{"data":{"id":19171,"title":"Whitley's Guide - 300 Series","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/19171-Whitleys-Guide-300-Series","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/19171","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/19171","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"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"},{"id":27892,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/w3o9r4zgppm77\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":900916,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2021-09-06T14:48:40+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892\/similar"},{"id":29876,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/juk5bvyuqzsnu\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":235926,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2021-11-11T17:44:28+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/29876","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/29876\/similar"}],"images_count":8,"translations":{"en_EN":"This article originally appeared in Jump Point 6.04.\nOrigin Jumpworks 300 Series\nPOINTS OF ORIGIN\nOrigin Jumpworks unveiled their X3 prototype at the 2889 Terra Air and Space Show, sending a shock to aerospace watchers and industry insiders alike: a company previously known for fusion engines and industrial transport ships was looking to take on the competitive single-seat market with a bold new aesthetic that looked like nothing else in the galaxy. While only a one-off technology and \u2018look\u2019 demonstrator, the reception of the X3 made it clear that the company was capable of competitive single-seat starcraft design and that there was an audience for their new design philosophy: there\u2019s room for style in the vacuum. Emboldened by the public\u2019s reaction to their new charge to combine aesthetic and utility, Origin began the conversion to single-seat manufacturer. There followed nearly a decade of work to develop a marketable ship and expand design facilities and factories for mass production of the final spacecraft.\n\nThe X3 programme had been headed by Otto and Andreas Lang, brothers and aerospace wunderkinds who were known for melding form and function. The Langs were not yet 35 when they were recruited from Seal Corporation to oversee advanced plasma manifold development at Origin. It was a position the brothers held only briefly: together the pair threw out the current design and outlined their own more efficient version in the first six months. Thanks to profits generated from that change, within a year they were appointed to head up the highly experimental X3 programme. The ultimate vision, they insisted, was clear from the start: manufacture a single-seat luxury spacecraft that incorporated clean, modern design. \u201cMany creatures create tools,\u201d Andreas would preach, \u201cbut Humanity is defined by a more sacred ability to appreciate beauty and to use that appreciation to create art.\u201d It was their calling, then, to design spacecraft that would maintain our innate Humanity as we reached to ever-further stars and expanded beyond the ability to maintain a singular society. In the wake of the X3\u2019s success, each brother built out his own team: Otto, the younger of the two, to shepherd the 200 series observation craft and Andreas to design what the company saw as its crown jewel: the 300 series personal spacecraft.\n\nAndreas stacked his design team with fanatics, idealists after his own heart who believed in making sure the 300\u2019s styling would carry some higher ideal. The resultant team was an eclectic mix: standard ship design specialists focused on areas like power plants, thrusters and life support, while outsiders from other industries were brought in to work on aesthetics, comfort and the general feel of the ship.