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- 127 YEARS OLD, BOUGHT FROM A BOUNTY AND BONDS FIRM. ORIGINALLY, ACCORDING TO THE SERIAL CODES THE COBRA MKIII WAS OWNED BY SOME NOW DEFUNCT TRADING COMPANY BUT HAD ENDED UP EVENTUALLY AS A PIRATE SHIP. THE COBRA HAD BEEN CRUDELY UPGRADED [OR MAYBE SIDE GRADED] BY ITS PREVIOUS OWNER, A RAIDER CAPTAIN NAMED RED DICK OR PURPLE HELMUT OR SOMETHING. THE RAIDER BOSS HAD OBVIOUSLY TAKEN THE SHIP IN COMBAT AS SHE SHOWS SIGNS OF EXTENSIVE BURN AND BLAST MARKS. RATHER THAN SWAPPING OUT THE OLD DAMAGED INTERNAL MODULES, THE PIRATES HAVE PATCHED UP THE DAMAGE . PERHAPS AS PART OF THE FIXING OR SOME TIME LATER THE THRUSTERS AND THE F.S.D HAVE BOTH HAD COMPONENS FROM OLDER AND LARGER MODULES CLUDGED INTO THEM. I HAD THE SHIP LOKED AT BY A GOOD MECHANIC. THEY REMOVED THE USELESS, BROKEN AND OBVIOUSLY MORE OUTRIGHT DANGEROUS PARTS FROM THE MKIII. THE MECHANIC EXPLAINED IT WOULD COST MORE THAN THE VALUE OF THE OLD SHIP TO TRY TO PUT HER BACK TO SOMEHTHIN LIKE STANDARD. AND BESIDES SHE SHOULD BE RELIABLE AFTER THEY WERE DONE. I LOST SOME TRUST BUT HE TOLD ME SET UP LIKE SHE WAS SHE MIGHT HAVE BLOWN AT ANY MOMENT. STILL GOT ABOUT 40% MORE SPEED THAN A STANDARD 4A. HE ALSO FITTED A MODERN COOLER RUNNING FUSION PLANT TO COMPENSATE FOR THE BOOSTED THRUSTERS. THOUGH SHE'S NOT EXACTLY GOT SMOOTH IMPERIAL STYLING. MANY OF THE IMPROVISED COMPONENTS ARE VISIBLE, BOLTED ON AND PIPED/WIRED IN.