Arioi Engineering Storefront (Permanently closed)

[Marquesan]

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[Marquesan]

Welcome to Arioi! The storefront is now open for business. Please feel free to ask questions by TG or post your orders in-character here. Thank you for your patronage!

(In case you're wondering, more artwork for the page is going to be forthcoming in the coming weeks, not just just for the storefront and catalog pages, but for each individual item placed for sale here.)

[Marquesan]

Bump for a brand new storefront!

[Union of Southern European States]

PURCHASE

Our Tank Corps would like to purchase 100 TDA.25 for regular service and also to lisence-build the tank so we can produce more.

[Military Democracy of Birtonia]

Office of The Ministorium Defensoris

Official Military Communication
Officium Militare Communicum

Ave! Greetings!

It pleases me to reach out to Arioi Engineering on behalf of the Imperator! Due to unforseen circumstances that have developed, a new need for several different items has occurred. Now as usual the hardware we require is listed below, along with our calculations of the pricing. Once you confirm that you acknowledge the order we will wire the funds directly to your preexisting accounts.



In the Name of The Imperator,
Ministor Gnaeus Verita
Ministorium Defensoris

Nation: Military Democracy of Birtonia
Products:

• Type-10 Crew Served Machine gun x10,000 @ $86,000,000
• Type-11 Crew Served Recoilless Rifle x175 @ $1,715,000
• Hellcat Class Hunter/Killer Helicopter x24 @ $696,000,000
• GSU.27/11 Strider x10 @ $800,000,000
• RST.306/52 "Derecho" x3 @ $675,000,000
• RSTAT.306/52 Drecho Tanker x5 @ $1,125,000,000
• SLE.521/260 Capricorn x1 @ $245,000,000

DPR:

• Requested Product
• Requested Product
• Requested Product

Requested Modifications:
Total Cost: $3,628,715,000

Payment Method:Wire Transfer

[Marquesan]

PURCHASE

Our Tank Corps would like to purchase 100 TDA.25 for regular service and also to lisence-build the tank so we can produce more.

Encrypted Transmission: Minister of Defense, Union of Southern European States

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Thank you for your order, and congratulations on being the first! We will Accept your order immediately; your shipment of 100 TDA.25 Ajax-A Amphibious Tank Destroyers, along with the necessary machine tools and factory personnel to licence-build the TDA's natively will leave Mangareva, Arue, Marquesas immediately on receipt of the funds. Payment of 1,290,000,000 NSD is payable by wire. Once payment has been received, the shipment will be released. Thank you again for your order!

[Westwickport]

OOC: I Love the Corax class reconnaissance helicopter design!

To Arioi Engineering,

Greetings! The Republic of Bigtopia and the Empire of Maxtopia have recently said: "If you don't pay this week's bond your nation state will be evicted. From this world." So, uhm, we have decided to buy Made in Marquesan rotary-wing aircraft.

Corax class reconnaissance helicopter [ to be purchased: 36, for a total price of 756 million NationStates Dollars ]

We will start transacting agreement tomorrow from our account in the Bank of the Atlantic. Thank you for your time.

Samantha L. Willette (Dr)
Minister of Foreign Affairs

[Marquesan]

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Office of The Ministorium Defensoris

Official Military Communication
Officium Militare Communicum

Ave! Greetings!

It pleases me to reach out to Arioi Engineering on behalf of the Imperator! Due to unforseen circumstances that have developed, a new need for several different items has occurred. Now as usual the hardware we require is listed below, along with our calculations of the pricing. Once you confirm that you acknowledge the order we will wire the funds directly to your preexisting accounts.



In the Name of The Imperator,
Ministor Gnaeus Verita
Ministorium Defensoris

Nation: Military Democracy of Birtonia
Products:

• Type-10 Crew Served Machine gun x10,000 @ $86,000,000
• Type-11 Crew Served Recoilless Rifle x175 @ $1,715,000
• Hellcat Class Hunter/Killer Helicopter x24 @ $696,000,000
• GSU.27/11 Strider x10 @ $800,000,000
• RST.306/52 "Derecho" x3 @ $675,000,000
• RSTAT.306/52 Drecho Tanker x5 @ $1,125,000,000
• SLE.521/260 Capricorn x1 @ $245,000,000

DPR:

• Requested Product
• Requested Product
• Requested Product

Requested Modifications:
Total Cost: $3,628,715,000

Payment Method:Wire Transfer

Encrypted Transmission: Ministor Gnaeus Verita, OMD

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Arioi is pleased to Accept the Imperator's order; may your rifles defend Birtonia always! We can confirm your order immediately; the Ekranoplan you've ordered will transport the Strider gunships, while the three Derecho Strategic Transporters will transport the rifles and the Hellcats, all accompanied by the tankers so that the order can ship together. Once payment receipt is confirmed, your order will leave Mangareva, Arue, Marquesas. Thank you for your order!

