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Aviation and Defense Journal Annual Report

After the partially successful space mission toward the Castor / Pollux region of space, the creation of the new Royal Space Force has moved forward quickly. The discovery and perfection of the improved stutterwarp technology has greatly eased interstellar travel and technology, as it does not require the huge amounts of hydrogen fuel the old jump technology needed. The massive spending effort over the last few years has also made a substantial difference and new missions into interstellar space can be expected soon.

New Shiron Air and Space Forces (20 years Post Diasopora)
Three Branches
Royal Space Force -- Exploration of interstellar space, local space defense


Royal Space Force
The newest branch of service and has the mission of the exploration of interstellar space as well as support and defense of New Shiron and FKC assets off world.

Assets:
3 Mobile Orbital construction and repair facilities (Stations Exeter, Nordheim, Limerick)
4 training Starships (Sarah Hoffman, Ark Royal, King Gavin II, Royal Sovereign, Queen Amanda)
12 Light carriers (Polaris class)
400 Star Frigates (Pegasus class)
1600 Patrol / Attack Corvettes (STB 1 class)
1000 General Purpose Star Freighters (Clydesdale class
2400 SST-3 Interface shuttles
2400 orbital fighters
60,000 lifeboats (all deployed)

total force: 4.500,000 men and women including a large number of civilian workers and base staff.

The RSF also has 240 Space Inteceptor squadrons 24 SF3 Lightning Orbital Fighter Interceptors,

All other aircraft phased out upon the start of the migration

Spacecraft of New Shiron

Starships
Polaris class Light Carrier
Performance: Warp efficiency 1.85 light years per day (4 parsecs a week) or 4 AU per day in system: Capable of 20 gravities acceleration.
Power system: 6,000 MW fusion reactor (good for 20 years)
Length: 700 meters
Height: 280 meters
Beam: 560 meters
420,000 cubic meters internal space (can hold 30,000 tons of liquid hydrogen)
Mass: 192,000 metric tons
Layout: 12% external and internal armor, 37% power and drive systems, 14% small craft and hanger space, 20% stores and ammunition, 7% control systems, electronics and avionics, 10% living quarters
Crew: 650 (340 staterooms)
Fighter Wing crew: 600 (310 staterooms)
Equipped with Flag Bridge, Combat Information Center, Bridge
Weapons: 300 x quadruple 80 mega joule point defense lasers (range 45,000 kilometers)
Sensors:
Active Sensor range (LIDAR, RADAR, MASER) 540,000 kilometers (90% reliability against natural targets, degraded by stealth, evasive maneuvers etc)

Passive sensor range (neutrino, infrared, ultraviolet, radio, visual, gravity and mass sensors) 25,000,000,000 kilometers or 25 light hours or 248 AU range) 90% reliability on natural targets, degraded but such factors as stealth, evasive maneuvers etc.

Carries 72 orbital fighters, 4 search and rescue shuttles, 6 early warning shuttles, and 2 cargo shuttles, plus 100 lifeboats. Generally used as a fleet flagship.
Has sufficient stores for 1 year of operations and spare munitions for its fighters to conduct 11 missions.


Pegasus class Star Frigate
Layout
Displacement: 1000 metric tons
Mass: 20,000 metric tons
Length: 90 meters
Volume: 14,000 cubic meters
Configuration: Tear drop / Saucer
Atmospheric capable

Engineering and Performance:
Primary Grav reactionless drive capable of 25 – G acceleration
Secondary (backup) Grav thruster drive capable of 5 – G acceleration
Maximum atmospheric air speed: Mach 10
Warp Drive Intersteller (outside of 10 AU of solar body) capable of 3.62 light years per day outside of solar gravity well
Insystem (outside of 1 AU of a solar body) capable of 8 AU per day (3462.9 KM per second) (inside of that distance grav drive performs more efficiently)
Fusion Reactor: 100 MW, good for 20 years without replacement

Weapons and Defenses:
Six 80 mega joule laser turrets with a range of 45,000 km
One torpedo bay with 30 torpedoes
One missile bays each with 24 missiles plus storage for 10 reloads (types vary)
1000 metric tons of armor externally plus 260 metric tons of internal armor around engineering, missile bays and bridge/CIC

Control and Living space
Model 4 computer with 2 backups and fiber optic linked controls, Bridge (armored), with 3 pilot and 1 command work station, Combat Information Center (armored) with 3 sensor, 2 command, and 3 gunnery work stations, engineering space with 1 command, 6 engineering work stations, sick bay with 1 work station, galley with 2 work stations, 20 staterooms (room for 30 crew, 8 passengers) Storage space for 180 days of consumables for crew of 40

Small craft
3 x 10 ton (displacement) lifeboats with grav 2, warp 1, 30 days fuel, 14 bunks

Cost: 50 Billion Klatchian Kronors

SPT – 1 Patrol / Attack Corvette (not given official names but generally crew has an unofficial one, officially referred to by hull number)
Displacement: 100 tons
Mass: 1100 metric tons
Length: 49 meters
Volume: 1,400 cubic meters
Configuration: Tear drop / saucer
Atmospheric capable

Engineering and Performance
Primary Grav reactionless drive capable of 50-G acceleration
Maximum atmospheric air speed: Mach 10
Warp Drive: Intersteller (outside of 10 AU of solar body) capable of 5 light years per day outside of solar gravity well
Insystem (outside of 1 AU of a solar body) capable of 10 AU per day (3462.9 KM per second) (inside of that distance grav drive performs more efficiently)
MHD Hydrogen Powerplant: 12 MW
Fuel Tankage: sufficient for 30 days operations

Weapons and Defense:
Single 80 mega joule laser turret with range of 45,000 km
Torpedo bay with 9 torpedoes
Missile bay with 24 missiles plus missile magazine with 240 additional missiles (types vary)
no armor but very maneuverable

Control and Living Space
Bridge with 6 work stations (pilot, navigation, 2 sensor operators, 2 gunners)
Engineering with 3 workstations (3 engineering crew)
Sick bay with 1 work station, Galley with 1 work station (medic and cook)

Small craft
1 lifeboat

Cost 1 Billion Kronors

Clydesdale class General Purpose Star Freighter
Layout
Displacement: 1000 metric tons
Mass: 8,000 metric tons (empty), 20,000 tons loads
Length: 50 meters
Beam: 40 meters
Height: 20 meters
Volume: 14,000 cubic meters
Configuration: Tear drop / Saucer
Atmospheric capable

Engineering and Performance:
Primary Grav Thruster drive capable of 2 – G acceleration
Secondary (backup) Grav thruster drive capable of 2 – G acceleration
Maximum atmospheric air speed: Mach 10
Warp Drive Intersteller (outside of 10 AU of solar body) capable of 3.6 light years per day outside of solar gravity well
Insystem (outside of 1 AU of a solar body) capable of 8 AU per day (3462.9 KM per second) (inside of that distance grav drive performs more efficiently)
Duel Fission Reactors: 20 MW, good for 4 years before refueling

Weapons and Defenses:
None

Control and Living space
Model 2 computer with 2 backups and fiber optic linked controls, Bridge with 3 pilot, 3 sensor, and 1 command work station, engineering space with 1 command, 3 engineering work stations, sick bay with 1 work station, galley with 1 work station, 12 staterooms (room for 12 crew, plus another 8 if double occupancy needed) Storage space for 180 days of consumables for crew of 12

Small craft
1 x 10 ton (displacement) lifeboats with grav 2, warp 1, 30 days fuel, 14 bunks

