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Visara Corporation
Acting CEO: Wilhelm Kaufmann

Visara Corporation is headquartered in the isolated nation of Bjornoya. Visara was founded in 1932 as an advertisement and marketing agency. During the years it researched the best ways to relate with, convince, bribe, seduce, and sell products and ideas to the Bjornoyan populace. Among its accomplishments are the successful development of propoganda for use by the former Bjornoyan Republic, and an extraordinary ability to control other markets by stressing certain economic sectors while ignoring others. Using this knowledge, it expanded quickly and in 1956 effectivelly had a state-wide monopoly on the entire advertising and marketing sector.

Wilhelm Kaufmann succeeded his father as CEO in 1961. His ambition led to Visara's assimilation of key utilities and non-essential sectors including primary communication industries and various oil and coal mining industries. Due to the Bjornoyan Republic's laizze-faire attitude toward economical affairs, Wilhelm used superior marketing abilities and his monopoly on vast communication network to succesfully drown and silence his comptetion. During this time he befriended many well educated CEO's of various other corporations, including scientific research leader Amgen Corporation, agricultural specialist Tierra Corporation, transportation company Bjornoyan Motor Works, the textile and apparel industry's Masque Corporation, and the architectural Scalar Corporation. Judging these and other corporations as being under good economical leaders, he used his power to destroy all of these corporation's competitors.

In 1993 Wilhelm assisted Bjornoyan Patriarch Sedaht Rand in overthrowing the weak and incompetent Bjornoyan Republic. During the revolution, Wilhelm seized a complete monopoly within Bjornoya partly through contracts and partly through Visara's independent security forces. With the exception of a few state-run organizations, Visara Co. owned every non-governmental asset, conducted nearly every transaction, and employed 83% of all individuals within Bjornoya. Other industries were willing to join Visara, considering Wilhelm allowed the CEOs to maintain their leadership position and wages. This helped to avoid an already large bureacratic overload. Wilhelm currently sways these sub-companies to do his bidding using his vast economical power.

Visara Trade Agreements:
Place/ Purpose/ Nation

Bioko/ Silicon mining/ Kreynoria
California/ Biological Research (Amgen)/ Rome
Arctic Ocean/ Oil Drilling/ Hawdawg
Bjornoyan Africa/ Metals, electronics -> Diamonds, Rubies, Emeralds, Sapphires/ Yerffej
Bjornoya/ Oil (approximatelly $48/barrel) NG is the only oil importer to Bjornoya/ North Germania

FTA with:

Cotland
Cymrea
Elephantum
Hawdawg
Hirgizstan
Kreynoria
Layarteb
Neuvo Rica
North Germania
RomeW
U.S.B.

Trading with:

Brydog
Chronosia
Dwelapelphia Prime
Genetican
Huahin
Marimaia
Ottoman Khaif
Pantheaa
Pyschotika
Safehaven2
Soviet Bloc
Squornshelous
Terronian
TLS
Varsola

Visara Corporation Patent Office

The Visara Co. Patent Office takes on the responsibility of safeguarding an inventor or organizations claim to new devices, methods, processes or substances. A few thousand patents have already been passed, and thousands more are pending.

The exclusive right granted by the Visara Corporation Patent Office is the right to prevent others from making, using, selling, offering to sell or importing the claimed invention. A few important patents are listed below.

Patent 13,472: process required for the synthesis of Bjornoyam, element 112, isotope 277: Sedaht Rand, Bjornoyan Patriarch

Patent 13,512: process required for the synthesis of Randium, element 113, isotopes 291: Sedaht Rand, Bjornoyan Patriarch

Patent 13,513: process required for the synthesis of Randium, element 113, isotopes 292: Sedaht Rand, Bjornoyan Patriarch

Patent 13,533: process required for the synthesis of Janda, element 110, isotope 269: Sedaht Rand, Bjornoyan Patriarch

Patent 13,634: process required for synthesis of anti-lithium: Sedaht Rand

Patent 14,002: process required for the synthesis of Abolethine; the only known useful azide stabilizer: Richard Kaltstein, Amgen CEO

Patent 14,031: process required for the synthesis of the anti-angiogenesis agent Dorinogen (substrate of endostatin); possiblities in finding a cure for cancer: Richard Kaltstein, Amgen CEO

Patent 15,603: process required for synthesis of the metamaterial 'Gygesinium'; will be used to create materials for military purposes: Sedaht Rand, Bjornoyan Patriarch.

