Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20161218192052

I'm on a role today!

Anyways spread throughout the empire are massive space stations called 'Watch Fortresses'. They are used to fortify a border and also as way stations and safe spaces for Imperial Ships and allied merchants. They are massive stations that look like a floating city in space. They have the fire power of a Titan class ship from cannons on the station and a small flotilla of defending ships.

Watch Fortresses are placed in strategic locations through out the empire normally to defend a weak spot in the border or to defend trade routes and such.

Now a Star port is much like a Watch Fortress as it looks like a floating city but it is far larger and is placed in spots for economic, commercial, or material. For example they are placed as way stations within the long trade routes of the empire, act as beacons for void bound ships, and are also massive trading posts. The Largest Star Ports are considered 'planets' (And some are that large) and have their own governors and are required to pay tithes and such. Each Segmentum and Sector has at least one large Star Port for a variety of reasons with some having more. The Segmentum known as Ulturus has hundreds of massive Star Ports mainly because the empire's wealthiest and largest trade routes run through this Segmentum. 