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Austrin-Ontis is once again proud to release our latest piece of weapons technology, developed from the lessons learnt in the Ammerrican conflict, the Naiad class air cushioned landing craft.

NAIAD CLASS AIR CUSHIONED LANDING CRAFT - 50 MILLION DOLLARS

Naiad on manoeuvers in the Devils Desert bay
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Naiad unloading armoured fighting vehicles and assault troops
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Naiad unloading tanks onto a hostile beach during testing
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PURPOSE
The mission of the ship is to carry out rapid sea-lift and beach landing of assault troops and combat material on territory held by hostile forces. The ship also provides fire support for the troop operations on shore. The ship is capable of laying active minefields.

DESIGN
The square-shaped pontoon structure of the hull provides a rugged, stable and seaworthy design. The pontoon's superstructure is divided by two longitudinal bulkheads into three functional sections. The middle section accommodates the compartment for armoured vehicles to be landed with taxi tracks and loading and unloading ramps. The two outer sections house the main and auxiliary power plants, the troop compartments, crew living quarters, and life support and NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) protection. Ventilation, air-conditioning and heating systems are installed in the amphibious troops compartments and in the crew living quarters. These areas are also fitted with thermal and sound insulation coatings and vibration isolation structures.

The ship is fitted with light armour plating to provide a degree of protection to the crew and the troops against ammunition and blast fragments. The Naiad can carry up to 130t of cargo: three medium battle tanks, eight infantry combat vehicles, ten armoured personnel carriers, or 360 fully equipped amphibious landing troops. The ship has a bow and a stern ramp for fast landing of troops and combat material.

WEAPON SYSTEMS
The ship is equipped with two stabilised multiple rocket launchers, four Igla-1M portable air defence missile systems, and two AK-630 30mm automatic gun mounts. The AK-630 artillery system provides defence against manned and unmanned air attack, including incoming sea- skimming anti-ship missiles, small sea targets, lightly armoured coastal targets and floating mines. The six-barrel automatic gun, model AO-18 has a firing rate of 5,000 rounds/min.

NAVIGATION
The Naiad is equipped with a navigation suite comprising two navigation radars, gyrocompass, magnetic compass, drift log, satellite navigation receiver, Decca receiver, radio direction finder, master gyroscope and day and night vision drift sight.

PROPULSION
Three upright ring shrouds, housing the air propellers and standing upright at the back of the ship, give the Naiad its distinctive appearance. The four bladed propellers which are provide the ship with a top speed of 60 knots. High-temperature gas turbine engines provide the power to drive the air-cushion blowers and the air propellers. The craft has four blowers model NO-10, fitted with axial operating wheels of 2.5m diameter, to generate the air cushion. The air thrust for movement is powered by three four-bladed, reversible, variable-pitch air propellers, 5.5m in diameter. The air propellers are mounted inside ring shrouds. The Naiad is equipped with two electric power plants. Each power plant has two gas turbine generators, each rated at 100kW. Control of the ship and systems is carried out from a main control station, a central control room and through various remote control panels.

NAIAD CLASS - SPECIFICATION

Crew - 27

Dimensions
Length - 56.2 metres
Width- 22.3 metres
Length on air cushion - 57.3 metres
Width on air cushion - 25.6 metres
Height on air cushion - 21.9 metres
Standard displacement - 480 tons
Full load displacement - 535 tons

Propulsion
Motors - gas turbine
Power - 5: 3 x 10,000; 2 x 10,000 horsepower
Propellers - 3 four bladed variable pitch propellers

Generators
Generator type - gas turbine generator
Power - 4 x 100 kilowatts

Performance
Speed - 60 knots
Range at maximum speed - 300 miles
Endurance - 5 days
Military Lift- three medium battle tanks, eight infantry combat vehicles, ten armoured personnel carriers, or 360 fully equipped amphibious landing troops

Weapons
Air defence guns and missiles
Strela-3 portable air defence missile system - 4 x 4 launchers plus 32 AP missiles
30 mm AK-630 Air Defence Gun Mount - 2 x 6 with 6000 rounds
140mm Ogon launchers - 2 x 22 with 132 rockets

Electronic Systems
General detection radar
Navigation radar
Electronic Countermeasures System

Cost - 50 million dollars standard (45 million fo GDODAD members)

What would happen if, say, someone were to shoot a blade off of one of the fans? Because I am fairly sure that the loss of balance would cause the fan to tear itself to pieces, causing damage to the rest of the ship. Is the material used to build the fans strong enough to withstand continual fire for as long as it takes to unload?

We would liek to buy one, $50 million wired

We the government of King Cameron II of Crookfur hereby place an order for 2 of these craft.
Funds will be wired on acceptance of this order.

We would like to purchase 20 of those beauties. Beautiful design AO.

I would like to purchase 50. And do you have anything bigger?

the rogue nation of efpball would like to buy 2 of these. money sent.

QC wants 10

500 million wired immediatley

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5 if you would be so kind... *money wired*

AO:

Very nice, something to replace the aging LCAC, but still useful.

I would like to order just 1 for engineering remodification to fit into the current LSD/LPD/LHA for overseas transport and reproduction. From the looks of the design, ship not capable of open seas independent maneuvers greater than 5 days in length (ship too small to support crew and troops for extended periods). Will pay extra for consultation, negotiations, and international rights.

Offer 1 billion.

Austrin Ontis,
I'll take 10. Is there any discount for a fellow GDODAD member? :wink:

Whatever your answer is, the appropriate amount is being wired through the GDODAD bank to you.

