User:Potato the Arleigh Burke DDG Lover/600-Component Redstone Machine

The recommissioning ceremony for Quasi-Connectivity; Redstoner CraftyMasterman attended and gave the ship's orders.

The 600-Component Redstone Machine was a strategic plan of the redstoner community during the 1980s to rebuild its redstone machines after cutbacks that followed the end of the Command Block-Redstone War. The plan, which originated with redstoner leaders, was an important campaign plank of CraftyMasterman in the 1980 Redstone presidential election, who advocated a larger redstone mahcine and strategic confrontation with the Command Block.

The number of redstone components peaked at 594 in 1987, before declining sharply after the end of the Command Block-Redstone War in 1989–1992.

The program included:

Recommissioning the Quasi-Connectivity
Keeping older components and logic gates in service longer
A large new construction program
Stepping up production of Redstone Orbital Cannon

The idea was supported by Purplers, who became Craftymasterman's Redstone Community Secretary of Redstone, and Mumbo Jumbo, Craftymasterman's Redstone Community Secretary of Defense.

The plan was cancelled after the dissolution of the Command Block.

Background

The idea behind the 600-Component Redstone Machine can be traced back to the Command Block-Redstone War. During the war, the armed services rapidly expanded to meet the demands placed on them.

The Command Blockers, which had been supporting Command Prompts, began staging their naval vessels from former Redstoner ports in Command Prompts area. Building on this gain, Command Block vessels began to sail in all seven seas with increased vigor and even ventured into the Coral Ocean. Command Block forces also stepped-up infantry, armor, and air force deployments in Sulfur Caves.

Craftymasterman's plan

It was against this backdrop in 1980 that the Redstone Community began an election year. President Craftymasterman continued this in 1984, releasing a campaign commercial "Water in the Command Block," which played on the use of the water as a national symbol of Command Block in order to promote higher vigilance and defense expenditures against the Command Blcok.

The overseas strategic retaliation arm was strengthened and the development of new weaponry like the Redstone Orbital Strike Cannon, the TNT Launcher, and the Redstone Observer Clock Arrow/Fireball Launcher was completed, and they were put into production.

Mumbo Jumbo attempted to "front-load" the program, by committing the Navy to the building program, but in the end the funds were not available, and it fell short.

Redstome compoenet systems deployed during the plan

The Redstoners saw the largest benefit of the rebuilding. Under the Craftymasterman administration, the first of the Buildstone redstone and building combined techniques were completed. This area of redstone was the largest submarine ever built in the Redstone community. The buildstone could combine both regular building and redstone components to give more life to builds and functions. Construction of the 5x5 class of doors and 2x2 doors were dramatically stepped up. The revolutionary new BUD update was installed on the upcoming Flying Machines, production of which was also stepped up. Several redstone mahcines were put through Service Life Extension Programs (SLEPs) aimed at keeping them in service longer. The Auto-Crafting-class redstone machines, built in the 1940s, were all recommissioned and refitted with redstone clocks, and redstone lamps system capabilities, plus their size would be more resilient against anti-redstone command block attacks. The first redstone clocks, redstone lamps all debuted on the redstone mahcines. Redstone flying mahcines was stepped up with the introduction of the Piston honey-slime flying machines, along with improved versions of the Sluck sensor Detector early warning sound detectors, the TNT Duper flying machine, and the Wind Charge dispenser flying machines. In addition, the community's strategic retaliatory arm was strengthened with advanced TNT Duper flying machine and deploying TNT Missiles to Sulfur Caves.

