| From: | ANGLISS BRIAN EDWARD <angliss@****.COLORADO.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Maxim Arms News Release |
| Date: | Mon, 4 Sep 1995 00:10:01 -0600 |
all of you who were invovled with them, you'll recognize some of the
stuff. For those of you who hate Maxim as I do, you'll find this concept
a bit frightening.
*****Begin News Download****
Hello, this is Charlie Finger and I'm coming to you from the Maxim
Aerotech headquarters in the UCAS Sector of Denver with a bit of news.
In a planned press release this afternoon, a spokeswoman for Maxim
Aerotech announced the release to military and security service providers
a new product, recently developed in Maxim's orbital labs. Beginning
tomorrow, several of Maxim's military and security vehicles will become
available in a new frame configuration that utilizes microgravity single-
fabrication hexagonal foamed titanium. For those of you who don't know
the terms I just listed, that's orbitally manufactured titanium honeycomb
for the frame of vehicles.
However, experts have mentioned that this level of technology is unlikely
to be available anytime soon, and certainly not inexpensive enough for
mass production of security vehicles. When asked, Maxim produced this
video of a Saab Dynamit with a new frame being collision tested. As you
can see, the damage was severe, but the passenger compartment and frame
were totally intact even at the 210km impact velocity.
Maxim scientists, when reached, said that the new frames would add
stiffness to existing designs, reduce weight, and increase a vehicles
ability to withstand punishment.
After performing some independant research, my team and I discovered
that, while the base of Maxim Aerotech's orbital buisness was originally
purchased from other corporations and nations, they have in fact begun
the construction of a large fabrication plant at Lagrange point 2, which
is slated to be complete by the end of the year. Apparently it will be
the first platform in orbit to be completely built out of lunar
materials, but this reporter was unable to confirm or deny this.
Considering the limited investment in space in recent decades, I find
this to be unlikely.
But regardless, Maxim's stock rose another 6 points in afternoon trading,
after falling yesterday on the news that thier intended purchase of Ares'
electronic backup giant, Exapulse, had fallen through.
Keeping you ever up to the minute, this has been Charlie Fingers. Good
night.
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Great. Just fraggin wonderful. Ever see what a titanium frame does to a
vehicle? Faster, leaner, meaner, and harder to take out. Any bets the
next step for Maxim Armament Research(the R&D chums) is a new type of
armor, based in similar principles? ]<<<<<
-- Slash <00:06:44/09-04-56>
>>>>>[ And to think that they got the idea from a "lost tech"
vehicle,
isn't that right, Dad?]<<<<<
-- Diana, Mistress of the Night < 12:07:51 / 09-04-56 >
>>>>>[ Shhhhh.... Everyone will want one.... ]<<<<<
-- Action Jackson < 12:08:23 / 09-04-56 >
