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| Far off in the late afternoon sky, you notice that storm clouds are forming fast. Their tall, menacing anvils hanging over you, threatening to open the skies on your head and soak you with hammer-like rain. It what seems like only a few moments, the clouds get much closer, and menacing sound of lighting reaches your ears. The rain begins to patter your face as the storm finally breaks. The clouds nearly drown out the setting sun, leaving everything in a purple, shadowy glow. The rain instantly soaks you to the bone, cutting through clothes and armor with equal abandon. It gets in your eyes, stinging them with the kicked up dirt and grim of the surrounding jungle terrain. Discomfort becomes misery with every step you take, and all you can think of is getting dry and warm again. In the brief moment while lighting cuts the sky, you notice the outline of a large grey stone like structure sitting slightly off the road. The exterior of the building was built of grey limestone and followed an unusual concave curve. The lower front section, which had flowing water ducts and decorative fruit bearing and flowering foliage on either side, followed a convex curve and was split in half by the stairs, which led up to the main entrance door. To the left there was a wheel chair accessible route which followed the building's natural concave curve before merging with the stairs at main entrance door. Engraved onto the copper like precursor metal door was the design of an ancient precursor orb with sun rays of tinted black glass spawning from it's surface. Six tall black tinted windows, three on either side, spanned the building along with the various flowering and fruited plants. The top of the building had 3 thatched tiki-hut styled roofs with a larger one in the center to house the main entrance hall. The top also has guard rails, allowing for it's use as and outdoor eating and meeting area while also doubling as an observation deck. The building as a whole stood strong and proud in the unrelenting storm serving as if a point of defiance at the blasted surroundings. The large, metallic front door opens at the first try, a heavy movement that makes it creak on hinges that seemingly haven't been oiled in years. You cannot see much at first, but the ambient light seems much more inviting than the raging storm behind you. Stepping through the doorway, you feel a slight chill pass through you, and then just as suddenly, it vanishes, replaced with a sense of safety. It feels very good not to be pounded upon with little drops of water, although the rain still makes tinkling noises on the windows and roof. Inside was what appeared to be the main entrance hall, leading off to different parts of the building. There was a staircase leading to the balcony walk way and above that were a number of glass windows bringing the light and sound of the raging storm into the hall. The middle of the hall sported several museum quality animal skeletons, one a Vastatosaurus Rex and the others a number of Venatosaurus, suspended by cables and posed in a climatic duel. Once again the hall was made of limestone with wood edges and the floor was laid with black marble. A black marble banner hung just above the secretary's desk with the words, "Because Nothing Stops A Tsunami" engraved in polished bronze Precursor metal. The interior smells of tropical flowers and is pristinely clean, and as your eyes slowly adjust to the light, you begin to fumble for your things and get your bearings. "Hello? Can I help you with something?"A young women possible no older then twenty pulls herself from the desk. She's slender, and short. With long flowing hair that's tied loosely into a braid down her back. Strands of hair fell forward from the braid to her face making the perfect “messy” hairstyle that seemed to fit her so well. Her hair was a natural blond. Not that bottled stuff one sees so often. No, this was a very light brown, if you can call it that, with even lighter natural streaks through it. As she'd approached you it became quite obvious she was a secretary of sorts. "Hello, I'm Jackie, one of the sales reps here at Tsunami Arms Incorporated. There are a bunch of us here at the main plant, and thousands more spread out all across the Shadow Corporation and the region for that matter. It's my job to help you with any questions or problems you might have, and to help you make your selections. Yes, I know that you might choose to buy nothing whatsoever... but people tend to make a purchase or two after seeing our offerings.""But first, let me tell you a little about TSA Inc and our services."
Our Legacy Tsunami Arms Incorporated (TSA Inc.) was founded by CEO Rafarew Montaya, a former member of the B&B Corps Special Forces who retired with honors after nearly 50 years of active duty service. Rafarew in a joint venture with Chris Senkaku soon founded a small consulting group that provided regional governments and corporations with security and logistical advice. While consulting, Rafarew realized that the Shadow Corporation had a resource that had remained untapped: a robust population of ex-military specialists who had the skills necessary to provide the services her consulting clients desired. Rafarew decided to expand. After securing funds from several private equity investors including her now consort and business partner Chris Senkaku, Rafarew closed her consulting group and founded Tsunami Arms Incorporated, offering small-scale security services and arms manufacturing for countries and organizations needing ready made security details for both public and clandestine initiatives. TSA also offered its services to local governments needing a more aggressive response to local security concerns. Most famously, TSA responded to a request by a local government to address tensions between the government and an arm of the international mafia that had used a recent political unrest to expand its heroin operations into the principalities' borders. After a nighttime raid, TSA razed the heroin operation and produced its leaders to the government for trial. TSA remained in the region and effectively countered several retaliatory responses until the mafia abandoned the region as a manufacturing outpost due to excessive cost. After this well-publicized success, Rafarew recruited former lone vigilante and Shadow Corporation Guardsmen Raynor Rockfot Vaughton, who previously worked for various rival corporations and the Shadow Corporation itself. With Raynor onboard as the chief of operations and Field Commander, TSA quickly expanded its operations into the Western Mainland, North and South Pokitaru, ? Island, Angel Island, and The Five Deaths Island Chain. Recruiting heavily in the areas where it sought to expand its portfolio. The following year was a challenging one for TSA due to a certain international incident, which involved a series of international hearings examining charges against the company for alleged breach of contract. TSA was accused of failing to execute a strike as scheduled against the target terrorist cell they had been hired to disband. The contracting government's claims that TSA operatives were derelict in their duties was proven undeniably false, as the TSA men had simply refused to abandon the humanitarian aid camp they were defending from the local militia. In later investigations it was revealed the terrorists' movements were intended to be a diversion, with the aim of pulling TSA troops from the camp, which would have cleared the way for the militia's acts of genocide. TSA then provided security and logistical services to the Crystal River province of The Shadow Corporation during the Crystal River Mega Nuclear Reactor Meltdown that killed nearly 50,000 people, moving thousands of tons of food into the disaster stricken area and assisting with anti-looting efforts. TSA also established a world class information and communications network and launched its own satellites into orbit, expanding its portfolio into intelligence gathering and covert communication. With its global network in place, TSA began building communication and research outposts around the world, offering regional clients secure locations for the creation and development of intellectual property. It then established itself further up the supply chain by purchasing oil refineries and fuel depots in several Shadow Corporation territories. Today, Tsunami Arms Incorporated continues to expand its operations with a goal of providing corporations and governments with a complete package of logistical and security solutions.
