Precursor Star Lifter Rakalaj
Rakalaj was a powerful star lifter built around a class A star by the Xadia Ancients.
Eons later, the Republic of Miasi found and colonised it.
This megastructure, as well as the various stations orbiting it, have become key to advancing the technology of the Republic. They reverse-engineered several wreckages. Although the only usable technology they ended up with would be inertia neutralization fields, reducing the effective inertial mass of their starships, this technology still plays a significant role in the Republic military. Much of their doctrine uses superior speed to outrun their enemy. Due to its importance, the system is a weak point of the faction. This is often targeted by enemies of the Republic, however attacks can be difficult as the megastructure also has multiple precursor defence stations orbiting it.
There are no other planets in the star system as they were disassembled to build the star lifter.
The precursor star lifter is now in operational use by the Omadan republic, as well as holding a population into the trillions. This is actually not many for a megastructure of this scale, and most of the surface remains covered with life. With a large variety of biomes and an extremely massive surface area, a huge range of species can be found on the star lifter. This makes it a subject of study for both the Omadan republic and HF, as well as easier to defend from any planetary landing forces. Though it almost fully encloses the star for energy similar to a Dyson Sphere, the gaps in the structure appear immense on the surface, and if one falls off the edge they will likely be instantly annihilated by the stars heat even before falling to its surface. Many people also come to Rakalaj for tourism, to see the local life and the many views. It is known for having an immense horizon, and one can see much further than on a regular planet because of the much larger radius of this megastructure and the curvature is less significant. This gives many people a small glimpse of its immense scale. Though the structure is mostly land, there are also a number of large oceans and various landmark locations so the Miasi has split the world into many dedicated sectors, making it much easier beurocratically to process the immense structure.
This megastructure, as well as the various stations orbiting it, have become key to advancing the technology of the Republic. They reverse-engineered several wreckages. Although the only usable technology they ended up with would be inertia neutralization fields, reducing the effective inertial mass of their starships, this technology still plays a significant role in the Republic military. Much of their doctrine uses superior speed to outrun their enemy. Due to its importance, the system is a weak point of the faction. This is often targeted by enemies of the Republic, however attacks can be difficult as the megastructure also has multiple precursor defence stations orbiting it.
There are no other planets in the star system as they were disassembled to build the star lifter.
The precursor star lifter is now in operational use by the Omadan republic, as well as holding a population into the trillions. This is actually not many for a megastructure of this scale, and most of the surface remains covered with life. With a large variety of biomes and an extremely massive surface area, a huge range of species can be found on the star lifter. This makes it a subject of study for both the Omadan republic and HF, as well as easier to defend from any planetary landing forces. Though it almost fully encloses the star for energy similar to a Dyson Sphere, the gaps in the structure appear immense on the surface, and if one falls off the edge they will likely be instantly annihilated by the stars heat even before falling to its surface. Many people also come to Rakalaj for tourism, to see the local life and the many views. It is known for having an immense horizon, and one can see much further than on a regular planet because of the much larger radius of this megastructure and the curvature is less significant. This gives many people a small glimpse of its immense scale. Though the structure is mostly land, there are also a number of large oceans and various landmark locations so the Miasi has split the world into many dedicated sectors, making it much easier beurocratically to process the immense structure.
Purpose / Function
To generate power by taking plasma from the star
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