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War looms on the horizon. This is to be the crucial proving ground where the technology of the modern space race is to be given a baptism of fire. Ship against shuttle, cosmonaut against astronaut, Fascism against freedom. At stake is control of most, if not all, of the surface of Luna, the Lagrange points, and quiet possibly the world.

The Neo-Fascist Conglomerate of Kargucagstan has constructed several mass drivers capable of launching SSTOs in its northern mountains. This is not a problem in itself, as several other nations have already constructed their own. The crisis arises when Kargucagstan decides to muscle in on the moon and its valuable resources. In a sudden and clearly illegal move, Kargucagstan launches a lightning invasion of Spizanian colonial territory. At the same time the Moon is declared a province of the Conglomerate. Outraged, nations back on Earth vow to defend their holdings and stem the Fascist tide.

Now that that melodramatic introduction is out of the way, let’s go over the ground rules:

1) This is a PMT, invite-only RP taking place in 2050. If you want to get in, post here or TG me. You must be 2050 and have a space program capable of getting you to the moon (or have someone fly you there).

2) You may join the RP at any time (with permission), but unless you sign up before it starts, no lunar holdings will be recognized.

3) In your first IC post, include a link to a thread (or post) detailing the forces committed to this war. For example, if I had 10,000 cosmonauts and a moon base, I would make a thread saying that (and also having a map showing where your base is located) and link to it. This is so we can all be on the same level, so to speak. You can use this thread to post your forces. Click here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=9968687) to see how (scroll up).

Participants:
Kargucagstan
Spizania
Scandavian States
Zepplin Manufacturers
Izistan
Praetonia
Khrrck

Probable Participants:
Whyatica

Just post on here to have yourself moved from the bottom list to the top or removed.

The RP will start sometime tomorrow (Friday 12th). I’m on the West Coast of America, so the time might be odd. This (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LMP/) site has maps of the surface of the moon for you to use. Right now Tycho, Nansen A and F, and Peary craters are all reserved, as well as portions of Mare Smythii and Mare Imbrium.

The IC thread can be found here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11803206#post11803206).

I'm in. I'll have to consult Doc on how many soldiers the cargo bay can carry, but I'll have 24 shuttles initially plus however many heavy lift boosters I can afford.

Great. I'm thinking I'll have about 15k, but It's more or less everyone versus me, so I kinda need the numbers.

Well, I'm not going to have that many soldiers up their. A couple hundred, maybe, because that's all I'll be able to train on short notice for lunar warfare.

Very realistic, I like that. My IC justification is that I've been preparing for lunar war for some six years now, forsaking any scientific research for military stuff. I figure I'll capture all the tech I need, hehe.

Dateline 2050 ZMI lunar asset summary


Surface


Tycho Prime, Civilian Population 22,600 (lunar central command, spaceport with heavy launch rails, large sections hardened and sub surface, extensive internal sub surface habitat, civilian industrial surface works and primary ZMI lunar organic reprocessing and hydroponics centre, extensive ZMSF and ZMDF presence including the primary training base for all space surface combat operations, Point of deepest lunar surface mines, extensive heavy static defences covering all vectors)


Sol-Tech Arc Plant, population 5,400 (primarily metal extraction using solar furnaces, concentrated heavy industry, heavy ZMDF presence, ZMSF SHOK facility under construction, extensive ground to space defences, limited ground defences )


Apex Facility, population 3,800 (primarily solar HE3 reprocessing, very widely spread light industry as per necessity, mostly civilian, limited ZMDF presence, limited ground to space defences)


18,300 persons spread over the rest of lunar Tycho territories and beyond in small prospector or mobile mining or resourcing operations rarely over 50 personell in number




Citizen Shareholder (civilian) total: 50,100 (34,000 of which are self supporting)

ZMDF total personnel: 5,350

ZMSF total personnel: 13,490


23 Mica class hardened missile Silos (Strategic Thermonuclear Armed Autonomous Combat Orbiter launchers)

54 Strategic missile defence sites

71 short range ground to ground / ground to space missile sites

115 MATV hop capable modular surface combat transports

18 Shrike mobile ground to space, ground to ground hyper velocity missile launcher / artillery platforms (hop only)

34 SDU's (Unmanned Autonomous ground combat vehicles, rail driver primary, rapid fire cold gas launcher secondary, integral point defence, hop capable, tactical nuclear rounds available)





Lunar Orbit


139 civilian satellites (various uses)


82 JOAT (jack of all trades) Self Defending Utility Satellites


29 High Capacity downward looking military grade mobile ground penetrating self defending recon satellites


48 Thermonuclear armed Space to Space / Space to Surface Missile Rack Satellites


3 large civilian platforms


Meiville 1.3 ktons

Niven 490 tons

Reynolds 2.9 ktons.


