Colony core

Colony core: The ship has been designed to act as the core of a future settlement. Once this fitting is engaged, the ship ceases to be operational as a starship, and builds out into a set of habitats, hydroponic gardens, fusion plants, and living spaces sufficient to support up to five times its maximum crew, including enough fabrication and workshop facilities to keep the settlement operational under normal conditions. The settlement can be a deep-space hab, orbital installation, or planetary settlement. In the latter case, the ship must land to form the settlement; even ships without atmospheric operations can do so, but they can never take off again. Once activated, a colony core cannot be re-packed.