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Are You Looking for a Contracting company?

17-11-2003, 20:38
We here at TAYCORP(Company Residing in Evopia)
Are a a Construction/Contracting Company
Want to know more?

We will do mass Construction Jobs for your Nation eg:
Need a Massive ship that needs Building?
Have a Goverment or Defensive Building that needs Building
Any Jobs like that and we'll do them for you.

Heres are Resume:
(I)1'st Construction company in Evopia
(II) Largest Construction Company in Evopia
(III) As TAYCORP was Evopia's first Construction Company it has Full Backing from the Nation.
(IIII) The five Largest/Most Renowned Archtectrial Projects in Evopia were Carried out by TAYCORP, this Includes the Famous, Halls of Justice.
(IIIII) Currently Building A Archtectrial Masterpeice in La Christiania.
17-11-2003, 20:45
Can I bother you to please make an airship for The Holy Empire of Brennandom? It has to be able to carry mechs (in development) and have the feature of launching new small fighters similiar to B2's and helicopters while still in air.
17-11-2003, 20:52
Can I bother you to please make an airship for The Holy Empire of Brennandom? It has to be able to carry mechs (in development) and have the feature of launching new small fighters similiar to B2's and helicopters while still in air.

Erm we will need Slightly more information than that,
Maybe a Small diagram of what you want it to look like and how fast you want etc.
you see we need to know how much it'll cost us and we could give you a quote on how much our services will cost you
Petsburg
17-11-2003, 20:54
i need a battleship building which is 30 miles big, is this possible?
17-11-2003, 20:56
i need a battleship building which is 30 miles big, is this possible?

Again we will need Slightly more information than that.
Kihameria
17-11-2003, 20:57
We at Kihameria are currently in a mass ship building process,name youre price per hour and tell us how many men you will be able to send.
Petsburg
17-11-2003, 20:58
i need a battleship building which is 30 miles big, is this possible?

Again we will need Slightly more information than that.

it is the same shape as the startship enterprise (star trek)
17-11-2003, 20:59
We at Kihameria are currently in a mass ship building process,name youre price per hour and tell us how many men you will be able to send.

i'm sorry i did'nt understand that
Kihameria
17-11-2003, 21:05
We at Kihameria are currently in a mass ship building process,name youre price per hour and tell us how many men you will be able to send.

i'm sorry i did'nt understand that

sorry,let me clear it up a bit.

Kihameria is curently in the middle of building alot of ships for a fleet.(sea ships,not space ships) and we are looking for any help we can get in building them.
Petsburg
17-11-2003, 21:07
i need a battleship building which is 30 miles big, is this possible?

Again we will need Slightly more information than that.

it is the same shape as the startship enterprise (star trek)

and yse it is a spaceship
17-11-2003, 21:07
We at Kihameria are currently in a mass ship building process,name youre price per hour and tell us how many men you will be able to send.

i'm sorry i did'nt understand that

sorry,let me clear it up a bit.

Kihameria is curently in the middle of building alot of ships for a fleet.(sea ships,not space ships) and we are looking for any help we can get in building them.

Hmmm. a Project this size is probably too big for us at the Moment but if there is a certain few ships that you want Specificly made we would be more than happy to help
17-11-2003, 21:09
i need a battleship building which is 30 miles big, is this possible?

Again we will need Slightly more information than that.

it is the same shape as the startship enterprise (star trek)

and yse it is a spaceship

I'm so sorry but we arnt a space tech.
we are Modern- post modern
Kihameria
17-11-2003, 21:09
We at Kihameria are currently in a mass ship building process,name youre price per hour and tell us how many men you will be able to send.

i'm sorry i did'nt understand that

sorry,let me clear it up a bit.

Kihameria is curently in the middle of building alot of ships for a fleet.(sea ships,not space ships) and we are looking for any help we can get in building them.