We await Austrin-Ontis' confirmation of our order, so that we update our Military Table of Equipment :)

Kind regards

Abu-Reau Crat, Office of Weapons Procurements
Ministry of Defense and Advanced Research
Federation of Islamic Ummah

What would happen if, say, someone were to shoot a blade off of one of the fans? Because I am fairly sure that the loss of balance would cause the fan to tear itself to pieces, causing damage to the rest of the ship. Is the material used to build the fans strong enough to withstand continual fire for as long as it takes to unload?

The fans have been strengthened as much as possible, but obviously they are still a vulnerability because they have to be exposed to allow the Naiad to get to the speeds it does. There is an automatic failsafe system in place that will attempt to compensate with the other fans if one goes out of action or failing that reduce power to prevent structural damage. The light armour plating that covers the Naiad is actually twice as thick on the fan supports and standard thickness on the fan frame.

Order Processing

We would liek to buy one, $50 million wired

Order confirmed for one Naiad landing craft and money recieved.
Delivery will take place within the week.

We the government of King Cameron II of Crookfur hereby place an order for 2 of these craft.
Funds will be wired on acceptance of this order.

Order confirmed for two Naiad landing craft.
Delivery will take place within the week.

We would like to purchase 20 of those beauties. Beautiful design AO.

Thanks for the compliment, we are very proud of what our naval engineers have been able to produce, and have very high hopes for a number of future projects.

Order confirmed for twenty Naiad landing craft.
Delivery will take place within one month.

I would like to purchase 50. And do you have anything bigger?

As of now we do not have anything larger that we could sell on the world market, however one of the projects currently in development is a landing craft capable of deploying the heaviest types of tanks and artillery onto a hostile coast. We'll keep you posted of any developments.

Order confirmed for fifty Naiad landing craft.
Delivery will take place within one month.

the rogue nation of efpball would like to buy 2 of these. money sent.

Order confirmed for two Naiad landing craft and money received.
Delivery will take place within one month.

QC wants 10

500 million wired immediatley

Order confirmed for ten Naiad landing craft and money received.
Delivery will take place within one month.

10

Order confirmed for ten Naiad landing craft.
Delivery will take place within one month.

5 if you would be so kind... *money wired*

Our pleasure.

Order confirmed for five Naiad landing craft and money received.
Delivery will take place within one month.

AO:

Very nice, something to replace the aging LCAC, but still useful.

I would like to order just 1 for engineering remodification to fit into the current LSD/LPD/LHA for overseas transport and reproduction. From the looks of the design, ship not capable of open seas independent maneuvers greater than 5 days in length (ship too small to support crew and troops for extended periods). Will pay extra for consultation, negotiations, and international rights.

Offer 1 billion.

Offer is accepted. I'll leave our relevant R&D departments to sort out the exact details, but wish you best of luck in your modifications. And be sure to let us know if and when you release it to the world market, as we may very well be interested in purchasing a number of units.

Austrin Ontis,
I'll take 10. Is there any discount for a fellow GDODAD member?

Whatever your answer is, the appropriate amount is being wired through the GDODAD bank to you.

Indeed there is, 10%, which puts the base cost at 45 million.

Order confirmed for ten Naiad landing craft and money received.
Delivery will take place within one month.

We will take 4.

We will take 4.

Happy to oblige:

Order confirmed for four Naiad landing craft.
Delivery will take place within 1-2 months.

BUMP!

The Republic of Blademasters was very pleased with the performance of our Naiad, so much in fact that we would like to order a second one, *50million wired*

I'll take one of them. The money will be wired once you confirm the order.

Due to recent sales we finally have sufficient funds to "shop around", as they say. The Vortex Corporation wishes to purchase 8 of these magnificent craft.

*400 million dollars wired to Austrin Ontis*

Could you please send them over ASAP? We are looking to deploy them in exercises with Islamic Ummah and Celeborne.

Thank you.

Order Processing

The Republic of Blademasters was very pleased with the performance of our Naiad, so much in fact that we would like to order a second one, *50million wired*

Glad you are finding it to your liking, we are of course always happy to supply more.

Order confirmed for one Naiad landing craft.
Delivery will take place within 1 month.

I'll take one of them. The money will be wired once you confirm the order

Order confirmed for one Naiad landing craft.
Delivery will take place within 1 month.

Due to recent sales we finally have sufficient funds to "shop around", as they say. The Vortex Corporation wishes to purchase 8 of these magnificent craft.

*400 million dollars wired to Austrin Ontis*

Could you please send them over ASAP? We are looking to deploy them in exercises with Islamic Ummah and Celeborne.

Thank you.

Well, we should make you wait in the queue really, but because of our previous good relationship and your kind compliment we'll take your eight from the number assigned to be part of our Navy. We aren't involved in any wars at the moment, so the military shouldn't complain too much about being kept waiting. We are quite enthusiastic about seeing them in action too.

Order confirmed for eight Naiad landing craft.
Delivery will take place immediately.

Kazaki would like to purchase 20 if you'd be so kind.

Money will be wired upon confirmation

Kazaki would like to purchase 20 if you'd be so kind.

Money will be wired upon confirmation

Of course, we are happy to oblige.

Order confirmed for twenty Naiad landing craft at a cost of 1 billion dollars
Delivery will take place within 1 month.

R&D of Phyrric sends team of engineers with schematics of possible refits and experiment ideas to your R&D plant, awaits delivery to shipyards, wires funds

We'd like to purchase 7 Naiad Landing Craft for our Marine Division. 350 million will be wired upon confirmation.

Thank you.

