Part 2 of the first portion of the tech guide (revised). The Federation of Tellanos.

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Federation of Tellanos: In the years since the Federation War and the Slayer Corps defection, Tellanos was able to somewhat modernize their military. However, during the period between 1915 and 1918, they suffered a depression that threatened to break out into civil war. That all changed with help from an unlikely source.

In 1921, during Callinar's attempted invasion of the islands south of Tellanos, Syllia's Dragon Mechanist, James de Launces, took two brothers from Tellanos under his tutelage and taught them what he knew about design and invention. Xavier and Albert Reed learned in four years everything they needed to know before graduating in 1925 and setting off in order to heal the fissures in the Federation caused by both the depression and the recent Incursion.

By 1927, the Reed Brothers Technical Corporation (RBTC) had become the source for nearly all of the Federation's advancements. While the older brother, Xavier, focused on civilian machines such as new steam cars, trains and farm equipment, his younger brother, Albert, finished the modernization of the Federation military began in 1917. By Albert Reed's estimates, in 1936, Tellanos would rival Syllia in technology, however, the aggressor days of Tellanos are over and now they wish more to be trade partners with Syllia, rather than enemies.

Though their infantry weapons are updates of antiquated designs, they are all fitted for a standard caliber. Pistols are designated for .38 caliber Federal Standard ammunition, rifles and sniper rifles are fitted for the Federation's classic .30 caliber Rifle. Sub-machineguns are likewise chambered for .38 caliber round.

Their only anti-tank weapon, the 'armored fist', is a single shot 75mm warhead. Unfortunately, the commanders of the Federation army have not seen the military importance of the assault rifle, despite the constant successes of the weapon in lab and field trials and absolutely refuse to issue shotguns as they are 'not combat weapons'. The military has also yet to adopt a modern heavy machinegun, insisting on simply updating and modifying the original GG1 'Meatgrinder'. However, the air force has adopted a varient of the MG19 known as the LMG22 as the standard weapon in all aircraft. The Navy has adopted the proven 20mm and 40mm for Anti-air weapon duties.

Pistol(s):

Roth-Steyr M 1907: .38 caliber. (M.38/1907: Clip Size: 8.)

Colt Model 1900: .38 caliber. (M.38/1900: Clip Size: 8.)

Rifle(s):

Fusil MAS 36 (Standard Rifle) .30 cal. (C.30/30: Clip Size: 5.)

Mondragon Modelo de 1908 (Prototype Semi-automatic Rifle) .30 cal. (MM.30/08: Clip Size: 8.)

Sniper Rifle(s):

Berdan Model 1870 (Standard Sniper) .30 cal. (RR1870: Clip Size: 5.)

Fusil MAS 36 (Elite Sniper) .30 cal. (SR.30/30: Clip Size: 5.)

Submachinegun:

Suomi Model 1931 (Standard issue) .38 cal. (SM31: Clip Size: 30.)

Light Machinegun:

Browning M1919 (Standard) .30 caliber. (LMG22: Belt Size: 1,000 rounds.)

Heavy Machinegun:

GG1 Model M (Fictional) (Obsolete Standard) .40 caliber. (GG1M, 6 barrel Standard) Varients include: 3 Barrel (GG1C {Carbine}), 4 Barrel (GG1EX {10mm varient}), 5 barrel (GG1L {.60 caliber}). All varients use 600-2,500 round belts.

Anti-Tank Weapon:

Panzerfaust (Standard) 75mm Single Shot. (AF75)

Tellanos Federal Armored Corps. The Federal Armored Corps of Tellanos was the second branch of the military to be modernized. Taking note of Syllian and Praetorian tank designs, the FAC focused on what they considered to be the most important traits of a tank: maneuverability and versatility. Due to there being several types of environment in the Federation (forest, plain, snow, mountain, and desert), they adopted a more fluid tactic.

