{"data":{"id":14165,"title":"Portfolio: Consolidated Outland","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/14165-Portfolio-Consolidated-Outland","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/14165","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/14165","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"Portfolio","images":[{"id":2236,"name":"Consolidatedoutland_logo_hobbins.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/ep54ojo0j965zr\/source\/Consolidatedoutland_logo_hobbins.jpg","alt":"","size":595387,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2014-07-29T16:31:21+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2236","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2236\/similar"},{"id":2238,"name":"WhiteRoom_cover_8x11.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/6ohovgfu56fa0r\/source\/WhiteRoom_cover_8x11.jpg","alt":"","size":2506761,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2014-09-23T19:21:11+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2238","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2238\/similar"},{"id":26463,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/weozjmuuh3hwh\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":843046,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2019-09-19T15:49:32+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463\/similar"}],"images_count":8,"translations":{"en_EN":"History\nConsolidated Outland and its fan-favorite Mustang spacecraft are the brainchildren of so-called \u201crebel trillionaire\u201d Silas Koerner. Born a mere billionaire, Silas was the sole heir to a family fortune that was generated in the early days of the Bremen System\u2019s settlement. His several-times great grandfather was responsible for settling much of the planet\u2019s temperate regions and cashed in deeply when the newly-formed United Empire of Earth essentially chose the world to feed the Tevarin war effort. Koerner has not been content to sit on his bank balance, doubling his fortune time and time again with his seemingly outrageous but always on-the-money investments. At age sixteen, he invested half his fortune in a small jump communications company that happened to then find UEE sponsorship and take off. Following that start, millions invested in fish farming immediately reaped a massive return when Earth-based seafood, which could be grown easily on Bremen, became all the rage on developing colonies. The pattern continued as he invested in electronics, mining, remote charting and even the increasingly faltering terraforming industry, always with great success.\n\nHis current interests are truly diverse: he can be aptly titled everything from a shipping magnate (full owner of Tri- Cross Lines, among others) to a news mogul (controlling interest in no fewer than nine text-cast and holo outlets). But even more outrageous than his investments is his seeming lack of a personal life: since his rise to fame, tabloids have stalked him at every turn for the slightest sign of anything prurient \u2026 and have consistently come up empty. In truth, Koerner\u2019s apparent sole love is astronautics. Since crossing the multi-billion mark at age 22, he has become a passionate space pilot and a collector of rare ship designs. His collection, which currently numbers some three-hundred- odd ships, is housed in a massive underground museum on Bremen and includes everything from a vintage Roberts Space Industries Zeus to the sole surviving Drake Lobster prototype (which remains unflown and still packed in its shipping foam).\n\nConsolidated Outland is the end result of his lifelong interest, his attempt to build what he deems to be the \u2018perfect\u2019 spacecraft. Although the name (and associated corporate background) is strongly intended to imply an alliance of distant worlds toward a noble technological goal, in truth Koerner owns one hundred percent of Consolidated\nOutland. No Mustang variant takes shape without his input and he has been known to appear without ceremony on the factory floor, insisting that changes be made on the fly to in-production spacecraft.