Tarbarossa-class orbital platform

The Tarborossa-class orbital platform was a type of satellite used by the Srav Federation during the Cruentusian War. Equipped with a number of nuclear weapons, the satellite was capable of firing at targets in orbit and on a surface, and was nominally automated, although it had onboard facilities for emergencies and for maintenance purposes. Networks of Tarborossas protected key Srav worlds, which the Sravs considered inpregnable, but they lacked sufficient defences against concentrated fighter and capital ship attack.

Behind the scenes
'Tarbarossa' is a play on Barbarossa.