Dome Habitats (A1-0)
Dome Habitats are enclosed, pressurized habitats often used in the Galactyan Empire to colonize the surface of asteroids.
Structure
Dome Habitats consist of a dome-shaped elastic shell made of transparent Elastic Diamondoid Fiber Composites (commonly known as Pandifico), held up by the interior air pressure. Depending on where the habitats are constructed, the shells can either be directly attached to the surface or to a wall structure (this happens especially in deep valleys and canyons), or they can be attached to a structural base, that also contains the habitat's power generators and life support systems.
While in larger dome habitats the internal atmosphere may offer some level of protection against radiation, both small and large domes are outfitted with magnetic and electrostatic shielding to completely block out all harmful stellar and interstellar radiation that may compromise the health of inhabitants not outfitted with radiation resistance augmentations.