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Text replacement - "''Merchant''" to "''Merchant''"

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| image = KATHIL SHIPWORKS.jpg
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| affiliation = [[Federated Suns]]
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| headquarters = McKenna Shipyards ([[Kathil III]])<ref name=HB:HDp166>''Handbook: House Davion'', pp. 166–167: "Kathil Shipworks (Not Traded)"</ref>
| leadership = [[CEO of Kathil Shipworks|CEO]]
| products = {{Ubl|[[DropShip]]s|[[JumpShip]]s|[[WarShip]]s}}
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'''Kathil Shipworks''' was one of the most advanced manufacturers of [[DropShip]]s, [[JumpShip]]s, and [[WarShip]]s in the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=HB:HDp166/><ref name=BS/>

==Overview==
Constructed in [[2602]]<ref name=HD(TFS)p196>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 196 (PDF p. 198): "Kathil" planet profile</ref> to bolster the [[Star League Defense Force]] navy during the [[Reunification War]], the '''James McKenna Shipyards''' were among the best DropShip, JumpShip and WarShip construction and repair yards the [[Star League]] could build. The huge zenith [[Jump Point]] complex of repair docks for the construction and maintenance of JumpShips, and the orbiting shipyards above Kathil for servicing and building DropShips and WarShips were constantly updated to ensure they produced the most advanced starships for both the League and its member states.<ref name=HB:HDp166/>

Unfortunately, its location along the Federated Suns-[[Capellan Confederation]] border ensured the yards were regular targets for [[House Liao]] raids after the collapse of the Star League, and by the beginning of the [[Third Succession War]] the shipyards had lost the capability to construct new [[Kearny-Fuchida Drive|K-F Drives]] or perform all but the most basic repairs. This changed with the [[Fourth Succession War]] pushing the Capellan border back enough that Kathil was considered safe from attack to repair and rebuild the yards. A massive systems failure in [[3032]] hampered these repair efforts, once again relegating the yards to maintenance only.<ref name=HB:HDp166/><ref name=BS>''BattleSpace Sourcebook'', p. 27: "Ship Construction - JumpShips and WarShips"</ref>

It took the combined efforts of the Federated Suns government, [[Federated-Boeing]], [[General Motors]] and [[Universal Air]], but the reborn facilities, now renamed the Kathil Shipworks, was finally brought back online by the [[War of 3039]]. Jointly owned by all four parties, the yards publicly constructed DropShips and JumpShips. The first newly constructed JumpShip was completed in November [[3054]], with capacity increasing to two ''[[Merchant (JumpShip class)|Merchant]]'' and ''[[Invader]]''-class JumpShips annually by [[3056]]. Considerable effort was made to covertly construct new WarShips, a fact only revealed when the first ''Avalon'' slipped its moorings in [[3061]].<ref name=HB:HDp166/><ref name=BS/>

Aside from its value for constructing DropShips and JumpShips, this revelation made the yards a prime target during the [[FedCom Civil War]] and drew attacks from both the Capellan Confederation and [[Word of Blake]] during the [[Jihad]] which ultimately destroyed the shipyards in [[3069]].<ref name=HB:HDp166/><ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', pp. 15–16</ref>

After the end of the Jihad, rebuilding the yards over Kathil took a long time.<ref name=OFSp3>''Objectives: Federated Suns'' p. 3: "Industrial Update</ref>

==Manufacturing==
Kathil Shipworks has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

===Kathil===
{|class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Components produced on Kathil:<ref name=HB:HDp166/>
|-
! width="350pt" | Component
! width="350pt" | Type
|-
| colspan="2" align="center " | DropShips
|-
| ''[[Mammoth]]''<ref name=HB:HDp166/>
| [[DropShip]] - Destroyed 3069
|-
| ''[[Mule]]''<ref name=HB:HDp166/>
| DropShip - Destroyed 3069
|-
| ''[[Seeker]]''<ref name=HB:HDp166/>
| DropShip - Destroyed 3069
|-
| colspan="2" align="center " | JumpShips
|-
| ''[[Invader]]''<ref name=HB:HDp166/><ref name=BS/>
| [[JumpShip]] - Destroyed 3069
|-
| ''[[Merchant (JumpShip class)|Merchant]]''<ref name=BS/>
| [[JumpShip]] - Destroyed 3069
|-
| colspan="2" align="center " | WarShip
|-
| ''[[Avalon]]''<ref name=HB:HDp166/><ref>''Technical Readout: 3067'', p. 206: "Avalon WarShip Profile"</ref>
| [[Warship]] - ''Cruiser'' - Destroyed 3069
|-
| colspan="2" align="center " | [[Kearny-Fuchida Drive]]
|-
| [[Crucis StarHeart KF5400]]
| ''Avalon'' (Destroyed 3069){{cn}}
|-
| colspan="2" align="center " | [[Kearny-Fuchida Drive - Jumpships]]
|-
| [[K-F Mark VIIa]]
| ''Invader'' (Destroyed 3069){{cn}}
|}

==References==
<references />

==Bibliography==
* ''[[BattleSpace]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3072]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3067]]''

[[Category: Manufacturing Centers|Kathil Shipworks]]
[[Category: Federated Suns Corporations]]
[[Category:Shipyards]]

Kathil Shipworks - Revision history

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