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{{Shipbox
|shipname     = Ultima
|shipimage    = Ultima Station.jpg
|caption      =''Ultima Station with SCSV '''[[Rinna Kazamatsuri]]''' docked, 2024.''
|hull         = Custom-built hull modules
|length       = 352.65 m / 1157'
|width        = 472.65 m / 1550'
|height       = 
|mass         = 
|drivetype    = [[Reactionless thrusters]]
|driverating  = Station-keeping only
|weapons      = 1 concealed point-defence turret
|manufacturer = [[Stellvia Corporation]]
|owner        = [[Stellvia Corporation]]
|flag         = [[Stellvia Corporation]]
|faction      = Stellvian
|registry     = 
|datelaunched = February 2019
|purpose      = Supply Depot, Point of Presence
|crew         = [[Miyuri Akisato]] (commander)<br />R. Shinji Ikari (chief of security)<br />others to be named later
|supcrew      = [[Yuu Inagawa]] (Hotel Ultima majordomo)<br />many others
|auxvehicles  = ''[[Rinna Kazamatsuri]]''<br >''Amaterasu'' ([[Bolitho class]], station commander's gig)
|status       = '''Active'''
}}
'''''Ultima''''' is a space station owned by [[Stellvia Corporation]]. Established at [[Cochrane's Limit|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... 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 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 Space|cislunar]], [[Mars]], [[Venus]], or [[Jupiter|the Jovian subsystem]]) for anything particularly fancy or unusual.

== Related Images ==
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Image:Ultima-duty-patch.png|''Ultima'' station logo/crew patch.
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