Visara Corporation Employees:

Type: Alpha

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Occupations: Advertisers, Ambassadors, Religious Leaders, PR Specialists, Psychologists, Philosophers, Counselors, Educators etc.

Description: Alpha employees make up approximately 9.5% of the Bjornoyan workforce. Alpha employees specialize in many different fields but are united by their common expertise in human relations and interactions. The more friendly, clever, and physically appealing Alphas tend to be placed in positions of international and business relations, entrusted with making foreign business and governmental contracts. A huge quantity of Alphas comprises the omnipresent Bjornoyan Educational System, becoming professors, teachers, counselors, and other youth guidance workers. These Alphas are under contract by the Federation and led by Fraugott Luct Rand rather than Herrgott Wilhelm Kaufmann. Also within the Alpha ranks are the countless advertisement creators that were the base of Visara Co. and continue to help with public awareness and interpretation campaigns. A small quantity of less ‘agreeable’ Alphas make up the ranks of Visara’s Security training officers and dreaded re-educational teachers.

Type: Beta

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Occupations: Scientists, Engineers, Doctors, Architects, Economists, Market Researchers, etc.

Description: Beta employees make up approximately 25.5% of the Bjornoyan workforce. Beta employees specialize in all things scientific in the natural world from biology, chemistry, pharmaceuticals and physics to architecture, economy, market research, and ecology. The majority of Beta employees are involved in biochemical engineering that keeps the nation of Bjornoya one of the healthiest places to live in the world. Recent breakthroughs in genetics has allowed for the creation of entirely new species, and Bjornoyan scientists have nearly completed labeling the countless genes within the human genome which is currently being used in Visara’s ongoing quest for a cure for cancer. Other fields of Betas assist in finding alternative means of natural resource exploitation.

Type: Gamma

Occupations: Record Keeping, File Management, Computer Programming, Transportation, Patent Documentation, Secretarial, etc.

Description: Gamma employees make up approximately 11.5% of the Bjornoyan workforce. Gamma employees are silently frowned upon as the most intellectually inactive within Bjornoya. Gammas assist other Visara Co. employees with organization which they do mindlessly and in a drone-like fashion showing only the slightest hint of emotion when other employees do not adhere to their dogmatic sense of cleanliness. More agreeable Gammas help with organization in the form of public and product transportation including bus drivers, big-rig drivers, taxi drivers, merchant ship members, pilots and flight control members. Storage and good-transportation is dominated by Gamma employees. Visara employees fear having their taxes audited by Gamma employees.

Type: Delta

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Occupations: Regional Directors, Corporate Oversight, Sub-Corporate Executive Officers, etc.

Description: Delta employees make up less than .1% of the Bjornoyan workforce. In some ways Delta employees are the ‘cream of the crop’ of the Alpha employees but also exhibit the more stoic organizational approach of the Gammas. Delta employees are the near omnipotent Regional Directors of the countless territories Visara Co. operates in reporting the Wilhelm Kaufmann directly. Success is measured based on their adherence to basic morals and more importantly the capital produced under their guidance. Success is rewarded with the most opulent life-styles available to the Bjornoyan populace and a sense of freedom generally unavailable to the Bjornoyan masses, failure results in a slow and humiliating decay. In the past the few Delta’s who failed the corporation and the nation choose to down cyanide rather than face the shame of being demoted. Nowadays incompetence is non-existent due to the excellent Bjornoyan educational system and the addition of the Eta ranks.

Type: Epsilon

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Occupations: Public Security, Police, Security Forces, Paramedics, Firemen, etc.

Description: Epsilon employees make up approximately 18.0% of the Bjornoyan workforce. Although all Visara Employees are trained in public security Epsilons are selected to make a career of protecting the populace. Epsilon employees comprise the entirety of Bjornoya’s police force, all combatants in all branches of the Visara Security forces, paramedics, and firemen. Epsilons are chosen and raised from early childhood for the fierce loyalty they demonstrate to the defense of their friends which is eventually directed to the entire population.
(ooc: See Silver Class of 'Plato's Republic')

Type: Zeta

Occupations: Manual Laborers, Gardeners, Construction Workers, Plumbers, Technicians, Farmers, etc.

