Golden Age Weaponsmiths

Norfolk-Golden Age Weaponsmiths, Inc. Number one supplier of Pre-Rifts artifacts and weaponry, Golden Age Weaponsmiths has made the American Empire city of Norfolk, Virginia its main base of operations. In 85 P.A., a reconnaissance team from GAW's headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama discovered a large number of concrete bunkers in and around the old Norfolk Naval Station in northern Virginia. Quickly realizing the gold mine they had found in Norfolk, they proceeded to fortify the area and ship in a large number of engineers and operators to excavate the buried bunkers. When it was discovered that many of the factories, drydocks, and shipdocks were also still relatively intact, the decision was made to expand the operation. With the help of the Coalition, Golden Age Weaponsmiths proceeded to build a massive barrier wall around the entire city of Norfolk. This wall incorporated a series of canal locks at the Chesapeake Bay to enable the city to control the water level inside of its perimeter. Upon completion of the wall and locks, GAW proceeded to use the lock system to lower the water level of the bay to its Pre-Rifts levels. Now above water for the first time in hundreds of years, the riches of Norfolk are easily accessable and ready for use by GAW. In their contract with the CS, Golden Age has agreed to sell all warships recovered from Norfolk to the Coalition. They are also guaranteed the rights to anything else recovered from any other USN depot. With this exclusive contract and its trade agreements with its neighbors, Golden Age Weapons has made a name for itself as the number one weapons dealer on the East Coast.


Population: 252,000 Humans

Military Forces:
Navy: 1 Iron Heart Sea King, 2 Revenge-Class Destroyers, 1 Shark-Class submarine, 10 Mark I Barracudas, 30 assorted small craft.
Army: 10 Sea-Spider Walkers, 5 Sea Strikers, 40 Super Tomcats, 1 Platoon of SAMAS armor, 10 UH-60 BlackHawk helicopters, 2 UAR-1 Enforcers, 3 Titan Combat Robots, 2 Mark V APCs, 15 M2A2 APCs, and 5,000 additional assorted military personnel.
City Defense: 40 defensive weapon emplacements set in mega-damage bunkers on the barrier wall. 600 MDC each, dual railgun batteries (Range: 6000 feet, 2D6x10 MD, 200 shots), laser turrets (Range: 4000ft, 6D6 MD, unlimited payload), and a missile launcher (small missiles, 5 mile range, 2D6x10 MD, 36 missiles). Barrier Wall: consists of 75 foot tall, 15 foot wide, interlocking mega-damage walls (100 MDC per 10 foot area).




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