Cost: 5 Billion Klatchian Kronors

Cargo Space:
3,735 Gross tons cargo (10,458 cubic meters) or 74 tractor trailers or 125 shipping containers

Torpedoes and Missiles of the RSF
Mk 1 “Kali” anti ship torpedo
Role: anti ship weapon
Warp Efficiency: 1 warp drive efficiency of 12 AU a day, 1 Grav drive efficiency 150 – Gs Power Plant: 0.07 MW Fuel Cell Fuel: 0.189 tons, sufficient for 8 hours of operation Mass: 10.4 tons Length: 14 meters Diameter: 1 meter Price: 10.97 million Kronors Bay Volume/Mass: 14 cubic meters Warhead: Guidance system and rods for detonation laser package for a 450 MJ X-Ray laser

SIM3 “Thor” multi purpose missile
Role: used against soft targets in space like satellites, missiles, unarmored spacecraft in predictable vectors, and Orbit to surface attack.
200 G burn for 1 minute from a hydrogen / oxygen solid fuel rocket. Mass: .5 metric ton, length 5 meters, Price: 1 million Kronors, Volume/Mass: .25 tons, Warhead: This missile releases 15,000 tungsten spheres (each sphere is 10mm in diameter, and weighs 10 grams) in a cloud to ensure that at least one of them hits the target. The cloud is usually released three seconds before impact (typically at a range of 50km). The exact range is automatically selected to achieve the maximum probability of a hit based on the closing velocity between the missile and the target. The damage comes from the kinetic energy of the spheres. The specific damage depends greatly on the closing speed of the missile and the target

SIM 4 “Zeus” nuclear proximity attack missile
Role: used against hard targets in predictable vectors or to bracket a maneuvering spacecraft with multiple detonations. Can be used for Orbit to surface attack.
All characteristics as for the Thor, except Warhead: This missile carries a nuclear warhead intended to detonate at a pre-selected distance from the target. When a nuclear weapon detonates in
space, the major part of the energy will be released in the form of so-called 'soft' x-rays. This radiation is absorbed by almost any solid object and creates, through thermal expansion, a shock wave inside the
object. Damage depends on the yield of the warhead and the range at which it was detonated. Standard warhead is a 1 Megaton fission/fussion thermonuclear weapon. Proximity nuclear missiles may be used in the anti-missile role. The procedure is the same as attacking a ship, although most missiles are much smaller than a spacecraft, which will make them more difficult to hit. Any hit, at any detonation distance, will destroy a missile. When used against surface targets, the nuclear warhead can be detonated as an airburst or on the surface. The effects of nuclear weapons on ground targets is outside the scope of this article.

Fighters and Interface Craft
SF9 Lighting Orbital Fighter Interceptor
Layout
Displacement: 25 tons
Mass: 250 metric tons
Length: 18 meters
Volume: 350 cubic meters
Configuration: Tear drop / Saucer
Atmospheric capable / airframe

Engineering and Performance:
Primary Grav Thruster drive capable of 100 – G acceleration
Maximum atmospheric air speed: Mach 12
MHD hydrogen power plant 10 MW
Fuel for 16 hours

Weapons and Defenses:
Single 80 MJ laser
12 missiles
2 torpedoes or another 12 missiles

Control and Living space
Model 2 computer with 2 backups and fiber optic linked controls, cockpit 1 pilot, 1 sensor work station

Cost: 100 Million Klatchian Kronors


SST-3 Interface and transport shuttle
Displacement: 100 tons
Mass: 1100 metric tons
Length: 49 meters
Volume: 1,400 cubic meters
Configuration: Tear drop / saucer
Atmospheric capable

Engineering and Performance
Primary Grav reactionless drive capable of 6-G acceleration
Maximum atmospheric air speed: Mach 10
MHD Hydrogen Powerplant: 12 MW
Fuel Tankage: sufficient for 48 hours operations

Weapons and Defense:
none

Control and Living Space
Bridge with 2 work stations (pilot, co-pilot,), 1 bunk, model 1 computer with 2 backups,

Cargo
65 tons displacement or 910 cubic meters (room for 8 typical shipping containers)
Can also carry 2 main battle tanks or 4 GEV Cavalry vehicles instead
Or 130 passengers in 1st Class airline accommodations or 195 as coach passengers

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starships and missiles were designed or copied from Traveller 2300, Traveller New Era and some house rules that were developed for a Traveller campaign I used to run. Essentially technology would be Tech Level 12 in Traveller RPG terms, with some modifications (Earth about 2200)

in other words, near Future Tech

New Shiron Ground forces are organized into a single branch, the Royal Guard which is the permanent full time force. Recruits are generally volunteers but selective conscription is practiced as well to keep the numbers and quality at appropriate levels.

The Royal Guard organizes its units along the British Army model, with most people in the combat arms serving in the same regiment for their entire career, while those who serve in general and combat support units generally remain with the same division or corps their entire career. Divisions and Corps units are organized along the American model, that is, large 20,000 man divisions with substantial corps and theater support provided.

The Guard has four types of divisions: Armored (heavy combined arms), Airborne (air assault), Mountain (air portable light infantry), and Marine (mixture of heavy and light units). In addition, the Ground Forces have armored cavalry brigades for screening and scouting purposes, ranger brigades for specialized light infantry tasks, and parachute infantry brigades (for the occasional air drop). The parachute infantry and marine regiments are now developing doctrine for orbital insertion missions, as well as space boarding and security missions as well.

The Royal Guard has a current strength of 6 armored divisions (7th – 12th Armored), 6 airborne divisions (1st – 6th Airborne), 2 Marine Divisions (13th and 14th), and 2 Mountain Divisions (15th and 16th). Armored, airborne and mountain divisions are organized exactly as the US Army Division 2000 model, while the 2 Marine divisions are organized identically to the US Marine MEF model (with fixed wing aircraft replaced by rotary wing aircraft). The Marine and Airborne divisions have permanently attached air wings assigned, giving them a strength of nearly 50,000, while the other divisions usually have a strength of about 20,000. Generally a corps has 2 marine, armored or mountain divisions, plus an airborne division, plus corps support units and has a strength of nearly 200,000. In addition to the divisions and brigades, the Guard has 3 Ranger brigades (similar to US Army 75th Regiment), and 6 armored cavalry brigades (similar to US Army heavy armored cavalry regiments).
A typical division headquarters has 3 engineer battalions, 1 Air defense battalion, 1 MP battalion, 1 medical battalion, 1 heavy truck battalion, 1 heavy refueling battalion, 1 general support battalion, 1 communications and signals battalion, 1 electronic / cyber warfare battalion (8,000 troops for HQ total)
Corps headquarters generally have 2 or 3 of each of those battalions plus extra 1 or 2 engineer battalions. In addition, usually a ranger brigade and armored cavalry brigade is assigned as well.
battalion sized units have 4 maneuver companies, 1 air defense company, 1 artillery (MRLS GEV), 1 support company except for light infantry units which lack the artillery company

Armored Divisions generally have 5 armored battalion sized regiments or battalions, 5 mechanized infantry battalions, 1 armored cavalry battalion sized regiment, and 4 artillery battalions.

Airborne divisions generally have 9 light infantry and 1 ranger battalion, plus 4 rocket artillery battalions, and an air wing of nearly 300 aircraft (assault, attack and transport aviation)

Marine divisions generally have 6 light infantry, 3 mechanized infantry, and 4 artillery battalions plus a tank battalion and an air wing (as above)

Mountain divisions generally have 9 light infantry, 3 light artillery, and 1 artillery battalion plus a ranger battalion.

