The jewel of the RDA Cet-Ops armada, the Factory Ship is a floating city, capable of sustaining ventures across Pandora’s oceans for months at a time. This massive vessel was engineered as an evolution of the SeaDragon hunting platform once it became apparent that the smaller vessels’ Tulkun processing capacity was not able to keep pace with growing demand for amrita on Earth. Only one Factory Ship is active, however the demand for amrita has justified the production of a second ship at Bridghead’s shipyards to further increase yields.

These floating fortresses are crewed by roughly two-hundred staff, half of which are dedicated to a sizable support fleet of Matadors, Picadors, Mako Subs and Crab Suits. Their Tulkun processing facilities are capable of simultaneously processing the kill output of five SeaDragons, greatly increasing the efficiency of Tulkun hunting efforts. In addition to upscaling the volume of Tulkun that can be processed, the size of the Factory Ship has allowed the RDA to begin hunting elder Tulkun, which yield significantly more amrita at one time than traditionally hunted Tulkun.

Three helipads of various sizes dot the decks of the Factory Ship, allowing the floating fortress to berth aircraft as large as a C-21 Dragon Gunship. Rapid deployment ramps on the port, starboard, fore, and aft of the vessel can allow the Factory Ship to double as a formidable defense platform if needs arise in the RDA’s ongoing colonization efforts on Pandora.