Yanitaria
19-07-2008, 09:04
Objet: 42 "Héros" Undergarments
Ob42 "Héros"
History
During operations on the island of Sétif by both Special Forces and Foreign Legionnaires, many short comings in the standard issue cotton polyester blend of underwear used by all Yanitarian forces became deadly apparent. In the first day, 20 burn victims, civilian, and Yanitarian, were treated throughout the city of Mers-El-Kébir, where their polyester underwear had literally melted, fusing itself to the patients skin. While all but three of the victims survived, doctors immediately recognized that the current underwear was unacceptable for military use.
Furthermore, the "capillary action" of the cloth required the undergarments stay extremely close to the skin to be effective. However because many soldiers chose to wear their hydration back packs directly on their skin while it was still cool, five soldiers succumbed to heat stroke as the water warmed and their shirts were unable to absorb the sweat to dissipate it.
Similarly on the frigid colony of Okhotsk, prison guards and troops stationed the naval station competing in weekly sports competitions often suffered hypothermia as their sweat was unable to evaporate adequately be moved away from their skin.
The Yanitarian Royal Army and the Royal Navy put out a joint tender on the one week anniversary for a versatile line of undergarments and balaclavas that perform well in hot and cold weather, absorb sweat and allows it to dissipate away from the skin, is flame retardant, and IR resistant. For this new wonder underwear, ten companies from various nations and twelve from Yanitaria submitted designs and bids. However, during testing, most immediately failed.
However, one late comer, the small, private Yanitarian company, Lillehammer Undertøy, owned by Kari Svendsen, put forth a promising group of samples. Of course her company did not have the capability to make the clothing IR resistant, however she had recently upgraded much of her shop, allowing her to produce wickered fabric, and treating it to be hydrophilic rather than hydrophobic.
Due to the firm's relative lack of renown, Yanitarian Arms will also add Ob42 undergarments for export via their catalog.
Design
The first process that all of the polyester fabric goes through is a special knitting machine that sonicly fuses two layers of "wicker weave" cloth, leaving air pockets. The under layer is relatively looser, allowing it to draw in the moisture initially, before transferring it to the second layer. The second layer, more tightly woven, draws the moisture from the looser fabric, holding it to allow heat to naturally evaporate the moisture. Because of this unique design, the clothing does not need to be in contact with the skin, and allows the cloth to keep a soldier cold or warm, depending on the weather. Additionally, the cloth can vary in thickness in order to work more efficiently in colder weather.
Of course, the fabric must be then put through Aquatech treatment, which fundamentally changes the properties of the molecule, rearranging it into a weaved lattice pattern in order to create a fabric that is hydrophilic.
Afterwards, the fabric is treated with a sythetic compound in order to suppress flames. However the fabric still burns, and this is unavoidable. However, the advantage lays in the fact that as it burns, it does not melt like regular polyester, and unlike acrylic coatings, does not create toxic fumes. This means that burn patients will not have to have their underwear surgically removed. Combined with the fact that it is not as flammable as cotton or conventional polyesters, it is clearly superior in this aspect.
Finally, a ceramic powder made of zirconium, magnesium oxide, and iron oxide, is applied, that allows the cloth to suppress infrared light. However, this step is largely optional, and it is expected that the Royal Navy will not include this feature in order to save on costs.
In Layman's Terms
The fabric has two layers, that subsequently draw moisture from the body and the air under the clothing into the top layer. There, the water either evaporates, taking heat with it, or blocks the heat inside. The fabric is also given two treatments, one to make it flame resistant, and to make sure that it doesn't melt or release toxic gas, and one that suppresses the reflection of IR light, making it harder for the fabric to be seen on IR vision. The fabric comes in various thicknesses in order to work efficiently in different environments.
The Clothes
The Royal Army and Navy have devised a semi-complicated naming system that allows the wearer to identify the type of garment, fabric, and what treatment it's gone through.
Clothing Types:
T1- Balaclava
T2- "Union suit" one piece underwear with long sleeves and legs, and a back hatch, for extremely cold environments with no indoor plumbing.
T3- Long Sleeved Shirt
T3S- Short Sleeved shirt
T4- under pants, with long legs, similar to the bottom half of a union suit, except with no back hatch.
