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[Kot]

Spoiler: NSA-LR-12-4-3, ADM Index: 5N2 "Sealgair" (click to show/hide)

NSA-LR-12-4-3, ADM Index: 5N2 "Sealgair" is a modification of NSA-SR-12-3-5, ADMI: 5N1 "Bunaiteach" which involves picking out particularly accurate standard issue rifles, deeply darkening it's stocks, adding checkering to the grip and padding to the left side of the stock and then attaching a 40cm long, 2cm wide sliding tube times 5 power scope (NSA-SS-12-1-1, ADMI: 5C1) at an 45 degree angle to the left side of the rifle, which should allow for loading the rifle with charging clips, lower the shooters head over the rifle and thanks to the added padding should still be comfortable to shoot.
The scope is mounted through use of two mounting brackets on the side and it is held in one place thanks to a sizeable recoil spring surrounding the scope, which means the windage and elevation adjustment is external to the tube, lowering the complexity of the scope itself, and is done through use of screws that physically move the scope up, down or to the sides. The actual scope is somewhat loose in the mounts and is also allowed to move under recoil as to prevent any damage to the lenses or hitting the shooter's eye, but the mounts themselves are very secure, meaning that the scope could be relatively easily removed and reaatached in the mounts and still retain zero. The elevation is graded at 100 meters and tops out at 1000 meters range. It has an extremely fine wire crosshair with two simple vertical bars painted in the lower right side which should correspond to the size of an average human sillhouette at 100 and 500 meters.
The scope comes in a dark leather protective bag (NSA-FA-12-6-1, ADMI: 5H10). In addition the sniper's kit includes a simple bipod (NSA-FA-12-3-1, ADMI: 5IP8) that attaches to the rifle through a clamp around the handguard at about 2/3rds of the rifle's length and a clamp-on muzzle brake/mass dampener (NSA-FA-12-4-1, ADMI: 5IP19) that is secured around the barrel and front post with use of screws. The muzzle brake has a wire catch in front that can be used to secure rope, string or wire in the muzzle brake for cutting when the gun is fired.

(0) NSA-LR-12-4-1, ADM Index: 5N2 "Banchéile":
(0) NSA-LR-12-5-1, ADM Index: 5N3 "Brocair":
(0) NSA-LR-12-6-1, ADM Index: 5N4 "Bearradair":
(1) Saw-Wirecutter-Bayonet and Sheath, ADM Index: 5K2, 5H2: AseaHeru
(3) NSA-LR-12-4-2, ADM Index: 5N2 "Banchéile": Kot, NUKE9.13, Funk
(0) NSA-LR-12-4-3, ADM Index: 5N2 "Sealgair":

[Quarque]

Now that I know it means wife..

(0) NSA-LR-12-4-1, ADM Index: 5N2 "Banchéile":
(0) NSA-LR-12-5-1, ADM Index: 5N3 "Brocair":
(0) NSA-LR-12-6-1, ADM Index: 5N4 "Bearradair":
(1) Saw-Wirecutter-Bayonet and Sheath, ADM Index: 5K2, 5H2: AseaHeru
(4) NSA-LR-12-4-2, ADM Index: 5N2 "Banchéile": Kot, NUKE9.13, Funk, Quarque
(0) NSA-LR-12-4-3, ADM Index: 5N2 "Sealgair":

[Powder Miner]

snipper

(0) NSA-LR-12-4-1, ADM Index: 5N2 "Banchéile":
(0) NSA-LR-12-5-1, ADM Index: 5N3 "Brocair":
(0) NSA-LR-12-6-1, ADM Index: 5N4 "Bearradair":
(1) Saw-Wirecutter-Bayonet and Sheath, ADM Index: 5K2, 5H2: AseaHeru
(5) NSA-LR-12-4-2, ADM Index: 5N2 "Banchéile": Kot, NUKE9.13, Funk, Quarque, Powder Miner
(0) NSA-LR-12-4-3, ADM Index: 5N2 "Sealgair":

[Man of Paper]

Preliminary Turn 1 Revision Phase

Proposal: NSA-LR-12-4-2, ADM Index: 5N2 "Banchéile"
Difficulty: Simple
Result: (3+2)+4=9, Above Average

There isn't too much to get confused about when it comes to developing a scope - people have been using them, or things like them, for centuries. A 5x scope is far from cutting-edge technology. The most complicated part of production was clear and crisp marking of crosshairs, elevation markers, reference silhouettes (that even appear vaguely human if you squint) for 100m and 500m, and...nothing else, actually. It's a fairly simple, sturdy accessory designed to withstand the stresses of life as a rifle ornament.

