The Prism


The Prism
Production information
Manufacturer:	Arx Capital Exchange
Product line:	ACE Space Stations
Class:	Nidavellir-class Mobile Shipyard
Cost:	405,000,000 credits
Possession Item:	113002
Technical specifications
Length:	40 kilometers
Height:	27 kilometers
Max speed (space):	5 MGLT
Engine unit(s):	Custom Sublight Engines
Hyperdrive rating:	Class 1.0
Hyperdrive system:	Integrated Hyperspace Ring
Power plant:	Ascendant Crystal Power Array
Shielding:	Military-grade
Hull:	Chromium-Quadranium Bonded Alloy Plating
Sensor systems:	Long Range Sensor Array
Targeting systems:	Automated Targeting Systems
Navigation system:	Equipped
Avionics:	Equipped
Countermeasures:	Point Defense Quad-Laser Turrets (8500)
Armament:	Heavy Turbolaser Batteries (4500) Ion Cannon Batteries (2500) Tractor Beam Generators (500)
Complement:	10 Squadrons of Starfighters 10 Support Vessels
Crew:	Prism Crew Prism Operations Crew Defense Force Crew ACE Corporate Personnel
Passengers:	Thousands
Consumables:	5 Years
Other systems:	NEBULA Ascendant Crystal Mining Laser Array (1)
Usage
Location:	Arx System
Role(s):	Headquarters Retreat Shopping Centre Mining Facility Production Facility Repair Yard Iron Legion Staging Point
Affiliation:	Arx Capital Exchange The Council Iron Navy
Fleet:	Arx Capital Exchange Station Assets
Known owner(s):	Arx Capital Exchange
Commissioned:	41 ABY
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The Prism is a one of a kind Nidavellir-class Mobile Shipyard and the main headquarters of Arx Capital Exchange, in geostationary orbit inside the Arx System. It is a massive space station that was commissioned to serve as the ultimate hub for the Brotherhood's corporate conglomerate, and features a resource-harvesting mining laser array system powered by ascendant crystals.

History

Design and Construction

The Prism was born out of the need for a new corporate headquarters, star yard, and capital ship repair facility following the destruction of the Arx Capital Exchange-class Space Station Mattock Station at the hands of the Sith known as Lord Scimitar. Following Mattock Station's destruction, plans were explored by then Regent of the Brotherhood Zxyl Bes'uliik for a replacement, with a multitude of designs considered - including a planetary ring station. When newly-minted Regent Thran Occasus took on the project, he scrapped previously considered designs as something outside the breadth for The Exchange.

Not one for half measures, the Regent demanded that a resource extractor be part of the final design, and that the station be movable in the case of emergency. Several galactic-spanning conglomerates offered their own designs, but ultimately the design of the Nidavellir-class Mobile Shipyard from ArxMotors was selected for procurement. With the design finalised, massive amounts of equity from ACE Holdings and other subsidiaries were invested by Arx Capital Exchange into ArxMotors to fund the construction of the station.

Conceptul render of The Prism in flight mode.

Construction of The Prism took place in an unknown location known only to the Regent's inner circle and Arx Capital Exchange personnel over a period of nearly a year. Its construction made use of advanced assembly methods, streamlined processes and methods, premium materials and systems, and conscripted labor from Tartarus. The incredibly valuable station-building expertise that building the Erebus-class Containment Station and Horizon-class Space Station provided ArxMotors with valuable insight on how to bring the design to fruition. The experimental production and asset database NEBULA, designed by Zxyl Bes'uliik - which linked all Arx Capital Exchange resources, designs, production information, and other sensitive Exchange information - was installed in a hermetically sealed server facility, with various limited-access hubs set up in the Production Section of the station's central spire. The station suffered a few small accidents during construction, but none that hindered progress substantially. The construction of the one and only Nidavellir-class station was well executed and efficient.

Resource Rush

When construction on the station was finally complete, it was commissioned by the Regent and his inner circle, and its various systems were tested; the station was shifted into its hyperspace travel mode and made the journey to an as-yet-undisclosed portion of the Arx System, locking it in a distant geostationary orbit around Arx Primus. Arx Capital Exchange personnel relocated from their temporary offices on Arx - set up after the destruction of Mattock Station - to The Prism shortly after, with tooling systems calibrated for individual products that ACE Holdings had secured the manufacturing rights to produce. After the corporate takeover of Synergy Technologies by Arx Capital Exchange, it moved its headquarters here from Arx to operate as an independent subsidiary. Production and resource procurement lines were established by ACE Commodities Limited and ACE Procurements, solidifying a steady stream of resources and materials in the production lines.

