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New-Age Military of Thrashia [FT]

Thrashia
10-09-2005, 22:01
In the turn of the new century, in the year 2067, two main technological advancements led to the creation of the mobile suit: the AMBAC (Active Mass Balance Auto Control) technology, and the Minovsky particle. The original AMBAC prototype only had two large limbs (instead of the four that later suits would have), but moving those limbs allowed it near-thrusterless maneuverability in space by changing its center of mass. This led to a revolution in space warfare tactics. Another revolution would follow the development of a type of nuclear fusion reactor designed by Dr. YT Minovsky. Not only could his nuclear reactor be shrunk down to the size of a quartet of refrigerators, but it also produced a unique subatomic particle called the Minovsky particle. These particles could block out certain types of radiation, including radar and radio signals. This would hamper space combat over large distances and force modern combat back down to the visual range. The first prototype mobile suit would be the MS-01, made in 2082, while the first mass produced model would be the MS-05 Zaku.
Mobile suit design in the Thrashian military follows two lineages - the Leo line and the Zaku line. Zaku type mobile suits are "fatter" than Leo type mobile suits, though neither is necessarily faster or more maneuverable than the other; it's largely a matter of body styling and design. Zaku-derived mobile suits tend to have a mono-eye sensor and a more bulky, "slouchy" design than Leo-derived suits. This is due to a difference in design philosophies – Dynatic Corp. manufacturers designed mobile suits by creating an external shell, and then fitting components within, while the Mobile Alliance Manufacturing Corp. designed mobile suits by creating an internal skeletal structure and then fitting components and armor to the support structure, a philosophy eventually fully realized in the creation of mobile frame construction.

With the dawn of these new weapons in 2082 the Thrashian government ordered a massive amount of its military budget into the research and development of these weapons, as well as producing them en masse. Since the new century in 2100 nearly all military organizations are now armed with mobile suits as their main frontline weapons; the age of tanks, infantry (men), and fighter gets is over.

Mobile Suits used by the Thrashian military

MS-05 Zaku I
Image (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/Gundams/MS-05A.gif)
Code name: Zaku I
Unit type: mobile suit
Manufacturer: Dynatic Corp.
Operator(s): Trained Mobile Suit Pilot
Rollout: 2083
First deployment: 2124
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 16.3 meters
Weight: empty 7.0 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Construction and armor: titanium alloy
Power plant: ultra compact fusion reactor, output rating: unknown
Fixed armaments: none
Optional hand armaments: 105 mm rifle, drum-fed, 100 rounds per drum, grenades

Other Facts and Details
- The MS-05 Zaku was the first mobile suit to be mass produced. While often referred to as ‘that old hunk of junk’ by Leo pilots, the Zaku cannot go without some recognition. For the first three years the Zaku I was the only front line mobile suit of the Thrashian military during the Colonial Wars of 2124. Equip with the A-type helmet the Zaku does indeed look like an old antique next to the newer Leo models. Over all very few Zaku Is remain in the Thrashian Military. Only the most desperate militias and other military merc groups use them.

Zaku I armed with bazooka: Image (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/Gundams/MS-05A_MF_BZ.gif)


MS-06 Zaku II
Image (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/Gundams/MS-06FZ.gif)
Code name: Zaku II
Unit type: mobile suit
Manufacturer: Dynatic Corp.
Operator(s): Trained Mobile Suit Pilot
Rollout: 2093
First deployment: 2124
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 16.3 meters
Weight: empty 7.0 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Construction and armor: titanium alloy
Power plant: ultra compact fusion reactor, output rating: unknown
Fixed armaments: none
Optional hand armaments: 90 mm rifle, clip-fed, 70 rounds per clip, grenades

Other Facts and Details
- The MS-06FZ Zaku II featured a slightly more powerful Minovsky fusion reactor and a redesigned and improved cockpit. The Zaku II had two different "helmet" designs. The "A-Type" helmet, which was the more common design, was similar to the typical helmet of the Zaku II series. The "B-Type" helmet was modeled after the Stahlhelm helmet used by the German army in World War II. The Zaku II’s main improvement came from its greatly increased thruster acceleration and overall improved maneuverability. It also uses a titanium and ceramic composite armor, which proved more resistant to both regular ballistics and and beam weapons. In addition, it was lighter than the previous armor, leaving more space for fuel, thrusters and additional equipment
Finally, its weapons were upgraded, using a more advanced 90mm machine gun, which although fired shells of coger caliber, these had a higher penetration and an improved firing rate. The machine gun itself was equipped with a grenade launcher, which despite being a one-shot weapon, proved to be highly effective.

