{"data":{"id":14532,"title":"Portfolio: Accelerated Mass Design","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/14532-Portfolio-Accelerated-Mass-Design","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/14532","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/14532","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"Portfolio","images":[{"id":3074,"name":"AMD.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/qw6dqg3to80j2r\/source\/AMD.jpg","alt":"","size":46412,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2015-02-25T23:31:03+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/3074","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/3074\/similar"},{"id":3075,"name":"Mustang.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/jahjc4lsz11agr\/source\/Mustang.jpg","alt":"","size":89944,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2015-02-25T23:31:08+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/3075","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/3075\/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":"Company History\nFounded at the turn of the century, Accelerated Mass Design gained renown as a high-end electronics design and tuning companies. AMD has been responsible for dozens of commonplace (but disparate) technological items used in consumer spaceflight, as well as most recently the development of their own starship variant, the Mustang Omega.\n\nIn 2899, Sander Katt and a team of six other engineers left their design positions with Ayre Semisonic to form a new corporation focused on high-level design. In 2901, the company released its first product: the UE-9300 expansion card. Designed for near-absolute-zero operation, the UE-9300 was an immediate high-end replacement for the aging CarthSys Multidock, piquing the collective interests of both luxury and military spacecraft manufacturers.\n\nFor the first dozen years of operation, Katt\u2019s team dedicated their time to streamlining and increasing the efficiency of existing technology. By 2908, a specific bureau had been established for taking in other companies\u2019 standard production technologies and tweaking them past their design limitations. AMD-branded versions of everything from escape hatches to laser cannons became a sought-after accessory for ship owners of means.\n\nIn 2920, the conglomerate signed a two-decade development deal with Anvil Aerospace, providing high-level circuitry for a number of military spacecraft in exchange for exclusive branding. While initially considered an unusual deal for a company seeking to position itself as a civilian lifestyle brand, the value behind the agreement quickly became apparent as Anvil began to launch civilian-branded variants of their Hornet and Gladiator lines. AMD took in billions in revenue as Anvil ships spread brand awareness and a need for expansion of their technology support chain.\n\nBy the late thirties, however, the limitations offered by the Anvil deal had begun to chafe. The demand for F7C Hornets had overshadowed AMD\u2019s capacity to manufacture internal parts, leading Anvil to begin to source outside the company (as allowed by contract). Their brand began to be associated with subpar parts rather than top-of-the-line components, and all projections indicated that their own production could never keep pace with spacecraft demand. Ultimately turning down a massive offer to sign for a third decade, AMD threw caution to the wind once again, serving as a free-agent ship component synthesizer.\n\nRacing Ahead\nSeeking to renew their appeal in the youth market (and now free of their exclusive Anvil deal), Accelerated Mass Design teamed with Consolidated Outland in 2940 during the early stages of the Mustang development program. AMD financed a significant, undisclosed portion of Koerner\u2019s spacecraft prototyping, in exchange for exclusive branding rights to create their own dedicated racing variant of the ship.\n\nThe corporation embedded a pair of their top designers with Silas Koerner\u2019s Mustang team. Bryce Halliday and Jennifer Aykers, both hired away from MISC\u2019s auspicious spacecraft design bureau, sat with the Mustang team through every step of the spacecraft\u2019s design. Engineers involved report that the duo had a significant uncredited role in the creation of the Mustang lineup, although they were only technically observers. Halliday and Aykers spent four years \u2018roughing it\u2019 on the frontier, often finding themselves at odds with Koerner\u2019s demanding personality \u2026 but the results of their work speaks for itself.