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[frostgiant]

Why not just make the bardiche with the ring neck? it's not really that complicated for us and spending a whole revision on the bardiche would be a waste. Bundle it together and take advantage of the research credit and do both at once. We won't catch up if we do the bare minimum every turn.

[Doomblade187]

Feedback pls. All credit to Frostgiant for the design keynotes.

Spoiler: Gandiva (click to show/hide)

The arrow of god sums up this transport craft very well. A narrow, pointed ship, the Gandiva is the same general dimensions of the Orleans at 30m long, but is fully enclosed and evenly armored all around. The shape is narrow and oblong, with a pointed nose where the command center is nested.

The command center is protected by k-wool resin windows and extra thick armor, and is connected to the radio in the ship.
An internal telephone system connect each of the four turrets.
 
Beyond the armored turrets, the entire outside of the baba yaga is covered in layers of armoring and K-wool.
This layered means of protection, while individually weaker, comes together as a much stronger defense. Even as a shell pierces the metal, and has its kinetic energy absorbed by the K-wool layer, it will then need to pierce a second layer, a much more difficult prospect with all of the lost energy. Any explosion from the shell will then be dampened by the surrounding K-wool. This ensures that unless a second shell hits the same injury, the armour is very very hard to pierce. The transport bay is as armored as the rest of the ship, and has hydraulic actuated doors. (Electricity drives the hydraulic pumps)

Additionally,  tiny amounts of powdered D-Promethium, barely visible to the naked eye in such concentrations spread into the center of the inner metal layer. that is reconstituted would barely be enough to compare to an 2 index fingers, ensures that molten metal will quickly lose its ability to melt through metal. As D-promethium is extremely cold, excess cold air is vented out through vents near the cargo bay, and also helps cool the cargo bay. The intake vents are in the rear hull of the ship, on each side.

The liquid nitrogen like substance, even when present in such a small amount, should be more than enough to quickly cool molten metal that comes into contact with it, using the Salviosi's own Metal to not just block the metal behind it, but patch up the wound.

The Gandiva is powered with a modified promethium engine.  The engine uses a normal piezoelectric vice system to extract electricity from the promethium rods that power it. However, in order to increase the amount of power we draw from the Rods, and decrease waste energy (and as such the amount of promethium we need to use) We have placed the vice mechanism inside a mixture faraday cage. The Faraday cage will hopefully act to catch all waste energy produced by the Promethium piezoelectric reaction, increasing the power we can draw from 1 rod. Additionally, the generator has taken some improvements from the sparkpack, including its capacitor system, which combined with surge protectors improves the ability of the generator to handle high power outputs without failing. All of these changes together will hopefully Increase the power output of the Promethium generator, and reduce the amount of promethium it will take to keep it flying.

The main armament of the Gandiva is three dual linked 60mm cannons, nicknamed the Bardiche. These 60mm Turrets have been modified with a fully automatic mechanism, feeding two linked barrels. These twin barrels enable a much higher firing speed for the 60m cannon then if it had a single barrel due to reducing overheating and wear. To help these Armoured turrets to catch the enemy flier in the first place, We have increased the strength of the electric motors that turn and aim the gun. This will allow the gun turrets to react to the presence of the enemy ship faster. One turret us placed on either side of the bow, and one is mounted at the top of the 'stern' to protect the rear of the ship from all angles.The Armored turrets come with two gun sights; one is marked as normal, while the other is mark so as to give a general point that a shell affected by the gravity veins will land. This is predictable, due to the gravity field moving in one direction, unlike the early halberds gravity maelstrom.

The propulsion of the ship is by aligned caelium rods to lead the ship forward with a bow wave of gravity, each forward facing rod paired with another rod in the back to bring the ship to a quick stop and enable turns on a dime. The same lift matrix that drives the Orleans is maintained and made stronger. The controls are improved as well, because of the deployable landing legs on the bottom of the ship, six in all. Each Gandiva can deploy the k-wool shock absorbed legs, quickly lower to the ground, with the finer controls ensuring a (relatively smooth landing) side panels amidship can open up, allowing the troops or vehicles to dismount and engage. The ship is to be able to carry up to a single tank in weight and fit two hovercars. Any cargo, including infantry, is to be strapped in along the ride, to ensure their safety.

[Kashyyk]

I believe that the Charybdis is too good. Below I will do my best to explain my reasoning. I am on a phone, so I apologise in advance for any errors.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

First, I do not believe that the Icarus and Charybdis should have both been classed as ludicrous difficulty.
- At the point the designs were rolled for, the Salviosi had flight experience from two designs (the Perahudara and the Lifting Engine Aircraft), and some sort of Caelium experience with six others (LFG Light Field Gun, Avalanche Suit, Transport Sled, Armoured Sled, Roofed Sled & Kerata). Further, they have three Caelium related components. In comparison, Abbera had four designs that involved flight (Orleans, Caliburn, Kingmaker & Nike), six designs with some sort of Caelium experience (Scythe, Sickle, Halberd, Halberd-B, Paladin & Crusader) and seven different Caelium components. This constitutes more experience in flight for Abbera than for Salvios.
- Abbera was using entirely known components to produce their aircraft, albeit in enhanced forms, such as auto loading for the halberds and composite armour plate. The only really new thing was the K-Wool resin. Meanwhile, Salvios included a new gravEngine, when they had never produced any sort of propulsion from Caelium before, as well as turrets (which have not been a thing in either armoury before), armour thicker than on the Heavy Tank we stole from Moskurg.

