Weapons of the Magnate War - Revision history

MJ12 Commando: /* The Eternal Dawn */

2010-10-01T08:26:22Z

The Eternal Dawn

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	Templars and VIIs alike carried the M32 assault weapon, which although significantly heavier than most standard rifles (over 12kg fully loaded) was designed specifically for their war. Unlike the weapons used by other powers, the Dawn (and the Magnates in general) were not exclusively or even mostly facing battle-armored infantry, and similarly could often count on the League building cheap lightly armored vehicles as a solution to Magnate infantry superiority, which a normal payload rifle would be marginal against. Magnate ground forces required a weapon capable of damaging or incapacitating vehicles with armor resistant to standard payload rifle calibers, while maintaining enough ammunition capacity for suppressive fire and the elimination of lightly armored targets. Varying weapons systems resulted from this set of requirements.		Templars and VIIs alike carried the M32 assault weapon, which although significantly heavier than most standard rifles (over 12kg fully loaded) was designed specifically for their war. Unlike the weapons used by other powers, the Dawn (and the Magnates in general) were not exclusively or even mostly facing battle-armored infantry, and similarly could often count on the League building cheap lightly armored vehicles as a solution to Magnate infantry superiority, which a normal payload rifle would be marginal against. Magnate ground forces required a weapon capable of damaging or incapacitating vehicles with armor resistant to standard payload rifle calibers, while maintaining enough ammunition capacity for suppressive fire and the elimination of lightly armored targets. Varying weapons systems resulted from this set of requirements.

	As a result, the Dawn combined a 30mm coilgun launching dual-purpose explosive rounds from a 3-shot magazine, and a 6mm flechette coilgun. The 6mm coilgun used twin 25-round magazines, one of which was often sintering "shredder" ammunition for light armor and the other one jacketed tungsten-alloy penetrators for soldiers wearing light unpowered armor, semi-common in the early days of the Magnate War. To improve stopping power further, both were augmented with Compound R8, a powerful incendiary which could burn even when inside a human body. The M32's wounds were uniquely visible for their combination of penetration and incendiary effect, and resulted in League soldiers calling the weapon the "Firedrake".		As a result, the Dawn combined a 30mm coilgun launching dual-purpose explosive rounds from a 6-shot magazine, and a 6mm flechette coilgun. The 6mm coilgun used twin 50-round magazines, one of which was often sintering "shredder" ammunition for light armor and the other one jacketed tungsten-alloy penetrators for soldiers wearing light unpowered armor, semi-common in the early days of the Magnate War. To improve stopping power further, both were augmented with Compound R8, a powerful incendiary which could burn even when inside a human body. The M32's wounds were uniquely visible for their combination of penetration and incendiary effect, and resulted in League soldiers calling the weapon the "Firedrake".

	===Series VII Replicant===		===Series VII Replicant===

MJ12 Commando: /* The Eternal Dawn */

2010-07-01T11:36:05Z

The Eternal Dawn

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	Eternal Dawn small arms technologies were based on three principles: firstly, their highly enhanced soldiers could carry and effectively heft significantly heavier weapons than the norm, and secondly, they would often have light infantry and light-to-medium armor facing significantly larger numbers of enemies which ranged from armored vehicles to lightly armed and poorly armored militia. Given this, Dawn forces needed infantry weapons capable of engaging a multitude of targets efficiently, ranging from light armored vehicles to battle-armored infantry to lightly armored militia.		Eternal Dawn small arms technologies were based on three principles: firstly, their highly enhanced soldiers could carry and effectively heft significantly heavier weapons than the norm, and secondly, they would often have light infantry and light-to-medium armor facing significantly larger numbers of enemies which ranged from armored vehicles to lightly armed and poorly armored militia. Given this, Dawn forces needed infantry weapons capable of engaging a multitude of targets efficiently, ranging from light armored vehicles to battle-armored infantry to lightly armored militia.

