Part 1
1st January 2030
The Commonwealth passes the Industry amendment act 2030. This clears the way for the production of a shipyard and the conversion of mines to auto mines. The act also allows the production of missiles.
Sabre-A
Missile Size: 6 MSP (0.3 HS) Warhead: 9 Armour: 0 Manoeuvre Rating: 10
Speed: 31700 km/s Endurance: 54 minutes Range: 101.9m km
Cost Per Missile: 5.425
Chance to Hit: 1k km/s 317% 3k km/s 100% 5k km/s 63.4% 10k km/s 31.7%
Materials Required: 2.25x Tritanium 2.925x Gallicite Fuel x4250
Development Cost for Project: 542RP
The Sabre-A is projected to be the main Commonwealth ASM with a good mix of range, speed and firepower
Dagger-A
Missile Size: 1 MSP (0.05 HS) Warhead: 1 Armour: 0 Manoeuvre Rating: 16
Speed: 48000 km/s Endurance: 2 minutes Range: 7.2m km
Cost Per Missile: 1.2
Chance to Hit: 1k km/s 768% 3k km/s 256% 5k km/s 153.6% 10k km/s 76.8%
Materials Required: 0.25x Tritanium 0.6875x Gallicite Fuel x50
Development Cost for Project: 120RP
The Dagger-A is the main Commonwealth AMM. It has a 24.2% chance to intercept the Sabre-A ASM, hence it is slightly more cost effective (4.8 for four daggers to 5.425 for a sabre).
In the Republic the President signs into law the Rebuilding, Expanding, Strengthening and Targeting our Army’s Rocket Troops (RESTART). This begins the construction of fighter factories and deep space tracking stations.
The Empire begins training a new brigade and also begins a new shipyard (plus converting mines into auto mines)
In the EU the Conservatives finally manage to pass a defence bill that has a provision for a space shipyard, however to get the bill through the council they had to add an amendment tying the shipyard to a new AMM PDC. Industry was allocated in a 70%-30% PDC-Shipyard ratio.
Blucher class Missile Defence Base 8,700 tons 733 Crew 1362.6 BP TCS 174 TH 0 EM 0
Armour 5-37 Sensors 1/500 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 20
Magazine 920
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres Range N/A
PDC Size 1 Missile Launcher (20) Missile Size 1 Rate of Fire 5
2.77Mkm AMM Missile Fire Control FC25-R1 (2) Range 25.5m km Resolution 1
2.72Mkm AMM Active Search Sensor MR25-R1 (1) GPS 500 Range 25.0m km Resolution 1
This design is classed as a Planetary Defence Centre and can be pre-fabricated in 4 sections
This PDC, named after the true hero of Waterloo (snubbing the English is quite fashionable in the EU) will be able to fire an estimated 11 times against missiles moving at 30000km/s with a hit percentage of 22.4% (with Defender Is). This means one Blucher Class PDC can shoot down a 50 missile wave (on average).
Defender I
Missile Size: 1 MSP (0.05 HS) Warhead: 1 Armour: 0 Manoeuvre Rating: 16
Speed: 42000 km/s Endurance: 1 minutes Range: 2.5m km
Cost Per Missile: 1.1
Chance to Hit: 1k km/s 672% 3k km/s 224% 5k km/s 134.4% 10k km/s 67.2%
Materials Required: 0.25x Tritanium 0.5876x Gallicite Fuel x35
Development Cost for Project: 110RP
The Defender I is the standard AMM of the EU.
In ISIS a new missile was designed
ASM-A* (for ISIS stuff Commonwealth codenames will be used)
Missile Size: 5 MSP (0.25 HS) Warhead: 4 Armour: 0 Manoeuvre Rating: 10
Speed: 30000 km/s Endurance: 23 minutes Range: 42.0m km
Cost Per Missile: 3.5
Chance to Hit: 1k km/s 300% 3k km/s 100% 5k km/s 60% 10k km/s 30%
Materials Required: 1x Tritanium 2.25x Gallicite Fuel x2916.5
Development Cost for Project: 350RP
This is ISIS’s bog-standard ASM
ISIS also begins to train a new brigade, build a shipyard and convert it’s industry to TN (oh and only six people are beheaded today, a new record).
1st February
The Empire goes into debt. The fiscal conservatives lead a filibuster on the floor calling for spending cuts. It is agreed to cut spending on mine conversions (it was that or the military)
The Commonwealth and The Republic both found extra colonies on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn respectively. But with nothing to transport people they will not grow.
