Hmmm... Do we have the knowledge to build nukes? I heard we are having problems engaging Moerthi ships and need something more powerful to take them down.
Anyway, some ground-related proposals just in case anyone feels like we need an edge on the ground.
ABR-1M Assault Rifle Conversion
It is exactly what it says on the tin: something to turn the ABR-1 into an assault rifle to counter Moerthi Bolters in medium-range engagements. New parts include the following: First, and most importantly, a redesigned extractor and receiver to facilitate fully automatic fire reliably that can be installed in existing ABR-1Ms without extensive modification. Second, something not exactly a part, a new reduced-power cartridge that can be produced in normal ABR-1 ammo production lines without much alterations to the tooling in order to make the thing actually work as an assault rifle. Said cartridges are the exact same cartridges as those found in the ABR-1 but shortened and filled with less powder to keep the new weapon controllable without sacrificing its ability to penetrate armor at combat ranges. Third, it's fitted with a new muzzle brake since its cartridges are still quite large for assault rifle cartridges in order to penetrate any known Moerthi body armor in combat ranges.
EFV-1 Armored War Rover
Again, something that's exactly what it says on the tin: it's just an armored car built around a rover chassis. The thing's basic structure is a hexagon-shaped box with a pointed front, with four wide tweels mounted on large suspension arms mounted in each corner of the vehicle. Since it's made to operate in space, it is powered by electric motors, since gas needs oxygen to burn. The vehicle itself is to have four of these motors, one for each wheel, to power it along. Said motors are also made to be very powerful, so the resulting vehicle can be fast and possibly still be of use when weapons that make its armor useless become prolific. The vehicle itself is to be large enough to carry seven people, two crew, and five passengers, in a section of its structure that can be easily removed to repurpose the chassis for other things. It is to be armed with some sort of heavy weapon, probably either a machine gun based off of the ABR-1 assault rifle conversion I have proposed, or some sort of heavy laser weapon based off of the "Stand Off" Laser Vessel's primary armament, should time be found to make either of them.
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Something we are in dire need of.
ABR-1M Ammunition Production Line Revision
If there is anything giving Amaok problems that isn't Moerthi, it's the lack of ABR-1 ammunition. This revision isn't much of a revision to the weapon itself as it is to the lines producing it and supplies to keep it running. The revision itself involves ditching some of the unneeded part-making sections from the production lines and shoving as much ammo manufacturing facilities as possible in order to rectify the ammuntion shortages.
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You know what, I'll go throw in more stuff, this time for space.
ADS-1 "Pilum" Area Defense Missile System
After observing that space battles tend to be very short due to no side being able to do anything about the missiles other than getting hit by them and probably dying afterwards, something to deal with the missiles has been designed. This was the result.
It is a system made to defend against missiles by firing other, smaller missiles at them to shoot them down before they hit their targets. The missiles themselves are not dissimilar to the "Songbird" guided missiles, but are far smaller and are linked to the sensor systems of the ship mounting them in order to direct them to the target, the former allowing ships to carry lots of these missiles and the latter to cut down on costs per missile. These missiles are to be loaded in pods that carry up to a couple dozen of them, which are then mounted on turrets which point the missiles at the general direction of the threat. If the design works, it should greatly improve the survivability of all Amaok combat vessels should they ever be installed on them.
Quiver-class Missile Destroyer
It is what it is: a new ship-sized combat vessel designed to counter whatever those weird Moerthi destroyers are. The vessel itself is somewhat similar to an ITC, but smaller. It is made small so that it would be easier to install enough rocket engines and their fuel on it to go fast enough to get out of the way of any missile heading towards it that isn't actively chasing after it. Any design elements taken from the ITC only exist to allow it to carry as much missiles as possible, hopefully enough to be able to allow it to carry up to 30 of the homing variant of the Songbird anti-shipping missile, and to make it cheap. In order to direct all of this firepower and possibly allow the thing to use anti-missile systems, it is to be equipped with a sensor suite which should allow it to detect incoming missiles from a reasonable distance away.
It is planned to use primarily metals in its construction and to be be easy enough to build so that up to four may be deployed.
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