Solomani Confederation (Military)
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Emperor Mongoose
Well, it is the subject of the thread.
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Emperor Mongoose
Confederation Authorized Volunteer Armed Long Range Yeomanry: Some Issues
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L. First of all, let's attach an (electronic) technological level seven scope on the fusion gun, which will allow accurate shots at extreme ranges, and low light image and light enhancement, in the darkness of space.
M. To that, holographic sights at technological level ten, which will project an aim point for the pilot and automatically compensate for wind, gravity and other adverse conditions that could be encountered in deep space; redundantly, they grant the Scope trait plus plus one to all attack rolls made against targets
N. The key appears to keep your target more than fifty metres away.
O. If you feel more comfortable below fifty metres, I suggest exchanging these sighting aids with a laser pointer.
P. Though personally, I feel that would result more in a kamikaze attack.
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L. First of all, let's attach an (electronic) technological level seven scope on the fusion gun, which will allow accurate shots at extreme ranges, and low light image and light enhancement, in the darkness of space.
M. To that, holographic sights at technological level ten, which will project an aim point for the pilot and automatically compensate for wind, gravity and other adverse conditions that could be encountered in deep space; redundantly, they grant the Scope trait plus plus one to all attack rolls made against targets
N. The key appears to keep your target more than fifty metres away.
O. If you feel more comfortable below fifty metres, I suggest exchanging these sighting aids with a laser pointer.
P. Though personally, I feel that would result more in a kamikaze attack.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Confederation Authorized Volunteer Armed Long Range Yeomanry: Some Issues
Omnis pugnat, quis renuntiare potest.
Q. Once in dogfight mode, the pilot could slip on the Personal Heads Up Display, which will project an aiming point onto the image of the target,
automatically correcting for wind, gravity, and other factors you'd expect to encounter in space.
R. Pilots can customize the visual display unit, ranging from a helmet visor to a pair of designer shades.
S. The Personal Heads Up Display grants plus one on all attack rolls at all ranges, for any ranged weapon it is keyed to, presumably in addition to the holographic sights and electronic scope.
T. Modules that allow additional weapons to be used on the same Personal Heads Up Display system cost an additional quarter kilostarbux each and require an hour to fit and calibrate.; there being no limit on how many weapons can be calibrated to one Personal Heads Up Display.
U. At technological level eleven, the Personal Heads Up Display incorporates a holographic projector and no obvious visual device need be worn.
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Q. Once in dogfight mode, the pilot could slip on the Personal Heads Up Display, which will project an aiming point onto the image of the target,
automatically correcting for wind, gravity, and other factors you'd expect to encounter in space.
R. Pilots can customize the visual display unit, ranging from a helmet visor to a pair of designer shades.
S. The Personal Heads Up Display grants plus one on all attack rolls at all ranges, for any ranged weapon it is keyed to, presumably in addition to the holographic sights and electronic scope.
T. Modules that allow additional weapons to be used on the same Personal Heads Up Display system cost an additional quarter kilostarbux each and require an hour to fit and calibrate.; there being no limit on how many weapons can be calibrated to one Personal Heads Up Display.
U. At technological level eleven, the Personal Heads Up Display incorporates a holographic projector and no obvious visual device need be worn.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Confederation Authorized Volunteer Armed Long Range Yeomanry: Some Issues
Omnis pugnat, quis renuntiare potest.
V. Since we don't want to shoot anything by mistake, but on purpose, we make the fusion gun intelligent.
W. This can scale from computer factor zero to three at technological levels eleven to fifteen.
X. Which allows us to add smart tracker.
Y. You can tag any target successfully hit with the weapon by spending a Minor Action in the same round the fusion gun has scored a hit., and any tagged target fired upon by the fusion gun in the following round will gain plus two to attack rolls; but, a target must be tagged each round for the bonus to continue.
Z. Bloody useful, if you're going to play tag ten times every minute.
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V. Since we don't want to shoot anything by mistake, but on purpose, we make the fusion gun intelligent.
