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8.10.17
6.10.17
Windscorpion monitor will receive new engine and worm drive
The first Windscorpion 18A monitor ship entered service a few days ago. At the moment it is only conventionally powered, using an engine developed from the Neptune powerplant used in the Quasar 15A. NS have revealed that the engine is only a stop-gap due to delays in developing a new engine based on the Hitachi HS-740 used in the Missileer 21B.
The new engine is expected to be fitted next year, it will include the more efficient Proton e-Core technology being developed by NS as well as provide more power. The Windscorpion 18A can reach higher speeds and the new engine will enable it.
The ship will also be fitted with worm drive. It had been expected to have been fitted already but low yields in producing the heavy duty Electron W1AA meant that the ship had to be released for service without it. NS said the geometry and testing of the power grid has been done. The worm drive will be fitted either later this year or early next.
The new engine is expected to be fitted next year, it will include the more efficient Proton e-Core technology being developed by NS as well as provide more power. The Windscorpion 18A can reach higher speeds and the new engine will enable it.
The ship will also be fitted with worm drive. It had been expected to have been fitted already but low yields in producing the heavy duty Electron W1AA meant that the ship had to be released for service without it. NS said the geometry and testing of the power grid has been done. The worm drive will be fitted either later this year or early next.
Light Patrol Ship contest to begin next week
A contest between the Mariner 56A prototype and a modified Pentekonter in a form similar to the proposed Protector 57A is to begin next week. The winner of the contest will receive series production to replace the legacy fleet of light patrol vessels which are fast coming to their end of life.
SS Paris is still being modified to Protector standard (it is expected to be completed by the end of October) so Mariner will be evaluated first. The ships will be used in a number of patrol and combat simulations. As the need to begin series production is urgent the winner will be decided by the end of the year and series production will begin in the next Ship Building Plan starting next April.
Director of Technology Sea Urchin said that both ships had a chance though its known that he prefers the Protector (and will most likely be leading NS by the time the decision needs to be made).
SS Paris is still being modified to Protector standard (it is expected to be completed by the end of October) so Mariner will be evaluated first. The ships will be used in a number of patrol and combat simulations. As the need to begin series production is urgent the winner will be decided by the end of the year and series production will begin in the next Ship Building Plan starting next April.
Director of Technology Sea Urchin said that both ships had a chance though its known that he prefers the Protector (and will most likely be leading NS by the time the decision needs to be made).
5.10.17
Windscorpion 18A enters service
The first of 2 Windscorpion 18A monitors, 018-101 Windscorpion, has entered service. The ship is basically a gigantic gun, the ZMax, with a basic ship built around it. The ZMax is said to be as powerful as every Z cannon in the rest of the fleet put together. One shot from the ZMax could devastate enemy ground bases and orbital facilities.
The Windscorpion 18A is an "options ship", it is a luxury admitted Director of Operations Caratore at a media briefing aboard the ship. "Its the most specialised warship we have, maybe we will never have the right circumstance with which to use it. But it gives us another option. Obviously we could only consider such a weapon with a powerful full spectrum fleet."
The ship will be based with the fleet reserve at Proxima 5 though will be deployed on an exercise to test combat readiness soon.
The Windscorpion 18A is an "options ship", it is a luxury admitted Director of Operations Caratore at a media briefing aboard the ship. "Its the most specialised warship we have, maybe we will never have the right circumstance with which to use it. But it gives us another option. Obviously we could only consider such a weapon with a powerful full spectrum fleet."
The ship will be based with the fleet reserve at Proxima 5 though will be deployed on an exercise to test combat readiness soon.
NS / UNP consider economic sanctions against Clones
The UNP, at the request of New Sparta, have begun considering whether to place economic sanctions on the Clone Star Empire after the sale of Clone Space Missiles to the Dinos. Trade between the UNP and CSE is worth around 27 billion zarks a year - though sanctions would affect both sides equally. It is thought unlikely there would be sanctions though NS are keen for the Clones to know of their displeasure at the CSM deal.
Relations between NS and the Clones are at their lowest for a number of years. NS Commander Knobhead has said that the proliferation of CSM is a serious security problem for New Sparta. The NS equivalent system LRM-20 is now in limited operational status.
Relations between NS and the Clones are at their lowest for a number of years. NS Commander Knobhead has said that the proliferation of CSM is a serious security problem for New Sparta. The NS equivalent system LRM-20 is now in limited operational status.
UV241 : Back 2 The Clone Wars
- Pit Stop Strategy - Cruggson and GBH continue their memories of the Ottoman incident.
- Figured It All Out - How Ronald got his mystic sword Nebuchadnezzar.
- All Our Yesterdays - Windy remembers an old battle.
- Shop Floor - Windy learns of a possible fortune.
- Ridicule To Really - El Diablo has to investigate the murder of an SS officer.
- Ultimate Protection - El Diablo and Razorback delve deeper into the dark world of the SS.
- When I'm Cleaning... - The net closes on the murderers of SS-Tribune Varta.
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