Leadership Rafarew Montaya: Rafarew Montaya got her start in the Shadow Corporation Guardsmen/women in 1914 shortly after the conclusion of the Great War and served for 31 years before helping to start the B&B Corps in 1945. During her nearly 50 year career in the B&B Corps, she executed combat rescues, counter-terrorism operations, and peacekeeping missions throughout the Shadow Corporation and various regions. Then after a botched operation in 1995, she was left behind by her commanding officer. With one leg shattered by sniper fire and a pair of broken ribs, she crawled six miles to a border station, where she was able to shoot her way through the guards. After her convalescence, Rafarew retired from active duty and founded a small consulting group that provided regional governments and corporations with security and logistical advice. Seeing an opportunity for expansion into military contracting, Rafarew closed her consultancy business and formed Tsunami Arms Incorporated. Today, TSA Inc. is a multi-billion dollar corporation with offices and outposts throughout the world. Rafarew Montaya maintains a strict schedule, regularly visiting outposts and meeting with clients around the world. Raynor Rockfort Vaughton: Raynor Rockfort Vaughton has served as the Field Commander of Tsunami Arms Incorporated nearly since its beginning. Although little is known of his service in the Shadow Corporation Guardsmen, where he fought in several, conflicts during his stint with the SC Army. During his distinguished career in the armed forces, much of which remains classified, Raynor specialized in counter-terrorism and hostage rescue operations. After leaving the SC Army, Raynor joined and subsequently left several private military companies, due to his tendency to quickly grow tired of various PMCs and their obsessions with expensive gadgets of questionable worth to a company's missions. Seeking an employer who fought his kind of war, Raynor found a willing partner in TSA. Rafarew Montaya, and Raynor have been chief operating officer and field commander ever since. An experienced field leader, Raynor is the voice of TSA to the men on the ground. His sharp, decisive commands are delivered with the cadence of authority. Chris Senkaku: Chris Senkaku is the current CEO of Tsunami Arms Incorporated. President of the Shadow Corporation and multi billion dollar businessman, he purchased the company for nearly $800 million in 2002. Since then, he has expanded TSA into a billion-dollar enterprise. Chris is driven by a powerful desire to reshape the world into a safer place for citizens of all nations. Chris since has worked hard to establish ties to the official Shadow Corporation Government and various other Nation States, working with military forces and intelligence agencies to protect interests abroad. His goal is to create a private army of professional soldiers that stands for something great. More than just mercenaries, the troops of TSA reflect Chris's interpretation of what a soldier ought to be, compassionate, brave, loyal, and just. He divides his time between governing The Shadow Corporation, his home and family in Sandy Shades, international/corporational business abroad, and flies to the Broken Banks twice a year for on-site visits.
What Makes Us Different TSA is a Private Military Contractor like no other. Whereas the competition believes you can learn to fight through training, or turn rebels into trusted contractors, TSA believes a real soldier can only be forged in the fires of battle. Training can teach skills. A fighting spirit can fuel aggression. But neither approach can fully prepare a man for the rigors of modern warfare. That's why we at TSA only employ the most experienced, combat hardened veterans. This instills a sense of complete confidence within our fighting ranks. This confidence can only come from knowing the man next to you has been here before, and knows as well as you what it takes to get the job done.
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| Services TSA: The comprehensive solution for global security needs. TSA's goal is to provide a premier suite of security services to valued clients by leveraging our extensive network of combat, intelligence, and logistics groups. Our current operational contracts range in size from small, private personal security roles to full service national security and intelligence retainers. TSA's specialists can tailor a security package to your specific needs, working with your local police and military leadership to create a program for today's tactical challenges. TSA offers clients a full suite of security services, from personal security details to a more comprehensive suite of services custom tailored to individual capacities and goals. Our program specialists can work within a client's already established operational framework, assisting with minor logistical modifications and providing the manpower required to meet both short and long term initiatives. TSA's catalog of a la carte services works well for these organizations who simply need cost-effective supplements to their established organization. TSA's operational framework has been structured to perform under the tenets of full independence and high mobility. Our deployment capabilities are global, and include all elements required to rapidly establish a comprehensive tactical service center in the most remote regions of the world. Our hierarchy is flat in nature, which gives our field commanders the independence and authority needed to evolve our operations as situations dictate. Our effective communications and reporting systems will keep you, the client, appraised of situations in real time to enable effective decision making. TSA specialists may also help clients create and establish entirely new systems based on TSA's battle-proven system of organic redundancies, a horizontally propagated network of logistical contingencies that allow clients to modify their level of operational commitment. The associated communications network provides an additional level of distributed resiliency, providing the client with real time, bi-directional information sharing without interruption.
