Darwinist Industries - SEMI-OPEN

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DARWINIST INDUSTRIES
"Putting the eco back into eco-warfare"

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This is the official shopfront for Darwinist Industries International. All purchases and queries are to be posted here.

Darwinist Industries?:
We at Darwinist Industries devote ourselves to the betterment of the environment around us. Although we are an arms manufacturer, we strive to have our weapons leave no imprint on the earth and even empower nature itself. We specialise in the power of nature (as you might have noticed) and base our designs on Mother Nature's blueprints. Following the Environment Safety and Caution Act of 1981, we were able to lobby a research grant from the government and as a result extend our research and production into new and more eco-friendly weapons. Since then we have expanded our range of products to the following divisions:

-Maritime Flora
One of the main points in Hartford's book was the need to defend the waterways and coastlines of a naturalist nation but not to interfere with the natural order of the aquatic ecosystem. When the New Era Expansion Line was introduced, it featured the first designs for efficient defenses for underwater warfare. Since then the Maritime Flora division has been an integral part of our sea-dependent nation clients.
-Maritime Fauna
In conjunction with the introduction of maritime flora, the Maritime Fauna division was its most obvious counterpart. Trawling through hundreds of books on the legends of the sea, our first head scientist, John Wilkinson, laid down the first designs for our Leviathan-class Submarine Carrier. After the Leviathan project was released, the Maritime Fauna division was firmly in place as our major vessel construction entity.
-Aerial Fauna
With the maritime department firmly established, the Air department was first initiated in 1969 as a bid for the aircraft market. The aircraft market at that time was heavily mechanised, and a eco-friendly solution was desperately needed. Darwinist Industries stepped in and offered the perfect solution - living creatures, specially modified to bend its allegiance to the highest bidder. After releasing its first models as well as carrier variants for the Leviathan-class, the Air Fauna division was well established as DI's foremost aircraft producer.
-Subterranean Flora/Fauna
With both air and sea departments firmly established, company direction turned ultimately to land power. By far one of our most extensive production divisions, the Subterranean Flora/Fauna division specialises in, well, underground warfare. Products in this division are capable of striking targets from afar from beneath the earth they stand, which is demoralizing for any invading army.
-Defensive Botany
The main line of research for DI's scientists was always the development of flora and fauna that could flourish in the wilderness of their client nations. The Defensive Botany division sprung into being for the less-wealthier but environmentally powerful nations. This division deals in the defensive mechanisms of flowers and other botanical shrubs and plants, with the sole purpose of making them so insanely sensitive to their surroundings that even the slightest interaction can unleash their terrible power.
-Aggressive Botany
An obvious counterpart to the Defensive Botany division, the Aggressive Botany division concerns those nations with a more belligerent attitude. Products in this division can be controlled to do a particular person's bidding with help from our ever-ready training squads. To those on the receiving end of these terror weapons, however, we suggest you be very careful when you see these eco-terrors deployed.
-Natural Small-arms
Concerning the propulsion systems
-Meteorology Devices
-Geological Supremacy
-Biological Warfare

Trading Procedure:
To order one or several of our products, fill out the following form:

Company Name: (Shopfront Name.)
Nation Name: (Your NS name.)
Subject of Purchase: (Multipurpose/Aerial/Maritime/Subterranean/Botany/Small-arms/Meteorology/Geological/Biological)
Quantity of Purchase: (Each product individually, along with quanity of each product)
Additional Items: (Such as training squads, defense squads, etc.)
Type of Payment: (Cash Upfront, Cheque, Credit, etc.)
Method of Transport: (Instant, Via Air, Via Sea, Via Land, etc)
Footnotes: (Anything else you have to say (e.g. Specifications modifications, queries on products being purchased))

Please note that we cannot immediately send goods - the "Instant" method of transport dictates that the product be sent ASAP (which is usually between 1 hour to 2 days.)