[Marquesan]

OOC: I Love the Corax class reconnaissance helicopter design!

To Arioi Engineering,

Greetings! The Republic of Bigtopia and the Empire of Maxtopia have recently said: "If you don't pay this week's bond your nation state will be evicted. From this world." So, uhm, we have decided to buy Made in Marquesan rotary-wing aircraft.

Corax class reconnaissance helicopter [ to be purchased: 36, for a total price of 756 million NationStates Dollars ]

We will start transacting agreement tomorrow from our account in the Bank of the Atlantic. Thank you for your time.

Samantha L. Willette (Dr)
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Encrypted Transmission: Dr. Samantha Willette, MFA

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Thank you for your order, and congratulations on your decision to defend your lands from Maxtopian and Bigtopian aggression with the CIR.6/3 "Corax" helicopter! You will find your 36 Coraxes to be capable hunters; we have Accepted your order immediately and will ship the helicopters upon confirmation of the funds. Thank you for your business!

OOC:

Thank you! Corax was a lot of fun to design. It came out really nicely. Edit: I had intended for a lightweight helicopter to accompany the larger Hellcats initially, but as I narrowed down the baseline helicopter I realized how agile it would be. The twin rotors make the disc loading number significantly lower than its peers, meaning the helicopter will turn much faster and respond more sharply. Removing the tail rotor is a large propulsion efficiency increase, too, so the same horsepower creates a faster bird. Corax would be "lighter on its feet" than the RAH-66, and about as heavily armed as a Longbow Apache, but with lower weight, and room to carry six guys, or supplies in the back. Corax could really hold its own against pretty much any ground target, and it's really meant to attack at night, all the sensors and targeting system are optimized for it. Being a stealthy thing really helps, and it carries an unusual amount of armor for its weight, so it can take a beating and keep ticking. (not to the extent of Hellcats though, those are meant to be incredibly tough helicopters.) The missiles it carries are hard hitters, too. Erida rockets would be typically enough to punch a big hole in most anything wheeled or tracked under 15t, Assegai missiles are equally good against low flying fighters or anything on the ground that moves. The 14.9mm guns won't defeat anybody's MBT armor, but four barrels will give really most any wheeled vehicle a run for its money, certainly enough to tear apart aircraft of many flavors. Have fun!

[Marquesan]

Bump for the new storefront!

[Jagada]

To: Whom it May Concern -- Arioi Engineering
From: Lorivia Brynamon, Office of Proctor Veresean Cagin, Collegium of the Navy
Subject: Procurement

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Good afternoon,

I am the Procurement-General for the Collegium of the Navy for the Empire of Gharsash. I am authorized to speak with you on behalf of Proctor Veresean Cagin. I would first like to say that your storefront has been masterfully crafted with all the ease we desire in our arms manufacturers. Your storefront was brought to our attention by our friends in Citadel City (Havensky) and despite not having done business with you before the Collegium decided to look into Arioi Engineering as apart of our Naval Strategy 2080. I will be as brief as possible.

The Collegium is dedicated to decommissioning out older vessels and replacing them with higher quality modern ships of the line. Part of our core strategy is to employ a far higher number of missile boats which we will be centering our naval strategy around, backed up by the more traditional "Carrier Strike Groups" used by most modern navies. As apart of that plan we have looked into the following vessels and wish to inquire about them:

Tangaroa-Class Destroyer - Based upon the Collegium's research into this vessel is appears to fit our description of a small escort carrier, while doubling as a platform to launch additional missiles. This would fit all of our requirements in a carrier. Can this class also conduct blue water operations as well as littoral? What kind of maintenance schedule can we expect with this ship? We ask this last question due to high maintenance costs with our current fleet: principally with antifouling. Has anything been incorporated into the design of the Tangaroa-Class to aid in this? Lastly, if we did plan or intend to use this carrier for long-range blue water operations would it be permissible, assuming we use it, to exchange the power plant out for diesel or nuclear to achieve this goal? (This last one assuming the current gas-powered isn't capable of doing the job).