Training Our company's training facilities are located in the remote wilderness of The Shadow Corporation. TSA trains its soldiers at several outposts throughout The Mainland, ? Island, ? Island, and The Five Deaths Island Chain. The beautiful, yet unforgiving landscape provides the perfect backdrop for developing and maintaining combat effectiveness in our operators. Like the wildlife that surrounds us, our operators are trained to use the rugged terrain to their advantage. Thus taking advantage of the region's diverse range of harsh environments to prepare its soldiers for maximum effectiveness under all conditions.
Information Services The mountainous and remote terrain of The Shadow Corporation provides the perfect environment for our varied intelligence gathering and transmission facilities. Far from population centers and virtually inaccessible by all but the most rugged of off-road vehicles, our Vault Relay facility serves as an ideal storage and transmission point for highly sensitive intelligence information. Combined with TSA's fully staffed and operational communication network offers both physical and digital security for our clients' data stores. Linked to a series of satellites owned and operated solely by TSA's intelligence office, our state of the art intelligence capability provides clients with high resolution photography, communication acquisition and treaty verification. In addition, TSA offers its clients a wide array of communication choices, guaranteeing secure channels using privileged encryption protocols. Along with added and extensive background checks on all of our operations personnel ensures security of information above all else. Physical security operates 24 hours a day on a 12 on 12 off schedule, and is staffed by a full Platoon of top rated tactical experts.
Research and Development TSA provides research infrastructure services for clients whose sensitive projects require the political or scientific discretion necessary to develop proprietary hardware in today's hostile environment. We have located our secure research outposts in areas of the world isolated from population centers but with full infrastructure support, offering an unparalleled combination of secrecy and logistical stability. And through a number of recent strategic corporate takeovers, Tsunami Arms Incorporated now provides Research and Development services for tactical transportation options at our secure research outposts. In an unstable world, high value personnel often become targets to those that wish to oppose free societies. Our logistics center will work with you to develop custom, applications based, secure transports that offer a superior level of personal protection the other comparable systems.
Energy Services Located in the resource rich Eastern Sea Basin, TSA maintains and operates its own refineries and fuel storage depots. Far from the reach of terrorist threats, and protected by an entire Company of TSA operatives. Along with providing refining and storage for a full range of distillates and other industrial by-products. Our East Basin facilities also serve as a full service fuel depot, offering both scheduled and emergency fuel services from its secure location in the eastern Mainland theater.
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| Arsenal At TSA we believe that a soldier's ability to think creatively and adapt rapidly to changes in a dynamic threat environment are key to his success. By recruiting the sharpest minds with the deepest and most varied tactical experiences, TSA ensures superior effectiveness in any security role. However, equipped with the proper weaponry and gear, the TSA soldier is the ideal blend of technology and time honored tactics. Our equipment is selected equally on technological capability as well as a battle proven track record.
Weapons - Urban Warrior Trench Knife:
Urban Warrior Trench Knife: A hefty trench-style knife with stainless-steel knuckledusters. Often compared to an axe, its 16" blade boasts a false edge on the clip point, and saw teeth machined along the back of the blade, which is used to cut in both directions when in combat, and makes use of the saw-edge for more utilitarian tasks when not in combat, cutting firewood and the like. In anyone's hands, this is a formidable weapon, balanced perfectly at the cross-guard, so that in spite of its weight compared to other knives, it is an incredibly agile and lively weapon, and can be used to devastating effect by a trained, experienced knife-fighter like a Tsumi Arms Soldier. While its balance grants the knife dazzling agility and speed, the blade's weight and razor-edge make for an incredibly dangerous cutting tool, capable of cutting straight through a human hand, and is more than capable of slashing through a human throat and striking the vertebrae. When stabbing or thrusting with the blade, the false edge and main cutting edge grant the blade brilliant penetrating power, just like any double-edged stiletto knife. The pommel also boasts an integral glass-breaker.  An Urban Warrior without the stainless-steel knuckledusters.
- Multiple Launch Rocket System:
Multiple Launch Rocket System The MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) is a four-shot reusable anti-tank weapon. Comparable to the fresh, innovative, and just plain different but ultimately failed M202A1 FLASH, the MLRS is designed to offer better armor penetration against vehicles while still maintaining the ability to engage infantry and aerial threats. The key to this is the use of tandem charge warheads, allowing it to disregard the profigilate use of Ablative Armor to defeat light munitions. Armed with a heavier warhead, this allows the weapon to defeat lighter vehicles, while still packing a punch for the larger battlefield brutes and through the use of specialized munitions engage infantry and aerial targets. The whole weapon is contained in a weatherproof telescoping container that mounts non-adjustable sights that allows excellent sighting in all conditions. A spring loaded trigger automatically, when depressed, extends the rear assembly for firing. However, it cannot accept any accessories unless equipped with an after market rail modification kit Another feature that makes it better to buy is the use of a blast container that allows the weapon to be fired in an enclosed space, without suffering the problems of back blast that users of other comparable rocket launchers must face. With this in mind, it is obvious that the MLRS is the better buy for your light firepower needs.  A set of MLRS mounted as per standard on the Diplomat Aerial Transport.
