Posted by: Father Tim
« on: July 17, 2008, 05:59:06 AM »The terms of the Nine-Power Treaty, 3 AA:
Article I.
No ship shall mount any gun greater than 16 inches diameter.
Article II.
No ship shall exceed 35,000 tons displacement.
Article III.*
No carrier shall exceed 33,000 tons displacement, and no more than two carriers of a Signing Polity shall exceed 27,000 tons displacement.
Article IV.
No carrier shall mount any gun greater than 8 inches diameter, nor shall a carrier mount more than eight guns of a diameter greater than 5 inches.
Article V.
No ship, other than a capital ship or carrier, shall exceed 10,000 tons displacement. No ship, other than a capital ship, shall mount any gun larger than 8 inches diameter.
Article VI.
No fortification, construction, improvement, or other preparation for war shall be undertaken in any star system of a Signing Polity, excepting a star system containing at least one population in excess of one hundred million (100,000,000) sentients resident upon a single orbital body.
Article VII.
No armed vessel shall be built, purchased, contracted for or otherwise acquired by a Signing Polity, except as described within Chapter 2 of this document.
Article VIII.**
No armed vessel exceeding 10,000 tons displacement shall be built for, contracted to, sold, given, or otherwise provided by any Signing Polity to any non-signing polity.
Article IX.
In the event of a Signing Polity being engaged in conflict, such Polity shall not use as a vessel of war any armed vessel which may be under construction within its jurisdiction for any other Polity, or which may have been constructed within its jurisdiction for another Polity and not delivered.
Article X.
No Capital Ship shall be built by any Signing Polity as replacement tonnage, except for a ship lost to accident or conflict, for a Capital Ship of less than twenty years age.
Article XI.
Total displacement of Capital Ships for the Wichita Confederation shall not exceed 525,000 tons; for the Empire of the Lion 525,000 tons; for the Empire of the Rising Sun 420,000 tons; for the Theocracy of Panj 315,000 tons; for the Commissariat of Tsarkov 315,000 tons; for Le Troisieme Respublique 262,500 tons; for the Stella Regia de Medeo 262,500 tons; for the Iron League 210,000 tons; for the Caliphate Ottomo 210,000 tons.
Article XII.
Total displacement of Carriers for the Wichita Confederation shall not exceed 135,000 tons; for the Empire of the Lion 135,000 tons; for the Empire of the Rising Sun 108,000 tons; for the Theocracy of Panj 81,000 tons; for the Commissariat of Tsarkov 81,000 tons; for Le Troisieme Respublique 67,500 tons; for the Stella Regia de Medeo 67,500 tons; for the Iron League 54,000 tons; for the Caliphate Ottomo 54,000 tons.
Article XIII.
No Capital Ship of less than twenty years age shall be sold, scrapped, broken up or otherwise disposed of without the notification and consent of all Singing Polities.
*Article III was added to allow for several battleships and battlecruisers under construction by various powers to be completed as carriers.
**Article VIII ensured that the (former) Great Kingdom of the Double Eagle, or rather its constituent kingdoms, would be unable to acquire any modern large ships. Moreso than the Iron League, the Great Kingdom was viewed as the aggressor whose actions had led to The War, and the victors were determined to punish its member states. Ironically, this enforced weakness led to the Iron League annexing much of the former Great Kingdom's former territory in the run up to the Second Great Inter-Stellar
Article I.
No ship shall mount any gun greater than 16 inches diameter.
Article II.
No ship shall exceed 35,000 tons displacement.
Article III.*
No carrier shall exceed 33,000 tons displacement, and no more than two carriers of a Signing Polity shall exceed 27,000 tons displacement.
Article IV.
No carrier shall mount any gun greater than 8 inches diameter, nor shall a carrier mount more than eight guns of a diameter greater than 5 inches.
Article V.
No ship, other than a capital ship or carrier, shall exceed 10,000 tons displacement. No ship, other than a capital ship, shall mount any gun larger than 8 inches diameter.
Article VI.
No fortification, construction, improvement, or other preparation for war shall be undertaken in any star system of a Signing Polity, excepting a star system containing at least one population in excess of one hundred million (100,000,000) sentients resident upon a single orbital body.
Article VII.
No armed vessel shall be built, purchased, contracted for or otherwise acquired by a Signing Polity, except as described within Chapter 2 of this document.
Article VIII.**
No armed vessel exceeding 10,000 tons displacement shall be built for, contracted to, sold, given, or otherwise provided by any Signing Polity to any non-signing polity.
Article IX.
In the event of a Signing Polity being engaged in conflict, such Polity shall not use as a vessel of war any armed vessel which may be under construction within its jurisdiction for any other Polity, or which may have been constructed within its jurisdiction for another Polity and not delivered.
Article X.
No Capital Ship shall be built by any Signing Polity as replacement tonnage, except for a ship lost to accident or conflict, for a Capital Ship of less than twenty years age.
Article XI.
Total displacement of Capital Ships for the Wichita Confederation shall not exceed 525,000 tons; for the Empire of the Lion 525,000 tons; for the Empire of the Rising Sun 420,000 tons; for the Theocracy of Panj 315,000 tons; for the Commissariat of Tsarkov 315,000 tons; for Le Troisieme Respublique 262,500 tons; for the Stella Regia de Medeo 262,500 tons; for the Iron League 210,000 tons; for the Caliphate Ottomo 210,000 tons.
Article XII.
Total displacement of Carriers for the Wichita Confederation shall not exceed 135,000 tons; for the Empire of the Lion 135,000 tons; for the Empire of the Rising Sun 108,000 tons; for the Theocracy of Panj 81,000 tons; for the Commissariat of Tsarkov 81,000 tons; for Le Troisieme Respublique 67,500 tons; for the Stella Regia de Medeo 67,500 tons; for the Iron League 54,000 tons; for the Caliphate Ottomo 54,000 tons.
Article XIII.
No Capital Ship of less than twenty years age shall be sold, scrapped, broken up or otherwise disposed of without the notification and consent of all Singing Polities.
*Article III was added to allow for several battleships and battlecruisers under construction by various powers to be completed as carriers.
**Article VIII ensured that the (former) Great Kingdom of the Double Eagle, or rather its constituent kingdoms, would be unable to acquire any modern large ships. Moreso than the Iron League, the Great Kingdom was viewed as the aggressor whose actions had led to The War, and the victors were determined to punish its member states. Ironically, this enforced weakness led to the Iron League annexing much of the former Great Kingdom's former territory in the run up to the Second Great Inter-Stellar