{
  "_comment": "SPACE STATIONS — free-space settlements (deepSpaceStation, waypoint) rendered as world objects (js/entities/Station.js). enabled = draw them in-world (solid + discoverable + comms targets); shipClearance = the edge gap the ship holds at their surface (px — never crosses, like planets); compassColor = the compass-arrow accent for stations (red — planets get green from data/planets.json, clusters their own gray from data/asteroids.json); kinds.<kind>.size = the station's keepout radius (px — the wings/ring extent); kinds.<kind>.ringSpeed = the deep-space station's ring rotation (rad/s, the procedural fallback only). texture/frameWidth/frameHeight = the station spritesheet (frame 0 = top-left); variants = the sheet frames a DEEP-SPACE STATION may wear — the galaxy-wide pass (js/galaxy/StationFrames.js) spreads them across the galaxy (a system avoids what its nearest stars already wear, like the planet frames — js/galaxy/PlanetFrames.js). typeLabels = the comms/HUD label a variant reads as (keyed by sheet frame — the fallback for an unlabeled frame is the kind's label, data/settlements.json → kinds.<kind>.label). The landing/surface/take-off/shop clips a variant plays come from data/landing.json → stationVideos (same sheet-frame key) — surface/shop are null until they are authored.",
  "enabled": true,
  "texture": "assets/images/spacestations.png",
  "frameWidth": 256,
  "frameHeight": 256,
  "variants": [0, 1, 2],
  "typeLabels": {
    "0": "Colony Station",
    "1": "Smuggler Outpost",
    "2": "Research Station"
  },
  "shipClearance": 50,
  "compassColor": "#ff4d5e",
  "kinds": {
    "deepSpaceStation": {
      "size": 108,
      "ringSpeed": 0.08
    },
    "waypoint": {
      "size": 46
    }
  }
}