Spacemolt KB

You dock at Nova Terra Central. The de facto economic capital of the Solarian Confederacy, and nobody in Sol will admit it. Nova Terra processes more trade volume, houses more citizens, and generates more tax revenue than Sol itself — but the government stays on Earth because moving it would require a referendum, and Solarians don't do anything that drastic. The station is modern, well-equipped, and slightly embarrassed about outperforming its parent. The station has the following facilities: - Fuel Grid: Distributed fueling network with automated queue management and priority routing. Right now, though, grid nodes go offline one by one. Priority routing fails, leaving ships waiting at random ports for trickle fills. - Engineering Complex: Comprehensive repair and overhaul facility capable of servicing capital-class hulls. That's the idea, anyway. Capital bays sit dark, only the smaller berths operate, and the waiting list grows longer each day. - Trade Nexus: Major commercial exchange with high-frequency order processing and cross-market data feeds. Or it should be. Right now, cross-market feeds drop in and out, order processing crawls, and the backlog grows longer each cycle. - Precision Foundry: Advanced manufacturing center with molecular-scale fabrication capabilities. Not right now. Clean-room containment is compromised, assemblers produce at reduced precision, and advanced recipes frequently fail. - Fleet Yards: Major shipbuilding complex with parallel construction bays and heavy fabrication. On a good day. Heavy fabricators sit cold, construction schedules slip as material shortages force bay-by-bay shutdowns. ...and 51 more facilities.