Tales of a broken vessel

[MagicKite]

CV-Argonauta

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The time is going as slow as possible. Valentina’s patience was running out, even if she knew there was nothing to be done. Just wait. The Unioners are well known engineers, so everything was going to go according the schedule.
In order to keep herself busy, Valentina started taking private contracts on Heisenberg with her crew, doing low risk jobs. Mostly escorting researchers off Cologne system. This gave her the chance to consider of actually starting a Research and Development department. A proper one.
The small R&D group on board of the Argonauta, already proposed a project to Valentina, called “ARBALEST”. But her reluctancy to actually present it to the Board, has always set back the project. Till those weeks. That’s when she decided to start looking for some external help.

Project ARBALEST

Project “ARBALEST”

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Subject of research:
“Claymore” Border Worlds Super Heavy Fighter.
Subject of research:
Claymore’s weaponry systems: vessel’s integrated weaponry system.

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Phase One:
Phase One consists in the studying of a functional model. Testing its capabilities, from toughness to how much firepower it can produce.
A testing area is required.
As the testing is completed, the vessel would have to be disassembled, to understand its inner systems, with managing to effectively have all the knowledge possible of the vessel.
In this testing phase, is also required to test all the choices of weaponry that are built from factory, therefore discovering what are the heights already achieved.

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Phase Two:
Phase Two consists in integrating already existing weaponry, unusual formats that cannot be found on the market directly by the manufacturer.
Usually technology found fits this description.
If deemed necessary, modifications to the vessel are to be done.

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Phase Three:
Phase Three consists in developing actual new weaponry that would fit the vessel’s integrated systems.
This phase requires the development of a new powersource for the vessel. Various modifications will be decided on the moment.
Proposed technology:

Railgun Project

Project “Railgun”

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“A railgun is a linear motor device, typically designed as a weapon, that uses electromagnetic force to launch high velocity projectiles. The projectile normally does not contain explosives, instead relying on the projectile's high speed, mass, and kinetic energy to inflict damage.The railgun uses a pair of parallel conductors (rails), along which a sliding armature is accelerated by the electromagnetic effects of a current that flows down one rail, into the armature and then back along the other rail. It is based on principles similar to those of the homopolar motor.

Railguns have been researched as weapons utilizing electromagnetic forces to impart a very high kinetic energy to a projectile rather than using conventional methods. For a similar projectile, the range of railguns may exceed that of conventional guns. The destructive force of a projectile depends on its kinetic energy and mass at the point of impact. Because of the potentially high velocity of a railgun-launched projectile, its destructive force may be much greater than conventionally launched projectiles of the same size. The absence of explosive propellants to store and handle, as well as the low cost of projectiles compared to conventional weaponry, are also advantages.”


While the proposed technology has been already theorised, after the completion of Phase One and Phase Two, will determine the possibility of developing said technology.

This is only a proposed idea, more ideas can be implemented if found.

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Her days on Heisenberg started to become shorter. Time started to pass faster than expected. However her search was leading to nowhere. No private contractor she proposed this to, had the right infrastructure to support said research. Most of private researchers have a small laboratory or small vessels. Heisenberg could be an option, but too many eyes, at least for her taste. So she sent one of her operatives to go around in the private sector on other installations as-well, in order to expand the search.
Hopefully he’ll find something.

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While this change in Valentina’s thoughts happened, obviously mercenaries started sending reports from their respective installations they use as temporary home. She didn’t believe it. Destroyed vessels, over twenty Fighter and Bomber type vessels. Others had lost contracts. However not all of them were bad news. The logistics division had seen a 40% increase in income and a 25% increment.
Even with the good news of increased profits, she knew she had to fix somehow the loss of the vessels.
That’s when she decided to take the night off, and hit the bar with the crew in the hopes to forget, at least for a few hours ,about everything.