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Miratian Aircraft

FM-1 Lightning

The Lightning is a 4th generation all-weather twin-engine tactical fighter, designed with the ability to attain and maintain air superiority.

Armament

  • Nose-mounted VC-4 30 mm gatling cannon
  • 2 × AAM-1 anti-aircraft missiles
  • 8 × AAM-2 anti-aircraft missiles

Comparable Aircraft

FM-1B Lightning

The Lightning-B is a derivative design of the FM-1 Lightning tactical fighter, designed to fulfill the role of a ground attack plane.

Armament

  • Nose-mounted VC-4 30 mm gatling cannon
  • 2 × AAM-1 anti-aircraft missiles
  • Up to 11,000 kg of bombs

Comparable Aircraft

FM-2 Falcon

The Falcon is a 5th-generation all-weather multi-role fighter with vectored-thrust capability, supercruise, multiple engagement capability, sophisticated control systems, and ten modular weapon hardpoints that can mount and fire missiles of virtually any manufacture.

In spite of a large missile capacity, the ability to track, assign to, and launch missiles at several targets simultaneously often resigns the Falcon to releasing a single devastating volley of missiles from exceptionally long range, followed by a hasty retreat to rearm.

Armament

  • Nose-mounted VC-4 30 mm gatling cannon
  • Eight external and two internal missile hardpoints
    • 1 AAM-1 anti-aircraft missile per external or internal hardpoint
    • 1 AAM-2 anti-aircraft missile per external hardpoint

BM-1 Echelon

The Echelon is Miratia's mainstay strategic bomber; a stealthy, supercruising monster with its own defensive anti-aircraft missiles.

Out of context, it is comparable to a B-1B bomber with a pair of anti-aircraft missiles pointing forward and backward.

BM-X2 Interruptor

The Interruptor was a proposal drawn up by the Airfleet for a highly-mobile delivery platform for the Type-9 series of anti-aircraft missiles. If constructed, it would have been the largest and most heavily-armed air superiority aircraft in the world, powered by a nuclear reactor and carrying more than seventy AAM-2 missiles, which would be fired from four internal rotary launchers. The launchers would each hold up to six missiles at a time, and be reloaded mid-flight by the craft's crew.

It was determined, however, that the mere development of such a craft would bankrupt Miratia as a state, so the project was cancelled before a prototype could be built.

Other Aircraft

BM-1S Echelon-S tanker

  • A BM-1 Echelon variant that was developed to rapidly deliver fuel.
  • Smaller capacity than other tankers.
  • Supercruise.
  • Rudimentary radar stealth.

BM-1R Echelon-R electronics warfare and intelligence plane

  • A BM-1 Echelon variant that was developed to carry out electronic warfare against the enemy.
  • Jamming equipment and AWACs.
  • Supercruise.
  • Rudimentary radar stealth.

RM-1 Foresight electronics warfare and intelligence plane

  • Dedicated radar and electronics warfare plane. Similar to an EF-111A Raven.

NH-1 Fisher ASW

  • Tactically equivalent to a V-22 Osprey, modified for ASW operations.
  • Carries up to four AUM-11 torpedoes.

RF-1 Spectre

  • strategic recon plane
  • Equivalent to an SR-71 Blackbird.

AG-1 Tornado

  • Attack helicopter gunship
  • Analogous to modern AH-1 Cobra.
  • Main VC-4 gatling cannon can be swapped out for a VC-2 automatic grenade launcher.

AG-2 Hurricane

  • Attack helicopter gunship (recent development)
  • Analogous to modern AH-64 Apache.
  • Main VC-4 gatling cannon can be swapped out for a VC-2 automatic grenade launcher.

AM-1 Archer

  • artillery synchropter
  • Air-mobile 120 mm howitzer.
  • 30-shell magazine.
  • Crew of four.
  • Maximum speed of 180km/h, with a cruising speed of 150km/h.
  • 400 km combat radius.

AM-2 Longbow

  • Artillery synchropter
  • Air-mobile 155 mm howitzer.
  • 50-shell magazine.
  • Crew of seven. (includes pilot, co-pilot, flight engineer, gun crew, and gun commander)
  • 2 universal door gun mounts, plus up to 250 kg of ammunition.
  • 400 km combat radius.

Miratian Army Vehicles

MC-1 combat land cruiser

The MC-1 land cruiser is Miratia's state of the art main battle tank. The primary armament consists of a manually-loaded 120 mm smoothbore gun, and two auto-loading 80 mm mortars. It is also equipped with a pair of 12.7 mm machine guns that can be manually or remotely operated. These can also be switched out for fully-automatic 40 mm grenade launchers. Additionally, the vehicle sports a heavily armoured tread system that is, for all intents and purposes, immune to tampering by anything less than military-grade high-explosives.

