There Hermes Class Space Station is designed to be the next generation of long range subspace transceiver array / relay. They can be outfit for complete automation or to utilize a minimal crew compliment. This class is the first class to be designed with the Hermes Gate. The station is designed to function without a crew through the use of a dedicated MSAI.
- Dimensions
- 408 meters in diameter (Ring)
24 meters x 48 meters (Core) - Standard Crew
- 9 People
- Minimal Crew
- 1 AI
- Power Source
- 3 Deuterium Fusion Reactor Quads
- Propulsion
- Reaction Control Thrusters
Reception
The station's antenna array is capable of accurately receiving subspace signals from up to 1,000 ly away if sent using standard interstellar transmission strength. It is also capable of differentiating active subspace signals at just -300 dB.
Processing Capabilities
The on board system is capable of handling 2.49 million concurrent active-relay transmission, that is real-time transmission / reception channels while it can handle 7.52 million concurrent signals being received and buffered at any given moment.
Power
The station is designed to operate on 3 fusion reactors continuously operating in parallel. Each primary support arm houses a reactor quad with 4 individual reactors each. The quads are designed so that at any given time 3 reactors per quad could be inoperative and the station could continue operating so long as fuel lasted. Multiple reactors in each quad can be activated if needed, additional power consumption can assist the station's transmission arrays in broadcasting to more distant locations. Groupings of 4 reactors per strut was done to facilitate the use of the Hermes Gate without weakening transmission power. When the Hermes Gate is activated each quad ties in an additional reactor to the main line, though the minimal power requirement is half of that.
Hermes Gate
Utilizing the Hermes Gate, the station is capable of bypassing normal subspace channels and sending a signal through a dedicated wormhole to a remote location with a corresponding Hermes Gate. Using this the relay station can receive a worm hole signal generated from anywhere in known space and relay that signal accordingly. The station is limited to a single Hermes Gate due to power constraints.