Conference for Amity and Cooperation: Difference between revisions
Conference for Amity and Cooperation (view source)
Revision as of 12:08, 11 February 2022
, 2 years ago→Rotantic Heritage Shelter Program
No edit summary |
|||
Line 33:
The '''Conference for Amity and Cooperation''', or CAC, is an international organization consisting of [[Älemsi Negdel]], [[Casilló y Réal]], [[Cryria]], [[Mexregiona]], and the [[Varentine League]]. The group incorporates a wide variety of cooperative agreements and endeavors in the economic, scientific, intelligence, and military fields. The CAC is considered a sub-organization of the [[League of Novaris]].
Some of the projects the CAC has undertaken include joint warship development and a range of Rotantic programs. Other areas of cooperation encompass expanding free trade provisions, space-based infrastructure, scientific research, and the development of trans-Novaran trade routes through the Rotantic.
== Historical Background ==
Line 43:
==== Global Biological Archive ====
[[File:Gaw lab 20160601.jpg|left|thumb|The Global Biodiversity Archive surface installation and elevator in 2022]]
The Global Biological Archive is a secure facility intended to house the world's crop diversity in order to protect the world's food supply in the event that natural disaster or mismanagement otherwise leads to the loss of particular species. This concept dates back to the height of the Novaran Cold War, when it was feared that a general nuclear exchange could result in severe short- and medium-turn environmental changes which, alongside the destruction of conventional genebanks, would drive some crop species to extinction.
Line 52 ⟶ 53:
==== Global Cultural Archive ====
[[File:Neue Monte Rosa Huette2.JPG|left|thumb|The Global Cultural Archive facility in 2021]]
The Global Cultural Archive is the sister facility to the Biological Archive. Located several dozen miles away in the BLANK Autonomy, the Archive provides storage for cultural information, artifacts, and other data. It is intended to serve as a neutral repository for information of special heritage or purpose such as the founding documents of nations and the source code for important computer programs. The Cultural Archive was created as a result of the constant low-scale conflicts across Urth which provide opportunities for important cultural heritage to be damaged or lost. As with the Biological Archive, the Cultural Archive was also designed to be disaster-proof and viable for long-term storage in case of global catastrophe.
The Archive supplies governments, corporations, and other non-governmental organizations with storage space for documents, audio and video recordings, photographs, and computer data for a nominal operation fee. In contrast to the Biological Archive, the potential sensitivity of the Cultural Archive contents has required additional security measures and safeguards. The InfoArchive Institute operates the site itself, which receives funding and material support from the CAC. Reachable only by helicopter, the Archive facilities include an aboveground building with a deposit/withdrawal office, a viewing area, and living quarters for staff. Buried in the mountainside are three self-contained storage centers: one for photographs, one for text documents, and one for computer data. All three possess a digital backup system and are hardened against electromagnetic interference.
All information donated to the Archive undergoes an initial digital backup, and in the case of physical records are copied onto microfilm for ease of storage. The Archive intends for additional updates and backups of stored information to happen at least once every five years. Current deposits include copies of the First and Second Corric Constitutions, over 2,700 hours of music, and
== Cooperative Warship Development Program ==
[[File:LÉ Samuel Beckett.jpg|left|thumb|The final ''Amity'' class ship prototype, the XV ''Progress.'']]
The Cooperative Warship Development Program is the CAC's longest-running military hardware initiative. It was conceived in 1998 as a research & development agreement to create a low-cost, adaptable, and modern vessel for defense and patrol. Special attention was paid to the operational independence of the design, as well as the ability to be used as an icebreaker in the cold Rotantic Ocean. Each CAC nation contributed areas of expertise: Casilló y Réal provided gunnery, tactical, and propulsion systems, AND OTHER COUNTRIES ADDED THINGS LATER. The Program was an independant organization from the CAC governments and militaries, using privately-owned facilities and resources. They cooperated with the various private shipbuilding companies in CAC territory to facilitate testing. Trials for prospective designs took place mostly in the Pacific and Rotantic oceans. After fifteen years of design, manufacturing, and testing, the
''Amity'' class ships are large for patrol craft, owning to being designed as multirole, long-range warships capable of adapting to evolving defense requirements. At 90 meters long and grossing over 2,200 tonnes, the class rivals some CAC frigates in size. Their twin gas-turbine/diesel hybrid engines can sustain a cruising speed of 15 knots for 6,000 nautical miles, with a top speed of 28 knots. The ''Amity'' class can be used as a territorial and trade patrol vessel with its 21-day endurance rating or as a pursuit or response vessel thanks to its high speed. They are armed with a 76 mm cannon and two 30 mm autocannons and are fitted {{wp|for but not with}} missile launchers, depth charges, and torpedos.
| |||