W. This can scale from computer factor zero to three at technological levels eleven to fifteen.
X. Which allows us to add smart tracker.
Y. You can tag any target successfully hit with the weapon by spending a Minor Action in the same round the fusion gun has scored a hit., and any tagged target fired upon by the fusion gun in the following round will gain plus two to attack rolls; but, a target must be tagged each round for the bonus to continue.
Z. Bloody useful, if you're going to play tag ten times every minute.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Confederation Authorized Volunteer Armed Long Range Yeomanry: Some Issues
Omnis pugnat, quis renuntiare potest.
1. I'd bother only attaching one fusion gun, man portable, to a fighter.
2. The reason isn't wasted space, ninety five point two percent.
3. Nor a quarter tonne requirement, versus none for a fixed mount.
4. But rather that combat rules interpretation would indicate that a second fusion gun fired in the same round at the same target will only add plus two to damage, rather than another potential two to twelve.
5. The fusion gun is more of an add on, much like modern fighters have a cannon in case they do end up in a situation where missiles don't really count.
6. In theory, for ground support, it would be like having a Warthog overhead.
7. Though the troops might want to be fully radiation protected.
8. Bonus, you still get the depleted uranium dust effect.
9. Though, considering what armoured vehicles are nowadays using for hull armour, you'd get that anyway.
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1. I'd bother only attaching one fusion gun, man portable, to a fighter.
2. The reason isn't wasted space, ninety five point two percent.
3. Nor a quarter tonne requirement, versus none for a fixed mount.
4. But rather that combat rules interpretation would indicate that a second fusion gun fired in the same round at the same target will only add plus two to damage, rather than another potential two to twelve.
5. The fusion gun is more of an add on, much like modern fighters have a cannon in case they do end up in a situation where missiles don't really count.
6. In theory, for ground support, it would be like having a Warthog overhead.
7. Though the troops might want to be fully radiation protected.
8. Bonus, you still get the depleted uranium dust effect.
9. Though, considering what armoured vehicles are nowadays using for hull armour, you'd get that anyway.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Confederation Authorized Volunteer Armed Long Range Yeomanry: Some Issues
Omnis pugnat, quis renuntiare potest.
A. When did the Confederation Navy start using five tonne fighters?
B. The moment the design rules in High Guard were changed and minimum hull tonnage dropped to five tonnes.
C. It's likely the first was designed at technological level eleven.
D. That would be one technological level below the then prevailing one, and easy enough to be maintained by most member navies.
E. It actually should have an extended technological tree upto technological level fourteen.
F. With upgrade paths, and a wide variety of models.
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A. When did the Confederation Navy start using five tonne fighters?
B. The moment the design rules in High Guard were changed and minimum hull tonnage dropped to five tonnes.
C. It's likely the first was designed at technological level eleven.
D. That would be one technological level below the then prevailing one, and easy enough to be maintained by most member navies.
E. It actually should have an extended technological tree upto technological level fourteen.
F. With upgrade paths, and a wide variety of models.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Confederation Authorized Volunteer Armed Long Range Yeomanry: Some Issues
Omnis pugnat, quis renuntiare potest.
G. With no hull armour, the option to opt out becomes very attractive.
H. Traditionally, that's a rocket under the pilot's seat, and a fast exit, hopefully without going through the canopy.
I. At the speeds we're dealing with, exiting at a right angle seems destined to make contact with some part of the exterior hull.
J. The most expedient way seems to come to a sudden stop, and the pilot is propelled through the front windscreen.
K. Or more safely, through the rear, while the spacecraft continues on it's merry way.
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G. With no hull armour, the option to opt out becomes very attractive.
H. Traditionally, that's a rocket under the pilot's seat, and a fast exit, hopefully without going through the canopy.
I. At the speeds we're dealing with, exiting at a right angle seems destined to make contact with some part of the exterior hull.
J. The most expedient way seems to come to a sudden stop, and the pilot is propelled through the front windscreen.
K. Or more safely, through the rear, while the spacecraft continues on it's merry way.
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Emperor Mongoose
Confederation Authorized Volunteer Armed Long Range Yeomanry: Some Issues
Omnis pugnat, quis renuntiare potest.
