Baromir was able to locate a forge world that built orbital platforms in the Calaxis sector, and a chartist trade company that specialized in carrying the platforms to any sector, no matter how far.  Their prices for delivery were reasonable, probably affordable for the Cortez dynasty.  The prices for macrocannons and torpedo tubes, of course, were quite high.<br/><br/>(base difficulty to acquire 1 platform is 39/100 before haggling; mars pattern macrocannons, grphonne pattern torpedo tubes, and escort bays are difficulty 14/100 with no possible scale modifiers, and expanded repair facilities have difficulty 24/100 to acquire, and remove the ability of the platform to mount a weapon.  They do, however, reduce all ship component installation times by 1 week, and provide a +10 bonus to acquisition tests for starship components.)