The Federation has a balanced tank corps but instead of relying on the Praetorian concept of 'dreadnaught tanks' and Syllian 'standardized balance' tactics, they opted for a corps comprised primarily of fast, light tanks that had enough firepower to take out a larger tank, and heavy tanks that could turn the tables on an enemy expecting only light tanks. Basically they adopted a 3:1 production method meaning it would take three light tanks to destroy a heavy tank.

All combat-class tanks with the FAC are armed with a 50mm Main Gun and use the LMG22 as a secondary weapon. The only tanks more heavily armed are the Heavy tanks which employ a 90mm High Velocity Gun and use special GG1M's, GG1Ex's, and GG1L's for defence. The only tank design not of Tellanos origin is that of the T28 Light tank which, like the LMG22, is a varient of the Syllian LT-26 and also has several Federation varients of the design such as the notable TT (Twin-Turret) design which sports a 27mm gun and a scaled down GG1C housed in a split turret and the T28ART which is a model with the turret removed and replaced with a Federation 75mm Artillery Cannon. You could say that the T28 and its varients are the work horses of the Federation military.

The ratio of tanks is 5:2, meaning for every five Light tanks they build, they build two heavy tanks. The Medium Tank and Assault Tank (AT-Tank Killer) designs are non-existant due to the fact that the only tanks that can properly challenge the Federation are built and employed by ally nations. Due to the reliance on Light tanks, Heavy tanks are only deployed during major battles or dire situations, when they are deployed however, there is nothing that can match them.

Truth be told, the Federation's Heavy Tank, the T32-HC, gives a whole new meaning to the phrase 'overkill'. It is armed with THREE cannons (one 90mm behemoth, and two 45mm guns in fore and aft sub-turrets), four machineguns, one high caliber GG1 varient and a GG1EX 10mm varient for AA purposes.

Light Tank(s):

Soviet T-26 Light Tank (T28-C)

Varients include: T28-S, T28-TT(twin-turret), T28ART, and T28-AP.)

Top Speed: 20mph.

Crew: (all varients): 3.

Armed:

(T28-C: 1x 37mm gun, 1x LMG22.)

(T28-S: 4x LMG22.)

(T28-TT: 1x 25mm gun, 1x co-axial GG1C, 1x LMG22.)

(T28ART: 1x 90mm gun.)

(T28-AP: 1x GG1EX, 2x LMG22.).

Soviet BT-7 Fast Tank (T29-C/S/Sec)

Top Speed: 46mph.

Crew: 3.

Armed: 1x 45mm gun, 2x LMG22, 1x GG1EX.

Heavy Tank:

Soviet T-35 Heavy Tank (T32-HC {Heavy Combat})

Varients include: T35ART and T35-AP.)

Top Speed: 19mph.

Crew (all varients): 11 (Good Grief!).

Armed: 1x 90mm gun (primary turret), 1x 45mm gun (rear sub-turret), 1x 45mm gun (front sub-turret), 4x LMG22, 1x GG1L, 1x GG1EX.)

(ART varient only has the 90mm cannon and three GG1EXs, AP varient has four 37mm cannons (two top turret, one front sub, one rear sub) and six LMG22s.)

Tellanos Federal Navy: The Tellanos Navy sadly was scheduled to be updated starting in 1931. Due to a becoming sick with a severe case of pneumonia, Albert was forced to delay his plans. By 1932, the only upgrades made to the Navy were new destroyers called 'AA Destroyers' and a new aircraft carrier to eventually take the place of the 'state-of-the-art' yet obsolete Galahad IV carrier, the 'New Horizon'.

Blueprints for new cruisers and submarines were in the process of being finalized and were set to go into production in 1933. All Battleships are obsolete but still pack a punch. The primary might of the Federation's Navy lies with its Battlecruisers.

Due to the old policy of 'might makes right', the Federation does not employ the DE (Destroyer Escort), or CVE (Escort Carrier) classes as they are viewed as underpowered and unnecessary.

