To have a sense of how common the Jupiter pistol is, look at our last equipment stocks update and know that we have around 55,000 personnel total spread among all branches.
I believe it was a general question to draw attention to the fact that our automatic pistols apparently have a humongous munition size which correlates to its high power, which is listed with the ammunition but is something that is likely glossed over. We should really get that jacketed.
I think that something you should do Slick is to gather together a collection of improvements, like the watch and identifying tags, and create an Additional Infantry Equipment design or two. Three or four things each. They will definitely improve troop effectiveness in a variety of ways, and having them collected together into designs for us to be able to more easily vote on will be quite useful. If you need ideas, the standard kit for our soldiers at the moment is in the OP. We should be adding a new helmet to that once this new production phase goes out, so you shouldn't need to worry about that.
Our engine does have quite a lot of practical applications yeah, and because it's so small and light, we can relatively easily mount multiple engines in the same vehicle to increase power to an extent.
Turn is waiting on the allied nations stuff, which is partially waiting on me doing stuff and on two brave volunteers doing stuff.
That is entirely reasonable. Thanks for the update on that!
@Airship: So I finally googled what an airship is. I enjoy the humor of us discussing about how Zeppelins are probably not the best idea for us to invest in and our allies giving us Zeppelin designs. I mean, they might not be ridged structure airships, but Zeppelins are what we know the idea of a military blimp as anyway. Apparently if we can get our hands on some sort of really rare noble gas instead of hydrogen, it could work out really well if it wasn't for the fact that the Monarchy is likely to have competent HE artillery ammunition this turn. Still, we'll have to wait for the design before making a commitment either way on that. Who knows, we might get a helium loaded metal ballon coated water ballast scout airship with a really neato propulsion system. With the optics we're about to get as well, that could work out quite dandily.