Space Agency's Name: Mind Web Agency - MWA
Head: Nina Arrowny
Moto (English translation as well if not in English): Le lien grandira et jamais ne se brisera. (The link will grow and never will it break.)
Links to the private sector: Medium, since the aerospace program is a cooperation between the Private and the Public sector
Funding: 50% / 50%
Strengths: (What your good at)
-Powerful optic/crystal-based computer
-Light, but strong alloys
-Informations are easily coordinated between the teams
-Security procedures are high
-Resources used can be mostly recycled
Weaknesses:-Special resources used to make spacecrafts are limited
-Limited number of launches possible, in a short period of time, due to the heavy security procedures and limited resources
-The alloys used doesn't allow for Super-Heavy lifts
Active launch systems: Yes
Detail of active launch systems:Name: Pororo VIIClass: Small lift
Man rated: No
Launch Record: 7/6 (launches/successes)
(Nature of failures) : During first launch, a magnetic storm from the Merca Desert disrupted the guidance system and the spacecraft crashed in the nearby mountains.
Nature of system: 1 small standard chemical rocket, with 2 *Ion thrusters
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_thruster
Since the Pororo VII is only used for small lifts, the chemical rocket is made smaller than the standard rocket and is supplied with 2 Ion thrusters for the upper atmosphere. This allows an easier recuperation of the rocket and allows a launch for fewer resources.
Name: Orora IVClass: Medium lift
Man rated: No
Launch Record: 4/3 (launches/successes)
(Nature of failures) : The test of a new type of fuel, that proved to be too unstable and was successfully replaced after that.
Nature of system: 2 standard chemical rockets and 2 Ion thrusters.
With the 2 Ion thrusters taking the relay in the upper atmosphere, the 2 standard rockets don't require as much fuel and can be made smaller, which make the Orora IV lighter and allows lifting more weight.
Name: Vandalis X-1 (Experimental)Class: heavy lift
Man rated: No
Launch Record: 2/1 (launches/successes)
(Nature of failures) : Catastrophic failure in the isolation of the fusion core.
Nature of system: 2 *Deuterium-Tritium rockets, with 2 Ion thrusters.
*http://focusfusion.org/index.php/site/article/35/
The 2 Ion thrusters are there to assure a better stability and to give the initial boost needed for the D-T rockets to fully work. This propulsion engine is still is a beta-testing phase, but will soon be operational, with his final test : The lift of the first Defence Satellite, codename LAZARUS.
Current Active Missions:Name: Lolan 1,2,3Nature: Meteorological analysis
Objective: To monitor the weather and climate of the planet
Priority and function : Low / Civil
Deployment Date: Deployed
Propulsion: Pororo VII (2) Ion thrusters
Details: They analyze the climate and weather of the planet, in order to provide informations regarding... the weather... and the evolution of the climate through time.
Name: NainoNature: Solar observatory
Objective: To monitor and study the sun
Priority and function : High / Scientific
Deployment Date: Deployed
Propulsion: Orora IV (2) Ion thrusters
Details: Smaller solar eruptions are no problems, but the major solar eruptions seem to have some effects on the Hive-mind, which must absolutely be studied.
Name: MagnatosNature: Magnetism analysis
Objective: To monitor and study the magnetic field of the planet
Priority and function : Medium / Scientific
Deployment Date: Deployed
Propulsion: Orora IV (2) Ion thrusters
Details: It analyzes the natural magnetic field of the planet, mainly the effects of the random fluctuations and what's causing them.
Name: HeposNature: Neural link testing
Objective: To study the reach of the neural link and the possibility to extend that reach to outer space
Priority and function : High / Scientific
Deployment Date: Deployed
Propulsion: Orora IV (2) Ion thrusters
Details: This satellite is equipped with the most powerful optic/crystal-based computer of Suikodan and was made to send and receive signals ''similar'' to the neural link, in order to study the possibilities to extend the reach of the neural link and to overcome the distortions caused by the atmosphere.
Name: Lazarus 1-2-3nova225.deviantart.com/art/Nation-Lazarus-DefSat-163287955Nature: *Defence Satellite
Objective: To monitor the borders and the area around the Nation of Suikodan and defend it, if necessary
Priority and function : High / Military
Deployment Date: Deployed.
Propulsion: Vandalis X-1 (2) Ion thrusters (+2 additional Ion thrusters for enhance mobility and faster interception)
Details: This defence satellite is geo-synchronized and stay over the general area of the Island of Suikodan, in order to be able to launch light or heavy missiles anywhere near the Nation, to repel, stop or thin the enemy numbers. I can also be used to intercept aircrafts and incomming missiles (orbital or not).
Weapons : 20X 300KT warhead (each missile is a MIRV composed of 10X 30KT). Light fire : 2 Missiles can be launch quickly. Heavy fire : A supreme-MIRV of 10 Missiles can be launch, but it will take a lot of time to fire and recharge.*
orbitalvector.com/Space%20Weapons/Orbital%20Bombardment/ORBITAL%20BOMBARDMENT.htmManned/Furred space flight (Have you ever sent someone up): No
(When was the last time you did) : Never. The launch of people of the Hive in space is entirely dependent to the success of the researches of Hepos and the Vandalis X-1 propulsion engines.
Nature of craft: Module, Shuttle, etc. (N/A)
Maximum duration: (N/A)
Propulsion: (N/A)
Crew: (N/A)Co-operation with other agencies: Officially, the MWA is the only agency involved in Suikodan and no other Nations were involved so far.
Notable events: (mostly likely to be things going boom)-
Pororo :1) (
I ) During the test launch of the first Pororo, a powerful magnetic storm from the Merca Desert (which wasn't as well known as today) disrupted the guidance system and the test spacecraft crashed in the nearby mountains. Most parts were salvaged and a research center was build near the Desert, soon after.
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Orora :2) (
III )A new type of rocket fuel was being tested, since the scientists wanted to create a more efficient fuel for the rocket to be able to lift heavier charges, but the fuel was too unstable and the rocket exploded. There were no casualties, but it was decided that the launching pads were to rebuild farther from the base.
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Vandalis X-1 :3) (
-1 ) A malfunction in the cooling system caused the isolation chamber to fail and the fusion core to explode. The massive explosion devastated a part of the launching base, but due to a quick warning and evacuation of the base, there were no casualties. A system of heavy reinforced blast-walls was added to the security protocol for any future experimental tests.
History: The Mind Web Agency or MWA was founded nearly 50 years ago, near the end of the golden age of science and technology for the Nation of Suikodan. The advantages to have installations in orbit that would enhance the security of the Nation, give valuable informations and allow new advanced researches were obvious enough for the Hive-mind to create a space program and profitable enough to give an incentive for the Private sector to invest generously in the program. The MWA was more oriented toward science purposes in the first few decades, but the Hive-mind was becoming more and more aware, since the last decade, that other Nations would soon enter in contact with them. They had to start military and passive spying projects, in order to assure a good level of security to all the people of the Hive, in case hostile Nations would attack or threaten Suikodan.
Three oddities of your agency:-The MWA must overcome a problem with the reach of the Neural link, if they hope to send people of the Hive, in space.
-The MWA has used, once in the past, a technology from another Nation, which was copied and adapted for their own purpose.
-The MWA researches have some connections with the most top secret project of the Nation of Suikodan :
The Harbinger.