\n\nDespite all of this, a major factor in the 300\u2019s success came not from the design think tank on the Rhine, but instead from the depths of the United Empire of Earth\u2019s legal system. In 2898, the high court passed down a verdict in Pressman v. United Empire of Earth that allowed civilian craft to use the same speed safety standards that racing ships had been using for years. Pressman argued that with the current advances in avionics, the older safety regulations set by the Department of Transportation and Navigation were an unfair burden for modern pilots. The court agreed and the timing could not have been better for Origin: the 300 would be the first new spacecraft to take advantage of these new speed safety limits. As a result, in 2899, the 300 was one of the fastest ships available in its class. Although RSI, Drake and others quickly followed suit and produced ships that were \u2018uncapped,\u2019 Origin won popular acclaim by getting there first.\n\nTAKING FLIGHT\nThe first hand-machined Origin 300 prototype (pre-production models lacked the closing alphabetic variant designators such as \u201c-i\u201d or \u201c-p\u201d) took flight at Frankfurt Cosmodrome on August 3, 2897. From a technical standpoint, the first flight was an enormous success: the prototype completed nine Earth orbits without a hitch. Additional early tests rapidly checked off the standard first flight objectives, including the Earth-Luna slingshot and the initial quantum to Io. Inside six months, 300-1 was ready to perform the first jump tests in real space. The only problem: a complete materials manifest of the current metals, alloys and components indicated that the end retail cost of the ship would be over fifteen times that of an Aurora. The company\u2019s board, previously content to let Lang work without restrictions, stepped in. For the next fourteen months, the factions of the company fought a vicious internal battle over the 300\u2019s production model, with a chain of executives resigning in defiance of Lang\u2019s obstinance. Spacecraft designers and outside consultants were tasked with determining how to turn a perfect, expensive prototype into a working production model without sacrificing the soul of the machine. The result of these reworkings was a spacecraft with a sticker price roughly four times that of the contemporaneous Aurora. On December 18, 2899, the 300 series premiered at a special reveal ceremony at Baikonur to incredible acclaim. The combination of its stunning lines and incredible performance won over audiences immediately. The Origin 300 quickly became the \u2018look\u2019 of popular spaceflight \u2014 a symbol of success and a goal for everyone setting out into the galaxy. While RSI may have offered Humanity an easier path to the stars, Origin offered a collective chance to make that leap in style.\n\nVARIANTS\nThe 300 series launched in 2899 with a single model: the 300i. Andreas was insistent that Origin would begin producing variants in the third model year by designing entirely new models to fulfill different specialized tasks. Origin, remembering the expense of the first prototype and the ensuing battle to lower production costs, balked at the idea. For all of the project\u2019s rhetoric, later amplified by the series\u2019 initial marketing, the company wanted to borrow an important aspect from RSI\u2019s Aurora: a modular space frame designed to easily adapt variants. Like the Aurora, the 300 series would adapt the initial version into a host of different factory models built atop the standard design. By all accounts, the decision to develop variants instead of bespoke models soured Lang on the project altogether. Instead of helming the 2903 model year as previously intended, he built a smaller, separate team to construct the Origin 350r speed model. Not intended for wide sale, the 350r project allowed Lang and his most fervent acolytes a chance to build the high performance ships he desired for the racing circuit.\n\nOver a dozen 300 series variants have been offered since the line\u2019s inception, with the majority being minor, one-off yearly models themed for particular events, such as the Origin 320c \u201cImperator\u2019s Edition.