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Hi, I am interested in purchasing future tech space craft, but my budget is a factor. I am able to spend $1,969,533,832.50 right now, although my bank account can be reached if need presents itself. Please post offers of the best I can get for this amount.

http://www.startrekaustralia.com/startrek/federation/nova/prev.gif

The Nova-class starship is a type of Aligned Planets vessel currently in service. It is designed primarily as a science and scout vessel, used for long-term research and analysis after a region has been surveyed by larger explorer-type vessels.

The Nova design is a relatively moderate one; the ship is capable of Warp 8.32, and its weaponry comprises to multiple phasers and torpedo launchers.

One unique feature of the Nova is its Waverider shuttlecraft, an advanced atmospheric transport optimized for planetary surveys. This shuttlecraft is mounted on a special docking port on the dorsal side of the primary hull.

SPECIFICATIONS (source: SS)
Dimensions
Overall length: 165 meters
Overall Beam: 81.2 meters
Overall Draft: 31.4 meters
Displacement: 110,000 metric tons
Crew Complement: 80 persons
Velocity Cruising: Warp Factor 6
Maximum: Warp Factor 8.32
Acceleration Rest-Onset Critical Momentum: 7.84 sec
Onset Critical Momentum-Warp Engage: 0.63 sec
Warp 1-Warp 4: 0.95 sec
Warp 4-Warp 6: 0.84 sec
Warp 6-Warp 8: 4.09 sec
Duration Standard Mission: 2 years
Recommended Yard Overhaul: 7 years
Propulsion Systems Warp: (2) LF-47 Advanced Linear Warp Drive Units
Impulse: (2) FIG-7 Subatomic Unified Energy Impulse Units
Primary Computer System: M-15 isolinear III Processor
Primary Navigation System: RAV/ISHAK Mod 3 Warp Celestial Guidance
Weapons
11 Type X Collimated Phaser Arrays
2 Mk 95 Direct-Fire Photon Torpedo Tubes
Deflector Systems: FSQ Primary Force Field and Deflector Control System
Embarked Craft (Typical):
2 Work Bee General Utility Craft
2 Shuttlecraft (various classes)
1 Waverider AOS (Atmospheric Operations Shuttle)


We have two such vessels for sale; we are currently in the process of upgrading our Fleet and we do not require these ships at present. We were going to send them to the Scrapyard, but if we can sell them - all the better.

The two in question are the FNV Easter Island and the FNV Solstice; we are selling each one for $3,500,000,000.00

Thank you

OOC - I would like to credit Star Trek Australia with the above image, and the Star Trek Encyclopaedia with the information. As a Nation (both with future and modern tech parts, who don't interact (!)) we are modelled after the UFP and as such have similar vessels.

To purchase this vessel, we will have to tap into our bank account. (In signature) The Holy Empire of Eugoria IV will look at this offer carefully, but wishes to wait until a few more offers have been made. Thank you for your interest.

The Confederacy of Xessmithia feels that you would be interested in the Raptor-class Corvette design for an inexpensive vessel, or if you need more firepower but still in your budget, the Hera/B-class Frigate.

Details follow:
Raptor-class corvette

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v422/Xessmithia/corvette1.jpg

Dimensions:
Length - 65 meters
Beam - 48meters
Height - 15 meters
Mass: 37,440 metric tons

Armaments:
- 2 Class 5 double barreled LinAc cannon turrets.
--2 terajoules (.5 kiloton)/ 2 terawatts

Armor:
- 150 mm TiUC
-- 345 mm RHA equivalency

Energy Shields:
- Class 3 NPA-shield

Powerplant:
- 4 anti-matter boosted D/D medium-fusion reactors

Performance:
- standard accel. 300 gravities
- max for 30 sec. 385 gravities
- endurance
-- 30 days non-combat operations w/o refueiling
-- 2 days combat operation w/o refueiling
-- 1 year supply of rations and life-support w/o replensishment

Drives:
-Sublight
-- 4 Daybreak-class Mk.II NPA thrusters

-FTL
-- 1 Gen 3 Tachyon drive, 2.5 light-years/day


Sensors:
- 1 full spectrum active/passive scanner
- 1 tachyon sweep FTL early warning system
- 1 tachyon mass detector, range 1 AU