Windigo-Class Cruiser - The maintenance and corrosion questions above will also apply here. I noticed in the description that the Windigo's aircraft compliment is helicopters, could is also be modified to employ VTOL-style craft if the need arises?

The rest of your catalog of naval offerings was reviewed and found to be in-line with the Imperial Fleet's immediate concerns. Therefore I am authorized to make the following transactions:

Domestic Production Rights to: Arioi Naval Warfare Package
Price: 1.9 Trillion NSD (Currency Exchange: 902 Billion Icons)

Furthermore the Collegium of the Navy and the Collegium of Finances would like to formally offer Arioi Engineering the rights to construct dockyards (4 maximum) within the Gharsashian Empire to serve our own domestic production needs as well as assist Arioi in foreign production requests. I am also authorized to inform you that in agreement with such a deal Arioi Engineering will receive tax-exempt status for a period not more than 10 years, upon the condition that locals make up the majority of the workforce.

With Respect.

(OOC: Havensky sent me your way. The questions above are more for RP than actual questions, I'm far from a designer, just didn't want a standard request form. Although the offer to build dockyards was legit. Great designs btw, your unorthodox carrier designs really pulled me in -- especially building ones specifically designed for littoral combat.)

[Marquesan]

To: Whom it May Concern -- Arioi Engineering
From: Lorivia Brynamon, Office of Proctor Veresean Cagin, Collegium of the Navy
Subject: Procurement

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Good afternoon,

I am the Procurement-General for the Collegium of the Navy for the Empire of Gharsash. I am authorized to speak with you on behalf of Proctor Veresean Cagin. I would first like to say that your storefront has been masterfully crafted with all the ease we desire in our arms manufacturers. Your storefront was brought to our attention by our friends in Citadel City (Havensky) and despite not having done business with you before the Collegium decided to look into Arioi Engineering as apart of our Naval Strategy 2080. I will be as brief as possible.

The Collegium is dedicated to decommissioning out older vessels and replacing them with higher quality modern ships of the line. Part of our core strategy is to employ a far higher number of missile boats which we will be centering our naval strategy around, backed up by the more traditional "Carrier Strike Groups" used by most modern navies. As apart of that plan we have looked into the following vessels and wish to inquire about them:

Tangaroa-Class Destroyer - Based upon the Collegium's research into this vessel is appears to fit our description of a small escort carrier, while doubling as a platform to launch additional missiles. This would fit all of our requirements in a carrier. Can this class also conduct blue water operations as well as littoral? What kind of maintenance schedule can we expect with this ship? We ask this last question due to high maintenance costs with our current fleet: principally with antifouling. Has anything been incorporated into the design of the Tangaroa-Class to aid in this? Lastly, if we did plan or intend to use this carrier for long-range blue water operations would it be permissible, assuming we use it, to exchange the power plant out for diesel or nuclear to achieve this goal? (This last one assuming the current gas-powered isn't capable of doing the job).

Windigo-Class Cruiser - The maintenance and corrosion questions above will also apply here. I noticed in the description that the Windigo's aircraft compliment is helicopters, could is also be modified to employ VTOL-style craft if the need arises?

The rest of your catalog of naval offerings was reviewed and found to be in-line with the Imperial Fleet's immediate concerns. Therefore I am authorized to make the following transactions:

Domestic Production Rights to: Arioi Naval Warfare Package
Price: 1.9 Trillion NSD (Currency Exchange: 902 Billion Icons)

Furthermore the Collegium of the Navy and the Collegium of Finances would like to formally offer Arioi Engineering the rights to construct dockyards (4 maximum) within the Gharsashian Empire to serve our own domestic production needs as well as assist Arioi in foreign production requests. I am also authorized to inform you that in agreement with such a deal Arioi Engineering will receive tax-exempt status for a period not more than 10 years, upon the condition that locals make up the majority of the workforce.

With Respect.

(OOC: Havensky sent me your way. The questions above are more for RP than actual questions, I'm far from a designer, just didn't want a standard request form. Although the offer to build dockyards was legit. Great designs btw, your unorthodox carrier designs really pulled me in -- especially building ones specifically designed for littoral combat.)