While an old model mobile suit, the Zaku is still seen in use by Thrashian militia forces, and border outposts. While not as maneuverable as the Leo model mobile suit, or the Aries, the Zaku is still able to hold its own.

TR-06MobileSuit Leo
Image (httphttp://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/Gundams/Leogroundunit.jpg)
Code name: Leo
Unit type: mobile suit
Manufacturer: Mobile Alliance Manufacturing Corp.
Operator(s): Trained Mobile Suit Pilot
Rollout: 2113
First deployment: 2134
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 16.2 meters
Weight: empty 7.0 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Construction and armor: titanium alloy
Power plant: ultra compact fusion reactor, output rating: unknown
Equipment and design features: flight option pack, can be fitted on any ground-based Leo, provides aerial control surfaces and additional thrusters for atmospheric flight
Fixed armaments: none
Optional fixed armaments: 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in optional shield, hand-carried in use; 1 x shield, mounted on left shoulder
Optional hand armaments: 105 mm rifle, drum-fed, 100 rounds per drum; beam rifle, 20 round charge; "shorty" beam rifle, 20 round charge; bazooka; dober gun, clip-fed

Other Facts and Details
- The Leo is the standard mobile suit of the Thrashian Armed Forces. Though it's unremarkable in every respect, the Leo is highly adaptable. Numerous variations exist, including a space version, a model armed with shoulder cannons, and a high mobility type capable of short-distance flight. Usually armed with a 105mm machine gun, the Leo can also use a beam rifle, a heavy bazooka, or a powerful sH-firing cannon called a "dobergun."

Space Leo: Image (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/Gundams/Leo-Mobilesuit.gif)
-The TR-06SMS Leo Space Type was a modified TR-06MS Leo. The standard ground-type Leo was just incapable of operation in space, so the Leo Space Type remedied that problem by the addition of a booster unit with additional maneuvering verniers and rocket thrusters to the backpack. The Leo Space Type would be used by the Thrashian space forces, known as the "cosmo-arma", to blockade and police the space colonies.
The Leo Space Type also used a different variation of the beam rifle. The space-use beam rifle featured a radar sensor closer to the edge of the rifle barrel instead of the visual sensors built into the ground-use Leo beam rifles.

Ground Leo armed with 105mm MG and shield: Image (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/Gundams/OZ-06MS_Leo_Early_Type.gif)
-The TR-06MS Leo Early Type was an earlier model of the standard Leo design. Although it was older the Leo Early Type was nearly identical in looks and performance to the Leo's built much later. The most noticeable differences of the Leo Early Type were merely aesthetic ones, such as larger ball-shaped shoulder armor that encapsulated the shoulder joint, as well as less armor around the knee joints.

Ground Leo armed with ‘dober gun’ and shield: Image (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/Gundams/OZ-06MS_Leo.gif)
-Same design as the Leo Early Type, but armed with the ‘dober gun.’

Ground Leo armed with a land-use beam rifle: Image (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/Gundams/OZ-06MS_Leo_Cannon_Type.gif)
-The TR-06MS Leo Cannon Type was a minor modification on the frame of the standard TR-06MS Leo mobile suit. The most striking difference between the two units is the modified shoulder armor of the Leo Cannon Type. Aside from being much larger and more squared off than the standard Leo's shoulder armor, the Leo Cannon Type incorporated a pair of beam cannons onto the tops of the shoulders.
This rarely seen Leo variant was often used as a personal unit of higher-ranking Thrashian officers, and was often armed with a beam rifle over the standard Leo machineguns or shell-firing cannons.


TR-07AMobileSuit Aries
Image (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/Gundams/OZ-07AMS_Aries.gif)
Code name: Aries
Unit type: air-combat mobile suit
Manufacturer: Mobile Alliance Manufacturing Corp.
Operator(s): Trained Mobile Suit Pilot
Rollout: 2118
First deployment: 2134
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 16.9 meters
Weight: empty 8.0 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Construction and armor: titanium alloy
Power plant: ultra compact fusion reactor, output rating: unknown
Equipment and design features: flight pack, provides aerial combat controls surfaces and additional thrusters for atmospheric flight
Fixed armaments: Chain rifle; 105mm
Optional fixed armaments: 2x Shoulder mounted missile pods