R&D of Phyrric sends team of engineers with schematics of possible refits and experiment ideas to your R&D plant, awaits delivery to shipyards, wires funds

The single Naiad for modification has now been delivered, along with full blueprints and a few personnel to make clear any issues that would be difficult to ascertain from the blueprints. We are currently looking over your proposed changes, and it looks very good. Our engineers have a number of issues to raise based on their experience working with the Naiad which should make modification less troublesome. Generally they are small alterations however.

The funds have been recieved, thank you for your custom.

We'd like to purchase 7 Naiad Landing Craft for our Marine Division. 350 million will be wired upon confirmation.

Thank you.

Order confirmed for seven Naiad landing craft at a cost of 350 million
Deliver will take place within one month

Thank you for doing business with us

Funds have been wired, may thanks

Apparently I now have $500 million extra in my foreign purchasing budget, so I'd like to order three. Awaiting confirmation. http://www.sc3000.com/forums/images/face1.GIF

Have you considered adding self-raising heavy metal shields in front of the fans for protection during assaults? High speeds shouldn't be necessary then... by the way, how well does the air cushion stand up to enemy fire? http://www.sc3000.com/forums/images/face1.GIF

Apparently I now have $500 million extra in my foreign purchasing budget, so I'd like to order three. Awaiting confirmation. http://www.sc3000.com/forums/images/face1.GIF

Have you considered adding self-raising heavy metal shields in front of the fans for protection during assaults? High speeds shouldn't be necessary then... by the way, how well does the air cushion stand up to enemy fire? http://www.sc3000.com/forums/images/face1.GIF

Order confirmed for three Naiad landing craft at a cost of 150 million
Delivery will take place within one month

That's a damn good idea about metal shields for the fans that deploy as they hit the worst of the enemy fire. At that stage you could cope with a loss of maneuverability in exchange for a significantly increased survival rate. We'll put together a conversion package over the next couple of days and do some tests. If it works we'll put a price up here so that they can be purchased. We'll do yours for free though, as payment for the idea.

The air cushion is actually fairly robust to small arms fire, since it is self sealing. You really have to hit it with a 120mm shell and up to do sufficient damage to truly cause problems. Missiles obviously work too, but the countermeasures go a long way towards stopping that.

We would like to thank AO for the transaction. Nice doing business.

Thanks, money wired. What kind of month is that? I'm still confused about the time system used here. http://www.sc3000.com/forums/images/face1.GIF

That's a damn good idea about metal shields for the fans that deploy as they hit the worst of the enemy fire. At that stage you could cope with a loss of maneuverability in exchange for a significantly increased survival rate. We'll put together a conversion package over the next couple of days and do some tests. If it works we'll put a price up here so that they can be purchased. We'll do yours for free though, as payment for the idea.

Really? Okay, great, I hope the testing goes well....http://www.sc3000.com/forums/images/face1.GIF

The air cushion is actually fairly robust to small arms fire, since it is self sealing. You really have to hit it with a 120mm shell and up to do sufficient damage to truly cause problems. Missiles obviously work too, but the countermeasures go a long way towards stopping that.

Excellent. I look forward to seeing mine in action. http://www.sc3000.com/forums/images/face5.GIF

I am farely new to your little forum here, therefore i am introducing my self as the most powerful leader here, the leader of FATGREEKS. We eat our souvla spontaniously, and will crush any one who oppsoes souvlaki. Good day...

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Thanks, money wired. What kind of month is that? I'm still confused about the time system used here.

Ah sorry. The time here is highly variable but for the purposes of sales nad delivery I generally operate on one day real life equals one month in game. So you can assume you have your Naiad tomorrow.

Thank you... according to the calculator, I can spend $1.5 billion per year each on domestic military spending and foreign purchases, but I don't know how often I should do that. I guess keeping it under one billion per week should be acceptable. http://www.sc3000.com/forums/images/face1.GIF

well take 10, $500 million is wired.

Thank you... according to the calculator, I can spend $1.5 billion per year each on domestic military spending and foreign purchases, but I don't know how often I should do that. I guess keeping it under one billion per week should be acceptable. http://www.sc3000.com/forums/images/face1.GIF

That sounds pretty reasonable. One day per month doesn't really work because that still means you are getting several million new citizens a month, but anything higher than that and your leaders just keep dying from old age every few weeks or so.

well take 10, $500 million is wired.

Order confirmed for ten Naiad landing craft and money recieved
Delivery will take place within one month (OOC tomorrow)

Modification under construction; lower engine mounts to be flush with deck of superstructure; collapsable mast to the starboard side; duel exhaust, single stack; and a narrowing of the hull, to compensate for loss of storage, the floors of the troop quarters were made of mesh aluminum and hallow for placement of small arms and munitions.

The new dimentions makes the new product able to now fit into LHD/A class amphibious assault ships. Too many modifications were necessary to able LSD/LPD to carry due to low flight decks and clearance problems.

R&D proposal to roll off line tomorrow. LHD 1 Macedon to arrive for exercises.

i will order 10 thats 450 millionn as im a GDODAD member.

<money wired>

Modification under construction; lower engine mounts to be flush with deck of superstructure; collapsable mast to the starboard side; duel exhaust, single stack; and a narrowing of the hull, to compensate for loss of storage, the floors of the troop quarters were made of mesh aluminum and hallow for placement of small arms and munitions.

The new dimentions makes the new product able to now fit into LHD/A class amphibious assault ships. Too many modifications were necessary to able LSD/LPD to carry due to low flight decks and clearance problems.

R&D proposal to roll off line tomorrow. LHD 1 Macedon to arrive for exercises.

