Salvaged parts were hard to come by, especially the engines. Jagd proofed engines were extremely sought after, but they were also difficult to get and hard to get to. They were often found in inhospitable, Mist-filled corners of the world, away from usual routes of travel and, as such, teeming with dangerous wildlife and worse. Lumi's own ship had been sourced from a veritable graveyard of ships and parts, an old battlefield. She hadn't been perfect when she'd been collected, but months of work had brought her up to snuff. Some parts had been collected on that day, some later. Others ... he'd had to source on the black market. War-era ships were obviously no longer produced, but they were common enough back in the day that many small parts could be gathered, but if others gathered them first the price skyrocketed from 'found for free' to 'as much gil as an enterprising Al Bhed thought he or she could get out of a stupid Selkie'.
If his mechanic had managed to get an engine, a functioning engine, it had cost a fortune.
"My craft is a little difficult," Lumi admitted. "She's Pulsian in origin, rather than Ivalician. A lot of the parts I find I need require modification before they work, even if they're from the right era. It may be worth discussing it with her if she's able to alter them to fit the different systems. It's the modification that's the hard part."
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Salvaged parts were hard to come by, especially the engines. Jagd proofed engines were extremely sought after, but they were also difficult to get and hard to get to. They were often found in inhospitable, Mist-filled corners of the world, away from usual routes of travel and, as such, teeming with dangerous wildlife and worse. Lumi's own ship had been sourced from a veritable graveyard of ships and parts, an old battlefield. She hadn't been perfect when she'd been collected, but months of work had brought her up to snuff. Some parts had been collected on that day, some later. Others ... he'd had to source on the black market. War-era ships were obviously no longer produced, but they were common enough back in the day that many small parts could be gathered, but if others gathered them first the price skyrocketed from 'found for free' to 'as much gil as an enterprising Al Bhed thought he or she could get out of a stupid Selkie'.
If his mechanic had managed to get an engine, a functioning engine, it had cost a fortune.
"My craft is a little difficult," Lumi admitted. "She's Pulsian in origin, rather than Ivalician. A lot of the parts I find I need require modification before they work, even if they're from the right era. It may be worth discussing it with her if she's able to alter them to fit the different systems. It's the modification that's the hard part."