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There was a brief flash - extremely bright, and the directional explosion shot upwards into the sky, kicking the dirt and dust into the air. The air around the explosion was heated so much that much of it became plasma. After the initial blast, the all too familiar mushroom cloud began to settle. Then the shockwave came, slamming into the camera, followed closely by a tempest of dust. If there was a human observer, they would've felt the blistering heat follow soon after.

Everybody in the room, miles away, cheered as the camera went offline, briefly displaying static, then a color test screen with the words "Technical Difficulties" imprinted on it. The first test of the N2 mine was a success. Other nations would soon learn of its existence.
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"Today, the Exonerate Military detonated, for the first time, what they called an 'N2' mine. No more details have been released yet, but a spokesperson for the military is expected to make a statement soon."

OOC: You seem a bit... young to be playing around with such toys.

Anywho, Kajal had it's share of Non-Nuclear weapons a while ago.

Now it's directed plasma strikes from orbit. ^_^

"Hello, Ladies and Gentlemen," said the soft-spoken spokesperson, "I am General Seranov, and I have an announcement to make."

"As many of you already know, today, at 16:00, we detonated what we call the N2 Mine. Firstly, let me reassure you that this is not some madman's concoction involving anti-matter or whatever. In fact, the the N2 stands for 'Non-nuclear'. Often times, we found ourselves yearning for the use of nuclear artillery, but knew that it could possibly escalate the situation, and eventually dissolve into a full nuclear exchange. We wanted something with a large blast radius, yet non-nuclear. And ladies and gentlemen, this is the fruit of our efforts.

"The N2 mine we tested today contained a yield of 25 kilotons. Not very large by today's standards, but still very useful. I'm afraid we can't disclose the mechanism it uses just yet, but I can assure you that after the surrounding area has cooled off, it is perfectly safe to enter. The N2 mine blast produces intense heat and pressure, as many of you witnessed in the footage we released earlier today."

"The blast was localized. Everything within the 1/3 mile radius was vaporized almost instantly, and the heat was apparantly hot enough to produce plasma. As some people might've noticed, the blast is directional. The surrounding areas were, for the most part, untouched."

"I now yield the remainder of my time to questioning."

Dozens of reports started calling his name, others screaming out questions.

"What about the proliferation of this weapon?" asked a man who was standing up and leaning forwards.

"The N2 mine will enter production in a few months, and when it does, it will be available for sale to other countries, provided their background is clean. Allies will recieve a discount."

"What if terrorists get ahold of this weapons?" screaned a woman.

"They won't. Our security is excellent. We have never lost a nuke - why would we begin to lose any other weapons now? Next."

"What reactions do you expect from other nations?"

"I am unable to spectulate on that. However, this weapon is of a relatively small yield - we don't see any major complications. Last question." General Seranov said, as though he was a teacher addressing a crowd of school children.

"How does this thing work?"

"As I already stated before, I cannot disclose that," General Seranov said firmly. "However, I am allow to reveal that the process is quite effective and affordable."

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have other business to attend to."

OOC: Another Eva fan? :P I knew somebody else would recognize it. My nation has a higher population than the US and also has a Thriving economy. Something like this should be well within my capabilities...

How did you solve the problem of plasma dissipating in the atmosphere? :wink:

A question from the Kilean military mission:

How do you reconcile the massive destructive power of atomic weaponry with the tactical limitations of the land mine?

That is to say, you'll be nuking land that your forces either are on or have been fighting on recently.

Is this some sort of scorched-earth on steroids policy?

<OOC: I don't buy nation size as a qualifier for nuke capacity. I think if it's RP'ed well, it should be let fly. Kilean has a nuclear arsenal- not a big one, but a nice and tidy deterrent.<OOC>

"That is a very good question. Although the designation of a weapon is a mine, that is not the only method it can be delivered. We have plans for airdropping them, and an artillery version is in the works."

"We plan to use it as a trap device. That is, an area - such as a vital chokepoint, will be mined. When the enemy is over the area, the mine will be detonated. You seem to be under the impression that this is a nuclear weapon - as we've said before, this is non-nuclear, and there is no lasting radiation in the area, thus making it possible for us to enter the area soon after detonation."

"On a completely unrelated note, Mekanta is going to soon begin experiments with an field to completely negate physical attacks. We are calling this experimental field 'AT' for now."

