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In truth, very few components of the [[Python Reactor]] need be manufactured in zero gravity, it just happens that the larger components are much easier to construct in a no-gravity environment.  
 
In truth, very few components of the [[Python Reactor]] need be manufactured in zero gravity, it just happens that the larger components are much easier to construct in a no-gravity environment.  
  
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The Fair Haven solar system is home to six planets, only one of which supports life, and bears the same name as the solar system Planet Fair Haven has a population of around three billion, most of whom work for the company in some fashion or another. The entire planet is, in fact, officially owned by the company, a case not true in most instances([[Utopia Gregaria, for example, does not "own" the planets that house it's work-force).
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The Fair Haven solar system is home to six planets, only one of which supports life, and bears the same name as the solar system. Planet Fair Haven has a population of around three billion, most of whom work for the company in some fashion or another. The entire planet is, in fact, officially owned by the company, a case not true in most instances ([[Utopia Gregaria]], for example, does not "own" the planets that house its work-force).
  
 
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==History==
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Fairview was constructed in the early [[Ages#The Golden Age|Golden Age]], on a hitherto unheard of scale, such that it actually put a strain on the rather massive resources of the then-burgeoning [[Gudersnipe Foundation]]. Construction was personally overseen by [[Dr. Rupert Python]], who promised the Foundation that his plant would "Meet any demand, exceed any size requirement, and continue to supply the needful for all time". True to Python's word, the plant had no difficulty meeting the dmeands placed on it five thousand years later during the [[Kamian Succession Wars]], even at the height of the [[Battleship Crisis]].
 
  
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Construction took thirty years, more than double the original estimate, with countless cost over-runs. At the time of initially planning, Foundation experts predicted that the largest mass-produced warship would have a length of of only thirty thousand feet and a beam of perhaps four thousand, and starship designers were then very willing to plan ships which would use up to eight small FTL drives. The next largest iteration of ships, the planned [[Mercury Ship]]s, would require custom-made engines.
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Python, meanwhile, had grander aspirations, and used his considerably clout to get the Fairview facility built the way "he wanted it". His subsidiary plants at [[Naupactus]] and [[Gallihop]], while not able to produce drives nearly as large, were still similarly grand(in truth, the Naupactus plant alone was able to produce drives of the largest size the Foundation thought it would need).
 
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And, in truth, it was within Python's own lifetime that construction began on capitol ships up to 60,000 feet, powered by a single(more reliable) FTL drive.
 

Latest revision as of 00:33, 27 December 2018

Fairview, Ltd., is a whole-owned subsidiary of the Gudersnipe Foundation, and is responsible for manufacturing large faster-than-light drive systems. Their chief customer is the Gudersnipe Foundation, as it is the only facility capable of mass-producing the drives needed for capitol-class warships. Fairview also produces drive systems for many commercial spacecraft, including large inter-stellar transports. Is is the largest FTL Fabrication Facility in the known worlds.

Brand new military grade drives are sold exclusively to the Crimson Blade, however re-manufactured drives are occasionally made available at high cost(a re-built "mil-spec" drive typically sells for more than a brand new one, but is the only way large-sized FTL drives become available.

Fair Haven

Fair Haven is a solar system near Utopia Gregaria and is home to the Fairview LTD Heavy Manufacturing Concern, colloquially known as "the floor". The factory floor is the largest artificially enclosed environment in the known worlds and the largest certified shirt-sleeve environment ever constructed. Very little of the facility has artificial gravity, so workers are still required to wear protective suits.

In truth, very few components of the Python Reactor need be manufactured in zero gravity, it just happens that the larger components are much easier to construct in a no-gravity environment.

The Fair Haven solar system is home to six planets, only one of which supports life, and bears the same name as the solar system. Planet Fair Haven has a population of around three billion, most of whom work for the company in some fashion or another. The entire planet is, in fact, officially owned by the company, a case not true in most instances (Utopia Gregaria, for example, does not "own" the planets that house its work-force).

History

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