#space infrastructure

[swan2swan]

Headcanon: the "-tooine" suffix for a lot of Star Wars planets is derived from "-tween", as in "between": if a planet has that name, it means it was used as a bridge planet between more local worlds or sectors.

Thus, any planet with "-tooine" is not really that useful or valuable. They don't have precious resources, access to a thousand other systems that are within only a few hours of transit, perfect atmosphere to sustain a wide variety of species, or a vast array of moons and sister planets to make them the centerpiece of a valuable hegemony. A thousand years ago some warlord or merchant or regent said "You know what we need? A good safe spot right between these valuable worlds. Let's build a starbase here. Store some fuel and weapons. Have a repair shop. Landing pads. Maybe a few space stations and skyhooks."

Then, in the case of Dantooine and Tatooine, hyperdrives advanced and imperial boundaries shifted, so all of a sudden this desert planet isn't really worth maintaining landing pads for hundreds of ships. Naboo and Geonosis can free trade with each other directly. We don't need a rest stop anymore.

[swan2swan]

Unused concept in Star Wars that has so much story potential:

Hyperspace Telescopes.

Space stations or satellites that provide nearly-live feeds of systems many lightyears away. Use them in conjunction with galaxy guns or security fleets and you have built-in spy devices or security cameras that can either be situated behind powerful defenses in a local system...or in a remote, classified location that your enemies don't know about.

It's a good campaign starter or story hook. The Empire suspects there's a Rebel HST watching a fortress world, enabling them to see Imperial deployments, and has to find a way to locate it. A Rebel base is located because a telescope is watching the system they assumed was uncharted or unsecured. A rebellion can't take place until a group of do-gooders captures the deep-space telescope in a daring raid, but first, they need to capture an off-duty officer who knows the coordinates.

[swan2swan]

I have some issues with a U-wing just flying to Coruscant and back, but also, Coruscant is such a Hub that there's no feasible way for them to actually manage traffic the whole time. It would have been nice for them to pass a checkpoint at some opportunity, but I assume "a ship flies in and lands on a docking platform" is something that should be handled by the platform's managers and the local traffic controllers. Especially for a ship that small. Anything bigger than a small freighter probably needs to be checked for bombs or ramming points, because it could cause a lot of damage to the city...but a U-wing? That's just a shuttle. Broadcast the check codes. Keep your speed and follow the assigned route. Have a nice day, there's six other ships behind you, don't slow down.

[swan2swan]

Okay, space nerds, question time:

If a four-kilometer freighter emerges from hyperspace, packed to the fins with supplies and greeted by a swarm of smaller freighters and dropships meant to transfer its payload all across the planet (and some eager to deposit their own goods on the ship), where would you park it?

Would it hold at one of those lagrange points?

Would it get as close to the atmosphere as possible to minimize distance?

Would it be more efficient to have a giant spacedock floating in space where tiny spaceships and droids could swarm out and transfer things from the freighter to the dock, and THEN they get transferred to the planet (and where would this station be)?

Would every city have a space-warehouse floating above for easier transfer?

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[gerald-ford-president]

I have spent the past three weeks looking at pictures of communications satellites and little else.

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