Encrypted Transmission: Lorivia Brynamon, Procurement General, Collegium of the Navy

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Thank you for your inquiry and your order! I shall address your questions foremost, and will continue on to your order approval. APD.107 class catamarans have excellent seakeeping abilities in deep water due largely to the stability of the design. At 3.78 meters of draught, the keels are significantly below the wavetops, so that wave action even in high sea states has very little effect on the vessel. Crews routinely praise the Tangaroa class for its poise in rough seas. Arioi turbines require annual cleaning and adjustments which can be performed wharfside and do not require a drydock. The PTFE antifouling coatings you asked about require a 5-year recoating interval, but are resilient and too slippery for growth; recoating normally addresses scratches in the coating and not corrosion or growths/barnacles. The hull beneath the coating is Marine Grade-12 Titanium, which forms a passive titanium oxide layer naturally in the presence of seawater; this natural coating is highly corrosion resistant; titanium hull sections are given a salt water bath before painting to ensure the hard coating forms on all surfaces. To address the question of powerplant changes, we find the nearly 7 horsepower per ton rating of the gas turbine engine is more than adequate; the ship may sustain nearly 43 knots in calm seas and can cruise for roughly 14,000 kilometers unrefueled. The compact gas turbine powerplant would be difficult to replace with a nuclear or diesel drive within the same footprint; while not impossible, we would suggest that the Huracan class catamaran is nuclear powered and significantly larger; the larger footprint gives room for a larger complement of far more powerful aircraft, tailored to a different need than the smaller, gas turbine powered Tangaroa, which may defend far smaller ports, islands or coastal shallows without attracting the attention a nuclear carrier group brings. We found the Tangaroa's niche to be as a command and control ship for littoral/riverine groups in the Marquesan Forces at Arms, providing air support for gunboats and corvettes.

As concerns the Windigo class carrier, it is more than capable of carrying VTOL aircraft as well, though our optimization team had decided to equip Windigo with helicopters, given the capacity and range of the aircraft and the size and layout of the platform. Windigo is well-suited to assault duties given its highly capable armament of missiles, cannons and machine guns; carriers of this class can fend off huge numbers of enemy aircraft, drones or fast attack vessels simultaneously; permitting these carriers to "slug it out" close to shore where its helicopters may harass hundreds of kilometers of coastline and inland areas with impunity. If your naval forces prefer VTOL fixed-wing aircraft, the CAC.220 class can certainly accommodate them with no problems, however our pilots informed us during the development program for Windigo that they prefer taking off from a catapult, as it permits them to carry heavier loads and more fuel into combat. A mixed combat load is also certainly possible, but as equipped, helicopter crews may share tooling and equipment with each other, simplifying some logistics issues that would arise from alternative complement loads.

It is with great pleasure that we have Approved your Domestic Production Rights contract, to begin development immediately upon receipt of payment. Arioi Engineering requests a survey of sites to mine titanium, iron, manganese, chromium, nickel and molybdenum either nationally or regionally, along with two locations for manufacturing support; a large scale electric arc smelter will be required, along with forging equipment and tooling which will be brought from The Marquesas by cargo carrier. A drydock naval construction yard will need to be constructed, with submarine pens and dedicated power facilities onsite. A separate metalworks with rail lines for ore transportation and naval dock facilities to transport completed sections to the drydock is necessary; we suggest these two facilities have some physical separation to allow them to be more defensible from attack. Electronic equipment and many components will be manufactured in Havensky or The Marquesas and shipped, however in the interest of expediency, the production of hulls locally is considered critical. Our government has issued approval for a third assembly facility to be built in Jagada, with naval impact ranges for testing and sea trials; perhaps a moderately-sized island with power facilities would be an ideal location for such a facility? Local hires will make up 90% by population of the workforce for all projects; Arioi is happy to submit environmental impact studies and demographic requirements to your government for all facilities in accordance with our own laws. Please let us know how we may be helpful to you in the development of your force groups as these ships begin delivery; a process we estimate to take two years from groundbreaking if construction stays on schedule.

At your service,

Gerard Perregeaux,
Vice Director of Operations,
Arioi Engineering, LTD.