Bipods are also nothing new, and are about as complex as a pair of sticks.

A muzzle brake is about as mechanically intensive as a bipod, even if it is a somewhat novel concept in applied firearms. Ports in the side of the barrel attachment redirect gases to reduce the recoil of the weapon.

Perhaps the most difficult part of the entire project was the most fun for the engineers involved: additional quality assurance testing at the range. The Bunaiteaches that fell within strict parameters in lab testing were selected for use in the Banchéile refit, slapping them with the off-center scope, centered muzzle brake, and bipod. Some Quality of Life improvements for the infantrymen are provided in the form of padding for the cheek and shoulder. It also comes with the standard cleaning kit.

The end result of the Banchéile refit is a rifle with a much greater potential for stability from the bipod, reduced muzzle climb and recoil from the muzzle break, and increased accuracy at range thanks to the scope taking over for the limits of the human eyeball. While this pushes effective range of the rifle out to 1300m, long distance sniping as a concept was just thought up by your engineers for this summary of their work, so human limitations rooted in a lack of training are still in effect there. [GM Note: Skill issue]

Although there are a few additions to the weapon, none of them are intensive or expensive, so the - where are my notes - NSA-LR-12-4-2, ADM Index: 5N2 "Banchéile" is Cheap. This means there's generally a scoped rifle for each squad.

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It is now the Strategy Phase. In this phase you will be voting for two lanes (West, Center, East) to attack along. You will also eventually be able to choose which lanes to deploy your various National Efforts. While control of territory won't be changing in the Preliminary Turns, for practice and consistency I've decided that we will be voting strategies.

This means you have TWO votes right now, for TWO lanes of attack, and you cannot double up votes on the same lane.

Spoiler: Armory (click to show/hide)

Arms and Equipment
NSA-SR-12-3-5, ADM Index: 5N1 "Bunaiteach": A 110cm long, 3.8kg straight-pull bolt action rifle firing 7.5x55mm copper jacketed spitzer rounds from a six-round magazine reloaded through charging clips or individual bullets. Tangent sights rest at 50m and are marked every 100m out to 1000m. Has an effective range of 800m. Reliable. Comes with a cleaning kit and 600mm sword bayonet sporting a 450mm double-edged straight blade. Comes with a belt sheathe. White beech and blued steel along with a nearly flush magazine provide a slick appearance. Cheap
-NSA-LR-12-4-2, ADM Index: 5N2 "Banchéile": Bunis modified for range with a 5x scope mounted 45 degrees off the centerline, a bipod, a muzzle break, and comfortable padding. Scope is adjusted via screws, marked for 100m-1000m, and have a small silhouette for a human at 100m and 500m. The scope provides the weapon (but not the human) a 1300m effective range. Cheap

Spoiler: Territories (click to show/hide)

Capital
Northern States Administration: 2/0

Western Lane
Administrative Forest: 2/0
Northern Plain: 3/0
NO MAN'S LAND: NEUTRAL
Southern Plain: 0/3
Southern Star Mountains: 0/2

Central Lane
Administrative Forest: 2/0
Northern Plain: 3/0
NO MAN'S LAND: NEUTRAL
Southern Plain: 0/3
Southern Star Mountains: 0/2

Eastern Lane
Administrative Forest: 2/0
Northern Plain: 3/0
NO MAN'S LAND: NEUTRAL
Southern Plain: 0/3
Southern Star Mountains: 0/2

Capital
Kingdom of The Southern Star: 0/2

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

TURNTURNTURN

[Quarque]

Some Quality of Life improvements for the infantrymen are provided

Let's attack the flanks, because it sounds strategic.

Attack in the east (1): Quarque
Attack in the centre
Attack in the west (1): Quarque

[Funk]

Sides area win

Attack in the east (2): Quarque, Funk
Attack in the centre
Attack in the west (21): Quarque, Funk

[Kot]

Attack in the east (3): Quarque, Funk, Kot
Attack in the centre
Attack in the west (3): Quarque, Funk, Kot

As good as any although I hear west is especially popular tourist destination recently.
Sort of a shame we didn't add more onto the gun or voted for the complex automatic rifle, but it's not like we could have known our engineers are so damn good.

[Quarque]

We can be a bit more ambitious with the next design.

Reading up on machine gun designs from the era, one of the best ones (Vickers) used evaporative water-cooling, with a tube surrounding the gun to captured the steam. This had two advantages: you don't run out of water in dry areas and no steam cloud to betray the position of the gun. Maybe a good idea?

