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It's one of them rotating-wheel space stations that all the cool kids are talking about...

At 3085 meters in diameter, Artemis I is the largest object to occupy the Earth-Moon L5 point. The station spins at a rate of .666 (spooky!) rpm's, generating a comfortable ~.72 g's along the outer ring, and ~.48 and ~.13 g's along the middle and inner rings, respectively (the amount of force within each ring varies slightly depending on which level you're on). The central hub rotates independently of the rest of the structure, maintaining a fixed position relative to the outside of the station for ease of docking; this also makes it ideal for zero-G manufacturing. The central hub also serves as the terminus for a long tether that leads to... something (the power plant for the station? I haven't decided yet). Regularly spaced along the outer edge of the station are 120 escape pods, which can theoretically be used to evacuate the entire station in less than 5 minutes (emphasis on "theoretically"; it just sounded good in my head). The six spokes contain elevators for travel to and from the central hub (with access to the hub itself being provided by an independent system of mag-lev trams), as well as a "Mass Redistribution System" to prevent the station from spinning off-axis.

Description
It's one of them rotating-wheel space stations that all the cool kids are talking about...

At 3085 meters in diameter, Artemis I is the largest object to occupy the Earth-Moon L5 point. The station spins at a rate of .666 (spooky!) rpm's, generating a comfortable ~.72 g's along the outer ring, and ~.48 and ~.13 g's along the middle and inner rings, respectively (the amount of force within each ring varies slightly depending on which level you're on). The central hub rotates independently of the rest of the structure, maintaining a fixed position relative to the outside of the station for ease of docking; this also makes it ideal for zero-G manufacturing. The central hub also serves as the terminus for a long tether that leads to... something (the power plant for the station? I haven't decided yet). Regularly spaced along the outer edge of the station are 120 escape pods, which can theoretically be used to evacuate the entire station in less than 5 minutes (emphasis on "theoretically"; it just sounded good in my head). The six spokes contain elevators for travel to and from the central hub (with access to the hub itself being provided by an independent system of mag-lev trams), as well as a "Mass Redistribution System" to prevent the station from spinning off-axis.