	Templars and VIIs alike carried the M32 assault weapon, which although significantly heavier than most standard rifles (~~nearly 9kg~~ fully loaded) was designed specifically for their war. Unlike the weapons used by other powers, the Dawn (and the Magnates in general) were not exclusively or even mostly facing battle-armored infantry, and similarly could often count on the League building cheap lightly armored vehicles as a solution to Magnate infantry superiority, which a normal payload rifle would be marginal against. Magnate ground forces required a weapon capable of damaging or incapacitating vehicles with armor resistant to standard payload rifle calibers, while maintaining enough ammunition capacity for suppressive fire and the elimination of lightly armored targets. Varying weapons systems resulted from this set of requirements.		Templars and VIIs alike carried the M32 assault weapon, which although significantly heavier than most standard rifles (over 12kg fully loaded) was designed specifically for their war. Unlike the weapons used by other powers, the Dawn (and the Magnates in general) were not exclusively or even mostly facing battle-armored infantry, and similarly could often count on the League building cheap lightly armored vehicles as a solution to Magnate infantry superiority, which a normal payload rifle would be marginal against. Magnate ground forces required a weapon capable of damaging or incapacitating vehicles with armor resistant to standard payload rifle calibers, while maintaining enough ammunition capacity for suppressive fire and the elimination of lightly armored targets. Varying weapons systems resulted from this set of requirements.

	As a result, the Dawn combined a 30mm ~~railgun~~ launching dual-purpose explosive rounds from a 3-shot magazine, and a 6mm flechette ~~railgun~~. The 6mm ~~railgun~~ used twin 25-round magazines, one of which was often sintering "shredder" ammunition for light armor and the other one jacketed tungsten-alloy penetrators. To improve stopping power further, both were augmented with Compound R8, a powerful incendiary which could burn even when inside a human body. The M32's wounds were uniquely visible for their combination of penetration and incendiary effect, and resulted in League soldiers calling the weapon the "Firedrake".		As a result, the Dawn combined a 30mm coilgun launching dual-purpose explosive rounds from a 3-shot magazine, and a 6mm flechette coilgun. The 6mm coilgun used twin 25-round magazines, one of which was often sintering "shredder" ammunition for light armor and the other one jacketed tungsten-alloy penetrators for soldiers wearing light unpowered armor, semi-common in the early days of the Magnate War. To improve stopping power further, both were augmented with Compound R8, a powerful incendiary which could burn even when inside a human body. The M32's wounds were uniquely visible for their combination of penetration and incendiary effect, and resulted in League soldiers calling the weapon the "Firedrake".

	===Series VII Replicant===		===Series VII Replicant===

Sixmarks: /* League Transport Fleet */

2010-06-01T16:08:07Z

League Transport Fleet

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	The League obtained some through skullduggery awaiting definition.		The League obtained some through skullduggery awaiting definition.

			====''Hermesa'' Theta Courier====

	===''Canopus'' Class System Defense Ship===		===''Canopus'' Class System Defense Ship===

Peel: /* Pangu Megafreighter */

2010-03-11T04:06:23Z

Pangu Megafreighter

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	The Chinese ''Pangu'' 'mega-freighter' was one of the first truly large ships to be sent out into the abyss of space, and was instrumental in building the foundations of China's golden age. The colossal craft could move tens of thousands of people at a stroke to the colonies, or supplies and equipment to match. Like all other craft of that era however, they found themselves left behind by the march of progress, and would have passed without incident into history were it not for the most controversial action of the Magnate war.		The Chinese ''Pangu'' 'mega-freighter' was one of the first truly large ships to be sent out into the abyss of space, and was instrumental in building the foundations of China's golden age. The colossal craft could move tens of thousands of people at a stroke to the colonies, or supplies and equipment to match. Like all other craft of that era however, they found themselves left behind by the march of progress, and would have passed without incident into history were it not for the most controversial action of the Magnate war.

