As a Horse fan, I had to go Lions...
So I do know that we have about 20 Mech factories producing a Star every month or so... each. But I think most of this is for trading, parts for supplies and sibko caches. While we do make use of massive Infantry, both Elemental and Freebirth, we also have our ancestral holdings of vehicular stocks, much like the corral of olden days, we've been naughty... waiting and plotting for someone to try it again...
Also we'll more likely Harvest Trial for your whole unit against our coffers of mech parts in exchange... be you Freebirth or not.
I defiantly can see Brimstone, Red Knight and Anathema hanging in orbit over Tokasha, our factory capital world and Niles, were we have a single Naval bay capable of servicing our little needs. We still can use Nova CEWS, just not for Trials of Possessions, mostly for static defenses and invasions, like Harvest Trials for our mech supplies.
( If we ToP you, then no... but if you attempt a return ToP, yes... except we call them " Harvest Trials ". ::) fun factoid )
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Information gleaned from all of our holdings that CSL currently holds and various snippets of TRO, FM:Warden, FM:Crusader, WoR, WoR Sup. Meaning I do read various sources and write down everything from that particular planet and then when said factory is gone, it is then erased. If it specifically states rebuilt or moved, then it is.