Next, I believe the effectiveness of the Charybdis is too great, despite the revision result for fixing it.
- In fact, the Charybdis is objectively better than the Gendarme in every way, being faster, tougher, harder hitting and flying, which is very difficult to believe considering we were converting blueprints from another WW1 era arms race.
- Further, I take issue with our 40mm Gendarme cannons being unable to penetrate the Charybdis armour, whilst the Gendarme can be penetrated by a stick. The Salviosi polearms should buckle and snap before they get through 35mm of RHA, even if the Avalanche suit can hit hard enough. The Salviosi LFG can apparently penetrate the Gendarme just fine, but the Gendarme cannon can only penetrate the Charybdis at close range.
- The St Maria was explicitly described as carrying stripped down Gendarme cannons to make target tracking easier, but by the sounds of the combat report, we would have been just as effective at tracking if we'd left the armour on, whilst our gun crew would have been safe from return fire. At 200m, a target moving perpendicularly at 120km/h would take 10 seconds to cross a 90 degree arc. That is plenty of time for target tracking, and if the target was instead moving towards or away from the observer (as part of an attack run for example) then the relative movement would be even lower.

Finally, I feel the Charybdis is too cheap. It is the same resource cost as our Gendarme, but it includes large amounts of cutting-edge special resource components and their special cost entrenchment cannon.

In short, the Charybdis is beyond what I believe should be a achievable at this point in the game, in terms of tech advancement, combat effectiveness and cost.

[Doomblade187]

Spoiler: Copied MoP's counterpoint from Discord (click to show/hide)

Right, counterpoints: Kingmaker and Caliburn are designed as hovercraft, not flying craft. Both were ludicrous because both sides tried something extreme and a far cry from what they've previously had experience with (that is, making boats that fly). I hoped the scout craft credit would get some relatively normal sized aircraft, as I did mention the use of aircraft elsewhere specifically.

I've stated multiple times doing something new and breaking new ground is going to be very hard, with the caveat that continued work on something is much easier.

If there's problems with what you got out of the heavy tank, take it up with Taricus and Sensei, as one designed the T2 and the other gave it what it has. You guys chose it and said nothing about anything like uparmoring, converting armor to caelium steel, etc. etc.

The LFG can get through your armor in large part thanks to the FMJ/G munitions, who's AP capability has been noted.

Tracking and hitting the Charybdis wouldn't be as much of an issue if the Charybdis could only fly in a forward direction and had a clear and obvious front or some way to accurately identify heading.

[frostgiant]

Spoiler: Neptune heavily armored attacker lander (click to show/hide)

The Neptune heavily armored lander is a naval ship coming in under a hundred meters.
It has been designed with a cealium lift system, purely to ensure that the hull does not sink itself underneath its size to weight ratio on the open ocean. This lift system is of course much weaker than that of a sky ship.

The outside of the lander is equipped with thick armour, and covered in a series of small-aligned cealium nodes. These nodes are designed to push incoming fire down or off to the side, turning a hit into a miss or a richet, protecting the Ship from the FBJ bullets by robbing them of kinetic energy and causing them to not hit the ship in the first place.These are in place above the ship as well, deflecting incoming shells into the waters around it.

When it makes impact with the shores of the beach, the prow will open, turning into a landing ramp and opening the gullet of the beast, releasing the tanks and infantry within.
Up to 4 gendarme tanks or 8 Caliburns can be held within the stomach of this heavily armored behemoth, along with a company of soldiers, who have been crammed into this hold for the short journey between abberan territory and salviosi beaches.
This is a very vulnerable process, and so, The Neptune is armed to suppress enemy forces on the beach to give our landing troops the best chances they have.
To help protect the ship during travel from air raids and to clear the beaches during landing, the Top of the ship mounts two large, squat turrets designed to shoot at incoming enemy Ships and suppress enemy fortifications.

These turret are a 60mm duel barreled autocannon, using its two barreled nature to continue firing far in excess of what a single barrel could do before overheating and wearing away.

It is the hope of the Abberan research department, that between the landing capacity of the ship and with enough Neptune’s it will be able to clear enemies from landings zones while protecting itself from incoming Charybdis on an attack run.

Spoiler: Odyssues Class Interceptor (click to show/hide)

The Odysseus is a small craft, compared to the Orleans and the Gandiva. Measuring in at 5 meters long.
The Odysseus is built to be the fastest and most maneuverable flyer in the sky, with a long crossbow bolt like body with their Fletching like wings located at the back third and stretching all the way to the tail.
These three fletching-like wings are designed with alighted cealium at their edges, like the system that pushes the gandiva forward. When all three are activated, the craft moves forward at incredible speeds, approaching 152km/H or terminal velocities as our scientist know it.
By deactivated or activating the Aligned cealuim located at the butt of the craft and the tips of the wings, the pilot can turn the Odysseus, making it damn near dance through the sky.

Located at the tip of the ship is the only weapon it possess, a 150mm cannon that has been wrapped in K-wool to prevent its firing from tearing apart the ship from backlash.
The Odysseus speed and maneuverability gifts it all the time in the world to line up the perfect shot on its target, at which point the 150mm shell will do the rest.

While it is capable of making attack runs on ground targets via diving, the Odysseus has one purpose. To hunt down and tear the charybiduous from the sky, dodging any return fire while tailing the ship before initiating a killing blow.

to facilitate this, an Orleans has been stripped off its gorgon, Making room for a pair of launchers for the gandive. These launchers, are basically a set of metal rail that the Odysseus wings and main body slot into.
When launching, the Odysseus pushing itself along these railing, launching from the ship. Orleans crewman keeps the rails covered and cleaned in between launches.

Of course, the Odysseus eats A LOT of power and will burn through its 5 shell magazine relatively quickly, even with the best shots possible. As such, the Odysseus has been designed to land on a Mother Orleans, carefully guiding itself back into the launcher mechanisms much wider receiving end with ease. During which the crew of the Orleans will replace the promethium rods, refill ammunition and other small maintenance issues.

These Mother Orleans are more convenient compared to a Landing strip due to their ability to match a frontline, But will still be some distance away from the front, never growing to close.
In the event of a Charybdis raid, it is estimated that they would need to combat both ships that are in progress of leaving the carriers, guarding the carriers and returning to the carriers. A proverbial kicking of the hornets nest.

