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Tanks are outmoded in modern warfare, they are too big & bulky to enable rapid deployment and of limited use in house-to-house urban warfare.

With that in mind, Mauiwowee introduces its new Rapid Deployment Light Armored Vehicles, the Ferret, to the world market. Photos of a Ferret in action are posted below the description. Stats and costs are below the photos.

Description: The Ferret is equipped with full time 4 wheel drive and selective 8 wheel drive. It has a top speed of 72 m.p.h. and has a range of (depending upon driving conditions) up to 375 miles between refuelings. It contains an automated navigation and weapons system that allows the crew to fire at targets from the safety of the vehicle's protective armor and sophisticated counter attack defense systems. Finally, the use of the 105 mm.smoothbore, low profile turrent gun (originally used in the Abrams M1 tank), is optional. The vehicle can also be outfitted with "Stinger" missile launchers (2), Mortar launchers (4), .50 Cal. Machine gun turrents (4), a combination of Mortar Launchers and .50 Cal. Machine gun turrents (2 of each), or modified to act as an armored personal transport vehicle (capacity of 25 w/ crew of 4) or front line mobile medical trauma center (medical crew of 4-8 and injured personnel of up to 8).

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Medical Ferret

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Ferret with 105 mm smoothbore, low profile turrent in action

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Ferret with 105 mm smoothbore at rest

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Ferret with .50 Cal. Machine gun & Mortar launchers

Manufacturer: W.M.D., Inc.
Drive: Tandem BMW small core turbine engines w/ 8 speed automatic transmissions
Fuel: Gasoline with optional Diesel capabilities
Horsepower: 1,400 H.P.
Armor plating: 15.25 mm "Samuri folded" tempered steel
Suspension 8 wheel independent w/ steel belted "run flat" tires
Weapons Systems: Varies, see general description
Crew: 2 - 8, depending on configuration used
Weight: 18.6 tons
Defensive Systems: Targeted EMP pulse generator, engine heat disapation system (for defense against heat seaking missiles), anti-radar targeting system paint (optional, add $105,000.00 to purchase price).
Price:
Attack Class: $4,645,100.00 each (please state which optional weapon system you desire, 105mm gun, Stinger Missile launchers, Javelin Missile launchers, mortars, .50 cal. machine guns, or machine guns/mortars combination configuration)
Personnel Carrier Model: $3,750,400.00
Medical Trauma Model: $5,950,300.00

Please add $105,000.00 per vehicle for anti-radar targeting system paint if desired.

Please address your inquiries and orders to:
Gen. Jack T. Ripper
W.M.D., Inc.
Mauiwowee

If placing an order, please do your own math to calculate totals. Note, orders of 1,000 or more will be delivered in lots of 500 at 15 day intervals between shipments.

How many can we get for 1500 indentured workers? For we do not use cash at Slavers Point.

How many can we get for 1500 indentured workers?

We'll give you 10 medical versions, with the optional Radar Reflective Paint system, for 1500, 16-25 year olds, and transport them to Mauiwowee where they will be given their complete freedom, a free education, and all living and medical expenses for the next 5 years until they learn a trade and adjust to freedom and the ability to earn their own keep.

Based on your position as a slaver and trader in human flesh, we will not, under any cirmcumstances, knowingly allow you to purchase or obtain an armed version of the Ferret

Sincerely,
Gen. Jack T. Ripper

We shall send them to you via 10 armed Ship OF The Lines, true we are sure you can sink them quite easily but that is ok. We shall have them escorted with four Iron Clads. As you can see our tech leavel is quite low therefor the medical Ferret will be quite usefull for going to help injured slave. Expect the slaves in two to three weeks depeding on the winds.

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We'll take:

20 with 105mm turrents,
40 with combo. .50 Cal. guns & Mortar capabilities
Please outfit all of them with the anti-radar paint systems

$697,500,000.00 has been wired.

The HEWC military acquisitions board can not justify such high, dare we say egregious prices.

We where considering purchasing several units, however unless the prices can be lowered by a significant percentage we must refuse your offer.

