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NWV is enquiring as to whether there is a battleship available for $40 Billion or less, to be used as the flagship of all our fleets. We also would allow a good shipmaker to contract and build us a Battleship for $40 Billion.

I will sell you two of the original 8 Curtis Fabus Class Battleships.


What do you say? They aren't modified in anyway.



30 billion for both. Package deal.

Let me go get the specs.

Curtis Fabus Class Battleship

Builder: Fabus Naval Yards

Designation: BB-04

Cost: $25,000,000,000

Operation Cost per year: $1,000,000,000

Power Plant: Four Nuclear Power Plant (A4W Pressurized Water Reactor)
Eight shafts, Eight propellers, with five blades each.

Overall Length: 1,512 feet.

Displacement 112,052 tons

Speed: 30+ knots (34.5+ miles per hour)

Crew: Ship’s company: 4,708 (4,496 enlisted. 212 officers)
Marines: 120

Armament:
12: 36 inch guns in 4 triple turrets
9: 12 inch guns in 3 triple turrets
24: 6 inch guns in 8 triple turrets
24: Sea Sparrow launchers
12: Phalanx CIWS 20mm mounts
8: MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems (96 Cells)
[Standard missile and Tomahawk ASM/LAM]
24:Standard Missile (MR)
36: Harpoon (from Standard Missile Launcher)
24: MK-46 torpedoes(from two MK 32 SVTT triple mounts)
24: 76 mm (3-inch)/62 caliber MK 75 rapid fire gun

Combat Systems:
SPS-48E 3-D air search radar
SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar
3 Mk91 Fire Control
SPS-49 Air Search Radar
SPS-67 Surface Search Radar
4 Mk37 Gun Fire Control
2 Mk38 Gun Direction
1 Mk40 Gun Director
1 SPQ-9 [BB-61]


That is the unmodified Curtis Fabus Class Ship. The original, you can't beat it. What do you say? Deal?

If you but the 2 I'm offering, I'll only have 5 left. But that's okay, you can buy them all if you really want to. But the 1st one "The Curtis Fabus" is not for sale.

We will purchase 2. Money to be wired upon confirmation.

We will purchase 2. Money to be wired upon confirmation.

Confirmed.

Ships sent, money received. All sales are final.

Read more about the 2 ships you just bought.


http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=340990



Occ-

(In the sort of a tone a rural country folk would be speaking in when he tells the city boy he's just been had)

"You've been had boy!"

You just bought yourself to junk battleships. The unmodified ones are crap.

How much are the modified ones then?

If I am able to withdraw my purchase and purchase 2 modified ones.

How much are the modified ones then?

If I am able to withdraw my purchase and purchase 2 modified ones.


You already wired the money.

All sales are final, you cannot withdraw anything.

Don't worry, making the proper modifications will only cost you about 30-50 billion per battleship.

To make it up to you for getting the bad battleships, I can also sell you premium MiG fighters. What do you say?

I'll sell you 5,000 MiG fighters for the low price of 50 billion dollars. Deal?

We cant afford to pay that much for MiG's. But we would pay an extra $3 Billion for a sonar system id that was available.

We cant afford to pay that much for MiG's. But we would pay an extra $3 Billion for a sonar system id that was available.


1,000 MiGs for 10 billion dollars. Premium MiGs.

We have no need for that amount of MiG's, we keep a small, but excellantly equipped Airforce consisting of F22's as our premium fighter. No MiG can beat that.

We will modernize your ships for 3 Billion a piece. We are aware of CM's modern BB's and they are not worth 30 Million, let alone 30 Billion.

We accept the offer Artitsa.

We will modernize your ships for 3 Billion a piece. We are aware of CM's modern BB's and they are not worth 30 Million, let alone 30 Billion.



The Curtis Fabus Class Battleship costs approximately 25 billion to make, well that was the old BB-04 series. The modified BB-04A series costs 50 billion to make, but they actually work! They don't capsize if you fire all the guns in same direction at the same time.


We are currently converting our 5 remaining BB-04 ships to BB-04A ships.


It will take about 2-3 real days and cost about 200-300 billion dollars. But we'll have 5 neat ships.

We accept the offer Artitsa.

I can sell you any amount of M-14B rifles (we modified them so they actually can be accurate in fully-automatic mode) the real M-14 was notoriously hard to handle in fully-automatic.

The kingdom of Crookfur while not a major exporter of larger classes of naval vessel is very experienced in the design and construction of a wide range of vessels (yes we do biuld battleships for our own use).

We are currently ramping up our production facilities in preparation for the production comencement of our own Templar class. As such we have a pair of massive repari/refit facilities that are now ready ahead of schedule. We would be willing to totally rebiuld these 2 useless examples of how not to biuld a battleship into something usable for a nominal fee (call it $500million to pay for personell and running costs) as long as we get to keep any equipment we remove from the vessels.