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Vehicles - Diplomat Aerial Transport:
Diplomat Aerial Transport: "Didn't I see these in a movie somewhere?"
"Yeah, ya did. I heard that bunch of bankrupt RDA pushovers had the designs first but TSA yanked the plans from their servers. And right under the noses of their pet hackers and technopaths. I'm talking walking in and just taking them without them even noticing!"
"No kidding? Well its their loss now."
"Tell me about it, my boss just bought fifty about an hour ago."Conversation between an unnamed mercenary and Shadow Corporation Guardsmen outside the Sandy Shades city limits regarding a passing aerial convoy of Diplomats.The Diplomat is the Shadow Corporation’s aerial truck, designed to carry out mostly non-combat missions. It can be used to drop supplies and personnel at distant field sites and forward operating bases, including the ability to perform combat drops in recently cleared LZs. Its heavy-duty winch can be used to lift and transport portable habitation and command modules for use in the construction of forward operating and firebases. The Diplomat features minimal armaments for defensive purposes only, making it an easy target in a battle against all but the lightest of weaponry. But it remains the standard workhorse for Shadow Corporation military operations. It’s closed-rotor system and cutters on the leading edges allow for safe operation in the dense rainforests and hazard filled territories normally associated with the Shadow Corporation. The Diplomat is armed with a set of stub wing missile pods capable of firing either air-to-air or air-to-ground missiles. The Diplomat is not designed as an attack aircraft, so it is not armored, although there is some composite armor in the pilot’s seats and the dual-layered canopy is advertised as being capable of withstanding multi hit protection even after critical windshield compromisation. Because the load capacity of the Diplomat is dedicated mostly to cargo and personnel, there is little armament on board. Based of the highly successful 20th century Bell UH-1 Iroquois, the Diplomat is a twin turbine, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) ducted-rotor vehicle. It’s only onboard armaments consisting of two stub-wing mounted MLRS controlled by a standard targeting computer with Identification IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) lockout. In addition it sports two manually operated M5A2B “Smart” Guns. The articulating pedestal, used in both the control and operation of the Launcher Pod, and M5A2B will accept and can switch between both weapons. And may be locked with pins to form a rigid mount for fixed-forward firing, controlled by the pilot. In fixed-forward mode the weapons are trained by aligning the airframe to the target, similar in practice to WW2 fighters. The cockpit seats four and is sealed from the outside atmosphere. It maintains a slight positive pressure of 0.5 psi, to prevent leak-back of toxic gases. In the event of a hull breach, such as a small hole in the canopy, an accumulator tank provides emergency over-pressure to “feed the leak” until the aircraft can be returned to base or the leak patched by the air-crew from the inside. In the event of an uncontrollable influx of toxic air, there are emergency breathing masks hooked to each of the four seats. In addition, there are portable biomasks stowed under the aft seats. Other emergency equipment is standard: built in fire suppression system, portable fire extinguishers, emergency beacons, trauma medical kit, survival rations, satcom system with throat mikes and GPS tracking system, and several defensive weapons and assorted ammunition. Because it was built as a general use military and civilian workhorse, the cargo bay is not pressurized and when entering areas of possible biological risk the personnel riding in the aft bay (which carries up to twelve passengers) must wear their biomasks to survive. Biomasks with external feed capability can be plugged into a breathing manifold, to conserve air. Typical operating configuration is with both doors off during flight. All seats have four-point restraints, and the gunnery stations have safety lanyards to secure the gunners. An onboard air generator can supply enough air for multiple purge/repress cycles of the main cabin, which allows personnel to move from the pilot’s cabin into the aft bay through a pressure door. The purge cycle is less than thirty seconds. This capability also allows the pilots to exit and re-enter the aircraft multiple times while on sorties to remote sites. Mission Profile and General SpecificationsThe Diplomat has been in official Shadow Corporation use for more than a century. It is a tried and true airframe with a sterling operating record. With the exception of a few air shows and foreign armies, the vehicle is relatively unknown outside of the Shadow Corporation. It was originally developed to ferry supplies in the harsh weather conditions and high EMF zones normally present in the Shadow Corporation. It's various trial runs in the Floating Isles, that Mainland, the Five Deaths Island Chain and in North and South Pokitaru proved the aircraft could fly well in thin or thick atmospheres or in extreme temperatures and their variations, while requiring minimal maintenance. You don't fix what ain't broke, so when the Shadow Corporation needed a reliable and sturdy aerial workhorse, they naturally choose the battle-tested Diplomat. It's electrical system hardened to withstand the rigors of the Shadow Corporation's powerful electromagnetic fields. For Shadowian service, the Diplomat is retrofitted with fly-by-light controls and has EMF hardened instruments. It does not however carry active EMF cancellation, so in the more powerful fluxcons like the Floating Isles Vortex, the instruments become useless, except for a few like the analog altimeter and the airspeed indicators. Navigation and communication systems are highly compromised in this environment, and only the most experienced pilots are allowed to fly sorties in the Floating Isles. As with the Ambassador gunship, the Diplomat is ideally suited for use in the Shadow Corporation and just about anywhere else, with a few modifications. Its turbine and rotor systems can be quickly re-tuned for use in the thick naturally present Shadowian air, with adjustments to the fuel mixture, re-ramping the intake ducts, and a programmed pitch-offset to the rotor system. The Diplomat’s heavy lift capacity, while impressive