\u201d However, two design variants have proven so effective that they have become part of the standard production run, receiving the same incremental model year improvements as the base ship. The Origin 315p was launched in 2930 as a \u2018pocket explorer,\u2019 an unusual attempt to marry the 300i\u2019s lines with improved power output and a newly-developed scanning package. Despite the odd duck nature of the design, the 315p proved a reliable performer, with much of the success coming because smaller prospecting outfits were happy to have a dedicated spacecraft that could perform just as well, but provide the comfort and style that was often overlooked by other manufacturers.\n\nThe second long-standing variant is the 325a dogfighter, generally believed to be the result of a naval contract. No information has ever been declassified on why the UEEN might have utilized a fighting-focused 300i design, but an in-depth analysis of the ship\u2019s properties suggest it was actually first designed as much as a decade before its 2940 reveal. In any case, the 325a adapts the 300i concept into a dedicated combat ship with upgrades to the weapons payload and the addition of a specialized targeting system.\n\nOrigin has expanded their production capabilities every year since the 300 launched, using the success of the design to finance more spacecraft that follow the same aesthetic philosophy. From the starter-level Origin 100 series to the beautiful-while-functional 600 ships to the luxurious 890 Jump flagship, Origin continues to adhere to Andreas Lang\u2019s basic belief that the look and handling of spacecraft should speak to our deeper nature.","de_DE":"Dieser Artikel erschien urspr\u00fcnglich in Jump Point 6.04.\nHerkunft 300 Serie\nPUNKTE VON ORIGIN\nOrigin Jumpworks stellte seinen X3-Prototyp auf der Terra Air and Space Show 2889 vor und sorgte damit f\u00fcr einen Schock bei Raumfahrtbeobachtern und Brancheninsidern gleicherma\u00dfen: Ein Unternehmen, das bisher f\u00fcr Fusionsmotoren und industrielle Transportschiffe bekannt war, wollte sich mit einer k\u00fchnen neuen \u00c4sthetik, die wie nichts anderes in der Galaxie aussah, auf dem Markt der Einsitzer behaupten. Obwohl es sich bei der X3 nur um einen einmaligen Technologie- und \"Look\"-Demonstrator handelte, machte der Zuspruch deutlich, dass das Unternehmen in der Lage war, ein wettbewerbsf\u00e4higes einsitziges Raumschiff zu entwerfen, und dass es ein Publikum f\u00fcr seine neue Designphilosophie gab: Es gibt Platz f\u00fcr Stil im Vakuum. Ermutigt durch die Reaktion der \u00d6ffentlichkeit auf ihre neue Aufgabe, \u00c4sthetik und N\u00fctzlichkeit zu verbinden, begann Origin mit der Umstellung auf einsitzige Hersteller. Es folgten fast ein Jahrzehnt Arbeit, um ein marktf\u00e4higes Schiff zu entwickeln und die Konstruktionsanlagen und Fabriken f\u00fcr die Massenproduktion des endg\u00fcltigen Raumschiffs auszubauen.\n\nDas X3-Programm wurde von den Br\u00fcdern Otto und Andreas Lang geleitet, die als Raumfahrt-Wunderkinder daf\u00fcr bekannt waren, Form und Funktion zu vereinen. Die Langs waren noch keine 35 Jahre alt, als sie von der Seal Corporation abgeworben wurden, um die Entwicklung der fortschrittlichen Plasmakr\u00fcmmer bei Origin zu leiten. Es war eine Position, die die Br\u00fcder nur kurz innehatten: Gemeinsam verwarfen sie in den ersten sechs Monaten das aktuelle Design und entwarfen ihre eigene, effizientere Version. Dank der Gewinne, die sie mit dieser \u00c4nderung erzielten, wurden sie innerhalb eines Jahres zum Leiter des hoch experimentellen X3-Programms ernannt. Die ultimative Vision, so betonten sie, war von Anfang an klar: ein einsitziges, luxuri\u00f6ses Raumschiff mit einem klaren, modernen Design zu bauen. \"Viele Lebewesen stellen Werkzeuge her\", predigte Andreas, \"aber die Menschheit zeichnet sich durch die heiligere F\u00e4higkeit aus, Sch\u00f6nheit zu sch\u00e4tzen und diese Wertsch\u00e4tzung zu nutzen, um Kunst zu schaffen.\" Es war also ihre Berufung, Raumschiffe zu entwerfen, die unsere angeborene Menschlichkeit bewahren, w\u00e4hrend wir zu immer weiter entfernten Sternen vordringen und \u00fcber die F\u00e4higkeit hinauswachsen, eine einzelne Gesellschaft zu erhalten. Im Zuge des Erfolgs der X3 baute jeder Bruder sein eigenes Team auf: Otto, der j\u00fcngere der beiden, k\u00fcmmerte sich um das Beobachtungsschiff der 200er Serie und Andreas um das, was das Unternehmen als sein Kronjuwel ansah: das pers\u00f6nliche Raumschiff der 300er Serie.