Aver Brand
Mercicle
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: Expand Point Nadir.
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Manufacturer: Salacia Consolidated for Comet Industries
Model: N-1 Orbital station
Affiliation: Comet Industries | Nadir | Point Nadir
Production: Unique
Material: Desh-terenthium, titanium, durasteel, agrinium
Classification: Orbital ring
Length: 10.000 meters
Width: 10.000 meters
Height: 10.000 meters
Armament: Very Low
Defenses: High
Hangar:
Main docking bay: Ships of any size
Two auxiliary docking bays: Cruisers and downwards
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Maneuverability Rating: None
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Speed Rating: None
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Hyperdrive Class:
Main: Average (1)
Backup: Slow (4)
SPECIAL FEATURES
Capital-grade molecular shielding
Capital-grade ion shielding
Redundant ray & deflector shielding
Reinforced hull
Point defenses
Standard and long-range light turbolasers
Bulwark: The ring is built to withstand assault from aspiring pirate fleets and would-be raiders. With its host of protective layers, early warning systems, scanners, and defensive measures, the N-1 Orbital Ring can hold up against a wide array of threats and live to tell the tale.
Return fire: The station can take a beating, but it won’t go down without a fight. N-1 is capable of mounting both a long- and short-range offensive.
Still a civvie: While impressive for its class, the N-1 Orbital station is, ultimately, still a civilian space station at its core. It’s built to house large quantities of people, produce food, offer docking space to visiting ships, and other such functions. It cannot hold a candle to something designed for the express purpose of war.
The N-1 wasn’t born of some ambitious vision, dream, or other high-flying aspiring bullshet story.
It was born out of necessity.
With the economical growth observed with the rise of Nadir, so did the population boom. Permanent residents and transients alike swelled in numbers, and within a few years, the capacity of the city-in-stone began bursting along the seams. Even with how tightly packed the slums were, Point Nadir had reached its capacity limits.
And because people would keep coming, something had to be done.
Thus a fine, legitimate company by the name of Comet Industries reached out to another fine, legitimate company by the name of Salacia Consolidated. Dinners were had. Hands were shook. Deals were made.
Construction began – salvage and old pirate fleets torn up by the experts at Salacia. They breathed new life into the useful bits, sold and repurposed the rest. Nobody questioned the hefty purse put forward by Comet Industries. Nobody cared, so long as the credits kept coming – well, almost nobody. [member="Judah Dashiell"] personally oversaw the operation for a while. The crews worked round the clock, three-shift teams exchanging on the rigging and space suits. Never a dull moment as the ring inched towards completion, growing ever more impressive around its anchor – Resh 9376 itself.
Agri-wards bloomed first. Sturdy and reliable, these were a marriage between efficiency and greenery – to provide the booming population with a sustainable source of food, and to help cycle the artificial air with natural oxygen. The residential wards were built on top of these, vast, open, and sprawling. Divided by class, of course. The more credits in your pocket, the bigger place you got. Entertainment zones followed, complete with swoop tracks that run the circumference of the ring, multi-deck casinos, parlors, and clubs.
After months of hard and intensive work, N-1 finally came into being, gleaming and proud against the void of space.
“If you love it, put a ring on it.”