\n\nOn its own, the Mustang (which Aykers described in a dispatch as looking like a \u201cbattle butterfly\u201d) outpaces the Roberts Space Industries Aurora in over a dozen categories, chief among them speed and maneuverability. The early choice to lock down an exclusive racing version seems to have offered significant recompense: Mustangs are now the de facto choice of young racers, with the Gamma model alone looking to outsell the Origin M50 in its first quarter on the market.\n\nThe most notable feature of the AMD-exclusive spacecraft, dubbed the Mustang Omega, was the addition of a ramped-up fuel intake for faster hydrogen recycling. This allows the Mustang to \u2018double down\u2019 on the existing boost system, enhancing its overall straight speed. Some critics have claimed that the standard Mustang racer, the Gamma, is simply a \u2018cut down\u2019 version of AMD\u2019s Omega. The truth is that the Gamma and the Omega were developed independently, and the existence of the Gamma in the first place likely owes itself to AMD\u2019s desire to be associated with racing. (It is also worth noting that the materials cost of the enhanced boost system equal almost the entire hull of the Mustang Gamma.)\n\nFurther aiming to attract the younger, affluent spacecraft-buying audience, Accelerated Mass Design enlisted the efforts of underground artist Sektor8 to design a distinctive \u201ccherry pie\u201d red paint scheme that evokes nothing 32short of the Origin M50, the reigning racing spacecraft. Seeking to brand the AMD logo as a lifestyle icon, the sigil is featured prominently on the spacecraft\u2019s hull. Sektor8 was paid an astounding three million UEC for the job, which he insisted be donated to an aquatic animal rescue organization on Helios.\nA limited number of Mustang Omega hulls have been constructed, many of which have been seeded to top racing teams and (after a lengthy search) promising newcomers on the Murray Cup circuit. Both Accelerated Mass Design and Consolidated Outland are hoping that this investment will pay off in 2945, with the powerful new Mustangs poised to place highly in all major competitions. The only reason there isn\u2019t an Omega with a Murray Cup, a company spokesman recently opined, is because this year\u2019s contest hasn\u2019t happened yet.\n\nThe Future\nThe terms of the Consolidated Outland deal are unknown, but given the recent reappearance of AMD-badged missile pylon connectors it is likely they are not as restrictive as the Anvil contract. Industry rumors even claim that the company is strongly considering taking their experience with Consolidated Outland to the next level and designing their own spacecraft. Recent hirings, which have brought engineers away from both Roberts Space Industries and MISC, seem to support this idea. Could Accelerated Mass Design create their own kit spacecraft, or even a dedicated luxury vehicle produced in extremely limited numbers? Perhaps \u2014 the sky is the limit!","de_DE":"Firmengeschichte\nAccelerated Mass Design wurde um die Jahrhundertwende gegr\u00fcndet und hat sich als High-End-Unternehmen f\u00fcr Elektronikdesign und Tuning einen Namen gemacht. AMD war verantwortlich f\u00fcr Dutzende von allt\u00e4glichen (aber unterschiedlichen) technologischen Artikeln, die in der Konsumraumfahrt verwendet werden, sowie zuletzt f\u00fcr die Entwicklung einer eigenen Raumschiffvariante, der Mustang Omega.\n\n2899 verlie\u00dfen Sander Katt und ein Team von sechs weiteren Ingenieuren ihre Designpositionen bei Ayre Semisonic, um eine neue Gesellschaft zu gr\u00fcnden, die sich auf hochwertiges Design konzentriert. Im Jahr 2901 ver\u00f6ffentlichte das Unternehmen sein erstes Produkt: die Erweiterungskarte UE-9300. Die UE-9300 wurde f\u00fcr einen nahezu absoluten Null-Betrieb entwickelt und war ein sofortiger High-End-Ersatz f\u00fcr das alternde CarthSys Multidock, das die gemeinsamen Interessen der Luxus- und Milit\u00e4rsatellitenhersteller weckte.