NationStates Jolt Archive

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March 23rd, 2028

sevral years ago, shortly after the development of interstellar travel, a large portion of the people of Raysia began migrating from Earth to accellerate the growth of a colony on a planet that came to be known as Zarahemla. During this time, the population shifted, gradually at first, then dramatically. Eager to escape all the politics and conflicts of Earth, the Corporate Nation of Raysia had found its new home, and the population began to flock by the hundreds of millions per year. The Raysians became colonizers, opening new planets for real estate, and providing their communities as rest stops for interstellar travellers between Earth and the Galactic Core Worlds, Zarahemla being one of them.

With her earthly military bases relatively abandoned, and most of the major cities annexed by neighboring nations, an expedition from the Raysian Aerospace Marine Force arrives, in order to replenish military stockpiles and national defense with up-to-date technology.

The Kryptonite and the Kumen-class vessels, both 1st-edition vessels in a line of craft wielding breakthough technologies such as the VILE drive, are delivered to the remainder of the now-small nationstate of only 350,000,000 people. This being just the first installment, the primary objective of the expedition is to simply see to what degree the military needs to be upgraded... some technologies being old enough to still be considered late-20th century tech level.

The Earthly nation of Raysia remains it's Terran Outpost, and is the head of international relations. Most of the people live relatively quiet lives, not causing too much trouble, but offering plenty of service to their neighboring nations. They peddle weapons and military vessels as their primary means of income and major exports.


OOC Notes: My storefront is waaay out of date, I'll be fixing it up soon, but if you'd like to see some of Earth-Raysia's tech, check out the old storefront: http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/rmtdex.htm

The generic history of what's happened in the last some-odd years since I've been gone has fairly been stated here, as a summary of what took place under my other nation, the Capsule Corporation. I have simply chosen to resurrect this Nation, combining the IC stories of both, and placing it on a smaller timeline.

Raysia, as far as Earth is concerned, operates at a Modern Technology level, its products being a synthesis of currently (2008) available technology.

However, due to a few technological breakthroughs (miracle grow agents ;) ) the nation is able to interact pangalactically.
Raysia posesses futuristic power sources (organic zero-point energy), Futuristic Propulsion Systems (Virtual vacuum [VILE] drive), Interstellar FTL Systems (Transactory Fold Drive), Beam Weaponry, and Shielding Technology... the basic necessities. The before mentioned technologies are easily suspended in RP with other modern nations when and if someone wishes to RP with this nation.

Any questions? Cuz I'm Back y'all!

Raysian Advanced Technologies and Vehicles

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Organic Zero-Point Cells [OZP Cells]:
http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/cellularzeropoint.jpg

After learning about Zero-Point energy from the research of other nations across the Galaxy, Raysia determined to create its own version, in a scalable form. With these cells, harvested and controlled, energy can be generated at nearly e=mc^2 levels. OZP Cells were genetically engineered to break down the atoms inside of their fuel supply at the subatomic level, squeezing the energy out of the components towards the once-thought-fictional zero-point energy level, and channeling it towards a circuit or sea of other cells. This technology can potentially power nano-scale technology, and currently powers (grouped in large control chambers) even large starships.

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Transactory Fold Drive:

The simplest explanation of this technology is that when travelling through space, at any velocity, energy is used over time to accellerate the ship to speed, and then decellerate at the destination. Simplest explanation is space travel is a product of time, accelleration to speed, distance, efficiencey, decelleration... equalling energy spent. This can easily be likened to getting a loan with an obsurd interest rate... because one can not afford to pay a large price at once, he must take out a loan and pay over time. Space travel at any sublight speed is horribly inefficient, and would be like paying upwards of 500,000% interest on such a loan, and being able to only touch upon the minimum payment while taking years to ever get the principle paid off. So, in order to get around this, Raysian Scientists theorized that one could simply satisfy the "up front price" with a simple transaction of energy, and instead of travelling from point a to point b, the universe simply accepts the payment of energy, and you are no longer at point a, but are now at point b... the concept of "travel" becoming unnecessary.

After initial testing and proving of the concept, the Transactory Space Fold Drive is integrated into a ship's Barrier systems, allowing a bubble for the energy to offer itself to what has easily been dubbed "The Law," meaning the laws of the universe, that must be fulfilled. The energy requirement is paid in full, and the universe must comply by granting the ship's request in return for its sacrifice of energy.

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Virtual Vacuum Propulsion [VILE] Drive:

Another relatively simply explained technology. Airplane propellers, Wings, helicopter rotors, all create lift or thrust by creating a low-pressure area on top, and a high-pressure area underneath. The combination of a "sucking action" pulling up, and a motion of air thrown away from the body beneath, create a force, moving the body in a relative direction... That's an over-simplification, but it applies adequately when describing the VILE Drive.

