Rixx Loxhanda

Rixx Loxhanda Shipyard was partially federalized from the Betazoid Defence Forces in 2324 in what many regard as a bureaucratic mess.

When Starfleet was consulted on federalizing member shipyards in late 2323, a fierce debate raged over whether to go for "full federalization" and simply absorb all berths from the five federalizing forces or "partial federalization" and leave each polity a small number of berths to use to construct civilian and cargo transport ships. When partial federalization won out, the standard practice was to leave each polity two "small" 500kt berths and one "large" 1mt berth to use for larger auxiliary ships. For four out of five polities this could be neatly accomplished by simply excluding two or three of their smaller shipyards from federalization. But not so for the Betazoid Defence Forces.

Betazed only had two shipyards: Rixx Loxhanda (2x1mt, 2x400kt) and Talak Zin (1x1mt). In order to leave the Houses of Betazed with the berths they were "owed" according to the partial federalization plan, Starfleet was forced to federalize only the two 1mt berths at Rixx Loxhanda, leaving the two smaller berths and Talak Zin at Onos IV in the control of the Houses.

This has resulted in a split jurisdiction for Rixx Loxhanda in orbit around Betazed, and many headaches for the Starfleet Commodore in charge.

As of 2325, Rixx Loxhanda Shipyard has:
 * Two 1mt berths (Starfleet)
 * Two 400kt berths (Betazoid Defense Forces)

There are rumors that due to bureaucratic miscommunication, Shipyard Operations completely forgot about Rixx Loxhanda when making their initial 2324 build schedule and had to hastily arrange a Kepler build in the open berth A when they realized their mistake.