Arcturus Station
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August 19, 2162 CE |
Destroyed: |
June 2, 2186 CE |
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5.2km |
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6.5km |
Population: |
1.67 million |
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City |
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7 eezo cores. |
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- "The crown on the head of the Systems Alliance."
- — David E. Anderson describing Arcturus Station
Arcturus Station was a space station in the Arcturus system of the Arcturus Stream cluster, and was the former capital of the Systems Alliance. Construction of the station began in 2151 CE and concluded in 2162 CE, and it served as the home of the Alliance Parliament, as well as the Alliance First Fleet. The station came under attack when the Reapers invaded Alliance space on June 2, 2186 CE at the outbreak of the Reaper War. The First and Third fleets were recalled to defend the station from the enemy assault, but the Reapers charged the station en masse, numbering in the hundreds and the thousands. Mostly ignoring the Alliance's efforts to protect the station, the Reapers effortlessly destroyed Arcturus Station and, as a result, wiped out the Alliance parliament. It was later replaced by Epitaph Station following the war.