NationStates Jolt Archive

In response to recent events, MI has decided to make it's extensive storefront open to the Universe at large! To make things easier for you, the customer, we can keep all transactions completely anonymous, and will split up each section into groups and sub-groups.

Can I get discounts?
Of course you can! Any group, or even any individual, who has made at least three, separate purchases, is given a silver members' card, and gets a ten percent discount on anything he/she/it buys!

Any other discounts?
Of course! Any nation that makes at least two purchases a month gets a gold members card, and a fifteen percent discount*! If you do your own math, that's another five percent, and any purchases over three million Tiosles is another 5 percent off! If you buy here long enough, you may get a platinum members card, in which case you can buy the item for only 10% more then it's production costs!

*Does not stack with three separate purchases, or with vampiric aura.

Can I be banned from purchasing here?
Only if you are currently at war with our home nation, CM, or you've tried to attack/steal from us, or if you just if you insult us instead of ordering. All bans are lifted when you've stopped the war, or after a month has passed.

Are questions welcomed?
Yes, but only if they are honestly questions.

Are comments on the goods welcomed?
Incredibly so.

ZOMG!! I N00k j00!!!1!111
I'm sorry, your nukes have been intercepted and a crack team of Armored Mercenaries is coming to force you to listen to recordings of yourself until you are driven mad, and beg for death. Have a nice day.


Silver Member Card owners:


Gold Member Card owners:

Platinum member card owners:

BANNED:

OOC: Opened... But not much in stock.

Weapons:

Small arms

Anti-Infantry Weaponry:

SMR-V1


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Anti-shield Weaponry:

HPLR-V3


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Background:
Early plans for the HPLR-V1 ran back as early as 1 AA, when personal level shielding first became practical. Continuing onward, the HPLR-V1 was quickly rejected for it's high cost and low practicality. The HPLR-V2 changed this, amplifying the laser to ten times it's output with only a tenth more energy usage. The HPLR-V2, having been created in AA 14, around the time first contact was made with other interstellar nations. This made it's entry into the Moralite army unstoppable. The current design was created in 18 AA, increasing the energy storage of the weapon, and allowing it to be synced with the BSBA-V12 to lower the chances of friendly fire. It is also the first HPLR to be exported away from CM.

Design:
The HPLR-V3's stock and grip are both made of Stainless Steel type 408. The rest of the rifle* consists of Plarius, a common, heat-resistant metal. The HPLR-V3 is made specifically to work with the BSBA-V10, producing a small green line of fire when hooked up to one to accurately reflect where the laser will go. However, for those lacking such luxuries the HPLR-V3 also has a simple iron (Plarious?) sight, and numerous attachment slots.

The recharge system is, once again, specifically designed for the BSBA-V10, able to sap electricity from the suit. However, it also uses a cartridge system, although this is many times more expensive then recharging the gun. The cartridge remains lightweight, only about three pounds in weight. It begins to lose it's capacity around the hundredth recharge, so replacing the cartridge is still needed for troops using the BSBA-V10.

The HPLR-V3 uses a recoil less straight-line laser system. This can make it somewhat difficult for soldiers used to using more conventional weaponry. Using small amounts of X2 to power the laser, even the minuscule amounts in the cartridges are still a extreme hazard to anyone near it. Therefore, it is imperative that no cartridge is punctured because of this risk, although it is not likely that a smaller puncture will result in an X2 escape.

The HPLR-V3 needs to be regularly cleaned to insure maximum efficiency. Most regular users recommend once every two cartridges (Recharged), although this others say once per cartridge, or even once every twenty recharges. If the weapon still has energy left, but not enough to fire, a misfire will occur when the trigger is pulled. This will often manifest itself in a burst of heat and electricity, usually shocking the bearer. MI has promised to fix this in the next version.

Specifications:
Weight: 14.2 lbs (no attachments with cartridge)
Length: 3.2 ft.

