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To: All Nations
Subject: Naval Contracts
RIA is looking for an experienced, well known, renowned foriegn corporation to design the completly new Ramissilian Navy. Contracts up to worth up to 1 Trillion dollars are being offered. Here are some specifications:


Realistic. This means no PMT, nothing godmodish, and a complete embedded support group. This means replenishment vessels, tankers, submarine tenders, everything.
Must be fit our navies needs. This includes full force deployment, ground warfare support, blockading capabilities, and brownwater as well as deepwater defense.
All a complete package. Please, don't make me pick and choose out of your storefront, unless you are infact just pointing out your package deals.
I need limited-number production rights for this. This means that it should not cost 100x the cost of one, because I am building them myself, and only a certain amount at that.

Also, one last note, we do not need any humongous carriers or SDs. We are already in possesion of suitible designs for those areas.

Please, consider our offer, and make us a deal!

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Ramissle Incorperated Arms

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If you can give me a little while, I can construct a package deal for all the vessels required for a blue water and littoral combat navy and an amphibious assault force. I have the vessels in my storefront, I just need to organize a package.

To Ramissle MoD -
The defence firms in The Beltway have collaborated to offer you the following package for your navy:
8 CV-98 Benjamin Cardin-class Medium Carriers
8 CV-122 Edward Preble-class Light Carriers
16 CBGN-1 Monocacy-class Large Cruisers
24 CGH-1 Sussex-class Helicopter Cruisers
24 CGN-1 Rickover-class Large Cruisers
48 DDGN-87 Thomas Carper-class Trimaran Destroyers
40 FFG-1 Assateague-class Littorial Frigates
32 FFG-29 Kent Island-class ASW Frigates
32 FFG-44 Chincoteague-class AD Frigates
*16 FFG-63 Tangier Island-class
64 FS-1 Glory-class Littorial Corvettes
24 PCG-18 Enkidu-class Missile Boats
24 PCG-36 Inanna-class Missile Boats
48 PGH-1 Gilgamesh-class Hydrofoil-equipped Missile Boats
*8 LHA-1 Tarawa-class
*16 LPD-17 San Antonio-class
16 LPH-1 Chrysanthemum-class Landing Platforms
80 LCAC-2 Improved Hovercraft Landing Craft
16 AH-1 Clara Barton-class Hospital Ships
64 AO-1 DuPont-class Oilers
16 SSAPN-1 Tom Clancy-class Submarine Transports
16 APD-1 Fort McHenry-class Armed Fast Transport Ships
**128 SSN-24 Newport News-class Fast Attack Submarines
*120 MCM-1 Avenger-class
*32 AS-39 Emory S. Land-class
80 HEC-1 Patrol-class Cutters
*40 AE-21 Suribachi-class

* Built by Newport News Naval Shipyards (all are RL designs for roles I haven't designed for except for the FFG-63, which is similar to the design offered to Pudu (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10676440&postcount=458) for export; however, it has been fitted with the RIM-116C Point Defence SAM, the AN/SPY-1E Frigate AEGIS, and the AN/SPS-76 Surface Search Radar in place of the RIM-116B, AN/SPY-1F, and AN/SPS-67).
** Built by General Dynamics (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=476668)
(If not marked, see Baltimore Shipyards (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=464764) for details)

Note that for all designs, replace the AN/SPS-67, AN/SPS-55, and AN/SPS-73 with the AN/SPS-76 Surface Search Radar, the AN/SPS-48, AN/SPS-40, and AN/SPS-53 with the AN/SPS-54 3D Air Search Radar, and the AN/SPS-49 with the AN/SPS-87 Long-Range Air Search Radar.

(This contract has been divided into two posts)

On the roles of the ships:
The carriers will be used to supplement your fleet carriers.
The CGBNs will be used for shore bombardment and fleet AD.
The CGNs will be used for fleet AD.
The CGHs will be used for fleet ASW.
The DDGNs will be used for AD/ASW work.
The FFG-1s will support brown-water operations.
The FFG-29s will be used for ASW; the FFG-44s will be used for AD, while their helos will supplement the FFG-29s.
The FFG-63s will support commando operations.
The FSs will support brown-water operations.
The PCGs and PGHs will support brown-water operations.
The LHAs, LSDs, and LPHs will support amphibious invasions.
The LCACs will land troops in amphibious invasions.
The AHs will provide emergency medical care in coastal environments and amphibious invasions.
The AOs will provide fuel for the fleet.
The SSAPNs and APDs will deliver troops and supplies to the front or will supply munitions to the fleet.
The SSNs will support blockades, handle ASW, and will do the other tasks of SSNs.
The MCMs will handle mine warfare.
The ASs will supply the SSNs with munitions and food.
The HECs will support brown-water operations and rescue operations.
The AEs will supply munitions and food to the fleet.