If you are so interested please get in touch.

Edit: bah ignore this arrista got there first.

Curtis Fabus Class Battleship

Builder: Fabus Naval Yards

Designation: BB-04

Cost: $25,000,000,000

Operation Cost per year: $1,000,000,000

Power Plant: Four Nuclear Power Plant (A4W Pressurized Water Reactor)
Eight shafts, Eight propellers, with five blades each.

Overall Length: 1,512 feet.

Displacement 112,052 tons

Speed: 30+ knots (34.5+ miles per hour)

Crew: Ship’s company: 4,708 (4,496 enlisted. 212 officers)
Marines: 120

Armament:
12: 36 inch guns in 4 triple turrets
9: 12 inch guns in 3 triple turrets
24: 6 inch guns in 8 triple turrets
24: Sea Sparrow launchers
12: Phalanx CIWS 20mm mounts
8: MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems (96 Cells)
[Standard missile and Tomahawk ASM/LAM]
24:Standard Missile (MR)
36: Harpoon (from Standard Missile Launcher)
24: MK-46 torpedoes(from two MK 32 SVTT triple mounts)
24: 76 mm (3-inch)/62 caliber MK 75 rapid fire gun

Combat Systems:
SPS-48E 3-D air search radar
SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar
3 Mk91 Fire Control
SPS-49 Air Search Radar
SPS-67 Surface Search Radar
4 Mk37 Gun Fire Control
2 Mk38 Gun Direction
1 Mk40 Gun Director
1 SPQ-9 [BB-61]


That is the unmodified Curtis Fabus Class Ship. The original, you can't beat it. What do you say? Deal?

If you but the 2 I'm offering, I'll only have 5 left. But that's okay, you can buy them all if you really want to. But the 1st one "The Curtis Fabus" is not for sale.

Well we can offer all of that, except it all sucks How about we change the following for you:
Armament:
9: 36 inch guns in 3 triple turrets
9: 12 inch guns in 3 triple turrets
24: SA-N-11 or SA-N-12 box launchers (6 missiles per launcher.)
10: Kashtan-M CIWS 30mm mounts /w 6 SA-N-11 missiles included each.
12: MK 101 Artitsan Vertical Launching Systems (120 Cells)
32: VLS cells for SA-N-14 Anti-Missile/Plane/ICBM system
24: MK-46 torpedoes(from two MK 32 SVTT triple mounts (Your choice.)
24: AK-731 75mm guns.

NOTES: Mk 101 VLS uses cyclic launchers, meaning 6 missiles per tube. Meaning 120 x 6 missiles.
If you require any dedicated weapon systems, there is now more space, then the archaic weapons offered by CM. The SA-N-14 has a 0.98 intercept on Cruisemissiles, 0.94 on Aircraft, and 0.90 on ICBM's. That means 9 out of 10 and more often then not 10 out of 10 will destroy the target.

Combat Systems:
ASRS-13 "All Seeing Eye" 3-D air search radar
AVUS-14 2-D "BoardGame" air search radar
10 Mk101 Fire Control
XNAS-32 "Mole" Surface Search Radar
4 Mk37 Gun Fire Control
2 Mk38 Gun Direction
1 Mk40 Gun Director
1 Data Uplink to Network & AWACs (will throw in two for free)
AHMS-03 Hullmounted Sonar
ADMS-14 towed array Sonar


Also, for one billion more, we will continue to modernize your ship each year as new technology improves. If you wish we can install a pebblebed reactor for improved speed, but that will cost a further 1 Billion.

The physical features will be modified below the water line, extending the depth of the hull, allowing for more ammunition, but also preventing capsizing. No further cost. Also, we forgot to mention, with the improved amount of space available, we can alter your guns to ETC for added hitting power.

Well we can offer all of that, except it all sucks How about we change the following for you:
Armament:
9: 36 inch guns in 3 triple turrets
9: 12 inch guns in 3 triple turrets
24: SA-N-11 or SA-N-12 box launchers (6 missiles per launcher.)
10: Kashtan-M CIWS 30mm mounts /w 6 SA-N-11 missiles included each.
12: MK 101 Artitsan Vertical Launching Systems (120 Cells)
32: VLS cells for SA-N-14 Anti-Missile/Plane/ICBM system
24: MK-46 torpedoes(from two MK 32 SVTT triple mounts (Your choice.)
24: AK-731 75mm guns.

NOTES: Mk 101 VLS uses cyclic launchers, meaning 6 missiles per tube. Meaning 120 x 6 missiles.
If you require any dedicated weapon systems, there is now more space, then the archaic weapons offered by CM. The SA-N-14 has a 0.98 intercept on Cruisemissiles, 0.94 on Aircraft, and 0.90 on ICBM's. That means 9 out of 10 and more often then not 10 out of 10 will destroy the target.

