The current state of mecha, giant robots in fenspace.

[kashim27]

As in what is the biggest ship that current shipyards can build?

[HRogge]

As in what is the biggest ship that current shipyards can build?

I think you have to split the answer into two parts... purpose built spaceships or modified (sometimes modified design) sea vessels. I am not counting ships made from asteroids in this post.

Spaceships:
I think the largest (as in length) one that has been produced more than once is the Gagarin-class (130m long, 228m width). Its designed similar to a plane, so its pretty light for a ship of its size (558 tons). Its also the only large design in Fenspace that have been produced more than a dozen times.

The Thrillmaster is also large (167.55 m) and heavy (9400 tons), its built from a lot of connected shipping containers.

The Belisarius is large, but its exact measurements and mass is unknown.

The Normandy (honorary entry ) is quite heavy for its size... mainbody of 53*10*8 meters, but 830 tons. Two were built during Season 2, a third one is under construction in 2022 at Nostromo.

Sea vessels in space:
The Stingray started as a "normal" Seawolf Class built by the US (12000 tons)

The Fram is a waved ice-breaker (155m long, 22,400 tons).

The Pearl Starways is also quite large (178m long) and as a ferry its quite heavy (unclear, "GRT" is an unit of volume, not mass).

[Dakota]

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Define "ship." Does Grover's Corners count, or is that a station that happens to have an engine?

I always considered Grover's Corners to be a self-propelled landmass. Mobile station is probably the closest way to define most unreal estate.
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[robkelk]

I think the largest (as in length) one that has been produced more than once is the Gagarin-class (130m long, 228m width). Its designed similar to a plane, so its pretty light for a ship of its size (558 tons). Its also the only large design in Fenspace that have been produced more than a dozen times.

There are dozens of Starclippers out there, too. They aren't as large as a Gagarin, but they're bigger than most Fencraft.
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[HRogge]

There are dozens of Starclippers out there, too. They aren't as large as a Gagarin, but they're bigger than most Fencraft.

I just looked through the "Space Vessels", not the "Space Crafts"...

[LynnInDenver]

We also have the Blue Midgets, which are the size of a set of four-story flats.
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[Bob Schroeck]

Does that colony ship from Candle in the Dark -- I forget its name, but it's the one that made a bit of an impression when it appeared over Port Antallos -- count? Easily an order of magnitude bigger than the GC.
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[HRogge]

Does that colony ship from Candle in the Dark -- I forget its name, but it's the one that made a bit of an impression when it appeared over Port Antallos -- count? Easily an order of magnitude bigger than the GC.

I am not sure the Megaroad is already canon in normal Fenspace Season 0-2.

[kashim27]

I figure I flesh out the AEUG abit and am going to using this http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Antietam-class In the story

[ECSNorway]

GCS Megaroad is one of several in its class. Others include GCS Prydwen (discovery and opening of the Annwn colony) and the Neihardt Clan's farm-ship, whose name I can't remember offhand right now. They are a shipyard item, not a simple assembly-line, but yes, for certain values of "mass" production.
ETA: On the topic of the VF-1:
The first squadrons were converted F-14's looted from a USAF boneyard, true.
They made up about half of the planes used in the Boskone War by Greenwood forces.
The rest were hand-built from scratch, and a single assembly line was established late in the war. This produced the Roughriders' early units. 
Eventually a license deal was cut between SBA and BAT, and more assembly lines were established under BAT jurisdiction, including the first VF-1C and VT-1E models. 
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[Dartz]

I'd imagine attempting to build the Buster Corps, or some version of the Absolute Defence System would also draw a few... complaints too.

Oh... I just recalled This thing which was sort of thrown in the septic tank because the result wasn't as interesting as I thought it'd be. Nono was one of the inspirations for Jet - although it's fallen out a little.
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