Robotech Factory Satellite

(Version 1.00 - Last Modified: 08/07/2003)

All Robotech Factory Satellites began their lives as an asteroid consisting mainly of iron, silicium, and some rare minerals such as titanium, molybdenum, and vanadium. In 1760, the first Factory Satellite was finished and began replacing the normal shipyards that the Robotech Elders used to maintain their fleets. Soon after, the Robotech Elders decided to concentrate nearly all production of Zentraedi warships in the Factory Satellites, although, the Border Fleet vessels would continue to be produced in Tirolian facilities throughout the empire and the massive shipyard facilities in orbit of Kaberra, Haydon IV, and Tirol would be maintained.

The Robotech Factory Satellites consist of a Main Body, holding the largest of the shipyards, as well as the main systems, the Protoculture Reactor, and the Fold Drive. Attached to the Main Body are four Factory Pods that hold the main mecha production plants and several shipyards each. A large, reinforced access stalk connects the Main Body to each of these Factory Pods. The Main Body has one entrance large enough to allow even a Tirolian Mother Ship (an Azashar Class General Purpose Vessel) access to the inside of the station. The main docking bay housed incoming vessels prior to assignment to a repair dock and newly constructed vessels in the final stages of their construction. All of the construction and repair bays located in the Main Body could be reached from this bay. There are similar docking bays located in the Factory Pods, but they are much smaller than the bay in the Main Body.

There were few defensive installations installed on the station, especially given its size, but it was assumed that the Factory Satellite would always use its fold drive if attacked. As a consequence, the station mounted mainly anti-mecha and anti-missile defense systems. One major aspect of the station's defense revolved around its permanent defensive fleet, a combat division. Numbering several thousand ships, this defensive fleet was often more then enough to deal with any but the most determined attackers.

Ship Information:

• Ship Class: Space Station
• Year Commissioned: 1760 CE
• Crew: 16,500
• Troops:
  • Air Group: 8000
  • Troops: 55,000
  • Total: 63,000
• Total Crew and Troops: 79,500

Vehicle Complement:

• Combat Pod Complement:

23,673	Regult Combat Pod
189	Glaug Battle Pod
3245	Light Artillery Pod
1981	Heavy Artillery Pod
1456	Recon Scout Pod

• Fight Pod Complement:

5408	Raulonve Fighter Pod

• Power Armor Complement:

1962	Nousjaedul-Ger Cavalry Power Armor

• Defense Drone Complement:

10,000	Light Defense Drone
30,000	Heavy Defense Drone

• Other Complement:

17	Glaug Booster Unit
102	Quel Quallie Cyclops Reconnaissance Scout
40	Frandlar Tiluvo Transport Pod
100	Liewneuatzs Personnel Shuttle
1500	Hover Platforms
50	Reflex Warheads (of each type)

• Defense Fleet:

3055	Tou Redir Class Scout Ship
4	Rineunadou Lojmeuean Class Monitor
480	Thuverl Salan Class Destroyer
135	Quiltra Queleual Class Multipurpose Transport (Cargo Variant)
18	Quiltra Queleual Class Multipurpose Transport (Troop Variant)
55	Queadol Magdomilla Class Command Ship
1	Nupetiet Vergnitzs Class Flagship

M.D.C. by location:

• Main Laser Cannons (10)- 2000 each
• Retractable Particle Beam Cannons (40)- 150 each
• Retractable Laser Turrets (450)- 60 each
• Retractable Long Range Missile Turrets (500)- 100 each
• Retractable Heavy Missile Turrets (100)- 200 each
• Retractable Weapon Hatches (1090)- 100 each
• Small Airlock Access Hatches (2400) - 400 each
• Large Airlock Access Hatches (600) - 1000 each
• Inner Access Hatches - 200 each
• Main Entrance Door (on Main Body) - 30,000
• Secondary Entrance Doors (1 on each pod, four Factory Pods) - 10,000 each
• Main Computer - 10,000
• Pod Access Stalks (4) - 25,000 each
• Main Engine Thrusters (4) - 15,000 each
• Hull Regions (2500, Main Body) - 1000 each
• Hull Regions (600 on each pod, four Factory Pods) - 1000 each
• Factory Pods (4) - 600,000 each
• Main Body - 2,500,000 *


M.D.C. Armor Rating - Hull Region: 9
M.D.C. Armor Rating - Main Body: 17
Notes:

*	Depleting the M.D.C. of the main body will shut down the entire station, including life support, gravity control, communications, weapons, and engines.

