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[ConscriptFive]

Roger that.

GM's suggestion of an infrastructure design could up our resources.

The way it sounds, our troops aren't ready for transports yet?  If so, we can delay building another Venus this turn.

Infrastructure Design: Becquerel Fission Reactors

To say the Elysium Forge itself is a black box, is nothing short of an understatement.  Indo-tech built many generations ago, all meaningful knowledge of its design and construction is long lost.  The same goes for most of the torus itself.  While autonomous systems have kept all this functional, it also means that our techs barely know how to operate these systems outside of well-known SOP's on user-friendly GUI's.  Anything "under the hood" is handled by AI robots.

The Becquerel Fission Reactors are our first concerted attempt to change this.  Our R&D personnel have identified and array of fission reactors that they believe are underused, if not completely redundant.  We can isolate and then shutdown these fission reactors, allowing for safe reverse engineering.   These so-called "Becquerel" reactors will likely be too large to fit aboard a vessel, but numerous low-power photo-voltaic arrays throughout the torus can now be retired and replaced.  Overall, this will amplify the power production of the 12th Société, as well as provide radioisotopes for research, medical, and industrial applications.

Infrastructure Design: Merchant Marine Fleet

As helpful as the Irregular Fleet has proven, they're still quite... irregular.  With our expansion into Rose's Star and the beginning armed conflict, this fleet will be increasingly pushed into dangerous and uncharted space.  Accordingly, the Merchant Marine Fleet is attempt to professionalize and focus the Irregular Fleet into an auxiliary service providing logistical support to our growing military efforts.

Existing non-military force structure will be reorganized under a hierarchy of Commodores, reporting to Grand Commodore, who reports directly to the Navarch.  Naturally, Captains will retain command of their vessels and crew, however every freighter beyond a certain tonnage will have a uniformed military Liaison Officer on crew.  This junior military officer will certify emergency readiness of the vessel and crew, and provide a direct conduit between the ship and the military while operating in a combat zone.  While obviously an imposition on the freedom of our Irregular Captains, the Liaision Officer will keep key civilian vessels from being easy prey in a combat zone and/or aborting mission at the first sign of danger.

At the very least, the Irregular Fleet should become comfortable operating outside our home system, providing the necessary logistical throughput of resources between Roses Star and the Elysium Forge.

[ConscriptFive]

...Good debate...

Let's get to it then.

(1) Infrastructure Design: Becquerel Fission Reactors - ConscriptFive
(1) Infrastructure Design: Merchant Marine Fleet - ConscriptFive

[Kashyyk]

We do appear to be struggling for resources, so I will support Infrastructure Designs.

(2) Infrastructure Design: Becquerel Fission Reactors - ConscriptFive, Kashyyk
(2) Infrastructure Design: Merchant Marine Fleet - ConscriptFive, Kashyyk

[Blood_Librarian]

Elysium Command Arms Race of Conquest: Operationalization Phase
Turn 0

To say the Elysium Forge itself is a black box, is nothing short of an understatement.  Indo-tech built many generations ago, all meaningful knowledge of its design and construction is long lost.  The same goes for most of the torus itself.  While autonomous systems have kept all this functional, it also means that our techs barely know how to operate these systems outside of well-known SOP's on user-friendly GUI's.  Anything "under the hood" is handled by AI robots.

The Becquerel Fission Reactors are our first concerted attempt to change this.  Our R&D personnel have identified and array of fission reactors that they believe are underused, if not completely redundant.  We can isolate and then shutdown these fission reactors, allowing for safe reverse engineering.   These so-called "Becquerel" reactors will likely be too large to fit aboard a vessel, but numerous low-power photo-voltaic arrays throughout the torus can now be retired and replaced.  Overall, this will amplify the power production of the 12th Société, as well as provide radioisotopes for research, medical, and industrial applications.

Difficulty: Hard (0 mod)
2d4--> 1+1[-1] --> 1 [Disaster!]

The Elysium is ancient. Every one of it’s sections are built with nanorobotic and biological components to absolutely ensure that it would have a lifespan measured in the centuries. To modify and develop our own technology, a piece was ripped from the Elysium, dressed down and analyzed thoroughly. Then, first generation nuclear fission reactors were developed, with a series of promising prototypes and guidelines developed for the explicit purpose of hopefully fielding these systems in the future.

The first of these prototypes were lit on deep-space prototype rigs, all of which promptly went critical and melted down. No matter how the system was changed the fate was the same.

What we didn’t realize was that each prototype was not far enough from our Elysium to be safe in the event of a total detonation, which had occurred several times. These detonations had severe effects on our efforts that only showed themselves days after the tests, and we had done such a flurry of them that our Elysium was in the path of a severe irradiated debris storm, one that automated defenses might not be able to completely mitigate. It was thanks to the hard labors of the CC Aura and Griffon Hull 051, which moved to utilize eva incursions as well as their bulk to remove debris from their path to the Elysium. Both of these crafts are heavily irradiated, with more than a third of their crew in the medical bays after having served in eva missions to remove the debris despite solar conditions and the radioactivity of the objects in question. These vessels will not be able to serve in the coming engagement. Casualties are in the lower hundreds, with more occurring as some civilians in or near the Elysium were exposed.

We have reasonably deduced that the reason the reactors were melting down is due to some faulty understanding of the basic physics involved, and some simulacrum testing has confirmed our theories: next time will not be so difficult, and the disassembly of a part of our Elysium will not be in vein.

Becquerel Fission Reactors
A series of tests and prototyping phases made with the intent of easing our developing energy shortages. No viable reactors were made, but the path to success was forged: we now have some what an idea on how to not create a fission reactor.

As helpful as the Irregular Fleet has proven, they're still quite... irregular.  With our expansion into Rose's Star and the beginning armed conflict, this fleet will be increasingly pushed into dangerous and uncharted space.  Accordingly, the Merchant Marine Fleet is attempt to professionalize and focus the Irregular Fleet into an auxiliary service providing logistical support to our growing military efforts.

Existing non-military force structure will be reorganized under a hierarchy of Commodores, reporting to the Grand Commodore, who reports directly to the Navarch.  Naturally, Captains will retain command of their vessels and crew, however every freighter beyond a certain tonnage will have a uniformed military Liaison Officer on crew.  This junior military officer will certify emergency readiness of the vessel and crew, and provide a direct conduit between the ship and the military while operating in a combat zone.  While obviously an imposition on the freedom of our Irregular Captains, the Liaison Officer will keep key civilian vessels from being easy prey in a combat zone and/or aborting mission at the first sign of danger.

At the very least, the Irregular Fleet should become comfortable operating outside our home system, providing the necessary logistical throughput of resources between Roses Star and the Elysium Forge.

Difficulty: Normal (0 mod)
2d4--> 2+3 [Average]
Mercantile vessels with installed gate keys have begun taking up forge-time in our star yards. They are by no means combat vessels, only just barely armored enough to survive a gate-transition, but it’s a first step with a distinct inferiority to pre-collapse cargo vessels.  Vessels already in the field are given additional yard time to standardize their equipment, including distributing logistical resupply kits and systems to reduce the burden of supply on our military craft. Indeed, we will be able to see such efforts come into play the next time the enemy turns tail and puts out an extended chase scene.

That is the part that our star-ship engineers put their effort behind. We have logistic vessels that can cross vast stellar distances and the several gates in between us and Roses star, not to mention the enemy. They are completely able to supply simpler static structures, the primary pens that come to mind are resource extraction facilities for our solar system, and static defenses in foreign systems to solidify our claim.

The command structure that has been assembled for our nation's merchant marine forces is competent. It’s a popular spot to dump officers who have failed the nation without ejecting them from an airlock. This isn't as much of a problem as it could have been. A solid core of  upper level staff have mostly mitigated any issues that arise and held their ground against any would-be exile postings.  Secondary focus was on the development of logistical supply bases in our system, mostly for supporting the irregular cargo duty, but it does open up the possibility of the development of structures across our system for extracting resources..

Merchant Marine Fleet
A series of logistical improvements that reduce maintenance costs by 25% rounded down. Eases the development of resource generating structures in the home system systems and places logistical supply points across our home system. Increases the effectiveness of our irregular forces in and out of combat.
Cost: None

Work on two revisions to be fabricated.

Spoiler: Current Assets (click to show/hide)

You produce 120 Resources and have 34 Resources Available, with 114-28=86 Maintenance Costs & 0 Prototype Costs.
CC “Aura” Aura Class
Orders: OUT OF COMMISSION HIGH RADIOACTIVITY EVENT
Traits: Maintenace 9
FC “Slayer” Slayer Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 9
GS “Porcupine” PorcupineClass
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15
FT “Rubik” Rubik Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 17
CT “Griffon” Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT UNNAMED(Hull 032) Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT UNNAMED(Hull 048) Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT UNNAMED(Hull 051) Griffon Class
Orders: OUT OF COMMISSION HIGH RADIOACTIVITY EVENT
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT UNNAMED(Hull 063) Griffon Class
Orders: Needs 24 resources to finish. No Maintenance incurred.
Traits: Maintenace 15

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You produce 120 Resources and have 34 Resources Available, with 114-28=86 Maintenance Costs & 0 Prototype Costs.
[size=9pt][i]CC “Aura” Aura Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] OUT OF COMMISSION HIGH RADIOACTIVITY EVENT
[b]Traits: [/b] Maintenace 9
[size=9pt][i]FC “Slayer” Slayer Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 9
[size=9pt][i]GS “Porcupine” PorcupineClass[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]FT “Rubik” Rubik Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 17
[size=9pt][i]CT “Griffon” Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]CT UNNAMED(Hull 032) Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]CT UNNAMED(Hull 048) Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]CT UNNAMED(Hull 051) Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] OUT OF COMMISSION HIGH RADIOACTIVITY EVENT
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]CT UNNAMED(Hull 063) Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Needs 24 resources to finish. No Maintenance incurred.
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
GRAVEYARD
FT “Venus” Venus Class
Destroyed during an engagement on -1 - 0 in the Roses Star System by the CCS-S “Earth Bringer” Earth Bringer Class
KILL LIST
NO MILITARY SHIPS DESTROYED

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

The map will be current in the core thread as well as the latest post of the arms race
https://i.imgur.com/ZhgjErm.png
[BS12]: Home of Elysium De La 12th Société, the Elysium sits in the orbit of a red dwarf star with little in the way of other orbital bodies: A single gas giant with a small lunar system around it. The Elysium requires Aerodynamic 0 to operate in.


[RS]: Roses Star is a large system with 12 orbital bodies, including Ranachuri, a garden world scoured by de-orbiting debris from the massive industrial complex that had fallen apart in it's orbit. Evidence of a massive project of some kind is left behind in it's orbit. In the corona of Roses Star is a proto-dyson swarm with a leading facility of unknown purpose. Currently the center of the conflict between Elysiums. Close operations on Ranachuri can benefit from ships designed to operate in atmospheric conditions, with 5 levels of the Aerodynamic tag being optimal.



[SB]:Home of the Skanzat United Constitutional Kingdoms Elysium. The Elysium is in the orbit of a large gas giant, which orbits distantly from a yellow star. Several small bodies orbit around the inner lanes of the star. The Elysium Requires Aerodynamic 0 to operate in.

Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

DropBox link to CURRENT BAY12 Items: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ki83g84cx7cj0vv/AAD4t2wWfHSR6mUfA3FE6QbOa?dl=0
You have 90 Resources available per turn.

Hulls
Gate Capable Shuttle - 2 Hull: The first workable hull of the conflict, and strikingly identical in both Elysium's, GCS-2 craft are small shuttles that are capable of carrying Gate Keys as well as some other stuff. It is a makeshift hull, fabricated from large modular structure elements with thin armor plates that are just barely capable of standing in the way of light autocannon fire. Made for the purpose of ferrying troops from one end of the Elysium to the other and one of the finest pieces of Elysium equipment that ultimately united your country. In the dawn of your united Elysium, it’s main purpose is in logistics and exploration, and unsuited for combat. It’s paper thin armor cannot stand up to ship-grade weaponry for very long. Capable of landing on worlds with thin gravity and atmosphere or Elysiums.
3x2
Values: Aerodynamic 2, Internal 1
Tags:
Cost: 9
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"Rubik" Spacefaring Corvette Hull: A durable corvette hull with spaced armor specialized towards stellar operations, The Rubik has average primitive armor specialized towards small primitive kinetic projectiles. Capable of landing on barren moons. Noted to have a robust structure despite utilizing modular frames in it’s construction.
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Values: Aerodynamic 1, Internal 1
Tags:
Cost: 13
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Infantry Division: People hired by your polity that went through a strict training regimen and given the equipment needed to take objectives in a wide variety of environments. Standard in all ships, but may require vehicular or orbital support to get the job done. Current technology  utilizes gun-powder and armor piercing rounds in their automatic guns, and wear hardened steel plates in vests for armor. Spacesuits are equipped when required.
Assumed to be in all ships, but specialized components or hulls can be fabricated for greater effect. As time progresses, the engineering division will give them new weapons and armor.

Elysium Automatic Cannon Special -- [EAC]
The EACS is a series of autocannons, fire controls and sensory systems that represent the first step in warfare. Irregular manufacturing standards, varying calibers, poorly designed autoloaders as well as crude propellants and large bore projectiles intended to never risk damage to the Elysium mean that this weapon is large and underpowered. It is self contained, and only requires supply to keep functioning.
Values:Cost 2, Maintenance 1
Tags: Front

Next-Gen Autocannon (NGAC) -- (nAC)
The NGAC is a series of turreted autocannons with integrated fire control and sensory systems. It is designed as a dual 40mm ball turreted autocannon, of which half a dozen per slot is put onto the hull. The turret is rated for a 180 coverage on both axes. It utilizes crude HE rounds. It is self-contained, and only requires Maintenance to function.
Values:Cost 3, Maintenance 1

160mm Main Gun System (MGS)
A primitive kinetic accelerator cannon with large bore shells, most archetypically high explosive rounds. Despite the large bore, the rounds are accelerated to be on par with small-bore -large length weapons due to the high-power next generation powder propellant, and it fires shots down rapidly, allowing ship-gunners to feasibly expend their entire magazine in a single engagement. It has a high range despite its relatively short length for its caliber. The weapon is augmented with primitive visual sensors in it’s built-in fire control systems and high explosive rounds which is some-what more effective against primitive kinetic armor.
Values: Cost 4, Maintenance 3
Tags: Front/Back,


Hydrogen engine -- [HeE]
An integrated set of hydrogen and oxygen tanks that is fed into a combustion chamber and expelled to generate thrust. Generates electricity from an attached alternator. Sets the basis of all thrust systems with a speed of 1.
Values: Cost:4, Maintenace 1
Tags:Rear

Catalyzed Afterburner Hydrogen engine -- [HeA]
An integrated set of hydrogen and oxygen tanks that is fed into a combustion chamber and expelled to generate thrust. Generates electricity from an attached alternator. Sets the basis of all thrust systems with a speed of 1. Inside combat, an afterburner can be engaged to allow the thrust system to rate thrust 2 for an extended engagement before requiring 2-3 man days of maintenance to recover.
Values: Cost:5, Maintenace 2
Tags:Rear

