Skydock Station

Location:

• In low orbit around Bretheda, tethered to the massive atmospheric city of Nuvenda via high-altitude lift pylons and orbital anchor systems.

Overview:

• Skydock is a bustling, pact-neutral orbital station used for trade, research, and logistics with the gas giant’s many cloud cities.

• It serves as the primary port of entry for drift freighters, academic expeditions, and the cultured elite of Bretheda’s barathus.

• Also functions as a relay point for exploration vessels heading deeper into the Outer System, or into the gas layers of Bretheda itself.

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Features:

• Multi-species docking bays, including specialized moorings for barathus, who float through zero-g vents filled with breathable, high-pressure helium atmospheres.

• Gravity-regulated research rings, used by universities, corporate R&D groups, and occasional illegal biotech outfits.

• A “quiet sector” patrolled by security drones, allegedly reserved for diplomatic envoys… but rumors point to black-site data trading.

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Ideal Uses for Your Campaign:

• Acts as a neutral launch point for the party to begin operations in Bretheda’s atmosphere.

• Could be the site of a backdoor meeting with Zevrakka or a ZAX-17 data leak.

• Offers both legal and shady factions for intrigue and mission hooks (e.g., Barathu philosophers vs. Vesk mercs vs. Free Captains with gas-harvesting rigs).