Speed:

• Fold Drive: Uses a Fold Drive with a maximum speed of 10 light-years per hour. The station's navigational equipment cannot safely execute a fold jump of distances greater than 1 kiloparsec (3260 light-years) and it can only be activated once per hour.
• Sublight: Can travel at up to 5 percent of the speed of light (0.05c) and accelerate / decelerate at a rate of 0.05 percent of light (0.0005 c) per melee.
• Atmospheric Propulsion: The station cannot operate in an atmosphere; it cannot come within 10,000 miles (16,000 km) of a planet's atmosphere without being caught in its gravity well.
• Maximum Range: Effectively unlimited by drive system and the station can manufacture and grow its own supplies. The station can provide continuous supplies for millions of Zentraedi warriors per month.

Statistical Data:

• Height:
• Main Body: 8.1 miles (13 km)
• Factory Pods: 1.4 miles (2.2 km)
• Pod Access Stalks: 720' (219.5 m)
• Width:
• Main Body: 10.3 miles (16.6 km)
• Factory Pods: 1.3 miles (2.1 km)
• Pod Access Stalks: 750' (228.6 m)
• Length:
• Main Body: 10.5 miles (16.9 km)
• Factory Pods: 1.7 miles (2.8 km)
• Pod Access Stalks: 1.1 miles (1.7 km)
• Weight: 463 billion tons (420 billion metric tons)
• Reactor System: Tirolian Protoculture Reactor with a life span of 100 years.
• Propulsion System: Anti-Gravity / Chemical Drive
• Gravity System: Internal
• Cargo: Huge cargo facilities that can hold hundreds of millions of tons of supplies and mecha.

Weapon Systems:

