Editing Universal Air

{{InfoBoxCorporation
| image = UNIVERSAL_AIR.jpg
| founded = 
| dissolved = 
| affiliation = [[Federated Suns]]
| previous_names = 
| headquarters = Williams Bay<br>([[Delavan II]])<ref name=HB:HDp168>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 168: "Universal Air (UniAr)"</ref>
| leadership = [[CEO of Universal Air|CEO]]
| products = {{Ubl|[[JumpShip]]s|[[Small Craft]]|[[WarShip]]s}}
| parent = [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]]<ref name=O:FSp8>''Objectives: Federated Suns'', p. 8: "Federated-Boeing (Formerly Universal Air)"</ref>
| divisions = 
| plants = {{Ubl|[[Galax]]|[[Kathil]]}}
}}
The cornerstone of [[Kearny-Fuchida Drive]] manufacture in the [[Federated Suns]], '''Universal Air''' survived everything until the [[Jihad]], resulting in its merger with [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]].

==Overview==
Being known under a variety of names during its centuries of existence, Universal Air has constructed [[JumpShip]]s since the days of the [[Age of War]]. Based on [[Delavan]], one of the so-called [[Golden Worlds]] and a single jump from [[New Avalon]], Universal Air was well protected and able to draw upon the best resources available in FedSun space, ensuring it maintained production even during the worst technical decline of the [[Succession Wars era]].

Damaged in the [[First Succession War]] from the two bouts of fighting as Delavan changed hands between the Combine and the Suns, the shipyard was repaired with what equipment could be salvaged from [[Challenge Systems]] shattered shipyard on [[Panpour]] following a [[2796]] Combine raid.<ref name=BS/>

The vital nature of its products ensured the company incredible financial and political power, including obtaining the significant role in the production of the ''Fox''-class [[WarShip]]. Its power was also a double edged sword: on numerous occasions [[House Davion]] having to remove every corporate officer from power due to questions of disloyalty to the Federated Suns.<ref name=HB:HDp168/>

The company's proximity to the capital ensured its survival until the [[Word of Blake]] instigated a naval blockade during its siege of New Avalon. While escaping harm during the warfare of the Jihad, merchant and military traffic refused to travel anywhere near New Avalon for fear of provoking the Blakists' WarShips, robbing the company of sales and vital supplies to maintain production. Teetering on the brink of insolvency, Federated-Boeing engineered a merger with its longtime partner, the combined company trading under the Federated-Boeing name but with UnAir's Delavan based shipyards its new headquarters.<ref name=MM41>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 41: "Federated Boeing Interstellar (FdBoin)"</ref> Federated-Boeing introduced capital to expand the Delavan yards to produce several [[Pocket WarShip]] designs for the [[AFFS]].<ref name=O:FSp14>''Objectives: Federated Suns'', p. 14: "Federated-Boeing"</ref>

==Manufacturing==
Universal Air has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

===Delavan===
{|class="wikitable"  
! colspan="2" |Components produced on Delavan:<ref name=OR92>''Objective Raids'', p. 92: "Produced Universal Air Components"</ref> 
|-
! width="350pt" | Component
! width="350pt" | Type
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Small Craft</u>
|-
| [[Ares Mark IX Attack Craft|''Ares'' Mark IX Attack Craft]]<ref name=O:FSp14/><ref>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 122: "Ares Mark IX (Attack Craft)" - Space production site noted</ref>
| [[Small Craft]] - Since [[3077]]
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>JumpShips</u>
|-
| ''[[Invader]]''-class<ref name=HB:HDp168/><ref name=O:FSp14/><ref name=OR92/>
| [[JumpShip]]
|-
| ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]''-class<ref name=HB:HDp168/><ref name=O:FSp14/><ref name=OR92/>
| JumpShip
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Pocket WarShip</u>
|-
| ''[[Excalibur (DropShip class)#Variants|Excalibur]]''
| [[Pocket WarShip]]<ref name=MM41/><ref name=O:FSp14/>
|-
| ''[[Arondight]]''
| Pocket WarShip<ref name=O:FSp14/>
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Kearny-Fuchida Drive|Kearny-Fuchida Drives]]</u>
|-
| [[K-F Mark VIIa]]
| ''Invader''<ref name=OR92/>
|-
| [[K-F Mark VIII a-1]]
| ''Star Lord''<ref name=OR92/>
|-
|[[Compact Kearny-Fuchida Drive]]
|''Unknown''<ref name=BS>''BattleSpace'', p. 27: "Ship Construction - JumpShips and WarShips"</ref>
|}

===Galax===
''Note'': The Fox-class was produced in conjunction with [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]],<ref name=HB:HDp168/> destroyed in [[3069]]. With the destruction of these yards, Federated Boeing moved its headquarters to the [[Delavan]] system.<ref name=O:FSp14/>

{|class="wikitable"  
! colspan="2" |Components produced on Galax: 
|-
! width="350pt" | Component
! width="350pt" | Type
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>WarShip</u>
|-
| ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class<ref name=HB:HDp168/>
| [[WarShip]] 
|}

===Kathil===
The ''Avalon''-class was produced in conjunction with [[Kathil Shipworks]].<ref name=HB:HDp168/> Unfortunately the [[Jihad]] destroyed the ''Avalon'' line completely and heavily damaged the ''Invader'' line. As of [[3079]], the yard could only repair ''Invader''s and was unable to create new ones.<ref name=O:FSp8/>
{|class="wikitable"  
! colspan="2" |Components produced on Kathil: 
|-
! width="350pt" | Component
! width="350pt" | Type
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>WarShip</u>
|-
| ''[[Avalon]]''-class<ref name=HB:HDp168/>
| [[WarShip]]
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>JumpShip</u>
|-
| ''[[Invader]]''-class<ref name=HB:HDp168/>
| [[JumpShip]]
|}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]'' 
* ''[[Objectives: Federated Suns]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3085]]''

[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Universal Air]]
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