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So when we're talking about repairing, we're talking about hull repairing as opposed to the repairing of individual components inside the ship?
Will Maiden · Designer

Right. But if you were a repair crew, it's kind of what's the damage? What can I fix? The same way that if you've got a broken wheel or something on the side of the motorway or the highway or whatever, you pull over, I need to get this repaired. And some things you can repair on site, and sometimes someone will come up and say, oh, I got a spare tire, I got a new battery, and they can bring replacement parts, or, oh yeah, that'll just need a dinging out. Sometimes you can fix a broken part there on the side of the road, or sometimes you just need patching up a tire. Whatever the severity of the problem will dictate whether or not.

Jared Huckaby · Host, Community

So if you're the pilot of a Vulcan, you use the drones to repair the hull, and then you might need a supply of replacement components, the spare tires.

Will Maiden · Designer

And that's the kind of thing, like if you get a service beacon of, hey, I'm in trouble here, I need replacement parts. Then that's something that's kind of, oh, I've got one of those with me, I can come straight out, or, okay, give me 20 minutes, I'll go pick up some replacement parts and I'll put that on your bill kind of thing. So it's that kind of go fetch if you've not got it. As long as the ship can carry it, it's the right size to carry it, then they can come and bring that out to you and it's all part of the service.

John Crewe · Designer

Yeah, that's sort of why that cargo bay is there in the back. It's for storing cargo, but it can also be there for storing all the spare parts that you might decide to... They specialize in coolers and just fill it full of coolers. If you're in a particularly hot environment and people's coolers are getting worn out because it's hot and they're constantly hitting their overheat threshold and degrading quicker than expected, then you're there giving these coolers, well, not giving them away, it's not good business, but you're there on site knowing that this trend in behavior is going to repeat itself so you can maximize that.

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