Sounds fantastic. If you need an area to conduct exercises or other military units to participate we'll be happy to provide whatever assistance we can.

We will buy one. Money wired on order confirmation.

Sounds good,

There is a barron island 575 nautical miles due north of Phyrric. A joint exercise sounds to be in order to not only test the new equipment, but to see performance in a joint-nation military operation. Phyrric will provide an additional LSD w/ 3 LCAC and 2 FF for naval amphibious operations.

Tradewinds is willing to purchase 10. Money will be wired shortly.

We will buy one. Money wired on order confirmation.

Order confirmed for one Naiad landing craft at a cost of 50 million
Delivery will take place within one month

Tradewinds is willing to purchase 10. Money will be wired shortly.

Order confirmed for ten Naiad landing craft at a cost of 500 million
Delivery will take place within one month

Thank you both for your custom, and we hope the Naiad serve you well

This craft is impressive.
We have no need to upgrade our current line of landing craft, but would you be as kind as to send us a list w/ prices of your other items?

Sounds good,

There is a barron island 575 nautical miles due north of Phyrric. A joint exercise sounds to be in order to not only test the new equipment, but to see performance in a joint-nation military operation. Phyrric will provide an additional LSD w/ 3 LCAC and 2 FF for naval amphibious operations.

We will provide up to ten Naiad depending on the scale of the operation, and we would also like to use the opportunity to test two Nereids, our new Landing craft dock designed to supplement the operations of the Naiad by launching eight smaller landing craft (non hovercraft).

Agreed

Let's roll and see what she can do! Press notified for propoganda press releases.

I'll take 3. *$150 million wired*

I'll take 3. *$150 million wired*

Order confirmed for 3 Naiad landing craft and 150 million cost recieved
Delivery will take place within one month

Thank you for your custom

I'll take 5

I'll take 5

Sure thing.

Order confirmed for 5 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 250 million
Delivery will take place within one month

A pleasure doing business with you.

money wired.
Thank you!

I'll take 20. $1 billoin wired upon cofirmation.

I'll take 20. $1 billoin wired upon cofirmation.

Order confirmed for 20 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 1 billion dollars
Delivery will take place within 1-2 months

Thank you for choosing to buy from AOMT instustries.

PNN:

The New Naiad, renamed the PLAC, was a huge success in the Naval Amphibious Operations that took place over the weekend. The engine reconfiguration reduced drag by 10%, increased max speed by 5 knots, and increased fuel efficiency by 15%. Corcyra Naval Shipyards will conduct immediate mass production of the units for local military use and for sale abroad. The new price for the R&D design will be $62,000,000.

OOC: AO due to cooperation and design implementation, gets the second unit produced for free and shared technology for design and replication.

PNN:

The New Naiad, renamed the PLAC, was a huge success in the Naval Amphibious Operations that took place over the weekend. The engine reconfiguration reduced drag by 10%, increased max speed by 5 knots, and increased fuel efficiency by 15%. Corcyra Naval Shipyards will conduct immediate mass production of the units for local military use and for sale abroad. The new price for the R&D design will be $62,000,000.

OOC: AO due to cooperation and design implementation, gets the second unit produced for free and shared technology for design and replication.

Our congratulations on the success of the PLAC, and best of luck with it's international sales. Also, our thanks for sharing the results of your research, we intend to implement some of the advances in the NAIAD II, due to be released in a couple of years.

The government of illior will buy 5

Money will be automatically wired upon confirmation

Congratulations Ao.It's certainly much better than ours <looking at the Gradenk's LCACs and comparing it with Ao's,green with envy >

Can we trade few of our LCACs with yours?

You might want to post http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40870 .

Wolfish Defense Command will take 10 @ 50,000,000
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500,000,000 : wires money.

The government of illior will buy 5

Money will be automatically wired upon confirmation

Order confirmed for 5 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 250 million dollars
Delivery will take place within 1 month

Thank you for your custom

Wolfish Defense Command will take 10 @ 50,000,000
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500,000,000 : wires money.

Order confirmed for 10 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 500 million dollars
Delivery will take place within 1 month

Thank you for your custom

Congratulations Ao.It's certainly much better than ours <looking at the Gradenk's LCACs and comparing it with Ao's,green with envy >

Can we trade few of our LCACs with yours?

I don't see why not, we are interested in studying numerous different implementations of LCAC design to help us in future projects along these lines. How does three for three sound?

money wired

money wired as well

money wired
money wired as well

Transactions confirmed. My thanks for your prompt payment. Your Naiad will be with you very soon indeed (OOC - tomorrow) and we sincerely hope that they provide a notable asset to your naval capacities.

We want 12 of these craft
600million$ is wired

50 should be about right considor the money wired.

I'm going to place a large order of 2,000 of these. (Expensive, I know..)

The money'll be wired upon confirmation.

Can they be modified to float on silt?

I'll take one...for research purposes.
A figure appears in AO's base. He hands over a small pouch.

Order processing.

Our apologies about the slight delay in response.

We want 12 of these craft
600million$ is wired

Order confirmed for 12 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 600 million dollars
Payment of 600 million dollars has been recieved by wire
Delivery will take place within 1 month

50 should be about right considor the money wired.

Order confirmed for 50 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 2500 million dollars
Payment of 2500 million dollars has been recieved by wire
Delivery will take place within 2-3 months

I'm going to place a large order of 2,000 of these. (Expensive, I know..)

The money'll be wired upon confirmation.

Holy mother of god! We'll be overjoyed to fulfill that order.

