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I'd like to thank Colo for letting me hack out his modern Refit of the Alaska class, which I've hacked out here for an RPG (SDNW6):



When from the terrors of Nature a people have fashion’d and worship a Spirit of Evil,
Blest he the Voice of the Teacher who calls to them
‘Set yourselves free!’

Noble the Saxon who hurl’d at his Idol a valorous weapon in olden England!
Great and greater, and greatest of women, island heroine, Kapiolani
Clomb the mountain, and flung the berries, and dared the Goddess, and freed the people
Of Hawa-i-ee!

A people believing that Peelè the Goddess would wallow in fiery riot and revel
On Kilaue-ä,
Dance in a fountain of flame with her devils, or shake with tier thunders and shatter her island,
Rolling her anger
Thro’ blasted valley and flaring forest in blood-red cataracts down to the sea!

Long as the lava-light
Glares from the lava-lake
Dazing the starlight,
Long as the silvery vapour in daylight
Over the mountain
Floats, will the glory of Kapiolani be mingled with either on Hawa-i-ee.

What said her Priesthood?
‘Woe to this island if ever a woman should handle or gather the berries of Peelè!
Accurséd were she!
And woe to this island if ever a woman should climb to the dwelling of Peelè the Goddess!
Accurséd were she!’

One from the Sunrise
Dawn’d on His people, and slowly before him
Vanish’d shadow-like
Gods and Goddesses,
None but the terrible Peelè remaining as Kapiolani ascended her mountain,
Baffled her priesthood,
Broke the Taboo,
Dipt to the crater,
Call’d on the Power adored by the Christian, and crying ‘I dare her, let Peelè avenge herself ’!
Into the flame-billow dash’d the berries, and drove the demon from Hawa-i-ee.
-Alfred Lord Tennyson

Yes, that's a hacked-out Alaska. Current fit includes:

• Unchanged main battery
• 8 Tomahawk
• 16 Harpoon/SLAM
• 32 NSSM/64 ESSM (the 32 Mk 48 VLS cells can take one of the former or two of the later each)
• 4 5"/62 Mk 45 guns with Side mounted RAM launchers
• Three Mk 49 RAM launchers (231 RAMs are loaded in the cells provided)*
• Four twin 25mm Phalanx mounts
• Six Mk 38 Mod 1 mounts
• Upgraded Electronics with:
  • SPS-49
  • 2 * SPS-67
  • 2 * SPG-9
  • 2 *SPG-60
  • 3 * Mk 95 Directors (NSSM/ESSM)
  • Mk 23 TAS
  • Full ECM/ESM fit

*This many RAMs are mounted because well, Macross Missile Massacre is expected in universe.

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You're certifiably nuts! but a good kind of nuts nice.

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That modern refit looks great.

Why don't you fit all the secondary gun mounts on the center-line? that way all guns can be used in a broadside on both port and starboard. my suggestion, cut down on the number of mounts and put 1-2 where your VLS cells are, then put banks of VLS on the flanks and amidships where you've got the 5" mounts currently (as long as they have a clear firing arc above them it doesn't matter where on the ship they are right!?!?!)

just a thought...

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I'm skeptical of the value of so many RAM. The perils of a fire-and-forget weapon like RAM is that, well, forget about it if it homes on the wrong target. If I wanted to attack such a thing via missilespam, I'd send in a half a dozen big dumb EM-loud active seekers, surrounded by a cloud of something silent like Penguin or NSM. The latter would seem very likely to get through unscathed, and the prospect of getting through a few Phalanx-like mounts doesn't really concern me. In any case, if you're really terrified of missilespam, you really don't have a high enough data rate air search solution, either.

If I were going after a project like this, I'd probably steer clear of RAM entirely. Depending on exactly the era you have in mind, I'd reorient everything around a hit-to-kill system like Iron Dome. Since you're now command-guided, you can probably handle several dozen active tracks with in-the-air interceptors. The ELM-2084 is good for 30rpm; I'd invent a back-to-back mount (effective data rate of 1s) and replace each SPQ-9 with one (you'd presumably be keeping Mk 23, and definitely SPS-49). I see no reason that the 2084 couldn't do surface search and gunfire support, after applying sufficient dollars. As a major, major bonus, Iron Dome could likely take down inbound heavy artillery shells.

Meanwhile, I'd personally ditch the beam Mk 45 mounts. I'm sort of skeptical of the location of the VLS amidships; I'd replace the beam Mk 45 with VLS on each side, which will surely have less trouble in practice. Midships might be a great place to put more ABLs, although I do wonder if a freestanding Mk 41 block in the Mk 45 positions might be a better investment. It's very easy to imagine a 32-cell block on either beam, thus freeing up space for better boat handling and whatnot. Your Sea Sparrow would also live here.

