Manchester Aircraft Assessment Facility
February 26 2022

LHG: "Careful, careful."

Beeps of a truck are heard to warn those nearby to clear the way as the aircraft prototype is towed into the hangar in preparation of a big event. A test pilot named Steve Moseley from the Empire Test Pilot's School then shows up in his specialized test pilot gear while carrying a Gen III Universal Helmet Mounted Display System, and climbs into the aircraft while it is being fueled. He begans to test and asses the flight control systems of the aircraft by simulating a roll, yaw, and pitch while then checking the appropriate control surfaces if it moves the way it should. He then starts checking the glass cockpit which does not look far from the original Archer that he once flew.

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He's then handed a checklist to which he begins placing checks on Control Surfaces and Glass Cockpit. The fueling ends and the aircraft is ready, but he does not leave yet to check the Weapons Bay which does open properly. A button is then ticked to enable thrust vectoring, and he proceeds to move to stick again to see if it behaves properly before then placing a check to verify that it does. It seems as if the aircraft is ready for the next part of Day 1 Flight Tests.

Right at that moment, cars pull over near the hangar. It was the Prime Minister and Defence Minister Wallace again, they really want to see how well it performs. They get off the car and meet the Engineer Lee once again.

SB: "Glad to meet you again Mr. Lee. It seems like the product of all your hard work is to be challenged by the physics of this world."

LHG: "It's good to see you again too Mr. Prime Minister, and you too Min. Wallace. Indeed, but we're doing everything to finalize this aircraft to prepare for a maiden flight at the 2nd Anniversary Celebration. Anyway, I think it's best you see this beast up close."

He then leads the 2 to the aircraft. Test Pilot Moseley then gets out of the aircraft to salute the Prime Minister and Defence Minister, to which they also respond with a salute.

SB: "I'm glad to meet you Mr. Moseley, you will certainly be part of history for what you're doing today."

SM: "It's an honour and privilege to meet you sir and to serve this country."

LHG: "Well Mr. Prime Minister, I think it's best you see the flight test from the best view up at the control tower. We'll be commencing the first flight test in a moment."

Simon is then led by another engineer to the Control Tower where seats are prepared for the best view of the aircraft. Back at the hangar, the test pilot returns to the cockpit. He wears the HMD which has been calibrated to be connected to the aircraft's flight computer. Tick after tick, switches and buttons are turned on in sequence to start the electrical systems to begin injecting power to the aircraft and the cockpit turns on along with the HMD and HUD. A small truck tows the craft to the runway slowly as engineers pay attention to the aircraft's behavior. In the cockpit, Steve proceeds to activate the avionics necessary for the flight along with the communication systems. The control tower then begins to communicate with Steve through the Callsign Archer II and directs him to the runway.

From the tower, Simon and Ben see the aircraft at the end of the runway like an F1 racing car ready to accelerate. The flight plan is then handed to them to give them information on how the aircraft will fly. They then start hearing Steve's radio from inside.

SM: "Manchester Test Tower, Archer II, Runway 25, Ready for Takeoff. Alright boys, let's hit this."

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He starts throttling up slowly while checking carefully the instruments and other avionics and sensor suites. And as he starts seeing the signs on the ground, he starts pulling on the stick and the nose starts rising. Eventually, with enough speed, the aircraft got off the ground and started flying. The landing gears are raised and were verified to have been working through a landing camera available as well as a sensor in the cockpit. He then proceeds to rock the craft left and right, and to which it responds appropriately. As a surprise and celebration, he does a 360 degree roll. He opens the weapons bays to test it in-flight, to which it also responds properly.

Simon pays close attention and begins smiling as the craft starts doing a few minor aerobatic moves. It then circles and does a hard left turn with the thrust vectoring nozzles on, and it does successfully. No stress has been seen so far in such a high G maneuver, recorded to be around 6Gs.

Steve turns off the thrust vectoring and levels the aircraft to proceed with the flight plan before turning around and approaching the runway.

SM: "Manchester Test Tower, Archer II, entering left downwind Runway 07."
Tower: "Archer II, cleared to land Runway 07."
SM: "Cleared to land Runway 07, Archer II."

The craft begins its descent as it approaches the runway. The landing gears are extended and, touchdown. The craft successfully lands and stops before the end of the runway. It then taxis to the hangar where it is greeted by the engineers. At the tower, Simon claps with joy and shakes the hands of the controllers. They all descend to the hangar to greet the pilot.

SB: "Congratulations for a job well-done Mr. Moseley."
SM: "Thank you sir, it's just part of my duty."

The engineers check the video footage and the checklist and the craft passed the first test. However, more tests are necessary to certify that the aircraft is safe to be commissioned in service.

After the short celebration, Simon approached the engineers and controllers for a request.

SB: "I hope that the secrets of the aircraft's developments will not be leaked elsewhere. It must be heavily guarded and encrypted whenever being transferred. Also, I hope that no one was able to track or see what we did."

