Feel free to input your own ideas. Here are a few of mine:

Starting out easy-to-implement: the next station should have a crafting mission for LENBs

-10x Premium Xithricite
-4x Energy Conversion Modules
-1x Manufacturing Tools
-1x Cooling Systems
-2x Plasma Core
-1x Adv Targetting Systems
-5x Silksteel

Next: I'm thinking a special sort of mini-screamer small port flare

Redeemer Rocket Launcher
Small Port
800 kg
Damage: 2000
Speed: 95 m/s
Delay: 0.5 s
Proximity: 15m
Splash: 30m
Energy/blast: 50
Ammo hold: 20

-10x Lanthiac
-20x Pentric
-1x Advanced Targeting Systems
-5x Basic Targeting Systems
-5x Thrust Regulator
-1x Energy Conversion Module
-10x Coolant
-1x Cooling Systems
-10x Solid Fuel Packs
-15x Solid Explosives
-2x Ion Core
-2x Plasma Core
-1x Stabilizing Systems
-3x Magnetometer
-5x Silksteel
-10x Steel
-1x Plasma Torch
-1x Manufacturing Tools

vvEdit: Cool idea but I think it's a bit excessive, so just ignore this bit.vv
You can't refill ammo at a normal station, instead there will be another crafting mission for packs of 20 ammo (if this feature is possible):
-5x Solid Fuel Packs
-5x Solid Explosives
-5x Steel
-1x Ion Core
-1x Manufacturing tools
-1x Basic Targeting Systems
^^Edit: Cool idea but I think it's a bit excessive, so just ignore this bit.^^

More ideas to come, feel free to contribute.

Edit: and of course a station with a UC mission, I believe there's a thread for that.

-5x Premium Ferric
-5x Premium Carbonic
-10x Apicene
-10x Pyronic
-20x Premium Xithricite
-1x Frequency Modulators
-5x Energy Conversion Modules
-1x Manufacturing Tools
-10x Coolant
-1x Cooling Systems
-2x Plasma Core
-1x Adv Targetting Systems
-10x Silksteel
-1x Gyroscope
-5x Bearing Grease

That's for one LENB? That seems horribly excessive. Maybe for 25... maybe. Honestly, if you guys want to make the manufacturing require interesting/diverse things... then the missions should give bulk (instead of individual) returns.

I'd say this would be a good list for 10 LENBs:
-5x Premium Carbonic
-2x Adv Targetting Systems
-2x Gyroscope
-5x Energy Conversion Modules
Plus a couple bot cores.

If we want manufacturing to be widely used, then we need manufacturing to be somewhat more rewarding than just spending cash.

It's actually not that bad. I purposefully kept the number of required resources per commodity low so that after these were stockpiled people can make an upwards of 10+ lenbs.

Personally, I'm thinking the Redeemer requirements are a bit high. The crafting ammo idea is cool, but probably a bit excessive. I'll just scratch that.

Edited OP: lowered required resources and just ignore the crafted ammo bit. That seem more reasonable for weapons?

Yah, your redux seems more reasonable for weps... but is that still just for one wep?

Am I the only one who thinks that manufacturing missions should yield more than one final product? If so, I'll step out of the thread.

Am I the only one who thinks that manufacturing missions should yield more than one final product? If so, I'll step out of the thread.

No, but there hasn't been much thought put into the finer aspects of the manufacturing mechanics so far, as we only have 3 very proof-of-concept missions available currently, which all happen to yield one or two items.

I'd like to see what Incarnate's idea of a fair Neutron Mk II manufacturing mission is, for reference. Until we see something like that, we're just taking potshots in the dark. What say you, inc?

I think what I've currently got for the LENB seems pretty balanced. Keep in mind most people will get those items in bulk and crank out loads of LENBs.

As for the redeemer, that seems somewhat balanced to me because it seems like a pretty good weapon. Especially considering that it's an ammo weapon with ammo included.

Edit: my idea for a UC batt mission:

-Hive Fast Charge Power Cell
-Guardian Processor Core
-1x Energy Conversion Module
-1x Manufacturing Tools

i kinda like lenbs being bot drops and not manufacturable. If they are I think they should require a fair bit more then what shank and atice have stated. That seems like a basic list for some neut 2s

I'm cool on LENBs being bot-drops only (somewhat ambivalent on that one). My list was pretty much for any high-end blaster gun, plus/minus a few cu.

No, LENB's shouldn't be particularly hard to manufacture. However, if you fly in nation space with one equipped, you should be considered KOS by the local law enforcement.

Seems reasonable, I was really compensating for the lack of more blasters by simply using the LENB but I guess we can revive the Mega Phase Blaster or some other gun, instead.

Edit: any thoughts on the Redeemer? I sort of pulled that one out of my ass so if anyone else knows of any other previously suggested small port rockets feel free to post the thread (not resurrect, of course).