\n\nAndreas besetzte sein Designteam mit Fanatikern, Idealisten nach seinem Geschmack, die sichergehen wollten, dass das Design der 300er einem h\u00f6heren Ideal entsprach. Das Team war eine bunte Mischung: Standard-Schiffsdesign-Spezialisten konzentrierten sich auf Bereiche wie Triebwerke, Schubd\u00fcsen und Lebenserhaltung, w\u00e4hrend Au\u00dfenseiter aus anderen Branchen hinzugezogen wurden, um an der \u00c4sthetik, dem Komfort und dem allgemeinen Gef\u00fchl des Schiffes zu arbeiten.\n\nTrotz alledem kam ein wichtiger Faktor f\u00fcr den Erfolg der 300 nicht aus der Designschmiede am Rhein, sondern aus den Tiefen des Rechtssystems des Vereinigten Imperiums der Erde. Im Jahr 2898 f\u00e4llte der Oberste Gerichtshof ein Urteil in der Rechtssache Pressman gegen das Vereinigte Imperium der Erde, das es zivilen Schiffen erlaubte, dieselben Sicherheitsstandards f\u00fcr die Geschwindigkeit anzuwenden, die Rennschiffe schon seit Jahren verwenden. Pressman argumentierte, dass die \u00e4lteren Sicherheitsvorschriften des Verkehrs- und Schifffahrtsministeriums angesichts der aktuellen Fortschritte in der Avionik eine unfaire Belastung f\u00fcr moderne Piloten darstellten. Das Gericht stimmte ihm zu, und der Zeitpunkt h\u00e4tte f\u00fcr Origin nicht besser sein k\u00f6nnen: Die 300 w\u00fcrde das erste neue Raumschiff sein, das von den neuen Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen profitiert. Im Jahr 2899 war die 300 daher eines der schnellsten Schiffe ihrer Klasse. Obwohl RSI, Drake und andere schnell nachzogen und Schiffe ohne Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung herstellten, wurde Origin von der \u00d6ffentlichkeit gelobt, weil es als erstes fertig war.\n\nIN DEN FLUG GEHEN\nDer erste handgefertigte Prototyp der Origin 300 (den Vorserienmodellen fehlten die abschlie\u00dfenden alphabetischen Variantenbezeichnungen wie \"-i\" oder \"-p\") startete am 3. August 2897 auf dem Frankfurter Weltraumbahnhof. Aus technischer Sicht war der erste Flug ein gro\u00dfer Erfolg: Der Prototyp absolvierte neun Erdumkreisungen ohne Probleme. Weitere fr\u00fche Tests f\u00fchrten dazu, dass die Standardziele f\u00fcr den Erstflug schnell erreicht wurden, darunter die Erd-Luna-Schleuderung und der erste Quantumflug nach Io. Innerhalb von sechs Monaten war 300-1 bereit, die ersten Sprungtests im echten Weltraum durchzuf\u00fchren. Das einzige Problem: Eine vollst\u00e4ndige Materialliste der aktuellen Metalle, Legierungen und Komponenten zeigte, dass das Schiff am Ende mehr als f\u00fcnfzehnmal so viel kosten w\u00fcrde wie eine Aurora. Der Vorstand des Unternehmens, der Lang bisher ohne Einschr\u00e4nkungen arbeiten lie\u00df, griff ein. In den n\u00e4chsten vierzehn Monaten lieferten sich die Fraktionen des Unternehmens einen erbitterten internen Kampf um das Produktionsmodell der 300. Eine ganze Reihe von F\u00fchrungskr\u00e4ften trat aus Trotz gegen Langs Sturheit zur\u00fcck. Raumfahrtdesigner und externe Berater wurden damit beauftragt, herauszufinden, wie man einen perfekten, teuren Prototyp in ein funktionierendes Serienmodell verwandeln konnte, ohne die Seele der Maschine zu opfern. Das Ergebnis dieser \u00dcberarbeitungen war ein Raumschiff, das etwa viermal so viel kostete wie die Aurora. Am 18. Dezember 2899 feierte die 300er Serie bei einer speziellen Enth\u00fcllungszeremonie in Baikonur unter gro\u00dfem Beifall Premiere. Die Kombination aus atemberaubenden Linien und unglaublicher Leistung \u00fcberzeugte das Publikum sofort. Die Origin 300 wurde schnell zum \"Look\" der popul\u00e4ren Raumfahrt - ein Symbol des Erfolgs und ein Ziel f\u00fcr jeden, der in die Galaxie aufbricht. W\u00e4hrend RSI der Menschheit einen leichteren Weg zu den Sternen bot, bot Origin die kollektive Chance, diesen Sprung mit Stil zu schaffen.