Yet the Ancients were strong, and it seemed that it was an age that would last forever. But then the Cataclysm came. The Gates were abruptly shut, and could not be reopened. Earth was dependent on its daughter colonies and could no longer survive without them.
King Arthur did not live to see his dream of uniting the world fulfilled, but his eldest daughter would ascend as Queen of Avalon. Queen Guinevak would unite the last holdouts in the world-spanning Kingdom, once more making true the old claim of the British that the sun never set upon the Kingdom.
It used to be that every Aurora AAR inevitably became Warhammer, now it seems every Aurora AAR inevitably becomes British imperialism. So really nothing has changed then.
Interesting concept here, I'm curious to see how much interest will be derived from Yet Another Conventional Start AAR™ with this roleplay setting.
It used to be that every Aurora AAR inevitably became Warhammer, now it seems every Aurora AAR inevitably becomes British imperialism.There definitely has been positive progress on this front.
The initial years are going to go by quickly, but I just can't rationalize regular starts to myself - why would a civilization build an entire navy and keep it in orbit without surveying and starting to exploit their home system in the meantime?
There definitely has been positive progress on this front.
Code: [Select]Broadsword class Gunship (P) 3,997 tons
Eventually, the debate was solved by dividing them by size - weapons smaller than 10t in displacement were missiles, while anything larger was a torpedo. It was a solution that pleased no one, which probably meant that it was the best solution possible.
The initial designs are there to highlight how much better TN designs are
King Eliwlod was an old man, and in poor health. It was well known that he was transferring more and more of his duties and responsibilities to his son, Crown Prince KyduanIt appears Avalon still practices the ancient naming system - drop the baby on the keyboard and write down whatever appears on screen.
Lord Gringgolet Brinon was assigned as the Governor of EarthThere was very little else you could do with someone who had such an extraordinary name.
Hopefully those maintenance facilities will go up sooner than later, otherwise our shiny new navy will immediately fall apart.It may be for the best if the maintenance facilities aren't built and these designs are put out of their misery by exploding.
You heard it here first, folks, round tonnage is a TN technology! :PNewton famously despised round numbers. Possibly. (https://i.imgur.com/DYAEiOu.gif)
It appears Avalon still practices the ancient naming system - drop the baby on the keyboard and write down whatever appears on screen.
The naming schemes for the weapons just about makes sense (still not sure on Avalon using the name of ancient oriental swords) but why then call the gunship Broadsword when the missiles are all named after swords. Perhaps it is a cunning plan to confuse the enemy?
In any event the catfish bomber is a bold choice. Even if one chose to use fish for light aether craft there are surely better choices before one gets to that? Off the top of my head one has the Swordfish, Shark, Orca, Sarcastic Fringehead, Bastard Mullet.
The Royal Army Reactivated
Infantry Regiment
Transport Size: 14,967 tons
Reconquista class Troop Transport (P) 45,900 tons
Someone in the Ship Bureau sneakily added a few small fuel tanks to round its tonnage to the nearest hundred tons.
Medium Regimental Combat Team
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42x WSP-1 Wasp
24x TR-A-1 Toro
18x FRB-1E Firebee
48x ICR-1X Icarus
24x KY2-D-01 Kyudo
24x NH-1A Rook
This hasn’t been without its own pain - the Kingdom experienced a financial crash as the breakneck pace of spending on research, ground unit construction, shipbuilding and shipyard expansions outpaced its income.
[...]
Within the 5 year plan, the following technologies are slated to be researched:
CP - Research Rate 240 RP
producing Armature on par with the Ancients
The Aleph shipyards are currently busy ... The Admiralty also hopes to win the King’s favor for a third shipyard
Missile Name Speed (km/s Yield FUM-5A ‘Flyssa’ Heavy Missile 6,200 3 MT MIM-7A ‘Tekko’ Anti-Torpedo Missile 4,800 1 MT SGT-6A ‘Mughal’ Light Torpedo 5,833 4 MT
The first revision of the design was nearly 4,000 tons in displacement, but after a few rounds of redesign, the Naval Board managed to trim 1,100t from the design while retaining nearly the same capacity.
To the designers' frustration, they couldn’t round the design’s weight satisfactorily on paper.Code: [Select]Stronghold class Destroyer (P) 8,999 tons
Alongside Project STRONGHOLD, the designers made use of some of the technology developed for the project to produce a space superiority design, the F-3/A ‘Heron’. The design is as fast as the B-2 design and carries a single 10cm railgun with a rate of fire of one round every 5 seconds
The sensors aboard HMS Iridium detected a series of intact, deserted cities scattered in locations all across Mars… as well as over half a million tons of ground forces defending them.
Armature
Shipyards
The Tekko is terrible
The Ruins of Sol