Talk:Empire of Gallia/@comment-25722005-20150830134235

Covington Proving Grounds

''On a fast day, two trucks, each carrying new technology, were authorized for testing on the massive proving grounds. These two were expected to be great milestones in Gallian engineering, seeing as there were elite Marines escorting the two into the place where they were supposed to be tested. Once near the bay doors, the two trucks separated, each going off to their testing places further into the facility.''

''The first one was a new medium laser type. With three 2040 mm barrels, it seems like there would be not much difference. But its turret was highly different-looking than from the first developed one, which looked like a normal 204 cm turret. The new design of the turret allows for a higher elevation, which allows the three barrels to almost shoot at aerospace ships above them. Secondly, the lasers had been modified to have about 10% more damage than the first one, and a new cooling system was also added, which allows it to have increased fire rate. Though, its recharge time has increased.''

The second one was a new carrier-based fighter plane, named XFA-55 Sabre''. Designed to be toe-to-toe with the F-65 Rogue Cat, or even better if possible, it boasts some highly advanced systems. Powered by a microfusion reactor which powers the two ion propulsion jets, it allows this plane to achieve a speed of Mach 7.7, and is also space-capable. With a 150 mm laser as its main weapon, and 4 missile pods, each containing 6 multi-purpose missiles, as side weapons, it has tremendous amount of damage it could output. However, the price was very high for the prototype, almost in the 29,000,000 cR range, compared to the price range for the Cutlass, which is now in the 8,000,000 cR range. Thus, officials are considering to strip off some features to reduce price.''

Overall, the tests proved highly successful, and the go-ahead was given to refit all 204 cm guns on all ships to the new one as soon as possible, while the tests for the Sabre continued while the designers continue to make more tweaks.