Bush Shipyards

“The Bush Shipyards” are generally referred to as such, but they are, in fact, two separate shipyards: the Bush Orbital Shipyards and the Bush Naval Shipyards. They are a set of United Nations shipyards located on/around Luna known for producing destroyers and Epstein drives for light cruisers and Truman-class dreadnoughts.
Aesthetically, most military ships follow the same color scheme: flat black on the outside to make them more difficult to spot in space, and gray on the inside. Gray spongy anti-spalling material covers most walls, and if it’s not covered in gray material, it’s just gray metal. Civilian ships tend to be unpainted gray or basic corporate colors given most people will never see the outside, but there are no limits to the barrenness or opulence of the interior of a civilian ship. Those with the money to spend can and will create ships that look like the lobby of the most expensive hotel in the solar system…and will rarely use them.

History

An aging lunar orbital station from the early 21st century provided the skeleton for Phase One of the construction of the Bush Orbital Shipyards. That first step on the journey to Mars—long ago buried under centuries of expansion—became vital to the Martian project, providing the means to produce supply ships and transports to make the lengthy journey back and forth pre-Epstein.
The Bush Shipyards were born as a UN military station, and that basis in military design has influenced the ships that come out of Luna. Whether state-of-the-art battleship or luxury cruiser, they are built with redundancies to cover a maximum number of eventualities. Network panels and screens are installed alongside clearly printed deck maps labeled in multiple languages in case of power loss. Two bays with escape shuttles in case one is damaged. Triple hulled yachts on the off chance that a stray asteroid or PDC round crosses their flight path. Perhaps unsurprisingly, there are echoes of this type of design in the shipyards of Callisto. 

The Bush Orbital Shipyards

The Bush Orbital Shipyards are the civilian shipyards, as much of a center of trade and travel as Luna’s main spaceport— perhaps more so for Belters who are more comfortable with space stations than the tunnels below the lunar surface. They primarily build and service civilian ships and drives: light cruisers, passenger shuttles on the Earth-Luna run, yachts, and racing ships for the ultra-rich, long-haul transport and passenger ships for servicing Mars, The Belt, and the Outer Planets. Though the UN runs the shipyard, it is not a military installation—the maintenance and service crews and contractors are civilians; there is a small bar, and the military presence is limited to a small and subtle UNMC squad who are there to keep the peace

The Bush Naval Shipyards

There is no limit to the military presence at the Bush Naval Shipyards. Most of the United Nations Navy’s fleet of dreadnoughts, battleships, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, corvettes, gunships, transports, and more are built there—and though it is said that Mars would have a technological advantage in any major conflict between the planets, the UN has not stopped searching for the next brilliant innovation that will even the odds. Due to experimental technologies tested and used at the Naval Shipyards, security is even tighter than most UN installations, enforced by a large complement of UN Marines and Military Police. The first of the UN Navy’s third-generation dreadnoughts is just now being assembled high in Luna’s orbit and will be ready for launch within the year. The Xerxes-class will feature an observation lounge with high-definition screens displaying a 360-degree view of the outside of the ship.

Type

Orbital, Shipyard

Parent Location

Luna

Owning Organization

The United Nations