Hmmm. a Project this size is probably too big for us at the Moment but if there is a certain few ships that you want Specificly made we would be more than happy to help

{first of all,let me say i need to quit quoting evreything} <-jk]

alone,it would be a big project for anyone but a large number of Kihamerians are also working on teh project,but if it is still to big we could use some help with our main battle ships.(2 Iowa class)
17-11-2003, 21:12
If you send us a Design Brief and what you would like included in the Battleships we could make them for you and as we would be working only on the two ships extra care and prescion will be used when making them.
18-11-2003, 17:03
Projects
In order of Importence

I) Za's CVN 77 modified Nimitz class aircraft carrier's Quoted Cost: 10.5 Billion for the two

II)Kihameria's 2 Iowa Class Battleships Quoted Cost: 7 Billion

III)Brennandom's Airship Quoted Cost: 1.875 Billion
18-11-2003, 17:51
The armed republic of Kazaakisthan are currently building a hige defense system. We have manufactured and pruchased the systems. But we need them intalled.

There is another technicallity. As we have needed the defense systems up fast but have not had the money to do so with the most effective systems. We will also need a system to be designed and built to allow us to install better technology as soon as we aqquire it.

I will provide a map soon with the layout and what we need done.

Thank you. Prime Minister Ross Bearman of Kazaakisthan and Brigadier General Pyro oft he MOD.
18-11-2003, 18:57
TAYCORP is proud to announce that it is has Finished one of the Two Iowa Class Battleships; and has sent it on a test run.

http://www.savvycenter.com/explorer/areas/infopages/battleship.jpg

Dimensions:
Length Overall: 887 feet, 3 inches (270.4m)
Waterline Length: 860 feet, 0 inches (262.7m)
Maximum Beam: 108 feet, 2 inches (32.9m)
Mean Draft @ 43,875 tons: 28 feet, 8 inches (8.7m)
Mean Draft @ 59,331 tons: 37 feet, 2 inches (11.3m

Displacement:
Light Ship 45,280 tons (46,007 m.t.)
Full Load 57,353 tons (58,274 m.t.)

Armament:
9 16-inch/50 caliber Guns (Mark 7) (406mm)
12 5-inch/38 caliber DP Guns (Mark 12) (127mm)
4 20mm/76 CIWS Anti-Aircraft/Missile
32 BGM-109 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles
16 RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles

Armor Protection:
Main Side Belt: 12.1 inches inclined 19 degrees (307mm)
Main Deck Armor: 1.5 inches (38mm)
Second Deck Armor: 4.75 + 1.25 inches (121mm + 32mm)
Splinter Deck Armor: .625 inches (16mm)
Barbette: 17.3 to 11.6 inches (439-295 mm)
Turret Face Plate: 17.0 + 2.7 inches (432mm + 63mm)
Turret Side: 9.5 inches (241mm)
Conning Tower: 17.5 inches (444mm)

Machinery:
Boilers: 8 Babcock & Wilcox three drum 565psi - 850F (39.72 kg/cm2 - 454.4C)
Turbines: Four sets geared turbines (GE BB61&63, Westinghouse BB62&64)
Shaft Horsepower: 212,000 (214,941 mph)
Maximum Speed: 33.0 knots @ 202 rpm
Nominal Endurance: 18,000 nautical miles @ 12 knots - 1945
Inboard Screws: Two 17 foot 0 inch (5.182m) five-blade
Outboard Screws: Two 18 foot 3 inch (5.563m) four-blade
Rudders: Two, 340 sq. ft. (31.6 sq. m.) each


Main Armament.
The 16inch/50 caliber Mark 7 gun fires two basic rounds; a 2,700 pound AP (Armor Piercing) and a 1,900 pound HC (High Capacity) shore bombardment projectile. Nine of these guns, the most powerful ever mounted on a Warship, are mounted in well-protected turrets. These gunes, with their combination of a longer barrel and heavier propelling charge, are a vast improvement over the earlier Mark 6 guns on earlier battleships.

Each gun is mounted on a separate slide with its own elevation drive. The assembly includes a firing lock, gas ejector, breech mechanism and yoke. All of the individual slide and gun assemblies, both sight stations and the station for the rangefinder are all located in separate flame-proofed compartments.

The three turrets are virtually identical, each consisting of an armored gunhouse (turret armor is 17" front, 9.5" sides, 12" aft and 7 1/4" roof) with a rotating structure and a fixed structure. A central column extends down to the turret foundation supporting the turret and shell decks. Turrets I and III have two shell decks and Turret II, being a deck higher, has three. The turret structure is protected by a non-rotating barbette of heavy armor (17.3" on the sides and 11.6" fore and aft). There is a weather seal between the barbette and the gun house but the gun does not rotate on, nor is it supported by the barbette.

