Watergate (zone)

Central to all energy consuming operations, Ion Cells and Plasma Cells are mass-fabricated in huge numbers in the Cell Fab Matrix. The highly-sophisticated production lines are run autonomously and fully automated to increase throughput and reduce the risks of radioactive contamination to workers and engineers. Upon detection of system failures or for scheduled system maintenance, the Cell Manufacturer Complex must first be brought to a complete halt before any servicing be attempted.

Just as the Techno-Complex, the Arms Tech Fab (or 'ATF') is run by sandboxed and AI-constrained AGI, and supervised by psychologically-monitored humans or aliens. Components manufactured range from miniaturised mechanical parts up to mobile platforms, and from simple nanotronic parts to energy-shielding assemblies. Working at the ATF is highly-paid, highly-respected, but psychologically very exhausting employment.

The Cell Recharge Facility provides limited docking facilities for the automated transfer of depleted fuel cells and charged cells from and into vessels. Usually, Cell Recharge Facs are outfitted with their own processing lines so allowing them to either re-purpose depleted cells or to produce new ones. Cell Recharge Facs can be run with just a core crew; however full automation is rarely desirable as vessels docking for fuel cell transfer often require manual adaptation of their docking protocols.