As a further note, the Federation Admiralty failed to recognize the importance of the steam turbine as a new means of propulsion. As a result, all ships use the antiquated reciprocating steam engine.

(DD) Destroyer class(es): "Let no man say that Tellanos cannot protect it's own. Other navies consider destroyers the so-called 'foot-men' of the navy. We consider our destroyers to be our first line of defence against an attack from the sea!"- From Counciler Victor Staunt on the Address of Naval Rearmament, late 1917.

The Federation's view of destroyers is indeed as was stated in 1917. They are used as patrol vessels and as combat vessels while in what is known as 'flotillas', a group of seven or more destroyers that target capital ships with their torpedoes. Due to the arctic waters on Tellanos' northern coast, all ships are designed with reinforced hulls meant for icebreakers. This however, has also led to the rather antiquated (and desperate) technique of using the icebreaker to ram enemy ships. The last known instance was during the Federation War in 1884 when a Federation Becker-class destroyer, FNV Blane, rammed the Syllian Halberd-class cruiser, RNV Chevalier. The Blane struck the bow magazine of the Chevalier and both ships exploded with few survivors.

One thing the Federation tends to go overboard with is that their destroyers are dedicated sub-killers. They are armed with enough depth charges to sink the entire Praetorian Unterseeboote (Underwater boat {Submarine})Corps. should it ever come to that. Sadly however, they tend to lack proper AA defences. The new Obelisk-class AA Destroyer (or DD{A}) is a step toward a more modern navy.

Tarve-class. (Obsolete) (37) Top Speed: 29 Knots. Armed: 3x 4 inch guns, 6x Tpd29 Torpedo tubes, 2x 40mm Flak guns, 6x 20mm AA machineguns, 4x Depth Charge launchers.

Hale-class. (Standard) (57) Top Speed: 27 Knots. Armed: 4x 5 inch guns, 10x Tpd29 Torpedo tubes, 3x 40mm Flak guns, 7x 20mm AAMGs, 4x Depth Charge launchers.

Obelisk-class.(DD(A) {Destroyer, Anti-Air}) (Standard) (22) Top Speed: 32 Knots. Armed: 4x 3.5 inch dual-purpose/dual-mount guns, 3x Tpd29 Torpedo tubes, 6x 40mm Flak guns, 20x 20mm AAMGs, 1x Depth Charge launcher.

No Prototypes Planned.

(CL) Light Cruiser class(es): "The very idea of a Federation ship being declared as 'light' is absurd. What we need are ships that are heavy hitters and that can take the fight to whatever enemy is before them."-Federation Admiral Eric C. Kampfman, 1916. (Note: His son, Heintz Kampfman, later became commander of the Vectrin-class light cruiser, FNV Javelin. Under his command, she would become one of the most decorated ships in the Federation navy for actions against the Cullinar Incursion of 1919-1923.)

Despite proving itself time and again, the Federation still despises the designation 'light cruiser'. They'd prefer to call it a 'heavy destroyer' but that just doesn't sound right for some reason. Either way, sticking with Federation tradition, the class has an icebreaker bow, heavy anti-ship weaponry, but sadly lacks anti-submarine countermeasures and sufficient AA protection. Plans are to make the aging Vectrin-class the last class of its kind.

Vectrin-class. (Obsolete) (34) Top Speed: 29 Knots. Armed: 6x 5 inch guns, 10x Tpd29 Torpedo tubes, 2x 40mm Flak guns, 4x 20mm AAMGs.

No Standard class.

No Prototypes Planned.

(CA) Cruiser class(es): "A Federation cruiser is akin to a floating fortress, it is more armored than any other navy cruiser in the world, almost as heavily armed as a battlecruiser, slightly faster than my ex-wife, and just as heavy."-Comment from a Callinar Battlecruiser commander whose ship was later blown out of the water when he came across a group of three Domino-class cruisers in the 1919-23 Cullinar Incursion.

