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TEAD Technologies
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Space Station
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400 meters
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3100 SBD
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1420 RU
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- Point-defense laser cannons (6)
- Laser cannons (3)
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Once orbiting Karufr's moon Amaho, Infinity Station served a dual purpose. The station was home to a modest research team attempting to uncover the secrets of Amaho's ocean: how and why the strange mix of chemicals found in the waters came to be. Several other projects are overseen by the group but remain classified. The primary purpose of the station was, however, governmental rather than scientific. It was originally constructed to serve as a secondary place to rule Clan Taldryan, and the Kr'Tal system, from. The station has been used in the past to deliver addresses to the entire clan and was the place where Consuls preferred to receive visiting dignitaries.
Following the Tenth Great Jedi War, the Dark Council noticed the Clans and Houses leaving large contingents of their forces behind to guard their home systems from attack. A deal was brokered to deliver new Cardan-class space stations to Brotherhood forces, allowing more mobile units to be committed to future military actions. To help pay for Taldryan's new station (INSERT STATION HERE WHEN WE MAKE THAT ARTICLE), Infinity Station was decommissioned and any reusable materials used to lower the costs of the new Cardan-III station.
Description
While the glory and power of Clan Taldryan are demonstrated through huge size and imposing architecture in the Headquarters compound, Infinity Station relied on understated elegance to convey the same message. The two different approaches were specifically selected to show that Taldryan is not dominated by a single philosophy, but rather is open to any new idea which will aid it in its goal of conquest and subjugation of the five lesser clans.
The landing bay of Infinity Station was decorated with a row of large banners representing Clan Taldryan, Houses Archanis, Dinaari and Ektrosis, as well as the reigning Consul's personal warbanner. Once visitors leave the docking bay, they are taken through hallways tiled in Wayland marble and decorated in artworks which were both purchased and seized by Clan Taldryan during its conquests.
There was a medium sized hall which previous Consuls used as an audience chamber and had been the site of many addresses by the Consul. The hall is oblong shaped, with a large double door made of some of the last Kriin wood exported from Alderaan before its destruction by the first Deathstar. Opposite the door, there is a raised platform, it is from here that the reigning Consul grants audiences from his Greel wood throne - which is removed when he delivers an address. The State of the Clan Address for 27 ABY was delivered from this room in Infinity Station. There is not enough room for the entire clan in the hall, so the only individuals who were invited to attend the address in person were summit members from Clan Taldryan, former Consuls and Proconsuls, a hand full of members from each House, and the Dark Council. The address was broadcast in real time for the members of Taldryan who were not invited to the address.
Consul's Chambers
In addition to its research and public relations functions, Duga Taldrya Arkarso added a private living suite to the station during his reign as Consul. Unlike the public areas of the station, this suite was fairly plain. While Taldryan is not above using opulence to impress visitors and remind them of the power and prestige of their hosts, the clan has not allowed its wealth and power to go to its head. The Consul's suite consists of four rooms: a small library and artifact room, a physical training room, a meditation room and a small sleeping room.
The library held a small number of books from Taldryan's larger library which have been reserved for the Consul's use, or books which he had requested be sent up to Infinity Station. In addition, the room also has space to hold a few Dark Side artifacts which the Consul is studying. The room is very simple: the floors are wood and the walls are lined with wooden bookshelves. There is a large table in the middle of the room with a number of chairs around it. Duga Taldrya Arkarso was known for holding small meetings in this room, especially meeting with members of the Taldryan Summit. The best examples of Adegan crystals mined on Merach were sent to Infinity Station's artifact room to be held by the Consul and given out as rewards.
The physical training room is a medium sized open space used by the Consul to train his body to fight more effectively. The one notable thing about the room is that the floor, walls and ceiling were impregnated with cortosis to prevent a dropped or thrown lightsaber from puncturing the outer hull of the station. Upon the decommissioning of Infinity Station, agents of the Dark Council supervised the deconstruction of this room personally - there was no opportunity for an enterprising Taldryanite to keep some of the salvaged cortosis.
The meditation chamber itself was fairly small and simple. The walls and floor were glossy black and the only things in the room were a few pillows for the Consul to rest on while meditating and a low table to hold holocrons, incense or any other meditation aid the Consul desires. One wall of the chamber is a window which looks out over Amaho. This was one of the most private areas in all of the Taldryan Dominion and the Proconsul is one of the few people who will be allowed into the meditation chamber.
The sleeping chamber was, as its name implies, a small room in the Consul's suite designed to allow him to sleep on the station when he desired to do so. Although it was not overly luxurious, the sleeping chamber is comfortable. It has a bed, night stand and a moderately sized closet, as well as an attached refresher station. Duga Taldrya Arkarso had been known to spend many nights sleeping on Infinity Station, especially when he was dedicating himself to completing a project. Sometimes he spent weeks at a time on the station, which had caused members of Taldryan to wonder if their Consul had disappeared on them.
Infinity Station follows in the footsteps of Darth Sidious' Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Center: scientific research combined with governmental office and personal retreat.
Trivia
- Infinity Station was primarily used in clan fiction during the time of Duga's reign as Consul