More world-building stuff, featuring an idea I've had floating around for a while...

One idea I've thought about off-and-on over the years is that of turning a large asteroid into some sort of space station or colony--once the useful resources are mined out, a hollowed-out asteroid could provide a decent site for setting up a colony, mining or smelting facility, space station, outpost, military base, or a number of other useful facilities. Deep within an asteroid belt, a mining company did just that, converting a large, now hollow asteroid into a mobile base of operations. The addition of some engines means the asteroid base can be repositioned as needed, and a large, powerful mass-driver cannon on the front can be used to launch cargo pods on a lower power setting, or used to break apart larger asteroids or as a defense against potential threats on its higher settings.

I haven't gone into great detail about the role interstellar corporations would play in the galaxy as a whole, although such an interplanetary mining corporation is key to the events of the "Tribes of Terminus"/Ridgeback stuff I was working on quite a bit in 2014/2015. Back when I was drawing this, I was considering the possibility of it actually being an abandoned/decommissioned/derelict structure taken over by squatters, nomadic drifters, bandits or pirates--the idea that this old base has become something of a "home ship" for a population of Ysl (the "weasel goblin" race) seeming particularly appealing as it would give me a chance to explore them and their way of life a bit more.