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Darwinist Industries' Background:

Whilst the world prepared for mechanised warfare at the turn of the 19th century, naturalist advocates had other ideas. One such naturalist was Graham Federico Hartford, distant cousin to Charles Darwin himself. Hartford fantasised of conflicts in the future being fought with the powers of nature. He wrote a book of his ideas, Naturalist Warfare: Nature's Secret Weapons, which has since then become the guidelines for our company's principles.

Following Great Wars of 1912-1923 and 1928-1948, much of the environment was torn up. Hartford and his like-minded colleagues emerged from their bunker to stare at their ravaged surroundings in shock and disbelief. Every tree and living thing had been obliterated for 10 miles around. It was in this sight, combined with Hartford's imagination, that our company sprang into being.

When Darwinist Industries was founded in the ravaged year of 1951 N.E., Hartford and his partners were up against some of the toughest arms corporations in the world. They knew that their ideas were being put to the international test. In 1956, Darwinist Industries rolled out its new line of eco-empowering arms. This line, called the New Era Line, remained the basis for all future designs made by our company.

In the Spring Skirmishes of 1962, the Republic of South Franzlef predominately used the New Era weapons against their mechanised aggressors. Here Darwinist Industries was put on the brink of bankruptcy - if the defence of South Franzlef failed against the invaders, all their banks would withdraw their loans, as well as their shareholders and investors. Thankfully, the defence held brilliantly and South Franzlef was able to mount a stunning counteroffensive in the winter of the same year.

Darwinist Industries' stock value skyrocketed during the 1970s, which was a period known for its pervading hippy influence - no-one wanted the environment torn up again. Therefore Darwinist Industries was able to roll out two new product lines in years 1974 and 1978 respectively. Both proved to be successes, and Darwinist Industries was poised to take control of the biological arms market.

At the turn of the 20th century, CEO Samuel Worthings celebrated Darwinist Industries' 50th anniversary with an exclusive Millenium Orchid Line - a line of the best and prototype weapons Darwinist Industries could muster. But following the United Nations Charter on Warfare in 2002, the arms market took a severe blow as conflicts subsided across the world. Darwinist Industries's stock value fell sharply and stopped at the 3/8ths mark. The stock price today is still rising, but it will never surpass the peak value in 2000.

Today Darwinist Industries operates across the known world, their corporate headquarters located in the heart of Africa, where our products are strongest. Our manufacturing facilities are located deep in the earth, as to preserve the power that our products hold.

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PRODUCT INFORMATION:

-Maritime Flora

-Stinger Coral- Coral reef strain V1.45
Type: Submarine Bombardment
Growth time: 10 minutes to sapling, 20 to mature
Attack Type: Stinger needles (compressed gas expulsion)
Rate of Fire: 120-150 needles per minute
Range: 321 meters
Life period: 2 weeks, 2 days to decay
Reproduction: Nil
Era: New Era
Price: 100 seeds for 4500 USD, 400 seeds for 13800 USD. Saplings at 16000 USD a crate.
The Stinger coral reef was DI's first foray into underwater warfare. By modifying the sensor characteristics of the coral towards fish and other foreign bodes, DI scientists were able to lengthen the range in which the Stinger coral could project its stinger. These stingers are activated by the mere displacement of the target ship's hull in the water. Once detected the coral reef would fire a barrage of tiny but armor-piercing needles at the hull, which would then create undetectable holes in the hull, thus sinking the offensive ship.
-Iron Kelp- Seaweed variant C, V2.34
Type: Ship Impeder
Growth Time: 35 minutes to mature
Attack Type: Iron Kelp (current channeled, fauna-assisted)
Range: over 4 kilometers
Life period: over 5 months, 2 weeks to decay
Reproduction: One seed every month and a half.
Price: 150 seeds for 5400 USD. 300 seeds for 10000 USD. Saplings at 9800 USD a crate.
Era: New Era
By injecting iron-enhancing minerals into the DNA of the seaweed kelp, DI scientists were able to solidify the Iron Kelp into a near-invulnerable state. The kelp would then be assisted by specially trained dolphins to wrap itself around an opposing vessel - once secured, the kelp would harden and secure the vessel firmly there, a sitting duck for an easy bombardment.
Acidic Sodium Obelisk petrified tree add-on, Design C-B/V1.5
Type: Minelayer
Growth Time: 45 minutes to full operational status.
Attack Type: Acid Mines
Rate of Fire: 5 mines per day
Range: over 6 kilometers
Life period: 24 days, 4 hours to decay
Reproduction: Nil
Era: 1974 Expansion
Price: 2400 USD per emplacement. 10 emplacements for 22800 USD.
When DI chemists concentrated sodium into a near acidic state, they were able to transmute such compressed deposits into highly acidic bulbs, capable of dissolving even the strongest hulls. When encapsulated in a pressure bubble, the acid would remain suspended approximately 10 meters from the waterline. When a ship's hull came close to the mine and displaced it, the bubble would burst, and the acid would be attracted to the nearest metallic object, which would be most likely the offending vessel's hull.

