A World Turned Upside Down - A Military R&D Quest

Daemon Hunter · Sep 17, 2022

The world stands on a knife-edge, war has been an ever-present constant ever since World War 2 ended in a partial German victory. While the Nazis did meet their long-delayed end in World War 3 in the 1980s, the stain placed on world history will never truly vanish, and if the Soviets are to be believed, the Nazis are still around, they simply moved to Italy. Perhaps it is a true statement, or perhaps the Italians are correct, and that the horrors of the Holocaust only began after the second world war ended. Few can say truly. Even if Britain vehemently claims the Soviets are correct. But Italy is home to the finest of engineers, so few wish to anger them over such ancient history over a half-century prior.

In this day and age, while war remains an ever-present simmer, every nation seeks an advantage, and that is where you come in. One of the hundreds of military R&D teams in the world, whether you are a private entity or a governmental one is immaterial. But as location determines the nature of your work, where are you located?

[] The Italian Empire - Home to the world's best military, Italian engineering is considered to be the best in the world. Funded to near meme-worthy levels, with time scales to match, every Italian weapon of war is of the highest quality, with the nation itself ensuring each soldier is trained to a degree matched only by African special forces. Yet, it hides a much darker past, one of its ties to Nazi Germany, and one of the colonial ambitions held by much of the government. At this time, the Italian military is built for force protection in the European, African, and Middle East, with current plans to improve a variety of outdated support equipment along with developing novel designs to supplement existing forces.
[] The Soviet Union - A nation that has suffered, losing half its population during the second world war, losing yet more in the third world war, and now faced with the Italian Empire wanting to tear strips off it. The entirety of the Soviet population is a part of the military to an extent, with every citizen spending 16 hours a week as a part of the militia or territorial defense forces. The military itself relies on cheap, easily producible vehicles that place human survivability as the top priority. While mass production may be cheap, people are not, and so much of the Soviet design philosophy stems from this main axiom. At this time, the Soviets seek a modernization program for their entire military, as due to consistent issues, most of their equipment was designed over 40 years ago.
[] The United Americas - An isolationist mixture of nations, the Americas have taken care to remain uninvolved with global affairs, with World War 3 being the only break in the policy ever since the first world war. With the civil rights act passing only in the 1990s, and Nazi political parties having a great deal of power from the 40s to the 80s, internal tensions remain high, even as the promise of wealth ensures the corporations remain international on this side of the ocean. A kleptocracy in all but name, the military force is almost entirely focused on coastal defense, with the navy second only to the British in quality. With a relatively lackluster army, the nation primarily has focused on exotic technologies, as well as beginning a modernization of anti-air systems.
[] The East Asian Confederacy - A series of closely allied nations in Eastern Asia, many of these nations were under occupation by Imperial Japan between the second and third world wars. As such, there is a heavy degree of racism to outsiders, along with a heavy degree of hostility towards the remnants of Japan. Largely considered to be the cultural capital of the world, Korean animation and music are wildly popular, with songs often featured in Bollywood films. This has made the primary source of GDP for the nations, primarily as it is still recovering from the half-century rape suffered. At this time, the military itself is a disparate group that has only recently moved from individual guerilla cells into a single unified command, and to reflect that, the nation is beginning a multi-decade project to modernize equipment.
[] The African Union - The birthplace of humanity and one of the main sources of rare earths, the various nations that form the African Union have all experienced a bloody past, having to fight for every scrap of territory and every right. Born from rebellions, the nations have some of the world's best guerilla fighters, an experience base that has been refined for years and turned into some of the world's best special forces. The nation itself gets most of its income from a variety of rare earth mines, along with a large degree of wildlife tourism thanks to the variety of national parks. In recent years, tensions with Italy have grown, primarily due to Italian naval exercises in the Mediterranean. As a result, the various nations have begun a program to modernize their airforce, as with British vessels being far superior to anything else available, it is simply more economical to buy the craft from their ally.
[] Britain - The nation of Britain, one that was humiliated during the second world war, and saw its capital die in the third world war to a German thermonuclear bomb. No longer a superpower, it nonetheless has focused near entirely on retaining some level of power over the rest of the world. The premier when it comes to naval warfare and design, over 85% of the world's shipping is done using British shipping companies. Moreover, close ties to the African Union have allowed the nation to further earn money through the sale of various vessels to the nations, which in turn has allowed for multiple British fleets to attain basing rights, further improving the ability to project force. While the nation itself is largely authoritarian due to political shakeups, it nonetheless is somewhat democratic on local levels, something that has been shifting in the direction of full democratization once more. At this time, the military itself is predominately an apolitical organization, one focused primarily on British glory. Currently, the airforce is undergoing a series of modernizations, with several open contracts for new planes available.

