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Gingermanland steps out into the further stars [FT, Open]

Gingermanland
24-12-2007, 22:51
It was a dark morning, the sun had barely risen over the horizon. Gingermanland. A colony to some, an independant place of freedom to others. A half whispered rumour. The land of your dreams...

In truth, Gingermanland was a base of operations for mercenaries and their families. A large city was all that the moon had for 'habitation'. The city itself has divided into four small sections, each with a large dome 'bubble' to contain it from the airless environment outside, and a larger middle section. This middle part was complete with its own 'bubble' too, but also had a large tower. This tower reached many miles up, connecting at the top to a spaceport large enough to accomodate a sizeable fleet.

War. That was Gingermanland's main export. War was what founded the basic economy of the Taus sub sector. War was the hard currancy of Gingermanland's owners, Neo-Taus Armed Solutions. War was what was required to survive.

The only problem with this was the fact that Gingermanland was originally built as a trade outpost by Neo-Taus. It had many mercenaries under its employ, plus civilian staff in various 'admin' and 'support' roles. But the military hard end of it's capability was, to be frank, obsolescent.

The fleet was made up of decaying vessels little advanced from the first days of armed spacecraft. The footsoldiers themselves were armed with old solid round weapons, instead of new blaster technology. It was time for a change. Understanding that, to expand beyond the remote Taus system, and on to greater profits, the Neo-Taus Armed Solutions PMC, and it's Military capabilities, had to advance further. Right into the 23rd Century of technology.

The CEO looked at the report on his desk. Decked out in military style uniform, the 'ruler' [more like owner] of Gingermanland and the Neo-Taus PMC looked more like a commanding General than a businessman. In truth, he was both, and yet, neither. "Looks like there's no otherway around this, hmmm?" The man's voice was rasping, like an aged soldier who had seen many years of war, tired but still dutiful.

A younger 'soldier' stood at the otherside of the office, beneath the PMC's logo of a giant two-headed Lion rampant. His features were soft, as if he was barely Eighteen years old. "Yes sir, it's as the report suggests. It's perfectly fine to use antiquated technology if all we are doing is working with the various Taus factions, but if we really want to expand and because truely inter-galactic, we need to be competative. That means-"

"That means shelling out ALOT of money" the CEO retorted. "Listen, you're young, barely out of the 'cadamy, and full of spunk. I understand that your team of young lieutenants [pronounced leftenants in Gingermanland] are very qualified, but you're asking me, to put it bluntly, "give away" our yearly budget that we spend on the Paramilitary Department to some foreign sub-sector in order to "improve" and upgrade."

Bowing his head, 2nd lieutenant Franz Gilberd, a young eighteen year old with a Masters in Galactic Sector Business Studies, understood that his proposal was to be rejected. The CEO had hired him and a small group of his fellow graduate friends to work as his personal 'outlook' staff. They knew all along, from the moment they entered the Acadamy of Military Studies that he wouldn't chew their ideas.

"However.... I see it makes sense. I'm going to do it, son." A small smile appeared on the wrinkled skin of the CEO's face. Passing the report booklet across to the other side of the desk, he motioned to the young Franz to take it back. "Report to Commander General Fitzpatric, the head of the Procurement Department, and show him this report. I signed it last night after reading it, so don't worry about him not listening to you because of rank."

Saluting his superior, Franz struggled hard to hide his smile. The old man had agreed. The CEO believed in him. And now, he was about to tell a Commander General, a man incharge of a Division strength force, or in Fitzpatric's case, a whole Department, what he was going to do. This was a golden oppotunity for the Company, the Colony, and his own Career. The three C's....

[[[[[Attention all Private Military Arms Manufacturers. This is a broadcast from the Neo-Taus PMC Company, direct from it's HQ on the Gingermanland Colony.

We have requirements for a full overhaul of our ParaMilitary wing, including everything from large craft, right down to the most effective main arm issue for the ground troops. Our current yearly military budget is $949,986,868,194, Universal Standard Dollars 949.9 Billion [shorthand]. We are willing to grant very substantial funds to the bid that can offer us the most cost effective deal, while also making our force of 2.5 Million regular mercenaries as effective as our budget allows. This is Commander General Fitzpatric of the Department of Procurement, that is all....... End Transmission]]]]

[[OOC:]] Basically, I'm looking for someone to offer me a realistic 'all arms' package that will make full use of my Regular mercenaries, who represent the manpower strength of my Military as a whole, including both enlisted and officer personel, whatever role they fit in [I.E mechanic, naval gunner, pilot or G.I]. The money and the manpower is limited, hence why I put the information there. This is a bit of a challange, yes, but see if you're up to it. To help you, here's some things I DON'T need in this package:

Bases, Uniforms [not inc. body armour], logistics space craft [inc. refueling craft, large tanker craft e.c.t but not], spaceports or satellites, individual missiles and large munitions [I'd like to produce my own ammunition unless I HAVE to buy them off of you because you won't sell me production rights for the munitions], production rights for any space craft [I don't expect to be mass producing large battleships anytime soon!!] infact, I don't want ANY production rights for ANYTHING....EXCEPT: I do want production rights for any small arms AND for all munitions included in the package.