T5- "Pantalon de héros," boxers
T5P- "Pantalon de poisson" briefs
T6- A pair of socks
T7- Sports Bra
T8- Battle Thong (F1 and S5 fabrics only)
Fabrics:
F1- The lightest possible fabric that is still opaque, silky to the touch. Meant for day to day civilian and peace time use. IR treatment is generally unavailable for this fabric.
F2- Light weight fabric, suitable for extremely hot environments as well as colder climates.
F3- Mid weight fabric, combining the best all around comfort.
F4- The heaviest fabric, suitable for extreme cold, but not as versatile in hotter climates.
S5- Special fabric, made thin enough to be sheer, and extremely soft. Not recommended for military use. Treatments are not available for this fabric type.
Treatments:
R- Flame Retardant
+- IR suppressive
Therefore, a pair of flame retardant, infrared suppressive boxers using mid-weight fabric would be designated "Ob42-T5-F3-R+"
Colors are not specified in the designation system, however they are available in
-Olive Drab
-Black
-Brown
-Grey
-White
-Hot Pink
-Leopard Print
Care
Items are machine washable, however, IR resistant items should be allowed to air dry. Non IR resistant items may be machine dried. Items are guaranteed not to shrink, or we will completely refund the price of the garment
Pricing
In order to figure out the pricing of an item, follow this formula:
Type of clothing price x Fabric number (for F1 fabric, it'd be "1") + 10 (for R) + 10 (for +)
Of course, Flame retardant and Infrared suppressive treatments are optional, and may be omitted is specified.
Clothing type prices:
T1- $5
T2- $30
T3- $10
T4- $20
T5- $10
T5P- $5
T6- $5
T7- $5
T8- $3
Be sure to calculate correctly, as any discrepancy will result in your order being rejected.
However, should you choose, for $500mn dollar investment, Lillehammer Undertøy will build a single factory inside your nations boarders, hiring labour domestically, and will directly fill orders to your military and civilian market, often reducing the price of shipping, and sometimes of labor (although not always). A country may choose to invest in as many factories as it chooses. Private investments are also accepted.
OOC: I know that Balaclavas are not underwear, STFU.
Ob42 "Héros"
History
During operations on the island of Sétif by both Special Forces and Foreign Legionnaires, many short comings in the standard issue cotton polyester blend of underwear used by all Yanitarian forces became deadly apparent. In the first day, 20 burn victims, civilian, and Yanitarian, were treated throughout the city of Mers-El-Kébir, where their polyester underwear had literally melted, fusing itself to the patients skin. While all but three of the victims survived, doctors immediately recognized that the current underwear was unacceptable for military use.
Furthermore, the "capillary action" of the cloth required the undergarments stay extremely close to the skin to be effective. However because many soldiers chose to wear their hydration back packs directly on their skin while it was still cool, five soldiers succumbed to heat stroke as the water warmed and their shirts were unable to absorb the sweat to dissipate it.
Similarly on the frigid colony of Okhotsk, prison guards and troops stationed the naval station competing in weekly sports competitions often suffered hypothermia as their sweat was unable to evaporate adequately be moved away from their skin.
The Yanitarian Royal Army and the Royal Navy put out a joint tender on the one week anniversary for a versatile line of undergarments and balaclavas that perform well in hot and cold weather, absorb sweat and allows it to dissipate away from the skin, is flame retardant, and IR resistant. For this new wonder underwear, ten companies from various nations and twelve from Yanitaria submitted designs and bids. However, during testing, most immediately failed.
However, one late comer, the small, private Yanitarian company, Lillehammer Undertøy, owned by Kari Svendsen, put forth a promising group of samples. Of course her company did not have the capability to make the clothing IR resistant, however she had recently upgraded much of her shop, allowing her to produce wickered fabric, and treating it to be hydrophilic rather than hydrophobic.
Due to the firm's relative lack of renown, Yanitarian Arms will also add Ob42 undergarments for export via their catalog.
