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Space Stations (DO NOT POST HERE)

The American Privateer
10-05-2006, 00:53
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Space Elevator
http://66.226.87.244/spaceelevator/se04_print1_web.jpg
(a massive, 62,000 mile ribbon of Tungsten Steel. It can be connected to a Tortuga Class Space Station, but otherwise ends with a large, and comfortable air lock, to await transfer to another ship. It can carry 200 metric tons of Cargo 700 people at 220 miles per hour. It will take four days to get from one end to another, but it runs off Lasers, which means an operational cost of only the cost for power)

Total Cost: $10 Billion

Tortuga Class Space Station
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/space-tourism-ring.jpg
(A massive star dock, the Tortuga Class is deigned to be able to accomadate 500 starships the size of a YT class tranport, and 20 capital ships, ranging in size from a Corellian Corvet to a Impstar Deuce (Imperial Star Destroyer II). It is Solar and Nuclear powered, with onboard hydroponic gardens complementing more conventional Life Support Systems. It includes a menagerie of shop locations, allowing for alot of souvineir shopping.)

Total Cost: $ 250 Billion (will accept installments for this in 1.25 billion, getting you 1 Capital Ship, and 25 Transport Docks)

Hades Class Naval War Space Dock
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/space-tourism-ring.jpg
Based around the Tortuga class Space dock, this space station was created to meet the needs of small military forces. It contains 30 Vacuum Machine Guns, 10 Rapid Fire Rail Guns, and 10 Missile pods each of Dragon Rockets and Driller Pods.

Total Cost: $ 250,000,419,000

Cheyene Class Orbital Command Post
http://lifeboat.com/images/medium2.jpg
The Cheyene Class Orbital Command Post started off life as a special order for Pythorgia. It proved popular, and was soon being bought regularly. Capable of connecting to a Space Elevator, the Cheyene Class Orbital Command Post is a well armed space station that can coordinate your space forces, or just serve as a global Planetary Space Traffic Control Center. It is armed with 76 Rail Gun Turrets, and 26 each of the Pheonix and Driller Missile Pods.

Total Cost: 3.93 billion

Free Floating Space Colony
http://www.spaceislandgroup.com/Gallery/Geode/geodeold01.jpg
Built in modular sections, each module is specially designed for different purposes. Because it is designed to be free floating, the central command module also contains a station for a space train.

Command Module: 25k (houses the 50 man command team)
Habitation Module: 20k (can house 1000 people)
Greenhouse Module: 20k (houses the 30 man greenhouse crew)
Lounge Module: 35k (contains lounge, and sports areas)
Storage Module: 10k (houses 91777 cubic feet of cargo)
Fighter Bay Module: 30k (Made of three External Tanks, the Fighter bay can hold 5 squadrons (60 fighters))

Space Hotel
http://www.abo.fi/~mlindroo/STG1969/SB50_MD.JPG
Designed for those wanting an out of this world vacation, the space hotel provides all the ammenities of a 4 star hotel in a Zero-G enviroment. The hotel contains 400 rooms, and is accessible by star train only.

Total Cost: 2 billion

Orbital Labratories
http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/scans/stmagazine/hirogen-station-fore.jpg
(massive orbital platforms with 0-3 G stations (Earth Standard Measuremnet). In this station, scientific research in all forms of gravity can be accomplished.)

Total Cost: $5 Billion

Atlantis Class Domed Habitation Modules
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsapp/BT/DOMES/HOUSTON/lam-6.jpg
Designed to be able to help the citizens survive on any type of planet, the only limitation to it's use is how fast you can get to the place. made from a new material, the clearplaz windows also provide solar energy, and can be bought to protect against various enviromental hazards. The cities can house 500 million people, with a square mile of farmland, and 2 square miles of hydroponic farming. The top of the Atlantis doubles as a port for a space elevator.

Prices vary by hazards
Deep Space: 50 billion
Deep Sea: 50 billion (Includes nuclear power plants)
Iradiated Atmosphere: 75 billion
High Intensity Weather: 60 billion

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