As resources began flowing into the station and its Ascendant Crystal Mining Array tested successfully, the Prism's various shipyard facilities began final preparations to start production and repair services. As news began reaching the Brotherhood's Inquistorius that The Collective were rebuilding their forces, the need for a new central Brotherhood repair station capable of servicing its various Destroyer-class vessels became much more apparent. Nearly a month later, with all systems green, the station began initial production.

Production Online

The Promenade's various vendors, brokers, and managers began arriving to start setting up shop inside the station, slowly bringing it to life. Various corporate liaisons began setting up their satellite offices and were offered limited tours of the station. The station began producing various products that Arx Capital Exchange had negotiated manufacturing contracts for, covering a wide breadth of gear, weapons, personal craft, and capital ships. As the Severian Principate started their own re-armament in response to The Collective's, negotiations began between Arx Capital Exchange and liaisons from the Severian Principate. They eventually culminated in several new production contracts for Synergy Technologies and ArxMotors. Contracts awarded to Synergy Technologies included design and production contracts for various Principate-related combat gear, while ArxMotors secured a production contract for the Principate's existing TIE/PX Phalanx Interceptor as well as the design and production contract for their new bog-standard and mass-produced starfighter, the TIE/SB Sabre - both of which would be marketed to the Brotherhood at a reduced cost.

Open For Business

In late 41 ABY, with production in full swing, all systems operational, and the station fully self-sufficient except for resources that required import from other star systems, The Prism officially opened. As the largest free-floating structure in the Arx System and furthest point in-system from planet Arx - not to mention its importance as the main shipyard for Brotherhood capital ship vessels - the station was selected as an Iron Legion staging point. The Prism's locator beacon was activated, and official marketing of the station to systems and organizations sympathetic to the Brotherhood began. As the station filled with the remainder of personnel, tourists, and Brotherhood members, an official unveiling ceremony was held, at which point station business could now be conducted.

Design and Floorplan

Main Features

The Prism is a one-of-a-kind Nidavellir-class Mobile Repair Yard space station complex. It is massive, dwarfing most other stations across the galaxy to serve as the Brotherhood's central hub for the galaxy at large. It was constructed in the shape of a large spire, with a torus ring attached at the bottom. The spire is split up into several sections, including the Regent's Enclave, Prism Control, ACE Conglomerate Headquarters, Prism Promenade, Production, and Mining Laser Array. The torus ring is split into the Inner Shipyards on the spire-facing side of the ring, and Outer Shipyards on the outer-facing side. The torus ring is attached to the station by large structural reinforcements that house a network of cargo and personnel repulsorlift trains.

The station is equipped with three massive berths that extend outward from the torus ring for the servicing of several Dreadnaught-class vessels at a time. The bottom of these berths, the torus ring, and various parts of the station's spire have been fitted with a wide armament of turbolasers, ion cannons, point defense laser countermeasures, and tractor beams - with the largest concentration of tractor beams being on the torus ring to facilitate the capture of asteroids. Massive engines to allow the station basic manoeuvring and orbit modification have been installed as well. The topside of the dreadnaught berths and torus ring are covered in a massive solar energy panel array, which is interconnected via an experimental transistor array to The Prism's complex electricity grid and ascendant crystal reactor. They have been fitted with large, overly reinforced servomotors that allow the berths to move from a horizontal to vertical position around the central spire.

The ascendant crystal reactor has enough output to conduct all standard system functions and run the various basic production facilities at half capacity when the station is in its closed position. This position allows engagement of the hyperdrive, using the station's unique closed shape to create a hyperspace induction field to transport the station and any vessels between the berths and spire through hyperspace. The station is only capable of peak production when in the open position and facing the system's host star, supplementing The Prism's reactor system.

General Floorplan

Spire Peak: Regent's Enclave

Upper Level:
- Regent's Residence: Regent's residence away from the Dark Ascent. Lavish adornments, big bed, smaller desk with holo-terminal
- Regent's Vault: Restricted vault, bio-metrically sealed to the current Regent's DNA.

