To: Ford.Sierra@Friggarock.fen
From: blackrider@roughriders.fen
Subj: Re: Full-time Heavyarms
Date: Dec09 2023
You guys really should have taken that tour of the BAT Factory Satellite when I offered it.
Let me put it this way. I have special Christmas Delivery orders to fill right now, and I have just put them into the system. In all, I have five Blackbirds, two Peacemakers, three TIE Fighters, and an Albatross. Now, the machinery hasn't even started yet, but rest assured that, barring some major incident, these products will arrive on-time. And with the exceptions of custom fittings, ships of the same class are gonna be so identical that you won't even be able to tell the difference even with a 'waved laser micrometer.
But to answer you at a more technical level... This machinery is accurate to the micron. That's in part thanks to me blatantly ripping off some of the best CNC machinery patents out there (not really, they're getting their royalties), but I also opted for laser-machining for the finishing. Yes, it's all handwaved, but it's pretty low-quirk. Disturbingly so, even. In fact, I think the only real quirk they have is that I can't tell if the blasted things are sapient or not. If yours ever ups and says howdy to you, let me know.
Without a doubt, yours will be able to produce several hundred parts per day, perhaps even a thousand. It depends on how much QA you want the manufactory to do for you. Hint: high resolution X-ray tomography is a regular thing our manufactories do for the critical structural members of all BAT ships. Part of why they never 'break'. You can even have them do the custom bits and final assembly, but I suspect that would take the fun out of it for you.
As for the order...
We'll worry about the plasma carbines after you get set up with the manufactory - it sounds like you'll need it for certain after what you just told me. But I will say that she wants fifteen - enough to outfit the team, have spares on hand as well as spare parts. Woman does not want to kid around ever since she took the reins from Anika.
And the FR-15's? An order of 100 should do just fine. That will be enough to arm up our security forces and then some.
Anyhow... I suggest you (and anyone else that wants to come along as well) get with Jess and schedule a time for that tour at BAT. When you see it, you'll shit bricks.![[Image: banana-dance.gif]](http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/forumimportfiles//banana-dance.gif)
-Benjamin Rhodes
CinC Roughriders
For when it absolutely positively needs to be destroyed yesterday...
From: blackrider@roughriders.fen
Subj: Re: Full-time Heavyarms
Date: Dec09 2023
You guys really should have taken that tour of the BAT Factory Satellite when I offered it.
Let me put it this way. I have special Christmas Delivery orders to fill right now, and I have just put them into the system. In all, I have five Blackbirds, two Peacemakers, three TIE Fighters, and an Albatross. Now, the machinery hasn't even started yet, but rest assured that, barring some major incident, these products will arrive on-time. And with the exceptions of custom fittings, ships of the same class are gonna be so identical that you won't even be able to tell the difference even with a 'waved laser micrometer.
But to answer you at a more technical level... This machinery is accurate to the micron. That's in part thanks to me blatantly ripping off some of the best CNC machinery patents out there (not really, they're getting their royalties), but I also opted for laser-machining for the finishing. Yes, it's all handwaved, but it's pretty low-quirk. Disturbingly so, even. In fact, I think the only real quirk they have is that I can't tell if the blasted things are sapient or not. If yours ever ups and says howdy to you, let me know.
Without a doubt, yours will be able to produce several hundred parts per day, perhaps even a thousand. It depends on how much QA you want the manufactory to do for you. Hint: high resolution X-ray tomography is a regular thing our manufactories do for the critical structural members of all BAT ships. Part of why they never 'break'. You can even have them do the custom bits and final assembly, but I suspect that would take the fun out of it for you.
As for the order...
We'll worry about the plasma carbines after you get set up with the manufactory - it sounds like you'll need it for certain after what you just told me. But I will say that she wants fifteen - enough to outfit the team, have spares on hand as well as spare parts. Woman does not want to kid around ever since she took the reins from Anika.
And the FR-15's? An order of 100 should do just fine. That will be enough to arm up our security forces and then some.
Anyhow... I suggest you (and anyone else that wants to come along as well) get with Jess and schedule a time for that tour at BAT. When you see it, you'll shit bricks.
-Benjamin Rhodes
CinC Roughriders
For when it absolutely positively needs to be destroyed yesterday...