The AI turns and walks off, singing. "Zankoku na tenshi no..."

(OOC: Eva... Great series... Kind of a brain screw... But great series... ^_^)

OOC: It can only be produced by living beings though :P
And it does have vulnerabilities... As seen by the Positron Beam slicing through one of the Angels.

(OOC: Not necessarily "living" beings. Just anything with a soul. I've even been working out the physics of how an AT field could work. ^_^)

How the hell do you get non-nuclear weaponry with a 25kt yield? I..if not antimatter, then some sort of fusion-generated plasma? (wait...that'd just be a thermonuclear bomb, right?)

I'm confused. How big are these things?

This particular one we detonated was about 6x6x3 meters. You'll understand of course if we can't disclose the precise mechanisms of its operation, but it is a conventional weapon - no fusion, fission, or anti-matter was used. Our planned artillery version will be considerably smaller in both yield and size.

semi-ooc: i'm not sure if i buy the "this is a non-nuke nuke alternative" arguement. mostly because much of the non-use treaties were build because of yield rather than side effects.

ic: within the shadowy passages deep within the royal passage two figures meet.

"another high yield device has entered the field."

"they call it 'convential'."

"25 kt in 100 cubic metres is hardly convential."

"we have hints of related tech."

"yes, the labs must be told."

the two swirl in a cloud of shadows and part.

ooc: the only really down side of eva was the last two eps.

OOC: hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha an N2 mine is about as powerfull as 6 nukes, mind you nice bit of neaon genisis evangellion there.....

OOC: Err, no. Look at the explosion scaled... Taking into account how large the craters were, and how Shinji and Misato weren't exactly fried, 25kt isn't a bad estimate.

Would your government be interested in an information trade or weapons trade pertaining to this 'N2'? Hajj has many weapons on the drawing boards, surely there is something you require/wish?

Perhaps... Put up your offer, we'll take a look. Maybe there'll be something useful to us...

As pertaining to

Weapons: Hajj is developing a nano-tech weapon (Specification Un-disclosed), A Neutron Cannon (In testing, Specs withheld), and an anomial distortion device is being developed (Meant for transport use, military, thus included with weapons)

OOC: Sorry, that's a bit too future tech for me...

OOC: Minus the distortion device all can be accomplishes with today's technology, and the device too could be developed within the next 50 years, given today's technological leaps and bounds

OOC: one of these days Im sure someone is going to try selling 'EVA's' as a "Battle Mech" System, heh, One piece of hard ware I would definatly not buy.. nope nope... am not interested in anything that can go Berserk or bring about the End of Humanity

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http://members.roadfly.org/exonerate/n2-3.gif
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There was a brief flash - extremely bright, and the directional explosion shot upwards into the sky, kicking the dirt and dust into the air. The air around the explosion was heated so much that much of it became plasma. After the initial blast, the all too familiar mushroom cloud began to settle. Then the shockwave came, slamming into the camera, followed closely by a tempest of dust. If there was a human observer, they would've felt the blistering heat follow soon after.

Everybody in the room, miles away, cheered as the camera went offline, briefly displaying static, then a color test screen with the words "Technical Difficulties" imprinted on it. The first test of the N2 mine was a success. Other nations would soon learn of its existence.
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"Today, the Exonerate Military detonated, for the first time, what they called an 'N2' mine. No more details have been released yet, but a spokesperson for the military is expected to make a statement soon."

OOC: cool!!! i didnt know you could do short movies!?!??

OOC: one of these days Im sure someone is going to try selling 'EVA's' as a "Battle Mech" System, heh, One piece of hard ware I would definatly not buy.. nope nope... am not interested in anything that can go Berserk or bring about the End of Humanity
Heh. I've actually considered it...

Noir: That's not a movie, that's an animated gif. I ripped the .avi file of the anime, then used Adobe ImageReady to animate it. The static and the test screens were added on by me. Sorry to burst your bubble :P

OOC: Heh...

OOC: one of these days Im sure someone is going to try selling 'EVA's' as a "Battle Mech" System, heh, One piece of hard ware I would definatly not buy.. nope nope... am not interested in anything that can go Berserk or bring about the End of Humanity
Heh. I've actually considered it...