We hope that you see it feasible to cut prices.

Chairman Ausko,
HEWC Military Acquisitions Board

The HEWC military acquisitions board can not justify such high, dare we say egregious prices.

We where considering purchasing several units, however unless the prices can be lowered by a significant percentage we must refuse your offer.

We hope that you see it feasible to cut prices.

Chairman Ausko,
HEWC Military Acquisitions Board

Dear Sirs:
Upon receiving your message we reviewed our advertisement and you are correct, the prices posted were way too high. Apparantly our P.R. and Sales department employees were stoned when they put together our adverts and they keyed in the wrong prices by mistake. We sincerely regret the error and have now corrected it. We hope you find the correct prices to be more in line with your needs.

Sincerely,
Jack T. Ripper

Texarkania:

We are refunding the overpayment on the ordered Ferrets to you. Please note the new prices.

sincerely,
Jack T. Ripper

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The Armed Republic of Dirtyfrank will take six (6) of these units fitted with the 105mm cannon as well as the anti-radar paint....

Twenty-eight million, five hundred thousand, six hundred dollars US has been wired accordingly....

Thank you,
Board of Defense for the Armed Republic of Dirtyfrank

The Armed Republic of Dirtyfrank will take six (6) of these units fitted with the 105mm cannon as well as the anti-radar paint....

Twenty-eight million, five hundred thousand, six hundred dollars US has been wired accordingly....

Thank you,
Board of Defense for the Armed Republic of Dirtyfrank

Dear Sirs:

Thank you for your order. Payment has been confirmed and the Ferrets have been shipped. You should receive them within 48 NS hours. We look forward to doing business with you again. Let us know of any issues that arise with the Ferrets as we are always interested in customer feedback. It enables us to design better products.

Sincerely,
Gen. Jack T. Ripper
CEO, W.M.D., Inc.

Come on, no one else wants these? They'll run rings around those Abrams your enemies are using.

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Can I get Javelin missiles installed on the Attack Class?

Can I get Javelin missiles installed on the Attack Class?

Dear Sirs:

This is easily done and at no extra cost. In fact, it is so easily done that our design engineers who forgot to do it in the first place have all been given a swift kick in the ass for forgetting this. If you would like to order some with the Javelin launchers (2, six missile batteries) please let us know. We're willing to offer you a 5% discount on your order for bringing this failure of our design staff to our attention.

Sincerely,
Jack T. Ripper

OOC: Sweet. :)

IC: Excellent. The DoD(A) would like to acquire 12,000 Ferrets (9,000 In the 105mm/Javelin configuration, and 3,000 in the MG/Mortar configuration.) for use in our Army. If our calculations are correct, the final price will be $52,954,140,000. If this is acceptable, the money will be wired to you when the order is confirmed.

OOC: Sweet. :)

IC: Excellent. The DoD(A) would like to acquire 12,000 Ferrets (9,000 In the 105mm/Javelin configuration, and 3,000 in the MG/Mortar configuration.) for use in our Army. If our calculations are correct, the final price will be $52,954,140,000. If this is acceptable, the money will be wired to you when the order is confirmed.

Dear Sirs:

The order is confirmed, we will step up production for you and anticipate being able to deliver approximately 750 every 10 NS days making the total timetable for completion of delivery approximately 22 weeks.

Thank you for your patronage.

sincerely,
Gen. Jack T. Ripper

The Iron Concordiat would like to order

-3,000 105 Smoothbore variants
-4,000 .50 cal, mortar variant

The Iron Concordiat would like to order

-3,000 105 Smoothbore variants
-4,000 .50 cal, mortar variant

Wirraway,
Order is confirmed, please wire the funds. As an ally in the Southern Alliance, we will offer you the same 5% discount. Would you like any these delivered to your colony of Rowanoke in the Southern Alliance or do they all need to be delivered directly to you?

Sincerely,
Jack T. Ripper.

