[TCON] Drive Yards Announces Ship Building Preparations CONSORTIA, LOK (20th October 2004): The CONSORTIUM [TCON] announced today that they are well advanced in their preparation for the introduction of space travel to the Wanderhome Server. It is expected that the TCON subsidiary “[TCON] Drive Yards” will have a full team of Shipwrights available to discuss your personal transportation requirements and a full range of product, from DAY ONE. “The CONSORTIUM has always been dedicated to bringing the very best of all crafted technologies to all residents of Wanderhome for a fair and equitable price, and this will now include Starships”, said TCON Founder & spokesperson, Spiglord. During a press conference this morning to announce TCON’s future involvement in Starships, Spiglord went on to say, “TCON prides itself on its ability to deliver large and complex items to the market in the shortest possible turn-around times, whilst maintaining the quality of our product. Starships will definitely be complex items to build, but we have both the know-how and the resources to make this task a simple one”. [TCON] Drive Yards will operate from TCON’s “Body & Soul” building located outside Tyrena, (-3804,-2608), on the planet of Corellia when space travel becomes available. [TCON] Drive Yards are currently taking ‘Expression of Interest” from prospective customers, and will operate a full pre-ordering service should legal restrictions allow. Please contact [TCON] Drive Yards at the following location: http://the-consortium.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9708 About the Shipwright Profession & Introduction of Space Travel: The building of ships chassis’s in SWG is a complex process requiring many resources and much understanding of the Shipwright profession. Depending on their skill level, Shipwrights can build over 20 different ships ranging from the small personal fighter craft to large multi-person yachts. Whilst Shipwrights cannot build complete starship packages, they can build all the required parts and consumables needed for a successful space journey or mission. Building the best possible ships and components is going to be a complex endeavour for the lone shipwright, but TCON with its large membership aims to work co-operatively to control the end-to-end ship building process, and thereby simplifying the customer experience. With the opening up of Space Travel, [TCON] Drive Yards will be well placed to meet customer demand. About The CONSORTIUM & [TCON] Drive Yards: The CONSORTIUM was founded back in May 2002 as the pre-eminent home for the dedicated crafting professions. TCON is committed to providing a safe and productive environment for its members, especially those that are involved in the Commercial and Crafting professions. Since inception TCON has gone from strength to strength under the guidance of it elected controlling committee, and has accomplished a number of significant achievements. TCON was the first organisation to build a PA Hall both in SWG:beta, and on the Wanderhome Galaxy. TCON’s home city, Consortia on Lok was the first to reach City status on Wanderhome, and is still a strong and vibrant centre of commerce today. TCON also won the Official Wanderhome Scavenger Hunt and was presented with a Tie Fighter, which stands proudly in our city centre. [TCON] Drive Yards is a wholly owned subsidiary of The CONSORTIUM, set up earlier this year to specifically meet the demand of space travel and transportation. [TCON] Drive Yards looks forward to your custom both now and into the future.