Stealth:
- 1 EM emmision reduction system

Crew:
- 6
-- 2 officers, 4 enlisted

Cost: 300 million USD/unit


Hera/B-class Frigate

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v422/Xessmithia/frigate2.jpg

Dimensions:
Length- 100 m
Beam- 30 m
Height- 30 m
Mass: 72,000 metric tons

Armaments:
- 4 Class 6 LinAc cannons
-- 400 terajoules/ 800 terawatt

- 30 Heterodyne PDF Laser-turrets
-- 100 megajoules / 400 megawatts

- 4 torpedo/missile tubes
-- magazine of 25 Type II Mk.2 Preserver missiles
-- magazine of 10 Class B Ragnorok Missiles


Armor:
- 50 mm WUC
-- 600 mm RHA equivalent

Energy Shields:
- 3 Class 4 NPA-Shield
-- 500 terajoule/ 2000 terawatt overload rating per generator

Powerplant:
- 4 standard M/AM reactors

Performance:
- standard accel, 250 gravities
- max for 30 seconds, 310 gravities
- rotation, 300 degrees/second
- endurance
-- 1 year non-combat operations w/o refueling
-- 36 hours combat operations w/o refueiling
-- 5 years supply of rations and life-support w/o replenishment

Drives:
-Sublight
-- 3 Daybreak-class NPA thrusters

-FTL
-- Gen 4 Tachyon Drive, 5.35 ly/day


Sensors:
- full spectrum active/passive scanner
- tachyon active/passive early warning scanner
- tachyon mass detector, range 3 AU

Stealth:
- Gen 1 ECM/ECCM
- EM emmisions reduction
- SCFC around high emmision areas (reactors, command center etc.)

Crew:
- 59
-- 12 officers, 47 enlisted

Cost: 1.2 billion USD/unit

The Azaha Guardian class battlecruiser.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~glenn....ica%20-%202.jpg ((Add two large long barrels protruding from under the nose))

Length: 2km
width: 300m
Sublight Powerplant: Keosane cold fission reactor
Faster-than-light powerplant: Keosane warp field generator
Armor: Varies, 2m durasteel to 4m durasteel thick armor plating
Sheild: Imperial might warp shield generator.

Weapons
Point defence arrays:
x50 pointdefence lasers scattered at even intervals all along the ships hull.
x25 pointdefence projectile launcher scattered even inervals along hull.

Offensive Weaponry:
x2 Ion cannon(Main purpose, sheild disruptor weapon)
x3 Particle cannon batteries(Projectile weapon, fires one 2' diamter shells every second)

Figher/bomber/Dropship compliment:
x25 Aurora fighters
x0 bombers
x4 Dropship
x2 DSB(Drop ship bore, penetrate another ship's hull and insert boarding party)

Ship Chassis: 200 million
Ship with weapons: 300 million

OOC:

Length: 2km
width: 300m
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Ship Chassis: 200 million
Ship with weapons: 300 million

300 million for a 2km ship? I don't think so.

Other people think that sounds right, so I stick with it.

we can sell you our F-1 Wraith Fighters
http://www.stormwave.ru/Art/d_wraith.jpg
They carry 3 laser cannons and 6 missiles
Speed: Mach 6 in atmosphere 5,000mph in space
Cost: 70 million each

Other people think that sounds right, so I stick with it.

It would cost at least twice that much for the raw materials alone. Let alone the manufacturing costs.

It should be more around 300 billion.

It was at 300 billion originally, but it seemed to expensive, for all the guns sheilds and armor on it, these things get holes poked in it like it was wet paper, read the RP PNN liberates a new solar system, or osmthing like that, and see how easily the Unity gets picked apart.

The Otaku Shipyards currently has a few ship designs available. Light and cheap, it fits those nations who are first-time users of space warfare vessels. Please TG me wit a request if you are interested on my offer, further details can be worked out later.

"Minerva"
Anime-Otaku Shipyards Incorporated

OOC: As I have Internet access problems, do expect to wait quite long, in excess of a week for replies. I apologise for any incovenience caused.

It was at 300 billion originally, but it seemed to expensive, for all the guns sheilds and armor on it, these things get holes poked in it like it was wet paper, read the RP PNN liberates a new solar system, or osmthing like that, and see how easily the Unity gets picked apart.

