TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Okay So As the Title says I literary Just Finished Jeff Head's Book series. First off that Was a lot of books. Second A lot of it had me at the Edge of my Seat thanks for the Read Jeff. now a confession... I did not by the book my self I got my local Lending Library too do it for me... Sorry Jeff.
Now My thoughts.
Early On I had A little Issue as there seemed too be a bit of a Jump on the HR7 and SR 77 It seemed the HR7 began as a Drone and then transformed into a Remora like Parasite craft and then flew on it's own. My best Guess Was your were trying too establish a relation ship between the two like that of the SR 71 and the . The HR seemed too start as a a D21 and then suddenly got a pilot. Although good for tension It caused a little bit of a loss of continuity.
now I know about the Aurora roumors but too be honest Jeff I tend too dismiss them. Drone tech reached a point in the 2000's That I always felt that if We did Have a stealth Recon Bird too replace U2 It would be
1 Unmanned,
2 Subsonic
3 ultra long duration
4 Ultra Stealth (intended too have virtually no IR, Radar signature)
more like a enlarged version of the or a Variant of the .
Next On The Chinese Front,
I am Surprised you did not Try and Have The PLAN Integrate Supercavitaion Tech into there submarines drives. Too Reduces There Sound signatures. Quiet PLAN subs an Equal too American Boats trolling The Oceans Would really have sent the USN into Trouble Early in the War.
That Said I am also Kind of Glad you didn't.
On the other end of that I did not make Since too me that the Seawolf boats were Quieter then the Virginia's As Virginia incorporates much of the Same Tech, A better reason The Seawolf's Would have fared better could have been there deeper operating Depths.
I was sad too a degree in Real Life when the RAH66 got Canned.
Too The End of year 4 I would have had the Marines buying Comanches, Or a Derivative design there in to replace and Augment there Vipers.
I also Would have Had Both the Army and Marines Working on a Replacement for the BlackHawk. I know It's Done a lot of Good work but Blackhawk as with most Helicopters in the World today date's back too the 1970's.
By the near end point I was Expecting mention Of F15's and F16's in US forces too be Depleted. The Numbers were Getting up there In terms of Losses. I was also Thinking you would have intoduces a number of Newer American Stealth drones acting as AEW and JSTAR craft. Little Known Fact is Before the US Bought The E8 Northrop's A stealth Aircraft was designed too Fill the Job.
the Hailstorm missile was a bit too much of a Game Changer For my taste But I could see where you were Going.
A combination Of small Arms upgrades like say XM29, Hail storm missiles, Some kind Of Electronic Warfare advancement, integration of A American Trophy system and perhaps a massive upgrade too both MLRS and Patriot systems.
American Super subs.
I call them Super Submarines. The Idea has been tossed around for Aircraft Carrier Subs and Landing ship subs For a long Time. Only The Japanese Ever Really built one and only two back in WW2 Here are the Problems I have With SSCVN's.
My First Is Take off. There is only one real way too Take off from a Sub, VTOL and SVTOL. CATBAR would demand a deck For it and would demand a Deck that would just not work. same for STOBAR. To SVTOL is the only option and here the Problems start. The Deck would have too be Stable and large. Of course to carry and air complement worth useing would demand a ship maybe the Size of Typhoon Class Or better. It would have to be fitted with elevators and a other Mechanics That would Complicate the Design. likely those systems would all have too be Electric to keep sound down. In addition the Hull of any modern Sub would need Sound Dampening Tiles. The Stress of a F35 Taking off on those Rubber like Tile mats would likely be a mission killer. the Hull would have too bare with Engine heating and then Ocean Cooling resulting in metal Fatigue. That's not to say It's impossible. too pull it off in my mind would demand a Ship built of maybe three Hulls. The central Hull being built For Operations, Crew, Armament and maintenance. The second and third hulls would be built for just propulsion, Detection Equipment and too house Reactors. The Forward section of the Main Hull would Have two Hanger Bays the Lower For maintenance the Upper for Flight operations and Storage. the Upper Bay Would have too Have a retractable Door system and fans To vent Exhaust Gasses. A set of high speed Silent Elevators would connect the two bays. I would image that in stead of a single Sail two smaller Types would do the Job and offer more open Airspace over the Boat.
I am Not sure what you were thinking about with the Submarine Cruiser All I can think of Is a Aegis Virginia Hybrid.
The Space Stuff was getting a little out there. Particular since in my View you did not need Asteroids. Rods of god, Hardened Metal the size of a telephone pole launched from a Railgun could do the Kenetic attack strike role. Rods Of God much faster then the fastest interceptor and way more precise coming in at hyper Mach speeds. Otherwise I liked Where You were going but Felt that the Lois and Clark2.0 mission would have been a better angle if it were done fore a less military aim. And it would have still stung the Chinese just as hard.
"THOSE B******* ARN'T Taking us seriously enough Landing on another planet well in time of War!"
The Prestige and peaceful nature of such a mission would have sent even more shock waves as The CAS and GIR would have realized that The US was still fighting with a hand behind there back.
finally Given the Number of Attacks on Connecticut I got to Ask What Did they ever do to you?