1. Main Laser Cannons (10)
   These powerful cannons represent the most powerful portion of the station's limited defense systems. Strategically placed around the station, there is no arc that doesn't have at least one cannon, but the largest concentrations are around the entrance doors. Located near the Main Entrance Door are three cannons, another cannon is located near the Secondary Entrance Doors of each factory pod, and the remaining three cannons are spread over the main body of the station to cover the remaining arcs.
   • Range: 100 miles (160.9 km) underwater, 200 miles (321.9 km) through an atmosphere, and 200,000 miles (321,869 km) in space.
   • Damage: 1D4x1000 M.D. per single blast.
   • M.D.C. Weapon Rating: 23
   • Rate of Fire: Each cannon can fire once per melee.
   • Payload: Effectively unlimited
2. Retractable Particle Beam Cannons (40)
   Scattered across the hull of the ship are powerful anti-ship particle beam cannons, the cannons stand ready to pop out from under their sliding hatches to attack. Each turret is capable of 360 degrees of rotation with an arc of fire of 180 degrees. The cannons are strategically placed around the station so that no arc has less than five cannons facing it. Six cannons are located on each factory pod and the remaining sixteen cannons are spread over the main body of the station.
   • Range: 100 miles (160.9 km) underwater, 200 miles (321.9 km) through an atmosphere, and 200,000 miles (321,869 km) in space.
   • Damage: 2D4x100 M.D. per single blast.
   • M.D.C. Weapon Rating: 24
   • Rate of Fire: Each cannon can fire twice per melee.
   • Payload: Effectively unlimited
3. Retractable Laser Turrets (450)
   The Lasers Turrets are located in batteries along the all sides of ships and are used as anti-mecha and small anti-ship weapons. They are not very powerful, but if fired in large numbers they can be devastating. The turrets are strategically placed around the station so that no arc has less than sixty turrets facing it. Fifty turrets are located on each factory pod and the remaining 250 turrets are spread over the main body of the station.
   • Range: 1584' (956.6 m) underwater, 3168' (956.6 m) through an atmosphere, and 60 miles (96.6 km) in space.
   • Damage: 2D6x10 M.D. per single blast.
   • M.D.C. Weapon Rating: 23
   • Rate of Fire: Each cannon can fire four times per melee, but they must fire in a volley of at least three cannons.
   • Payload: Effectively unlimited
4. Retractable Long Range Missile Turrets (500)
   These are very similar to the Retractable Laser Turrets, except they fire missiles instead of laser beams. They can use several different types of warheads according to the mission at hand, but they are usually configured to be anti-spaceship missiles with the heaviest warheads available. The turrets are strategically placed around the station so that no arc has less than sixty turrets facing it. Sixty turrets are located on each factory pod and the remaining 260 turrets are spread over the main body of the station.
   • Missile Design: SAA-1 Granite (Gliquoun Touwhaug) Long Range Missile
   • Missile Type: Any available type
   • Missile Guidance Systems: Select any three available guidance systems.
   • Missile Warhead: Any available type
   • Range: 800 miles (1288 km) in an atmosphere and 935,525 miles (1,505,582 km / 5.0 light seconds) in space.
   • Speed: 2500 mph (4023 km/h) in an atmosphere and an acceleration of 4% of light (0.04c) per melee in space, with a maximum duration in space of 16 melees and a maximum safe speed in space of 55% of light (0.55c).
   • Damage and Blast Radius: Varies with type of missile warhead.
   • Rate of Fire: One at a time or in volleys of 2, 4, 6, 8 or 10 missiles. Each launched can fire once per melee.
   • Payload: 100 missiles per launcher, for a total of 50,000 long range missiles.
5. Retractable Heavy Missile Turrets (100)
   These are similar to the Retractable Long Range Missile Turrets, except they fire cruise missiles. They can use several different types of warheads according to the mission at hand, but they are usually configured with the heaviest warheads available. The turrets are strategically placed around the station so that no arc has less than fifteen turrets facing it. Fifteen turrets are located on each factory pod and the remaining forty turrets are spread over the main body of the station.
   • Missile Design: SSA-1 Sniper (Lojredbeth Deuawhaug) or SSA-2 Scrapper (Letkes Deuawhaug) Cruise Missiles
   • Missile Type: Anti-Spaceship
   • Missile Guidance Systems: Select any two available guidance systems.
   • Missile Warhead: Armor Piercing, Fragmentation, High Explosive, Plasma / Napalm, Kinetic Energy, and Reflex only.
   • Range: 1600 miles (2575 km) in an atmosphere and 3,019,777 miles (4,859,860 km / 16.2 light seconds) in space.
   • Speed: 3000 mph (4828 km/h) in an atmosphere and an acceleration of 6% of light (0.06c) per melee in space, with a maximum duration in space of 32 melees and a maximum safe speed in space of 60% of light (0.60c).
   • Damage and Blast Radius: Varies with type of missile warhead.
   • Rate of Fire: One at a time or in volleys of 2, 4, 6, 8 or 10 missiles. Each launched can fire once per melee.
   • Payload: 40 missiles per launcher, for a total of 4000 cruise missiles.
   • Modifiers: Automatically hits a stationary target in space, has more advanced targeting equipment that gives a bonus of +6 to strike a moving target, but has a penalty of -10 to strike any target under 500 tons (453.6 metric tons).

