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Line 7: | Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3057, p. 204''</ref> | Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3057, p. 204''</ref> | Cost = | Cost = − | Introduced = [[2584]]<ref name=AT2RSp322>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 322</ref><ref name="BSs60">''BattleSpace'' sourcebook, p. 60</ref> + | Introduced = [[2584]]<ref name=AT2RSp322>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 322</ref> | Mass = 150,000 | Mass = 150,000 | Length = 345m | Length = 345m Line 27:
Line 27: | Structural Integrity = 1 | Structural Integrity = 1 | Docking Collars = 1 | Docking Collars = 1 − | Small craft/<br>Aerospace fighters = 12/36 | Crew/Passengers = 400/25 | Crew/Passengers = 400/25 | Grav Decks = 1x250m diameter | Grav Decks = 1x250m diameter Line 39:
Line 38: Designed in the early days of the [[Star League]], the '''''Bastion'''''-class space station was the most common orbital fortress in the [[Space Defense System]]s. It was also probably the first space station to be constructed from modular parts that could individually be docked to [[JumpShip]] [[hardpoint]]s for jump transportation. The ''Bastion'' consists of two such modules massing 75,000 tons each, greatly simplifying the assembly process at their destination site.<ref name=IO/> Designed in the early days of the [[Star League]], the '''''Bastion'''''-class space station was the most common orbital fortress in the [[Space Defense System]]s. It was also probably the first space station to be constructed from modular parts that could individually be docked to [[JumpShip]] [[hardpoint]]s for jump transportation. The ''Bastion'' consists of two such modules massing 75,000 tons each, greatly simplifying the assembly process at their destination site.<ref name=IO/> − Though once common around many worlds, almost 500 years of continual warfare destroyed most of the stations that were deployed in border systems. By the [[31st century]], most of the ''Bastion'' stations were found in orbit around [[Successor State]] capital worlds or other important worlds located in the core of a state, with less than two dozen SLDF relics still existing.<ref name="BSs60"/> + Though common around many worlds, almost 500 years of continual warfare destroyed most of the stations that were deployed in border systems. By [[3025]], most of the ''Bastion'' stations were found in orbit around [[Successor State]] capital worlds or other important worlds located in the core of a state. With the general loss of technology during the [[Succession Wars era]], the ''Bastion''s and other stations like them were relegated to the sidelines. No attacker wanted to face a ''Bastion'' and no defender wanted to lose one. The ''Bastion'' instead changed its focus from combat to sentry duty: Capable of identifying attackers early,<ref>''Technical Readout: 3057'', p. 204'', "A ''Bastion'' can detect ships in a 200,000km radius".</ref> and maintaining up to 48 [[aerospace fighter]]s and [[small craft]], the ''Bastion'' was a secure launch facility for defending [[jump point]]s. With the general loss of technology during the [[Succession Wars era]], the ''Bastion''s and other stations like them were relegated to the sidelines. No attacker wanted to face a ''Bastion'' and no defender wanted to lose one. The ''Bastion'' instead changed its focus from combat to sentry duty: Capable of identifying attackers early,<ref>''Technical Readout: 3057'', p. 204'', "A ''Bastion'' can detect ships in a 200,000km radius".</ref> and maintaining up to 48 [[aerospace fighter]]s and [[small craft]], the ''Bastion'' was a secure launch facility for defending [[jump point]]s. Line 68:
Line 67: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== * ''[[AeroTech 2 Record Sheets]]'' * ''[[AeroTech 2 Record Sheets]]'' − * ''[[BattleSpace]]'' * ''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]'' * ''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]'' * ''[[Interstellar Operations]]'' * ''[[Interstellar Operations]]''
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| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3057, p. 204''</ref> | | Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3057, p. 204''</ref> | ||
| Cost = | | Cost = | ||
| − | | Introduced = [[2584]]<ref name=AT2RSp322>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 322 | + | | Introduced = [[2584]]<ref name=AT2RSp322>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 322</ref> |
| Mass = 150,000 | | Mass = 150,000 | ||
| Length = 345m | | Length = 345m | ||
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| Structural Integrity = 1 | | Structural Integrity = 1 | ||
| Docking Collars = 1 | | Docking Collars = 1 | ||
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| Crew/Passengers = 400/25 | | Crew/Passengers = 400/25 | ||
| Grav Decks = 1x250m diameter | | Grav Decks = 1x250m diameter | ||
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Designed in the early days of the [[Star League]], the '''''Bastion'''''-class space station was the most common orbital fortress in the [[Space Defense System]]s. It was also probably the first space station to be constructed from modular parts that could individually be docked to [[JumpShip]] [[hardpoint]]s for jump transportation. The ''Bastion'' consists of two such modules massing 75,000 tons each, greatly simplifying the assembly process at their destination site.<ref name=IO/> | Designed in the early days of the [[Star League]], the '''''Bastion'''''-class space station was the most common orbital fortress in the [[Space Defense System]]s. It was also probably the first space station to be constructed from modular parts that could individually be docked to [[JumpShip]] [[hardpoint]]s for jump transportation. The ''Bastion'' consists of two such modules massing 75,000 tons each, greatly simplifying the assembly process at their destination site.<ref name=IO/> | ||
| − | Though | + | Though common around many worlds, almost 500 years of continual warfare destroyed most of the stations that were deployed in border systems. By [[3025]], most of the ''Bastion'' stations were found in orbit around [[Successor State]] capital worlds or other important worlds located in the core of a state. |
With the general loss of technology during the [[Succession Wars era]], the ''Bastion''s and other stations like them were relegated to the sidelines. No attacker wanted to face a ''Bastion'' and no defender wanted to lose one. The ''Bastion'' instead changed its focus from combat to sentry duty: Capable of identifying attackers early,<ref>''Technical Readout: 3057'', p. 204'', "A ''Bastion'' can detect ships in a 200,000km radius".</ref> and maintaining up to 48 [[aerospace fighter]]s and [[small craft]], the ''Bastion'' was a secure launch facility for defending [[jump point]]s. | With the general loss of technology during the [[Succession Wars era]], the ''Bastion''s and other stations like them were relegated to the sidelines. No attacker wanted to face a ''Bastion'' and no defender wanted to lose one. The ''Bastion'' instead changed its focus from combat to sentry duty: Capable of identifying attackers early,<ref>''Technical Readout: 3057'', p. 204'', "A ''Bastion'' can detect ships in a 200,000km radius".</ref> and maintaining up to 48 [[aerospace fighter]]s and [[small craft]], the ''Bastion'' was a secure launch facility for defending [[jump point]]s. | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* ''[[AeroTech 2 Record Sheets]]'' | * ''[[AeroTech 2 Record Sheets]]'' | ||
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* ''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]'' | * ''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]'' | ||
* ''[[Interstellar Operations]]'' | * ''[[Interstellar Operations]]'' | ||