The Sparta is a new idea for an operations centre. She is comprised of several sub-sections. These subsections are:
Daedalus class Mobile Ship Yard
Pythagoras class Mobile Command Module
Hephaestus class Mobile Space Factory
Sparta class Hotlab
Independent Weapons Platform
Sparta class Hab Complex
Sparta class Fighter Platform
Organic Growth Grid
The Sparta is completely self sufficient, providing materials required to generate power from the Hephaestus.
The Sparta's subsections are transported from the place where they were build to an unpopulated system inside of an ETS shell.
The Sparta then strips all of the available materials from the system, while building ships with those materials. Should the Sparta be found by someone who shouldn't see the information, she can use her ships and fighters to destroy the intruder, pack all ships into ETS shells and launch to another system before the intruder's race has the ability to send a ship to the area.
Pictured is the EAS Thales, the first Sparta put into service.