Drippy Ascent (zone)

The Metalframes Fab processes refined steel and other alloys for the manufacture of large steel beams and numerous other heavy metal components. Even though most small and mid-sized space vessels today are no longer constructed mainly from steel, the demand for the steel is still high. In many places with higher-than-average radiation, steel-alloys can be more practical than energy shields or even PDD (poly-diamandoid). Many immobile space installations are constructed with a metal-alloy skeleton at their core.

A mid-sized space based infrastructure dedicated to the production of high-tech components. Products manufactured by the Military High-Tech Department range from miniaturised mechanical parts up to mobile platforms, and from simple nanotronic parts to energy shielding assemblies. Just as with other military high-tech compounds, the Mil Hi-Tech Dept is run by sandboxed and AI-constrained AGI, although supervised by psychologically-monitored humans or aliens.