Internal infrastructure inside hollowed asteroids — large-scale docking bays, parking garages, maintenance yards, and rapid outfitting zones for the growing fleet.
Provide safe, high-capacity internal facilities that allow the base to receive, service, repair, and reconfigure vessels without exposing them to external space hazards. This turns the hollowed asteroid into a true operational hub and shipyard.
These facilities are constructed after the asteroid is hollowed, life support and power are online, and initial automated mining is stable. They become the central “port” for the entire base and the foundation for future shipyard expansion.
Requirement: Internal docking bays, parking garages, and outfitting zones follow IPLS-3.1.4-004. Whether berthing a crewed vessel is crew arrival under IPLS-3.1.4-012 is unset.
Rationale: Transforms the asteroid into a true operational hub and shipyard without exposing assets to external vacuum or radiation hazards.
Open Questions: None at v0.7
Requirement: Internal docking ports attach by UMP-CARGO-001, UMP-MECH-001, UMP-PWR-001, UMP-DATA-001, and UMP-FLUID-001. PIS-v1 is an upgrade path. Lock and release follow UMP-CARGO-001. Power to a port follows IPLS-3.1.6-006. Locks per port is unset.
Rationale: Enables rapid, safe berthing of any IPLS vessel without custom adapters.
Requirement: Internal maintenance yards shall provide overhead cranes, robotic manipulation hardpoints, and hot-swappable module handling fully integrated with Robotics Tiering (3.1.20).
Rationale: Allows rapid in-situ repair and reconfiguration without EVA or external exposure.
Requirement: Fitting a weapon module waits for operator consent under IPLS-5.1-002 and follows IPLS-3.1.15-004. Supersession of a life-critical module waits for operator consent. Whether like-for-like replacement is supersession is unset. Power to outfitting hardpoints follows IPLS-3.1.6-006. The swap-time target is unset.
Rationale: Minimises downtime and enables mission-specific reconfiguration in hours rather than weeks.
Requirement: Receipt from the mining fleet follows IPLS-3.1.3-009. Allocation follows IPLS-3.1-019. The ISRU processing interface is IPLS-3.1-009. Airlock seals follow UMP-SEAL-001.
Rationale: Enables continuous flow of raw materials, spares, and finished goods between mining fleet, manufacturing, and storage zones.
Requirement: Automatic isolation follows IPLS-3.1.5-006. Shielding follows IPLS-3.1.4-005. Whether bay pressurisation is a life-critical function under IPLS-3.1.5-008 is unset.
Rationale: Guarantees crew safety and operational continuity even during external events or internal failures.
Requirement: Critical docking, maintenance, and outfitting functions shall expose physical overrides. Their use follows IPLS-3.1.4-007. On loss of link, life-preserving functions continue inside the IPLS-5.1-002 envelope and other actions follow the IPLS-3.1-014 hold. The safe step for a berthing or hot-swap in progress is unset.
Rationale: Keeps command with the operator under IPLS-5.1-002 during berthing and repair.
Requirement: Bay enlargement follows IPLS-3.1.4-006. Allocation follows IPLS-3.1-019.
Rationale: Supports exponential growth of the base without major reconfiguration downtime.