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Lore Impact: My heart says "small," but my brain says "moderate."
Species: Human and potentially any synthetic or skrell characters who have lived in the Sol system.
Short Description: A few neat little details added to Unity Station; that is to say, changing the station's description from being a somewhat vague series of layered decks to a suitably large Gundam-style cylinder station with a population to match the political and bureaucratic class of a nation that covers multiple star systems. It also moves Unity Station from Earth orbit to Earth-Moon L5, a metaphorical "half-way" point between Earth and Luna.
How will this be reflected on-station? Background fodder for Solarian consuls, diplomatic aides, bodyguards, and potentially any character actually from Unity Station. I propose an accent tag.
Does this addition do anything not achieved by what already exists? It adds minor detail to an important place. It makes the setting moderately "crunchier" by implying that realistic space colonies may exist elsewhere.
Do you understand that the project may change over time in ways you may not foresee once it is handed over to the Lore Team? Yes.
Long Description
The "Sol" page is really great and provides wonderful run-downs of each planet in the Sol System, all of which provide wonderful fodder for writing a character. Oft have I read it and gone, "wow, Ganymede!" or "wow, the asteroid belt!" Recently, I read it and went, "wow, Unity Station!" This proposal adds a little more detail to Unity Station: what it looks like, what kind of person lives there, and why space stations are so darn cool. Hope you enjoy reading. As in my prior lore canonization app to add some details, I will be quoting directly from the wiki page and underlining my suggested additions. I've only included sentences that I've changed to, uh, not include a big block of text.
[I FADE INTO A BLUE MIST AS THE WIND SWEEPS ME AWAY]

Located at Earth-Moon L5, Unity Station is the seat of the Alliance’s modern government. ... Alliance architects built Unity Station as an O'Neill Cylinder, a design that, while antiquated after the invention of artificial gravity generators, had proven to be a straightforward way of housing a large number of people in a pleasant and Earth-like environment. Important governmental buildings, such as the Prime Minister's residence and the Senate, are surrounded by kilometers of residential suburbs and commercial districts. The station's docks also serve as the Interstellar War Memorial, permanently hosting the museum ship ASSNV Cincinnatus — ... 

Due to this design Unity Station has a permanent population of around five million, and is a member state of the Alliance which elects its own senators.

This is what the proposed accent tag would look like: image.png.4e38bf18f23950733914ec71c3a32607.png
I understand with a (not so) heavy heart that accent tags are a bit of a hard sell, but I think they go a long way in encouraging players to explore unappreciated backgrounds. (Remember when the Orepit accent got added?) Either way, sort of an optional thing I'm throwing in. I swear I'm usually better at spriting, it's just that accent tags are hard and I mashed Earth and Luna's together and, uh, yeah, not great.

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Belated reply but that looks really nice. I'm a bit hesitant to add more to really justify it, mostly because I'm not sure if the lore team considers it necessary.

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