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A '''Space Station''' is a spaceborne construction that usually (but not always) is placed in orbit around a planet, moon, or other such celestial body. They can be equipped with support facilities for population, trade, defense, and spacecraft repair and resupply. | A '''Space Station''' is a spaceborne construction that usually (but not always) is placed in orbit around a planet, moon, or other such celestial body. They can be equipped with support facilities for population, trade, defense, and spacecraft repair and resupply. | ||
− | + | [[Star Fort]]s are particularly large and well-armed space stations, and often act as the home base for major war fleets. | |
==Imperium== | ==Imperium== | ||
− | *[[Blackstone Fortress]] (deactivated) | + | *[[Blackstone Fortress]] (deactivated){{Fn|1}} |
− | *[[ | + | *[[Ramilies Star Fort]]{{Fn|2a}} |
− | *[[Imperial Space Station]] | + | *[[Imperial Space Station]]{{Fn|1}} |
+ | *[[Orbital Defense Platform]] | ||
+ | *[[Immaterium Surge Station]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Chaos== | ||
+ | *[[Blackstone Fortress]] | ||
==Eldar== | ==Eldar== | ||
− | *[[Haven Spire]] | + | *[[Haven Spire]]{{Fn|4}} |
==Tau== | ==Tau== | ||
− | *[[Tau Orbital]] | + | *[[Tau Orbital]]{{Fn|2b}} |
− | *[[Air Caste]] [[Orbital City]] | + | *[[Air Caste]] [[Orbital City]]{{Fn|3}} |
+ | *[[Fortress Station]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Orks== | ||
+ | *[[Battle Moon]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Known Named Space Stations== | ||
+ | *[[Alcazar Astra]] ([[Imperium]]) - [[Fortress-Monastery]] of the [[Fists Exemplar]]{{Fn|5}} | ||
+ | *[[Cage Twenty-Twenty]] ([[Imperium]]) | ||
+ | *[[Chimaera]] ([[Imperium]]) | ||
+ | *[[Galatan (Star Fort)|Galatan]] ([[Imperium]]) - Part of the fleet defense of [[Ultramar]] | ||
+ | *[[Mathus Station]] ([[Imperium]]) | ||
+ | *[[Phalanx]] ([[Imperium]]) | ||
+ | *[[Precipice]] (Neutral) - waystation anchored beneath the [[Seventh Blackstone Fortress]]{{Fn|6}} | ||
+ | *[[Raptorus Rex]] ([[Imperium]]) | ||
+ | *[[Will of Eternity]] ([[Chaos]]) - Activated [[Blackstone Fortress]] destroyed during the [[13th Black Crusade]] | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
− | * | + | *{{Endn|1}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook]], pg. 145 |
− | * | + | *2: [[Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Book)]] |
− | * | + | **{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 33 |
− | * | + | **{{Endn|2b}}: pg. 106 |
− | + | *{{Endn|3}}: http://web.archive.org/web/20130509084806/http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Battlefleet-Gothic/TAU-AIR-CASTE-ORBITAL-CITY.html ''(saved archive page, dated May 2013, last accessed 9 August 2015)'' | |
− | * | + | *{{Endn|4}}: http://web.archive.org/web/20110625044221/http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Battlefleet-Gothic/ELDAR-HAVEN-CLASS-SPIRE.html ''(Saved archive page, dated Jun 2011, last accessed 1 July 2015)'' |
− | * | + | *{{Endn|5}}: [[Predator, Prey (Novel)]] Chapter 15 |
+ | *{{Endn|6}}: [[Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress]] Background, pg. 9 | ||
− | [[Category:Naval Vessels| | + | [[Category:Artificial Objects]] |
− | [[Category:Space Stations| | + | [[Category:Naval Vessels| ]] |
+ | [[Category:Space Stations| ]] |
Revision as of 15:28, 19 May 2023
Battleships - Cruisers - Escorts - Attack Craft - Space Stations - Other Spacecraft |
A Space Station is a spaceborne construction that usually (but not always) is placed in orbit around a planet, moon, or other such celestial body. They can be equipped with support facilities for population, trade, defense, and spacecraft repair and resupply.
Star Forts are particularly large and well-armed space stations, and often act as the home base for major war fleets.
Imperium
- Blackstone Fortress (deactivated)[1]
- Ramilies Star Fort[2a]
- Imperial Space Station[1]
- Orbital Defense Platform
- Immaterium Surge Station
Chaos
Eldar
Tau
Orks
Known Named Space Stations
- Alcazar Astra (Imperium) - Fortress-Monastery of the Fists Exemplar[5]
- Cage Twenty-Twenty (Imperium)
- Chimaera (Imperium)
- Galatan (Imperium) - Part of the fleet defense of Ultramar
- Mathus Station (Imperium)
- Phalanx (Imperium)
- Precipice (Neutral) - waystation anchored beneath the Seventh Blackstone Fortress[6]
- Raptorus Rex (Imperium)
- Will of Eternity (Chaos) - Activated Blackstone Fortress destroyed during the 13th Black Crusade
Sources
- 1: Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook, pg. 145
- 2: Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Book)
- 3: http://web.archive.org/web/20130509084806/http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Battlefleet-Gothic/TAU-AIR-CASTE-ORBITAL-CITY.html (saved archive page, dated May 2013, last accessed 9 August 2015)
- 4: http://web.archive.org/web/20110625044221/http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Battlefleet-Gothic/ELDAR-HAVEN-CLASS-SPIRE.html (Saved archive page, dated Jun 2011, last accessed 1 July 2015)
- 5: Predator, Prey (Novel) Chapter 15
- 6: Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress Background, pg. 9