\n\nConsolidated Outland is based on Koerner\u2019s homeworld of Bremen, and no corporate facilities are located offworld. Koerner\u2019s private property is also Bremen-specific, and he apparently leaves the planet only for pleasure (test flying a new spacecraft model on the fringes of Sharon\u2019s Nebula is a favorite pastime). He communicates with buyers and offworld interests exclusively via telepresence robot.\n\nWhile Koerner refuses to comment on his personal life, he has been outspoken in his criticism of other manufacturers\u2019 spacecraft, seemingly finding vocal fault with every design from the Aurora (\u201cflying trash can\u201d) to the Gladiator (\u201ca half-assed toy for full grown children to play fighter hero\u201c) to the Freelancer (unprintable). Koerner is somewhat naturally an avid star racing fan. He owns a top tier racing team outright (The Blue Devils), and maintains luxury box seats at all Murray Cup events.\n\nConversion Kits\nConsolidated Outland began life innocently enough, producing vanity spacecraft conversion kits. The conversion kit business was Koerner\u2019s attempt to stealthily enter the industry, to prove that he could marshal the resources needed to produce high quality aerospace parts before springing the Mustang on the galaxy.\n\nThe first range of conversion kits were high-quality \u201cstyle\u201d kits for common spacecraft: chrome trim for the Aurora CL, decorative spoiler attachments for the Freelancer and the like. No new craft based on these designs are available today, and existing ships fetch extraordinary sums on the secondary market. The reaction from specialists at the time was (and continues to be) that they were high quality attachment parts that served no practical purpose; seemingly Koerner\u2019s attempt to \u201cfix\u201d what he saw as visually broken spacecraft designs.\n\nConsolidated finally hit it big with the more crowd-pleasing aftermarket F7A Hornet kit, which converts the appearance (but not the hardpoints) of civilian Anvil Hornet fighters to match their military counterparts. With the launch of the Mustang, manufacturing of F7A conversion kits has ceased (although the kits are still readily available). Whether this has to do with a desire to focus on Mustang development or to rumors that the conversion kits were in no way licensed through proper channels at Anvil is anyone\u2019s guess.\n\nMustang\nThe Mustang is the ship Koerner has always wanted to build, a stylish, fast and lowpriced alternative to the RSI Aurora and Origin 300 series. The Mustang looks like\nnothing else in space and utilizes over fifty unique alloys in order to keep weight down\nand allow for its mass production on a less developed world. Internally, the vast majority of systems come from the company directly, from the Consolidated Outland Magma Jet engine to the Consolidated Outland Icebox P cooling system. (Some systems, such as weapons and shields, are still provided by outsources; Consolidated Outland maintains that they do not construct weapons, they simply allow weapons to be mounted on their ships for proper defense.)\n\nWhile only the standard Mustang Alpha is currently available for sale, rumors claim that a series of variants are available in limited numbers to the proper buyers, such as outerworlds militia units, and that these are being developed with a likely eye towards eventual wide release. All that is known for sure is that none of these ships will be the \u2018Twin Mustang,\u2019 a makeshift long-range double fuselage variant developed early on by simply welding two incomplete Mustangs together. The Twin was naturally unstable and a resulting crash killed two test pilots. Koerner issued a rare quote to the press, saying that the Twin Mustang was a \u201cterrible, terrible idea, which will not be revisited.