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- Intent: To submit a line of energy harvesting stations for the Mechanicum.
- Image Source: (x) STO Concept Art by Ryan Dening
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- Manufacturer: Confederacy of Independent Systems | The Mechanicum
- Model: Harvester-class Orbital Refinery
- Affiliation: (x) The Mechanicum, (x) Confederacy of Independent Systems, Closed-Market
Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Asteroid Fragments, Durasteel, Alusteel, Solarium Glasteel
- Classification: Energy Harvesting/Refinery Platform
- Length: 2500 meters
- Width: 2500 meters
- Height: 3000 meters
- Armament: None
- Defenses: Very High
Heavy Reinforced Molecular Shield Generator - Redundant Ray Shield Generator
- Reinforced Particle Shield Generator
[*]Hangar:
- Multiple Small Civilian Docking Bays
- Bulk/Heavy Freighter Mooring
[*]Maneuverability Rating: Very Low
[*]Speed Rating: Very Low
[*]Hyperdrive Class: Very Slow: 10
- Standard Sensor Array
- Escape Pods
- Hypermatter Annihilation Reactor Network
- HoloNet Transceiver
- Long-range Communications Array
- Reinforced Hull Plating
- Standard Life Support Systems
- Tractor Beams (x32)
Molecular Shields: Like most Mechanicum ships and structures, the Harvester-class is outfitted with cutting edge molecular shielding. These platforms are extraordinarily well protected, with shield power rated well beyond the average civilian grade.
Energy Drill: Utilizing standard methods of energy mining, the drill platform fires plasma bolts to disintegrate a target area. This process can be deployed in vacuum to break up valuable asteroids and other more solid sources of potential energy.
Gas Collectors: Likewise similar to most standard forms of resource acquisition technology across the galaxy, Harvester refineries are fitted with an abundance of gas collectors to mine profitable gas giants and nebulae.
Fuel Processing: The Harvester-class was designed as an all-in-one orbital facility, capable of not only extracting raw energy sources, but processing that energy into a refined product. These orbital refineries, when deployed, serve as miniature reservoirs of starship fuel and power cells.
- Defensive Stronghold: Equipped with the most potent shielding available on civilian markets, Mechanicum enginseers have optimized power distribution to further increase performance. This is not entirely a defensive precaution, Harvester-class refineries are meant to operate in some of the most adverse conditions imaginable, and powerful shielding is at times critical in enduring spiking conditions within hostile environments.
- Gas Refinery: Although they can be deployed for more conventional asteroid and rare earth mining duties, the true utility of the Harvester-class lies in its ability to mine and process gaseous resources. Often deployed in orbit of a gias giant or throughout certain nebulae, these refineries are capable of producing their own galaxy-compatible energy sources en mass.
- Singular Focus: The Harvester-class is an orbital refinery, and that is all it will ever be. Its purpose is handcrafted throughout the very design itself, each component in some way related to energy harvesting operations. Theoretically the energy drill could be used as a breaching weapon, but such a circumstance would be so unlikely given the refineries' size and slow maneuvering thrusters.
- Explosive Reaction: Orbital refineries collect and process highly unstable raw materials at an ideally continuous rate. Any enemy fire which breached the refinery's shields and penetrated far enough into its hull could set off a chain reaction that would eviscerate the entire superstructure.
Originally designed to exploit pockets of Clouzon-36 within Zhar's upper atmosphere, since that time Harvester-class refineries have seen use in asteroid fields and nebulae throughout the Confederacy. Operated both by Mechanicum servitors drones and independent third parties, this industrial station is a rapidly growing source of space based energy harvesting.
The Harvester's dual role as a collector of resources both from asteroids and gaseous pockets makes it an all purpose tool for larger organizations looking to exploit claims on untapped resources. The Mechanicum never does anything small, so while the refinery's size may be intimidating to smaller scale groups, its machine cult manufacturers' tendency towards automation means that Harvesters are crewable by a skeleton staff at the cost of reduced output efficiency.
