Vehicles

## Armour

### Laser Active Defense Matrix

When cold-war between US and USSR was nearing it's end it became obvious that puting multiple layers of armour at the right angle or improving ERA simply isn't enough anymore. It was clear that some form of revolutionary defense system needed to be created but those developments were slowed down as threat of war was minimised. Development was resumed by Saikouru Ruiko in 1995 as they obtained blueprints from an uknown source of advanced laser weaponry. Later that year Saikouru Ruiko introduced LADM (Laser Active Defense Matrix) and multiple laser based weaponry such as (SE-7, XG-96, HA-55) Altough the usage of laser as weaponry wasn't so effective, usage of lasers as an Active Defense mechanism proved to be extremly impicit as it allowed fastest reaction time possible. Effectiveness of LADM was further improved as entrohelion reactors were introduced and available power went through the roof, that meant that power of sun was in a palm of our hand. These lasers were extremly powerful and could stop most projectiles known to man (excluding medium higher class railgun fire) at least until the East Asian Crisis.

### Polymer-Reinforced Titanium Shielding Arrays

Although the armour in human to human combat was obsolete, enviromental and Byeonchig threats could be at least partialy negated by very advanced polymer-titanium arrays. The development of shielding arrays began after chernobyl incident, leading in this race was between Russia and China meanwhile US was sad. Russia developed first PTSA which had extremaly potent kinetic resistance being only armour available on the market that was able to stop early medium-class railgun projectiles. Even though it had very promising properties it's thermal resistance was insultingly low. As even a guy with a blow torch could wipe out entire crew by simply burning the vehicle. On the second hand China developed their counterpart which had outstanding thermal and radiation resistance but kinetic resistance comparable to first designs NERA. Thridly USA developed balanced out shielding that is mostly refered as multi-use, which lies somewhere inbetween Chinas and Russias composite arrays in kinetic and thermal resistance. USA arrays are currently being used by R.E.F.K.A as main armour emplacement thanks to them being an all-rounders. Chinas composite arrays are used mainly for geothermal studies they also found use in back-up shielding to Flux Reactor and Hostile Enviroment Exploration Vehicles. And as for Russian bias it has found it's use in main battle tanks, heavy tanks and modern bunker projects.

## Ground Based Vehicles

### Tanks

Mainly used as a form of heavy siege machines, tanks are a very easy pray to modern era weaponry, becouse of limited mobility caused by sheer weight of them. As it stands since East Asian Crisis has started the weight of used tanks ranges between 53-170 tones. Altough their weight is a enormous downside, it allows mouting very powerfull armaments that can render most fortifications useless which couldn't be archived with lower weight as the recoil generated could literally flip an entire tank and/or render it unfit for further use. There are three main categories of tanks used in East Asian Crisis.

#### Light tanks

The lightest category with weight raging between 53-80 tones, having close to no relevant armour thus biggest mobility out of all three categories. Mostly utilize heavy plasma-based weaponry as their main armament for anti-infantry use, but designs vary. Most common tank of this category is T2L9-SOLIS produced by the China, but also in recent years the US started producing their counterpart - M3X Panther.

#### Medium tanks

Category of tanks with weight raging between 80-120 heavy enough for mouting of all powerful railguns but light enough for somewhat acceptable mobility. This kind of tanks consist of powerfull core entrohelion reactor as main power source due to very high energy needed to displace such weight and power weapons, they are usually equipped with medium-class railgun as their main weapon and heavy plasma launcher as side cannon to get rid of smaller targets and clear minor obsticles on the way. When it comes to armour most tanks can withstand the force of AT missiles and small-class railgun fire. Medium tanks are the most common class of tanks that are seen on the battlefield. Most common tank of this class is M4X variant C produced mainly by the US.

#### Heavy tanks

The heaviest category of tanks with weight starting from 120 tones and up, these absolute monsters are fitted with behemoth-class rail guns as their main armaments and armor being able to withstand medium-class rail gun fire to frontal plates. Powered by up-scaled entrohelion reactors these beasts are deemed on the battlefield as practically indestructible by kinetic fire, but their sheer up keep cost and extremely slow movement speed keep them from being used on large scale. Another downside is that for construction of these tanks Russian composite arrays are a necessity at least, therefore heat resistance is a joke, for the other PTSA would've been used the effectiveness against rail guns would've been negated, and these tanks would be no different from medium tanks with slightly bigger cannon and weight. They are rarely seen on the battlefields and only produced by Russia. The heaviest tank up to date weights 170 tones and is nicknamed Mammoth the detailed specifications of which has been classified, but there are rumors that Russia has started working on another tank weighting twice as much.

### Mechs

    Thought to be too sci-fi and non functional to see the battlefield, these war machines are now seen as spec-ops of the army carrying out tasks that are otherwise impossible for regular forces. Combining the agility of infantry and firepower of tanks they are the most versatile mechanised units available. Their strategic value was noticed during East Asian Crisis as they were key for many successful operations, which would've otherwise fail without the support of Mechs. As for specifications their weight ranges from 25-47 tones (excluding ESOU squadron custom-made mechs) usually house entrohelion reactors as their main power source or an advanced PaluTech capacitors. They split into two main categories.

#### Mechanised Mobile Missile Platforms

They usually stay off the front lines of the fight (We don't mention what happened in the Netherlands) sending varying types of missiles, bombs and grenades. They are not fit with much armour against anything and possesses very little agility but reward this with impressive and customisable arsenal.

#### Exoskeletal Mechs

This type of mechs is probably the most recognizable, thanks to its superiority against classical tanks.

## Aircraft

In 2022's standards, air-to-air combat changed drastically, mainly due to implementation of Flux Reactors and Cloaking Systems aboard the aircraft. The ongoing East Asian Crisis only made it clear that current fifth-gen fighters need a better, and more advanced counterpart, as many of them were reduced to the ashes by Byeonchig or shot down without even knowing from where did the missile came from. However not only military but also commercial aircraft began to advance. Implementation of new Entrojet Engines allowed many passenger planes to fly alot faster than ever.

### Military Aircraft

***SF-56 "Gwishin"*** - is a korean sixth generation fighter produced by **Korean Aerospace Industries**. As of 2022, this is the one of the three sixth-gen fighters in active service in the world. Currently it is used by NATO Joint Forces, South Korean Air Force and REFKA. This aircraft features reduced radar cross section making it stealth, but also features HeX cloaking technology reducing its vibisility and potentially reducing heat signature making it un-trackable by Heat-seeking missiles.

***FY-52A "Lodestar"*** - is an american sixth generation fighter produced by Corver Aerospace. It is one of the three sixth-gen fighters that are in active service. It features Vertical Take Off and Landing technology (VTOL), which makes it the only sixth-gen fighter with such capabilities. As one of the experimental features of this aircraft, Lodestar has an on-board Active Defense Matrix system which functions entirerly the same as those used by Exoskeletal Mechs. Same as ***Gwishin***, Lodestar has reduced radar cross section, making it stealth but, lacks cloaking system in favor of VTOL and LADM systems. Currently it is used by US Air Force, NATO Joint Forces and rarely it can be seen as a part of Polish Air Force.