Quest Deep Periphery Quest (Battletech Sandbox Empire Builder)
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Yacovo - The Other Idea
Yacovo
Occasionally spouting nonsense
Omake: The Other Idea
The Eldest lounged on his pillow couch, pondering the latest inane bill a Senator had proposed. Sure the Senate helped with the year-to-year governance, but there were times when wanted to use some of them as a chew toy.
——
The Senator came in looking like he had just solved all catnip shortages.
“Greetings honored Eldest. I hope you are having a fine day today.”
“Yes, Senator Wilbrand. The sun is bright and warming today.”
Senator Joseph Wilbrand nodded as he began to take out some documents and warm up his voice.
“So I have gone over the data with all of our major space battles and have come to a conclusion. Almost every time we have taken massive losses among our capital ships; it was due to being overwhelmed by enemy fire without enough escort ships to stop it.”
The Eldest regarded him in the same manner as a kitten discovering that milk was wet.
“Yes more light ships would have assisted us. Have you discovered a method to increase the number of escorts in our fleet?”
Senator Wilbrand preened as he got into the meat of his pitch.
“Why yes! I looked over our ship production and noticed something startling. Did you know a large quantity of our ship production goes towards trade ships with the barbarians like the Pubbies and the Plebs?”
Resisting the urged to swat the now disliked rather than pitied man out the door, The Eldest waved his paw for him to continue.
“Just think! All that production wasted on inferior foreign goods. Clearly the corporations cannot be trusted to handle such strategic resources as shipyards. I propose we nationalize all Jumpship and Dropship production! That way we can channel these vital resources where they will do the most good. Obviously we will need a new committee to manage the inf-“
——
At least the good Senator made good distance when he was swatted out the door. Really, converting the entrance of his office into a sized up of version of what humans call a “doggie door” had done wonders for his stress. Even if the cost for a padded rug and walls was a bit of an expense. Tyler was such a brilliant man for telling him about the idea all those years ago.
Still, this was only the third time a Senator had proposed nationalizing ship production in the past seven years. At least it was new record, so maybe these Senators were getting a bit smarter. Maybe he will let the next bill Senator Wilbrand proposed go to the floor, just to see what he learned from this rejection, or maybe to just keep Jeremy on his toes. Humans do get complacent if left on their own for too long.
The Eldest lounged on his pillow couch, pondering the latest inane bill a Senator had proposed. Sure the Senate helped with the year-to-year governance, but there were times when wanted to use some of them as a chew toy.
——
The Senator came in looking like he had just solved all catnip shortages.
“Greetings honored Eldest. I hope you are having a fine day today.”
“Yes, Senator Wilbrand. The sun is bright and warming today.”
Senator Joseph Wilbrand nodded as he began to take out some documents and warm up his voice.
“So I have gone over the data with all of our major space battles and have come to a conclusion. Almost every time we have taken massive losses among our capital ships; it was due to being overwhelmed by enemy fire without enough escort ships to stop it.”
The Eldest regarded him in the same manner as a kitten discovering that milk was wet.
“Yes more light ships would have assisted us. Have you discovered a method to increase the number of escorts in our fleet?”
Senator Wilbrand preened as he got into the meat of his pitch.
“Why yes! I looked over our ship production and noticed something startling. Did you know a large quantity of our ship production goes towards trade ships with the barbarians like the Pubbies and the Plebs?”
Resisting the urged to swat the now disliked rather than pitied man out the door, The Eldest waved his paw for him to continue.
“Just think! All that production wasted on inferior foreign goods. Clearly the corporations cannot be trusted to handle such strategic resources as shipyards. I propose we nationalize all Jumpship and Dropship production! That way we can channel these vital resources where they will do the most good. Obviously we will need a new committee to manage the inf-“
——
At least the good Senator made good distance when he was swatted out the door. Really, converting the entrance of his office into a sized up of version of what humans call a “doggie door” had done wonders for his stress. Even if the cost for a padded rug and walls was a bit of an expense. Tyler was such a brilliant man for telling him about the idea all those years ago.
Still, this was only the third time a Senator had proposed nationalizing ship production in the past seven years. At least it was new record, so maybe these Senators were getting a bit smarter. Maybe he will let the next bill Senator Wilbrand proposed go to the floor, just to see what he learned from this rejection, or maybe to just keep Jeremy on his toes. Humans do get complacent if left on their own for too long.
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IceWing_mk1
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[X] Oppose the Tarrif Act of 3011
Turn 81 - Now It Seems I'm Falling
Turn 81 - Now It Seems I’m Falling
You are reading a report forwarded to you from General Jenkins that comes from General Bradley’s office. They’ve finally solved the problem of light and medium mechs carrying battle armor troopers without being quads. Mechs above around 60 tons in mass have robust enough gyros and sufficient area on their ‘tops’, given the design standards in use, to carry the full six man battle armor squad. Smaller mechs, however, are unable to do so without unacceptable operational constraints unless having a quad form factor, hence the prevalence of quadrupedal mechs in those weight classes.
The solution is, however, expensive. A far more capable gyro control computer with significantly more flexible responses and more rapid momentum loading and unloading has been developed for the lighter mechs. In combination with handholds built into the armor, suits of battlearmor can now ‘ride’ the smaller mechs by locking their manipulators onto the hand and foot holds. This does, however, significantly increase the cost of the mech, as the upgraded gyro is not at all cheap.
As a consequence, the 55 ton Shutze trooper mech, Raketa missile mech, Kommenja command mech and Ritsa artillery mechs were almost as expensive as the 75 ton heavies, while the 25 ton speed demon Praecursator Scout Mech and Venator Scout Missile Mech were extremely expensive in their own right given their tiny size.
The new units do, however, give you a flexible option that can fulfill missions that the current ACR and LHR setups cannot, by virtue of having hands. The new units would also be better suited for city fighting, giving you a third mech based option in that particular battlespace.
Violence on Okusawa has subsided a bit more following Takeda’s little stunt, so you blithely decline to censure the lad and instead quite publicly endorse his statement, while privately ‘recommending’ that he give Siriwan a few months to cool down by taking a nice relaxing vacation at an undisclosed location aboard SS United States. You then accidentally leave a copy of his itinerary where Siriwan can find it… after the ship departs on the six month luxury cruise around Griffin’s Roost. When she confronts you about this you blandly point out that this is six months where she doesn’t have to worry about him doing anything ridiculously heroic, and that as your daughter-in-law, you were wondering when she was going to get around to presenting you with any grandkids? You manage to embarrass both her and your daughter with that one. Win… win…
You get a good chuckle when a Special Branch agent on New Port Royal sends you the course listing for one of the local universities… a major in ‘interpretative lap dance’ is… different. That their chemistry department has more classes devoted to alcohol than anything else is totally expected, that the business school includes specializations in running brothels is equally expected. You can’t wait to peruse your first resume for a position at the Palace and see ‘Masters in Sex Work’ as a qualification and send a quiet note to HR to update the template for ‘required qualifications’ to include ‘in a suitable field of study’ to the ‘qualifications required’ section for all future job listings.
