Technologies:
The Dominion has made advancements across the scientific field, including
transporter technology, cloaking technology, Metaphasic Shielding (more
commonly called star shields). Some of the technology employed by the Dominion
was acquired from Naruni Enterprises or garnered from Member worlds. The
Krellians originally developed the advanced genetic engineering techniques
used in Juicer conversions for example. Contra-gravitonic drives, less
powerful perhaps, then Meta-field drives, were purchased from the Consortium
of Civilized Worlds.
Dominion scientists developed other technologies
like the Trandimensional drive and the new, experimental Bionetics. Bionetic
implants are virtually identical to their cybernetic counterparts save
that Bionetic implants and limbs are organitech in nature. This provides
the implants with an inherent regenerative ability.
Weapons technology is also advanced. The Dominion rarely employs laser
technology anymore. Research has allowed for the more powerful PULSE technology.
Even Particle Beam and Ion cannon technologies are advanced, offering more
compact systems and more efficient heat management. Missile weapons are
advancing too. With the successful testing of the Magic Missile weapon
system, TW weaponry is more common now then ever.
One of the principle suppliers
of military hardware and equipment is DynaTech Industries. They produce
weapons, equipment, robots, power armor, fighter craft, and starships.
One
of the more recent decisions of Emperor Arcanis, in conjunction with the
Councils of Science and Military was to begin research and development
of mutant animals. Central Intelligence Agents located inside the Coalition
States research facility were able to obtain critical documents, specimens,
and technologies. Added to this were the advances the Dreztarians had made
in the centuries prior to joining the Dominion. There is also some thought
into creating human/humanoids with mutant powers and abilities, but this
is still being hotly debated in the councils.
The
latest tech to hit the circles is the Lathe assembly array. This new technology
makes use of a energy to matter conversion technology and a veritable swarm
of nanobots to construct objects from the molecule up. The Dominion has
only just begun to reverse engineer this technology, but has applied it
to starship, robot, and equipment manufacturing facilities, reducing overall
production time by nearly 55%.
Life Support Technologies:
Replication
technology: Replication technology, derived from the
matter conversion technology used by transporters, is used to synthetically
reproduce any given object, usually a foodstuff or medicine, at the sub
atomic level. Taking an allotment of prepared raw material and reorganizing
it according to the replicant pattern of the desired object do this. Sadly,
energy and materials patterning limits prevent the wholesale duplication
of complex or ultra rare materials, like starships or Versallis crystals.
Transporter
Technology: Transporter technology is based on the principle
of converting matter to energy for transport to a different location where
it is remotely reassembled into its original form. The advantages of this
eliminate the need of maintaining large shuttles and permit near instantaneous
transport to any location up to 150,000 kilometers away. Unfortunately,
there are limitations and phenomena that interfere with the function of
the transporter system such as densified metals, radiation or energy fields
and even ley lines can have an adverse effect on transporters. Transporters
operate in the quantum or molecular resolution.
Drive Technologies:
Sol
- Bianca Drive (Subspace Submergence Drive): The SSD
or Subspace Submergence Drive was reclassified as the Sol - Bianca Drive
in honor of its inventors, Solaria and Bianca Willard of the Centauri colony.
The S/B drive works by submerging the craft far enough into subspace to
escape the SoL constant, permitting FTL travel between stars and even between
galaxies. The Flight Speed/Submergence ratio increases the further into
subspace the vessel goes, exponentially increasing its speed. The S/B drive
would be vulnerable to subspace null fields or inert layers.
Geodesic
Fold Array: Recently developed by Research and Development,
the Geodesic fold array works by creating a corridor through space using
the gravitonic influence of a large stellar body. The corridor is maintained
through out by source generators. The Stellar body is only needed to generate
the initial corridor, requiring the mass of atleast a Jupiter class planet.
Initial testing of this drive revealed that the generated fold produced
harmful radiation. This was later countered by adding a modified transdimensional
jump engine to the array.
Transdimensional
Jump Drive: Since this technology was discovered, not
developed, the underlying principles of its operation are currently unknown.
It is known that the TDD permits interdimensional travel.
Weapon Technologies:
PULSE
cannons: Using the basic concepts of pulse lasers as
applied to magnetically controlled particle weapons; the engineers of DynaTech
devised the pulse canon technology. Capable of sustaining high firing rates
with minimal heat, PUSLE weapons are coming to replace the aging laser
defense system. Requiring the same amount of energy as a PDL and having
a higher damage effect and tracking rate, the pulse cannon is found on
many a ship.
