Quest Deep Periphery Quest (Battletech Sandbox Empire Builder)

Jarow

Well-known member
[X] Thumbs Up

All checks came back "nothing's wrong;" saying he's unacceptable is basically just saying she's not allowed to marry. Which isn't a good thing for the current heir of a monarchy.

[X] Plan: This plan now has a name
-[X] Procurement [$ $749,436,687.90 ]
--[X] Lay Down Major Unit [Construction - $162,254,832.60 ] (95)
---[X] 41 Trenton [95]
---[X] 50 Bainbridge [95]

---[X] 30 Saipan [95]
---[X] 11 Canopus [95]

---[X] 632 PPG-001 [95]

--[X] Lay down Jumpship [Jumpship Construction - $6,086,535.32 ] (75)
---[X] 15 Galleon*
---[X] 4 Galleon*

---[X] 13 Galleon [75]

--[X] Lay down Warship [Warship Construction - $463,153,750.33 ] (80)
---[X] 5 Haida*
---[X] 20 Fletcher II*

---[X] 4 Wichita*
---[X] 1 Erebus*
---[X] 2 Wichita*
---[X] 4 Cleveland*
---[X] 1 Brooklyn*
---[X] 4 Erebus*
---[X] 11 Cleveland*

---[X] 1 Kongo*
---[X] 1 Kongo*
---[X] 1 Exeter*

---[X] 10 Haida [80]
---[X] 10 Fletcher II [80]

---[X] 2 Wichita [80]
---[X] 3 Cleveland [80]

---[X] 2 Exeter [80]
---[X] 1 Kongo [80]

--[X] Purchase New Units [ $ 110,482,786.80 ] (90)
---[X] 0 Fighter Wing [auto]
---[X] 30 Heavy Carrier Wing [90]

---[X] 9 Standard Mech Regiment [90]

---[X] 9 Medium Mech Regiment [90]
---[X] 6 Light Mech Regiment [90]
---[X] 9 Pathfinder Regiment [90]

---[X] 3 Raider Regiment [90]

---[X] 6 SpecOps Regiments [90]
---[X] 18 Armored Regiments [90]
---[X] 18 Mechanized Regiments [90]

---[X] 16 Garrison Regiments [90]

--[X] Increase Militia Rating of System [$ 7,458,782.85 ] (85)
---[X] 15 Militia Regiments [85]

-[X] General [$ 20,132,408,956.60 ]
--[X] Construct Oasis II Heavy Recharge Station New Pollux Nadir [->3]
(Failed last time, but I still want it there, so restarting it)
--[X] Construct Oasis II Heavy Recharge Station Stahlfurt Zenith* [90]
--[X] Construct Oasis II Heavy Recharge Station Chuma Zenith* [90]
--[X] Construct Oasis II Heavy Recharge Station New Port Royal Nadir* [90]
--[X] Construct Oasis II Heavy Recharge Station Bari Zenith* [->2]
--[X] Construct Oasis II Heavy Recharge Station Skala Zenith* [->2]
--[X] Construct Oasis II Heavy Recharge Station Pieklo Zenith* [->2]
--[X] Construct Silver Tower 2 New Pollux* [auto]
--[X] Bolster Orbital Defenses - New Port Royal* [90]

--[X] Jump Point Defenses - Kaiyo [90]
--[X] Jump Point Defenses - Waypoint 1 [90]
9New system claims, don't want anyone stealing our colonies)
--[X] Expand Colonial Office (per level) [75]
(Don't want any problems with colonial administration)
--[X] Infrastructure Upgrades - Nya Kopenhamn III* [->3]
--[X] Infrastructure Upgrades - Nya Kopenhamn IV* [->3]
--[X] Expand Civil Service [80]
(More general actions is very useful to us)
--[X] Survey GX-G27 [80]
--[X] Survey GX-G24 [80]
--[X] Survey GX-K34 [80]
(I thought these three of the four suggestions had the most interesting locations, though admittedly my map is a bit out of date)

--[X] Major Economic Investment Calliope* [auto]
--[X] Build New Commercial Space Station [85]
--[X] Build New Commercial Space Station [85]
--[X] Build New Commercial Space Station [85]
--[X] Build New Commercial Space Station [85]
(We're a bit behind on these, but they help us make money)
--[X] Upgrade All DHS Factories [80]
--[X] Upgrade All Endosteel Forges [80]
--[X] Upgrade All Ferro Fibrous Forges [80]
--[X] Upgrade All Ferro Aluminium Forges [80]
(No materials shortages allowed)

