This is one of the early concept sketches for the "Smooth Flying" game environment I created in the Blender Game Engine. A strong influence was an image by Jason Stokes for Arena Net/Guild Wars called "Land Fishing" (Spectrum 15 - page 127). We'll have to presume that this planet is not all that windy otherwise this structure would soon be scattered across the countryside.
This was the concept design for one of the pickup bases.