Other Facts and Details
- The TR-07AMS Aries was one of the earlier models of mobile suits created and deployed by Thrashia in the After Colony era, following on the heels of their relatively successful Leo series of mobile suits. The Aries would also follow the trend of naming new mobile suits after Zodiacal Constellations. Aries, which means "ram", is the first symbol of the Zodiac.
The Aries was designed to fill the role of an air superiority unit, able to supplement the considerable ground forces of Thrashia. Unlike other mobile suits of its time the Aries was fully capable of sustained independent atmospheric flight under its own power. The Aries achieved this through the use of a pair of very large jet engines mounted over the unit’s shoulders, as well as a pair in both legs and on the tips of its two "wings". The wings also served as aerodynamic control surfaces to give the Aries better stability in flight. To further reduce stress on the unit while in flight, as well as to increase the aerodynamic properties of the unit, the Aries was also capable of undergoing a slight transformation into a flight mode by folding its legs up and backwards behind its torso. This function made the Aries Thrashia's first variable mobile suit.
Compared to the Leo, the Aries had only a sparse amount of weapons options available to it. An Aries could be equipped to carry either a clip-fed rifle called a chain-rifle, or a small four-tube missile pod in its hands for combat use. But an Aries could also store up to four additional chain-rifles or missile pods on the double hard points on the top and underside of each of its two large aerodynamic control surface wings. The Aries model would be widely used by Thrashia during the early onset of war in 2134.

Thrashian Navy
-Since the creation of the mobile suit, space naval ships began outfitting themselves for the servicing and deploying of mobile suits for space combat.

Leviathan-class Dreadnought
Image (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/Gundams/ship_250mclass_a.gif)

NAME/TYPE: Leviathan-class Dreadnought
DESIGNER/MANUFACTURER: Mobile Alliance Corp.
COMBAT DESIGNATION: Heavy Destroyer
LENGTH: 250 meters
CREW: 798; 52 gunners
MOBILE SUITS: 1 platoon Leo Space Types (12)
SPEED RATING: 40 MGLT Space/800 kph Atmosphere
HYPERDRIVE: x1
WEAPONS: 6 Heavy Laser Cannons
6 Heat Hawk Missile Tubes
4 Medium Laser Cannons
1 Ion Cannon

Agamemnon-class Carrier
Image (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/Gundams/ship_powell_a.gif)

NAME/TYPE: Agamemnon-class Carrier
DESIGNER/MANUFACTURER: Mobile Alliance Corp.
COMBAT DESIGNATION: Super Carrier
LENGTH: 750 meters
CREW: 1298; 22 gunners
MOBILE SUITS: 4 platoon Leo Space Types (48)
SPEED RATING: 39 MGLT Space/780 kph Atmosphere
HYPERDRIVE: x2
WEAPONS: 2 Heavy Laser Cannons
6 Heat Hawk Missile Tubes

Neo Terra Escort Ship
Image (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/Gundams/ship_130mclass_a.gif)

NAME/TYPE: Agamemnon-class Carrier
DESIGNER/MANUFACTURER: Mobile Alliance Corp.
COMBAT DESIGNATION: Super Carrier
LENGTH: 150 meters
CREW: 298; 22 gunners
MOBILE SUITS: none
SPEED RATING: 42 MGLT Space/900 kph Atmosphere
HYPERDRIVE: x2
WEAPONS: 2 Heavy Intra-space Vulcan Cannons
6 Heat Hawk Missile Tubes
4 Diadem Torpedo Tubes

OOC: More to come...
Thrashia
10-09-2005, 22:08
[bump]
Thrashia
10-09-2005, 22:12
Bump
Mini Miehm
10-09-2005, 22:17
OOC: Are you going to include every Mobile Suit from the Gundamn Wing series, including the Thirteenth Zodiac?
Thrashia
10-09-2005, 22:22
OOC: Not everyone of them, just the ones I find adaptable and capable of mass production. The Leo and Zaku types fit that.
Mini Miehm
10-09-2005, 22:31
OOC: Not everyone of them, just the ones I find adaptable and capable of mass production. The Leo and Zaku types fit that.

OOC: So no Taurus Gemini, Serpent, Tallgeese, any of the Gundams, Mercurius, Vaheyte, Cancer or Pisces?
Thrashia
11-09-2005, 08:19
OOC: I may use the Tallgeese, like as a special unit mobile suit, but I will not use the Gundams, Mercurius, Vaheyte, Cancer or Pisces; unless I see a need.

Oh, and Bump :headbang:
Thrashia
11-09-2005, 09:14
Thrashian Mobile Suit Special Forces
-The Special Forces are the elite of Thrashia’s mobile suit pilots. And because they have reached a level of perfection, the mobile suits they use are also the best.