L. At technological level eleven, with have reactionary rockets factor fifteen, and manoeuvre drive factor five.
M. Switching off artificial gravity, that's plus fourteen gee.
N. Presumably, there's an acceleration couch in the cockpit, so that's plus thirteen.
O. Technological level eight anti gravity suit compensates two factors, so plus eleven.
P. Injectable gravity tolerance drug can compensate for one factor for an hour, stackable with a anti gravity suit.
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L. At technological level eleven, with have reactionary rockets factor fifteen, and manoeuvre drive factor five.
M. Switching off artificial gravity, that's plus fourteen gee.
N. Presumably, there's an acceleration couch in the cockpit, so that's plus thirteen.
O. Technological level eight anti gravity suit compensates two factors, so plus eleven.
P. Injectable gravity tolerance drug can compensate for one factor for an hour, stackable with a anti gravity suit.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Confederation Authorized Volunteer Armed Long Range Yeomanry: Some Issues
Omnis pugnat, quis renuntiare potest.
Q. This can be voice activated, or we'll assume remotely, whether by radio signal, which seems somewhat hazardous, or probably over a wire.
R. Twenty doses, which should have some interesting results if the injector malfunctions.
S. Or it doesn't, but someone has malicious intent.
T. Using The Expanse as a template, we have the option of multiple doses that last an hour.
U. So, if you fail an endurance check, for every additional does beyond the first, with goal post moving incrementally, you take damage; caveat emptor.
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Q. This can be voice activated, or we'll assume remotely, whether by radio signal, which seems somewhat hazardous, or probably over a wire.
R. Twenty doses, which should have some interesting results if the injector malfunctions.
S. Or it doesn't, but someone has malicious intent.
T. Using The Expanse as a template, we have the option of multiple doses that last an hour.
U. So, if you fail an endurance check, for every additional does beyond the first, with goal post moving incrementally, you take damage; caveat emptor.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Confederation Navy
Astrographic Service
Civilian Construction Corps
Confederation Authorized Volunteer Armed Long Range Yeomanry
- Jungle Aerospace Ground Underwater Arctic Rural Squadrons
Confederation Marine Corps
- Special Aerospace Service
Exploration Corps
- First Contact teams
Confederation Army
Army Corps of Engineers
Ordnance Survey Board
Special Forces
- Sundry Environment Aerospace Land teams
Solomani Security
Peacekeeping Corps
- Special Weapons and Tactics teams
Astrographic Service
Civilian Construction Corps
Confederation Authorized Volunteer Armed Long Range Yeomanry
- Jungle Aerospace Ground Underwater Arctic Rural Squadrons
Confederation Marine Corps
- Special Aerospace Service
Exploration Corps
- First Contact teams
Confederation Army
Army Corps of Engineers
Ordnance Survey Board
Special Forces
- Sundry Environment Aerospace Land teams
Solomani Security
Peacekeeping Corps
- Special Weapons and Tactics teams
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
As I recall, they like spheres, with the mile wide one supposedly being able to sardinize the population of Earth at the time of capture.
The scout variant that crashed on the moon being either two hundred feet, or two hundred metres, and the heavy cruiser six hundred metres.
The Gazelle class being a flying saucer.
The scout variant that crashed on the moon being either two hundred feet, or two hundred metres, and the heavy cruiser six hundred metres.