Cartridge: 5GWx4mm3
Rate of fire: N/A
Energy usage: 500 Megawatts/minute
Cartridge capacity: Ten Minutes
Caliber: N/A
Beam Size: 4 mm cubed.
Effective range: 3000 meters

Cost: 6,000 Tiosles
Cartridge cost: 150 Tiosles per cartridge
Production rights cost: 5 million tiosles for domestic production rights.
Production costs: 3,000 Tiosles/ 40 Tiosles

*Excluding the inner workings

OOC: All credit goes to G-Nome for the pics

Armor

Personal Armor

Armored Exoskeletons

BSBA-V10

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Background:
The Earliest BSBA model was developed around 1945 AD back on the home planet. Unpowered, of course, simply a protective metal shell. It was rejected, for the most part, because of it's weight. The BSBA-V2 was revived in 1972 AD, with powered "muscles" to increase the amount of equipment a soldier can carry. This is when the Moralite army began to use it in large amounts. By the time in 2007 AD, when the BSBA-V3 came out, it was considered a must-have for the Moralite army, a man couldn't view going into battle without it any more than he could imagine going into battle without his gun.

Many minor improvements came about in later models, mostly weapons syncs and increased energy capacity. However, the BSBA-V10 introduced a revolutionary 'fire sight' ability.

Design:
The BSBA-V10 is made out of a plethora of metals, although it has a bright silver color, it contains no silver. The shielding on the BSBA-V10 is fairly light, and is used to disintegrate solid rounds before they hit the metal of the armor. When a weapon is synced with a suit of BSBA-V10, the weapon shows a target line to show where the weapon will hit, able to show even if it will pierce through a wall or not. Also, it has added terrain identification, analyzing possible cover, radiation amounts, chance of being hit from one point to the next. It also contains seven types of vision, thermal, night, normal, T-ray vision (See through walls in near-darkness), Squad-vision (Seeing things from the point of your squadmates in a small window on your HUD), Motion-sensor, and Analytical (Analyzes terrain, identifies threats, etc,). The armor's "Muscles" allow almost superhuman feats, many Moralite soldiers have regular contests, with long jumps easily reaching one-hundred feet, and lifting objects of over five hundred pounds in weight. It also has a blood-loss and pain-gauge to tell you when to pull out if you're too doped up to tell.

Speaking of drugs, the BSBA-V10 has the all-to-familiar wrist console. This controls stimulants, pain-relievers, and other such drugs. It also has yet another gauge to tell you how you're body is reacting to the injected drugs.

In the helmet, a direct line is given to each of your squadmates, normally six lines, although this can be increased. The BSBA-V10 can make use of Nanites to repair itself, although MI does not sell these. Several models are available, the economy model, the command model, the regular model, and the heavy-use model.

Specifications:
Weight: 103.0 lbs (Artificial muscles make it seem to weigh about sixteen pounds)
Size: 5'11 ft (adjustable from five feet to seven feet)

Armor thickness: .5 inches, lessens around the joints.
Shielding Power: 10 Megawatts per square inch
Energy Usage: 200 Megawatts an hour
Energy Capacity: 20 Gigawatts

Cost: One-hundred thousand Tiosles
Domestic Production rights: Eighty-million Tiosles
Production cost: Twenty-five thousand Tiosles

Options:
Seven sight modes (see above)
Able to filter water from the air
Can filter Oxygen from the air, or even from water
Long range Communications system with multiple connections able to be shut off, or switched on simultaneously
Nanite compatible
Advanced helper AI, acting as a second pair of ears and eyes, able to utilize all of the suits functions. Displays combatants in a radar-like system at the bottom right of the HUD.
Weapon sync-slots
Several small cameras, able to show an active video of the other side of the armor and make the armor seem nothing more then a small blur
Weapon Sync/Fire-sight ability
Inner heating and cooling system, preventing troops from freezing to death or having a heat stroke.
"Tense" modes, which changes the inner padding to tense up a soldiers muscles, or "Relax" mode, which changes the inner padding to help the soldier relax.

Economy Model:
The economy model is very popular among small militia groups and paranoid civilians. It sacrifices all extra sight abilities except night-vision, dopes down it's energy capacity to five-hundred megawatts, completely gets rid of the shields, weakens the artificial "muscles", and thins out the armor to only an inch in thickness. It also disposes of the small camoflauge cameras, gets rid of the 'relax' mode, and goes without AI.

However, the reduced cost and weight (Ten-thousand Tiosles and thirty pounds, respectively) makes it very attractive to an army lacking in funds or training.