Special Systems:

1. Medial and Bio-Scan Facilities
   The station has extensive medical facilities that can do anything from mend broken bones to extremely complicated surgery. The station also has a complete bio-scan chamber used to study and analyze alien life forms and to provide detailed information regarding the physiology, chemical structure, and genetic structure of that life form.
2. Missile Storage
   The station has storage for a large number of missiles used by all Zentraedi ships. Fully loaded, the station holds 20,000,000 SAA-1 Granite (Gliquoun Touwhaug) Long Range Missiles, 2,000,000 SSA-1 Sniper (Lojredbeth Deuawhaug) Cruise Missiles, and 2,000,000 SSA-2 Scrapper (Letkes Deuawhaug) Cruise Missiles. These can be transferred to other Zentraedi ships to reload their missile supplies or they can be used to reload the station's own missile launchers. Transferring missiles to another ship takes about one minute for every 200 missiles transferred. Reloading the station's missile racks takes about 1 melee round to completely reload one missile launcher and up to 75 launchers can be reloaded simultaneously.
3. Protoculture Reactor Recharger
   The station is able to recharge other ship's Protoculture Reactors by draining its own reactor of energy. For every ten years recharged by the station, the life span of the station's Protoculture Reactor is reduced by one year.
4. Spaceship Production Facilities
   The station contains extensive spaceship construction facilities. There are ten building docks measuring 13,123' (4000 m) in length, 30 building docks measuring 8202' (2500 m) in length, and 100 building docks measuring 1969' (600 m) in length. In total, 140 ships could be under construction at the same time. The station is only designed to build Zentraedi ship, not Tirolian or Border Fleet ships. At normal production it takes one month to build a Tou Redir Class Scout Ship, two months to build a Rineunadou Lojmeuean Class Monitor or a Thuverl Salan Class Destroyer, three months to build a Quiltra Queleual Class Multipurpose Transport or a Queadol Magdomilla Class Command Ship, and four months to build a Nupetiet Vergnitzs Class flagship. Reduce production times by half if a facility is at maximum production, but for every month the facility is at maximum production there is a cumulative 5% chance that the facility will fail and require 1D4 months of repair before restarting operations.
5. Spaceship Repair Facilities
   Each spaceship construction dock can be used to repair or refit a Zentraedi ship; the docks can also be used to repair or refit any Tirolian or Border Fleet ship. The length of time it takes to repair a ship depends on the extent of the damage or disrepair of the ship. The average length of time to repair a ship can last from a few days to a several weeks.
6. Mecha Production Facilities
   The station contains extensive mecha construction facilities. There are fourteen mecha factories, three in each factory pod and two in the main body, and each factory is designed to be generic and can construct any Zentraedi mecha. At normal production, each factory can produce 1000 Regult Combat Pods, 300 Glaug Battle Pods, 750 Light Artillery Pods, 750 Heavy Artillery Pods, 500 Recon Scout Pods, 500 Raulonve Fighter Pods, 500 Nousjadeul-Ger Calvary Power Armor, 200 Queadlunn-Rau Tactical Power Armor, 2000 Hover Platforms, 500 Glaug Booster Units, 800 Light Defense Drones, or 600 Heavy Defense Drones per week. It takes one week to retool a factory from producing one mecha type to a different mecha type. Double rate of production if a factory is at maximum production, but for every month the factory is at maximum production there is a cumulative 5% chance that the factory will fail and require 1D4 weeks of repair before restarting operations.
7. Auxiliary Production Facilities
   The station contains extensive auxiliary construction facilities. There are six auxiliary factories, one in each factory pod and two in the main body, and each factory is designed to be generic and can construct any auxiliary Zentraedi unit. At normal production, each factory can produce 25 Quel Quallie Cyclops Reconnaissance Scouts, 75 Liewneuatzs Personnel Shuttles, or 150 Frandlar Tiluvo Transport Pods per week. It takes one week to retool a factory from producing one unit type to a different unit type. Double rate of production if a factory is at maximum production, but for every month the factory is at maximum production there is a cumulative 5% chance that the factory will fail and require 1D4 weeks of repair before restarting operations.
8. Weapon Production Facilities
   The station contains extensive weapon construction facilities. There is one factory dedicated to producing armor and another dedicated to producing infantry weapons. At normal production, the factories can produce 5000 suits of armor of any type and 5000 infantry weapons of any type per week. Double rate of production if a factory is at maximum production, but for every month the factory is at maximum production there is a cumulative 5% chance that the factory will fail and require 1D4 weeks of repair before restarting operations.
9. Missile Production Facilities
   The station contains extensive missile construction facilities. There are four missile factories, all in the main body, and each factory is designed to be generic and can construct any Tirolian missile. At normal production, each factory can produce 30,000 short range missiles, 20,000 medium range missiles, 5000 long range missiles, or 1000 cruise missiles per week. It takes one week to retool a factory from producing one missile type to a different missile type. Double rate of production if a factory is at maximum production, but for every month the factory is at maximum production there is a cumulative 5% chance that the factory will fail and require 1D4 weeks of repair before restarting operations. The construction of a missile includes all guidance systems and warheads, although no more then 25 reflex warheads of any type can be built per week.