MS-05 Zaku I (a) Special Sniper
Image (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/Gundams/MS-07A_MF_AR.gif)
Code name: Zaku I (a) Sniper
Unit type: mobile suit
Manufacturer: Dynatic Corp.
Operator(s): Trained Mobile Suit Pilot
Rollout: 2084
First deployment: 2124
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 16.2 meters
Weight: empty 7.0 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Construction and armor: titanium alloy
Power plant: ultra compact fusion reactor, output rating: unknown
Fixed armaments: none
Optional hand armaments: 105 mm “Zhukov” sniper rifle,

Other Facts and Details
- The Zaku I (a) Sniper mobile suit is a special design Zaku from the Dynatic Corp. used in the Colonial Wars, and is still in use today. Working in teams of three the Zaku Sniper squads are considered deadly by those who have gone up against them. With a range of 3 km the snipers touch is heavily far.

TR-00MS Tallgeese Special Assault
Image (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/Gundams/OZ-00MS2.gif)
Code name: Tallgeese Special Assault Mobile Suit
Unit type: mobile suit
Manufacturer: Mobile Alliance Manufacturing Corp.
Operator(s): Trained Mobile Suit Pilot
Rollout: 2123
First deployment: 2124
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 16.8 meters
Weight: empty 7.0 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Construction and armor: titanium alloy
Power plant: ultra compact fusion reactor, output rating: unknown
Fixed armaments: none
Optional hand armaments: Beam rifle, ‘Dober’ gun,
Optional fixed armaments: 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in optional shield, hand-carried in use; 1 x shield, mounted on left shoulder

Other Facts and Details
- The Tallgeese was created in the last year of the Colonial Wars, and barely saw action. But what action it did see, it excelled at. Under the command of Major Kent Renada and his single platoon of Tallgeeses was able to capture the Colony 00193, the final stronghold of the rebel forces, single handedly.

Used in platoon sized units the Tallgeese is a ‘get-er-done’ unit. Far more armored and maneuverable to the Leo or Zaku types the Tallgeese is indeed a superior mobile suit, but due to its design and cost of mass production, Thrashian military officials have chosen to keep it as a limited produced mobile suit, and keep it in the role as a special assault unit.
Thrashia
11-09-2005, 10:08
*Bump*
Thrashia
11-09-2005, 10:45
Full schematics of the Thrashian Military in detail, along with one or two more mobile suits rolling off the production line.
Thrashia
11-09-2005, 23:29
Thrashian Armed Forces
- While mobile suits have become the main-stay of the Thrashian military, the age old tank and infantry are also sometimes implemented, but in small numbers and considered obsolete by many military commanders.


1st Mobile Army
Commander: General Aupel von Cluashwitz

Forces:

1st Brigade
- 300 Leo Early Types
- 50 Aries
- 30 Zaku IIs
- 100 Zaku Is

2nd Brigade
- 300 Leos
- 50 Aries
- 45 Zaku IIs
- 75 Zaku Is

3rd Brigade
- 150 Leos
- 100 Aries
- 40 Zaku IIs

4th Brigade
- 80 Leos
- 30 Aries
- 100 Zaku IIs
- 230 Zaku Is

Special Forces
- 24 Tallgeese MS
- 12 Zaku I (a) Snipers

Auxiliary
- 500 Assault Troopers
- 30 Alpha-class Beam tanks

2nd Mobile Army
Commander: Colonel Barten

Forces:

1st Brigade
- 500 Leos
- 400 Aries

2nd Brigade
- 300 Zaku Is
- 40 Aries

3rd Brigade
- 100 Leos
- 100 Aries
- 100 Zaku Is
- 100 Zaku Iis

4th Brigade
- 200 Leos
- 200 Aries

5th Brigade
- 300 Zaku Is
- 50 Zaku IIs

Special Forces
- 48 Tallgeese
- 24 Zaku I (a) Snipers

Auxiliary
- 1500 Assault Troopers
- 30 Alpha-class Beam tanks


Reserve Force
At all times Thrashia has two standing ground armies. In times of war the reserve force is a pool of four different armies that are activated during times of war and strife. This being because it’s more cost effective, than maintaining 6 full mobile suit armies.

Reserve Force Unit Groups
- 4000 Leo Early Types
- 1500 Leos
- 5000 Aries
- 8000 Zaku Is
- 4500 Zaku IIs
- 400 Tallgeese
- 250 Zaku I (a) Snipers
- 40,000 Assault Troopers
- 700 Alpha-class Beam tanks


Thrashian Space Forces
- The Space Forces also consider themselves special forces on its own, due to the high class of its Leo Space Type pilots. While Leo Space Types are the largest in number of space combat vehicles, Thrashia also has several cruisers and ships that transport the mobile suits and act like the age old battleships of the ocean.


