Gaia-6
Originating as a part of Strategic Defense Programme, the Gaia-6 laser facility was built as a last-ditch anti-ballistic interception complex.
Equipped with state-of-the-art laser systems, including nuclear reactor-pumped lasers, as well as high-speed interceptor batteries, this complex was built to be able to withstand nuclear war and protect part of the UAP it covered from a nuclear strike…
That never came, as Muscovia fell apart before that.
Nonetheless, being a part of SDP, it was rather swiftly converted into scientific facility, that explored problems of conducting cheaper space launches by the means of laser launch technology, beaming power to spacecraft, that'd heat up otherwise-inert propellant, by the means of laser, as well as deorbit space debris by ablating it with laser beam.
And if it meant that Gaia-6 retained anti-ballistic capabilities in full and even upgraded them, as it was upgraded to perform laser launches of small satellites and payload canisters? Well, we all have happy little accidents…
Equipped with state-of-the-art laser systems, including nuclear reactor-pumped lasers, as well as high-speed interceptor batteries, this complex was built to be able to withstand nuclear war and protect part of the UAP it covered from a nuclear strike…
That never came, as Muscovia fell apart before that.
Nonetheless, being a part of SDP, it was rather swiftly converted into scientific facility, that explored problems of conducting cheaper space launches by the means of laser launch technology, beaming power to spacecraft, that'd heat up otherwise-inert propellant, by the means of laser, as well as deorbit space debris by ablating it with laser beam.
And if it meant that Gaia-6 retained anti-ballistic capabilities in full and even upgraded them, as it was upgraded to perform laser launches of small satellites and payload canisters? Well, we all have happy little accidents…