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Corindia wrote:

I'll add that even in cases where two TWI nations end up making their own versions of the same thing it can usually be solved by simply not thinking about it too hard. If possible it's good to avoid it, but in some cases (WWII era equipment comes to mind) sometimes parallel thought happens and it's not the end of the world.

Yup. The simple fact is we're all working from the same set of RL designs, and choosing the same thing is just going to happen from time to time. The TWI versions tend to be more interesting than the RL ones, and are often better optimized for TWI use.

Laeden wrote:

So, people

I've been toying with an idea that I finally made public (on discord). Laeden will operate and maintain a network of international schools called Laedenian Acamey of Education, or LAEs. Those schools will be located in Laeden's former colonies (Keomora, Hintuwan, The United Partitions) and, perhaps, in a handful of very close nations (Ainslie, Thromsa, Yursea, Veldhaven, San Jimenez, Martenyika, Roendavar).

Other nations can have LAEs too, if they're interested. There are some other close partners of Laeden that I didn't include in my former list (I don't think that I have to mention them by name, they know who they are), but they can totally have LAEs if they so desire. If anyone's interested in having one, just send me a message and I'll arrange that (in a future dispatch).

The main idea of the LAE is to provide youths with Laedenian education. It's meant to be a prestigious school that would teach in French only, and also offer its students a deeper dive into Laedenian culture and society (including trips to Laeden and preferential access to Laedenian universities upon graduation). The purpose of LAEs wuld be to disseminate Laedenian culture and to form closer bonds of friendship between Laeden and the host nations.

Happy to be included in this wonderful program!

Isterberg wrote:

made some new tanks, the thunderstrike light tank

You want a unique light tank, Check out the US light tank T-92, you could adjust it to fit your needs.

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Laeden

Count me in for one as well

i now have an airforce

Ainslie wrote:

Mainly guns, probably also electronics systems

That definitely sounds like something I'd be interested in doing, I've been meaning to give Aeteros a thriving arms manufacturing industry

News. Another interview:

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Isterberg wrote:

its not the best plane but it works fine

Ioudaia wrote:

Don't worry about it. There are no best planes. There are only best planes for certain missions and best planes for certain military doctrines. That's true of all weapons.

Once you've figured out what your military is for, you can figure out the missions it needs to carry out and choose weapons appropriately.

That's true, but I'm afraid this is not such an example. Let's start from the bottom of that stats sheet, Isterberg.

1) The count of flares is likely to be reasonable if on the low end. Modern aircraft typically have multiple countermeasure systems working in tandem, not just flares. So flares and chaff are usually the same, and anything built after the 70s has some kind of electronic countermeasure system built into the aircraft itself in the form of some kind of radio transmitter. This latter part works together with the aircraft's main air search/lock RADAR, typically an infrared search and track system of some kind, and a communication suite as part of the avionics and electronics.

2) The cannon is fine here, that's well and good. However, modern aircraft rarely if ever dispense with missiles, so you'll need to have some on there. A capacity of somewhere between 5-10 missiles or bombs (or external fuel tanks), depending on the aircraft's overall design and mission profile are going to be default, at the absolute minimum it'll need short-range air-to-air missiles for self-defense.

3) Though Turbojets were in service at that time, they surely aren't flying now, and doubly surely wouldn't be offering the plane a top speed just short of Mach 2. Most modern fighters use afterburning turbofan engines for both power and thrust. Similarly, there's no real way I would imagine a jet fighter from that long ago would see anything resembling modern service short of a museum or air shows.

Depending on how your nation/military functions, it'd be more reasonable to see jets from the 60s at the oldest and more likely planes from the late 70s through the 80s or 90s. More recent 4++ generation fighters (such as the Eurofighter, Gripen, F-18 and such) might also be in service if your nation has been recently building up its capabilities. 5th generation stuff like the F-22/35 is slightly more common in TWI (thanks to Altera and myself innovating in that field) but still very recent and maturing, I don't expect to see many air forces adopting those.

4) I suggest double checking your unit of measurement for the size of your aircraft. On a cursory check, that's way smaller than any fighter jet aircraft that's ever existed if we take the basic US Customary measurements. These would work in metric, however.

In general for your military equipment, unless you have a very clear idea of what equipment looks like in your head, I'd recommend adapting from RL sources instead of coming up with those stats entirely from scratch.

Isterberg wrote:

is TWI on earth

In everything that matters except for history before 1900, no.
In history before 1900, yes if you so deign to interact with Earth at that time.

I have Officially opened up a Embassy Program!

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Andromeda kingdom wrote:

Hi everyone I’m new to NS and RPing however I have some experience with RPing. I want to create a nation that’s peaceful, but with a strong military just in case.

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