Wirraway,
Order is confirmed, please wire the funds. As an ally in the Southern Alliance, we will offer you the same 5% discount. Would you like any these delivered to your colony of Rowanoke in the Southern Alliance or do they all need to be delivered directly to you?

Sincerely,
Jack T. Ripper.

The Concordiat has no threats in Rowanoke at the present so they would best be delivered to our main base in Wirraway so they can be assimilated into Infantry and mechanized infantry divisions.

Dear Sirs:

The order is confirmed, we will step up production for you and anticipate being able to deliver approximately 750 every 10 NS days making the total timetable for completion of delivery approximately 22 weeks.

Thank you for your patronage.

sincerely,
Gen. Jack T. Ripper

IC: Thank you for developing this great weapon. The money is wired.

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From: The Republic of Mac Cumhail
To:the distributors of the Ferret Multipurpose Combat Vehicle;

We are very interested in acquiring a large quantity of these machines for use in our Republican Reserve Cavalry brigade, our military's primary armoured battleforce.

We wish to acquire:
240 Personnel Carrier models ($900,096,000)
12 105 mm gun Attack class ($55,741,200)
18 javelin missile Attack class ($83,611,800)
24 ambulance variants ($142,807,200)

We believe this comes to a balance of $1,182,256,200, for a total of 294 units.

Funds will be wired upon confirmation of the order.

With regards,
Donchad O'Conner, National Defence Minister

From: The Republic of Mac Cumhail
To:the distributors of the Ferret Multipurpose Combat Vehicle;

We are very interested in acquiring a large quantity of these machines for use in our Republican Reserve Cavalry brigade, our military's primary armoured battleforce.

We wish to acquire:
240 Personnel Carrier models ($900,096,000)
12 105 mm gun Attack class ($55,741,200)
18 javelin missile Attack class ($83,611,800)
24 ambulance variants ($142,807,200)

We believe this comes to a balance of $1,182,256,200, for a total of 294 units.

Funds will be wired upon confirmation of the order.

With regards,
Donchad O'Conner, National Defence Minister

Your order is confirmed and the units will be shipped upon payment. You should note that our credit check of your country (see here (http://nseconomy.thirdgeek.com/nseconomy.php?nation=Mac%20Cumhail) ) shows this purchase to represent a significant amount of your country's defense budget for the year and we would advise caution in expanding your military too fast. What good are these vehicles if you can't afford to maintain and man them?

sincerely,
Gen. Jack T. Ripper

We have come to this realization as well, and we thank you for the reminder.

Would it be permissible to expand this payment over the next three years, with the vehicles arriving after each payment is rendered?

We sincerely and regretfully apologize for the inconvenience.

We have come to this realization as well, and we thank you for the reminder.

Would it be permissible to expand this payment over the next three years, with the vehicles arriving after each payment is rendered?

We sincerely and regretfully apologize for the inconvenience.

Dear Sirs:

Your terms are acceptable to us. Shipment of the first APV and ambulance versions are on their way at this time. The first of the 105mm and Javelin versions will leave by the end of this week.

sincerely,
Gen. Jack T. Ripper

We appreciate your generosity, and look forward to receiving the materials for our military. With the arrival of your vehicles, the Republican Reserve Cavalry will begin training, and will likely be declared combat operational within a year.

The NAS will purchase a fifty Attack Class with 105mm guns, fifty Transport Variants with .50cal MGs and twenty Medical Vehicles with .50cal MGs . Ten Attack Class should be coated with anti-radar paint, and also The total price is 539,831,000 USD, payable upon delivery.

The NAS will purchase a fifty Attack Class with 105mm guns, fifty Transport Variants with .50cal MGs and twenty Medical Vehicles with .50cal MGs . Ten Attack Class should be coated with anti-radar paint, and also The total price is 539,831,000 USD, payable upon delivery.