	The League~~, in desperate need of lift and particularly ''large-scale'' lift, became aware of a trio of Pangus abandoned above the outlying colony of Kau Lung. A small strike force was assembled on~~ some of the League's few theta-equipped spacecraft and despatched to 'negotiate'. The experienced crews and dedicated warships of the flotilla were an insurmountable foe to the Kauis, who watched helplessly as their greatest treasures were boarded and stolen. The Pangus, whose cavernous holds could hold an entire cruiser or more after conversion, were of vital use to the League's final pushes against the Magnates, and the League remains to this day unrepentant. Offers of compensation to the government of Kau Lung have been so far rebuffed as 'insufficient'.		The League obtained some through skullduggery awaiting definition.

	===''Canopus'' Class System Defense Ship===		===''Canopus'' Class System Defense Ship===

Peel: /* Ships */

2010-03-11T01:24:09Z

Ships

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	===League Transport Fleet===		===League Transport Fleet===
	====''Pilkington'' Class Cargo Liner====		====''Pilkington'' Class Cargo Liner====
	Before the EU's catapult line was constructed, the EU arm was bound together from by the venerable ''Pilkington'' class liners. Unfortunately for the dedicated captains, the ship's idiosyncratic ~~limpdrive~~ configuration was not suited for interfacing with catapult launch systems, and the Pilkingtons were pushed further and further out, and largely consigned to mouldering in inner-fringe Rim states and the Sea of Solomon. This was to prove the League's salvation. The same nonstandard ~~drive~~ architecture was unusually reliable in the ravages of the breakdown and the antiquated freighters were refurbished, armoured and modified for military logistics in the desperate rush to defend against the Magnates.		Before the EU's catapult line was constructed, the EU arm was bound together from by the venerable ''Pilkington'' class liners. Unfortunately for the dedicated captains, the ship's idiosyncratic first-generation drive configuration was not suited for interfacing with catapult launch systems, and the Pilkingtons were pushed further and further out, and largely consigned to mouldering in inner-fringe Rim states and the Sea of Solomon. This was to prove the League's salvation. The same nonstandard FTL architecture was unusually reliable in the ravages of the breakdown and the antiquated freighters were refurbished, armoured and modified for military logistics in the desperate rush to defend against the Magnates.

	====''Teamster'' Module Conveyor====		====''Teamster'' Module Conveyor====

Peel: /* Teamster Module Conveyor */

2010-03-11T01:22:08Z

Teamster Module Conveyor

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	The Second Space Age saw the need to move large and varied cargos to the new (and old) colonies, and the developed American space industry was quick to answer the call with the now-iconic ''Teamster''. By 2110 its skeletal 'ribcage' design was well-known across human space from the enormous fleet that carried supplies, equipment, gunboats and colonists out to the Expanse and beyond. The cargo pod scale it established remains the standard today. More modern jumpdrive designs left the original Teamsters behind from the 2110s onwards, but the solid and reliable craft were never truly abandoned and remained common in the Expanse.		The Second Space Age saw the need to move large and varied cargos to the new (and old) colonies, and the developed American space industry was quick to answer the call with the now-iconic ''Teamster''. By 2110 its skeletal 'ribcage' design was well-known across human space from the enormous fleet that carried supplies, equipment, gunboats and colonists out to the Expanse and beyond. The cargo pod scale it established remains the standard today. More modern jumpdrive designs left the original Teamsters behind from the 2110s onwards, but the solid and reliable craft were never truly abandoned and remained common in the Expanse.

	When battle was joined on the League frontline their small stock of Teamsters were pressed into service once more to ferry landing barges and gunboats to the front. They were far outnumbered by the Pilkingtons, but were superior at moving gunboats and other complete craft to the clumsy freighter conversions. The key moment came in 2175, when League diplomats at Londenium managed to secure the purchase of almost all of ZOCU's mothballed Teamsters, multiplying the alliance's spacelift at a stroke and allowing dozens of gunboats to be brought to the front ~~at a stroke~~.		When battle was joined on the League frontline their small stock of Teamsters were pressed into service once more to ferry landing barges and gunboats to the front. They were far outnumbered by the Pilkingtons, but were superior at moving gunboats and other complete craft to the clumsy freighter conversions. The key moment came in 2175, when League diplomats at Londenium managed to secure the purchase of almost all of ZOCU's mothballed Teamsters, multiplying the alliance's spacelift at a stroke and allowing dozens of gunboats to be brought to the front in single trips.

