The primary headquarters for the Metatheran Cartel in Gadrin was the Metatheran Cartel operations office, although it wasn't the sole location they operated from in the city. Before the jungle base's existence was uncovered, this was the public office of Velin Wir, and Lori served as his secretary here. Following the revelation of the jungle base, the Cartel relocated the majority of its operations to that location, shutting down numerous warehouses and all other offices in both Gadrin and Hedrett. The operations office was then staffed by just two individuals—Manod Fea, the office manager, and [Jyll Xon](/article/jyll_xon], the secretary—to provide a continued public image within the twin towns, and to use the computers there as a data backup system.
Slightly more than one month after the discovery of the jungle base, the group responsible for finding it broke into the office on behalf of the Cularin resistance to acquire proof of the Cartel's unlawful actions under Velin Wir's direction. Wir also had a personal datapad at that base, containing crucial data, which could have been located during the infiltration. Soon after, the resistance successfully revealed Wir's activities, and the Cartel disavowed them as unauthorized, while temporarily removing their presence from Cularin.
When the office was infiltrated, the front room contained only one desk, where Xon was stationed from morning until night. The entrance to Fea's office was located behind her desk. Another set of doors provided access to the back room, where rows of computers were positioned along three of the walls. A safe was concealed beneath a sliding panel behind one of the computer banks. The office's security measures included externally-fed security cameras, 2048-bit encryption for the front door and safe, using 7-character passwords. In the event of an alarm activation or Xon triggering a transmitter on her wrist, Cartel security personnel could arrive very quickly.