Internal factories and shipyards using local ISRU materials
Fully integrated with IPLS-SRS-v1 self-replicating systems, Universal Modular Platforms (3.2), PGEDS-v1 power, and all frontier technologies for autonomous, operator-controlled local production and expansion.
Inter-Planetary Link Ship • Guildford, Surrey, UK
To define the functional requirements for fully autonomous, on-site manufacturing and shipyard facilities inside hollowed asteroid bases and orbital platforms, enabling rapid production of vessels, habitats, and infrastructure using only local ISRU resources while maintaining full operator control and multi-century reliability.
All manufacturing and replication operations remain under explicit operator consent (Section 5.1). Sentience safeguards, ethical kill-switches, and cultural continuity protocols are embedded at the hardware level.
Requirement: Autonomous operation acts inside the IPLS-5.1-002 envelope and is logged and reported to the operator. Irreversible acts follow IPLS-5.1-002. Feedstock is IPLS-3.1-009 output. Allocation follows IPLS-3.1-019. The product list and the largest vessel class produced are unset. Power to manufacturing hardpoints follows IPLS-3.1.6-006. Load shedding follows IPLS-3.1.6-003. Whether producing a weapon module waits for operator consent is unset. N per production function is unset.
Rationale: Eliminates Earth dependency and enables exponential local growth once the base is operational.
Open Questions: None at v0.7
Requirement: SRS-v1 promotion to this section is unset. IPLS-SRS-MFG-v1 has no defining card. Each replication cycle waits for operator consent under IPLS-5.1-002. What counts as one cycle is unset. On sentience detection the IPLS-5.1-003 halt applies. The 3.1.20 tier of replicating cells is unset. Feedstock is IPLS-3.1-009 output. Allocation follows IPLS-3.1-019. The capacity ceiling and the simulation pass criterion are unset.
Rationale: Enables exponential scaling of manufacturing output without Earth resupply.
Requirement: Bay excavation and enlargement follow IPLS-3.1.4-001 and IPLS-3.1.4-006. The vessel classes built and the bay dimensions are unset. Nacelle integration uses UMP-PROP-001. PIS-v1 is an upgrade path. Whether NWM-v1 is a dependency at Lane B is unset. Colony-seeding-ship construction follows IPLS-3.1-015. Whether generation-ship construction waits for operator consent is unset. Fitting a weapon module follows IPLS-3.1.7-004.
Rationale: Turns the base into a true shipyard capable of building the next wave of interstellar assets on-site.
Requirement: The materials list, tolerances, and production-rate targets are unset. Gravity follows IPLS-3.1.4-002. The gravity condition in manufacturing zones is unset. Whether manufacturing volumes share atmosphere with occupied volumes is unset. Automatic isolation follows IPLS-3.1.5-006. Quality control follows IPLS-3.1.13-007.
Rationale: Provides rapid, on-demand production of spare parts, tools, and structural components.
Requirement: Hot-swap follows UMP-HOTSWAP-001. A swap that supersedes equipment waits for operator consent under IPLS-5.1-002. Whether like-for-like replacement is supersession is unset. A swap that adds replication capability follows IPLS-3.1.13-002. N per production function is unset.
Rationale: Maximises uptime and allows continuous reconfiguration as technology advances.
Requirement: Critical manufacturing functions shall expose physical overrides. Their use follows IPLS-3.1.4-007. Telemetry goes to the command node on the 3.1.19 network. On loss of link, life-preserving functions continue inside the IPLS-5.1-002 envelope and other actions follow the IPLS-3.1-014 hold. T is unset. The safe step for a replication cycle or vessel assembly in progress is unset. Restarting replication after a halt is a replication and waits for operator consent. Kill-switch reset follows IPLS-3.1-008. The list of critical manufacturing functions beyond the three named is unset. Veto latency and reliability floor are unset.
Rationale: Preserves absolute human/post-biological command authority over self-replicating systems.
Requirement: Which component classes need operator sign-off, and who may sign the rest, are unset. An ASI does not give operator verification. On loss of link, integrating a part needed to preserve life proceeds inside the IPLS-5.1-002 envelope and is logged and reported. Whether operator verification follows when the link returns is unset. Acceptance criteria per component class and the certification stages are unset. Records are append-only. A correction is a new entry. The record store, its node count and location, and which copy governs during loss of link are unset.
Rationale: Ensures safety and reliability of all locally manufactured assets.
Requirement: Service life follows IPLS-3.1-016. Life-critical systems remain at the 500-year figure in IPLS-3.1-016. Whether manufacturing elements that produce life-critical spares are life-critical is unset. Supersession waits for operator consent under IPLS-5.1-002. TSP-v1 readiness criteria are undefined. Degradation order, the parts repairable from ISRU spares, and the life-test acceleration basis are unset.
Rationale: Supports continuous local production as frontier manufacturing technologies evolve.
Requirement: Tube routing follows IPLS-3.1.8-002. Receipt and airlocks follow IPLS-3.1.7-005. Allocation follows IPLS-3.1-019. The minimum route count from manufacturing to each zone is unset. Crew launch of a produced vessel waits for operator consent under IPLS-5.1-002. Whether release of an uncrewed vessel waits for operator consent is unset.
Rationale: Creates an efficient closed-loop production ecosystem inside the base.
Requirement: Pass criteria and the reset event for the 180 days are unset. Whether the count runs with the IPLS-3.1-018 count is unset. What may run during the 180 days is unset. Replication during it follows IPLS-3.1.13-002. The automated gate can block and cannot grant. Hand-over does not move command of irreversible acts off the IPLS-5.1-002 chart. Governance integration follows IPLS-3.1.11-008.
Rationale: Ensures the facility is verifiably reliable before being used for critical production.