Ranger brigades have 3 ranger battalions while Armored Cavalry brigades have 2 armored cavalry battalion sized regiments plus an aviation regiment (mixed attack and assault aircraft) and a airborne infantry battalion.

Army and theater commands generally support 2 – 5 corps, and will have additional engineer and general support brigades and division sized commands attached. The Royal Guard has 6 Home Army headquarters (1st – 6th Armies) and 2 Field Army headquarters (7th and 8th Armies) plus a Home Forces Theater Command and a FKC RDF Theater Command.

Total strength at this time is 900,000 men and women.

Combat vehicles and equipment of the Royal Guard
VTG2A Dragonfly embedded-rotor gunship Nation: New Shiron Crew: (pilot, gunner) Tech Level 9 Weight: 8,200-kg Armament: A12A2 20-mm mass driver gun in nose, plus one A97 250-MW laser mounted coaxial, can carry 16 anti tank hypersonic missiles, 6 anti aircraft hypersonic missiles Sensor Range: 200-km Cargo: none Max Speed: 600 MPH Cruise Speed: 450 MPH Power Plant: 300 MW MHD turbine Endurance: 10 hours Expense: $ 60 Million (although nearly $50 Billion was spent on development)

VTG2B Sea Dragonfly (as above but carries 10 sonar buoys, 2 recon drones, and 4 ASW torpedoes and the gunner serves as a systems operator as well.
Notes: Based on the New Cynthian Mosquito gunship, with adaptations for a lower tech level. The Dragonfly and Sea Dragonfly Has now replaced all ASW helicopters and gunships in service with the Royal armed forces.

DRS-10 "Venom" TL-9 10cm Anti Vehicle Rocket Launcher nation: New Shiron Mass: 32.4 kg Fire Control: Thermal Optic Sights, fire and forget targeting, Minimum range: 25 meters Maximum Range: 3 Km Burst Radius:36 m Penetration: 1130 mm armor Rocket speed is Mach 6, Price: 10,000 Crowns
Notes: A single-shot disposable rocket launcher. The launcher doubles as the carrying container for the 10cm HEAP rocket, the two components cannot be used seperately. The DRS (Disposable Rocket System) 10 is simple to manufacture and simple to use, yet packs a considerable punch against armoured vehicles and buildings. Note that the effective range will be greatly affected by terrain. Now in service replacing all previous portable anti armor and anti aircraft missiles as homing capability is not needed for a rocket that fast. The rocket (the Stiletto) is also used as the standard anti vehicle, land attack and surface attack rocket for all Royal services and a larger version (capable of 10 gravities of acceleration for 1 minute) is used by the Aerospace force as well.

Infantry weapons and battlegear The Royal Guard and various special operations and special weapons units are now equipped with ‘bullpup’ type assault rifles with integral grenade launcher (4.77 mm caseless rounds, 20 mm grenades). Machine guns have been developed as well using this type of ammunition.

The infantry and vehicle crews now wear combat environment suits which are basically a Ballistic cloth (keflar) weave suit that is made air tight and includes thermal signature dampening. Suit provides protection against chemical and biological agents as well as protection against cold and heat. Suit will also provide short term protection against vacuum (typically less then 30 minutes). Suits come with gloves, boots, and a plastic 'bubble' helm to make it airtight. It is equipped with a filter/respirator system. An optional chill can is required for complete thermal signature removal. Other options include camofluage, custom tailoring, and chameleon capability. )

M9A1 Crusader AFV, heavy, GEV (tank) Mass: 150 metric tons Size: 70m3, powerplant: 300 MW MHD hydrogen power plant with fuel for 120 hours operation Ducted fans in a plenium chamber provide lift, Weapons: 47 mm MD cannon with 120 rounds (hull mounted), 1 A97 250 MW laser (turret mounted), 1 HMG (turret mounted), close range anti infantry defense mines, Armor value 1200 mm (hull and turret front), 200 mm (top and rear hull) Crew: 4 (commander, 2 gunners, 1 driver) Speed: 100 MPH cruise, 150 MPH top speed, fully capable of traveling across sheltered open water such as lakes, rivers, and ocean shallows.
note: the armor value is its equiv in hardened case steel, not the actual thickness of the armor

M12A1 Chariot IFV, heavy, GEV (infantry) As above (same chassis) no MD gun, armor value 500 mm (hull front and sides), 200 mm (top, turret and rear hull), Crew 2 (driver, gunner), passengers: 9 (1 sergeant plus 2 fire teams)

M13A1 Archer SP AAA, GEV As above, but cargo compartment replaced with modular missile pack with 2 SAM, and vehicle comes equipped with 1 radar sensor drone with cable connecting it to vehicle targeting computer plus 3 replacement drones

New Shiron military equipment is not available for sale on the world market except for occasional exceptions to the fellow states of the Federated Klatchian Coast

Military and Police Forces: The Kingdom has a system of conscription, and each year those who reach the age of 19 are subject to call up (female and male). The conscription system is highly selective however, and only a few are taken each year into service. Generally there are sufficient inductees willing to volunteer that few are forced to serve. Conscripts have the choice of military service in the Territorial Guard, Permanent military forces or various Police Agencies.

The conscript chooses a preference of either military or police service, but is then assigned to which ever military branch or police agency can best make use of him or her (trying to follow their preference if possible). However, Territorial Service is for 3 years, with another 7 years of reserve obligation (weekends and summer camps). Service in the police or permanent military forces is for 6 years, with 4 years of reserve obligation. An inductee can choose to attend college however, and the Crown picks up the tab but the time in college does not count toward the inductee’s service time. Additional schools can also be chosen, such as flight school, law school, medical school and other possibilities and once again that time does not count toward the general service obligation. Both women and men are drafted, and the right mixture of athletic, social and intellectual abilities is the prime criteria.

Officers and senior noncommissioned officers are promoted from the ranks of lower noncommissioned officers who have demonstrated superior ability and are then sent to special officer training academies followed by additional training from branch schools. Outstanding officers are later sent to the National War College, or in some cases, even overseas to friendly nations to attend their equivalent institutions.

Conscripts can serve in the following branches: Territorial Guard (combat support and general support units) Coast Guard (coastal patrol, minesweeping, anti submarine and harbor defense forces) Royal Mounted Police (highway patrol duties in peace time, combat support duties in war) Royal Park Service (Park rangers, search and rescue duties, combat support duties in war) Royal Bureau of Investigation (FBI function) Civil Guard (oversees civil defense) Royal Aerospace Force (took over mission of Air National Guard) Royal Navy, and Royal Space Force

New Shiron Royal Navy
Royal Navy 200,000 people (High tech) 12 Heavy Cruisers, 36 Destroyers, 12 SSNC, (upgraded), 10 Assault Carriers, 12 Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer Escorts, 20 Fast Sealift, 10 Fast Replenishment, 4 Aircraft ferries (old Foch class carriers)

New Shiron Coast Guard 100,000 people 8 Flotillas each with 3 Sealion squadrons, 1 Patrol Boat squadron (Pegasus class PHM), 1 Patrol craft squadron (small rescue boats), 1 Sea Dragonfly ASW squadron, 1 Rescue V22 squadron, plus support elements and 1 Missile brigade (200 anti ship and anti air missile launchers)

Monarch class Heavy cruiser 28,000 tons 900 feet long, 40 feet beam, 10 x 30 MW MHD hydrogen power plants, endurance 90 days, speed 40 knots Defenses: armor value: 300 mm upperworks and deck, 2000 mm torpedo belt and magazines, reduced signature (stealth) upperworks and materials which reduces radar signature to 1% of actual size, thermal reduction features (reduces heat signature when activated), 3 x 80 mj air defense lasers Weapons: 25 x VLS tubes (magazines carry 500 missiles of various types), 2 x 105 mm mass driver guns (1,000 rounds total of various types), 3 torpedo interceptor launchers Aircraft: 4 Sea Dragonflys, 2 AEW Sea Dragonfly, plus 10 various surveillance, decoy and patrol RPVs. Crew: 350 (very heavily automated ship) plus 50 various self propelled robots Cost: 10 Billion crowns
In service: Monarch, Constitution, Independence, Indefatigable, Resolution, Revenge, Royal Oak, Victorious, Glorious, Formidable, Indomitable, Renown,
Essentially a cross between an arsenal ship and an anti aircraft cruiser, the Monarch class is designed for sea control missions but can also conduct land attack and amphibious support missions. Generally acts in concert with a pair of destroyers.

