Kuat Drive Yards

Kuat Drive Yards serves as one of the most well-renowed starship manufacturers in the galaxy, known for creating massive battlecruisers that dwarf any other ships in the galaxy, only to be kept in-system in Kuat's massive defense fleet.

Founded by The Ten, the wealthiest ten artistocratic families, Kuat Drive Yards enjoys a large amount of subsidiary companies as well as facilities on other worlds that supplement its large orbital shipyards.

It is currently lead by the Principal Director Magus Kuat.

Leadership
All Principal Directors of Kuat Drive Yards are from the Kuat family line, while the rest of the Directorate is made up of representatives from each of the other nine families, enabling their interests to be ostensibly balanced, though Kuat always holds a slight advantage thanks to its seniority and power. The directorate makes all executive decisions: approving new ship designs, creating or absorbing subsidiaries, and moving in new directions with the company.

The directorate also serves as a large deciding factor in the political positions of Kuati – Senators, representatives, and governors are chosen by a vote within the familieis as to which candidate would advocate best for the company as well as the planet, and the candidates are almost always chosen from one of the families (although Kuat descendents rarely run for Senator, preferring to take a corporate position instead). The decisions made by Senators are almost always influenced by the advice of the directorate families, which does not always coincide with the interests of the planet itself.

Products
Since it has been thousands of years since the last major war, Kuat production has slowed very much, but it still produces a large amount of ships in many varieties.

Military
Mandator-class Star Dreadnaught (discontinued for the foreseeable future)

Procurator-class battlecruiser (discontinued for the foreseeable future)

Excidium-class cruiser

Munifex-class light cruiser

Law-class system patrol craft

CloakShape starfighter

Civilian
Space Master medium transport

Super Transport VI cargo vessel