For the sake of not wasting anyone's time, I will skip the unnecessary introductory section as I'm well aware that your organization is well acquainted with both myself and the Forty-Sixth Fleet. About three years ago - and during your organization reaching out to our Fleet for assistance regarding the acquisition of a wing of Defender-class fighters - I made a claim that Detroit Munitions would be my first candidate in regards to participating in the successful completion of a project, the details of which I'd share in the future.
Allow me to elaborate further on that subject. As you may be well aware by now, the "Akhetaten"-class' A-0 prototype is fully operational as of her commissioning date of October 6th, 833 A.S. The ship is effectively a test-bed for the Navy's new class of battlecruisers that are meant to go into mainline production - should the A-0 prove to be successful in the field.
It is my - and every other officer's aboard the A-0 - duty to see to it that Project Akhetaten is a success. For that, we need all the help we can receive. While our Fleet's intelligence division, alongside the A-0's own science teams, have been doing an effective work at keeping the battlecruiser not only fully operational but also up-to-date with the latest technological advancements, we simply lack the resources and available manpower to see some of our plans through.
For the past month, our teams have been assigned with the task of manufacturing a new type of turret that is meant to be a replacement to both the ship's standard electromagnetic pulse weaponry and our secondary battery. While the already existing Particle Pulse Accelerator Cannon, PPAC in short, fills the criteria - saving us from the effort of having to develop a turret from scratch - we have been unable to get any of our prototypes to work.
This is where Detroit Munitions comes into play. Can you provide us with working prototypes of the PPAC?
Message from: Shaun Carbo, Director of Production, Detroit Munitions
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To: Vice Admiral Maria Uhmen, Forty-Sixth Fleet, Liberty Navy
Good evening, Vice Admiral Uhmen.
My name is Shaun Carbo, Director of Production at Detroit; it's an honor and a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Normally, this would fall under Director Magnusson's portfolio, but given present circumstances regarding the preliminary work for the Gunpowder Falls facility—the modular installation that CEO Rose spoke with you about several years prior—the Board has assigned the handling of this matter to myself, at least for the moment.
While I'm not overly familiar with particle pulse accelerators myself, I do believe that one of our junior materials scientists is currently working on a prototype for a miniaturized PPA for use on space superiority fighters. The launch of our JR-2 "Peacekeeper" missile technology approximately two years ago was a watershed moment for the Company, and given its astounding success, I'm confident that project will materialize swiftly as well. I believe Director Stafford, with our Security Division, has even reported seeing the JR-2 in use with the Forty-Sixth's own pilots.
Anyway, the project should be fairly simple. However many full-sized PPA cannons you require for the A-0, I would request the same number of prototypes be delivered to our primary facility off Manhattan. Simply ask for Research and Development's subquartermaster, and our employees will handle the rest efficiently and professionally; the Divisions' engineers will see the fine-tuning of your prototypes into fully functional turrets configured for standard battlecruiser mounts as quickly as possible.
In the interests of preserving operational security for the new Navy battlecruiser prototype, and maintaining the internal security arrangements the Navy surely has in place, we will request as little information about the A-0's internal systems as possible. However, a comprehensive analysis of possible points of failure in the prototypes without information regarding the practical engineered environment the PPACs will be operating in—essentially, basic information about the A-0's weapons subsystem's power draw and fire control systems—is simply not possible. Current modulation and target feed integration is an incredibly complex subfield of combat engineering, and is an area of expertise unto itself, with numerous critical errors in production possible within this arena. As such, I would request the relevant specifications to be delivered alongside the prototype models, though our analysts can likely work around minor redactions of sensitive subsystem specs.
As a symbol of goodwill, and a display of the Company's eagerness to collaborate with the Forty-Sixth on such endeavors, this entire transaction will be conducted entirely free of charge, as permitted by §36-B's "Definition of Bribery" clause within Amendment 207 of the Graft Act of 630 AS and §6-C of the Stieglitz-Powell Act of 732 AS.
Please let me know of any objections to, or obstacles concerning, the above. The Company looks forward to working with you and the Forty-Sixth; thank you for choosing Detroit Munitions.
Shaun Carbo, Director of Production, Detroit Munitions
I indeed forgot to congratulate you regarding your installation. I am greatly pleased to know that the Government has seen reason behind your request and allowed for the deployment of such an installation by your organization. The Navy will, of course, be at your disposal at any point in time to assure the safety of your operations and the smooth running of your facility.
I'm glad to know that Detroit Munitions is willing to help us in our endeavor. Not only that, but you seem to be already acquainted with the subject, a detail that should play an important role in the finalizing of those PPACs.
In any case, your request is a valid one, Director. Due to the importance of the quick resolution of this matter, I've taken the liberty of temporarily relieving some of my senior officers of their duties aboard the A-0 to join you at Planet Manhattan - their knowledge on the vessel will likely prove useful, in addition I am hoping that they will learn a thing or two from your own people. Chief Engineer Commander Howard Stone, Hull Maintenance Technician Lieutenant Emanuel Stoza, Fire Controlman Lieutenant Damian Glass and Weapon Engineer Officer Lieutenant Commander Katherine Knight will be departing the A-0 within the next hour to arrive at Manhattan and meet up with your crews. Upon further evaluation of your request, Commander Stone is to carry with his PDA a detailed specifications file for the A-0 which should prove handy for the process. Access to this file by your personnel will be on a need-to-know basis and read-only, I am certain you can understand why.
As for the three prototypes we've managed to partly manufacture so far, I have already arranged for them to be packed and shipped to Manhattan with the shuttle that'll bring my crewmembers. They are being loaded to the ship as I am recording this transmission.
The Forty-Sixth Fleet, and by extension myself and my crew, appreciate your gesture of goodwill and I assure you it will not be forgotten or written off as pretentious kindness.
Message from: Steve Harlan, Undersecretary of Production, Detroit Munitions
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To: Vice Admiral Maria Uhmen, Forty-Sixth Fleet, Liberty Navy
Good evening, Vice Admiral Uhmen.
I am Steve Harlan, Director Carbo's undersecretary. Director Carbo has asked me to handle this matter personally, and to oversee the smooth integration of your team—headed by Commander Stone—with our own, headed by our own Doctor Filandro Vasquez, the aforementioned junior materials scientist. It's an honor to be working with the Forty-Sixth. I'm pleased to inform you that Dr. Vasquez's group has already received the prototypes from Detroit's subquartermaster and liaised with Cmdr. Stone's team, and the combined group is undertaking preliminary analyses as I speak. The present estimate is that your fully completed PPAC models will be ready within the week, though of course that's only a PhD-level educated guess.
Dr. Vasquez has also asked me to relay his pleasure with the professionalism of Cmdr. Stone's team, and his particular appreciation for the swift insights provided by Lieutenant Glass into the A-0's fire control best-guess mean-integration algorithms, which has provided an immediate path of investigation as regards previous failures of the prototypes. The details of the ongoing project beyond that are best left to the technically-minded, which does not include myself, so for brevity's sake I'll inform you that Cmdr. Stone and Lt. Cmdr. Knight will, upon return to your facilities post success, present said report to your own personnel.
I will relay any further updates to you via this channel, though I suspect there will be little to keep you appraised of until the project reaches its conclusion. Thank you for your time, and once again, thank you for choosing Detroit Munitions.
Steve Harlan, Undersecretary of Production, Detroit Munitions
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