Difference between revisions of "His Majesty's Dockyard - Caledon"
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| − | '''His Majesty's Dockyard - Caledon''' is the [[Royal Caledonian Navy]]'s official headquarters, and largest operational base. Its | + | '''His Majesty's Dockyard - Caledon''' is the [[Royal Caledonian Navy]]'s official headquarters, and largest operational base. Its highport is in geosynchronous orbit above [[Caledon]], while its downport is in Hamilton, a suburb of the Principality's capital city of [[Selkirk (city) | Selkirk]]. |
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| + | The base highport is located on a highly-ferrous "moon", approximately 80KM long and 35KM wide, in geosynchronous orbit about 5 degrees to spinward (down-orbit) and 30,000KM above the downport. The smallish satellite has no detectible natural gravitational or magnetic fields; it has been extensively tunnelled to provide pressurized repair hangars capable of accomodating the largest starships in the Navy, as well as space for workshops, offices, magazines, storage and accomodations for thousands of crew. | ||
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| + | The planet-ward side of the satellite is largely reserved for repair hangers and air-lockable docking spaces (including a 5KM-square "sky-wharf" mooring structure). the space-ward side is studded with defenses and serves as a base for planetary defense vessels. | ||
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Revision as of 19:42, 19 September 2014
His Majesty's Dockyard - Caledon is the Royal Caledonian Navy's official headquarters, and largest operational base. Its highport is in geosynchronous orbit above Caledon, while its downport is in Hamilton, a suburb of the Principality's capital city of Selkirk.
Highport
The base highport is located on a highly-ferrous "moon", approximately 80KM long and 35KM wide, in geosynchronous orbit about 5 degrees to spinward (down-orbit) and 30,000KM above the downport. The smallish satellite has no detectible natural gravitational or magnetic fields; it has been extensively tunnelled to provide pressurized repair hangars capable of accomodating the largest starships in the Navy, as well as space for workshops, offices, magazines, storage and accomodations for thousands of crew.
The planet-ward side of the satellite is largely reserved for repair hangers and air-lockable docking spaces (including a 5KM-square "sky-wharf" mooring structure). the space-ward side is studded with defenses and serves as a base for planetary defense vessels.