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Following observed aircraft losses at locations such as Gardenia Base, the Grand Unified Federation of Perimeter Defense, Primary Research Services Administration, has designed a cheap but effective optical camouflage system, highly adaptable to virtually any small, fighter-type, fixed-wing aircraft design.

Based on both a construction base of metamaterials and electromagnetic spectrum transparency stealth, PRSA's Birdcloak™ kit provides effective optical concealment for fighter planes, towards a goal of lower visibility during dogfights, safer storage at airbases, and mostly unseen insertion and extraction for specific aircraft. In addition, the nature of the EMS transparency field reduces effectiveness of LIDAR detection on units equipped with Birdcloak™, adding an extra layer of stealth.

Limitations include artifacting and dark areas at extreme angles of incidence, due to the way photons interact with the materials involved. Also, EMS device overheats when assigned a very low refractive index setting for long periods of time.

Specifications:
Total Apparatus Weight: 14-18kg
Metamaterials: 9-13kg (dependent on surface area of aircraft)
Semi-permeable EMS field generator: 5kg
Size: (Metamaterial plates cover flight surfaces) EMS generator: 60x43x50 centimeters
Power Consumption: Idle (ground concealment, no motion): 300W. Active (movement) 1kW.
Operating Temperature: Between -56 degrees and 158 degrees Celsius.
Cost: $120,000 kit, $5,500 installation.

A separate device is available for rotary-wing aircraft.

Demonstrations:
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F-14 Tomcat with Birdcloak™

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P-51 Mustang duo with Birdcloak™; even old aircraft may use the system, but prop-driven ones must take elements from the rotary-wing kit.

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Birdcloak™ Rotary Edition. The idle state, shown here, is better for stationary units.

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Newsflash:
As proliferation of Birdcloak™ occurs across the nations, it is inevitable that two opposing nations may use it against each other. A cloaked DC-10 passenger craft out of Addison County was shot down by a similarly masked F/A-18 en route to Vargas Island airport. Passengers had paid an additional $90 fee for the cloaking property due to wartime issues. The civilian technology, however, while reproduced freely among nonmilitary groups, was downscaled by the government involved for obvious reasons, and the plane itself had no additional stealth implements. As a result, the F/A-18, on patrol at the time of detection, easily tracked the plane. The aircraft was trailed by the fighter until near the island, where it was shot down as a display of force.

Update: Now all buyers of the Rotary- and Fixed-Wing editions of Birdcloak™ receive Taloncloak™ stealth ordinance kit technology. A downscaled version of the EMS transparency device and special implements added, it can easily and cheaply be fitted onto most missiles or bombs. Further research may allow one to cloak ICBM's, but Birdcloak™ can be adapted for that purpose.

We are willing to pay $12 million dollars for production rights to this technology.

Regards,

Strategos Ralk

Production rights granted, Assigning systems integration and disseminating technologies involved to the United Arcologies. Please transfer funds within the week. Thank you for your patronage.

From: Ministry of Defence
Kingdom of Grasaland

We would like to purchase production rights for this technology for both rotary and fixed wing.

Thank You

What is the offer you will make for both? Rotary wing tech constitutes a slightly different technology. The additions may be compounded on top of the previous $12 million offer.

We are sending a total of $20 million to include fixed wing, and rotary wing aircraft both planes and helicopters. $2 million of the payment would be for helicopter research. We are beginning our own research on high altitude airships.

Thank you for your time.

Regards,

Strategos Ralk

OOC: A helicopter picture might be neat.

The Imperial Kingdom will pay 18 million dollars for domestic production rights and rights to further research and develop this technology

OOC: Yeah, a few problems with this. The first, and largest, is that metamaterials are water-soluable. This means that simple exposure to humidity in the air will degrade the stuff, making it not work. That, and the power consumption is going to be beyond that which most aircraft will be able to handle easily.

ooc:well seeing as I am slowly moving into FT....ill have "cloaking" technology anyways...and i can use this to be the spring board into that...also its NS...I no longer pay attention to anything thats Wanked...since pretty much everything on here already is...

What is the offer you will make for both? Rotary wing tech constitutes a slightly different technology. The additions may be compounded on top of the previous $12 million offer.

The Kingdom of Grasaland is offering $2.5 Billion for both the Rotary and Fixed Wing technology.

Ooo...The planes I got from DMG alread have similar tech,except more reliable....

IC: The Free Republic of OIly Prata will pay 3 billion USD for production rights for both systems

OOC: Also,did you use photoshop to do those pics? I've sen somthing familiar in a photography forum.

Dealthy Hallows Corp. (A Vanek'ian Corporation) will pay a sum of money agreeable to us both for production rights for rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft Birdcloaking devices.