Ardent class Destroyer 9,000 tons, 500 feet long, 60 feet beam / 100 feet beam (modified trimaran hull design), 3 x 30 MW MHD hydrogen power plants, endurance 90 days, speed 50 knots Defenses: armor value 300 mm upperworks and deck, 1000 mm torpedo belt and magazines, reduced signature (stealth) upperworks and materials which reduces signature to 1% of actual size, thermal reduction features (reduces heat signature when activiated), 1 x 80 MJ air defense laser Weapons: 10 VLS tubes (magazines carry 100 missiles of various types), 2 ASW torpedo tubes, 2 torpedo interceptor launchers, Aircraft: 2 Sea Dragonflys, 5 various RPVs Seacraft: 2 SFA1 Sea Lions (deployed through amidships and launched via doors) Crew: 100 (heavy automation) plus 20 various self propelled robots Cost: 3 Billion crowns
In Service: Ardent, Defiant, Reliant, Avenger, Sentry, Devastator, Guardian, Champion, Caprice, Crusader, Whirlwind, Undaunted, Vixen, Swiftsure, Tenacious, Relentless, Rapid, Noble, Lively, Loyal, Myrmidon, Musketeer, Javalin, Battleaxe, Broadsword, Daring, Dauntless, Impulsive, Hunter, Hostile, Fearless, Fury, Brilliant, Arrow, Rapier, Cutlass

SFA1 Sealion Fast Attack Submarine (small) 100 tons, 90 feet long, 10 feet beam, Fuel Cell with sufficient endurance for 16 hours, Speed 60 knots (submerged), 10 knots surface, water jet engines with auxiliary propeller for confined space maneuver, maximum depth 2 miles Defenses: Very low observable radar / sonar signature / thermal signature, 4 disposable decoys Weapons: 4 Torpedoes (external mounting)(generally either 4 ASW or 2 ASW and 2 antiship) Crew: 2 (1 pilot, 1 system operator) Cost: 20 million crowns
Several hundred in service with the Coast Guard and Royal Navy. Deployed in 16 boat squadronss or 2 boat divisions. In the RN, carried aboard Ardent class Destroyers and Queen Samantha class Submarines. The Coast Guard deploys them in squadrons around major ports.

Queen Samantha class Submarine (SSNC) 30,000 tons, 600 feet long, 60 feet beam, 6 x 25 MW MHD hydrogen powerplants, Endurance 180 days, Speed 40 knots (submerged), 10 knots surface, dual drive caterpillar (water jet) / and one propeller maximum depth 2 miles Defenses: very low observable radar / sonar / thermal signature, 50 decoys, armor value: 2200 (entire hull), 2 anti torpedo launchers, Weapons: 10 VLS tubes (50 missiles of various types), 2 forward torpedo tubes, 2 stern tubes (16 ASW/4 Anti ship torpedoes each), Seacraft: 16 Sealion FAS, 4 SEAL swimmer vehicles Crrew: 200 plus 50 SEALS plus 50 from Sealion squadron Cost: $10 Billion
In service: Queen Samantha, Queen Amanda, Queen Andrea, Queen Sheryl, King William I, King Charles V, Princess Grace, King John V, King Robert the Great, Queen Charlotte II, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Carolyn,

Admiral Sprague class assault carrier built on a Monarch class hull and with the same engineering plant. A flush deck carrier that can operate 40 rotary winged aircraft and 30 drones on a routine basis. All other stats as per Monarch class cruiser except no missiles and only 2 air defense lasers. Armor is the same as the Ardent class destroyer.

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comments and constructive criticism are welcome by the way

Naval Institute Quarterly
"The Navy announced today that the Monarch class cruiser and Arden class destroyer were being made available for sale to the FKC and its member states. It also announced the formation of the 9th Fleet, which would consist of 2 cruisers, 6 destroyers, 2 sub carriers and various support and escorts, and would be under the FKC command."

Defense Quarterly Magazine

"The Royal Guard and Royal Space Force announced today that the Royal Marine Regiment would have a new mission added to its traditional roles aboard ships of the Royal Navy. Marines will be trained and special companies trained and equiped for boarding and search operations in space, as well as special orbit to surface assault missions. The first test companies are being formed as this article is being written."

New underwater small submersible combatant class announced.

SFA2 Sealion II SSC (small) 100 tons, 90 feet long, 10 feet beam, Fuel Cell with sufficient endurance for 24 hours, Speed 200 knots (submerged), 30 knots surface, air speed 300 mph, gravitic impeller drive, maximum depth 2 miles Defenses: Very low observable radar / sonar signature / thermal signature, 4 disposable decoys Weapons: 6 general purpose missiles, 4 Torpedoes (external mounting)(generally either 4 ASW or 2 ASW and 2 antiship) Crew: 2 (1 pilot, 1 system operator) Cost: 30 million crowns

(based on a design from Traveller D20, an RPG) Tech level 10 in Traveller terms

Initial production run will be 1,000 units and they will replace all Sealion SFA1s in the Royal Navy and Royal Coast Guard.

your tech and or fleet sounds pretty reasnoble, hope to see you out in space

your tech and or fleet sounds pretty reasnoble, hope to see you out in space

thanks, I am trying for a gradual progression and using internally consistant rules

that reminds me are you FTL capible? (faster than light) if not i could give you an old warpdrive

that reminds me are you FTL capible? (faster than light) if not i could give you an old warpdrive

see the spacecraft section for details, but yes I am... progressing slowly and New Shiron prefers to build up its knowledge base on its own for a more solid and substantiable development curve.. I also have a friendly Allied state that provides assistance as needed.