But there's more to an R&D team than just the nation you operate in, rather the question arises, how did you reach this position? What are you in essence?

[] A Newcomer - You're a new team in the field, perhaps you provide designs in fields not particularly focused on by the nation. Perhaps you simply have new ideas, or perhaps you simply valued your independence. *Bonus to novel designs, malus to development, less oversight*
[] A Spin-off Firm - A new portion of a larger organization, you have an experience base to pull from, allowing for better development quality. However, you also have a firm watching over you, demanding results. *Bonus to development, major oversight*
[] The Old Guard - A firm that has been around for decades, you're a known name within the community. By now some may even claim you're too old and stubborn, yet the connections you have still remain. *Bonus to development, malus to novel designs. Additional connections.*

GM Commentary: Welcome to a world where things went poorly and then proceeded to get worse. The history is in the post below. As for the quest itself, this isn't a hard science quest, although I am basing it on reality as best as I can. Be creative in your designs I enjoy creativity and it is always fun to consider wild ideas. Not to mention if you have an interesting idea, you may very well find an alternate use for it. As an example, if you are tasked with designing a new tank, and you decide to make it hover, while it may not be useful as a tank, it may lead to future improvements in helicopter design or naval design. As for the nations themselves, I think they're self-explanatory, but I figure I should be safe.

Italy is the fascist empire, there's no getting around that. If you pick them, you are absolutely the bad guys in the setting, even if you will get absurd budgets to work with as does every part of the military-industrial complex in the country. The Soviet Union is the nation that's best described as a crushed porcupine, it's built for defense, and is only going to double down on this. You will be working on cheap designs meant to be built in the millions, and you will be a government entity. The United Americas are a kleptocracy, and so you would be a goliath of a corporation with dominance on R&D in the nations. Think Black Mesa. Expect to have a fairly large budget but a focus on technologies meant to be used in 40-60 years. The East Asian Confederacy is an option that can be taken anywhere, as it's still getting its feet under it, and there are quite a few issues still present. It's a similar story with the African Union, however, expect there to be a focus on aircraft in a support role for special forces. And Britain as you might imagine is very much a naval powerhouse. If you want high-quality boats, choose them.

To summarize, expect this to be the main focus of each nation:

Italy: Quality and Complex Machines
Soviets: Quantity, Quantity, and Quantity
Americas: Exotic Technologies
East Asia: The New Guy
African Union: Special Forces
Britain: Boats and support

Daemon Hunter · Sep 17, 2022

The 1930s is largely considered to be the calm before the storm. A prelude to the second dark ages, as some historians, have popularized. A large focus on this time period highlights the various indicators of what was to come, the first of which was the rising stock market bubble in the United States. While some historians claim that the first indicator was a notable one-day drop in stocks in 1929, the majority believe that it was the 1934 bill by Herbert Hoover that indicated the soon-to-collapse market.

However, most historians focus on the relationship between the US and Europe, and how a variety of factors caused the United States to not get involved in World War 2. With Black Wednesday in April of 1936 causing the country's GDP to drop precipitously, the nation was unable to recover in time to even consider a lend-lease program to Britain or the Soviet Union. Combined with a rise in Nazi sympathizers and a focus on taming China by Japan, this meant there was no true casus beli for the American public to rally around, meaning that intervention would be intensely problematic.

Military historians primarily focus on three conflicts during this time: The Sino-Japanese war, the fall of Poland, and the Fate of Czechoslovakia. In eastern Asia, Japan found itself facing notable resistance in China after the Rape of Nanjing galvanized the Chinese populace to resist. Unfortunately, due to a lack of international support, and the collapse of the American economy, Japan was able to focus entirely on Asia, resulting in horrific genocides that would last until the mid-1980s. More Euro-centric historians tend to focus on Hitler's invasion of Poland in May 1936. The unholy alliance with the Soviet Union meant the country of Poland stood little chance of survival, doubly so when both Britain and France elected to use this to appease Hitler.

