Factory Systems

Factory Systems are the most advanced and cost effective way of mass producing goods in the 23rd century.Utilizing energy to function,the fabrication module can rapidly assemble three-dimensional objects from common, reusable industrial plastics, crystal composites, and light alloys. This allows for mass production of most standard items, as well as the reuse of salvaged materials.
== Usage ==
Units are divided into pre-made BPOS [Blue Print Operational System], each loaded with blueprints for different tasks.
Basic Units are issued with civillian grade technology, able to mass produce basic ship hulls, paints and everything necessary to quick start a colony or a space station.
Standard Units are the most commonly used by everyone, able to produce more complex materials such as ingots,hull hardeners, basic weapon systems and things of the sort.
Advanced Units are most used by the military to produce Military Specification equipments such as shield capacitors, heavy armor and eletronics required by warships.
== Origins ==
The production technology currently used in factory systems began in the early 21st Century with the development of 3D printing technology. Far too primitve to produce advanced equipment, it was a pioneer technology that was necessary to make colonization efforts easier for colonists to produce small station parts on site with available materials.
This technology began to see steady progress as the centuries passed, with more complex but bulky production modules being created. 
== Today ==
All of this changed with the invention of the Standard Production Unit, or SPU. Deployed as early as 2312, this new fabrication unit uses the same principles of the Salvager to assemble advanced parts such as ship cores, power reactors, thrusters and even hull using atomization and micro-facturing processes.
This allowed for bigger market competitivity, since everyone, from one man factions to big empiers were able to produce mass quantities of every known product.
Category:Technology