Tractor beam site

Tractor beam sites are Dalmer military/industrial facilities dedicated to the mining of asteroids and/or their transformation into satellites.
== Mechanics ==
The main operation of a tractor beam site is bringing an asteroid from outside of Welts atmosphere to be processed on site. These operations are generally less focused on resource extraction but more focused on turning the asteroid into a satellite. The DCDEA's array of tractor beam sites is seen as superfluous compared to on site production, but retains its uses as the empire's satellite production apparatus..
An important responsibility that falls to the DCDEA, and by extension tractor beam sites is to consider the orbital economics of target selection. The cost of bringing the asteroid compared to its payload is considered before bringing in the asteroid.
== Origins ==
In the wake of an energy crisis that rocked the Empire, the dalmer decided to become autonomous from energy found on Welt. This caused the economy to grind to a halt due to the energy sources from asteroids being far too small to supply the Empire. This caused a mass expansion of tractor beam sites and skycaller holds all over Welt, while keeping a limited amount of surface based power sources to ensure minimal resilience.
After initial mishaps and breakthroughs, the Dalmer created the Royal Celestial Array, also known as the Dalmeran Celestial Defense and Exploration Array (DCDEA). The DCDEA's job is the protection of Welt from meteor showers, the protection of all dalmer from extra weltians, the maintenance and creation of Dalmer satellites, and to a lesser degree, the exploration of space.
== Types of sites ==
Tractor beam sites come in several variants based on function, skycaller holds, spaceports and orbital assimilators.
=== Skycaller Holds ===
Main article: Skycaller Holds
Skycaller holds are specialized tractor beam sites whose function is mostly military, they hold asteroids in orbit that can serve as ordnance. 
=== Spaceports ===
Main article: Spaceports
Some tractor beam sites are used as transport hubs to and from outside the atmosphere of Welt. In spaceports tractor beams are used to dock ships coming in from orbit. 
=== Orbital Assimilator ===
Main article: Orbital Assimilator
Orbital assimilators are portable tractor beam sites that can be installed onto the largest of space ships.
Category:Dalmer Technology
Category:Space
Category:Asteroid Mining
Category:DCDEA