The engineers and controllers assured Simon that the information on the aircraft is still safe within Reitzmag, however they said that the flights may have already been spotted by onlookers who are trying to get a nice view of the developments of the aircraft just near the facility.

Simon and Ben thanked the engineers and left. Samsung's engineers went on to work further and asses the results of the test and then shared the information to the Rolls Royce team.

PROJECT THUNDERBOLT II Specifications: Target Value Actual Value Launch Platform Ship, Submarine, Aircraft, MLRS Maximum speed Mach 5+ Operational Range 1,000 km (620 mi) RCS 0.001 m^2 or lower Development Timeline:

November 4 2020 - Design Phase Begins
January 6 2021 - First Design Made
January 10 2021 - First Wind Tunnel Testing
January 17 2021 - Second Wind Tunnel Testing
January 24 2021 - Scale Model Construction
February 12 2021 - Scale Model Launch Test
February 25 2021 - Scale Model Second Launch Test
March 10 2021 - Design adjustments made, size specifications finalized
March 29 2021 - First Prototype built
April 7 2021 - Wind Tunnel Test of First Prototype

Project Eva
IC Secret
Richmond City, Jullien (30 Miles north of the outskirts of Moraben, Jullien).
Hayden Cole National Research Center
January 15th, 2022

“Madam President, Welcome.” One of the Head Scientists of the research center said as President Mouri-Kudo entered the center through the secret entrance.

“Thank you. Is Dr slash Minister Akagi here today?” Mouri-Kudo asked curiously.

“Yes, Madam President. She is in her office at the moment. She is just reviewing new data for the LF-1A Gen 5 plan.” The scientist explained pointing the way to Minister of Science and Research Ritsuko Akagi’s office in the research center, which is far from the capital of the Commonwealth and away from the official public office of the Ministry of Science and Research.

“I guess then I will disturb her then.” Mouri-Kudo said as she began to walk towards said Doctor’s office.

Office is a understatement of the work area of the Minister of Science and Research as it was more or less a large laboratory and test area of all the Commonwealth’s new weapons, gadgets, and devices that were either tested, discarded, or being developed. As the President of the Commonwealth entered, she heard the sounds of various things within the room being made. The sounds ranged from the works of welding to even malfunction of a gun. The Secret Service agents beside her suggested that she wait until the Minister is done with her work for the sake of her very own safety from the things being tested. However, Mouri-Kudo waved it off. She had been through much throughout her life, especially as president when one considers how her inauguration went.

“Madam President, I am surprised to see you’re here.” Minister of Science and Research Ritsuko Akagi said after examining a new type of Rocket Launcher for the Army.

“Minister Akagi. Good to see you here. I was just checking to hear about the progress on the latest projects.” Mouri-Kudo said as she and Akagi sat by a workbench in the area.

“So far, work on the Defender Class has been going smoothly and we should expect to see the first line of the class being produced in March once we finish running additional tests and after the naval exercises that you plan to have with the Spanish Navy. The Submarine will have a much more longer range than the old Revolution Class and can handle much more deeper depths than said predecessor. It has a AIP that manage to squeezing into the Engine Room Compartment. So the use of fuel will not be a serious concern for the Navy in the use of this submarine, especially with the Fuel Cell system. However, we did not achieve our goal of 720 miles underwater at 5 Knots, but 705 miles at said speed.” Akagi explained.

“Well, it is still an improvement. Maybe once we start have more of the Defenders out then we will can be able to have their range extended.” Mori-Kudo said.

“Of course, Madam President.” Akagi said looking over a sheet of data, “Progress on stealth technology is still a way to go for the armed forces. We had some success in developing a prototype that somewhat works but needs more tweaking to be done before we say that we are on the right path. It should take us another year at most for progress to be completely finished. Problem is that we are developing our own from scratch, if say we had one that was imported and we can based our own technology on, then the process will be much smoother. However, with time, we should be at the point of building our stealth tech for planes especially.”

“I see. I cannot promise that you will be able to get a imported variant but I will see if I can try with some of the European Nations nearby.” Morui-Kudo explained.

Akagi nodded understandingly.

“Will you still be meeting with Dietmember Moriarty on negotiating the funding of a Leagioan Merchant Marine Fleet?” Akagi asked curiously.

“Yes, even though the Economy is doing much better than at the start of my term, unemployment still needs to be resolved. Constructing a merchant marine fleet that sails through Europe might be the way to go for that and it would help to improve trade in-general for Leagio.The country is having a leftward shift and in order to get anything done of my program then I will need to compromise on a few of my positions.” Mouri-Kudo said dreadfully.

F listened then said "Actually we believe here Reitzmag may have a role to play thats unique here. You have plenty of Copalans if there are any in your service it could be useful to have one investigate a UNSR lead with our security services for the good of Europe. ~A Duchian could do it but a Copalan may be better for this specialist role".