@Thyrzul
I have been thinking about something connected to the ship dealing section of the forum, in which CTE would be given orders for a bit higher price than you would buy and equip it yourself. In exchange for that however, every CTE ship would be equipped, outfitted and moved into desired destination. In short: you pay, we assemble & deliver - rather than doing it yourself. As it comes up to the price, it wouldn't cross 10 million of profit for CTE in the most expensive examples, such as delivery of gunboat to the unlawfuls for example..
@FynnMcScrap
Now that's a very good question here. I haven't thought out this up, however I believe Freeports might be equipped with small assemble areas, because vessels from Griffin to Kestrel are small enough to be assembled in such small station. Yet problem arises with Civilian Gunboats, but I believe this matter goes for the point I've made out in the backstory for the CTE Incorporated: they could be assembled in the house space as they are the biggest and the most lethal vessels that could be aquired from CTE.