The rotating weight of the turret, less projectiles, is approximately 1,700 tons. The outside diameter of the roller path is 34 feet, five inches. The maximum training rate is four degrees per second, and the elevation rate is twelve degrees per second. The maximum recoil for the gun is four feet. All turrets have training arcs of three hundred degrees. A minimum crew of 77 men is required for each turret and the rate of fire is two rounds per minute per gun

Typical armor penetration of the 2,700 pound Mk 7 AP projectile is 14.5 inches of horizontal armor at a range of 42,300 yards (angle of fall is 53.25 degrees and a striking velocity of 1,686 feet per second.) At "point blank" range, with a striking velocity of 2,500 feet per second, the vertical armor penetration is 32.62 inches.


http://www.battleship.org/images/BN/fire3.jpg
Test Firing

Secondary Armament.
The armament of the secondary battery is the double purpose 5in/38cal Mark 12 gun which can be used against surface, shore and aircraft targets. The guns are mounted in a twin arrangement completely enclosed in an armored shield. This mount became the standard secondary battery for all subsequent Navy battleships.

The Mark 12 gun fires two basic rounds; an anti-aircraft Common (AAC) and an HE/HC surface and shore bombardment projectile. The round is semifixed with a 54 pound projectile and a 28 pound shell case, which includes a 15 pound powder charge. The mounting is the Mark 28 twin gun mount, so designated because both guns use a common elevating gear and power drive.

The large variety of projectiles and high rate of fire helps make the Mark 12 5in/38 cal dual mount gun one of the most flexible gun systems ever mounted on a warship.
http://www.battleship.org/images/BN/sec2.jpg
Second Battery Test Firing

Onboard Aircraft.
The Iowa has the new Pioneer RPV system which consists of a ground control station, two portable control stations and eight Pioneer aircraft.
These can carry out reconnaissance, surveillance, search and rescue, weapons targeting, and target damage assessment Missions.
The Iowa can Carry six Helicopters.

The second one is on it's way
18-11-2003, 19:33
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Western Might
18-11-2003, 19:42
i need a battleship building which is 30 miles big, is this possible?


I think I can help you there. How do you want it armed? I my warm you 30 mile is going to take a long time to biuld and cost alot.
18-11-2003, 20:21
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18-11-2003, 20:51
Taycorp you can stop bumping and give a reply to my request!
18-11-2003, 21:02
I will provide a map soon with the layout and what we need done.


we're waiting for this!
18-11-2003, 22:04
BUMP
18-11-2003, 22:07
TAYCORP is proud to announce that it is has Finished one of the Two Iowa Class Battleships; and has sent it on a test run.

http://www.savvycenter.com/explorer/areas/infopages/battleship.jpg

Dimensions:
Length Overall: 887 feet, 3 inches (270.4m)
Waterline Length: 860 feet, 0 inches (262.7m)
Maximum Beam: 108 feet, 2 inches (32.9m)
Mean Draft @ 43,875 tons: 28 feet, 8 inches (8.7m)
Mean Draft @ 59,331 tons: 37 feet, 2 inches (11.3m

Displacement:
Light Ship 45,280 tons (46,007 m.t.)
Full Load 57,353 tons (58,274 m.t.)

Armament:
9 16-inch/50 caliber Guns (Mark 7) (406mm)
12 5-inch/38 caliber DP Guns (Mark 12) (127mm)
4 20mm/76 CIWS Anti-Aircraft/Missile
32 BGM-109 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles
16 RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles

Armor Protection:
Main Side Belt: 12.1 inches inclined 19 degrees (307mm)
Main Deck Armor: 1.5 inches (38mm)
Second Deck Armor: 4.75 + 1.25 inches (121mm + 32mm)
Splinter Deck Armor: .625 inches (16mm)
Barbette: 17.3 to 11.6 inches (439-295 mm)
Turret Face Plate: 17.0 + 2.7 inches (432mm + 63mm)
Turret Side: 9.5 inches (241mm)
Conning Tower: 17.5 inches (444mm)

