Damocles 2017

[mikeo80]

WOW !!!

Very nice. Excellent resource!!

My $0.02

Mike

[nuke11]

For those looking for the launch complex enter this into Google to get the access road;

22549-22557 171st Ave, Owanka, SD 57767, USA

[nuke11]

The original module give some good points as to why Damocles was built in the upper peninsula of Michigan (page 11). These still hold true for the 3rd or 4th edition timelines. it will be interesting to read the re-write of this module updated for the 4th edition.

I like the idea of using the old missile complex as a DARPA black project site, but depending on the timeline used it is really close to active silos that would be targeted.

You also have to take into account that by START I/II agreements, all of these sites where to be decommissioned, so it would raise the interest of the Soviet Union (or Russia depending on the timeline) if one of these complex's showed signs of use afterwards. Erecting new above ground structures could be a problem.

An interesting place to look at is one of the AT&T L-5 Junction Centers an example here http://www.missilebases.com/ballardmissouri. They are 4 story in most cases underground hardened bunkers. There where a lot of them around the country.

[Capt Gideon]

The Titan I sites were all decommissioned prior to any of the SALT or START treaties beginning in 1965, some only serving 3 years of active service. Titan I required a 15 minute fueling prior to launch like the old Atlas system, so as soon as the Titan II and Minuteman I started to come on line the Titan I were rapidly decommissioned along with the Atlas series. Several of the sites still exist and you can find interior pictures of the old facilities which I like to give a feel of the place, here are some I have found.

[stormlion1]

I find those picture heartbreaking.

[Capt Gideon]

I know how you feel. That is one of the reasons I like the idea of turning a site into an underground research facility. By 2017 the U.S. will have 450 Minuteman III missiles in three wings located in Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota. So the Titan I site is no longer near any other ICBM facilities. Ellsworth AFB is a Strategic Bomber Base (B-1B) so it would be a first strike target. But a Team would be in the area for Rapid City and possibly another for Sturgis/Deadwood area.

[ArmySGT.]

One of the things about Damocles, he can cannibalize or rebuild parts into remotely operated devices. He can't apparently manufacture new. Damocles can design anything. A good portion of him is a design facility.

It is a handicap for Damocles. However, would it be in the Projects best interest to give Damocles control of CNC machines to make parts?

I don't think so.