Earth O'Neill colonies

• Six O'Neill-style colonies constructed c.2031 in orbit of the Sol-Earth L5 point (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
• Developed from nickel-iron asteroids diverted from collision with the Earth in 2031 in the last significant effort of pan-global cooperation prior to the outbreak of World War III (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  • Hollowed out by shaped nuclear charges (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  • Diamond-tipped drilling devices scraped out radioactive remnants (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  • Open gaps at either side capped by transparent aluminum (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  • Lit, powered through captured, reflected sunlight (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
• During mid-21st century, the chief source for various materials only able to be produced in long-term industrial microgravity processes (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  • Genetically engineered pharmaceuticals and crops (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  • Ultrastrong nanotube construction materials (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  • Exotic subatomic particles (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
• All six lost 2058 following erstwhile failure of Earth Station Bozeman warp field experiments (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  • Debris found from all but Vanguard Colony in investigations to follow (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
• Nicknamed the "Hapless Half-Dozen" in the years after (TLE Novel: The Sundered)

Colonies

• Brynner Asteroid
• Moss-Offenhouse Colony
• NicholCorp Colony
• Roykirk Colony
• Starling Habitat
• Vanguard Colony