Difference between revisions of "Argent Aerodynamics Amalgamated INC"
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| − | When the Alioth System decided to rise up against both the Federation and Empire, it had no navy, nor the means to build one. Meredith Argent and Mic Turner banded together and came up with the brilliant idea of retro fitting [[Long Range | + | When the Alioth System decided to rise up against both the Federation and Empire, it had no navy, nor the means to build one. Meredith Argent and Mic Turner banded together and came up with the brilliant idea of retro fitting [[Long Range Cruiser|Long Range Cruisers]] into battleships instead of building a brand new navy. The people of Alioth volunteered their time and their own ships for the cause and AAAI was formed to manufacture the new Alliance Navy. |
After the Insurrection, AAAI turned to commerical research. It quickly grew in size and stature as engnieering genius from across the galaxy joined their ranks, thanks to the less strict commerical controls of the Alliance. Over the next twenty years, several innovative and aesthetically radical ships entered the market. | After the Insurrection, AAAI turned to commerical research. It quickly grew in size and stature as engnieering genius from across the galaxy joined their ranks, thanks to the less strict commerical controls of the Alliance. Over the next twenty years, several innovative and aesthetically radical ships entered the market. | ||
Revision as of 22:40, 1 May 2007
General
Argent Aerodynamics Amalgamated Inc, or AAAI is a company co owned by Mic Turner(deseased) and Meredith Argent. It is an advanced space flight research centre that controls the New Rossyth Shipyards (NRS). The company shipyards are the largest commercial shipyards in known space and due to the engineering skill and ingenuity of its personnel, have produced some of the greatest starships humanity has ever seen, such as the Turner's Quest
History
When the Alioth System decided to rise up against both the Federation and Empire, it had no navy, nor the means to build one. Meredith Argent and Mic Turner banded together and came up with the brilliant idea of retro fitting Long Range Cruisers into battleships instead of building a brand new navy. The people of Alioth volunteered their time and their own ships for the cause and AAAI was formed to manufacture the new Alliance Navy.
After the Insurrection, AAAI turned to commerical research. It quickly grew in size and stature as engnieering genius from across the galaxy joined their ranks, thanks to the less strict commerical controls of the Alliance. Over the next twenty years, several innovative and aesthetically radical ships entered the market.
These ships, although different, were still copying the same formulas used over the last 300 years. Argent and Turner were explorers by nature. They looked to the future, beyond the frontier of inhabited space and knew they needed to do something radical, something completely different, to kick start humanity again.
Turner Class
And so the pair began working on the Turner Class starship. Their main focus was the hyperdrive, the most limiting factor for long travel in any starship and the manoeuvering thrusters. Two years of design saw the first Class IV Military drive not made in the military. The drives range was over ninety lightyears when equipped to the Turner Class starship, with a size comparable to the Puma Clipper. Graceful lines, adrenaline spiking engines and an interesting fish tail, the Turner Class starship was something never seen before in human space. Four were produced: The Turner's Quest, the Argent's Quest and two others for friends of the co owners. Mic Turner went on the first proper flight. He headed for the northern frontier for the Pleione cluster.
