Alpha Quadrant (zone)

One of the largest stations in existence, the Sky Meadows is a gigantic orbital plantation, growing mostly wheat and, to a smaller extent, other crop. To sustain an artificial plantation of that size, biologists and engineers had to implement a complete ecosystem including microbiology, insects and even small mammals. The construction of the Sky Meadows took half a decade and the work of several thousand engineers. However, even then, establishing and balancing the ecosystem saw constant failures over more than a decade until it finally reached equilibrium at 12 years after completion of the structure. Today, a crew of 150 gardeners, workers and engineers run the complex and many of them live there permanently with their families. To them, the Sky Meadows is not only a working place and a job - it is their home.