\u201d\n\nThe Future\nSpeculating on the basis for Koerner\u2019s involvement in any business isn\u2019t done easily, although it does seem that Consolidated Outland is here to stay. With the discovery of additional metal resources on Bremen and the general success of the Mustang range, it seems safe to say that Consolidated is hard at work on their next big thing.","de_DE":"Historie\nConsolidated Outland und seine Lieblingssonde Mustang sind die Ideengeber des so genannten \"Rebellen-Billion\u00e4rs\" Silas Koerner. Der geb\u00fcrtige Milliard\u00e4r Silas war der einzige Erbe eines Familienverm\u00f6gens, das in den Anf\u00e4ngen der Siedlung des Bremer Systems entstand. Sein mehrfacher Urgro\u00dfvater war daf\u00fcr verantwortlich, einen Gro\u00dfteil der gem\u00e4\u00dfigten Regionen des Planeten zu besiedeln, und kassierte tief ein, als das neu gegr\u00fcndete Vereinigte Reich der Erde im Wesentlichen die Welt ausw\u00e4hlte, um den Tevarin-Krieg zu unterst\u00fctzen. Koerner begn\u00fcgt sich nicht damit, auf seinem Bankguthaben zu sitzen und verdoppelt sein Verm\u00f6gen immer wieder mit seinen scheinbar unversch\u00e4mten, aber immer geldwerten Investitionen. Im Alter von sechzehn Jahren investierte er die H\u00e4lfte seines Verm\u00f6gens in ein kleines Sprungkommunikationsunternehmen, das dann zuf\u00e4llig UEE-Sponsoring fand und abflog. Nach diesem Start ernteten Millionen von Menschen, die in die Fischzucht investiert hatten, sofort eine massive Rendite, als erdgebundene Meeresfr\u00fcchte, die in Bremen leicht angebaut werden konnten, bei der Entwicklung von Kolonien in aller Munde waren. Das Muster setzte sich fort, als er in Elektronik, Bergbau, Remote Charting und sogar in die immer schw\u00e4cher werdende Terraformindustrie investierte, immer mit gro\u00dfem Erfolg.\n\nSeine aktuellen Interessen sind wirklich vielf\u00e4ltig: Er kann mit Recht alles genannt werden, vom Schifffahrtsmagnaten (u.a. vollst\u00e4ndiger Eigent\u00fcmer von Tri-Cross-Lines) bis zum Nachrichtenmogul (Mehrheitsbeteiligung an nicht weniger als neun Text- und Holo-Verkaufsstellen). Aber noch emp\u00f6render als seine Investitionen ist sein scheinbarer Mangel an einem Privatleben: Seit seinem Aufstieg zum Ruhm haben ihn die Boulevardbl\u00e4tter auf Schritt und Tritt um das geringste Zeichen von etwas Lustigem verfolgt.... und sind immer wieder leer geworden. In Wahrheit ist Koerner's s scheinbare einzige Liebe die Astronautik. Seit er im Alter von 22 Jahren die Milliardengrenze \u00fcberschritten hat, ist er ein leidenschaftlicher Raumfahrer und Sammler seltener Schiffskonstruktionen. Seine Sammlung, die derzeit etwa dreihundert seltsame Schiffe umfasst, befindet sich in einem riesigen Untergrundmuseum in Bremen und umfasst alles, von einem alten Roberts Space Industries Zeus bis hin zum einzigen erhaltenen Drake Lobster Prototyp (der noch nicht geflogen und immer noch in seinem Schiffsschaum verpackt ist).\n\nConsolidated Outland ist das Endergebnis seines lebenslangen Interesses, seines Versuchs, das zu bauen, was er f\u00fcr die \"perfekte\" Raumsonde h\u00e4lt. Obwohl der Name (und der damit verbundene Unternehmenshintergrund) stark darauf abzielt, eine Allianz entfernter Welten zu einem edlen technologischen Ziel zu implizieren, besitzt Koerner in Wahrheit hundert Prozent der konsolidierten Anteile.\nScherbenwelt. Keine Mustang-Variante nimmt ohne seinen Beitrag Gestalt an, und es ist bekannt, dass er ohne Zeremonie in der Fabrikhalle auftaucht und darauf besteht, dass \u00c4nderungen w\u00e4hrend der laufenden Produktion an Raumfahrzeugen in der Produktion vorgenommen werden.\n\nDie konsolidierte Scherbenwelt basiert auf Koerner's Heimatwelt Bremen, und keine Unternehmenseinrichtungen befinden sich au\u00dferhalb der Welt. Koerner's Privatbesitz ist auch Bremer-spezifisch, und er verl\u00e4sst den Planeten anscheinend nur zum Vergn\u00fcgen (Testfl\u00fcge mit einem neuen Raumfahrzeugmodell am Rande von Sharon's Nebel sind ein beliebter Zeitvertreib). Er kommuniziert mit K\u00e4ufern und au\u00dferweltlichen Interessen ausschlie\u00dflich \u00fcber einen Telepr\u00e4senzroboter.