The Gazelle class being a flying saucer.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Confederation Authorized Volunteer Armed Long Range Yeomanry
cadre
counter insurgency
direct action (short duration strikes or small scale offensive actions)
humanitarian assistance
surveillance and reconnaissance
- Auxiliary Squadrons (non Confederation citizen volunteers)
- Horse Artillery Battery (spacecraft weapon systems)
- Jungle Aerospace Ground Underwater Arctic Rural Squadrons
- Spaceship Troopers
Confederation Navy
- Combat Search and Rescue
Confederation Marine Corps
Highly trained infantry shock troops
- Special Aerospace Service
counter insurgency
counter terrorism
covert infiltration
direct action (short duration strikes or small scale offensive actions)
high value targets
hostage rescue
humanitarian assistance
mentoring
special surveillance and reconnaissance
training
unconventional warfare
Confederation Army
Highly trained heavy armoured forces
Near peer
Special Forces
Highly trained light infantry
ten percent
- Sundry Environment Aerospace Land teams
complex, classified, and dangerous missions
combat search and rescue
counter insurgency
counter narcotics
counter terrorism
covert infiltration
direct action (short duration strikes or small scale offensive actions)
foreign internal defence
high value targets
hostage rescue
humanitarian assistance
manhunts
mentoring
security assessments
special surveillance and reconnaissance
training
unconventional warfare
Home Guard
Highly to somewhat trained ground forces
Planetary defence
Can be Confederalized in medium or light configured forces
Peacekeeping Corps
Military Police
Well trained light infantry
- Special Weapons Attack Teams
high risk situations
hostage takings
manhunts
political decapitation strikes
raids
shootouts
standoffs
terrorism
cadre
counter insurgency
direct action (short duration strikes or small scale offensive actions)
humanitarian assistance
surveillance and reconnaissance
- Auxiliary Squadrons (non Confederation citizen volunteers)
- Horse Artillery Battery (spacecraft weapon systems)
- Jungle Aerospace Ground Underwater Arctic Rural Squadrons
- Spaceship Troopers
Confederation Navy
- Combat Search and Rescue
Confederation Marine Corps
Highly trained infantry shock troops
- Special Aerospace Service
counter insurgency
counter terrorism
covert infiltration
direct action (short duration strikes or small scale offensive actions)
high value targets
hostage rescue
humanitarian assistance
mentoring
special surveillance and reconnaissance
training
unconventional warfare
Confederation Army
Highly trained heavy armoured forces
Near peer
Special Forces
Highly trained light infantry
ten percent
- Sundry Environment Aerospace Land teams
complex, classified, and dangerous missions
combat search and rescue
counter insurgency
counter narcotics
counter terrorism
covert infiltration
direct action (short duration strikes or small scale offensive actions)
foreign internal defence
high value targets
hostage rescue
humanitarian assistance
manhunts
mentoring
security assessments
special surveillance and reconnaissance
training
unconventional warfare
Home Guard
Highly to somewhat trained ground forces
Planetary defence
Can be Confederalized in medium or light configured forces
Peacekeeping Corps
Military Police
Well trained light infantry
- Special Weapons Attack Teams
high risk situations
hostage takings
manhunts
political decapitation strikes
raids
shootouts
standoffs
terrorism
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Basically, Solomani Security Peacekeepers handle most internal security issues.
It takes a while to mobilize the heavy units of the Confederation Army, so they're usually not committed unless the situation is dire, which may be overdramatic, but if the situation warrants it; if a Paratroop Division drops in, it usually is meant as deterrence and/or tripwire.
Dirtside, Confederation Marines will act as shock troops to take out strategic or operationally vital nexus, with the expectation they will be relieved by other Confederation forces.
Home Guard units are subject to being Confederalized, in most cases to coordinate training with the Confederation Army and Navy, occasionally, reluctantly, for expeditionary combat missions.
The Confederation is reluctant to directly employ mercenaries, and would prefer to outsource that to allied third parties, mostly as plausible deniability, if things go tits up, or awkward events happen.
The CAVALRY was originally established to act as auxiliary troops for Navy ground missions, which they didn't want to commit Marine units for; currently, acts to fill in the gaps in the Confederation military force structure(s).
It takes a while to mobilize the heavy units of the Confederation Army, so they're usually not committed unless the situation is dire, which may be overdramatic, but if the situation warrants it; if a Paratroop Division drops in, it usually is meant as deterrence and/or tripwire.
Dirtside, Confederation Marines will act as shock troops to take out strategic or operationally vital nexus, with the expectation they will be relieved by other Confederation forces.
Home Guard units are subject to being Confederalized, in most cases to coordinate training with the Confederation Army and Navy, occasionally, reluctantly, for expeditionary combat missions.
The Confederation is reluctant to directly employ mercenaries, and would prefer to outsource that to allied third parties, mostly as plausible deniability, if things go tits up, or awkward events happen.
The CAVALRY was originally established to act as auxiliary troops for Navy ground missions, which they didn't want to commit Marine units for; currently, acts to fill in the gaps in the Confederation military force structure(s).
