Inside the Quiver

As a safeguard against their offensive forces being destroyed on the ground, the Terran Protectorate built deep space storage and launch facilities for their long-range strategic bombers whose locations are only known to their commanding officers and high command. Similar to how the old U.S. placed teams in missile silos for extended periods of time, the crews of these bomber squadrons have little knowledge of what's going on in the outside galaxy, and are in a constant state of readiness. They only have a vague idea of where their station is located, and are under a communications blackout for a six-month tour.
Each of these launch facilities holds a squadron of bombers. Because the bombers themselves are known as Javelins, their berths have become known as Quivers.