You are getting some complaints about the sorts of advertising being run by the New Port Royal tourism board, but your mother established a firm tradition against prohibitionist policies and you have upheld them, and the tourism board isn’t actually violating any local ordinances against smut in public, so you figure that the complainers have no actual leg to stand on.
And now it is budget time.
General Jenkins is up first. And he’s wearing the most god awful over the top comic opera villain uniform you’d ever imagined, let alone seen. “First, I have an important announcement! Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead!” before pressing a button and triggering a ‘sad trombone’ sound. “And in other news, boss, we are in fair to middling shape, enough so that we’re tinkering around to fill in holes in our capabilities rather than frantically building up our capabilities. While our largest focus continues to be our space assets, especially the navy, we still need to keep up our ground forces expansion. That being said, General Bradley?”
She takes over the podium, bringing up the display. “Your Majesty, we will be accomplishing three different goals with this year's procurement requests. First, filling out two divisions, specifically 5th Assault and 4th Pathfinder. Second, another Brigade Combat Team, and finally our first Light Brigade Combat Team. We will also be boosting our training infrastructure by procuring additional training machines for their use. While it isn’t as critical, we are advising boosting our militia program substantially, interest is high and our citizens appear to be quite eager to sign on for such.”
General Romanov is up next. “Your Majesty, we have no stations completing this year, although next year will see a rather hefty python’s lump coming online. As such we are coordinating with the Navy on procuring air wings for their desired carriers, by getting them ready early we will guarantee that those hangars are filled when the time comes. Production is actually in a good place at the moment.”
Thanh is off overseeing the final working up of the first Wichita class heavy cruiser, leaving her deputy to handle the briefing. “Your Majesty, the Admiral asked me to inform you that we are getting perilously close to exceeding our refined germanium production capacity and that therefore she strongly advises that we look into building additional refineries as soon as possible.” The young officer then brings up the display.
Elizabeth is up next, with a desk full of binders and several aides present. “Your Majesty, Interior is in solid shape this year to support all requested production expansion projects proposed by the military. We have prepared a prospectus on Imperial investments, and based on the market data feel that in the long term it would be best to do the following. For our focused investment in a peripheral system we recommend Nowy Slask. The local economy has been struggling as of late and the population of the system is growing faster than the economy, focusing our development funds there would be very useful overall in preventing excessive poverty from developing. For our focused core investment, we recommend investing in the Griffon system, of our three core worlds the Griffon system has been struggling the most of late economically and investment would be highly welcome. For our general investment target we recommend that we invest in Nowy Wroclaw, if Nowy Slask is struggling, Nowy Wroclaw has been in a near recession for years now and has truly lagged behind its potential. Finally we strongly recommend a scouting expedition to GX-I28, we have reports from New Port Royal that that system may be inhabited, or at least once was.”
Your Foreign Minister is attending via an HPG link. “Your Majesty, the Foreign Ministry has no specific budgetary asks this year, although if the budget allows we had 8 Bronze Medals in last year's Olympics, some sports camps might be in order.” Leila doesn’t look particularly concerned about that.
Lien has her hands folded in front of her. “Your Majesty, your political teams are ready to engage in strategic schmoozing with the Chamber and Senate at your say so. We recommend focusing on the Senate, next year there are Chamber elections and our teams will already be exerting influence there without requiring us to make promises and gladhand people.”
“Your Majesty, we have four R&D teams ready to go. Our recommendation is to get three of them started on what we believe is the most advanced form of standard jump cores, maximum sized jumpships. The other we recommend assigning to improving our germanium refining techniques, it’s a long term project with a big payoff in terms of ensuring we can build up our fleet efficiently.” Grace is also remote, although in her case she’s in the Griffon system, at a conference on Griffon IV.
General Messerschmidt is late for the meeting, which is incredibly suspicious since you know he’s right outside, obviously wanting to wait for Justice to go first before dropping yet another bomb on you that will have your face and your palm engage in forbidden romance.
“Your Majesty, the only thing from Justice is that we should consider further expansion of the Imperial Grifftiger Mounted Police, other than that we are monitoring the situation Empire wide and things appear to be on an even keel. Next year we will hopefully begin reviewing the legal codes to keep things rationalized and stable, but there is no need for funding just yet for that project.” Martina grins then. “I’ve taken the liberty of having the Special Branch toss General Messerschmidt out the Window of Defenestration for you, since I have it on good authority that he was planning on informing you of the latest news about your cult from the NRI.”
You get a good laugh at that, as a dripping wet intelligence officer comes in, shaking his fist at Martina and squelching his way to his seat. “There is no news from the NRI about your cult. We do have an opportunity to insert a number of additional agents into the Nya Kopenhamn system, hopefully speeding up the collapse of the nutcases in charge there.” He pauses. “And while there is no news from the NRI, a small temple of your cult has opened on New Port Royal, congratulations Your Majesty!”
Just when you were feeling bad about him getting tossed through the window…
You are reading a report forwarded to you from General Jenkins that comes from General Bradley’s office. They’ve finally solved the problem of light and medium mechs carrying battle armor troopers without being quads. Mechs above around 60 tons in mass have robust enough gyros and sufficient area on their ‘tops’, given the design standards in use, to carry the full six man battle armor squad. Smaller mechs, however, are unable to do so without unacceptable operational constraints unless having a quad form factor, hence the prevalence of quadrupedal mechs in those weight classes.
The solution is, however, expensive. A far more capable gyro control computer with significantly more flexible responses and more rapid momentum loading and unloading has been developed for the lighter mechs. In combination with handholds built into the armor, suits of battlearmor can now ‘ride’ the smaller mechs by locking their manipulators onto the hand and foot holds. This does, however, significantly increase the cost of the mech, as the upgraded gyro is not at all cheap.
As a consequence, the 55 ton Shutze trooper mech, Raketa missile mech, Kommenja command mech and Ritsa artillery mechs were almost as expensive as the 75 ton heavies, while the 25 ton speed demon Praecursator Scout Mech and Venator Scout Missile Mech were extremely expensive in their own right given their tiny size.
The new units do, however, give you a flexible option that can fulfill missions that the current ACR and LHR setups cannot, by virtue of having hands. The new units would also be better suited for city fighting, giving you a third mech based option in that particular battlespace.
Violence on Okusawa has subsided a bit more following Takeda’s little stunt, so you blithely decline to censure the lad and instead quite publicly endorse his statement, while privately ‘recommending’ that he give Siriwan a few months to cool down by taking a nice relaxing vacation at an undisclosed location aboard SS United States. You then accidentally leave a copy of his itinerary where Siriwan can find it… after the ship departs on the six month luxury cruise around Griffin’s Roost. When she confronts you about this you blandly point out that this is six months where she doesn’t have to worry about him doing anything ridiculously heroic, and that as your daughter-in-law, you were wondering when she was going to get around to presenting you with any grandkids? You manage to embarrass both her and your daughter with that one. Win… win…
You get a good chuckle when a Special Branch agent on New Port Royal sends you the course listing for one of the local universities… a major in ‘interpretative lap dance’ is… different. That their chemistry department has more classes devoted to alcohol than anything else is totally expected, that the business school includes specializations in running brothels is equally expected. You can’t wait to peruse your first resume for a position at the Palace and see ‘Masters in Sex Work’ as a qualification and send a quiet note to HR to update the template for ‘required qualifications’ to include ‘in a suitable field of study’ to the ‘qualifications required’ section for all future job listings.
