The forward HQ is a command station. It is a relay and a command post in the Infonet, the network of relays that carries orders to ships: it covers its own system and every system one jump away, and orders sent to ships in those systems enter the Infonet there without further hops.
Construction
A Constructor builds it from control units, containers, panels and concrete. It takes as long to build as an anchorage, longer than any other station.
Facilities
- A Dock that takes ships up to a cruiser, like a Port's.
- An Armory for arming ships.
- Defence batteries, point defence arrays and a sensor array for defence.
- A firewall, a monitor and a data warehouse for controlling and recording packet traffic.
- A key vault for making keys and signing and opening what its owner sends and receives.
Comparison
A Relay station's Uplink covers only its own system. A flagship has the same coverage as a forward HQ and carries it wherever it goes.