<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Leeds Station</strong></span></div><br/><div align="center">(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs16/i/2007/127/3/0/Ghosts_of_Asimuth_by_Spex84.jpg)</div><br/>Built as the second Halifax-Type station, Leeds station was to become the next generation of living in space.  Unlike her predecessor, Leeds boasted large manufacturing and processing bays, which could turn the useless asteroid debris of the system into cheap starships that could fly away from the planet that was slowly turning against humanity.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, immediately after starting up, a large explosion tore through the gas storage tanks, causing the entire station to cartwheel uncontrollably.  Many fled, but it's said only one in three actually made it out alive.  The station's orbit began to deteriorate, and it was assumed to have fallen into the atmosphere to burn up.<br/><br/>The exact reason for the explosion was unknown, but at the time, it was said to be sabotage by terrorists who wanted to keep humanity on the Earth to share its fate.  The exact reason will never be known.<br/><br/><div align="center">(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs48/f/2009/233/b/a/Dank_Hallway_2_by_Spex84.jpg)</div><br/>With the reemergence of the Leeds station, Halifax station knows this is a rare opportunity to obtain machinery and parts that are too sophisticated to be easily produced on site.  The station is supposed to be junked, but infrared and other sensors show that some of the machinery aboard is still running.  Who is operating it is unknown.<br/><br/>Regardless, the opportunity cannot be overlooked, and so several members of the station are sent via pods to the supposedly derelict station.  What they'll find when they get aboard is anyone's guess.  Large portions of the station are open to space, and radiation is so intense in some areas that it would be suicide to spend more than a few minutes inside.<br/><br/>And that's just the threats that the crew knows about.<br/><br/><div align="center">(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs45/f/2009/061/5/4/Escape_Pod_by_Spex84.jpg)</div><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>OOC Note: Anyone wishing to take part in either thread is welcome to do so.  You can have storylines in either thread, but don't expect to be able to call yourself.</em></span>