You are getting some complaints about the sorts of advertising being run by the New Port Royal tourism board, but your mother established a firm tradition against prohibitionist policies and you have upheld them, and the tourism board isn’t actually violating any local ordinances against smut in public, so you figure that the complainers have no actual leg to stand on.
And now it is budget time.
General Jenkins is up first. And he’s wearing the most god awful over the top comic opera villain uniform you’d ever imagined, let alone seen. “First, I have an important announcement! Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead!” before pressing a button and triggering a ‘sad trombone’ sound. “And in other news, boss, we are in fair to middling shape, enough so that we’re tinkering around to fill in holes in our capabilities rather than frantically building up our capabilities. While our largest focus continues to be our space assets, especially the navy, we still need to keep up our ground forces expansion. That being said, General Bradley?”
She takes over the podium, bringing up the display. “Your Majesty, we will be accomplishing three different goals with this year's procurement requests. First, filling out two divisions, specifically 5th Assault and 4th Pathfinder. Second, another Brigade Combat Team, and finally our first Light Brigade Combat Team. We will also be boosting our training infrastructure by procuring additional training machines for their use. While it isn’t as critical, we are advising boosting our militia program substantially, interest is high and our citizens appear to be quite eager to sign on for such.”
- Imperial Griffon Army
- Production
- 12 Military Logistics Factories
- 4 Nowy Wrocław
- 4 Nowy Slask
- 4 New Phoenix
- 12 Military Logistics Factories
- Procurement
- Heavy/Assault Mechs
- 2 Assault Regiments
- 6 Standard Mech Regiments
- Light/Medium Mechs
- 3 Armored Cavalry Regiments
- 3 Medium Scout Regiments
- 3 Medium Mech Regiments
- 2 Pathfinder Regiments
- 4 Training Regiments
- LAM
- 1 Raider Regiment
- 2 LAM Training Regiments
- Conventional
- 3 Armored Regiments
- 3 Air Cavalry Regiments
- 25 ‘Increase System Militia Rating’
- Heavy/Assault Mechs
- Production
General Romanov is up next. “Your Majesty, we have no stations completing this year, although next year will see a rather hefty python’s lump coming online. As such we are coordinating with the Navy on procuring air wings for their desired carriers, by getting them ready early we will guarantee that those hangars are filled when the time comes. Production is actually in a good place at the moment.”
- Imperial Griffon Aerospace Force
- Procurement
- 32 Heavy Carrier Wings
- Procurement
Thanh is off overseeing the final working up of the first Wichita class heavy cruiser, leaving her deputy to handle the briefing. “Your Majesty, the Admiral asked me to inform you that we are getting perilously close to exceeding our refined germanium production capacity and that therefore she strongly advises that we look into building additional refineries as soon as possible.” The young officer then brings up the display.
- Imperial Griffon Navy
- Production
- 1 Germanium Processing Facility - Nowa Warszawa
- 3 Small Warship Yards
- 2 new Lamellar Ferro-Carbide Orbital Factories
- New Capricorn
- Nowy Slask
- Procurement
- Regular Dropships
- 41 Lancer Parasite FlaK Destroyers
- 40 Trenton Parasite Transports
- Large Dropships
- 32 Saipan Parasite Carriers
- 4 Canopus Parasite Battleships
- Jumpships
- 14 Galleon jumpships
- Escorts
- 10 Samuel B. Roberts class Destroyer Escorts
- Small Warships
- 6 Cleveland class Light Cruisers
- 2 Wichita class Heavy Cruisers
- Small Gunboats
- 345 PPG-001 class
- Regular Dropships
- Production
Elizabeth is up next, with a desk full of binders and several aides present. “Your Majesty, Interior is in solid shape this year to support all requested production expansion projects proposed by the military. We have prepared a prospectus on Imperial investments, and based on the market data feel that in the long term it would be best to do the following. For our focused investment in a peripheral system we recommend Nowy Slask. The local economy has been struggling as of late and the population of the system is growing faster than the economy, focusing our development funds there would be very useful overall in preventing excessive poverty from developing. For our focused core investment, we recommend investing in the Griffon system, of our three core worlds the Griffon system has been struggling the most of late economically and investment would be highly welcome. For our general investment target we recommend that we invest in Nowy Wroclaw, if Nowy Slask is struggling, Nowy Wroclaw has been in a near recession for years now and has truly lagged behind its potential. Finally we strongly recommend a scouting expedition to GX-I28, we have reports from New Port Royal that that system may be inhabited, or at least once was.”
Your Foreign Minister is attending via an HPG link. “Your Majesty, the Foreign Ministry has no specific budgetary asks this year, although if the budget allows we had 8 Bronze Medals in last year's Olympics, some sports camps might be in order.” Leila doesn’t look particularly concerned about that.
Lien has her hands folded in front of her. “Your Majesty, your political teams are ready to engage in strategic schmoozing with the Chamber and Senate at your say so. We recommend focusing on the Senate, next year there are Chamber elections and our teams will already be exerting influence there without requiring us to make promises and gladhand people.”
“Your Majesty, we have four R&D teams ready to go. Our recommendation is to get three of them started on what we believe is the most advanced form of standard jump cores, maximum sized jumpships. The other we recommend assigning to improving our germanium refining techniques, it’s a long term project with a big payoff in terms of ensuring we can build up our fleet efficiently.” Grace is also remote, although in her case she’s in the Griffon system, at a conference on Griffon IV.
General Messerschmidt is late for the meeting, which is incredibly suspicious since you know he’s right outside, obviously wanting to wait for Justice to go first before dropping yet another bomb on you that will have your face and your palm engage in forbidden romance.
“Your Majesty, the only thing from Justice is that we should consider further expansion of the Imperial Grifftiger Mounted Police, other than that we are monitoring the situation Empire wide and things appear to be on an even keel. Next year we will hopefully begin reviewing the legal codes to keep things rationalized and stable, but there is no need for funding just yet for that project.” Martina grins then. “I’ve taken the liberty of having the Special Branch toss General Messerschmidt out the Window of Defenestration for you, since I have it on good authority that he was planning on informing you of the latest news about your cult from the NRI.”
You get a good laugh at that, as a dripping wet intelligence officer comes in, shaking his fist at Martina and squelching his way to his seat. “There is no news from the NRI about your cult. We do have an opportunity to insert a number of additional agents into the Nya Kopenhamn system, hopefully speeding up the collapse of the nutcases in charge there.” He pauses. “And while there is no news from the NRI, a small temple of your cult has opened on New Port Royal, congratulations Your Majesty!”
Just when you were feeling bad about him getting tossed through the window…
AlphaOmega
Well-known member
At this rate in a couple of generations Jeremy will be lauded as a God-Emperor and the Griffith dynasty will be like the Japanese Imperial Clan but with an actual proof that their 'divine' ancestor did in fact live and reproduce.
