The Scrapyard

The Scrapyard refers to a loose association of Factories that exist under Ketheres on the planet Caprica.

Overview
The city itself is mostly made from converted scraps that fell from the floating station above. The surface of Caprica is hostile and mostly devoid of any way for advanced or sprawling civilizations to survive without help. Meaning, that the whole settlement owes its existence to its benefactors, Tiphares, who are able to produce anything that they need with the power of Matter Furnaces.

Before being destroyed in the Barjack Rebellion the Tether Factory was a direct link between the citizen of the Scrapyard and Ketheres. It was completely managed by the Governors.

Factories acted as 'royal' families and a government for the city. Based around taking the scraps offered up and turning them into building materials or sustenance. They also built the Mech's that were used in the Factory Armies.

Exiling of Barjack
Early into the cities existence, there weren't enough raw materials to go around, meaning that it fell to the Factories to decide what to do with un-wanted and un-sustainable groups that lived among them. Instead of killing them off or passing restrictive laws on reproduction they instead chose to simply exile criminals. Considering the fact that the amount thrown out of The Scrapyard exactly matched the amount necessary to continue their survival it is often concluded that the process used to determine criminals might have been rigged.