Helios Industrial: A Catalog of Modern Hulls
By Therin Voss, Helios External Affairs
Helios Industrial
A Catalog of Modern Hulls
ES 89 Edition
By Therin Voss, External Affairs
Published by Helios Industrial Ceres
Welcome
Helios Industrial has manufactured ships, modules, and fold-cores for the new era for forty-three standard years.
This catalog introduces our current lines to prospective customers.
If you have flown a Common-tier module in the last ten years, there is a strong chance you have flown Helios.
— T.V.
- Heritage
Helios was founded in ES 46 on Ceres by a small consortium of post-Silence engineers.
Our founders had two convictions: that the new era would need reliable manufacturing, and that reliability earns trust.
We have held to both. Our first Frigate hull commissioned in ES 50. Our hundredth in ES 71. Our thousandth this year.
Helios maintains manufacturing facilities at Ceres Yards (our headquarters), Europa Industrial (fold-core fabrication), and a network of smaller partner sites across Sol-Prime.
We are proud of this scale. We are prouder of the standard it allows us to hold.
Continued.
- Hulls
Helios manufactures Common-tier hulls across the Frigate and Destroyer classes. Our current lines:
Dart-Class Frigate
— our flagship light hull. Fast, agile, configurable. The choice of independent pilots since ES 60.
Brick-Class Frigate
— our heavy-cargo Frigate. Less elegant; more capable. The hauler's friend.
Disc-Class Frigate
— our scout configuration. Long-range sensors, low signature. For pilots who prefer to see before being seen.
Interceptor-Class Frigate
— our combat-tuned Frigate. Helios's response to growing pirate activity along the Drift.
Continued.
- Modules
Helios produces Common-tier modules across every major category: weapons, engines, cargo, mining, refinery, scanners, life support.
We do not publish individual specifications in this catalog. Specifications are available through any IPU or partner station's Vendor terminal. Helios modules are tagged HE in product listings.
Note: Helios manufactures Common-tier exclusively. For Rare and Elite-tier equipment, we recommend Praxis Heavy Yards or Drake & Quill (refurbished).
Continued.
- Manufacturing
Our fold-core fabrication facility at Europa Industrial is the largest in human space.
Approximately seventy percent of the new era's commercially-available fold cores originate at Europa.
This is not a small claim. We hold it carefully. The Europa facility employs over twelve thousand staff and operates twenty standard hours a day, three hundred and sixty days a year.
Fold-core fabrication is the foundation of the new era's commercial infrastructure. We are committed to keeping it reliable, scalable, and available.
Continued.
- Frontier Partnerships
Helios has, in recent years, entered into partnership arrangements with several independent frontier operations.
We supply manufacturing capacity in exchange for site-development rights.
These partnerships extend Helios's reach into regions where Compact infrastructure does not yet operate. They also support the growth of independent enterprise across the new era.
We believe in the frontier. We invest in it accordingly.
Continued.
- A Look Forward
The new era is expanding. Helios is expanding with it.
Our research divisions continue work on Rare-tier modules, with a planned commercial release within the next standard decade.
We also continue investment in fold-core efficiency, scanner technology, and frontier-grade insurance partnerships.
We do not predict the future of the new era. We build for it.
Continued.
About Helios
Helios Industrial operates customer service desks at every IPU station and at our headquarters at Ceres.
Our representatives are available for consultations on bulk orders, custom configurations, and partnership inquiries.
Helios Industrial. Built for what comes next.
— T.V.
End of Catalog
Helios Industrial: A Catalog of Modern Hulls, ES 89 Edition. Published at Ceres. Available at all IPU stations and Helios partner sites.