Harmonia Mortus
11-11-2004, 05:18
After a recent and rather unpleasant assassination attempt the Keeper Charnel has declared that the nation will soon begin recruiting for a unit of elite soldiers who will see to it that his throne room is no longer coated in accidental blood.
The numbers for now are rough, but the entire unit will be composed of some 3,000 infantry, 750 support, and 400 armoured cavalry. These troops will be deployed within Harmonia Sanctus (the capitol).
The troops will receive intense physical, mental and magical traning, making them very loyal, tough and capable of holding their own with any sort of magical attacker. Black Guards will be selected for height, physical strength, mental ability, magical potential and many other attributes, in essence they will be the ultimate fighting force in Harmonia, hopefully capable of taking on any other soldier 1-1, as well as many armoured vehicles and possibly some jets and helicopters.
Plans for a specialized breeding program are under way, with the possibility of magical genetic manipulation in the near future we can hope to see even more powerful soldiers.
The equipment for each guard will be custom produced, including the vehicles. Some examples:
Powerstone Armour:
http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/souldesigns/portfolio2/dark_knight/dark_knight_01.jpg
Powerstone enhanced armour has a number of advantages over most other types. First the stones make the DU/steel alloy much tougher (as well as killing that nasty background radiation) by reinforcing the metal with their own magical fields resulting in near quadruple strength. The resulting combination is capable of standing up to a high powered .50 calibur bullet with minimal effects. The second advantage is mobility, the powestones can be tapped to add energy to the users body, as well as enhancing the motions made. As such this will require some getting used to but test subjects adapted quickly. This also applies to physical strength, it is estimated that a person in a suit of powerstone armour will be at least six times stronger than a normal man, capable of some serious skull crushing.
The armour will be full plate, solid steel from head to toe with chain mail and leather joints. Beneath the initial layer of plate will be a section of leather to soften blows and prevent invonvinient pinching. A shield is included as well, roughly one half inch thick and made of steel to save weight it will block most standard bullets and slow down heavier munitions to the point where they wont pierce the armour itself.
As such, this armour gives the value of ten men. Unfourtunatly it costs about as much as twenty men. As such only 6,000 suites will be produced in the initial run, more will be produced as needed. The estimated cost per suite is something like USD10-20,000.
The armour is designed for maximum intimidation, black, with gold ornamentation, the glowing eyes are achieved with LED's.
6 Centithaum Rifle
http://www.3dactionplanet.com/redfaction/dp/images/art/rf/weapons/railgun.jpg
The current height of Harmonian infantry weapons, this rifle is basicaly an automatic antitank weapon. The way most Thaumic weapons work is simple: Magical energy from the crystal is released into a charging chamber, where a charge (in this case 6/100 of a thuam) is built up. Once the chamber is charged the energy is reased in the form of a beam with an effective range of a little over 1.5 kilometers. An enhanced version with a lenghtened barrel and higher charge is used for sniping at ranges up to six kilometeres.
The beams visible energy usualy dissipates at fifty meters. A new type of recycler has greatly reduced instances of polymorphing objects in the vicinity of the weapon, as well as incidents of sudden pyroactivity, shifting and deformation. One indicdent of polymorph has been reported, but it was on the correct end of the weapon and as such it has been counted as a 'good thing'.
For scale, one centithaum has the destructive force equal (about) to a .50 calibur round. (OOC: I know I seem obsessed with .50 calibur weapons, but its all coincidence. Astonishing the coincidences you get working around magic :D )
The guns dimensions are as follows:
Length: 1.6 meters
Barrel: 1 meter
Crystals: 3, 1.5 Centithaum crystals
Fire Select:
- Beam (5 seconds)
- 6-Centithaum Burst (2 per second)
- Single Shot (Charge up to .1 Thaum)
Powerstone Sword:
http://www.lordoftherings.gr/library/images/hellas/thu_wraithsword01_alt.gif
When the newfangled rifles fail, these come into play.
