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.