Medina Station

Location from The Expanse by James S.A. Corey

The converted Behemoth, permanently stationed at the center of the Ring Space. Controls access to all 1,373 gates. Whoever holds Medina holds the crossroads of human civilization — and everyone knows it.

Also known as: Medina, Medina Station

What They Know

• Built from the converted Behemoth (originally the Nauvoo), permanently positioned at the center of the Ring Space hub
• Controls access to all 1,373 ring gates — the single chokepoint for all interstellar travel and trade
• The Ring Space enforces a speed limit — ships exceeding it are consumed by the same entities that killed the Ring Builders
• Drummer established the first OPA administration and transit protocols for gate traffic
• Laconia seized Medina Station as its first strategic objective when projecting power back into Sol system
• The station was eventually destroyed during the final conflict with Laconia, eliminating the central chokepoint

Connections

• controlled_by — drummer
• located_in — ring_space
• part_of — ring_space

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