Spoiler:  salmon class Transport hovercraft (click to show/hide)

Our current hovercraft are not designed for the open waters, as such they are quite vulnerable. The 10 meters long Salmon class transport wishes to change that. Mounting a 40mm automatic cannon, the salmon has quite the punch, but its real purpose is to serve as transportation for infantry and gendarmes across the ocean.
Based on the Caliburn's propulsions system, but fully modified for ocean travel, the Salmon Is capable of traveling across the ocean at a fair clip, keeping nice and stable to whole way. When It reaches the shores of the enemy, it will open fire on the enemy with its 40mm cannon, while climbing up to the beach before dropping the back hatch to release the men held within up to 30 men, or with the right modifications a tank.

The transportation section of the Salmon is defended by a series of heavy armour, and cannot be accessed by either side. The back side of the tank posses an emergency lever that blows a set of charges, blowing of the door of the Hovercraft. This is to prevent the men being transported from being killed by a shot tha "cores" the salmon

here are 3 designs. A Small ship designed to kill the UFO
A naval ship designed to act as a lander, and get us gravity shield experience while also creating a 60mm autocannon.
and a more conventinal Hover craft lander, designed to get our forces to the beach... adn that about it. The safe option

[Kashyyk]

Design:
Baba Yaga (1): Frostgiant
-Use research credit and +1 (1): Frostgiant

ARA-1915NC-AAL "Neptune" (1): Kashyyk

Switching my vote to the Neptune.

[Doomblade187]

Design:
Baba Yaga (1): Frostgiant
-Use research credit and +1 (1): Frostgiant

ARA-1915NC-AAL "Neptune" (1): Kashyyk
Gandiva (1): Doomblade

I want to use the revision to make a lander.

[frostgiant]

I want to use the revision to make a lander.

I want to use the revision on the apollo project.

Design:
Baba Yaga (0):
-Use research credit and +1 (0):

ARA-1915NC-AAL "Neptune" (2): Kashyyk, Frostgiant
-Use Research credit (1): Frostgiant
-Use +1 (1): Frostgiant

Gandiva (1): Doomblade

[Doomblade187]

Design:
Baba Yaga (0):
-Use research credit and +1 (0):

ARA-1915NC-AAL "Neptune" (2): Kashyyk, Frostgiant
-Use Research credit (2): Frostgiant, Doomblade
-Use +1 (2): Frostgiant, Doomblade

Gandiva (1): Doomblade
-Use 1 research credit (1): Doomblade
-Use +1 (1): Doomblade

Added credit votes.

[Kashyyk]

Design:
Baba Yaga (0):
-Use research credit and +1 (0):

ARA-1915NC-AAL "Neptune" (2): Kashyyk, Frostgiant
-Use Research credit (3): Frostgiant, Doomblade, Kashyyk
-Use +1 (3): Frostgiant, Doomblade, Kashyyk

Gandiva (1): Doomblade
-Use 1 research credit (1): Doomblade
-Use +1 (1): Doomblade

[Jerick]

Design:
Baba Yaga (0):
-Use research credit and +1 (0):

ARA-1915NC-AAL "Neptune" (3): Kashyyk, Frostgiant, Jerick
-Use Research credit (4): Frostgiant, Doomblade, Kashyyk, Jerick
-Use +1 (4): Frostgiant, Doomblade, Kashyyk, Jerick

Gandiva (1): Doomblade
-Use 1 research credit (1): Doomblade
-Use +1 (1): Doomblade

[Man of Paper]

Year 1915 A.C. Cold Season, Design Phase

Proposal: ARA-1915NC-AAL "Neptune"

The Neptune heavily armored lander is a naval ship coming in under a hundred meters.
It has been designed with a cealium lift system, purely to ensure that the hull does not sink itself underneath its size to weight ratio on the open ocean. This lift system is of course much weaker than that of a sky ship.

The outside of the lander is equipped with thick armour, and covered in a series of small-aligned cealium nodes. These nodes are designed to push incoming fire down or off to the side, turning a hit into a miss or a richet, protecting the Ship from the FBJ bullets by robbing them of kinetic energy and causing them to not hit the ship in the first place.These are in place above the ship as well, deflecting incoming shells into the waters around it.

When it makes impact with the shores of the beach, the prow will open, turning into a landing ramp and opening the gullet of the beast, releasing the tanks and infantry within.
Up to 4 gendarme tanks or 8 Caliburns can be held within the stomach of this heavily armored behemoth, along with a company of soldiers, who have been crammed into this hold for the short journey between abberan territory and salviosi beaches.
This is a very vulnerable process, and so, The Neptune is armed to suppress enemy forces on the beach to give our landing troops the best chances they have.
To help protect the ship during travel from air raids and to clear the beaches during landing, the Top of the ship mounts two large, squat turrets designed to shoot at incoming enemy Ships and suppress enemy fortifications.

These turret are a 60mm duel barreled autocannon, using its two barreled nature to continue firing far in excess of what a single barrel could do before overheating and wearing away.

It is the hope of the Abberan research department, that between the landing capacity of the ship and with enough Neptune’s it will be able to clear enemies from landings zones while protecting itself from incoming Charybdis on an attack run.

Difficulty: Ludicrous
Result: 3 (4+2+1-4) 4 (4+3+1-4) 8 (6+5+1-4) = Average


The Neptune is quite the undertaking, and to our knowledge, much like the fairy tale character from our children's books, is the current king of the waves - between the Harren Island combatants, at least.

