• Location: Central Core of Morningstar, Inner Ring
• Address: West–East-Street 1
• Surroundings: Directly opposite the Morningstar Guarding Trooper Station

From mid-2626 through 2631, Morningstar’s Local Community Center anchored the settlement’s civic life — housing the elected Contact Person’s office, civil-registry archives, and the two-week referendum hall. A fortified sub-basement vault contains the Morningstar Local GAIA Hub, a Tier-B node delivering local planning, crisis modeling, and permit services with the help of the AI GAIA.

After the Peace Treaty and the founding of the Federal Confederation in 2632, it became the Mayor’s Office of Morningstar.

• Construction Material: Laminated hardwood beams with recycled shuttle-canopy glass from the Last Frontier in high windows
• Floors: Ground-floor foyer & assembly hall; second-floor offices & archives; sub-basement GAIA vault
• Façade: Straight-lined timber cladding with reinforced plinths, echoing the grid-plan streets
• Roof Fixtures: Short-wave signal antenna - connected to the Shortwave Radio Network – for GAIA uplinks and community broadcasts

Sub-Basement – Morningstar GAIA Hub Vault

• Optical Core Racks: Armored photonic processors
• Power & Cooling: Primary Quantum Fusion Battery (≈18 months autonomy)
• Emergency Egress: 30 m lateral escape shaft leading to the Guarding Trooper Station
• Access Control: Salvaged Last Frontier security door, overseen by a stationed Guarding Bot

Ground Floor – Public Foyer & Assembly Hall

• Foyer: Bulletin boards, proposal drop-slots, and two rugged holo-kiosks with monochrome lightfields (for GAIA queries and alerts)
• Assembly Hall: Tiered benches facing a dais for the Contact Person
• Referendum Booths: Four secure ballot stations; overseen by a Guarding Bot during votes
• Public Restrooms: Two unisex stalls with AuroraSan fixtures

Second Floor – Administration & Records

• Contact Person’s Office: Desk with holo-dashboard for settlement reports, referenda status, GAIA summaries
• Clerk’s Alcove: Civil-registry, land-title files, permit ledgers
• GAIA Operator’s Office: Hardened holo-terminal for module uploads, crisis-model controls, emergency “vault-quarantine” panel
• Archive: Shelves of scrolls, deeds, logs, and Shellac Records (short-wave GAIA updates sent from “The Kernel” every 10–14 days)
• Staff Restroom: One unisex stall with AuroraSan fixtures

Exterior Grounds

• Courier Desk: Drop-off for sealed GAIA queries and official notices
• Hoo Parking Zone: Tether posts for visitor and courier Hoos

Perpetual dusk filters through high shuttle-glass windows into a hushed foyer scented of cedar and old parchment. A gentle hiss of steam-coil cooling hums beneath timber walls. In the assembly hall, muted shafts of twilight light caress polished benches while two energy-saving holo-kiosks glow softly beside the dais, tended by a small queue of citizens. Outside, Guarding Bots patrol the plaza in even circuits, their servo-whirs the only sound in Morningstar’s twilight calm.

• Contact Person (1): Chairs assemblies; represents Morningstar at quarterly Settler’s Council sessions
• Clerk (1): Maintains records, issues permits, tallies ballots
• Ballot Monitors (2): Secure referendum booths during voting
• GAIA Operator (1): Maintains hub integrity, runs crisis models, uploads updates
• Guarding Bots (2): One patrol bot in foyer; one cell-guard in GAIA vault
• Cleaning Bot (1): Sweeps floors, clears drop-slots, polishes glass