Babylon .5
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| Babylon .5 | |
| Spacecraft Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Base Hull | Mined out/modified asteroid |
| Drive Type | Reactionless thrusters |
| Drive Rating | primarily Station-keeping |
| Owner | Wing and a Prayer Enterprises (WaaPE, pronounced 'whap') |
| Flag of Record | nominally Canada |
| Faction | Fivers, Generalist |
| Registry Number | SP-B.5 |
| Launched | n/a (Refit completion and christening date, Aug 15 2009) |
| Purpose | residential, some agriculture and manufacturing, radio station (SFAN) |
| Primary Crew | Commander Susan Ivonova (Station AI) |
| Auxillary Vehicles | SS Starhawk |
| Operational Status | Active |
Known Station Quirks:
- Welcome to Fenspace Idol! - Whenever anyone on the station sings in the shower, it is broadcast live to every speaker on the asteroid. This occurs despite the fact that there isn't any microphones in any of the bathrooms to pick up the singing. The effect also extends to any craft parked/docked on the station (both their speakers and their shower stalls).
- It's the chipmunks! - a quirk of the large 'Waved transmitter used by the radio station is that the DJs/hosts all sound like they are breathing helium. The songs are unaffected.
- There have been repeated reports of sightings of a figure resembling Zathras from the Babylon 5 series. These have not yet been confirmed.
Current Location: Earth-Luna Legrange point 2
Notable Personel:
- Simon Jones, SFAN owner/morning show host
- David Ripley, a Dresden Files fen who makes a living as a P.I.
- Sam Rennison, owner/operator of 'Sam's Place' restaurant
- Porky, an accidentally biomodded pig currently working at Sam's Place
Trivia:
- widely assumed to be the home base of the Fivers faction. Initially, the management denied this, but have since given up objecting since no one believed them and Fivers now make up a sizable chunk of the station's inhabitants.
- Home to SFAN, one of Fenspace's few radio stations. The station plays a variety of music, news, even traffic and weather segments.
- While technically capable of independant movement the Station is _very_ slow. It's engines are quite adaquate for station keeping however.