Jarow
Well-known member
[X] Plan: Food People
-[X] Procurement [$ 508,160,943.52 ]
--[X] Lay Down Major Unit [Construction - $154,836,444.00 ] (95)
---[X] 41 Lancer [95]
---[X] 40 Trenton [95]
---[X] 32 Saipan [95]
---[X] 4 Canopus [95]
---[X] 345 PPG-001 [95]
--[X] Lay down Jumpship [Jumpship Construction - $19,781,239.79 ] (75)
---[X] 7 Galleon*
---[X] 5 Galleon*
---[X] 14 Galleon [75]
--[X] Lay down Warship [Warship Construction - $272,440,530.00 ] (80)
---[X] 6 Cleveland*
---[X] 10 Supply*
---[X] 10 Samuel B Roberts*
---[X] 1 Wichita*
---[X] 1 Erebus*
---[X] 2 Supply*
---[X] 2 Atlanta*
---[X] 1 Brooklyn*
---[X] 10 Samuel B Roberts [80]
---[X] 6 Cleveland [80]
---[X] 2 Wichita [80]
--[X] Purchase New Units [ $ 48,671,424.98 ] (90)
---[X] 32 Heavy Carrier Wing [90]
---[X] 6 Standard Mech Regiment [90]
---[X] 2 Assault Regiment [90]
---[X] 3 Armored Cavalry Regiment [90]
---[X] 3 Medium Scout Regiment [90]
---[X] 3 Medium Mech Regiment [90]
---[X] 2 Pathfinder Regiment [90]
---[X] 4 Training Regiment [90]
---[X] 1 Raider Regiment [90]
---[X] 2 LAM Training Regiment [90]
---[X] 3 Armored Regiment [90]
---[X] 3 Air Cavalry Regiment [90]
--[X] Increase Militia Rating of System [$ 12,431,304.75 ] (85)
---[X] 25 Militia Regiments [85]
-[X] General [$ 3,936,075,802.60 ]
--[X] Construct Oasis II Heavy Recharge Station New Port Royal Zenith* [->2]
--[X] Construct Oasis II Heavy Recharge Station New Pollux Zenith* [->2]
--[X] Emergency Construction of Orbital Defenses - New Port Royal* [->2]
--[X] Construct Silver Tower 2 Sukiashi [->3]
(Sukiashi got blown up once. Don't want it happening again.)
--[X] Construct Silver Tower Calliope II* [->1]
--[X] Construct Silver Tower Calliope V* [->1]
--[X] Construct Silver Tower New Pollux* [->1]
--[X] Construct Silver Tower Calliope III* [->1]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Wroclaw [95]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Wroclaw [95]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Wroclaw [95]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory New Phoenix [95]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory New Phoenix [95]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory New Phoenix [95]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Slask [95]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Slask [95]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Slask [95]
(These'll help make sure these systems keep growing, even if there weren't enough slots left at the end to get the desired 12)
--[X] Focus Development on Core World Griffon [70]
--[X] Focus Development on Peripheral World Nowy Slask [70]
--[X] Economic Investment Nowy Wroclaw [90]
(Spending money to make money is the way things work)
--[X] Construct Escort Yard New Port Royal [90]
(Escorts are less important, but are still needed)
--[X] Cultural propaganda on Okusawa* [->5]
--[X] Basic Infrastructure Repair - Okusawa* [->4]
--[X] Implement Griffon legal code on Okusawa* [->4]
--[X] Set up framework for Okusawa system government* [->4]
--[X] Broadcast Propaganda to Nya Kopenhamn III* [~]
--[X] Broadcast Propaganda to Nya Kopenhamn IV* [~]
--[X] Upgrade Commercial Space Stations - ECP* [->6]
--[X] Insert additional spies in the Nya Kopenhamn system [->1]
--[X] Build Relations with Chamber of Delegates [60]
--[X] Build Relations with Imperial Senate [60]
(No reason to elevate risks of them doing stupid stuff)
--[X] Survey GX-I28 [80]
(Already colonized planets! Hopefully they're half as nice to meet as new port royal was! Or are pirates we can stop. Regardless, colonized planets are better))
--[X] Expand Imperial Grifftiger Mounted Police [80]
(Not having crime issues is always a good thing)
--[X] (Sports) Fund sports camps to improve performance in low performing Olympic sports [80]
(Winning in sports is a point of national pride)
--[X] Build Orbital Factory Ferro Carbide New Capricorn [115]
--[X] Build Orbital Factory Ferro Carbide Nowy Slask [115]
(Running out of Ferro Carbide would be annoying)
--[X] Upgrade Germanium Processing Facilities [95]
--[X] Construct Germanium Processing Facility Nowa Warzsawa [105]
(No Germanium Shortages allowed)
--[X] Build Light Warship Yard Griffon [75]
--[X] Build Light Warship Yard Nowa Warzsawa [75]
--[X] Build Light Warship Yard Calliope [75]
--[X] Upgrade Refit & Repair Yard [100]
-[X] DoME [$ 4,760,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Mass Infrastructure Construction on New Port Royal* [->3]
--[X] DOME - Megafactory Calliope* [->2]
--[X] Edelsteine Arcology & Terraforming* [->1]
--[X] Terraform Calliope II - Stage II* [->6]
--[X] DOME - Underwater City Griffon's Roost* [->3]
--[X] DOME - Pollution Scrubbing Towers* [70]
--[X] DOME - Water Pollution Filtering* [80]
--[X] DOME - Industrial Pollution Cleanup* [75]
--[X] Terraform Calliope V - Stage II* [90]
--[X] Continuing recovery work on Sukiashi* [85]
-[X] Research [$ 1,790,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Advanced Naval Combat Doctrine* [->7]
--[X] Exotic Genetic Enhancement* [50]
--[X] Kraken-T Capital Missile Unlocks the Kraken-T* [->3]
--[X] Improved Germanium Refining Lvl 2 [->9]
(If we're close to short on Germanium, more germanium we must have)
--[X] Naval Autocannon/25 [->1]
--[X] Naval Autocannon/40 [->1]
(Gets us the last set of capital weapons we can currently develop)
--[X] Life Extension Therapy Lvl 4 [->1]
(Helps make sure our previous character keeps living)
--[X] Advanced Compact Core Theory IV* [->1]
--[X] Advanced Compact Core Design IV* [->1]
--[X] Advanced Compact Core Construction IV* [->1]
-[X] Miscellaneous [$ 27,000,000 ]
--[X] Peacekeeping [2,000,000][->?]
