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Rachel Silverside
Handsome Millionaire Playboys
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Posted - 2012.08.27 12:49:00 -
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Hey guys,
Does anyone here know what the canon production times are for spacecraft? I have heard that you can just multiply the in game production times by 4 to get a reasonably correct answer but given that we could build 1km long ships in about a day using that method it seems a bit wrong.
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Velicitia
Open Designs
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Posted - 2012.08.27 14:10:00 -
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I don't think it's really been stated ever. Though it's probably reasonable to think that the navies have similar time scales to build things ... they might just not have the raw ISK budget to build as many as fast as we can ... |
Horatius Caul
Kitzless
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Posted - 2012.08.27 18:42:00 -
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It might seem counter-intuitive and require some suspension of disbelief, but manufacturing really is as fast as the game mechanics make it seem.
We don't have any clear PF about it, but I'd guess manufacturing is a lot like 3D printing. The assembly array is an incredibly complex system of nano-constructors and robotic manipulators. When a properly coded blueprint is uploaded to it, the assembly will adjust itself according to positions given in the blueprint, and carry out its construction programming (also described in the blueprint).
Minerals are poured into the system, and once the automated process starts it breaks down the minerals into the elements it needs. These are then either forged into components which are moved into place or perhaps practically poured into the position they're needed in.
Materials and Efficiency research would improve on the design of the equipment or on the actual programming of the assembly procedure.
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Anslo
BHEI Galactic Construction
The Unforgiven Alliance
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Posted - 2012.08.27 19:12:00 -
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Honestly I doubt they fully use nano-tech to create their ships. That's WAY to vulnerable to e-warfare in the nature of, say, a nano-scale virus or some such. |
Myxx
Minmatar Death Squad
Broken Chains Alliance
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Posted - 2012.08.27 19:27:00 -
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I see it as a combination of nano-tech being used for stuff like precision welding and giant machines manufacturing things in huge batches along with a good dose of underpaid and overworked workers doing the other stuff like putting it all together and final assembly. |
Horatius Caul
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Posted - 2012.08.28 22:15:00 -
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Anslo wrote:Honestly I doubt they fully use nano-tech to create their ships. That's WAY to vulnerable to e-warfare in the nature of, say, a nano-scale virus or some such.
I can't recall there ever being any major incidents regarding nano-assemblers in the PF. No grey goo or anything. Thus it's actually possible that grey goo is simply impossible given the technology level of the cluster.
Nanotech ranges in scope from resistant paint coating to post-singularitarian magic, so such a sweeping generalization as "nanotech is vulnerable to some technobabble" is pretty pointless. We know for a fact that robotics are used in manufacturing, but surely that's vulnerable to electronic warfare as well! We have to let CONCORD know! 
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