Editing Setting:Cloudburst/Maxient (section)

==Defenses==

As perhaps befits a station with its spotty history, Port Maxient has enough defenses for four of itself.  Barely an inch of the station’s exterior is not covered by guns, armor plates, telescopes, sensoria, and missile tubes.  It has the equivalent firepower of a Ramilies star fort despite being a third the size.  It also enjoys five permanent Defense Monitors and a handful of independent weapons platforms, plus six Basilikon Astra patrol ships.  The station also plays host to various Imperial ships of other purpose, like passing vessels of the Battlefleets Cloudburst and Ultima.  Of course, there are also Rogue Trader ships present, but they are at best unreliable when it comes to defense if they are not being paid kingly sums.

As for the Port’s internal defenses, they are more than adequate for perimeter defense for the greater Imperium.  Part of the reason that the Senatorum Imperialis Terra has not taken more direct action against the dysfunctional Port’s administration is that the acrimony has not overtly limited the station’s defensibility.  If the Orks of Gorkypark were to stage an invasion, they would need millions of boyz to storm the vast Deep Void, and Drukhari would fare little better.

The Imperial Navy provides primary defense, with the Counter-Boarding battalions of the Naval Armsmen serving to defend the station.  They are aided by other Imperial Navy forces, like the Security Provosts, who are generally tasked with domestic law enforcement, but can be routed to anti-piracy roles if needed.  Secondary defense is that of the Skitarii of the Mechanicus, led by Electro-priests and fleets of combat drones, servo-skulls, and larger Servitors.  The station lacks Combat Robots, but does employ very simple automated defenses.  These are overseen by chanting Techpriests, who imbue the Machine Spirits with targeting data on doctrine-wafers in control hubs with meter-thick armor walls.  The residents of the station itself would almost certainly not need to be involved in anything short of cataclysmic alien or demonic invasion, given the sheer size of the security forces, but it is a rare Free Captain on the border who does not hired armed guards to protect themselves when needed.