--[X] People Purchase [25,000,000]
9.5b leftover, mostly follows advisors except in research (where standard core isn't that important but still likely to come soon-ish). Feel free to take and modify
-[X] Procurement [$ 508,160,943.52 ]
--[X] Lay Down Major Unit [Construction - $154,836,444.00 ] (95)
---[X] 41 Lancer [95]
---[X] 40 Trenton [95]
---[X] 32 Saipan [95]
---[X] 4 Canopus [95]
---[X] 345 PPG-001 [95]
--[X] Lay down Jumpship [Jumpship Construction - $19,781,239.79 ] (75)
---[X] 7 Galleon*
---[X] 5 Galleon*
---[X] 14 Galleon [75]
--[X] Lay down Warship [Warship Construction - $272,440,530.00 ] (80)
---[X] 6 Cleveland*
---[X] 10 Supply*
---[X] 10 Samuel B Roberts*
---[X] 1 Wichita*
---[X] 1 Erebus*
---[X] 2 Supply*
---[X] 2 Atlanta*
---[X] 1 Brooklyn*
---[X] 10 Samuel B Roberts [80]
---[X] 6 Cleveland [80]
---[X] 2 Wichita [80]
--[X] Purchase New Units [ $ 48,671,424.98 ] (90)
---[X] 32 Heavy Carrier Wing [90]
---[X] 6 Standard Mech Regiment [90]
---[X] 2 Assault Regiment [90]
---[X] 3 Armored Cavalry Regiment [90]
---[X] 3 Medium Scout Regiment [90]
---[X] 3 Medium Mech Regiment [90]
---[X] 2 Pathfinder Regiment [90]
---[X] 4 Training Regiment [90]
---[X] 1 Raider Regiment [90]
---[X] 2 LAM Training Regiment [90]
---[X] 3 Armored Regiment [90]
---[X] 3 Air Cavalry Regiment [90]
--[X] Increase Militia Rating of System [$ 12,431,304.75 ] (85)
---[X] 25 Militia Regiments [85]
-[X] General [$ 3,936,075,802.60 ]
--[X] Construct Oasis II Heavy Recharge Station New Port Royal Zenith* [->2]
--[X] Construct Oasis II Heavy Recharge Station New Pollux Zenith* [->2]
--[X] Emergency Construction of Orbital Defenses - New Port Royal* [->2]
--[X] Construct Silver Tower 2 Sukiashi [->3]
(Sukiashi got blown up once. Don't want it happening again.)
--[X] Construct Silver Tower Calliope II* [->1]
--[X] Construct Silver Tower Calliope V* [->1]
--[X] Construct Silver Tower New Pollux* [->1]
--[X] Construct Silver Tower Calliope III* [->1]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Wroclaw [95]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Wroclaw [95]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Wroclaw [95]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory New Phoenix [95]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory New Phoenix [95]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory New Phoenix [95]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Slask [95]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Slask [95]
--[X] Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Slask [95]
(These'll help make sure these systems keep growing, even if there weren't enough slots left at the end to get the desired 12)
--[X] Focus Development on Core World Griffon [70]
--[X] Focus Development on Peripheral World Nowy Slask [70]
--[X] Economic Investment Nowy Wroclaw [90]
(Spending money to make money is the way things work)
--[X] Construct Escort Yard New Port Royal [90]
(Escorts are less important, but are still needed)
--[X] Cultural propaganda on Okusawa* [->5]
--[X] Basic Infrastructure Repair - Okusawa* [->4]
--[X] Implement Griffon legal code on Okusawa* [->4]
--[X] Set up framework for Okusawa system government* [->4]
--[X] Broadcast Propaganda to Nya Kopenhamn III* [~]
--[X] Broadcast Propaganda to Nya Kopenhamn IV* [~]
--[X] Upgrade Commercial Space Stations - ECP* [->6]
--[X] Insert additional spies in the Nya Kopenhamn system [->1]
--[X] Build Relations with Chamber of Delegates [60]
--[X] Build Relations with Imperial Senate [60]
(No reason to elevate risks of them doing stupid stuff)
--[X] Survey GX-I28 [80]
(Already colonized planets! Hopefully they're half as nice to meet as new port royal was! Or are pirates we can stop. Regardless, colonized planets are better))
--[X] Expand Imperial Grifftiger Mounted Police [80]
(Not having crime issues is always a good thing)
--[X] (Sports) Fund sports camps to improve performance in low performing Olympic sports [80]
(Winning in sports is a point of national pride)
--[X] Build Orbital Factory Ferro Carbide New Capricorn [115]
--[X] Build Orbital Factory Ferro Carbide Nowy Slask [115]
(Running out of Ferro Carbide would be annoying)
--[X] Upgrade Germanium Processing Facilities [95]
--[X] Construct Germanium Processing Facility Nowa Warzsawa [105]
(No Germanium Shortages allowed)
--[X] Build Light Warship Yard Griffon [75]
--[X] Build Light Warship Yard Nowa Warzsawa [75]
--[X] Build Light Warship Yard Calliope [75]
--[X] Upgrade Refit & Repair Yard [100]
-[X] DoME [$ 4,760,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Mass Infrastructure Construction on New Port Royal* [->3]
--[X] DOME - Megafactory Calliope* [->2]
--[X] Edelsteine Arcology & Terraforming* [->1]
--[X] Terraform Calliope II - Stage II* [->6]
--[X] DOME - Underwater City Griffon's Roost* [->3]
--[X] DOME - Pollution Scrubbing Towers* [70]
--[X] DOME - Water Pollution Filtering* [80]
--[X] DOME - Industrial Pollution Cleanup* [75]
--[X] Terraform Calliope V - Stage II* [90]
--[X] Continuing recovery work on Sukiashi* [85]
-[X] Research [$ 1,790,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Advanced Naval Combat Doctrine* [->7]
--[X] Exotic Genetic Enhancement* [50]
--[X] Kraken-T Capital Missile Unlocks the Kraken-T* [->3]
--[X] Improved Germanium Refining Lvl 2 [->9]
(If we're close to short on Germanium, more germanium we must have)
--[X] Naval Autocannon/25 [->1]
--[X] Naval Autocannon/40 [->1]
(Gets us the last set of capital weapons we can currently develop)
--[X] Life Extension Therapy Lvl 4 [->1]
(Helps make sure our previous character keeps living)
--[X] Advanced Compact Core Theory IV* [->1]
--[X] Advanced Compact Core Design IV* [->1]
--[X] Advanced Compact Core Construction IV* [->1]
-[X] Miscellaneous [$ 27,000,000 ]
--[X] Peacekeeping [2,000,000][->?]
--[X] People Purchase [25,000,000]
9.5b leftover, mostly follows advisors except in research (where standard core isn't that important but still likely to come soon-ish). Feel free to take and modify
Winter_Wind45
Well-known member
[X] Plan: Food People
darkcloudt2
Well-known member
[X] Plan: Food People
Knowledgeispower
Ah I love the smell of missile spam in the morning
[X] Plan: Food People
Thors_Alumni
Well-known member
[X] Plan: Food People
Turn 81 - She Seems To Have An Invisible Touch Yeah
Turn 81 - She Seems To Have An Invisible Touch Yeah
-----
You now have an answer to a question you hadn’t really asked. In a fight between your new Wichita class Heavy Cruiser versus a Black Steel Aegis class Heavy Cruiser, who would win? Turns out to be the Wichita, and although the new vessel is going to be spending quite a few months in the repair yard, the result of the battle was quite satisfying.
The main advantage that the Wichita had was at range, and she was capable of maintaining that range advantage throughout the engagement, denying the hard charging Black Steel vessel from getting close enough to unleash the massive batteries of 35 centimeter autocannons that made up its primary armament. The engagement ended when a heavy naval gauss slug tore into and detonated the main magazines of the enemy vessels, resulting in a titanic explosion.
The majority of the damage to the Wichita was to the armor, although a number of SCL/3 turrets were destroyed, as were several of the 30 cm naval autocannon mounts in the broadside.
