https://anarchygames.org/magazine/tags/independent-infrastructure/Recent content in Independent Infrastructure on Cassette Future MagazineHugoen-usTue, 21 Jul 2026 17:31:20 +0000https://anarchygames.org/magazine/2026/07/who-is-building-the-ghost-stations-the-answer-is-more-beautiful-than-you-think/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:31:20 +0000https://anarchygames.org/magazine/2026/07/who-is-building-the-ghost-stations-the-answer-is-more-beautiful-than-you-think/<h1 id="who-is-building-the-ghost-stations-the-answer-is-more-beautiful-than-you-think">Who Is Building the Ghost Stations? The Answer Is More Beautiful Than You Think</h1> <p>I&rsquo;ve hauled ice to seventeen stations that didn&rsquo;t exist on any official chart. You learn to stop being surprised. What you don&rsquo;t stop being is curious.</p> <p>Last cycle, a salvage crew working the Kessel Corridor reported something that didn&rsquo;t fit their mental model: a fully pressurized, self-sustaining habitat ring, approximately four hundred meters diameter, oxygen recyclers running clean, water reclamation at 94% efficiency, fabrication bays stocked and operational. No distress beacon. No registration transponder. Nobody home — but clearly, somebody had been. And before them, somebody had <em>built</em>.</p>