Karen Howell about the Ishimura's crew replacements for the mission to Aegis VII. The next, I found myself working with a grad student who spent her lunch hour praying to the Marker.' -Dr. Welcome to Ishimura video DEADSPACE 2023 ' One day, I had an assistant who'd been with me three years.

Though the Ishimura was the pride of the fleet, the CEC considered it to be growing somewhat obsolete and planned to decommission the ship in 2509, following its 35th - and final - planet crack. She had a dedicated medical wing where extensive research into virology, toxins and genetics was conducted. ĭespite being designed primarily as a mining vessel, the Ishimura also functioned as a medical research vessel. Without the resources gathered by the Ishimura, Earth and its colonies would still be embroiled in the Resource Wars.

Whenever a vital deep space mining project required skill and experience, the Ishimura was the first ship to be called. Despite so many long years of service, she remained the pride of the CEC fleet and was still the company's largest planet cracker. Her equipment had been upgraded over the years, and many of her interior spaces had been retrofitted to take advantage of current technological advances. Utilising huge gravity tethers, the Ishimura could lock onto asteroids and pull them inside the ship's massive collection bays for quick and efficient smelting.Ħ2 years after it was first launched, the Ishimura was still in remarkable shape. She was also the first ship capable of the pioneering 'scan and catch' technique for harvesting mineral-rich asteroids. She was created to mine and process asteroids and even small moons with remarkable efficiency. Commissioned in 2446, the Ishimura was hailed as the savior of Earth and the colonies and a symbol of mankind's innovation.

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