OOC:

Thanks! I'm really glad you enjoyed them! I've had a lot of fun developing this stuff; as busy as my real world is, I haven't had much chance to concentrate on NationStates for a little while; I hope you'll forgive the delay in responding to this order. I had pneumonia in late December and my work demands a lot of my time, but I really appreciate your thoughtful order and questions. I'd love to do some cross-regional RP, I imagine we could have a lot of fun constructing these facilities together. Send me a TG if you're interested in something like that... I bet Havensky would be down if you asked him. Let me know how I can be helpful!

[Cossack Khanate]

The Cossack Royal Guard wishes to purchase 10 "Corax" helicopters.

[Marquesan]

The Cossack Royal Guard wishes to purchase 10 "Corax" helicopters.

Encrypted Transmission: Cossack Royal Guard

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Thank you for your order, and congratulations on your decision to purchase the agile CIR.6/3 "Corax" Light Helicopter! We have Accepted your order, and will ship the ten helicopters upon confirmation of receipt of the funds. Thank you for your business!

[Allanea]

We've just gotten a CAPINTERN grant to refit our logistics and military capacity, so what we'd like to have is...

x1000 Capricorn Superheavy Logistics Ekranoplans
x100,000 Shingami Agile Multirole Missiles

285 billion will be wired upon the acceptance of our order.

[Marquesan]

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We've just gotten a CAPINTERN grant to refit our logistics and military capacity, so what we'd like to have is...

x1000 Capricorn Superheavy Logistics Ekranoplans
x100,000 Shingami Agile Multirole Missiles

285 billion will be wired upon the acceptance of our order.

Encrypted Transmission: Allanean Ministry of War

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Thank you for your order, and congratulations on your decision to purchase the "Capricorn" Superheavy Ekranoplans and AMM.290 "Shingami" Beyond-Visual-Range Missiles. We have Accepted your order, and will ship the missiles upon receipt of payment on secure pallets in Capricorns, which will leave Mangareva, Arue, Marquesas in Sondria in chalks of 20 aircraft per day until the order is fulfilled. Thank you for your business!

[Allanea]

Continuing our national rearmament drive, we wish to order:

x1000 Qarin Amphibious Assault Ships

85 bn will be wired upon the confirmation of our order.

[Marquesan]

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Continuing our national rearmament drive, we wish to order:

x1000 Qarin Amphibious Assault Ships

85 bn will be wired upon the confirmation of our order.

Encrypted Transmission: Allanean Ministry of War

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Thank you for your continued patronage! We have Accepted your order and will begin producing One Thousand new examples of the AAS.136 "Qarin" Amphibious Assault Transport for Allanean use. Production will begin at the Lomai Steelworks, in D'Arros Prefecture, Marquesas and will take three months to complete each of five chalks of 200 ships which will depart for Greater Prussia when complete. Each chalk will be escorted by a Marquesan Guerre Navale "Deep Water" Squadron until it reaches Allanean territorial waters. Thank you again for your continued patronage of Arioi Engineering!

[Allanea]

[align=justify]Continuing our national rearmament drive, we wish to order:

10,000 Habu Scout Mobility Vehicles
10,000 Boomslang Armored Recce Vehicles

3 billion dollars will be wired upon acceptance of our order.

[Marquesan]

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Continuing our national rearmament drive, we wish to order:

10,000 Habu Scout Mobility Vehicles
10,000 Boomslang Armored Recce Vehicles

3 billion dollars will be wired upon acceptance of our order.

Encrypted Transmission: Allanean Ministry of War

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Thank you for your continued patronage! We have Accepted your order and will begin producing your armored vehicles immediately upon confirmation of the wire transfer, as usual. Production of the SMV.7 "Habu" and ARV.11 "Boomslang" takes place at Triao, Oleron Prefecture, Marquesas; the first four thousand vehicles will be transferred immediately from Marquesan Commande de Guerre Terrestre "Dragoon" Cavalry stocks, while the remainder will be produced in three chalks of two thousand vehicles split evenly between the purchased models. Transfer of the vehicles will take 16 months to complete and will be sent via escorted naval convoy to Greater Prussia. Thank you once again for your continued patronage of Arioi! Might the Allanean government be interested in greater cooperation between the Company and the Ministry of War? Factories could be set up to produce a wide variety of Arioi products on Allanean soil for a very reasonable cost. Our leadership has expressed an interest in communicating directly via secured telegram about possibilities for cooperative efforts. We look forward to hearing from your government again!