1st March
Due to continuing financial problems (and lobbying) congress votes to further cut spending and re-activate Wall Street (200 financial centres).
21st April
The Republic completes its first deep space tracking station. It begins picking up thermal signatures from the other nations planets
26th May
The Empire completes research into fuel efficiency 0.9. Research is started on fuel efficiency 0.8
1st July
The Republic finishes researching missile warhead 4 per MSP. They begin researching missile warhead 5 per MSP
26th August
Blucher 001 is completed to planet wide celebrations. Shots of the opening ceremony are beamed around Sol (although they are banned in ISIS and branded fake news in the empire). EU citizens take pride in their achievement, while on Luna, Io and Rhea protests break out over the lack of an equivalent defence base. Kapitan zur See Henrik Rhodes is selected as the commanding officer. The EU now commits the production use to make the Blucher to building their shipyard and automating their mines.
21st January 2031
The EU finishes upgrading their lab software making each lab 20% more effective. They begin developing a way to translate those gains to the industrial sector.
11th March
The Republic finishes construction of 4 deep space tracking stations on Rhea. With this done they begin working on two new designs
F-36 Wasp A class Fighter 250 tons 4 Crew 60.3 BP TCS 5 TH 36 EM 0
7200 km/s Armour 1-3 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 1.8
Maint Life 0 Years MSP 0 AFR 50% IFR 0.7% 1YR 2 5YR 34 Max Repair 32 MSP
Magazine 12
FTR Ion Engine E1000 (1) Power 36 Fuel Use 10000% Signature 36 Armour 0 Exp 25%
Fuel Capacity 30,000 Litres Range 2.2 billion km (3 days at full power)
Size 3 Box Launcher (4) Missile Size 3 Hangar Reload 22.5 minutes MF Reload 3.7 hours
46Mkm Missile Fire Control FC46-R90 (1) Range 46.1m km Resolution 90
Hellfire-A (4) Speed: 30,000 km/s End: 25m Range: 45m km WH: 3 Size: 3 TH: 100 / 60 / 30
Missile to hit chances are vs targets moving at 3000 km/s, 5000 km/s and 10,000 km/s
This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes
The F-36 Wasp A is The Republic’s first fighter. It is designed to be able to engage any target in Sol from it’s base on Saturn. It relies on stealth rather than armour for protection. A strike by a squadron of 20 Wasps can fire 80 Hellfire-As at a target. Currently they require an active sensor from their base to engage targets.
Hellfire-A
Missile Size: 3 MSP (0.15 HS) Warhead: 3 Armour: 0 Manoeuvre Rating: 10
Speed: 30000 km/s Endurance: 25 minutes Range: 45.0m km
Cost Per Missile: 2.25
Chance to Hit: 1k km/s 300% 3k km/s 100% 5k km/s 60% 10k km/s 30%
Materials Required: 0.75x Tritanium 1.25x Gallicite Fuel x1875
Development Cost for Project: 225RP
The Hellfire-A is The Republic’s first ASM. It is designed to be fired by the F-36 Wasp. It’s range and warhead are lower than the designers (me) would have liked. In combat it must overwhelm enemy ships through weight of numbers. It is projected to soon be replaced by the Hellfire B.
Spruance class Base 19,050 tons 645 Crew 3343.6 BP TCS 381 TH 0 EM 0
Armour 5-63 Sensors 1/1800 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 0
Hangar Deck Capacity 10000 tons Troop Capacity: 1 Battalion Magazine 480
Fuel Capacity 1,200,000 Litres Range N/A
Hellfire-A (160) Speed: 30,000 km/s End: 25m Range: 45m km WH: 3 Size: 3 TH: 100 / 60 / 30
900Mkm Active Search Sensor MR900-R100 (1) GPS 180000 Range 900.0m km Resolution 100
Strike Group
40x F-36 Wasp A Fighter Speed: 7200 km/s Size: 5
Missile to hit chances are vs targets moving at 3000 km/s, 5000 km/s and 10,000 km/s
This design is classed as a Planetary Defence Centre and can be pre-fabricated in 8 sections
The Spruance class Base has the space, fuel, and magazine to house, refuel and rearm 40 F-36 Wasp As. It’s powerful search sensor can spot incoming hostiles at a distance of 900 million km. It has space for a battalion of troops to defend it.
20 F-36s and a Spruance are put into production on Rhea.
