"October 5th 3306. A major breakthrough have been reached by a little-known startup company Norlin Technologies with a headquarter in a rural system near the Bubble's edge.
Based on the leaked report, the company's specialists have invented a new approach to building a sofisticated and universal computer modules with no risk of accidentally unleashing a general AI into the Galaxy. In the same report, there are traces of contacts between the startup company and several of the major ship manufacturers, specifically: Core Dynamics, Gutamaya and Faulcon DeLacy corporations.
The investigative journalist Kathria Campbail tried to get any official commentaries from the involved parties, but yet to be answered. After the further research, she have shared the assumption that companies are discussing adding a new Core Module for all the manufactured ships, which will use the startup's technology to replace the outdated modules such as docking computers and limpet controllers. The report says that the new technology have a strict limitations, so it will not allow to instantly implement anything beyond current capabilities, rather it introduces the same features in a much more convenient way.
Indeed, a lot of commanders and other pilots did publicly criticized the current approach, where such a basic features requires them to occupy a whole module slots, which are very limited even on a large ships. Those critics are not included directly in this report, but can easily be found on the Galaxy Network forums.
With the suggested Computer Core Module, commanders will have the access to new Software Slots section, allowing to install multiple software modules with already-existing features. For instance, the docking and flight assist will only occupy the software slots, while limpet controllers and scanners will still require a dedicated hardware modules each (one for all the limpet types, another for all the scanner types).
We can't say if the small and practically unknown company will be able to introduce such a major update to all the humanity, but the same as you, we're really interested to know more details about how the major corporations are designing their ships - does they listen to their customers or merely thinking about possible profits?"
The (non-complete) list of the related commanders critics:
Based on the leaked report, the company's specialists have invented a new approach to building a sofisticated and universal computer modules with no risk of accidentally unleashing a general AI into the Galaxy. In the same report, there are traces of contacts between the startup company and several of the major ship manufacturers, specifically: Core Dynamics, Gutamaya and Faulcon DeLacy corporations.
The investigative journalist Kathria Campbail tried to get any official commentaries from the involved parties, but yet to be answered. After the further research, she have shared the assumption that companies are discussing adding a new Core Module for all the manufactured ships, which will use the startup's technology to replace the outdated modules such as docking computers and limpet controllers. The report says that the new technology have a strict limitations, so it will not allow to instantly implement anything beyond current capabilities, rather it introduces the same features in a much more convenient way.
Indeed, a lot of commanders and other pilots did publicly criticized the current approach, where such a basic features requires them to occupy a whole module slots, which are very limited even on a large ships. Those critics are not included directly in this report, but can easily be found on the Galaxy Network forums.
With the suggested Computer Core Module, commanders will have the access to new Software Slots section, allowing to install multiple software modules with already-existing features. For instance, the docking and flight assist will only occupy the software slots, while limpet controllers and scanners will still require a dedicated hardware modules each (one for all the limpet types, another for all the scanner types).
We can't say if the small and practically unknown company will be able to introduce such a major update to all the humanity, but the same as you, we're really interested to know more details about how the major corporations are designing their ships - does they listen to their customers or merely thinking about possible profits?"
The (non-complete) list of the related commanders critics:
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/merge-utility-modules.555648/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/autodock-should-now-be-standard.553795/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threa...anics-but-heres-how-to-make-it-better.550468/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/limpet-types.543289/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/add-programs-scripts-for-sc-assist.545138/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threa...and-supercruise-assist-as-sub-modules.510121/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threa...ouldnt-occupy-optional-internal-slots.527796/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threa...ist-please-dont-make-these-cost-slots.508347/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/where-is-the-ships-computer-core.360936/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/computer-room-module.322887/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/computer-scanner-stacking.313852/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/suggestion-computer-cards.308246/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/why-does-the-docking-computer-take-space.345977/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/onboard-computer-extensions.287411/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/docking-computers.269186/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/computer-module-with-loadable-programs.303778/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threa...g-computer-shouldnt-need-a-cargo-slot.331146/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threa...ated-ship-computer-core-module-please.276683/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threa...-a-core-module-for-the-ships-computer.315669/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/flight-computer.219827/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/wasted-compartments-for-scanners-and-docking-computer.277819/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/feature-suggestion-ship-computer-as-upgradeable-module.243831/
- https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/scanners-suites-and-computers-combo-ideas.232767/