The Stalk Pod
A small, newer foundry-pod, a smooth shell on a single slender stalk, a lit bar People Bar Towering, massively built, and engineered for high-load work and vertical terrain, the Bar are the strength line. along its flank still spelling the system's name into the dark. Compact where the others are monumental, it sits alone on a flat cold floor, a minor outpost of the network kept ticking by itself. A pair of wardens slides past; otherwise nothing.
Key traits
- A newer but small pattern: a streamlined pod on one stem, likely a relay or satellite foundry.
- Deep, cold and sparse, the most modest node of the network.
- Lit, tidy and patrolled, and entirely alone.