Orbiting in the place of missing Golarion, Absalom Station is the sociopolitical and economic center of the Pact Worlds, a fortress around the Starstone, and the galaxy's preeminent hub of travel, trade, politics, and culture. The Starstone serves as both a seemingly inexhaustible reactor and a powerful Drift beacon, allowing travel to the station from anywhere in the galaxy in less than a week. No one fully understands who built the station or how its deepest systems interface with the artifact below. At the transparent dome center known as the Eye, parks and corridor gardens are woven through skyscrapers hundreds of stories tall. Jatembe Park rings the district like an iris, while institutions such as the Plenara, Kemanis University, and the Arcanamirium anchor the station's political and intellectual life. Extending out from the Eye is the Ring, where districts like Drifter's End, the Freemarkets, and the Congregation draw travelers with food, lodging, entertainment, private security hiring, and near-endless commerce. Beyond the Ring are the Arms, where docks and bays connect visitors to neighborhoods tailored to radically different life-support needs, from Fogtown and the Puddles to the Vesk Quarter and Little Akiton. Ships that do not dock join the semi-permanent Armada, where minimally taxed businesses operate in exchange for helping defend the station. Beneath it all hangs the Spike, which contains the station's critical infrastructure and Starstone interface but is packed with hazards: unstable systems, strange leakages, gang territories, scavenger settlements, and the flickering liminal region called the Ghost Levels. The station remains in uneasy recovery after the Newborn crisis triggered a system-wide blackout and intense Ghost Levels activity. Daily life is still vibrant and diverse, with communities from across the Pact Worlds and beyond sharing culture, faith, work, and art, but fears over energy instability, gang conflict, and external threats remain high. Primex Kantol's administration, the Stewards, civic factions, mystics, and engineers are all under pressure to secure Absalom Station's future before another shock tests the station's defenses and leadership.