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Tundric Armaments Incorporated, after talks with the government, is now prepared to offer up naval vessels for export. Each contract costs $500,000 in overhead and administration fees to setup, and your crews will have to come to the shipyards for a crash course on use of the vessels and their systems before they can take control of the ship and bring it to your own nation, all vessels will be under escort while in our waters for security reasons. We will perform background checks on your nation before we accept, and allies will receive small discounts (Kazaakisthan, you receive a 15% discount). Time taken for construction of ships depends upon the ship you are ordering. The largest ships, like the Ice Storm, will take up to a year, small vessels such as killer whale gunboats (OOC: soon to be posted) will take far less time.

You can also visit our ground forces showcase at: Ground Forces Arms Contracts (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2194746#2194746)

"Ice Storm" Class Battlecarrier

The Ice Storm class of battlecarrier was developed several years after operation Emerald Sky and the Hattian conflict, the purpose of the Ice Storm battlecarrier was to develop a joint warship/aircraft carrier that could serve by itself or in groups. It is the first of a number of projects designed to reform the Tundric Defense Forces. Designers hoped to be able to design a vessel capable of carrying out many of the roles of the ships in a fleet by itself. This included shore bombardment, aircraft carrying, anti-submarine warfare, among others.

The center of the Ice Storm is a large landing deck, this serves as the primary purpose of the ship, launching and landing fighters, of which it carries 36, along with six helicopters. The sides, and front of the vessel are loaded with weapons and equipment from cannons, close-in-weapon-systems, to surface to surface missile launchers and SAM batteries. The rear of the ship is the command center of the vessel, and packs a large suite of communications and sensing equipment, allowing it to serve as a flagship.

The vessel is a little larger than a Nimitz, and is powered by two large nuclear power plants, which, combined with its large cargo holds, allows the Ice Storm to serve longer periods of time at sea without the need for oil tankers. The vessel is also heavily armoured, taking a lesson from the Tundra's battleships. The vessel's armament comes in the form of a number of cannons of varying sizes, an impressive six Vanguard CIWS', torepdo tubes, and an array of missile batteries.

Shipyards built at: Shadowport (primary builder), New Toronto, Avalon
Propulsion system: Two nuclear power plants
Main Engines: Four
Propellers: Four
Blades per propeller: Six
Speed: 24 knots (the crew of the CTS Ice Storm once pushed their engines to 32 knots, the ship was in drydock for an undisclosed period of time afterwards however)
Aircraft Elevators: Two
Catapults: Two
Arresting Gear Cables: Two
Overall Length: 1,300 feet
Overall Width: 300 feet
Beam at waterline: 156 feet
Area of flight deck: About 2.2 acres
Full Load Displacement: About 105,000 tons
Accomodations: About 6,500 people (336-man marine contingent standard, cargo holds can be modified for additional people, but it will greatly reduce the length of time the ship can go without resupply)
Aircraft: 36 craft standard Tundric air battalion, six helicopters (usually ASW)
Armament: 8 9 inch cannons on four two cannon turrets (two turrets per side, one towards the front, one towards the rear), 12 5 inch cannons. 10 SSM launchers, 10 SAM launchers, two torpedo launchers on either side, six Vanguard CIWS (two on each side, one on the front, one on the rear).
Cost: $6 billion USD

You most definitely need pictures. :P

I fully agree lol. I doubt I can find a picture of an RL ship that looks like this...which means I will have to draw one, and since I don't have a scanner, I'll have to us my digital camera...and I'll stop rambling on now, and get right on it lol.

Greetings from The Dominion of the Dog Bangers!

The lack of a Pic not withstanding, we wish to place an order for 2 Ice Storm Battle Cruisers @ 6 billion each, total 12 billion.

Payment will be wired upon confirmation of order.

Respectfully,

President Sun Tzu of the Dominion of the Dog Bangers

I was asked to review this battle carrier, and have found it far above the average craft normally presented on NS. Although the Veritasean Imperial Navy personally prefers to have a lot more aircraft on its carriers (we believe strongly in having air superiority no matter what), this carrier is perfect for nations more interested in surface warfare.