Solar-Battery Power plant -- [SBP]
A set of unfurlable solar panels and chemical batteries designed to produce large amounts of power.. The panels cannot be protected by armor and unfurled. The S-B Power Plant has reduced effectiveness in operations that are very far from objects that generate usable solar radiation. The batteries can be best described as "workable," and are prone to small-scale detonations if damaged.   
Values: PPC 3¹, Cost: 3
1. Generates 3 PPC for a couple hours or an extended fight utilizing PPC weapons before an extended down period is required to recharge the batteries

Troop compartment  -- [Trp]
A hull section is torn down and dedicated towards storing and disembarking large numbers of ground troops. Allows more soldiers to be present on a craft, as well as allowing more equipment for their purpose to be stored, up to light scout craft and heavy weapon emplacements. Structural weaknesses are present, but minor due to the small size of the vehicles.
Value: Cost:1

C5 Deck -- [C5D]
A component set deep into a ship, a C5 Deck is a hardened bunker in which the bridge crew inhabit. It is separated from the outer decks, with it’s own life support system. It is equipped with a Command and Control system based on haptic and holographic systems. It has a central computational engine specialized towards fire-control, it is a modern system that is far and away superior to primitive systems we have built at the time of the C5’s realization.. It has a luxurious set of amenities which the navy will acclimate and rely on for their increased performance in the field. It takes a significant amount of space, and may impact surrounding components.performance.
Values: Cost 3, Maintenance 2,
Tags: Internal, Fire Control 2, Limited 1

Gate Key -- [GA1]
A complex device that utilizes energy stored from on-ship batteries to slice into the gate’s network , open it’s iris to allow the passage, and then ignites it’s ancient machine, utilizing a colossal amount of power to do so. This model is crude and energy intensive, only barely able to handle the power required to send a ship of the same tonnage as the gate-key bearing ship, while requiring a horrendously expensive manufacturing process. However, unlike the original prototypes, it can open the gate to allow other ships through.
Values: Cost 5, PPC -6, Maintenace 3

Gate Key v2 -- [GA2]
A complex device that utilizes energy stored from on-ship batteries to slice into the gate’s network , open it’s iris to allow the passage, and then ignites it’s ancient machine, utilizing a very large amount of power to do so. This model is crude and energy intensive, only barely able to handle the power required to send a ship of the same tonnage as the gate-key bearing ship, while requiring a stupendously expensive manufacturing process. However, unlike the original prototypes, it can open the gate to allow other ships through. Utilizing vast computational engines, the power and maintenance costs of the Gate Key are reduced at the expense of an increased production cost.
Values: Cost 9, PPC -4, Maintenance 2

Infrastructure

The Forge of Elysium
A colossal set of infrastructure, heavy equipment and digital archives that permit the fabrication of wonders. Unable to access the designs made before the Dissolution war due to digital decay and hellish encryption of the blueprints required, New designs must be made for the Forge. Consisting of a full third of the internal volume of the Elysium, our manufacturing needs will be met by the Forge for a considerable amount of time  without any need for expansion, and our people are wholly reliant on this miracle machine for manufactured goods. The only bottleneck in the acquisition of more Resources is the raw material required to turn into feedstock
Values:Produces 90 Resources.

Values

Pulsed Power Container (PPC): These are containers that output enough energy to sustain components that require PPC power. Will often come with a amount of time that it could be sustained..
Aerodynamic: Hulls with this tag are designed with operations in an atmospheric body in mind, with a sealed hull and attention to avoiding excess bulk. Every planet or body has this value, representing how difficult it is to enter and leave its atmosphere or gravity. Barren planets with low gravity and no atmosphere do not require any Aerodynamic tags to operate in, but especially slow moving hulls may be restricted.
Internal: This value is attached to hulls, representing how many slots it has with the Internal Tag.
Cost: The material, industrial and socioeconomic cost of an object rendered down into its most quintessential value in fabricating this component or hull. This cost is in terms of Resources..
Maintenance:cost in resources every turn after its manufacturing.
Thrust: Engines produce this value, Though the ratio between maneuvering ability and pure thrust is sometimes different. Divide Thrust points on a hull by how many slots are on a ship to determine how fast the craft is relative to other ships.

Tags:

Integrated: Components with this tag are not able to be placed on normal designs and are hard-wired into specific designs.
Internal: Slots with this tag have no outer surface access: they are surrounded by the other components of the ship and are significantly less likely to be damaged in combat. Components with this tag need to be placed in an Internal slot.
Rear: Components with this slot must be placed on the left-most slots of a craft.
Front: Components with this slot must be placed on the right-most slots of a craft.
Volatile: Components with this tag are at risk of destroying the ship if damaged. Most typical of antimatter reactors or metallic hydrogen storage systems. Some components will also be Volatile in certain situations, like a hydrogen tank in an oxygenated atmosphere.
Yellow Line: This component can be yellow lined by captains to have an increased effect at the expense of the possibility of issues occurring after prolonged use.
Red Line: As above, but this component can be pushed even further beyond, into the thin edge between oblivion and enhanced operations, but not for very long, and for a drastic cost. For your finest hour.
Black Line: As above, but this component can be pushed past any sane or safe limit, to provide an enormous effect before burning out, often with spectacular consequences. The dramatic way of going out, to wet your blades edge one more time before the end.
Limited(x): Components with this tag can only be put in (x) per ship. In some cases, other components may restrict the installation of Limited(x) components. (eg a limited sensor system might not be installable with a common sensor system)
Gate Bearer: A hull or component with this tag can allow ships of equal tonnage to pass through a gate, including itself.
Fire Control: The Fire Control value is how powerful your targeting, targeting acquisition systems are: directly translating into mastery over your ship weapons. Rather than being consumed as if a value,  Weapons that do not have built-in fire control systems that completely fufilll their need for Fire Control will have a tag with a negative value. One Fire Control can take control of as many separate gunnery systems equal or lesser to its value. Unless specified, it is assumed that all weapons have a built-in  Fire Control 1 system in it. Components that require Fire Control must specify whether or not they have built-in back-up fire control systems in the event of the destruction of the central Fire Control. Completely self contained weapon packages will default to the master system if it is advantageous to do so.

Spoiler: Operationalized Ships (click to show/hide)

Combat Corvette Rubik: Gunship “Porcupine” Variant
The Porcupine is a heavily armed gun-ship dedicated to assault-and-fade tactics. It’s two thrusting blocks are capable of using afterburners to do advanced maneuvers in combat time scales. The interior consists of a heavily armored command and control station with luxurious settings for the deck officers. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted autocannons equipped with explosive shells. It is bespoke with a set of two primary cannons on its front and rear that fire high-speed rounds utilizing primitive high-energy propellant. The life-support is strained during combat conditions.
Format
[HeA][nAC][nAC]
[MGS][C5D][MGS]
[HeA][nAC][nAC]
Values:Cost: 33 Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 17,, Thrust 2(4) [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:2/9 | 4/9]]
Tags:Fire Control 2


Combat Corvette Rubik: Assault Gunship “Griffon” Variant
The Griffon is a heavily armed gun-ship dedicated to assault-and-fade tactics. Heavy thrusting gridis simplistic and reliable for combat manuvering. The interior consists of a heavily armored command and control station with luxurious settings for the deck officers. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted autocannons equipped with explosive shells. It is bespoke with a set of four primary cannons on its front  that fire high-speed rounds utilizing primitive high-energy propellant.
Format
[HeE][nAC][MGS]
[HeE][C5D][nAC]
[HeE][nAC][MGS]
Values:Cost: 33 Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 15, Thrust 3 [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:1/3]]
Tags:Fire Control 2

Combat Corvette Rubik:  “Aura” Variant
The Aura is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful & primitive engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key, internalized fuel tanks and autoloader systems, which make up the center of the craft. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted primitive autocannons. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds.
Format
[HeE][SBP][nAC]
[HeE][GA2][nAC]
[HeE][SBP][nAC]
Values:Cost: 49, Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 8, PPC 6*, Thrust 3
Tag: Gate Bearer

Combat Corvette Rubik: Flak Corvette “Slayer” Variant
The Slayer is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful & primitive engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key internalized fuel tanks and autoloader systems, which make up the center of the craft. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted primitive autocannons interspersed to shoot down incoming ordinance and very close ships. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds. Higher than expected sensor emission & lower than expected sensor capabilities.
Format
[HeE][nAC][SBP]
[HeE][GA1][nAC]
[HeE][nAC][SBP]
Values:Cost 49, Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 8, PPC 6*, Thrust 3
Tag: Gate Bearer

Gate Capable Shuttle - 2: Fleet Transport “Venus” Variant
The Venus is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful engines. It’s interspersed between core systems are with troop quarters and autoloaders for it’s relatively many guns. It is heavily gunned with primitive kinetic turreted weapons. Fabrication Techniques have increased it’s aerodynamic capabilities. It has an above average engine output.
Format
[HeE][Trp][nAC]
[HeE][Trp][nAC]
Values:Cost: 25, Maintenance 4, PPC 6*, Thrust 2, Aerodynamic 3
Tag:

Gate Capable Shuttle - 2:Shuttle Craft “Mercury” Variant
The Mercury is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key, which make up the center of the craft. It is undergunned, with only a few gunnery emplacements that dot its hull. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds.
Format
[HeE][GA1][SBP]
[HeE][SBP][EAC]
Values:Cost: 30, Maintenance 6, PPC 6*, Thrust 2
Tag: Gate Bearer

DESIGN TEMPLATE

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Design: //The name of the item being designed
[Description]
Theorized Tags: //Tags that you think should be put on the component or hull. May or may not actually be put on the item in question.
Est. Cost://The estimated cost of the component in the designers educated guess.
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DESIGN VOTEBOX

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DESIGN NAME (0): //put your name after the colon and increment the number in parentheses to vote for a design.
DESIGN NAME (0):
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Revision://The name of the project/revision.
[Description]
Item being Revised://Component or hull being revised here, if not applicable remove this entry.
Theorized Appended Tags: //Theorized tags that may be added to or removed from the component or hull in question. If none, remove entry.
Est Cost: //The Designers guess at the estimated cost of the component after revision. May or may not be accurate. If not applicable, remove entry.
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PROTOTYPING TEMPLATEs
You have three options for Operationalizing ships. You can
A: copy the template image of a hull, and paste in the pictures of components, add in how much armor it has in each facing, fill in the armor picture, and then call it a day. Depending on the hull template, there might be more to do.
B: fill out the operationalization template specific to the hull and post it in the forum. They are the open and close brackets with letters and numbers in them sometimes.
C.Fill out the Generic Operationalization Template, where the GM will fill out the template and present it during ship-berth trials. Impossible requests will be met with erratic configurations..

GENERIC OPERATIONALIZATION TEMPLATE

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BASE HULL:
COMPONENTS REQUESTED:
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OPERATIONALIZATION VOTEBOX

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PROTOTYPE NAME (+0):
AGAINST ABOVE (-0):
PROTOTYPE NAME (+0):
AGAINST ABOVE (-0)
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STRATEGY TEMPLATE

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[quote=Strategization]
[b]Finalization Voting:[/b]

//Copy this for each new Prototype. Append the end of any modification with a variant name/letter/number and HOLD if you want to wait on deploying it until next turn for deployment in exchange for another round of ship-berth trials or DEPLOY IMMEDIATELY to put it to the field without testing.

[quote=PROTOTYPE NAME]
ACCEPT (0):
MODIFICATION “A” HOLD (0):
MODIFICATION “B” HOLD (0):
MODIFICATION “B” DEPLOY IMMEDIATELY (0):
SCRAP (0):
ALLOCATION SECTION
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[b]Allocation Voting[/b]::

[quote]
[INSERT PLAN NAME] (0):
[INSERT PLAN NAME] (0):
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ALLOCATION PLANNING TEMPLATE

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[quote=Allocation Plan [NAME HERE]]
[PASTE IN RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM ARMS RACE MASTER’S POST]

Ship Production list:
[FULL SHIP PREFIX DESIGN NAME -- SHIP NAME]
[EXAMPLE: STAR DESTROYER VINDICATOR -- DARKK]

Misc Manufacturing Agenda:
[INPUT ANY MISC. PROJECTS THAT YOU WANT TO BE INVESTED IN HERE. MOST LIKELY WILL BE INFRASTRUCTURE.]

Current Assets:
[COPY PASTE THE CURRENT ASSETS LIST FROM THE MOST CURRENT POST, THEN ANY SHIPS PRODUCED FROM YOUR ALLOCATION PLANNING. APPEND EVERY SHIP WITH A CURRENT GOAL & DESTINATION.]
[PUT SHIPS FROM THIS TURNS SHIP PRODUCTION LIST HERE PUT AN ASTERISK IN THEIR NAME SIGNIFY THAT THEY ARE FRESHLY BUILT..]
[SHIP VARIANT -- ABR. SHIP PREFIX SHIP NAME]

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[ConscriptFive]

Yikes...

Let me explain my thought process.

So at some point we'd probably want to use PPC, so I was hoping to put in ship reactor design next turn or so.  Unfortunately, the Becquerel Fission Reactors bombed so hard, they probably need a full design to revise them.  I's also still like to do some version of the Dagger next turn too.  So next design phase (barring nothing too crazy happens in the batrep), I'd like to go for the Dagger and retry splitting the atom.

So what to do this phase?  Revision-wise, I'm happy with most of our systems.  Both of our guns are good (for now), as is the C5 Deck, and our engines.  The Rubik is also a good hull.  The Merchant Marine are also pretty legit.

Assuming the Bequerel Reactors are beyond saving this phase, our three most deficient systems are the gatekey, solar panels, and shuttle hull.

So our gatekey is more expensive than it should be, but the catch is that we've already mitigated around that by having specific gate ships.  We could revise it to be cheaper, but it would only impact a few ships with limited savings to the overall budget.

The default solar panels are still our only source of PPC in the immediate future.  They're relatively cheap and maint-free, but they only produce 3 PPC a slot. (Supposedly the batteries are also prone to exploding.)  If we can get one to produce 4PPC, our gate ships would only need one to operate the Gatekey v2.  Or we could use the extra solar power to start inventing PPC-powered versions of our systems.

The shuttle hull is arguably obsolete, except that our Rubik hull is specifically non-aerodynamic.  Operationalized as the Venus, it can do aero 3.  However, if we want to land on that terraformed planet, we'll need more than that.  So as a revision, why don't we slap some wings with ailerons on the hull, and see if we can squeeze a few more points of aero off it?

Of course there are other creative options for revisions this phase.  (Better defined EVA gear?  Re-engineering the troop compartment to better support Space Marine power armor?)  But these two seem the most straightforward and pertinent:

Revision: Solar-Battery Power Plant v2

Our existing Solar-Battery Power Plants just aren't good enough.  A measley 3 PPC isn't enough for the amount of space they take up.  While some had hoped to phase them out for nuclear energy... you can ask the crew of the CC Aura how that went.

SBP v2 produces 1/3 more power than it's predecessor.  Furthermore, our liquid electrolyte batteries have been replaced with a significantly less volatile solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) batteries.

Modified Values: PPC +1, Cost +1, Maint unchanged.

Revision: GCS-2 Aero Mod

The rediscovery of Ranachuri necessitates an aerodynamic fleet.  The Rubik is wholly unsuited for this, but the humble GCS-2 already light and streamlined enough to be successfully modified for further atmospheric flight.

