Space Dock-Class Space Station

Space-Dock-Class Space Station



For many years various civilian companies depended on single-ship orbital platform facilities for the construction and maintenance of its starships. However, the rapid expansion of the spheres during the early 44th century was fuelling an increase in the size of civilian expansion and the existing platforms were becoming unable to cope with the workload. By 4300 Nemo was petitioning for a major new orbital facility to be built, and in 4309 it was decided to proceed with this project. The requirement was for a space station which would put all the refining, processing, manufacturing and assembly facilities required for manufacture and maintenance of starships into one place. When finished in 4344 the station was essentially a small city, dedicated to Starship production - cargo ships would bring raw materials in at one end of the line, starships would roll out at the other. This enabled various shipyards to eliminate much of the transportation requirements previously involved in starship construction; the resources saved by this centralization covered the initial outlay for Spacedock within ten years. Once it was realized that such efficiency savings could be achieved, it was decided to proceed with further stations in other major centers of Starship production. Civilian companies has continued to add new Spacedock facilities to its inventory ever since, with the total now up to ?. Many different sensor and weapon suites have been utilized on these stations over the years, the most recent being improvements to the shields to counter various threats. During the last five years the shipyards have seen a marked upswing in the level of activity directed toward it. With the advent of the Hephaestus ship docks and the newer Armadillo and Turtle-Class Shipyard Stations the Spacedocks were all converted to civilian habitats. 