The Alliance are to give the new modified blueprints of the Turner class ships to Lakon, so they can build up the Alliance military fleet.
GALNET - 29 DEC 3306 - Lakon Spaceways Faces Financial Collapse
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That's what happens when you don't release the "panther clipper"!
I'd be all up for a Conda 'nerf' or 'sort of buff' and equalised the hull tonnage without killing the jump range too much if they also introduced the lore properly and let it carry a Sidewinder.
Possible plays from Mahon here - have the share transfers declared invalid to block the Core Dynamics buyout, but take advantage of the current low price to get a controlling interest cheaply for the Alliance.
Current share prices are probably way undervalued if the company survives - the T-x line is a solid hauler, the Asp is one of the most popular multirole designs, the Alliance C-ships are a guaranteed market so being able to snap it up cheaply would definitely be in Mahon's interests.
Which makes sense for it being a Federal play itself - much more about taking out the Alliance's favoured military supplier than actual commercial sense. But the Rochesters (especially via various Liberal contacts) can bankroll that, and the Federal Navy is too dependent on Core Dynamics not to bail them out if it goes wrong ... though it would be a good opportunity for Hudson to take a swipe at Liberal mismangement of the military and polish his own credentials a bit.
My prediction (sort of similar to FalconFly in this thread):
Marlinists form their own superpower; a part of Core Dynamics and Lakon Spaceways split off of their parent companies to form a new supplier to serve as this new power’s military contractor.
This would be a similar story to how the Alliance was formed, if I’m not mistaken; born out of a conflict between the Federation and the Empire. So this new power would be more closely tied to the Alliance, maybe serving as a foil for them in the same way the Feds and Imps serve as a foil for each other
Marlinists form their own superpower; a part of Core Dynamics and Lakon Spaceways split off of their parent companies to form a new supplier to serve as this new power’s military contractor.
This would be a similar story to how the Alliance was formed, if I’m not mistaken; born out of a conflict between the Federation and the Empire. So this new power would be more closely tied to the Alliance, maybe serving as a foil for them in the same way the Feds and Imps serve as a foil for each other
marlinists are just a split of the empire. they would have nothing to do with the alliance. They're empire except they dont like the current ruling family.
There's no need to give them their own identity since they dont have a distinct one.
There's no need to give them their own identity since they dont have a distinct one.
Points to Asp Scout.
Points to Hudson.
Points to Asp Scout.
Yeah I bet, with Hudson as the biggest shareholder.
Are the Alliance just going to sit there and let
I'm pretty sure I will be able to provide all the salt needed.
maybe the alliance doesn't care because they're going to make their own ships and divest themselves of being dependent on tech shared by the feds and empire (and especially Sirius corp).
The Alliance reverse engineered the jump drive tech from thargoids and the club gave that tech to Sirius corp. There's nothing in the lore that suggests that the alliance just stopped their engineering efforts because Sirius corp had it too. The alliance could have their own version of a jump drive without any dependence on the pilots fed cartographies to limit them to permits or any other unknown control by foreign powers.
The alliance could also have hybrid human/thargoid ship tech that they further reverse engineered after upping security following the industrial espionage they suffered with the jump drive.
Lots of ways Fdev could go with the alliance, while the fed and empire continue to dispute things between eachother.
The Alliance reverse engineered the jump drive tech from thargoids and the club gave that tech to Sirius corp. There's nothing in the lore that suggests that the alliance just stopped their engineering efforts because Sirius corp had it too. The alliance could have their own version of a jump drive without any dependence on the pilots fed cartographies to limit them to permits or any other unknown control by foreign powers.
The alliance could also have hybrid human/thargoid ship tech that they further reverse engineered after upping security following the industrial espionage they suffered with the jump drive.
Lots of ways Fdev could go with the alliance, while the fed and empire continue to dispute things between eachother.
Well they can't, it's a Zorgon Peterson ship and I doubt Faulcon DeLacy would let a competitor steal one of their subsidiary's designs.
I'm putting 5cr on the Alliance launching some kind of investigation, finding something they don't like and buying/claiming Lakon as the official Alliance shipbuilder, angering a few high ranking Feds as a result.
My only regret is that I have but 1 upvote to give to this post.
Surprise! Lakon goes bankrupt, Rochester gets killed by a marlinist and Gutamaya affiliated private equity firm buys up the Lakon factories at liquidation auction.
The Original description of the Eagle was it was out of production and it is still ubiquitous
Whoever would have thought conning investors to buy into the ASP scout production would have led to this?
I bet those E.T. cartridges could use some company!
I bet those E.T. cartridges could use some company!
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