NationStates Jolt Archive

By order of The Emperor of The United Military Forces of Star Empires, All weapons must go. We have the best weapons on the planet at the lowest prices in the universe. We will even trade for different equipment. Hurry and act fast, supplies are limited. ( Order sent on confirmation of money ) All equipment fully-loaded excluding fuel and troops.


AIR CRAFT

280- F-16 Fighting Falcons = $6,000.00 USD ea. OBO

60- A-10 Thunder Bolt II = $2,000.00 USD ea. OBO

20- B-52 Strata fortress = $5,000.00 USD ea. OBO

30- C-130 Hercules = $ 4,000.00 USD ea. OBO

15- C-5 Galaxy = $3,500.00 USD ea. OBO

200- F/A-22 Raptor = $5,450.00 USD ea. OBO

80- F-117A Nighthawk = $6,000.00 USD ea. OBO


NAVY

500- Armament 500-cell Vertical Launch System (VLS) = $600.00 USD ea. OBO

10- Aircraft Carrier: Nimitz Class = $8,000.00 USD ea. OBO

20- Cruisers: Ticonderoga class = $2,000.00 USD ea. OBO

15- Destroyers: Arleigh Burke Class = $1,500.00 USD ea. OBO

10- SSN: Los Angeles Class Attack Sub = $2,000.00 USD ea. OBO

15- Battleships: Iowa class = $500.00 USD ea. OBO

20- Seawolf class SSN = $2,000.00 USD ea. OBO

40- Ohio class SSBN = $1,500.00 USD ea. OBO


LAND

4,000- M-1A1 = $100.00 ea. OBO

1,000- M109A6 Paladin Self Propelled Howitzer = $1,000.00 ea. OBO

500- M-113A1 Armored Personnel Carrier APC = $100.00 ea. OBO

100- M-113 Armored Medical Evacuation Vehicle AMEV = $50.00 ea.OBO

100- M-730 Guided Missile Equipment Carrier (Chaparral IR SAM) = $600.00 ea. OBO

100- M-163A1 20mm VULCAN mobile AA gun system = $200.00 ea. OBO

200- M-48 Chaparral Mobile SAM Launcher = $200.00 ea. OBO

200- AH-64D Longbow = $400.00 ea. OBO

100- UH-60 Blackhawk Utility Helicopter = $200.00 ea. OBO


BIG WEAPONS

40,000- ICBM: SS-25 Sickle Tel w/ 500 MT W.A.T. Thermo-Nuclear Warheads = $10 Million ea.

600- TRD-3000A1 = $60,000.00 ea. OBO

800- TR-2000A4 = $20,000.00 ea. OBO

10,000- T-8OUR = $15,000.00 ea. OBO

I'll take it all, money wired.


(btw I think you might have bought all of your land systems from one my puppet's storefronts, unless you make the exact same spelling mistakes as I did. :P

Thank you for you bussiness. (We might have, it was many years ago though)

OOC: Those prices are godmodding in the extreme. $8,000 for an aircraft carrier? Get real. $500 for an Iowa battleship? Hahahahaha

OoC: Perhaps, McLeod, you could quiet down and let your brain work. Maybe he isn't doing this for profit, but to get rid of the weapons?

OOC: There is a limit to that. Having paid billions for an navy, he sells it for less than a thousandth of what he paid for it. That's selling at a loss. it would be just as easy to scrap them. Probably cost him less. I have no problem with military clearances, but only if the prices are realistic. $200 for a UH-60 is just crazy.

OoC: There is no set limit if one is willing to take a loss. It's his stuff.

Jake Schoenberg, the Ministry of Defense says, "The average citizen will be like 'OMGWTFBBQ. Why get a 10,000 USD car when I can get a 2,000 USD Attack Sub! ph33r!' "

OoC: There is no set limit if one is willing to take a loss. It's his stuff.

OOC: There is a point, however, at which such sales can be deemed godmodding. Like this. Selling an aircraft carrier for less than a basic car? A tank for a hundred bucks? People can set what prices they want, but this is just ridiculous godmodding. Not to mention the fact that I'd say it was puppetery anyway, considering the low post-count of the nation.

OoC: So kudos to the nation that gets all this so cheap.

OoC: So kudos to the nation that gets all this so cheap.

