Treasure station

A treasure station was a space station, often civilian, that served a triple purpose as a trading post, a public storage facility, and a bank. A fleet of merchant ships that primarily dealt between treasure stations or directly served the treasure station's owners was known as a treasure fleet. During the Imperial era, the valuable content of all treasure stations and treasure ships within Imperial Space was collectively referred to as the Imperial Civilian Treasury, though this term could also be applied to public reserves held by sole-purpose banks.