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 ====== Space Stations ======
+An overview of the types of space stations common in Known Space. Where the space station has an affect on the space port classification (A - E), this is listed. Some of the smaller stations have no noticeable affect.
 ===== TL 7 =====
-==== Space Module ====
+==== Space Module (-) ====
 Similar to Salyut or Skylab, consists of a simple cylinder or box which acts as the living quarters. Will have a single docking port, solar panels and possible other simple accessories. Such stations are generally impractical for use as anything other than a show of capability, or for simple science experiments.
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 ===== TL 8 =====
-==== Modular Station ====
+==== Modular Station (-) ====
 Similar to Mir or the ISS, consists of several modules connected together into a larger structure. Rarely large enough to support more than a dozen people, can be used for science experiments or as a monitoring station.
 In some cases, it may be extended to act as a relay station, being able to store fuel and/or food supplies for ships to refuel before heading out of orbit.
+===== TL 9 =====
+==== Orbital Gateway (C) ====
+Similar in style to a //Modular Station//, though much larger. Such stations are built when a planet has regular manned travel from surface to beyond orbit. A Gateway station is an orbital relay point where crew can be transferred between surface to orbit vessels and orbit to interplanetary vessels.
+An //Orbital Gateway// generally comfortably supports several dozen people at a time, and can dock several vessels at once.
+==== Space Wheel (-) ====
+Larger than an //Orbital Gateway//, such stations are spun to induce artificial gravity. This requires them to be quite large, with the bulk of the volume in the wheel itself. The wheel is connected to a central hub which does not spin, in order to allow ships to dock.
+Space Wheels are actual civilian habitats, where people can properly live rather than just work. They are often taken as a sign that a civilisation is beginning the move to permanent space habitation.