The Colonial Fleet Bureau of Ships located in Queenstown on Picon. The Bureau's responsibilities included supervising the design, construction, conversion, procurement, maintenance, and repair of ships and other craft for the Colonial Fleet. Three years before the Fall of the Colonies Rear Admiral Scott Tolan served as the Director of the Bureau of Ships.
In the story 'Ghost Ship', set eight years before the Fall, it is mentioned that Rear Admiral George C. I. Ferguson is serving as the Bureau's Director.