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Stillwater Node

A ring of dim soma pods around a pool of perfectly still water. Visitors lie back, breathe the vapor, and listen to the Collective think. Most come out unable to say how long they were in.

infrastructureTier 2voidbornstillwater_node

Stats

CategoryInfrastructure
Level2
Build Cost0 cr
Build Time0 ticks
Labor Cost40
Always OnYes
EmpireVoidborn
Dining Points1
Leisure Points4
Tourism UpkeepYes

Maintenance

Consumed continuously to keep the facility running. Starve it and it degrades.

SuppliedThe pods hum softly, the soma vapor is clean and steady, and the pool hasn't rippled in days. Travelers drift out looking rested in a way that is hard to describe and harder to forget.
StarvedBut the soma reservoirs are running thin and the vapor has gone uneven. Visitors leave the pods early, restless, as if they missed the end of a conversation.

Upgrade Chain

Stillwater Node has no upgrade path — it is built once, at this level.

Lore

Every outer Node keeps a small copy of The Still Current — not the full gallery, only its quiet center. The Collective calls them maintenance rooms for the mind. Neural Soma is vented through the pods at a low, measured dose, and the pool is kept still by a field nobody outside the Collective has been allowed to study. Outsiders find the experience unsettling the first time and quietly book a second session before they undock.