Raumstationstechnologie

After orbital travel came space colonisation. Space stations were the first step. The first inter-stellar space stations were designed to be huge, a spaceport in space to be a home of trade, transport and industry. They rotated to generate gravity before gravimetric field technology was invented and implemented on stations and large ships.

These spaceports, later to become known as trade docks, were converted when purpose built space stations were constructed in orbit of planets. They became more of an orbital home to many people whos career meant they were flying around the universe. The stations contain massive hotels, restaurants and bars, as well as recreation facilities that are used depending on the race that owns the station. As well as holding a larger internal docking area and cargo space these stations are the pride of each sector and you can always find at least one of these stations in any sector.

Purpose built spaceborne factories were first developed when it was decided that the orbital stations were too small to accommodate the materials required to produce the goods in bulk. They were also the first to make use of the gravimetric field generators, allowing for simulated gravity in certain sections. Although their interiors are not as nice as trade docks, these stations still have small quarters which usually mean that the crew have to share rooms in most cases, a canteen and limited recreation facilities. Most of the crew on days off will travel to the local trade dock or to a planet's surface. These stations usually contain massive cargo docks and machinery; most are serviced by local stations for resources such as food, energy cells and raw materials.

Stations today have many things in common. Most come in pre-fabricated cargo containers available at shipyards that when transported by a TL-Class ship and using that ships construction drones and equipment will leave the station available for workers and production in a matter of days.

Xenon stations seem to work in the same way, although no one has ever been inside of a Xenon station to see what it looks like. Some speculate they are nothing more than central processors for giving orders and maintaining the fleets resources and supplies, meaning they still have a similar use to old style orbital stations. The only Xenon station which does not seem to use this method is the Xenon Power Plant. At the moment there are two sectors which are known to contain these stations.

The Khaak also have their own stations, but like the Xenon, no one has ever seen the interior of one. The station appears to be made up of a series of modules, linked together to form one giant space station. The Khaak also use these stations as production facilities, long-range survey posts, territorial bases and shipyards. Depending on what modules are installed, the station can have many uses and can be of any size.