[Aseaheru]

 So, almost but not quite. The jacket around the barrel of the Vickers(and the Maxims, which the Vickers is a variant of, and all the other water cooled guns of the time) contains the water. It boils off, yes, and *could be* collected via a tube to condensing containers. However, you still needed a significant quantity of water, and the weapon was still very complex and very, very heavy from the era. It was also extremely reliable, but nearly all Maxim variants where. The Vickers was anywhere from 11-14kg, with a 10kg belt, 4.3kg of water in the weapon(and probably another 13 or so kg of water cooling/backup), and a 18-23kg tripod. Even "light" Maxim variants are very heavy weapons, like the Swiss MG 11(18.7kg loaded and watered, and still requiring a mount) or the German MG 08/15(18kg loaded and watered).

 Plus, they are recoil operated, and I would prefer a MG design that we can use to help make our automatic rifle/LMG version of the rifle more likely, something more akin to the St. Étienne M1907, the Lewis Gun, the Colt M1895 "Potato Digger(albiet more towards the end of the Marlin M1917, but we cant directly copy that yet)... gas-operated guns, basically. Ideally air-cooled, but I am not entirely opposed to liquid-cooled guns, just a little leery of the complexities of liquid-cooling and recoil-operated, because of all those dang seals...

 Oh, and asfor where to attack, I have no preference.

[Kot]

Plus, they are recoil operated, and I would prefer a MG design that we can use to help make our automatic rifle/LMG version of the rifle more likely, something more akin to the St. Étienne M1907, the Lewis Gun, the Colt M1895 "Potato Digger(albiet more towards the end of the Marlin M1917, but we cant directly copy that yet)...

We can do whatever we want I imagine, this ain't Earth. At least not our Earth.

EDIT: Also, a question to the GM, mostly out of curiosity about meme potential, but since there's no naval stuff, would designs that benefit from water still, well, benefit? If we were, for example, make a machine of sorts capable of flying thanks to the use of flat planes on it's sides, that could land on water thanks to use of, say, floats (a floatplane)... would that actually give us a tangible benefit like having effectively indestructible airfields or is water a no-go zone at all?
Are there any rivers, swamps or otherwise difficult terrain that would benefit from amphibious capabilities on land based gear?

Spoiler: NSA-CM-12-1-1, ADM Index: 3N2 "Arrachtach" (click to show/hide)

The NSA-CM-12-1-1, ADMI: 3N2 "Arrachtach" is a heavy field machinegun.* The weapon fires an enormous 15x110mm bullet**(NSA-FC-12-3-1, ADMI: 8A2) that is considered more than enough to destroy anything in existence save for heavy concrete fortifications. The immense weight of the weapon at 40 kilograms*** is usually supported by a wheeled carriage (ADMI: 3C2) or a static mount (ADMI: 3C1) in the field. In theory the weapon can be detached and fired without use of either but it's really not recommended. The whole gun is about meter and half long.
The actual mechanism of the weapon is very simple and operates thanks to the recoil of firing the gun. The weapon has two sets of barrels and recievers, with a lever connecting both sides. Pressing the trigger causes one side to recoil, bringing the other into battery and unless the trigger is let go of (or all ammunition is gone), immediately fires the second side, which again brings the first side into battery and fires it which allows for extremely fast rate of fire.**** That, and the sheer power of the bullet should leave nothing standing after the gun has finished firing. The sides can also be disconnected which allows the gun to be single fired although that requires manual cycling of the guns.
The gun feeds from two quadrant-shaped 27-round removeable pan magazines (NSA-FC-12-3-1L and NSA-FC-12-3-1R, ADMI: 3P1 and 3P2) sitting above the recievers into which 3-round clips can be inserted (SA-FC-12-3-1, ADM Index: 3O3), usually loaded as a single type of ammunition, either simple tracer (NSA-FC-12-4-1, ADMI: 8A5) or FMJ ball rounds (NSA-FC-12-3-1, ADMI: 8A3). between the magazines there are tangent sights rated to 2000 meters. The 5C1 scope from the 5N2 "Banchéile" could also be mounted there.
The barrels of the gun are thick and heavy and fitted with cooling fins to help with overheating. The parts of the guns that aren't symmetrical tend to be marked with little letters stamped L or R depending on the side or with red squares for left and green for right side, the latter being especially important in the case of the magazines.

* So heavy it's not a personal firearm anymore, it's a heavy crew weapon according to the ADMI!
** It should probably be smaller (something between 10 and 13mm in width, just below 100mm in length) but I just doubled the size of our normal one because that's cool I guess.
*** I have no idea what the actual weight of TuF Gast gun would be, but considering the Soviet Gsh-23 weights about 50kg but is an aerial autocannon, so maybe a bit lighter? It's much newer though, so I have no idea. Either way there's no way this is anything but something five guys come in and set up, with any mobility being thanks to it being pushed around on wheels.
****1500 rounds per minute or maybe even more.