Design
The first process that all of the polyester fabric goes through is a special knitting machine that sonicly fuses two layers of "wicker weave" cloth, leaving air pockets. The under layer is relatively looser, allowing it to draw in the moisture initially, before transferring it to the second layer. The second layer, more tightly woven, draws the moisture from the looser fabric, holding it to allow heat to naturally evaporate the moisture. Because of this unique design, the clothing does not need to be in contact with the skin, and allows the cloth to keep a soldier cold or warm, depending on the weather. Additionally, the cloth can vary in thickness in order to work more efficiently in colder weather.
Of course, the fabric must be then put through Aquatech treatment, which fundamentally changes the properties of the molecule, rearranging it into a weaved lattice pattern in order to create a fabric that is hydrophilic.
Afterwards, the fabric is treated with a sythetic compound in order to suppress flames. However the fabric still burns, and this is unavoidable. However, the advantage lays in the fact that as it burns, it does not melt like regular polyester, and unlike acrylic coatings, does not create toxic fumes. This means that burn patients will not have to have their underwear surgically removed. Combined with the fact that it is not as flammable as cotton or conventional polyesters, it is clearly superior in this aspect.
Finally, a ceramic powder made of zirconium, magnesium oxide, and iron oxide, is applied, that allows the cloth to suppress infrared light. However, this step is largely optional, and it is expected that the Royal Navy will not include this feature in order to save on costs.
In Layman's Terms
The fabric has two layers, that subsequently draw moisture from the body and the air under the clothing into the top layer. There, the water either evaporates, taking heat with it, or blocks the heat inside. The fabric is also given two treatments, one to make it flame resistant, and to make sure that it doesn't melt or release toxic gas, and one that suppresses the reflection of IR light, making it harder for the fabric to be seen on IR vision. The fabric comes in various thicknesses in order to work efficiently in different environments.
The Clothes
The Royal Army and Navy have devised a semi-complicated naming system that allows the wearer to identify the type of garment, fabric, and what treatment it's gone through.
Clothing Types:
T1- Balaclava
T2- "Union suit" one piece underwear with long sleeves and legs, and a back hatch, for extremely cold environments with no indoor plumbing.
T3- Long Sleeved Shirt
T3S- Short Sleeved shirt
T4- under pants, with long legs, similar to the bottom half of a union suit, except with no back hatch.
T5- "Pantalon de héros," boxers
T5P- "Pantalon de poisson" briefs
T6- A pair of socks
T7- Sports Bra
T8- Battle Thong (F1 and S5 fabrics only)
Fabrics:
F1- The lightest possible fabric that is still opaque, silky to the touch. Meant for day to day civilian and peace time use. IR treatment is generally unavailable for this fabric.
F2- Light weight fabric, suitable for extremely hot environments as well as colder climates.
F3- Mid weight fabric, combining the best all around comfort.
F4- The heaviest fabric, suitable for extreme cold, but not as versatile in hotter climates.
S5- Special fabric, made thin enough to be sheer, and extremely soft. Not recommended for military use. Treatments are not available for this fabric type.
Treatments:
R- Flame Retardant
+- IR suppressive
Therefore, a pair of flame retardant, infrared suppressive boxers using mid-weight fabric would be designated "Ob42-T5-F3-R+"
Colors are not specified in the designation system, however they are available in
-Olive Drab
-Black
-Brown
-Grey
-White
-Hot Pink
-Leopard Print
Care
Items are machine washable, however, IR resistant items should be allowed to air dry. Non IR resistant items may be machine dried. Items are guaranteed not to shrink, or we will completely refund the price of the garment
Pricing
In order to figure out the pricing of an item, follow this formula:
Type of clothing price x Fabric number (for F1 fabric, it'd be "1") + 10 (for R) + 10 (for +)
Of course, Flame retardant and Infrared suppressive treatments are optional, and may be omitted is specified.
Clothing type prices:
T1- $5
T2- $30
T3- $10
T4- $20
T5- $10
T5P- $5
T6- $5
T7- $5
T8- $3
Be sure to calculate correctly, as any discrepancy will result in your order being rejected.
However, should you choose, for $500mn dollar investment, Lillehammer Undertøy will build a single factory inside your nations boarders, hiring labour domestically, and will directly fill orders to your military and civilian market, often reducing the price of shipping, and sometimes of labor (although not always). A country may choose to invest in as many factories as it chooses. Private investments are also accepted.
OOC: I know that Balaclavas are not underwear, STFU.