While we do not necessarily have the infrastructure to support a fleet, or even enter open ocean, we've managed over the past few years to build and support some sort of naval capabilities between us and Salvios. While we did not expect a proposal of this magnitude, there is no denying that it actually works. The massive Neptune shouldn't float, especially with a full load, but does thanks to a weaker version of the lifting system used in the Orleans and it's variant. Aligned Caelium nodes are embedded around the 100mm armor (150mm at the Conning Tower and the front hatch/ramp) that, when activated, are meant to deflect incoming fire. The system drains it's power stores (separate from the rest of the ship's, thankfully) quicker than they can recharge, and due to the pushing nature of Aligned Caelium, cannot be maintained for more than a few seconds at a time lest the ship begin to buckle. The interior of the Neptune is spacious enough to hold a company of soldiers as well as four Gendarmes or eight Caliburns. It does get cramped and there is nowhere to strap anyone down to, though the vehicles are secured. Exiting the Neptune can be tedious, as either the vehicles or infantry need to file out before the other to minimize running people over. The propeller-driven ship can reach speeds of twelve knots (or around 22 kph).

Atop the ship are a pair of turrets carrying a single-barreled 60mm autocannon. There were attempts to construct a double-barreled model, however it wasn't going over quite right and we needed to move on lest the rest of the Neptune suffer for it. It fires 80 rounds per minute and the autoloading system only rarely malfunctions.

The Neptune costs 8 Ore, 4 Caelium, 5 Gavrillium, and 3 Chemical Compounds, making it a (NATIONAL EFFORT).


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With this beast supporting our hovercraft we expect to make gains wherever it's able to deploy. We aren't finished however, as you still have the opportunity to make changes this Revision Phase. Using this Revision to build upon our Amphibious Invasion capabilities will net a Research Credit for it as the Design did.

IT IS NOW THE REVISION PHASE.

Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

Infantry

ARA Model-1911A "Modea" Self-Loading Rifle: The first Self-Loading Rifle to see combat, the "Modea" is 4.5 kg and a meter in length. It fires 7.92x57mm rounds fed into the weapon by a 12-round en bloc magazine. It has variable sights and is effective to 400 meters. She's packs a punch but suffers from unreliable internal components. The end of the barrel is lightly threaded to allow attachment of a cup launcher. Costs 2 Ore and 2 Wood (CHEAP)

ARA Model-1911C "Draco" Trench Gun: A 4kg, 80-cm long 12-gauge semiautomatic shotgun. Only jams on on occasion, and the butt spike breaks off after a handful of uses. Costs 2 Wood and 2 Ore. (CHEAP)

ARA Model-1912MG "Scythe" Heavy Machine Gun: Utilizes the same 7.92x57mm rounds used by the "Modea". Fires 80-round belts that can be linked together for sustained fire. The barrel rarely overheats even at it's 650 rpm fire rate, and rounds are effective out to 2km, but is somewhat inaccurate. Carried around in weight-negating cases. Costs 5 Ore and 3 Caelium. (CHEAP)

--ARA Model-1912PMG "Sickle" Personal Machine Gun: A lightened version of the Scythe meant for use with Paladin Superheavy Armor. The carrying case is replaced with two crystals embedded in the weapon itself. Has a pistol grip, vertical grip near the barrel, and a deployable bipod. Has reduced range and accuracy compared to the Scythe, but not by much. Costs 4 Ore, 3 Caelium. (CHEAP), but usage is tied to Paladin deployment.

ARA Model-1911APG "Wickerman" Incendiary Grenade: A 15-cm long White Phosphorus grenade. The grenade has 15m area of effect, an 8 second fuse, and a dud has never been encountered. Costs 1 Ore and 1 Chemical Compounds. (CHEAP)

ARA Model-1913AT Anti-Tank Rifle "Halberd": A 40mm anti-tank rifle made of Caelium Steel and lightened by a Caelium core. The Aligned Caelium rounds make the weapon very unreliable, but it can kill an armored target at 800m when it hits. K-Wool inserts and padding nearly negate the kick of the weapon, and a bipod helps support it. Has a 2-man crew, one of which is responsible for keeping and maintaining the SparkPack. Costs 4 Ore, 3 Caelium, 3 Gavrilium, and 3 Kinetic Sheep. (CHEAP)

--ARA Model-1913AT-B Anti-Tank Rifle "Halberd-B": A heavily modified Halberd using C-Null Steel to calm the gravitational maelstrom within the weapon. Has a range of 1km at 800 m/s. The SparkPack capacitor is drained within 25 shots, so another SparkPack is carried around as a backup. Costs 4 Ore, 4 Caelium, 4 Gavrillium, 3 Kinetic Sheep, and 2 Chemical Compounds. (EXPENSIVE)

ARA Model-1911ART "Gorgon": A standard, reliable piece of 155mm artillery. The round and a bag of propellant are sealed using an interrupted screw breach, and the weapon can fire effectively out to 10km. Uses a hydraulic system to manage recoil. Costs 5 Ore. (CHEAP)

ARA Model-1913ART "Jotunn": A massive 420mm cannon capable of firing HE shells and the new Depleted Gavrilium-based Rime Shell out to 10km. The 900kg shells take up to 7 minutes to load and fire, but are devastating on impact. Makes use of a winch system to lift the huge shells. Calls for Ore and Gavrilium. (CHEAP)

Uniforms for the Massed Infantry v1.1: The Abberan uniform consists of cotton undergarments, a grey gabardine wool pants and jacket with light K-Wool reinforcement, and a collarless cotton button-up shirt. The jacket has multiple convenient pockets and a foldable collar. Super snazzy jacket buttons hold an image of a crown, and a dark blue crown on the shoulders is used to identify allegiance. Comes with a leather belt, gloves, and boots. Binoculars are handed out as necessary. Holsters and ammo pouches have flaps on top to keep out the weather. Padded steel helmets and rubber filtration masks are standard issue (with citric filters being uncommon among standard troops), as are water-resistant canvas backpacks used to hold the soldier's basic kit. The helmet can be strapped to the back of the pack while traveling.

