Planetary Facilities
The following rules apply to building planetary facilities.
Spaceport
Old
- 1) Determine how many ships need to be supported at one time, represented as tonnage.
- 2) Multiply the tonnage by 4 to represent the number of metric tons to which the building structures are equivalent. (Note: a Standard Cargo Unit (SCU) is itself equivalent to 6.75 mt, the mass of water that would fit within a 6.75 cubic meter 'box'. SCUs are the standard Structural Unit for a ground facility, i.e. 6.75 mt.) Record both the tonnage and SCUs.
- 3) Determine the square kilometer area of the overall facility by dividing the simultaneous shipping tonnage by 19,231.
- 4) The paved area of a spaceport equals 10% of that overall area, costing 3 mt for each square meter (1,000,000 m2 per 1 km2). Convert this into SCUs.
- 5) Add the building and paved area tonnages and SCUs together (respectively).
- 6) Compare the total facility mass to the Size Table (below) to determine the Size Rating.
- 7) Consult the Purchase and Maintenance RP Amounts table to determine the purchase and maintenance costs of the facility.
- 8) It will take one SCE battalion six months to create a spaceport 0.5 square kilometers in size.
Draft New
- 1) Determine how many ships need to be supported at one time, represented as tonnage.
- 2) Infrastructure: Multiply the tonnage by 4 to represent the number of metric tons to which the building structures are equivalent. (Note: a Standard Cargo Unit (SCU) is itself equivalent to 6.75 mt, the mass of water that would fit within a 6.75 cubic meter 'box'. SCUs are the standard Structural Unit for a ground facility, i.e. 6.75 mt.) Record both the tonnage and SCUs.
- 3) Personnel Systems:
- - Manufacturing Systems: Spaceports, though not equipped with the quantity of planetary shipyards- have Industrial Fabrication Units on hand to conduct repairs or upgrades of ships present. These units do not have the capabilities of those of the interstellar era, but can produce rather complicated items.
- - Medical Systems:
Tables
Size Rating
| Mass Range (mt) | Size |
|---|---|
| 31 - 60,000 | 3 |
| 60,001 - 200,000 | 4 |
| 200,001 - 400,000 | 5 |
| 400,001 - 1,875,000 | 6 |
| 1,875,001 - 4,000,000 | 7 |
| 4,000,001 - 5,000,000 | 8 |
| 5,000,001 - 6,000,000 | 9 |
| 6,000,001 - 8,000,000 | 10 |
| 8,000,001 - 10,000,000 | 11 |
| 10,000,001 - 12,000,000 | 12 |
| 12,000,001 - 14,000,000 | 13 |
| 14,000,001 - 17,000,000 | 14 |
| 17,000,001 - 20,000,000 | 15 |
| 20,000,001 - 23,000,000 | 16 |
Early Industrial Fabrication Units
| Type | SCU | Average Creation Time(1 SCU) |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type I | 8 | 10 hours | |
| Type II | 7 | 8 hours | 1990 |
| Type III | 6 | 6 hours | 2000 |
| Type IV | 6 | 5 hours | 2010 |
| Type V | 5 | 4 hours | 2020 |
| Type VI | 5 | 3 hours | 2030 |
| Type VII | 4 | 3 hours | 2040 |
| Type VIII | 4 | 2 hours | 2050 |
- SCUs weigh 6.75 mt and measure ~1.9 m on each side.
- Early Industrial Fabrication Units were not intended for shipboard use, though it is possible they were installed upon early support stations.
- Advancement in fabrication technology (2063) allowed for much smaller units that could be installed shipboard.