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==Development == | ==Development == | ||
A concept artwork of this ship was first shown on X (Twitter) on 10 August 2024.<ref>"Oh...er...you weren't meant to see that..." [https://x.com/EliteDangerous/status/1822212203115643283 Elite Dangerous - X - 10 August 2024] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20240811112300/https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1eopm8f/new_ship_tease_from_the_official_elite_twitter/?rdt=62002 archive-url])</ref> The design is influenced by the English Electric Lightning interceptor aircraft from 1960 which has stacked engines.<ref name=":0">Frontier Unlocked (28 August 2024) https://www.youtube.com/live/qmYQKPxwO9U?si= | A concept artwork of this ship was first shown on X (Twitter) on 10 August 2024.<ref>"Oh...er...you weren't meant to see that..." [https://x.com/EliteDangerous/status/1822212203115643283 Elite Dangerous - X - 10 August 2024] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20240811112300/https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1eopm8f/new_ship_tease_from_the_official_elite_twitter/?rdt=62002 archive-url])</ref> The design is influenced by the English Electric Lightning interceptor aircraft from 1960 which has stacked engines.<ref name=":0">Frontier Unlocked (28 August 2024) https://www.youtube.com/live/qmYQKPxwO9U?si=ZKRfVII2iEioKfEv&t=3775</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
The Mandalay is named after a species of spitting cobra native to the country of Myanmar.<ref>Mandalay spitting cobra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandalay_spitting_cobra</ref> | The Mandalay is named after a species of spitting cobra native to the country of Myanmar.<ref>Mandalay spitting cobra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandalay_spitting_cobra</ref> | ||