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Space Shuttle Wreckage

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Alexa Coates
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-04-11 05:44:40 UTC
I've been playing for 3 years and no one has ever mentioned this thing in anything. No lore, no threads asking what i'm asking-

What did it used to look like?

There is a metric shitload of them around and there doesn't seem to be any left intact, and none for us capsuleers.

Theories?

That's a Templar, an Amarr fighter used by carriers.
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#2 - 2013-04-11 05:58:11 UTC
It's the small freighter we always ask about but never get.

Sovereignty and Population

New Mining Mechanics
Jace Errata
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#3 - 2013-04-11 06:18:15 UTC
You kind of have to wonder how tall the people who used it were. I have a screenshot of my Hurricane parked next to it somewhere, and it's ******* gigantic - yet it only appears to have the one deck.



*cough*terrible miscalculation of scale*cough*

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ISD Gallifreyan
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#4 - 2013-04-11 06:45:18 UTC
Perhaps it is a shuttle from the times of our ancestors. From the age of the eve gate?
But surely they would have been stripped for salvage by now.

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Lt. Commander

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Nariya Kentaya
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2013-04-11 07:11:02 UTC
Jace Errata wrote:
You kind of have to wonder how tall the people who used it were. I have a screenshot of my Hurricane parked next to it somewhere, and it's ******* gigantic - yet it only appears to have the one deck.



*cough*terrible miscalculation of scale*cough*

Well, interior decks would be stripped out of the hull, sicne valuable electronics and minerals are used in conduits placed between walls and decks, so it woudl make sense to look like it just has 1 or 2 large decks, sicnce everything else ahs been gutted.

hulls generally are base/common/cheap metal not worth the space it woudl take to transport, no to mention the bulk size of a hull, so they are left floating.
Tul Breetai
Impromptu Asset Requisition
#6 - 2013-04-11 07:11:30 UTC
ISD Gallifreyan wrote:
Perhaps it is a shuttle from the times of our ancestors. From the age of the eve gate?
But surely they would have been stripped for salvage by now.


... in a space shuttle? Shocked

There's nothing worse than an EVE player, generally considered to be top of the food chain in the MMO world, that cannot smacktalk with wit and coherency.
Jace Errata
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#7 - 2013-04-11 07:37:16 UTC  |  Edited by: Jace Errata
Nariya Kentaya wrote:
Jace Errata wrote:
You kind of have to wonder how tall the people who used it were. I have a screenshot of my Hurricane parked next to it somewhere, and it's ******* gigantic - yet it only appears to have the one deck.



*cough*terrible miscalculation of scale*cough*

Well, interior decks would be stripped out of the hull, sicne valuable electronics and minerals are used in conduits placed between walls and decks, so it woudl make sense to look like it just has 1 or 2 large decks, sicnce everything else ahs been gutted.

hulls generally are base/common/cheap metal not worth the space it woudl take to transport, no to mention the bulk size of a hull, so they are left floating.

Doesn't change the fact that it's a "space shuttle" bigger than a Hurricane. It actually appears to have a cockpit at one end (if it is a cockpit, it makes the shuttle a ~5 man ship - big people...)

Edit: vertical walls are present, and they're designed as if for a single deck (they're in the same place all the way down)

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Talemecus Valta
Deep Space Coalition
#8 - 2013-04-11 08:09:37 UTC
ISD Gallifreyan wrote:
Perhaps it is a shuttle from the times of our ancestors. From the age of the eve gate?
But surely they would have been stripped for salvage by now.


I collect the metal scraps from mission wrecks and the reprocess them all when I reach over a hundred.

Too bad you can't salvage the shuttle wrecks as a random event, and then receive a couple hundred metal scraps for the trouble.

Then you could reprocess them back into low quantities of Mexallon or Tritanium.

Talemecus Valta, PVP Cannon Fodder, Valta Industries.
Debora Tsung
Perkone
Caldari State
#9 - 2013-04-11 08:10:27 UTC
ISD Gallifreyan wrote:
Perhaps it is a shuttle from the times of our ancestors. From the age of the eve gate?
But surely they would have been stripped for salvage by now.


Our ancestors, 15 metres tall, blonde blue eyed muscular giants of perfect proportions.

Stupidity should be a bannable offense.

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ACE McFACE
Dirt 'n' Glitter
Local Is Primary
#10 - 2013-04-11 11:34:36 UTC
Debora Tsung wrote:
ISD Gallifreyan wrote:
Perhaps it is a shuttle from the times of our ancestors. From the age of the eve gate?
But surely they would have been stripped for salvage by now.


Our ancestors, 15 metres tall, blonde blue eyed muscular giants of perfect proportions.

