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General Information

Overview

The Omeldor-1 is a massive artificial planetoid, known also as a World Station. It was constructed by the members of the Sisgardian Fellowship of Nation, in a project that took several decades to be completed. With the supporting -both in construction and resources- of the Federal Business Combine, the Omeldor-1 was constructed slowly but steady and securely, every part of the general process fully overseen. The site used to build the Omeldor-1 was the Barbag Asteroid Field, part of the outer of the Kuiper Belt. It's final destination will be located after the inner rim of the belt. The Omeldor-1 is intended to become a hub for many nations to interact in a true space crucible. Similar to what Babylon 5 was, the Omeldor-1 seeks to offer a middleground for people of a myriad origins, a place for commerce and social interaction.

General Specifications

The Omeldor-1 is a spherical artificial planetoid. It's main bulk has a diameter of 1,000 kilometers (621 miles). Placed in statical orbit around it lie 38 satellites called Utility Moons and Battle Moons. Each one is a spherical station with a 5 kilometer (3 mile) diameter, capable of self movement, although they remain on their assigned locations most of the time. More details on the Moons below. A maximum amount of 10,000,000,000 inhabitants can be allocated inside the station (it would be theoretically possible to allocate more people, at the expenses of life quality), scattered among the Domes. There is a total of 785 domes placed around the Omeldor-1's surface, each one having capacity for over 12.000.000 inhabitants. Further details on the Domes below. The Omeldor-1 is fully self-sufficient in every aspect, from food growth to power generation and waste disposal. The world station, when fully functional, requires a crew of 100.000.000, in order to be controlled, protected and maintained. The crew will be mostly extracted from the station's own population, although there is a basic crew of 4.000.000 individuals, who are in control of the Moons and some of the basic functions of the Omeldor-1, sent before the migration began, and in charge of preparing the station for the arrivals. The actual crew will grow along with the population number (1% of the population will be hired as crew members).

Aspects of the Omeldor-1

The Moons

The Omeldor-1 features an innovative way for defense and various utilities, by using the so called Utility and Battle Moons. Each moon is a spherical satellite, with a diameter of 5 kilometers (3 miles) orbiting statically at a distance of 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the station's surface. Although statical, these moons have the capacity to move on their own and adjust their location and distance from the Omeldor-1. They are even capable of traveling far away from the station, although their slow speed and lack of self-supporting on various basic needs makes them vulnerable away from the Omeldor-1. There is a total of 38 moons orbiting the world station, all fully maintained by their own crews. Each moon requires between 50,000 and 100,000 crew members, depending on their uses, either as military or utilitarian moons. The moons are equally scattered around the Omeldor-1, so each covers the needs of a particular section. Moons are grouped in three main sections divided in three sub-sections: Northern Hemisphere 1, Northern Hemisphere 2, Northern Hemisphere 3, Southern Hemisphere 1, Southern Hemisphere 2, Southern Hemisphere 3 and Belt. Northern Hemisphere 1 corresponds to the moons located around the norther pole, while Norther Hemisphere 2 and 3 represent the moons located closer to the station's equator. Southern Hemisphere 1 corresponds to the moons located around the souther pole, while Southern Hemisphere 2 and 3 represent the moons located closer to the equator. Belt corresponds to the moons located around the station's equator. Each sub-section is effectively a ring of moons that surround a specific latitude of the planetoid. On each sub-section, there is an equal amount of Utility and Battle moons. The only exception are the polar moons, that are both Battle Moons.

Utility Moons, as their name implies, offer various utilitarian services, such as docking areas, ship construction and repair, passenger arrivals and departures, cargo bays, communication relays and more. There is space for very large ships to dock, although some of the most massive behemoths of space may need to dock on a space buoy and be attended via shuttles. Each Utility Moon has 10 working shuttles at all times, with capacity for up to 1,000 passenger, plus 5 cargo shuttles, with capacity for up to 2,000 cubic meters (12,000 cubic feet) worth of cargo. There is also one repair ship at each Utility Moon.

Battle Moons, on the other hand, act as defense units for the Omeldor-1. They hold a vast array of weaponry, both long and short ranged, fighter and bomber ships, minelayers, communication interceptors and jammer devices, shield generators and detention facilities, among other things.