I'll post the maybe more sensible (single-barreled) variants later but I still want a comparatively heavy machinegun. I guess we need to see what happens first too, but it's an idea.

[Aseaheru]

 Is gast gun, gets my vote when it is time for more designs. And I dont have to suggest it this time! And yeah, 15mm projectiles are probably a *little* big, but I can live with it.

[Man of Paper]

would designs that benefit from water still, well, benefit?

I’m going to say no just for the sake of keeping lines from blurring and having boundaries get pushed until there are cars that just so happen to be able to drive on water and fire 300mm guns.

[NUKE9.13]

Okay but what if the floats were retractable, would that be okay?

[Kot]

Spoiler: NSA-CM-12-1-2, ADM Index: 3N2 "Arrachtach" (click to show/hide)

The NSA-CM-12-1-1, ADMI: 3N2 "Arrachtach" is a heavy field machinegun. The weapon fires an enormous 15x110mm bullet(NSA-FC-12-3-1, ADMI: 8A2) that is considered more than enough to destroy anything in existence save for heavy concrete fortifications. The immense weight of the weapon at around 50 kilograms is usually supported by a two-wheeled split-trailed carriage (ADMI: 3C2) where the gun has spade grips, or a static mount (ADMI: 3C1) where the gunner has a seat and uses a pedal to fire the gun, which also allows him to elevate the gun much higher, the idea being that the gun should be able to fire at high elevation to hit our enemies hiding high in their mountains. The gun has tangent ironsights set between the magazines ranged to 2000 meters and is also able to accept the 5C1 scope from the 5N2 "Banchéile", while the static carriage specifically has a set of simple ironsights that move together with the actual gun allowing for the seated operator to comfortably take aim at the mountain-dwelling enemies. Total weight of a loaded gun and carriage is in excess of 100 kilograms. In theory the weapon can be detached and fired without use of either mount but it's really not recommended. The whole gun is about meter and half long, with a meter of it being the barrels, which are thick, heavy and fitted with cooling fins to help with overheating.
The actual mechanism of the weapon is very simple and operates thanks to the recoil of firing the gun. The weapon has two sets of barrels and recievers, with a lever connecting both sides. Pressing the trigger causes one side to recoil, bringing the other into battery and unless the trigger is let go of (or all ammunition is gone), immediately fires the second side, which again brings the first side into battery and fires it which allows for extremely fast rate of fire. That, and the sheer power of the bullet should leave nothing standing after the gun has finished firing. The sides can also be disconnected which allows the gun to be single fired although that requires manual cycling of the guns.
The gun feeds from two quadrant-shaped 27-round removeable pan magazines (NSA-FC-12-3-1L and NSA-FC-12-3-1R, ADMI: 3P1 and 3P2) sitting above the recievers into which 3-round clips can be inserted (SA-FC-12-3-1, ADM Index: 3O3), usually loaded as a single type of ammunition, either simple tracer (NSA-FC-12-4-1, ADMI: 8A5) or FMJ ball rounds (NSA-FC-12-3-1, ADMI: 8A3).
The parts of the gun that aren't symmetrical tend to be marked with little letters stamped L or R depending on the side or with red squares for left and green for right side, the latter being especially important in the case of the magazines.

The slightly edited monstrous fire breathing tree cutting absurd gun. It's cool. It's like Gast Flieger MG, it's made for breaking down mountains. I find it the coolest of the bunch. It's heavy and will probably be more expensive than cheap but if it works and is reliable we might have a gun that will utterly destroy the inevitable mech, power armor or armored whatever.

Spoiler: NSA-CM-12-2-1, ADM Index: 3N2 "Torann" (click to show/hide)