Order confirmed for 2000 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 100 Billion dollars
Payment of 100 Billion dollars expected by wire
Delivery will take place within 8-10 months

Can they be modified to float on silt?

It would require extensive modification since they are exclusively designed for water, but since they are basically a hovercraft it would be possible.

I'll take one...for research purposes.
A figure appears in AO's base. He hands over a small pouch.

Order confirmed for 1 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 50 million dollars
Payment of 50 million dollars recieved in person
Delivery will take place within 1 month

Thank you all for your custom, and we sincerely hope you will consider our products again in the future.

we want 4 of them

we want 4 of them

It would be our pleasure.

Order confirmed for 4 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 200 million dollars
Payment of 200 million dollars due to by recieved by wire
Delivery will take place within 2-3 months

Thank you for doing business with AOMT

do they have the structural support for us to add a heli pad on each of them?

do they have the structural support for us to add a heli pad on each of them?

I believe so. You would obviously have to put the helicopter pad at the front away from the fans, and that would necessitate either the removal of one or more weapon systems or a small reduction in carrying capacity. We'd recommend you use support craft to launch helicopters though, it tends to be cheaper and you can keep them further back, out of the range of enemy direct fire weapons.

do you happen to have these crafts

We will take 4.

do you happen to have these crafts

Well, we can recommend our Nyarl landing craft dock, which is a good complement to the Naiad anyway, providing workhorse landing craft to supplement the super-heavy Nyarl offensive.

Details are here:
http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42920

We will take 4.

Happy to be of service.

Order confirmed for 4 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 200 million dollars
Payment of 200 million dollars due to by recieved by wire
Delivery will take place within 2-3 months.

Thank you for your custom.

How went the testing on the self-raising shields? http://www.sc3000.com/forums/images/face1.GIF

How went the testing on the self-raising shields? http://www.sc3000.com/forums/images/face1.GIF

Prototype is complete, but we are currently in a period of increased naval tension that will likely result in regional war in the next few days, which isn't the best situation to begin testing.

Congratulations Ao.It's certainly much better than ours <looking at the Gradenk's LCACs and comparing it with Ao's,green with envy >

Can we trade few of our LCACs with yours?

I don't see why not, we are interested in studying numerous different implementations of LCAC design to help us in future projects along these lines. How does three for three sound?

Sorry for the late reply. Yes why not, Our three LCACs are heading towards your nation

Below are the specs:

- The landing craft air cushion (LCAC) is a high-speed, over-the-beach fully amphibious landing craft capable of carrying a 60-75 ton payload.
- Capable of operating from existing and planned well deck ships,
- it is used to transport weapons systems, equipment, cargo and personnel from ship to shore and across the beach.

The advantages of air-cushion landing craft are numerous.
- can carry heavy payloads, such as an M-1 tank, at high speeds.
- Their payload and speed mean more forces reach the shore in a shorter time, with shorter intervals between trips.

The LCAC is capable of carrying a 60 ton payload (up to 75 tons in an overload condition) at speeds over 40 knots.
Fuel capacity is 5000 gallons.( average of 1000 gallons per hour ) Maneuvering considerations: 500 yards or more to stop and 2000 yards or more turning radius.

How it works:
The LCAC, like all hovercraft, rides on a cushion of air. The air is supplied to the cushion by four centrifugal fans driven by the craft's gas turbine engines. The air is enclosed by a flexible skirt system manufactured of rubberized canvas. Unlike the Surface Effect Ship (SES), no portion of the LCAC hull structure penetrates the water surface; the entire hull rides approximately four feet above the surface.

Where can it operate ?
LCAC operates in waters regardless of depth, underwater obstacles, shallows or adverse tides. It can proceed inland on its air cushion, clearing obstacles up to four feet, regardless of terrain or topography), including mud flats, sand dunes, ditches, marshlands, riverbanks, wet snow, or slippery and icy shorelines. Equipment, such as trucks and track vehicles, can disembark via ramps located both forward and aft, there by shortening critical off load time.

How is it good as an amphibious assault craft?
LCAC is a dramatic innovation in modern amphibious warfare technology. It provides the capability to launch amphibious assaults from points over the horizon, thereby decreasing risk to ships and personnel and generating greater uncertainty in the enemy's mind as to the location and timing of an assault, thereby maximizing its prospects of success. It is also important to point out the LCAC propulsion system makes it less susceptible to mines than other assault craft or vehicles


Technical specs:

Builder : Gradenk Marine systems


Power Plant Four Avco-Lycoming gas turbines; 12,280 bhp;
two shrouded reversible-pitch propellers;
four double-entry fans for lift
Length 88 feet
Beam 47 feet
Displacement 200 tons full load
Capacity 60 tons/75 ton overload
Speed 40 plus knots with payload
Armament 2 - 12.7mm MGs. Gun mounts will support: M-2HB .50 cal machine gun; Mk-19 Mod3 40mm grenade launcher; M-60 machine gun
Crew 5
Range 200 miles at 40 kts with payload
300 miles at 35 kts with payload

Operating Time 16 hours per day per LCAC
Time per Sortie Vehicle Load – 6 hours, 8 min
Cargo Load – 8 hours, 36 min

Sorties per Day for Vehicles 2.6 sorties per LCAC per day
Total = 104 LCAC sorties per day @ 40 LCACs per day

Sorties per Day for Cargo
1.86 sorties per LCAC per day
Total = 74 LCAC sorties per day @ 40 LCACs per day

Personnel Capacity 36 Troops
180 w/PTM
Short Tons per Sortie 25 STONS
50 pallets (500 lbs per pallet)