Unfortunately, this led to the formation of concentration camps within the nation, resulting in the population of Poland dropping precipitously. Rumors of these, when combined with the Anschluss, resulted in Britain and France issuing hard lines that Hitler could not cross, one of these was the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1940, which is when Britain and France declared war on Germany.

World War 2 as described by historians has a few main focal points: the fall of France, the Blitz, the Eastern Front, the African Campaign, and the Pacific. The first stage of World War 2, the fall of France took place from May 9th to June 15th of 1940, where mismanagement and poor tactics by the French army resulted in a rapid conquest of the nation by Germany. While there were notable resistance forces that continued operation till even the 1980s, unfortunately, the nation was unable to escape the heel of the Axis powers.

The Blitz and African Campaign, on the other hand, are closely tied together, with Germany focusing on both until June 1941, when Operation Barbarossa was launched. During this time, Britain was mainly focused on securing their airspace as German pilots continuously bombed them. At the same time, the German and British navies fought in the eastern Atlantic, which did result in the German navy being severely mauled, for moderate losses amongst the British. The African campaign meanwhile was a long drawn-out endeavor that lasted till 1946. While the initial conflict went well for the British, the capture of Malta and Gibraltar by the Italian army meant that the British fleet struggled to contribute further, as well as supply lines were grossly extended, limiting the mobility of British units. However, the Third Reich was unable to ever take the Suez, partially due to drawing more and more assets to the eastern front to face the Soviets.

The eastern front began in June 1941, when Germany launched Operation Barbarossa. These battles were some of the largest in the war, with the Battle of Stalingrad, and the Fall of Moscow resulting in the deaths of over a million men. In large part due to the lack of equipment and the recent purge by Stalin, the Soviet army was unable to hold as long as they may have. However, massive partisan activity and the Battle of Gorky allowed the Soviet Union to largely retain its borders with the Germans when they signed a peace treaty in 1946. However, the war in the east was primarily characterized by its stunning brutality.

One of the defining features was the mass execution of prisoners and civilians, entire Soviet towns were depopulated, and in 1945, the Soviets had begun conscripting women for frontline combat roles. Meanwhile, the majority of the German army met their end in Russian territories, with Hitler having stated that the only reason Lebensraum was so behind schedule was a lack of bodies by which to guard the concentration camps. Casualty estimates vary, but it is largely believed that 14 million German soldiers lost their lives in the fighting. However, the Soviet Union came out far worse, with over 100 million soldiers and civilians having lost their lives in the fighting. Moreover, many Soviet artifacts and historical sites were destroyed, the most famous of which was the destruction of the Kremlin.

The Pacific front is far less recorded, largely due to a lack of technology on the side of the various Asian nations, along with the rather violent actions performed by Imperial Japan. Primarily focused on securing various British, French, and Dutch territories, the Axis were able to take most of southeast asia along with multiple minor Soviet islands. Only stopped in Burma by British Raj forces, Japan largely came out of the war in high spirits, already working on ways to conquer Australia.

Over the next few years, the various nations began to recover, some of the more notable points of interest included the Soviet Union, the United States, a small stretch of territory in Normandy that Britain was able to take on D-Day, and the genocides that began in earnest. Thanks to the vast level of destruction suffered by the Soviets, recovering was not an easy process, with the late 1950s primarily being defined by large food shortages and famines. Large levels of mobilization were maintained solely to ensure food production was able to feed the populace, while steps were taken to deal with the gender disparity, where for every one man there were three women. Largely a mixed bag, while starvation was prevented, and the agricultural sector somewhat improved, the sheer level of damage meant it would be a decade-long project for the Soviet Union to recover.

Meanwhile, the United States sitting out of World War 2, but still suffering from the Great Depression managed to begin climbing out when in 1948 the next president started construction of a vast rail and road network in order to stimulate the economy. Largely successful, the nation was able to slowly rebuild its GDP, and the resulting infrastructure did help with economic growth over the next few decades, especially the highways that led to the Mexican border.

In Europe, while Britain and Germany did recover somewhat, the main focus was on Free France, where the majority of the French government resided. A strip of coastline in Normandy, it was small, but the population rapidly grew with French resistance fighters, resulting in it being a constant thorn in the Third Reich's side for the next few decades.