New Shiron Forces
Task Force New Hope I

Combat Forces -- General Jeffrey Wayne commanding
RDF Theater Command (45,000 personnel)
75th Support command
85th Port and facilities command
756th Transportation command
857th Signal and support group

7th Army -- Lieutenant General Paul Strasser commanding
3rd Ranger Brigade (3/Ranger Regiment, 5/Ranger Regiment, 8/Ranger Regiment)
7th Army support and transportation command
7th Army signal and support group
(35,000 personnel)

X Corps – Lieutenant General Matilda Delvecchio
3rd Airborne Division with 3rd Air Wing (50,000)(160 gunships, 300 utility and transport aircraft)
5th Airborne Division with 5th Air Wing (50,000)
X Corps headquarters and support group (15,000)

XII Corps – Lieutenant General Bob Jones
13th Marine Division with 9th Air Wing (50,000)
14th Marine Division with 10th Air Wing (50,000)
XII Corps headquarters and support group (15,000)

Follow on forces
X Corps
7th Armored Division (20,000)

XII Corps
8th Armored Division (20,000)

Transportation Forces
10 Assault carriers (each carries a aircraft group of 40 aircraft plus 3 battalions of marines or paratroopers or rangers or support troops)
20 Fast Sealift Ships (Monarch class hull and propulsion systems, RO/RO design, no weapons, holds a brigade sized formation including all vehicles and supplies)
4 Aircraft Ferries (each carries 60 aircraft)
5 Large Sea Ferries (as above, can carry up 90 small craft and a naval support group)
40 Logistics support ships (supertanker sized, 30 knot speed, each carries a weeks worth of supplies for a corps sized unit)

elements 1st Interface Wing (RSF), 2nd Interface Wing (RAF), 3rd Interface Wing (RAF), and 4th Interface Wing (RAF) each has 12 SST3 shuttles, each can carry 1 company of paratroops or marines, or can be used for cargo runs (48 large spacecraft)

9 squadrons C17 transports, 9 squadrons C130H transports, 9 squadrons KC10 tankers,
(324 aircraft)
Space and Air Support
Dedicated Support: 6 Corvettes from Royal Space Force, 3 Fighter Wings (F22D)
On call support: 2 Frigates, 3 Corvettes from Royal Space Force, 10 Orbital Fighter Interceptor Squadrons

Naval Support forces
Elements of the 3rd Fleet with 6 Cruisers, 12 destroyers, 6 fast sealift, 2 Subcarriers

Naval forces to be deployed locally
12 squadrons Sealions from Royal Coast Guard

Distant support (ie watching the Holy Imperials)
elements of the 3rd Fleet with 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 6 submarine carriers,

New Shiron Aerospace Quarterly
"The Royal Space Force announced today that additional starships of the Pegasus and Clydesdale class will entering service, with another 40 planned over the next 2 years. It also announced several exploration missions are planned, including one to learn the fate of the Sharon Alderson, missing for some time now."

Army Gazette
The Royal Guard announced today that a large expansion will begin. "The large intervention in the Gonad was a severe strain on troop levels" Warren Foote, Deputy Minister of Defense for the Royal Guard said in a press conference today, "Although it was really just a large peace keeping mission, it still involved most of our infantry and although our armored and armored cavalry forces are vital, they weren't able to help with that mission."

Other sources have reported that the Guard will be adding a new airborne division (17th), 4 training divisions (18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st), a new Mountain Division (22nd), and 8 Mechanized Infantry Divisions (23rd - 30th). The Mechanized Divisons will be organized along the same lines as Armored Division, but will have 9 battalions of mechanized infantry and 1 tank battalion, plus the usual artillery and other divisional support units. In addition to the 10 new divisions, 3 new Corps headquarters are also being added, as are another 3 armored cavalry brigades and another ranger brigade.

These units will all be available within the next year, and reservists will be recalled to provide the initial manpower to man this units, while new production will provide the equipment. This new increase will add nearly 300,000 men and women to the Royal Guard, a 25% increase in size.

Message from New Shiron General Staff to commanders 7th Army and Home Army Command.

In response to the developing situation in the FKC, all units assigned to the 7th and 8th Armored Division are hereby redesignated as the 23rd and 24th Infantry Division. Excess armored regiments are hereby assigned to the 7th and 8th Armored Divisions which will reform using recalled reservists and new recruits. To fill out the 23rd and 24th, all 5 infantry battalions from the 9th and 10th Armored will also be assigned, and those 2 divisions will also reform with new battalions forming.

News Flash
The Government announced today that a limited state of emergency has been declared and that all reservists are hereby called to active duty for a period of at least 1 year. The government also announced that the Karmayakan embassy in Regina, and consulates elsewhere, have been seized and entered and secured.

Assets belonging to Karmayaka previously frozen have been released to the government of that nation, specifically represented by its Keys in Port Olympus. When asked if the military government in that nations capital was the actual government, the Prime Minister, Bethany Price, Duchess of Armagh, indicated that legal opinions she had obtained indicated that it was not, a view also shared by the Crown and by the Lower House.

New Shiron Forces/ Port Gordon

Gordon Bay, the Gonad
Combat Forces -- General Jeffrey Wayne commanding
RDF Theater Command (45,000 personnel)
75th Support command
85th Port and facilities command
756th Transportation command
857th Signal and support group

7th Army -- Lieutenant General Paul Strasser commanding
3rd Ranger Brigade (3/Ranger Regiment, 5/Ranger Regiment, 8/Ranger Regiment)
7th Army support and transportation command
7th Army signal and support group
(35,000 personnel)

X Corps – Lieutenant General Matilda Delvecchio
3rd Airborne Division with 3rd Air Wing (50,000)(160 gunships, 300 utility and transport aircraft)
23rd Infantry Division (mechanized)
24th Infantry Division (mechanized)
X Corps headquarters and support group (15,000)

XII Corps – Lieutenant General Bob Jones
13th Marine Division with 9th Air Wing (50,000)
14th Marine Division with 10th Air Wing (50,000)
5th Airborne Division with 5th Air Wing (50,000)
XII Corps headquarters and support group (15,000)

Air Defenses
21th Air Defense Division (3 air defense brigades with anti air lasers and gauss cannon in fixed mounted, plus SAMs)
2 Fighter Wings each with 72 F22Ds, 12 tankers, 4 AEW, 12 transports

Naval Forces
12 squadrons of Sealion IIs (12 boats each)


JDF Forces Southern District
3rd Fleet -- Admiral Tovey commanding
TF 34 -- Rear Admiral Joy Merrill, with 2 carriers, 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers, 1 submarine plus 2 replenishment ships, 1 psyops ship
TF 38 -- Admiral Tovey commanding with 2 carriers, 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers, 1 submarine plus 2 replenishment ships

New Shiron Royal Space Forces
Translunar Space -- 1 fleet logestics ship, 4 frigates, 24 corvettes and 1 light carrier with 50 fighters aboard.
planetside on alert or available for alert duty -- 6 corvettes, 8 orbital fighter squadrons,

RAF Forces available for expeditionary duty and local patrol
6 Fighter Wings (as above), 3 Interface Wings,

Line of Communications Duty (Generally running between Port Gordon and various places in the FKC)
6 squadrons C17, various civilian airliners, plus sealift command with
20 Fast Sealift Ships (Monarch class hull and propulsion systems, RO/RO design, no weapons, holds a brigade sized formation including all vehicles and supplies)
4 Aircraft Ferries (each carries 60 aircraft)
5 Large Sea Ferries (as above, can carry up 90 small craft and a naval support group)
40 Logistics support ships (supertanker sized, 30 knot speed, each carries a weeks worth of supplies for a corps sized unit)

tag -- planning to update soon

Message sent to the JDF High Command

"New Shiron will be launching a large number of very large space craft over the next few days. Do not be alarmed, as all of these spacecraft will be leaving the star system shortly after."

Message sent by Queen Gabrielle to her husband
"Honey, I will be leading the migration for a while. Jump coordinates are provided in the enclosed missive. Be back soon."

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At Gordon Bay, the New Shiron RDF continued its patrols while discussions continued with the locals about setting up a permanent relationship with New Shiron. Gordon Bay and everything within 100 miles is offered status as a part of New Shiron, and entitled to its full and complete protection.