The Federation cruiser is indeed akin to a floating fortress. It's armor is reinforced to handle arctic waters, its guns are of a slightly larger caliber than is normal, however, given their size and capabilities, they are quite agile. Although lacking the ability to launch seaplanes carrying depth charges, cruisers are often never sent out without a destroyer to patrol around them. Their maneuverability somewhat makes up for their horrific shortage of AA weaponry, but make no mistake, there is not a more vulnerable ship class in the Federation Navy.

Domino-class. (Obsolete) (29) Top Speed: 25 Knots. Armed: 8x 7 inch guns, 4x 40mm Flak guns, 10x 20mm AAMGs.

Colias-class. (Standard) (35) Top Speed: 24 Knots. Armed: 12x 5 inch guns, 5x 40mm Flak guns, 12x 20mm AAMGs.

No Prototypes Planned.

(BCA) Battlecruiser class(es): "Of all the ships I've ever commanded, the Battlecruiser has to be my fondest command. Not only could we hold our own against Syllian and Callinar battleships and battlecruisers, but we could blow anything out of the water that dared challenge us."-From the Journal of a retired Tellanian Captain.

The Tellanians didn't invent the concept of the battlecruiser, but in a sense perfected it. Most battlecruisers are modified battleships that sacrifice armor for speed or beefed up cruisers that stack on the armor plating and sacrifice speed.

The Tellanians laid down a purpose-built battlecruiser after losing the battleship 'Nocturne' in the early weeks of the Federation War. The ship had armor thick enough to deflect a 10 inch shell and could return an 12 inch. In the years since, the Battlecruiser has become the most numerous ship type in the Tellanian Navy, outnumbering even the venerable D'Arc-class Battleships.

Before Syllia began deploying their battleships en masse in the Federation War, the Tellanian battlecruiser was the one ship no captain wanted to see. This was a lesson the Callinar Navy found out the hard way when, in 1922, they led a raid on Port Grand Vista, the 'birthplace' of the Tellanian Navy. Their fleet of two battleships, six cruisers, ten destroyers, and two carriers, was completely decimated by a Tellanian force of only six Hode-class Battlecruisers.

No Obsolete Classes.

Hode-class. (Standard) (40) Top Speed: 24 Knots. Armed: 12x 12 inch guns, 16x 7 inch guns, 8x 40mm Flak guns, 12x 20mm AAMGs.

No Prototypes Planned.

(BB) Battleship class(es): "I said it once and I'll say it again, there is no such thing as a fast battleship, you can have a well-armed and well-armored battleship but you cannot have a fast one. It is impossible."-A note from a Federation Admiral to shipwright in Port Grand Vista, early 1918. (Just three months later, the first of a new battleship, FNV D'Arc, was launched and achieved speeds of 27 Knots, fast for the time.)

If ever there was a battleship that broke the mold that made it, it is the Federation D'Arc-class Fast Battleship. Using a new type of enging purchased from Syllia, the first of the class, FNV D'Arc (FBB001), sailed from Port Grand Vista, achieved a top speed of 27 Knots and arrived in the northern city of Cold Harbor two days ahead of schedule. She has sufficient armor to stop an 11 inch shell and can return a massive 15 inch. Her full broadside of 15 and 7 inch guns can pummel anything except another battleship or battlecruiser into oblivion.

Still, the ship class is expensive to produce hence the reason the Federation is investing more in the Battlecruiser than the venerable battleship. In 1929, the Federal Navy grudgingly declared the D'Arc-class obsolete and petitioned for a new battleship design. So far none have been delivered.

D'Arc-class. (Obsolete) (16) Top Speed: 27 Knots. Armed: 8x 15 inch guns, 16x 7 inch guns, 6x 40mm Flak guns, 14x 20mm AAMGs.

No Standard Classes.

No Prototypes Planned.

