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AF-39A/B Spatz (Sparrow)

Crew: 1 (A version) 2 (B version)
Length: 15.3 m
Wing Span: 10.2 m
Height: 4.7 m
Empty Weight: 10,000 kg
Normal Load: 18,000 kg
Maximum Takeoff: 25,300 kg
Engine: One Grendel GT-36C afterburning turbofan, up to 125 kN dry / 200 kN afterburning
Maximum speed: Mach 2+
Max Cruising speed: Mach 1.5
Range (Operational): 2,400 km
Range (Ferry): 6,125 km
Service Ceiling: 19,812 m / 65,000 ft
Armament:
1 27mm cannon
2 wingtip pylons (1 per wing) for Air-To-Air missiles
2 under-wing pylons (1 per wing) rated up to 1,500kg each
4 under-wing pylons (2 per wing) rated up to 2,300kg each
1 under-fuselage pylon rated up to 2,500 kg each
Crew: 1
Sensors:
FLIR
IRST
RSR-8 Active Electronically Scanned Array, multimode radar
LIDAR
Cost:80,000,000 (80 million USD)


Overview
The Spatz was born out of the need for a next-generation mutlirole fighter buy both the New Akavari Ground Forces, and the New Akavari Naval Marines. It is envisioned to dominate both the sky and the ground as a mutlirole fighter capable of supporting ground troops in quick, surgical strikes on fixed or mobile targets, day or night, Akvarian winter or Doomani Summer.

Design
The flying properties and performance of the Spatz are optimized for fighter missions with high demands on speed, acceleration, turning performance and effective delivery of payload. The combination of delta wing, canards, and TVC gives it excellent take off and landing performance and flying characteristics. The new airframe and avionics affords the aircraft far more flexibility than anything before it, and its operating costs will only be about two thirds that of its predecessors.

While not designed to be a stealth aircraft the Spatz does have a considerable amount of composites and radar-absorbent material in its construction. Its airframe was also designed by a supercomputer to passively deflects radar waves away from, not back at, the source. These features reduce the RCS of the aircraft considerably and improve survivability dramatically when compared to fighters without any stealth features.

Avionics
Of special importance to the aircraft is its fully integrated avionics suite. All the electronics were designed to work together and are all controlled and processed by the “Citrus” avionics computer.

To provide information to the pilot the traditional Heads-Up Display has been replaced with a Helmet-Mounted Display. This new system take is HUD and puts it in the pilots helmet. This allows him to just look at a target and get tracking data, and other information displayed right there beside it. It also gives better targeting flexibility as the aircraft doesn't have to turn to achieve lock on. In fact the Spatz can fire missiles to aircraft directly behind it if needed to. And to help the pilot fly in adverse or night conditions the HMD can use the FLIR system to project an infrared overlay directly in front of the pilots face. This allows him to fly just as effectively at night as he can during a bright sunny day. The avionics console of the cockpit has 4 large multifunction OLEDs with touch-screen capability to provide other information such as radar, satellite feeds, video, maps, and anything else the pilot or copilot wish to see. To control the aircraft the pilot has a fly-by-optics mini-stick similar to the one found on the F-16 and is HOTAS equipped.

One of the most important aspects of the avionics was the Electronic Warfare Suite (EWS) fully integrated with the other electronics. The suite not only includes basic chaff and flares but also more advanced equipment such as Infrared jammers, Laser dazzlers, Radio scrabblers, and Radar jammers that can be tuned to mimic ground interference. These allow the Spatz to fly into a target area very fast and very low and without solid detection of their presence.

The Detection capabilities of the Spatz are provided primarily by the RSR-8 Active Electronically Scanned Array, multimode radar. It's range is classified but is rated 250+km for fighter-sized targets and it can track over 65 air and ground targets at once and it can be operated in a LPI mode. But this is not the only detection device in the Spatz, when a target gets within 150 km of the aircraft two more systems can detect and provide even more information to the pilot. They are the Infrared-Search-and-Track and LIDAR systems they give extremely detailed information about air and land targets. Indeed when coupled with the radar system, the Spatz can attack targets in any weather short of the hardest dust storm.

Weapons
The Spatz is equipped with multiple weapons pylons in order to facilitate a plethora of weaponry. Two pylons on each wingtip hold short or medium range air to air missiles only and ensure that the aircraft always has at least some air-to-air capability to protect itself. The next pylons (furthest out on the wings) hold up to 1,500 kilograms each and are usually also used to hold air-to-air missiles although they can be used to hold other munitions aswell.