The MC-1 can be fitted with a number of box-launchers for GAM-1A anti-aircraft missiles, though this is rarely done due to both the considerable amount of close-range firepower it can bring to bear against low-flying aircraft, as well as detection and IFF issues.

Out of context, the land cruiser is comparable to a somewhat heavier version (70 t) of the American M1A1 Abrams main battle tank, or the Israeli Merkava Mk IV.

Armament

  • Manually-loaded VC-3 gun.
  • Two VC-1 machine guns or VC-2 automatic grenade launchers.

MC-X1A urban land cruiser

The MC-X1A is an experimental derivative of the MC-1 land cruiser designed for urban warfare. It sacrifices the two mortars for a significantly shorter 130 mm auto-loading gun, thicker top and underside armour, and an even more heavily-armoured tread system that will be nearly impervious to all but a direct hit on the track links from the front or rear with an RPG.

MC-2 Cobra infantry fighting vehicle

  • Room for up to 12 soldiers and their gear.
  • VC-2 automatic grenade launcher mounted in remote-controlled turret.
  • Pintle-mounted VC-1 machine gun.
  • Resistant to RPGs.
  • Light enough to be air-lifted.

MM-1 Storm self-propelled rocket artillery

  • 4 hardpoints for multiple rocket pods of varying types.
    • Large-Diameter Missile Launcher (4 x GVM-5)
    • Small-Diameter Missile Launcher (18 x GPR-6, 18 x GPR-8)

MA-1 Interceptor self-propelled air defender

  • Mobile SAM battery and point defense
  • 18 x GAM-9 or 4 x GIM-x7 missiles
  • Mounts a VS-1 Flankless point-defense system.

Miratian Navy

Stingray-class KG

  • Guided missile corvette.
  • Designed to operate in Frequesuan inland lakes and rivers; not suitable for operation on the open ocean.
  • Forward turret holds a 120 mm auto-loading smoothbore cannon.
  • Four 25 mm autocannon emplacements.
  • Sixteen vertical launch tubes, with storage for up to 16 additional SSM-4 or SAM-9 missiles.
  • Landing pad can accommodate a single NA-1 Fisher naval patrol plane or helicopter.
  • Equipped with a recon drone and a radar system suitable for air defense.

Kraken-class SSG

  • Diesel-electric hunter-killer submarine with guided missiles.
  • Short-ranged, unsuitable for intercontinental operations.
  • Six torpedo tubes, with storage for up to thirty UUM-11 torpedoes.
  • Sixteen vertical launch tubes, with storage for up to eight additional USM-4 or UAM-9 missiles.
  • Retractible air defense radar.

Millenium-class LHA

  • Armoured helicopter assault carrier.
  • Carries up to 300 troops and a full squadron of 25 AG-2 Hurricane gunships.
  • Armed with an NC-5 defensive naval gun, three NS-2 point defense systems, and a SAM-9 launcher for self-defense.

Weapons Systems

IM-1 battle rifle

  • Semi-automatic combat rifle
  • Fires 8x55 mm Miratian from 25-, 30-, or 40- round magazines
  • Top, under, and side rails.

IM-2 squad automatic weapon

  • Belt-fed squad automatic weapon, intended to be fired from a fixed position.
  • Fires 8x55 mm Miratian.
  • Top, under, and side rails.

IM-3 riot gun

  • Semi-automatic 12 ga shotgun.
  • Fires various types of shotgun shell.
  • Top, under, and side rails.

IM-4 assault riot gun

  • Fully-automatic 12 ga shotgun.
  • Semi* and fully-automatic fire modes.
  • Fires from 30-, 40-, or 60-round straight magazines.
  • Top, side, and under rails.

IM-4A squad automatic riot gun

  • Belt-fed version of the IM-4 with an integrated folding bipod.

IM-5 assault pistol

  • Sub-machine gun.
  • Fires 12.7x27 mm Miratian from 25-, 30-, or 40-round straight magazines.

IM-6 assault rifle

  • Semi-automatic combat rifle.
  • Fires 8x55 mm Miratian from 25-, 30-, or 40- round magazines.
  • Top, under, and side rails.

