Fieldberg Station nears completion

With the influx of raw materials being brought in from the mining outposts springing up throughout the system in the relative safety created by the removal of raider stations, Dry Station was rapidly collecting far more than it could handle on its own.

The bottle neck needed to be addressed not only to handle existing supply, but anticipated growth.  Dry Empire would, after-all, move beyond the system to neighboring stars in the future and this would require growing raw material processing to meet demand for construction materials, fuels, weaponry, hulls, food stuffs, and a host of other products.

To convert such large quantities of raw materials into usable resources required a processing plant of a quantitatively higher order.

One of the mining outposts built nearer to Dry Station was selected as the base platform, and a design was chosen for a separate linked processing platform being produced while the mining outpost's existing infrastructure was used as a logistics and work platform during the construction process.  Ultimately it would be modified and included in the overall design, but during the initial stages of construction the 3 man mining outpost was used to house work crews, organise the details, store supplies, deal with shipping traffic, etc.

FRG Thor was designated to oversee the construction, a good indicator of its value to Chairman Broez.

The empire's most powerful vessel is assigned to escort the station during construction.

The station is built around a platform design consisting of large alloy I-Beams spanned by light-weight fluro-illuminated structural supports.  This basic platform design is strong, cost-effective, and provides a good base for larger structures that would otherwise need a structural integrity to avoid damage caused by inertia tearing smaller weaker components apart... for example in the event of a rogue impact or an attack.

One of the Pisces Class generator modules being moved into position.

CRV Alannis occasionally visits the site to buffer defenses as construction continues.

A battery of 8 Pisces-Class triple generators (three sets of 3x3x3 per Pisces) will provide the processing plant with power generation to dwarf even FRG Thor's power matrix.

The processing plant has a few key components, being:

• 2 large matter signature storage cryovats
• Matter conversion battery
• Battery of energy storage cells
• Battery of Pisces Class 3x3x3 (x3) energy generators
• Central processing AI unit
• Central processing and habitation module
• WDU rack
• Fluids purification plant (life support module)
• Shuttle Bay
• Observation port
• Traffic Control Tower
• Logistics area (wharf and cargo container storage area)
• Defense matrix (specifications currently classified)

The human areas are some of the last zones to be completed, followed by the shuttle bay and the logistics area.

Construction of the platform draws to a close, with the plant expected to be operating within 6 months.  It will be defended by an unprecedented defense matrix, and is expected to be the single highest trafficked platform shortly afterwards, providing an input and output that will dwarf Dry Station's current traffic load.

Processing Plant "Fieldberg Station" during the final stages of construction.

Currently the Fieldberg Station has the central processing AI, energy generators, energy storage, matter signature storage cryovats, observation deck, stage 1 habitation facility, and WDU control facilities operational... as well as the initial mining outpost infrastructure which remains unaltered.

The final stages of the habitation facility will allow the crew to move in, the modification of the original mining outpost, and will greatly accelerate the final stages of Fieldberg's construction.