Carrion Island

Name: Carrion Island
Class: Carrion Island
Type: Headquarters Station/Station/Starbase
Diameter: 15,000 meters (15 kilometers)
Location: Blood Eye nebula
Offenses: 'Lance' Particle CannonsTurbolaser BatteriesIon CannonsHeavy Ion CannonsMulti-Use Launcher TubesGravitic Tractor Beam ProjectorsPoint-Defense Kinetic Energy WeaponsFlak Grid
Defenses: Carbon Nanotubule MeshCarbon Fibre ArmourDensity ArmorAblative ArmorStructural Integrity FieldsRegenerative Shield SystemGravitic Shield SystemGravitic Tractor Beam ProjectorsPoint-Defense Kinetic Energy WeaponsFlak Grid
Notes: Built specifically by the old Holy Terran Empire for the group known as Mutal's Maggots, the Carrion Island station stands as a one of a kind structure. A decent sized facility, the station is primarily used by Mutal's organization as their headquarters.
Comprised of a fifteen kilometer diameter central core as well as several sub-units known as 'islands'. Each of the sub-units was designed to be modular and easy to put together, allowing Mutal's Maggots to do so as needed. This ends up meaning the exact number of 'islands' associated with the main core as always in flux and, as the parts are not mandated to any given size, there is no static size for the 'islands' either.
Built in a clear region inside the Blood Eye nebula, named for its color and shape, Carrion Island was able to ride out the Fall relatively unscathed due to the mythology associated with the nebula by most spacers, most of which were put out by the Maggots themselves. Since then, they've utilized the station as their 'capital' where both Mutals co-ordinate the activities of the Maggots when not operating aboard the M.S.S. Psalm Of Flies.
Of note, the geodesic domes contained in the middle of the core unit and the island sub-units are designed to be habitable. Depending on the dome in question, these are used either for recreation by members of the Maggots or living space for higher ranked members of the Maggots. These domes have mobile armored shutters for use in either simulating night or defense in combat. The shutters are mounted to a pivot point at the peak of the dome and held by an arm that curves down to the dome's base.
While the core section of the station is used primarily by the Maggots themselves, the island sub-units are utilized for storage, dissection, and study of captured individuals, ships, and technologies. The Maggots operate in this method so as to protect the core section from anything dangerous that might be brought back.
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