The undercard, so to speak, of the engagement saw the new Canopus class parasite battleship put to the test, a test which they handily passed as they successfully fended off the drone swarm launched by the Black Steel. There were no losses, but all six of the parasite battleships involved are also in the repair docks with significant damage.
There has been a further surge in volcanic activity off of the continent of Castor on Griffin’s Roost. As a consequence the planned sport’s camps had to be relocated and the primary training facility for the IGMP needed to close as a precaution for several months. The evidence shows that a new volcanic island will soon be broaching the water's surface off the coast. The geologists all agree that the evidence is that the eruptive period should taper off and subside over the next several years.
The survey mission to GX-I28 quickly turns into a humanitarian mission, with the Miranda class at the center of the mission frantically calling for assistance. The system is indeed inhabited, but several years earlier had suffered a cataclysmic attack by the Black Steel. While they’d been a popular target for the various pirate bands that had once called New Port Royal home, the locals had never been completely overwhelmed by the pirates, the Black Steel, on the other hand, had utterly hammered them flat, completely destroying all of their cities and leaving the survivors desperately attempting to survive in the irradiated ruins of what had been their home.
The system is named Kainga by the predominantly Maori descended locals and had been at a roughly 21st century or so technology level, and rather solidly militarized as a consequence of the pirate raids. But air-breathing conventional fighters and tanks were utterly useless against mass orbital bombardment, and the planet is a total mess. Thankfully the climate and environment is amenable to human life, allowing the survivors to flee into the wilderness and subsist.
Surveys of the system have detected extensive Germanium deposits in the asteroid fields in the system.
The Eldest has been able to impose discipline on the Imperial Senate, the… overly enthusiastic Senators who’d been behind the ridiculousness proposed have been made to see the light in a rather amusing ‘Come to Jesus’ fashion, according to Lien. Unfortunately, the Chamber of Delegates is out of session due to the pending elections, so Lien wasn’t able to make any direct progress at gaining more support there.
The new yards have come online, increasing your shipbuilding capacity. Amusingly, the yard in New Port Royal has been ‘officially’ named the Captain Jack Sparrow Memorial Casino Shipyard and, indeed, has an attached casino for some reason. You have drawn the line, though, and they will not install slot machines on ships built there. They promise. Pinky swears even. And the pinky swear is sacred.
The new military logistics factory complexes on New Phoenix, Nowy Wrocław, and Nowy Slask have all been completed. The three systems are seeing a nice boost in employment and economic growth as a consequence of the facilities.
Development focuses on Griffon and Nowy Slask has rather nicely boosted the local economies. On Griffon several new light industrial zones have been financed on Griffon IV, while on Nowy Slask a significant commercial area was funded. Investment into Nowy Wrocław has also yielded significant results as the local economy has benefited greatly from the influx of investment capital.
The new Germanium Processing Facility in the Nowa Warszawa system has come online and, in combination with the general upgrades to germanium processing empire wide, has gotten your core production out of the ‘danger’ area. The new Lamellar Ferro-Carbide factories have also increased availability of that critical resource.
The recovery work on Sukiashi has finally been completed, cleaning up the last of the major damage caused by the Black Steel. Nothing can bring back the millions of dead, but the planet is poised to once again grow in the future. The bodies of your brothers were never identified, although forensic examination indicates that they likely were killed nearly instantly at ground zero of one of the nuclear strikes. The TTP has built a large memorial Shinto temple at the site.
The terraforming of Calliope V has resulted in the moon becoming far more habitable than before, allowing for more space for the system population and boosting the economy significantly. Further work is needed to make it completely habitable.
The pollution work on Okusawa has concluded, with the towers, filters, and general cleanup of the worst sites being completed, albeit barely on time due to the ongoing insurgency on the planet. The atmosphere and water is much cleaner, with filter masks no longer required to breathe. It remains to be seen how this will affect the insurgency.
Many of the best graduates from the various military academies have jumped at the chance of piloting the new medium mechs, causing the first three Medium Mech Regiment’s to be formed at the ‘crack’ rating. Overall procurement of ground forces is highly successful, with the new formations standing up on schedule.
Likewise naval production is well on track, with the new construction filling the empty construction docks. The new Galleon jumpships, with their 8 collars, are proving a hit with logistics forces and the civilian sector, with orders for the new vessels civilian variant surging.
| Meta Event | 7 | |
| Dynasty Luck | 19 | |
| Successes | ||
| Imperial Approval | 0 | |
| Approval Change | 0 | |
| Political Event | 0 | |
| Successes | ||
| Imperial Economy | -1 | |
| Economic Event | 1 | |
| Research Event | 0 | |
| Griffon | Econ | 0 |
| Health | 0 | |
| Event | 4 | |
| Nowa Warszawa | Econ | 12 |
| Health | 12 | |
| Event | 4 | |
| Calliope IV | Econ | 2 |
| Health | 3 | |
| Event | 4 | |
| TTP | Econ | 6 |
| Health | 0 | |
| Event | 4 | |
| New Capricorn | Econ | 3 |
| Health | 6 | |
| Event | 2 | |
| Nowy Śląsk | Econ | 3 |
| Health | 0 | |
| Event | 2 | |
| Edelsteine | Econ | 1 |
| Health | 0 | |
| Event | 3 | |
| Nowy Wroclaw | Econ | 0 |
| Health | 2 | |
| Event | 0 | |
| Griff's Leap | Econ | 6 |
| Health | 0 | |
| Event | 1 | |
| New Phoenix | Econ | 12 |
| Health | 2 | |
| Event | 0 | |
| New Eden | Econ | 3 |
| Health | 0 | |
| Event | 4 | |
| New Castor | Econ | 3 |
| Health | 0 | |
| Event | 0 | |
| Okusawa | Econ | 0 |
| Health | -1 | |
| Event | 2 | |
| New Pollux | Econ | 14 |
| Health | 3 | |
| Event | -2 | |
| New Port Royal | Econ | 10 |
| Health | 0 | |
| Event | 2 |
Plan: Food People
- Procurement [$ 508,160,943.52 ]
-- Lay Down Major Unit [Construction - $154,836,444.00 ] (95)
--- 41 Lancer [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 35
Result - SUCCESS
--- 40 Trenton [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 31
Result - SUCCESS
--- 32 Saipan [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 62
Result - SUCCESS
--- 4 Canopus [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 4
Result - SUCCESS
--- 345 PPG-001 [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 80
Result - SUCCESS
-- Lay down Jumpship [Jumpship Construction - $19,781,239.79 ] (75)
--- 14 Galleon [75]
Target - 75
Roll - 54
Result - SUCCESS
-- Lay down Warship [Warship Construction - $272,440,530.00 ] (80)
--- 10 Samuel B Roberts [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 17
Result - SUCCESS
--- 6 Cleveland [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 62
Result - SUCCESS
--- 2 Wichita [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 25
Result - SUCCESS
-- Purchase New Units [ $ 48,671,424.98 ] (90)
--- 32 Heavy Carrier Wing [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 58
Result - SUCCESS
--- 6 Standard Mech Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 50
Result - SUCCESS
--- 2 Assault Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 54
Result - SUCCESS
--- 3 Armored Cavalry Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 19
Result - SUCCESS
--- 3 Medium Scout Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 28
Result - SUCCESS
--- 3 Medium Mech Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 1
Result – Critical SUCCESS
--- 2 Pathfinder Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 14
Result - SUCCESS
--- 4 Training Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 15
Result - SUCCESS
--- 1 Raider Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 40
Result - SUCCESS
--- 2 LAM Training Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 59
Result - SUCCESS
--- 3 Armored Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 48
Result - SUCCESS
--- 3 Air Cavalry Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 30
Result - SUCCESS
-- Increase Militia Rating of System [$ 12,431,304.75 ] (85)
--- 25 Militia Regiments [85]
Target - 85
Roll – 97, Jarow reroll – 96, ShadowArxxy reroll - 73
Result - SUCCESS
- General [$ 3,936,075,802.60 ]
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Wroclaw [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 5
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Wroclaw [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 53
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Wroclaw [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 47
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory New Phoenix [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 73