The next 2 pylons on each wing hold up to 2,500 kilograms each and can be used to store more air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground munitions, or extra fuel tanks for extended range. And underneath the fuselage is a single pylon rated up to 2,500 kilograms and is used to hold fuel tanks or heavy air-to-ground munitions.

For self defense and CAS missions the Spatz has a 27mm revolver cannon that can obliterate both aircraft and tanks alike.

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Acolyte-Class Trimaran Missile Destroyer (DDGN)

Class Leader: NAS Acolyte
Classification: Large Trimaran Missile Destroyer (DDGN)
Cost: 3,700,000,000 (3.7 Billion USD)

Length: 208 m
Beam: 39.6 m
Draught: 8 m
Displacement:
-Light Load: 24,000 tonnes
-Combat Load: 28,750 tonnes
-Maximum Load: 32,000 tonnes
Complement:
-320 Ship Crew
-30 Air Crew

Propulsion:
-2x 90 MW DG4I Improved PbBi-cooled Fast Reactor
-2x Geared Turbines rated at 60 MW each [67,051 shp]
-2x 10 MW Auxiliary Diesels
-2x Controllable Pitch Propellers
-3x rudders; one main, and one for each CPP
Speeds:
-07 knots (emergency power)
-35 knots
Aviation:
-50 meters squared of flightdeck
-hanger space and stores for 2 medium sized helicopters, or medium sized VTOL aircraft, or 3 UAVs

Gun Armament:
-6x 155 mm (6.1”)/72 caliber LP Cannons in 3 dual-gun turrets in the A, B, and Y positions.
Missile Armament:
-2x 120-cell VLS missile blocks (30 x 4 cells)
-2x 84-cell VLS missile blocks (12 x 7 cells)
Defensive Armament:
-9x Type 7 CIWS
-6x 'Sea Shield' Torpedo Defense System
-1x 'HOTEL' 5 Megawatt Laser [Flight-II Only]
Systems:
-'Jaeger II' combined Sea/Air Search Radar [Dual X/L-band]
-Mark-VI Fire Control Radar
-'Swinger' Doppler Navigation Radar
-RJ-V Metric-Wave Search Radar [Flight-II Only]
-'Dueler' LADAR/LIDAR/IR/Optical Search and Track System
-'Naval Net' Battle System (Includes fleet-wide missile director system and all communication, satellite, GPS transceivers)
-Mark-VII FCS
-GBS-8 Bow-Mounted Sonar
-'Anaconda' Tactical Towed Sonar Array
-Mk.IV Active Sonar Array and Sonar Countermeasures System
-ESD-V Electronic Warfare Suite
-'Beamer' Wide-Band Laser Transceiver


Abstract
The Acolyte-Class DDGN is the navy's workhouse. They are the ones at the front of any picket line and are the ones to get first contact. Primarily designed to protect the rest of the fleet from threats such as incoming missiles, aircraft, and submarines, they are equipped with powerful sensors and the best multi-mission armament.

Weapons
The Acolyte-class Destroyer is packed full of weapons able to protect fleets from threats at, above, or below the ocean. The ships weapon systems are divided into three main areas: the missile armament, the gun armament, and the defensive armament.

The ships main weapon system are it's VLS cells; all 408 of them. They are divided up into two 120-cell blocks of 30 x 4 cells each mounted on the outrigger hulls, and two 84 cell blocks of 12 x 7 cells mounted fore of the main guns. The VLS cells are 2 meters in diameter and twelve meters deep and can accommodate up to four Akavari-standard size box, .9 x .9 x 11 meters, Anti-Shipping missiles, Anti-Air missiles, Cruise missiles, and VLASROC munitions for a total of 1,632 munitions. This huge armament is what truly gives the Acolyte its multi-mission capability. [It should also be noted that many Acolytes concentrate on single role of munitions, performing AA coverage, ASW duties, or anti-surface warfare.]