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Meanwhile, the huge mega arcologies that housed nearly 90% of the population of New Shiron hummed with activity. The Project, so long a secret from the outside world, was nearly completed. The Spindizzies
James Blish, Cities in Flight, see here http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=136 had been installed on every major building and the engineering efforts required to disconnect the infrastructure between them was nearly done. All of them now had their own independent power supplies.

At the Royal Palace, the Queen reviewed the reports as they came in. Everything was in readiness. The New Cynthians would be in for a big surprise when they returned in a few years. Assuming they would still be able too after the paradox kicked in again.

The people of New Shiron, all 2.53 billion and increasing daily were leaving. Only a few hundred thousand military personnel would remain, and most of them would be at Gordan Bay.

As the final hours to the Flight approached, millions of people who lived outside of the arcologies began leaving their homes and moving to their designated new home.

As the clock struck noon in the deserted streets in the capital square in old Regina, the earth began to shake all over the country. Foreign and Klatchian diplomats, who for the most part were still digesting the fact that the entire population seemed to have literally walked away from everything, looked out of windows or stood in the street and watched an amazing sight.

Huge arcologies, some the size of mountains, were rising up from the ground and literally lifting off from the Earth. Great clods of dirt fell away from them as they rose, while great crowds of birds hurriedly flew away in all directions.

They rose will little sound as the anti gravity engines that propelled them were noiseless.

As they rose, dozens of small (in comparision) space craft and star ships lifted off from airfields and spaceports all over the country. They then moved quickly and took up station alongside the buildings that were already accelerating at a steady .25 G into the sky. It was a slow ascent, but it was building up slowly to 1 G, and within a few minutes the first buildings were lost from sight, already high in the sky.

The mass lift off was noticable however. Seismographs all over the world picked up the initial vibrations as the arcologies left the ground.

Soon the first of the wave of nearly 50,000 arcologies large and small was in space, still moving at a steady 1 G and entering a trajectory that will take them north over the pole and from there beyond the plane of the eleptic.

-So, they really are leaving?
-Quite. Our scientists have been flabbergasted at the seismograph activity. We need to confirm that they remain within the Federation politically if not, er…physically.

The walrus shook his head at the incongruity of the last remark. No where in the history of the Klatch has there ever been a full-sized movement of billions of people at once. He did hear rumours before of entire nations being moved by helicopters but he dismissed them as fantasy. Now, he wasn’t so sure. Privately, he fumed in that the VIS had not been able to fully determine the technological level of the Shironese. But there was no doubt that they were clearly far more advanced than they had thought possible. Quite possibly as advanced as the Var, which caused him to involuntarily shudder.

-I recommend that we remain in contact with them. They are, after all, our allies and fellow state.
-But how do you propose to do that?
-We are aware of the jump technology that they utilize. After all, it is what the New Cynthians used in their invasion attempt. We need to maintain contact via jumpgate or such similar style device.
-Are you referring to the SQ-100 artifact?
-Yes. After Sagesquagmire departed the Order, that device has essentially been in lockdown status, although some of our scientists suspect that the same technology that it uses is similar to the jump gate technology.
-And your propose what exactly?
-That a team of New Shironese scientists reside in Vrak to work exclusively on that project. It can serve as a vital conduit for exchange should regular means become unavailable.
-Very well. Contact them before they all leave.

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Encryption – MAX; VDC protocols 987471924; route: New Shiron; route….complete
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We are saddened to see you go but will continue to remain your staunch friends. We also have a proposal for you to consider. We have a device that may be similar to the jump gate technology that you use. We ask that a team of your scientists work closely with ours to solve this machine in order to keep a safe conduit to your final destination and the Klatch.

Should you find difficulties or hostiles at your new destination, you only need to call upon the FKC for assistance.

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Encryption – MAX; VDC protocols 987471924; route: New Shiron; route….complete
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We are saddened to see you go but will continue to remain your staunch friends. We also have a proposal for you to consider. We have a device that may be similar to the jump gate technology that you use. We ask that a team of your scientists work closely with ours to solve this machine in order to keep a safe conduit to your final destination and the Klatch.

Should you find difficulties or hostiles at your new destination, you only need to call upon the FKC for assistance.

A polite note is dropped off by Lord Harrington, who was still enjoying the relatively uneventful life of a diplomat at Port Olympus. "The government of New Shiron will be happy to provide assistance as soon as the Diaspora (ooc as Migration is a misnomer as it emplies that New Shiron will be flying back and forth at regular intervals) is completed.

The People of New Shiron should have reached their destination 22 days after departure. The government requests that the FKC protect New Shiron farmlands and the farmers (about 1% of the population who are still on the New Shiron continent, roughly 25 million people) for the next year, as the food they are raising is vital to the people of New Shiron until new crops can be planted and seafarming begun at the new world in the Ade star system."

see post
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9967905&postcount=6

Meanwhile, the first of a steady stream of huge aircraft carrier sized cargo ships began taking off from Regina spaceport (the continental base) for the new star system, loaded with nearly 100,000 tons of wheat and frozen beef and fish.

A request was made to the Var to provide escort to the hyper point (roughly 10 AUs out from Earth) to ensure that the cargo ship would be able to safely travel through local space. Once in hyper, it would be able to make the 7 week journey is safety until it reached its destination, where it would be protected by the Royal Space Force.

Polite noises were made back to New Shiron. Specifically, that yes, Vrak would bring the issue to Parliament for discussion but doesn't see any large obstacles regarding protection. That is, New Shiron was still part of the Klatch and, as such, meant that the JDF would rally to protect their borders. Still, further remarks indicated that Vrak was mobilizing a fairly large fleet to set sail for New Shiron to provide a “stabilizing influence” in that region.

The military planners were obviously caught off guard. As the fleet was readying itself, alternate deployments and scenarios were run through. What if Vrak was attacked from the north? Some were not too worried. After all, did not North Germania, Dukratus, and Alcona and Hubris provide a strong buffer in that particular invasion route? Not to mention the technology incorporated from Neo Tyr, specifically the underwater torpedo launcher net. In truth, Vrak would be hard to invade and always saw itself as providing manpower and equipment towards the “outer” parts of the Klatch in case problems arose. And, in fact, with a large fleet in New Shiron, it would mean that Vrak could act more quickly in case yet another nation decided to attack Dyelli Beybi. The navy was getting quite annoyed at sending fleets throught the Squall staits only to have them refuel and head home.

Communications were made with the aforementioned three states and others that lay within that general geographical area. Vrak never was a naval power, and if some time and money could be better spent instead of roaming hither and tither throughout the Klatch, some brand new developments may have already been displayed.

As well, scientists at Bastion Two were once again trying to unlock the secrets of the SQ-100 artifact. It was hoped that the promised New Shiron assistance would speed things up tremendously.

20 subjective years later, New Shiron, now a planetary Star Kingdom with control of several nearby star systems as well, decides to begin contact with the homeworld again.

Under the rule of King Gavin O'Connor for the last 2 decades, the colonization of the new planet had gone well, with a relatively low death rate of only a few million.

It was time to start trade with the FKC and possibly others.

Besides, Lord Harrington deserved a chance to return home, and Princess Gabrielle (formerly the Queen but has spent the last 20 years in suspended animation to avoid getting older than her husband remembered her) would take his place as the principal representative of New Shiron in the halls of the FKC.

Besides, she wanted to see her husband.

A flotilla of frigates and a pair of transports left New Shiron and this time using more conventional warp drive headed for the home world.

In a few weeks they would reach Earth orbit.

