And what is the capasity out at Matapan and in at Hennesy in the way of SEM having any actual yard space for naval work in addition to engineering and repair ships?
If they have some military manufacturing capability they might be abel to manufacturer some of basic types of routine maintenece components or parts. That would take some of the pressure off whatever exists in the Manticore Home System. They should be able to take ships in for mainenence, perhaps including various levels of battle damage. They will probably be a place to do training or apprenticeship time for some of that new workforce.
Matapan's closest system doen't have a habital planet but I presume that it is a local source of materials for the facilities located out at the terminus. Of the two, Matapan should be safer as it is a long way from anywhere (that we know of) other than Manticore and the now friendly Aldermani Empire.
Hennesy's facilities may or may not be vastly under-utilized just now since that terminus is closed to Solly flagged ships. Of course it could also be seeing an upswing in traffic and related rise in ship repair work (civilian) as traffic starts to flow though there under "neutral" flags rather than spit in the eye of SLN by using the Beowulf terminus.