Description: Zeta employees make up approximately 30.5% of the Bjornoyan workforce. Zeta employees are chosen for the attraction they have with all things material. Enjoying hands-on activities Zetas gladly construct, clean, and repair performing the countless manual labors that keep Bjornoya intact and well. As expected Zetas demonstrate a more rowdy and risqué nature than most of Visara’s employees which is generally tolerated to a point. Although not viewed as the most intelligent of Visara’s employees they are generally acknowledge as living the happiest and fullest lives within the nation. Zetas are one of the few groups of Bjornoyans that willingly leave the country for vacations, showing a bizarre form of bravery different from the Epsilons. The children of Zeta families have the potential to become great Alphas adding revitalizing ideas to the Bjornoyan ‘thought-pool’ if it becomes stagnant. Zetas make the base of Bjornoya’s adult consumers and as such receive higher wages than expected of normal manual laborers to help the economy.

Type: Eta

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Occupations: Public Observation, Online Security, Crime Prevention, Internal Affairs, etc.

Description: Eta employees make up approximately 5.0% of the Bjornoyan workforce. Eta employees are a mysterious bunch, chosen for their perfect observational and memory skills. Etas assist Epsilon forces with crime prevention, monitoring countless Bjornoyan websites and checking for any and all form of perversion within the Bjornoyan populaces’ minds. More materially Eta employees evaluate the electronic monitoring of public and where permitted private domains visually and audibly. Not much else is divulged about Eta employee activities, and adding to their secrecy is their notoriety for being anti-social, rarely marrying or procreating.

Type: Theta

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"Occupation": Student, Youth, etc.

Description: Theta individuals make up approximately 38.0% of the entire Bjornoyan population. ‘Theta’ is Visara Corporation’s designation for the youth of Bjornoya. The educational process is headed by Heart of State Fraugott Lucy Rand. Visara has little say over how the educational process is run but contributes in many ways by rewarding outstanding performances or by lowering the wages of parents who raise ‘problematic’ children until they do their jobs better. At a very young age Bjornoyan children will know what the best possible position for them within the corporation will be and considering the incentives to chose the designated profession 98.0% of all citizens end up following the advice given to them by the educational system. By the age of 7 children no longer receive general education but instead are given a focused curriculum. By the age of 18 all children have acquired all the skills necessary for their chosen profession and are allowed to be hired by Visara. Children may, if proven become Zeta employees as young as 14. Certain exceptions exist for other employee types as well. By Patriarchal Decree the youth are to wear uniforms while attending school provided by Visara. Similarly Visara ends up selling all the various toys, food and other consumables to the youth which must pass safety tests under the watchful eyes of Eta employees. The Theta population makes up the majority of Bjornoyan consumption, even higher than Zeta employees. Knowing that the youth will become their employees Visara strictly abides to child protection laws both by Patriarchal Decree and internal restrictions and does all it can legally to create an atmosphere in which the youth will achieve their full potential.

Type: Omicron

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"Occupation": Criminals, Social Undesirables, etc.

Description: Visara Corporation Omicrons make up less than .05% of the Bjornoyan populace. Violent criminals are generally sent to labor camps for life where they end up doing tasks considered too hazardous for Zeta employees to perform. Most Omicrons have had their legal rights revoked by Bjornoyan courts and thus receive no protection from either the corporation or the Federation. Those who do not receive capital punishment for their crimes are sterilized and sent to re-educational facilities where in the course of a year are transformed into productive members of society. Once reformed however many do not have legal rights restored by Patriarchal Decree. It is not unusual that Omicrons are killed by the hands of their victim’s families or Epsilon employees. The Federation considers this a way for natural selection to take place in which the most violent and morally corrupt members, instead of the ‘weakest’ are routed out and removed from society.
(ooc: see ‘Clockwork Orange’)


Type: Omega

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Occupation: Right-hand of State, Herrgott, and CEO of Visara Corporation

Foreign Military Acquisitions:

Antarctica: Dweladelphia Prime (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11198302&postcount=14826)

:fluffle:

Official Communique

The Holy Republic of Hawdawg would like to formalize trade relations with the Bjornoyan Republic. We are very interested in starting a joint venture offshore drilling project and can offer various Floating Platforms, Jack Up Rigs, and Semi-submersible platforms to increase the production rates in your oil fields. We also have heard you are interested in Military Supplies and we have several of our aging ships of the line that are being replaced that might make a fine starter navy for your country. All negotiations associated with this endeavor will be handled through the Commerce Department and Secretary Monald Crump. We look forward to your response.