In addition to general streamlining, the Aero Mod adds various lift and control surfaces vital for atmospheric maneuvering.  Using the lift provided by its wings, the modified GCS-2 should be able to climb and glide as the "aeroplanes" of the ancients did.

Of course, aerodynamic flight also demands a commitment to careful management of mass and center of gravity.  As a necessary sacrifice, one of the modular mid-slots is no-longer available: the mass & volume of the wings, the supporting struts, and required hydraulics for the ailerons now occupy this slot.

Modified Template:

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Modified Values: Aero +2 (4), Internal Unchanged (1), Cost +3 (12)

As for operationalizing... might as well replace the "Venus" with the "Terra..."

VARIANT NAME:"Terra"
BASE HULL:GCS-2 Aero
COMPONENTS REQUESTED:

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[HeA][Trp][Trp]
[HeA][Wng][nAC]

ROLE: Aerodynamic Fleet Transport

Alas the Venus.  Too beautiful to live?  While we're in the business of replacing her, why not push the envelope further to better support operations against Ranachuri?  Just like the Venus, the Terra should be able to transport two units of our ground-pounding berethren into a combat situation.  Yet with the Aero mod hull, our forces should be able to penetrate the bounties of terraformed worlds.  Yes, it has less gunnery than the Venus, but given the GCS-2's proven fragility, the afterburner engines should be used to run from threats when possible.  With a relatively high thrust to weight ratio, perhaps "speed is life" should become the Terra's motto.  This surely will help with takeoffs from short runways as well.

[Kashyyk]

Let's go with those.

Revisions:
(1) Solar-Battery Power Plant v2 : Kashyyk
(1) GCS-2 Aero Mod : Kashyyk

Operationalize:
GCS-2 Aero "Terra" Fleet Transport
-- (1) Yes: Kashyyk
-- () No:

[ConscriptFive]

Also, a naming scheme for the "Griffon" line: 'prestigious' purebred dogs.

"Humanity had a long tradition of keeping canines as "man's best friend."  Accordingly, the Société was once quite fond of their furry companions.  While mutts had seemingly homogenized most of the gene pool, cloned purebreds brought back some of the most prestigious breeds from extinction.  Griffons, borzoi, briards, malamutes, alsatians, malinois, komondors, kuvasz, picards... the choices were endless.  Once these breeds began progenating, even middle class families could afford these long-lost bloodlines.  Many were even certified as 'support animals,' licensed to walk amongst the public without restriction.

...then the gates went dark.

As the pantries ran bare, the choice to feed the family pet or a child became a difficult, albeit obvious one.  Virtually no large breeds survived the Fall, with some smaller breeds just barely scraping by.

With the gates now open, the Société is just now returning to normal.  Their old friends may be gone, but they're not forgotten.

For now it is time to unleash the dogs of war!"

Revisions:
(2) Solar-Battery Power Plant v2 : Kashyyk, ConscriptFive
(2) GCS-2 Aero Mod : Kashyyk, ConscriptFive

Operationalize:
GCS-2 Aero "Terra" Fleet Transport
-- (2) Yes: Kashyyk
-- () No:

Griffon Naming Scheme:
(1) Purebred Dogs (First 4 - Komondor, Borzoi, Briard, Picard): ConscriptFive

[Blood_Librarian]

Elysium Command Arms Race of Conquest: Design Phase
Turn 0

Revision: Solar-Battery Power Plant v2
Our existing Solar-Battery Power Plants just aren't good enough.  A measley 3 PPC isn't enough for the amount of space they take up.  While some had hoped to phase them out for nuclear energy... you can ask the crew of the CC Aura how that went.

SBP v2 produces 1/3 more power than its predecessor.  Furthermore, our liquid electrolyte batteries have been replaced with significantly less volatile solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) batteries.

Modified Values: PPC +1, Cost +1, Maint unchanged.

Difficulty: Normal(0 mod)
2d4--> 2+2[-1] --> 4 Average

A thorough re-engineering of the layout, formulation and construction of the Solar-Battery Plants has resulted in a notable increase in efficacy. Through replacing our batteries' chemical formulas, we have vastly improved their delicateness with respect to sequential detonations, though the bottleneck of preventing an explosion lies in the transformer elements that lie at the end of each battery array.  Intrinsically, Pulsed Power Containers are terrifying elements of a ship, and stuffing down that much power down the gullet of a gate-key or perspective energy weapon requires vast amounts of power over short periods of time: damage on operational transformers will cause an explosion, but a strike against the battery elements won't cause an “issue” anymore. However, Compared to the original, the SB2 has an intensive manufacturing process that requires a 66% increase in labor and resource input. 

Solar-Battery Power plant v2 -- [SB2]
A set of unfurlable solar panels and chemical batteries designed to produce large amounts of power.. The panels cannot be protected by armor while unfurled. The S-B Power Plant has reduced effectiveness in operations that are very far from objects that generate usable solar radiation. The batteries can be best described as "workable," and are prone to small-scale detonations if damaged.   
Values: PPC 4¹, Cost: 5
1. Generates 3 PPC for a couple hours or an extended fight utilizing PPC weapons before an extended down period is required to recharge the batteries

Revision: GCS-2 Aero Mod
The rediscovery of Ranachuri necessitates an aerodynamic fleet.  The Rubik is wholly unsuited for this, but the humble GCS-2 already light and streamlined enough to be successfully modified for further atmospheric flight.

In addition to general streamlining, the Aero Mod adds various lift and control surfaces vital for atmospheric maneuvering.  Using the lift provided by its wings, the modified GCS-2 should be able to climb and glide as the "aeroplanes" of the ancients did.

Of course, aerodynamic flight also demands a commitment to careful management of mass and center of gravity.  As a necessary sacrifice, one of the modular mid-slots is no-longer available: the mass & volume of the wings, the supporting struts, and required hydraulics for the ailerons now occupy this slot.

Modified Template:

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[   ][Int][   ]
[   ][Wng][   ]

Modified Values: Aero +2 (4), Internal Unchanged (1), Cost +3 (12)

Difficulty: Normal (0 mod)
2d4--> 4+4 [Unexpected Boon]

The Aero modification represents a rather new field for us, the field of aerospace engineering. Not exactly the most exciting field, what with its connection to dirt-eating planet-bound primitives, but it had a lustor once, when we were stranded upon mother Earth, long time ago.

As it turns out, all those miscellaneous components for turning a warship into a bird of prey  don’t completely take up an entire slot's worth of infrastructure. Rather than simply leaving the slot half empty, a series of radical, almost unbecoming aero-engine systems are developed and installed into the component. Consisting of air-precoolers, compressors and various thermal control systems, it allows one engine neighboring it to double its speed when in atmosphere.  With next generation engines, it probably could compete with purpose built heavy aircraft in sheer speed. If not for its modular nature preventing perfect aerodynamics, it would have been easy to create a aerodynamics 5 craft.

High command has pre-emptively restricted its use with nuclear engines that emit extremely radioactive thrust. It is hard enough to retake a world without leaving radioactive exhaust all over it.

Gate Capable Shuttle - 2 Aero Variant Hull: The first workable hull of the conflict, and strikingly identical in both Elysium's, GCS-2 craft are small shuttles that are capable of carrying Gate Keys as well as military equipment. It is a makeshift hull, fabricated from large modular structure elements with thin armor plates that are just barely capable of standing in the way of light autocannon fire. It has been extensively modified for aerospace operations, including the installation of equipment which allows one of its engines to operate with twice the speed in atmospheric conditions.
3x2
Values: Aerodynamic 4, Internal 1 Cost 12
Tags:
[   ][Int][   ]
[   ][Wng][   ]

Operationalizations

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VARIANT NAME:"Terra"
BASE HULL:GCS-2 Aero
COMPONENTS REQUESTED:

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[HeA][Trp][Trp]
[HeA][Wng][nAC]

ROLE: Aerodynamic Fleet Transport

Alas the Venus.  Too beautiful to live?  While we're in the business of replacing her, why not push the envelope further to better support operations against Ranachuri?  Just like the Venus, the Terra should be able to transport two units of our ground-pounding berethren into a combat situation.  Yet with the Aero mod hull, our forces should be able to penetrate the bounties of terraformed worlds.  Yes, it has less gunnery than the Venus, but given the GCS-2's proven fragility, the afterburner engines should be used to run from threats when possible.  With a relatively high thrust to weight ratio, perhaps "speed is life" should become Terra's motto.  This surely will help with takeoffs from short runways as well.

[/quote]
Difficulty: Normal (0 mod)
2d4--> 3+3 [Above Average]
2d4--> 3+1 [Below Average]
2d4--> 4+4 [Unexpected Boon]

Projections and simulacrum testing would incidate that the Terra would be a speedy, relatively under gunned warship with atmospheric projection capabilities.

It’s met that mark. The installed atmospheric thrust boosting systems worked more or less as expected, doubling the speed of a single HeA engine when there is an atmosphere.. Below average maneuvering agility, slightly higher structural cohesion than expected, all within design parameters. What was surprising was the cohesion of the hangar slots: we can carry heavier vehicles for the ground forces. Or combat drones, or whatever strikes the fancy of the team.

Combat Capable Shuttle Aero: Fleet Transport “Terra” Variant
A troop transport shuttle. It has catalyzed afterburning engines that increase its speed in a combat situation, but require maintenance after; . One of its engines has a doubled speed when in atmospheric conditions. It has an extensive hangar bay system that is able to handle large amounts of ground troops, including heavy weapon emplacements, and medium sized vehicles. With a component-thrust ratio that varies depending on the situation, it is most suited for fights around planets with atmospheres. Its light armament of Elysium Autocannons are secondary to its purpose of entering worlds and dropping off its many warriors.
Format
[HeA][Trp][Trp]
[HeA][Wng][nAC]
Values:Cost 27, Aerodynamic 4, Maintenance 5, Thrust 2(4)/3(6)
Tag:

Work on an Operation Plan

Spoiler: Current Assets (click to show/hide)

You produce 120 Resources and have 34 Resources Available, with 114-28=86 Maintenance Costs & 0 Prototype Costs. 0 resources available!
CC “Aura” Aura Class
Orders: OUT OF COMMISSION HIGH RADIOACTIVITY EVENT
Traits: Maintenace 9
FC “Slayer” Slayer Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 9
GS “Porcupine” PorcupineClass
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15
FT “Rubik” Rubik Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 17
CT “Griffon” Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT "Komondor" Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT "Borzoi" Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT "Briard" Griffon Class
Orders: OUT OF COMMISSION HIGH RADIOACTIVITY EVENT
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT "Picard" Griffon Class
Orders: Needs 24 resources to finish. No Maintenance incurred.
Traits: Maintenace 15

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You produce 120 Resources and have 34 Resources Available, with 114-28=86 Maintenance Costs & 0 Prototype Costs. [b]0 resources available![/b]
[size=9pt][i]CC “Aura” Aura Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] OUT OF COMMISSION HIGH RADIOACTIVITY EVENT
[b]Traits: [/b] Maintenace 9
[size=9pt][i]FC “Slayer” Slayer Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 9
[size=9pt][i]GS “Porcupine” PorcupineClass[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]FT “Rubik” Rubik Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 17
[size=9pt][i]CT “Griffon” Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]CT "Komondor" Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]CT "Borzoi" Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]CT "Briard" Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] OUT OF COMMISSION HIGH RADIOACTIVITY EVENT
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]CT "Picard" Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Needs 24 resources to finish. No Maintenance incurred.
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
GRAVEYARD
FT “Venus” Venus Class
Destroyed during an engagement on -1 - 0 in the Roses Star System by the CCS-S “Earth Bringer” Earth Bringer Class
KILL LIST
NO MILITARY SHIPS DESTROYED

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

The map will be current in the core thread as well as the latest post of the arms race
https://i.imgur.com/ZhgjErm.png
[BS12]: Home of Elysium De La 12th Société, the Elysium sits in the orbit of a red dwarf star with little in the way of other orbital bodies: A single gas giant with a small lunar system around it. The Elysium requires Aerodynamic 0 to operate in.


[RS]: Roses Star is a large system with 12 orbital bodies, including Ranachuri, a garden world scoured by de-orbiting debris from the massive industrial complex that had fallen apart in it's orbit. Evidence of a massive project of some kind is left behind in it's orbit. In the corona of Roses Star is a proto-dyson swarm with a leading facility of unknown purpose. Currently the center of the conflict between Elysiums. Close operations on Ranachuri can benefit from ships designed to operate in atmospheric conditions, with 5 levels of the Aerodynamic tag being optimal.



[SB]:Home of the Skanzat United Constitutional Kingdoms Elysium. The Elysium is in the orbit of a large gas giant, which orbits distantly from a yellow star. Several small bodies orbit around the inner lanes of the star. The Elysium Requires Aerodynamic 0 to operate in.

Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

DropBox link to CURRENT BAY12 Items: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ki83g84cx7cj0vv/AAD4t2wWfHSR6mUfA3FE6QbOa?dl=0
You have 90 Resources available per turn.

Hulls
Gate Capable Shuttle - 2 Hull: The first workable hull of the conflict, and strikingly identical in both Elysium's, GCS-2 craft are small shuttles that are capable of carrying Gate Keys as well as some other stuff. It is a makeshift hull, fabricated from large modular structure elements with thin armor plates that are just barely capable of standing in the way of light autocannon fire. Made for the purpose of ferrying troops from one end of the Elysium to the other and one of the finest pieces of Elysium equipment that ultimately united your country. In the dawn of your united Elysium, it’s main purpose is in logistics and exploration, and unsuited for combat. It’s paper thin armor cannot stand up to ship-grade weaponry for very long. Capable of landing on worlds with thin gravity and atmosphere or Elysiums.
3x2
Values: Aerodynamic 2, Internal 1
Tags:
Cost: 9
Template:
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Gate Capable Shuttle - 2 Aero Variant Hull: The first workable hull of the conflict, and strikingly identical in both Elysium's, GCS-2 craft are small shuttles that are capable of carrying Gate Keys as well as military equipment. It is a makeshift hull, fabricated from large modular structure elements with thin armor plates that are just barely capable of standing in the way of light autocannon fire. It has been extensively modified for aerospace operations, including the installation of equipment which allows one of its engines to operate with twice the speed in atmospheric conditions.
3x2
Values: Aerodynamic 4, Internal 1 Cost 12
Tags:
[   ][Int][   ]
[   ][Wng][   ]
"Rubik" Spacefaring Corvette Hull: A durable corvette hull with spaced armor specialized towards stellar operations, The Rubik has average primitive armor specialized towards small primitive kinetic projectiles. Capable of landing on barren moons. Noted to have a robust structure despite utilizing modular frames in it’s construction.
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Values: Aerodynamic 1, Internal 1
Tags:
Cost: 13
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Infantry Division: People hired by your polity that went through a strict training regimen and given the equipment needed to take objectives in a wide variety of environments. Standard in all ships, but may require vehicular or orbital support to get the job done. Current technology  utilizes gun-powder and armor piercing rounds in their automatic guns, and wear hardened steel plates in vests for armor. Spacesuits are equipped when required.
Assumed to be in all ships, but specialized components or hulls can be fabricated for greater effect. As time progresses, the engineering division will give them new weapons and armor.

