Built in and on 35 kilometers of nickel-iron asteroid, the space city Shang Ra'la houses the ruling family of the Jade Empire: Empress Halla Terrablade and Emperor Braily Terrablade. Skyscrapers reach up kilometers from the asteroid's upper surface, but they are only part of the massive city that reaches into the planetoid's core. A mixture of architecture from planets of Sandia and the Jade Worlds, the city houses three quarters of a million people, and encompasses residencies and embassies for notables of every description. Although not in any circumstances a warship, for the sake of the royal family's security it is protected by a light planetary shield generator and the weaponry of an Imperial Mark II. Huge docking bays can accommodate small capital ships.