in native Shadow Corporation conditions, gets significantly stronger in the lighter air and lowered EMF interference present in foreign countries. The Diplomat can lift, and fly to modest altitudes, with a remote habitation module slung beneath that is actually heavier than it is. The vehicle is typically piloted from the left seat, but has dual controls, for training and in the event the command pilot is incapacitated. Downward visibility is excellent, with big chin-bubbles and inward cambered lower door window, which is ideal for operations in hover. Controls are well placed and cockpit ergonomics are good. Throttles are overhead on the ceiling console, split left and right, with turbine fire suppression levers just forward. Cyclic pitch and collective pitch control sticks are in the standard positions, as are the yaw pedals. Instruments are fully duplicated in pilot and copilot forward consoles. Airframe and Flight ControlsThe airframe is structurally robust and designed to take extensive damage from small arms fire in hot LZ’s without structural failure. All flight control circuitry is fly-by-light and runs in multiple redundant loom paths throughout the airframe, again for robustness under fire. These features combine to make the Diplomat an ideal machine for use in the treacherous airspace of the Shadow Corporation. It is only minimally susceptible to the effects of the EMF fluxuations, because there is very little metal in the aircraft. The composite triple-blade rotors are 8.0 meters in diameter and are side mounted mid-fuselage over the side doors. The power plant consists of two D4-"Delta" turbine engines jointly rated at nearly 3,000 shp. The maximum speed in normal operations in the Shadow Corporation is 105 knots, considerably slower than its 145 knot rating in earth like and foreign conditions. This is due to the drag effects of the dense Shadowian air on the blunt airframe and leading edges of the rotor ducts. The dirty airframe takes a large hit in top speed, but the aircraft more than makes up for it in lifting capacity. The Diplomat is capable of carrying long-line sling loads with a typical belly hook and winch arrangement. Manufacturer specifications indicate that the Diplomat is capable of lifting 6,000 kilograms, but the lifting of weights approaching 15,000 kilograms has been recorded, but the lifting of weights of such magnitude can have adverse effects on the structural airframe of the Diplomat and more frequently it's load lines. History and ControversyTSA is one of The Shadow Corporation’s premier military resource firms, particularly in the field of military cyberware, and it was believed that they would go with a futuristic next generation design for their first rotor-craft submission to the ever expanding international market of weapons and vehicles. Many expected some manner of heavily armed gunship or deadly attack helicopter, perhaps a heavily armoured transport. Most were slightly disappointed when they revealed the Diplomat Aerial Transport and at first orders were slim in appearing. Then The RDA Corporation, eager to recoup lost profits after SC banned Unobtanium mining, filed a lawsuit, stating that the Diplomat along with a number of other designs in TSA’s lineup, were stolen directly from their servers after the Pandora Incidents. TSA filed a counter-lawsuit stating that the RDA corporation, and the files inside their servers fall under SC Corporate Law regarding commercial espionage, and that TSA were within their right to acquire the information for their own usage, and resort to espionage to do so. Interest in the Diplomat exploded after that combined with rumors ranging from RDA giving the designs to TSA, to Rafarew Montaya being the first to steal the designs, and that TSA stole the designs from RDA combined with the word of mouth praising the solid, easily repairable and maintained design and its ability to operate in a variety of extreme environments, and soon the orders began to flood in. A Shadow Corporation Guardsmen reconnaissance team deploying for a joint training exercise in the Floating Isles. Price: -$1.6 million per aircraft.
- Ambassador Gunship:
Ambassador Gunship: "It came out of nowhere! All we heard as a warning was the whirring of those godawful rotors before we got hit, sliced our convoy in dam near two and the smoke trails of those fucking missiles we're the only only thing half of us saw as the fucker carved our rear guard up! Then it swung around for another pass and we saw the machine guns start to enter their firing positions before it opened fire. The ground just... just exploded all around us. All I can remember is a chittering sea of automatic weapons fire and explosions, slashing and lashing out like the grim reaper himself, disembodied body-parts and blood. So much blood. The machine gun fire cut through our platoon like fish in an ocean of red. Private Braden was just in front of me, and I watched as his arm was blown clean off... armor, bone, everything."*Incoherent sobbing* "I only survived because Sarge pushed me into a drainage ditch as it made the third pass."Recorded debriefing of an unknown mercenary after his supply convoy was stalked and eliminated by a Shadow Corporation Ambassador Gunship. The Ambassador Gunship is a twin turbine, tiltrotor VTOL vehicle. It carries with it some light ballistic composite armor around the cockpit, and has a canopy formed of a ballistic laminate of optically clear aluminum and several different new-aged polycarbonates. Weapons are controlled by a standard on-board targeting computer with pilot override for Manual Flight Mode in high EMF conditions. The pilot’s display is a wrap-around Immersive HUD. The Ambassador's cockpit is fully sealed and runs at a slight positive pressure or 0.5 psi to prevent leak-in of highly toxic gases and other dangerous substances possibly present in the atmosphere during combat operations. There is no ejection seat, as inertial auto-rotation is the preferred method of surviving a power-out scenario. The Ambassador, as with all 21st century rotorcraft, have one serious flaw. If the rotor system is damaged enough to cause failure in the rotor hub, or blade ejection, the aircraft will have serious structural damage as a result of centrifugal forces sending debris into the airframe. This is followed instantly by weaker or damaged airframes tearing themselves apart. This tendency is largely neutralized by the use of ballistic ceramics and carbon-nanotube composites in the rotor duct-rings that