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The '''Asterospolis''' is a large space station in the Hermates sector, which is home to approximately 720,000 Gambians and miscellaneous aliens native to the [[Ithassa Region]]. It is also one of the two most significant bases of operation for the [[Free Trade Union]]. The Asterospolis is in fact not so much a station as it is an asteroid that has been converted to enable humanoid habitation. It usually travels slowly through space as a free floating body, using the inertial of nearby stars to gain speed. The Asterospolis is equipped with thrusters to provide limited manoeuvrability. It's present location is forty-one light years from [[Deep Space 17]], right on the edge of the Ithassa region. | The '''Asterospolis''' is a large space station in the Hermates sector, which is home to approximately 720,000 [[Gambians]] and miscellaneous aliens native to the [[Ithassa Region]]. It is also one of the two most significant bases of operation for the [[Free Trade Union]]. The Asterospolis is in fact not so much a station as it is an asteroid that has been converted to enable humanoid habitation. It usually travels slowly through space as a free floating body, using the inertial of nearby stars to gain speed. The Asterospolis is equipped with thrusters to provide limited manoeuvrability. It's present location is forty-one light years from [[Deep Space 17]], right on the edge of the Ithassa region. | ||
Like Federation colonies, the Asterospolis utilises artificial gravity generators and an environmental containment field to create an M-class environment on a large asteroid. But there all similarity ends. Imagine the main town (the polis) as some immense yeast culture, left in a damp cupboard by an absent-minded lab technician, festering uncontrolled, and running rampant in the ideal growth conditions. | Like Federation colonies, the Asterospolis utilises artificial gravity generators and an environmental containment field to create an M-class environment on a large asteroid. But there all similarity ends. Imagine the main town (the polis) as some immense yeast culture, left in a damp cupboard by an absent-minded lab technician, festering uncontrolled, and running rampant in the ideal growth conditions. | ||