Just an amusing Mass Effect thing.

[ladyofshalott06]

I was googling some things for my Mass Effect short stories, and I came across something called the Stanford Torus. Stated simply, it's a specific type of rotating ring space station. Nothing particularly unique about that in space station concepts. Except... this is the interior:




So if we just take a look at the Stanford Torus next to Mass Effect's Citadel Presidium...

Stanford Torus:



Presidium:



Stanford Torus:



Presidium:



But wait! There's more!

Meet the Kalpana One Space Settlement concept.





Well, you can't tell me the Mass Effect team didn't do their research.