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The Pen and the Sword -- Modern NRP (High Casual, Low Advanced)

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|Ship Name: USS Unknown Soldier
|Ship Class: Zumwalt-S Class
|Ship Hull Classification Symbol: (T-AGS-55)
|Ship Role: Avionics Instrumentation Ships
|Armament:
-10x MK-57 VLS Modules
--RIM-161, 1 per cell
--RIM-9999 Electromagnetic Pulse Missile, 1 per cell
-Cray Collosus Super Computer
-GLARE laser.
-2 VTOL UAVs
|Dimensions:
-Displacement: 14,798 Tons
-Length: 600 ft. (180 m)
-Beam: 80.7 ft. (24.6 m)
-Draft: 27.6 ft. (8.4 m)
|Speed: Greater than 30 Knots (56 kmh/35 mph)
|Crew: 140
|Motto: I spy, with my high definition eye...
|Other:
Was made as a replacement for the aging tracking ship after one was destroyed in a terrible 'Accident' involving an Iranian missile launch, a speed boat filled with explosives and a lot of diplomatic tensions. The general idea was that, looking back at the old tracking ships, they were too civilian in nature and not as much suited in military espionage as they were in international watch. The frame of a stealth ship was addopted and the Zumwalt was selected and reconverted as to insure both economies in ship conception and give this ship a military frame that could be confused if it was ever concealed. In this frame they added quantities of Radar equipment, a sonar with pings powerful enough to kill any whales in a 20 miles radius and map the bottom of the sea but in adition to all these 'Standard equipment', a super computer was added for Code (Especially IFF) breaking and analysis as well as a low power laser to blind cameras and sensors from aircraft and satellites but most of all, a new prototype of EMP missile powerful and agile enough to shut down missiles and planes (Probably hamper some ships as well, although a conventional missile would do more damage), this to allow the recovery and analysis of such items with less damage than by destroying it with a conventional explosive. All the aditional equipment, especially the computer, have left the ship much less armed, most of its guns being decoys so as for it to seem like any other DDG. Remain however some RIM-161 that can serve anti-air purposes as well as anti-satelite ones.

Less technical details include 'Who's in command' of this ship. Naturally, naval intelligence proposed itself as the rightous operator. As did the airforce, CIA, NASA and even army. The army was shut down quickly and the NASA was determined to be too civilian, it could have whatever information was captured, but after. The air force was eventually rebuked to have only some guys on board but not the command. This left the navy and CIA. Ultimately both agreed to compromise that while the imediate operation of the ship would be the navy's duty, it would be someone in intelligence that would head it and the CIA officer had the right to propose that the next step should be at his discretion while the navy officer had the ultimate right to determine, considering the security of the ship and likelihood of success, if what the CIA suggested would be done. The officers they would put in place would ultimately prove to be this ship undoing which only a few weeks after its launch learned the reputation to be a diciplinary hell hole where everyone hates everyone.

|Captain's Name: Katarina Siegmeyer
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+Personality:
Kind of a Yeswoman, she rules by the book and always refer to said book for every situation and while she is incredible at reacting as long as she was told how to react, she often fails if the book didn't tell her how to deal with a situation. It could also be said that she kinda lacks initiative and creativity. She doesn't know how to deal with crews as this is her first real command and so tends to go with drastic diciplinary measures, making most of her own crew hate her guts.
+Bio:
Youngest of the Siegmeyer sisters, she was as academically successful as her oldest sister although since she always looked up to her tended to be more of the shadow type. Good at dealing with details but not so good at dealing with the main events. The tests failed to see that however and so she was put in command and she found herself dealing with others to the same standard she did herself, only accepting perfection, 'Good enough' being considered a failure.

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Gunther said
The advantage of nuclear power is, cheap energy that lasts for extended period of times. It is not necessarily designed for speed or any other benefit. Aircraft rely on speed and low weight in order to perform effectively. Placing a nuclear reactor in an aircraft undermines its potential. Sure the thing can fly for 30 days without stopping to refuel, but who wants that? Who needs that? The components that make up a nuclear reactor small enough to fit into an airframe would be very heavy. I wonder if it could get up off the ground? Sure, this is fantasy, science fiction, but a line should be drawn somewhere. Reading that only makes me groan.

Like others said, it has been done in the 50s, since then it is certain that reactors were made more compact, size of planes larger, engines more powerful and shielding more efficient, still. The point in my case would to have made a long term observation craft for situations such as a test missile launch in a country but the exact location not being known. In the airplane you thus have a substential crew relaying each other on stand-by either for the launch or for more information as to relocate, which would be done faster still than with a ship. In game, this would be a constantly airborn AWAC with a team which finds its competance in analyzing any kind of new generation weapon system the fleet encounters.

I think it would have its reason to be there because like the OP said, this is a fleet of wtf experimental crafts or slightly insane captain that couldn't find its place in the 'real' navy. Obviously there wouldn't be much, maybe it would be the only model of this plane, the fruit of some research division with people going: Why are we financing these guys? But, still finding themselves with this plane after saying 'Hell no' to if there would be more than this prototype made to show the concept, while perhaps flawed or redundent, worked. Thus the navy groans and sent it with its other weird toys.

Or, if no one wants any of this, I'll drop it. Still, a shame. I like to place one or two doomsday atomic punk devices in a RP or another.

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waiting for an ic then.

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DeltaWing222 said
Seems the gm abandoned the thread.... haven't heard or seen from them in 2 days.... So we might have to make a new thread?

this is becoming all too frequent for me... so... what now gentlemen?

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Gunther said
Yes, Electronic Warfare; used for jamming enemy radar. The SEAD Mission is conducted by an EC platform and an attack platform. SEAD is Suppression of Enemy Air DefenseAttack Platform is an Aircraft carrying air to ground missiles.The EC aircraft flies in at normal altitude, while the strike aircraft flies in low, under the radar ahead of the EC aircraft. the EC platform detects and jams radars and then relays location to the strike aircraft who destroys it. This is known as Wild Weasel.

You know, I was thinking of making, if it was possible to have two ships, either: a Missile Range Instrumentation Ships, Range Ships, or Tracking Ships (Same thing) with a crew of navy, navy intelligence, air force intelligence and CIA that hate eachother's guts.

Or, if it would even be allowed, a nuclear AWAC aircraft, super large and with a sizeable crew so it works like a submarine, staying in the air a substential amount of time without refuel.

The Pen and the Sword -- Modern NRP (High Casual, Low Advanced)

I assume every month is an IRL week?

The Pen and the Sword -- Modern NRP (High Casual, Low Advanced)

In game months or IRL months?

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Slypheed said
I thought he was running two surface ships o 3oI bet they do XD

oups, just tired, sorry.

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So Gunther, is this a replacement or will you run 2 subs?