NationStates Jolt Archive

A recent rash of developments in Snake Eaters have shown that it is time for a reference of these developments to be kept. Their cost, and percentage of completion, will be shown here. The developments can be broadly classified into two groups, that of Civil and Military.

Civilian Applications
None at this moment in time.

Military Projects
Name: Tactical Infantry Warfare System
Affects: All infantry
Cost: US $15 billion
Percentage Complete: 100%
Further Information: Link (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=460238)
Time To Completion: 2 years

Name: Project Gatekeeper
Affects: Snake Eaters capacity for mass destruction
Cost: US$ 150 billion
Percentage Complete: 80%
Further Information: An anti-matter weapon delivery system, capable of destroying areas of as large as 100km in diameter. Can be fine-tuned to destroy areas as small as 3 kilometres
Time To Completion: 5 years

Name: BelDragos Reborn
Affects: BelDragos-class flag ships.
Nature: Complete Refit
Cost: US $250 billion
Perentage Complete: 50%
Image following Refit: Link (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/48/O%27Neill_class.jpg)
Vital Stats:-
Length: 2.5km
Beam: 700m
Draft: 278m
Mass: 5.6 million metric tonnnes
Weapons: Turbo-lasers, pulse cannons, railguns, torpedoes, phasers
Defences: Void Shields
Crew: To be confirmed
Time To Completion: 8 years

Name: Prometheus Project
Affects: Prometheus-class long-range tactical cruiser
Nature: Introduction of ship into the fleet
Cost: $100 billion
Percentage Complete: 100%
Image: Link (http://memory-alpha.org/en/images/9/92/USSPrometheus2374_%28fore%29.jpg)
Vital Stats:-
Length: 412m
Beam: 170m
Draft: 113m
Mass: 850,000 metric
Weapons: x18 phaser arrays, x5 torpedeo launchers
Defences: Regenerative shields, ablative armour, multi-vector assualt mode
Crew: 175
Time To Completion: 3 years

Name: Project Prodigal Son
Affects: Prodigal-class command ship, Warfare-class command ship
Nature: Retirement of the Warfare-class, introduction of the Prodigal-class
Cost: US $200 billion
Percentage Complete: 80%
Image: Side (http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/SnakeEaters/Naval%20Flagships/?action=view&current=Prodigal-Side.jpg),Top (http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/SnakeEaters/Naval%20Flagships/?action=view&current=Prodigal-Top.jpg),Front (http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/SnakeEaters/Naval%20Flagships/?action=view&current=Prodigal-Front.jpg).
Vital Stats:-
All to be confirmed.
Time To Completion: 5 years

N.B Current Combat Fleets includes ships of the following classes: [i]Leviathan (Second-Level Command), Sovereign (http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/SnakeEaters/Common%20Naval%20Ships/?action=view&current=200px-Sovereign_class_enterprise_17.jpg) (Warship), Galaxy (http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/SnakeEaters/Common%20Naval%20Ships/?action=view&current=Enterprise-d.jpg) (Multi-role), Intrepid (http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/SnakeEaters/Common%20Naval%20Ships/?action=view&current=200px-Voyager-bottom.jpg) (Multi-role), Defiant (http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/SnakeEaters/Common%20Naval%20Ships/?action=view&current=Defiant_quarter.jpg) (Escort), Shadow (http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/SnakeEaters/Common%20Naval%20Ships/?action=view&current=Darkblade.jpg) (Infiltrator), Akira (http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/SnakeEaters/Common%20Naval%20Ships/?action=view&current=Akira.jpg) (Line-breaker) Ezekiel (http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/SnakeEaters/Common%20Naval%20Ships/?action=view&current=PatrolCraft.jpg) (Patrol)