\n\nIn den ersten zehn Betriebsjahren widmete sich Katt's Team der Rationalisierung und Effizienzsteigerung der bestehenden Technologie. Bis 2908 wurde ein eigenes B\u00fcro eingerichtet, das die Standardproduktionstechnologien anderer Unternehmen aufgreift und sie \u00fcber ihre Designbeschr\u00e4nkungen hinaus optimiert. AMD-gekennzeichnete Versionen von Fluchtluken bis hin zu Laserkanonen wurden zu einem begehrten Zubeh\u00f6r f\u00fcr Schiffseigner von Mitteln.\n\nIm Jahr 2920 unterzeichnete der Mischkonzern einen zwei Jahrzehnte dauernden Entwicklungsvertrag mit Anvil Aerospace, der hochrangige Schaltkreise f\u00fcr eine Reihe von milit\u00e4rischen Raumfahrzeugen im Austausch f\u00fcr exklusives Branding bereitstellt. W\u00e4hrend es sich zun\u00e4chst um einen ungew\u00f6hnlichen Deal f\u00fcr ein Unternehmen handelte, das sich als zivile Lifestyle-Marke positionieren wollte, wurde der Wert der Vereinbarung schnell deutlich, als Anvil begann, zivile Markenvarianten seiner Hornet- und Gladiator-Linien auf den Markt zu bringen. AMD erwirtschaftete Milliardenums\u00e4tze, da die Schiffe von Anvil die Markenbekanntheit und die Notwendigkeit einer Erweiterung ihrer Technologie-Supportkette verbreiteten.\n\nEnde der drei\u00dfiger Jahre begannen sich jedoch die durch den Anvil-Deal gebotenen Einschr\u00e4nkungen zu scheuern. Die Nachfrage nach F7C Hornets hatte die Kapazit\u00e4t von AMD zur Herstellung von Innenteilen \u00fcberschattet, was dazu f\u00fchrte, dass Anvil begann, au\u00dferhalb des Unternehmens zu beziehen (wie vertraglich zul\u00e4ssig). Ihre Marke begann, eher mit Unterteilen als mit hochwertigen Komponenten in Verbindung gebracht zu werden, und alle Prognosen zeigten, dass ihre eigene Produktion nie mit der Nachfrage nach Raumfahrzeugen Schritt halten konnte. Schlie\u00dflich lehnte AMD ein massives Angebot ab, f\u00fcr ein drittes Jahrzehnt zu unterschreiben, und warf erneut Vorsicht in den Wind, da es als Fretagent f\u00fcr Schiffskomponenten diente.\n\nAuf dem Vormarsch\nUm ihre Attraktivit\u00e4t auf dem Jugendmarkt zu erneuern (und jetzt frei von ihrem exklusiven Anvil-Deal), kooperierte Accelerated Mass Design 2940 in den fr\u00fchen Phasen des Mustang-Entwicklungsprogramms mit Consolidated Outland. AMD finanzierte einen bedeutenden, nicht offenbarten Teil des Koerner Raumfahrzeug-Prototyping, im Austausch f\u00fcr exklusive Markenrechte zur Herstellung einer eigenen Rennvariante des Schiffes.\n\nDas Unternehmen hat ein Paar seiner Top-Designer in das Mustang-Team von Silas Koerner integriert. Bryce Halliday und Jennifer Aykers, beide von MISCs vielversprechendem Raumfahrzeugdesign-B\u00fcro angestellt, sa\u00dfen mit dem Mustang-Team durch jeden Schritt des Entwurfs des Raumfahrzeugs. Die beteiligten Ingenieure berichten, dass das Duo eine bedeutende, nicht anerkannte Rolle bei der Entstehung der Mustang-Besetzung spielte, obwohl sie nur technisch gesehen Beobachter waren. Halliday und Aykers verbrachten vier Jahre lang an der Grenze, um sie zu schruppen, und standen oft im Widerspruch zu Kerner's anspruchsvoller Pers\u00f6nlichkeit.... aber die Ergebnisse ihrer Arbeit sprechen f\u00fcr sich.\n\nAllein der Mustang (den Aykers in einer Meldung als \"Kampfschmetterling\" beschrieb) \u00fcberholt die Roberts Space Industries Aurora in \u00fcber einem Dutzend Kategorien, darunter Geschwindigkeit und Man\u00f6vrierf\u00e4higkeit. Die fr\u00fche Entscheidung, eine exklusive Rennversion zu sperren, scheint eine erhebliche Belohnung geboten zu haben: Mustangs sind heute de facto die erste Wahl f\u00fcr junge Rennfahrer, allein das Gamma-Modell will den Origin M50 in seinem ersten Quartal auf dem Markt \u00fcberfl\u00fcgeln.\n\nDas bemerkenswerteste Merkmal des AMD-exklusiven Raumfahrzeugs, der Mustang Omega, war die Hinzuf\u00fcgung einer hochgefahrenen Kraftstoffzufuhr f\u00fcr ein schnelleres Wasserstoff-Recycling. Dies erm\u00f6glicht es dem Mustang, das bestehende Boost-System zu \"verdoppeln\" und seine gerade Gesamtgeschwindigkeit zu erh\u00f6hen. Einige Kritiker haben behauptet, dass der Standard-Mustang-Racer, der Gamma, einfach eine \"abgespeckte\" Version von AMDs Omega ist. Die Wahrheit ist, dass das Gamma und das Omega unabh\u00e4ngig voneinander entwickelt wurden, und die Existenz des Gamma verdankt sich wahrscheinlich in erster Linie dem Wunsch von AMD, mit dem Rennsport in Verbindung gebracht zu werden. (Es ist auch erw\u00e4hnenswert, dass die Materialkosten f\u00fcr das verbesserte Boost-System fast dem gesamten Rumpf des Mustang Gamma entsprechen.)