In 1952, after years of protests and demonstrations, India was able to achieve independence from Britain. Thanks in large part to nonviolent movements and the lack of money among the British government, the split was somewhat amicable, with the British taking care to avoid causing ambiguous borders, focusing heavily on ethnic borders to ensure a somewhat peaceful transition of power. Partially successful, while there has been conflict, it is intermittent, and the exception rather than the norm.

On a far more somber note, the genocides in Eastern Europe by the Nazis, and genocides in Asia by the Japanese began to ramp up, with millions dying in concentration camps and through indiscriminate use of poison gas and airstrikes.

In the Pacific, in 1963, Japan proceeded to invade Australia. Able to hold it primarily thanks to air power, the Japanese were unable to secure large portions of the nation, finding themselves ill-prepared to deal with the Australian Outback and the creatures within. However, this only served to allow some of the more skilled survivalists to survive, as Imperial Japan worked to genocide the continent while continuing to do so in east Asia, where large guerilla movements were beginning to cause notable losses to the Japanese forces present. Notably, they began to be supplied by British weaponry, imported through India.

Technologically, the Third Reich developed the nuclear bomb in 1950. Only a handful were made, in large part due to the declining German economy. Then in 1965, Germany was the first to use nuclear weapons in anger. On themselves.

In 1965, Himmler conducted a coup, which resulted in the death of Hitler. During the ensuing civil war, the Fourth Reich proceeded to nuke three of their own cities to destroy opposing military forces. While this did secure the nation, it also devastated their economy, which continued its downward spiral. Moreover, both Italy and Japan dissolved their alliances.

Meanwhile, numerous revolts began in Africa, supplied with Japanese equipment, the various groups worked to force decolonization, something which proved much harder, in large part due to COIN operations conducted by the various colonizing nations. However, losses began to mount, and would only increase as Japanese equipment sales climbed.

The United States meanwhile was dealing with an increasingly large number of Nazi sympathizers. Due, in part, to a lack of direct conflict with Nazi Germany, racism ran rampant, with the KKK growing considerably. This in turn set back civil rights movements by decades, resulting in notable groups like the Black Panthers being attacked by military forces at times.

Over the course of the early 1970s, it was becoming increasingly clear that the Nazi model of government was unsustainable in the long term. Constantly focusing on wonder weapons, while they did launch the first satellite into space in 1973, the Fourth Reich was heavily mocked due to its inability to feed its citizens, with the Soviet Union, in particular, holding a rather large set of propaganda over it.

Thanks to this embarrassment, the various Nazi groups in the United States began to lose power, with slight improvements to civil rights occurring during this time. Meanwhile, Italy truly embraced the idea of fascism, when in 1974 it declared war on Spain for having committed war crimes in the past. While this was heavily mocked by various countries, it nonetheless ended in an Italian victory, with the thirty years of peace having been enough time for the Italian military to turn itself into a dangerous fighting force.

In the Pacific, losses among its military forces led to Japan losing its hold on Southeast Asia. Unable to deal with stiff guerilla fighters, the nation withdrew to their islands, finally allowing China and other nations to begin rebuilding. Notably, Korean refugees that had fled to India, the Americas, and the Soviet Union returned, along with other nationalities. Resettling ancestral homes, they heavily documented the crimes that had taken place.

All told, nearly 300 million people had lost their lives in east Asia, roughly amounting to half of the population. Notably higher than the 100 million lost in Eastern Europe (roughly 90% of the population), the vast number of records and footage still has not been fully analyzed due to the sheer amount present.

In Africa, numerous nations began to form, with European nations losing hold of their colonial states. These nations swiftly formed mutual defense agreements, primarily due to fear of nuclear weapons being launched by the Fourth Reich.

In the Americas, the United States began to conduct military operations on their side of the ocean. Using a combination of economic benefits and military operations, they did manage to bring most of the two continents within their sphere of influence and began to create the foundations of what we now know as the American Treaty Organization.

The Soviet Union meanwhile had continued to recover, with its economy growing, and focusing more and more on trade with various groups. Primarily a weapon supplier to various nations, they competed primarily with Japan in the nations of Africa and the Middle East. Primarily used against German soldiers in the various Muslim nations, the Soviet Union did provide steep discounts due to their severe dislike of the Fourth Reich. During this time, there was a minor nuclear incident in the nation, where a reactor went critical. Thankfully it was minor, and the ensuing increase in cancer rates was simply a lesson to move reactors out of cities.