Chroniton
Weapons (Top Secret): Using chronitons as the core, the
chroniton cannons and their missile counter-parts, the chroniton cruise
missiles, are capable of penetrating most known force fields, excluding
phase technology based shielding. The weapons are able to work thus as
chronitons are temporal particles and exist far enough outside space time
as to enable them to pass through. Phase shields, also being out of step
with space-time block chronitons.
Tachyon
Weapons: Tachyon weapons employ, as the name suggests,
tachyons, elementary particles that travel at FTL through the cosmos. Harnessing
this as a weapon system permits ship-to-ship combat at FTL speeds. tachyons
do most of their damage when they crash through a ship at such high rates
of speed, rather like a FTL powered sandblaster.
Dimensional
Weapons (Top Secret): Dimensional weapons technology
is extremely new, and has been applied to only one ship thus far. The enormity
of the flux capacitance generators alone prohibits anything fewer than
10 kilometers in length. The dimensional cannon operates by interchanging
the matter inside its area of effect with its reverse from another dimension,
usually antimatter or negative matter. The result is either a pure energy
reaction or the forcible destruction as the positive and negative matters
repel each other.
Missiles: The Dominion's missiles
have 90% more range and MDC to them and are approximately 45% faster then
their Earthly Counterparts. The Dominion also has in its inventory micro
missiles, which are also superior to those put out by Naruni Enterprises.
(Which of course, has sparked nurmerous law suits and the typical intercorporate
wars, etc.)
Body Armor
DTI - 3BA Light Infantry Body Armor: The DTI
- 3BA is often used by scouts when traveling in the wilderness, be it earth,
or an alien world halfway across the galaxy. Like all DTI armor, it incorporates
a great deal of standard features.
MDC: 35
Weight : 13 lbs.
Prowl Penalty: -10%
Capabilities:
Neural Interceptor Interface: Provided
the necessary connections between man and mecha.
Complete environmental armor suitable for
most environments, including space.
Computer controlled life support system
Internal cooling and temperature control
Artificial air circulation systems, gas
filtration, humidifier
Computer controlled, independent oxygen
supply and purge system that automatically engages in low oxygen or contaminated
air environments. Five-hour oxygen supply.
Insulated, high temperature resistant shielding
for up to 400 degrees centigrade. Normal fires do no damage. Nuclear, plasma
and magical fires do full damage,
Radiation shielded
Polarized and light sensitive/adjusting
tinted visor with telescopic functions and HUD, displaying internal and
external temperatures, direction of movement and radiation levels.
Directional, short-range radio built into
the helmet. Range is 5 miles
Colors: Military suits are uniform
gray and black. Commercial versions vary with customer
Cost: 24,000 credits for the military
version, 18,000 credits for the commercial version
DTI - 4BA Standard Infantry Body Armor: The
DTI-4BA is the main stay armor used by the army and marines, and is even
quite popular amongst the civilians who brave new worlds or the space lanes.
MDC: 80
Weight: 10 lbs.
Prowl Penalty: -10%
Capabilities:
Neural Interceptor Interface: provides
the necessary interlinks between pilot and mecha and allows the mecha to
respond as quickly as a human.
Complete environmental armor suitable for
use in all hostile environments, including space.
Computer controlled life support
Internal cooling and temperature control
Artificial air circulation systems, gas
filtration, and humidifier.
Computer controlled, independent oxygen
supply and purge system that automatically engages in low oxygen or contaminated
air environments. 5-hour air supply
Insulated, high temperature resistant shielding
for up to 600 degrees centigrade. Normal fires do no damage. Nuclear, plasma,
and magic fires do half damage.
Radiation Shielded
Polarized and light sensitive/adjusting
visor
Integrated Heads Up Display: shows direction
of travel, external and internal temperatures, and Remaining Air supply.
When used in conjunction with a robot, mecha or Power Armor, it will also
display ammo count and general status.
Built-in Loudspeaker; 80 decibels
Directional, short-range radio built into
the helmet. Range is 10 miles
Boot survival knife or Vibro-blade for
officers and military specialists
Colors: Military owned suits are uniform
gray and black. Commercial suits vary with owners
Cost: 45,000 credits for a new suit.
DTI - 5BA Heavy Infantry Body Armor: The DTI-5BA
is often used by marines who know they're going into unfriendly territory.
To aid them, DTI built in a light robotic exoskeleton to make carrying
heavy fire power more easy and to boost their speed. The DTI-5BA also has
the highest amount of damage absorbation in the Known Sphere.