Elysium Automatic Cannon Special -- [EAC]
The EACS is a series of autocannons, fire controls and sensory systems that represent the first step in warfare. Irregular manufacturing standards, varying calibers, poorly designed autoloaders as well as crude propellants and large bore projectiles intended to never risk damage to the Elysium mean that this weapon is large and underpowered. It is self contained, and only requires supply to keep functioning.
Values:Cost 2, Maintenance 1
Tags: Front

Next-Gen Autocannon (NGAC) -- (nAC)
The NGAC is a series of turreted autocannons with integrated fire control and sensory systems. It is designed as a dual 40mm ball turreted autocannon, of which half a dozen per slot is put onto the hull. The turret is rated for a 180 coverage on both axes. It utilizes crude HE rounds. It is self-contained, and only requires Maintenance to function.
Values:Cost 3, Maintenance 1

160mm Main Gun System (MGS)
A primitive kinetic accelerator cannon with large bore shells, most archetypically high explosive rounds. Despite the large bore, the rounds are accelerated to be on par with small-bore -large length weapons due to the high-power next generation powder propellant, and it fires shots down rapidly, allowing ship-gunners to feasibly expend their entire magazine in a single engagement. It has a high range despite its relatively short length for its caliber. The weapon is augmented with primitive visual sensors in it’s built-in fire control systems and high explosive rounds which is some-what more effective against primitive kinetic armor.
Values: Cost 4, Maintenance 3
Tags: Front/Back,


Hydrogen engine -- [HeE]
An integrated set of hydrogen and oxygen tanks that is fed into a combustion chamber and expelled to generate thrust. Generates electricity from an attached alternator. Sets the basis of all thrust systems with a speed of 1.
Values: Cost:4, Maintenace 1
Tags:Rear

Catalyzed Afterburner Hydrogen engine -- [HeA]
An integrated set of hydrogen and oxygen tanks that is fed into a combustion chamber and expelled to generate thrust. Generates electricity from an attached alternator. Sets the basis of all thrust systems with a speed of 1. Inside combat, an afterburner can be engaged to allow the thrust system to rate thrust 2 for an extended engagement before requiring 2-3 man days of maintenance to recover.
Values: Cost:5, Maintenace 2
Tags:Rear

Solar-Battery Power plant -- [SBP]
A set of unfurlable solar panels and chemical batteries designed to produce large amounts of power.. The panels cannot be protected by armor and unfurled. The S-B Power Plant has reduced effectiveness in operations that are very far from objects that generate usable solar radiation. The batteries can be best described as "workable," and are prone to small-scale detonations if damaged.   
Values: PPC 3¹, Cost: 3
1. Generates 3 PPC for a couple hours or an extended fight utilizing PPC weapons before an extended down period is required to recharge the batteries

Solar-Battery Power plant v2 -- [SB2]
A set of unfurlable solar panels and chemical batteries designed to produce large amounts of power.. The panels cannot be protected by armor while unfurled. The S-B Power Plant has reduced effectiveness in operations that are very far from objects that generate usable solar radiation. The batteries can be best described as "workable," and are prone to small-scale detonations if damaged.   
Values: PPC 4¹, Cost: 5
1. Generates 3 PPC for a couple hours or an extended fight utilizing PPC weapons before an extended down period is required to recharge the batteries

Troop compartment  -- [Trp]
A hull section is torn down and dedicated towards storing and disembarking large numbers of ground troops. Allows more soldiers to be present on a craft, as well as allowing more equipment for their purpose to be stored, up to light scout craft and heavy weapon emplacements. Structural weaknesses are present, but minor due to the small size of the vehicles.
Value: Cost:1

C5 Deck -- [C5D]
A component set deep into a ship, a C5 Deck is a hardened bunker in which the bridge crew inhabit. It is separated from the outer decks, with it’s own life support system. It is equipped with a Command and Control system based on haptic and holographic systems. It has a central computational engine specialized towards fire-control, it is a modern system that is far and away superior to primitive systems we have built at the time of the C5’s realization.. It has a luxurious set of amenities which the navy will acclimate and rely on for their increased performance in the field. It takes a significant amount of space, and may impact surrounding components.performance.
Values: Cost 3, Maintenance 2,
Tags: Internal, Fire Control 2, Limited 1

Gate Key -- [GA1]
A complex device that utilizes energy stored from on-ship batteries to slice into the gate’s network , open it’s iris to allow the passage, and then ignites it’s ancient machine, utilizing a colossal amount of power to do so. This model is crude and energy intensive, only barely able to handle the power required to send a ship of the same tonnage as the gate-key bearing ship, while requiring a horrendously expensive manufacturing process. However, unlike the original prototypes, it can open the gate to allow other ships through.
Values: Cost 5, PPC -6, Maintenace 3

Gate Key v2 -- [GA2]
A complex device that utilizes energy stored from on-ship batteries to slice into the gate’s network , open it’s iris to allow the passage, and then ignites it’s ancient machine, utilizing a very large amount of power to do so. This model is crude and energy intensive, only barely able to handle the power required to send a ship of the same tonnage as the gate-key bearing ship, while requiring a stupendously expensive manufacturing process. However, unlike the original prototypes, it can open the gate to allow other ships through. Utilizing vast computational engines, the power and maintenance costs of the Gate Key are reduced at the expense of an increased production cost.
Values: Cost 9, PPC -4, Maintenance 2

Infrastructure

The Forge of Elysium
A colossal set of infrastructure, heavy equipment and digital archives that permit the fabrication of wonders. Unable to access the designs made before the Dissolution war due to digital decay and hellish encryption of the blueprints required, New designs must be made for the Forge. Consisting of a full third of the internal volume of the Elysium, our manufacturing needs will be met by the Forge for a considerable amount of time  without any need for expansion, and our people are wholly reliant on this miracle machine for manufactured goods. The only bottleneck in the acquisition of more Resources is the raw material required to turn into feedstock
Values:Produces 90 Resources.

Becquerel Fission Reactors
A series of tests and prototyping phases made with the intent of easing our developing energy shortages. No viable reactors were made, but the path to success was forged: we now have some what an idea on how to not create a fission reactor.

Merchant Marine Fleet
A series of logistical improvements that reduce maintenance costs by 25% rounded down. Eases the development of resource generating structures in the home system systems and places logistical supply points across our home system. Increases the effectiveness of our irregular forces in and out of combat.
Cost: None


Values

Pulsed Power Container (PPC): These are containers that output enough energy to sustain components that require PPC power. Will often come with a amount of time that it could be sustained..
Aerodynamic: Hulls with this tag are designed with operations in an atmospheric body in mind, with a sealed hull and attention to avoiding excess bulk. Every planet or body has this value, representing how difficult it is to enter and leave its atmosphere or gravity. Barren planets with low gravity and no atmosphere do not require any Aerodynamic tags to operate in, but especially slow moving hulls may be restricted.
Internal: This value is attached to hulls, representing how many slots it has with the Internal Tag.
Cost: The material, industrial and socioeconomic cost of an object rendered down into its most quintessential value in fabricating this component or hull. This cost is in terms of Resources..
Maintenance:cost in resources every turn after its manufacturing.
Thrust: Engines produce this value, Though the ratio between maneuvering ability and pure thrust is sometimes different. Divide Thrust points on a hull by how many slots are on a ship to determine how fast the craft is relative to other ships.

Tags:

Integrated: Components with this tag are not able to be placed on normal designs and are hard-wired into specific designs.
Internal: Slots with this tag have no outer surface access: they are surrounded by the other components of the ship and are significantly less likely to be damaged in combat. Components with this tag need to be placed in an Internal slot.
Rear: Components with this slot must be placed on the left-most slots of a craft.
Front: Components with this slot must be placed on the right-most slots of a craft.
Volatile: Components with this tag are at risk of destroying the ship if damaged. Most typical of antimatter reactors or metallic hydrogen storage systems. Some components will also be Volatile in certain situations, like a hydrogen tank in an oxygenated atmosphere.
Yellow Line: This component can be yellow lined by captains to have an increased effect at the expense of the possibility of issues occurring after prolonged use.
Red Line: As above, but this component can be pushed even further beyond, into the thin edge between oblivion and enhanced operations, but not for very long, and for a drastic cost. For your finest hour.
Black Line: As above, but this component can be pushed past any sane or safe limit, to provide an enormous effect before burning out, often with spectacular consequences. The dramatic way of going out, to wet your blades edge one more time before the end.
Limited(x): Components with this tag can only be put in (x) per ship. In some cases, other components may restrict the installation of Limited(x) components. (eg a limited sensor system might not be installable with a common sensor system)
Gate Bearer: A hull or component with this tag can allow ships of equal tonnage to pass through a gate, including itself.
Fire Control: The Fire Control value is how powerful your targeting, targeting acquisition systems are: directly translating into mastery over your ship weapons. Rather than being consumed as if a value,  Weapons that do not have built-in fire control systems that completely fufilll their need for Fire Control will have a tag with a negative value. One Fire Control can take control of as many separate gunnery systems equal or lesser to its value. Unless specified, it is assumed that all weapons have a built-in  Fire Control 1 system in it. Components that require Fire Control must specify whether or not they have built-in back-up fire control systems in the event of the destruction of the central Fire Control. Completely self contained weapon packages will default to the master system if it is advantageous to do so.

Spoiler: Operationalized Ships (click to show/hide)

Combat Corvette Rubik: Gunship “Porcupine” Variant
The Porcupine is a heavily armed gun-ship dedicated to assault-and-fade tactics. It’s two thrusting blocks are capable of using afterburners to do advanced maneuvers in combat time scales. The interior consists of a heavily armored command and control station with luxurious settings for the deck officers. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted autocannons equipped with explosive shells. It is bespoke with a set of two primary cannons on its front and rear that fire high-speed rounds utilizing primitive high-energy propellant. The life-support is strained during combat conditions.
Format
[HeA][nAC][nAC]
[MGS][C5D][MGS]
[HeA][nAC][nAC]
Values:Cost: 33 Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 17,, Thrust 2(4) [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:2/9 | 4/9]]
Tags:Fire Control 2


Combat Corvette Rubik: Assault Gunship “Griffon” Variant
The Griffon is a heavily armed gun-ship dedicated to assault-and-fade tactics. Heavy thrusting gridis simplistic and reliable for combat manuvering. The interior consists of a heavily armored command and control station with luxurious settings for the deck officers. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted autocannons equipped with explosive shells. It is bespoke with a set of four primary cannons on its front  that fire high-speed rounds utilizing primitive high-energy propellant.
Format
[HeE][nAC][MGS]
[HeE][C5D][nAC]
[HeE][nAC][MGS]
Values:Cost: 33 Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 15, Thrust 3 [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:1/3]]
Tags:Fire Control 2

Combat Corvette Rubik:  “Aura” Variant
The Aura is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful & primitive engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key, internalized fuel tanks and autoloader systems, which make up the center of the craft. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted primitive autocannons. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds.
Format
[HeE][SBP][nAC]
[HeE][GA2][nAC]
[HeE][SBP][nAC]
Values:Cost: 49, Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 8, PPC 6*, Thrust 3
Tag: Gate Bearer

Combat Corvette Rubik: Flak Corvette “Slayer” Variant
The Slayer is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful & primitive engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key internalized fuel tanks and autoloader systems, which make up the center of the craft. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted primitive autocannons interspersed to shoot down incoming ordinance and very close ships. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds. Higher than expected sensor emission & lower than expected sensor capabilities.
Format
[HeE][nAC][SBP]
[HeE][GA1][nAC]
[HeE][nAC][SBP]
Values:Cost 49, Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 8, PPC 6*, Thrust 3
Tag: Gate Bearer

Gate Capable Shuttle - 2: Fleet Transport “Venus” Variant
The Venus is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful engines. It’s interspersed between core systems are with troop quarters and autoloaders for it’s relatively many guns. It is heavily gunned with primitive kinetic turreted weapons. Fabrication Techniques have increased it’s aerodynamic capabilities. It has an above average engine output.
Format
[HeE][Trp][nAC]
[HeE][Trp][nAC]
Values:Cost: 25, Maintenance 4, PPC 6*, Thrust 2, Aerodynamic 3
Tag:

Gate Capable Shuttle - 2:Shuttle Craft “Mercury” Variant
The Mercury is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key, which make up the center of the craft. It is undergunned, with only a few gunnery emplacements that dot its hull. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds.
Format
[HeE][GA1][SBP]
[HeE][SBP][EAC]
Values:Cost: 30, Maintenance 6, PPC 6*, Thrust 2
Tag: Gate Bearer

Combat Capable Shuttle Aero: Fleet Transport “Terra” Variant
A troop transport shuttle. It has catalyzed afterburning engines that increase its speed in a combat situation, but require maintenance after; . One of its engines has a doubled speed when in atmospheric conditions. It has an extensive hangar bay system that is able to handle large amounts of ground troops, including heavy weapon emplacements, and medium sized vehicles. With a component-thrust ratio that varies depending on the situation, it is most suited for fights around planets with atmospheres. Its light armament of Elysium Autocannons are secondary to its purpose of entering worlds and dropping off its many warriors.
Format
[HeA][Trp][Trp]
[HeA][Wng][nAC]
Values:Cost 27, Aerodynamic 4, Maintenance 5, Thrust 2(4)/3(6)
Tag:

DESIGN TEMPLATE

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[quote=DESIGN NAME]
Design: //The name of the item being designed
[Description]
Theorized Tags: //Tags that you think should be put on the component or hull. May or may not actually be put on the item in question.
Est. Cost://The estimated cost of the component in the designers educated guess.
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DESIGN VOTEBOX

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DESIGN NAME (0): //put your name after the colon and increment the number in parentheses to vote for a design.
DESIGN NAME (0):
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REVISION TEMPLATE

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[quote= REVISION NAME]
Revision://The name of the project/revision.
[Description]
Item being Revised://Component or hull being revised here, if not applicable remove this entry.
Theorized Appended Tags: //Theorized tags that may be added to or removed from the component or hull in question. If none, remove entry.
Est Cost: //The Designers guess at the estimated cost of the component after revision. May or may not be accurate. If not applicable, remove entry.
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PROTOTYPING TEMPLATEs
You have three options for Operationalizing ships. You can
A: copy the template image of a hull, and paste in the pictures of components, add in how much armor it has in each facing, fill in the armor picture, and then call it a day. Depending on the hull template, there might be more to do.
B: fill out the operationalization template specific to the hull and post it in the forum. They are the open and close brackets with letters and numbers in them sometimes.
C.Fill out the Generic Operationalization Template, where the GM will fill out the template and present it during ship-berth trials. Impossible requests will be met with erratic configurations..

GENERIC OPERATIONALIZATION TEMPLATE

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VARIANT NAME:
BASE HULL:
COMPONENTS REQUESTED:
GENERAL ROLE
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OPERATIONALIZATION VOTEBOX

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PROTOTYPE NAME (+0):
AGAINST ABOVE (-0):
PROTOTYPE NAME (+0):
AGAINST ABOVE (-0)
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STRATEGY TEMPLATE

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[quote=Strategization]
[b]Finalization Voting:[/b]

//Copy this for each new Prototype. Append the end of any modification with a variant name/letter/number and HOLD if you want to wait on deploying it until next turn for deployment in exchange for another round of ship-berth trials or DEPLOY IMMEDIATELY to put it to the field without testing.

