Asgard

The Asgard is a space elevator from the Rescue Bots portion of the Aligned continuity family.

A creation of Doctor Anna Baranova, the Asgard is a large space elevator, a small space station launched into orbit using a massive laser. Sharing many design similarities with the Midgard, the Asgard has four pods, each assigned a specific function: greenhouse, laboratory, living quarters, and storage. Designed for long missions in space, it remains tethered to Earth, orbiting at a height of a hundred and forty miles.

Fiction

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The Asgard launch site was the Griffin Rock airport. The launch almost went wrong moments from lift off when one of Huxley Prescott's hover cameras interfered with the lasers, threatening an overload. The station was saved by the swift work of the Rescue Bots, and went on to successfully launch. Once it had reached target altitude, the crew — Doc Greene and Graham Burns — were about to enjoy a meal when the station was struck by a rogue asteroid. With the starboard pod completely gone, the station began losing oxygen rapidly, and the two crewmen took shelter in the greenhouse pod, though it had a cracked window. Using their own ship, the Sigma, the Rescue Bots were able to reach the Asgard in time, with Heatwave spacewalking to the stricken ship and rescuing Doc Greene and Graham. Though he was sucked out of the broken greenhouse window, Heatwave made it back to the Sigma, and the Rescue Bots used their ship to tow the Asgard back to Earth, where they set it down on a beach. Space Bots

Notes

• In Norse mythology, Asgard is the home of the gods.