MDC: 130
Weight: 25 lbs.
Prowl Penalty: - 10%
Capabilities:
Neural Interceptor Interface: provides
the necessary interlinks between pilot and mecha and allows the mecha to
respond as quickly as a human.
Complete environmental armor suitable for
use in all hostile environments, including space.
Computer controlled life support
Internal cooling and temperature control
Artificial air circulation systems, gas
filtration, and humidifier.
Computer controlled, independent oxygen
supply and purge system that automatically engages in low oxygen or contaminated
air environments. 5-hour air supply
Insulated, high temperature resistant shielding
for up to 600 degrees centigrade. Normal fires do no damage. Nuclear, plasma,
and magic fire do half damage.
Radiation Shielded
Polarized and light sensitive/adjusting
visor
Integrated Heads Up Display: shows direction
of travel, external and internal temperatures, and Remaining Air supply.
When used in conjunction with a robot, mecha or Power Armor, it will also
display ammo count and general status.
Built-in Loudspeaker; 80 decibels
Directional, short-range radio built into
the helmet. Range is 10 miles
Boot survival knife or Vibro-blade for
officers and military specialists
Robot Exoskeleton: These apply only when
the body armor is worn: + 6 to PS, + 2 to PP, increase speed by 20%, Add
One additional attack per melee, + 1 to initiative, reduce fatigue rate
by 50%
Multi-optics system
Cost: 270,000 credits for a new,
fully functional suit
Color: Military Suits are uniform
gray and black. Commercial suits vary with owner
DTI - 6BA Stealth Infantry Body Armor: The
DTI - 6BA is favored by special Intelligence for its light weight and heavy
damage capacity. It has been fitted with a number of systems designed to
make it harder to see, along with a carefully modified light robot exoskeleton.
MDC: 85
Weight: 10 Lbs.
Prowl Penalty: -5%
Capabilities:
Neural Interceptor Interface: provides
the necessary interlinks between pilot and mecha and allows the mecha to
respond as quickly as a human.
Complete environmental armor suitable for
use in all hostile environments, including space.
Computer controlled life support
Internal cooling and temperature control
Artificial air circulation systems, gas
filtration, and humidifier.
Computer controlled, independent oxygen
supply and purge system that automatically engages in low oxygen or contaminated
air environments. 5-hour air supply
Insulated, high temperature resistant shielding
for up to 600 degrees centigrade. Normal fires do no damage. Nuclear, plasma,
and magic fires do half amage.
Radiation Shielded
Polarized and light sensitive/adjusting
visor
Integrated Heads Up Display: shows direction
of travel, external and internal temperatures, and Remaining Air supply.
When used in conjunction with a robot, mecha or Power Armor, it will also
display ammo count and general status.
Built-in Loudspeaker; 80 decibels
Directional, short-range radio built into
the helmet. Range is 10 miles
Boot survival knife or Vibro-blade for
officers and military specialists
Active Stealth System: This generates a
local distortion that bends light around the suit. There is only a 10%
chance of seeing the suit.
Light Robotic exoskeleton: +4 to PS, reduce
fatigue rate by 50%, increase speed by 10%. Specially shielded to muffle
sound.
Colors: Military version comes in
gray and black. Commercial versions vary with customer
Cost: 72,000 credits for the military
version, 36,000 credits for the commercial version.
Weapons and Equipment
DTI - 60 Personal Laptop: The DTI - 60 Personal
Laptop or "60" as it is refered to is popular amongst adventurers and scholars
for its wide array of systems and abilities, including the capacity to
access older computer systems remotely. It also features a wide variety
of software titles and comes bundled with Officesuit 2395, a productivity
package.
Casing MDC: 50
Display Size: 600 x 800 by
way of holographic display and 600 x 800 on a 12"; hard display (touch
sensitive)
User Interface: The UI consists
of a multi-function, self-adapting flat panel keyboard that can double
as a display.
Processor: LTI-166 FTL processor
with sub processor network integration
Memory: 128 Megaquads
Storage: capable of storing 6.4
Teraquads of data
Power System: Fusion Capacitance
Cell with an operational lifetime of 36 hours before recharge. Carries
a standard e-clip for emergency charges (1 standard e-clip provides 6 hours
of operational time)
Communications Systems:
Continuos Hyperspace Link: Maintains
a constant link the Dominion central archives and has a maximum Data transfer
rate of 1.5 gigaquads per second
AI governed data search engine
Multimode universal interface: Allows
for interface with known computer systems. It includes anti-virus and anti-tampering
checks and automatically sets up an OS partition for the external OS.