The gun armament consists of six 155mm (6.1”) 72 caliber Liquid-Propellant cannons. The Liquid Propellant system was originally designed by Dat' Pizdy Arms Corporation of Soviet Bloc and was pioneered in their Mk. 71 Advanced Naval Cannon but has since been refined by Red Star Industries using HAN-based monopropellants. The system can achieve variable velocities, with absolute full power with an kinetic-kill projectile rated at 1.5 km/s at the barrel. To help increase barrel life, the barrel and shells are coated in a dry lubricant that also enhances the seal around the projectile. This lubricant must be reapplied to the barrel after every 200 firings. The cannons have a firing rate of 20 rounds per minuet, a 3 round burst in three seconds. The maximum range for unaided ammunition is around 65 km. This includes illumination, Anti-Air, and HE-CD rounds. A special round developed for the guns though, is the Enhanced Range Munition. The ERM has a range of 200 km and has GPS guidance with a CEP of 5 meters. The anti-air round carries a fragmentation warhead and a dual Radar/IR proximity fuse and is guided initially by data downloaded into the munition from the ships own sensors.

Defensive protection against surface and air threats for the vessel is provided by the Type 7 CIWS. Each Type 7 has 12 missiles and a 35mm gating cannon and uses its own Radar and the ships radar for target designation and initial guidance of the missiles. The missiles themselves travel at a top speed of Mach 8.5 and have a practical range of 20 kilometers. Their 13.5 kg blast fragmentation warheads are guided to their targets by a dual passive-RF seeker and IR homing seeker. This system has been rated effective for hypersonic threats traveling past Mach 7; however the system is only 45% effective from targets traveling past Mach 8.

For protection below the waves from torpedo threats. The Acolyte is equipped with six 'Sea Shield' Torpedo Defense systems, three on each side of the ship. The 'Sea Shield' is based around the 254mm Mark-IX supercav torpedo and is composed of five 254mm torpedo tubes. When a threat is detected, the system automatically sets in a target to the torpedo and then cold launches it out of tubes located just above the waterline. The torpedo then has a passive acoustic seeker that seeks in on the incoming torpedo's signature that was downloaded into the torpedo before it was fired. When the torpedo gets within a sufficient proximity to the target, the 50kg HE warhead detonates, sending out a concussive wave to destroy the torpedo. This system is rated for targets 300 meters from the ship and each tube in the system is automatically reloaded within 10 seconds from an inventory of 10 torpedoes per system (60 total).

Systems
In order to perform its multi mission role, the Acolyte-class is fitted with advanced electronics that allow it to perform each role effectively and fully.

The main method of search and target acquisition for the Acolyte is the dual-band 'Jaeger II' combined sea/air search radar. The Active Electronically Scanned Array radar operates on botht eh x and l-bands of radar and has a low-probability of intercept capability. Designed to track air and ground targets at the same time, it can detect, track, and engage over 850 targets at once at a range in excess of 500 kilometers. It should also be noted that this radar is designed to be used with the 'Naval Net' battle system. The guns are provided with the Mark-VI fire-control radar and the 'Dueler' LADAR/LIDAR/IR/Optical search and track system controlled by the Mark-VII fire-control system. The Mark VII gathers all available data on a target and provide gunners with an optimized fire solution. Navigation is aided by the 'Swinger' Doppler navigation radar.

The ships underwater sensors are the GBS-8 bow-mounted sonar, 'Anaconda' tactical towed sonar array, and the Mk.IV active sonar array/sonar countermeasures system. These three systems, both active and passive, allow the Acolyte to find their submarine prey and launch ASROCs or any other weapon system available to the ship.

The ESD-V is an offensive/defensive electronic warfare suite that consists of jammers, scramblers, decoys, chaft, and early warning sensors. This coupled with the 'Sea Shield' anti-torpedo system and the Type 7 CIWS give the ship substantial protection against missile, torpedo, and naval artillery.

Aviation
The Acolyte has provisions for and hanger space for two medium-sized naval helicopters. It usually is equipped with a ASW helicopter and a Radar picket helicopter to extend the range of it's sensors and to give further lethality to the overall ship. However, this is not to say that cargo helicopters, UAVs, or even a VTOL fighter can not be operated from the ship due to the temperature resistance flightdeck.

Flight-II
The Flight-II of the Acolyte-Class started with the NAS Athens. The Athens had a few changes that drastically changed the designed. Flight-II was designed as a long range missile defense ship. As such, the X turret was removed in favor of a long-range, metric-wave search radar (range around 2000km) and the addition of a 6.75 megawatt High Output Theater Engagement Laser ('HOTEL'). The 'HOTEL' system took up so much space that the Hangar area was cut in half, and the tanks used to store aviation fuel for the helicopters were converted for chemical storage use. Also, a mini-hanger was constructed to house the laser projector; the projector is mounted on rails and can retract inside this hangar when not in use. However, this modification prevents the storage of helicopters but the flightdeck retains the capability of operating helicopters.