OOC: Actually, since TPM is effectively godmodding too, its hardly kudos.

OOC: Is there still some available? If so, I lay claim to everything that's left; I need it for my war against Dimmimar.

I beg to differ. You claim that this American technology is the "best on the planet". This is absolute nonsense.

I beg to differ. You claim that this American technology is the "best on the planet". This is absolute nonsense.
OOC: It's a marketing thing. And I'm not going to complain if it means I get a crapload of stuff for cheap; I need all I can get.

OOC: It's a marketing thing. And I'm not going to complain if it means I get a crapload of stuff for cheap; I need all I can get.
False advertising is a consumer thing ;)

False advertising is a consumer thing ;)
OOC: Meh, it is as it is. The point is, I want to purchase some of this stuff and I want to know if it's actually available. Where did Star Empires go?

OOC: Meh, it is as it is. The point is, I want to purchase some of this stuff and I want to know if it's actually available. Where did Star Empires go?
Hehe ^^ Ya, i dunno... I think TPM bought it all. =/

I'll take it all, money wired.


Id say he took it all. BTW, I think the minimum limit for selling equipment without godmoding is the amount you could get at a recycle shop for the scrap metal. On the other hand, since no real transfer of goods takes place it seems that TPM probably just bought those things so that no one else got them that cheap. He has a storefront and he could just SAY he had them and he would, for the ground systems at least.

McLeod03, others, the United States of America has "sold" multi-million dollar aircraft and whole frigates and destroyers that were near the end of thier service life for a few thousand dollars to freindly governments. Many times they have given them away completely free to avoid storage and transportation costs. Usualy it is as not as extreme a discount but this exchange here but it has happend many times and is perfectly reasonable for the NS world.


Examples:
("Excess Defense Articles")
On 5/1/2002 Two KC-135A Stratotanker air-to-air tanker/transport aircraft were given to Brazil for free.

On 3/25/2002 Two Spruance-class destroyers** (9,100-ton destroyers) given to Greece for free

On 6/21/2001 One C-130B military cargo aircraft given to the Philippines for free
(also given to the Philippines for free or extreme low cost; 30,000 excess M16 rifles and 120,000 excess empty Magazine Cartridges, 82-ft patrol boat (Point Doran), 100 2-1/2 ton cargo trucks, US Coast Guard Cyclone class vessel (PC-1) )

To Argentina on various dates the US gave 12 Bell Textron UH-IH "Huey" util. Helicopters, 3 UH-1H utility helicopters, lots of .38 caliber pistols, 8 A-4F/TA-4J Skyhawk attack aircraft, Aircraft maintenance training equipment 4 McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk airframes, 10 Grumman OV-1D Mohawk aircraft; 12 Motorola AN/APS-94F side-looking airborne radars; 6 KS-113A photographic systems, for free.

To Bahrain on varios dates the US gave:
50 M813 trucks s; 6 TAH-1P Cobra attack helicopter trainers, equipment and support; 6 Bell AH-1P Cobra attack helicopters, related equipment; 25 M42 chemical alarm units and multimeters; 8 Raytheon Hawk surface-to-air missile launchers, radars, and related equipment; Guided missile frigate Jack Williams (FFG-24); 60 General Dynamics SM-1 Standard anti-air missiles; Ten Bell Helicopter AH-1E attack helicopters; Two Raytheon Hawk anti-aircraft missile launchers; 2,000 .38 caliber pistols; 15 M-79, 102 M-203 grenade launchers; Six M-578 armored recovery vehicles; Perry-class guided missile frigate; 25 M110A2 self-propelled howitzers; 2,601,000 50 caliber and 10,000 50 caliber spotter tracer ammo; 100,000 20 mm ammo; 1,000 20 MM dummy ammo; 6,000 M650 8-inch projectile; 3,000 M509 8 inch projectiles; 6,000 M188A1 8-inch propellant charges; 29,200 35 mm practice ammo; 6,000 M577 fuzes; 4,400 M1 8" propellant charges; 4,900 M2 8" propellant charges; 3,400 M188 8" propellant charges; 2,500 M188A1 8" propellant charges; 6,650 M106 8" projectiles; 2,000 M650 8" projectiles; 4,900 8" flash reducers, Propelling charges for M20 155mm rocket launchers , 18 Alliant Techsystems MK 46 torpedos, 65 M239 Smoke grenade launchers; 65 M85 machine guns; grenades, and ammunition, 12,000 8" projectiles; 61,000 M2 8" propellant charges for free as "Excess Defense Articles"
There are HUNDREDS of other examples...



