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Dark Ring Station
Dark Ring Station is located at the incircle of the triangle formed between Mandalore, Taris and Dathomir, near the planet Bandomeer. The station has an ionite refinery with which it turns Meerian ionite into explosives for its defense systems.
The Station was co-designed by Grand Mage Aequitas and High Mage Serratus shortly after the Battle of Aeron when it became clear that the Mages needed a more secluded base of operations.
The absolute centre of the Station is a specially-modified meditation sphere from which either the Grand Mage or, in his absence, the High Mage, may co-ordinate all Mage activities across the galaxy. The ForceCore, as it is called, is also the location of a secondary weapon control system in the case of a failure of the primary one, located several floors above it.
A section of the 24th Fleet is kept in the Station to leap to its defense at any given time. This fact, combined with its size, means up to 10% of the Empire's Mages on average are on Dark Ring Station at any given time.
Although kept in place by a special "gravity well" device developed especially for the Station, in an emergency the several thousand thrusters lining the outside of the Station can be activated to effectively turn it into a moving planet. In the event of a loss of artificial gravity, these thrusters can also be repositioned to make the Station spin at a high speed, creating gravity using centrifugal force.
Apart from the ForceCore, the High Mage and Grand Mage each have an adjoining wing of the Station for their official and personal use. The lowest level of the Station is a self-contained track for practising piloting and there are no less than seven areas dedicated to combat, Force and physical training. There is also a bio-dome which can be used for terraforming training and practise and then reused by another Mage. Ultimately, the Station is a fallout for the Mages in times of dire need, as the Station is capable of comfortable housing the entire Order of Sith Mages twice over. _________________
If you see dreadlocks and a staff coming towards you very rapidly, you're in trouble.
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