Energy Scan System Interface: Permits
the laptop to access electron and magnetic based computers remotely. This
includes all media storage devices and the computer's memory stacks. Also
permits the tampering with of onboard data.
Other Systems:
1. Optical Disk Drive: Accepts 3.5 inch
wide x 5 inch long optical disks capable of storing up to 644 Megaquads
of data
2. CDV Drive: Accepts 1 standard CDV (CDVs
can hold 650 gigaquads of information). The drive is read/write capable
3. Universal Disk Drive (UDS): Can read
most known data storage mediums, including magnetic disks, old style CDs
and DVDs.
Black Market Cost: 10,000 credits
(comes with 1 optical disk, 1 blank CDV, and standard OS and Office Suite
Version 4.3. Other software available on the market. The DT-60 comes in
a standard medium gray.
DTI - 80 Personal Laptop: The DTI-80 is the next generation personal
computing system manufactured by DynaTech Industries. Featuring an attractive
and compact design, the 80 is in many ways superior to the older 60 model.
Casing MDC: 100
Display Size: 1024 x 768
by way of holographic display and 600 x 800 on a 10" hard display (touch
sensitive)
User Interface: The UI consists
of a multi-function, self-adapting flat panel keyboard that can double
as a display.
Processor: LTI-900 FTL processor
with sub processor network integration
Memory: 512 Megaquads
Storage: capable of storing 20 Teraquads
of data
Power System: Fusion Capacitance
Cell with an operational lifetime of 48 hours before recharge. Carries
a standard e-clip for emergency charges (1 standard e-clip provides 8 hours
of operational time)
Communications Systems:
Continuos Hyperspace Link:
Maintains a constant link the Dominion central archives and has a maximum
Data transfer rate of 6 gigaquads per second.
AI governed data search engine
Multi-mode universal interface:
Allows for interface with known computer systems. It includes anti-virus
and anti-tampering checks and automatically sets up an OS partition for
the external OS.
Energy Scan System Interface: Permits
the laptop to access electron and magnetic based computers remotely. This
includes all media storage devices and the computer's memory stacks. Also
permits the tampering with of onboard data.
Other Systems
1. Optical Disk Drive: Accepts 3.5 inch
wide x 5 inch long optical disks capable of storing up to 1 gigaquad of
data
2. CDV Drive: Accepts 1 standard CDV (CDVs
can hold 650/700 gigaquads of information). The drive is read/write capable
3. Universal Disk Drive (UDS): Can read
most known data storage mediums, including magnetic disks, old style CDs
and DVDs.
Black Market Cost:
9,000 credits (comes with 1 optical disk, 1 blank CDV, and standard OS
and Office Suite Version 6.5. Other software available on the market. The
DT-80 comes in a standard medium gray but can be custom ordered in other
color schemes or themes at an additiona cost of 400 credits.
DTI -12I Ion Pistol
Weight: 2lbs
Mega-Damage: 4D4 MD
Range: 1200 feet
Rate of Fire: standard
Payload: 12
Cost: 24,000 credits. A clip cost
1000 credits
DTI -13P Plasma Rifle
Weight: 8lbs
Mega-Damage: 6D6 + 20 MD
Range: 4,000 feet
Rate of Fire: standard
Payload: 15
Cost: 36,000 credits. A clip cost
1200 credits\
DTI - 36PW Pulse Rifle
Weight: 6lbs.
Mega-Damage: 1D6 x 10 MD
Range: 6000 feet
Rate of Fire: standard
Payload: 20 shots
Cost: 45,000 credits. A clip costs
1000 credits
DTI - 24R Railgun
Weight: 12lbs.
Mega-Damage: 1D4 x 10 + 20
MD per burst (8 shots)
Range: 8000 feet
Rate of Fire: standard
Payload: 200 shots from a clip or
600 from a belt ammo drum.
Cost: 65,000 credits. A 200 round
clip costs 2000 credits. 6000 credits for the belt ammo drum
DTI - 15PBM Particle Beam and Missile Rifle
Weight: 12.2lbs
Mega - Damage: 3D4 + 12 MD
from the particle beam. Missiles do 6D6 MD to a 3-foot area
Range: 4,000 feet for the particle
beam. Missiles have a range of 12,000 feet
Rate of Fire: standard
Payload: 20 shots for the particle
beam. 4 micro missiles
Cost: 75,000 credits for the gun.
E -clips cost 1000 credits. Missile clips cost 6,000 credits
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