The assembler is a station facility that puts parts together into larger assemblies. Most ships, stations and facilities beyond the basic ones are built from its output: an Excavator, a Constructor, a Port and a Shipyard all need it.
Production
- Assemblies: motors, frames, thrusters, pumps, containers, panels, tanks, drill heads, nav computers, control units, field coils, heavy frames, drive cores, heavy thrusters, ring segments and gate cores.
- Ammunition: shells and torpedoes.
- Fittings other than weapons, among them the cargo pod, cargo bay, fuel tank, reserve tank, drill and heavy drill. A finished fitting goes into the station's hold.
Construction
It is built from steel plate, gears and circuits, which come from a Smelter and a Fabricator. A Workshop, a Port or an Anchorage can hold one. It draws power only while it works.