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Player > Starships > Manufacturers > Ringworks Industries
Starfinder Starship Operations Manual p.74
Practical Luxury
Manufacturing Centers: Verces (Skydock)
Specialties: Accessible designs for those who can’t otherwise afford Vercite-level luxury
Famous Models: Peacebringer, Sentinel, Specter, Wanderer
Ringworks Industries is one of the oldest starship manufacturers
in the Pact Worlds, and its starships are the measuring stick by
which many others are tested. Historians estimate the company
predates the Gap by several centuries, though records are
sparse. Ringworks helped pioneer interplanetary exploration
with its original aethership designs, launched from the ancient
Skydock space platform in geosynchronous orbit above
Verces. The space elevator in the stalk connecting Skydock to
the surface of Verces allowed Ringworks to easily transport
heavy machinery and ship-building materials out of the
planet’s gravity well and into orbit, where large-scale starship
production could more readily take place. Ringworks grew and
diversified its product line as demand for interplanetary trade
increased; Ringworks Industries is now synonymous with space
travel throughout the Pact Worlds.
Unlike other Vercite starship manufacturers, Ringworks
eschewed opulent starship designs aimed at flagrant displays
of status and luxury, instead focusing on making starships
more practical and accessible. Corporate historians are unsure
how the company chose this strategy, but it has been in place
at Ringworks since the Gap and survives to this day. What
Ringworks designs lack in terms of luxurious accommodations,
they make up for with speed and maneuverability. Ringworks
blends the sleek aerodynamics of atmospheric aircraft with the
durability and survivability of orbital spacecraft; the company’s
frames are preferred by those who need fast transport and
support starships that can handle themselves in a fight.
It’s not unusual to see Ringworks starships still in service
200 or even 300 years after their original manufacture date.
Ringworks employs highly refined classic designs that have
survived the test of time, with only subtle changes evident
between production years. This longevity has created a very
strong secondary market for Ringworks starships, with
collectors often purchasing early models and retrofitting them
with modern communications and navigation technology while
leaving much of the original propulsion and maneuvering
systems intact. Depending on the significance of events
recorded in a ship’s long-term logs, these retrofitted ships
can sell for more than newly manufactured versions, with
some particularly famous wartime models going for a fortune
in credits.
Manufacturer Perk: Starships manufactured by Ringworks are so common that parts and trained mechanics abound in the Pact Worlds. Reduce the credit and UPB cost for repairs by 10% (to a minimum of 1 credit or UPB per point of damage); reduce the time required for repairs by 1 hour (to a minimum of 1 hour); and reduce the time required to refit the starship by 1 day (to a minimum of 1 day).
Name | Tier | Type | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Ringworks Wanderer | 1/4 | Small shuttle | CRB p.310 |
Ringworks Sentinel | 5 | Medium explorer | SS1 p.0 |
Ringworks Specter | 16 | Gargantuan battleship | SOM p.115 |
Ringworks Peacebringer | 17 | Colossal dreadnought | SOM p.117 |
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