Skyler Base: The Space Tugs

(This is part of the continuing series about the design of Skyler Base)

In a previous post, I gave you a picture of what the Vuduri space tugs looked like. They figured prominently in Rome's Revolution.

Not only were they responsible for discovering and retrieving the Ark II, they were also responsible for towing the Ark from Tabit to Deucado. Of course, one was converted to The Flying House and the other evolved into MINIMCOM. MINIMCOM gave "birth" to Junior in The Ark Lords. You will learn in a year or two that MINIMCOM gives birth to another ship called Fury (sort of a girl spaceship) and Junior has his own child named Tray. But that is for another day.

The tugs was transported to Deucado in the removable rear sections of the Algol. If you look at the first post in this series, you can see a stylized version of the transport containers. These cargo containers were dismantled and used as part of Skyler Base and left behind when the Vuduri abandoned Dara.

Each tug is stored in its own hangar at the north and south end of the base. The hangar can be pressurized and there are giant doors that lead into the hangar. Normally, the hangar is left exposed to the extremely thin atmosphere of Dara so the Vuduri usually use the airlocks to the side (mentioned in the post about the Iso chamber) so that they do not need to go through the pressurization/depressurization cycle.

Tomorrow I'll take you back to the Center Court and try and figure out why everyone wears those stupid white jumpsuits.