X7 Factory Station

Description
At more than four times the size of a typical, planet-bound factory, the X7 Factory Station provides some distinct advantages to offset the additional cost and danger of creating such a facility in space. When operating under its maximum crew level it can produce ships at a rate often alarming to enemy forces.

The X7 has four docking bays which have the space and equipment necessary for producing freighters and fighters. However, its power plant is only capable of outputting sufficient power for production in one bay at a time. While inactive, the other bays are used largely for storage of both raw materials and manufactured ships, which is of great value to many operators. Likewise, the X7's docking port allows for the convenient exchange of materials and ships to and from its holds with a capital-class supply ship.

Though the X7 is outfitted with half a dozen heavy lasers, its arsenal is rarely used and would prove ineffective in fending off most attackers. When defense is an issue, fighter squadrons (often produced by the facility itself, and manned by its crew) are assigned to the task. The station's laser batteries are generally used to repel any space debris that might threaten its integrity, while its tractor beam is used primarily to aid in production.

Construction Statistics
AVG Build Time: AVG Build Cost: CA RM Price:: 44,870,145 Cr

Affiliation: - Phoenix Recycling Corporation

Raw Material Requirements: Quantum (Used in Armour): 773 Meleenium (Durasteel): 1,534 Ardanium (Fuel Canisters): 180 Rudic (Electronics): 212 Rock Ivory (Antigrav Unit): 90 Tibanna Gas (Blasters / Lasers): 33 Varium (Droids / Equipment): 4,270 Lommite (Transparisteel): 573

Construction Examples
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