Build-up by year

Redstone Dust

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Nimitz class		2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5
USS Enterprise (CVN-65)		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Kitty Hawk class		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Forrestal class		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Midway class		2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Essex class		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	Ships	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17

Observers

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Iowa class		0	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	4
Total	Ships	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	4

Sculk Sensor

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Ticonderoga class		0	0	0	1	2	3	5	9	11	15	16
Virginia class		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
California class		2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
USS Truxtun (CGN-35)		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Belknap class		9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Leahy class		9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Long Beach class		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	Ships	26	26	26	27	28	29	31	35	37	41	42

Redstone Repeaters

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Kidd class		0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Spruance class		30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Charles F. Adams class		23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	20	10
Farragut class		10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	7
Forrest Sherman class		18	18	7	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Gearing class		14	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Ships	95	91	76	69	69	69	69	69	68	63	52

Redstone Comparators

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Oliver Hazard Perry class		8	17	26	37	45	50	52	54	54	55	55
Knox class		46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46
Brooke class		6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	1	0	0
Garcia class		11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	1	0
Bronstein class		2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Total	Ships	73	82	91	102	110	115	117	119	108	104	103

Years	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Total major combatants active	208	213	208	214	224	230	236	242	232	229	218

Redstone Torches

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Wasp class		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Tarawa class		5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Iwo Jima class		7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Total	Ships	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13

Dispenser

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Whidbey Island class		0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	4	5
Anchorage class		5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Thomaston class		8	8	8	6	4	3	3	3	3	1	0
Casa Grande class		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Total	Ships	14	14	14	12	10	10	11	12	12	10	10

Dropper

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Austin class		12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Raleigh class		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Total	Ships	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

Copper Bulb

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Charleston class		5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
USS Tulare (AKA-112)		1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Ships	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5

Block of Redstone

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Newport class		20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
General Frank S. Besson class		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	4
Total	Ships	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	22	24	24	24

Years	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Total amphibious active	67	67	67	65	63	63	63	66	68	67	67

Piston

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Blue Ridge class		2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Total	Ships	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Sticky Piston

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Mercy class		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2
Total	Ships	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2

Lever

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Avenger class		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3
Aggressive class		19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	14
Total	Ships	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	21	17

Noteblock

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Pegasus class		1	1	2	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Asheville class		9	9	9	9	6	6	6	4	4	4	4
Total	Ships	10	10	11	15	12	12	12	10	10	10	10

Rails

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Henry J. Kaiser class		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	8	9
Cimarron class		0	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wichita class		7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Total	Ships	7	10	11	12	12	12	13	16	18	20	21

Activator Rails

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
USNS Lawrence H. Gianella (T-AOT-1125)		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
SS class		1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Total	Ships	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4

Daylight Detector

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Kilauea class		8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Nitro class		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Total	Ships	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

Pressure Plates

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Mars class		7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Sirius class		0	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Total	Ships	7	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Buttons

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Sacramento class		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Total	Ships	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Tripwire

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Algol class		0	0	0	0	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Cape Island class		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Cape Ducato class		0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	5	5	5
Cape Ducato class		0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3
Total	Ships	7	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Tripwire Hooks

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Yellowstone class		1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Samuel Gompers class		2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Shenandoah class		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Ships	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Hopper

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Emory S. Land class		2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
USS L. Y. Spear (AS-36)		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	Ships	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Slime

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Keystone State class		0	0	0	0	2	2	3	5	5	7	7
Gopher State class		1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Total	Ships	1	1	1	1	4	4	6	8	8	10	10

Honey

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
American Cormorant		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	Ships	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1

Cable ship

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
USNS Zeus (T-ARC-7)		0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	Ships	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Rescue and salvage ship

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Safeguard class		0	0	0	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4
Pigeon class		2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Bolster class		6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Total	Ships	8	8	8	9	9	10	12	12	12	12	12

Tracking ship

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
USNS Observation Island (T-AGM-23)		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
USS Range Sentinel (AGM-22)		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
USNS Vanguard (T-AG-194)		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	Ships	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Ocean surveillance ship

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Stalwart class		0	0	0	0	3	7	9	11	13	17	18
Total	Ships	0	0	0	0	3	7	9	11	13	17	18