ARA Model-1912ARM "Paladin" Superheavy Armor: Thick shaped plates of armor attached to an exoskeleton with a soldier strapped inside. The plates of armor have a coating of Powdered Caelium negating part of the effects of gravity on them. As a result, the 50kg suit only weighs 15kg for the purposes of the force needed to move it. Plates can be dislodged by gunfire and "powered down" to normal weight, though improvements to the frame and cabling have reduced this occurrence drastically. A battery in the back has a life of one hour before needing to be replaced by one of two "Squires" assigned to assist the "Paladin". A green-yellow glow can be seen through small spaces in the armor. Costs 7 Ore and 4 Caelium. (EXPENSIVE)

--ARA Model-1912ARM-B "Crusader" Superheavy Armor: A normal Paladin modified to use a SparkPack as it's primary source of power. Can remain powered for a week at a time, though it can be kept running for as long as possible with occasional replacement of the Gavrilium crystals in the SparkPack. Utilizes an insulated D-Gavrillium crystal to cool the armor, with excess cool air vented out the back creating a misty cloak. Has a pair of Caelium Tubes in the chestplate that, when activated by a protected forearm switch, allow the Crusader to leap up to 3 meters and across 9 meters. Costs 5 Ore, 5 Caelium, 4 Gavrilium, and 2 Kinetic Sheep. (EXPENSIVE)

ARA Model-1913ARM "Nike" Shocktrooper Armor: K-Wool clothing covered by metal armor and a leather overcoat. The facemask has a threaded port for a filter. Can be equipped with a specially-designed backpack that has a SparkPack and two wings housing Aligned Caelium rods capped with C-Null Steel. Users can leap great distances using the pack, but must be very careful. Without JumpPack: 4 Ore, 3 Kinetic Sheep, and 1 Chemical Compounds. (CHEAP) With JumpPack: 5 Ore, 2 Gavrillium, 2 Caelium, 3 Kinetic Sheep, 2 Chemical Compounds. (EXPENSIVE)

Ground Vehicles

ARA-1912MP-T "Faithful": A reliable 4-wheeled truck with a closed cab and covered bed. Can sit eight men and equipment, though up to twelve can be crammed in if the Scythe mounted on a truss behind the cab goes unmanned. Has a top speed of 25km/h. Costs 3 Ore and 4 Oil. (EXPENSIVE) 

ARA-1912MP-APC "Kingmaker": A hovering troop transport utilizing a Gavrilium Generator for power. Holds 12 men plus Driver, Passenger, and Scythe Gunner. Armor is 2-4mm thick, providing some protection. Turbine motors on the bottom of the Kingmaker are susceptible to damage, and the vehicle controls like a boat, drifting slowly to a stop unless the Caelium is powered down. This makes dismounting a choice between damaging the belly of the craft (where everything important is housed) or risking ankles. Loads slow her down, but it can reach 30km/h when empty. The Generator is protected by a K-Wool shroud. Costs 4 Ore, 3 Gavrilium, 3 Caelium, and 1 Kinetic Sheep. (CHEAP)

--ARA-1912MP-APC-B "Caliburn": A Kingmaker utilizing Aligned Caelium and C-Null Steel nodes installed on the sides at the front and back for propulsion. Has up to 10mm armor, adds a K-Wool layer and K-Wool-reinforced resin for added protection. Controls much better than the Kingmaker and has a higher top speed of 40 km/h. Costs 5 Ore, 4 Gavrillium, 4 Caelium, 3 Kinetic Sheep, and 1 Chemical Compounds. (EXPENSIVE)

ARA-1914MP-HT "Gendarme": A heavily protected boxy vehicle covered in 35mm armor and utilizing a 40mm cannon on a rotating turret. Has two Scythes - one coaxial and one pintle-mounted. Can hit top speeds of 45km/h and runs reliably. Has some K-Wool protecting the ammo an engine. It is equipped with a CourierMan and has a crew of five. 8 Ore, 4 Gavrillium, and 2 Kinetic Sheep. (VERY EXPENSIVE)

Navy

ARA-1915NC-AAL "Neptune": A nearly 100m long transport vessel covered in 100mm armor - 150 on the Conning Tower and front hatch. Utilizes a system of Aligned Caelium nodes to deflect incoming fire. Can reach 12 knots/22kph. Also comes equipped with a pair of new 60mm autocannons capable of firing at 80RPM.  Very power-hungry, and very ambitious. 8 Ore, 5 Gavrillium, 4 Caelium, 3 Chemical Compounds. (NATIONAL EFFORT)

Aircraft

RSN 1914-CSF "Icarus" Combat Superiority Fighter: A teardrop shaped fuselage with biplane configuration wings that brings tears to it's designer's eyes, insomuch as it is an absolute failure. Flies and explodes with equal ferocity. Costs 6 Ore, 2 Wood, 4 Caelium, 4 Gavrillium, 3 Kinetic Sheep. (NATIONAL EFFORT)

RSN 1913-COR "Orleans" Sky Corvette: A lumbering flying five-winged behemoth armed with 6 Scythes and a Gorgon. Requires one of two GavGenerators to provide the central Caelium crystal crystals enough power to fly. The bottom is armored fairly well, and can travel up to 25km/h. Vital sections have an extra layer of K-Wool sandwiched between the armor plates and the frame. The crew is protected from the harsh elements thanks to being provided with Winter Gear. Utilizes Caelium Steel to reduce power requirements while maintaining endurance. Fins have been added to improve stability. Costs 6 Ore, 3 Caelium, 2 Gavrilium, and 2 Kinetic Sheep. (CHEAP)

--RSN 1913-COR/ASS "St. Marie" Sky Corvette: A relatively simple modification of the Orleans that sees the Gorgon replaced with a 40mm turreted cannon mounted on the bow and stern of the ship. Costs 6 Ore, 3 Caelium, 2 Gavrillium, and 2 Kinetic Sheep. (CHEAP)

Support

ARA Moddel-1912RAD "CourierMan" Radio: Cumbersome wireless communications equipment with a range of 1.5km. A step in the right direction for reliable long-range communication. Costs 6 Ore. (CHEAP)

Components

Gavrilium Generator: A generator that uses pressure to induce a piezoelectric response in Gavrilium rods. Can replace conventional engines in most cases where power must be provided. Negates oil cost related to powering a design, but adds a slightly reduced cost in Gavrilium.

