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jtanzer
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| CRMcNeill wrote: | | I wouldn’t be surprised if SW fabrication tech allows for 3D printing at a level far beyond what we can do, like actually manipulating strong nuclear energy to bond molecules together rather than resorting to chemical adhesives and resin. |
I agree. The Imperial Sourcebook does say that the Army Corps is supported by droids capable of doing exactly that. | Imperial Sourcebook 2nd Edition wrote: | | Corps HQ is often augmented with a huge number of MSE-6, I2F-5 and I2F-73 industrial droids — as many as 2,000 in some instances. These droids serve as a mobile processing and manufacturing plant, particularly with the introduction of repulsorlift-enabled models of the I2F-73 which acts as transport for most of the other droids. Such a complex can manufacture everything from glow rods to blaster packs to repulsorlift engines upon demand, using the crudest and most impure raw materials. |
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CRMcNeill
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My theory goes even further, with molecular furnaces to break down and purify ores into their constituent elements being in common use. My headcanon for World Devastators, rather than having them as purpose-built terror weapons, has them as forward-deployed armed logistics support platforms that were designed to support long-term operations within a system, such as a siege. Rather than having to ship all supplies in, the World Devastators would deploy into the system fringes and strip asteroids and moons for needed resources. It was only in the desperate times post-Endor that they got pressed into service as superweapons.
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garhkal
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| Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2024 3:03 am Post subject: |
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| CRMcNeill wrote: | | My theory goes even further, with molecular furnaces to break down and purify ores into their constituent elements being in common use. My headcanon for World Devastators, rather than having them as purpose-built terror weapons, has them as forward-deployed armed logistics support platforms that were designed to support long-term operations within a system, such as a siege. Rather than having to ship all supplies in, the World Devastators would deploy into the system fringes and strip asteroids and moons for needed resources. It was only in the desperate times post-Endor that they got pressed into service as superweapons. |
Construction droids like that, were used on corscucant.. So its viable that they also were used elsewhere.
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FVBonura
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I kind of wanted to stay away from the world devastator issue. Yes they are mobile factories that can produce land air and sea vehicles by devouring raw materials of the planet they are invading. Considering their size, I doubt they are using 3-D printers on a devastator. You wouldn’t need that much room which is the whole point of using 3-D printers for component fabrication and even architectural fabrication at the upper end. 3-D printers take up very little space relative to other manufacturing processes. World devastators are that big because they are a giant foundry fabricating sheet and plate and wire in bulk. In other words it’s a floating manufacturing facility.
Clearly similar manufacturing facilities exist in the Star Wars galaxy to mass produce production spacecraft which also means they produce replacement and maintenance parts for those same production spacecraft. I would go so far to say that a sessile manufacturing facility would work even more efficiently than a manufacturing facility that has to travel interstellar and deal with reentry. Again uglies have their place but they make up a small fractional percentage of overall space traffic. Food for thought. 
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CRMcNeill
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| FVBonura wrote: | | Again uglies have their place but they make up a small fractional percentage of overall space traffic. Food for thought. |
Agreed. I replied to the rest of your post here to keep this topic on track.
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