EXALT 1 Rocket LaunchOn 1963, May 28th, EXALT 1 is expected to be launched from an Aratam rocket site. Using rocket engines directly taken from a sub-orbital bomber program and the hard labor of thousands of workers in our manufactories, The Talos-Alpha Expendable Rocket System (TERS) was created. It is a two-stage missile, with 3 solid-fuel boosters that fire in-sync with the first stage to lift it off the ground. Using our extensive knowledge of synth-oil utilization along with the fact that synth oil is far more energy dense than kerosene, we expect to have more than enough fuel to get EXALT 1 into orbit with two stages and a set of boosters. It is stabilized by a set of semi-rotatable fins with an axis of 16 degrees and aerodynamic systems that will allow it to commit to the required turns in the atmosphere for setting up an orbit.
Using tried and true techniques (sto--borrowed from the Russian Cosmonaut program), The capsule and payload of EXALT 1 is a crew capsule that can hold one person with supplies to hold a person in space for five days. However, the capsule is expected to only be present in space for 12 and however many orbits before it will land safely in the ocean near Aratam. The occupant will be armed with a Tesla rifle in case of unforeseen problems.
Sara Gauri, SEEM ID 06-743 (Batch 6, Subject 743) was the chosen member to go into space. As an agent of the BEO, a cover story is created proclaiming her as an Ace of our Airforce had been created, to cover for the fact that she is a SEEM Operator. Sara was selected for her very impressive scores in Empathetic ability and notable endurance towards mental exhaustion related to SEEM tasks. She will be tasked with assensing out the hospitality of Space for more aware operatives, and to explore the dimension that SEEM are aware of in outer space. She is expected to be present in space for 12 hours and will be given the supplies required to last 5 days in space, and up to 2 weeks in case of being stranded in an earthbound location.
In addition, other tasks are to confirm the data fed to us by other nations regarding space, as well as other simple tests related to the human condition. Sara Gauri is expected to be equipped with a complete suite of sensors monitoring her body condition while she is in space, as well as (encrypted) communication system to the surface for the health and safety of all those involved. As well as the primary “secret” objective of the mission.
We believe there is something out there, in space. Some type of entity or anomaly in space that we cannot observe it through traditional means. Only through the usage of SEEM or aware individuals can we observe this being, and if EXALT makes it into space bound environment, the majority of the tests and experiments are either dedicated to the condition of a SEEM Operative in space or the observation and perhaps even the interaction with this entity. In the interest of self-preservation, the capsule is equipped with a system that would disable the electronics aboard the craft and doom it to burning up in the atmosphere, that is remotely triggered through a complicated sequence of radio transmissions.
The official objective is to pioneer the nation of Aratams destiny in space to whole new levels and to show that even in the desperate war of Aratams survival there is still resources spent towards higher, noble pursuits in the field of peaceful space exploration.
Unofficially, the goal of the space program is threefold-fold; To beat out the Russians in sending the first woman into space and forever putting our names into the history books of the world, and too commit a battery of tests and processes in an space-borne environment with a subject found in no other country besides ours; A SEEM Operator. The rocket engine of Talos-Alpha is a direct descendant of a Sub-Orbital Bomber Program, and one way or another, progress should be made for the utilization of rocket engines in case everything else fails.
In diplomatic settings, the hopefully-successful launch of EXALT 1 should be used as a bargaining chip to secure more resources from the Cannalan Government in the form of Rare Chemicals
NOVA Operators Division (Nobilis Operations of the Vanguard Agents) (
NOD)
Although not a direct descendant of the FURY Formula, The chemicals used in NOVA is very similar on a basic level to FURY, with a stark difference in how it is applied to get the end result.
The initial NOVA treatment borrows from the Iron Legion Project and some of the more complicated parts of the Astral we have learned from the first SEEM, Willard Breiner. The goal of Phase 1 of NOVA is two-fold, to open up the mind to the Astral, and to harden the body against its accidental exposure. Enhancements to the body as attempted in the Iron Legion Project are attempted to allow a person to have super-human bodily endurance and to a lesser extent strength and speed. The mind is opened up to the Astral, but unlike a SEEM, they aren't really toned down from it, Neural inhibitors are surgically implemented, and higher thought is suppressed with a temporary surgical insertion of a “pill” that dissolves away in about a week or two.
The now childlike subjects undergo a brutal set of combat trials against Special Forces Agents and SEEM operatives, with the goal of training them to their peak, to allow their mind to adjust to the presence of the Astral and to use it passively in their combat. They will never be nearly as perceptive as a SEEM, as they are immersed in the Astral, not peering into it, but they can come close to a Golden-Eyes Augmented, and the combat gives them clarity of the mind.
