Laconian Orbital Platform
A vast alien structure above Laconia offers the isolated colony a shipyard and technological inheritance beyond human engineering.
Story so far
The Laconian orbital platform hangs above Laconia, its immense rigging faintly visible even from the planet's surface. Its long arms and open spaces resemble a gigantic molecular structure. It is part of the dead gate builders' surviving infrastructure, accessible only because the Protomolecule can sometimes communicate with related alien systems.
The platform's presence helps explain why Winston Duarte chose this system and why Paolo Cortazár's work is central to the state's ambitions: Laconia is not merely a colony but the custodian of a functioning alien construction complex.
Appearance
A massive skeletal structure in orbit, made of tremendously long arms separated by empty spaces, faintly visible through the planet's blue daytime sky like an enormous molecular lattice.
Role
The platform is Laconia's most imposing alien asset and the physical foundation for its future construction ambitions.
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- A vast alien structure above Laconia offers the isolated colony a shipyard and technological inheritance beyond human engineering.