I kinda worked out a basic Podstation.
Arrivals and Escape are linked, directly connected by a Security checkpoint. Security can close these doors.
Security, Engineering, and the Engine form the centermost area of the station, the Engine being smack-dab in the center.
Cargo and Service form one side of the station, Cargo has an insecure connection with the Mining area, Service has the true Illicit sector, they both are directly connected to a residential/crew area, and all of this is imbedded in an asteroid. Illicit actually burrows inot the 'roid.
On the other side, you've got Medbay and Research. Medbay connects (again relatively insecurely) to Viro, Sci to Bomb Testing, and they share a direct link to the AI chambers.
Under both Service and Science are mostly similar connections to the Bridge that also function as solars. They are meant to be extremely secure- a double-layer reinforced wall separates the solar arrays from the inside tubes. These twin solars connect to the Bridge area.
A failsafe connection to the Bridge exists between Engineering and the Bridge- a mass driver. On the other end, there's an exposed-to-space catwalk and a door that can only be opened from the outside, similar to a Viro airlock, but one-time.
Pods are located in various areas. Sec dosen't actually have a pod, and to send people to the labor camp, they have to escort a prisoner to a mining dock next to regular Mining.
Pods #1,2,3:
Arrival has three pods.
Pod #4:
Sec technically does have a pod, but it's open to anyone if the arrival-escape doors are open.
Pod #5,6:
Engineers get two pods, one on either side of the suicide mission Mass Driver.
Pod #7:
There's a pod deep in Illicit.
Any connections not labeled as insecure or direct are the aformentioned "tubes" from that earlier discussion on Separate Station.
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For an extreme test, I could try to make a station based entirely on mass driving around, and have activators inside the driver. Emergency suits would be EVERYWHERE.
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The alt lags more, but I think it's due to location for me.
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I think the original idea is kind of balanced.
>traitors have nowhere easy to hide
>singulo ALWAYS fucks shit up