After 2 weeks of raw, hand-to-hand combat, they are brought into cryogenics bay and taught.
First, we make sure they learn why they fought, why they volunteered to become a NOVA and the basic operations of a ranged weapon. Any questions they have, are answered. Nothing is kept secret from them at this point, but handily, nothing is really exposed to them to make them ask anything that could compromise Aratam. Details of their process ahead of them will be somewhat summarized (“Another augmentation period, and then a series of operations different than the one you had just completed”, etc etc.). They are being tested here. To see if they are truly fit for becoming an Operator by SEEM agents of the BEO. Once they pass the test (Everyone does, but there is still a chance.), they are put into a cryostat once more.
During the development of SEEM, the growth of anomalous material in the subjects Central Nervous system is what gives the SEEM the abilities and power they have. A Nova will grow these same growths during the second phase, and they may even be larger than a SEEM’s. They are more spread out. They grow throughout the entire body and it spreads from the mind almost eerily like a cancer. The skin-deep nodules are faintly visible to a physical examination as a pin-prick dark points that pop in and out of existence. Surgically removed nodules from expired subjects are an ethereal black material that doesn't look like it should exist, and is a mish-mash of random elements in formations that are not possible under classical physics.
Once a NOVA completes the second Phase, they undergo training to manifest their Astral-Bound abilities through live fire exercises, simulated Artillery dives and hand-to-hand gladiatorial fights to the death against captured soldiers of Merethian origin in between additional Cryogenic treatments to develop their adolescent nodes.
A NOVA’s ability is usually of a telekinetic variety, although there are unique agents that are few and far between, as the treatment was dedicated to finding their telekinetic potential, processes to open up other powers are possible.
Typically, a NOVA excerpts the ability to move themselves or other things they can see. Whether this means they gain an unholy and outright horrific amount of speed that they become almost impossible to shoot at due to their unpredictable nature of movement combined with the durability to handle it, and/or the ability to rip soldiers apart and possibly bring down aircraft with their minds all depends on how much of the Astral the soldier can immerse themselves into. Some soldiers are better at other tasks than others.
The Dexterity of their telekinetic abilities is usually powerful enough to lift and fire a rifle, with some of the better soldiers able to use a half-dozen rifles at a time through the sheer telekinetic gift. Other soldiers can out-run some vehicles and can turn almost on a dime without pulping themselves. Whenever a NOVA uses their abilities, it is known that other personnel presents feel a sensation of foreboding or malese.
In summary, A
Nova Agent is an upscaled supersoldier with
superhuman endurance, augmented Strength, speed and perhaps Dexterity, and access to
otherworldly powers of the
Astral. They are acquired through an
extremely invasive cryostat Program combined with a
brutal training program on par with a SEEM Soldier’s training.
EXALT 1-BEXALT 1-B is a Sub-Orbital Bomber designed to briefly leave the atmosphere and make a leap into space and is able to reach Merethians shores, and dropping its payload of super-sonic warheads. Once it’s munitions are spent it can cruise around the island and return to an Aratamite air-base, safe in the knowledge that it is far faster than anything available with its rocket-powered propulsion.
Its propulsion is three Synth-Oil Based rocket engine with an integrated oxidizer and optional air feeds, for when it is in an atmosphere. A Bio-Paste Reactor is used in electrically vaporizing the fuel generates an electromagnetic field that heats and compresses the fuel/ oxidizer or fuel/air mix into a plasma for higher speeds. The Wings are variable swept, increasing the angle as it approaches supersonic speeds, and the cockpit is recessed into the canopy. The Targeting system is run by a SEEM Operator, who determines where to drop the bombs and when to fire the very precise switch, who is assisted by an electronic targeting system and operations area.
It is designed to carry 20 tons of munitions, allowing it to drop a full payload worth of munitions anywhere, any time with very little prior notice.
It’s sole protection against oncoming jets, and anti-aircraft missiles is a backward facing Tesla gun modified to act as a chaff cannon and to take down oncoming ordinance or aircraft and it’s utterly radiant speed. In total, 6 crew members are required for running the craft, but up to 12 can be on board to act as relief for other persons.
EXALT 1 (1): Blood Librarian,
NOD (1): Blood Librarian,
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Topic: Mad Arms Race - Aratam Design Bureau (Fall 1965 - Final Design Phase) (Read 61524 times)