In the early 1980s, the United States enjoyed considerable economic growth thanks to close ties with its nearby neighbors. Combined with the relative prosperity, the nation began to look externally for further growth. Meanwhile, Italy had begun to court Britain over various lands held by Germany, and how they surely were Italian lands. These conversations were leaked, resulting in Germany declaring war on Italy, after which Britain and the Soviet Union declared war on Germany, and Japan declared war on the United States, looking to take advantage of the nation's small military budget to take numerous islands. Meanwhile, a number of rebellions broke out in Africa, with various groups taking advantage of World War 3 to break away and form their own nations.

The war itself lasted from 1982 to 1985, during which 32 nuclear weapons successfully landed, with almost double that number having been sabotaged, shot down, or intercepted. The most famous of which was done by the Soviet Union, which managed to prevent 12 of the 16 nuclear weapons using its advanced rocketry capabilities. The Fourth Reich meanwhile was hit with 8 nuclear detonations by Soviet forces and was swiftly rolled up by the Italians, British, and Soviets. London itself was hit by a nuclear bomb after a fleet of Luftwaffe managed to pierce their air defense grid. In the Pacific, the United States was slow to mobilize, but thanks to massive industrial advantages, and nuclear weapons, were able to conquer Japan, admittedly with major logistical, manpower, and informational support from various Asian nations, many of whom fought with impressive fervor. During this conflict, a full 20 nuclear missiles successfully hit various Japanese cities, resulting in major increases in radiation that to this day cause high levels of cancer.

In the aftermath, the horrors of the genocides in Eastern Europe and Asia began to be published, horrifying the entire globe. In the ensuing years, the majority of the Japanese officer corp was executed, while the German officer corp was spared due to the Italian Operation Paperclip, which prevented the majority of trials, instead having the Germans join as advisors and researchers within Italy, much to the fury of the Soviets and rest of the world. It was also at this time Italy began occasionally referring to itself as New Rome.

In the Americas, the United States began to see a series of megacorporations start forming. Mainly enabled by a lack of regulation, as well as near monopolies established with Central and South American nations, the nation saw the stock market soar, even as wages remained stagnant. Moreover, in 1997 the Civil Rights Act was signed by the President, while the first video game was coded in 1992, with further games following shortly.

In Africa, various nations saw significant growth, with industrialization allowing for large economic growth to occur. Meanwhile, in China, the nation began its long road to recovery, with the decade being the first time in decades that the population increased. The Soviet Union was in a similar state, continuing its slow recovery, this time helped by improved relations with the US. In fact, it was during this time that a joint space station was built by the US and USSR, something that would become the ISS we know today.

This decade saw the proliferation of computers, with the Americas being the bleeding edge of development in the field. Taking advantage of the increasing digitization that occurred in the banking sector, several large corporations worked to switch financial records into a fully virtualized system. With silicon valley in the United States, this allowed the US to gain a rather large level of control over the banking industry in Central and South America, something that would ironically result in a drastic loss of control over its allies.

Meanwhile, the spread of electronics allowed the world to grow far more connected. The African Union was created in the continent in question, much of a confederacy with many interlinked platforms, there was nonetheless quite a bit of independence between each of the nations. Yet, the development of their nuclear program nonetheless made them something to fear. Meanwhile, East Asia saw a proliferation in Bollywood films, as well as Korean Aeni. Both media were heavily influenced by the other, rather expected considering the close ties between the Indian and Korean communities.

Britain itself saw a revival in these years, a nation whose prestige had diminished for decades since the second world war, the increasingly authoritarian government found itself revitalizing the navy, creating the next generation of ships and submarines. These vessels were later used during freedom of navigation exercises west of the Iberian peninsula, something which in turn caused the Italians to double funding to their navy. However, this did result in the African Union beginning to buy vessels from the island nation in order to build their own navy, a far easier choice than creating their own naval programs from scratch.

Then there was the Italian invasion of Turkey, a process that took two years, and famously resulted in the Soviet Union's ambassador having to be physically restrained after Italian denials that an invasion was taking place. While the invasion took thrice as long as expected, in part thanks to massive waves of Soviet equipment entering the nation, there was little the country could do against the superior Italian military.