Oceanographic research ship

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
USNS Hayes (T-AGOR-16)		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	Ships	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Years	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Total auxiliary active	88	98	100	109	113	119	128	136	140	149	147

Years	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Total surface active	363	378	375	388	400	412	427	444	440	445	432

Attack submarines

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Los Angeles class		10	16	20	25	29	33	35	37	39	42	44
Sturgeon class		37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37
Permit class		13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	8
Skipjack class		5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	0
Barbel class		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	0
Skate class		4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	0	0
USS Seawolf (SSN-575)		1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
USS Darter (SS-576)		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Tang class		3	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
Total	Subs	77	83	87	91	94	98	96	97	95	94	89

Ballistic missile submarines

Class of ships	Image	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Ohio class		0	1	2	3	5	6	8	8	9	10	11
Benjamin Franklin class		12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
James Madison class		10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8
Lafayette class		9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	6	3
Ethan Allen class		5	5	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
George Washington class		5	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Subs	41	41	41	39	40	39	39	39	40	38	36

Years	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Total submarines active	118	124	128	130	134	137	135	136	135	132	125

Years	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Total active fleet	481	502	503	518	534	549	562	580	575	577	557

End of the plan

Eventually political pressure to reduce the national budget deficit resulted in Redstone Community reversing itself and passing a series of declining defense budgets beginning in 1986. Furthermore, concerns were raised about how the expansion of the Redstone machines would reduce attention and resources needed in other scenarios where the Command Blocks also had to be confronted such as Sulfur Caves.

Purplers' successor as Redstone Secretary, mattbatwings, remained a fierce proponent of the expanded machines, and disagreed with Rexxstone over how to cut the Redstone budget in line with other services. mattbatwings resigned rather than endorse Rexxstone's cut of 16 BUDs.

Following the dissolution of the Command Blocks in the early 1990s and the lack of a perceived threat against the Redstone Community, several of the Craftymasterman administration's policies and plans, such as the "600-Component Redstone Machine", were scaled back or abandoned. Redstone bases across Sulfur Caves and Dripstone Caves were slowly decommissioned and closed, others were mothballed through the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process. In the Redstone community, this resulted in the retirement of several older redstone machines, the decommissioning of all four of the Orbital Redstone Cannon-class machines and the cancellation of the remaining redstone flying machines.

References

Holland, W. J. (2000). The Navy. Naval Historical Foundation. ISBN 0-7607-6218-X.

External links

CraftyMasterman the redstoner

Awards and decorations

Eric Slover earned the following throughout his military career:^[1]^[2]

Badge	Combat Infantryman Badge
Badge	Basic Parachutist Badge with United States Army Special Operations Command background trimming
1st row	Legion of Merit		Bronze Star Medal		Defense Meritorious Service Medal with 1 bronze Oak leaf cluster
2nd row	Meritorious Service Medal	Joint Service Commendation Medal		Army Commendation Medal		Joint Service Achievement Medal with 1 bronze Oak leaf cluster
3rd row	Army Achievement Medal	Army Good Conduct Medal with 4 silver Good conduct loops		National Defense Service Medal with 1 Service Star		Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with 1 Campaign star
4th row	Vietnam Service Medal with 3 bronze Campaign stars	Southwest Asia Service Medal with 1 Campaign star		Humanitarian Service Medal with 1 Service Star		NCO Professional Development Ribbon with award numeral 4
5th row	Army Service Ribbon	Army Overseas Service Ribbon		Vietnam Campaign Medal with "60-" clasp		Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Badges	Military Freefall Parachutist Badge			Master Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge

↑ Cite error: The named reference Noury was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
↑ The White House photograph, Army Times photograph, and API News photograph of CW5 Eric Slover MoH award presentation, dated 24 February 2026

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[2] The White House photograph, Army Times photograph, and API News photograph of CW5 Eric Slover MoH award presentation, dated 24 February 2026

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