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The MIFFLIN A.N.T.
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Mon, 16 Feb 2004 15:30:19 GMT
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The MIFFLIN Alliance has developed a small craft for assisting large
space-faring vessels in tight manuevers. Principly employed in ports, a few of
these can also be used in cleaning up wreckage from collisions, especially if a
vessel’s propulsion system is offline.
The MIFFLIN Alliance has dubbed this craft the Assisted Navigation Tug, or
A.N.T. Like its namesake, this craft has a lot of strength for its size, and a
cooperative team of A.N.T.s can be used to move even the largest of capital
ships. The dome cockpit allows the pilot to have almost unlimited view of the
surroundings, vital for precision manuevers. A communications array lies
underneath the fuselage. The tug line uses magnetic coupling to ensure secure
grappling.
For further viewing of the A.N.T. demonstration, please visit the
A.N.T. Brickshelf
Gallery.
A big thanks to Adm. Giddens for use of his surveillance camera. The vessel
being towed in the images is Adm. Giddens’ P.C.S. Vanguard. It must be noted
that the Vanguard is fully operational; this was purely a demonstration of the
A.N.T. In all likelihood, the Vanguard will likely require a team of four
A.N.T.s for full assistance.
MIFFLIN Prime Merchant John Riley
(Mercantile Interstellar Fleet of Freighters, Liners,
and Intergalactic Navigators)
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: The MIFFLIN A.N.T.
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| (...) Hey, John, thats really cool! I've always liked small craft and this one is nifty. The cockpit works well here- a bubbly version of those old Blacktron II pods. The body is great, too- smooth, sleek, and simple. The part use is well thought (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) This has got to be one of the best small stud-less crafts I have seen. Great job! I love the cockpit and you can never go wrong with a white-dark red color scheme! Is there anything rear of the cockpit besides SNOT work? (URL) Nathan Wells (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | Re: The MIFFLIN A.N.T.
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| (...) This is a nice build John...I spotted it a few days ago and was wondering if someone was going to post about it. The 'collection of cannisters' look tells of it's port industrial purpose. The colour scheme is pleasing and the towline (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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