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An artist’s impression of an early Hamster prototype
Hamster Midget Submarine
I wish to thank No Endorse for providing me valuable engineering advice in working on the Hamster-class.

The Hamster Midget Submarine is offered by Hammond Motors to military contractors, scientific organizations, and members of the smuggling delivery industry. As a military tool it is somewhat limited, lacking a lot of the equipment that is common in dedicated weapons.

That said, the Hamster Midget Submarine is primarily intended for smuggling discrete delivery of cargos. For this reason, and because it is designed for sales to the private sector, some features typical to combat submarines have been deleted from the design.

The Hamster Midget Submarine is intended to primarily be deployed from within dedicated tender (‘mothership’) vessels, and for this reason it has a limited range. Its propulsion is a pair of electric drives utilizing two electric engines and arrays of NiMH batteries.

Armament and Cargo Containers: The Hamster submarine has two principal means of cargo delivery. The first is the existence of 4 533mm torpedo bays, each capable of launching a standardized 533mm Discreet Delivery Vessel or a naval torpedo. Four DDV are loaded in the torpedo bays, and additionally four more can be stored on board. In addition, two metal containers, each with a capacity of 2.5 tons of cargo, may be attached at the sides of the submarine, giving it a somewhat bulbous appearance (somewhat like the inflated cheek-sacks of certain rodents, thus the submarine’s name). Pressing a command switch from the submarine commander’s dashboard will cause these containers to detach and (typically) sink to the bottom. Alternately, a vessel can come alongside and winch the containers aboard, using winch-ears mounted on their sides. Mounting the containers reduces stealth somewhat, as well as speed.

While it is possible to shoot a variety of 533mm weapons from the submarine’s torpedo tubes, and while it is possible to fairly easily retrofit it to control various weaponry, Hammond Motors primarily markets the Hamster as a delivery, and not a weapons system. We are not responsible for any mishaps that arise from use of any weaponry or delivery vehicles, that the Hammond Motors Hamster has not been tested with at factory, nor for any casualties that arise from attempts to utilize the Hamster in combat. Military contractors who wish to use a specific weapons system on board the Hamster should contact us for clarification before ordering.

In addition, three storage rooms (two after, one forward) are available to store various equipment, either for use by the crew, or for delivery. The two aft rooms are fairly large, while the front one is a smaller room and intended for use by the crew. The difficulties of removing the cargo from the submarine during discreet deliveries should be considered.

Crew facilities: The Hamster is not designed for long-term travel. Four crewmen operate the various controls, however any serious repairs can only be done on a ‘mothership’ vessel or in court. In addition, bunks for six more passengers (divers capable of insertion through a DDV or by swimming to shore) exist on board the vessel. For very short journeys, it is possible to place as many as 16 passengers on board, however some of them will be either standing, or lying inside the DDVs.

There is no galley of any real description, although provisions are provided for small appliances such as microwaves or electric kettles. A Hammond-motors branded microwave and an electric kettle and coffee maker are provided free of charge with the Hamster. A single flat-screen TV, small lockers for personal items and weapons for the crew and six passengers, and trickle-charging gear for personal electronics are available.

Temperature aboard the submarine is normalized towards 16 degrees celsius, there is no way to control this setting.

Sensors: The Hamster has a communications buoy, an extendible antenna, a visual/IR periscope, a digital periscope (that’s to say, a cable attached to a buoy with some cameras on it), and a passive and an active short-range SONAR. Obviously these SONAR are not full-scale military SONAR. Modern submarines could hypothetically sneak up on the Hamster.

Engines:A pair of 200-KW engines propels the Hamster-class forward, drawing its power from 5.5 tons of commercial off-the-shelf NiMH automobile battery packs of 100 KWh each. These are located in the sides and bottom of the submarine, and can only be removed and replaced aboard the mothership. This permits the engines to achieve - in some narrow conditions, with the containers removed - a top speed of 15 knots. In long-term operations, the top speed is 8 knots surfaced and ten knots submerged, the maximum range being 500 miles.

When aboard the mothership, the battery packs can be replaced or recharged.