Machinery:
Boilers: 8 Babcock & Wilcox three drum 565psi - 850F (39.72 kg/cm2 - 454.4C)
Turbines: Four sets geared turbines (GE BB61&63, Westinghouse BB62&64)
Shaft Horsepower: 212,000 (214,941 mph)
Maximum Speed: 33.0 knots @ 202 rpm
Nominal Endurance: 18,000 nautical miles @ 12 knots - 1945
Inboard Screws: Two 17 foot 0 inch (5.182m) five-blade
Outboard Screws: Two 18 foot 3 inch (5.563m) four-blade
Rudders: Two, 340 sq. ft. (31.6 sq. m.) each


Main Armament.
The 16inch/50 caliber Mark 7 gun fires two basic rounds; a 2,700 pound AP (Armor Piercing) and a 1,900 pound HC (High Capacity) shore bombardment projectile. Nine of these guns, the most powerful ever mounted on a Warship, are mounted in well-protected turrets. These gunes, with their combination of a longer barrel and heavier propelling charge, are a vast improvement over the earlier Mark 6 guns on earlier battleships.

Each gun is mounted on a separate slide with its own elevation drive. The assembly includes a firing lock, gas ejector, breech mechanism and yoke. All of the individual slide and gun assemblies, both sight stations and the station for the rangefinder are all located in separate flame-proofed compartments.

The three turrets are virtually identical, each consisting of an armored gunhouse (turret armor is 17" front, 9.5" sides, 12" aft and 7 1/4" roof) with a rotating structure and a fixed structure. A central column extends down to the turret foundation supporting the turret and shell decks. Turrets I and III have two shell decks and Turret II, being a deck higher, has three. The turret structure is protected by a non-rotating barbette of heavy armor (17.3" on the sides and 11.6" fore and aft). There is a weather seal between the barbette and the gun house but the gun does not rotate on, nor is it supported by the barbette.

The rotating weight of the turret, less projectiles, is approximately 1,700 tons. The outside diameter of the roller path is 34 feet, five inches. The maximum training rate is four degrees per second, and the elevation rate is twelve degrees per second. The maximum recoil for the gun is four feet. All turrets have training arcs of three hundred degrees. A minimum crew of 77 men is required for each turret and the rate of fire is two rounds per minute per gun

Typical armor penetration of the 2,700 pound Mk 7 AP projectile is 14.5 inches of horizontal armor at a range of 42,300 yards (angle of fall is 53.25 degrees and a striking velocity of 1,686 feet per second.) At "point blank" range, with a striking velocity of 2,500 feet per second, the vertical armor penetration is 32.62 inches.


http://www.battleship.org/images/BN/fire3.jpg
Test Firing

Secondary Armament.
The armament of the secondary battery is the double purpose 5in/38cal Mark 12 gun which can be used against surface, shore and aircraft targets. The guns are mounted in a twin arrangement completely enclosed in an armored shield. This mount became the standard secondary battery for all subsequent Navy battleships.

The Mark 12 gun fires two basic rounds; an anti-aircraft Common (AAC) and an HE/HC surface and shore bombardment projectile. The round is semifixed with a 54 pound projectile and a 28 pound shell case, which includes a 15 pound powder charge. The mounting is the Mark 28 twin gun mount, so designated because both guns use a common elevating gear and power drive.

The large variety of projectiles and high rate of fire helps make the Mark 12 5in/38 cal dual mount gun one of the most flexible gun systems ever mounted on a warship.
http://www.battleship.org/images/BN/sec2.jpg
Second Battery Test Firing

Onboard Aircraft.
The Iowa has the new Pioneer RPV system which consists of a ground control station, two portable control stations and eight Pioneer aircraft.
These can carry out reconnaissance, surveillance, search and rescue, weapons targeting, and target damage assessment Missions.
The Iowa can Carry six Helicopters.

The second one is on it's way

Order Compleated Khimeria Please Stae how you wish it to be collected
COST: 7 billion
18-11-2003, 22:11
Ok here it is...

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18-11-2003, 22:22
dont you mean sea RAAMS?
18-11-2003, 22:32
We here at TAYCORP(Company Residing in Evopia)
Are a a Construction/Contracting Company
Want to know more?

We will do mass Construction Jobs for your Nation eg:
Need a Massive ship that needs Building?
Have a Goverment or Defensive Building that needs Building
Any Jobs like that and we'll do them for you.

