Umbral'la, HVA for the Krewstara Consortium.
Umbral'la (officially designated Summerall Mining Station No1 though practically no one calls it as such) is the golden goose for the small megacorp, a unique mining and refinery station that provided the bulk of their profits. Rather than directly mining the gas giant Summerall that the station orbited, Umbralla instead siphond metastable liquid metallic hydrogen (aka MLMH, aka 'hydrogra') churned from the planet's depths by massive storms and carried along by the atmosphere as it 'rained' outward into space via hydrodynamic escape. This unique mechanism means Krewstara could mine hydrogra for a fraction of the cost other megacorps either mine it from other gas giants or produce in labs. This process was possible as Summerall was a 'hot Jupiter' or a gas giant that either formed or migrated relatively close to a star--in this case Noheh B. As the heat and solar winds of the star 'blew' the planet's atmo directly away, Umbralla was positioned at the Noheh B-Summerall L2 Lagrange point where it balanced protection from the worst effects of both the star (high UV rays, radiation, solar flares, etc) and the planet (mostly the magnetic field) with maximizing its hydrogra collection rate.
When Krewstara bought the colony rights to the Noheh B half of the Noheh AB system from Dramstellar, it was seen as something of a foolish decision. Afterall, it was on average a three year trip from the inner Noheh B system to the transit gate orbiting Noheh A, and while the secondary system was flush with potential, Dramstellar had done little thus far to establish infrastructure beyond settling two Jovian terraformers on the nearth ('near' Earth) Noheh B4. The subsystem was always seen as a long term investment to get pursued later, and the last thing a fresh young megacorp looking to break into the colony game should set their eyes on. That was until Krewstara did the unthinkable, and parked a second transit gate in the system around Noheh B.
Krewstara came through the gate with a plan and ready to action it. They captured two trojans from Summerall L5, relatively small but rich in useful metals, and strung them together like beads on a string to form the core of what would be come to be known as Umbral'la. Labor frames furiously mined the asteroids around the clock to carve out protected living and work spaces within, and began slowly building outward, establishing the superstructure for the station using the very materials they mined out. Slowly, carefully the station took form, and was gently spun along the long axis to create an appreciative percentage of artificial gravity. Though it pointed down the local gravity well, what would nevertheless become known as the 'top' of the station was painstakingly ablated, stretching out as the station spun to form the backbone of the shield that would protect the majority of the station from the worst the star and planet could throw at it. Finally, an ancient but functional research ship, designed to operate frighteningly close to various highly dangerous stellar objects, was mounted over a reinforced shield, and converted into an advanced command and control module for the mining effort.
The exact specifics of how the station siphoned hydrogra was a closely guarded trade secret, but in essence it created an artificial field that operated like a combination funnel-screen, pulling in the runaway atmo and separating the desired elements to be safely processed and stored. The actual refineries and storage were located down shield (the mining occurred up shield) in and around the remains of the top asteroid both conveniently close and well protected by the shield itself.
The core cylinder between the asteroid sections was actually mostly empty space, primarily filled with the spine of the station and the two primary transport channels, though the rest of the cylinder would slowly fill with warehouses and long term storage overtime earning the moniker 'The Mess'.
The warehouses and storage would be built on the inside of the cylinder's skin rather than extending out from either asteroid like the spine and channels, creating an impromptu miniature imitation of living in an O'Neill Cylinder. Though The Mess was never intended to be permanently habitable, as the stations population slowly grew hesitant attempts were made to make the modules closest to the asteroids into proper living spaces, but the plan never fully took off. What little that passes for the station's tramp population and criminal enterprises however made do.
Finally, the 'bottom' asteroid maintained its overall shape and appearance though it was just as thoroughly tunneled and hollowed as the first, and served as the primary habitat and live support area of the station, with a small but respectable docking ring extending just below it for ship access. The station didn't have anywhere near the space to accommodate insitu farming, though the O2 farm did provide some minimal support. Early on in the station's development there was talk of establishing rings around the base of the station for high G spin for improved living conditions as well as expanded food production, but due to a combination of factors it never panned out.