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the Diaspora used technology that took the population 20 years back in time as well as across nearly 60 light years to the new home system. Mainly because I don't have time to RP 20 years of colonization and to keep New Shiron on the same relative timeline as the FKC.

New Shiron technology information and links

Basic Rules used for New Shiron equipment (Traveller the Roleplaying Game rules)
http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/wizards/traveller/Cbtchart.pdf#search='traveller%20tech%20level%2010%20combat%20environment%20suit'

Standard Royal Guard and National Guard Combat Environment Suit
http://home.earthlink.net/~ad2300/trooper.jpg

Standard Royal Marine and Royal Space Force combat space suit
http://home.earthlink.net/~ad2300/navysuit.gif

New Shiron Royal Marine Regiment Combat Walker for EVA and Space Assault work (Traveller 2300 rules)
http://home.earthlink.net/~ad2300/walkers.gif
Combat Walker information
Weight: 455kg Crawl: 2m (per 15 seconds) Walk: 15m Trot: 30m Run: 50m Power Supply: Internal Power Cell
Power Duration: 18 hours Integral Armament: Jaschonek Fabrikant A-4 Sturmgewehr in torso;Rorttman LK-1fKz in right arm
Sensor Range: 8km (+1) Area Protected: All Armour Value: 10 Price: Kronors 33000

New Shiron Space Corvette
http://home.earthlink.net/~ad2300/ship.gif

Luxury sports car
A.C.M.E. Aircar: The ultimate in personal transportation! A "car" powered by rechargable batteries which run an electrical turbine that uses the atmosphere as propellant! It is five meters long, comes equipped with a computer and radio. Type: VTOL Air Car Crew: Pilot Weight: 1,000 kg Armor: Kevlar equivilant Capacity: 3 passengers + 200 kg Maximum Speed: 700 kph Cruise Speed: 600 kph Power Plant: Rechargable batteries Range: 1,000 km/recharge Price: Lv 216,670
From this source
http://home.earthlink.net/~ad2300/acme.htm#Aircar

Information on New Shiron materials sciences
http://home.earthlink.net/~ad2300/material.htm

LV translates to New Shiron Kronors

Port Olympus
Press Release from the New Shiron Residence

"Princess Gabrielle has arrived today from New Shiron. She takes over the role as senior representative of the New Shiron Royal government on Klatch effective immediately. She will also take over the role as commander of all New Shiron military forces in the home system and on the home world, and represent the New Shiron government in all matters. The Keys and Electors remain as they were before.

At this time, New Shiron maintains a force in space of 1 fleet logestics ship, 4 frigates, 24 corvettes and 1 light carrier with 50 fighters aboard. At Gordon Bay, the last remaining territory claimed by New Shiron, the government maintains a force of 200,000 troops as well as 1,000 aircraft, and a star port. In addition, naval squadron of several cruisers, submarines and destroyers and dozens of mini submarines remain at Gordon Bay as well. All other New Shiron military forces left with the Diaspora or were transferred to FKC control after departure.

ooc
I have lost the map link to Gordon Bay, but it was in the former Rogue Jiggedy when it collapsed and New Shiron forces established a protecterate to keep the locals from being wiped out.

New Shiron Forces/ Port Gordon

Gordon Bay, the Gonad
Combat Forces -- General Jeffrey Wayne commanding
RDF Theater Command (45,000 personnel)
75th Support command
85th Port and facilities command
756th Transportation command
857th Signal and support group

7th Army -- Lieutenant General Paul Strasser commanding
3rd Ranger Brigade (3/Ranger Regiment, 5/Ranger Regiment, 8/Ranger Regiment)
7th Army support and transportation command
7th Army signal and support group
(35,000 personnel)

X Corps – Lieutenant General Matilda Delvecchio
3rd Airborne Division with 3rd Air Wing (50,000)(160 gunships, 300 utility and transport aircraft)
23rd Infantry Division (mechanized)
24th Infantry Division (mechanized)
X Corps headquarters and support group (15,000)

XII Corps – Lieutenant General Bob Jones
13th Marine Division with 9th Air Wing (50,000)
14th Marine Division with 10th Air Wing (50,000)
5th Airborne Division with 5th Air Wing (50,000)
XII Corps headquarters and support group (15,000)

Air Defenses
21th Air Defense Division (3 air defense brigades with anti air lasers and gauss cannon in fixed mounted, plus SAMs)
2 Fighter Wings each with 72 F22Ds, 12 tankers, 4 AEW, 12 transports

Naval Forces
12 squadrons of Sealion IIs (12 boats each)


JDF Forces Southern District

TF 34 -- with 12 carriers, 12 cruisers, 24 destroyers, plus 12 replenishment ships, 1 psyops ship
TF 38 -- commanding with 12 submarine plus their subfighter groups

New Shiron Royal Space Forces
Translunar Space -- 1 fleet logestics ship, 4 frigates, 24 corvettes and 1 light carrier with 50 fighters aboard.
planetside on alert or available for alert duty -- 6 corvettes, 8 orbital fighter squadrons,

RAF Forces available for expeditionary duty and local patrol
6 Fighter Wings (as above), 3 Interface Wings,

Line of Communications Duty (Generally running between Port Gordon and various places in the FKC)
6 squadrons C17, various civilian airliners, plus sealift command with
20 Fast Sealift Ships (Monarch class hull and propulsion systems, RO/RO design, no weapons, holds a brigade sized formation including all vehicles and supplies)
4 Aircraft Ferries (each carries 60 aircraft)
5 Large Sea Ferries (as above, can carry up 90 small craft and a naval support group)
40 Logistics support ships (supertanker sized, 30 knot speed, each carries a weeks worth of supplies for a corps sized unit)

updated... current forces available... All forces except for what is needed for local defense remain available for JDF duties. No citizens or military personnel remain in the former territory of New Shiron (ooc which should really be renamed I suppose).

Commanders and Rank structure / New Shiron Military forces, Earth Solar System

Civilian
Regent: Princess Andrea O'Connor , (similar in rank to a Roman provincial governor. Has the civilian and military authority, highest ranking New Shiron official, and commander in chief of New Shiron military forces near or on Earth)

The Duke of Gordon Bay, Nathaniel Greene
(essentially Andrea's deputy)
his military and civilian staff

Military
Royal Guard -- New Shiron Royal Guard, Gordon Bay - General Sir John T. Walker (Knights Cross)(earned during New Cynthia invasion)
Royal Guard X Corps -- Lieutenant General Daniel Stuart
Royal Guard XII Corps -- Lieutenant General Scott Akers

Royal Space Force, Earth Solar System
Fleet Admiral Lady Danielle Hatfield
Fleet Carrier "Aldebaran" - Commodore Scott Crossfield
Carrier Airgroup 3 - Captain Ann "Molly" Maguire (with 31st, 32nd, 33rd space interceptor squadrons)
Frigate Squadron 11 -- Commander Eileen Collins
Corvette Squadron 112 - Lieutenant Commander William "Wild Bill" O'Donovan
Corvette Squadron 113 -- Lieutenant Commander Cady Coleman
1101st, 1102nd, 1103rd, 1104th, 1105th, 1106th, 1107th, 1108th Orbital Fighter squadrons

Royal Air Force, Gordon Bay
7th Tactical Air Force, NSRAF - Major General Susan "Suzie" Still
71st, 72nd, 73rd, 74th, 75th, 76th, 77th, 78th Fighter Wings (F22Ds)
701st, 702nd, 703rd Interface wings