The swords have similar properties to the suit, the powerstones embeded in the blade help keep it shard, it one pieces and move it along at a speed much higher than your average person could. If swung with full force by a suited man it is capable of piercing between 6-8 inches of steel.
As a bonus the sword is nearly unusable by anybody NOT in a suit, unless they happen to be superman. The sword by itself weights about fourty pounds, is six feet long and made of the same DU/Steel alloy as the suit, plus a lead counterweight and gold ornamentation.
Other melee weapons are currently being enhanced with thaumic technology.
Other equipment will be of the sort standard to most armies. We plan on installiing miniature CB transmitters inside the suites as well as developing some kind of antitank weapon.
The armour also has a 'kill switch' installed in case the suit is captured. The soldier may activate the switch to rupture the suits main power crystal, resulting in an explosion and the destruction of the suits remaining crystals and technology.
Armoured Cavalry:
Titan Suit Mk I
Armoured cavalry play the role of heavy support. Each mech is roughly fourteen feet tall, well armed and armoured, and strong enough to rip a horse in half. They will be issued to 400 Black Guards in addition to their standard armour, so that they may fight in a standard infantry role as needed.
The Titan Suit is a good deal faster than the average mobile suit, capable of reaching speeds up to 75km/h over flat, stable ground. It is capable of climbing up a 90 degree rock face, though not at 75 kilometeres per hour.
The Titan Mk 1 is equipped with a kill switch similar to that in the powered armour.
By way of a long and complicated explanation heres a list of stats, please note that the suits are custom made and thus the stats may vary:
Titan Suit Mark One production data:
Height: 14ft
Weight: 7 Tons
Armament:
1, 2 Thaum rifle
1, (extra) large Thaumic Enhanced sword
12 Wrist rockets (6 per wrist)
Finger blades
Foot blades
Defences:
1, 1 Thaum shield generator
5-10 inches of DU/steel armour
Power Core:
2 8 Thaum power crystals
Comm System:
MiniCB transmitter with 80 km range
Estimated Cost per suite:
USD 250,000-500,000.
There are plans for a jump-jet style flight system.
The numbers for now are rough, but the entire unit will be composed of some 3,000 infantry, 750 support, and 400 armoured cavalry. These troops will be deployed within Harmonia Sanctus (the capitol).
The troops will receive intense physical, mental and magical traning, making them very loyal, tough and capable of holding their own with any sort of magical attacker. Black Guards will be selected for height, physical strength, mental ability, magical potential and many other attributes, in essence they will be the ultimate fighting force in Harmonia, hopefully capable of taking on any other soldier 1-1, as well as many armoured vehicles and possibly some jets and helicopters.
Plans for a specialized breeding program are under way, with the possibility of magical genetic manipulation in the near future we can hope to see even more powerful soldiers.
The equipment for each guard will be custom produced, including the vehicles. Some examples:
Powerstone Armour:
http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/souldesigns/portfolio2/dark_knight/dark_knight_01.jpg
Powerstone enhanced armour has a number of advantages over most other types. First the stones make the DU/steel alloy much tougher (as well as killing that nasty background radiation) by reinforcing the metal with their own magical fields resulting in near quadruple strength. The resulting combination is capable of standing up to a high powered .50 calibur bullet with minimal effects. The second advantage is mobility, the powestones can be tapped to add energy to the users body, as well as enhancing the motions made. As such this will require some getting used to but test subjects adapted quickly. This also applies to physical strength, it is estimated that a person in a suit of powerstone armour will be at least six times stronger than a normal man, capable of some serious skull crushing.
The armour will be full plate, solid steel from head to toe with chain mail and leather joints. Beneath the initial layer of plate will be a section of leather to soften blows and prevent invonvinient pinching. A shield is included as well, roughly one half inch thick and made of steel to save weight it will block most standard bullets and slow down heavier munitions to the point where they wont pierce the armour itself.