The VILE system uses a one-way force field, Causing air on one side to act and flow as if it were against a vacuum... like blowing a hole in the side of an airplane or spacecraft. The air, as according to its standing directive, flows quickly from high pressure to low pressure. Upon reaching the other side, it realizes that it is in face -not- in a vacuum, but a high pressure zone, and throws itself away from the field. This Virtual Vacuum creates suction at up to -14psi, and also propelling exhaust opposite.

Turned into a propulsion device, the VILE Drive is capable of very efficient subsonic speeds, and can easily be used to create lift or thrust. The Drive, properly ducted and vented, can take the place of impractically large rotors, propellers, wings, and lifting envelopes as found in airships.

In examples like the Kryptonite-Class, the VILE system can be used to defy gravity, creating a flow of air around the ship allowing it to stay buoyant in the atmosphere at up to 50,000 feet.

The VILE Drive can in fact be used in any fluid environment (ie: air, water, etc.), but not in space, as there is no noteworthy fluid in the vacuum of space. Ion Drives or rocket motors are needed in order to maneuver in space. However, in certain systems, like on the Kumen, the VILE drives can be easily reconfigured into a type of Ion Engine, given a limited fuel source to use as a projected exhaust.

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RA-X18 Kumen:

http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/kumenawesomeviews.jpg

SPECIFICATIONS SUMMARY:
CREW: 1 PILOT, 1 GUNNER
LENGTH: 28m
DRY WEIGHT: 50 TONS
MAX TAKEOFF WEIGHT: 125 TONS
CARGO CAPACITY: 12.6m x 2.5m x 3.3m
POWERPLANT: CELL-ZERO CONTROL CHAMBER
PROPULSION: VIRTUAL-VACUUM DRIVE SYSTEM [VILE]
BEST ENVIRONMENT:
LOW-ALTITUDE ATMOSPHERE
TOP VILE SPEED: MACH 0.95
OTHER AREAS OF FULL OPERATION:
ANY FLUID ENVIRONMENT
TRANSATMOSPHERIC OPERATIONS:
3 MINUTES WORTH OF HYPERGOLIC ROCKET FUEL
VACUUM OPERATIONS:
WITH ONBOARD FUEL SUPPLY,
VILE ACTS AS ION ENGINE SYSTEM
ARMAMENT:
4 DUAL 30MM CANNONS
2 RAIL CANNONS [2kg x 10,000m/s]
6 MISSILE HARDPOINTS

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Kryptonite-Class Foldship

http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/kryptvilecruise.jpg
[Cruise Mode]

http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/kryptvileassault.jpg
[Assault Mode]

Length: 810 meters
Crew: 300 Crew, 327 Mechanics, 48 Pilots, up to 2500 Marines, and 3 central AI, one

for mechanical, one for weaponry, and one for information.
Powerplant: 4 OZP Control Chambers
FTL Drives: Raysian Mk I Transactory Fold Drive
Propulsion: VILE Drives, Heavy Ion Engines.
Operational Environments: Space, Air, Any Fluid Environment.
Docking Capabilities: 48 Kumen-Class Gunships, Hangar Entrances are armored with doors, and are located on the inside of either hull.
Cargo Capacity: Fighter bays can be converted with ease.
Weapons: 18 Mk II EM Cannons (Typical Rail Load: 100km/s x200kg [Reversable]) [an additional Turret-mounted EM Cannon is concealed in the side of each hull],
80 Turret-Mounted Beam Cannons [Concealable],
6 Heavy Beam Cannons (Forward firing).
Defenses: A very thick Liquidmetal armor, and a Heavy Barrier System

OOC Note on Capsule Corporation:

I was once known as Capsule Corporation... and essentially, all my interactions within the ESUS nations will be the same, they have just been compacted to a shorter time-frame. The Corporate Nation of Raysia is still headquartered on the planet Zarahemla, like Capsule Corporation was... but it is a lot younger at Interstellar Relations. We are still planet brokers and technology developers, but any RP relations with Capsule will not be translated over to Raysia.

basically, we're Capsule, but we're not...? We own all that Capsule (still) owns. Any of you that annexed territory are fine, just keep me up to date, and there's still plenty of room on Zarahemla for me to have about 1 Billion of my people living there.

We are overjoyed to see our long time allies re-emerge to the international scene.

If there is anything that Raysia needs, do not hesitate to ask us.

Tsar Xavier Alexeitovich Andropov II

OOC:

Since it hasn't been posted in years, and is no doubt lost in the forums, here is the map of Raysian Territory, on this map labeled under Capsule Corporation

http://www.bateshome.com/jordan/ccmap.jpg

And I don't know what else to put up really.. that's all the major things to post right now.

I'll work on overhauling the website with current tech.