Nadir
Death from Below
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: A specific type of hyperdrive for a specific type of business.
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Manufacturer: Nadir
Affiliation: Closed-Market
Model: NADIR E-SERIES Rock Hopper
Modularity: User interface
Production: Limited
Material: Duraplast, durasteel, standard hyperdrive components
Hyperdrive, rating 1
Deflector & Ion shield package
Coolant lattice – for keeping your shields and drive from overheating during the ride
Built-in drills – for affixing the hyperdrive to the surface of the rock
User interface – upon request, this can be replaced with a droid connector socket for those who only employ mechanical personnel
Bigger, better, faster: This a sturdy, stand-alone hyperdrive package geared towards mining companies that would like to save the credits they spend dragging their equipment all the way to Bumkark, Nowhere. The Rock Hopper is built to transport large hunks of rock through hyperspace in a timely fashion and without incident.
Just bigger: Like with any other hyperdrive, things can go wrong. With a bigger hyperdrive, though, when things go wrong, they do so spectacularly. If the Rock Hopper is disrupted while in hyperspace, don’t expect the exit to be nice. In fact, you’ll probably be picking up the asteroid debris all the way to the next system.
For centuries mining companies have faced a simple, yet persistent problem. The most accessible of asteroids have long been mined full of holes, leaving nothing but gaping shells of rock sailing through the void. To find new sources of valuable ore and minerals, ships have had to venture further and further away from known hyperlanes and quick trade routes.
And that’s when bringing mining equipment to your chosen floating stack of credits becomes expensive.
Fret not; the solution is here – now you can bring that rock to your mining equipment.
The portable Rock Hopper hyperdrive is a compact, study package designed to take a hit or three in the wilder regions of space. Once you get it on the surface of the asteroid, the installation is as straightforward as totalitarian elections.
After properly affixing your fresh hyperdrive, the only thing remaining is to set up the range of hyperspace shield package that comes with the Rock Hopper. Even non-giving engineers will find the streamlined user interface easy to navigate. After entering the correct spatial proportions of the asteroid, it is recommended to activate the shields at least once before actually entering hyperspace. It gives the generator time to warm up to the considerable task as well as allowing the engineer to check for any mistakes in the shield parameters.
Once the shield setup is complete, all that remains is to enter the proper coordinates and launch the asteroid into the next dimension.