Also: I already have large stocks of ALL the items that were sold here, I will be using what I have purchased for spare parts and raw materials.

McLeod03, others, the United States of America has "sold" multi-million dollar aircraft and whole frigates and destroyers that were near the end of thier service life for a few thousand dollars to freindly governments. Many times they have given them away completely free to avoid storage and transportation costs. Usualy it is as not as extreme a discount but this exchange here but it has happend many times and is perfectly reasonable for the NS world.


Examples:
("Excess Defense Articles")
On 5/1/2002 Two KC-135A Stratotanker air-to-air tanker/transport aircraft were given to Brazil for free.

On 3/25/2002 Two Spruance-class destroyers** (9,100-ton destroyers) given to Greece for free

On 6/21/2001 One C-130B military cargo aircraft given to the Philippines for free
(also given to the Philippines for free or extreme low cost; 30,000 excess M16 rifles and 120,000 excess empty Magazine Cartridges, 82-ft patrol boat (Point Doran), 100 2-1/2 ton cargo trucks, US Coast Guard Cyclone class vessel (PC-1) )

To Argentina on various dates the US gave 12 Bell Textron UH-IH "Huey" util. Helicopters, 3 UH-1H utility helicopters, lots of .38 caliber pistols, 8 A-4F/TA-4J Skyhawk attack aircraft, Aircraft maintenance training equipment 4 McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk airframes, 10 Grumman OV-1D Mohawk aircraft; 12 Motorola AN/APS-94F side-looking airborne radars; 6 KS-113A photographic systems, for free.

To Bahrain on varios dates the US gave:
50 M813 trucks s; 6 TAH-1P Cobra attack helicopter trainers, equipment and support; 6 Bell AH-1P Cobra attack helicopters, related equipment; 25 M42 chemical alarm units and multimeters; 8 Raytheon Hawk surface-to-air missile launchers, radars, and related equipment; Guided missile frigate Jack Williams (FFG-24); 60 General Dynamics SM-1 Standard anti-air missiles; Ten Bell Helicopter AH-1E attack helicopters; Two Raytheon Hawk anti-aircraft missile launchers; 2,000 .38 caliber pistols; 15 M-79, 102 M-203 grenade launchers; Six M-578 armored recovery vehicles; Perry-class guided missile frigate; 25 M110A2 self-propelled howitzers; 2,601,000 50 caliber and 10,000 50 caliber spotter tracer ammo; 100,000 20 mm ammo; 1,000 20 MM dummy ammo; 6,000 M650 8-inch projectile; 3,000 M509 8 inch projectiles; 6,000 M188A1 8-inch propellant charges; 29,200 35 mm practice ammo; 6,000 M577 fuzes; 4,400 M1 8" propellant charges; 4,900 M2 8" propellant charges; 3,400 M188 8" propellant charges; 2,500 M188A1 8" propellant charges; 6,650 M106 8" projectiles; 2,000 M650 8" projectiles; 4,900 8" flash reducers, Propelling charges for M20 155mm rocket launchers , 18 Alliant Techsystems MK 46 torpedos, 65 M239 Smoke grenade launchers; 65 M85 machine guns; grenades, and ammunition, 12,000 8" projectiles; 61,000 M2 8" propellant charges for free as "Excess Defense Articles"
There are HUNDREDS of other examples...



Also: I already have large stocks of ALL the items that were sold here, I will be using what I have purchased for spare parts and raw materials.
OOC: So much for cheap equipment to defend my nation against Dimmimar's invasion. *sigh* I was hoping for it too...my nation needs everything it can get to protect itself.

First off, the weapons were mine, I can sell them for whatever I want. Secondly, most of those were gifts and trades from other nations. Third, I have more of them that would only be sold for fair and reasonable prices. (On another point, my computer is crap and I have a 56k connection so posting is difficult at best) I'll be checking this market once or twice for any further comments, questions, or concerns.

Signed,
The Dark Emperor of The United Military Forces of Star Empires