Space station

Space station

A Space station is a structure built or assembled in space, these structures are designed to be more or less stationary, and can be constructed in Orbit of a Planet or other steller body.

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Space stations are normally built for one of the following reasons:

To provide a defensive outpost, in order to protect an area or object of importance.

To faciliate Trade, the station acts as a corriador through which the supplies can be moved between 2 ships or a Ship and a Planet.

To faciliate Mining, the station acts as warehouse which stores the supplys mined until a Ship is able to collect them.

To faciliate Research into the mysteries of Space.

To provide a space to park and maintain Ships when they are not in use or between missions or require repears.

Examples of stations constructed include: Spacedock Deep Space 9 Utopia Planitia Yards Micknely Station