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[ TDD-1 “Tuatha de Danaan” (Assault Landing Submarine) ]
SPECIFICATIONS
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The Tuatha de Danaan, the first Tuatha de Danaan class flagship of Mithril’s West Pacific Ocean Battle Group. It is Mithril’s largest, most powerful weapon, which has been in commission for about a year. The cost to construct it was approximately 5 billion dollars. It’s main engine is a Palladium Reactor. In spite of being a giant submarine, the likes of which has never been seen, it has high underwater maneuverability and navigational capacity thanks to the advanced propulsion systems SCD (Super Conductive Drive) and EMFC (ElectroMagnetic Fluidics Controller). On board are approximately 250 personnel, including the ship’s company, the land troops and logistical groups such as the AS maintenance crew. Its systems are highly computerized and various equipment and instruments are regulated by the central computer, the mother AI Dana. With the support of Dana in “Complete Automatic Mode”, it is even possible for one person to conduct limited maneuvers.
The idea of an assault landing submarine that could invade deep into enemy territory and launch a sneak attack with its payload of land troops has long been a target of research to make it practical. However, questions remained as to how much payload a submarine could carry, the reduction in covertness of a large ship, and the bad cost-performance ratio of operating such a vessel. Still, put into use under Mithril, which possesses ample funds and technology and puts a premium on secrecy and operating through few people, that conclusion no longer holds true. There is nothing more superior than a submarine at transporting small squads of troops to operating areas.
The TDD-1 was designed over several years by Teletha Testarossa, who is a Whispered well-versed in the structure and operation of submarines, and “one other person”. Having attended such places as the NUWC (Naval Underwater Warfare Center) since her early teens, it seems Tessa has noticed the possibilities that an assault landing submarine from early on. The hull of the TDD-1 is Soviet’s super-submarine project 985, which was abandoned half way through construction and later procured in secrecy. Tessa and others carefully redesigned it, taking full advantage of Black Technology, and the ship was reborn. The TDD-1, the most powerful powerful and one and only assault landing submarine, was built on her application theory of submarines.
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