Signed,

Josey Wales
Prime Minister
Holy Republic of Hawdawg

Visara Corporation's Response

To: Monald Crump
From: Wilhelm Kaufmann

Visara is currently drilling at 18 location throughout the arctic regions under Bjornoyan jurisdiction. Along with these are 12 proposed drilling sites whose reserves have not yet been tapped. A joint venture to drill these other regions would be agreeable in exchange for these warships as soon as we inspect them. They would fall under Visara's control.
To protect our investment, Visara will convince the Bjornoyan Federal Government to promise assistance to the workers of these platforms should any problems arise, and would appreciate if the Holy Republic of Hawdawg would agree to similar terms.

ooc: what are the stats for these ships?

To: Wilhelm Kaufmann

From: Monald Crump

Re: Drilling Negotations

We have the following complete Carrier Battle Group Package that is being phased out of service with the Hawdawg Navy. Its purchase cost new is $37.5 Billion USD. We currently value the Package at 20 Billion USD and think this would be a fair trade for exclusive rights to drill at the 12 locations described, provided we are allowed to export all oil our platforms find duty-free to Hawdawg Markets.

Major Units:
1xNicholas Kerensky Class CVN
2xLocke Class CGN
4xAlbatross DDGN
2xSniper Class DD
2xProwler Class FFG
2xHunter Class FF
2xLos Angelas Class SSN
2xAOE-6 Fast Combat Stores Ship
1xT-AO 187 Fleet Replenishment Oiler
24xF-14D Tomcat
48xF/A-18E/F Super Hornet
4xEA-6B Prowler
4xE-2C Hawkeye
8xS-3B Viking
28xSH-60B LAMPS III
8xSH-60F Seahawk
4xHH-60H
8xCH-46 Sea Knight

Munitions for ships: 3000x6.1" (1500 LAGP, 750 each other type), 7500x5" (1500xERGM, 6000xAssorted other types), 950xRIM-67C SM-2ER, 1000xRIM-66C SM-2MR Block I, 1300xESSM, 300xSLAM-ER, 300xAGM-84F Harpoon, 300xTacTom, 200xNTACMS Block 1, 450xVLASROC, 250xMK.48 ADCAP
Munitions for aircraft: 1000xAIM-9M Sidewinder, 600xAIM-120B AMRAAM, 300xAIM-54C Phoenix, 600xAGM-65D Maverick, 500xAGM-84F Harpoon, 100xAGM-88 HARM, 100xAGM-137 TSSAM, 400xAGM-154A JSOW, 400xAGM-154B JSOW, 400xAGM-154C JSOW, 2000xMk.82, 1000xMk.83, 500xMk.84, 1000xMk.20 Rockeye, 800xGBU-12 Paveway II, 400xGBU-24 Paveway III, 7500xSonobuoy, 500xMk.46 Torpedo, 1000xAssorted Depth Charges & Mines

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OOC: This is all CSMJ storefront purchased equipment.
Here is the <LINK> (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=311031)

To: Monald Crump
From: Wilhelm Kaufmann

We will agree to the exchange of these ships for rights to drill at 7 of the 12 untapped reserves. The amount of barrels of oil for these 7 sites would amount minimally to 1 billion barrels of oil. The profits from these platforms will not be taxed.
We would also propose an agreement to protect this investment. Should problems arise we must have the support of the government to ensure the oil drilled from these sites goes to the corporations that legally own them.

To: Wilhelm Kaufmann

From: Monald Crump

Re: Oil Negotiations

We accept the terms and offer One Full Mountain Division (388th Kodiak) for defense of these production sites. We have the logistical capability to increase the number of Arctic Divisions on the ground to Five, if a perceived threat surfaces. We will need to move the following onto a suitable site within the Drilling area for protection of our assets.

Soldiers: 6,200 Combat, 8,800 Logistical Support
(216) M1128 Stryker MGS
(108) Stingray Light Battle Tank
(54) M2A3 Bradley IFV
(108) M777 Towed
(45) M247 Sergeant York
(18) M163 Vulcan
(54) M1128 Stryker CV
(27) MIM-23 HawkB SAM
(55) AH-64 Apache
(46) AH-1W Cobra
(72) CH-47 Chinooks
(9) AVLB (M60 Chassis)
(27) Combat Engineer Tractors
(7) M728 Combat Engineer Tanks
(2000) MMPWV LV-08 Armored Patrol/LT Trucks (400 equipped with M2 .50 MG, 200 Avenger, and 250 TOW II equip.)
(1200) Various Trucks
(64) UH-50 Blackhawks

Hawdawg: Deal confirmed, its been listed above in abbreviated terms.