ARA Model-1913GEN "SparkPack": A 12kg Gavrilium Generator housed in a 40cm long, 22.5cm diameter cylinder. Has two capacitors housed inside. It can be connected to any compatible piece of equipment to provide either the required or an extra boost of power. The SparkPack is deployed as auxiliary equipment based on it's cost. Costs 2 Ore, 3 Gavrilium, and 2 Kinetic Sheep. (CHEAP)

Caelium Steel: A Caelium-Steel alloy weighs half as much as similar volumes of steel without losing durability. Designs utilizing Caelium Steel adds 1/2 the cost of Ore in Caelium for any cost associated with the replaced steel.

Caelium Powder: When powered, Caelium Powder lifts the coated object by acting as a counter to the pull of gravity. The strength of "lift" is directly proportional to the amount of energy applied.

Caelium Powder Rods: Powdered Caelium suspended in a conductive fluid and powered much like a mercury lamp (fluorescent bulb in todayspeek) in order to provide lift. Slightly more efficient than regular Caelium Powder.

Pure Caelium Crystal: When powered, creates a weight-negating field containing and within the attached object. Will neutralize up to 65kg.

Aligned Caelium: A mixture of Caelium and grain-aligned metal that creates a gravitational "push" at either end of the metal when supplied with power.

Caelium-Null: A powder created from heavily treated Caelium that absorbs and negates the gravitational effects caused by Caelium.

C-Null Steel: Steel combined with Caelium-Null much like Caelium Steel. Can be used to insulate against the effects Caelium has on gravitational fields.

D-Gavrillium: Depleted Gavrillium is a cripplingly cold material that is neutralized in a small burst of heat when citric acid is applied.

Specialty Resources

Caelium: A green crystalline supermaterial that we currently know reacts with an electrical current to suspend itself in the air at a level related to the amount of power flowing through it. Providing current to a Caelium Powder coating will reduce weight of the metal it is attached to, while a pure crystal form of Caelium is capable of creating an object with an internal field capable of negating up to 65kg of weight when powered.
Chemical Compounds: Chemical Compounds have a variety of potential uses in combat, and so facilities must be dedicated to the production of the compounds we require.
Gavrilium: An element that can be burned to produce energy much like coal, but with greater energy output. Light pressure forces a piezoelectric response.
Abberan Royal Kinetic Sheep: Sheep whose wool is capable of dispersing kinetic energy across it's surface. Higher-grade wool is able to dissipate a larger amount of force.

Spoiler: Territories (click to show/hide)

Abbera: 3 Ent., 2 Ore, 2 Oil, 2 Wood, 2 Caelium, 1 Gavrillium // 100% Control (Radio Coverage), (Transdimensional Communications)
Coniferous Forest: 2 Ent., 2 Ore, 1 Gavrillium // 100% Control (Radio Coverage)
Wooded Mountains: 0 Ent., 1 Ore, 1 Caelium, 1 Chemical Compounds // 100% Control
Woodlands: 0 Ent., 1 Gavrillium (1/3 Resources) // 100% Control
Farmland: 1 Ent., (0/3 Resources) // 100% Control
Swamps: 0 Ent., (0/3 Resources) // 100% Control
Snow-Capped Mountains: 0 Ent., (0/3 Resources) // 100% Control
North Peaks: 1 Ent., (0/3 Resources) // 100% Control
Plains: 1 Ent., (0/3 Resources)
North River Crossing: 2 Ent., (0/3 Resources) (Radio Coverage)
Fortress-City Harren: 2 Ent., (0/? Resources) // 25% Control (Contested)

Spoiler: Resources (click to show/hide)

Ore: 5
Oil: 2
Wood: 2
Caelium: 3
Abberan Kinetic Sheep: 2
Chemical Compounds: 1
Gavrillium: 3

Spoiler: Special Rules (click to show/hide)

Radio Coverage: Radio Coverage improves the ability to effectively defend a sector based on efficacy of the design.
Improved Survivability: Our soldiers become more effective over time thanks to some form of standardized protection.
Transdimensional Communications: We can communicate with nations from different times and spaces.
Moskurgian Alliance: Thanks to the sharing of info with our ally our infantry have become fiercer combatants.

Spoiler: Credits+Blueprints (click to show/hide)

Research Credit x1

T2 "Breaker" Tank - Converted to Gendarme

Spoiler: Salviosi Armory (click to show/hide)

Infantry

Senapang Pattern Rifle: A 110 cm, 4 kg dark wood masterpiece. 7.7mm rounds are fed via 5-round stripper clip into the 10-round internal magazine, which can also be loaded with rounds individually. It has an adjustable rear sight with 100 meter increments. It also has a bayonet lug and comes with a bayonet. Padded for operator comfort, extremely dependable and reliable. The Senapang outclasses many rifles of our time. Costs 2 Ore and 2 Wood. (CHEAP)

--Senapang Pattern Rifle (Var.S): A Senapang with an 8x scope, providing effective fire to 1km though shots can fly as far as 4km if you don't care about actually hitting your target reliably. Each squad has one Designated Marksman with a Var.S. Costs 2 Ore and 2 Wood. (CHEAP)

