— "Something Wicked This Way Comes..." —

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all from the TLW Team !

2025 will bring exciting new developments, and we can't wait to show them...
Stay tuned very soon !

Credits :
Original Design - Boeing/Rockwell/NASA
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Lore - L5Resident
SSP Model, Textures and Renders - Theo Bouvier

#TheLunarWar

Like the Icarus-class SPS (WPT-36) used by the EU, these are both immensely critical and extremely fragile structures. Their safeguarding being one of the primary drivers for the massive expansions of the US Space Force fleet in the 2040s and onwards.

These colossal structures (10km x 5km) could hardly be built in reasonable timeframes without using automated platforms. The giant grids of aluminium trusses are bent and welded in-situ by hundreds of small drones using material shipped in a constant flux by Lunar Mass Drivers.

Built almost entirely from Lunar-mined materials, these come in two variants a cheaper but limited Reflector unit and more complex complex turreted version, though the latter requires Earth-launched elements making it a lot more expensive.

One of the main drivers for the second space race's momentum from the 2030s onwards has been the steady replacement of surface power infrastructure with Solar Power Satellites, and among the many designs out there, the Monolith-class SPS is the most common on American orbits.

- The Golden Marbles -

A million new stars between two worlds - The Cradle's lights, both old and new, ever growing, joined by the dawn of the Moon, and the silent dance of solar collectors.

- Blue Sky -

For most spacecraft of the Lunar War, venturing below GEO is pretty much suicide. The rare units that still operate that low are easy prey for high altitude ASAT launches...