Why doesn't the SRV bay 3D print SRVs?
Maybe not the small ones, but the bigger ones you would think would be comparable, no?
Really not that keen on the 3d printing, call it a fighter manufacturing plant or something.
Build 'em from component parts you just restock at stations.
Why do you think this is not what is happening now
Maybe when we buy more than one SRV the others are Ikea kits XD.
I see the whole thing as Ikea kits + some amout of printing/robotic assembly. When you consider the scale of the Bubble, it would make
a lot of sense (since the number/demand is so high, and that ED universe tech seems "stagnant", mass standardization makes a lot of sense)
Drone fighters are unmanned so aren't safety certified to carry human occupant. Your SRV has to have a safety inspection and have a little ticket put on it by some Health and Safety inspector.
Sometimes technical mitations aren't really technical limitations, but bureaucratic ones.
It's the most viable piece of head canon that I could come up with.
This is the bit I don't understand about ship launched fighters. We have been told you can hire a pilot but he's on board your ship not the fighter and is using a VR type thing to fly so how is it he dies if the fighter is blown up?
If I'm not mistaken, he doesn't die... Unless the mothership is destroyed.
If I'm not mistaken, he doesn't die... Unless the mothership is destroyed.
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net...hter_01.png/revision/latest?cb=20160817143228
Looks like someone is piloting the fighter-craft, so I don't think they're unmanned.
A holographic projection of the pilot?
(For some lore reason I can't think of)
Why do you think this is not what is happening now
Maybe when we buy more than one SRV the others are Ikea kits XD.
I see the whole thing as Ikea kits + some amout of printing/robotic assembly. When you consider the scale of the Bubble, it would make
a lot of sense (since the number/demand is so high, and that ED universe tech seems "stagnant", mass standardization makes a lot of sense)
Because... licenses. Apparently.
Are materials required to 3D-print those fighters? Like iron, tungsten, molybdenum or somesuch?
Are materials required to 3D-print those fighters? Like iron, tungsten, molybdenum or somesuch?
Because pirates stealing such blueprints totally care about licensing.
This is the bit I don't understand about ship launched fighters. We have been told you can hire a pilot but he's on board your ship not the fighter and is using a VR type thing to fly so how is it he dies if the fighter is blown up?