NationStates Jolt Archive


A New Carrier - The Tri-Maran Class

Mauiwowee
09-08-2005, 22:33
AP:
With understated fanfare, Mauiwowee launched its new aircraft carrier, "The Black Queen" today from the W.M.D., Inc. Naval Shipyard at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii. Refered to as "the Cave Carrier" by workers during construction, the carrier uses a Tri-Maran design, first proposed to the navy by Queen Harriet during her short rule in Mauiwowee. While some protests have been lodged over naming the carrier after one of the most notorious rulers in Mauiwowee's history, a former ruler now serving several life sentences for murder and treason, his majesty king Rox and General Jack T. Ripper defended the ship's name by stating "Despite her faults, serious as they are, she is the one who proposed the design and arranged to fund the building of the ship. She is a former queen of Mauiwowee and royalty still, despite her status as a prisoner. Just as King 'Lude did and King Rox does, the Black Queen Harriet had a dream of Mauiwowee's naval superiority in the world, this ship is a testament to that vision and the name of the ship is an acknowledgement of an accomplishment we should all be proud of."

General Ripper indicated in his statement that The Black Queen would be subjected to rigorous sea trials and evaluation over the next year while plans for a follow version were being drawn up. "If she performs as well as anticipated, 5 more carriers like her will be built in the coming years." General Ripper also indicated that a Penta-Maran design, using 4 instead of 2 outriggers was also being considered and evaluated for possible construction. "The Beauty of this ship is that even with the 2 outriggers blown completely off, she'll still float and work like today's standard carrier. The outriggers provide exceptional safety and protection by adding another layer of ship that missiles and/or torpedos have to penetrate to get to the main ship and take her completely out of commission. Undamaged, she can be launching planes and planes can land at the same time on the two runways. We anticipate changing the way the world thinks about carriers and their design" continued the General. As she put out to sea to begin her sea trials today, the ship carried 30 of W.M.D., Inc.'s new Stryker aircraft (shown in the below pre-production artist's rendering) and 25 Bong-Buster II aircraft.

Released specification on the ship and pre-production cut-away drawings are reproduced below. Changes from pre-production to the finished ship are classified, but sources inform SidTV that the final ship is "about 98% in line with the pre-production plans."

The Black Queen

Builder: W.M.D., Inc. Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii
Power Plant: Three Nuclear Power Plant (A4W Pressurized Water Reactors?), 3 Screws
Rendundant Power Plant: Two Desiel/Electric (General Electric?) delivering 47,000 H.P. each to 2 of the 3 screws
Length: 1,100 feet
Flight Deck:
Width: 310 feet
Area: 5.75 acres
Catapults: 3, Electromagnetic "ski launch" design
Aircraft Elevators: 3
Beam: 144 feet (main hull), 35 feet (outrigger hulls)
Displacement: Approx. 102,000 tons
Speed: 28+ knots nuclear power/18+ knots desiel-electric
Aircraft: 55 (Standard Deployment, 72 possible with reductions in helicopter compliment)
Helicopters: 20 (Standard - 5 Appache Attack, 15 Sea-Stallion or similar)
Crew:
Ship's Company 2,650
Air Wing 2,100
Armament:
4 Sea Sparrow launchers
4 Phalanx CIWS 20mm mounts
4 Tomahawk DSLAM launchers
Combat Systems SPS-48E 3-D air search radar & SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar
3 Mk91 Fire Control
AN/SLQ-32(V)4 active jamming/deception with AN/WLR-1H ESM
6 Targeted EMP arrays
4 Super-Cav Torpedo Launchers (W.M.D., Inc. TL300)
Electronics: W.M.D., Inc. PAL9500AI Computer system & Network w/ 4 layer redundancy
Guidance: Satellite GPS
Communications: Satellite Radio, Television & Microwave based broadband internet
Cost: $6.49 Billion

CROSS-SECTION
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/4469/hmsblackqueen5ld.jpg

FLIGHT & HANGAR #1 DECK
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8110/flightandhangardecks7jn.jpg

HANGAR-DECK#2
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/6592/hangardeck25td.jpg

DECK #3
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9528/deck32cg.jpg

DECK #4
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3517/deck49cn.jpg

DECK #5
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3016/deck54zx.jpg

ARTIST'S SKETCH
http://www.first-to-fly.com/Program%20Images/Kit/!22%20Future%20air%20carrier.jpg

OOC: Comments, Questions, Issues?
SkyCapt
09-08-2005, 22:45
We'll take one. $6.49 billion shall be wired on confirmation.
Mauiwowee
10-08-2005, 01:54
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The tokera
10-08-2005, 02:34
the tokera will buy 20 Black Queen carriers for a total of $120,980,000,000.
money is wired upon confirmation
SkyCapt
10-08-2005, 02:39
bump
We'll take one. $6.49 billion shall be wired on confirmation.
*ahem* Confirmation required.
Mauiwowee
10-08-2005, 03:07
We'll take one. $6.49 billion shall be wired on confirmation.

OOC: Sorry, didn't have time to do this earlier

Dear Sirs:

Your order for one Tri-Maran carrier is confirmed. We note the purchase price is almost 1/2 of your nation's entire defense budget and we are willing to allow you to break out the payment for the carrier into 2 payments if you so desire. 1/2 now and 1/2 upon delivery. Construction takes about 2-3 years.

Thank you for doing business with W.M.D., Inc.

