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Chapter 6 - "dreadnought"

1870

work on torpedoes is progressing slowly

1872

steel shell torpedoes are not watertight, research on other methods of welding metal began

1875

work on torpedoes temporarily halted. reason is lack of adequate propulsion system

1876

work on improving telephone and construction of phone cables around the country began

1880

first telephone lines began to function in 13 main cities

first one person mashine gun created, but weight is too high for average person to carry efficiently. scheduled for further improvement by 1883

research on more efficient and smaller Petroleum engines began

1885

hand held mashine gun produced

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weight:2.5kg

ammo:7mm (new standard for RoFT)

mag size:

1. 30 bullet +- 1kg

2. 100 bullet +- 3.5kg

fire speed: 2/s

effective distance: 100-1000m

(100 is best accuracy and further is gradually decreasing)

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after several major improvements internal combustion engines are stronger and more efficient then ever before

research on commercially available automobiles began

later that year first prototypes of working four wheeled automobiles appeared

1987

first working automobile was given to Agust on his 351st birthday

research on radars began

1888

first commercially available car approved for sale unfortunately it is very expensive

13 bulletproof vehicles were produced for all elders

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specs of vehicle:

codename: ironhorse

length:6.5m

width:1.6m

weight:9000kg

armor:35mm

steel messh reinforced multi layered 30mm glass windows

engine: in line 8 cylinder 15l 100hp

top speed: 20km/h

(overkill, i know)

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1889

after many investigations by "library"

Nikola Tesla became full member of "library"

1890

arc welding invented

commission of new main battleship.

work on project began

torpedoes redesign underway

first radar successfully created but too weak for actual usage.

sent back for further development

first prototype of submarine constructed, unfortunately it caved and sunk, project temporarily suspended.

1892

work on diesel fueled ship engine began and ended three months later

first engines went into production

instalation on ships scheduled to end by 1897

1896

first project of dreadnought class battleship was created but due to worry about ship's resistance to heavy bombardment of enemy cannons sent back for redesign

1897

RoFT officially became allies with Japan

research on airships ended unsuccessfully and research on other methods of flight began

first 1ton-class tornado produced

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torpado:

weight:1000kg

payload:500kg

speed:30km/h

pneumatic propulsion system

effective distance: 2500m

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1898-1899

Russian-Japanese war

RoFT sent 12 ships and sunk 17 ships of equal class without losing one ship

4 by torpedoes

13 destroyed by gunfire

1900

legal drugs legislation modified now strongest allowed drug is opium

(who would've thought that bunch of motivated chemists can create stronger drugs)

dreadnought class battleship scheduled for production number of 20

to be finished by 1910

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dreadnought class battleship:

lenght:120m

width:30m

hight:22m

depth:22m

speed:38km/h

crew:

regular crew of 250 (100 gunners, 100 regular navy personnel, 20 mechanics and maintenance, 10 cooks, 10 medical staff, 8 command officers, vice captain and captain)

guns:

two main turrets one in front on on the back both equipped with twin 400mm guns

four secondary 250mm gun turrets on each side

(six front two back)

twelve double mounted gaus 50mm mashingun turrets evenly distributed around the ship

two triple mounted torpado launchers

equipped with 12 1t class torpedoes

also first prototype of radar with effective working distance of 2km (barely useful at night because of its accuracy) [kept in secret even from crew]

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(I really hope it makes sense ^-^ _/ \_)

c6v1 "dreadnought"