Vehicles per Sortie (how many vehicles it can carry per trip )
10 HMMWVs per sortie
4 LAVs per sortie
2 AAVs per sortie
1 M1A1 per sortie
4 M923 per sortie
2 M923 5-Ton Trucks,
2 M198 Howitzers, and
2 HMMWVs per sortie

Time Details Transit (45 NM @ 25 kts) x 2 = 216 min

Well Deck Ops
62 min for vehicles
120 min for cargo

Beach Ops
30 min for vehicles
120 min for cargo

Friction = 60 min

Total = 368 min (for vehicles) or 516 min (for cargo)

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http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/lcac_lsd-44_990829-n-9593r-002-s.jpg


http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/lcac12-s.jpg



http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/lcac-kb97_8-s.jpg

Very nice indeed. It is likely that a vehicle of this type will fill a niche where the armament of the Naiad would be excessive and expensive, but the speed and versatility of a LCAC is still required. When we consider the waters around our nation safe enough to conduct military exercises we'll put all the landing craft we have built or acquired through their paces and see how they all fit into a battleplan for naval assault.

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The Corporate High Council would like to express its satisfaction about the purchased vessels. Also, we would like to announce that Austrin Ontis has made it to our list of "preferred arms dealers"

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The Corporate High Council would like to express its satisfaction about the purchased vessels. Also, we would like to announce that Austrin Ontis has made it to our list of "preferred arms dealers"

Yeah! Thanks very much, we'll be sure to keep you informed about any future releases.

Very nice indeed. It is likely that a vehicle of this type will fill a niche where the armament of the Naiad would be excessive and expensive, but the speed and versatility of a LCAC is still required. When we consider the waters around our nation safe enough to conduct military exercises we'll put all the landing craft we have built or acquired through their paces and see how they all fit into a battleplan for naval assault.

Okay Thanks. I'll take delivery of your three hovercrafts in exchange for the three of Gradenk's own LCACs. We would test them and would purchase more if we're pleased with the performance.

Empire of Gradenk

Very nice indeed. It is likely that a vehicle of this type will fill a niche where the armament of the Naiad would be excessive and expensive, but the speed and versatility of a LCAC is still required. When we consider the waters around our nation safe enough to conduct military exercises we'll put all the landing craft we have built or acquired through their paces and see how they all fit into a battleplan for naval assault.

Okay Thanks. I'll take delivery of your three hovercrafts in exchange for the three of Gradenk's own LCACs. We would test them and would purchase more if we're pleased with the performance.

Empire of Gradenk

They are being shipped out now, although given the terrifying geography of NS earth we can't predict exactly when they will arrive. Nevertheless, you should have them very soon.

we will take 500

2500000000 wired upon confrmation, have them deilvered to our forces in the North Atlantic

Since I like this things so much for some reason, I'm gonna order another batch of 250. ;) Money'll be wired upon confirmation as usual.

Prototype is complete, but we are currently in a period of increased naval tension that will likely result in regional war in the next few days, which isn't the best situation to begin testing.

Thanks. With that, I'd like to order 16 more Naiads. Awaiting confirmation. http://www.sc3000.com/forums/images/face1.GIF

While we are happy to fulfill your orders, the war has now begun, and we are afarid it will be most difficult to deliver the Naiad until we have secured a path through our enemies naval defences. We shall begin manufacture of all of your orders, and contact you each via telegram, as well as making an official announcement on this thread, when we are able to make the delivery.

Order breakdown

Thelas
Order confirmed for 500 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 25 Billion dollars
Payment of 25 Billion dollars due to be recieved by wire (we think - you missed off a zero)
Delivery time yet to be confirmed

Diminix
Order confirmed for 250 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 12.5 Billion dollars
Payment of 12.5 Billion dollars due to be recieved by wire
Delivery time yet to be confirmed

Imminent Deletion
Order confirmed for 16 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 800 million dollars
Payment of 800 million dollars due to be recieved by wire
Delivery time yet to be confirmed

The Most Serene Republic of Mon Copain would be interested in purchasing 2 to 3 of these landing craft. However, we find the price of $50 million to be outrageous, even for a prototype craft. We shall not pay a cent over $40 million a piece.

I Need 34 of those Beauties, Man

*$200 Trillion Wired*

The Most Serene Republic of Mon Copain would be interested in purchasing 2 to 3 of these landing craft. However, we find the price of $50 million to be outrageous, even for a prototype craft. We shall not pay a cent over $40 million a piece.

I'm afraid that 50 million is the minimum price we can sell the Naiad for, and for that you are getting the most heavily armed and armoured landing craft out there today (as far as we have seen), as well as one of the fastest and most versatile. We would urge you to reconsider and consider buying at the set price, we are sure you will not be disappointed. However, should you not wish to, the best we can offer is an unarmed variant for 45 million a piece.

I Need 34 of those Beauties, Man

*$200 Trillion Wired*

Happy to help, though obviously delivery will have to wait until we have clear shipping lanes again.

Order confirmed for 34 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 1.7 Billion dollars
Payment of 200 Trillion dollars recieved by wire
Rebate of 199.9983 Trillion dollars approved and returned
Delivery time yet to be confirmed

having purchased a few before, these are very effective in combat. The nation of illior will purchase 5 more. AO, you keep my navy advanced, THANX!!

having purchased a few before, these are very effective in combat. The nation of illior will purchase 5 more. AO, you keep my navy advanced, THANX!!

Happy to be of service, and even happier to continue to fulfil your naval requirements

Order confirmed for 5 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 250 million dollars
Payment of 250 million dollars due to be recieved by wire
Delivery time yet to be confirmed due to local issues, contact will be made via telegram when delivery is able to take place.

