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Overview
Skunkworks is a research and development organization dedicated primarily to simulating aerospace technologies in LBP. It is a LittleBigPlanet Union member state founded by Nine-TailedFox4. It is currently led by zbsp_ and represented by Nine-TailedFox4.
History
Skunkworks was founded by Nine-TailedFox4 on November 18th, 2017 to represent the interests of an unofficial association of military creators within the LittleBigPlanet Union. It was announced at the November 2017 Union Summit meeting.[1]
Demographics
Population
According to the LBP Union Census, Skunkworks has four members.[2]
Language
Skunkworks consists of members whose primary language is English. The leader, zbsp_, also has limited conversational fluency in Japanese and can also speak some Spanish and Tagalog.
Government
Skunkworks is led by zbsp_, who acts as the mediator between members and makes the final decisions for the organization. However, all members hold equal influence due to the exclusive and tight-knit nature of the organization. Skunkworks only recruits people who are on the bleeding edge of aviation-related technology.
Foreign Relations and Military
Skunkworks is a member state of the LittleBigPlanet Union, and thus is allied with all the other Union member states. Skunkworks primarily operates as both a research and development organization and weapons supplier to the LBPU. It rarely engages in any conflict except in the case of theft. While the members primarily create modern military aircraft, they sometimes produce objects which do not fall under this category. Thus, Skunkworks has no clear military structure.
Research and Development
Skunkworks dedicates months to single projects as to increase the quality of the final product. For this reason, Skunkworks aircraft are perhaps the highest quality available in LBP. Unlike private contractors, Skunkworks is not very secretive about technological advancements and invests heavily into advertisement and public relations.
Products
The only combat aircraft in service from Skunkworks is Nine-TailedFox4's F-35A Lightning II. This aircraft is regarded as the most realistic frontline fighter in LBP, and is available as a community object. All documentation for the aircraft including blueprints and pilot operating handbook, as well as the PS3 download version of the aircraft, can be found here .
Nine-TailedFox4 has also produced two technology demonstrator aircraft, the F-15 Eagle and P-51 Mustang. These aircraft serve to demonstrate LBP's ability to simulate realistic physics and aircraft avionics. The F-15 originally served as Skunkwork's frontline fighter, but its emphasis on simulation-level technologies made it a very cumbersome aircraft to use in combat. Eventually, the technologies pioneered in this aircraft were refined and applied to the F-35A.
Projects
Culture and Style
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Infrastructure
Skunkworks communicates using the LBP Union's Discord server.
- ↑ LBPU Discord Chatlogs
- ↑ LBP Union Census