Deorbiting of the station.

[Pigbear1]

what is the station orbiting, anyway? earth? mars? or is it out in the asteroid belts, since mining can suck in asteroids so quickly?

Pretty sure according to LORE it is orbitting a star where they get their plasma supply.

Nope, it's the only plasma gas giant in the known galaxy that the station orbits
Although that actually varies from server to server.