Imminent Deletion
Order confirmed for 16 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 800 million dollars
Payment of 800 million dollars due to be recieved by wire
Delivery time yet to be confirmed

Thank you, money sent. Deliver ar your convenience. http://www.sc3000.com/forums/images/face1.GIF

AO, one of our allies recently combat tested these during a "cleansing" mission in my country. They were quite effective at laying down covering fire and shutting down enemy defenses.

We'd like to purchase 280. 14 billion will be wired upon confirmation.

Thank You,

~Admiral Mendoza, 1st Fleet Commander~

AO, one of our allies recently combat tested these during a "cleansing" mission in my country. They were quite effective at laying down covering fire and shutting down enemy defenses.

We'd like to purchase 280. 14 billion will be wired upon confirmation.

Thank You,

~Admiral Mendoza, 1st Fleet Commander~

Always glad to hear about our creations in action, and we hope they perform for you as well as they did for your ally. Regrettably there may be a delay in delivery due to a war we are involved in at present.

Order confirmed for 280 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 14 billion dollars
Payment of 14 billion dollars due to be recieved by wire
Delivery time yet to be confirmed due to local issues, contact will be made via telegram when delivery is able to take place.

*14 billion wired*

We'd also like to place another order for 200 more, at the price of 10 billion dollars. These will go to Arcel, so that he's not accused of godmoding when he mobilizes 100 tanks all at once.

Although this thread is over 1 month old, we'd like to continue it by purchasing 200, at a total cost of $10 billion. OOC: (Ancient and Holy Terra, thanks for the link from the n00b thread, heh, we have been looking for alternative methods, besides ships and heavy aircraft to transport troops.)

We are still currently unable to deliver, given the war we are involved in, but it finally appears to be nearing some manner of ceasefire, so perhaps the end is not far off. Until then, delivery will be delayed, though we will inform you when we are able to supply your orders.

Ancient and Holy Terra, on behalf of Arcel
Order confirmed for 200 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 10 billion dollars
Payment of 10 billion dollars due to be recieved by wire
Previous payment of 14 billion dollars recieved by wire
Delivery time yet to be confirmed due to local issues, contact will be made via telegram when delivery is able to take place.

The Mindset
Order confirmed for 200 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 10 billion dollars
Payment of 10 billion dollars due to be recieved by wire
Delivery time yet to be confirmed due to local issues, contact will be made via telegram when delivery is able to take place.

Thank you for your custom, we shall endeavour to supply your units as soon as we are able.

21 of them

The Taraskovyan National Defence Forces would like to make a purchase of 20 of the Naiad landing crafts.

More orders surely to come if the TNDF is satisfied with the performance of the craft, which it most surely will ;)

High Commander of the TNDF,
General Valery Berilov

Always happy to fulfill further orders, though same provisor as above, delivery will be delayed until current war situation in our home region is successfully resolved.

Intergallactic Hell
Order confirmed for 21 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 1050 million dollars
Payment of 1050 million dollars due to be recieved by wire
Delivery time yet to be confirmed due to local issues, contact will be made via telegram when delivery is able to take place.

Tarasovka
Order confirmed for 20 Naiad landing craft at a cost of 1000 million dollars
Payment of 1000 million dollars due to be recieved by wire
Delivery time yet to be confirmed due to local issues, contact will be made via telegram when delivery is able to take place.

Thank you very much for your custom, and we hope to be able to deliver the Naiad to you very soon.

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The additional 10 billion has been wired. We hope you can resolve the conflict soon. If you require any help, do not hesitate to notify us.

i would be grateful to recieve 10 of the NAIAD *500 million wired*
please confirm order

Nah, they are two big and could be easly sighted and destroyed by the enemy. it would be good for civilian use though.

The Empire of Edenstein wishes to purchase 100 of thise fine landing craft.

5 bill wired upon confirmation.

We'll order 180 more of these craft.

Which will add to the 20 we have already ordered to make a total of 200.

Oh, and if you need any help with this conflict of yours, I am always here and ready to help my allies out!
T-gram me immediately if anything ;)

Id like 100 please.

Money will be wired upon confirmation.

The Kingdom of Crookfur would like to place an order for a further 40 of these craft.

Ill take 100.

Ill take 100.

DT is a puppet of Bisons...

:D I will take 500, money wired.

the ASLC government is interested in acquiring production rights to these fine craft.

Western Asia is also very interested in such rights.

you dont own the rights austin, its the zubr class landing crft!! :)

(I know that...but I, like many, am respecting the fact that he made it and presented it. I am on other foci of development and so the easiest way to obtain this is to buy the plans and rights for personal usage).

(I know that...but I, like many, am respecting the fact that he made it and presented it. I am on other foci of development and so the easiest way to obtain this is to buy the plans and rights for personal usage).

made it? he didnt even change the specs! lol.

Made it within NS.

One could always go out, develop, and intro it...but there has to be some realism to things and not every country can produce, would produce all types and makes of weapons (as many people as there are selling every modern MBT side-by-side.

Sorry about the later reply. Blockade has now been removed, all current processed orders have been delivered and unprocessed orders will be handled later today.

Thank you all for your patience

Firstly, I’d like to apologise for the delay in dealing with the orders that were made in the last few weeks, I was tied up with other business and simply forgot to keep checking for interest. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Western Asia for bringing to my attention that thee was some interest I had not responded to. As mentioned previously, if you have already had an order confirmed it has now been delivered since the war is now over. I am still planning to send telegrams to those who are due to receive units that were delayed due to the war.

