Orbital Stations

An Orbital Station is any space-station which orbits a planetary body. Generally speaking, these stations are very large 'cargo-points' for a planet so that extremely large ships without atmospheric capability may discharge cargo onto them for later transport onto the planets' surfaces. Beyond that simple classification, Orbital Stations can hardly all be described in a few simple generalizations. Some are massive centers of trading with a culture all of their own, others crewed by a skeleton crew and number of automated machines.