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(Vasiht'h, arriving at Starbase Omicron:) | |||
:Intellectually he'd known that starbases were hollow, and that the structural member that ran the diameter of that hollow core was used to service Fleet vessels, and to shuttle them the fuel made by the colliders that covered the starbases's surface. [....] | |||
:[T]he interior of the starbase looked like ... an enormous empty sphere, studded with the globes of the habitats, with its single bar connecting each 'pole.' [....] | |||
:[T]he hatch at the pole...: a vast glittering collar ringed with lights, with traffic flowing in and out of it, all so small it had to be magnified to be seen unless it was very, very close. | |||
:The inside of the spindle was not a single, solid column, but several narrower ones that spiraled around an empty core. Those columns were surrounded in what looked like cables and gantries. | |||
[Heartskein, beginning of chapter 11] | |||
There are enormous, pressurized bays lined by a corridor where small vessels (those capable of landing on planets) are repaired or resupplied; the largest of those vessels are typical Fleet Intelligence's, holding thirty crew. Anything over that size is relegated to the Spindle's microgravity, or the external slips. <ref>Amulet Rampant, Chapter 17</ref> | There are enormous, pressurized bays lined by a corridor where small vessels (those capable of landing on planets) are repaired or resupplied; the largest of those vessels are typical Fleet Intelligence's, holding thirty crew. Anything over that size is relegated to the Spindle's microgravity, or the external slips. <ref>Amulet Rampant, Chapter 17</ref> | ||
Revision as of 15:50, 19 November 2020
Starbases are moon-sized spherical stations built and maintained by the Alliance Fleet as military bases, FTL relays/switching stations, Pad relay stations, and starship fuel and weapon-making facilities. Each sector has a starbase.
The military section of the starbase tends to be small and set apart from the rest of the station, which is inevitably colonized by major civilian populations and used as merchant trading hubs.
Fleet Activities
- Building
- Refit
- Repair
- Overhaul
- Refuel
- Demolition/Decommission
Layout
(Vasiht'h, arriving at Starbase Omicron:)
- Intellectually he'd known that starbases were hollow, and that the structural member that ran the diameter of that hollow core was used to service Fleet vessels, and to shuttle them the fuel made by the colliders that covered the starbases's surface. [....]
- [T]he interior of the starbase looked like ... an enormous empty sphere, studded with the globes of the habitats, with its single bar connecting each 'pole.' [....]
- [T]he hatch at the pole...: a vast glittering collar ringed with lights, with traffic flowing in and out of it, all so small it had to be magnified to be seen unless it was very, very close.
- The inside of the spindle was not a single, solid column, but several narrower ones that spiraled around an empty core. Those columns were surrounded in what looked like cables and gantries.
[Heartskein, beginning of chapter 11]
There are enormous, pressurized bays lined by a corridor where small vessels (those capable of landing on planets) are repaired or resupplied; the largest of those vessels are typical Fleet Intelligence's, holding thirty crew. Anything over that size is relegated to the Spindle's microgravity, or the external slips. [1]
Known Starbases
References
- ↑ Amulet Rampant, Chapter 17