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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] [QUOTE]What does that secondary arm do? Is it just for supporting the container?[/QUOTE]Yeah, basically. I originally had it with just the one but it looked a little to unstable so I added the second one to perhaps act as a shock absorber and/or to function as a mooring clamp during docking. [QUOTE]So this pod is completely unmaned? Thats why there are no windows, right?[/QUOTE]Correct, although I'm sure there are some onboard facilities for maintenance crews and I'm sure there would be a small, cramped manual control room too. [QUOTE]One thing you might add is some form of docking or umbilical mechanism. While the ship may be unmanned, you'd still have to have a way for maintenance personnel and what not to get aboard for repairs, upgrades, etc.[/QUOTE]I'm sure that there would be the usual exterior maintenance access hatches and a maze of internal jefferies tubes, but an obvious umbilical is a little tricky with this design. For starters every angle is blocked by nacelles and docking arms. The only way in that I can think of is through the container's umbilicle connection in the docking 'cup'. That would mean either first gaining access to the container or the absence of said container. Actually, one possibility just occurred to me; An engineering variant of the FJ container. Say about 1/3 the length of the standard version that has everything the Atlas needs for an engineering overhaul, Cargo holds full of spare parts, workshops, diagnostic computers, deuterium tanks, onboard shuttlebay, crew accommodation and of course a manual override bridge. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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