-Maritime Fauna

Leviathan Genetics Blue Whale Design C-D/V1.98
Type: Submarine Vessel (Carrier)
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Armament:
(AA) 2x squid-propellant .24mm light guns (Range: 1420 meters)
(Bomb) 1x 12pdr Mariner's cannon (Sandalwood propellant) Range: 6.42 km
(Carrier) 100-290 flechette bats (Range: 11.5 km)
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Armour:
(Tail) Full steel-brass plating.
(Gunwales) Partial iron-spike plating
(Flippers) Partial steel plating
(Head) Sparse iron-spike plating
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Dimensions: 120 meters (l) x 24 meters (w)
Weight: 175.4 tonnes (dead weight) 368 tonnes (full weight)
Range - 16500 NM
Depth: 2800 meters below sea level
Max Speed: 21-33 knots
Max Acceleration: 6 knots per hour
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Era: 1978 Expansion
Price: 458.2 million USD for 1.
After many repeated requests from shareholders and investors, DI rolled out their first maritime carrier, the first naval design of Darwinist Industries. This living submarine sports impressive physical characteristics, but is more suited to a hit-and-run role. The Leviathan is capable of deploying B-grade flechette bats, which are its main attack type.

-Aerial Fauna

Flechette bat Variant blood bat, mod 4.12
Type: Multipurpose Fighter
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Armament:
Varied. See description and role capabilities for details.
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Weight: 2.2kg (unloaded) - 8.6kg (heaviest armament)
Top Rate of climb: 1.7 ft p/s
Top Rate of descent: 22.3 ft p/s
Max. Velocity: 80kmph
Evasion rate: High
Role capabilities: First-strike, courier, bomber, demoralising, suicide
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Era: New Line
Price: 3.3 million USD for a squadron of 24 bats, 6 million USD for 50 (2 squadrons)
The Flechette Bat was DI's first venture into the military-purpose aircraft market. But yet as soon as it was released, it became a cost-effective, easy solution to all the woes of setting up a new Air Force for starter nations. One of the main strong points of the Flechette bats was that they were versatile - if trained properly they could become true terrors of the sky. The Flechette bats could assume almost any aerial role, such as night surveillance, daytime bombing in sea and land, and even become terrorists in the sky, as the bats were very expendable - you could attach a bomb to one, make it dive right into a jet's suction vent, and explode, bringing the jet down, all while inconveniencing your enemy with over triple their normal purchase price for that destroyed jet.

-Subterranean Flora/Fauna

Snareroot Core Flora core underground model 2
Type: Underground Support
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Range: Rises exponentially, gradually extending throughout a whole nation
Purpose: Logistics Support, as well as foundations for other weapons
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Era: New Line
Price: 14.5 mil USD for installation. Lease payments of 42k USD per season.
As an arms manufacturer, we not only make weapons, we continue to invent new and supportive organisms than can help during wartime. Take the Snareroot Core - A highly obedient plant overmind that can be ordered to send shipments or supplies to wherever you want it to go - whether it be from farm to domestic homes, or from factory to front lines, the Core will deliver them in an instant.

