Oceanian Federation

The flag of the Oceanian Federation

Papuan Confederation

Indonesia

Pacific Island States

## General Information

The Oceanian Federation is a collection of 5 nations that decided to form a federation after the Third World War. These nations were Australia, New Zealand, Papuan Confederation, Indonesia and the Pacific Island States. With Australia.

The two main branches of the military are the Oceanian Army and Oceanian Navy.

## Goals and Philosophies

The Oceanian Federation has focussed on reaching the far corners of science. To this end, the Researcher's Corp forms the entire basis for this goal, allowing the Federation to more efficiently manage the resources allocated to scientific endeavours.

## After the discovery of the Trans-Newtonian Minerals

With the discovery of the Trans-Newtonian (TN) minerals on Earth, the Oceanian Federation wanted to find out a way to utilise the minerals in construction projects. Research teams were able to find some uses for them without too much issue, but research into Trans-Newtonian technology, that expanded the minerals use immensely, took till the 17th October 2098.

More efficient production methods could now be used thanks to the integration of TN minerals. All of Earth's conventional industry was converted from the 17th October 2098 to the 24th January 2105. While most of it was converted into newer construction factories, a sizable minority were converted into trans-newtonian mines, financial centres and fuel refineries.

## The Sol Survey

The Sol survey took place between March 2103 - May 2112. It was a largely uneventful process, aside from the discovery of a ruined colony on Pluto.

### Ruins on Pluto

On the 8th October 2107, Adaminaby 002 discovered signs of past alien life on Pluto through the discovery of an alien colony on the surface. It wouldn't be until the 11th October 2111, that the 1st Xenoarchaeology Brigade had been established and arrived on the planet. The ruins were fully deciphered on the 17th February 2113.

It wouldn't be until the 26th April 2114 that the 1st Engineering Brigade would arrive to excavate the ruins. By the 1st October 2116, excavation of the ruins was completed

## 1st Neutronium Crunch (Averted)

By March 2108, Neutronium was becoming harder to find on Earth. There was around 8 years worth left mineable on Earth. The stockpile had also dwindled substantially due to production needs such as new shipyards and construction factories.

Sol itself had very little Neutronium in it compared to the other minerals, but some comets had usable amounts of it. Research for Orbital Mining Modules was commenced on the 27th October 2108 to try and take advantage of the comets, primarily as a stopgap measure. At a similar time, Mining Production 14 tons commenced research, to hopefully reduced the effects of the Crunch.

By November 2110, the Allambie class Orbital Mining Platform had been developed to harvest the Neutronium of the comets, with the Akuna Bay class Tug being the mode of transportation, which was finished construction on the 17th June 2112. The first Allambie class Orbital Mining Platform reached Chernykh on the 13th July 2112, and started mining the much needed Neutronium.

By the time Allambie 001 arrived at Chernykh, Earth had 3.6 years left of mineable Neutronium. The deposit held within the comet would last 21.7 years when Allambie 002 arrived. By the time the comet would run dry, the Oceanian Federation would have likely found a more permanent solution to the lacking Neutronium in Sol.

## Colonisation of Mercury

On the 20th April 2111, the 3 Koorliny class Colony Ships finished construction, allowing the Oceanian Federation to start colonisation of other worlds. Due to the lack of minerals on Luna and Mars, Mercury was the first choice for colonisation due to its closeness, abundant minerals and great terraforming potential.

Terraforming began almost immediately, to try and reduce the amount of infrastructure needed for the colonists. As temperature was the biggest factor, it was the first thing focused on.

## Discovery of the Acherin Ruins

On the 17th February 2113, the ruins on Pluto were finally deciphered.

They belonged to a race foreign to Sol, called the Acherin of the Acherin Commune. The colony on Pluto was technologically advanced, but something that was not far off from the technology the Oceanian Federation possessed at the time.

The main discovery from the ruins, aside from the discovery of life other than humanity and the artifacts from the colony, was the existence of what they called the Aether Raiders. These were a largely unknown race of beings that preyed upon Archein colonies and cargo convoys. They used a mix of cloaking to hide their vessels and railguns for armament. They seemed to appear after 6 systems had been explored by the Archeins.

From radiological dating, it appeared that the colony was attacked sometime in the 1920s, before Pluto was even discovered by astronomers.

### Effects from the Discovery

After discovering evidence of the Aether Raiders, any thoughts of rapid expansion outside of Sol was quickly reconsidered. The Oceanian Navy was going to need to be at a level where they thought they could handle the Aether Raiders. As the Raiders seemed to only possess railguns as their main offensive weapon, missiles were chosen to be the solution for ship-to-ship combat. This choice was made due to the Oceanian Federation's own research into railguns and knowing about the limitations of the weapon system. Railguns would still be mounted on military ships however, as they possessed great potential for point defence and regular combat.

The raids on colonies also worried the Oceanian Federation, so developing a sophisticated army outside of the Oceanian Military Police was on the agenda. Surface-to-Orbit weapons were also included in this plan, as they could provide a constant defence for Oceanian Federation colonies that might not be able to support military vessels due to distance or lack of facilities.

#### 1st Army Armament Scheme

On the 22nd November 2113, it was decided to start R&D on an infantry-based garrison force for Earth and Mercury. It wouldn't be until the 14th June 2114, that research resources would be dedicated to the task. By the 12th April 2115, all the research required for establishing a garrison force was completed. STOs had to wait until some pre-requisite technologies were completed.