SMG-12 Sub-Machine Gun: Essentially a low-powered hand-cranked personal Gatling Gun fired from the hip and fed 10mm pistol rounds through a box magazine under the weapon. Difficult to aim, as there is a crank mounted on top of the thing. Occasionally fails to load chambers, resulting in the nickname "The Stuttergun". Still, it's a big step in personal automatic firearms. Costs 4 Ore and 2 Wood. (OBSOLETE)

--SMG-12a Sub-Machine Gun: Replaces the crank system with an open bolt blowback system, with the added benefit that it can actually be aimed. Rate of fire drops but reliability increases. Costs 3 Ore and 2 Wood. (CHEAP)

M2 Dispersion Grenade: A fantastic incendiary weapon. Effectively a canister on a stick that explodes in a burst of heat and molten metal. The sudden burst of wilting heat causes intense burns out to three meters while the flying molten Gavrillium can inflict serious wounds out to ten. Costs 1 Ore and 1 Gavrillium. (CHEAP)

M3 Fragmentation Grenade: A fragmentation grenade built from the knowledge of our previous grenades. Lethal within a 5m radius, debilitating within 15, but can cause injury out much further if you're (un)lucky. Has a cap that can be pulled off for a 7 second fuse or twisted and pulled for impact. Shaped like an egg, but can have a stick screwed into the bottom if desired. Costs 2 Ore (CHEAP)

GGG-12 Gavrillium Gatling Gun: A tri-barrel gatling gun that uses a small GavEngine to rotate the barrels. Fires up to 600 rpm with a range up to 2200m thanks to the 7.7G rounds which use a GavPowder load. A heat sink helps provide equilibrium between the heat caused by the Gavpowder load and the freezing caused by the depletion of Gavrillium rods in the engine. Uses a dial to adjust rate of fire. Effective and reliable. Costs 5 Ore and 4 Gavrillium, making it (EXPENSIVE).

--LGG-12 Light Gatling Gun:  A GGG-12 without the Gavpowder. Range drops to 1500m but Rate of Fire is increased to a possible 1200 RPM. Is also much lighter, allowing it to be redeployed very easily by a crew. Can also be deployed with a small artillery carriage. Costs 4 Ore and 2 Gavrilium. (CHEAP)

LFG-13 Light Field Gun: A 40mm direct-fire gun which utilizes HE and Gavrillium Rounds. Capable of firing out to 1100m. Made of Caelium Steel and easily maneuvered by the crew. Costs 5 Ore, 2 Gavrillium, and 2 Caelium. (CHEAP)

GA1 Cannon: A 150mm piece of artillery that uses a mixture of cordite and powdered Gavrillium to fire rounds fairly accurately to six kilometers but potentially out to nine if accuracy isn't really a factor. The barrel warps from extended use so teams are asked to restrict themselves to six rounds at a time before needing to cool for an extended period. Costs 5 Ore and 3 Gavrillium. (CHEAP)

--GA1B Cannon: By modifying the powder, barrel, and alloy used in the GA1's construction, the GA1B can fire 5 rounds a minute accurately up to 10km. The use of Chemical Compounds in the powder formula complicates things. Costs 4 Ore, 2 Gavrillium, and 1 Chemical Compounds. (CHEAP)

GBC-13 Gavrillium Bunker Cannon "Scylla": A 105mm cannon utilizing HE and solid shot with bunkers using GavGenerators designed to aid in cooling of the weapon and powering of the bunker. Utilizes the same altered GavPowder and metal alloys the GA1b does. Can be fired out to 10/15km. Costs Ore, Gavrillium, and Chemical Compounds. (EXPENSIVE)

MMW-15 "LAMB": A 2-2.5m long pollaxe designed for use with the Avalanche based on some equipment "donated" by a local museum. Simple, sturdy, and reliable. Too heavy for standard infantry to use effectively, but they can certainly try. 3 Ore, 1 Wood (CHEAP)

"Mountain" Myomer Lifting Kit: A reinforced canvas suit with cords of myomer muscle running across it powered by a small GavEngine in the back. Allows users to lift 250kg. Sees most of it's use in a support role and not on the front line. 2 Gavrillium, 2 Myomer. (CHEAP)

--"Avalanche" Armored Lifting Suit: A modified Mountain with greater mobility, combat effectiveness, and 20-25mm Caelium Steel Plate armor for protection. Sees a 10% drop in lifting power and soldiers complain about extended shifts, but otherwise the Avalanche has no glaring issues. 5 Ore, 2 Gavrillium, 3 Caelium, 2 Myomer. (CHEAP)

----"Collision" Modified Armored Lifting Suit: A further-modified Avalanche built to make use of the ALS-15M "Impact" Avalanche Booster System. It can "leap" forward, backward, upward, or to the sides at up to 16m/s. The system carries a small risk of injury but allows much greater temporary mobility on the field. The armor is built around the Impact system to keep it protected. Has a lance rest meant for the LAMB. The wearer tends to get banged up and they often complain of heat the within the suit. 6 Ore, 2 Gavrillium, 6 Caelium, and 2 Myomer. (EXPENSIVE)

BSU: The Berani standard uniform is made of light cotton dyed khaki. A wide brim steel helmet offers some protection, and leather patches on the elbows and knees provide a level of comfort and protection when kneeling or leaning on something. The uniform has a large number of pockets, belts, and satchels made of cotton webbing in order to carry large amounts of equipment such as ammo and grenades. Entrenching tools are provided to all soldiers.

Ground Vehicles (I guess?)