This contract includes production rights for all necessary aviation - namely, 448 F-35C, 32 E-2C, 80 F-14B, 32 EA-6B, 64 S-3B, 240 RQ-1E, 40 HH-60H, 296 SH-60G, 160 AV-8B, 64 AH-1W, 112 CH-46, 72 CH-53, 48 UH-1N, 16 MV-22, 208 RQ-6B, 64 HH-60F, 48 CH-47, and 80 HH-65. It also includes production rights for 16 LCUs, and 32 LCPLs, free of charge.

This contract will cost you $795,250,300,000.00 US (seven hundred ninety-five billion, two hundred fifty million, three hundred thousand dollars US) excluding the cost of RL ships, which you can build yourself since they haven't been copyrighted; note that the cost to produce the RL designs has not been factored in to your total cost ; you save 8% with this package. Due to the size and nature of this contract, and since our normal policy is for unlimited production rights, we will not charge you extra for the limited production rights you requested. We included unlimited production rights, for the cost of 100 units for missiles and for 1,000 units for shells (including for Rocket Assisted Projectiles for the 12"/60 caliber guns), for all needed, copyrighted (non-RL) munitions.

Thank you for your time; we hope you accept our offer.

Sincerely,
Michael Busch, Commerce Minister of The Beltway, on behalf of Baltimore Shipyards, Gage Munitions, Newport News Naval Shipyards, General Dynamics, and Electric Boat Company.

If you need anything in particular designed... let me know via TG.

Geneticon doesn't have time to design an entire navy, but we could work on a design or two.

If you can give me a little while, I can construct a package deal for all the vessels required for a blue water and littoral combat navy and an amphibious assault force. I have the vessels in my storefront, I just need to organize a package.
Take your time. I should be entering a conflict soon, but not that soon that I'd need you to hurry up.

Although I don't design naval ships, I am willing to sell you naval aircraft fighters that you will need aboard your carriers. Would you be interested?

Although I don't design naval ships, I am willing to sell you naval aircraft fighters that you will need aboard your carriers. Would you be interested?
I'm all set with fighters. Thanks though.

[OOC: What sort of size are you looking at? If you can let me know then I'll write something up for you.]

[OOC: What sort of size are you looking at? If you can let me know then I'll write something up for you.]
Hmm....600, maybe 700 ships? Yeah, that be about right. Considerably smaller than my current navy, but realizing the fact I don't even know who I bought half the stuff from, and that it will better serve my purpose, much easier to use.

OOC - Editing my contract significantly...

OOC - Editing my contract significantly...
OOC: Yeah, I was thinking about yours, but then I remembered that my current navy has close to 1,100 ships...

Hmm....600, maybe 700 ships? Yeah, that be about right. Considerably smaller than my current navy, but realizing the fact I don't even know who I bought half the stuff from, and that it will better serve my purpose, much easier to use.
Ok. I assume that is excluding auxilliaries? Anyway I'll get to work right now, although I'll have to quickly design some auxilliaries since I havent made any new ones since I restarted IPS.

Yes, excluding auxilleries.

OOC - Phew... The contract now has 656 combat ships and 1,040 ships in total. And it still costs less than $1 trillion.
Of course, now that I've posted my contract, everyone else has something to use as a baseline. That's the trouble with going first...

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OOC - Any reason in particular for reopening this? Curious, that's all...

Well, I figured two options really isn't enough. I'd like a whole bunch of offers, but knowing that won't happen, at least two more will do.

Our Industries offer two packages that are related to Naval Forces.