OOC: Name the price.

OOC: The pictures are done using Vue 6 Infinite. I get some 3D models and change their material to glass. Also, I have been planning to make a helicopter picture, but I'm still thinking of what sort of scene I'd like to put the copter in.

Also, this is PMT. Note that the F-35A (without lift fan) already feeds 20mW. 1kW shouldn't be a problem :D If you're talking about the idle mode on the ground, we can include generators.

Finally, I use UNOBTANIUM metamaterials. Kidding! Really, seeing as the term itself is a category rather than a direct reference to any single material, I take liberties. *ponders really cool buckyballs*

IC:

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To Strategos Ralk:
Final offer accepted. Transferring schematics, applications, papers and research to sender now. Advise you read further papers on the matter as some of the original material is missing.

To Oily Prata:
Offer accepted. Please specify transfer point for technologies implicated. Secure location preferred, obviously, and electronic transference over secure channels is acceptable as well.

To Deathly Hallows Corp:
On top of a negotiable $25 million, seller wishes for buyer to cover the cost of transportation and security.

To Kingdom of Grasaland:
Renegotiate to $2.6 billion. Additional $100 million necessary for in-house adaptation of technologies to your aircraft.

To Imperial Kingdom:
Increase to $20 million. $2 million necessary to adapt rotary-wing tech.

OOC:

One...it cannot function as things like heat and flight would corrode it.
Two...Nice use of breaking the laws of physics. Godmodding isn't something that anyone should support.

Anyone using this is a cheater and a godmodder.

ooc: If you only knew the amount of things that already bend laws on NS...if your overly concerned with realism i suggest you not play NS anymore..like I said I'm using at as I move closer to FT...which is pretty much anything your imagination can come up with..

So, 25 million then? Plus S&H.... probably 35?

OOC:

One...it cannot function as things like heat and flight would corrode it.
Two...Nice use of breaking the laws of physics. Godmodding isn't something that anyone should support.

Anyone using this is a cheater and a godmodder.
Hardly. We already have metamaterials that can bend light around them, cloaking anything inside. While there's a few problems with using them as cloaking devices at the moment (they're entirely opaque, for one), combined with OLEDs, it should be reasonably feasible by PMT. Probably not going to do too much against RADAR, but perfectly acceptable for PMT optical stealth.

OOC: Well said. Also, AL, I made the limitations very clear on the start-up; it's hardly cheating and god-modding at all.
One more thing, when I said that I change the material of the models to glass, that's not quite right. I give them a custom refraction index based on idle or active states.
IC:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z157/Flatterland/opticopter.jpg
Birdcloak™ Rotary Edition. The idle state, shown here, is better for stationary units.

Deathly Hallows Corporation: That will be fine. $35 million. Although what mad distance covers $10 million is unknown to me.

PRSA releases today a free package with all buyers of BOTH Birdcloak™ Fixed and Rotary Editions. The Taloncloak™ package enables a producer to cloak missiles, using a highly downsized version of the EMS transparency device. While this may sound rather limited in usefulness, a visual evader of missiles will have a much more difficult time.

22 million has been wired to your account

Excellent. Thank you for your patronage. As a post-purchase bonus, you get technology for PRSA's Taloncloak™ ordinance optical stealth.

"To Kingdom of Grasaland:
Renegotiate to $2.6 billion. Additional $100 million necessary for in-house adaptation of technologies to your aircraft"

We will renegotiate to $2.6 Billion but will pay the $100 million if we can use the technology for our own use of research and improvement.

We will renegotiate to $2.6 Billion but will pay the $100 million if we can use the technology for our own use of research and improvement.

The package already includes those rights. Forgive me for not specifying. Also, as promised in the new statement, you get Taloncloak™ rights. Thank you for your patronage.

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z157/Flatterland/opticloakdeath.jpg
Newsflash:
As proliferation of Birdcloak™ occurs across the nations, it is inevitable that two opposing nations may use it against each other. A cloaked DC-10 passenger craft out of Addison County was shot down by a similarly masked F/A-18 en route to Vargas Island airport. Passengers had paid an additional $90 fee for the cloaking property due to wartime issues. The civilian technology, however, while reproduced freely among nonmilitary groups, was downscaled by the government involved for obvious reasons, and the plane itself had no additional stealth implements. As a result, the F/A-18, on patrol at the time of detection, easily tracked the plane. The aircraft was trailed by the fighter until near the island, where it was shot down as a display of force.

Reports indicate that another incident at Carmina Base have resulted in large-scale losses of terrestrial vehicles. PRSA is now researching TIGERCLOAK (prototypical code) for low-power draw vehicle optical camouflage. Stay tuned to International Incidents News for more details.