Space platforms are space structures, existing in both planetary orbit and deep space.
Overview[]
Terran space platforms are structures designed for use in both geostationary orbit and deep space and have a variety of functions, including staging areas, supply depots and habitation. Space platforms come with their own gravity accelerators,[1][2] though at least some terran units (such as the siege tank) are also equipped with on-board gravity generators, in case of a power failure on the platform itself.[1] Some platforms maintain their orbit through use of atmospheric stabilizers.[3]
Some platforms have legitimate businesses[4] and in some cases, be entirely based on this.[5] Some terran space platforms are modular in design.[6]
Alien space platforms also exist.[7] One such alien space station was created by different species as a diplomatic enclave.[8] The protoss are another such species that has their own version of orbital space platforms,[9] as are the xel'naga, who equipped at least one of their space platforms with rip fields.[10]
History[]
At some point, strange symbols appeared on space platforms located at the edges of known space, bearing similarities to symbols found on Earth that were often theorized to have been created by alien spacecraft. Teams of scientists were dispatched in an attempt to finally learn whether these symbols were due to simple plasma induced phenomenon or intelligently controlled formations with universal teaching.[11]
During the Brood War, many platforms were abandoned, thus becoming the property of pirates, smugglers and bandits,[12] or simply destroyed by the UED and zerg.[13]
Notable Platforms[]
- Main article: Space platforms
- Avernus Station (HQ of spectre revolt)
- Castanar installation (site of hybrid research)
- Cerros Shipyards (major terran fleetyards)
- Char Aleph (major zerg staging post)
- Cybros (home station of the Purifiers)
- Dylarian Shipyards (major terran fleetyards)
- Gehenna Station (mobile battle station)
- Gemini Station ("a revolutionary step in space platform architecture")
- Megalopolis (humanity's first "space city" in the Koprulu sector)
- Nova Station (former headquarters of Nova Squadron)
- Skygeirr Platform (Dominion Hybrid Breeding Program facility)
- Sutur V platform
- Space Station Prometheus (secret Moebius Foundation lab)
- The Keep (fortified Umojan Protectorate base)
Notes[]
Space platforms serve as settings in StarCraft and StarCraft II. They have their own tileset in each case.
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