Actually, you've removed weight from both forward and aft midships 5/38 mounts. I might move the VLS block (again, fully above the weather deck) to where the RHIB is now, and move the RHIB aft. This might be better for weight and balance purposes. I'd replace the forward freestanding RAM mount with a pile of Iron Dome VLS; 32 cells on each side would probably be trivial. More freestanding Iron Dome VLS boxes would likely sit near the stern.

Thank you Erik for the suggestions.

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I keep forgetting/getting distracted to finish the edits to the Alaska (even if she is to retire soon in universe), but here is the rest of the tentative OrBat:

Military Forces of The Unified Kingdoms of Hawai'i, Tahiti, Fiji & Samoa:
(this post will be marked as complete when finished)
Royal Hawai'ian Army:
Active Duty:
1st Royal Guards Regiment "Red Shirts" - one regular infantry battalion trained in personnel and location protection against asymmetrical threats, coup deterrence, and ceremonial duties around the Royal Palace and for parades. Also has an adjundant Cavalry Squadron and Horse Artillery battery with 105mm guns for a grand total of 1,300 personnel. Operates with light armored vehicles and mobile AAA/SAM units.

2nd Intervention Regiment "Kamehameha's Own" - three active-duty battalions, one of counter-terrorism specialists about 850 strong, one of Artillery about 900 strong, and one 1,200 personnel strong specialist peacekeeping battalion. A total of 3,400 personnel including support units. Artillery equipment deployed on major islands & includes MRLS batteries, and SPGs.

4th Amphibious Regiment "The Turtles" - two active-duty battalions, both cross-trained on air & sea insertion each 900 strong. A total of 2200 personnel including support units.

SAS Regiment - Includes Headquarters Support Wing, Training Wing, A SAS Squadron, B SAS Squadron, Commando Squadron, & Engineer Operations Troop.

Military Police and Sovereignty Enforcement Regiment - Military police personnel and understrength sovereignty presence active duty companies on major islands other than O'ahu and platoons on all the other inhabited islands, as well as small presence squads on minor uninhabited islands for special law enforcement and presence duties. 2,400 strong.

Reserve:
1st Territorial Brigade: 4 x Territorial Battalions on O'ahu + 1st Territorial Artillery Battalion (anti-air & anti-surface artillery). Sometimes activated for disaster relief.

2ndTerritorial Brigade: 4 x Territorial battalions, one each on Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai, with a fourth split up between the minor islands. Also has the 2nd Territorial Artillery Battalion (AAA, MRLS, & SPGs), with prepared revetments each on Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai, and no presence on the other islands. Sometimes activated for disaster relief.

3rd Territorial Brigade: 3 x Territorial battalions, one each on Savai'i and Upolu with the third on Tahiti, plus three mixed batteries of AAA, MRLS & & SPGs with prepared revetments on each island. Headquarters in Apia.

Royal Fijian Army:
Active:
3rdRoyal Fijian Regiment (Light) - Two active duty motorized battalions with attached artillery units, 900 personnel each, 2200 total.
Royal Fijian Army Air Corps:
Multiple Squadrons of helicopters (the same types as in service with the Royal Hawai'ian Air Force for support of the Royal Hawai'ian Army)
One Squadron of Textron Scorpions
Reserve:
4th Territorial Brigade: 3 x Territorial battalions + 3rd Territorial Artillery Battalion (AAA + SPGs).

Royal Hawai'ian Air Force:
Fixed Wing:

• ~120 F-14D+
• ~70 Light Fighters (A-4SUs being replaced with A-50 airframes) Assigned to Trainer, Strike, Acrobatic & Reserve formations
• 20 Trainers (two seat props, such as a PC-9 or a Super Tucano)
• 10 EKC-777 AWACS-Tankers
• 8 KC-777 Combi Tanker-Transports
• 20 Sea Vixen analogs (previous heavy fighter), assigned to EW & multi-engine/tandem training missions
• 8 KC-390 Tanker-Transports (tasked with support of helicopter operations)
• 1 E-Jet 195 VIP transport
• 2 Boeing 747-400ER VIP Transports

Rotary Wing:

• ~12 Training Helos
• ~20 Attack Helos (AH-64D Analog)
• ~20 Light Helos
• ~12 Chinooks
• ~24 Blackhawks

Air Defense Division:

• 3 Patriot Battalions with THAAD Batteries
• 3 Other SAM Battalions
• 'Many' Hawk-Z class SAM launchers
• 60+ 40mm twin AAA mounts
• Full IADS for the main island chain, with subsidiary installations on Samoa, Fiji, & Tahiti.
• J/FPS-5 class Radars on O'ahu, Hawai'i, & Viti Levu.
• AEGIS-ASHORE Class Radars on other major islands (Maui, Kauai, Upolu, ect)