\n\nVARIANTEN\nDie 300er Serie wurde 2899 mit einem einzigen Modell eingef\u00fchrt: dem 300i. Andreas bestand darauf, dass Origin im dritten Modelljahr mit der Produktion von Varianten beginnen w\u00fcrde, indem er ganz neue Modelle entwarf, die unterschiedliche Spezialaufgaben erf\u00fcllen sollten. Origin dachte an die Kosten des ersten Prototyps und den anschlie\u00dfenden Kampf um die Senkung der Produktionskosten und str\u00e4ubte sich gegen diese Idee. Bei aller Rhetorik des Projekts, die sp\u00e4ter durch die anf\u00e4ngliche Vermarktung der Serie noch verst\u00e4rkt wurde, wollte das Unternehmen einen wichtigen Aspekt von RSIs Aurora \u00fcbernehmen: ein modulares Raumfahrgestell, das sich leicht an Varianten anpassen l\u00e4sst. Wie beim Aurora sollte auch bei der 300er-Serie die urspr\u00fcngliche Version in eine Vielzahl verschiedener Fabrikmodelle umgewandelt werden, die auf dem Standarddesign aufbauen. Dem Vernehmen nach hat die Entscheidung, Varianten anstelle von ma\u00dfgeschneiderten Modellen zu entwickeln, Lang von dem Projekt abgehalten. Anstatt das Modelljahr 1903 wie urspr\u00fcnglich geplant zu leiten, baute er ein kleineres, separates Team auf, um das Geschwindigkeitsmodell Origin 350r zu konstruieren. Das 350r-Projekt war zwar nicht f\u00fcr den breiten Verkauf bestimmt, gab Lang und seinen eifrigsten Anh\u00e4ngern aber die M\u00f6glichkeit, die von ihm gew\u00fcnschten Hochleistungsschiffe f\u00fcr die Rennstrecke zu bauen.\n\nMehr als ein Dutzend Varianten der 300er-Serie wurden seit Beginn der Serie angeboten, wobei es sich bei den meisten um kleinere, einmalige Modelle handelte, die jedes Jahr zu bestimmten Anl\u00e4ssen gebaut wurden, wie z. B. die Origin 320c \"Imperator's Edition\". Zwei Designvarianten haben sich jedoch als so erfolgreich erwiesen, dass sie in die Standardproduktion aufgenommen wurden und dieselben stufenweisen Verbesserungen wie das Basisschiff erhalten. Die Origin 315p wurde 2930 als \"Pocket Explorer\" auf den Markt gebracht, ein ungew\u00f6hnlicher Versuch, die Linien des 300i mit einer verbesserten Leistung und einem neu entwickelten Scan-Paket zu verbinden. Trotz des ungew\u00f6hnlichen Designs erwies sich die 315p als zuverl\u00e4ssig und war vor allem deshalb so erfolgreich, weil kleinere Erkundungsunternehmen froh waren, ein eigenes Raumschiff zu haben, das genauso leistungsf\u00e4hig war, aber den Komfort und den Stil bot, den andere Hersteller oft vernachl\u00e4ssigten.\n\nDie zweite seit langem existierende Variante ist der Dogfighter 325a, von dem allgemein angenommen wird, dass er aus einem Auftrag der Marine hervorgegangen ist. Es wurde nie gekl\u00e4rt, warum die UEEN ein kampfbetontes 300i-Design verwendet haben k\u00f6nnte, aber eine gr\u00fcndliche Analyse der Eigenschaften des Schiffes l\u00e4sst vermuten, dass es bereits ein Jahrzehnt vor seiner Enth\u00fcllung im Jahr 2940 entworfen wurde. In jedem Fall macht das 325a das 300i-Konzept zu einem reinen Kampfschiff mit verbesserter Waffennutzlast und einem speziellen Zielsystem.\n\nOrigin hat seine Produktionskapazit\u00e4ten seit der Markteinf\u00fchrung der 300 jedes Jahr erweitert und den Erfolg des Designs genutzt, um weitere Raumschiffe zu finanzieren, die der gleichen \u00e4sthetischen Philosophie folgen. Von der Einsteigerserie Origin 100 \u00fcber die sch\u00f6nen und gleichzeitig funktionalen 600er Schiffe bis hin zum luxuri\u00f6sen Flaggschiff 890 Jump h\u00e4lt Origin weiterhin an Andreas Langs Grund\u00fcberzeugung fest, dass das Aussehen und die Handhabung von Raumschiffen unsere tiefere Natur ansprechen sollten.","zh_CN":"This article originally appeared in Jump Point 6.04.\nOrigin Jumpworks 300 Series\nPOINTS OF ORIGIN\nOrigin Jumpworks unveiled their X3 prototype at the 2889 Terra Air and Space Show, sending a shock to aerospace watchers and industry insiders alike: a company previously known for fusion engines and industrial transport ships was looking to take on the competitive single-seat market with a bold new aesthetic that looked like nothing else in the galaxy. While only a one-off technology and \u2018look\u2019 demonstrator, the reception of the X3 made it clear that the company was capable of competitive single-seat starcraft design and that there was an audience for their new design philosophy: there\u2019s room for style in the vacuum. Emboldened by the public\u2019s reaction to their new charge to combine aesthetic and utility, Origin began the conversion to single-seat manufacturer. There followed nearly a decade of work to develop a marketable ship and expand design facilities and factories for mass production of the final spacecraft.