Matrioshka Micronodes (A1-0)

The Kantheana Matryoshka MicroNode is a Multi-Layered Megaconstellation of Orbiting Processor Elements constructed between 3473 and 3468 BBT, over the course of 5 years. The Micronode is part of a bigger web of Micronodes constructed around the Empire's Core Systems. Kantheana, the biggest gaseous giant in the Crus-Lux System, was chosen for a Pseudo-Stellification Process using a Neumann Reactor due to it's bigger surface area, which allowed the highest energy output possible. The MicroNode was built in response to the Empire's ever rising computational needs, which are to this day particularly bigger than other nations due to the Empire's heavily centralized nation and extremely socialist internal policies. It should also be noted that the pseudo-stellification of Kantheana made some changes to the long terraformed moons necessary, but also lead to the removal of Orbital Illuminators and greenhouse gases levels.

The Megaconstellation is divided into six layers, with orbits situated between the orbits of Kantheana's five major moons. Each Orbiting Processor Element is composed of a thin layer of Biocomputing Processors (which resemble animal neurons, despite being incredibly more powerful), covered in a Monopole-Doped Protective Coating, which serves both as a thermal coating and as a passive method of stabilizing the layer arrays. Each element's coating, depending on it's layer, has different resistance to temperatures, with the innermost processors having higher resistance to heat, and outermost processors having higher resistance to cold. With this arrangement, more than 75% of Kantheana's upwards light radiation, making it look much dimmer than it actually is from outside the gas giant's gravity well. The orbital elements are linked up in a single net that combines all of their computational capabilities. The net uses various stations in close orbit around Kantheana as data hubs, and as connections to the rest of the Empire's worlds.