It has little to do with weapon or armor quality. It's about sheer size. If it's made of something like Aerospace quality Titanium, which costs $3.24 per pound, your ship would need about ONE TRILLION DOLLARS of raw material. I don't think 300 billion is pushing it.

After careful consideration of the offers, the congress of the Holy Empire of Eugoria IV voted 529 to 371 to purchase one (1) Hera/B-class Frigate and two (2) Raptor-class corvettes from Xessmithia for a total of $1.8 billion. If this is accepted, just confirm. We also realize that this will not be our entire fleet, and thus, will still be accepting offers to purchase with more money next (NS) year.

After careful consideration of the offers, the congress of the Holy Empire of Eugoria IV voted 529 to 371 to purchase one (1) Hera/B-class Frigate and two (2) Raptor-class corvettes from Xessmithia for a total of $1.8 billion. If this is accepted, just confirm. We also realize that this will not be our entire fleet, and thus, will still be accepting offers to purchase with more money next (NS) year.


Your order is confirmed. The Confederate Shipyards will begin production immediately, they will be delivered to you in 1 year. It's been a pleaseure doing business with you.


OOC: In case you don't know, you'll get them tommorow.

The ships you purchased are now complete. They will be delivered immediately. Payment is to be wired upon delivery.

-Georg Aster
-- Minister of Trade

Thank you for your help, also, I am still looking for more offers, particularly in the carrier/battleship group. If that is possible with a $2,297,789,471.25 and a bank account in my signature. Please put offers on the table.

The Confederacy is displeased to tell you that all of our dedicated carrier and battleship classification ships are beyond your price range, unless you wish to have a debt to us.

We do however have one ship class, the Cyclone/B-class Destroyer, which has heavier firepower than the Hera/B-class.

We could also refit a Hera/B for carrier operations for 2 billion USD at a reduction in weaponry and speed.


Cyclone/B - class Destroyer

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v422/Xessmithia/destroyer1.jpg

Dimensions:
Length - 280 m
Beam - 200 m
Height - 120 m
Mass: 5.4 million metric tons

Armaments:
- 2 Class 7 double LinAc turrets
-- 800 terajoules / 1600 terawatts

- 60 Heterodyne PDF laser turrets
-- 30o megajoules / 1200 megawatts

- 6 torpedo/missile tubes
-- magazine of 50 Mk.2 Type III Preserver missiles (482 megaton yield)
-- magazine of 10 Class C Ragnorok missiles (41 gigaton yield)

Armor:
-80 mm WUC
-- 960 mm RHA equivalent

Energy Shields:
- 3 Class 5 NPA-Shield generators
-- 5 petajoules / 20 petawatt overload rating per generator (1.2 megatons)

Powerplant:
- 8 standard M/AM reactors

Performance:
- standard accel, 250 gravities
-- max for 30 seconds, 300 gravities
- rotation, 140 degrees/second
-endurance
-- 18 months non-combat operations w/o refueilng
-- 52 hours combat operations w/o refueling
-- 5 years supply of rations and life-support w/o replenishment


Drives:
-Sublight
-- 5 Daybreak- class NPA-thrusters

-FTL
-- 1 Gen 4 Tahcyon drive, 5.35 ly/day


Sensors:
- full spectrum active/passive scanner
- tachyon active/passive early warning scanner
- tachyon mass detector, range 3 AU

Stealth:
- EM emmisions reduction
- SCFC around high emmision areas (reactors, command center etc.)

Crew:
- 107
- 26 officers, 81 enlisted

Cost: 3.5 billion USD/unit

Specifications on a refit Hera/B are customizable to your liking.

Well, I am more looking for an actual carrier. How much debt are we talking? I am sure we could work something out.

Well, I am more looking for an actual carrier. How much debt are we talking? I am sure we could work something out.


Our least expensive dedicated carrier is the Pelican-class Assault Carrier.

