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Does anyone still use Xanthalian Type X shielding systems? I know I sold a lot of them back in the day. I am looking to purchase one Type X Xanthalian Shield. If anyone can sell me one, quote the price here.

Xan? I thought you went DEET.

And why do you want to buy your own product second hand? Can't you build more yourself?

Yeah that's kind of an odd way to RP there...

It's a long story. Allow me to condense it into a totally-inadequate paragraph.

Xanthal was deleted due to inactivity after I decided that my technology had advanced too far. I didn't want to stop playing on NS, so I created Mirfak to build up to a renewed Xanthal. Xanthal was resurrected and I began playing again with a new set of technology. Now Xanthal's old technology is all in its IC past and, because of the years of chaos which I won't describe here, it has lost the ability to manufacture the old stuff. For a new ship design, it wants to fit Old Xanthalian Type X Shields. Since it can't make them anymore, it's looking for someone who either can make them or has some extra ones, since Old Xanthal sold them to a lot of people.

...So again, I need one Xanthalian Type X shield system.

I haven't used them... ever, I believe, but I think we still have some old Type Xes from the old alliance. It'll take some time for me to dredge them up, though.

We need only one unit at the moment, but considring their scarcity we would likely be willing to buy more. If you do find them, please inform us of the number available for sale and the price per unit. We will make a final decision based on that information.

Official Message from the Head Quartermaster of the USF of Tiburon

The Quartermaster's department has currently 5 Type X shields left over from the old Tiburonese-Xanthalian alliance, as well as the construction plans for the Type X shield. Currently, we are able to sell 4, with the last one being kept at the National Air and Space Museum Archives. Each unit will sell for $400,000, but the transportation cost, given each unit's age and fragility, will be extremely high, unless the government of Xanthal wishes to bear them.

If the government of Xanthal chooses, however, we would be able to produce any amount of Type X shields within a week for the Xanthalian fleet, at a cost of about $100,000 each, and with much lower shipping costs.

Provided that the product specifications are exact, we will gladly purchase new units over the old ones, which will likely require a great deal of overhaul that we may be incapable of to restore to full operational capacity. If you could manufacture ten operational units that have the same specifications as the originals, we will gladly pay $5 million to cover manufacturing, labor, and shipping; as well as convey our gratitude for your trouble.

OOC: You want me to find the exact specs from on the old forums? Be near impossible, really. To borrow a phrase from Team America, you're breakin' my balls here, Xanth!

OOC: No, no. I know the specifications. It was an IC message. They just want to be sure that what you give them is exactly up to spec. After all, Xanthalian shields were very intricate machines; with properties that are difficult to find in shielding systems even in modern FT. I sound like I'm bragging now, but I wanted them for a reason for this new ship: they're they're the best all-around protection I know of, and can stand up to a long beating from most conventional weapons.

OOC: Mind sending them my way, then? I'd prefer to post the actual specs on the bill.

And a side note, you might want to get some Tiburonese shields. Since we've combined your intricate shields with our own and improved upon them, they are UBAR!

Um... yeah. So. Updates are good.

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Hmm. I never did actually write out specifications you know. Do Tiburonese shields equal or exceed the tolerance of the Type X Xanthalian design, and, more importantly, do they still offer the same level of protection from phased weapons?

The idea of Xanthalian shields was a straightforward, powerful modulating spherical shield incorporating transphasic particles to prevent shield-bypassing weapons from entering the protected zone. Among their shortcomings was a lack of partial activation ability (the whole sphere had to be online; you couldn't just drop part of it), high power consumption, and a high sensor profile, making stealth virtually impossible when active. The Type X was the main large starship grade shield, surpassed in power by the layered Type Y and Z planetary shields. Type VIII and IX were lower-power versions of the Type X, and Types II-VII were single-layer hull-hugging shields, generally used as backups for when the sphere grid failed, though they were fairly powerful in their own right. The Type I was a spherical shield that could take only one hit before collapsing, but that blow could come from anything from a point defense laser to a mine to anything less powerful than a full-blown planet killer; which would burn out the shield but leave the protected craft intact. It required a fuse replacement after every hit.

OOC: Xanth, they do a great deal more of protection from both than the Type Xes. You have to remember, we were both at around the same level back then... and the Type X is about 140 years old. Very much so.

...thing is, I'm not a speccy kinda guy. So no specs- I personally don't use them often, if at all. Sorry on that front.

OOC: Considering that I never asked for specifications... whatever. Time in NS is relative. So is power, really. In any case; I'll take your shields if the price is right.

OOC: I see. Well, that's a relief. I won't sell the shields that I use myself on my ships, but I can sell you the next best thing: the shields that they replaced. The variable-geometry "Askagalia"-type shields worked on everything, and I mean everything, from fighters to space colony clusters. Because of its variable shape, it has a variable power requirement (given in kWh/cubic meters). It has a constant field strength, built to withstand at most 10 hits of every type of weapon developed until production date, so they do not work on quantum black hole field missiles. Cost is $200,000 per unit.

We'll take 10 Xanthalian units and 10 Tiburonese units. How much will that be including all shipping and handling costs?

Official Message from the Head Quartermaster of the United Solaris Federation

The cost shall amount to $305,000. The cargo shall be shipped via the USF Postal Service, and shall take five to ten days to arrive in Xanthal. Please pay upon arrival of goods.

Sincerely,
Command Sergeant Major John Wyston, Head Quartermaster of the United Solaris Federation