Bombshell Genius
The prototype of a landing gear designed for use on larger capital ships was almost ready: hydraulics, large and small, as well as a large reinforced alusteel shock absorber about a meter thick and 15 meters across, divided into fourteen equal parts, designed to withstand hundreds of thousands of tons at once. It has the added bonus of being able to pose as a retracted heavy turbolaser emplacement when retracted. Jessica, called the "landing gear lady" internally, also took part in designing the Maersk-class bulk freighter, which had seven of these landing gears onboard. But landing gears had to have computerized actuation, which would take mass off the ship as compared to having an intricate network of hydraulic controls spread over hundreds of meters.
"I'm afraid, boss, that, for the Pullmans, Bowsers and Tofolks, Zambonis even, we always purchased our landing gears externally. I was called in because future plans called for landing gears on larger ships. No one here could design such things as software for actuating landing gears, not even Marcia: my specialty is hardware and thermohydraulics"
"We need to have the avionics done before it can be tested and, from there, be fitted on an actual ship. Avionics are critical here. i think I know who to contact about avionics as it pertains to landing gears"
[member="Sor-Jan Xantha"]
"I'm afraid, boss, that, for the Pullmans, Bowsers and Tofolks, Zambonis even, we always purchased our landing gears externally. I was called in because future plans called for landing gears on larger ships. No one here could design such things as software for actuating landing gears, not even Marcia: my specialty is hardware and thermohydraulics"
"We need to have the avionics done before it can be tested and, from there, be fitted on an actual ship. Avionics are critical here. i think I know who to contact about avionics as it pertains to landing gears"
[member="Sor-Jan Xantha"]