Dear Sirs:
Order is confirmed. Please note that the mounting of the .50 cal MG's on the medical variants is potentially a violation of the rules of war depending upon the treaties and alliances your country may have entered into. Accordingly, while we will supply the weapons with mounting instructions, we will not mount them ourselves on the medical variants, you will have to do that once they are delivered. We will, however, discount your purchase price by $200,000.00 due to this. Thank you for your order and we hope you understand our reasoning on this issue.
Sincerely,
Gen. Jack T. Ripper

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The Nation of Kelman would like to buy a 100 Stinger launching Ferrest for the cost of $464,510,000.00

We are so pleased with the quality and performance of the vechicles we obtained with our prior order that we want to purchase additional vehicles as follows:
25 medical Ferrets
50 Stinger Missile/50 Cal. MG versions
25 105 mm Smoothbore versions

Money has been wired. Thank you.

Texarkania and Kelman, your orders are confirmed and in the process of shipping, thank you for your business.

The Empire of The Guarded is impressed to the utmost extent with the apparent capability of these vehicles.
A Representative has been sent to formally file a request for One Hundred Armored Personel Carrier units.
It is also requested that each has your special coating applied, and the full coat of heavy machine weaponry mounts.
The machine weaponry themelves does not need to be included in the order, but if its cost is included with that of the machinery we would be receptive to the release of stress on our own fabrication facilities.

$385,540,000 US is ready to wire.
Good Day,
<name withheld>

The Empire of The Guarded is impressed to the utmost extent with the apparent capability of these vehicles.
A Representative has been sent to formally file a request for One Hundred Armored Personel Carrier units.
It is also requested that each has your special coating applied, and the full coat of heavy machine weaponry mounts.
The machine weaponry themelves does not need to be included in the order, but if its cost is included with that of the machinery we would be receptive to the release of stress on our own fabrication facilities.

$385,540,000 US is ready to wire.
Good Day,
<name withheld>

Dear Sirs:

The order is confirmed. We welcome your representative to inspect the manufacturing process and the Ferrets as they are tested. Thank you for your order, we look forward to doing business with you in the future.

sincerely,
Gen. Jack T. Ripper,
CEO, W.M.D. Inc.

P.S. With the "plain" APV models as you have ordered, mounts for any weapon you wish will be included, but no weapons. If you upgrade to the attack class, weapons of your choice will be included.

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We thank you for the rapidity of your manufacturing and look forward to the quality of the units, and apologize for the tardyness in our reply.
With many thanks,
<name withheld>
*Money Wired*

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I will take 40 attack class with Stinger Missile launchers for a grand total of
$185,804,000.00.

*money wired*

I will take 40 attack class with Stinger Missile launchers for a grand total of
$185,804,000.00.

*money wired*

Dear Sirs:

The funds have been received, the first shipment of 10 Ferrets should arrive within a week and the rest will follow at the rate of 15/week until the order is complete. Thank you for your business. If you note any problems with the order, please let us know. It is only through customer feedback and an understanding of our customers that we can design better products.

Sincerely,
Gen. Jack T. Ripper,
CEO W.M.D. Inc.

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The Confederacy of Armed Mercenaries will purchase:

20-105mm models
10-Javelin models
10-guns/mortars combo models
20-Stinger models

That comes to a grand total of 278,706,000.
Payment in Escrow Now!

The Confederacy of Armed Mercenaries will purchase:

20-105mm models
10-Javelin models
10-guns/mortars combo models
20-Stinger models

That comes to a grand total of 278,706,000.
Payment in Escrow Now!


Order confirmed, they will all ship within 3 months (NS time). Please release the funds from Escrow.

Thank you for your business,

General Jack T. Ripper
C.E.O. WMD, Inc.

Our most High Exalted Exellency the Supreme Lord of I Am Special requests 25 of each weapon fit plus 4 med trauma units and 10 troop transports all with anti radar paint

we are disgused at the poor service and demand a discount :mad:

OOC: Ya' know, you need to learn something, like how this game works. To give someone 9 minutes RL time (which is the time between your 1st and 2nd post) to reply to a post and then claim you are "disgused" which I assume means "disgusted" (learn to spell, ok) doesn't cut it. Rudeness doesn't work either. With that said:

IC: Since your are "Disgused" (whatever the hell that means) with our service, in the words of the immortal soup nazi, NO FERRETS FOR YOU!! (you can't afford what you ordered anyway).

