Retribution

Retribution was a Guardian Fleet starbase in Earth orbit that became property of the Martian Republic after the plasma bombing of Earth in the year 3000. In 3001, the Vanguard leased Retribution for the headquarters of its new operations. David Ransom Porter, commander of the VES Minerva and Retribution, nearly destroyed the starbase in an attempt to drive off the Lem'ing when that paranoid alien race invaded the known worlds. The base was destroyed in 3002 by remote destruct thanks to President Lazarus Blades, dwelling in an undersea Earth colony called Safeharbor, who wanted to eliminate the only link between the submarine colonies and the outer galaxy: A teleportal within the infrastructure of Retribution.