Approved Location Centerpoint Shipyards

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a Confederation Owned shipyard for the Corellian Confederation
• ​Image Credit: "Halo: Warfleet" by Darren Bacon
• Canon: Centerpoint Station [Ruins]
• Links: N/A

SETTING INFORMATION

• Shipyards Name: Centerpoint Shipyards
• Classification: Orbital Shipyard and Deep-Dock Network
• Location: Centerpoint; Between the Twin Worlds
• Affiliation: Corellian Confederation
• Population: Heavily Staffed
• Accessibility: Areas of Centerpoint Shipyards are open to the public such as the Observatory and Centerpoint Museum. However most of the shipyards are heavily patrolled and were restricted space. High ranking members of the military, Corellian Shipbuilding Coorporations, and certain members of Corellian politics were given variable levels of access. Individual companies also kept their branches of the shipyard rather tight lipped to avoid corporate espionage.
• Description: Constructed from the ancient remains of Centerpoint Station, Centerpoint Shipyards were a collection orbital of deep-docks and shipyard stations both small and large. Massive in size and scope the shipyard was instrumental in the economy of Corellia, repairing the few battlecruisers utilized by the Corellian Confederation and other major factions. It was also the main shipyard utilized by the Corellian Confederation during their secret rearming. Centerpoint Shipyard was thus heavily patrolled by Corellian Confederation ships and a vital part to the system's economy. It was mostly staffed by Corellian Belters and transient workers but they did utilize a large amount of droid labor as well.

OPERATIONS INFORMATION

• Production: Up to Battlecruiser-Class ships
• Specialty: Starfighters, Destroyer-Class Vessels [1000-2000] and Battlecruisers
• Output: Centerpoint Shipyards were able to rapidly produce vessels in its specialties as they are a main focus, but medium sized vessels take longer than they would at an "all-rounder" type shipyard.
• Market: Non Dark-Side factions

POINTS OF INTEREST

• Centerpoint Museum: A museum dedicated to Corellian Naval History. While the history itself is very pro-Corellian and skewed towards the legendary rather than the factual, most if not all of the artifacts were incredibly close to replicas, though its claim to fame was a hangar that held what the museum swore was the real and legit Millennium Falcon.
• Observatory : A relaxing atrium-like room with a food court. The wide panels of the view screen give visitors a great view of ships as they enter and leave the shipyards as well as the fleet that protected it. The glass was interactive and would give short exciting summaries of ships that passed by with the press of your hand on the glass.
• Starbound Industries Yard: The shipyard space dedicated to Starbound Industries projects
• Corellian Engineering Corporation Yard: The shipyard space dedicated to CEC projects
• Hangar Stations: CDF fighter hangars. They float near various berths, docks, etc and provide a place for patrolling starfighters to refuel and rearm.

SECURITY: Maximum
The shipyards at Centerpoint were defended by the Corellian Home Fleet's Tallus and Trallus task forces. Though the task forces' job was to defend the twin worlds as well, it was large enough to fend off most attackers and was a large portion of the Corellian Home Fleet. Centerpoint Shipyards' proximity to Corellia also afforded it the benefit of being only a short hyperpsace jump away from the other task forces of the Home Fleet. The defensive core however was a Golan Star Fortress station. The shipyard's various platforms and berths had rudimentary deflector shields and small hangar bays floated nearby.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Constructed from the remnants of Centerpoint Station, Centerpoint Shipyards were founded several hundred years before the Gulag Plague decimated the Galaxy. Instrumental in the economy of Corellia, Centerpoint Shipyards grew to be the largest public shipyard in the system. Owned by the member worlds of the Corellian System, several companies utilized their facilities as their own including the once legendary Corellian Engineering Corporation. Companies would pay hefty fees on top of their discounts to utilize the shipyard facilities on a regular basis which made working at the shipyards incredibly lucrative, developing a wealthy working class in the system. However during the Gulag Plague production stalled to nearly a halt as fewer and fewer workers came in for work. To make up for their loss in credits a number of droids were utilized to ramp production back up, but to no avail.

While reports during this time were hazy at best, it is believed that the advanced Artificial Intelligence Omni took control of the shipyards during its one year crusade on the Alliance. In its weakened state the Alliance nearly lost control of the system. A grand battle took place at Centerpoint Shipyards as part of a coordinated strike against Omni's largest facilities. After the war, the shipyard was left incredibly damaged and fear of another droid uprising resulted in the shutting down and recycling of all droids on the station. Centerpoint Shipyards would stay in disrepair until around the mid 700s ABY. While the Plague was still running rampant across the Galaxy, the Core was slowly beginning to stabilize and Corellia along with it.

Full reconstruction of the shipyards was completed in 840 ABY and Centerpoint Shipyards were promptly thrown into overdrive, producing parts and repair services to the Omega Pyre mercenaries and subsequent Omega Protectorate navy. Its significance was such that despite the many battles that occurred in the system between its reconstruction and current day, most factions ignored the space around the station as the loss of such an asset in battle would defeat the purpose of capturing the system which had once again risen to prominence due to its shipyards. In more recent times the newly recognized Corellian Confederation has made heavy use of the shipyards in producing its navy and has also profited a great deal economically from placing heavy fees on the New Republic for its use as one of the only major shipyards in its territory capable of producing and repairing battlecruiser sized vessels. After Corellia left the New Republic and forged the Corellian Confederation the shipyards were nationalized and continued to be a source of income for the burgeoning galactic power.