GALNET - Prototype Frame Shift Drive almost production ready, competitor sceptical - 04 APR 3310

Aleks Zuno

Aleks Zuno
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Prototype Frame Shift Drive almost production ready, competitor sceptical​

04 APR 3310

Material gathered from the Titan Taranis wreckage has reportedly allowed Achilles Aerospace to complete the research on their prototype Frame Shift Drive.

The recent initiative sponsored by Achilles Aerospace saw over 5000 independent pilots enter the hazardous wreckage of Titan Taranis, retrieving enough Titan Drive Components to allow Achilles to allegedly design a new type of Frame Shift Drive based on Titan technology.

A spokesperson for Achilles Aerospace gave the following update:

The Achilles Corporation would like to commend every brave pilot that responded to our request. The data we are gathering from the collected materials is staggering, and our work has progressed at an astonishing rate. Our teams are hard at work getting the prototype ready for production as I speak, and we are eager to show you all the fruits of our labour very soon.

Sirius Corporation, the current sole manufacturer of Frame Shift Drives, was asked for comment on this research:

“Sirius recognises Achilles’ claims of ‘revolutionising’ an extremely advanced technology in a relatively short span of time, but we remain unconvinced of their substance. If Achilles can produce something other than words we will be happy to comment further.”
 

zimms

zimms
Very interested to see where this is going exactly. I assume Frontier wouldn't want to make all current drives obsolete completely, especially if these new drives are exclusive to new ships.

I think one option that's still within "balance" and makes sense in the way Thargoid jumps differ from our way, is to let players choose target planets instead of only main stars. Or just do in-system jumps.
 

DjVortex

DjVortex
zimms said:
I think one option that's still within "balance" and makes sense in the way Thargoid jumps differ from our way, is to let players choose target planets instead of only main stars. Or just do in-system jumps.
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My guess: Faster supercruise acceleration at the cost of a shorter jump range.

Which, if I happen to be correct, would once again mean that explorers don't benefit from this at all.
 

Aleks Zuno

Aleks Zuno
DjVortex said:
My guess: Faster supercruise acceleration at the cost of a shorter jump range.
Which, if I happen to be correct, would once again mean that explorers don't benefit from this at all.
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That could be an interesting option if it could be tuned either way; speedy Supercruise at cost of range, or stronger range but it can take a while to escape gravity fields of stars and planets.
 
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