complex as well as the surrounding alotment of open desert. In addition to R&D facilities, the complex at Mount Jekara includes lodging and amenities for the 10,000 military and civilian personnel who are required to live on site due to the remote location of the facility.