(CV) Aircraft Carrier class(es): "How can we simply sit here, continually saying that our fleet is the most up-to-date in the world when almost every other navy in the world is building these new 'aircraft carriers'? I mean good grief, even the Callinar Islands already have six, carriers built and are working on four others. Syllia thankfully is now our ally but now they have almost twenty! What do we have? A bunch of sitting ducks!"- From the Federal Naval Rearmament Meeting, early 1918.

If ever there was a Federation ship class more rushed into production than the carrier it has not happened yet. With the end of the Southlands Conflict in 1914 and the Aircraft Carrier no longer a secret, nations across the globe rushed to build their own. In 1917-1918, during the Federal Naval Rearmament Meeting, several Admirals voiced their concerns over a threat from the air. Some, wanting to stick with tradition, discussed simply improving the AA armaments on their existing ships. However, when the Council discovered the cost of a complete rearmament, they deep-sixed the retro fit and instead purchased a 'template carrier' from Syllia and began building their own.

The 'template' in question was the weary and battle-worn RNV Ranger; an aircraft carrier that had served as part of the Southlands conflict by liberating Concurrent Skies and participating in the final battle. By mid-1919, the Federation had four Ranger-class Aircraft carriers and were working on the blueprints for the Galahad III (Galahad I and II proved to be catastrophically flawed and woefully inefficient).

In late 1919 when the Callinar Incursion began, it was the First Federal Fleet, with two of the carriers, FNV Lancier (CV3) and the rebuilt and redesignated FNV Ranger (CV1), escorted by new D'Arc-class battleships, Hode-class Battlecruisers, and Tarve-class Destroyers chased down the enemy fleet that had bombarded the city of Golbe and engaged them in battle.

Although the Lancier was sunk and the Ranger severely damaged, they had claimed a major victory for the Federation and confirmed what the Federation admiralty already knew; the carrier had become a ship class equal in importance to the battleship. The Ranger would serve with distinction but sadly would not survive to the end of the war. In mid 1922, while stationary due to engine failure, she was torpedoed by a Callinar Type II Submarine and sank in the deepest part of the ocean, the Blue Abyss. She sank in just under thirty minutes with only 60 survivors out of her crew of 1,679.

After the Incursion was ended in 1923, only one Ranger-class carrier was left, FNV Glory (CV2). In 1924, she was stripped, refitted, and reclassified as a Galahad III-class and served until 1930 when the Galahad IV was built and was able to be mass produced. In early 1932, Federation Mechanist Albert Reed, concieved a new type of carrier, dubbing it 'New Horizon'. It is scheduled to be complete by late 1932.

Galahad III-class. (Obsolete) (6) Top Speed: 22 Knots. Armed: 10x 3.5 inch cannons, 10x 40mm Flak guns, 20x 20mm AAMGs, 40 aircraft.

Galahad IV-class. (Standard) (10) Top Speed: 20 Knots. Armed: 10x 4.5 inch guns, 20x 40mm Flak guns, 18x 20mm AAMGs, 100 aircraft.

New Horizon-class. (Prototype) (1) Top Speed: Classified. Armament: Classified. Currently under construction at Port Grand Vista Naval Yard.

(SS) Submarine class(es): "What is the prupose of having a submarine fleet if all they do is sit in the harbor and rust? There are still nations out there that we are not on friendly terms with. Send them out on patrol and have them watch for anything suspicious."- A letter from Counsiler Wilhelm to Admiral Dafne, 1918. (Federation Swordfish-class submarine F-10 spotted the first Callinar Incursion force later that month, sacrificing itself to alert the Federation of an attack. In 1925 the wreck was located, raised, and ceremoniously scuttled outside of Port Grand Vista. The bodies of her 36 crewmen were recovered, identified, and buried with full military honors on a cliff overlooking the site of the wreck. The spot was later christened 'The Eternal Vigil' in 1930, it is now a submariner's national graveyard.)

If there is anything to be said about the Federation Submarine Corps. It is that they are loyal, even if their machines are 'accident prone'. The Praetorians were the first to build submarines and use them for military purposes. Tellanos thought it could pull a rabbit out of the hat like they had done with the Battlecruiser. The result was the complete opposite.