If you're still confused, tell me which part you're confused about and I'll try to clarify. Thank you!
Communistic Govts
25-12-2007, 22:16
The Ganoxian Armed Forces has a surplus of RK-92 Savage Class Arm Slaves (http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a287/GeneralZhukov3333/?action=view&current=SavageFighting.jpg)ready to be exported. Although the Savage has been outclassed by our most updated model the M9 Arbalest, it still can perform in excellent conditions. Due to advanced muscle packages the Savage can simulate human actions and thus become more maneuverable then other mechs. Weapons include the 40mm Assault Rifle, HEAT Hammer, or Mech Class Rocket Launcher. Weapons onboard are two 7.92mm chainguns mounted in the head of the unit. These units would make an excellent addition to any ground force. At the time the unit's production cost was estimated at around 35 million per unit.

Package of 1000x RK-92s, which includes the above mentioned weapons, can be sold at 20 billion. For production rights to the RK-92 and its weapons will cost an additional 80 billion.

Sincerely,
Troy Kiltias
Defense Minister of Ganoxa.
Amazonian Beasts
26-12-2007, 00:39
~Inbound Transmission~

Comm Frequency Zeta-65x

Greetings, Neo-Taus PMC Company!

We here at Dominion Armor Manufacturing specializing in a wide field of military-grade equipment, from standard infantry arms up to light spacecraft and shuttles. We see you are offering up to some of your 949 USD military budget on an upgraded package for a seemingly outdated military line. We're none to provide with substandard equipment, and while our prices may be higher than two-bit companies elsewhere, we will provide the best - the best - equipment you'll find that will remain flexible amongst your forces for decades to come.

A better question we from DAM should probaly ask first - would you be looking for a certain kind of package deal (for instance, DAM offers infantry, armor, general ground, support, space-faring, fighter, supply, etc.), or more specialized, individial products?

Please reply!

~Dominion Armor Manufacturing
Naggeroth
28-12-2007, 05:48
ftlcom/bb-12e4mm/s-47/c-0a
from: Julia McMarno, Raven Corporation Contract Negotiator
to: Commander General Fitzpatric of the Department of Procurement
subject: Reply-Updating Military Hardware
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Hello Commander General, I am Julia McMarno, a Contract Negotiator from Raven Corporation. I am sending this transmission in reply to the message [datafile-attached] you recently sent requesting an update in your military hardware in the most cost effeicient manner.

Raven Corporation can provide you anything from Spacecraft to Genetic Soldier Boosts. We have provided for many natons in the past, and are presently the Main Contractors for The Interstellar Empire of Naggeroth, who will vouch for the quality of our services.

First off, let us get down to Spaceforces. We have recently finished production on twelve Hades Class Crusiers. These vessels are designed to fit any need. They are fitted with Weapon Hardpoints, which means that you can have us fit them with whatever weapons you desire, and their Hanger Bays are designed to allow anything with the right size to fit in. Their Defences include point Defence, armouring and shields. Their Cargo Capacity is also very large, as they are capable of holding thousands of soldiers as standard and are able to hold tens of thousands for quick transportation. The Blueprints have been sent with this message. [datafile-attached]

To support these we are able to supply a full compliment of Small Craft for these vessels. These Small craft inclue Fighter units and Dropships and all are capable of multiple Atompshere Enteries and Exit. Fully sealed against Vaccum they are perfect for a variety of tasks.

Now, to the groundsloggers. We at Raven Corporation Believe that the Infantry are the most important part of any ground force. As such we believe each soldier must be the best he can be for the smallest cost possible. To this End Raven Corporation introduced Genetic Soldier Boosts. These can improve a soldiers strength by a factor of three, insure 20/20 vision, increase the hearing range by up to five thousand hurtz on either end of the scale and can decrease reaction times to 75 to 150 milliseconds. An improvement on The Immune System is also added to fight off wound infection.

As for equitment, Raven Corporation commonly gives the Mark IV Battlemaster Battlesuit. This suit incorporates a fully intergrated Heads Up Display, which shows all damage to the suit, can show friend/foe markers, has a short range Motiontracker (Radius of 15 Meters) links into the soldiers weapon to allow Target Assist. The suit itself has a torch with variable illumination levels, strength augumentation and speed augumentation. It offers protection from most small arms with a Reactive Energy Shield and Combat Hardsuit.

Finally we get to Infantry Weapons. These vary in design and purpose, so we will not go into great deal, but we can provide both energy and solid ammunition weapons as is required. We suggest using the IP Laser Rifle, as it is able to be used in a variety of enviroments, is easy for a soldier to maintain and means very little resupply is needed. The HG Rail Rifle also works well for combat zones where you are able to resupply positions or for quick missions where there is no need to for high level resupply.

As for payment, to fully equipt an army does not come cheap. We will require payment, however we are willing to cut the price subhstansually if you give Raven Corporation a few favours. Do not worry, they are rather mild. We ask the following:

Allow us to place Raven Corporation Logo on Everything we sell
Allow us to set up Raven Corporation Stores in your space
Grant Raven Corporation certine concessions when it comes to taxes on said stores.
As you hire soldiers out as Mercenaries, we ask you advertise Raven Corporation to your clients.


We feel these concessions should allow us to drop the price of this equitment production by 53.43%, giving you a surplus of money. We hope you choose to take Raven Corporton up on this offer, however if you only wish some of the concessions we can negotiate. You can contact me via this com-channel. I hope to hear from you.

Faithfully,
Julia McMarno.
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channel-open/s-47/c-0a
Communistic Govts
31-12-2007, 20:01
**bump**