Greetings, fellow citizens! Our esteemed President sends His regards from the palace; He's very excited to see what inventions you have in store! He hopes you won't disappoint him like the last team. He deeply regretted their simultaneous resignation, and was disappointed to read that they had all decided to volunteer for assignment to the Arctic science station.
The OOC thread for this game is
here, and you should probably read it. The basic rules are that each year you get to design a weapon or piece of equipment, then you may revise that design or an existing one, and then everything goes into production and you get to find out if your weapons are doing better than the Amerikan ones.
Current state of the army:
Weapons:
- Crowmurder SAM: A long-range surface to air missile. Average speed, carries a lot of fuel. Uses semi-active radar homing to track its target by communicating with the radar station on the ground illuminating its target. [1 Ore, 2 Chemicals, Inexpensive]
- Needle "10 Second Mile" SRAAM: A short-range air to air missile that uses semi-active radar homing. Requires the firer to keep illuminating the target until the missile connects. Is extremely deadly when conditions are met due to the sheer speed and maneuverability of the missile. [1 Ore, 1 Chemical, Inexpensive]
- Belle Semiautomatic Handgun: A 9mm handgun worn as a sidearm by Confederate military personnel on Earth. It's angular shape is considered stylish by many users. Used primarily by jet pilots. [1 Ore, Inexpensive]
- Belle Semiautomatic Mk.ii: Belle with a lengthened, perforated barrel, which gives the weapon very low recoil. Has a built-in wire frame stock which folds over the top of the gun, increasing bulk, but also steadiness. Has to be worn from a strap over the shoulder or across the chest. Can still be fired while the stock is folded. Popular with astronauts. [1 Ore, Inexpensive]
Technology:
- Metric system. Meters, kilograms, liters.
- Firearms
- Alloys
- Chemical monopropellant
- Rocket engine
- Jet engine
- Automated Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC)
- Digital computers
- Radar
- SARH missiles
- Solar Panels
Astronauts and Pilots:
- Post-Graduates: Confed astronauts and pilots have more rigorous standards of education for entry into their program and as such have a small chance to improvise clever solutions to bugs with their equipment. The bigger the bug, the worse their chance of fixing it. Because of the low number of volunteers who are talented enough to pass candidacy, the Confed can sometimes suffer from shortages of manpower if they take many casualties in a single year.
- Ackerson Full-Pressure Suit: A dull green, soft-skinned suit that keeps the wearer at the proper ambient pressure in order to facilitate breathing at high altitudes. Has an anti-G undergarment for combating loss of consciousness during demanding maneuvers. [2 Chemicals, Inexpensive]
Vehicles:
- Valiance 2-Stage Rocket: A smallish liquid fuel booster rocket, for launching small payloads into LEO. [2 Ores, 3 Chemicals, Expensive]
- Z-1 Rocket Fighter: Extreme altitude fighter, built for intercepting rockets as they take off. Has an unfortunately small payload of a single Needle SRAAM. [2 Ores, 2 Chemicals, Inexpensive]
- Atakon Independent Flight Module: A basic capsule capable of reentry that can hold up to 4 astronauts; contains essential life support and propulsion systems. Powered by batteries. The Confederacy often employ single man teams for non-military missions to save on manpower, relying on advanced training and equipment to keep astronauts safe. [2 Ores, Inexpensive]
- Sunrise Disposable Missile Sat: A repurposed comsat that has a pair of disposable missile tubes that carry Crowmurder missiles modified for use in space. Powerful ground radars detect targets in space, feed the information into computers, and send it to the missile via radio. The missile is fired, then detonated on command before it reaches its target. Uses a fragmentation warhead normally utilized in air-to-air engagements to kill the enemy. [2 Ores, 2 Chemicals, Inexpensive]
Resources:
1 Research facility. You may initiate 1 new project each year.
2 Ore
2 Chemicals
What shall we design, People's Engineers?