Naval Package
8 Carriers (choose from our wide selection)
12 Battleships or Cruisers (choose from our wide selection)
48 Destroyers (choose from our wide selection)
42 Frigates (choose from our wide selection)
62 Submarines (choose from our wide selection)
32 Patrol Craft/Missile Boats (choose from our wide selection)
22 Mine Warfare Vessels (choose from our wide selection)
8 Amphibious/ Assault Ships (choose from our wide selection)
12 Fleet Auxiliaries (choose from our wide selection)
Price: $288.5 billion USD

Carrier Battle Group
2 Carriers (choose from our wide selection)
4 Battleships or Cruisers (choose from our wide selection)
8 Destroyers (choose from our wide selection)
10 Frigates (choose from our wide selection)
2 Submarines (choose from our wide selection)
2 Fleet Auxiliaries (choose from our wide selection)
Price: $26.5 billion USD

The complete list of ships to choose from can be found here. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=471334)

OCC: If you could provided futher information, on the exact types of ships and how many you would like. It would help us futher tailer the order to your needs. Example- would you prefer loud inexpensive nuclear attack submarines, or very quiet expensive nuclear attack submarines. Or would you prefer a large class of diesel subs for coastal defense and a small number of nuclear power attack boats.

Ahh, guess I should have pointed something out in the first post. No RL ships, unless they simply compliment the navy. There is no need to get a contract for something that I could get myself anyways.

OOC - Ramissile, I may be replacing my AS-39s with an NSified design to be released soon...

OOC - Ramissile, I may be replacing my AS-39s with an NSified design to be released soon...
Ok. Its fine that you have some ships that are RL, I mean, most of them are auxelleries anyways. Its not like they need to compete with anything.

OOC - Yeah, but NS auxiliaries are better. Like this one:
Abstract: This submarine tender, named after a Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair in the United States Navy, is capable of servicing up to six SSNs (or eight SSKs, or four SSBNs or SSGNs, or two SSAPNs) alongside simultaneously. It can carry up to 15,000 tons of supplies, and has a crew of 1,500 (1,400 enlisted and 100 officers) to properly maintain, supply, feed, and otherwise take care of submarines. Finally, being nuclear powered, it need not draw on the fuel it carries for diesel-powered subs to power its own engines.

Length:
Overall - 721.78 feet (220 meters)
At waterline - 688.98 feet (210 meters)
Beam: 94.53 feet (28.81 meters)
Draft (at full load): 28.92 feet (8.81 meters)
Displacement:
Light - 16,000 tons
Full Load - 31,000 tons
Cargo: 15,000 tons of diesel fuel, food, munitions, etc.
Propulsion: 3 D2G GE Nuclear Reactors; four shafts, 90,000 shp
Speed:
Cruising - 28.9 knots
Flank - 33 knots
Theoretical Max - 35.2 knots
Decks: 15
Crew:
Officers - 100
Enlisted - 1,400
Cranes: six 30-ton cranes (port and starboard bow, port and starboard stern, port and starboard center); two 20-ton cranes (port bow and starboard bow); two 25-ton cranes (port and starboard stern)
Fuel Pumps: six (port and starboard bow, port and starboard stern, port and starboard center)
Armament: Two Mk. 49 21-cell launchers for RIM-116C point-defence SAMs, two Mk. 32 324mm triple ASW torpedo tube mounts, four twin 20mm cannon mounts (one in front of each of the 20-ton and 25-ton cranes)
Electronics: 2 AN/SWY-2 Fire Control Systems (for RIM-116C), one AN/SPS-76 Surface Search Radar, one AN/SPS-54 3D Air Search Radar
Deck Armor: 3.46" (88mm) RHA steel
Aviation: Platform for two large (CH-46 or equivalent) or three small (SH-60G or equivalent) helicopters
Price: $1.3 billion US

More supplies, better defences, better electronics, more ships handled, and even armor!
I can give you 22 of these, to replace all 32 AS-39s, for an additional $26.312 billion. Yes or no?

OOC - Yeah, but NS auxiliaries are better. Like this one:
More supplies, better defences, better electronics, more ships handled, and even armor!
I can give you 22 of these, to replace all 32 AS-39s, for an additional $26.312 billion. Yes or no?
Ok, I'll have that added if I end up chosing your contract.