protect the rotors. These ducts are quite robust, and can withstand significant impacts. They also prevent the rotor blade tips from contacting obstacles when the aircraft is operating in hazard filled environments. This makes the aircraft ideal for flight ops amongst the dangling vines of Shadow Corporation rainforests and amongst the Floating Isles. Special “vine-strike” cutters have been added to the leading edges of the airframe and the rotor ducts. These guide any impacting vines into a cutting notch, much like the wire-strike kits which have been employed on rotorcraft on Earth for nearly two centuries. Like the 20th century AH-1 Cobra, the Scorpion is an overall light, maneuverable and adaptable platform. Lift is increased or decreased by collective pitch of the rotor system, which is actuated by servos mounted in the annular ring at the outboard ends of each of the six rotor blades. Collective pitch is controlled by a traditional-style collective stick, operated by the pilot’s left hand pushing up or down. The rotors turn at constant RPM, with collective pitch controlling total power delivered to the lifting columns of air. Rotor RPM is maintained automatically by the flight CPU. Throttles are used by the pilot only in Manual Flight Mode, and are generally locked in the cruise detent. In combat or emergency flight conditions, throttles may be positioned at 120% for extra power, but this puts the blade tips near sonic speed, which shortens the life of the rotor system due to vibration. In hover and at low flight speeds, overall vehicle pitch is induced through cyclic pitch of the rotors, which is actuated by the same servos as the collective pitch. Pitch attitude is controlled by a joystick in the pilot’s right hand, mounted on the right arm-rest. It higher flight speeds, the horizontal tail planes have enough control authority to induce pitch. Roll is induced by differential collective pitch in the left and right rotor systems, actuated by the same annular ring servos which induce vehicle pitch and lift. Roll is controlled by leaning the cyclic joystick left or right. Vehicle yaw is induced through opposed angling of the starboard and port rotor systems around the axes of their respective pylons. This is controlled with foot pedals, a tradition from the earliest rotorcraft. Fore-aft movement of the aircraft is controlled by angling the port and starboard rotor systems together. This is actuated by servos at the base of each rotor pylon. To accelerate forward, the port and starboard rotorducts are both angled to direct their lifting air columns aft. They are angled the opposite way for deceleration. Each counter-rotating rotor system is torque-neutral, so there is no precession effect when the ducts are angled for yaw, or for forward accel and decel. Fore/aft control is done with the cyclic joystick in the pilot’s right hand, by tilting it forward and back. There is a slight pendular moment in the lift system, for stability in hover, which causes a characteristic nose-down pitch to the vehicle when it accelerates forward rapidly from a hover, but this characteristic is not seen at higher flight speeds, because of the stabilizing effect of the tail planes. The power plant consists of two D4-"Delta" turbine engines jointly rated at nearly 3,000 shp, feeding to a common distribution bus. From the main bus power is divided to the two annular motors in the ring-ducts, which drive the rotors from their outer ends, rather than the hub. WeaponryThe Ambassador lacks the basic cargo-carrying capacity and side-door guns of the Diplomat, but more than compensate for this with superior frontal firepower, while not lacking in the Diplomat's impressive speed and maneuverability The Ambassador is armed with four gimbal-mounted .50 M5A2Bs with 700 rounds per minute cyclic rates of fire as close range primary weapons. The Ambassador has two pairs of stub-wing pylons to carry its armaments consisting of: 150 Hydra 70 WAFAR (Wrap-Around Fin Aerial Rocket) in ten 15-tube rocket launchers. And eight Hawkeye Hellfire (Helicopter Launched Fire-and-forget) missiles used primarily to engage air-to-air targets in conjunction with the nose-mounted sensor suite. While reserving the ability to switch out said missiles for 8 AGM-114 Hellfire missiles granting the Ambassador the ability to act as an effective anti armor, multi-mission, and multi-target precision-strike capable aircraft. Weapons fire is constrained by an IFF Lockout system, which prevents friendly fire incidents in complex engagements with multiple aircraft and targets. Essentially the gun/weapon system refuses to fire if the projected probability cone of a friendly vehicle’s flight path will put it in the trajectory of the bullet downrange. All air vehicles in Shadowian service can track each other in a battle theater in real time, using IFF beacons, and this data is integrated into the weapons systems via IFF Lockout. History and ControversyThe Ambassador was released almost simultaneously alongside the Diplomat and it became apparent as to the purpose of this parallel release after the similarities between the Diplomat and the UH-1 Huey became clear. Just as the Diplomat operates as a UH-1 Huey, the Ambassador operates in the role of the AH-1 Cobra, a dedicated gunship escort for the utility aerodyne capable of delivering massive focused firepower in support of troop deployments. Like the Diplomat, rumors began flying from the outset that RDA, who began legal proceedings against TSA to gain restitution, did so only at the behest of several Corporate Industries who bought out the corporation and made it a subsidy, and that the servers that TSA agents supposedly removed the designs from were in fact RDA servers inside an RDA facility. As teh rumors began to fly, TSA made the legal proceedings into a public relations stunt, citing that RDA spread the rumors to discredit both its new parent megacorporation and block TSA from entering the market. It worked, orders began to flood in and soon word of mouth did the rest and soon TSA production lines were rolling the "Ambassador" off to shipping in the hundreds as clients praised its high speed and maneuverability, heavy armaments, rugged construction and lightweight composite armor.  A lone Ambassador providing aerial escort for a Liberator on combat patrol. Price: -$2.2 million per aircraft
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Liberator Assault Ship: "So this is the Guardsmen's new nightmare-killer? Doesn't look that nasty to me."