Over the next decade, the African economy continued to develop, with the continent's products beginning to be seen more and more internationally. In part helped by British shipping, the isles found themselves unexpectedly working with African nations once more, this time in an equal role. Helped in part by the growing communication infrastructure, thanks to the continued development of LEO satellites, the continent did see the move towards a much larger level of unity.

With the development of GPS, numerous major geopolitical events occurred. The most pressing of which were actions taken by the Italians. While their build-up of their German client state was expected, what was not expected was what they did with their military during it. Using the greater ability to traverse unknown terrain, Italian special forces began making raids in the Caucusus, targeting infrastructure, leaders, and military forces. While this did lead to several near escalations, the most notable of which was a Soviet submarine making it through Gibraltar, the international community was by and large unwilling to risk World War 4, allowing the low-level conflict to continue.

Meanwhile, seeing the possibilities joining the integrated East Asian economy could provide, Australia and New Zealand both took steps to join. After years of discussion, the last holdouts were China and Korea, which demanded one thing. The cessation of trade with Japan. With annual trade with the extremely poor nation a pittance, and the level of wealth available within East Asia being massive, both Australia and New Zealand accepted, resulting in a drastic rise in ultranationalists within Japan itself as the nation's economy nosedived once more.

The decade was defined by three major events. The first was the drastic shift in American relations. Over the 2010s, South America chaffed under the older treaties made, which resulted in the United States pulling back on the more problematic ones. This then resulted in significant GDP growth for the South American nations, which in turn caused an economic rise in the US. Emboldened by this, the South American nations pushed further, and the US gave in. With the rise in GDP, the various nations in the Americas found their partnership growing far more equal, with talks over a universal currency beginning.

The second notable event was the Shangai terror attack, where a group of unidentified terrorists rammed two airplanes into two skyscrapers. Compounding this was the fact that the planes themselves were filled with a deadly gas that had remained in a hidden stockpile within Burma. Resulting in a total of 18 thousand deaths, the Chinese government is currently in the process of organizing an international response, and it is highly likely they will be declaring war on Japan, due to three of the eight people involved having Japanese citizenship.

The third major event, and arguably the most important was the 2029 Battle of Georgia, where Soviet soldiers successfully isolated an Italian special forces team. While this would have normally been a notable victory, the Italian Major stationed on the Turkish border escalated matters by deploying an armored column with air support to retrieve the special forces soldiers. While the Soviets were caught off guard and took major losses, and the unit was extracted, this did lead to notable condemnation from the international community, although it did abate after a number of financial concessions were provided by the Italian government.

Less importantly, but somewhat notable was the growing concern among environmental scientists, who had been claiming that the planet was warming at an unsustainable rate. Sadly for them, due to radiation issues in Europe, the general focus on ensuring wartime readiness, and general fear that World War 4 was about to begin, few countries gave them much attention.

Daemon Hunter · Sep 17, 2022

Number of Designers: 001 (able to work on one small project at a time, small is non-naval craft)
Number of Scientists: 001 (able to work on one non-exotic prototype technology at a time ie Extremely Stealthy Systems, Extremely Fast Vehicles, etc)
Average Designer Experience: 6.4 years
Lead Designer Experience: 24 years
Average Administrator Experience: 6.4 years
Average Technician Experience: 6.4 years
Average Marketer Experience: 14.2 years
Turnover Rate: ~10%
Company Culture: Innovative Center, Stay Here a While, Security Checkpoints, We're All Friends Here, Corporate Boot-Camp
Designer Tool Quality: Decent
Test Equipment Quality: Above Average
Computing Assets: Supercomputer
Production Facilities: Decent Prototyping Facility, Goliath Fabrication Facility
Other Assets: 100 person special forces PMC 'Winter Tigers', on-site nuclear bunker, heliport
Liquid Assets: $0.045 billion
Annual Revenue: ??? million (2 billion per year until start of 2039)
Annual Expenses: $519 million
Expected Evaluation: $10.000 billion
Debt: $5.156 billion

Basic Experimental Production Equipment
University Programs
Material Science Laboratory
Computing Laboratory
Signal Lab

Adequate Quality Housing and supplies for 800 people for 10 years (600 people required to operate at full capacity, 200 unemployed individuals)
Small Industrial Center
4 Zettabytes Data Storage (20% human knowledge)
Seed Vault
Military Facilities
BSL-3 Laboratory
EMP Shielding

A large improvement over the existing MANPAD design of the United American military, it saw its first units be shipped out in early 2033. Utilizing an advanced guidance system that made use of both IR guidance and RADAR guidance, it was able to achieve a reliability rating of 90%. Moreover, capable of targetting aircraft at a 5km range with a 3km ceiling, and weighing a mere 35 pounds, it boasts impressive stats. However, it is somewhat dragged down by the poor display, which takes months for soldiers to achieve familiarity. Additionally, the barrel itself wears off rather quickly, necessitating higher maintenance costs than normal. At this time, the United American military is planning to build 100 thousand systems.

