Marshal, Journeyman Protector
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Creating a shipyard to be part of the Qena system and support the UGF and allies
- Image Credit: https://wall.alphacoders.com/big.php?i=336924
- Canon: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Links: Kuat
- Shipyards Name: Q-Drive Yards, Qena Shipyards
- Classification: Planetary Shipyards
- Location: Qena System, between the innermost planet and its moon
- Affiliation: United Galactic Federation
- Population: Heavily Staffed
- Accessibility: Though it is located well away from the system's most populated planet, it is heavily trafficed. Access is restricted to the main HQ habitation, with all other areas controlled and secure.
- Description: A huge framework stretching across space with docks ranging from small freighter berths to colossal graving docks for the largest space warships. Habitation blocks and logistics facilities make up part of the yard structure to house the huge work force.
- Production: Military and Civilian vessels from small freighters and personal luxury craft to ultra large warships
- Specialty: Military vessels
- Output: Capable of specialized craftsmanship or high output at a minimum standard
- Market: Open to outside commerce
HQ - A large square module with its own hangars, this houses the administration of the fleet yards, a sales office, and the control center. Here also is based the yards' security force. This is the only section of the shipyard open to visitors, with all the amenities including multiple showroom floors with extensive holographic displays. Tours of the facilities are run from here, allowing visitors to visit the yards up close.
Tramworks - The inside of much of the yards' framework is taken up by the heavy freight tram lines that move cargo from receieving docks to the construction sites. Fully automated and enclosed, this high speed system is key to the efficient operation of the shipyard.
Recieving Docks - Huge hangars that serve as a drop off point for the unending lines of freighters transporting components from the nearby moon forges. These hangar docks are all linked with the yards' internal transport system.
SECURITY
Medium
Security is very basic and covers internal security, with the yards relying on the local defence force for protection. The yards themselves are civilian rather than military structures, and are not built for combat. There are usually some warships with additional troops on station nearby.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Originally built as a solar observatory in orbit of the system's innermost planet Proxis, the space station was small and unimportant for the early part of its history. Much later, when the mineral wealth of Proxis' moon Alu was discovered and exploited, the station was bought and expanded into a shipyard.
The shipyards were small at first, and have been rebuilt several times over their long history. The third rebuild set out a sensible and efficient design that could be expanded ad infinitum at need. This design remained over the centuries, growing ever larger. Twice the entire yard structure has been refitted to expand the internal transport network capacity.
In its modern incarnation, the yards can be said to rival those of anywhere else in the galaxy in terms of quality and quantity. Thousands of starships can be built or refitted, with the shipyards constantly resupplied by the nearby industrial moon. It has contributed much to the growth of the economy of the Qena System, and has been the primary supplier of its planetary defense force.
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