Command Model:
The Command Model merely comes attached with a few more communication lines, and a "Rank indicator", allowing the officer to tell who is below him, who is above him, and where they all are on the battlefield (A real bonus in tight streets and alleyways). The cost is only an extra five-thousand Tiosles.

Heavy-Use Model:
The Heavy-use model is used just for that: Heavy Use. It's bulkier size (Two inches of armor, and 165 pounds), and extended artificial "Muscles" make it perfect for long and intense use. It's increased shielding power (35 megawatts per square inch) and increased energy capacity (50 gigawatts) make it good for long-term assignments.

May be other options not listed here, having a bit of trouble thinking at the moment

OOC: Pic cred goes to G-nome again

HAWCs

Direct-Combat HAWCs

Bipedal HAWCs

Tactical Defense HAWC
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Background:
The HAWC has had a long history with CM. As early as 2000 AD the Moralite military has been dabbling with walkers. Although occasionally used, most walkers, or HAWCs, as they came to be known, were hard to control, and had a tendency to jam. Although supposedly receiving a large amount of money from MI's research budget, in reality, it was little more than a very long publicity stunt for quite some time. Luckily, as the Move took place, MI realized that tanks were not suited to the terrain of Noctisdivu, and began to pour money into the HAWC project. The Tactical Defense HAWC, one of several models, is the result of years of funding, testing, redesigning, and research.

Design:
The Tactical Defense HAWC puts much of it's weight into it's two legs, as to maintain balance after a hit by a projectile or explosive. Although this slows it down considerably (Earlier designs called for speeds up to 50 mph), it resolves many of the early balance problems. Armed to take on a number of tasks, it's primary duties are still patrol and eliminate. It has a small, one-man cockpit that takes constant 3-D readings on selected targets. It also shows the ammo and power left.

Specifications:
Weight: Twenty-Three Tons
Height: Nineteen Feet

Class: Bipedal Anti-Personnal HAWC
Nickname: Stalker
Max Speed: 35 Mph
Shielding Expenditure: 50 Megawatts per square inch
Energy Capacity: 100 Gigawatts
Energy Usage: 300 Megawatts per hour
Armor Thickness: Seven Inches

Cost: 5.4 million Tiosles
Domestic production Rights: Three Billion Tiosles
Cost of Production: 4.2 million Tiosles

Armament:
Sixteen Ferrum anti-personnel Gauss guns
Two Wolframia anti-vehicle Rail guns
Two HPLC-V2 Laser Cannon
Two Rocheta missile launchers

Heavy Scout HAWC
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Background:
The Heavy Scout HAWC was first imagined as a scouting vehicle from the early days of space travel in MI. However, it was found the the only designs for a scout HAWC that allowed them to move quickly enough, left too much weight near the center, and thus making it far too easy to knock over, and capture the occupants. Through a series of compromises and cost-cuts, MI ended up with this current configuration. Its' heavy legs prevent the mentioned problem with the weight allocation. However, this also cuts down on the speed of the HAWC. In the end, it has only been kept by MI because, ironically enough, of the cost cuts, it's only real advantage. A considerable uproar arose when it was revealed that the HAWC was constructed from scrap Iron, thus earning it the nickname 'Scrap Heap'. The Heavy Scout HAWC is currently being marketed to poor nations and rebel groups.

Design:
The Heavy Scout HAWC puts most of it's considerable weight on its two, heavy legs. It retains no shielding, but maintains a large battery and low energy consumption. It hides two small Coil-Guns near the cockpit, which can hold up to three people, and keeps a small bomb hidden in it's chassis, and a self-destruct button, unable to be blown up through any other method short of a direct hit.

Specifications:
Weight: Twenty-one Tons
Height: Sixteen Feet

Class: Bipedal Scout HAWC
Nickname: Scrap Heap
Max Speed: 40 Mph
Shielding Expenditure: N/A
Energy Capacity: 225 Gigawatts
Energy Usage: 55 Megawatts per hour
Armor Thickness: Five Inches

Armament:
Two Ferrum Gauss guns.

OOC: Credits for picture, idea, and some of the stats to G-nome. Again.

I'm looking forward to those HAWC's. I might look in for one or two later

Bump for feedback, orders, suggestions, anything.

Bump.