Specifications:
Displacement (submerged, no containers attached:) 85 tons
Displacement (submerged, containers:) Approximately 92 tons
Draught: 2.4 meters
Length: 18.5 meters
Width: (no containers) 2.7 meters
Maximum range: 1000 miles
Endurance: 960 man-hours of oxygen
Top speed: (sprint) 15 knots
Top speed: (long duration) 8 knots surfaced/10 knots submerged
Max range: 500 miles (at a speed of 5 knots).
Cost: $15 million
DPR: $15 billion

Additional products available:

Hamster Crew Class: Provide a piloting and maintenance class for Hamster crew at our facilities. $10,000 per crewman, $15,000 per commander, previous maritime experience REQUIRED.
Hamster Crewman Badge: $10 [included in Hamster Crew Class, but will be made available to any person who works on board a Hamster no matter where they trained or if they trained at all]
Hamster T-Shirts: T-shirts with messages such as I Served on a Hamster, My Husband/Wife Drives a Hamster, or a picture of a Hamster submarine with the words Your Drug War? This is What I think of Your Drug War are available for $17.76 each.
Toy Hamsters: For $10 only, you can buy your offspring a 1/144 plastic kit model of a Hamster-class submarine. Alternatively, a plush Hamster submarine is available for $15.

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[b]Your nation:[/b]
[b]Who is the purchasing entity? Your nation’s government or someone else?[/b]
[b]Is the purchase legal?[/b]
[b]How many Hamster-class submarines would you like to purchase?[/b]
[b]Would you like to purchase DPR?[/b]
[b]Is Hamster-class submarine merchandise popular in your nation? If yes, what kinds are sold and how much of them are sold each year[/b]


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Cargo Delivery Vehicle - Discrete

Free Kingdom Navy technicians with a torpedo of similar dimensions to the CDV-D

With the commercial success its Hamster Discrete Delivery submarine, Hammond Motors had decided to go public with the design of an auxiliary design, a Cargo Delivery Vehicle compatible for use with the Hamster (or any other combat submarine). This Cargo Delivery Vehicle-Discrete designed primarily for disposable use and the delivery of discrete and clandestine cargoes through the use of a submarine, a ship, or in fact any vessel capable of delivery of 533mm torpedoes weighing up to 2 tons. It is possible to deliver a diver aboard the CDV-D, however this is beyond the design parameters[/url] and is strictly not recommended. [color=red]HAMMOND MOTORS CANNOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY INJURIES OCCURRING DUE TO ATTEMPTS TO USE THE CDV-D FOR PERSONAL TRAVEL.

To speak simply, the CDV-D looks externally like a regular 533mm torpedo. It is equipped with a NiMH battery similar to those used on electric cars and personal electronics, and a regular propeller thruster, enabling it to move at a speed of up to 8 knots and to a range of up to 40 miles.

On the front section of the torpedo is a side hatch, enabling the insertion of cargoes. In terms of capacity, the ‘container’ section of the CDV-D is 2.6 meters long, and allows the carrying of up to 500 kilograms of cargoes capable of fitting through the hatch. (Weapons, consumer goods and pharmaceutical products are commonly delivered via CDV-D). Generally speaking, the hatch is expected to remain sealed down to the CDV-D’s design depth of 100 meters, however we recommend storing all valuables on board in impermeable containers or bags. Hammond Motors is not liable to damage to products held on board the CDV-D without the proper precautions, and is not liable for losses of products or vehicles through hostile action.[/color=red].

Before launch, a CDV-D is linked to a submarine’s onboard computer or other compatible computer systems (including both a standard connector and civilian bluetooth systems - if you have infiltrators in bluetooth range of a torpedo, you are doing it wrong. [color=red]Hammond Motors is not liable to damage to products or CDV-D vehicles resulting from allowing hostile individuals arrive within 8 meters of a CDV-D in storage, or other personal incompetence. This lays navigation data and a path for the CDV-D, which it will follow after launch. It can for example either approach in shallow waters, or dive as deep as possible to avoid detection. Typically the CDV-D beaches itself or remains on the bottom in shallow waters to be recovered by customers (or, in military use, friendly forces).

For navigation purposes, the vessel is equipped with a short-range obstacle avoidance sonar, an inertial navigation system and a depth sensor. (The sonar can be shut off or programmed to be used only sparingly when stealth is at a premium). Upon arrival, the CDV-D can be either disposed of, or if one insists, recovered. However, many CDV-Ds are damaged upon beaching, due to opening, or due to impact with the sea floor. Hammond Motors will not carry out any warranty repairs on impact damage of CDV-Ds. We cannot be held liable for any injury or damage that results through pressing damaged CDV-Ds back into service.

For this reason we offer regular civilian and military users a subscription service, enabling ordering a number of CDV-Ds per year.

Mass: 1500 kg unloaded, 2000 kg loaded.
Range: 40 miles
Speed (sprint): 8 knots
Speed (economy): 4 knots
Hull material: Aluminum alloy
Unit cost: $100,000
DPR cost: Unavailable.