--[X] Focus Development on Core World Nowa Warzsawa [70]
--[X] Focus Development on Peripheral World Nya Kopenhamn [70]
(More money is always useful. Especially as proces gradually increase)
--[X] Upgrade Commercial Space Stations* [85]
--[X] Economic Investment Okusawa [90]
--[X] Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on Okusawa [85]
--[X] Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on Pieklo [85]
--[X] Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on Skala [85]
--[X] Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on Bari [85]
--[X] Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on Griff's Leap [85]
(Economic stuff is important, and so is infastructure)

--[X] Build ASF Factory Complex (95)
---[X] Okusawa [95]
---[X] New Port Royal [95]
---[X] New Phoenix [95]
---[X] New Pollux [95]
---[X] New Castor [95]
(We need to be able to build enough ASFs to fill our defense stations and carriers)
--[X] Build New Material Factory (90)
---[X] Build New DHS Factory Okusawa [90]
---[X] Build New Endosteel Factory Okusawa [90]
---[X] Build New Ferro Fibrous Factory Okusawa [90]
---[X] Build New Ferro Alumnium Factory Okusawa [90]
---[X] Build New Naval Armor Factory Okusawa [90]
(New materials are always useful)
--[X] Construct Refit & Repair Yard New Port Royal [110]
--[X] Build Light Warship Yard New Port Royal* [auto]
--[X] Build Light Warship Yard Nowa Warzsawa [80]
--[X] Build Medium Warship Yard Calliope [80]
--[X] Build Medium Warship Yard Griffon [85]
--[X] Upgrade Refit & Repair Yard [105]

-[X] DoME [$ 22,645,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Initial Catachan Terraforming* [->8]
--[X] Terraform Calliope II - Stage II* [90]
--[X] Terraform Calliope V - Stage III* [->2]
--[X] Terraforming Chuma - Stage 0* [->2]
--[X] Colonize Kaiyo [->3]
(New colonies make me happy)
--[X] Orbital Radiation Shield - Pieklo* [->8]
--[X] Construct O'Neill Cylinder Complex on Stahlfurt* [->1]
--[X] DOME - Megafactory Griffon* [90]
--[X] DOME - Megafactory Nowa Warzsawa* [90]
--[X] DOME - Megafactory Calliope* [->1]

-[X] Research [$ 14,344,500,000.00 ]
--[X] Advanced Naval Combat Doctrine* [->1]
--[X] Advanced Ferro-Fibrous Armor* [->2]
--[X] Orbital Infrastructure Lvl 7* [auto]
--[X] Improved Germanium Refining Lvl 2* [->3]
--[X] Advanced Electronics (Advanced) Tier 5* [auto]
--[X] High Energy Physics (Advanced) Tier 5* [auto]
--[X] KF Drive Theory Tier 3* [90]
--[X] Advanced Standard Core Theory IV* [95]
--[X] Advanced Standard Core Design IV* [95]
--[X] Advanced Standard Core Construction IV* [95]

-[X] Culture [$ 100,000,000 ]
--[X] <Culture> Japanese Cultural Festival [70]

-[X] Miscellaneous [$ 11,200,000,000.00 ]
--[X] People Purchase [100,000,000]
--[X] Olympic Expansion [$100,000,000.00]
--[X] Roc Upgrades [$1,000,000,000.00]
--[X] Sparrowhawk Upgrades [$10,000,000,000.00]

20b leftover. Feel free to take and modify.
 

darkcloudt2

Well-known member
[X] Thumbs Up
[X] Plan: This plan now has a name

We have probably had his life investigated under a microscope so if there was nothing shifty found then it’s a thumbs up.
 

Jarow

Well-known member
Also, where's the link to all the systems we possess and what's in them?
Also...for what forces/naval units we have?

Depending on exactly what information you want, there's:
Quest Sheet - (if it doesn't go there directly, go to system data) identifying all our systems, their population and GDP, and a basic view of a few things they have (orbital defenses, jump point defenses, HPG)
Also the Quest Sheet - (this one should go to major unit tracker) shows how many of each type of naval vessel we own. The tab to the left, ground & asf tracker, does similar for what I classify as "minor" units in my plans
Obsolete Unit Tracker - Okay, this one used to be useful, telling us what forces were where, but doesn't appear to still be usable