\n\nW\u00e4hrend Koerner sich weigert, sein Privatleben zu kommentieren, wurde er in seiner Kritik an den Raumfahrzeugen anderer Hersteller freim\u00fctig und fand scheinbar an jedem Design einen stimmlichen Fehler, von der Aurora (\"fliegender M\u00fclleimer\") \u00fcber den Gladiator (\"ein halbherziges Spielzeug f\u00fcr ausgewachsene Kinder zum K\u00e4mpferhelden spielen\") bis hin zum Freelancer (nicht druckbar). Koerner ist ein wenig nat\u00fcrlich ein begeisterter Star-Racing-Fan. Er besitzt ein erstklassiges Rennteam (The Blue Devils) und unterh\u00e4lt luxuri\u00f6se Logenpl\u00e4tze bei allen Murray Cup-Veranstaltungen.\n\nUmr\u00fcsts\u00e4tze\nConsolidated Outland begann sein Leben unschuldig genug und produzierte Umr\u00fcsts\u00e4tze f\u00fcr Vanity-Satelliten. Das Gesch\u00e4ft mit Umbaus\u00e4tzen war Koerner's Versuch, heimlich in die Industrie einzusteigen, um zu beweisen, dass er die Ressourcen f\u00fcr die Herstellung hochwertiger Luft- und Raumfahrtteile b\u00fcndeln konnte, bevor er den Mustang in der Galaxie abfeuerte.\n\nDie erste Reihe von Umbaus\u00e4tzen waren hochwertige \"Style\"-Sets f\u00fcr g\u00e4ngige Raumfahrzeuge: Chromleisten f\u00fcr den Aurora CL, dekorative Spoileraufs\u00e4tze f\u00fcr den Freelancer und dergleichen. Nach diesen Entw\u00fcrfen sind heute keine neuen Schiffe mehr verf\u00fcgbar, und bestehende Schiffe erzielen au\u00dfergew\u00f6hnliche Summen auf dem Sekund\u00e4rmarkt. Die Reaktion der damaligen Spezialisten war (und ist), dass es sich um hochwertige Anbauteile handelte, die keinen praktischen Zweck erf\u00fcllten; anscheinend Koerner's Versuch, das, was er als optisch kaputte Raumschiffe betrachtete, zu \"reparieren\".\n\nConsolidated schlug schlie\u00dflich mit dem menschenfreundlicheren Ersatzteilmarkt F7A Hornet Kit, der das Aussehen (aber nicht die Schwierigkeiten) ziviler Anvil Hornet-K\u00e4mpfer in ein milit\u00e4risches Gegenst\u00fcck umwandelt. Mit der Einf\u00fchrung des Mustang wurde die Herstellung von F7A-Umbaus\u00e4tzen eingestellt (obwohl die Baus\u00e4tze immer noch leicht erh\u00e4ltlich sind). Ob dies nun mit dem Wunsch zu tun hat, sich auf die Mustang-Entwicklung zu konzentrieren oder mit Ger\u00fcchten, dass die Conversion-Kits in keiner Weise \u00fcber die richtigen Kan\u00e4le bei Anvil lizenziert wurden, ist eine Vermutung.\n\nMustang\nDie Mustang ist das Schiff, das Koerner schon immer bauen wollte, eine stylische, schnelle und preiswerte Alternative zur RSI Aurora und Origin 300 Serie. Der Mustang sieht aus wie ein\nnichts anderes im Weltraum und verwendet \u00fcber f\u00fcnfzig einzigartige Legierungen, um das Gewicht gering zu halten.\nund ihre Massenproduktion auf einer weniger entwickelten Welt erm\u00f6glichen. Intern kommt die \u00fcberwiegende Mehrheit der Systeme direkt vom Unternehmen, vom Consolidated Outland Magma Jet Triebwerk bis zum Consolidated Outland Icebox P K\u00fchlsystem. (Einige Systeme, wie Waffen und Schilde, werden immer noch von Dritten bereitgestellt; Die konsolidierte Scherbenwelt behauptet, dass sie keine Waffen bauen, sondern einfach erlauben, dass Waffen zur angemessenen Verteidigung auf ihren Schiffen montiert werden.\n\nW\u00e4hrend nur der Standard Mustang Alpha derzeit zum Verkauf steht, behaupten Ger\u00fcchte, dass eine Reihe von Varianten in begrenzter Anzahl f\u00fcr die richtigen K\u00e4ufer verf\u00fcgbar sind, wie z.B. Miliz-Einheiten der Au\u00dfenwelt, und dass diese mit Blick auf eine m\u00f6gliche breite Ver\u00f6ffentlichung entwickelt werden. Sicher ist nur, dass keines dieser Schiffe die \"Twin Mustang\" sein wird, eine provisorische Langstrecken-Doppelrumpfvariante, die schon fr\u00fch durch einfaches Verschwei\u00dfen von zwei unvollst\u00e4ndigen Mustangs entstand. Der Twin war von Natur aus instabil und ein daraus resultierender Crash t\u00f6tete zwei Testpiloten. Koerner gab der Presse ein seltenes Zitat, in dem er sagte, dass der Twin Mustang eine \"schreckliche, schreckliche Idee sei, die nicht noch einmal aufgegriffen wird\".