	====''Pangu'' Megafreighter====		====''Pangu'' Megafreighter====

Peel: /* Ships */

2010-03-10T20:02:09Z

Ships

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	==Ships==		==Ships==
	===~~The~~ League Transport Fleet===		===League Transport Fleet===
	====''Pilkington'' Class Cargo Liner====		====''Pilkington'' Class Cargo Liner====
	Before the EU's catapult line was constructed, the EU arm was bound together from by the venerable ''Pilkington'' class liners. Unfortunately for the dedicated captains, the ship's idiosyncratic limpdrive configuration was not suited for interfacing with catapult launch systems, and the Pilkingtons were pushed further and further out, and largely consigned to mouldering in inner-fringe Rim states and the Sea of Solomon. This was to prove the League's salvation. The same nonstandard drive architecture was unusually reliable in the ravages of the breakdown and the antiquated freighters were refurbished, armoured and modified for military logistics in the desperate rush to defend against the Magnates.		Before the EU's catapult line was constructed, the EU arm was bound together from by the venerable ''Pilkington'' class liners. Unfortunately for the dedicated captains, the ship's idiosyncratic limpdrive configuration was not suited for interfacing with catapult launch systems, and the Pilkingtons were pushed further and further out, and largely consigned to mouldering in inner-fringe Rim states and the Sea of Solomon. This was to prove the League's salvation. The same nonstandard drive architecture was unusually reliable in the ravages of the breakdown and the antiquated freighters were refurbished, armoured and modified for military logistics in the desperate rush to defend against the Magnates.
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	The early years of the Magnate wars were marked by the unprecedented large-scale use of converted civilian ships in League military fleets. These came in two known classes: armed freighters, nicknamed Q-ships, and converted bulk carriers called One-Shot Wonders. Q-Ships were actually rather common in the Rim prior to the Breakdown, on account of large-scale piracy and rogue drone attacks. Even unarmed freighters in the Rim tended to be overbuilt and easily converted to mount turreted weapons, armour and sometimes scattering shield systems. Newer and larger industrial ships weren't as sturdily built, and were unable to be significantly modified. Instead they were hastily converted into missile carriers, replacing cargo bays with banks of single-shot missile launchers that could be fired in the broadside. Sometimes completely unarmoured, these ships tended only to remain in a battle long enough to unload their complement of torpedoes or missiles. Uniquely able to deliver an overwhelming barrage of fire, it became a point of pride amongst skippers to see who had the guts to stay engaged long enough to guide these powder kegs to where their firepower would be best used.		The early years of the Magnate wars were marked by the unprecedented large-scale use of converted civilian ships in League military fleets. These came in two known classes: armed freighters, nicknamed Q-ships, and converted bulk carriers called One-Shot Wonders. Q-Ships were actually rather common in the Rim prior to the Breakdown, on account of large-scale piracy and rogue drone attacks. Even unarmed freighters in the Rim tended to be overbuilt and easily converted to mount turreted weapons, armour and sometimes scattering shield systems. Newer and larger industrial ships weren't as sturdily built, and were unable to be significantly modified. Instead they were hastily converted into missile carriers, replacing cargo bays with banks of single-shot missile launchers that could be fired in the broadside. Sometimes completely unarmoured, these ships tended only to remain in a battle long enough to unload their complement of torpedoes or missiles. Uniquely able to deliver an overwhelming barrage of fire, it became a point of pride amongst skippers to see who had the guts to stay engaged long enough to guide these powder kegs to where their firepower would be best used.