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Here is a few packages offered by the Royal Shipyards (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=7151428#post7151428) that might be of use to the RIA:

Fleets

General Service Fleet
2 Carrier strike groups (CVSG)
Surface strike group (SSG)
2 Medium expeditionary force groups (EFG(M))
Escort group (EG)
3 Coastal defence groups (CDG)
3 Submarine tenders (AS)
Composition: 2 CV, CVL, 2 LHD, 2 LPD, 2 LSD, CBG, 5 CG, 11 DDG (AD), 12 DDG (GP), 23 FFH, 12 K, 12 SSN, 6 SSK, 18 MCDV, 11 AOR, 3 AS.
Total cost: $77,170 million USD
Substitutions
For Royal Edmund-class: No carriers: -$4,320 million; Rapier-class (CVL/CVQ): -$1,980 million/-$1,800 million; Walmsley-class: -$1,800 million; Royal Holly-class: +2,160 million; House-class: +2,880 million

Main Force Battle Fleet
Flagship group (FG)
2 Carrier battle group (CVBG)
2 Surface battle group (SBG)
Escort Group (EG)
4 Submarine tenders (AS)
Composition: 4 CV, CVL, 3 BBG, 6 CBG, 9 CG, 23 DDG (AD), 24 DDG (GP), 52 FFH, 20 SSN, 23 AOR, 4 AS
Total cost: $142,420 million USD
Substitutions

High Seas Battle Fleet
Flagship Group - 15 ships
Ocean-class BBGN, Duchy-class CAG, 2 Province-class CG, 2 County-class DDG (AD), 2 City-class DDG (GP), 4 Furtive-class FFH, 2 Forthar-class SSN, Smith-class AOE
Subtotal: $16,560 million USD
2 Carrier Battle Groups (CVBG)
Each with 36 ships: 2 House-class CVAN, Bastion-class BBGN, 2 Duchy-class CAG, 5 County-class DDG (AD), 5 City-class DDG (GP), 10 Furtive-class FFH, 4 Forthar-class SSN, Lem-class AFS, 5 Smith-class AOE, Aylesburgh-class AS
Subtotal: $69,930 million USD
2 Surface Battle Groups (SBG)
Each with 55 ships: 4 Bastion-class BBGN, 2 Duchy-class CAG, 4 Province-class CG, 6 County-class DDG (AD), 6 City-class DDG (GP), 12 Furtive-class FFH, 6 Port-class SSGN, 6 Forthar-class SSN, 2 Lem-class AFS, 5 Smith-class AOE, 2 Aylesburgh-class AS
Subtotal: $117,270 million USD
2 Light Strike Groups (LSG)
Each with 29 ships: 2 Rapier-class CVQ, 2 Duchy-class CAG, 4 County-class DDG (AD), 4 City-class DDG (GP), 8 Furtive-class FFH, 4 Port-class SSGN, 2 Forthar-class SSN, 2 Smith-class AOE, Aylesburgh-class AS
Subtotal: $54,180 million USD
2 Expeditionary Force Groups (EFG)
Each with 38 ships: 2 Crocodile-class LCS, Lord-class LHD, Ungforth-class LPD, Valley-class LSD, Charter-class BBGN, Duchy-class CAG, 2 Province-class CG, 4 County-class DDG (AD), 4 City-class DDG (GP), 8 Furtive-class FFH, 4 Forthar-class SSGN, 2 Stortbek 'B'-class SSF, Lem-class AFS, 5 Smith-class AOE, Aylesburgh-class AS
Subtotal: $57,537 million USD
Rapid Deployment Force Group (RDFG) - 38 ships
8 Gabin-class AKR, 10 General Marsden-class AP, 2 Walmsley-class CVL, 2 Province-class CG, 2 County-class DDG (AD), 2 City-class DDG (GP), 8 Furtive-class FFH, 2 Forthar-class SSN, 2 Smith-class AOE
Subtotal: $19,850 million USD
Total Cost: $335,327 million USD(excluding drones, weapons, fuel, etc.)
Composition (369 ships): 4 House-class CVAN, 2 Walmsley-class CVL, 4 Rapier-class CVQ, Ocean-class BBGN, 10 Bastion-class BBGN, 2 Charter-class BBGN, 15 Duchy-class CAG, 16 Province-class CG, 42 County-class DDG (AD), 42 City-class DDG (GP), 88 Furtive-class FFH, 4 Crocodile-class LCS, 2 Lord-class LHD, 2 Ungforth-class LPD, 2 Valley-class LSD, 20 Port-class SSGN, 36 Forthar-class SSN, 4 Stortbek 'B'-class SSF, 8 Lem-class AFS, 8 Gabin-class AKR, 37 Smith-class AOE, 10 General Marsden-class AP, 10 Aylesburgh-class AS