Good for basketball

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mr ed thehouseofed
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2013-04-11 11:52:08 UTC
nasa nerfed it Big smile

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Nariya Kentaya
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#12 - 2013-04-16 21:31:17 UTC
Jace Errata wrote:
Nariya Kentaya wrote:
Jace Errata wrote:
You kind of have to wonder how tall the people who used it were. I have a screenshot of my Hurricane parked next to it somewhere, and it's ******* gigantic - yet it only appears to have the one deck.



*cough*terrible miscalculation of scale*cough*

Well, interior decks would be stripped out of the hull, sicne valuable electronics and minerals are used in conduits placed between walls and decks, so it woudl make sense to look like it just has 1 or 2 large decks, sicnce everything else ahs been gutted.

hulls generally are base/common/cheap metal not worth the space it woudl take to transport, no to mention the bulk size of a hull, so they are left floating.

Doesn't change the fact that it's a "space shuttle" bigger than a Hurricane. It actually appears to have a cockpit at one end (if it is a cockpit, it makes the shuttle a ~5 man ship - big people...)

Edit: vertical walls are present, and they're designed as if for a single deck (they're in the same place all the way down)

Jove equivalent of the huge biomen from Prometheus?
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#13 - 2013-04-16 21:38:24 UTC
Frost Giants...
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#14 - 2013-04-16 21:45:24 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Frost Giants...

Which leads to the inevitable question:

If our space rockets have a nose cone, do Frost Giant rockets have a snow cone?

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ISD Ezwal
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#15 - 2013-04-16 21:45:51 UTC
Nariya Kentaya wrote:
Jove equivalent of the huge biomen from Prometheus?
Whatever they were (or how tall) is up for debate. The only thing that we now know as fact is that they are dead, most probably because they wrecked thousands and thousands of their 'Space Shuttle' space craft. So I think It can safely be assumed that they were really bad at flying in space....Blink

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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#16 - 2013-04-16 21:46:42 UTC
Ranger 1 wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
Frost Giants...

Which leads to the inevitable question:

If our space rockets have a nose cone, do Frost Giant rockets have a snow cone?


Its snow joke!
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#17 - 2013-04-16 22:05:22 UTC
Im wondering how the navigation systems of these "shuttles" really were. It appears that every "shuttle" that ever existed has horribly crashed sideways on an asteroid.

In the infinite vastness of space, with practically any direction in which to fly..it seems that all the "shuttle" pilots decided that the flight path that lead directly into an asteroid was the most practical.

Perhaps there were alot more asteroids back then, or more likely, a complete lack of shuttle pilot certification.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
NEONOVUS
Mindstar Technology
Goonswarm Federation
#18 - 2013-04-16 22:05:31 UTC
ISD Ezwal wrote:
Nariya Kentaya wrote:
Jove equivalent of the huge biomen from Prometheus?
Whatever they were (or how tall) is up for debate. The only thing that we now know as fact is that they are dead, most probably because they wrecked thousands and thousands of their 'Space Shuttle' space craft. So I think It can safely be assumed that they were really bad at flying in space....Blink

I dare you to come to America and drive on our capitol beltway, then make that statement again.
We arent bad drivers, we're actually very good.
I mean look how few crashes we have despite driving worse than the Russians!

Now excuse me as I go Minmatar on my car.
Thank the ancestors for Gorilla tape, duck tape does not survive the 80 MPH+ wind abrasion.
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#19 - 2013-04-16 22:13:29 UTC
NEONOVUS wrote:
ISD Ezwal wrote:
Nariya Kentaya wrote:
Jove equivalent of the huge biomen from Prometheus?
Whatever they were (or how tall) is up for debate. The only thing that we now know as fact is that they are dead, most probably because they wrecked thousands and thousands of their 'Space Shuttle' space craft. So I think It can safely be assumed that they were really bad at flying in space....Blink

I dare you to come to America and drive on our capitol beltway, then make that statement again.
We arent bad drivers, we're actually very good.
I mean look how few crashes we have despite driving worse than the Russians!

Now excuse me as I go Minmatar on my car.
Thank the ancestors for Gorilla tape, duck tape does not survive the 80 MPH+ wind abrasion.


That's why we have staple guns

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Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#20 - 2013-04-16 22:45:37 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
NEONOVUS wrote:
ISD Ezwal wrote:
Nariya Kentaya wrote:
Jove equivalent of the huge biomen from Prometheus?
Whatever they were (or how tall) is up for debate. The only thing that we now know as fact is that they are dead, most probably because they wrecked thousands and thousands of their 'Space Shuttle' space craft. So I think It can safely be assumed that they were really bad at flying in space....Blink

I dare you to come to America and drive on our capitol beltway, then make that statement again.
We arent bad drivers, we're actually very good.
I mean look how few crashes we have despite driving worse than the Russians!

Now excuse me as I go Minmatar on my car.
Thank the ancestors for Gorilla tape, duck tape does not survive the 80 MPH+ wind abrasion.


That's why we have staple guns


And aluminum ducting tape.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
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