Timerius is a space station consisting of a pair of O'Neill cylinders. It was built by the Norvelios Corporation as a commission for High Councilman Straka. After he was unable to pay for final delivery the corporation repurposed it as a commercial station in Sector LK96-51 and renamed it Timerius.
The corporation's engineering team was expecting a long vacation after having completed the station for Straka, but had to strap rockets to their work and retrofit it for a new purpose en route. Â Having only recently arrived the changes are still being carried out. The corporate bosses promised a vacation after the station was complete, so when the change of plan came down they could only offer incentives for any who stayed, therefore the remaining engineering team is overworked, understaffed, and flush with cash.
The station is still owned by Norvelios and staffed by their representatives. They maintain a sizeable team of engineers, administrators, teamsters, security personnel, and others to keep the station running and to try to service the needs of the masses coming to this sector.
Norvelios is forbidden by the Frontierswoman's League to do business outside of Timerius; even delivery of products. So, traders come on a regular basis to buy food, water, clothing, mining equipment, and the other necessities of life; and in exchange they fill the cargo decks of Timerius with ores, skins, crystals, and whatever else can be found to pull from these alien worlds. A rotation of three Norvelios cargo haulers (the Decatur, the Austell, and the Woodmere) are always either carting these treasures away to civilised space or are making the return journey loaded with things to keep the settlers going.
Due to its original purpose as an opulent space villa the station is also loaded with a large stock of luxury goods sitting largely untouched in storage halls. The settlers and resource extractors that visit don't have the needed funds to buy any of it, save for the occasional miner who buys a bottle of fine brandy to toast an especially profitable mining season.