[quote=PROTOTYPE NAME]
ACCEPT (0):
MODIFICATION “A” HOLD (0):
MODIFICATION “B” HOLD (0):
MODIFICATION “B” DEPLOY IMMEDIATELY (0):
SCRAP (0):
ALLOCATION SECTION
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[b]Allocation Voting[/b]::

[quote]
[INSERT PLAN NAME] (0):
[INSERT PLAN NAME] (0):
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ALLOCATION PLANNING TEMPLATE

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[quote=Allocation Plan [NAME HERE]]
[PASTE IN RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM ARMS RACE MASTER’S POST]

Ship Production list:
[FULL SHIP PREFIX DESIGN NAME -- SHIP NAME]
[EXAMPLE: STAR DESTROYER VINDICATOR -- DARKK]

Misc Manufacturing Agenda:
[INPUT ANY MISC. PROJECTS THAT YOU WANT TO BE INVESTED IN HERE. MOST LIKELY WILL BE INFRASTRUCTURE.]

Current Assets:
[COPY PASTE THE CURRENT ASSETS LIST FROM THE MOST CURRENT POST, THEN ANY SHIPS PRODUCED FROM YOUR ALLOCATION PLANNING. APPEND EVERY SHIP WITH A CURRENT GOAL & DESTINATION.]
[PUT SHIPS FROM THIS TURNS SHIP PRODUCTION LIST HERE PUT AN ASTERISK IN THEIR NAME SIGNIFY THAT THEY ARE FRESHLY BUILT..]
[SHIP VARIANT -- ABR. SHIP PREFIX SHIP NAME]

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[ConscriptFive]

Okay, so good rolls.  Time to budget...

There seems to be some clerical errors in the book-keeping, so I'm going to start from scratch...

We should've started the turn with this...

Two Rubik Gateships:
Aura (9 Maint)
Slayer (9 Maint)

One Rubik Porcupine Gunship:
Porcupine (17 Maint)

Four Rubik Griffon Gunships:
Griffon (15 Maint)
Komodor (15 Maint)
Borzoi (15 Maint)
Briard (15 Maint)

One Rubik Griffon Gunship Under-Construction:
Picard (9/33 Production) (0/15 Maint)

(Current asset listing has the FT Rubik... which isn't a thing.  But also lists the Porcupine at 15 Maint instead of 17.)

9+9+17+15+15+15+15 = 95 Maint (unmodded)
Applying the 75% Merchant Marine Infrastructure .75*95 = 71.25  (Rounded to 71)

We have 120 base resources, minus 71 maint = 49 available

We need 27 to field the Terra, and 24 to finish the Picard.  So we almost can do both.  (Though adding another Griffon to our fleet adds another 15 maint next turn.  Terra's cost practically nothing maint-wise at 5.)

So my first instinct is to build/field the Terra, and dump the remainder into almost finishing the Picard.

...but the Porcupine is our highest Maint ship while being a low-rolled design (Its life support system is glitchy and may fail during combat conditions.)  It may be wise to retire it now and save us that 17 maint towards completing the Picard.

GM hasn't explained the math on scrapping ships, but assuming there's no unforeseen penalties, I'd like to vote for scrapping the Porcupine.  It's more expensive than the Griffon in the long run, while being demonstrably inferior to it.

That being said...

*Production Plan*

Retire the Porcupine. (71 Maint to 58 Maint)

120 Production - 58 Maint = 62 free

Field FT Terra - 27 Production
Complete CT Picard - 24 Production

Spend Remainder 11 Production on starting another FT Terra.

*Orders*

Four serviceable CT Griffons maintain control of Rose's Star.  Serviceable Gateship "Slayer" performs Gateship duties.  Newly fielded FT Terra supports ground reconnaissance missions as appropriate.

Meanwhile, the Navarch's office should confer with the Direction Dénérale de la Sécurité (DGS) if interrogation of captured personnel provided any meaningful intelligence.  (While the technology aboard the IRC Nnemosyne was unimpressive, surely the Captain of the vessel could provide some insight on their general operational plans, SOP's, or strategic objectives.)

[Blood_Librarian]

Elysium Command Arms Race of Conquest: Design Phase
Turn 1

GIVEN ONTO THE PYRE
BREAK AND BURN THEM
ON OUR ANVILS OF FIRE!

OPERATION DOGS OF WAR
*Production Plan*

Retire the Porcupine. (71 Maint to 58 Maint)

120 Production - 58 Maint = 62 free

Field FT Terra - 27 Production
Complete CT Picard - 24 Production

Spend Remainder 11 Production on starting another FT Terra.

*Orders*

Four serviceable CT Griffons maintain control of Rose's Star.  Serviceable Gateship "Slayer" performs Gateship duties.  Newly fielded FT Terra supports ground reconnaissance missions as appropriate.

Meanwhile, the Navarch's office should confer with the Direction Dénérale de la Sécurité (DGS) if interrogation of captured personnel provided any meaningful intelligence.  (While the technology aboard the IRC Nnemosyne was unimpressive, surely the Captain of the vessel could provide some insight on their general operational plans, SOP's, or strategic objectives.)

We lost. Let's get to engineering a solution to fix that.

As a note, our gate keys have been updated with the following information: Their jump speed.  This explains how many jumps they can do per unit of arbitrary time. The higher it is, and the faster we can get to the next gate, the more time we have to pick and choose our battles.  A fleets "jump" speed is the total number of sharable jump power divided by the total amount of ships, as we are limited by the jump factor of our gate keys. It may very well be cheaper to develop ships which cannot jump other vessels.

Spoiler: Current Assets (click to show/hide)

You produce 120 Resources and have 34 Resources Available, with Maintenance Costs & 0 Prototype Costs. 0 resources available!
CC “Aura” Aura Class
Orders: OUT OF COMMISSION HIGH RADIOACTIVITY EVENT
Traits: Maintenace 9
FC “Slayer” Slayer Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 9
Traits: Maintenace 15
FT “Rubik” Rubik Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 17
CT “Griffon” Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT “Komondor” Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT “Borzoi” Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT “Briard” Griffon Class
Orders: OUT OF COMMISSION HIGH RADIOACTIVITY EVENT
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT Picard  Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15

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You produce 120 Resources and have 34 Resources Available, with Maintenance Costs & 0 Prototype Costs. [b]0 resources available![/b]
[size=9pt][i]CC “Aura” Aura Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] OUT OF COMMISSION HIGH RADIOACTIVITY EVENT
[b]Traits: [/b] Maintenace 9
[size=9pt][i]FC “Slayer” Slayer Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 9
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]FT “Rubik” Rubik Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 17
[size=9pt][i]CT “Griffon” Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]CT UNNAMED(Hull 032) Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]CT UNNAMED(Hull 048) Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]CT UNNAMED(Hull 051) Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] OUT OF COMMISSION HIGH RADIOACTIVITY EVENT
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]CT UNNAMED(Hull 063) Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
GRAVEYARD
FT “Venus” Venus Class
Destroyed during an engagement on -1 - 0 in the Roses Star System by the CCS-S “Earth Bringer”
CT “Komodor” Griffon Class
​Mission killed during an engagement on 0 - 1 in the Roses Star System by a black-lined laser from the Fire Bearer. Salvaged by Enemy​​​​
CT “Picard” Griffon Class
Mission killed during an engagement on 0 - 1 in the Roses Star System by massed fire while  out of position. Salvaged by Enemy
GS “Porcupine” PorcupineClass
GLORY/ mothballed.[i/]
KILL LIST
LS “Fire Bearer” Light Bringer Class
Destroyed by CT “Picard” Griffon & CT “Komodor” Griffon During Engagement on 0 - 1, Salvaged by Enemy.
CCS-2S "Earth Bringer" Earth Bringer Class
Destroyed by massed fire during Engagement on 0 - 1, Salvaged by Enemy.

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

The map will be current in the core thread as well as the latest post of the arms race

[BS12]: Home of Elysium De La 12th Société, the Elysium sits in the orbit of a red dwarf star with little in the way of other orbital bodies: A single gas giant with a small lunar system around it. The Elysium requires Aerodynamic 0 to operate in.


[RS]: Roses Star is a large system with 12 orbital bodies, including Ranachuri, a garden world scoured by de-orbiting debris from the massive industrial complex that had fallen apart in it's orbit. Evidence of a massive project of some kind is left behind in it's orbit. In the corona of Roses Star is a proto-dyson swarm with a leading facility of unknown purpose. Currently the center of the conflict between Elysiums. Close operations on Ranachuri can benefit from ships designed to operate in atmospheric conditions, with 5 levels of the Aerodynamic tag being optimal.



[SB]:Home of the Skanzat United Constitutional Kingdoms Elysium. The Elysium is in the orbit of a large gas giant, which orbits distantly from a yellow star. Several small bodies orbit around the inner lanes of the star. The Elysium Requires Aerodynamic 0 to operate in.

Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

DropBox link to CURRENT BAY12 Items: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ki83g84cx7cj0vv/AAD4t2wWfHSR6mUfA3FE6QbOa?dl=0
You have 90 Resources available per turn.

Hulls
Gate Capable Shuttle - 2 Hull: The first workable hull of the conflict, and strikingly identical in both Elysium's, GCS-2 craft are small shuttles that are capable of carrying Gate Keys as well as some other stuff. It is a makeshift hull, fabricated from large modular structure elements with thin armor plates that are just barely capable of standing in the way of light autocannon fire. Made for the purpose of ferrying troops from one end of the Elysium to the other and one of the finest pieces of Elysium equipment that ultimately united your country. In the dawn of your united Elysium, it’s main purpose is in logistics and exploration, and unsuited for combat. It’s paper thin armor cannot stand up to ship-grade weaponry for very long. Capable of landing on worlds with thin gravity and atmosphere or Elysiums.
3x2
Values: Aerodynamic 2, Internal 1
Tags:
Cost: 9
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Gate Capable Shuttle - 2 Aero Variant Hull: The first workable hull of the conflict, and strikingly identical in both Elysium's, GCS-2 craft are small shuttles that are capable of carrying Gate Keys as well as military equipment. It is a makeshift hull, fabricated from large modular structure elements with thin armor plates that are just barely capable of standing in the way of light autocannon fire. It has been extensively modified for aerospace operations, including the installation of equipment which allows one of its engines to operate with twice the speed in atmospheric conditions.
3x2
Values: Aerodynamic 4, Internal 1 Cost 12
Tags:
[   ][Int][   ]
[   ][Wng][   ]
"Rubik" Spacefaring Corvette Hull: A durable corvette hull with spaced armor specialized towards stellar operations, The Rubik has average primitive armor specialized towards small primitive kinetic projectiles. Capable of landing on barren moons. Noted to have a robust structure despite utilizing modular frames in it’s construction.
3x3
Values: Aerodynamic 1, Internal 1
Tags:
Cost: 13
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Infantry Division: People hired by your polity that went through a strict training regimen and given the equipment needed to take objectives in a wide variety of environments. Standard in all ships, but may require vehicular or orbital support to get the job done. Current technology  utilizes gun-powder and armor piercing rounds in their automatic guns, and wear hardened steel plates in vests for armor. Spacesuits are equipped when required.
Assumed to be in all ships, but specialized components or hulls can be fabricated for greater effect. As time progresses, the engineering division will give them new weapons and armor.

Elysium Automatic Cannon Special -- [EAC]
The EACS is a series of autocannons, fire controls and sensory systems that represent the first step in warfare. Irregular manufacturing standards, varying calibers, poorly designed autoloaders as well as crude propellants and large bore projectiles intended to never risk damage to the Elysium mean that this weapon is large and underpowered. It is self contained, and only requires supply to keep functioning.
Values:Cost 2, Maintenance 1
Tags: Front

Next-Gen Autocannon (NGAC) -- (nAC)
The NGAC is a series of turreted autocannons with integrated fire control and sensory systems. It is designed as a dual 40mm ball turreted autocannon, of which half a dozen per slot is put onto the hull. The turret is rated for a 180 coverage on both axes. It utilizes crude HE rounds. It is self-contained, and only requires Maintenance to function.
Values:Cost 3, Maintenance 1

160mm Main Gun System (MGS)
A primitive kinetic accelerator cannon with large bore shells, most archetypically high explosive rounds. Despite the large bore, the rounds are accelerated to be on par with small-bore -large length weapons due to the high-power next generation powder propellant, and it fires shots down rapidly, allowing ship-gunners to feasibly expend their entire magazine in a single engagement. It has a high range despite its relatively short length for its caliber. The weapon is augmented with primitive visual sensors in it’s built-in fire control systems and high explosive rounds which is some-what more effective against primitive kinetic armor.
Values: Cost 4, Maintenance 3
Tags: Front/Back,


Hydrogen engine -- [HeE]
An integrated set of hydrogen and oxygen tanks that is fed into a combustion chamber and expelled to generate thrust. Generates electricity from an attached alternator. Sets the basis of all thrust systems with a speed of 1.
Values: Cost:4, Maintenace 1
Tags:Rear

Catalyzed Afterburner Hydrogen engine -- [HeA]
An integrated set of hydrogen and oxygen tanks that is fed into a combustion chamber and expelled to generate thrust. Generates electricity from an attached alternator. Sets the basis of all thrust systems with a speed of 1. Inside combat, an afterburner can be engaged to allow the thrust system to rate thrust 2 for an extended engagement before requiring 2-3 man days of maintenance to recover.
Values: Cost:5, Maintenace 2
Tags:Rear

Solar-Battery Power plant -- [SBP]
A set of unfurlable solar panels and chemical batteries designed to produce large amounts of power.. The panels cannot be protected by armor and unfurled. The S-B Power Plant has reduced effectiveness in operations that are very far from objects that generate usable solar radiation. The batteries can be best described as "workable," and are prone to small-scale detonations if damaged.   
Values: PPC 3¹, Cost: 3
1. Generates 3 PPC for a couple hours or an extended fight utilizing PPC weapons before an extended down period is required to recharge the batteries

Solar-Battery Power plant v2 -- [SB2]
A set of unfurlable solar panels and chemical batteries designed to produce large amounts of power.. The panels cannot be protected by armor while unfurled. The S-B Power Plant has reduced effectiveness in operations that are very far from objects that generate usable solar radiation. The batteries can be best described as "workable," and are prone to small-scale detonations if damaged.   
Values: PPC 4¹, Cost: 5
1. Generates 3 PPC for a couple hours or an extended fight utilizing PPC weapons before an extended down period is required to recharge the batteries

Troop compartment  -- [Trp]
A hull section is torn down and dedicated towards storing and disembarking large numbers of ground troops. Allows more soldiers to be present on a craft, as well as allowing more equipment for their purpose to be stored, up to light scout craft and heavy weapon emplacements. Structural weaknesses are present, but minor due to the small size of the vehicles.
Value: Cost:1

C5 Deck -- [C5D]
A component set deep into a ship, a C5 Deck is a hardened bunker in which the bridge crew inhabit. It is separated from the outer decks, with it’s own life support system. It is equipped with a Command and Control system based on haptic and holographic systems. It has a central computational engine specialized towards fire-control, it is a modern system that is far and away superior to primitive systems we have built at the time of the C5’s realization.. It has a luxurious set of amenities which the navy will acclimate and rely on for their increased performance in the field. It takes a significant amount of space, and may impact surrounding components.performance.
Values: Cost 3, Maintenance 2,
Tags: Internal, Fire Control 2, Limited 1

Gate Key -- [GA1]
A complex device that utilizes energy stored from on-ship batteries to slice into the gate’s network , open it’s iris to allow the passage, and then ignites it’s ancient machine, utilizing a colossal amount of power to do so. This model is crude and energy intensive, only barely able to handle the power required to send a ship of the same tonnage as the gate-key bearing ship, while requiring a horrendously expensive manufacturing process. However, unlike the original prototypes, it can open the gate to allow other ships through.
Values: Cost 5, PPC -6, Maintenace 3, Jump 3

Gate Key v2 -- [GA2]
A complex device that utilizes energy stored from on-ship batteries to slice into the gate’s network , open it’s iris to allow the passage, and then ignites it’s ancient machine, utilizing a very large amount of power to do so. This model is crude and energy intensive, only barely able to handle the power required to send a ship of the same tonnage as the gate-key bearing ship, while requiring a stupendously expensive manufacturing process. However, unlike the original prototypes, it can open the gate to allow other ships through. Utilizing vast computational engines, the power and maintenance costs of the Gate Key are reduced at the expense of an increased production cost.
Values: Cost 9, PPC -4, Maintenance 2, Jump 4

Infrastructure

The Forge of Elysium
A colossal set of infrastructure, heavy equipment and digital archives that permit the fabrication of wonders. Unable to access the designs made before the Dissolution war due to digital decay and hellish encryption of the blueprints required, New designs must be made for the Forge. Consisting of a full third of the internal volume of the Elysium, our manufacturing needs will be met by the Forge for a considerable amount of time  without any need for expansion, and our people are wholly reliant on this miracle machine for manufactured goods. The only bottleneck in the acquisition of more Resources is the raw material required to turn into feedstock
Values:Produces 90 Resources.