Really If you wanted too Wipe out a American uber left Bastion on the East Coast. I suggest Northampton, Ma. but If you do just make sure too give me Some warning before hand.
Now My thoughts.
Early On I had A little Issue as there seemed too be a bit of a Jump on the HR7 and SR 77 It seemed the HR7 began as a Drone and then transformed into a Remora like Parasite craft and then flew on it's own. My best Guess Was your were trying too establish a relation ship between the two like that of the SR 71 and the . The HR seemed too start as a a D21 and then suddenly got a pilot. Although good for tension It caused a little bit of a loss of continuity.
now I know about the Aurora roumors but too be honest Jeff I tend too dismiss them. Drone tech reached a point in the 2000's That I always felt that if We did Have a stealth Recon Bird too replace U2 It would be
1 Unmanned,
2 Subsonic
3 ultra long duration
4 Ultra Stealth (intended too have virtually no IR, Radar signature)
more like a enlarged version of the or a Variant of the .
Next On The Chinese Front,
I am Surprised you did not Try and Have The PLAN Integrate Supercavitaion Tech into there submarines drives. Too Reduces There Sound signatures. Quiet PLAN subs an Equal too American Boats trolling The Oceans Would really have sent the USN into Trouble Early in the War.
That Said I am also Kind of Glad you didn't.
On the other end of that I did not make Since too me that the Seawolf boats were Quieter then the Virginia's As Virginia incorporates much of the Same Tech, A better reason The Seawolf's Would have fared better could have been there deeper operating Depths.
I was sad too a degree in Real Life when the RAH66 got Canned.
Too The End of year 4 I would have had the Marines buying Comanches, Or a Derivative design there in to replace and Augment there Vipers.
I also Would have Had Both the Army and Marines Working on a Replacement for the BlackHawk. I know It's Done a lot of Good work but Blackhawk as with most Helicopters in the World today date's back too the 1970's.
By the near end point I was Expecting mention Of F15's and F16's in US forces too be Depleted. The Numbers were Getting up there In terms of Losses. I was also Thinking you would have intoduces a number of Newer American Stealth drones acting as AEW and JSTAR craft. Little Known Fact is Before the US Bought The E8 Northrop's A stealth Aircraft was designed too Fill the Job.
the Hailstorm missile was a bit too much of a Game Changer For my taste But I could see where you were Going.
A combination Of small Arms upgrades like say XM29, Hail storm missiles, Some kind Of Electronic Warfare advancement, integration of A American Trophy system and perhaps a massive upgrade too both MLRS and Patriot systems.
American Super subs.
I call them Super Submarines. The Idea has been tossed around for Aircraft Carrier Subs and Landing ship subs For a long Time. Only The Japanese Ever Really built one and only two back in WW2 Here are the Problems I have With SSCVN's.
My First Is Take off. There is only one real way too Take off from a Sub, VTOL and SVTOL. CATBAR would demand a deck For it and would demand a Deck that would just not work. same for STOBAR. To SVTOL is the only option and here the Problems start. The Deck would have too be Stable and large. Of course to carry and air complement worth useing would demand a ship maybe the Size of Typhoon Class Or better. It would have to be fitted with elevators and a other Mechanics That would Complicate the Design. likely those systems would all have too be Electric to keep sound down. In addition the Hull of any modern Sub would need Sound Dampening Tiles. The Stress of a F35 Taking off on those Rubber like Tile mats would likely be a mission killer. the Hull would have too bare with Engine heating and then Ocean Cooling resulting in metal Fatigue. That's not to say It's impossible. too pull it off in my mind would demand a Ship built of maybe three Hulls. The central Hull being built For Operations, Crew, Armament and maintenance. The second and third hulls would be built for just propulsion, Detection Equipment and too house Reactors. The Forward section of the Main Hull would Have two Hanger Bays the Lower For maintenance the Upper for Flight operations and Storage. the Upper Bay Would have too Have a retractable Door system and fans To vent Exhaust Gasses. A set of high speed Silent Elevators would connect the two bays. I would image that in stead of a single Sail two smaller Types would do the Job and offer more open Airspace over the Boat.
I am Not sure what you were thinking about with the Submarine Cruiser All I can think of Is a Aegis Virginia Hybrid.
The Space Stuff was getting a little out there. Particular since in my View you did not need Asteroids. Rods of god, Hardened Metal the size of a telephone pole launched from a Railgun could do the Kenetic attack strike role. Rods Of God much faster then the fastest interceptor and way more precise coming in at hyper Mach speeds. Otherwise I liked Where You were going but Felt that the Lois and Clark2.0 mission would have been a better angle if it were done fore a less military aim. And it would have still stung the Chinese just as hard.
"THOSE B******* ARN'T Taking us seriously enough Landing on another planet well in time of War!"
The Prestige and peaceful nature of such a mission would have sent even more shock waves as The CAS and GIR would have realized that The US was still fighting with a hand behind there back.
finally Given the Number of Attacks on Connecticut I got to Ask What Did they ever do to you?
Really If you wanted too Wipe out a American uber left Bastion on the East Coast. I suggest Northampton, Ma. but If you do just make sure too give me Some warning before hand.