Sincerely,
General Jack T. Ripper
CEO, W.M.D., Inc.
Transnapastain
10-08-2005, 03:10
Good job, I very much like the pictures
Mauiwowee
10-08-2005, 03:10
the tokera will buy 20 Black Queen carriers for a total of $120,980,000,000.
money is wired upon confirmation

Sirs:
Your order is confirmed. Note construction time for all twenty carriers will run for 10 years with the carriers be delivered at the rate of 2 per year.

Thank you for your business.

Sincerely,
General Jack T. Ripper
CEO, W.M.D., Inc.
Mauiwowee
10-08-2005, 03:10
Good job, I very much like the pictures

Thanks
SkyCapt
10-08-2005, 03:16
OOC: Sorry, didn't have time to do this earlier

Dear Sirs:

Your order for one Tri-Maran carrier is confirmed. We note the purchase price is almost 1/2 of your nation's entire defense budget and we are willing to allow you to break out the payment for the carrier into 2 payments if you so desire. 1/2 now and 1/2 upon delivery. Construction takes about 2-3 years.

Thank you for doing business with W.M.D., Inc.

Sincerely,
General Jack T. Ripper
CEO, W.M.D., Inc.
Yes, we realized this also, and agree to your offer. I'm too tired to figure out the price, so 1/2 of 6.49 billion (sorry if the figures wrong) has been wired now.
Flightopia
10-08-2005, 03:41
My nation shall take 5 for 32.45 Billion dollars. The money shall be wired appon conformation of the contract.

General Mark K. Wallaca
-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mauiwowee
10-08-2005, 04:10
My nation shall take 5 for 32.45 Billion dollars. The money shall be wired appon conformation of the contract.

General Mark K. Wallaca
-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

General Wallaca:

Your order is confirmed. Please allow 6 years for construction and delivery of all 5.

Sincerely,
General Jack T. Ripper
CEO, W.M.D., Inc.
Mauiwowee
10-08-2005, 04:12
Yes, we realized this also, and agree to your offer. I'm too tired to figure out the price, so 1/2 of 6.49 billion (sorry if the figures wrong) has been wired now.

Thank you, funds have been received and construction begun, we anticipate delivery in 2 {NS} years (2 RL days).
Mauiwowee
13-08-2005, 02:13
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Greater Mactopia
13-08-2005, 03:49
Yes, Greater Mactopia Wishes to buy 2 Black Queen carriers. Funds will be wired to you and will wait for the ships anxiously...
Mauiwowee
13-08-2005, 04:14
Yes, Greater Mactopia Wishes to buy 2 Black Queen carriers. Funds will be wired to you and will wait for the ships anxiously...

Dear sirs:
Your order is confirmed, please wire funds. Construction and delivery will take about 3 years to complete.
Sincerely,
General Jack T. Ripper
CEO, W.M.D., Inc.
Hogsweat
15-08-2005, 18:26
Is Tri-Maran the name of the carrier or are you reffering to it's hull form?
National Commonwealth
15-08-2005, 18:57
In any case, the National Commonwealth Marinaterre (Navy) will buy fifteen and will wire $ 97.4 billion USD upon confirmation.

National Commonwealth,
Marinaterre Purchasing Commission
Mauiwowee
15-08-2005, 19:20
Is Tri-Maran the name of the carrier or are you reffering to it's hull form?

Tri-Maran references the hull form. The carrier is designated as "Black Queen Class" The Black Queen is also the ship's name for the first one we put into service.
Mauiwowee
15-08-2005, 19:25
In any case, the National Commonwealth Marinaterre (Navy) will buy fifteen and will wire $ 97.4 billion USD upon confirmation.

National Commonwealth,
Marinaterre Purchasing Commission

Sirs:
Your order is confirmed. It will take approximately 7 years to complete construction and delivery of all 15. The first will be delivered in about 2
years and the rest will follow at a rate of approximately 3 every 12-14 months afterwards. We require a payment of 1/2 up front and the other 1/2 upon delivery of the final carrier.

Sincerely,
Gen. Jack T. Ripper,
CEO, W.M.D., Inc.
Mauiwowee
Hogsweat
15-08-2005, 19:43
Order 24
Thought for the day: Our navy stands indestructable
Alright. In that case, the FDN finds this design no comparison with it's own aircraft carriers and will not earmark it for further notice. We do, though, consider it a good design. Our main concern on this CVN is it's use of US Weapon Systems and it's size. We wish good luck to General T Ripper with future naval designs. As always, we are watching the seas for any naval developments from any countries.
Free Democratic Navy - Department of Design
Shazbotdom
15-08-2005, 19:44
OOC:
Several images i can't see
Mauiwowee
15-08-2005, 20:04
Order 24
Thought for the day: Our navy stands indestructable
Alright. In that case, the FDN finds this design no comparison with it's own aircraft carriers and will not earmark it for further notice. We do, though, consider it a good design. Our main concern on this CVN is it's use of US Weapon Systems and it's size. We wish good luck to General T Ripper with future naval designs. As always, we are watching the seas for any naval developments from any countries.
Free Democratic Navy - Department of Design

Just a note - several "off the shelf" U.S. systems were incorporated into the design as a cost saving feature.
Mauiwowee
15-08-2005, 20:06
OOC:
Several images i can't see
OOC: Give them time to load they're their, though if you're on dial up that might be an issue.
Mauiwowee
24-08-2005, 14:42
bump