"Shut it. I heard that thing can crack open any nightmare it sees, there's a reason we're moving ahead of the main unit, and I want to see what they have that has command so spooked."Battlefield recording of Resistance scouts observing a Shadow Corporation Guardsmen Airforce squadron's forward operating base during a brief period of open hostility, shortly after said Resistance movement cell was wiped out by a lone Liberator.The Liberator was originally developed for troop insertion, close air support and battle theater coordination roles. But over the years, in several civil wars across the Shadow Corporation, the Liberator has earned a reputation as an aerial weapons platform capable of inflicting heavy casualties in forward strike operations. The sheer amount of assembled firepower makes the Liberator a near-perfect killing machine. The plethora of mounted sentry guns were adapted from automated Shadow Corporation perimeter defense stations to lock onto oncoming enemy missiles/rockets, or any other object not coded and recognized as friendly, and then the targeting computer targets and subsequently punches them out of the sky. The unit's four massive prop rotor systems produce lift sufficient for the Liberator to climb and maneuver rapidly, despite its blunt airframe. Each of the four ducts contains two co-axial counter-rotating prop-rotors, with three blades each. Each of these prop-rotors can vary pitch collectively, but does not have cyclic pitch control. Flight maneuvers are performed by angling the ducts independently and by controlling the collective pitch of each coaxial rotor system independently of the others. These complex coordinated rotations and pitch changes are controlled by the flight computer based on inputs from the pilot’s conventional flight controls: “cyclic” stick, collective stick, and yaw pedals, in the traditional layout used in rotorcraft since the mid-20th century. The flight deck is laid out simply and classically, allowing single pilot operation. Aft and to starboard of the pilot’s position is the Nav Station. The navigator can receive input from all the Liberators imaging devices and instruments, and can display imaging feeds from other aerial and ground units. The role of the so-called “navigator” is really battle theater coordination, and he will typically act as Forward Air Controller in operations with multiple aircraft, and may coordinate ground operations as well. Combat Role and Crew FunctionThe Liberator’s role is typically command and control, with its weapons being used defensively. The Liberator can provide close air support for ground operations, and can coordinate aerial attack as well as aerial defense. Its weapons systems are controlled by a single central gunnery station. The “Gunner” is the human part of a team consisting also of multiple targeting computers. The gunner will designate targets and assign tasks to different gun and missile systems, then those systems will execute the orders autonomously. The gunner may also take direct manual control of any single weapon system aboard, via joystick controls at his gunnery station. The gunner has excellent visibility of the battle theater from his separate cockpit to port of the pilot’s cockpit, though some gunners complain about the lack of visibility to starboard. In any case, the weapons systems are controlled by imaging instruments on board and in the weapons themselves, and do not rely much on the pilot’s vision except in instances of high EMF interference. The composite triple-blade rotors are 12 meters in diameter and are stacked in a co-axial configuration within each of the four ducts. The ducts are arranged in a four-poster lift configuration at the corners of the wide, flat main fuselage. Between the four and aft rotor systems on each side, are the mid-fuselage weapons pods, which carry a large number and variety of air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles. The power plant has two D5-"Echo" turbines, rated at nearly 15,000 shp. The turbines serve power to a master bus, from which power is distributed to the dual coaxial ceramic motors in each of the four rotor hubs. Loss of a single turbine does not produce asymmetric lift, merely a reduction of overall power. In a turbine-out scenario, the remaining turbine can be operated at 150% to provide enough lift for forward flight and hover, although the climb rate is significantly impacted, and operation in this mode is restricted to twenty minutes maximum. In the event of a failed prop-rotor (due to mechanical failure or enemy fire), the diagonally opposed rotor system must be ‘feathered’ to zero pitch within forty milliseconds to prevent asymmetric thrust from inducing a catastrophic coupled pitch-roll effect. This is performed automatically by the flight computer. Such a failure will require an immediate emergency landing. Lift for a controlled landing is provided by pitching the remaining two rotor systems to 150% of normal operating pitch and by throttling up to the Contingency RPM setting (at which point the rotor blade tips are barely subsonic). This condition can only be maintained for two minutes without causing permanent damage to the rotors and rotor-hub gear boxes. History and ControversyMany believed that TSA was content to rest on its laurels after the success of the Diplomat Aerial Transport and Ambassador Gunship and the legal proceedings started by RDA, and if the rumors is true, TSA on their own accord, have done more to boost their public relations than anything else. Then TSA announced that it was far from finished, having finished two more designs taken from the RDA servers, with the technological improvements inherent of the superior resources available to a Shadow Corporation corporation, and was now in the prototyping stages of a brand new design that was still top secret. When the Liberator was first revealed, many were impressed right off the bat as there ware precious few gunship aircraft that could be classified as 'superheavy' gunships. The Liberator set a new benchmark, especially as TSA declared that the Liberator did away with the troop carrying capabilities of the original design, instead carrying increased armaments. Unlike the Diplomat and Ambassador, the Liberator was viewed with caution. Many had seen the Avatar movie and the Pandoran Incidents only highlighted what was seen as the main weakspot of the massive