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The Corporate Venture of Karond Kar wishes to purchase one thousand A.P.C ferrets for use in its upcoming campaign against Vineyard. Lord C.E.O Khaine also offers to buy the template for the construction of this vehicle so that it can be mass produced, all told, he offers Mauiwowee four point five billion dollars for the transaction.

The Corporate Venture of Karond Kar wishes to purchase one thousand A.P.C ferrets for use in its upcoming campaign against Vineyard. Lord C.E.O Khaine also offers to buy the template for the construction of this vehicle so that it can be mass produced, all told, he offers Mauiwowee four point five billion dollars for the transaction.

We'll sell the 1,000 APV versions you wish along with production rights for the APV version with 50 caliber and/or mortar mounts and Javelin/stinger missile mounts for the offered price.

We will not, at this time, sell the production rights for the 105mm smoothbore model or the medical model.

If that is acceptable send the funds and the plans will be wired to you right away along with 300 APV models. The remaining 700 will take about 15 days to complete due to our earlier sale (in another thread) of 3,000. We need to build some more.

Funds wired, along with a thank you note. :)

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The Silver Sky is interested in buying:

10,000x Attack Class Ferrets with anti-radar targeting system paint (3,000 with 105mm guns and Javelin Missiles launchers and 3,000 with 105mm guns and Stinger missile launchers and 4,000 with machine guns/mortars combination) for $47,501,000,000 USD
2,000x Personnel Carrier Models with anti-radar targeting system paint for $7,710,800,000 USD
2,000x Medical Trauma Models with anti-radar targeting system paint for $12,110,600,000 USD

Money will be wired upon confirmation of order.

[Signed]
President Jason Garner
The Silver Sky

The Silver Sky is interested in buying:

10,000x Attack Class Ferrets with anti-radar targeting system paint (3,000 with 105mm guns and Javelin Missiles launchers and 3,000 with 105mm guns and Stinger missile launchers and 4,000 with machine guns/mortars combination) for $47,501,000,000 USD
2,000x Personnel Carrier Models with anti-radar targeting system paint for $7,710,800,000 USD
2,000x Medical Trauma Models with anti-radar targeting system paint for $12,110,600,000 USD

Money will be wired upon confirmation of order.

[Signed]
President Jason Garner
The Silver Sky

Sirs:
Your order is confirmed. It will take approximately 6 months to completely fill the order. We would request that 1/2 of the funds be wired now and the other 1/2 will be expected upon delivery of the last vehicle (the medical trauma units require great care in their manufacture and will take the longest to produce and deliver).
Thank you for doing business with W.M.D., Inc.
Gen. Jack T. Ripper, CEO

The $33,661,200,000 USD has been wired and the rest will be wired upon receiving the last unit. We thank you for selling us these excellent vehicles.

[Signed]
President Jason Garner
The Silver Sky

The $33,661,200,000 USD has been wired and the rest will be wired upon receiving the last unit. We thank you for selling us these excellent vehicles.

[Signed]
President Jason Garner
The Silver Sky

Sirs:
We acknowledge receipt of the funds. 1,000 of each of the attack class you requested should arrive in your great nation within the next 21 days. The remainder will follow at the rate of approximately 200/week until the full order has been fullfilled.
Sincerely,
General Jack T. Ripper
CEO - WMD, Inc.

MKO wishes to buy 16,000.
10,000 javelin models
6,000 gun motar combo
all with the antiradar paint
i believe the total is 76,001,600,000 us dollars the payment has been wired.

MKO wishes to buy 16,000.
10,000 javelin models
6,000 gun motar combo
all with the antiradar paint
i believe the total is 76,001,600,000 us dollars the payment has been wired.


Dear sirs:
Your order is confirmed. It will take approximately 6-9 months to fulfill the order completely.
General Jack T. Ripper
CEO, W.M.D., Inc.

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