	Q-ships tended to be vastly more survivable craft in that they were smaller, tougher and less of a priority target. Many of those in service during the Magnate Wars still roam the Rim as commercial vessels, where their arms and armour remain a highly prized asset in deterring pirates. Converted bulk carriers, on the other hand, suffered heavy casualties in engagements as their poorly protected missile banks were easily detonated by a penetrating hit. Being extremely cheap to convert and maintain, they were more than numerous enough to be a mainstay of the fleets for years, before finally being retired back to their civilian duties to support the construction of the purpose-built warships that replaced them.		Q-ships tended to be vastly more survivable craft in that they were smaller, tougher and less of a priority target. Many of those in service during the Magnate Wars still roam the Rim as commercial vessels, where their arms and armour remain a highly prized asset in deterring pirates. Converted bulk carriers, on the other hand, suffered heavy casualties in engagements as their poorly protected missile banks were easily detonated by a penetrating hit. Being extremely cheap to convert and maintain, they were more than numerous enough to be a mainstay of the fleets for years, before finally being retired back to their civilian duties to support the construction of the purpose-built warships that replaced them.

			===Parasite Gunships===

			===''Here To Help'' (aka ''Resplendent Light of the Infinite'', ''Kofi Annan'')===

	==Technology==		==Technology==

Peel: /* Technology */

2010-03-10T17:56:19Z

Technology

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	==Technology==		==Technology==
			===Limpdrives===
			===Assault Jumpdrives===
	===Plasma Cannons===		===Plasma Cannons===

Peel: /* The League Transport Fleet */

2010-03-10T17:48:54Z

The League Transport Fleet

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	==Ships==		==Ships==
	===The League Transport Fleet===		===The League Transport Fleet===
	===='Pilkington' Class Cargo Liner====		====''Pilkington'' Class Cargo Liner====
	Before the EU's catapult line was constructed, the EU arm was bound together from by the venerable ''Pilkington'' class liners. Unfortunately for the dedicated captains, the ship's idiosyncratic limpdrive configuration was not suited for interfacing with catapult launch systems, and the Pilkingtons were pushed further and further out, and largely consigned to mouldering in inner-fringe Rim states and the Sea of Solomon. This was to prove the League's salvation. The same nonstandard drive architecture was unusually reliable in the ravages of the breakdown and the antiquated freighters were refurbished, armoured and modified for military logistics in the desperate rush to defend against the Magnates.		Before the EU's catapult line was constructed, the EU arm was bound together from by the venerable ''Pilkington'' class liners. Unfortunately for the dedicated captains, the ship's idiosyncratic limpdrive configuration was not suited for interfacing with catapult launch systems, and the Pilkingtons were pushed further and further out, and largely consigned to mouldering in inner-fringe Rim states and the Sea of Solomon. This was to prove the League's salvation. The same nonstandard drive architecture was unusually reliable in the ravages of the breakdown and the antiquated freighters were refurbished, armoured and modified for military logistics in the desperate rush to defend against the Magnates.

	===='Teamster' Module Conveyor====		====''Teamster'' Module Conveyor====
	The Second Space Age saw the need to move large and varied cargos to the new (and old) colonies, and the developed American space industry was quick to answer the call with the now-iconic ''Teamster''. By 2110 its skeletal 'ribcage' design was well-known across human space from the enormous fleet that carried supplies, equipment, gunboats and colonists out to the Expanse and beyond. The cargo pod scale it established remains the standard today. More modern jumpdrive designs left the original Teamsters behind from the 2110s onwards, but the solid and reliable craft were never truly abandoned and remained common in the Expanse.		The Second Space Age saw the need to move large and varied cargos to the new (and old) colonies, and the developed American space industry was quick to answer the call with the now-iconic ''Teamster''. By 2110 its skeletal 'ribcage' design was well-known across human space from the enormous fleet that carried supplies, equipment, gunboats and colonists out to the Expanse and beyond. The cargo pod scale it established remains the standard today. More modern jumpdrive designs left the original Teamsters behind from the 2110s onwards, but the solid and reliable craft were never truly abandoned and remained common in the Expanse.