Combat Systems:
ASRS-13 "All Seeing Eye" 3-D air search radar
AVUS-14 2-D "BoardGame" air search radar
10 Mk101 Fire Control
XNAS-32 "Mole" Surface Search Radar
4 Mk37 Gun Fire Control
2 Mk38 Gun Direction
1 Mk40 Gun Director
1 Data Uplink to Network & AWACs (will throw in two for free)
AHMS-03 Hullmounted Sonar
ADMS-14 towed array Sonar


Also, for one billion more, we will continue to modernize your ship each year as new technology improves. If you wish we can install a pebblebed reactor for improved speed, but that will cost a further 1 Billion.

We accept all of your offers, as well as the pebblebed reactor. Money to be wired upon Confirmation.

Well we can offer all of that, except it all sucks How about we change the following for you:
Armament:
9: 36 inch guns in 3 triple turrets
9: 12 inch guns in 3 triple turrets
24: SA-N-11 or SA-N-12 box launchers (6 missiles per launcher.)
10: Kashtan-M CIWS 30mm mounts /w 6 SA-N-11 missiles included each.
12: MK 101 Artitsan Vertical Launching Systems (120 Cells)
32: VLS cells for SA-N-14 Anti-Missile/Plane/ICBM system
24: MK-46 torpedoes(from two MK 32 SVTT triple mounts (Your choice.)
24: AK-731 75mm guns.

NOTES: Mk 101 VLS uses cyclic launchers, meaning 6 missiles per tube. Meaning 120 x 6 missiles.
If you require any dedicated weapon systems, there is now more space, then the archaic weapons offered by CM. The SA-N-14 has a 0.98 intercept on Cruisemissiles, 0.94 on Aircraft, and 0.90 on ICBM's. That means 9 out of 10 and more often then not 10 out of 10 will destroy the target.

Combat Systems:
ASRS-13 "All Seeing Eye" 3-D air search radar
AVUS-14 2-D "BoardGame" air search radar
10 Mk101 Fire Control
XNAS-32 "Mole" Surface Search Radar
4 Mk37 Gun Fire Control
2 Mk38 Gun Direction
1 Mk40 Gun Director
1 Data Uplink to Network & AWACs (will throw in two for free)
AHMS-03 Hullmounted Sonar
ADMS-14 towed array Sonar


Also, for one billion more, we will continue to modernize your ship each year as new technology improves. If you wish we can install a pebblebed reactor for improved speed, but that will cost a further 1 Billion.



Deal. I'm going to take your specs, make them my own, and call it my own unique design. You will get credit if anybody asks me, but unless they ask, I shall claim it as mine. You get 10 billion dollars.

Denied CM. My systems are on the design Im giving him, and for you would cost around 30 Billion.

Denied CM. My systems are on the design Im giving him, and for you would cost around 30 Billion.

Fine, deal. I want that design though. Just let me take it and use it as my own, 30 billion sent upon confirmation.

I hate to point out that at 112,000tons this thing still can't actually fit 36" guns... you would really have to drop them to 20"ers for them to be at all useable and you would need to get rid of the 12" secondaries.

Yeah, didn't notice displacement Crookfur. I will drop the guns to 20" ETC.

(Maybe even 18" ETC)

I will sell you two of the original 8 Curtis Fabus Class Battleships.


What do you say? They aren't modified in anyway.



30 billion for both. Package deal.

Let me go get the specs.
I'll pay you $30 billion not to sell to him. You're my ally and this guy is my enemy

The order is confirmed fucknut, he is already nearly finished building them.

Truly you are an idiot :D
They are already built, you can actually have them, he's selling it because they sink when the guns are fired.

After the war we are involved in is over, we may be able to sell you one of our old battleships, if it survives the war. Its main armament is twelve 14" guns, and its speed is 25 knots. It has been heavily modified and modernized throughout its life. The manpower requirements are fairly low for a ship of its size. Our starting offer is the equivalent of 20 billion US dollars. Feel free to haggle. It is not a defective ship in any way, but I'm afraid it won't be available until peacetime, as it's currently needed in the battle fleet.

Hmmm, we shall consider if we know the full details about how updated it is.

I'll pay you $30 billion not to sell to him. You're my ally and this guy is my enemy

Artista is your enemy?

I'm trying to buy something from Artista.

No NWV is my enemy, not ARtista

No NWV is my enemy, not ARtista

Oh, I'm not doing business with NMV. Trying to do business with Artista.

Oh, I'm not doing business with NMV. Trying to do business with Artista.
good

Hmmm, we shall consider if we know the full details about how updated it is.

We will give you the full details when the war is over. However, We don't know how long that shall be. It's a reliable ship, nothing to special, been rebuilt several times. This is its second war.