The Gas Ring

Originally subject to the inner planets (the ring itself was part of a large array of colonies) as a major industry outpost the ring eventually rebelled, taking with it, three small asteroids, two of them part of the rocky constellation. Starved for more industrial materials (mainly metals) the ring went on to conquer the rest of the rocky constellation and now hails as a massive industrious power.   Imports from the asteroids mainly consist of metals, there are occasional imports of "asteroid coral" (plant like creature which uses it's roots to burrow through ice and rock for nutrients, and grows a thick outer shell for sunlight absorption, circulatory systems use heat from the sun) and small crab like animals which eat the roots of the coral.   The gas ring, unlike the planets sees itself as a space power. This is a key ideal which has manifested in medusa craft public transportation to and from the the Rocky Constellation.   The gas torus houses a navy boasting at least one capital ship per asteroid and five just outside the ring. Inside the torus is a navy with ports at each Lagrange point of the four main moons.   Military doctrine mainly consists of using numbers to their advantage than quality of ships.