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory New Phoenix [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 25
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory New Phoenix [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 57
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Slask [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 34
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Slask [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 81
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Slask [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 40
Result - SUCCESS
-- Focus Development on Core World Griffon [70]
Target - 70
Roll - 9
Result - SUCCESS
-- Focus Development on Peripheral World Nowy Slask [70]
Target - 70
Roll - 6
Result - SUCCESS
-- Economic Investment Nowy Wroclaw [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 60
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard New Port Royal [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 75
Result - SUCCESS
-- Broadcast Propaganda to Nya Kopenhamn III* [~]
-- Broadcast Propaganda to Nya Kopenhamn IV* [~]
-- Build Relations with Chamber of Delegates [60]
Target - 60
Roll - 65
Result – Bare FAILURE (auto success next turn)
-- Build Relations with Imperial Senate [60]
Target - 60
Roll - 14
Result - SUCCESS
-- Survey GX-I28 [80]
Target - 80
Roll – 96, General Reroll - 38
Result - SUCCESS
-- Expand Imperial Grifftiger Mounted Police [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 83
Result – Bare FAILURE (auto success next turn)
-- (Sports) Fund sports camps to improve performance in low performing Olympic sports [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 85
Result – Bare FAILURE (auto success next turn)
-- Build Orbital Factory Ferro Carbide New Capricorn [115]
Target - 115
Roll - 23
Result - SUCCESS
-- Build Orbital Factory Ferro Carbide Nowy Slask [115]
Target - 115
Roll - 2
Result - SUCCESS
-- Upgrade Germanium Processing Facilities [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 77
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Germanium Processing Facility Nowa Warzsawa [105]
Target - 105
Roll - 32
Result - SUCCESS
-- Build Light Warship Yard Griffon [75]
Target - 75
Roll – 93, General Reroll - 36
Result - SUCCESS
-- Build Light Warship Yard Nowa Warzsawa [75]
Target - 75
Roll - 74
Result - SUCCESS
-- Build Light Warship Yard Calliope [75]
Target - 75
Roll - 25
Result - SUCCESS
-- Upgrade Refit & Repair Yard [100]
Target - 100
Roll - 9
Result - SUCCESS
- DoME [$ 4,760,000,000.00 ]
-- DOME - Pollution Scrubbing Towers* [70]
Target - 70
Roll – 85, Event reroll - 32
Result - SUCCESS
-- DOME - Water Pollution Filtering* [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 36
Result - SUCCESS
-- DOME - Industrial Pollution Cleanup* [75]
Target - 75
Roll - 60
Result - SUCCESS
-- Terraform Calliope V - Stage II* [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 10
Result - SUCCESS
-- Continuing recovery work on Sukiashi* [85]
Target - 85
Roll - 35
Result - SUCCESS
- Research [$ 1,790,000,000.00 ]
-- Exotic Genetic Enhancement* [50]
Target - 50
Roll - 45
Result - SUCCESS
- Procurement [$ 508,160,943.52 ]
-- Lay Down Major Unit [Construction - $154,836,444.00 ] (95)
--- 41 Lancer [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 35
Result - SUCCESS
--- 40 Trenton [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 31
Result - SUCCESS
--- 32 Saipan [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 62
Result - SUCCESS
--- 4 Canopus [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 4
Result - SUCCESS
--- 345 PPG-001 [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 80
Result - SUCCESS
-- Lay down Jumpship [Jumpship Construction - $19,781,239.79 ] (75)
--- 14 Galleon [75]
Target - 75
Roll - 54
Result - SUCCESS
-- Lay down Warship [Warship Construction - $272,440,530.00 ] (80)
--- 10 Samuel B Roberts [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 17
Result - SUCCESS
--- 6 Cleveland [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 62
Result - SUCCESS
--- 2 Wichita [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 25
Result - SUCCESS
-- Purchase New Units [ $ 48,671,424.98 ] (90)
--- 32 Heavy Carrier Wing [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 58
Result - SUCCESS
--- 6 Standard Mech Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 50
Result - SUCCESS
--- 2 Assault Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 54
Result - SUCCESS
--- 3 Armored Cavalry Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 19
Result - SUCCESS
--- 3 Medium Scout Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 28
Result - SUCCESS
--- 3 Medium Mech Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 1
Result – Critical SUCCESS
--- 2 Pathfinder Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 14
Result - SUCCESS
--- 4 Training Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 15
Result - SUCCESS
--- 1 Raider Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 40
Result - SUCCESS
--- 2 LAM Training Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 59
Result - SUCCESS
--- 3 Armored Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 48
Result - SUCCESS
--- 3 Air Cavalry Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 30
Result - SUCCESS
-- Increase Militia Rating of System [$ 12,431,304.75 ] (85)
--- 25 Militia Regiments [85]
Target - 85
Roll – 97, Jarow reroll – 96, ShadowArxxy reroll - 73
Result - SUCCESS
- General [$ 3,936,075,802.60 ]
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Wroclaw [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 5
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Wroclaw [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 53
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Wroclaw [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 47
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory New Phoenix [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 73
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory New Phoenix [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 25
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory New Phoenix [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 57
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Slask [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 34
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Slask [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 81
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Military Logistics Factory Nowy Slask [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 40
Result - SUCCESS
-- Focus Development on Core World Griffon [70]
Target - 70
Roll - 9
Result - SUCCESS
-- Focus Development on Peripheral World Nowy Slask [70]
Target - 70
Roll - 6
Result - SUCCESS
-- Economic Investment Nowy Wroclaw [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 60
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard New Port Royal [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 75
Result - SUCCESS
-- Broadcast Propaganda to Nya Kopenhamn III* [~]
-- Broadcast Propaganda to Nya Kopenhamn IV* [~]
-- Build Relations with Chamber of Delegates [60]
Target - 60
Roll - 65
Result – Bare FAILURE (auto success next turn)
-- Build Relations with Imperial Senate [60]
Target - 60
Roll - 14
Result - SUCCESS
-- Survey GX-I28 [80]
Target - 80
Roll – 96, General Reroll - 38
Result - SUCCESS
-- Expand Imperial Grifftiger Mounted Police [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 83
Result – Bare FAILURE (auto success next turn)
-- (Sports) Fund sports camps to improve performance in low performing Olympic sports [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 85
Result – Bare FAILURE (auto success next turn)
-- Build Orbital Factory Ferro Carbide New Capricorn [115]
Target - 115
Roll - 23
Result - SUCCESS
-- Build Orbital Factory Ferro Carbide Nowy Slask [115]
Target - 115
Roll - 2
Result - SUCCESS
-- Upgrade Germanium Processing Facilities [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 77
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Germanium Processing Facility Nowa Warzsawa [105]
Target - 105
Roll - 32
Result - SUCCESS
-- Build Light Warship Yard Griffon [75]
Target - 75
Roll – 93, General Reroll - 36
Result - SUCCESS
-- Build Light Warship Yard Nowa Warzsawa [75]
Target - 75
Roll - 74
Result - SUCCESS
-- Build Light Warship Yard Calliope [75]
Target - 75
Roll - 25
Result - SUCCESS
-- Upgrade Refit & Repair Yard [100]
Target - 100
Roll - 9
Result - SUCCESS
- DoME [$ 4,760,000,000.00 ]
-- DOME - Pollution Scrubbing Towers* [70]
Target - 70
Roll – 85, Event reroll - 32
Result - SUCCESS
-- DOME - Water Pollution Filtering* [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 36
Result - SUCCESS
-- DOME - Industrial Pollution Cleanup* [75]
Target - 75
Roll - 60
Result - SUCCESS
-- Terraform Calliope V - Stage II* [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 10
Result - SUCCESS
-- Continuing recovery work on Sukiashi* [85]
Target - 85
Roll - 35
Result - SUCCESS
- Research [$ 1,790,000,000.00 ]
-- Exotic Genetic Enhancement* [50]
Target - 50
Roll - 45
Result - SUCCESS
-----
You now have an answer to a question you hadn’t really asked. In a fight between your new Wichita class Heavy Cruiser versus a Black Steel Aegis class Heavy Cruiser, who would win? Turns out to be the Wichita, and although the new vessel is going to be spending quite a few months in the repair yard, the result of the battle was quite satisfying.
