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Re: The MIFFLIN A.N.T.
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:53:44 GMT
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In lugnet.space, John Riley wrote:
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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.
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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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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 w/functional crank is definately my
favourite feature.
By the looks of your signature, we can hope to see some more tugs, tows and
civvie ships? I hope so!
Cheers,
-Gil
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| (...) Thanks, Gil. Yes, I'm thinking along the lines of doing mostly civilian ships. I'm currently working on (slowly, I started it in November) a large freighter, one that would have no problem pulling the Vanguard solo. Think Taiidan Fighter from (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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