Editing Tau Space Station (section)

==== Orbital City ====

[[File:AirCasteOrbital.jpg|200px|right|thumb|If you thought that this was a model for Bespin City, we can't blame you.]]

Basically, Tau [[Star Wars|Bespin Cities]]. [[Original character, do not steal|We wish we were joking.]]

Orbital Cities are large orbital habitats where much of the Air Caste are born and raised. They are somewhat necessitated by the fact that, while Air Caste Tau can enter a gravity well (such as to pilot [[Barracuda|Barracudas]]), it is unknown what effect it would have on their weightlessness-adapted physiques.

They are often and usually surrounded by smaller Tau Orbitals and are heavily defended by surrounding ships due to the fact that the Orbital City itself is largely immobile and incapable of fending off attacks no larger than a Frigate. Other than that, they act as relief stations for the [[Kor'Vattra]] so that food, fuel and personnel could be shipped or garrisoned before being sent to the next meat grinder.

It is not sure how high up these Cities orbit around a planet, although the exosphere would be the most likely candidate. Therefore, they function quite similarly to the Imperium's orbital plates, but with less bling.

*'''Height:''' 4.1km; approx
*'''Length:''' 9km
*'''Mass:''' 45 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 70,000 crew; approx