Judith said:
I'm firmly of the conviction that Travis was lying about the 30 years - he
just
wanted to cause Blake as much distress as possible. [snip supporting
evidence]
I think Star One was built originally as an alien defence system, and then
the
decision was made to move central control there at a later date.
But I'll never know why it wasn't set up explicitly as a top-secret, elite post with a colony of super-loyalists? Sooner or later, SOMETHING was bound to go wrong or at least need routine maintenance after the lifespans of the Star One denizens.
-(Y)