User blog comment:SupcommMonroee/Suppy Super Post 5 - Space Stations Don't Rustle Me Anymore/@comment-3582436-20130128003748/@comment-3155949-20130128014956

It's a diplomatic fortress, essentially. Even if a nation is not part of the Senate body itself, they will have a presence.

1. Very big. Old KMF design. Likely to be able to hold 6-7 million individuals in multiple sections.

2. Not necessarily 'modules' so much as joined mini-stations. You'd have a central diplomatic section, the core of the station. National modules (containing barracks, shuttle bays, naval docks, commercial zones, industry, shops, housing) would be connected, but the only way to travel between the diplomatic and national modules would be either taking a shuttle, or passing through a set of secure airlocks. A 'free zone' would be located below the central diplomatic section, and would serve as the general lawless area due to political gridlock over policing.

Additional solar arrays and farm domes may be connected to each national section, but this is a given for most stations.

3. KMF border towards the galactic core zone in a planetless star system.

4. It'll remain in orbit, but have maneuvering thrusters like all other orbital constructs.

5. The original station would have three national modules, but each new participating race could add on their own modules constructed to Senate specifications. Space stations are naturally easy to add to.

6. Why is this important?

7. There would be no official restriction, but smaller nations would be restricted by their smaller budgets to build smaller modules than the large nations.