Visara Co. is opening a few ports for international naval outposts. The cities of Necropolis, Reise, and Baum are ideal locations. Necropolis is 75 miles due west of the national capital of Esthar. Its ports are not iced over during the year.
Reise is located 120 miles east of Esthar, and its ports are not iced-over as well. Baum, located in Nenetsia is 325 miles due east of Esthar. Although the port tends to get iced-in during the winter, it is more isolated and remote than the other two ports.
Payment for use of these ports is negotiable.

To: Visara Co.

From: Holy Republic of Hawdawg

Re: Oil Pipeline

We are currently ready to put our oil wells online. We would ask the feasibility of building a pipeline from our drilling sites to an ice-free port for export. We estimate the cost of this endeavor at 25 Billion dollars. We are fully prepared to pay for the cost of this project ourselves, we just need clearance to construct the pipeline. We plan on setting up a pumping station on the coast with an offshore bouy tanker station. This will allow us to fill up to four supertankers at once. As a token of our goodwill, we will place 5 Billion USD in Account #5694-4454-8901 at the World Bank for exclusive use of Visara Co. as a payment for the project.

We await your response.

Monald Crump
Commerce Secretary
Holy Republic of Hawdawg

To: Visara Co.

From: Holy Republic of Hawdawg

Re: Oil Pipeline

We are currently ready to put our oil wells online. We would ask the feasibility of building a pipeline from our drilling sites to an ice-free port for export. We estimate the cost of this endeavor at 25 Billion dollars. We are fully prepared to pay for the cost of this project ourselves, we just need clearance to construct the pipeline. We plan on setting up a pumping station on the coast with an offshore bouy tanker station. This will allow us to fill up to four supertankers at once. As a token of our goodwill, we will place 5 Billion USD in Account #5694-4454-8901 at the World Bank for exclusive use of Visara Co. as a payment for the project.

We await your response.

Monald Crump
Commerce Secretary
Holy Republic of Hawdawg

Visara Co. Reponse:

We have talked the matter through with the Bjornoyan Federal Government, and we both agree the city of Reise would be the most appropriate port to send this pipe-line. The Bjornoyan Patriarch Rand has signed the neccessary paperwork to give clearance. Visara Co. has thoroughly mapped the ocean-bed in this region, and will freely offer our advice for the best possible route for your pipeline in response to your generosity. We all win when money is saved.

Sincerely,
Visara Co. CEO Wilhelm Kaufmann

Message to the Bjornoya Govornment

Dweladelfia Prime Would like to open trade relations with your great nation. We have an abundency of fish and penguins, We allso have Silver Gold and Colbat. We as a nation are looking for Uranium, Oil and Steel. We thank you for your consideration.

Trade Agreement:

On behalf of the Patriarchal Federation of Bjornoya we at Visara Corporation would be eager to establish trading relations with the Arctic Imperium of Dweladelfia Prime. Exchange prices for materials in question have been written below. I think you will find these terms fair, all that is needed is a signature.

1 barrel of oil/35 lbs of penguin meat
1 barrel of oil/25 lbs of fish meat
1 barrel of oil/.21 troy ounce of gold
1 barrel of oil/12.5 troy ounces of silver
1 barrel of oil/10 lbs cobalt

1 lbs uranium/5 lbs penguin meat
1 lbs uranium/2.75 lbs fish meat
1 lbs uranium/.023 troy ounces gold
1 lbs uranium/1.375 troy ounces silver
1 lbs uranium/1 lbs cobalt

7.25 lbs steel/1 lb penguin meat
10 lbs steel/1 lb fish meat
1200 lbs steel/1 troy ounce of gold
20 lbs of steel/1 troy ounce of silver
25 lbs of steel/1 lb of cobalt

Sincerely,
Visara Co. CEO
Herrgott Wilhelm Kaufmann

Trade Agreement:

On behalf of the Patriarchal Federation of Bjornoya we at Visara Corporation would be eager to establish trading relations with the Arctic Imperium of Dweladelfia Prime. Exchange prices for materials in question have been written below. I think you will find these terms fair, all that is needed is a signature.

