Space factory

a typical space factory that can be found anywhere. A primary system might well have hundreds and secondary systems might have several.

A wheel-shaped station massing 10,000 tons (SM +10), this facility is a small manufacturing complex or corporate R&D facility. It includes engineering labs for projects too dangerous for an inhabited world, or ones in which micro- gravity and/or hard vacuum are useful.

The station spins to simulate gravity, but one fabricator complex is in the non-spinning central spoke to take advantage of zero-G for those processes that benefit from it. Above the installation are large solar panels providing power for its factories. It’s a fairly austere environment with little in the way of luxuries. Employees are usually rotated out every four to six months.

Front Hull System

• [1] Steel Armor.
• [2-5] Solar Panel Array (total four Power Points).
• [6] Hangar Bay (300 tons capacity).*
• [core] Control Room (C7 computer, comm/sensor 8,and only four control stations).*

Central Hull System

• [1] Steel Armor
• [2-3!] Fabricators ($500K/hour production capacity each).*
• [4-6] Cargo Holds (500 tons each).
• [core] Habitat (15 bunkrooms, 14 cabins and one luxury cabin, two establishments, large lab, and four-bed sickbay).*

Rear Hull System

• [1] Steel Armor (dDR 10).
• [2!] Fabricator ($500K/hour production capacity).*
• [3-5] Cargo Holds (500 tons each).
• [6!] Fabricator ($500K/hour production capacity).*

* One workspace per system.

It has spin gravity (0.2G). Each shift is manned by a station- master, deputy, sensor and communications operators, medic, engineering officer, seven technicians, and 10 researchers.

The TL 10 version that has been the most commonly constructed for the last 30 years is same except the advanced armor materials give dDR 15, the computers are C9 and the comm/sensor is 9.