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High Chancellor Sparrow
The Imperial Republic of Unum Veritas
Member: NAIA (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1667209#1667209)
Member: Band of Brothers (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2432224#2432224)
Owner: Unum Veritas Naval Store (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=655745#655745)

Is this more a battleship, or a carrier? Because there's only 36 aircraft, I would have thought triple that at least...

Actually the aircomplement isn't bad compared to light carriers.

As for the pic there is always the choice of image editing soem line drawings...

OOC: Thanks for the comments

IC: Zoogie people, the ship is both a battleship and a carrier, though neither truly one or the other. Knights of Hell, since you are so young, and obviously cannot afford to simply hand over twelve billion dollars, we suggest a contract for $2 billion to be paid a year over six years (six RL days). Since you are a new nation, we will give you a 5% discount, which reduces the cost to $1.9 billion USD a year. With the extra money you save, might we suggest investing in some ground equipment at our ground forces store?

Hmm, that's nice of you. I'm interested. How about 10 of these, just to test out.

Greetings from the Community of the Grey Hermits!

Thanks for noticing that the Knights of Hell could not afford the Ice Storm Battle Cruisers. Please note that the Cruisers are being purchased by the Dominion of the Dog Bangers, a slightly older and richer nation. The Knights of Hell were acting on their behalf as temporary Ambassadors to Alliance Regioni Militaria, normally headed up by King Alaric of Xeraph, who was on a secret mission to Tahiti. ( You getting all this? ) Anyway, the Alliance Regioni Militaria is comprised of 6 regions totaling approx 50 nations, the Grey Hermits being the newest nation. Rest assured, all nations of the Alliance are fiscally sound ( to one extent or another ) and will guarantee payment in full of the 12 billion dollars, if necessary.
We're sure that some of our nations are looking to buy ground forces. We will certainly steer them your way.......


Respectfully,

Abbot Mencius of the Community of the Grey Hermits

Ill take 5 of them .

Please provide the link to your ground force site.

Thanks

Okay then, now that the payment issue has been cleared up for Knights of Hell and the whatnot, your two warships are now under construction and we await payment. The ships will be completed in 12 months (24 RL hours). Jangle Jangle Ridge, since you can quite easily afford 10 ships, they will be built over a two year period (we have 8 berths capable of building Ice Storms, 2 are for Knights of Hell, 4 are for a contract we're negotiating right now, so that leaves 2 for you this year, and all 8 for you next year). Construction will begin once the money has been received, your total is 60 billion, but you can pay us 12 billion up front, the rest can be paid the year after.. Fedral union, your five ships will be built in three years, and so you can pay us 10 billion over three years (three days).

OC: Grey hermits, there is a link to our ground forces store (it also has our air units lol) in the original post, it says Ground Forces Arms Contracts.

I would like one of these ships.

half the money is wired the rest upon confirmation and delivery

Signed by President Featherston

Corneliu, being such a young nation with such a weak economy, you can't afford this. However, we could work out a deal if you were to join our region (The Arctic Islands). This deal would involve assisting in the arming and training of your military by our own forces, and also would net you and Ice Storm for very little cost (at least until your economy fully develops). Telegram us if you are interested in this deal.

Sorry, my bad, that last post is supposed to be from this nation.

Sorry, my bad, that last post is supposed to be from this nation.

Okay, since NS felt like being exceptionally stupid, I am finally posting from the proper nation. The post replying to Corneliu is supposed to be from this nation. Sorry about whatever confusion it may have caused.

Corneliu, being such a young nation with such a weak economy, you can't afford this. However, we could work out a deal if you were to join our region (The Arctic Islands). This deal would involve assisting in the arming and training of your military by our own forces, and also would net you and Ice Storm for very little cost (at least until your economy fully develops). Telegram us if you are interested in this deal.

