The Docking Ring

From Wormhole Sci-Fi MUD Homepage

The docking ring has been expanded from its humble beginnings, and is now a zone in its own right, rather than a few rooms tacked on to the original 'space station' zone created by Q. It is connected to the main body of the space station by two gantries, and can be considered to be comprised of four distinct sectors:

• The north sector is the most affluent, and is where cruise ships dock
• The east sector is a bustling centre of commerce - some of it legal!
• The south sector is under military occupation
• The west sector is something of a mess, having never been completed by the contractors

Each sector has two smallbays, where smaller ships can land on-board the space station. Each sector also has two docking arms, where larger space ships are moored. Almost half of the rooms in the area are 'space' ones, providing a medium in which spacecraft may be flown. Citizens of the Wormhole are not recommended to venture outside without a space ship... although some brave adventurers have risked it.

The zone exists to provide an interface between 'classic' Wormhole gaming and the ship-based travel and combat now under development.