Transport Sled: A small platform used primarily to transport our machine guns and artillery, though it can aid in the general moving of supplies. Costs 2 Ore, 2 Gavrillium, and 1 Caelium. (CHEAP)

Armored Sled: A mobile man-driven armored firing platform utilizing Caelium Steel with a mounted G3-12 or LGG-12 that requires two men to maneuver from within. Can carry four additional passengers. Costs 3 Ore, 2 Gavrillium, and 2 Caelium. (CHEAP) (OBSOLETE)

--Roofed Sled: An Armored Sled with a retractable roof assembly installed. The armored slats are guided by chains in a pair of rails that hook over the top of the Armored Sled from the rear. It's controlled by a lever powered by the on-board GavEngine to reduce time and energy needed to raise and retract the roof. Costs 4 Ore, 2 Gavrillium, and 2 Caelium. (CHEAP)

ArC-12b "Kerata" Armored Car: A barely-functional troop carrier that acts as little more than mobile cover, and can be outran by a soldier on foot. Bounces wildly when going over uneven ground. Has been unofficially dubbed Errata. Costs 5 Ore, 2 Gavrillium, and 2 Caelium. (CHEAP)

Aircraft

LEA-13 Lifting Engine Aircraft: A metal sphere containing a Gavrillium/Gravite engine attached to a basket to propel itself skyward. Meant for use as an observation platform, though swaying can make the job difficult. Definitely would never use a lawn chair. Costs 3 Ore, 2 Gavrillium, and 2 Caelium. (CHEAP)

AAS-13 "Perahudara" Assault Airship: An easy and simple airship to control. Has a pair of LLG-13s. Very poorly armored, but is at least capable of carrying it's cargo of 20 soldiers. Can hit top speeds of 25km/h 3 Ore, 4 Caelium, 2 Gavrillium. (CHEAP)

ASC-14a "Charybdis" Tactical Aircraft : A disc-shaped aircraft with no discernible front, a top-mounted Scylla turret, and a bottom-mounted 40mm cannon. Very reliable. Protected by 55mm bottom armor and 40mm top armor and can get to 130km/h while maintaining maneuverability. Costs 6 Ore, 4 Gavrillium, 3 Caelium, and 2 Myomer. (EXPENSIVE)

Support

VTR-12 "Ceramah" Radio: Cumbersome wireless communications equipment with a range of 1.5km. A step in the right direction for reliable long-range communication.

Components

Gavrillium Engine: An engine run by extracting electromagnetic energy from Gavrillium rods and converting it to mechanical energy. Much more powerful and cost efficient than standard combustion engines. The engine's only flaw is overcooling in very cold environments as the rods freeze as their stored energy depletes, seizing the engine and shutting it down. The Depleted Gavrillium rods must be handled with proper protective equipment. Glows blue. Adds 1 Ore to the price of the base vehicle design and converts Oil cost into 1/2 the cost in Gavrillium

ALS-15M "Impact" Avalanche Booster System: A series of MiniGrav Engines meant to give the Avalanche Power Armor increased bursts of mobility. It does it's job, but at increased risk to the wearer. It quickly draws power from the capacitors hooked up to it allowing only 2 to 3 seconds of use, and requires up to half an hour of recharging through the suit's engine. Adds 3 Caelium and 1 Ore to the base cost of the design.

MiniGrav Engines: A classification of increasingly smaller Gravity Engines (football-sized and smaller) that have a cost based on purpose in the design.

Gavrillium-U: Specially treated Gavrillium that, when explosive force is applied, rapidly heats into a molten blob.

Full Metal Jacket Gavrillium Munitions: Ammunition that uses the peculiar reaction of Gavrillium-U to an explosive force within a copper casing to cause devastating armor penetration ability at closer range and is more effective in an anti-infantry role past that. It manages this by piercing armor at close range with a jet of pressurized molten Gav-U as the round mushrooms and becomes a burning glob as it travels.

GavPowder: A mixture of cordite and Gavrillium-U that provides a boost to muzzle velocity and range of weapons, at the cost of reliability due to overheating.

Caelium Foil: When applied to a surface and powered the Caelium foil lifts the object it is attached to based on the amount of power being diverted into it.

Caelium Steel: A Caelium-Steel alloy weighs half as much as similar volumes of steel without losing durability. Designs utilizing Caelium Steel adds 1/2 the cost of Ore in Caelium for any cost associated with the replaced steel.

Gravite: A uniquely structured piece of Caelium which can create a gravitational field to pull itself in the direction of it's Dominant side.

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Nodens "Neptune" Variant Assault lander
The Neptune currently suffers from overreach, as such the nodens is a project dedicated to scaling pack the impressive Neptune into a more manageable variant. Both the Neptune and the Nodens will have parts of its armoring and hull replaced with Caelum steel in key parts, The aim of this revision in the Neptune and the nodens, which share a very similar hull, is to decrease the needed amount of metal done to a more manageable cost.
Both the Neptune and the Nodens will have their generators updated with capacitor systems similar to the sparkpacks, allowing the generators to output more power, providing more of the very lifeblood of abberan vehicles and decreasing the number of promethium rods that are consumed to feed the beasts in the long term.
Additionally, due to the sheer lack of anything having worked on increasing the strength of the promethium generator before, the design teams has added a faraday cage around the piezoelectric vice mechanism and a series of surge protectors to protect against any case of the explodies this time around.

The cargo bay floor has been changed to have a series of small D rings embed in it, allowing the soldiers to tie their packs to it or hang items on the D-rings attached to the wall. This also allows the bay to be used for cargo, allowing it to be strapped down unto these D rings that are built into the floor.

The design team would like to remind the grunts that being required to file out, after the tanks is the point due to the tanks being essentially a large wall, compared to the fleshy meat bags taking cover inside the barrel (like fish) behind these tanks, providing them some protection against small arms and machine gun fire.

The Nodens and the Neptune have 1 grand difference, even with all of the similar revisions they are currently undergoing. The Nodens assault lander, will have its aligned cealium shielding system removed, cheapening the whole ship due to a much-lessened chemical cost, Aligned cealium cost and power cost. This along with the Above ore saving measures should allow us to deploy a large number of these landers upon the enemy shores.

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Nodens: (1) Frostgiant

Frost asked to vote for him.