After my alt-account’s adventures on Mount Nervi and SRVing into high orbit, I wanted to develop a different style of exploring - one which focused on short to medium range exploration but which had the ability to fully enjoy the potential of any one system that I jumped into. By enjoy, I mean explore and test the natural wonders held within the planets, moons, and ring systems after the manner in which we attempted to summit Mount Nervi.
[video=youtube;FPtvDrDG1Ag]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPtvDrDG1Ag[/video]
So the emphasis here is not so much on exploring space on the galactic scale but more on drilling deep, as it were, in any one particular system: to drive or fly the deep ravines; summit the impossible mountains and massifs; surf the ring systems about Earth-like worlds or Ammonia planets. I needed an exploration vessel equipped for all those possibilities - to push deep into everything a system could offer up. This would be exploration for the extreme adventurer.
And so was born the ‘Wilderness of Tigers’, a Lakon Keelback, with 2 SRVs and an Aegis fighter. Yes, it only has a jump range of 21/22 light years before any Engineer modifications - but it has all the usual exploration tech in terms of scanners. She flies with a medium fuel tank but with a first class fuel scoop (relatively speaking). She also carries mining lasers (coughs into palm of hand . . .).
And I think this is going to work - yes, I won’t travel great distances but that is not my goal here. This is a ship designed for thrill-seeking in the manner of the adventure we had on Mount Nervi and which will allow me to enjoy any wonder I come across - be it on the planet’s surface or in a maze-like ring system. The ‘Wilderness of Tigers’ allows me to switch between 3 different cockpit views and modes of travel - from the rugged yaw of the Lakon to the bounce of the SRV and finally to the zip and swish of the Aegis fighter. I can roam, drive, climb, fly and explore practically every terrain and opportunity any system can hold.
This will extreme exploring and I see this old retro-fitted Keelback as a ragtag adventuring vessel - sort of like a battered Land Rover with a paraglider and two mountain bikes strapped to it as I drive deep into the wilderness! I will jump into the little systems off the beaten routes and slowly unpick their charms and secrets simply for the pleasure of the race and the climb and the flight.
This is the Lakon Keelback XE, piloted by Commander Hated Nightfall, co-piloted by a naive cadet called Persephone Torres, a waif from an orbital whose clipped professional tone always fails to hide her lack of experience.
Welcome to the ‘Wilderness of Tigers’ . . .
[video=youtube;q2Lir_LQruc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Lir_LQruc[/video]
[video=youtube;asx5WrfGIZQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asx5WrfGIZQ[/video]
[video=youtube;FPtvDrDG1Ag]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPtvDrDG1Ag[/video]
So the emphasis here is not so much on exploring space on the galactic scale but more on drilling deep, as it were, in any one particular system: to drive or fly the deep ravines; summit the impossible mountains and massifs; surf the ring systems about Earth-like worlds or Ammonia planets. I needed an exploration vessel equipped for all those possibilities - to push deep into everything a system could offer up. This would be exploration for the extreme adventurer.
And so was born the ‘Wilderness of Tigers’, a Lakon Keelback, with 2 SRVs and an Aegis fighter. Yes, it only has a jump range of 21/22 light years before any Engineer modifications - but it has all the usual exploration tech in terms of scanners. She flies with a medium fuel tank but with a first class fuel scoop (relatively speaking). She also carries mining lasers (coughs into palm of hand . . .).
And I think this is going to work - yes, I won’t travel great distances but that is not my goal here. This is a ship designed for thrill-seeking in the manner of the adventure we had on Mount Nervi and which will allow me to enjoy any wonder I come across - be it on the planet’s surface or in a maze-like ring system. The ‘Wilderness of Tigers’ allows me to switch between 3 different cockpit views and modes of travel - from the rugged yaw of the Lakon to the bounce of the SRV and finally to the zip and swish of the Aegis fighter. I can roam, drive, climb, fly and explore practically every terrain and opportunity any system can hold.
This will extreme exploring and I see this old retro-fitted Keelback as a ragtag adventuring vessel - sort of like a battered Land Rover with a paraglider and two mountain bikes strapped to it as I drive deep into the wilderness! I will jump into the little systems off the beaten routes and slowly unpick their charms and secrets simply for the pleasure of the race and the climb and the flight.
This is the Lakon Keelback XE, piloted by Commander Hated Nightfall, co-piloted by a naive cadet called Persephone Torres, a waif from an orbital whose clipped professional tone always fails to hide her lack of experience.
Welcome to the ‘Wilderness of Tigers’ . . .
[video=youtube;q2Lir_LQruc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Lir_LQruc[/video]
[video=youtube;asx5WrfGIZQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asx5WrfGIZQ[/video]
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