\n\nThe X3 programme had been headed by Otto and Andreas Lang, brothers and aerospace wunderkinds who were known for melding form and function. The Langs were not yet 35 when they were recruited from Seal Corporation to oversee advanced plasma manifold development at Origin. It was a position the brothers held only briefly: together the pair threw out the current design and outlined their own more efficient version in the first six months. Thanks to profits generated from that change, within a year they were appointed to head up the highly experimental X3 programme. The ultimate vision, they insisted, was clear from the start: manufacture a single-seat luxury spacecraft that incorporated clean, modern design. \u201cMany creatures create tools,\u201d Andreas would preach, \u201cbut Humanity is defined by a more sacred ability to appreciate beauty and to use that appreciation to create art.\u201d It was their calling, then, to design spacecraft that would maintain our innate Humanity as we reached to ever-further stars and expanded beyond the ability to maintain a singular society. In the wake of the X3\u2019s success, each brother built out his own team: Otto, the younger of the two, to shepherd the 200 series observation craft and Andreas to design what the company saw as its crown jewel: the 300 series personal spacecraft.\n\nAndreas stacked his design team with fanatics, idealists after his own heart who believed in making sure the 300\u2019s styling would carry some higher ideal. The resultant team was an eclectic mix: standard ship design specialists focused on areas like power plants, thrusters and life support, while outsiders from other industries were brought in to work on aesthetics, comfort and the general feel of the ship.\n\nDespite all of this, a major factor in the 300\u2019s success came not from the design think tank on the Rhine, but instead from the depths of the United Empire of Earth\u2019s legal system. In 2898, the high court passed down a verdict in Pressman v. United Empire of Earth that allowed civilian craft to use the same speed safety standards that racing ships had been using for years. Pressman argued that with the current advances in avionics, the older safety regulations set by the Department of Transportation and Navigation were an unfair burden for modern pilots. The court agreed and the timing could not have been better for Origin: the 300 would be the first new spacecraft to take advantage of these new speed safety limits. As a result, in 2899, the 300 was one of the fastest ships available in its class. Although RSI, Drake and others quickly followed suit and produced ships that were \u2018uncapped,\u2019 Origin won popular acclaim by getting there first.\n\nTAKING FLIGHT\nThe first hand-machined Origin 300 prototype (pre-production models lacked the closing alphabetic variant designators such as \u201c-i\u201d or \u201c-p\u201d) took flight at Frankfurt Cosmodrome on August 3, 2897. From a technical standpoint, the first flight was an enormous success: the prototype completed nine Earth orbits without a hitch. Additional early tests rapidly checked off the standard first flight objectives, including the Earth-Luna slingshot and the initial quantum to Io. Inside six months, 300-1 was ready to perform the first jump tests in real space. The only problem: a complete materials manifest of the current metals, alloys and components indicated that the end retail cost of the ship would be over fifteen times that of an Aurora. The company\u2019s board, previously content to let Lang work without restrictions, stepped in. For the next fourteen months, the factions of the company fought a vicious internal battle over the 300\u2019s production model, with a chain of executives resigning in defiance of