In 1990 he pitched this concept to Origin Systems, an Austin, Texas, gamemaker. “I wanted to be Luke Skywalker in the cockpit of the X-wing fighter.” “I wanted to capture what I felt watching Star Wars as a kid,” he says.
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That's the vision Chris Roberts has been pursuing since he was a teenage movie buff with an aptitude for coding. Actual, real, present-day American Earth dollars.ĭespite those caveats, all 200 Javelins sold out. And that wasn't some form of fictional futuristic space bucks it was 2,500 real dollars. “They are battle-hardened and somewhat worse for wear,” it read, “and have been stripped of the weapons systems.” Thus, any would-be buyer would eventually have to shell out extra to equip the 20 gun turrets and the two torpedo launchers. The document that announced the Javelins' impending sale took pains to stress that these warships were fixer-uppers. There's even a lifetime insurance policy. Each 1,132-foot-long spaceship has the sort of amenities that your average interstellar mercenary finds hard to resist: four primary thrusters, 12 maneuvering thrusters, a heavily armored bridge, private quarters for a captain and an executive officer, six cargo rooms, general quarters for a minimum of 23 crew members, and a hangar big enough to accommodate a gunship.
The United Empire of Earth Navy caused quite a stir last November when it announced that it would be putting 200 decommissioned Javelin Destroyers up for sale.