"Divert power from life support to X" actually makes me cringe a little every time I see someone in Yamatai do it.
You're not the only one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-pm8uxw1MM
We can't expect everyone to play at our preferred level of quality all the time, but we can certainly always be trying to improve. These kinds of tech submissions I think are key to that. I mean, what did damage control even do before castor tape!? Where we are now certainly makes Yamatai feel more like a professional organization with people who know what to do when their ship takes a hit.
Uso is maybe, a lot less professional, but everyone has to start somewhere.
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On a side note: There is really no reason I'm using Hyperspace Taps over Aether other than personal preference. The fluff on how it both work are well established, decently plausible, and more or less irrelevant event to the characters. The hyperspace tap is mainly in use now as a shout-out to Darren Tyler, and as a way to shorta show where Wazu has been.
I like being able to look at items and be able to trace their parts back to early SARP.
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I broke out the paragraph below the image into the history section, and added a few lines that give an idea of the scope of USO's ability to produce these items. While USO has been building fabricators as fast as they can, they really aren't on the same level as Nepleslia or Yamatai when it comes to production, hense me using the word 'Dozens' instead of hundreds of thousands.
USO also has some
serious engineering talent on hand, but I don't really need to invoke that here. The hyperspace tap is well established like Wes said, and that part is pretty much lifted entirely from the Nepleslian version of the device. Any low-level engineer would be able to design the casing, tubes, and connectors so I feel the existing history already gives enough insight into how USO was able to design this device.
Also, changed year of completion to YE 39.