Solitude Plaza

**Solitude Plaza**, sometimes simply referred to as the **Plaza**, was a sizable space station in the Central Expanse's Lanh Sector that served as a hub for commerce, worship, and residence for many inhabitants of the Cassiopeia Galaxy. The station was owned by Admiral Tiberius Stede, a Morkarian privateer who had lived for hundreds of years.

## Description

Solitude Plaza was a repurposed Morkarian-designed pirate base station capable of hyperspace travel and submerging itself under water. The station was originally designed to travel from world to world and meant to land temporarily in large bodies of water capable of supporting the weight of the Plaza.

Inside the Plaza were designated districts for housing, shops, and places of worship, all divided into three distinct rings: the Housing Ring, the Merchant Ring, and the Belief Ring, respectively. The station was equipped with powerful shield generators, power and life support generators, and a large docking bay capable of holding hundreds of ships. Solitude Plaza's ability to travel anywhere in the galaxy and ability to house tens of thousands of people made it a valuable trade anchor for the Lanh Sector.

Because of a history of ambushes, infiltrations, and attacks from the Praeliorian Empire, Praeliorians of any background were not permitted on the station. This was to protect the Dremirian population of the Plaza and to avoid any possibility of deception and infiltration from imperial Praeliorians feigning non-allegiance.

## History

### Acquisition and Founding

Admiral Tiberius Stede first founded Solitude Plaza long before the 60th century ASA. He repurposed a Morkarian-designed pirate base into a proper trade center and allowed for people from many different walks of life to establish shops and other businesses on the Plaza.

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## Locations

### Belief Ring

The station's Belief Ring served to give those who practiced religions on the Plaza a place to conduct their worship and prayer. As the middle ring of the station, different shrines and small temples existed in the Belief Ring, dedicated to all sorts of different religions found throughout the Cassiopeia Galaxy. One such temple was the Temple of Primevals, which worshipped the Sentinels of Jahari as part of the Church of Primevals. Another area of the Belief Ring was dedicated to the Arms of Peace, a Shamgrihan religion dedicated to taking a neutral stance on most of the galaxy's affairs, and doing charitable work wherever they could.

### Housing Ring

The station's Housing Ring served as the main place of residency for the inhabitants of the Plaza. As the innermost ring of the station, apartments of varying sizes could be found in the Housing Ring. Inhabitants included the Dawns, who divided themselves into two separate apartments due to their high member count, as well as others and their families and friends who operated shops in the Merchant Ring or places of worship in the Belief Ring.

### Merchant Ring

The station's Merchant Ring served as the main place of commerce for the Plaza and is what garnered the most attention by travelers. As the outermost ring of the station, all types of shops and services could be found in the Merchant Ring, including restaurants like Dremirian Dream and the Gold Star Buffet, taverns like the Kiss from the Sea, salons like Sandbiacci Stylings, and other shops including bookstores, music stores, magic stores, and many more. As a good number of families lived on the station, the Merchant Ring also housed a school.

Some of the shops and services found in the Merchant Ring were:

* Bissonnette's
* Celadon Corner
* Domumi Tailors
* Dremirian Dream
* Gold Sun Buffet
* Happy Hive Candies
* Happy Moon Daycare Center
* Jovian's
* Kiss from the Sea
* Iris Sorbet
* Sandbiacci Stylings