	When battle was joined on the League frontline their small stock of Teamsters were pressed into service once more to ferry landing barges and gunboats to the front. They were far outnumbered by the Pilkingtons, but were superior at moving gunboats and other complete craft to the clumsy freighter conversions. The key moment came in 2175, when League diplomats at Londenium managed to secure the purchase of almost all of ZOCU's mothballed Teamsters, multiplying the alliance's spacelift at a stroke and allowing dozens of gunboats to be brought to the front at a stroke.		When battle was joined on the League frontline their small stock of Teamsters were pressed into service once more to ferry landing barges and gunboats to the front. They were far outnumbered by the Pilkingtons, but were superior at moving gunboats and other complete craft to the clumsy freighter conversions. The key moment came in 2175, when League diplomats at Londenium managed to secure the purchase of almost all of ZOCU's mothballed Teamsters, multiplying the alliance's spacelift at a stroke and allowing dozens of gunboats to be brought to the front at a stroke.

	===='Pangu' Megafreighter====		====''Pangu'' Megafreighter====
	The Chinese ''Pangu'' 'mega-freighter' was one of the first truly large ships to be sent out into the abyss of space, and was instrumental in building the foundations of China's golden age. The colossal craft could move tens of thousands of people at a stroke to the colonies, or supplies and equipment to match. Like all other craft of that era however, they found themselves left behind by the march of progress, and would have passed without incident into history were it not for the most controversial action of the Magnate war.		The Chinese ''Pangu'' 'mega-freighter' was one of the first truly large ships to be sent out into the abyss of space, and was instrumental in building the foundations of China's golden age. The colossal craft could move tens of thousands of people at a stroke to the colonies, or supplies and equipment to match. Like all other craft of that era however, they found themselves left behind by the march of progress, and would have passed without incident into history were it not for the most controversial action of the Magnate war.

Peel: /* 'Pangu' Megafreighter */

2010-03-10T17:48:13Z

'Pangu' Megafreighter

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	The Chinese ''Pangu'' 'mega-freighter' was one of the first truly large ships to be sent out into the abyss of space, and was instrumental in building the foundations of China's golden age. The colossal craft could move tens of thousands of people at a stroke to the colonies, or supplies and equipment to match. Like all other craft of that era however, they found themselves left behind by the march of progress, and would have passed without incident into history were it not for the most controversial action of the Magnate war.		The Chinese ''Pangu'' 'mega-freighter' was one of the first truly large ships to be sent out into the abyss of space, and was instrumental in building the foundations of China's golden age. The colossal craft could move tens of thousands of people at a stroke to the colonies, or supplies and equipment to match. Like all other craft of that era however, they found themselves left behind by the march of progress, and would have passed without incident into history were it not for the most controversial action of the Magnate war.

	The League, in desperate need of lift and particularly ''large-scale'' lift, became aware of a trio of Pangus abandoned above the outlying colony of Kau Lung. A small strike force was assembled on some of the League's few theta-equipped spacecraft and despatched to 'negotiate'. The experienced crews and dedicated warships of the flotilla were an insurmountable foe to the Kauis, who watched helplessly as their greatest treasures were boarded and stolen. The Pangus, whose cavernous holds could hold an entire cruiser or more after conversion, were of vital use to the League's final pushes against the Magnates, and the League remains to this day unrepentant~~, despite offering~~ compensation to the Kau Lung ~~administration~~.		The League, in desperate need of lift and particularly ''large-scale'' lift, became aware of a trio of Pangus abandoned above the outlying colony of Kau Lung. A small strike force was assembled on some of the League's few theta-equipped spacecraft and despatched to 'negotiate'. The experienced crews and dedicated warships of the flotilla were an insurmountable foe to the Kauis, who watched helplessly as their greatest treasures were boarded and stolen. The Pangus, whose cavernous holds could hold an entire cruiser or more after conversion, were of vital use to the League's final pushes against the Magnates, and the League remains to this day unrepentant. Offers of compensation to the government of Kau Lung have been so far rebuffed as 'insufficient'.

	===''Canopus'' Class System Defense Ship===		===''Canopus'' Class System Defense Ship===