\n\nDie Zukunft\nEs ist nicht einfach, auf der Grundlage von Koerner's Engagement in irgendeinem Gesch\u00e4ft zu spekulieren, obwohl es den Anschein hat, dass die Consolidated Outland hier bleiben wird. Mit der Entdeckung zus\u00e4tzlicher Metallressourcen in Bremen und dem allgemeinen Erfolg der Mustang-Reihe kann man sagen, dass Consolidated hart an ihrer n\u00e4chsten gro\u00dfen Sache arbeitet.","zh_CN":"History\nConsolidated Outland and its fan-favorite Mustang spacecraft are the brainchildren of so-called \u201crebel trillionaire\u201d Silas Koerner. Born a mere billionaire, Silas was the sole heir to a family fortune that was generated in the early days of the Bremen System\u2019s settlement. His several-times great grandfather was responsible for settling much of the planet\u2019s temperate regions and cashed in deeply when the newly-formed United Empire of Earth essentially chose the world to feed the Tevarin war effort. Koerner has not been content to sit on his bank balance, doubling his fortune time and time again with his seemingly outrageous but always on-the-money investments. At age sixteen, he invested half his fortune in a small jump communications company that happened to then find UEE sponsorship and take off. Following that start, millions invested in fish farming immediately reaped a massive return when Earth-based seafood, which could be grown easily on Bremen, became all the rage on developing colonies. The pattern continued as he invested in electronics, mining, remote charting and even the increasingly faltering terraforming industry, always with great success.\n\nHis current interests are truly diverse: he can be aptly titled everything from a shipping magnate (full owner of Tri- Cross Lines, among others) to a news mogul (controlling interest in no fewer than nine text-cast and holo outlets). But even more outrageous than his investments is his seeming lack of a personal life: since his rise to fame, tabloids have stalked him at every turn for the slightest sign of anything prurient \u2026 and have consistently come up empty. In truth, Koerner\u2019s apparent sole love is astronautics. Since crossing the multi-billion mark at age 22, he has become a passionate space pilot and a collector of rare ship designs. His collection, which currently numbers some three-hundred- odd ships, is housed in a massive underground museum on Bremen and includes everything from a vintage Roberts Space Industries Zeus to the sole surviving Drake Lobster prototype (which remains unflown and still packed in its shipping foam).\n\nConsolidated Outland is the end result of his lifelong interest, his attempt to build what he deems to be the \u2018perfect\u2019 spacecraft. Although the name (and associated corporate background) is strongly intended to imply an alliance of distant worlds toward a noble technological goal, in truth Koerner owns one hundred percent of Consolidated\nOutland. No Mustang variant takes shape without his input and he has been known to appear without ceremony on the factory floor, insisting that changes be made on the fly to in-production spacecraft.\n\nConsolidated Outland is based on Koerner\u2019s homeworld of Bremen, and no corporate facilities are located offworld. Koerner\u2019s private property is also Bremen-specific, and he apparently leaves the planet only for pleasure (test flying a new spacecraft model on the fringes of Sharon\u2019s Nebula is a favorite pastime). He communicates with buyers and offworld interests exclusively via telepresence robot.