=The Flytrap= 
**Orbit:** Earth-Luna L1
**Station Type:** [[Toruses|Torus]]
Originally a resort habitat called De Milo, this torus’s amenities were not available to the public, having been designed, built, and created as a private getaway for the OneCom hypercorp’s top execs and their favored guests. A sumptuous private clubhouse, the De Milo offered the finest food, wine, accommodations, and service in a lush, arboreal, low-gravity setting. OneCom privately boasted about the torus’s vineyards, groves, pools, and gardens, and even populated this carefully sculpted wilderness with unique wildlife—exclusively-licensed chimera provided by [[Ecologene]].
De Milo was digitally invaded by the TITANs early on during the Fall. Though some of the residents and guests managed to escape, hundreds died, apparently turned against each other (a likely sign of exsurgent infection). A half-hearted attempt to destroy the station merely succeeded in taking out a segment of the torus’s rim, leaving a gaping hole in the wheel. Shortly after the Fall, LLA military units investigated, swept, and reclaimed the torus, finding no signs of active TITANs or their machines. OneCom never survived the decapitation of its leadership from the TITAN attack, among other Fall-era incidents that effectively caused the corp to collapse (and be consumed by its rivals). The LLA seized on the lack of ownership and turned the torus into an ad hoc refugee camp, shuttling in hundreds of destitute survivors from overcrowded habitats elsewhere. From the beginning this arrangement faced problems, as the torus’s environmental systems were severely damaged, and little effort was made to clean up or restore the wreckage and debris from the TITAN attack. This situation backfired not long after, when tensions between two rival ethnic groups, housed together in cramped and frightening conditions, erupted in riots, leaving dozens dead. The LLA was forced to relocate many of the refugees, then decided to wash their hands of the matter. The remaining staff and residents were left to handle the habitat on their own, many of whom fled rather than live in a habitat they found to be depressing and weird.
In the years since, the decrepit habitat has continued to change. The still-unfixed environmental systems damage means that the torus has been overcome with sepsis and rot. The air within is difficult to breathe at best, and respirators are recommended. The stench is overwhelming. The fora within the station has mutated and exploded out-of-control, with entire segments of the habitat now overtaken with foliage, mold, and spores. A nominal population of squatters still resides here, waging a battle of sorts against their environment. Now nicknamed the Flytrap, this station is notable as a waystation for brinkers and others who need to conduct business in an out-of-the-way place. More interesting to sentinels, however, are the reports of new animal life-form sightings within the station. While these may be survivors from the habitat’s original stock of gengineered animals, the history of exsurgent infection on this station raises potential links and concerns.

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