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17-05-2007, 02:11
Name: The United Martian States
Shortened Name: UMS
Territory: Northern areas of the planet Mars, based near the poles for easier water access.
Total Area: 876,236 km sq.
Government Type: Democracy, mostly based on that of the United States of America's.
Capital: Red City, a metropolis that was the first colony city and is also the largest city.
Current Leader: President Vincent Greogy. (Vice-President: Jacqueline D'Mood)
Currency: Martian Dollar
Population: 230 Million
Official Languages: English, French, and Spanish. Other languages are up for debate.
Technology: The UMS has made impressive leaps in the fields of spaceship propulsion, biomedicine, information technology, and shield technology. In general, they are not overly technological, but more than capable of holding their own against the other nations.
History: The UMS was formed with the first colonies of the USA on the planet Mars. There was initially many hardships, with people not wanting to leave their home world, the difficulties of living in such a hostile environment, and much more. However, people began to leave to the colonies in droves as the precursor to the Dark Times, the War on Terror, heated up and life on earth became darker and less attractive. There was also a push for people to realize that this was a whole new oppertunity, a new start, a new world to shape. Finally, the Dark Times erupted with the nuclear blast, and the colonies, opressed and extorted to feed the War on Terror, declared independence and in a cooridinated strike, took out the Liberty Alliance forces stationed on the world.
From there, the difficulty faced by the colonists was enormous. No shipments could come in with supplies, so they were forced to survive on what little there was from the bare bones shipments from earth before the Dark Times. It looked like the colonies would implode and die from lack of supplies, but then a series of caves was found beneath the planet's surface. Reports are sketchy, but as it turned out, the tunnels were perfect for growing food and plants for medicine. The tunnels also had many resources that could be drilled to easily and the colonists soon were able to support themselves and build up. A system of defenses, including EM shields and orbital defense platforms were constructed as the nation built up in preparation to return to the world and face whatever challanges there were.
Military:
Active: 2%
Reserve: .5%
Voluntary service, but heavily encouraged as a duty to the nation.
Branches-
Air Force-Handles air combat and air defense. Flies ground based space fighters and atmospheric bound craft.
Army-Self explanatory, it handles ground combat on other worlds, but not defense of Mars itself or the use of Mechgear.
Mechgear Corps-The branch of the military that uses multipurpose humanoid Mechgear technology.
Navy-Like the original navy, it handles combat on the oceans. As Mars cannot safely hold a naval presence on Earth at this time, and there are no significantly large bodies of water on the Red Planet, the navy is the least funded and least used portion of the Martian Armed Forces.
Space Navy-The Space Navy is responsible for the operation and deployment of Martian military spacecraft throughout the solar system and beyond. It is the most often used branches, and thus has the biggest budget and freedom.
Marines-The Marines are now a special force that's objective is to use rapid deployment from the Space Navy to arrive at destinations quickly and seize control of the situation quickly. Their rapid deployment policies are beggining to replace the Army's "slow and steady" missions.
Mars Defense Force-This branch of the Martian military is composed of a combination of all the other branches and is used to defend Martian soil from invasions. It is the most advanced and well-funded branch of the entire Martian Armed Forces, due to Mars' current worries about an attempted reclaim by the Liberty Alliance. Also, there are recent reports about individuals developing and manifesting various advanced abilities, mainly, but not limited to, psychic abilities and enhanced physical performance.
Military Technology- The main weapon of the Martian Armed Forces is a variant of the Railgun, Coilgun, or Gauss Rifle. Lasers have been deemed to energy-costly to be practical, so instead the energy that would have been wasted on laser or plasma weaponry is generally used for things like increased accuracy, performance, or on vehicles, EM shielding. Railguns are mounted on spacecraft, with their high power and speed being very effective in space combat. Coilguns are mounted on tanks and aircraft, being better at lower levels. Gauss Rifles are used for infantry weaponry in all the forms one would expect, i.e. Assault Rifles, Shotguns, Sniper Rifles, Handguns, etc. In general, Martian weaponry and vehicles tend to have powerful electronics, allowing good communication, targeting, performance, and ability. All weapons, vehicles, and troops are united through technology, turning the battlefield into a digital warzone. Nanotechnology has also been developed that allows for self-repairing weapons, vehicles, and soldiers. What nanobots can't heal on the battlefield, cloned limbs, skin and organs do for wounded troops. AI is used to increased targeting ability, and volunteers can get cybernetic limbs, although cybernetic technology on Mars is far from that of the Cybran Nation. Powered armor is used regularly, but in limited forms with armor that reallignes to better take blows and to let soldiers carry heavier weaponry. Some units have more impressive power armor, but it doesn't go on constantly.
Magblades- An interesting application of magnetic technology, a magblade is a sword-based weapon with a series of magnetic projectors built into the blade. The projectors create a magnetic field around the weapon that rapidly shifts its polarity, allowing it to alternately push and pull as it slices, cutting through metal and armor easily. The magnetic energy is also capable of cutting through flesh quite quickly.
Mechgear- A crowning achievement of Mars is a special technology known as Mechgear. A suit of Mechgear is about 11 feet tall, with variations, and is shaped like a humanoid, with obvious limbs and a head. The user sits in the center of the machine, controlling it through neural interface. The armor is generally equipped with weaponry mimicking that of an infantry trooper, but on the power scale of a tank. There are interesting weapon variations, such as energy weaponry (one of the few times it is used by the UMS), magblades, and more. Mechgear can be equipped with "dashing machines" that can rapidly propel the suit forward or with wings or anti-grav to fly.