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[b]Are the CDV-Ds being bought legally or illegally?[/b]
[b]If this is a one-time purchase, how many CDV-Ds do you wish to buy?[/b]
[b]If this is a subscription, how many CDV-Ds do you wish to order each year?[/b]


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Marsupial-class smuggling mothership

A Marsupial-class during testng

With the success of its Hamster-class midget submarine for both civilian delivery services and the security services of various governments, Hammond Motors decided create larger, and more varied, products. First came the CDV-D, a clandestine delivery vehicle designed to be launched from standard torpedo tubes. With the success of those, came the idea to create a ship for discrete delivery services that appeared, at least externally, as a standard cargo vessel.

The result was, quite simply, a simple design - a ship in the Handymax size category, externally appearing as a civilian container ship, bulk freighter, or tanker, armed only with a single automatic cannon and a few machineguns - typical weapons for anti-pirate protection in our violent multiverse.

Inside, however, the Marsupial-class, like its namesakes, animals carrying their offspring in pouches, possesses two moon pools, each capable of launching a Hamster-class submarine or an ROV. [Neither are provided with the Marsupial-class.] The moon pools also carry facilities and tools for maintenance of these submarines, replacing the onboard batteries or charging them from the ship’s engine. Also stored on board can be Albatross and Sea Stork delivery drones, which are also in development with Hammond Motors.

Armament, as stated, is limited to an automatic cannon and two heavy machineguns.. Four torpedo launchers are equipped within the ship, such as to enable launching of CDV-D vehicles and 533mm torpedoes from within the moon pools. The unusual location of the torpedo launchers makes them somewhat suboptimal, but as their primary purpose is CDV-D launches this is not very important. In theory, and at the customer’s expense, the ship can be equipped with launchers for Klub-K or Jiang-shi missiles, concealed as shipping containers on the vessel’s deck.

The essential use of the Marsupial-class, to speak simply, is as a clandestine delivery vessel. It plots a course as near as legally possible to a country besieged by an enemy blockade, or any other country where a clandestine delivery is scheduled, and then launches a CDV-D, a drone, or any other vehicle, from outside its national waters. As the Marsupial-class externally looks like any other ship, it is likely to go unnoticed (assuming some reasonable precautions have been made for its safety), the launch of the CDV-D or Hamster-class occurring essentially unobserved.

Beyond the aforementioned purpose, the Marsupial-class is also available for use for various military and paramilitary services, including the deployment of special forces and saboteur teams, or modified into a science vessel.

Please feel free to contact Hammond Motors to negotiate custom refits of the Marsupial for any specific purpose, such as a science or a military vessel.

Specifications:

Length: 175 meters
Width: 32.5 meters
Draft: 12 meters
Top speed: 15 knots
Displacement: ~ 55,000 tons [depending on precise design]
Armament (officially listed): x1 AK-630 automatic cannon, x2 .50 machineguns, crew armament
Armament (typically undeclared): Torpedo launchers, possibility for Klub-K anti-ship launchers, Jiang-shi launcher pods.
Cost: $50 mn
DPR: $50 bn


Additional products available:

Marsupial Crew Class: Provide a piloting and maintenance class for Marsupial crew at our facilities. $10,000 per crewman, $15,000 per commander, previous maritime experience REQUIRED.
Marsupial Crewman Badge: $10 [included in MarsupialCrew Class, but will be made available to any person who works on board a Marsupial no matter where they trained or if they trained at all]
Marsupial T-Shirts: T-shirts with messages such as I Served on a Marsupial, My Husband/Wife Drives a Marsupial, or a picture of a Hamster submarine with the words Your Drug War? This is What I think of Your Drug War are available for $17.76 each.
Toy Hamsters: For $10 only, you can buy your offspring a 1/144 plastic kit model of a Hamster-class submarine. Alternatively, a plush Hamster submarine is available for $15.

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[b]Your nation:[/b]
[b]Who is the purchasing entity? Your nation’s government or someone else?[/b]
[b]Are the Marsupials being bought legally or illegally?[/b]
[b]If this is a one-time purchase, how many Marsupials do you wish to buy?[/b]
[b]If this is a subscription, how many Marsupials do you wish to order each year?[/b]
[b]Would you like to purchase any Hamster or Marsupial merchandise?[/b]


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Needle Very Slender Vessel

Length: 15 meters
Beam: 3 meters
Power: x2 150 hp engines
Crew: 2-3
Top speed: 75 kt
Sensors and navigation: Passive IR, SATNAV, short-range collision avoidance radar.
Life support: Folding crew beds, air conditioning
Armament: Pintle mount for small arms, fiberglass arms locker
Capacity: Up to 2,000 kg dry cargo
Price: $500,000
DPR: $500 million
Toy Needle (1/72 die-cast scale model): $25

Continuing with its tradition of providing various vessels for the delivery of various goods that require reliable, discrete delivery, Hammond Motors now shows the world its newest Very Slender Vessel, the Needle. The vessel, designed from the ground up to carry out discrete delivery of dry goods, is produced with the same principles in mind as are used in the production of stealth aircraft and Special Forces smallcraft. Its form is designed to minimize observability, while the elongated, slender form also allows it to achieve speed normally reserved for sporting craft.