\n\nWhile Koerner refuses to comment on his personal life, he has been outspoken in his criticism of other manufacturers\u2019 spacecraft, seemingly finding vocal fault with every design from the Aurora (\u201cflying trash can\u201d) to the Gladiator (\u201ca half-assed toy for full grown children to play fighter hero\u201c) to the Freelancer (unprintable). Koerner is somewhat naturally an avid star racing fan. He owns a top tier racing team outright (The Blue Devils), and maintains luxury box seats at all Murray Cup events.\n\nConversion Kits\nConsolidated Outland began life innocently enough, producing vanity spacecraft conversion kits. The conversion kit business was Koerner\u2019s attempt to stealthily enter the industry, to prove that he could marshal the resources needed to produce high quality aerospace parts before springing the Mustang on the galaxy.\n\nThe first range of conversion kits were high-quality \u201cstyle\u201d kits for common spacecraft: chrome trim for the Aurora CL, decorative spoiler attachments for the Freelancer and the like. No new craft based on these designs are available today, and existing ships fetch extraordinary sums on the secondary market. The reaction from specialists at the time was (and continues to be) that they were high quality attachment parts that served no practical purpose; seemingly Koerner\u2019s attempt to \u201cfix\u201d what he saw as visually broken spacecraft designs.\n\nConsolidated finally hit it big with the more crowd-pleasing aftermarket F7A Hornet kit, which converts the appearance (but not the hardpoints) of civilian Anvil Hornet fighters to match their military counterparts. With the launch of the Mustang, manufacturing of F7A conversion kits has ceased (although the kits are still readily available). Whether this has to do with a desire to focus on Mustang development or to rumors that the conversion kits were in no way licensed through proper channels at Anvil is anyone\u2019s guess.\n\nMustang\nThe Mustang is the ship Koerner has always wanted to build, a stylish, fast and lowpriced alternative to the RSI Aurora and Origin 300 series. The Mustang looks like\nnothing else in space and utilizes over fifty unique alloys in order to keep weight down\nand allow for its mass production on a less developed world. Internally, the vast majority of systems come from the company directly, from the Consolidated Outland Magma Jet engine to the Consolidated Outland Icebox P cooling system. (Some systems, such as weapons and shields, are still provided by outsources; Consolidated Outland maintains that they do not construct weapons, they simply allow weapons to be mounted on their ships for proper defense.)\n\nWhile only the standard Mustang Alpha is currently available for sale, rumors claim that a series of variants are available in limited numbers to the proper buyers, such as outerworlds militia units, and that these are being developed with a likely eye towards eventual wide release. All that is known for sure is that none of these ships will be the \u2018Twin Mustang,\u2019 a makeshift long-range double fuselage variant developed early on by simply welding two incomplete Mustangs together. The Twin was naturally unstable and a resulting crash killed two test pilots. Koerner issued a rare quote to the press, saying that the Twin Mustang was a \u201cterrible, terrible idea, which will not be revisited.\u201d\n\nThe Future\nSpeculating on the basis for Koerner\u2019s involvement in any business isn\u2019t done easily, although it does seem that Consolidated Outland is here to stay. With the discovery of additional metal resources on Bremen and the general success of the Mustang range, it seems safe to say that Consolidated is hard at work on their next big thing."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":82,"created_at":"2014-09-23T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"11 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-07 22:56:50","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":14164,"next_id":14166}}