-Defensive Botany

Ashroot DevourerSnareroot extension, DEF2
Type: Subterranean Trap
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Activation: Upon treading
Reaction time: 60 milliseconds.
Rearm time: 35 minutes
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Era: 1974 Expansion
Price: 18k USD per extension
When our scientists and designers were thinking of a weapon to demoralise invading troops, they came up with a terrifying solution - the Ashroot Devourer. The Ashroot acts as a weapon of the Core, whose main purpose is to pull invading troops into the ground and bury them alive, and them consume them in private. The root then re-emerges and lays down innocently, waiting for its next victim.

-Aggressive Botany

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Reserved for these categories:
-Natural Small-arms
-Meteorology Devices
-Geological Supremacy
-Biological Warfare

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Training Squads

With all due sarcasm aside, upon purchasing one of our products, how do you expect it to come under your control? The answer to that is very simple. We at Darwinist Industries have round-the-clock training squads that can be posted to your nation to instruct your future handlers to be efficient and deadly in how they manipulate our products. Each division has its own specialised squads of trainers, but often some squads can specialise in more than one division. Here is the current list of all the available trainers:

Undersea Gardeners: These gardeners train your underwater defenses in vessel recognition and accuracy. Each extra day your defenses are trained they become more accurate.
Training time: 4 days minimum
Fee: 1.1k USD per day (No upfront cost)
Bonus: 8 days - Non-reproductive plants begin to reproduce. 14 days - Reproduction rate for all plants doubles.
Naval Naturalists: An essential part of crew-building for your new naval weapons.
Training time: 1 month 10 days for each naval creature in your fleet.
Fee: 320k USD upfront per ship. 4k USD for each extra day above the minimum.
Bonus: +12 days - Most models will acquire regeneration abilities. +19 days - All models will acquire double regeneration time.
Avian Keepers: Specialists in aerial creatures. They train both the creatures and their handlers.
Training time: 3 weeks minimum
Fee: 3k USD per 5 days, 20k USD upfront for each team
Bonus: +12 days - all aerial creatures owned by your nation start reproducing.
War Botanists: Masters of both defensive and offensive control of DI plants.
Training time: 2 weeks for plants, 1 week for handlers
Fee: 2.4k USD per 2 days, 15k USD upfront for all hired
Bonus: N/A

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Trading Partners:

Ikruchystan Arms
Great Jambalani Rifle Company (pending deal)

Stock Information:
By investing in Darwinist Industries stock, you are entitled to have more say in our next forays and our ongoing research. However, unless you possess a controlling share, your say does not count towards the general direction of the company. But that does not limit you in deciding this company's future. In our Shareholder's Contribution Initiative of 2002, the Darwinist Industries management decided to allow shareholder interests to become new prospects for the company. This initiative means that any suggestion you have in the company will be considered thoroughly for potential.

Current stock value:
6.94 USD per share
Highest ever value:
19.54 USD per share (1979)
Lowest ever share:
1.95 USD per share (2001)
Rate of Current Growth:
+0.01 per day
Lowest Rate of Growth on record
-1.24 over 5 days (2001)

Highest stake
15% (Ikruchystan Arms)
Controlling share?: Yes
Total quantity of shares held
850,460,700 shares held by company (82.5%)
150,081,300 shares held by Ikruchystan Arms (15%)
38,550,000 shares held by individual investors (2.5%)

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Research Information

Main Topic:
Naturalist Armour (Aggressive Botany)
Next Product: Terror-Walker type
Estimated time of prototype release: 31st March

Sub-topics:
Dengue fever strain (Biological Warfare)
Acidic Silver Rocket (Meteorological Devices)

As it takes some time to upload and add all the new information onto our products, please note that we constantly update the Products page. Keep checking back for more updates and new products!

NEW Grand Opening Date:

27th March 2011

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Development phase of production still running. Grand Opening date may be delayed.

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Purchase tag.

Off note:
purchase of 300 million in shares available?