\n\nMit dem weiteren Ziel, das j\u00fcngere, wohlhabende Publikum f\u00fcr den Kauf von Raumfahrzeugen zu gewinnen, beauftragte Accelerated Mass Design den Underground-K\u00fcnstler Sektor8 mit der Entwicklung einer unverwechselbaren \"Kirschkuchen\"-Rotlackierung, die nichts 32kurz des Origin M50, des amtierenden Renn-Satelliten, hervorruft. Um das AMD-Logo als Lifestyle-Ikone zu kennzeichnen, ist das Siegel prominent auf dem Rumpf des Raumschiffs angebracht. Sektor8 erhielt daf\u00fcr erstaunliche drei Millionen UEC, die er an eine Wassertierrettungsorganisation auf Helios spenden wollte.\nEine begrenzte Anzahl von Mustang Omega-R\u00fcmpfen wurde gebaut, von denen viele auf Top-Rennteams gesetzt wurden und (nach langer Suche) vielversprechende Neueinsteiger auf dem Murray Cup Kurs. Sowohl Accelerated Mass Design als auch Consolidated Outland hoffen, dass sich diese Investition im Jahr 2945 auszahlen wird, da die leistungsstarken neuen Mustangs in der Lage sind, sich in allen wichtigen Wettbewerben hoch zu platzieren. Der einzige Grund, warum es keine Omega mit einem Murray Cup gibt, meinte ein Unternehmenssprecher k\u00fcrzlich, ist, dass der diesj\u00e4hrige Wettbewerb noch nicht stattgefunden hat.\n\nDie Zukunft\nDie Bedingungen der Consolidated Outland Vereinbarung sind unbekannt, aber angesichts des j\u00fcngsten Wiederauftretens von AMD-badged Raketen-Pylonverbindern ist es wahrscheinlich, dass sie nicht so restriktiv sind wie der Anvil Vertrag. Ger\u00fcchte aus der Industrie behaupten sogar, dass das Unternehmen stark dar\u00fcber nachdenkt, seine Erfahrungen mit der Consolidated Outland auf die n\u00e4chste Stufe zu heben und eigene Raumschiffe zu entwerfen. J\u00fcngste Neueinstellungen, die Ingenieure von Roberts Space Industries und MISC weggebracht haben, scheinen diese Idee zu unterst\u00fctzen. K\u00f6nnte Accelerated Mass Design seine eigenen Kit-Raumfahrzeuge oder sogar ein spezielles Luxusfahrzeug entwickeln, das in extrem begrenzten St\u00fcckzahlen produziert wird? Vielleicht - der Himmel ist die Grenze!","zh_CN":"Company History\nFounded at the turn of the century, Accelerated Mass Design gained renown as a high-end electronics design and tuning companies. AMD has been responsible for dozens of commonplace (but disparate) technological items used in consumer spaceflight, as well as most recently the development of their own starship variant, the Mustang Omega.\n\nIn 2899, Sander Katt and a team of six other engineers left their design positions with Ayre Semisonic to form a new corporation focused on high-level design. In 2901, the company released its first product: the UE-9300 expansion card. Designed for near-absolute-zero operation, the UE-9300 was an immediate high-end replacement for the aging CarthSys Multidock, piquing the collective interests of both luxury and military spacecraft manufacturers.\n\nFor the first dozen years of operation, Katt\u2019s team dedicated their time to streamlining and increasing the efficiency of existing technology. By 2908, a specific bureau had been established for taking in other companies\u2019 standard production technologies and tweaking them past their design limitations. AMD-branded versions of everything from escape hatches to laser cannons became a sought-after accessory for ship owners of means.\n\nIn 2920, the conglomerate signed a two-decade development deal with Anvil Aerospace, providing high-level circuitry for a number of military spacecraft in exchange for exclusive branding. While initially considered an unusual deal for a company seeking to position itself as a civilian lifestyle brand, the value behind the agreement quickly became apparent as Anvil began to launch civilian-branded variants of their Hornet and Gladiator lines. AMD took in billions in revenue as Anvil ships spread brand awareness and a need for expansion of their technology support chain.\n\nBy the late thirties, however, the limitations offered by the Anvil deal had begun to chafe. The demand for F7C Hornets had overshadowed AMD\u2019s capacity to manufacture internal parts, leading Anvil to begin to source outside the company (as allowed by contract). Their brand began to be associated with subpar parts rather than top-of-the-line components, and all projections indicated that their own production could never keep pace with spacecraft demand. Ultimately turning down a massive offer to sign for a third decade, AMD threw caution to the wind once again, serving as a free-agent ship component synthesizer.