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Confederation Navy: Light Fighter
Twin Impulse Engines Fighter - reactionary rocket plus twin afterburner.
Technological level twelve high technologized reactionary rocket factor nine, with sixty percent fuel efficiency, total factor eighteen acceleration.
Twin Impulse Engines Fighter - reactionary rocket plus twin afterburner.
Technological level twelve high technologized reactionary rocket factor nine, with sixty percent fuel efficiency, total factor eighteen acceleration.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Confederation Navy: Twin Impulse Engine Fighter
1. Five tonne planetoid hull would have organic gravity and costs twenty kilostarbux.
2. Five tonne ungravitated dispersed hull configuration costs sixty two kilostarbux.
3. That's gravitational field and four tonnes usable volume versus none, five tonnes, and extra forty two and a half kilostarbux.
4. Cockpit has a twenty four hour oxygen supply, but this is really a point defence interceptor, so most pilots might prefer not be seated longer than a couple of hours.
5. Thrombosis and stuff.
6. Though you could throttle down the rockets, and plod along at one gee acceleration.
7. That one tonne fuel tank would be enough for twenty thrust hours.
8. Which might be enough for convoy escort.
9. Optimally, technological level eleven highly technologized factor six reactionary rockets plus factor six afterburner, total factor twelve acceleration.
1. Five tonne planetoid hull would have organic gravity and costs twenty kilostarbux.
2. Five tonne ungravitated dispersed hull configuration costs sixty two kilostarbux.
3. That's gravitational field and four tonnes usable volume versus none, five tonnes, and extra forty two and a half kilostarbux.
4. Cockpit has a twenty four hour oxygen supply, but this is really a point defence interceptor, so most pilots might prefer not be seated longer than a couple of hours.
5. Thrombosis and stuff.
6. Though you could throttle down the rockets, and plod along at one gee acceleration.
7. That one tonne fuel tank would be enough for twenty thrust hours.
8. Which might be enough for convoy escort.
9. Optimally, technological level eleven highly technologized factor six reactionary rockets plus factor six afterburner, total factor twelve acceleration.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Confederation Navy: Twin Impulse Engine Fighter
A. If we want to make them atmospherically compatible, there would be some fundamental changes in design.
B. If we kept the rockets, we'd have to go for a streamlined hull, which even ungravitated would be one and a half hundred kilostarbux.
C. We could drill holes into the bulkheads, which would lighten the hull, and reduce the cost to one hundred seventeen and a half kilostarbux.
D. Now that I thought of it, we could reduce the original dispersed structure to forty six and seven eighths kilostarbux.
E. Anyway, for reentry, we'd need heat shielding.
F. That would be an unmodified additional half a megastarbux.
A. If we want to make them atmospherically compatible, there would be some fundamental changes in design.
B. If we kept the rockets, we'd have to go for a streamlined hull, which even ungravitated would be one and a half hundred kilostarbux.
C. We could drill holes into the bulkheads, which would lighten the hull, and reduce the cost to one hundred seventeen and a half kilostarbux.
D. Now that I thought of it, we could reduce the original dispersed structure to forty six and seven eighths kilostarbux.
E. Anyway, for reentry, we'd need heat shielding.
F. That would be an unmodified additional half a megastarbux.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Confederation Navy: Twin Impulse Engine Fighter
G. We could add in gravitational lifers.
H. That would eliminate the need for heat shielding, at one percent volume, or fifty kilogrammes.
I. Cost would be hundred kilostarbux, five times cheaper than heat shields.
J. Dispersed structure could very well look like a Y-Wing fighter.
K. In theory, despite the ball bearing, a Twin Ion Engine fighter could be considered a dispersed structure.
G. We could add in gravitational lifers.
H. That would eliminate the need for heat shielding, at one percent volume, or fifty kilogrammes.
I. Cost would be hundred kilostarbux, five times cheaper than heat shields.
J. Dispersed structure could very well look like a Y-Wing fighter.
K. In theory, despite the ball bearing, a Twin Ion Engine fighter could be considered a dispersed structure.
