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Docking rings are a entry and exit point of planetary space lift.
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[[Image:Docking Ring - Mooring Fixture Sirius.jpg|right|thumb|298px|Docking Ring and Mooring Fixture at [[Planet Manhattan]] in [[New York]]]]
  
==Description==
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[[Image:Docking Ring - Mooring Fixture Gallia.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Gallic Docking Ring and Mooring Fixture at [[Planet Amiens]] in [[Picardy]]]]
[[Image:Docking ring.jpg|left|thumb|120px|[[Planet Cambridge]] docking ring]]
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[[Image:Mooring.jpg|right|thumb|80px|[[Planet Cambridge]] mooring fixture]]
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Orbiting planetary docking rings provide smaller ships a controlled entry and exit to/from planet's atmosphere. Docking rings open up when docking sequence is initiated. Their appearance is a lot like goggles. The ring on the right serves planet-bound traffic and the left ring traffic coming from the planet to outer space. Docking rings also have defensive turrets mounted on them to engage hostiles foolish enough to venture too close.
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==Docking Ring==
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<span style="color:red;"> >>>WARNING: Do not attempt planetary landing without using a Docking Ring<<< </span>
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A Docking Ring is a piece of orbiting Technology that, through the use of super strong crystalline [[Polymers]] and frictionless bearings, assists the smooth Atmospheric entry of any interstellar Vessel that has the ability to land. Invented in 130 [[A.S.]] by [[Ageira Technologies]], these 'orbital Elevators' almost negate the cost of boosting people or matierials out of a planetary gravity well. Docking Rings revolutionized exploration and Industry almost overnight, openeing up entire Systems for Commercial exploration and exploitation.
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Ageira Technologies licenses this Technology to the other Hoses, who in turn agree to design all Ships (except for special exploratory and survy vessels), to work with the Docking Ring system.
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[[EFL Oil & Machinery]] researched and developed Gallic Docking Ring/Mooring Fixture Technology.
  
 
==Mooring Fixture==
 
==Mooring Fixture==
Capital size ships are to big to fly through the docking rings so they need to use mooring fixture located above the docking rings.
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Larger vessels such as [[Transports]], [[Gunboats]] and [[Capital Ships]] are too big to fit through the docking rings so they need to use a mooring fixture located above the docking rings. From there the pilots or crew take a shuttle down to the planet's surface. Mooring fixtures have no defensive capabilities but instead rely on those of nearby docking rings and planetary security.
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
*[[Jump Gate]]
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*[[Ageira White Boxes]]
*[[Trade Lane]]
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*[[Jump Gates]]
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*[[Trade Lanes]]
  
[[Category: Unnatural Phenomenon]]
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[[Category: Technology]]
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[[Category: Ageira Technologies]]
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[[Category: EFL Oil & Machinery]]

Latest revision as of 18:43, 27 November 2018

Docking Ring and Mooring Fixture at Planet Manhattan in New York
Gallic Docking Ring and Mooring Fixture at Planet Amiens in Picardy


Docking Ring

>>>WARNING: Do not attempt planetary landing without using a Docking Ring<<<

A Docking Ring is a piece of orbiting Technology that, through the use of super strong crystalline Polymers and frictionless bearings, assists the smooth Atmospheric entry of any interstellar Vessel that has the ability to land. Invented in 130 A.S. by Ageira Technologies, these 'orbital Elevators' almost negate the cost of boosting people or matierials out of a planetary gravity well. Docking Rings revolutionized exploration and Industry almost overnight, openeing up entire Systems for Commercial exploration and exploitation.

Ageira Technologies licenses this Technology to the other Hoses, who in turn agree to design all Ships (except for special exploratory and survy vessels), to work with the Docking Ring system.

EFL Oil & Machinery researched and developed Gallic Docking Ring/Mooring Fixture Technology.

Mooring Fixture

Larger vessels such as Transports, Gunboats and Capital Ships are too big to fit through the docking rings so they need to use a mooring fixture located above the docking rings. From there the pilots or crew take a shuttle down to the planet's surface. Mooring fixtures have no defensive capabilities but instead rely on those of nearby docking rings and planetary security.


See Also