Noir: That's not a movie, that's an animated gif. I ripped the .avi file of the anime, then used Adobe ImageReady to animate it. The static and the test screens were added on by me. Sorry to burst your bubble :P

OOC: how did you put it in? did you just use the regular ...???
can i put a quicktime video clip on posts?

OOC: one of these days Im sure someone is going to try selling 'EVA's' as a "Battle Mech" System, heh, One piece of hard ware I would definatly not buy.. nope nope... am not interested in anything that can go Berserk or bring about the End of Humanity
Heh. I've actually considered it...

Noir: That's not a movie, that's an animated gif. I ripped the .avi file of the anime, then used Adobe ImageReady to animate it. The static and the test screens were added on by me. Sorry to burst your bubble :P

OOC: how did you put it in? did you just use the regular ...???
can i put a quicktime video clip on posts?
Probably not. Animated gifs are animated images, so the img tag works.

OOC: one of these days Im sure someone is going to try selling 'EVA's' as a "Battle Mech" System, heh, One piece of hard ware I would definatly not buy.. nope nope... am not interested in anything that can go Berserk or bring about the End of Humanity
Heh. I've actually considered it...

Noir: That's not a movie, that's an animated gif. I ripped the .avi file of the anime, then used Adobe ImageReady to animate it. The static and the test screens were added on by me. Sorry to burst your bubble :P

OOC: how did you put it in? did you just use the regular ...???
can i put a quicktime video clip on posts?
Probably not. Animated gifs are animated images, so the img tag works.

stinks, now where am i going to find some good gifs, is there a way to convert quicktime clips to gifs?

OOC: Probably. Try using Google...

ooc: did you make that picture thing? If you did, its rather good!

OOC: Err, no. Look at the explosion scaled... Taking into account how large the craters were, and how Shinji and Misato weren't exactly fried, 25kt isn't a bad estimate.

PPC: would have been more fun if they had..........

ooc: did you make that picture thing? If you did, its rather good!
Thanks. The images were extracted from an .avi file, converted into bitmap, then imported into Adobe ImageReady. I added in the static and the "Technical Difficulties" and "Standby..." screens. Not really that difficult, just a little time consuming.

Random reporter:

"How do you expect to prevent the proliferation of these weapons into terrorist hands if you just announced your intentions to sell them? Isn't it entirely possible that other governments may loose stability or be unable to secure the weapons from terrorists after purchasing these weapons?"


Another random reporter:

"Has the international community mentioned whether they will classify these weapons as Weapons of Mass Destruction? Is it possible they will be regarded as nuclear weapons, with fewer side effects?"

Random reporter:

"How do you expect to prevent the proliferation of these weapons into terrorist hands if you just announced your intentions to sell them? Isn't it entirely possible that other governments may loose stability or be unable to secure the weapons from terrorists after purchasing these weapons?"

"In that case, it is not our responsibility. After the weapons are transfered, it is considered the property of the purchasing nation. I'd expect all nations to treat their weapons with care and security. Your scenario holds true for many other weapons as well - Nukes, CB weaponry."

Another random reporter:

"Has the international community mentioned whether they will classify these weapons as Weapons of Mass Destruction? Is it possible they will be regarded as nuclear weapons, with fewer side effects?"
"We have yet to have heard any news from the international community regarding this development, so we cannon comment on that issue. It is entirely possible - however, our weapon is considerably less efficient than even the simplest fission bombs. Large 15,000 LB conventional exposives are not considered WMD - Why should ours?"

(OOC: Y'know, I think I might actually be serious about that "AT Field" thing. Hell, Mekanta already has the capacity for machines capable of telekinesis. It wouldn't be that much more effort to develop a kinetic barrier.)

(And don't joke about Evas in battle. If I DO make an AT field, I'll have everything I need to construct one! Several, actually. Just gimme a working Lance of Loginus to examine and reproduce, and you're all boned!)

OOC: one of these days Im sure someone is going to try selling 'EVA's' as a "Battle Mech" System, heh, One piece of hard ware I would definatly not buy.. nope nope... am not interested in anything that can go Berserk or bring about the End of Humanity

OOC:
Oh, you ruined my idea...
I've been working on EVAs for the past few weeks, not nearly ready yet, but eventually. I'm trying to figure a system that will keep that whole 2nd/3rd impact thing from happening. But yeah, I'm one of those people.
Heh heh, Evangelions.... :twisted: