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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. For the first dozen years of operation, Katt’s 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’ 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. In 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. By the late thirties, however, the limitations offered by the Anvil deal had begun to chafe. The demand for F7C Hornets had overshadowed AMD’s 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. Racing Ahead Seeking 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’s spacecraft prototyping, in exchange for exclusive branding rights to create their own dedicated racing variant of the ship. The corporation embedded a pair of their top designers with Silas Koerner’s Mustang team. Bryce Halliday and Jennifer Aykers, both hired away from MISC’s auspicious spacecraft design bureau, sat with the Mustang team through every step of the spacecraft’s 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 ‘roughing it’ on the frontier, often finding themselves at odds with Koerner’s demanding personality … but the results of their work speaks for itself. On its own, the Mustang (which Aykers described in a dispatch as looking like a “battle butterfly”) 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. The 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 ‘double down’ on the existing boost system, enhancing its overall straight speed. Some critics have claimed that the standard Mustang racer, the Gamma, is simply a ‘cut down’ version of AMD’s 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’s 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.) Further aiming to attract the younger, affluent spacecraft-buying audience, Accelerated Mass Design enlisted the efforts of underground artist Sektor8 to design a distinctive “cherry pie” 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’s 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. A 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’t an Omega with a Murray Cup, a company spokesman recently opined, is because this year’s contest hasn’t happened yet. The Future The 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 — the sky is the limit! Firmengeschichte Accelerated Mass Design wurde um die Jahrhundertwende gegründet und hat sich als High-End-Unternehmen für Elektronikdesign und Tuning einen Namen gemacht. AMD war verantwortlich für Dutzende von alltäglichen (aber unterschiedlichen) technologischen Artikeln, die in der Konsumraumfahrt verwendet werden, sowie zuletzt für die Entwicklung einer eigenen Raumschiffvariante, der Mustang Omega. 2899 verließen Sander Katt und ein Team von sechs weiteren Ingenieuren ihre Designpositionen bei Ayre Semisonic, um eine neue Gesellschaft zu gründen, die sich auf hochwertiges Design konzentriert. Im Jahr 2901 veröffentlichte das Unternehmen sein erstes Produkt: die Erweiterungskarte UE-9300. Die UE-9300 wurde für einen nahezu absoluten Null-Betrieb entwickelt und war ein sofortiger High-End-Ersatz für das alternde CarthSys Multidock, das die gemeinsamen Interessen der Luxus- und Militärsatellitenhersteller weckte. In den ersten zehn Betriebsjahren widmete sich Katt's Team der Rationalisierung und Effizienzsteigerung der bestehenden Technologie. Bis 2908 wurde ein eigenes Büro eingerichtet, das die Standardproduktionstechnologien anderer Unternehmen aufgreift und sie über ihre Designbeschränkungen hinaus optimiert. AMD-gekennzeichnete Versionen von Fluchtluken bis hin zu Laserkanonen wurden zu einem begehrten Zubehör für Schiffseigner von Mitteln. Im Jahr 2920 unterzeichnete der Mischkonzern einen zwei Jahrzehnte dauernden Entwicklungsvertrag mit Anvil Aerospace, der hochrangige Schaltkreise für eine Reihe von militärischen Raumfahrzeugen im Austausch für exklusives Branding bereitstellt. Während es sich zunächst um einen ungewöhnlichen Deal für 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 Milliardenumsätze, da die Schiffe von Anvil die Markenbekanntheit und die Notwendigkeit einer Erweiterung ihrer Technologie-Supportkette verbreiteten. Ende der dreißiger Jahre begannen sich jedoch die durch den Anvil-Deal gebotenen Einschränkungen zu scheuern. Die Nachfrage nach F7C Hornets hatte die Kapazität von AMD zur Herstellung von Innenteilen überschattet, was dazu führte, dass Anvil begann, außerhalb des Unternehmens zu beziehen (wie vertraglich zulässig). 