The true genius of the Needle-class is its use of radiotransparent plastics in its construction, effectively minimizing its radar signature to that of the engine mount itself (and even that is minimized when the engines are deployed in the water). This means that the primary means of intercepting the Needle, even by the navies of advanced states, is through the use of aviation and other assets capable of detecting the Needle either visually or through IR observation.

Unlike the 'smuggling vessels' or 'narcosubs' produced for discrete delivery purposes by various organizations before use, the Hammond Motors' Needle is equipped with a range of modern equipment, including a navigation computer, a night vision observation system, air conditioning, and even a maritime collision avoidance radar.

[color=red]Hammond Motors warns all users that collision avoidance radar will obviate the VSV's stealth features when activated. However, we recommend its use in all situations where spotting of the VSV by hostile forces is not a concern. Not activating the collision avoidance radar in non-threat situations may void your warranty, and any accident insurance your discrete delivery may carry. Sail your discrete delivery vessel responsibly.

Finally, the Hammond Motors Needle carries a pintle mount near the crew hatch. While it is not a war vessel, and does not carry any armor, it is possible to mount a range of standard armaments onto the pintle mount for emergencies. An arms locker made of fiberglass (primarily for the purpose of 'keeping the honest honest' and protecting your weaponry from rust) is located within the Needle.

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Nutria Armored Stealth Boat

Artist’s impression of a Nutria (art by Imeriata)

Length: 14.5 meters
Beam: 5 meters
Height overall: 4.1 meters
Draft: 1.1m
Speed: 60 knots
Engines: x2 1000-hp engines
Range: 500 km
Cargo compartment: 10 m x 4 m
Price: $4 million
Retractable weapons station: + $500,000
Ramp: + $100,000
Presentation scale tabletop die-cast model (for executives and management: $50
Die-cast model (1/72): $20
Plastic model (1/144): $10
DPR: $4 billion

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Background: Hammond Motors has for years enjoyed an active clientele not only in commercial shipping and military sales, but also in sales of discrete delivery equipment, in the likes of the Marsupial[/i]-class smuggling mothership, the Hamster minisubmarine, the CVD-D Cargo Delivery Vehicle - Discrete and the Needle Very Slender Vessel. These vessels have received positive reviews from their target clientele, as well as have been purchased by government forces around the world for commando operations. Conversely, we are told that the police forces of some countries, for instance, the Kouralian Crown Waterguard, are much less enthusiastic about the existence of these ships and tools!

Our journey with our customers had always been a journey of adventure and learning. We supply the discrete delivery community with fine equipment, and our users provide us with invaluable knowledge and experience. (For obvious reasons, this publication will not mention the actual names of any users in the community).

As such we have been informed of the rise in the use of armored stealth boats used for delivery of cargos such as automobiles by certain discrete delivery organizations. These vessels are typically improvised, relying on hull angles, repurposed sports boat engines, and pure luck to protect their users from detection.

We have actual laboratories and testing grounds, we thought. We can do better. And we did. The Nutria class boat is coated in a layer of radar-absorbing and IR-absorbing rubber mix, which is in turn coated in paint to protect the mix. Routing of the exhaust underwater has further reduced the boat’s IR signature. Moreover, we have installed efficient purpose-built engines rather than merely a rack of speedboat engines in the back.

Internally, we have managed to improve the boat’s performance by replacing the industrial-grade steel with armor-grade steel and Kevlar underlayers to reduce spall. Finally, the front window is a high-level armored glass window, which can be closed off with a protective hatch coated in the same material as the rest of the hull.

The purpose of this armor is defense against small arms fire and shrapnel impacts. It is not intended to turn the boat into a combat vessel. The principal defense of the boat is its stealth, and Hammond Motors cannot be held liable for any damage to the Nutria or its cargo through combat action or any other malicious action.

Finally, the Nutria is equipped with a pop-up radar station for the purpose of maritime safety and observation. Users can either elevate the station in environment where navigation safety is paramount, or lower it into a concealed position to avoid detection.

For an additional fee, users can opt to have a remote weapons station installed and/or install a bow ramp for rapid deployment of the cargo (in the standard configuration, a large front roof hatch is used for cargo loading and unloading).


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