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According to the stories of the members of the c-base, the space station crashed due to unstable conditions in its orbit after exiting a time warp. At that time there was a number of highly technological advanced and heretofore undiscovered lifeforms aboard the station. Much evidence of its existence
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Seventeen people founded c-base e. V. in the autumn of 1995. In the years 2002 and 2003 the BerlinBackBone project was launched to make available and promote free public access to the internet via wireless community networks. Also in 2003 the c-base association began staging weekly meetings of
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The c-base is a system of seven concentric rings that can move in relation to one another. Each ring is considered a single module with a special set of functions. The rings are called (from the centre out) "core", "com", "culture", "creactiv", "cience", "carbon" and "clamp".
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generator. The central computer of the c-base, "c-beam", is also located there. The second ring, com, harbours the space ports, hangars and communication devices including the interstellar communication module recently identified as
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scientists. Other evidence, such as the multifunctional space station module, which ejected during the crash, is now under intense research and makes up the current premises of the c-base association.
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The location for c-base is accompanied by a myth. This myth says that there are remnants of a space station called c-base underneath the city centre of Berlin. The space station's antenna is the
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by the Chaos Computer Club. The following three rings, culture, creactiv and cience, host devices serving culture, creativity and science. The latter ring is also the location of the
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The premises of the c-base association host a lot of different events (parties, presentations, theatrical performances, concerts and art exhibitions), such as Cosmic Open Stage.
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The association's headquarters, c-base station, is also used by other initiatives and groups in and around Berlin as an event location or as function rooms, for example the
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group. Any group that identifies themselves with the purpose of the c-base are also welcome to use the premises for meetings and events.
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There is currently only a printed edition of the collected knowledge about the space station, known as the "space almanack" (Ger.:
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Apart from the main purpose of the c-base association the members are also engaged in many other activities, for example
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is said to be in and around Berlin, including the aforementioned antenna, which was (according to stories) unmasked by
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musicians, called Cosmic Open Stage, thus providing a platform for well known or unknown musicians to hold
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Episode 430, "Tödliches Labyrinth" and Episode 691 "Tod einer Heuschrecke" of German television series
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or to give concerts. Since 2004 the premises of the c-base association are also used in cooperation by
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The c-base society is also present at events of the Chaos Computer Club like the
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The inner ring, core, provides a nonterminating supply of energy produced by a
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The Knowledge local chapter has met at c-base regularly since 2004.
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c-base at myspace.com showing videos and music of some members
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in the world. It, along with The Loft in San Diego, USA and
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Founding assembly of the German Pirate Party (2006)
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