New Shiron Royal Navy, Klatch region
Fleet Admiral Sir Robert "Anthryax" Vercingtorix, (Knights Cross)
Task Force 34.1 -- Vice Admiral Joy Merrill
Task Force 34.28 -- Vice Admiral Robert Pratt
Gordan Bay Patrol Forces -- Commodore Olivia "Hannah" Perry

Royal Space Force and Navy (wet navy)
ranks
E1 recruit
E2 apprentice
E3 Spacehand
E4 Petty officer 3rd class (referred to by rating)
E5 Petty officer, 2nd class
E6 Petty officer, 1st class
E7 Chief Petty officer
E8 Master Chief Petty officer
E9 Command Master Chief Petty Officer
W1 Warrant officer (JG)
W2 Warrant officer
W3 Senior Warrant officer
W4 Command Warrant officer

Warrants officers are primarily technicians and specially trained personnel like pilots, weapons operators and commanders of small craft like fighters and executive officers aboard small patrol ships like corvettes

O1 Midshipman (training academy)
02 Ensign (post academy training)
03 Sublieutenant - commands a corvette
04 Lieutenant -- staff officer position, or exec, or fighter squadron
05 Lieutenant Commander -- commands a corvette squadron or frigate
06 Commander -- commands a frigate squadron or transport or wet navy destroyer
07 Captain -- commands a cruiser or large submarine
08 Commodore -- commands a carrier or task group of surface warships or space warships
09 Vice Admiral -- commands a task force
010 Fleet Admiral -- commands all naval or space forces in area of operations

Royal Guard and Royal Aerospace Force
E1 Recruit
E2 Private
E3 Guardsman
E4 Corporal
E5 Sergeant
E6 Senior Sergeant
E7 Master Sergeant
E8 Sergeant Major
E9 Command Sergeant Major

W1 - W4 (as per Navy and Space Force)
Command armored and aircraft vehicles mainly or perform high technical jobs

O1 Cadet (Academy)
O2 2nd Lieutenant (branch training)
03 1st Lieutenant (platoon leader, flight leader or staff officer)
04 Captain (Company commander or staff officer)
05 Major (staff officer or squadron commander)
05 Lieutenant Colonel (battalion commander or staff officer)
06 Colonel (staff officer or wing commander)
07 Brigadier (brigade commander)
08 Major General (division commander or tactical air force commander)
09 Lieutenant General (corps commander)
O10 General (army commander)

Major medals
Knights Cross (equilivant of Victoria Cross or Medal of Honor)
Navy, Space or Guard Star of Heroism (equilivant to Navy Cross or Distinguished Service Cross)
Silver Star (as per US medal)
Bronze Star (as per US medal)
Wound Stripe (as per US Purple Heart)

Ade Starsystem (New Shiron home system)

Dr. Harry S. Stanton, chief project manager for the Home Jumpgate project, studied the latest results. The Crown was pressuring him to stabilize the gate as soon as possible. A permanent small gate, big enough for single ships would massively decrease communications time between Earth and New Shiron.

With the way the Klatch was always having a crisis, this was a matter of urgency. The first test was due to begin soon.

A corvette would travel from the gate, which was in the L4 position between the Mars type world of Harry, and its moon Edith, and the destination point, 2 AU above the Earth Solar system plane in the vicinity of Sedna. The mission would begin within hours.

Dr. Stanton was relieved when the Corvette travelled through the gate to Sedna, and even more relieved that the gate stayed open long enough for the 2 minutes needed to reverse course and for the corvette to return.

New Shiron had the technology to cross dozens of light years now within a few minutes, and that also meant that the possibility of established a chain of messenger bouys all the way to Earth space which would allow for almost real time communications was within sight.

The King would be pleased.

Hours after the first test, another ship was sent through. A hired commercial liner popped through the gate and then headed toward Earth. Shortly after that, the massive 5 million metric ton mobile space station, Station Nordheim, passed through the gate, and took up station in distant orbit of Sedna.

Two way travel was now much easier.

At the primary naval orbital shipyard, a new armored carrier is rushed to completion. It is immediately reclassified as a battle star, in honor of a popular television show that was popular in New Shiron before the Diaspora and still having a cult audience to this day.

The Battlestar Regina would conduct its maiden voyage in support of the newly forming Strike fleet, which had the mission of heading to Earth to support FKC forces in the current crisis

ooc
I am a huge fan of the show, and it is a really good name for a class of space warships. The ship is essentially a cross between a fighter carrier and cruiser, and a highly useful warship type.

Regina class Battlestar (armored carrier)
Cost 200 Billion New Shiron Kronors
Performance: Equipped with Space Fold system allowing for a 60 light year jump once a day (takes that long to charge up the system) plus with a warp drive giving it a Warp efficiency 1.85 light years per day (4 parsecs a week) or 4 AU per day in system: Capable of 20 gravities acceleration with its anti grav thrusters.
10,000 Megawatt Fusion Reactor (with additional armor protection)
Length: 1200 meters
Height: 470 meters
Beam: 934 meters
700,000 cubic meters internal space (can hold 50,000 tons of liquid hydrogen)
Mass: 350,000 metric tons, Equipped with hull masking (materials and shape to reduce emissions, radar and IR signature by 80% at ranges 100,000 kilometers or more) Hull is streamlined, like all New Shiron vessels, allowing it to operate in upper atmosphere of a gas giant. Nacelles prevent operations in denser atmospheres except at very slow speeds.

Layout: 12% external and internal armor, 36% power and drive systems, 22% small craft and hanger space, 16% stores and ammunition, 7% control systems, electronics and avionics, 2% weapons system, 5% living quarters
Crew: 900 (550 staterooms) including 400 flight crew and 200 marines plus 1,000 robots of various types (mostly repair and maintenance models). Also a more highly automated ship then the Polaris class light carriers
Equipped with Flag Bridge, Combat Information Center, Bridge (all armored)

Weapons: 5 x 200 megajoule particle beam barbettes (range 100,000 kilometers), 100 x quadruple 80 mega joule point defense lasers (range 45,000 kilometers)

Sensors: Active Sensor range (LIDAR, RADAR, MASER) 540,000 kilometers (90% reliability against natural targets, degraded by stealth, evasive
Passive sensor range (neutrino, infrared, ultraviolet, radio, visual, gravity and mass sensors) 25,000,000,000 kilometers or 25 light hours or 248 AU range) 90% reliability on natural targets, degraded but such factors as stealth, evasive maneuvers etc.

Small craft deck with 1 large launch tube and 1 small launch tube, capable of launching entire compliment of fighters, corvettes and shuttles in 10 minutes or less. Carries 100 x orbital fighters, 20 corvettes, 30 shuttles of various types (6 each assault, rescue, electronic warfare, early warning and general cargo types), plus repair space for servicing
Sufficient fuel and ammunition to support 20 sorties from each type of spacecraft (in armored magazines and fuel tanks)

Mission: Central ship of a New Shiron Royal Space Force battlegroup. When space folding, its escorts, usually several frigates, and pair of light carriers, along with a pair of cruisers close to within a few dozen kilometers and are carried along with the Battlestar to its destination as the space fold bubble is nearly 100 kilometers across.

The ship is designed with sufficient weapons and armor to defend itself, but is not meant as a line of battle ship. Instead, its corvettes and fighters conduct long range strikes using their torpedoes and missiles. A Battlestar also carries enough marines and shuttles to enable it to conduct limited raiding operations or board and search operations while on patrol

Eventual plans are for a Space Force equipped with 12 Battlestars, 48 carriers, plus dozens of cruisers and hundreds of frigates and thousands of corvettes and fighters.