The main advantage that the Wichita had was at range, and she was capable of maintaining that range advantage throughout the engagement, denying the hard charging Black Steel vessel from getting close enough to unleash the massive batteries of 35 centimeter autocannons that made up its primary armament. The engagement ended when a heavy naval gauss slug tore into and detonated the main magazines of the enemy vessels, resulting in a titanic explosion.
The majority of the damage to the Wichita was to the armor, although a number of SCL/3 turrets were destroyed, as were several of the 30 cm naval autocannon mounts in the broadside.
The undercard, so to speak, of the engagement saw the new Canopus class parasite battleship put to the test, a test which they handily passed as they successfully fended off the drone swarm launched by the Black Steel. There were no losses, but all six of the parasite battleships involved are also in the repair docks with significant damage.
There has been a further surge in volcanic activity off of the continent of Castor on Griffin’s Roost. As a consequence the planned sport’s camps had to be relocated and the primary training facility for the IGMP needed to close as a precaution for several months. The evidence shows that a new volcanic island will soon be broaching the water's surface off the coast. The geologists all agree that the evidence is that the eruptive period should taper off and subside over the next several years.
The survey mission to GX-I28 quickly turns into a humanitarian mission, with the Miranda class at the center of the mission frantically calling for assistance. The system is indeed inhabited, but several years earlier had suffered a cataclysmic attack by the Black Steel. While they’d been a popular target for the various pirate bands that had once called New Port Royal home, the locals had never been completely overwhelmed by the pirates, the Black Steel, on the other hand, had utterly hammered them flat, completely destroying all of their cities and leaving the survivors desperately attempting to survive in the irradiated ruins of what had been their home.
The system is named Kainga by the predominantly Maori descended locals and had been at a roughly 21st century or so technology level, and rather solidly militarized as a consequence of the pirate raids. But air-breathing conventional fighters and tanks were utterly useless against mass orbital bombardment, and the planet is a total mess. Thankfully the climate and environment is amenable to human life, allowing the survivors to flee into the wilderness and subsist.
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Surveys of the system have detected extensive Germanium deposits in the asteroid fields in the system.
The Eldest has been able to impose discipline on the Imperial Senate, the… overly enthusiastic Senators who’d been behind the ridiculousness proposed have been made to see the light in a rather amusing ‘Come to Jesus’ fashion, according to Lien. Unfortunately, the Chamber of Delegates is out of session due to the pending elections, so Lien wasn’t able to make any direct progress at gaining more support there.
The new yards have come online, increasing your shipbuilding capacity. Amusingly, the yard in New Port Royal has been ‘officially’ named the Captain Jack Sparrow Memorial Casino Shipyard and, indeed, has an attached casino for some reason. You have drawn the line, though, and they will not install slot machines on ships built there. They promise. Pinky swears even. And the pinky swear is sacred.
The new military logistics factory complexes on New Phoenix, Nowy Wrocław, and Nowy Slask have all been completed. The three systems are seeing a nice boost in employment and economic growth as a consequence of the facilities.
Development focuses on Griffon and Nowy Slask has rather nicely boosted the local economies. On Griffon several new light industrial zones have been financed on Griffon IV, while on Nowy Slask a significant commercial area was funded. Investment into Nowy Wrocław has also yielded significant results as the local economy has benefited greatly from the influx of investment capital.
The new Germanium Processing Facility in the Nowa Warszawa system has come online and, in combination with the general upgrades to germanium processing empire wide, has gotten your core production out of the ‘danger’ area. The new Lamellar Ferro-Carbide factories have also increased availability of that critical resource.
The recovery work on Sukiashi has finally been completed, cleaning up the last of the major damage caused by the Black Steel. Nothing can bring back the millions of dead, but the planet is poised to once again grow in the future. The bodies of your brothers were never identified, although forensic examination indicates that they likely were killed nearly instantly at ground zero of one of the nuclear strikes. The TTP has built a large memorial Shinto temple at the site.
The terraforming of Calliope V has resulted in the moon becoming far more habitable than before, allowing for more space for the system population and boosting the economy significantly. Further work is needed to make it completely habitable.
The pollution work on Okusawa has concluded, with the towers, filters, and general cleanup of the worst sites being completed, albeit barely on time due to the ongoing insurgency on the planet. The atmosphere and water is much cleaner, with filter masks no longer required to breathe. It remains to be seen how this will affect the insurgency.
Many of the best graduates from the various military academies have jumped at the chance of piloting the new medium mechs, causing the first three Medium Mech Regiment’s to be formed at the ‘crack’ rating. Overall procurement of ground forces is highly successful, with the new formations standing up on schedule.
Likewise naval production is well on track, with the new construction filling the empty construction docks. The new Galleon jumpships, with their 8 collars, are proving a hit with logistics forces and the civilian sector, with orders for the new vessels civilian variant surging.
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We had 9b leftover, we can afford 1b to save people of a planet we'd like to peacefully annex (as opposed to conquer, which though faster to grant control takes a lot longer to be useful. And is morally less correct). Hopefully they're willing to let us give them space defenses.
We had 9b leftover, we can afford 1b to save people of a planet we'd like to peacefully annex (as opposed to conquer, which though faster to grant control takes a lot longer to be useful. And is morally less correct). Hopefully they're willing to let us give them space defenses.
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