Dockyard

Dock yard

A shipyard (also called a dockyard)[1] is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance and basing activities than shipyards, which are sometimes associated more with initial construction. The terms are routinely used interchangeably, in part because the evolution of dockyards and shipyards has often caused them to change or merge roles.

Civiliztions with large shipbuilding industries include the United Stars of the Galaxies, Karthania , Shiss , Nul ,Kermac Thrall species and others. The shipbuilding industry tends to be more fragmented within the Union. Kartanian, Shiss and Nul shipyards tend to be operated by the government and are not in private hands. -- [1] The Union Navy distinquishes between Shipyard and dockyard. Shipyards are, with the exception of the Chimera Fleet Yard commercially owned businesses that build ships both military and civilian. Dockyards are exclusively repair and maintenance facilities. Navy Dockyards are maintained and operated by the Union Navy and each "number fleet" has at least one. Due to the size of a full Union fleet, these Dockyard facilities often encompass a whole planet with additional facilities in space.

Note: The Union Navy operates 512 Mobile Dockyards, which are the largest spaceships in the known Universe, exceeding the dimensions of the MSY -  Mobile Ship Yard