Good for Business
Atreus (League Business Journal)
December 30, 2785
The Free Worlds League has long been known as the “Gateway to the Stars” for its leadership role in the production of dropships and jumpships. With over 35 shipyards, the League produces a wide range of vessels from small Explorer and Merchant class jumpships to the massive Varyag class carriers. Every sort of dropship needed by the Free Worlds League Navy and the civilian fleets are also manufactured at these shipyards. The production capability of the League’s shipyards is so impressive that other nations would come here seeking ships for their fleets.
With the recent outbreaks of hostility across the Inner Sphere the LCCC has ordered that all foreign orders be canceled and all ships being constructed in the Free Worlds to be turned over to the League Navy when they are completed. The LCCC has also ordered a dramatic increase in the production of warships to meet the expected requirements of the Navy. All across the League shipyards are undergoing dramatic expansions as new building ways and dry docks are constructed and new workers hired and trained. At the Technicron Shipyard orbiting McAffe, the company has recently added two new drydocks capable of building warships of up to 800,000 tons and is constructing four additional drydocks. Two battlecruisers are already under construction at these new facilities. Technicron has also begun employing three shifts at the yard, which is keeping the facility running nonstop.
Other manufacturers across the League have taken similar steps. Based on the current rate of production, current estimates show that the production of dropships will increase by 34% over last year, jumpship production will increase by 27% and warship production will increase by a staggering 95%.