and heavy Ambassador, its massive turbofans and thus a clean shot to the engines would ground it. TSA knew this as well, and while the heavy turbofan cowlings remained, they had cleverly replaced the original fans with a composite diamond coated version allowing for increased survivability via requirement of only the heaviest of explosive arms being capable of damaging it. First combat deployments were done by the The Democratic Monarchy of The Shadow Corporation, against insurgent camps based in North and South Pokitaru. A single Liberator was provided for this purpose and the Shadow Corporation proceeded to wipe out all of the enemy camps along with numerous targets of opportunity. By the time the massive craft returned to base, it had expended only one quarter of its onboard munitions. After that, more orders began to arrive as Liberator strikes, referred to by both TSA and SC as 'The Devil's Rampage' were televised by imbedded media and the first buyer was actually SC, intent on using the craft as means of suppressing Resistance forces and supporting their internal and international allies.  A Liberator undergoing scheduled maintenance on a Shadow Corporation airfield. Price: $5.2 million per aircraft
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| I'll endorse this company... because i expect an orbital station armed to the brink with WMD's  |
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| - Trescott wrote:
- I'll endorse this company... because i expect an orbital station armed to the brink with WMD's
I know, and I'm currently working on it. I will designate them B.O.M.B. (aka Ballistic Orbital Missile Base) And from my guestmations they should be able to safely house and deploy at the flip of a switch twenty count em four WMD tipped ICBMs. (aka Tsunami Arms Incorporated will literally blow the World Armaments Corporation out of the proverbial water. And hopefully secure a long term COSN defense contract.) |
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| - Shadow Corporation wrote:
- Trescott wrote:
- I'll endorse this company... because i expect an orbital station armed to the brink with WMD's
I know, and I'm currently working on it. I will designate them B.O.M.B. (aka Ballistic Orbital Missile Base) And from my guestmations they should be able to safely house and deploy at the flip of a switch twenty count em four WMD tipped ICBMs. (aka Tsunami Arms Incorporated will literally blow the World Armaments Corporation out of the proverbial water. And hopefully secure a long term COSN defense contract.) If you can get this orbital weapons platform operational by the end of two real-life weeks, then you shall have that Defense Contract. (just make sure to give me one or two privately (: ) |
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- Shadow Corporation wrote:
- Trescott wrote:
- I'll endorse this company... because i expect an orbital station armed to the brink with WMD's
I know, and I'm currently working on it. I will designate them B.O.M.B. (aka Ballistic Orbital Missile Base) And from my guestmations they should be able to safely house and deploy at the flip of a switch twenty count em four WMD tipped ICBMs. (aka Tsunami Arms Incorporated will literally blow the World Armaments Corporation out of the proverbial water. And hopefully secure a long term COSN defense contract.)
If you can get this orbital weapons platform operational by the end of two real-life weeks, then you shall have that Defense Contract. (just make sure to give me one or two privately (: ) Well, this is certainly a turn of good fortune. Very well, my good sir you shall have your fully operational Orbital Weapons Platform before the end of two real-life weeks I promise you that. |
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| - Shadow Corporation wrote:
- Trescott wrote:
- Shadow Corporation wrote:
- Trescott wrote:
- I'll endorse this company... because i expect an orbital station armed to the brink with WMD's
I know, and I'm currently working on it. I will designate them B.O.M.B. (aka Ballistic Orbital Missile Base) And from my guestmations they should be able to safely house and deploy at the flip of a switch twenty count em four WMD tipped ICBMs. (aka Tsunami Arms Incorporated will literally blow the World Armaments Corporation out of the proverbial water. And hopefully secure a long term COSN defense contract.)
If you can get this orbital weapons platform operational by the end of two real-life weeks, then you shall have that Defense Contract. (just make sure to give me one or two privately (: ) Well, this is certainly a turn of good fortune. Very well, my good sir you shall have your fully operational Orbital Weapons Platform before the end of two real-life weeks I promise you that. We would also like to be kept in update on any weapons that you design. |
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| If I may point out, I can offer you something similar, at the end of a single week.
Zio Matrix Arms prides itself on top quality weapons and the like.
But i think I'll let this one slide. Don't want to destroy all the competition. |
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| - Dinosians wrote:
- If I may point out, I can offer you something similar, at the end of a single week.
Zio Matrix Arms prides itself on top quality weapons and the like.
But i think I'll let this one slide. Don't want to destroy all the competition. Please Refrain from 'dissing' this company and promoting yours (or your preferred company) - If you wish to create a competition please set up your store. |
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| | Subject: Re: Tsunami Arms Incorporated Fri 20 Aug - 14:08 | |
| Where's my Orbital Weapons Platform Shadow?  |
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- Where's my Orbital Weapons Platform Shadow?
Um... well you have to understand I'm a very busy person and... Their was this guy and he was like lets go see a movie and I was like cool!... And that's how you came to be... I blame my avatar. Him and his smooth ass moves. But can I interest you in a helicopter? |
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| Hmm, i don't particularly like having a helicopter from Avatar in my army, haha. Thanks though...
Anyways, i'm still trying to adapt/design/find body armor for my soldiers. |
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