Heres are Resume:
(I)1'st Construction company in Evopia
(II) Largest Construction Company in Evopia
(III) As TAYCORP was Evopia's first Construction Company it has Full Backing from the Nation.
(IIII) The five Largest/Most Renowned Archtectrial Projects in Evopia were Carried out by TAYCORP, this Includes the Famous, Halls of Justice.
(IIIII) Currently Building A Archtectrial Masterpeice in La Christiania.

We at the Republic of Yo Booty are a small, hyper-educated country with project managers and senior economists abounding. We'd like to see what kinds of joint ventures we might be able to engage in with you, especially pertaining to UN-sponsored projects as well as in bilateral contracts.

I'd provide a resume, but with a country that has mastered pizza delivery-friendly traffic grids, I think our society speaks for itself.
18-11-2003, 22:33
No its sea RAM anti-ship missile...

This is a link to the maker of sea RAM. (http://www.raytheon.com/products/sea_ram/)
Kihameria
18-11-2003, 22:40
TAYCORP is proud to announce that it is has Finished one of the Two Iowa Class Battleships; and has sent it on a test run.

http://www.savvycenter.com/explorer/areas/infopages/battleship.jpg

Dimensions:
Length Overall: 887 feet, 3 inches (270.4m)
Waterline Length: 860 feet, 0 inches (262.7m)
Maximum Beam: 108 feet, 2 inches (32.9m)
Mean Draft @ 43,875 tons: 28 feet, 8 inches (8.7m)
Mean Draft @ 59,331 tons: 37 feet, 2 inches (11.3m

Displacement:
Light Ship 45,280 tons (46,007 m.t.)
Full Load 57,353 tons (58,274 m.t.)

Armament:
9 16-inch/50 caliber Guns (Mark 7) (406mm)
12 5-inch/38 caliber DP Guns (Mark 12) (127mm)
4 20mm/76 CIWS Anti-Aircraft/Missile
32 BGM-109 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles
16 RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles

Armor Protection:
Main Side Belt: 12.1 inches inclined 19 degrees (307mm)
Main Deck Armor: 1.5 inches (38mm)
Second Deck Armor: 4.75 + 1.25 inches (121mm + 32mm)
Splinter Deck Armor: .625 inches (16mm)
Barbette: 17.3 to 11.6 inches (439-295 mm)
Turret Face Plate: 17.0 + 2.7 inches (432mm + 63mm)
Turret Side: 9.5 inches (241mm)
Conning Tower: 17.5 inches (444mm)

Machinery:
Boilers: 8 Babcock & Wilcox three drum 565psi - 850F (39.72 kg/cm2 - 454.4C)
Turbines: Four sets geared turbines (GE BB61&63, Westinghouse BB62&64)
Shaft Horsepower: 212,000 (214,941 mph)
Maximum Speed: 33.0 knots @ 202 rpm
Nominal Endurance: 18,000 nautical miles @ 12 knots - 1945
Inboard Screws: Two 17 foot 0 inch (5.182m) five-blade
Outboard Screws: Two 18 foot 3 inch (5.563m) four-blade
Rudders: Two, 340 sq. ft. (31.6 sq. m.) each


Main Armament.
The 16inch/50 caliber Mark 7 gun fires two basic rounds; a 2,700 pound AP (Armor Piercing) and a 1,900 pound HC (High Capacity) shore bombardment projectile. Nine of these guns, the most powerful ever mounted on a Warship, are mounted in well-protected turrets. These gunes, with their combination of a longer barrel and heavier propelling charge, are a vast improvement over the earlier Mark 6 guns on earlier battleships.

Each gun is mounted on a separate slide with its own elevation drive. The assembly includes a firing lock, gas ejector, breech mechanism and yoke. All of the individual slide and gun assemblies, both sight stations and the station for the rangefinder are all located in separate flame-proofed compartments.

The three turrets are virtually identical, each consisting of an armored gunhouse (turret armor is 17" front, 9.5" sides, 12" aft and 7 1/4" roof) with a rotating structure and a fixed structure. A central column extends down to the turret foundation supporting the turret and shell decks. Turrets I and III have two shell decks and Turret II, being a deck higher, has three. The turret structure is protected by a non-rotating barbette of heavy armor (17.3" on the sides and 11.6" fore and aft). There is a weather seal between the barbette and the gun house but the gun does not rotate on, nor is it supported by the barbette.

