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How and where was this ship built? Steel Viper had no capability or technical experience to build a warship. After reading the Wars of Reaving book, Im not sure the writers used much from previous books, they just made stuff up. | How and where was this ship built? Steel Viper had no capability or technical experience to build a warship. After reading the Wars of Reaving book, Im not sure the writers used much from previous books, they just made stuff up. | ||
| + | :Making stuff up is the privilege of the writers - welcome to the concept of FASAnomics. :) Seriously, as far as I recall the Vipers built an entire secret shipyard somewhere specifically to build this ship. They probably didn't need much technical experience to build either the dock or the vessel since they were working from existing blueprints, and the economics of BattleTech are wonky enough to assume they did, indeed, have the skilled laborers and resources to pull this off. They probably bartered away an enclave or fought some trials over stuff. It was a high-priority project for an entire Clan after all. The Ghost Bears built three of these, and even modified the specs in the process twice. If they can, the Vipers can, too. | ||
| + | :That said, you're right in that the article should probably provide more information on the how and where of the vessel's construction. I'll see if I can find the bits I remember and update the article accordingly with references to go with it. [[User:Frabby|Frabby]] ([[User talk:Frabby|talk]]) 01:32, 18 July 2013 (PDT) | ||
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How and where was this ship built? Steel Viper had no capability or technical experience to build a warship. After reading the Wars of Reaving book, Im not sure the writers used much from previous books, they just made stuff up.
- Making stuff up is the privilege of the writers - welcome to the concept of FASAnomics. :) Seriously, as far as I recall the Vipers built an entire secret shipyard somewhere specifically to build this ship. They probably didn't need much technical experience to build either the dock or the vessel since they were working from existing blueprints, and the economics of BattleTech are wonky enough to assume they did, indeed, have the skilled laborers and resources to pull this off. They probably bartered away an enclave or fought some trials over stuff. It was a high-priority project for an entire Clan after all. The Ghost Bears built three of these, and even modified the specs in the process twice. If they can, the Vipers can, too.
- That said, you're right in that the article should probably provide more information on the how and where of the vessel's construction. I'll see if I can find the bits I remember and update the article accordingly with references to go with it. Frabby (talk) 01:32, 18 July 2013 (PDT)