Ultima
| Ultima | |
 Ultima Station with SCSV Rinna Kazamatsuri docked, 2024. | |
| Spacecraft Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Base Hull | Custom-built hull modules |
| Length | 352.65 m / 1157' |
| Width | 472.65 m / 1550' |
| Drive Type | Reactionless thrusters |
| Drive Rating | Station-keeping only |
| Armament | 1 concealed point-defence turret |
| Primary Manufacturer | Stellvia Corporation |
| Owner | Stellvia Corporation |
| Flag of Record | Stellvia Corporation |
| Faction | Stellvian |
| Launched | February 2019 |
| Purpose | Supply Depot, Point of Presence |
| Primary Crew | Miyuri Akisato (commander) R. Shinji Ikari (chief of security) others to be named later |
| Other Crew | Yuu Inagawa (Hotel Ultima majordomo) many others |
| Auxillary Vehicles | Rinna Kazamatsuri Amaterasu (Bolitho class, station commander's gig) |
| Operational Status | Active |
Ultima is a space station owned by Stellvia Corporation. Established at The Limit on the line between the centers of mass of Sol and Beta Hydri, it has been the supply base for the Rinna Kazamatsuri and the unofficial endpoint for other trips between Sol and Beta Hydri, Delta Pavonis, and Zeta Tucanae since the station's opening in 2019.
As is standard in all Stellvia Corporation and Artemis Foundation installations, Ultima has its own Interwave and Halcyon nodes. They are oversized, overpowered, and triply-redundant nodes, capable of maintaining connections between Sol and both the Delta Pavonis and Zeta Tucanae systems simultaneously and without assistance. (As of 2024, nobody has been foolish enough to colonize the Beta Hydri system.)
The station's commander is Miyuri Akisato, who previously served as the chief Aerospace Traffic Controller on Stellvia (thus continuing the tradition set by Odyssey of promoting a Stellvia ATC chief to command a StellviaCorp station).
The Tourist Experience
Ultima is out of the way, but it is the "last gas and eats for 20 ly" facility between Sol and Delta Pavonis...[1] and Δ Pavonis is the home of the Tannhauser Gate. It's also not too far from the line between Sol, Nostromo, and Alpha Centauri. Thus, the station does get a small-but-noticeable tourist trade.
Ultima has a small hotel aboard, as is typical of Stellvia Corporation's ring stations. Yuu Inagawa is the majordomo of the Hotel Ultima, which she runs in a laid-back, relaxed manner. The hotel's attached restaurant, Miela's, has a very good dessert menu.
As for other shops on the Promenade, the basics are covered by 2022, but you're going to have to head to "civilization" (cislunar, Mars, Venus, or the Jovian subsystem) for anything particularly fancy or unusual.
Related Images
Ultima station logo/crew patch.
Notes
- ↑ And it's also home to a large medical facility.
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