Saturday, November 06, 2004
Chapter 5 - (cont'd)
Star's End became the largest most powerful space station ever designed and constructed. Once the portal inhibitor was in place, most advanced research and ship construction took place at Star's End since it would be impossible to send spies in to view ongoing activities. Higher level military personnel and the leadership of the Universals also lived on the station, protected from assassination via portal. This inhibitor field also prevented conventional targetting systems from detecting the station as it orbited the Milky Way. It was literally a stealthified space station, impossible to detect until you were almost on top of it.
With enhancements to the inhibitor, it could prevent portal tesselations within a two light-year radius, more than enough to prevent any manned ship from reaching the station (at their top speed, it would take them seventy years to reach it, long enough for them to be detected and destroyed).
The other state-of-the-art capability of the station was an enhanced particle cannon. Capable of hitting pinpoint objects light years away, it was the other reason why no ships ever attempted to reach the station via normal travel. They would easily be fried long before they could enter detection range with their own weapons. Supplies came via portal travel when the inhibitor field was shut down, only for a few minutes at a time to prevent any attempts to portal in while it was down. Food, liquids, materials, and other goods were brought into a cargo holding area outside the station. Hydroponics bays were soon constructed to lessen the need for food shipments; the station could remain self-sufficient for up to three years if necessary...
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Star's End became the largest most powerful space station ever designed and constructed. Once the portal inhibitor was in place, most advanced research and ship construction took place at Star's End since it would be impossible to send spies in to view ongoing activities. Higher level military personnel and the leadership of the Universals also lived on the station, protected from assassination via portal. This inhibitor field also prevented conventional targetting systems from detecting the station as it orbited the Milky Way. It was literally a stealthified space station, impossible to detect until you were almost on top of it.
With enhancements to the inhibitor, it could prevent portal tesselations within a two light-year radius, more than enough to prevent any manned ship from reaching the station (at their top speed, it would take them seventy years to reach it, long enough for them to be detected and destroyed).
The other state-of-the-art capability of the station was an enhanced particle cannon. Capable of hitting pinpoint objects light years away, it was the other reason why no ships ever attempted to reach the station via normal travel. They would easily be fried long before they could enter detection range with their own weapons. Supplies came via portal travel when the inhibitor field was shut down, only for a few minutes at a time to prevent any attempts to portal in while it was down. Food, liquids, materials, and other goods were brought into a cargo holding area outside the station. Hydroponics bays were soon constructed to lessen the need for food shipments; the station could remain self-sufficient for up to three years if necessary...
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