Did the Banu Merchantman get Idris sized? [now with video]

Liquor_and_ores

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Remember this old concept.


Seeing how massive the ship looks now.
Imagine how big her concealed blockade running weapons will be.

with its new size... those side guns would make the idris M rail gun look like pea shooters lol


*edit I expect CIG to de gun the BMM and add them to a new BMM military variant down the road
 

Hadron Xon

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Man , that may be a little to big for my taste.



Posted this just to compare with Banu regrading scale from the ground up.They have really super sized the MM..

Ship Upgrades - Anvil Terrapin to Merchantman Upgrade : Just in case , didn't know price was going up. Glad i purchased before price hike.Not sure if i will use it or not. Lol don't think you could take the MM out solo day one and survive, Its just to dam big now. Its pretty tho.
 
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Blind Owl

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This sent me into full panic mode Owl!! Just checked, if you have a buyback original, it is $250 still.
Sorry brother. Glad you got her back at cost.
Remember this old concept.


Seeing how massive the ship looks now.
Imagine how big her concealed blockade running weapons will be.
Two size 3's. Haha.
with its new size... those side guns would make the idris M rail gun look like pea shooters lol


*edit I expect CIG to de gun the BMM and add them to a new BMM military variant down the road
Ha. Just this!
 

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Well now I am extra happy I own one. If the art work is correct, it would literally be Idris sized. It might even be a bit bigger by mass. Of course concept art is subject to change, but they are working on it now right? So the artist would know what the latest dimensions are. They took the time to draw each individual person in the image and draw the BMM accurately by the dimensions they are currently working on.

Now do I think the artist popped out a ruler and double checked the ratios? I doubt it. However, how often do they push meaningless or inaccurate data? Usually it is some future change that makes the information different than what they show. The data is mostly accurate at the time they release it. So it wouldn't surprise me if the BMM has grown to well over 200m.

There is some concern that their price choice means it will stay smaller. $350 is awfully cheap when you look at their other price points like the polaris and the idris. However, the Endeavor, and the Hull D are both over 200m. Both are also sitting at the $350 price point. So it's not completely out of character if the BMM has grown to be the size estimated from the art.

Either that, or I am just really overthinking it and the artist just threw a couple people in there...
 

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