Ding! $59m

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OldBloke

October 27, 2014, 04:00:08 PM
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QuoteAnvil Aerospace Crucible â€" A so-called “flying toolbox,” the Crucible is the ship you want on your side when you suffer an asteroid collision or survive a pirate attack! Structurally, the Crucible consists of a cockpit, drive unit and workshop. The Crucible’s workshop is versatile: it can be used as a base for conducting EVA repairs (complete with requisite tool storage) or it can use magnetic grapplers to attach directly to a ship hull. In this situation, the workshop actually opens to space and allows a repair crew direct access to a damaged ship. The workshop can either maintain artificial gravity or allow for zero-g repair operations, depending on the needs of the mission. The Crucible’s cockpit is also outfitted with an array of repair tools, including dual purpose mounts that can exchange weapons for tractor beams and remote manipulator arms. The Crucible is also part of a larger planned repair system. For larger project, independent sections of support struts and drive units, called the Miller ERS (External Repair Structure), can be locked together to form a sort of scaffolding around a damaged starship, the next best thing to an orbital drydock. A standard ERS unit includes a small drive, thrusters, magnetic attach points and modular hardpoints for mounting tractor beams, repair tools or weapons. ERS segments each have a code defining their shape (P1 = Straight section, P2= Left turn, P3 = Right turn, etc.) with the multiple layouts allowing extensive zero-gravity construction as necessary. In the case of damaged capital ships, like the Navy’s Bengal carriers, hundreds of ERS units might be formed into a latticework serviced by a dozen or more Crucibles.
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TeaLeaf

#1
October 27, 2014, 05:08:59 PM
Crucible sounds fun, I like the ERS side too.
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Obsydian

#2
October 27, 2014, 10:17:02 PM
Hmmm, life as a space mechanic... not sure if it's something I want to pursue myself, but I'm openly curious as to how that role plays out.

albert

#3
October 28, 2014, 06:04:34 AM
Basically scaffolding in space!
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Vargen

#4
October 28, 2014, 07:09:06 AM
Maybe we could run DMW as a search and rescue organisation in SC :p Some of these and some cutlass red and maybe a reclaimer or two :)
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Liberator

#5
October 28, 2014, 01:57:15 PM
So basically become back street cut and shut artists. Now that's something I like the sound of.

"Bought this off dMw fleet, nice and cheap, but the first time I jumped, the back end fell off."

Tutonic

#6
October 28, 2014, 03:50:14 PM
"You bought it how you saw it pal"
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Justin Tolerable

#7
October 28, 2014, 03:54:54 PM
Just don't get oil on my 890.

What's the plan then?  Anyone getting a Retaliator when they're inevitably released this weekend?  I imagine we'll see the pledge counter cross the $61m mark by monday ;)

Twyst

#8
October 29, 2014, 02:57:38 AM
Quote from: Liberator;389919So basically become back street cut and shut artists. Now that's something I like the sound of.

"Bought this off dMw fleet, nice and cheap, but the first time I jumped, the back end fell off."

Galatoni

#9
October 29, 2014, 03:09:44 AM
Quote from: Justin Tolerable;389923Just don't get oil on my 890.

What's the plan then?  Anyone getting a Retaliator when they're inevitably released this weekend?  I imagine we'll see the pledge counter cross the $61m mark by monday ;)
Depends how much really. But yes, I'm interested. Likewise I'm interested in how the other bits that are due to be released are priced too. I might be tempted to extend my garage. :cool:
"Forewarned is forearmed"

Justin Tolerable

#10
October 29, 2014, 09:32:29 AM
Quote from: Galatoni;389947Depends how much really. But yes, I'm interested. Likewise I'm interested in how the other bits that are due to be released are priced too. I might be tempted to extend my garage. :cool:

Well if I wanted to unmelt an LTI Retaliator it would cost me $250.  I'm an OB, so I got cheaper rates than new backers for a while.  So back then I guess it went for around $280.  So it should be around that, perhaps a little more.

TeaLeaf

#11
October 29, 2014, 09:47:46 AM
Not sure that the Retaliator has ever appealed to me consistently.   Will probably pass on this one.
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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

Justin Tolerable

#12
October 29, 2014, 12:44:45 PM
Quote from: TeaLeaf;389952Not sure that the Retaliator has ever appealed to me consistently.   Will probably pass on this one.

I'll probably get one, which will be melted for the Carrack.  Then I get to enjoy walking around inside for a couple of weeks.

Galatoni

#13
October 29, 2014, 12:46:02 PM
What's the suggested price again for the retaliator?
"Forewarned is forearmed"

Justin Tolerable

#14
October 29, 2014, 01:05:54 PM
Quote from: Galatoni;389959What's the suggested price again for the retaliator?

I reckon it'll be $280 or so.
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