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The Emirate of New Zambuda will start placing massive Floating Fortresses in the intersections of major shipping routes to protect our intrests.
Floating Fortresses:
6,000 men
20 30 inch guns
1 airstrip
125 aircraft
650 SAM Batteries
Massive Concrete Barriers
1 Small Port for Mid Size Ships
8 Nuclear Reactors for transportation
500 Anti Aircraft Guns
State of the Art Radar
150 Compartments for Damage Control

This is not a God Mod. I really intend to place 6 of these at different spots in my territory. I should credit George Orwell for the original idea.

Sry about the thread title. I tried to change but it wouldn't.

As a nation of many territories and colonies on many planets and systems, I ask you to state your surrounding nations so that the Fascian Maratime Commision will know of delays of shipments. And if your defences are impeding our frigates path, we wish to form a QuickPass system (OOC: Much like on toll bridges, where they have a pass that they can just drive passed.) I believe it will keep our economy running, but also give yours your right to defense.

The Commonwealth currently contains Jamaica on Earth 3. The Floating Fortresses are really for protection. Most of the time they will be on a skeleton crew. No ships will be impeded in any way shape or form. Only in war time will the Floating Fotresses be used. Also anyone may purchase a Floating Fotress the price is 8,000,000,000

OoC: 45 inch guns?! O_O Is that physically possible? Let alone 24 of them...

Ah, I see. The Maratime Commision has given a sigh a relief my way. FC has a system much like yours (This has been long unclassified information. Not to mention you can see them kilometers away), only ours are used to inforce the Fascian Airspace Act, which bans all non-Fascian aircraft to enter our airspace without access 'less they wish to be shot from the sky. And ours are active 24/7. They are also for defense purposes. But thank you for the needed information.

The guns are possible. We solved it by using super strong polymenrs and electric induction to shoot the projectile. The guns are massive but they are ony about 1/2 the weight they should be. The only down side to the size is that it takes a extremely long time to turn them. That is why we only use them for long range protection. The fortresses have plenty of weapons for up close fighting. If you truly disapprove I will lower the specs.

The Great Armed Republic of Nutropinia would like to purchase three of the floating purchases for a total of 24 Billion USD in order to protect the three rivers on that lead to the one coast of our nation. We will place one about 5-10 miles out from the mouth of each river.

Very well order confirmed. Due to the massive sizes of these platforms it will take around 10 NS Years.

Understood. So Are these floating fortresses self moveable. And if so at what speed.

The fortresses can move but at around 20 knots. The maximum we got during the tests is 27 but the reactors were at 115%.

Next question how can an object so large move so fast?

OOC: Cold fusion? X)

No it uses 4 nuclear reactors

OOC: That's nothing... A modern carrier uses two, my catamaran carrier uses four... You'll need dozens.

The guns are possible. We solved it by using super strong polymenrs and electric induction to shoot the projectile. The guns are massive but they are ony about 1/2 the weight they should be. The only down side to the size is that it takes a extremely long time to turn them. That is why we only use them for long range protection. The fortresses have plenty of weapons for up close fighting. If you truly disapprove I will lower the specs.
OOC: After 30" - 32" you actually get drops in return as the size goes up. Also that gun would have to be like the Paris gun - dug into a mountain with several secondary chambers going up its length. Plus you'd have to replace the barrel lining after every shot. In short, it's a bad weapon.

I have changed the specs. Also we reccommened that you do not move it very ofter because of the wear and tear on the reactors. It is mainly a stationary weapon.

A few things that would help:

1)include a picture
2)Include the dimensions (weight, length, width, etc.)
3)Include a description of it (not just stats but some sentences explaning it)