Hubworlds are large-scale administrative planets or stations that serve as secondary nodes beneath the Core. They are not quite capitals but are essential junctions where regional management is concentrated.
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CTA Hubworlds
Type: Administrative planets or stations that serve as secondary nodes beneath the Core.
Hubworlds are large-scale administrative planets or stations that serve as secondary nodes beneath the Core. They are not quite capitals but are essential junctions where regional management is concentrated.
Each hubworld coordinates nearby sectors, issuing contracts, processing cargo, and maintaining registry data backups. They also each host a regional Authority office that enforces contracts and permits. Local managers answer directly to sector committees, keeping the chain of oversight intact.
They function as “mini-cores” in practice; part office complex, part settlement, part logistics hub. Unlike the Core, they are more exposed to trade and transit, which makes them livelier but less insulated.
They handle permits, contracts, and redistribution at a scale too large for individual stations but not significant enough to demand the Core’s direct involvement. They also coordinate chain routes passing through their zones.
The first hubworlds were established in 5–10 CY as the chain system expanded. They replaced military outposts and became stabilizing anchors for entire sectors. Over time, each hubworld grew into a hybrid of a city, administrative archive, logistical station.
Hubworlds emerged during early CTA expansion when single-world administration became impractical. The Authority designated several strategically located planets and “megastations” as secondary nodes from the Core to handle regional management. Originally they served only as logistical depots, but over centuries they evolved into semi-autonomous centers of commerce, manufacturing, and governance because of demand.
Most Hubworlds are built up around massive terminal clusters, surrounded by worker districts and orbital docking systems. Their architecture mirrors the Core’s but scaled down.
They share a modular, functional aesthetic. The materials are reinforced concrete composites and polished alloys designed to resist degradation. Residential zones form concentric rings around administrative centers, connected by elevated tramways and service tunnels.
Lighting is standardized to CTA luminosity levels, but exact configuration varies by hubworld simply due to preference. In some sectors, older construction has been retrofitted rather than rebuilt, resulting in dense, layered cityscapes. Each is built with redundancy in mind so that if one fails, another can assume control without systemic collapse.