Standard Systems:

1. Life Support System
   The station has a fully operational life support system that provides fresh atmosphere throughout the ship. The life support system can sustain a maximum of 120,000 people indefinitely or 300,000 people for a short period of time in case of an emergency.
2. Communication Systems
   The station is equipped with four communication systems. The first is a long range laser system with a maximum range of 100,000 miles (160,934 km), the transmissions travel at the speed of light, but they rely on line of sight, so it cannot communicate with a ship that is on the other side of a solid object. The second system is a long range radio system with a maximum range of 60,000 miles (96,561 km), the transmissions travel at the speed of light, but they are easy to intercept and jam. The third system is a satellite relay system that allows the ship to boost the range of the other communication systems indefinitely by using satellites or other ships to relay the transmission. The forth system is a Hyperspace Communications Relay, which travels at a rate of one light-year every 5 seconds. Hyperspace communications can travel through planets and other obstructions unhindered, are extremely difficult to intercept, and impossible to jam. The ship's communication array can communicate with up to 10,000 ships simultaneously.
3. Sensor Systems
   The station is equipped with four sensor systems. The first is the Electromagnetic Detection Equipment that detects other sensor systems at twice the maximum range of their transmitter. The second is a powerful array that uses standard radar waves, which are fairly easy to jam, but it is obvious when the radar array is being jammed. The sensor can track tiny targets at a range of up to 900,000 miles (1,448,410 km), small targets at a range of up to 9 million miles (14.5 million km), medium targets at a range of up to 18 million miles (29 million km), and large targets at a range of up to 27 million miles (43.5 million miles). The third is a Subspace Mass Sensor that uses gravity-based technology to detect target's at real time speed. The sensor can track tiny targets at a range of up to 1.5 million miles (2.4 million km), small targets at a range of up to 15 million miles (24.1 million km), medium targets at a range of up to 30 million miles (48.3 million km), and large targets at a range of up to 45 million miles (72.4 million miles). The forth is a Hyperspace Mass Sensor that can detect and track ships that are using a Fold Drive. The sensor can track tiny targets at a range of up to 6 parsecs (19.56 light-years), small targets at a range of up to 30 parsecs (97.8 light-years), medium targets at a range of up to 60 parsecs (195.6 light-years), and large targets at a range of up to 90 parsecs (293.4 light-years). See Tirolian Ship Systems for more details on sensor systems.
4. Targeting Computer System
   Connecting the station's sensor systems with the weapon systems is the Targeting Computer System. The system is designed to control all of the weapons currently equipped on the station. This system can track up to 600 targets simultaneously, providing detailed information about the targets from the ships data files. All direct fire weapons receive a bonus of +1 to strike and all missile weapons receive a bonus of +1 to strike. These bonuses are in addition to any previously stated bonuses or penalties.

Combat Summary:

• Combat Actions: 8
• Strike: +1 to strike with direct fire weapons and +1 to strike with missile weapons.
• Dodge: -10 to dodge
• Targeting System: Can track up to 600 targets simultaneously.
• Note: Cannot perform the Evasive Maneuvers spaceship combat maneuver