Becquerel Fission Reactors
A series of tests and prototyping phases made with the intent of easing our developing energy shortages. No viable reactors were made, but the path to success was forged: we now have some what an idea on how to not create a fission reactor.

Merchant Marine Fleet
A series of logistical improvements that reduce maintenance costs by 25% rounded down. Eases the development of resource generating structures in the home system systems and places logistical supply points across our home system. Increases the effectiveness of our irregular forces in and out of combat.
Cost: None


Values

Pulsed Power Container (PPC): These are containers that output enough energy to sustain components that require PPC power. Will often come with a amount of time that it could be sustained..
Aerodynamic: Hulls with this tag are designed with operations in an atmospheric body in mind, with a sealed hull and attention to avoiding excess bulk. Every planet or body has this value, representing how difficult it is to enter and leave its atmosphere or gravity. Barren planets with low gravity and no atmosphere do not require any Aerodynamic tags to operate in, but especially slow moving hulls may be restricted.
Internal: This value is attached to hulls, representing how many slots it has with the Internal Tag.
Cost: The material, industrial and socioeconomic cost of an object rendered down into its most quintessential value in fabricating this component or hull. This cost is in terms of Resources..
Maintenance:cost in resources every turn after its manufacturing.
Thrust: Engines produce this value, Though the ratio between maneuvering ability and pure thrust is sometimes different. Divide Thrust points on a hull by how many slots are on a ship to determine how fast the craft is relative to other ships.

Tags:

Integrated: Components with this tag are not able to be placed on normal designs and are hard-wired into specific designs.
Internal: Slots with this tag have no outer surface access: they are surrounded by the other components of the ship and are significantly less likely to be damaged in combat. Components with this tag need to be placed in an Internal slot.
Rear: Components with this slot must be placed on the left-most slots of a craft.
Front: Components with this slot must be placed on the right-most slots of a craft.
Volatile: Components with this tag are at risk of destroying the ship if damaged. Most typical of antimatter reactors or metallic hydrogen storage systems. Some components will also be Volatile in certain situations, like a hydrogen tank in an oxygenated atmosphere.
Yellow Line: This component can be yellow lined by captains to have an increased effect at the expense of the possibility of issues occurring after prolonged use.
Red Line: As above, but this component can be pushed even further beyond, into the thin edge between oblivion and enhanced operations, but not for very long, and for a drastic cost. For your finest hour.
Black Line: As above, but this component can be pushed past any sane or safe limit, to provide an enormous effect before burning out, often with spectacular consequences. The dramatic way of going out, to wet your blades edge one more time before the end.
Limited(x): Components with this tag can only be put in (x) per ship. In some cases, other components may restrict the installation of Limited(x) components. (eg a limited sensor system might not be installable with a common sensor system)
Gate Bearer: A hull or component with this tag can allow ships of equal tonnage to pass through a gate, including itself.
Fire Control: The Fire Control value is how powerful your targeting, targeting acquisition systems are: directly translating into mastery over your ship weapons. Rather than being consumed as if a value,  Weapons that do not have built-in fire control systems that completely fufilll their need for Fire Control will have a tag with a negative value. One Fire Control can take control of as many separate gunnery systems equal or lesser to its value. Unless specified, it is assumed that all weapons have a built-in  Fire Control 1 system in it. Components that require Fire Control must specify whether or not they have built-in back-up fire control systems in the event of the destruction of the central Fire Control. Completely self contained weapon packages will default to the master system if it is advantageous to do so.

Spoiler: Operationalized Ships (click to show/hide)

Combat Corvette Rubik: Gunship “Porcupine” Variant
The Porcupine is a heavily armed gun-ship dedicated to assault-and-fade tactics. It’s two thrusting blocks are capable of using afterburners to do advanced maneuvers in combat time scales. The interior consists of a heavily armored command and control station with luxurious settings for the deck officers. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted autocannons equipped with explosive shells. It is bespoke with a set of two primary cannons on its front and rear that fire high-speed rounds utilizing primitive high-energy propellant. The life-support is strained during combat conditions.
Format
[HeA][nAC][nAC]
[MGS][C5D][MGS]
[HeA][nAC][nAC]
Values:Cost: 33 Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 17,, Thrust 2(4) [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:2/9 | 4/9]]
Tags:Fire Control 2


Combat Corvette Rubik: Assault Gunship “Griffon” Variant
The Griffon is a heavily armed gun-ship dedicated to assault-and-fade tactics. Heavy thrusting gridis simplistic and reliable for combat manuvering. The interior consists of a heavily armored command and control station with luxurious settings for the deck officers. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted autocannons equipped with explosive shells. It is bespoke with a set of four primary cannons on its front  that fire high-speed rounds utilizing primitive high-energy propellant.
Format
[HeE][nAC][MGS]
[HeE][C5D][nAC]
[HeE][nAC][MGS]
Values:Cost: 33 Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 15, Thrust 3 [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:1/3]]
Tags:Fire Control 2

Combat Corvette Rubik:  “Aura” Variant
The Aura is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful & primitive engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key, internalized fuel tanks and autoloader systems, which make up the center of the craft. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted primitive autocannons. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds.
Format
[HeE][SBP][nAC]
[HeE][GA2][nAC]
[HeE][SBP][nAC]
Values:Cost: 49, Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 8, PPC 6*, Thrust 3
Tag: Gate Bearer

Combat Corvette Rubik: Flak Corvette “Slayer” Variant
The Slayer is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful & primitive engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key internalized fuel tanks and autoloader systems, which make up the center of the craft. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted primitive autocannons interspersed to shoot down incoming ordinance and very close ships. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds. Higher than expected sensor emission & lower than expected sensor capabilities.
Format
[HeE][nAC][SBP]
[HeE][GA1][nAC]
[HeE][nAC][SBP]
Values:Cost 49, Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 8, PPC 6*, Thrust 3
Tag: Gate Bearer

Gate Capable Shuttle - 2: Fleet Transport “Venus” Variant
The Venus is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful engines. It’s interspersed between core systems are with troop quarters and autoloaders for it’s relatively many guns. It is heavily gunned with primitive kinetic turreted weapons. Fabrication Techniques have increased it’s aerodynamic capabilities. It has an above average engine output.
Format
[HeE][Trp][nAC]
[HeE][Trp][nAC]
Values:Cost: 25, Maintenance 4, PPC 6*, Thrust 2, Aerodynamic 3
Tag:

Gate Capable Shuttle - 2:Shuttle Craft “Mercury” Variant
The Mercury is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key, which make up the center of the craft. It is undergunned, with only a few gunnery emplacements that dot its hull. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds.
Format
[HeE][GA1][SBP]
[HeE][SBP][EAC]
Values:Cost: 30, Maintenance 6, PPC 6*, Thrust 2
Tag: Gate Bearer

Combat Capable Shuttle Aero: Fleet Transport “Terra” Variant
A troop transport shuttle. It has catalyzed afterburning engines that increase its speed in a combat situation, but require maintenance after; . One of its engines has a doubled speed when in atmospheric conditions. It has an extensive hangar bay system that is able to handle large amounts of ground troops, including heavy weapon emplacements, and medium sized vehicles. With a component-thrust ratio that varies depending on the situation, it is most suited for fights around planets with atmospheres. Its light armament of Elysium Autocannons are secondary to its purpose of entering worlds and dropping off its many warriors.
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DESIGN TEMPLATE

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PROTOTYPING TEMPLATEs
You have three options for Operationalizing ships. You can
A: copy the template image of a hull, and paste in the pictures of components, add in how much armor it has in each facing, fill in the armor picture, and then call it a day. Depending on the hull template, there might be more to do.
B: fill out the operationalization template specific to the hull and post it in the forum. They are the open and close brackets with letters and numbers in them sometimes.
C.Fill out the Generic Operationalization Template, where the GM will fill out the template and present it during ship-berth trials. Impossible requests will be met with erratic configurations..

GENERIC OPERATIONALIZATION TEMPLATE

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//Copy this for each new Prototype. Append the end of any modification with a variant name/letter/number and HOLD if you want to wait on deploying it until next turn for deployment in exchange for another round of ship-berth trials or DEPLOY IMMEDIATELY to put it to the field without testing.

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[b]Allocation Voting[/b]::

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ALLOCATION PLANNING TEMPLATE

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[PASTE IN RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM ARMS RACE MASTER’S POST]

Ship Production list:
[FULL SHIP PREFIX DESIGN NAME -- SHIP NAME]
[EXAMPLE: STAR DESTROYER VINDICATOR -- DARKK]

Misc Manufacturing Agenda:
[INPUT ANY MISC. PROJECTS THAT YOU WANT TO BE INVESTED IN HERE. MOST LIKELY WILL BE INFRASTRUCTURE.]

Current Assets:
[COPY PASTE THE CURRENT ASSETS LIST FROM THE MOST CURRENT POST, THEN ANY SHIPS PRODUCED FROM YOUR ALLOCATION PLANNING. APPEND EVERY SHIP WITH A CURRENT GOAL & DESTINATION.]
[PUT SHIPS FROM THIS TURNS SHIP PRODUCTION LIST HERE PUT AN ASTERISK IN THEIR NAME SIGNIFY THAT THEY ARE FRESHLY BUILT..]
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[ConscriptFive]

So we've finally met our enemy...

Their ships are big, but relatively slow.  Their primary weapons are a pretty deadly laser, with their secondary being the IAA, a knockoff of our nAC cannons.

An interesting flaw is that their lasers aren't turreted; they have to maneuver the whole damn ship to aim them.  Something fast could get in tight and keep in their blindspot(s).  Something Dagger-like could fit that bill.  Maybe give it just enough armor to not get shredded by the IAA secondaries?  (Somebody is working on that?)

Speaking of armor, we need to put that in our new hulls.  Their lasers tore up our Rubiks more than they should've.  I don't know if you guys want to fluff it as high-temp ceramics, ablatives, or some kind of anti-laser reflective/refractive/diffusive tech.  Another solution might be to do a centralized radiator/cooling system as a module design.

In other news, we also have three lanes now, but only two gateships.  Our current gateships are based on older modules, and we should definitely operationalize a new one this turn.  GM also changed the rules to make gatekeys more relevant.  It could be worthwhile to make a new gatekey.  Gatekey V2 is okay, but kinda janky, and we're going to be building with it this turn.

I'll work on some designs, but let me know what you guys are thinking.

EDIT...

Design: "Sablier" Hardened Spacefaring Corvette Hull

As much as the "Rubik" Spacefaring Corvette Hull had factored to live longer in our plans, indeed "no plan survives contact with the enemy."  Our adversary's lasers are surprisingly hard hitting, beyond what our stellar engineers anticipated.  The "Sablier" *Hardened* Spacefaring Corvette Hull is the solution to this.

Only slightly larger than its predecessory, (10 vs 9 total slots), the layout of the Sablier is more advantageous for our high speed doctrines.  In a 2D projection, the Sablier lives up to its name, with a hourglass-like 4 rear, 2 mid, 4 forward layout.  The broader aft section allows for more thrust, or the mounting of rear-facing weapons systems.  The midsection has been optimized for two internal slots, allowing for both a C5 Deck and a Gatekey while operationalized in a Gateship role.  The broad fore section allows for more weaponry to be brought into the primary sector of fire.

Despite its Corvette-sized volume, additional armor has raised the mass of the hull substantially.  Much like its predecessor, the Sablier is not explicitly designed for atmospheric capabilities.

Theorized Values: Cost 16, Internal 2, Armor 2, Aero 1.

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[Jilladilla]

Right! Here's the Dagger once again with a potentially controversial addition!... Might make a variant without said addition in a little while. Muse would not cooperate with getting rid of it.

Design: 'Dagger' Interorbital Fighter
Though it started as an experiment on how to get the smallest possible independent spacecraft hull, it was seen to have some promise in the battles ahead, especially in light of the limitations of the enemies laser system. Said experiments were almost certainly successful in their goal, as the Dagger is absolutely tiny, with even the GCS-2 utterly dwarfing it. The craft is shaped similarly to its namesake, having a short bladeshaped hull that comes to a point, it's 'hilt' a pair of 'wings' that serve as an attachment point for quite a few fine maneuvering thrusters. We've also discovered something in the historical archives that may be able to be put into use for such a craft as well; specifically, the existence of tiltrotors. While obviously a spacecraft behaves very differently, we believe the concept could be utilized to allow the Dagger's main thruster assembly to assist in combat maneuvering. Though of course, with the sheer change in acceleration that any engine strapped to the Dagger would be capable of, as well as this being the proof of concept, only very minor rotation of the thruster assembly at most is to be attempted. The front of the craft is covered in light ablative panels, to provide some amount of protection against brief sweeps of a laser system.

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[Kashyyk]

Design: 'Fléchette' Parasite Strike Craft
An offshoot of the 'Dagger' project, started when one of the engineers asked "what if it didn't have to be independent?" With a maximum mission time that can be counted in hours, the vast majority of logistical challenges fall away, as CO2 crackers are replaced with a disposable filter and O2 supply, waste can just be stored for later processing, and food/water is limited to a portable refrigeration unit.  This drop in payload allows a smaller fuel requirement, netting even greater weight savings.

This means the only actual weight is entirely dedicated to a miniaturised version of our Catalyzed Afterburner Hydrogen engine, a single 40mm Next-Gen Autocannon in the nose, front-facing and limited to only a 20° gimbal arc for soft targets, and a pair of large missile hard points, which currently carry a very basic, but rather sizable, chemical missile as its primary anti-ship armament.