With that out of the way, here is the order confirmation details

Order Confirmation

Mar-Doc
Order confirmed for 10 Naiad class landing craft
Payment of 500 million received by wire
Delivery will take place in 3 months (1 RL day)

Edenstein
Order confirmed for 100 Naiad class landing craft
Payment of 5 billion expected by wire
Delivery will take place in 9 months (3 RL days)

Tarasovka
Order confirmed for 180 Naiad class landing craft
Payment of 9 billion expected by wire
Delivery will take place in 9 months (3 RL days)

Derieties
Order confirmed for 100 Naiad class landing craft
Payment of 5 billion expected by wire
Delivery will take place in 9 months (3 RL days)

Crookfur
Order confirmed for 40 Naiad class landing craft
Payment of 2 billion expected by wire
Delivery will take place in 3 months (1 RL days)

Dark terror
Order confirmed for 100 Naiad class landing craft
Payment of 5 billion expected by wire
Delivery will take place in 9 months (3 RL days)

(Brief note - we know that Dark Terror is a puppet of Bisons but it is our policy to sell to any party willing to pay. After all, if they don’t buy from us they’ll just get what they want elsewhere, and we’ll be out of pocket)

Neues Sibirien
Order confirmed for 500 Naiad class landing craft
Payment of 25 billion expected by wire
Delivery will take place in 18 months (6 RL days)

Production rights applications

To all those interested in acquiring the rights for the Naiad, these are our terms, though they are subject to negotiation.

Payment of 1 billion dollars and agreement to not modify the design without prior consent (which will generally be given, generally in exchange for a copy of the plans of the proposed modification for our own use)

If this is acceptable, or you wish to negotiate, please get in touch either on this medium or via telegram.

Whose design is it anyway?

As Echelon pointed out, the Naiad is the Zubr landing craft, as produced by Russia. However, we concur with Western Asia in this, we developed it first, and it didn’t previously exist in the NS world, so it’s ours. However, we do accept that other countries would be in their rights to ‘think up’ the same design, because of where it is taken from. We’d prefer if people bought the rights off us though, obviously...

A-O:

We find these terms acceptable. We are sending you a payment of 1 billion dollars now.

We will not modify the design as it is for now (I simply don't have the time), but we might look towards replacing some of the weaponry or possibly adding some of my own systems to the craft. Any modifications, however, will be made in accordance with the required notification and sharing of information.

Thank you for this opportunity.

OOC: No problem, AO. Thanks for the rights!

A-O:

We find these terms acceptable. We are sending you a payment of 1 billion dollars now.

We will not modify the design as it is for now (I simply don't have the time), but we might look towards replacing some of the weaponry or possibly adding some of my own systems to the craft. Any modifications, however, will be made in accordance with the required notification and sharing of information.

Thank you for this opportunity.

OOC: No problem, AO. Thanks for the rights!

Happy to do business with you again. We can confirm the 1 billion has been recieved successfully and wish you the best of luck for all future production and development of the Naiad.

I would like to order eight of these landing ships.

400 Million to be wired on confirmation of order and shipping.

-Emperor Tezen Nightshade
Dominion of Indigalia

we would like to order one of your ships please, money will be sent upon dilevery.

ooc:please send a recipt via the mail and then consider your money sent...

I will take 10.

Money wired.

My apologies about the delay. It appears that I continue to underestimate interest in the Naiad and it is a constant delight to continue to make sales.

Indigalia
Order confirmed for 8 Naiad class landing craft
Payment of 400 million due to be received by wire
Delivery will take place in 3 months (1 RL day)

Sabatoge
Order confirmed for 1 Naiad class landing craft
Payment of 50 million due to be received by wire
Delivery will take place in 3 months (1 RL day)
(Confirmation telegram sent as per request)

Freedom Country
Order confirmed for 10 Naiad class landing craft
Payment of 500 million due to be received by wire
Delivery will take place in 3 months (1 RL day)

Thank you all for your custom

Phenomenal craft! The Theocracy of Ra-Hoor would like to add 6 of the Naiad Class Landing Craft to its navy. 300,000,000 wired.

-Wilhelm Picaco
Outer Head of the Order of Enoch
Theocracy of Ra-Hoor

We would like to order an additional four Pomornik Air Cushioned assault craft.



Ministry of Defence Procurement and Export,
Dictatorship of United Elias

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/united_elias.jpg

We wish to purchase 20, money being wired immediately upon confirmation.

the armed republic of cyber fusion will buy 1 of those.
money wired upon confirmation
thank you

We at Kihameria would like to purchase 2 of youre landing craft and we would like them rush deleverd,we will wire an extra 2 million for any troubles rush delevery may cause,. we will wire money upon conformation.

If these ships were continually replanished by support ships, they could cross the ocean without being towed or placed inside another ship, right?

8 of these beuties please.

The Turanic empire would like to purchase one unit, and place advance orders of two more in a 3 mounth time. RU's will be wired upon confirmation of this order to the correct swedish account of your choice. The advance orders will be wired in payments 10 mill during the mounths time. :D

We at kihameria would like to pay for any unpaid landing craft we have bought and also would like to purchase 10 more for 500,000,000 $,~-money wired-~

the armed republic of cyber fusion will buy 1 of those.
money wired upon confirmation
thank you
50 million USD

We would like to add another 14 Naiad class landing craft to our navy.

14 Naiad landing craft @ 50M = 700M

Wired

-Wilhelm Picaco
Outer Head of the Order of Enoch
Theocracy of Ra-Hoor