\n\nRacing Ahead\nSeeking to renew their appeal in the youth market (and now free of their exclusive Anvil deal), Accelerated Mass Design teamed with Consolidated Outland in 2940 during the early stages of the Mustang development program. AMD financed a significant, undisclosed portion of Koerner\u2019s spacecraft prototyping, in exchange for exclusive branding rights to create their own dedicated racing variant of the ship.\n\nThe corporation embedded a pair of their top designers with Silas Koerner\u2019s Mustang team. Bryce Halliday and Jennifer Aykers, both hired away from MISC\u2019s auspicious spacecraft design bureau, sat with the Mustang team through every step of the spacecraft\u2019s design. Engineers involved report that the duo had a significant uncredited role in the creation of the Mustang lineup, although they were only technically observers. Halliday and Aykers spent four years \u2018roughing it\u2019 on the frontier, often finding themselves at odds with Koerner\u2019s demanding personality \u2026 but the results of their work speaks for itself.\n\nOn its own, the Mustang (which Aykers described in a dispatch as looking like a \u201cbattle butterfly\u201d) outpaces the Roberts Space Industries Aurora in over a dozen categories, chief among them speed and maneuverability. The early choice to lock down an exclusive racing version seems to have offered significant recompense: Mustangs are now the de facto choice of young racers, with the Gamma model alone looking to outsell the Origin M50 in its first quarter on the market.\n\nThe most notable feature of the AMD-exclusive spacecraft, dubbed the Mustang Omega, was the addition of a ramped-up fuel intake for faster hydrogen recycling. This allows the Mustang to \u2018double down\u2019 on the existing boost system, enhancing its overall straight speed. Some critics have claimed that the standard Mustang racer, the Gamma, is simply a \u2018cut down\u2019 version of AMD\u2019s Omega. The truth is that the Gamma and the Omega were developed independently, and the existence of the Gamma in the first place likely owes itself to AMD\u2019s desire to be associated with racing. (It is also worth noting that the materials cost of the enhanced boost system equal almost the entire hull of the Mustang Gamma.)\n\nFurther aiming to attract the younger, affluent spacecraft-buying audience, Accelerated Mass Design enlisted the efforts of underground artist Sektor8 to design a distinctive \u201ccherry pie\u201d red paint scheme that evokes nothing 32short of the Origin M50, the reigning racing spacecraft. Seeking to brand the AMD logo as a lifestyle icon, the sigil is featured prominently on the spacecraft\u2019s hull. Sektor8 was paid an astounding three million UEC for the job, which he insisted be donated to an aquatic animal rescue organization on Helios.\nA limited number of Mustang Omega hulls have been constructed, many of which have been seeded to top racing teams and (after a lengthy search) promising newcomers on the Murray Cup circuit. Both Accelerated Mass Design and Consolidated Outland are hoping that this investment will pay off in 2945, with the powerful new Mustangs poised to place highly in all major competitions. The only reason there isn\u2019t an Omega with a Murray Cup, a company spokesman recently opined, is because this year\u2019s contest hasn\u2019t happened yet.\n\nThe Future\nThe terms of the Consolidated Outland deal are unknown, but given the recent reappearance of AMD-badged missile pylon connectors it is likely they are not as restrictive as the Anvil contract. Industry rumors even claim that the company is strongly considering taking their experience with Consolidated Outland to the next level and designing their own spacecraft. Recent hirings, which have brought engineers away from both Roberts Space Industries and MISC, seem to support this idea. Could Accelerated Mass Design create their own kit spacecraft, or even a dedicated luxury vehicle produced in extremely limited numbers? Perhaps \u2014 the sky is the limit!"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":237,"created_at":"2015-03-08T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"11 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-09 06:15:30","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":14530,"next_id":14533}}