Visitation Level:
- Regent's Office: fully automated holographic control center with multiple large holo displays for every piece of ACE information the Regent could want. Large desk with integrated holo-terminal, comfy seating area, lavish adornments.
- Viewing Area: Entire visitation level is a large viewing area with quadruple-thick transparisteel viewports surrounding the side that allow for a 360-degree view of The Prism's exterior.

Regent's Hangar Bay

Spire Top Section 1: Prism Control

Prism Bridge
Various Prism Control Centres
NEBULA Server Farm

Spire Top Section 2 : ACE Conglomerate Offices

Top Portion:
- Arx Capital Exchange Headquarters
- Iron Legion Command Liaison Offices
- ACE Subsidiary Corporate Offices

Bottom Portion:
- ACE & Associate Corporation Liaison Offices
- Clan Corporation Liaison Offices
- ACE Corporate Hangar Bays

Spire Middle Section: Prism Promenade

Top Portion:
- Living Residences
  - Galactic Dignitaries
  - Crew
  - Corporate, Associate Corporate
  - Brotherhood
- Main Promenade
  - Botanical Gardens
  - Bars
  - Restaurants
  - Shopping Centre
  - Hotels
  - Viewing Platforms
- Brotherhood Stores Complex

Bottom Portion:
- Visitor/Dignitary Hangar Bays
- Visitor/Dignitary Docking Bays
- Brotherhood Member Spacecraft Docking (non-Corvettes)
- Mass Storage Facility
- Prism Defense Force Headquarters

Spire Bottom Section: Production

Top Portion:
- Brotherhood Member Workshops
- Asset Assembly Facilities
- Synergy Technologies Assembly Facilities
- Quality Control Facilities: to do NDT and quality control testing on products.
- Certification Offices: Certify each product line and batches of products.
- NEBULA Access Hubs
- ACE Procurement Satellite Offices

Middle Portion:
- Intermediate Production Facilities: Take the processed materials and begin making stuff with them. Perform most of the work assembling the items according to manufacturer design plans
- Synergy Technologies Research Centre
- NEBULA Access Hubs

Bottom Portion:
- Mass resource processing facilities to facilitate processed materials from resources gathered from the mining array or transferred into the station. Includes hangar bays for offloading resource haulers.
- ACE Commodities Limited Satellite Offices

Mining Array

Station Reactor System
- Ascendant Crystal Reactor

Ascendant Crystal Mining Array

Torus Ring

Engine Array & Hyperspace Ring

Inner Shipyards
- ACE Motors Satellite Offices
- Iron Legion Procurement Liaison Offices
- PDF Barracks
- Hangars
  - Commerce Hangar Bays
  - ACE Merchant Fleet Hangar Bays
  - Brotherhood Member Corvette Docking Bays
- Shipyards
  - Synergy Technologies Spacecraft Assembly Bays
  - Personal Brotherhood Spacecraft Repair Bays
  - Corvette Berths
  - Frigate Berths

Outer Shipyards
- PDF Barracks
- PDF Hangars
- Prism Support Ship Berths
- Iron Legion MP Offices
- Shipyard Facilities
  - Ship Crew Basic Residences
  - Iron Legion Crew Basic Residences
  - Cruiser Berths
  - Destroyer Berths
  - Dreadnaught Berths

Usage

Fictional

The Prism is the primary headquarters and production facility of the Brotherhood's galactic conglomerate, Arx Capital Exchange. It is used for everything from corporate management, corporate facilitation, and government of ACE subsidiaries to item and asset production, visits from galactic dignitaries and leaders, residences, a cultural and tourism hub, and a massive shipyard.

As the farthest structure in the Arx System, it serves as the outer staging point for the Iron Forces, with several Iron Navy vessels usually in the station's vicinity or undergoing retrofit. The Iron Navy uses The Prism as an advanced warning system, and if faced with a direct attack that poses a serious risk to the station or station personnel, the station will immediately close and activate its hyperdrive system, travelling to an undisclosed location until the conflict has passed. While the Iron Navy helps defend the station, Arx Capital Exchange personnel have no authority over Iron Forces officers or members.

Usage In Member Stories

The Prism is free to use in any personal fiction that members wish to write. It's a large, open playground, ready to be expanded upon. There are all kinds of facilities to explore. It can be used as a staging ground for any fiction or roleplay (social or focused). It can serve as a “home away from home” with private residences.

You do not need special permission from anybody to use The Prism in your own stories.

Trivia

Station images created by Thran Occasus
Wiki page written by Anubis (Zxyl Bes’uliik)