(More to come.)
Shortened Name: UMS
Territory: Northern areas of the planet Mars, based near the poles for easier water access.
Total Area: 876,236 km sq.
Government Type: Democracy, mostly based on that of the United States of America's.
Capital: Red City, a metropolis that was the first colony city and is also the largest city.
Current Leader: President Vincent Greogy. (Vice-President: Jacqueline D'Mood)
Currency: Martian Dollar
Population: 230 Million
Official Languages: English, French, and Spanish. Other languages are up for debate.
Technology: The UMS has made impressive leaps in the fields of spaceship propulsion, biomedicine, information technology, and shield technology. In general, they are not overly technological, but more than capable of holding their own against the other nations.
History: The UMS was formed with the first colonies of the USA on the planet Mars. There was initially many hardships, with people not wanting to leave their home world, the difficulties of living in such a hostile environment, and much more. However, people began to leave to the colonies in droves as the precursor to the Dark Times, the War on Terror, heated up and life on earth became darker and less attractive. There was also a push for people to realize that this was a whole new oppertunity, a new start, a new world to shape. Finally, the Dark Times erupted with the nuclear blast, and the colonies, opressed and extorted to feed the War on Terror, declared independence and in a cooridinated strike, took out the Liberty Alliance forces stationed on the world.
From there, the difficulty faced by the colonists was enormous. No shipments could come in with supplies, so they were forced to survive on what little there was from the bare bones shipments from earth before the Dark Times. It looked like the colonies would implode and die from lack of supplies, but then a series of caves was found beneath the planet's surface. Reports are sketchy, but as it turned out, the tunnels were perfect for growing food and plants for medicine. The tunnels also had many resources that could be drilled to easily and the colonists soon were able to support themselves and build up. A system of defenses, including EM shields and orbital defense platforms were constructed as the nation built up in preparation to return to the world and face whatever challanges there were.
Military:
Active: 2%
Reserve: .5%
Voluntary service, but heavily encouraged as a duty to the nation.
Branches-
Air Force-Handles air combat and air defense. Flies ground based space fighters and atmospheric bound craft.
Army-Self explanatory, it handles ground combat on other worlds, but not defense of Mars itself or the use of Mechgear.
Mechgear Corps-The branch of the military that uses multipurpose humanoid Mechgear technology.
Navy-Like the original navy, it handles combat on the oceans. As Mars cannot safely hold a naval presence on Earth at this time, and there are no significantly large bodies of water on the Red Planet, the navy is the least funded and least used portion of the Martian Armed Forces.
Space Navy-The Space Navy is responsible for the operation and deployment of Martian military spacecraft throughout the solar system and beyond. It is the most often used branches, and thus has the biggest budget and freedom.
Marines-The Marines are now a special force that's objective is to use rapid deployment from the Space Navy to arrive at destinations quickly and seize control of the situation quickly. Their rapid deployment policies are beggining to replace the Army's "slow and steady" missions.
Mars Defense Force-This branch of the Martian military is composed of a combination of all the other branches and is used to defend Martian soil from invasions. It is the most advanced and well-funded branch of the entire Martian Armed Forces, due to Mars' current worries about an attempted reclaim by the Liberty Alliance. Also, there are recent reports about individuals developing and manifesting various advanced abilities, mainly, but not limited to, psychic abilities and enhanced physical performance.
Military Technology- The main weapon of the Martian Armed Forces is a variant of the Railgun, Coilgun, or Gauss Rifle. Lasers have been deemed to energy-costly to be practical, so instead the energy that would have been wasted on laser or plasma weaponry is generally used for things like increased accuracy, performance, or on vehicles, EM shielding. Railguns are mounted on spacecraft, with their high power and speed being very effective in space combat. Coilguns are mounted on tanks and aircraft, being better at lower levels. Gauss Rifles are used for infantry weaponry in all the forms one would expect, i.e. Assault Rifles, Shotguns, Sniper Rifles, Handguns, etc. In general, Martian weaponry and vehicles tend to have powerful electronics, allowing good communication, targeting, performance, and ability. All weapons, vehicles, and troops are united through technology, turning the battlefield into a digital warzone. Nanotechnology has also been developed that allows for self-repairing weapons, vehicles, and soldiers. What nanobots can't heal on the battlefield, cloned limbs, skin and organs do for wounded troops. AI is used to increased targeting ability, and volunteers can get cybernetic limbs, although cybernetic technology on Mars is far from that of the Cybran Nation. Powered armor is used regularly, but in limited forms with armor that reallignes to better take blows and to let soldiers carry heavier weaponry. Some units have more impressive power armor, but it doesn't go on constantly.
Magblades- An interesting application of magnetic technology, a magblade is a sword-based weapon with a series of magnetic projectors built into the blade. The projectors create a magnetic field around the weapon that rapidly shifts its polarity, allowing it to alternately push and pull as it slices, cutting through metal and armor easily. The magnetic energy is also capable of cutting through flesh quite quickly.
Mechgear- A crowning achievement of Mars is a special technology known as Mechgear. A suit of Mechgear is about 11 feet tall, with variations, and is shaped like a humanoid, with obvious limbs and a head. The user sits in the center of the machine, controlling it through neural interface. The armor is generally equipped with weaponry mimicking that of an infantry trooper, but on the power scale of a tank. There are interesting weapon variations, such as energy weaponry (one of the few times it is used by the UMS), magblades, and more. Mechgear can be equipped with "dashing machines" that can rapidly propel the suit forward or with wings or anti-grav to fly.
(More to come.)