1st Mobile Fleet
Commander: Admiral Schwartz

Ships:
- 20 Leviathan-class Dreadnoughts
- 13 Neo Terra Escort Ships
- 4 Agamemnon-class Carriers
- 1 Omega-class Space Hulk Transport

2nd Mobile Fleet
Commander: Vice Admiral Martens

Ships :
- 30 Leviathan-class Dreadnoughts
- 27 Neo Terra Escort Ships
- 2 Agamemnon-class Carriers
- 1 Omega-class Space Hulk Transport

3rd Mobile Fleet
Commander: Admiral Fearson

Ships:
- 30 Leviathan-class Dreadnoughts
- 48 Neo Terra Escort Ships
- 8 Agamemnon-class Carriers
- 1 Omega-class Space Hulk Transport

4th Mobile Fleet
Commander: Vice Admiral Karlvonsky

Ships:
- 18 Leviathan-class Dreadnoughts
- 58 Neo Terra Escort Ships
- 6 Agamemnon-class Carriers
- 1 Omega-class Space Hulk Transport

Thrashian Alliance Home Fleet
Commander: Grand Admiral Vanderson

Ships:
- 70 Leviathan-class Dreadnoughts
- 340 Neo Terra Escort Ships
- 40 Agamemnon-class Carriers
- 2 Omega-class Space Hulk Transport

Other Details concerning the Space Forces
- Besides having fleets for the protection and expansion of Thrashian worlds, the Space Forces also have constructed moon bases, orbital platforms, and orbital military colonies. Thrashian Earth has a single moon and four orbital colonies. The space forces have already established a base on the moon, have several orbital platforms, and have one military colony in orbit.

Moon Base
Commander: Colonel Weimar

Fixed Armaments:
- 200 Heavy Laser Cannons
- 40 Missile Turrets
- 150 Medium and Light Laser Cannons

Garrison:
- 300 Leo Space Types
- 30 Tallgeese Space Types


Orbital Space Station Military Colony
Commander: Commandant Ives

Fixed Armaments:
- 75 Heavy Laser Cannons
- 100 Missile Tubes
- 300 Medium and Light Laser Cannons

Garrison:
- 600 Leo Space Types
- 50 Tallgeese Space Types

Orbital Platforms
(There are four in orbit)
Commanders: 4 majors

Fixed Armaments:
- 50 Heavy Laser Cannons
- 30 Missile Turrets

Garrison:
- 40 Leo Space Types
- 4 Tallgeese
Thrashia
11-09-2005, 23:50
Bump
Thrashia
12-09-2005, 08:56
Bumedy Bump Bump
Thrashia
12-09-2005, 09:14
Omega-class Space Hulk Transport
Image (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/Gundams/armd.gif)
NAME/TYPE: Omega-class Space Hulk Transport
DESIGNER/MANUFACTURER: Mobile Alliance Corp. & Dynatic Corp.
COMBAT DESIGNATION: Super Transport
DIMENSIONS: Length: 1890m
Width: 263m
Height: 210m
PASSENGERS: 1,000 Leo or Zaku type mobile suits
CREW: 3600; 122 gunners; 600 pilots
MOBILE SUITS: 50 platoons Leo Space Types (600)
SPEED RATING: 50 MGLT Space/700 kph Atmosphere
HYPERDRIVE: x4
WEAPONS: 5 Heavy Laser Cannon Turrets
30 Heat Hawk Missile Tubes
2 Ultra-class Destroyer Torpedos
50 Medium & Light Laser Cannons

-The purpose of the Omega Transport is the transportation of Thrashia's mobile suit armies en masse. Allowing for entire armies to be deployed within days, from planet to planet. While not meant to be a ship to ship combatant the Omega can enter ship-to-ship combat should the need arise, and has one of the largest compliment of Leo Space Types from any ship in the fleet.
Thrashia
12-09-2005, 12:50
BUMP BUMP BUMP I smell the blood of an Englishman....
Conquered Worlds
12-09-2005, 13:05
Hi Im Interested In Forming An Alliance With You For Both Our Porposes
Thrashia
12-09-2005, 17:48
Either your a puppet or a total newb (not that I'm predjudice against newbs) but why would an alliance between us serve my purposes?
The Black Agents
12-09-2005, 17:53
tag.