<< BACK TO RS001 SHIP LISTING ******************************** * Space Station SAKURA * ******************************** A space station, which has been mostly abandoned. Currently, there's only a few people on it (compared to what it used to look like), maintaining systems and simply living. It used to be a mining base, however, the crew moved to the new station in another location and abandoned this one. Currently, it has been mostly downscaled to reduce resources needed to run it and all the spaces have been converted for different purposes. Ore storages have been converted to greenhouses, more comfortable living cabins, a workshop and a little newer equipment. Current is pretty obsolete as it comes to contemporary standards. However, the most of it is still in active use! The station is powered by solar panels as a primary source of power. Secondary source are nuclear reactors cooled with liquid metal in primary coolant loop. Propulsion is based on thermonuclear engines as they've proven to be the most efficient. Fuel+oxidizer engines are kept as a backup. Hydrogen can be used as fuel for both engines and backup combustion generator. When it comes to current usage, it mostly serves as a maintenance base and a pretty old, big communication node. It still has storage space which can be used for freight, but as the station itself isn't the best when it comes to moving around the space, it's not used for trading as widely as before. The station has also been fitted with medical equipment in case of emergency calls from other ships. There are two smaller units, both were freighters. One has been converted to a passenger ship for the current crew's needs. Sakura - Ship Log: 869 >> Sakura - Datalink fix - log 001 888 >> Sakura - Newsgroup: qecnet.tech.ships - msg001 921 >> Sakura - New hard disk - log 002 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (share with attribution, no commercial, no remix)