Solomani Confederation (Military)

[Condottiere]

Confederation Navy: Roles, Functions and Assets

1. Loophole would be operating temporary landing facilities.

2. These would be landing fields and strips, possibly set up by the Confederation Civil Construction Corps.

3. Not that a lot of spacecraft actually need these, beyond a way to refuel, and field repairs.

4. I'm wondering how buoyant spacecraft are?

5. Since they could build any sized sea vessel, some can be specialized as spacecraft tenders.

6. Find a nice sheltered cove, a gravity based drive can allow a spacecraft to settle into the calm water.

7. Water is pretty temporary.

8. Hovercraft are amphibious.

9. Though rather loud.

 

[Condottiere]

Confederation Navy: Roles, Functions and Assets

A. Light vehicles, especially wheeled, are a cheap and easy way for short range transportation.

B. Add a trailer, and you can shift around considerable cargo.

C. In theory, should be within the capability of the local industrial base.

D. I don't think tracked vehicles bring much to the table.

E. Even self propelled artillery is moving to tyres.

F. Though, heavy wheeled vehicles remain the prerogative of the Army.

 

[Condottiere]

Confederation Navy: Roles, Functions and Assets

G. Left the loophole for light vehicles in general, because of robots and drones.

H. The Army designs, builds, and operates, gravitationally motored robots and drones.

I. If necessary, the Navy will buy them off the Army.

J. Member planet militaries are somewhat free to set their on policies on procurement.

K. With the exception biological warfare, and meson technology.

 

[Condottiere]

Confederation Navy: Roles, Functions and Assets

L. Biologically based weapon systems would be outlawed, but research would be allowed under the strict supervision of Security.

M. Nanobots would be monitored by Security.

N. Radiation effect weapon systems would require licensing, once off their place of manufacture.

O. Chemical weapon systems require licensing, once off their place of manufacture.

P. Meson weapon systems can only be manufactured by Navy affiliated factories, and monitored by Security.

 

[Condottiere]

Confederation Navy: Roles, Functions and Assets

Q. I was looking at railgun and mass driver spinal mounts.

R. The Navy doesn't need them, since they could do a flyby with a meson gun for planetary bombardment.

S. The Army needs mass drivers, to soften up targets prior to a planetary assault.

T. Since weapon systems based on these technologies are very involved with dirtside combat, give the Army control over researching, designing, building, and operating them.

U. The Navy gets particle accelerator, and of course, meson, weapon systems.

 

[Condottiere]

Confederation Navy: Roles, Functions and Assets

V. Can't figure out what to do with tachyons, so we'll ignore them.

W. Everyone uses lasers, so, no monopoly.

X. Everyone uses missiles, which includes torpedoes, so, no monopoly

Y. In theory, (sand)casters are mass drivers.

Z. It will be categorized as general use.

 

[Sigtrygg]

V. they don't exist in charted space, but since this is you mash up you can include them
W. even the death star lasers?
X. what about robot brain controlled fighters designed to ram
Y. or gauss shotguns firing confetti
Z. it certainly could be

 

[Condottiere]

I was looking at those at the same time.

Technically, weapon of really massive destruction, so we can shove them off to Security.

At best, prototype, which multiplies construction cost by six, not counting research and development.

 

[Condottiere]

Robots and drones, everyone uses.

Hard limit is five tonnes minimum is defined as a spacecraft.

If it's smaller and spatially self motivated, it technically becomes a spacecraft.

 

[Condottiere]

Confederation Navy: Roles, Functions and Assets

1. Everyone uses fusion, so no monopoly.

2. But, radioactive, so license if away from ace of manufacture.

3. Successor to plasma, which is less damaging, but has no radioactivity.

4. Therefore, no license required, and presumably, rather popular, for both health and safety, and no (overt) Security supervision.

5. Doctrine for the Confederation Navy includes hit and run.

6. So plasma pulse cannons fits in neatly with this, though it it were adopted by anyone else, who knows?

7. Since it's an adaptation from plasma technology, gets categorized there.

8. And, being consistent, with no radiation, no license required

9. So legally, in (outer) spacecraft, the Solomani Confederation tolerates plasma space based weapon systems.

 

[Condottiere]

Confederation Navy: Roles, Functions and Assets

A. Repulsors tend to be used mostly defensively.

B. Except the few times that you want to grab something.

C. So, general use, and no license.

D. Ion weapon systems might not be weapons of mass destruction, but could cause substantial collateral damage.

E. General use, but requires license if away from place of manufacture.

F. Probably needs a local license at the place of manufacture.