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. Schließlich lehnte AMD ein massives Angebot ab, für ein drittes Jahrzehnt zu unterschreiben, und warf erneut Vorsicht in den Wind, da es als Fretagent für Schiffskomponenten diente. Auf dem Vormarsch Um ihre Attraktivität auf dem Jugendmarkt zu erneuern (und jetzt frei von ihrem exklusiven Anvil-Deal), kooperierte Accelerated Mass Design 2940 in den frühen Phasen des Mustang-Entwicklungsprogramms mit Consolidated Outland. AMD finanzierte einen bedeutenden, nicht offenbarten Teil des Koerner Raumfahrzeug-Prototyping, im Austausch für exklusive Markenrechte zur Herstellung einer eigenen Rennvariante des Schiffes. Das 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-Büro angestellt, saßen 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 Persönlichkeit.... aber die Ergebnisse ihrer Arbeit sprechen für sich. Allein der Mustang (den Aykers in einer Meldung als "Kampfschmetterling" beschrieb) überholt die Roberts Space Industries Aurora in über einem Dutzend Kategorien, darunter Geschwindigkeit und Manövrierfähigkeit. Die frühe Entscheidung, eine exklusive Rennversion zu sperren, scheint eine erhebliche Belohnung geboten zu haben: Mustangs sind heute de facto die erste Wahl für junge Rennfahrer, allein das Gamma-Modell will den Origin M50 in seinem ersten Quartal auf dem Markt überflügeln. Das bemerkenswerteste Merkmal des AMD-exklusiven Raumfahrzeugs, der Mustang Omega, war die Hinzufügung einer hochgefahrenen Kraftstoffzufuhr für ein schnelleres Wasserstoff-Recycling. Dies ermöglicht es dem Mustang, das bestehende Boost-System zu "verdoppeln" und seine gerade Gesamtgeschwindigkeit zu erhöhen. 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 unabhängig 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 erwähnenswert, dass die Materialkosten für das verbesserte Boost-System fast dem gesamten Rumpf des Mustang Gamma entsprechen.) Mit dem weiteren Ziel, das jüngere, wohlhabende Publikum für den Kauf von Raumfahrzeugen zu gewinnen, beauftragte Accelerated Mass Design den Underground-Künstler 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 dafür erstaunliche drei Millionen UEC, die er an eine Wassertierrettungsorganisation auf Helios spenden wollte. Eine begrenzte Anzahl von Mustang Omega-Rümpfen 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 kürzlich, ist, dass der diesjährige Wettbewerb noch nicht stattgefunden hat. Die Zukunft Die Bedingungen der Consolidated Outland Vereinbarung sind unbekannt, aber angesichts des jüngsten Wiederauftretens von AMD-badged Raketen-Pylonverbindern ist es wahrscheinlich, dass sie nicht so restriktiv sind wie der Anvil Vertrag. Gerüchte aus der Industrie behaupten sogar, dass das Unternehmen stark darüber nachdenkt, seine Erfahrungen mit der Consolidated Outland auf die nächste Stufe zu heben und eigene Raumschiffe zu entwerfen. Jüngste Neueinstellungen, die Ingenieure von Roberts Space Industries und MISC weggebracht haben, scheinen diese Idee zu unterstützen. Könnte Accelerated Mass Design seine eigenen Kit-Raumfahrzeuge oder sogar ein spezielles Luxusfahrzeug entwickeln, das in extrem begrenzten Stückzahlen produziert wird? Vielleicht - der Himmel ist die Grenze! Company History Founded 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. In 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. For the first dozen years of operation, Katt’s 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’ 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. In 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. By the late thirties, however, the limitations offered by the Anvil deal had begun to chafe. The demand for F7C Hornets had overshadowed AMD’s 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. Racing Ahead Seeking 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’s spacecraft prototyping, in exchange for exclusive branding rights to create their own dedicated racing variant of the ship. The corporation embedded a pair of their top designers with Silas Koerner’s Mustang team. Bryce Halliday and Jennifer Aykers, both hired away from MISC’s auspicious spacecraft design bureau, sat with the Mustang team through every step of the spacecraft’s 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 ‘roughing it’ on the frontier, often finding themselves at odds with Koerner’s demanding personality … but the results of their work speaks for itself. On its own, the Mustang (which Aykers described in a dispatch as looking like a “battle butterfly”) 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. The 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 ‘double down’ on the existing boost system, enhancing its overall straight speed. Some critics have claimed that the standard Mustang racer, the Gamma, is simply a ‘cut down’ version of AMD’s 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’s 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.) Further aiming to attract the younger, affluent spacecraft-buying audience, Accelerated Mass Design enlisted the efforts of underground artist Sektor8 to design a distinctive “cherry pie” 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’s 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. A 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’t an Omega with a Murray Cup, a company spokesman recently opined, is because this year’s contest hasn’t happened yet. The Future The 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 — the sky is the limit! Links ----- No links available. 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