The NSA-CM-12-2-1, ADM Index: 3N2 "Torann" is a heavy field machinegun. This gas operated machinegun fires an enormous 15x110mm bullet(NSA-FC-12-3-1, ADMI: 8A2) that is considered more than enough to destroy anything in existence save for heavy concrete fortifications. The weapon itself weighs around 35 kilograms and is usually supported by a two-wheeled split-trailed carriage (ADMI: 3C2) where the gun has a pistol grip and a stock, or a static mount (ADMI: 3C1) where the gunner has a seat and uses a pedal to fire the gun, which also allows him to elevate the gun much higher, the idea being that the gun should be able to fire at high elevation to hit our enemies hiding high in their mountains. The gun has offset tangent ironsights ranged to 2000 meters and is also able to accept the 5C1 scope from the 5N2 "Banchéile", while the static carriage specifically has a set of simple ironsights that move together with the actual gun allowing for the seated operator to comfortably take aim at the mountain-dwelling enemies.Total weight of a loaded gun and carriage is in excess of 100 kilograms. In theory the weapon can be detached and fired without use of either mount but it's not recommended. The whole gun is about meter and half long, a meter of it being the barrel, which is thick, heavy and fitted with cooling fins to help with overheating. There is also a muzzle brake attached to the end, helping decerase the recoil.
The gun feeds from a straight 24-round magazine (NSA-FC-12-4-1, ADMI: 3P1) sitting above the reciever into which 6-round clips can be also fed (SA-FC-12-4-1, ADM Index: 3O3), usually loaded as a single type of ammunition, either simple tracer (NSA-FC-12-4-1, ADMI: 8A5) or FMJ ball rounds (NSA-FC-12-3-1, ADMI: 8A3).

The more sensible option of a single-barreled gas operated heavy machinegun. Something more akin to a Hotchkiss 13.2 mm machine gun. Kind of same as above, a much safer option mechanically and realistically and will achieve much of the same but without nearly as much  muzzle blast and loud sound (if we ever get around that Infantry QoL we're gonna need some earplugs), and as we know loud and bright equals cool.

Spoiler: NSA-CM-12-3-1, ADM Index: 3N2 "Chabair" (click to show/hide)

The NSA-CM-12-2-1, ADM Index: 3N2 "Chabair)" is a heavy field machinegun. This short recoil operated machinegun fires an enormous 15x110mm bullet(NSA-FC-12-3-1, ADMI: 8A2) that is considered more than enough to destroy anything in existence save for heavy concrete fortifications. The weapon itself weighs around 50 kilograms and is usually supported by a two-wheeled split-trailed carriage (ADMI: 3C2) where the gun has spade grips, or a static mount (ADMI: 3C1) where the gunner has a seat and uses a pedal to fire the gun, which also allows him to elevate the gun much higher, the idea being that the gun should be able to fire at high elevation to hit our enemies hiding high in their mountains. The gun has tangent ironsights ranged to 2000 meters and is also able to accept the 5C1 scope from the 5N2 "Banchéile", while the static carriage specifically has a set of simple ironsights that move together with the actual gun allowing for the seated operator to comfortably take aim at the mountain-dwelling enemies. Total weight of a loaded gun and carriage is in excess of 100 kilograms. In theory the weapon can be detached and fired without use of either mount but it's not recommended. The whole gun is about meter and half long, a meter of it being the barrel, which is thick, heavy and fitted with a large water cooling jacket to help with overheating. The gun feeds from a 75 round belt (NSA-FC-12-4-1, ADMI: 3P1) feeding into the side of the reciever usually loaded with a mix of simple tracer (NSA-FC-12-4-1, ADMI: 8A5) and FMJ ball rounds (NSA-FC-12-3-1, ADMI: 8A3).  Alongside the gun and it's ammunition box there's also a water condensing unit that attaches to the water jacket with a hose that helps reclaim the evaporated water.

The MG 18 TuF/M1921 Browning (the gun is actually Colt MG52 but it's essentially the same thing and no, it's not from 1952). The watercooled option. It's probably the most basic but slightly more complex than the Torann thanks to the water jacket, which admitelly might make it capable of shooting for longer than just a while.
It's late so I will procure designs for lighter guns tommorow/later/when the turn actually drops, as I wonder how many of them can we make die with what we have right now. Say things you guys want if there are any. Because of the lateness of hour some ADMI codes or stuff might not make sense either. Weights are honestly bullshit, I don't care much really, precise measurement of weight won't probably matter anyway as nobody will be carrying any of these and firing them from the shoulder. Ammo is big because it's double the size of our rifle ammo and it probably won't matter that much either as actual ballistics are things of myth. The aiming at the mountains bit is a shameless attempt to get anti-aircraft guns in a game without aircraft (yet) and I will not hide it but I still find the justification funny. Maybe let us keep it if we roll well, eh?

[Quarque]

[spoiler=NSA-CM-12-1-2, ADM Index: 3N2 "Arrachtach"]
I find it the coolest of the bunch. It's heavy and will probably be more expensive than cheap but if it works and is reliable we might have a gun that will utterly destroy the inevitable mech, power armor or armored whatever.

Hmm, I can't argue your taste of cool, but I do feel it would be a little premature to build a machine gun that can take down armor and such. It could take quite a while before the ability to take down armor becomes relevant.

I would feel much better about designing the ultimate murder machine for taking down human meat wave attacks. That is going to be relevant immediately and we might gain a lead. There is plenty of time to design anti-tank weapons later.