The first submarine class, Flounder (later nicknamed the Founder {oh the irony} due to the ship submerging without warning. There were fifteen subs built of the Flounder-class in 1913. By 1914, ten had been lost with all hands while on patrol, three sunk in port but crews rescued, and the remaining two unceremoniously scrapped.

In 1915, the Federation bought five of the Syllian S-class submarines and this time actually did improve upon them. By 1916, the new submarines were known as Swordfish-class and they would play an integral role in repelling the Callinar Incursion.

Swordfish-class. (Obsolete) (17) Top Speed: 12 Knots Surfaced/9 Knots Submerged. Armed: 4x Torpedo tubes (Bow), 1x Torpedo tube (Stern), 1x 5 inch gun. Crush Depth: 200 feet.

Stingray-class. (Standard) (59) Top Speed: 18 Knots Surfaced/8 Knots Submerged. Armed: 4x Torpedo tubes (Bow), 2x Torpedo tubes (Stern), 1x 4 inch gun, 1x 20mm AAMG. Crush Depth: 350 feet.

No Prototypes Planned.

Federation Federal Air Force: Unlike the other branches of the Tellanos military, the Federal Air Force was deemed a 'secondary objective'. The Federal Council wanted to focus on the branches of military that would likely see heavy action should a threat come from Rotiart or nearby Callinar as had happened in the Cullinar Incursion from 1919-1923.

However, Albert Reed brought up the role aircraft played in the Southlands War and won support from several members of the Federal council. The support was just enough for him to justify working on aircraft designs but not enough for him to put everything else on the back burner. He was allowed a budget to build five new types of aircraft. The planes he delivered were a shot in the arm to the obsolete air force.

Knowing how important aircraft carriers were becoming, Albert focused on planes that could be launched from a carrier. With the Galahad IV's becoming obsolete and the prototype New Horizon supercarrier in development, the Federation now had modern carriers capable of launching modern monoplanes. Using captured planes from the Callinar Incursion, Albert created one new carrier-based fighter, a dive-bomber, and torpedo-bomber, and with help from James de Launces, developed a new land-based fighter, and a land-based bomber. These five planes are the only modern monoplanes Tellanos has, all the other planes are 'somewhat modernized' biplanes purchased from Syllia and Praetoria.

Despite all the modern innovations and planes, the airforce is still woefully ill-equipped should the unthinkable happen.

Fighter(s):

Arado Ar68. (PF16: TS: 192 mph. Armed: 2x LMG22.)

Heinkel He112. (PF31: TS: 317 mph. Armed: 4x LMG22.)

Heavy Bomber(s):

Farman F222. (PHB22: TS: 185 mph. Armed: 3x LMG22, 8x 250kg Bombs.)

Tupolev TB-3. (PHB26: TS: 134mph. Armed: 10x LMG22, 2 Ton Internal Bomb Load.)

Petlyakov Pe-8. (PHB32: TS: 276 mph. Armed: 6x LMG22, 4 Ton Internal Bomb Load.)

Carrier-launched Fighter(s):

Heinkel He51. (CF20: TS: 205 mph. Armed: 2x LMG22.)

Mitsubishi A5M. (CF30: TS: 265 mph. Armed: 2x LMG22)

Torpedo-Bomber(s):

Nakajima B5N. (CTB31: TS: 217 mph. Armed: 3x LMG22, 1 Torpedo.)

Dive-Bomber(s):

Henschel Hs 123. (CDB20: TS: 214 mph. Armed: 2x LMG22, 4x 110 lbs Bombs.)

Yokosuka D4Y Suisei. (CDB32: TS: 339 mph. Armed: 2x LMG22, 1x 500lb Bomb, 2x 66lb Bombs.)

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Okay guys, here is the revised Part 2 of the Tech guide. Again, sorry for crunching all this into one big chunk of tech. Anyway, feel free to read over it again and let me know what you all think.