ORBITAL REFINERY STATION

Manufacturer: UNKNOWN
Affiliation: NA
Market Status: Open-Market
Model: Sigma refinery
Production: Mass-Produced
Material:
Reinforced durasteel hull, transparisteel view ports, alusteel skeleton, duraplast and plasteel interior, various electronic components, solar panels, Phrik piping and support.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Orbital refinery
Length: 3,000 meters
Width: station 1,000 meters. Loading ring 800 meters
Height: 600 meters
Armament: None
Defenses: Average
Shields
Ion shielding
15x point defense cannons
Ray shielding
Hangar Space:
10 hangars for small vessels
10 external loading ports for medium and large vessels located around ring.
5 external unloading ports at start of refinery for metal ore.
Maneuverability Rating: Low
Speed Rating: Very Low
Hyperdrive: No hyperdrive
STANDARD FEATURES
Life support
Crew quarters
Medical bay
Holonet transceiver
Electronics
Amenities (bathrooms, cafeteria, etc.)
Engine bay
Water reservoir and filtration system
Shield generators
Sensor array
Communications array
Engines
Housing 200 apartments
Ray shields for transfer pipes
Electrolytic refining equipment
Solar panels
ADVANCED SYSTEMS
N/A
STRENGTHS
Electrolytic refining: Sigma class refineries use high voltages of electricity to melt metal ore into molten steel. This is done in a zero atmosphere environment. The high voltage strips away any impurities and the lack of any atmosphere significantly lowers the chance of impurities being introduced, this results in better quality steel.
WEAKNESSES
Power requirements: The power needed to operate this orbital refinery is extensive. The refineries themselves are covered in hundreds of solar panels, a little more than half the facilities structure. Stations themselves are positioned close to and facing the star of the system they operate in, this allows for continuous power collection.
DESCRIPTION
Supply and demand is the name of the game for an ever growing galactic economy. From starships and building materials to luxury vehicles, the galaxy is always in need of more. To satisfy those needs, manufacturers need good steel. The Sigma class orbital refinery is designed to help satisfy those needs. This three thousand meter station brings ore in through its five unloading shoots that lead into several central storage areas. Ore is then transferred into a zero atmosphere smelting room that melts the metal using electrolytic refining, which burns away impurities. Molten steel is then pumped through ray shielded phrik pipes to a massive loading ring out where specialized ships wait. Ray shielded phrik pipes are guided to the vessels loading hatches by droids where then molten steel is unloaded.
Sigma refineries have little in the way of crew memebers, requiring roughly two hundred in total. Housing and amenities reside on the edges of the station, away from the main refinery. Most of the ships interior is zero atmosphere and designated for equipment and droids only. Solar panels make up a little over half of the stations size, all focused on power the stations refining process. Stations themselves need to be set up close to a systems star in order to receive enough like for power.
Category:Ships