OOC - Sorry, but I had to revise specs for the AS-1:
Abstract: This submarine tender, named after a Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair in the United States Navy, is capable of servicing up to six SSNs (or eight SSKs, or four SSBNs or SSGNs, or two SSAPNs) alongside simultaneously. It can carry up to 10,000 tons of supplies, and has a crew of 1,500 (1,400 enlisted and 100 officers) to properly maintain, supply, feed, and otherwise take care of submarines. Finally, being nuclear powered, it need not draw on the fuel it carries for diesel-powered subs to power its own engines.

Length:
Overall - 721.78 feet (220 meters)
At waterline - 688.98 feet (210 meters)
Beam: 94.53 feet (28.81 meters)
Draft (at full load): 28.92 feet (8.81 meters)
Displacement:
Light - 30,000 tons
Full Load - 40,000 tons
Cargo: 10,000 tons of diesel fuel, food, munitions, etc.
Propulsion: 3 D2G GE Nuclear Reactors; four shafts, 90,000 shp
Speed:
Cruising - 23.9 knots
Flank - 28 knots
Decks: 15
Crew:
Officers - 100
Enlisted - 1,400
Cranes: six 30-ton cranes (port and starboard bow, port and starboard stern, port and starboard center); two 20-ton cranes (port bow and starboard bow); two 25-ton cranes (port and starboard stern)
Fuel Pumps: six (port and starboard bow, port and starboard stern, port and starboard center)
Armament: Two Mk. 49 21-cell launchers for RIM-116C point-defence SAMs, two Mk. 32 324mm triple ASW torpedo tube mounts, four twin 20mm cannon mounts (one in front of each of the 20-ton and 25-ton cranes)
Electronics: 2 AN/SWY-2 Fire Control Systems (for RIM-116C), AN/SPS-76 Surface Search Radar, AN/SPS-54 3D Air Search Radar
Deck Armor: 1" (25.4mm) RHA steel
Aviation: Platform for two large (CH-46 or equivalent) or three small (SH-60G or equivalent) helicopters
Price: $1.3 billion US

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To: Michael Busch, Commerce Minister of The Beltway, on behalf of Baltimore Shipyards, Gage Munitions, Newport News Naval Shipyards, General Dynamics, and Electric Boat Company.
From: Ramissle Incorperated Arms Representitive

Congratulations, your nation has been chosen to recieve the contract to design the ships to be used for the Ramissilian Navy! Upon delivery of said designs, RIA will send no less than $795,250,300,000.00 USD to you. Once again, congratulations on being chosen.

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Huzzah! I won a contract against nobody! Those seem to be the only ones I win...
Sorry about the late reply; I was out seeing a movie - namely, Inside Man. Pretty good, actually...
Oh, and consider the designs wired. I felt like making a news story, or at least part of one, for this...
Lastly, note that the people of The Beltway tend to think of themselves as American, since they were a bit over a decade ago.

--Excerpted from the June 9, 2016 edition of The Washington Post
Ramissle's Ships to be American!
Baltimore
Employees at Baltimore Shipyards, Electric Boat, and Newport News Navy Shipyards were jubilant today over their success in winning a nearly $800 billion US contract from Ramissle for over 1,000 ships. Ramissle will build the ships themselves, but the aforementioned American defence firms will receive the money.
Ramissle, three weeks ago, put out a request for a massive naval contract. Only one nation's firms chose to submit a bid; with a lack of competition, and with little more than a perfunctory interest from other nations' firms, Ramissle chose to award the contract to the combined bid created by The Beltway.
Commerce Minister Michael Busch said in an official statement, "This contract is a sign of the growing significance of The Beltway on the world stage. The fact that American firms, rather than other firms, will be arming Ramissle's navy not only draws our two nations closer, it also shows the world that we are a nation deserving of respect." The Commerce Minister refused to comment on the fact that no other competitors submitted bids...
--End of Excerpt--