As such, this armour gives the value of ten men. Unfourtunatly it costs about as much as twenty men. As such only 6,000 suites will be produced in the initial run, more will be produced as needed. The estimated cost per suite is something like USD10-20,000.
The armour is designed for maximum intimidation, black, with gold ornamentation, the glowing eyes are achieved with LED's.
6 Centithaum Rifle
http://www.3dactionplanet.com/redfaction/dp/images/art/rf/weapons/railgun.jpg
The current height of Harmonian infantry weapons, this rifle is basicaly an automatic antitank weapon. The way most Thaumic weapons work is simple: Magical energy from the crystal is released into a charging chamber, where a charge (in this case 6/100 of a thuam) is built up. Once the chamber is charged the energy is reased in the form of a beam with an effective range of a little over 1.5 kilometers. An enhanced version with a lenghtened barrel and higher charge is used for sniping at ranges up to six kilometeres.
The beams visible energy usualy dissipates at fifty meters. A new type of recycler has greatly reduced instances of polymorphing objects in the vicinity of the weapon, as well as incidents of sudden pyroactivity, shifting and deformation. One indicdent of polymorph has been reported, but it was on the correct end of the weapon and as such it has been counted as a 'good thing'.
For scale, one centithaum has the destructive force equal (about) to a .50 calibur round. (OOC: I know I seem obsessed with .50 calibur weapons, but its all coincidence. Astonishing the coincidences you get working around magic :D )
The guns dimensions are as follows:
Length: 1.6 meters
Barrel: 1 meter
Crystals: 3, 1.5 Centithaum crystals
Fire Select:
- Beam (5 seconds)
- 6-Centithaum Burst (2 per second)
- Single Shot (Charge up to .1 Thaum)
Powerstone Sword:
http://www.lordoftherings.gr/library/images/hellas/thu_wraithsword01_alt.gif
When the newfangled rifles fail, these come into play.
The swords have similar properties to the suit, the powerstones embeded in the blade help keep it shard, it one pieces and move it along at a speed much higher than your average person could. If swung with full force by a suited man it is capable of piercing between 6-8 inches of steel.
As a bonus the sword is nearly unusable by anybody NOT in a suit, unless they happen to be superman. The sword by itself weights about fourty pounds, is six feet long and made of the same DU/Steel alloy as the suit, plus a lead counterweight and gold ornamentation.
Other melee weapons are currently being enhanced with thaumic technology.
Other equipment will be of the sort standard to most armies. We plan on installiing miniature CB transmitters inside the suites as well as developing some kind of antitank weapon.
The armour also has a 'kill switch' installed in case the suit is captured. The soldier may activate the switch to rupture the suits main power crystal, resulting in an explosion and the destruction of the suits remaining crystals and technology.
Armoured Cavalry:
Titan Suit Mk I
Armoured cavalry play the role of heavy support. Each mech is roughly fourteen feet tall, well armed and armoured, and strong enough to rip a horse in half. They will be issued to 400 Black Guards in addition to their standard armour, so that they may fight in a standard infantry role as needed.
The Titan Suit is a good deal faster than the average mobile suit, capable of reaching speeds up to 75km/h over flat, stable ground. It is capable of climbing up a 90 degree rock face, though not at 75 kilometeres per hour.
The Titan Mk 1 is equipped with a kill switch similar to that in the powered armour.
By way of a long and complicated explanation heres a list of stats, please note that the suits are custom made and thus the stats may vary:
Titan Suit Mark One production data:
Height: 14ft
Weight: 7 Tons
Armament:
1, 2 Thaum rifle
1, (extra) large Thaumic Enhanced sword
12 Wrist rockets (6 per wrist)
Finger blades
Foot blades
Defences:
1, 1 Thaum shield generator
5-10 inches of DU/steel armour
Power Core:
2 8 Thaum power crystals
Comm System:
MiniCB transmitter with 80 km range
Estimated Cost per suite:
USD 250,000-500,000.
There are plans for a jump-jet style flight system.