The Frontier contatins a total of:<br />5 SF (space fortresses)<br />4 FSS (fortified Space stations)<br />13 ASS (armed space stations)<br />8 TS (trading stations)<br />5 RRS (rest & relax stations- resorts?)<br />7 DS (docking stations)<br /><br />The Rim <br />1 FFS<br />1 ASS<br />4 TS<br />2 RRS<br />4 DS<br /><br />In comparing the KHs list of space constructions centers I to the list of stations in ZEBs I at first expected that the construction centers would coincide with the docking stations but that was not the case. Some of the construction centers must be on ASS, FSS and SF stations. That clashed with another assumption of mine that the ASS, FSS, SF stations were really only about defense and military issues (not sure why I made that assumption). It now seems to me that the TS, DS, & RRS stations are dedicated to one purpose while the armed stations may be a more general purpose station catering to all areas: industry, docking, trade, R&R, and defense with a few exceptions.<br />The FS over Morgaine's world, being the heart of the UPF, is probably dedicated to the Navy pure and simple and has a no fly zone around it plus a military dock yard.<br /><br /><br />I also find it interesting that the Rim as so few armed or fortified space stations, that could indicate several things:<br />1. they did but were destroyed by the sathar 2. a belief in the best defence being a good offense 3. the Rim was intended to be even more of a frontier than the cosmopolitan Frontier sector by the writers<br />I also find it interesting that the Rim has a higher proportion of RRS stations than the Frontier which would seem to speak against option 1 for the reasons of so few armed stations.<br /><br />
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