Terminus Station
The space stations of the inner systems are works of art: the marriage of dwarven craft and gnomish and dragonborn techology, with elven bioelectricity integrated throughout by human ingenuity. They are shining beacons of interspecies cooperation, celebrations of the new galactic age.
Terminus Station is not of the inner system.
Terminus Station was not designed as a space station. It started life as an interstellar vessel, which was promptly hit by pirates and cannibalised for parts over the subsequent centuries. When the 1315 ambassador was appointed, the ship was salvaged as the skeletal base of the domestic station as a cost-cutting measure, and reconfigured and refurbished using primarily other salvage.
Now, two hundred years later, it appears as the same hulking frankenship it always was. Lacking the decontamination, customs and pest control facilities of proper space stations, Terminus Staion has been infested by introduced species, and the bottom two levels count as their own, unique, deadly ecosystem, although nests have been established in other areas. Like most domestic stations, it is disgusting and poorly kept and cannot be avoided.
Terminus Station is not of the inner system.
Terminus Station was not designed as a space station. It started life as an interstellar vessel, which was promptly hit by pirates and cannibalised for parts over the subsequent centuries. When the 1315 ambassador was appointed, the ship was salvaged as the skeletal base of the domestic station as a cost-cutting measure, and reconfigured and refurbished using primarily other salvage.
Now, two hundred years later, it appears as the same hulking frankenship it always was. Lacking the decontamination, customs and pest control facilities of proper space stations, Terminus Staion has been infested by introduced species, and the bottom two levels count as their own, unique, deadly ecosystem, although nests have been established in other areas. Like most domestic stations, it is disgusting and poorly kept and cannot be avoided.
Purpose / Function
Interplanetary hub for C-QZ-1315, connection to C-QY interstellar hub
Architecture
Very little of the original station is visible, except through the approximate shape of the thing. Rather than broad windows, there are portholes, contributing to the claustrophobic feel despite the size of the station. Docking ports jut out at odd angles wherever they could be attached, and the traffic controllers thank their lucky stars that 1315 is so rarely visited, because it's only two easy for two adjacent ships to scrape each other.
The interiors are dingy, lit with poorly-maintained mage-glow strips. Cleaning is haphazard at best, since large parts of the station are inaccessible due to pests. The ceilings are designed for humans, so anyone large is prone to knocking their head on the creaking porthole doors. Public areas frequently have had the ceiling/floor removed, but service corridors have not. There is little paint on the station; instead, the structure is mostly bare metal infused with magical ores. Magic is banned on the station, as the ores have not been sealed.
The station sounds like glitchy elevator muzak, distant roars, angry patrons and ominous creaks. It smells like magic (ozone) and despair.
The interiors are dingy, lit with poorly-maintained mage-glow strips. Cleaning is haphazard at best, since large parts of the station are inaccessible due to pests. The ceilings are designed for humans, so anyone large is prone to knocking their head on the creaking porthole doors. Public areas frequently have had the ceiling/floor removed, but service corridors have not. There is little paint on the station; instead, the structure is mostly bare metal infused with magical ores. Magic is banned on the station, as the ores have not been sealed.
The station sounds like glitchy elevator muzak, distant roars, angry patrons and ominous creaks. It smells like magic (ozone) and despair.
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Type
Orbital, Station
Parent Location
Included Locations
Related Report (Primary Locations)
- Session 10: Terminus Station (Pt. VI) Report
- Session 11: Terminus Station (Pt. VII) Report
- Session 12: Terminus Station (Pt. VIII) Report
- Session 5: Terminus Station (Pt. I)
- Session 6: Terminus Station (Pt. II) Report
- Session 7: Terminus Station (Pt. III) Report
- Session 8: Terminus Station (Pt. IV) Report
- Session 9: Terminus Station (Pt. V) Report
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