Alex Heartnet took one last look at the blueprints for her salvage frigate. She drew up the blueprints herself, copying parts from no one. This was going to be a real engineering challenge, far more then the home built fighter she made out of spare parts. Additionally, building one required a lot of materials - far more then a snub-class craft. After spending hours doing calculations, she came up with a list of what was needed.
Storage:
<strike>Cryocubes: 1000(Slow down decay of materials)</strike>
Frame:
Super Alloy: <strike>20,000</strike>, Ship Hull Panels: <strike>20,000</strike>
Drills, saws, and other tools:
<strike>Basic Alloys: 5,000(Machine Parts), Diamonds/Blood Diamonds: 1000(Diamond tipped drills and such)</strike>, <strike>Copper/Silver/Superconductors: 1000(Electrical Wiring)</strike>, Counterfeit Software: 25(Computing Programs), <strike>Mining Machinery: 1000</strike> (Drills and stuff), Nanocapacitors: 1000(Power the ship), Optical Chips: 500(Computing), <strike>Robotic Components: 1000(Parts)</strike>
Engine:
<strike>Beryllium: 500(Anti-Radiation)</strike>, <strike>High-temp alloys: 500(To keep the engine from melting)</strike>, <strike>Engine Components: 1000 (Duh!)</strike>, <strike>Gold: 100 (Reflection of Radiation)</strike>, <strike>Iridium: 100 (Anti-heat)</strike>, <strike>Optical Chips: 50(Computing)</strike>, <strike>Superconductors: 500(Wiring)</strike>
Reactor:
<strike>Beryllium: 500(Anti-Radiation)</strike>, <strike>Boron: 100 (Boron-10 control rods)</strike>,<strike> Colbalt&Niobium/High-temp alloys: 500(To keep the reactor from melting)</strike>, <strike>Gold: 100 (Reflection of Radiation)</strike>, <strike>Iridium: 100 (Anti-heat)</strike>, <strike>Nuclear Devices: 1 (The reactor itself)</strike>, <strike>Optical Chips: 50(Computing)</strike>, <strike>Superconductors: 500(Wiring)</strike>
After getting completely drunk off of a shot glass of wine, and having to lay down for a couple of days, Alex started delivering the supplies needed to build the frame. The ship hull panels were delivered from Culebra Smelters to Vieques Shipyard free of charge, she only had to pay for the costs of the cargo. Delivery of the super alloys, though, was another matter. The good news is that any surplus building materials could be sold off to the shipyard. http://yfrog.com/58screen6kp http://yfrog.com/ebscreen8vp http://yfrog.com/0oscreen9hp http://yfrog.com/5hscreen49p http://yfrog.com/0wscreen11rp
After finally unloading all the cargo needed, she begin building the frame.
As it turns out, Vieques Shipyard has its own re-fueling faculties, so there is no need to bring fuel to the ship. Also, the cryocubes were not needed at all. This was great, as Alex could focus on her task, which is building the bridge. http://yfrog.com/5ascreen57p http://yfrog.com/7gscreen58p http://yfrog.com/4qscreen59p
The salvage frigate was not complete yet, but it was flyable, so Alex decided to take it out for a test ride.
After taking the ship down for a test run, Alex decided it is time to finish up the construction, and use the salvage frigate to obtain the commodities needed to build the tools. http://yfrog.com/5oscreen61p http://yfrog.com/10screen62p http://yfrog.com/0xscreen64p http://yfrog.com/3pscreen65p
While I was doing that, I arranged for some help in delivering the rest of the goods, thanks goodness. After, that I was all ready to finish construction of the salvage frigate.