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Alpha-Class Attack Submarine (SSKN)

Class Leader: NAS Alpha Male
Classification: Attack Submarine (SSKN)
Cost: 2,000,000,000 (2 billion USD)

Length: 74 m
Beam: 9 m
Displacement:
-Surfaced: 3,300 tons
-Dived: 4,300 tons
Complement:
-32 (5 officers)

Propulsion:
-1x S3L Natural Circulation Reactor (150 MW)
-2x steam turbine (25,000 horsepower each)
-2x auxiliary diesels (500 hp each)
-1x pump-jet propulsor
Speeds:
-18 knots (Surfaced)
-40 knots (Submerged; Burst)
-25 knots (Submerged; Max silent speed)
Depth:
-800 m (Max safe diving depth)
-825m (Never-Exceed depth)
-975m (Crush depth)
Endurance:
-2 months stores for the crew

Armament:
-6x 650mm (25.6”) Torpedo Tubes
-20x 650mm torpedoes
-6x 650mm 'Sprint' tube-launched cruise missiles
Systems:
-'Mark V' photonics mast
-'Mark IV' photonics mast
-RSS-500 Surface Search/Nav Radar (LPI, I-band)
-RPA-II Hull Mounted Passive/Active Search/Attack Radar
-'Naval Net' Battle and Communication System
-SPR-VII Passive Ranging Sonar
-'Anaconda' Tactical Towed Sonar Array
-Mk.IV Active Sonar Array
-'Fiddler' Torpedo Countermeasures System


Abstract
The Alpha-class nuclear attack submarine, or 'Alpha Male'-class as it is nicknamed, is a state-of-the-art war machine designed by Underwater Design International; a subsidiary of Red Start Industries. It is to be one Akavar's newest patrol submarine used in coastal and blue-water operations. The design team was primarily concerned with the stealthiness of the design and it's lethality against other submarines and surface warships.

The submarine is a titanium double-hulled design. The light hull consists of a rubberized anechoic layer over top of a titanium plating. The pressure hull is a thicker layer of titanium backed by 6 inches of noise barrier material. The Alpha class has a few creature comforts such as a digital library and archived videos for viewing while off-duty. The crew works in three shifts with a 3:2 person to bunk ratio. This means that a sailor is on-duty for eight hours and off-duty for sixteen.

Weapons
The Alpha Male is equipped with six 650mm torpedo tubes and carries twenty 650mm torpedoes, and six 650mm 'Sprint' tube-launched cruise missiles. It was first considered equipping it with 533mm torpedoes, but it was decided that the more powerful 650mm torpedo would provide better offensive capabilities, despite being able to carry less torpedoes if equipped with 533mm ones.

The six 'Sprint' tube-launched cruise missiles are mounted in order to give the submarine a flexible, long range killing arm that can strike both land and sea targets. These missiles are capable of using nuclear warheads.

Systems
In order to perform it's designed role, the Alpha-class is fitted with advanced electronics that allow it to silently and effectively hunt down and kill it's prey.

The 'Mark V' photonics mast is a slightly bigger, non-stealth version of the 'Mark IV' mast. The ''Mark V' is equipped with the RSS-500 Surface Search and Navigational LPI Radar and the 'Mark IV' is shaped stealthy and constructed of RAM. Otherwise, both contain several high-resolution cameras with light-intensification and infrared sensors, an infrared laser rangefinder, an integrated Electronic Support Measures (ESM) array, and various satellite and radio transceivers in order to hook the sub in with the 'Naval Net'. Also equipped in the sail is a communication buoy that allows the sub to communicate while still staying far below the ocean waves. This information is feed to the control room via fiber optic data lines.

The Alpha-class comes equipped with many more active and passive sensors such as the RPA-II Hull Mounted Passive/Active Search/Attack Radar, the SPR-VII Passive Ranging Sonar, the 'Anaconda' Tactical Towed Sonar Array, and the Mk.IV Active Sonar Array. These provide a multi-system search capability that allows the submarine to find it's enemies in virtually any condition. The ships also carries countermeasures against torpedoes with the 'Fiddler' Torpedo Countermeasures System.

Propulsion
The Alpha-class come equipped with the S3L Natural Circulation Reactor rated at 150 MW of power, powering two steam turbines rated at 25,000 horsepower each. The turbines are connected to a single pump-jet propulsor. In the case of an emergency or power loss the submarine also has two auxiliary diesels rated at 500 hp each. All the machine areas of the submarine are lined with an extra 8 inches of noise barriers.