Fuel Station & Tanker

[IcarusBen]

So, I've been reading the LIU Atlas on Mocpages, which inspired me to build these (put in spoilers to help reduce clutter.)

 

Arcturus Fuel Station

 

 

The Arcturus Fuel Station, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Octan Corporation, is a refinery and fuel depot located in the Arcturus system, approximately 36.7 lightyears away from the Solar System. It is actually built atop another space station, with the newer one being built 22 years after the older one. It's rather evident that the two stations were built at different times, with the top half being clean and futuristic while the bottom half is old, discolored and practical and pragmatic in it's design. The fuel station refines around five million gallons of hydrocarbon chemical fuel a day, but rarely ever reaches capacity due to the immense amount of fuel leaving the station aboard various tankers and passing ships in need of some gas. Each of its four exterior tanks can hold roughly a million gallons, while the interior tank can hold  1.5 million gallons, bringing the total capacity to 5.5 million gallons.

 

 

Octan Fuel Tanker mk.III

 

 

The Octan Fuel Tanker mk.III is a state-of-the-art tanker. It's not particularly fast, but it is able to haul around a half of a million gallons of fuel from the refinery to nearby trade depots, which is essentially considering the station's of movement capabilities. The ship is powered by two chemical thrusters, and has six exterior tanks which each hold roughly 41,000 gallons of fuel.

 

[Petewa]

Interesting, simplistic, but neat.

[IcarusBen]

Thanks! I've been trying out that same sort of structure with various other creations. I'm thinking of posting a couple more in my OTC worldbuild.