The Space Station Terra is the primary recognizance
platform of the United Nations. The flying city
received the valuable data and figures from the
JX-2 Eagle when it was sent out to study the collapsed
Gorath Star. This space station also served as
a loading dock for the Eagle craft, and refilled
the ship's hull with the priceless fuel it needed.
After they had gathered all the information they
could from the Gorath star, the Terra returned
to Earth. The UN did not want the multibillion-dollar
piece of machinery be caught in the path of the
hurling body.
Later, in 1988, the space station is destroyed
as part of the Messiah 13's bid for conquest of
Earth. The craft is ripped apart from the attack,
as pieces of the station drift through space.