As of 2037, the system was updated with modern electronics allowing it to network with United American battlespaces.

An evolutionary upgrade over the prior SINCGARS in use by the United American military, production saw the first units shipped in 2035 after a lengthy legal battle between A3 and The Telecommunications Grid. The device itself utilizes a homomorphic encryption technique along with a channel switching rate of 64 channels per second. Capable of matching the existing design with a 10 km range and 50km boosted range, along with a 16 kbps transmission speed, the M-SIRS excels in its adaptability, ruggedness, and encryption standards. Encrypted to a level requiring dedicated SIGINT facilities to crack, it is a useful method to shut down one avenue of cyber warfare. Additionally, a hydrophobic coating combined with a hexagonal lattice reduces the weight to 3 kg while also making it notably more rugged than the prior device, allowing it to handle essentially any operating condition.

An evolutionary improvement over the United American Model A. The Model C is capable of detecting a broad range of hazardous biochemical weapons as well as quantifying radiation levels. While exact accuracy varies, for the intended use cases it is capable of achieving over 99% accuracy. Housed in a plastic shell with a hydrophobic coating, the device itself masses a kilogram and is somewhat bulky. Additionally, production costs are a quarter of the Model A, now at $600 per unit, thanks to using 22nm transistors and having component tolerances in the 15% range. The true draw of the Model C however, remains its modular API and hardware ports. Due to the wide number of physical ports and a direct PHY tunnel, it is capable of connecting to virtually any electronic device, leading to an unprecedented level of battlefield connectivity.

Leon12431 · Sep 17, 2022

[X] The United Americas
[X] A Newcomer

Ruirk · Sep 17, 2022

[X] The United Americas - An isolationist mixture of nations, the Americas have taken care to remain uninvolved with global affairs, with World War 3 being the only break in the policy ever since the first world war. With the civil rights act passing only in the 1990s, and Nazi political parties having a great deal of power from the 40s to the 80s, internal tensions remain high, even as the promise of wealth ensures the corporations remain international on this side of the ocean. A kleptocracy in all but name, the military force is almost entirely focused on coastal defense, with the navy second only to the British in quality. With a relatively lackluster army, the nation primarily has focused on exotic technologies, as well as beginning a modernization of anti-air systems.

[X] A Newcomer - You're a new team in the field, perhaps you provide designs in fields not particularly focused on by the nation. Perhaps you simply have new ideas, or perhaps you simply valued your independence. *Bonus to novel designs, malus to development, less oversight*

Why yes, I want to use the Arsenal of Democracy with Latin American characteristics.

Gurrent · Sep 17, 2022

[X] The United Americas
[X] A Newcomer

Mars · Sep 17, 2022

[X] The Italian Empire
[X] A Newcomer

Chimeraguard · Sep 17, 2022

[X] The African Union
[X] A Newcomer

Criminalpidgeon · Sep 17, 2022

[X] The United Americas
[X] A Newcomer

HanEmpire · Sep 17, 2022

[X] The East Asian Confederacy
[X] A Newcomer

BTS-branded Miltech

We'll have K-Pop Boybands make music videos as weapon ads.

Blackgold211 · Sep 17, 2022

[X] The Soviet Union
[X] A Newcomer

Underdog + anti-fash

Daemon Hunter · Sep 17, 2022

HanEmpire said:
[X] The East Asian Confederacy
[X] A Newcomer

BTS-branded Miltech

We'll have K-Pop Boybands make music videos as weapon ads.

I am all for this, having each of your weapons have its own music video would actually help your popularity.

The_Iron_Sith · Sep 17, 2022

[X] The Soviet Union
[X] A Newcomer

TheWhiteClown · Sep 17, 2022

[X] The United Americas
[X] A Newcomer

Rerv · Sep 17, 2022