Speed: Towed
Height: 70 meters (cage height)
Width: 180 meters
Sensors: Fish monitoring cameras and internal low-power sonar, diver detection sonar, air traffic control / air defense radar, CIWS targeting radars.
Armament: 2 Mk 144 missile launchers, armory
Aircraft capacity: Helipad [no hangar]
Production capacity: 23,000 tons round weight
Cost: 250 million New Dornalian dollars
2 million for every additional gun-based or missile-based CIWS turret
DPR: 5 billion
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Background: The rise in overfishing around the world has gradually lead global seafood industry to move to aquaculture as a principal source of fish and seafood production. If, three decades ago, aquaculture was a mere experimental production technique, it is now an ever-increasing share of the global seafood industry, particularly in key species such as salmon, trout, cod, and mediterranean mussels.
However, as the aquaculture industry grew, it became clear that it was running into intractable environmental issues if it were to remain in shallow waters. Aquaculture farms located in bays and other coastal areas were on one hand affected by coastal pollution from marine traffic and even coastal runoff - affecting both product taste and food safety - as well as interacting detrimentally with the local ecosystems, both disrupting it with fish waste and exposing the fish themselves to parasites such as fish lice. A change had to come.
The solution proposed by industry leaders is the creation of a deep-sea aquaculture platform. Located far away from the shore, such a platform would be able to avoid damage from pollution and minimize damage to ecosystems as the platforms could be spaced far away from each other. The increased size necessary for such platforms would mean that they would also be more efficient on a per-volume basis.
But the challenge was not a simple one. The platform had to be not merely very large but also very stable, capable of withstanding even the harshest ocean storms. It had to be equipped with the best in farm management technology. It had to be defended from attacks by international extremists and saboteurs.
Hammond Motors rose to the challenge. Experienced already in the creation of both whaling and fishing ships, they constructed the GlaukosTM Deep Sea Aquaculture Platform (DSAP). Named after the Ancient Greek god of fishermen, the Glaukos is intended to be a hi-tech platform, equipped with a range of advanced technologies to enable owners to manage vast stocks of fish, weather the harshest storms, and deter terrorist assailants by air or sea.
Structure: The GlaukosTM DSAP is a octagonal structure, built around a central metal pillar, 180 meters wide and 80 meters tall (70 to the top of the fish cage). The presence of a heavy yet hollow central pillar enables high degrees of flotation stability, while the eight corner pillars additionally stabilize the structure, enabling it to remain upright even in a 100-year storm. Movable and fixed bulkheads within the system improve sinking security even when some elements are damaged. Heavy-duty 400-meter mooring chains keep the system fixed to the ocean floor. These are similar to the mooring chains used in aircraft carriers and enable the GlaukosTM DSAP to be used within all continental shelf areas and in some continental slope areas.
The platform's enormous size enables it to handle up to 23,000 tons of fish at a time, or a production volume of 760,000 cubic meters. [/align]
Isometric view of an early predecessor to the Glaukostm
The GlaukosTM DSAP is subdivided into eight compartments separated from each other and from the outside ocean with nets, enabling separate management of different groups of fish (for example, fish at different stages of growth). The top of the system is equipped with load-handling cranes and conveyors (not shown in the promotional art).
Present at the center of the system is a control bridge and a crew quarters housing 24 personnel in fully climate controlled crew quarters complete with kitchen, toilets, showers, mess room and armory. A helipad at the top of the GlaukosTM DSAP enables the landing of helicopters.
In the event that safety measures fail, GlaukosTM DSAP is equipped with two 30-man capacity inflatable liferafts.
Electronics and technology: The GlaukosTM DSAP is equipped with internal short-range sonar, and video cameras for continuous monitoring of the fish within. Linked to computers within the central command post, these monitoring systems constantly view fish behavior. This enables the crew to monitor feeding behavior (to precisely control feed mixes and feeding times), as well as swimming patterns and even fish appearance, allowing swift reaction in the event of the appearance of disease and product quality issues. AI-assisted fish recognition software enables the monitoring of even individual salmon. Chemical sensors control for water pollution.
Fish feed (either powder mixes, plankton, or other feeds) is dispensed through digitally-controlled dispensers in each of the eight compartments). Moreover, the system comes with four mini-ROVs that can be controlled from the central tower, to monitor the nets or other parts of the system for malfunctions.
Moreover, the net itself is fitted with sensors to aid in detecting net breaches and fish escapes (to help with product loss and environmental damage prevention) as well as to detect the ingress of saboteurs or predator species. External anti-diver sonar is fitted to the system to aid in the detection of saboteurs, while in the air the system is protected by a short-range air traffic control/targeting radar.
Armament: To defend against possible sabotage attacks, as well as to aid World Assembly member states in compliance with WA GAR #20, the GlaukosTM DSAP is equipped with two Mk 144 missile launchers and an armory stocked with 25 automatic rifles, two heavy machineguns, and ten DIL Frogspear anti-diver depth charge launcher[/url]. Moreover, the diver detection sonar can be used as a less-lethal weapon, stunning or injuring enemy divers with a high-power sonar pulse. Finally, the ship is fitted with high-pressure remote-controlled fire-hoses capable of functioning as anti-piracy water cannon.
As the promotional artwork shows, up to 8 weapons turrets can be installed. Consult the price list in the beginning of this image for the prices of additional weapons turrets.
Present at the center of the system is a control bridge and a crew quarters housing 24 personnel in fully climate controlled crew quarters complete with kitchen, toilets, showers, mess room and armory. A helipad at the top of the GlaukosTM DSAP enables the landing of helicopters.
In the event that safety measures fail, GlaukosTM DSAP is equipped with two 30-man capacity inflatable liferafts.
Electronics and technology: The GlaukosTM DSAP is equipped with internal short-range sonar, and video cameras for continuous monitoring of the fish within. Linked to computers within the central command post, these monitoring systems constantly view fish behavior. This enables the crew to monitor feeding behavior (to precisely control feed mixes and feeding times), as well as swimming patterns and even fish appearance, allowing swift reaction in the event of the appearance of disease and product quality issues. AI-assisted fish recognition software enables the monitoring of even individual salmon. Chemical sensors control for water pollution.
Fish feed (either powder mixes, plankton, or other feeds) is dispensed through digitally-controlled dispensers in each of the eight compartments). Moreover, the system comes with four mini-ROVs that can be controlled from the central tower, to monitor the nets or other parts of the system for malfunctions.
Moreover, the net itself is fitted with sensors to aid in detecting net breaches and fish escapes (to help with product loss and environmental damage prevention) as well as to detect the ingress of saboteurs or predator species. External anti-diver sonar is fitted to the system to aid in the detection of saboteurs, while in the air the system is protected by a short-range air traffic control/targeting radar.
Armament: To defend against possible sabotage attacks, as well as to aid World Assembly member states in compliance with WA GAR #20, the GlaukosTM DSAP is equipped with two Mk 144 missile launchers and an armory stocked with 25 automatic rifles, two heavy machineguns, and ten DIL Frogspear anti-diver depth charge launcher[/url]. Moreover, the diver detection sonar can be used as a less-lethal weapon, stunning or injuring enemy divers with a high-power sonar pulse. Finally, the ship is fitted with high-pressure remote-controlled fire-hoses capable of functioning as anti-piracy water cannon.
As the promotional artwork shows, up to 8 weapons turrets can be installed. Consult the price list in the beginning of this image for the prices of additional weapons turrets.
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