1 barrel of oil/35 lbs of penguin meat
1 barrel of oil/25 lbs of fish meat
1 barrel of oil/.21 troy ounce of gold
1 barrel of oil/12.5 troy ounces of silver
1 barrel of oil/10 lbs cobalt

1 lbs uranium/5 lbs penguin meat
1 lbs uranium/2.75 lbs fish meat
1 lbs uranium/.023 troy ounces gold
1 lbs uranium/1.375 troy ounces silver
1 lbs uranium/1 lbs cobalt

7.25 lbs steel/1 lb penguin meat
10 lbs steel/1 lb fish meat
1200 lbs steel/1 troy ounce of gold
20 lbs of steel/1 troy ounce of silver
25 lbs of steel/1 lb of cobalt

Sincerely,
Visara Co. CEO
Herrgott Wilhelm Kaufmann

We agree. Thankyou very much Visara Co.

[Signed]

Emporer Avondale

Jand-06 LG-AT Rifle

Length: 132.5 cm
Caliber: 12.5mm
Range: 2,600m
Weight: 10.5 kg
Muzzle Velocity: 1,360 m/s
Magazine: 5 rounds
Penetration: 20.3-27.9 cm

Developed jointly by Amgen and Visara Corporations, the Jand-06 LG-AT (Laser-Guided Anti-Tank) Rifle was designed specifically as a long range tank or other heavy vehicle neutralizer. The weapon should be used in a two-member team, the first member would man the rifle itself while another would mark the target with a laser which the bullet could then adjust mid flight to using photo-feedback and a pivoting head to redirect itself minutely mid-flight.

Aside from pivoting, the bullets themselves must be quite dense. The bullets are made of an alloy of Janda element 110, isotope 269, and common depleted uranium. To provide propulsion to the heavy bullets highly reactive azides are stabilized by Abolethine, the only known useful azide stabilizer.

The laser would be of a frequency beyond the visible light spectra. An ultra high-frequency ray be aimed by the second team member who could then mark the target. Depending on the time spent mid-flight the bullet could then find its way to the mark, hitting within millimeters of the marked target. The second member would be equipped with goggles capable of scope, night-vision, thermal, and ultra high-frequency light detection.

Visara Porcupine

Purpose: Jungle path maker, APC
Length: 9.88m
Width: 3.68m
Suspension: Leaf Spring
Speed:
55km/h road, 42km/h off- road
Armor: Chobham
Power Plant:
Visara-2000 turbine engine, 2200 hp
Crew: 5-Commander, Loader, Pyrotechnic, Mechanic, Hydromechanic
Armaments:

Primary:
Visara Screamer: Heavy Flamethrower (Range: 95m)

Secondary:
Visara Candlestick x2: Medium Flamethrower (Range: 45m)
Visara Razortooth x2: Heavy Circular Saw Blade
Visara Iron Man x2: Heavy Chain Flail
Visara 7.62 mm MG

The Porcupine was designed specifically by Visara as a path-maker for the dense jungles that engulf large portions of Bjornoyan Africa. The Porcupine’s chasis does not resemble normal APCs. The front of the vehicle contains two heavy circular blades, formed by a titanium alloy. The blades are normally idle, but may be used for difficult obstacles. The two blades rotate a mere 25cm from the ground, but can be adjusted slightly. To avoid over-heating the blades are cooled via water or dry ice stored under the vehicle. Above the blades is a heavy plow that sweeps debris to either side of the vehicle as it moves forward.

About a quarter of the way from the front of the machine is the Visara Screamer, a heavy flamethrower operated mechanically from the interior of the machine.

In the front and on either side of the Porcupine are two Candlestick flamethrowers which are used primarily for softening foliage but can also be used as weapons in close quarters.

To offset the front-heaviness of the machine and to provide decent comfort for the crew, the interior of the Porcupine is located near the rear. To avoid the intense heat from the front of the machine the crew remains buttoned in, but may see their surroundings via visual, thermal, night vision, and other electric sensors.

The top of the Porcupine is covered with dense, semi-flexible projectiles which give the machine its name. The purpose of the projectiles is to offer a cushion to the vehicles interior should heavy foliage fall atop the vehicle instead of being swept aside.

The vehicles’ tracks are in the back ¾ of the machine. In the far rear, carried vertically and parallel to the machine are some 24 replacement blades that may be exchanged in minutes should the first overheat and break, or become too worn to perform. Replacement chains are also stored in the rear as well, and may be equipped in a manner of minutes.