Station
Space Stations are built in space to provide living space for humans, and are specialized to produce certain goods. Ships can dock at them, allowing access to the station services. Station services include accepting missions, buying new ships or outfitting for ships, clearing and collecting bounty, paying fines, refueling, repairs, trading (legally and illegally). They are also equipped with their own defence systems in place to deal with criminals and smugglers. Station defences are very powerful and can destroy a medium size ship (Hauler, Cobra) in a matter of seconds.
These structures rotate to provide centrifugal force simulating the pull of gravity. The exterior appearance of a station is an accurate depiction of its specialized economic output, although there are several variants of each model. For example, towns and farms are clearly visible in agricultural hubs, or Orbis models.
Not all stations may offer all services.
Docking
- Main article: Docking
To dock with a station, pilots must first request docking permissions by accessing the navigational terminal's "Contacts" tab. Pilots farther than 6.5km of the station will automatically be denied access. In heavily populated or lagging instances, all ports may be occupied and a permit will be denied. Once granted, they will be assigned a landing pad number they should approach and land on. If the pilot does not land within the allotted time slot [usually 10 minutes], the pilot will have to exit the station and request additional permissions. Attempting to dock without permissions will trigger a lethal response within 59 seconds. This includes docking with the incorrect landing platform.
Upon undocking from your landing platform, you will have 4:59 to exit the station before you are considered a loiterer and a 59-second hostility timer begins.
To either side of the docking port are lights coloured green and red. Pilots should approach on the side with the green lights to reduce the chance of a collision. Note that docking computers currently do not differentiate traffic lanes, and will collide with other auto-piloting ships as they attempt to enter the middle of the docking port.
No Fire Zone
All stations have an area surrounding them designated a no fire zone. You are notified each time your ship enters and exits this area. You will also receive a message when your ship enters this zone to retract your weapons, should they be deployed at the time. Station defences will activate and open fire on your ship if you should fire any of your weapons within the no fire zone. Using any scanner within the no fire zone is perfectly legitimate and legal.
Types
| Type | ||
|---|---|---|
| Coriolis
|
Small landing pads |
-- |
| Medium landing pads | -- | |
| Large landing pads | -- | |
| Rotation time | -- | |
| Gravity (g) | 0.1 | |
| Dimensions (km) | L: --, W: --, H: -- | |
|
Orbis |
Small landing pads |
-- |
| Medium landing pads | -- | |
| Large landing pads | -- | |
| Rotation time | -- | |
| Gravity (g) | docks:0.1, middle ring: 0.5, outer ring: 1.0 | |
| Dimensions (km) | L: --, W: 8, H: 8 | |
|
Ocellus |
Small landing pads |
-- |
| Medium landing pads | -- | |
| Large landing pads | -- | |
| Rotation time | -- | |
| Gravity (g) | -- | |
| Dimensions (km) | L: --, W: --, H: -- | |
|
Asteroid |
Small landing pads | -- |
| Medium landing pads | -- | |
| Large landing pads | -- | |
| Rotation time | -- | |
| Gravity (g) | -- | |
| Dimensions (km) |
L: --, W: --, H: -- | |
Station Locations
| System | Station | orbiting moon or planet | Station type | Economy | Black Market? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acihaut | Cuffey Plant | No | |||
| Aganippe | Julian Market | ||||
| Asellus Primus | Beagle 2 Landing | No | |||
| Aulin | Aulin Enterprise | No | |||
| Aulis | Dezhurov Gateway | ||||
| BD+47 2112 | Olivas Settlement | No | |||
| Bolg | Moxon's Mojo | Yes | |||
| Chi Herculis | Gorbatko Reserve | Yes | |||
| CM Draco | Anderson Escape | ||||
| Dahan | Dahan Gateway | No | |||
| Eranin | Azeban City | No | |||
| G 239-25 | Bresnik Mine | Yes | |||
| h Draconis | Brislington | ||||
| i Bootis | Chango Dock | Yes | |||
| Ithaca | Hume Depot | ||||
| Kerries | Derrickson's Escape | Yes | |||
| LFT 880 | Baker Platform | ||||
| LFT 992 | Szulkin Mines | Yes | |||
| LHS 2819 | Tasaki Freeport | ||||
| LHS 2884 | Abnett Platform | ||||
| LHS 2887 | Massimino Dock | Yes | |||
| LHS 3006 | Wcm Transfer Orbital | No | |||
| LHS 3262 | Louis De Lacaille Prospect | Yes | |||
| LHS 417 | Gemhardt Camp | Yes | |||
| LP 64-194 | Longyear Survey | ||||
| LP 98-132 | Freeport | Poor | Yes | ||
| Magec | Xiaoguan Hub | Yes | |||
| Morgor | Romanek's Folley | Yes | |||
| Nang Ta-kian | Hay Point | Yes | |||
| Naraka | Novitski Oasis | No | |||
| Opala | Romanenko Estate | Yes | |||
| Ovid | Bradfield Orbital | No | |||
| Pi-fang | Brooks Estate | No | |||
| Rakapila | Stone Enterprise | Yes | |||
| Ross 1015 | Bowersox Mines | Yes | |||
| Ross 1051 | Abetti Platform | ||||
| Ross 1057 | Wang Estate | ||||
| Surya | Burbank Camp | ||||
| Tilian | Maunder's Hope | No | |||
| Wyrd | Vonaburg Co-Operative | No |