Lang\u2019s obstinance. Spacecraft designers and outside consultants were tasked with determining how to turn a perfect, expensive prototype into a working production model without sacrificing the soul of the machine. The result of these reworkings was a spacecraft with a sticker price roughly four times that of the contemporaneous Aurora. On December 18, 2899, the 300 series premiered at a special reveal ceremony at Baikonur to incredible acclaim. The combination of its stunning lines and incredible performance won over audiences immediately. The Origin 300 quickly became the \u2018look\u2019 of popular spaceflight \u2014 a symbol of success and a goal for everyone setting out into the galaxy. While RSI may have offered Humanity an easier path to the stars, Origin offered a collective chance to make that leap in style.\n\nVARIANTS\nThe 300 series launched in 2899 with a single model: the 300i. Andreas was insistent that Origin would begin producing variants in the third model year by designing entirely new models to fulfill different specialized tasks. Origin, remembering the expense of the first prototype and the ensuing battle to lower production costs, balked at the idea. For all of the project\u2019s rhetoric, later amplified by the series\u2019 initial marketing, the company wanted to borrow an important aspect from RSI\u2019s Aurora: a modular space frame designed to easily adapt variants. Like the Aurora, the 300 series would adapt the initial version into a host of different factory models built atop the standard design. By all accounts, the decision to develop variants instead of bespoke models soured Lang on the project altogether. Instead of helming the 2903 model year as previously intended, he built a smaller, separate team to construct the Origin 350r speed model. Not intended for wide sale, the 350r project allowed Lang and his most fervent acolytes a chance to build the high performance ships he desired for the racing circuit.\n\nOver a dozen 300 series variants have been offered since the line\u2019s inception, with the majority being minor, one-off yearly models themed for particular events, such as the Origin 320c \u201cImperator\u2019s Edition.\u201d However, two design variants have proven so effective that they have become part of the standard production run, receiving the same incremental model year improvements as the base ship. The Origin 315p was launched in 2930 as a \u2018pocket explorer,\u2019 an unusual attempt to marry the 300i\u2019s lines with improved power output and a newly-developed scanning package. Despite the odd duck nature of the design, the 315p proved a reliable performer, with much of the success coming because smaller prospecting outfits were happy to have a dedicated spacecraft that could perform just as well, but provide the comfort and style that was often overlooked by other manufacturers.\n\nThe second long-standing variant is the 325a dogfighter, generally believed to be the result of a naval contract. No information has ever been declassified on why the UEEN might have utilized a fighting-focused 300i design, but an in-depth analysis of the ship\u2019s properties suggest it was actually first designed as much as a decade before its 2940 reveal. In any case, the 325a adapts the 300i concept into a dedicated combat ship with upgrades to the weapons payload and the addition of a specialized targeting system.\n\nOrigin has expanded their production capabilities every year since the 300 launched, using the success of the design to finance more spacecraft that follow the same aesthetic philosophy. From the starter-level Origin 100 series to the beautiful-while-functional 600 ships to the luxurious 890 Jump flagship, Origin continues to adhere to Andreas Lang\u2019s basic belief that the look and handling of spacecraft should speak to our deeper nature."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":56,"created_at":"2023-03-14T20:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"3 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 02:39:03","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":19170,"next_id":19172}}