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Re: Black market start up business

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Firesong wrote:It occurred to me that it frequently happens that if you shoot someone's power armor head off you have a nice piece of salvage to make some money on.
This has created a very profitable business venture: Referbished and freshly manufactured helmets. Think about it, how many times have you gone and vendored a SAMAS to the Black Market? This fills a very desireable niche when it comes to purchasing your very own Super Samas or power armor of choice, or well, get a bit more for it if someone makes a helmet for it. So call your operator friend and get a really nice lathe. There's a lot of profit in helmets.


Oh god....the head jokes that will come of this... :P :wink:
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Salvage is a good thing. it certainly would create a big market for multi-optic helmets....with environmental faceplates of course.

I can always use the spare cash.
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taalismn wrote:
Firesong wrote:It occurred to me that it frequently happens that if you shoot someone's power armor head off you have a nice piece of salvage to make some money on.
This has created a very profitable business venture: Referbished and freshly manufactured helmets. Think about it, how many times have you gone and vendored a SAMAS to the Black Market? This fills a very desireable niche when it comes to purchasing your very own Super Samas or power armor of choice, or well, get a bit more for it if someone makes a helmet for it. So call your operator friend and get a really nice lathe. There's a lot of profit in helmets.


Oh god....the head jokes that will come of this... :P :wink:

Like - "That's one way of getting ahead..."
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Or you can always salvage the head from another suit of the same power armor that DIDN'T lose it's head and viola, a full set!
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Tiree wrote:
taalismn wrote:
Firesong wrote:It occurred to me that it frequently happens that if you shoot someone's power armor head off you have a nice piece of salvage to make some money on.
This has created a very profitable business venture: Referbished and freshly manufactured helmets. Think about it, how many times have you gone and vendored a SAMAS to the Black Market? This fills a very desireable niche when it comes to purchasing your very own Super Samas or power armor of choice, or well, get a bit more for it if someone makes a helmet for it. So call your operator friend and get a really nice lathe. There's a lot of profit in helmets.


Oh god....the head jokes that will come of this... :P :wink:

Like - "That's one way of getting ahead..."
Or...
"perhaps you should quit while you're ahead..."
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We really should head off these jokes....


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Sounds like a great business should keep you ahead of the competition
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"Try our two for one special, because two heads are better than one..."

Yes, being able to replace power armor heads would take a comprehensive knowledge of various PA component designs and what it takes to correctly interface any head/helmet-located components(especially if the helmet contains any sort of pilot interface, such a neural interface) with the rest of the 'armor, as well as how to modify systems to fit, substitute(because you're unlikely to have a reliable source for CS parts, for instance), and customize.
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"

--------Rudyard Kipling
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