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• DAISY CUTTER, v6.3
• IndústriaGlobo Du Fu Skunkworks
  
  
• REVISED PROPOSAL: 12.3.01
• Nyx-modified design
  
  
• FIRST STAGE:
• -- 4 COBB vacuum engines
  
  
• SECOND STAGE:
• -- 2 TAAS vacuum engines
• -- 4 forward-mounted M-wave cannons
• -- Highly-precise, rapid-fire volley fires continuously as the entire stage executes a kamikaze plunge
  
  
• M44 "Infiltrator"-class M-wave cannon
  
  
• THIRD STAGE:
• -- 1 COBB vacuum engine
• -- After the anticipated breach of shielding, this "spider steel"-wrapped lancet is hi-LIDAR-guided to the second-stage impact point
• -- Lancet pierces ship, and v6.4 Daisy Cutter fires.
  
  
• Total elapsed time: ~13 seconds
  
  
• R - you'd previously told me one COBB would not be sufficient for 3rd stage. Also - why aren't I seeing this? ⤵
  
  
• Testing of a miniaturized Cruz Drive continues to encounter spontaneous energetic dissassembly. Will not be included in any proposed designs until Familia task force settles issue.
  
  
• Bugdet CTR: 179 A
• Proj. Code: VINN33
• "Eyes on": SK/Fam
• Plans on file: 7/8
• 179 A, Vol. 3
• v6.3
• [list of signatures]
• Head: Missile Design
• ROBERT SCHROEDER
• Millworks, New Shenzen

Trivia

• This page is called "v6.3"
• Due to the miniscule font size, the last part of the transcript is largely an approximation.
• 12.3.01 refers to the date, the 12th of March 2401.
• Shenzhen on Earth is a city in China. The spelling of New Shenzen is intentionally revised.