NCU

[Gforce]

I'm back!

I'm not going to let you people steamroll my idea like you did, you may think you had won, you did for that round but the war continues! I've have not yet completely re-written the story of the NCU but I plan to, and I plan on running this role play but to try and make as many people as happy as possible I want to hear things you want/don't want in the NCU.

THIS IS CONSTRUCTIVE ONLY PLEASE

If you have something to say then I'm happy to hear it if you can back it up with some reasoning. If you can think of a problem and I can't figure out a way to make it work then I happily will bow down to you. If not, expect to be ignored and excluded from this constructive conversation. Now that I have made the terms of engagement clear I'll update you on what I have done.

I have changed the name to the NCRU (the Nomad Containment and Research Unit). Although I did have a research component in the NCU is was a minor motive, I have now changed this to the primary motive of the NCRU, so thank you Linkus for your suggestions, I appreciate them.

Next is the 'faction' idea. I now fully understand what this means and I admit that trying to start a new faction for this is ridiculous, the NCRU at most will have only 5 ships and only one of those being a capital ship (a Liberty Siege Cruiser). All NCRU ships can dock at 3 places. The two planets in Omicron Kappa (Planet Gammu and Planet Primus) and Freeport 11 in Omicron Delta. Planet Gammu and Primus are restricted to rare occasions due to the radioactivity of the planets and the amount of activity around the planets. On Freeport 11 docking is restricted to a maximum of once a day for minor repairs and the exchange of cargo. All NCRU players will log on and off within the Tokelau Ice Cloud by the Lost Battlestar.

The NCRU have no ZOI. The story behind these ships is that the NCRU was decommissioned but the pilots/captains refused to return to base with the ships then being placed on the KOS list for Liberty resulting in the forced escape to Omicron Delta (this part of the role play is in great detail but to save space I will not go into detail).

I will add any information when it is required to explain a function of the NCRU and satisfy a question that is asked. By the end of this I hope the NCRU will be an accepted part of the people who play in the Omicron systems.

With that let the discussion begin

Edit: I need you people to discuss this, I have much larger plans than I previously had, to the point of custom ships,. I did leave some things out so I shall add them now to make it easier to understand and discuss.

The NCRU is hostile to Order, Nomads and Corsair. NCRU ships will attempt to evade detection but in the case of a interaction NCRU ships will only open fire in self defense although warning shots may be fired by both parties.

Background: The Nomad Containment and Research Unit (NCRU) was a Liberty funded program aimed at monitoring, controlling and researching the nomad threat to Liberty. Founded in 802 AS after Liberty officials realized that Nomads were a real threat to the security of Liberty, the NCRU operated deep in the Alaska and Ellesmere systems. Due to the extremely dangerous operations and the importance of keeping the NCRU secret the vessels involved in the program were extremely powerful and be able to go without support for extended periods of time.

Ships and Weapons

Ships

Fighter class: Originally planned to be an upgraded version of the BDR-845 "Avenger" Very Heavy Fighter, designers quickly found that it would be too costly to continue to upgrade that particular design. Not wanting to start from scratch, a search began to find a ship that could be modified to fit the role required by the NCRU. The most appropriate ship was the SV-17 “Virage” Very Heavy Fighter. The Virage was the most suitable fighter due to its underdeveloped design. After removing all of the bomber components, considerably increasing armor and installing a more reliable power core the Virage became more maneuverable, better armored and more powerful than its Avenger competitor. To improve its survivability the storage area for nanobots and shield batteries was increased to 80. All this came at the expense of cargo hold capacity and due the un-mounting of the bomber components the maneuverability was instead improved even with the added armor. This new ship became the SVF-22 “Viper” Very Heavy Fighter.

Technical Information

Guns/Turrets: 6 / 0
Opt. weapon class: 10
Max. weapon class: 10
• 1 x CD/T
Additional Equipment: • 1 x CM
• 1 x M
Hull strength: 14, 250
Max. shield class: 10
Cargo space: 50 units
Nanobots/Batteries: 80/80
Max. impulse speed: 80 m/s
Max. thrust speed: 199 m/s
Power output: 13, 000 u
Power recharge: 1,300 u/s



Bomber class: With the original design of the Virage on hand designers decided to go with a cross between the SV-17 “Virage” Very Heavy Fighter and the XB-2 "Havoc Mk II" Bomber. There were two objectives to the modifications. The first was to make a bomber capable of surviving multiple attacks and the second was to build a bomber capable of firing two Super Nova Antimatter Cannons (SNAC) at once. By increasing the size of the Virage fuselage it became possible to insert two scaled down versions of the power core in the Havoc, each being capable of firing a SNAC. The cockpit and control systems of the havoc then finished off this combination of bombers. The final upgrades were to the armor of the entire ship and the storage area for nanobots and shield batteries. Once again to accommodate this addition equipment the cargo hold was reduced but by using the engines in the Virage the maneuverability was almost identical to that of the Havoc. This new bomber was then given a name that was a combination of the two, the SVB-27 “Serpent” Very Heavy Bomber.

Technical Information

Guns/Turrets: 4 / 0
Opt. weapon class: 10
Max. weapon class: 10
• 2 x CD/T
Additional Equipment: • 1 x CM
• 1 x M
Hull strength: 19, 000
Max. shield class: 10
Cargo space: 45 units
Nanobots/Batteries: 100/100
Max. impulse speed: 80 m/s
Max. thrust speed: 199 m/s
Power output: 59, 500 u
Power recharge: 2,145 u/s