Base construction

When due to either new stellar systems being colonized near the limits of Union Space, or the population of an occupied stellar system decides to ask for membership in the Union, one of the things to be considered is the ability of the United Stars Military (primarily the Union Navy and Marine Corps) to adequately protect the system using existing base.

Depending on the urgency and size of the new or expanded base, it's possible that the team used in the construction project range from under twenty military personel with a single Nanite factory and a small number of Engineering Bots to over one thousand military personel and Engeneering robots along with hundreds of Nanite factories.

On the smaller less priority base construction, it's possible that the military personel would be present more to provide initial security and to deal with any unexpected surprises and not have any formal teaining in base design and construction, using one of the standardised bases programmed into the Nanite Factory. When a large base is need relatively urgently, a team from the Army Corps of Engineers is asigned the task.