That's an obsolete design, known as a Torus. Brewer pilots were going mad hauling the endless materials needed for their construction, and Brewer was going broke paying for the materials, especially since, in those days, manufacturing processes didn't allow the production of CMM composites greater than a few dozen tons per hour at any given facility, and their demand drove their cost into the millions per ton on the grey market. Brewer discovered that they could save a fortune and pay fewer mental health claims for their cargo pilots if they reduced the material cost of their stations by moving the hab-ring functions into the superstructure of the hub and deploying the station at faster rotational velocities. Trusses remain to this day on some stations that were refit or were redesigned mid-construction because their removal was not worth the cost. Torus models that could not be downsized were eventually replaced by the more advanced Orbus and Oscellus models. Only one Toroid station still exists, secretly orbiting the eighth moon of an undisclosed gas giant. If you find it, you will find the coordinates to Raxxla.
Sadly, Toroid stations were the only stations ever built that could accommodate the docking needs of the Panther Clipper LX, Gutamaya's flagship cargo vessel. Gutamaya recalled the vessels and claimed damages over Brewer's discontinuation of services, citing breaches of a contract whose details were not publicized, and in a closed-door negotiation, Brewer quietly bought the entire Panther Clipper fleet. Its whereabouts or continued existence is unknown and hotly speculated. Some also speculate that this is a cover story for an illegal trade agreement violating both imperial and federal antitrust laws, and that Brewer paid Gutamaya to recall and resell the vessels to remove the closest cargo-hauling competition to the Drake Class carriers released for private sale a few years later. One Gutamaya spokesperson dismissed these allegations as "preposterous." Brewer has declined to comment.