The main body of the craft is long and thin likes its namesake, making it appear somewhat similar to the classic rocket punk "soda bottle on four fins". Far too spindly to actual hold the Fléchette's weight, these fins carry RCS thrusters for rapid maneuvering of the ship so that the oversized thruster can do its job. The craft is also protected by a layer of thermally resistant ceramic, to protect against sweeping laser fire.

The size of this craft means a single starship slot perform as a hanger for a small squadron.

[ConscriptFive]

Hmm, as much as I like the Dagger, with the new fleet weight rules, the Flechette seems like a better option.

(1) "Sablier" Hardened Sparefaring Corvette Hull: ConscriptFive
(0) "Dagger" Interorbital Fighter:
(1) "'Fléchette" Parasite Strike Craft: ConscriptFive

[Blood_Librarian]

Elysium Command Arms Race of Conquest: Design Phase
Turn 1

Design: 'Fléchette' Parasite Strike Craft
An offshoot of the 'Dagger' project, started when one of the engineers asked "what if it didn't have to be independent?" With a maximum mission time that can be counted in hours, the vast majority of logistical challenges fall away, as CO2 crackers are replaced with a disposable filter and O2 supply, waste can just be stored for later processing, and food/water is limited to a portable refrigeration unit.  This drop in payload allows a smaller fuel requirement, netting even greater weight savings.

This means the only actual weight is entirely dedicated to a miniaturised version of our Catalyzed Afterburner Hydrogen engine, a single 40mm Next-Gen Autocannon in the nose, front-facing and limited to only a 20° gimbal arc for soft targets, and a pair of large missile hard points, which currently carry a very basic, but rather sizable, chemical missile as its primary anti-ship armament.

The main body of the craft is long and thin like its namesake, making it appear somewhat similar to the classic rocket punk "soda bottle on four fins". Far too spindly to actually hold the Fléchette's weight, these fins carry RCS thrusters for rapid maneuvering of the ship so that the oversized thruster can do its job. The craft is also protected by a layer of thermally resistant ceramic, to protect against sweeping laser fire.

The size of this craft means a single starship slot can perform as a hanger for a small squadron.

Difficulty: Hard (-1 mod)
2d4--> 4+3 - 1[Above Average]

For a first generation foray into parasite craft, we’ve certainly beat out what our ancestors' first examples were theoretically capable of. Ton per ton, mounting a 40mm autocannon onto the hull allows us to carry more of the guns per slot. Thus, the burden of making an effective parasite craft has become a questionable aspect with the comparison of simply making a better cannon and mounting it on the ship. Most detractors in the navy were silenced once the first lineage of the Flechette strike craft were unveiled.

Each slot includes a dozen and a half of fighter craft each carrying a slimmed down and optimized dual 40mm Autocannon on it’s nose hardpoint as well as missile hardpoints. For a Parasite craft, it is considered small. The acceleration profile is limited by the frailty of the unaugmented and all too human pilots. The flechette is notably hardy for a first go at a fighter craft: It is capable of going through more than one engagement without performance loss. As a reference, Pre-Collapse parasite craft usually require re-haul at Forge or on-site fabricator support after a single engagement due to their extreme performance characteristics. Each slot of hangar bays introduces structural weaknesses due to the large amount of re-engineering for generic slots to hangar bays.

Simulacrum testing of the Fléchette against known enemy designs show a high effectiveness with it’s machine guns  in stripping the enemy of weapon, engine and sensor hardpoints. We do not have any data of high explosive weaponry against enemy armor, and can make no guess or estimation on the missile's effectiveness beyond broad strokes in that their armor will not be as effective. In terms of sheer speed and acceleration, The Fléchette beats out all enemy craft entirely, though Enemy contact “Starbolt '' has enough acceleration to make assaults a dicey affair if it wanted to point it’s main gun at a craft in close range.

The missile itself is one of the most expensive parts of the craft, consisting of a high explosive shaped charge payload delivered with a chemical rocket and guided by relatively primitive thermal guidance. with the split in time between the parasite craft and the missile, it has some deficiencies. Most notable is it’s weak electronics and roughly engineered shaped charge: It is vulnerable to countermeasures and is not as capable in armor piercing as our precision engineering could allow.

'Fléchette' Parasite Strike Craft -- [FLE]
The 'Fléchette' Parasite Strike Craft details the installation of 18 small fighter craft stored in hangar bays with launch capabilities. Each Parasite craft is equipped with 2 high explosive shaped charge payload heat seeking missiles and dual front mounted dual 40mm cannons with 20 degrees of gimballing. The missiles have roughly engineered payloads and weak electronics .It has the acceleration profile of a speed 9 craft, and is limited by the unaugmented pilots down to a profile of 8. It’s components are durable and hardy, able to go through multiple sortees without Elysium overhauls or having an on-site fabricator while maintaining performance capabilities.
Values:Cost 6, Maintenance 2
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Design: "Sablier" Hardened Spacefaring Corvette Hull

As much as the "Rubik" Spacefaring Corvette Hull had factored to live longer in our plans, indeed "no plan survives contact with the enemy."  Our adversary's lasers are surprisingly hard hitting, beyond what our stellar engineers anticipated.  The "Sablier" *Hardened* Spacefaring Corvette Hull is the solution to this.

Only slightly larger than its predecessor, (10 vs 9 total slots), the layout of the Sablier is more advantageous for our high speed doctrines.  In a 2D projection, the Sablier lives up to its name, with a hourglass-like 4 rear, 2 mid, 4 forward layout.  The broader aft section allows for more thrust, or the mounting of rear-facing weapons systems.  The midsection has been optimized for two internal slots, allowing for both a C5 Deck and a Gatekey while operationalized in a Gateship role.  The broad fore section allows for more weaponry to be brought into the primary sector of fire.

Despite its Corvette-sized volume, additional armor has raised the mass of the hull substantially.  Much like its predecessor, the Sablier is not explicitly designed for atmospheric capabilities.

Theorized Values: Cost 16, Internal 2, Armor 2, Aero 1.

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Officially weighing in at the Frigate ranges, the Sabalier Hardened Spacefaring Frigate hull lineage was developed despite the setbacks the program had faced. Unlike its predecessors, it sheds the modular frameworks with a purpose built spinal structure in which the rest of the craft is built upon.  With a spindled set of interior systems that jut out from its non-atmospherically optimized form, it is incapable of approaching surfaces and leaving intact. The HSF series of hulls has thick bands of general purpose second generation armor, designed to survive the rigors of space combat with multiple approaches to surviving enemy weaponry implemented. The armor consists of a blend of depleted uranium and ceramic composites, which while as protective as we can get, is an estimated 20% heavier than projections indicate for the protection it provides.  This armor is “average” in thickness, adding 60% more weight to the overall hull. The awkward placement of the modules and internal space schemas means that the ship has a low compartmentalization count, and damage into one area is likely to spill into others.  Compared to the Rubik it has a slightly inferior robustness.

Sablier" Hardened Spacefaring Frigate:A second generation frigate lineage with hourglass shape and as of fabrication very heavy armor systems. Has an average thickness armor plate designed with general purpose protection against a wide variety of threats. It is incapable of any type of surface operation. It’s individual compartments and modules are awkwardly placed, lowering the overall compartmentalization of the craft: damage are marginally more likely to spill into surrounding systems.
Values:Cost 18, Internal 2, Armor 6
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Work on 2 Revisions as well as any ships you want operationalized.

Spoiler: Current Assets (click to show/hide)

You produce 120 Resources and have 34 Resources Available, with Maintenance Costs & 0 Prototype Costs. 0 resources available!
CC “Aura” Aura Class
Orders: OUT OF COMMISSION HIGH RADIOACTIVITY EVENT
Traits: Maintenace 9
FC “Slayer” Slayer Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 9
Traits: Maintenace 15
FT “Rubik” Rubik Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 17
CT “Griffon” Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT “Komondor” Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT “Borzoi” Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT “Briard” Griffon Class
Orders: OUT OF COMMISSION HIGH RADIOACTIVITY EVENT
Traits: Maintenace 15
CT Picard  Griffon Class
Orders: Standing by
Traits: Maintenace 15

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You produce 120 Resources and have 34 Resources Available, with Maintenance Costs & 0 Prototype Costs. [b]0 resources available![/b]
[size=9pt][i]CC “Aura” Aura Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] OUT OF COMMISSION HIGH RADIOACTIVITY EVENT
[b]Traits: [/b] Maintenace 9
[size=9pt][i]FC “Slayer” Slayer Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 9
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]FT “Rubik” Rubik Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 17
[size=9pt][i]CT “Griffon” Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]CT UNNAMED(Hull 032) Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]CT UNNAMED(Hull 048) Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]CT UNNAMED(Hull 051) Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] OUT OF COMMISSION HIGH RADIOACTIVITY EVENT
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
[size=9pt][i]CT UNNAMED(Hull 063) Griffon Class[/i][/size]
[b]Orders:[/b] Standing by
[b]Traits:[/b] Maintenace 15
GRAVEYARD
FT “Venus” Venus Class
Destroyed during an engagement on -1 - 0 in the Roses Star System by the CCS-S “Earth Bringer” Earth Bringer Class
GS “Porcupine” PorcupineClass
GLORY[i/]
KILL LIST
NO MILITARY SHIPS DESTROYED

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The map will be current in the core thread as well as the latest post of the arms race
https://i.imgur.com/ZhgjErm.png
[BS12]: Home of Elysium De La 12th Société, the Elysium sits in the orbit of a red dwarf star with little in the way of other orbital bodies: A single gas giant with a small lunar system around it. The Elysium requires Aerodynamic 0 to operate in.


[RS]: Roses Star is a large system with 12 orbital bodies, including Ranachuri, a garden world scoured by de-orbiting debris from the massive industrial complex that had fallen apart in it's orbit. Evidence of a massive project of some kind is left behind in it's orbit. In the corona of Roses Star is a proto-dyson swarm with a leading facility of unknown purpose. Currently the center of the conflict between Elysiums. Close operations on Ranachuri can benefit from ships designed to operate in atmospheric conditions, with 5 levels of the Aerodynamic tag being optimal.



[SB]:Home of the Skanzat United Constitutional Kingdoms Elysium. The Elysium is in the orbit of a large gas giant, which orbits distantly from a yellow star. Several small bodies orbit around the inner lanes of the star. The Elysium Requires Aerodynamic 0 to operate in.

Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

DropBox link to CURRENT BAY12 Items: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ki83g84cx7cj0vv/AAD4t2wWfHSR6mUfA3FE6QbOa?dl=0
You have 90 Resources available per turn.

Hulls
Corvettes
Gate Capable Shuttle - 2 Hull: The first workable hull of the conflict, and strikingly identical in both Elysium's, GCS-2 craft are small shuttles that are capable of carrying Gate Keys as well as some other stuff. It is a makeshift hull, fabricated from large modular structure elements with thin armor plates that are just barely capable of standing in the way of light autocannon fire. Made for the purpose of ferrying troops from one end of the Elysium to the other and one of the finest pieces of Elysium equipment that ultimately united your country. In the dawn of your united Elysium, it’s main purpose is in logistics and exploration, and unsuited for combat. It’s paper thin armor cannot stand up to ship-grade weaponry for very long. Capable of landing on worlds with thin gravity and atmosphere or Elysiums.
3x2
Values: Aerodynamic 2, Internal 1
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Cost: 9
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Gate Capable Shuttle - 2 Aero Variant Hull: The first workable hull of the conflict, and strikingly identical in both Elysium's, GCS-2 craft are small shuttles that are capable of carrying Gate Keys as well as military equipment. It is a makeshift hull, fabricated from large modular structure elements with thin armor plates that are just barely capable of standing in the way of light autocannon fire. It has been extensively modified for aerospace operations, including the installation of equipment which allows one of its engines to operate with twice the speed in atmospheric conditions.
3x2
Values: Aerodynamic 4, Internal 1 Cost 12
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"Rubik" Spacefaring Corvette Hull: A durable corvette hull with spaced armor specialized towards stellar operations, The Rubik has average primitive armor specialized towards small primitive kinetic projectiles. Capable of landing on barren moons. Noted to have a robust structure despite utilizing modular frames in it’s construction.
3x3
Values: Aerodynamic 1, Internal 1
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Frigates
Sablier" Hardened Spacefaring Frigate:A second generation frigate lineage with hourglass shape and as of fabrication very heavy armor systems. Has an average thickness armor plate designed with general purpose protection against a wide variety of threats. It is incapable of any type of surface operation. It’s individual compartments and modules are awkwardly placed, lowering the overall compartmentalization of the craft: damage is marginally more likely to spill into surrounding systems.
Values:Cost 18, Internal 2, Armor 6
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"Ground" Operations
Infantry Division: People hired by your polity that went through a strict training regimen and given the equipment needed to take objectives in a wide variety of environments. Standard in all ships, but may require vehicular or orbital support to get the job done. Current technology  utilizes gun-powder and armor piercing rounds in their automatic guns, and wear hardened steel plates in vests for armor. Spacesuits are equipped when required.
Assumed to be in all ships, but specialized components or hulls can be fabricated for greater effect. As time progresses, the engineering division will give them new weapons and armor.
Ship Guns
Elysium Automatic Cannon Special -- [EAC]
The EACS is a series of autocannons, fire controls and sensory systems that represent the first step in warfare. Irregular manufacturing standards, varying calibers, poorly designed autoloaders as well as crude propellants and large bore projectiles intended to never risk damage to the Elysium mean that this weapon is large and underpowered. It is self contained, and only requires supply to keep functioning.
Values:Cost 2, Maintenance 1
Tags: Front

Next-Gen Autocannon (NGAC) -- (nAC)
The NGAC is a series of turreted autocannons with integrated fire control and sensory systems. It is designed as a dual 40mm ball turreted autocannon, of which half a dozen per slot is put onto the hull. The turret is rated for a 180 coverage on both axes. It utilizes crude HE rounds. It is self-contained, and only requires Maintenance to function.
Values:Cost 3, Maintenance 1

160mm Main Gun System (MGS)
A primitive kinetic accelerator cannon with large bore shells, most archetypically high explosive rounds. Despite the large bore, the rounds are accelerated to be on par with small-bore -large length weapons due to the high-power next generation powder propellant, and it fires shots down rapidly, allowing ship-gunners to feasibly expend their entire magazine in a single engagement. It has a high range despite its relatively short length for its caliber. The weapon is augmented with primitive visual sensors in it’s built-in fire control systems and high explosive rounds which is some-what more effective against primitive kinetic armor.
Values: Cost 4, Maintenance 3
Tags: Front/Back,
Hangar Systems
'Fléchette' Parasite Strike Craft -- [FLE]
The 'Fléchette' Parasite Strike Craft details the installation of 18 small fighter craft stored in hangar bays with launch capabilities. Each Parasite craft is equipped with 2 high explosive shaped charge payload heat seeking missiles and dual front mounted dual 40mm cannons with 20 degrees of gimballing. The missiles have roughly engineered payloads and weak electronics .It has the acceleration profile of a speed 9 craft, and is limited by the unaugmented pilots down to a profile of 8. It’s components are durable and hardy, able to go through multiple sortees without Elysium overhauls or having an on-site fabricator while maintaining performance capabilities. Hangar modules induce slight structural weaknesses to the craft unless the craft is specifically engineered for it.
Values:Cost 6, Maintenance 2
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Troop compartment  -- [Trp]
A hull section is torn down and dedicated towards storing and disembarking large numbers of ground troops. Allows more soldiers to be present on a craft, as well as allowing more equipment for their purpose to be stored, up to light scout craft and heavy weapon emplacements. Hangar modules induce slight structural weaknesses to the craft unless the craft is specifically engineered for it.
Value: Cost:1

