Jiaolong Torpedo Ship

**Dev. Status** | Conceptual

 **Key Features** | »» Nuclear torpedo»» Torpedo spar»» Compact atomic reactor»» Planar shield array w/ *"Jump"* function»» Anti-Matter traps w/ warning signs

### Tactical Analysis

* **I have torpedoes**: The Jiaolong Torpedo Ship acts as an escort for the bigger and slower ships, and its nuclear torpedo spar makes it a dangerous foe to any naval vessels the enemy might send out.

* **(Title 2)**: The Jiaolong is also equipped with a powerful shield generator, which helps supply its exceptionally sturdy frame. The shield generator is in fact strong enough to enable the ship to make a long leap around by overcharging its aft section.

* **(Title 3)**: Like a number of Kingdom units, Jiaolongs has greater performance when it’s accompanied by commander variants.

* **I may not have enough torpedoes**: For all its strengths, the Jiaolong is made for just one purpose, to sink ships. It can’t do anything about either aircraft or enemies on land and is outraged by artillery. Combined with the Jialong needs to ram the ship, and its fragility for such role, means that it can easily be shot down before they can attack.

### Background

**The Naval Report**

*"From a famous English television channel:"*

**Sam Carter**: *"Hello and welcome to our series about who, when, in China, when there is an uprising of a major military force who destroyed the remnants of the first democracy on Chinese ground and the communist regime under Mao. Today we are going to talk about their naval force. Here to guide us through them is Bob Hale, with the Naval Report."*

**Bob Hale**: *"Thanks, Sam. Well as you can see, here is a map of China (map of China hangs down), and here are their ports, and HERE are their ships (boat signs shown). The Chinese have a lot of ships, big ships, small ships, long ships, short ships, and all sorts of ships. Ships chips chips... hey that makes me hungry... Anyway, there are ships that might be fun to know about, the **Jiaolong Torpedo Ships**. They have many Jiaolong ships, torpedo ships, command ships, small boats, and big boats and they are traveling along with the other boats.*

*The Jiaolong have torpedos, many torpedos, that are a danger for our ships, good thing is that their too dumb to make them fire and instead choose to ram up with obsolete spars. They are fast, they are small and you don't want to run into them on the sea on a dark night (night sky and moon are shown). And on one dark night, someone ran into them! Yes, the Empire of the Rising Sun are back and their ships are under attack... BUT NOT FOR LONG because we will help them of course.*

*Now what makes the Jiaolong stand out? Not its torpedos but why then? Because it can jump. Yes, because it can jump about 220 feet HIGHER than any other ship. In fact, you could jump on an island with it but please don't, you might get stuck there. And those ships have shields (knight shield shown) that defend them from others attacking them. IN FACT, their jump works because of those shields.*

*Now the Chinese also have other ships, Kun Subs, Royal Ships, Quilins, Great Wings, Little Wings, Mini Wings, Chicken Wings... ha! I need food... (goes off to eat something)"*

**Sam Carter**: *"(slightly annoyed look) Uh thank you Bob... (smiles into camera)"*

**...Fade to black...**

## Jiaolong Command Ship

 **Dev. Status** | Conceptual

 **Key Features** | »» Nuclear torpedo spar (dummy)»» Compact fission reactor»» Enhanced planar shield array»» Redesigned bridge section»» Anti-Matter traps w/ warning sign

### Tactical Analysis

* **Officer on deck**: Like its land-bound counterpart, the Jiaolong Command Ship serves to coordinate is fellow brethren in battle.

* **What do you mean we have no torpedoes?!**: Also like its Nian counterpart, the boat is completely unarmed.

* **More power to shields**: Fortunately, its shields and armour are strengthened and it can still execute jumps to get out of danger.

* **Shield breach!**: However, even with its additional shield it can still be destroyed. And the additional communication equipment and shield generator means its death will lead to a bigger explosion.

### Background

As with the Nian command tank, the Jiaolong command ship is responsible for leading its brethren into battle. The captains of these ships mostly consist of noble officers with a history in naval warfare. Sophisticated communication and sensor equipment take up much of the room of the ship, so much so that there isn’t enough space for ordnance. In combat command ships focus on evading enemy fire, leaving the fighting to its more expendable brothers.

## Jiaolong Torpedo Escort

 **Dev. Status** | Conceptual

 **Key Features** | »» Bowline anti-matter torpedo tubes (x2)»» Planar shield generator (overcharged)»» Lead cooled fission reactor (ultra-compact)»» Streamlined, amphibious ship hull»» Large Anti-Matter trap (dangerous)

### Tactical Analysis

* **I have many torpedos**: A variant of the Jiaolong only piloted by marines, the Jiaolong Escort is much swifter and can make shield jumps much more often than a standard version can. Its shield strength and armour are also superior. And it's amphibious.

* **Full power on deflector shields!**: Unlike the Jiaolong Ship. The Jiaolong Escort is actually equipped with torpedo launchers loaded with Anti-Matter torpedos that make it a dangerous foe to any naval vessels the enemy might send out. And on land these torpedoes transforms into rockets.

* **When boats fly:** Thanks to its supercharged generator the Escort can make an even larger leap. And as it flies its crew are known to drop their torpedoes as improvised bombs, demolishing anything below their flight path.

* **Just another boat**: For all its strengths, the Escort is a lot rarer and a lot more volatile.

### **Background**

**Engineer S’Kul report:**

*I am proud to say we have finally completed work on the new* Jianlong-class *escort variant. By using molten lead as a coolant in the reactor, we have achieved much greater power than would be possible with a more conventional liquid, this breakthrough has allowed us to increase the shield power and add on additional armour. However, I would be amiss to say the design does not have some flaws. Obviously, if the reactor is left in a power-down state for too long the lead will solidify, ruining the generator. Also, the new design takes up a lot more space, requiring us to completely tear open the inside and swap its ramming spar for two side-mounted torpedo launchers, while we were doing that we chose to add amphibious capabilities with a pair of hoop wheels in the leftover space, thus the Escort variant is significantly more powerful but its also more expensive to make, and with how precariously the torpedoes are stored on top I fear they'll fall off the boat when it shield jumps. Skill will be required to use the boat correctly, as such I advise it only be crewed by our marines, since they're both indispensable.*