On the same date, the 1st Federation Garrison Division with all sub-ordinate units started production and training. Six divisions would be constructed and trained between the 12th April 2115 and the 15th August 2120.

On the 30th March 2117, the 15cm LAKA 60/4 II STO variant had finish the design process, allowing for the Oceanian Army to begin production of 3 Brigade strength units. It wouldn't be until the 16th April 2119 that production would start on these units and they would finalise on the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

The 1st Army Armament Scheme would finalise once the 6th Federation Garrison Division and 3rd Federation Kinetic STOW Brigade finished training and production, ending on the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

#### 1st Navy Procurement Scheme

On the 3rd November 2114, the groundwork for the procurement scheme was started, with research into more advanced nuclear missiles. 15cm Railguns and more capable fire control was begun not long after. The Nuclear Gas-Core Engine would also be used to power the military ships produced by this scheme, even though this engine was researched for commercial uses as the first thought.

Ordinance Facilities were also created to facilitate the introduction of missiles into the new fleet, with 100 constructed on Earth.

By the 21st June 2120, development of navy vessels to protect Oceanian Federation Colonies began, with plans for a fast orbital defence monitor and orbital acquisition monitor for sensor coverage. These designs weren't completed until the 28th August and started construction on the 2nd September. These ships would make up the huge majority of the military vessels stemming from the 1st Navy Procurement Scheme.

The scheme would officially end on the 12th February 2121, when 18 Amaroo class Orbital Defence Monitors and 2 Amelup class Orbital Acquisition Monitors had been constructed.

The 1st Navy Procurement Scheme, while taking over six years to complete, the scheme had almost no issues being completed. Future procurement schemes would likely be quicker in their planning phase. The Oceanian Federation had received a large amount of information in terms of military ship design and construction thanks to the Allanooka class Scout Frigate and related case study.

##### 1st Offensive Missile Contract

On the 12th March 2119, a design competition was announced for the creation of the first space-borne missile system that would be used on Oceanian Navy vessels. This would be named the 1st Offensive Missile Contract.

## Gazing Outside of Sol

Due to the lack of resources in Sol and dwindling Gallicite, Mercassium and Neutronium deposits on Earth, interest outside of Sol increased dramatically. Due to the evidence of the Aether Raiders, expansion would be slower than hoped but it would still happen.

By the 24th June 2115, Jump Point Theory began research which marked the start of the expansion outside of Sol or at least the ground work for such a thing. On the 19th April 2117, Jump Point Theory was completed, which allowed scientists to discover anomalies in the Sol system that may be gateways into other systems.

By the 2nd February 2121, all preparations to survey the anomalies had been completed, including the construction of the two Allanooka class Scout Frigates, allowing the Oceanian Federation to discover \_ jump points in Sol

### Preparations on Earth

Earth itself had to do some preparation before the Oceanian Federation felt it was secure. This involved building a new naval shipyard like the OSC Small Naval Yard to allow building of smaller military vessels, the establishment of STO batteries, stationing Garrison Divisions and multiple new Deep Space Tracking Stations, to better detect electromagnetic and thermal signatures.

Extra construction factories would also need to be constructed for high volumes of installations and components.

Earth would be home to the Earth S-R Defence Fleet for any Aether Raider that would come too close.

### Preparations on Mercury

Mercury didn't need as many preparations as Earth due to its small population and relatively small importance at the time. The primary preparations were adding some STO batteries and stationing a few Garrison Divisions.

Mercury would receive maintenance facilities to maintain the Mercury S-R Defence Fleet that would be stationed on the planet. They would also receive fuel to keep these ships operational.

### Military Preparations

The 1st Army Armament Scheme and the 1st Naval Procurement scheme had to be completed, to ensure that Oceanian Federation ground and space were secure.

By the time the first jump point was discovered on the 8th Apr 2121, the only task needing completion was the 3 STO Batteries, but due to sufficient ground forces and defensive fleet assets, a go-ahead was given for exploration.

## Travelling Outside of Sol

With the design and construction of the Allanooka class Scout Frigate, a need for travelling into those systems was created. While individual jump engines or jump ship tenders were considered, the cost in terms of research and resources. The best solution explored was the use of Jump Stabilisation Stations, like the Anembo class Jump Stabilisation Station. While the use of this stationed required a new class of tug, it would save resources on engines and other components that would've been needed on a ship. And while the tug would use those engines instead, it would be used for other projects the Oceanian Federation had in mind.

Regardless of what the Oceanian Federation chose, escorts would be needed while the stabilisation process occurred. This led to the creation of the 2nd Navy Procurement Scheme.

On the 8th April 2121, the first jump point would be discovered by the Allanooka 001. Subsequent jump points would be discovered on the, \_\_\_\_\_

### 2nd Navy Procurement Scheme

On the 19th July 2121, a missile magazine feed efficiency research was completed, which gave the go-ahead for the scheme. This particular procurement program would focus on creating a class of corvette, that would escort and protect the Anembo class Jump Stabilisation Station from potential threats. The ship would have to have a long deployment time, long range and the capability to engage in repeated combat encounters without resupply. This set of criteria would also make it suitable for escorting convoys, giving it good future use cases.

#### 2nd Offensive Missile Contract

On the same date, 19th July 2121, a new offensive missile contract was announced, looking to upgrade the Australian Missile Corp ASR-4a. This would be called the 2nd Offensive Missile Contract, but there was no bidding involved as it was given to the Australian Missile Corp, as they developed the original ASR-4a.