Pelican-class Assault Carrier (CVA-100 series)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v422/Xessmithia/carrier1.jpg

Dimensions:
Length - 380 m
Beam - 110 m
Height -80 m
Mass: 2.7 million metric tons

Armaments:
- 70 Heterodyne laser PDF turrents
-- 200 gigajoules/ 2000 gigawatts

- 45 BFAS-24 "Peregrine" Strikefighters
-- internal launch bays
-- variable weapon configurations

- 2 BS-20 "Condor" Gunboats
-- external dorsal launch racks
-- variable weapon configurations

Armor:
- 100 mm WUC
-- 1200 mm RHA equivalent

Energy Shields:
- Class 7 NPA shield generator
-- 5 exajoule/ 50 exawatt overload rating

Powerplant:
- 5 standard Icefire reactors

Performance:
- standard accel, 250 gravities
- max for 30 seconds, 300 gravities
- rotation rate, 64 degrees/second
- endurance
-- 1 year non-combat operations w/o refueling
-- 144 hours combat operations w/o refueling
-- 5 year supply of life-support and rations w/o replenishment


Drives:
-Sublight
-- 5 Daybreak NPA thrusters
-- 50 emergency Nightfall-motors

-FTL
-- 2 Gen 4 Tachyon Drive, 5.5 ly/day

Sensors:
- full spectrum active/passive scanner
- tachyon active/passive early warning scanner
- tachyon mass detector, range 4 AU


Stealth:
- Gen 2 ECM/ECCM
- SCFC around vital areas

Crew:
- 600
-- 151 officers, 449 enlisted
--- 45 BFAS-24 pilots, 6 BS-20 crew

Cost: 35 billion USD

As you can see the debt would be roughly 33 billion USD. Which is a sizeable amount for a nation of your size. We would of course include a full fighter compliment if you wish to purchase one. If that is not suitable for you we can arrange something, such as diplomatic agreements, that would be more to your liking.

And for a rough idea of these ships I'm sending you a scale of all Xessmithian vessels with the exception of the Raptor-class Corvette, as it is too small for this scale.
The vessels are in this order from left to right
- Cetus-class Battle Dreadnaught
- Cygnus-class Dreadnaught Command Ship, XNV Cygnus
- Cygnus-class Dreadnaught
- Bradbury-class Battleship
- Halo-class Fleet Carrier
- Vision-class Battleship
- Fermi-class Battlecruiser
- Endeavour-class Cruiser
- Pelican-class Assault Carrier
- Cyclone-class Destroyer
- Hera-class Frigate
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v422/Xessmithia/scale2.jpg

-Georg Aster

well:-
DESC Corporations (http://s6.invisionfree.com/International_Mall/index.php?showforum=5) main storefront
Space Vessals and fighters, and dropships (http://s6.invisionfree.com/International_Mall/index.php?showtopic=694) Ship section
Space Marine chapter Ships (http://s6.invisionfree.com/International_Mall/index.php?showtopic=1609) New ships

and more at the main storefront

I can also add my budget for this year (NS) to the last one. My budget for now is $2,626,232,301.00 plus $2,297,789,471.25 from yesterday equals a total of $4,924,021,772.25 and my bank account, as always, found in my signature. Xessmithia, your offer of diplomacy is accepted even if we cannot come to an agreement on the ships. But I do like the look and stats of that ship so if we can work out a payment plan of some sorts, that would be great.

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I can also add my budget for this year (NS) to the last one. My budget for now is $2,626,232,301.00 plus $2,297,789,471.25 from yesterday equals a total of $4,924,021,772.25 and my bank account, as always, found in my signature. Xessmithia, your offer of diplomacy is accepted even if we cannot come to an agreement on the ships. But I do like the look and stats of that ship so if we can work out a payment plan of some sorts, that would be great.

It is excellent to hear you are interested in diplomatic arrangements. It would be possible to arrange for defensive and trade alliances which would let us give a small force of ships as a signing bonus and offer you a discount on any further purchases. If you are interested I'll arrange for a meeting with your leadership.

-Georg Aster

OOC: I'll start a diplomatic relations thread if you want to go the diplomatic route.

Of course we would be delighted to meet with your fine people. Please set up the date.

We will now deposit our $2,705,196,060.00 military budget for today. This added to the previous balance equals a grand total of $7,629,217,832.25 plus the bank account.

I have withdrawn all money that was here into my bank account and closed this thread except for with Xessmithia. Thanks for all your offers.