I ordered that ship before my economy went down like! Believe me, I'm surprised by that considering it was good just the other day. As such, I already wired half the money to you. If you aren't going to get me that ship then I want the half I wired to you refunded.

The aforementioned conflict was also wake up call to Hattia, namely our navy. Since we were bested by Canadian Tundra in naval conflict, we have been renovating our navy since then. And to better relations between our nations we would like to purchase 3 'Ice Storms', and we would also like to inquire about producing these ourselves. Of course we would be willing to pay for that right if necessary.

President James Verian-Saiyoto stared out across the Shadowport Naval Yards. Six immense Ice Storm Battlecarriers were undergoing final testing and production before being supplied, and manned by Tundric crews to serve as the core of the newly formed Second Shadowport Naval battalion.

An aide rushed up to the young president and waited for a few second to catch his breath before handing over a piece of paper to James. "For you sir...from Hattia" he said staring up at the 21 year old president for his reaction.

James' face displayed no emotions until he had read the message, then a smile crept over his face. "Get me the Yard manager, tell him three of the Ice Storms under construction are to be reserved for Hattia. Have them refit the ship with control systems and manuals that are more like those aboard Hattian warships-" the young president was speaking rapidly, more than pleased at this recent turns of events.

"Sir! Won't the generals and admirals be furious over your selling three of OUR Ice Storms to...Hattia? They were, and as of right now, still are the greatest enemy we have ever faced" the aide interrupted.

"Johnson, I have long considered opening diplomatic relations with Hattia, and they stopped being our enemy the day Tundric forces returned from the war. We went in thinking they were an oppresive, stalinist style communist regime. We learned that they weren't stalinist at all, and that they were actually a truly communist state. This is wonderful news. In fact, I am going to call up the Hattian Prime Minister myself. Also, begin arranging for a welcoming ceremony and celebrations to welcome their naval crews when they come to pick up the ships, in fact, I may even invite their Prime Minister here myself." the young president was brimming with ideas.

"Also, send a message to Corneliu that we have indeed received the funds, and that they will get their ship, but if we don't receive the other three billion, they'll be hell to pay" James ordered then walked off to the temporary office established for him during his stay in Shadowport to make, what would surely be the most historic call in Tundric history.

Well, we aren't communist yet. We are working on it though.

The Prime Minister was driving down the road towards the airstrip. When he arrived he climbed out and walked over to his plane, he had a slight limp from when he had taken a bullet defending Hattia against Canadian Tundra. The plane a bright red biplane. It had cost him quite a few luxury Hatons* to pay for and he loved flying it. As he was climbing in, his cell phone began to ring, "Hello?". "Hello, Mr. Prime Minister, it seems that the Tundric president is rather happy about our purchase of those 3 ships. He also wants to talk to you." the Prime Minister climbed into the pilot's seat. "I'll be there in a few minutes. I'll land at the airport." He started up the engine, taxied to the runway, and flew off.

A few minutes later

The Prime Minister walked into his office. He nodded at the secretary and walked over to the phone. "Sorry for the wait President Verian-Saiyoto..."

The Department of Military Procurement of the Nation of Cluck has been authorised by the Navy and Parliment to arrange the purchase of 3 of these fine vessels.

If acceptable, we would like to pay half up front and half upon delivery.

Sincerely,
Dylan Jones
Minister of Homeland Defense

President James put the phone down, ending his conversation with the Hattian Prime Minister. He quickly sent orders for a grand welcoming ceremony to be held to welcome the Hattian men and women that would be arriving to take the Ice Storms. He himself would get on writing a formal apology for the invasion of Hattia, and the Winter's Warriors division, the elite front line fighting force of the Tundra that spearheaded the advance into Hattia, would be the honour guard.

One of James' aides reported that the background check on Cluck was complete, and everything checked out. James quickly sent a response confirming the request for three of the ships, then reporting that construction was beginning immediately.

Two, please. $12 billion wired.