Base Security & Military Police Regiment

Royal Hawai'ian Navy:
Ships:

• BB-3 Chiefess-Apostle Kapi'olani (mod-Alaska, updated)
• Kû Uaki Class (Mod Burke Flight 3 Level 3) Destroyer (3 built)
• King Class (Mod Iver Huitfeldt) Destroyer (5 built, one option not yet exercised):
  
• Nēnē Class (Damen OPV 2600, evolved) OPV (7 built, 2 under construction, options for 3 more):
  
• Hilo Class (Mod Fort-2 Class)AOR (2 Built: Hilo & Kona)
• Endurance Class LPD (2 built)
  
• Joint Support Ship (Likely "Maui Class", not yet commissioned)
  
• Two Kauai Class AOR (mod Fort 2 Class):
  
• 16 IPVs:
  
• One Steel-Screw-Sloop (for training)
• Nai'a Class SSKN (5 built, option for 6th, ordered from Tiangao
  
• 8 Minewarfare ships:
  
• Various small survey craft, Bouy tenders, ect. (not totalling more than 20 ships and 20k tons displacement

Other units:

• Royal Hawaiian Navy Security Force.
• Underwater Demolitions Group.
• Base and Ship Security Battalion
• Military Police Group.
• Combat engineering group.
• Defensive Missile Battalions: Mounting Hsiung Feng III & projected to get LRASM, These units (of which only one some are active at any one time) are tasked with fixed defense of the islands.

Royal Tahitian Navy:
Ships:

• Two mod-Shikishima class OPVs (Tasked with escort of nuclear cargo ships)
• 4 IPVs
• One modern Sail training ship

Other units:

• Base and Ship Security Battalion
• Military Police Group.
• Defensive Missile Batteries (3): Mounting Hsiung Feng III & projected to get LRASM

Nuclear Protection Service:

Two battalions of MPs cross-trained as civilian police for protection of nuclear infrastructure including research facilities & power generation. Often cross-trained with RTN on nuclear cargo protection.

Royal Health Service:

The Royal Health Service, in conjunction with the Royal Navies maintain two dedicated hospital ships, of which one is always active. The Royal Yacht (a former small ocean liner) is designed with the majority of the space convertible to hospital configuration. In addition both LPDs are capable of receiving containerized hospital spaces. The final element of the RHS is a small force of aircraft ranging from small amphibians to a quartet of wide-bodies for medical and disaster response.


Heijiake:

Naval PMC based out of Fiji (per Kingdom law, no PMCs are allowed to have forces on O'ahu). Black jackets in dress uniform. The units of Heijiake train with the Royal Fijian Army/Army Air Corps regularly. Training with/against Royal Hawai'ian Navy occurs regularly, but less frequently.
Heijiake operates three CSGs and three ARGs. The ARGs each operate a Dual tram line LHA, an LPD, LSD , AKE, SSKN, & a two DDGs while the CSGs are one CVN, two DDGs, one AOE & one SSKN (this is the standard RHN SSKN but with a motor rated for a higher output).

Note: All Hawai'ian based PMCs are able to be called up in a time of war to defend the crown. This has never been used, but remains on the books. The payment for this retainer is done via basing rights on Vanua Levu.

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OK Timothy,
Fun project.

I'm just trying to figure out how the heck Hawai'i's going to pay for all that pretty hardware! Add in the rest of the Pacific Islands there's just not enough acreage available to grow any cash cow crops (pocololo, coffee, etc.) Pineapple, cane, and macadamia nuts went to the 3rd world ages ago. Tourists can't bring the kind of money needed...unless maybe if you turned the islands into a combo gambling, surfing, wahini watching, Thailand destination hoochie meca. Pele' would swoon...well maybe not.

If you've annexed the Philippines there's a ready slave population with resident overlords and OK manufacturing capability to flood cheap but profitable merchandise to retailers worldwide. You can almost compete against China...almost. You can also exercise your Fleet to subdue the southern islands and knock them into line (or simply expend short shelf life ordinance on all the villages and gorilla camps for kicks...oops! Training).

CraigH

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Some railroad stuff
More random stuff that strikes me!

Very reasonable question Craig. The fact is that in this game Honolulu is one of the two largest trade cities in the world (The freakish city of San Dorado is the only larger). As well, most of the hardware comes from the much larger neighbors who wish to see the Unified Kingdoms stand up as a poison shimp against aggressors (and with two of the four largest economies in this world doing so, I've got a lot of access to some very nice kit at low prices).

Doo also keep in mind that while the quality of the kit is high the quantity of the kit is rather low (not more than 9 destroyers, 5 auxiliaries, 6 subs, ext). Now, if I was being more realistic I'd see these numbers drop somewhat (I am using a game mechanic for what I can support) but only slightly.

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