IS-1 individual defensive weapon

  • PDW, similar to the MP7 but with a 35-round magazine.
  • Fires 6x29 mm Miratian armour-piercing ammunition
  • Top rails for sights

IS-2 defensive sidearm

  • Similar to the FiveSeveN, but fires the 6x29 mm Miratian armour-piercing ammunition from a 16-round magazine.
  • Under rails for tactical torch.

IS-3 offensive sidearm

  • Offensive pistol.
  • Fires 12.7x27 mm Miratian from an 8-round magazine.
  • Large frame and nearly unmanageable recoil make it generally unpopular with soldiers.
  • Not many are produced or used.
  • Popular among collectors.

IS-4 riot pistol

  • Pistol that fires 12 ga shotgun shells from a 6-round magazine.

IS-5 individual anti-armour weapon

  • Individual anti-tank weapon.
  • Comparable to the AT-4.

IS-x6 individual anti-armour weapon

  • Experimental individual anti-tank weapon.
  • Comparable to the FGM-148 Javelin weapon system.

V/NC-1

  • Fully-automatic, belt-fed 12.7x110 mm machine gun.
  • Vehicle-mounted or crew-served.

V/NC-2

  • Fully-automatic, belt-fed 40x110 mm grenade launcher.
  • Vehicle-mounted or crew-served.

VC-3

  • 120 mm smoothbore cannon designed for the MC-1 land cruiser.

V/NC-4

  • 30 mm gatling cannon driven by an electric motor.
  • Designed to engage low-altitude attack planes, helicopters, and, when installed as part of the Flankless system, missiles.

NC-5

NC-6

V/NS-1 Flankless Active Defense System

  • Automated point-defense system employing the VC-4 gatling cannon and an integrated radar to shoot down incoming missiles.
  • Deployed on the Millenium-class LHA

Ammunition

IPS-1 8x55 mm Miratian

  • Rifle bullet.
  • Flanges on impact.

IPS-2 12.7x27 mm Miratian

  • Pistol bullet.
  • Generally equivalent to .50 AE.
  • Fragments on impact.

IPS-3 6x30 mm Miratian

  • Armour-piercing bullet.
  • Low recoil makes it good for fully automatic fire.

IPS-4 riot shell

  • 12 ga shotgun shell.
  • Splits into several tumbling tungsten rods after firing.

IPS-5 riot slug

  • 12 ga jacketed tungsten slug.

IGS-6 high-explosive riot shell

  • 12 ga contact-explosive shotgun shell.
  • tactically equivalent to a Frag-12.

IPS-7 12.7x110mm Miratian

  • Jacketed rifle bullet for machine guns.

AAM-1 anti-aircraft guided missile

  • Equivalent to AIM-9 Sidewinder.

AAM-2 anti-aircraft guided missile

  • Equivalent to AIM-120 AMRAAM.

A/SAM-3 anti-aircraft guided missile

  • Equivalent to AIM-7 Sparrow.
  • Optimized for air* or sea-launch.

S/USM-4 anti-ship guided missile

  • Roughly equivalent to UGM-84 Harpoon, but optimized for vertical launch from a submarine (USM-4) or surface warship (SSM-4).
  • Slightly larger warhead.
  • Somewhat slower to launch.
  • Slightly easier to intercept.

A/GVM-5 anti-armour guided missile

  • Equivalent to Hellfire missile
  • Can be launched from a ground vehicle (GVM-5) or attack helicopter (AVM-5)

A/GPR-6 anti-personnel rocket

  • Unguided rocket with ground proximity-fuzed directed fragmentation warhead
  • Designed to detonate over the target and shower it with shrapnel
  • Roughly equivalent to M1028 canister shot in terms of effectiveness

GIM-x7 interceptor guided missile

  • Anti-ballistic missile.
  • Not terribly effective.

A/GPR-8 anti-personnel rocket

  • Unguided rocket with ground proximity-fuzed thermobaric warhead

G/S/UAM-9 anti-aircraft guided missile

  • Ground-, sea-, or submarine-launched anti-aircraft guided missile.
  • Comparable to the S-300 missile.
  • Cheaper than an S-300. However, the seeker package lacks the sophistication to lock on to targets that are smaller or harder to detect than a fighter jet.

A/GGR-10 anti-materiel rocket

  • Unguided rocket with a thermobaric warhead, designed to collapse buildings.

A/UUM-11 general purpose torpedo

  • (UUM-11) Wire-guided torpedo with terminal active sonar guidance.
  • (AUM-11) Actively sonar-guided torpedo, designed for deployment from the NA-1 'Fisher[/i] ASW variant.
  • Effective against ships and submarines.

SIM-12 interceptor guided missile

  • Equivalent to the modern SeaRAM.