The rotating weight of the turret, less projectiles, is approximately 1,700 tons. The outside diameter of the roller path is 34 feet, five inches. The maximum training rate is four degrees per second, and the elevation rate is twelve degrees per second. The maximum recoil for the gun is four feet. All turrets have training arcs of three hundred degrees. A minimum crew of 77 men is required for each turret and the rate of fire is two rounds per minute per gun

Typical armor penetration of the 2,700 pound Mk 7 AP projectile is 14.5 inches of horizontal armor at a range of 42,300 yards (angle of fall is 53.25 degrees and a striking velocity of 1,686 feet per second.) At "point blank" range, with a striking velocity of 2,500 feet per second, the vertical armor penetration is 32.62 inches.


http://www.battleship.org/images/BN/fire3.jpg
Test Firing

Secondary Armament.
The armament of the secondary battery is the double purpose 5in/38cal Mark 12 gun which can be used against surface, shore and aircraft targets. The guns are mounted in a twin arrangement completely enclosed in an armored shield. This mount became the standard secondary battery for all subsequent Navy battleships.

The Mark 12 gun fires two basic rounds; an anti-aircraft Common (AAC) and an HE/HC surface and shore bombardment projectile. The round is semifixed with a 54 pound projectile and a 28 pound shell case, which includes a 15 pound powder charge. The mounting is the Mark 28 twin gun mount, so designated because both guns use a common elevating gear and power drive.

The large variety of projectiles and high rate of fire helps make the Mark 12 5in/38 cal dual mount gun one of the most flexible gun systems ever mounted on a warship.
http://www.battleship.org/images/BN/sec2.jpg
Second Battery Test Firing

Onboard Aircraft.
The Iowa has the new Pioneer RPV system which consists of a ground control station, two portable control stations and eight Pioneer aircraft.
These can carry out reconnaissance, surveillance, search and rescue, weapons targeting, and target damage assessment Missions.
The Iowa can Carry six Helicopters.

The second one is on it's way

Order Compleated Khimeria Please Stae how you wish it to be collected
COST: 7 billion


We will send over some men to come pilot it back to Kihameria
~-money wired for both Iowa class:total 14,000,000,000 14 billion-wired-~
19-11-2003, 17:04
Work is Under Way on Kazaakisthan's Project
sea RAMS and AA emplacemts Are Being Constructed Around The Clock.

The Sea Rams are Technically the Same Found on this Link( http://www.raytheon.com/products/sea_ram/ ) but witha 1.5x Range Increase and with a more Advanced Remote Activation System.
http://www.raytheon.com/feature/searam/img/foto_searam.jpg
http://www.raytheon.com/products/sea_ram/img/searam_image.jpg


The AA Emplacemets(S.A.M.S)
Are Finished, they Have been Deirctly Bought of The Evopian Arms Industry http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=89676&highlight=evopia and Are Ready to be Picked up.
http://www.allanburke.freeserve.co.uk/airshows/bas2k05.jpg
19-11-2003, 17:30
I hope the upgrades are you have made to sea RAM are cheap or free as we are on a tight budget as it is.

May i ask the final price.
19-11-2003, 18:24
From TAYCORP-

The Quote has been Finilised at 212,000,000
19-11-2003, 19:36
That is a very reasonable price. We are pleased with you. For this we will tip your country $10'000 for the excellent workmanship.

The money will arrive in 7 hours normally it would take 3 but as we are taking a longer route to avoid any chance of the money falling into the wrong hands. It will arrive by armed courier plane. PLease lower air defences.
19-11-2003, 22:49
http://www.workingdesigns.com/games/playstation/arc_the_lad_collection/downloads/images/Airship1-800X600.jpg here's a pic of the airship I want. Is it possible? I know it will take a while, just make sure it's quality work :D
20-11-2003, 16:47
From TAYCORP-

Hmm this is quite a Challange but were up to It!

We will begin Construction Immediatly.


P.S Original Quote of 1.875 Billion will be Increased to 2.4 Billion.