Military:


Hill class Block IV expansion battle platform tasked with strategic area defence and equiped with military fast refueling, tug squadron and 16 Mk.III Ocelot Interceptors, total station mass 3.2ktons






Vessels:

On average 34 trans lunar “can” cargo vessels loading and unloading,

8 Europa Long Shot modified shuttle craft

1 Experimental asteroid mining vessel (under construction in free floating yard space)

2 cycling up Ajax class Mars shot vessels (modified civilian vessel using Alexander Drexel Military drive stack, equipped only with CIWS and no capacity for combat burn)


Military:

38 Ocelot interceptors

85 Sandstorm self defending modular carry alls (not capable of orbit without drop tanks)

ZMSF Terrible, Alexander Drexel (mk1 core) class DDGN

ZMSF Tenacity, Alexander Drexel (mk1 core) class DDGN

ZMSF Raptor, Alexander Drexel (mk3 core) class DDGN

Citizen Shareholder (civilian) total: 50,100 (34,000 of which are self supporting)

ZMDF total personnel: 5,350

ZMSF total personnel: 13,490


Is that counting logistics personnel or just mainline combat troops? Oh, and I'd like to take this opportunity to say, "%^(*& I'm screwed."

Izistani/Expansite Earth-Luna-LaGrange assets of note:

-Daemonfels, population 1250, including two companies of Hazardous Environment Combat Unit (HECU) troops with militarized lunar vehicles (hoppers, rovers and drone variants). Located in North Western Mare Smythii, and primarily concerned with administration, personel accomendations, and research. Rail link to Project Ehricke (experimental Clanking replicator/autofactory, rim of Schubert A) and roads connecting corporate research stations and farside astronomy outposts. Defences include perpared bunkers and trenchworks, anti-spacecraft missiles (with a fun variaty of warheads), recoilless cannon, lasers, and two 'gieger gun' installations.

-Anchorage, primary* low earth orbit station of the Izistani/Expansite space effort. Permanent crew of sixty. Primarily concerned with maintaining Lunar Tranfer Vehicle's and orbital military assets (inital construction of Gorgon class is done here). Limited defensive armament consisting of space to space kinetic missiles (think Brilliant Pebbles), and a anti-debris laser broom system (which, with the proper authorization, is capable of focusing its beam spread).
*Several stations are also operated by corporations, around ten crewmembers each, unarmed inflatables.

-IAF Gorgon class MS (Militarized Spacecraft) Pournelle and Heinlein.

-A dozen Lunar Transfer Vehicles.

Conglomerate Lunar Initiative (CLI) resources
15,000 combat personel
40,000 noncombatants
113 Armored Lunar Assault Tanks (ALATs)
201 light modular gun platforms*
40 Lunar Ore Miners (LOMs)
111 Mass Produced Planetary Defense Satellites (MPPDSs)
80 cargo rockets
Unspecified number of cargo rovers
5 Zenith class Extra-Atmospheric Vessels (EAVs)
KSN 00-01
KSN 01-02
KSN 02-03
KSN 03-04
KSN 04-05

A series of interlocking bases, energy plants, mining platforms, and mass drivers in and around Nansen A and F (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a210/Zipline/LunarBaseplot.jpg). Defended by hardened missile silos, pop-up coilguns, orbiting MPPADS, etc.

*can mount either a 308mm mortar, 200mm magnet-assisted howitzer, or a 160mm recoilless rifle.

Not quite as impressive as some other nations holdings, but it should suffice.

Yes thats all personnel including logistics.

IC is up. I posted the link in the first post on here. As a courtesy, it would be nice if signatures were turned off.

I'm planning to participate. Working on my military stats, should be ready by Monday.

Bump. I'm gonna try and revive this starting now. Let's get some of you posting!

Horrible load of stuff has come up. May not be able to participate. We'll see.

Ok, well, keep me posted. You can always come in late.

Nice post Spiz. Glad you're active. Just a little nitpick, but I don't think you can shrink a nuke yield down to 300 tons. Half a KT at most, IIRC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_%28nuclear_device%29


Ehem its quite pratical to make fission devices in the double digit ton outputs much less half a kiloton.