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Depots serve as focuses for naval efforts, supplying a fleet's every need, providing construction and repair facilities, and producing and testing experimental ship prototypes. A depot generally occupies an entire system. Facilities, materiel, and personnel are extensive enough to repair and resupply a large fraction of the fleet at any time. A depot may be isolated from outside contact for years at a time without serious setbacks. As depots cover large parts of a system, there is no distinction between orbital and surface berthing.

In peacetime, the main function of a depot is the design and testing of ships. A large staff of naval architects (the cream of the area) and construction personnel is maintained at every depot.

In wartime, depots serve as repair and resupply centers for the fleet. In emergencies, the depot's construction yards are sometimes pressed into service for production of military ships.

Since a depot is obviously a very sensitive installation, security is tight. An extensive array of both entry and exit codes are employed to insure no unauthorized vessels enter or leave the system. Contingents of marines and system defense boats are stationed throughout the system, and are constantly ready for action.

There is usually no more than one naval depot per sector, placed in systems where they will be close enough to the expected action to be useful, but far enough back to insure that they will not be captured.

[edit] DEPOTS OF THE IMPERIUM

Imperial depots are traditionally named for the sector in which they are placed; for example, the Imperial depot in Corridor sector IS named Depot/Corridor

Name	UWP	Base	Remarks	Allegiance	Gas Giant?
Depot ( Deneb 1613)	A100644-G	D	Na Ni Va	No
Depot ( Corridor 1511)	A686354-F	D	Lo Ni	-	G
Depot ( Vland 2728)	A594677-9	D	Ag Ni	Vl
Depot ( Lishun 1219)	D788367-7	D	Lo Ni	-
Depot ( Antares 2021)	B544556-C	D	Ag Ni	An
Depot ( Gushemege 3016)	A3406AB-E	D	Ni Po De	St
Depot ( Dagudashaag 3121)	A310244-D	D	Lo Ni	Im
Depot ( Core 1518)	A86A422-F	D	Ni Wa	Im
Depot ( Fornast 1811)	A878210-A	D	Lo Ni	Im
Depot ( Ley 1420)	A453532-A	D	Ni Po	Im
Depot ( Ilelish 1022)	B362558-C	D	Ni	Il
Depot ( Zarushagaar 1920)	A6888CF-6	D		-
Depot ( Massilia 0301)	B78A777-C	D	Wa Ri	Im
Depot ( Delphi 0832)	A583447-A	D	Ni	Ma
Depot ( Delphi 1205)	A787200-A	D	Ni	Ma	G
Depot ( Daibei 0326)	A9B9520-F	D	Ni	Da	G
Depot ( Diaspora 2018)	C000765-D	D	As Na	-
Depot ( Old Expanses 1213)	A00055A-F	D	As Ni	So
Depot ( Solomani Rim 1911)	A00066D-F	D	As Ni Na	So

Allegiance Abbreviations: - = No continuing control, An =Antares, Da = Daibei, II = Ilelish, Im = Imperial, Ma = Margaret. No = Norris, So = Solomani. St = Strephon, VI = Vland

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– Supplement 11 Library Data (N-Z)

– Rebellion Sourcebook

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Looking at the starports, government types etc of these depot worlds, leads one to question the validity of the data. What depot could not be a starport A? Tech level 6? They should be AxxxN67-F, where N is fairly consistant e.g. 5 or 6. Law level could be B, but uniform in any case.