Engines

Hydrogen engine -- [HeE]
An integrated set of hydrogen and oxygen tanks that is fed into a combustion chamber and expelled to generate thrust. Generates electricity from an attached alternator. Sets the basis of all thrust systems with a speed of 1.
Values: Cost:4, Maintenace 1
Tags:Rear

Catalyzed Afterburner Hydrogen engine -- [HeA]
An integrated set of hydrogen and oxygen tanks that is fed into a combustion chamber and expelled to generate thrust. Generates electricity from an attached alternator. Sets the basis of all thrust systems with a speed of 1. Inside combat, an afterburner can be engaged to allow the thrust system to rate thrust 2 for an extended engagement before requiring 2-3 man days of maintenance to recover.
Values: Cost:5, Maintenace 2
Tags:Rear
Power Generation

Solar-Battery Power plant -- [SBP]
A set of unfurlable solar panels and chemical batteries designed to produce large amounts of power.. The panels cannot be protected by armor and unfurled. The S-B Power Plant has reduced effectiveness in operations that are very far from objects that generate usable solar radiation. The batteries can be best described as "workable," and are prone to small-scale detonations if damaged.   
Values: PPC 3¹, Cost: 3
1. Generates 3 PPC for a couple hours or an extended fight utilizing PPC weapons before an extended down period is required to recharge the batteries

Solar-Battery Power plant v2 -- [SB2]
A set of unfurlable solar panels and chemical batteries designed to produce large amounts of power.. The panels cannot be protected by armor while unfurled. The S-B Power Plant has reduced effectiveness in operations that are very far from objects that generate usable solar radiation. The batteries can be best described as "workable," and are prone to small-scale detonations if damaged.   
Values: PPC 4¹, Cost: 5
1. Generates 3 PPC for a couple hours or an extended fight utilizing PPC weapons before an extended down period is required to recharge the batteries

Command & Control

C5 Deck -- [C5D]
A component set deep into a ship, a C5 Deck is a hardened bunker in which the bridge crew inhabit. It is separated from the outer decks, with it’s own life support system. It is equipped with a Command and Control system based on haptic and holographic systems. It has a central computational engine specialized towards fire-control, it is a modern system that is far and away superior to primitive systems we have built at the time of the C5’s realization.. It has a luxurious set of amenities which the navy will acclimate and rely on for their increased performance in the field. It takes a significant amount of space, and may impact surrounding components.performance.
Values: Cost 3, Maintenance 2,
Tags: Internal, Fire Control 2, Limited 1

Faster than Light Travel Systems

Gate Key -- [GA1]
A complex device that utilizes energy stored from on-ship batteries to slice into the gate’s network , open it’s iris to allow the passage, and then ignites it’s ancient machine, utilizing a colossal amount of power to do so. This model is crude and energy intensive, only barely able to handle the power required to send a ship of the same tonnage as the gate-key bearing ship, while requiring a horrendously expensive manufacturing process. However, unlike the original prototypes, it can open the gate to allow other ships through.
Values: Cost 5, PPC -6, Maintenace 3

Gate Key v2 -- [GA2]
A complex device that utilizes energy stored from on-ship batteries to slice into the gate’s network , open it’s iris to allow the passage, and then ignites it’s ancient machine, utilizing a very large amount of power to do so. This model is crude and energy intensive, only barely able to handle the power required to send a ship of the same tonnage as the gate-key bearing ship, while requiring a stupendously expensive manufacturing process. However, unlike the original prototypes, it can open the gate to allow other ships through. Utilizing vast computational engines, the power and maintenance costs of the Gate Key are reduced at the expense of an increased production cost.
Values: Cost 9, PPC -4, Maintenance 2

Infrastructure

The Forge of Elysium
A colossal set of infrastructure, heavy equipment and digital archives that permit the fabrication of wonders. Unable to access the designs made before the Dissolution war due to digital decay and hellish encryption of the blueprints required, New designs must be made for the Forge. Consisting of a full third of the internal volume of the Elysium, our manufacturing needs will be met by the Forge for a considerable amount of time  without any need for expansion, and our people are wholly reliant on this miracle machine for manufactured goods. The only bottleneck in the acquisition of more Resources is the raw material required to turn into feedstock
Values:Produces 90 Resources.

Becquerel Fission Reactors
A series of tests and prototyping phases made with the intent of easing our developing energy shortages. No viable reactors were made, but the path to success was forged: we now have some what an idea on how to not create a fission reactor.

Merchant Marine Fleet
A series of logistical improvements that reduce maintenance costs by 25% rounded down. Eases the development of resource generating structures in the home system systems and places logistical supply points across our home system. Increases the effectiveness of our irregular forces in and out of combat.
Cost: None


Values

Pulsed Power Container (PPC): These are containers that output enough energy to sustain components that require PPC power. Will often come with a amount of time that it could be sustained..
Aerodynamic: Hulls with this tag are designed with operations in an atmospheric body in mind, with a sealed hull and attention to avoiding excess bulk. Every planet or body has this value, representing how difficult it is to enter and leave its atmosphere or gravity. Barren planets with low gravity and no atmosphere do not require any Aerodynamic tags to operate in, but especially slow moving hulls may be restricted.
Internal: This value is attached to hulls, representing how many slots it has with the Internal Tag.
Cost: The material, industrial and socioeconomic cost of an object rendered down into its most quintessential value in fabricating this component or hull. This cost is in terms of Resources..
Maintenance:cost in resources every turn after its manufacturing.
Thrust: Engines produce this value, Though the ratio between maneuvering ability and pure thrust is sometimes different. Divide Thrust points on a hull by how many slots are on a ship to determine how fast the craft is relative to other ships.

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Integrated: Components with this tag are not able to be placed on normal designs and are hard-wired into specific designs.
Internal: Slots with this tag have no outer surface access: they are surrounded by the other components of the ship and are significantly less likely to be damaged in combat. Components with this tag need to be placed in an Internal slot.
Rear: Components with this slot must be placed on the left-most slots of a craft.
Front: Components with this slot must be placed on the right-most slots of a craft.
Volatile: Components with this tag are at risk of destroying the ship if damaged. Most typical of antimatter reactors or metallic hydrogen storage systems. Some components will also be Volatile in certain situations, like a hydrogen tank in an oxygenated atmosphere.
Yellow Line: This component can be yellow lined by captains to have an increased effect at the expense of the possibility of issues occurring after prolonged use.
Red Line: As above, but this component can be pushed even further beyond, into the thin edge between oblivion and enhanced operations, but not for very long, and for a drastic cost. For your finest hour.
Black Line: As above, but this component can be pushed past any sane or safe limit, to provide an enormous effect before burning out, often with spectacular consequences. The dramatic way of going out, to wet your blades edge one more time before the end.
Limited(x): Components with this tag can only be put in (x) per ship. In some cases, other components may restrict the installation of Limited(x) components. (eg a limited sensor system might not be installable with a common sensor system)
Gate Bearer: A hull or component with this tag can allow ships of equal tonnage to pass through a gate, including itself.
Fire Control: The Fire Control value is how powerful your targeting, targeting acquisition systems are: directly translating into mastery over your ship weapons. Rather than being consumed as if a value,  Weapons that do not have built-in fire control systems that completely fufilll their need for Fire Control will have a tag with a negative value. One Fire Control can take control of as many separate gunnery systems equal or lesser to its value. Unless specified, it is assumed that all weapons have a built-in  Fire Control 1 system in it. Components that require Fire Control must specify whether or not they have built-in back-up fire control systems in the event of the destruction of the central Fire Control. Completely self contained weapon packages will default to the master system if it is advantageous to do so.

Spoiler: Operationalized Ships (click to show/hide)

Combat Corvette Rubik: Gunship “Porcupine” Variant
The Porcupine is a heavily armed gun-ship dedicated to assault-and-fade tactics. It’s two thrusting blocks are capable of using afterburners to do advanced maneuvers in combat time scales. The interior consists of a heavily armored command and control station with luxurious settings for the deck officers. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted autocannons equipped with explosive shells. It is bespoke with a set of two primary cannons on its front and rear that fire high-speed rounds utilizing primitive high-energy propellant. The life-support is strained during combat conditions.
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[HeA][nAC][nAC]
[MGS][C5D][MGS]
[HeA][nAC][nAC]
Values:Cost: 33 Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 17,, Thrust 2(4) [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:2/9 | 4/9]]
Tags:Fire Control 2


Combat Corvette Rubik: Assault Gunship “Griffon” Variant
The Griffon is a heavily armed gun-ship dedicated to assault-and-fade tactics. Heavy thrusting gridis simplistic and reliable for combat manuvering. The interior consists of a heavily armored command and control station with luxurious settings for the deck officers. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted autocannons equipped with explosive shells. It is bespoke with a set of four primary cannons on its front  that fire high-speed rounds utilizing primitive high-energy propellant.
Format
[HeE][nAC][MGS]
[HeE][C5D][nAC]
[HeE][nAC][MGS]
Values:Cost: 33 Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 15, Thrust 3 [[Thrust to Slot Ratio:1/3]]
Tags:Fire Control 2

Combat Corvette Rubik:  “Aura” Variant
The Aura is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful & primitive engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key, internalized fuel tanks and autoloader systems, which make up the center of the craft. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted primitive autocannons. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds.
Format
[HeE][SBP][nAC]
[HeE][GA2][nAC]
[HeE][SBP][nAC]
Values:Cost: 49, Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 8, PPC 6*, Thrust 3
Tag: Gate Bearer

Combat Corvette Rubik: Flak Corvette “Slayer” Variant
The Slayer is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful & primitive engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key internalized fuel tanks and autoloader systems, which make up the center of the craft. It is set with dozens upon dozens of turreted primitive autocannons interspersed to shoot down incoming ordinance and very close ships. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds. Higher than expected sensor emission & lower than expected sensor capabilities.
Format
[HeE][nAC][SBP]
[HeE][GA1][nAC]
[HeE][nAC][SBP]
Values:Cost 49, Aerodynamic 1, Maintenance 8, PPC 6*, Thrust 3
Tag: Gate Bearer

Gate Capable Shuttle - 2: Fleet Transport “Venus” Variant
The Venus is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful engines. It’s interspersed between core systems are with troop quarters and autoloaders for it’s relatively many guns. It is heavily gunned with primitive kinetic turreted weapons. Fabrication Techniques have increased it’s aerodynamic capabilities. It has an above average engine output.
Format
[HeE][Trp][nAC]
[HeE][Trp][nAC]
Values:Cost: 25, Maintenance 4, PPC 6*, Thrust 2, Aerodynamic 3
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Gate Capable Shuttle - 2:Shuttle Craft “Mercury” Variant
The Mercury is a very high maneuverability & speed craft, capable of advanced maneuvers and techniques owing to the fact that about a third of its mass is dedicated to it’s powerful engines. The interior compartments are interspaced around the Gate Key, which make up the center of the craft. It is undergunned, with only a few gunnery emplacements that dot its hull. Large portions of it’s surface area consist of solar panel and radiator emplacements, which drink greedily from the sun to fuel the Gate Key it holds.
Format
[HeE][GA1][SBP]
[HeE][SBP][EAC]
Values:Cost: 30, Maintenance 6, PPC 6*, Thrust 2
Tag: Gate Bearer

Combat Capable Shuttle Aero: Fleet Transport “Terra” Variant
A troop transport shuttle. It has catalyzed afterburning engines that increase its speed in a combat situation, but require maintenance after; . One of its engines has a doubled speed when in atmospheric conditions. It has an extensive hangar bay system that is able to handle large amounts of ground troops, including heavy weapon emplacements, and medium sized vehicles. With a component-thrust ratio that varies depending on the situation, it is most suited for fights around planets with atmospheres. Its light armament of Elysium Autocannons are secondary to its purpose of entering worlds and dropping off its many warriors.
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DESIGN TEMPLATE

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Design: //The name of the item being designed
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Theorized Tags: //Tags that you think should be put on the component or hull. May or may not actually be put on the item in question.
Est. Cost://The estimated cost of the component in the designers educated guess.
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DESIGN VOTEBOX

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REVISION TEMPLATE

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Revision://The name of the project/revision.
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Item being Revised://Component or hull being revised here, if not applicable remove this entry.
Theorized Appended Tags: //Theorized tags that may be added to or removed from the component or hull in question. If none, remove entry.
Est Cost: //The Designers guess at the estimated cost of the component after revision. May or may not be accurate. If not applicable, remove entry.
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PROTOTYPING TEMPLATEs
You have three options for Operationalizing ships. You can
A: copy the template image of a hull, and paste in the pictures of components, add in how much armor it has in each facing, fill in the armor picture, and then call it a day. Depending on the hull template, there might be more to do.
B: fill out the operationalization template specific to the hull and post it in the forum. They are the open and close brackets with letters and numbers in them sometimes.
C.Fill out the Generic Operationalization Template, where the GM will fill out the template and present it during ship-berth trials. Impossible requests will be met with erratic configurations..

GENERIC OPERATIONALIZATION TEMPLATE

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BASE HULL:
COMPONENTS REQUESTED:
GENERAL ROLE
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OPERATIONALIZATION VOTEBOX

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PROTOTYPE NAME (+0):
AGAINST ABOVE (-0):
PROTOTYPE NAME (+0):
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STRATEGY TEMPLATE

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[b]Finalization Voting:[/b]

//Copy this for each new Prototype. Append the end of any modification with a variant name/letter/number and HOLD if you want to wait on deploying it until next turn for deployment in exchange for another round of ship-berth trials or DEPLOY IMMEDIATELY to put it to the field without testing.

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MODIFICATION “B” HOLD (0):
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ALLOCATION SECTION
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[b]Allocation Voting[/b]::

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ALLOCATION PLANNING TEMPLATE

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[quote=Allocation Plan [NAME HERE]]
[PASTE IN RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM ARMS RACE MASTER’S POST]

Ship Production list:
[FULL SHIP PREFIX DESIGN NAME -- SHIP NAME]
[EXAMPLE: STAR DESTROYER VINDICATOR -- DARKK]

Misc Manufacturing Agenda:
[INPUT ANY MISC. PROJECTS THAT YOU WANT TO BE INVESTED IN HERE. MOST LIKELY WILL BE INFRASTRUCTURE.]

Current Assets:
[COPY PASTE THE CURRENT ASSETS LIST FROM THE MOST CURRENT POST, THEN ANY SHIPS PRODUCED FROM YOUR ALLOCATION PLANNING. APPEND EVERY SHIP WITH A CURRENT GOAL & DESTINATION.]
[PUT SHIPS FROM THIS TURNS SHIP PRODUCTION LIST HERE PUT AN ASTERISK IN THEIR NAME SIGNIFY THAT THEY ARE FRESHLY BUILT..]
[SHIP VARIANT -- ABR. SHIP PREFIX SHIP NAME]

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