I have a locally stored excel sheet I use for planmaking with a bit more detail than the quest sheet, but it's pretty limited to the stuff I both remember to update and felt it was worth remembering at some point (and is substantially less readable and more planet-oriented).
Here's the first few systems in that tracker:
SystemPlanetHPGRechargeWhite TowerSilver TowerSecond Silver Tower
GriffonGriffin's RoostTRUENOblockTRUETRUE
GriffonZenithNOTRUETRUEblockno
GriffonNadirNO
TRUE​
TRUEblockno
GriffonNowy GdanskTRUENoblockTRUETRUE
GriffonGriffon Inner Asteroid Belt
FALSE​
Noblockblockno
GriffonVII Habitat
FALSE​
blockblockno
GriffonGriffon II Orbitals
FALSE​
Noblockblockno
GriffonVI Habitat
FALSE​
blockblockno
GriffonGriffon IV
TRUE​
NoblockTRUETRUE
Nowa WarzsawaNowa WarszawaTRUENoblockTRUETRUE
Nowa WarzsawaIII
FALSE​
blockTRUE
Nowa WarzsawaZenithNoTRUETRUEblockno
Nowa WarzsawaNadirNo
TRUE​
TRUEblockno
CalliopeIIFALSEnoblock
TRUE​
CalliopeVFALSEnoblock
TRUE​
CalliopeIII (Dinosaurs)FALSEnoblock
TRUE​
CalliopeCalliope IVTRUENoblock
TRUE​
TRUE
CalliopeZenithNoTRUETRUEblockno
CalliopeNadirNoTRUETRUEblockno
SukiashiTTP - SukaishiTRUENoblockTRUEbuilding
SukiashiZenithNo
TRUE​
TRUEblockno
SukiashiNadirNo
FALSE​
TRUEblockno
KuroisoraTTP - KuroisoraTRUENoblock
TRUE​
TRUE
KuroisoraZenithNo
TRUE​
TRUEblockno
KuroisoraNadirNo
FALSE​
TRUEblockno
My version turns all the information into colors, but it's not really meant for sharing information with everyone else, instead being to help me keep track of things. Note that "block" in that chart basically means I'm not interested in doing anything with it, and "no" is conceptually not being doable at all.
 
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Turn 87 - That's All

LordSunhawk

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Turn 87 - That’s All

Meta Event13
Dynasty Luck35
Successes
Imperial Approval4
Approval Change1
Political Event-3
Successes
Imperial Economy0
Economic Event-2
Research Event-3
GriffonEcon3
Health0
Event3
Nowa WarszawaEcon3
Health3
Event4
Calliope IVEcon12
Health5
Event3
TTPEcon4
Health4
Event4
New CapricornEcon5
Health4
Event4
Nowy ŚląskEcon5
Health1
Event2
EdelsteineEcon4
Health5
Event2
Nowy WroclawEcon1
Health0
Event5
Griff's LeapEcon0
Health0
Event5
New PhoenixEcon12
Health10
Event5
New EdenEcon1
Health1
Event1
New CastorEcon0
Health1
Event2
OkusawaEcon4
Health2
Event1
New PolluxEcon1
Health4
Event0
New Port RoyalEcon0
Health12
Event3
KaingaEcon2
Health8
Event2
ChumaEcon0
Health0
Event1
StahlfurtEcon0
HealthN/A
Event3
BariEcon3
Health0
Event4
SkalaEcon2
Health1
Event1
PiekloEcon2
Health0
Event0
Nya KöpenhamnEcon4
Health-1
Event2

Plan: This plan now has a name
- Procurement [$ $749,436,687.90 ]
-- Lay Down Major Unit [Construction - $162,254,832.60 ] (95)
--- 41 Trenton [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 16
Result - SUCCESS

--- 50 Bainbridge [95]
Target - 95
Roll – 100, rerolled due to Discord vote - 86
Result - SUCCESS

--- 30 Saipan [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 2
Result - SUCCESS

--- 11 Canopus [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 27
Result - SUCCESS

--- 632 PPG-001 [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 51
Result - SUCCESS

-- Lay down Jumpship [Jumpship Construction - $6,086,535.32 ] (75)
--- 13 Galleon [75]
Target - 75
Roll - 51
Result - SUCCESS

-- Lay down Warship [Warship Construction - $463,153,750.33 ] (80)
--- 10 Haida [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 48
Result - SUCCESS

--- 10 Fletcher II [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 27
Result - SUCCESS

--- 2 Wichita [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 18
Result - SUCCESS

--- 3 Cleveland [80]
Target - 80
Roll – 91, Jarow reroll - 17
Result - SUCCESS

--- 2 Exeter [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 19
Result - SUCCESS

--- 1 Kongo [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 45
Result - SUCCESS

-- Purchase New Units [ $ 110,482,786.80 ] (90)
--- 0 Fighter Wing [auto]
--- 30 Heavy Carrier Wing [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 89
Result - SUCCESS

--- 9 Standard Mech Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 70
Result - SUCCESS

--- 9 Medium Mech Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 84
Result - SUCCESS

--- 6 Light Mech Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 22
Result - SUCCESS

--- 9 Pathfinder Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 48
Result - SUCCESS

--- 3 Raider Regiment [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 32
Result - SUCCESS

--- 6 SpecOps Regiments [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 12
Result - SUCCESS

--- 18 Armored Regiments [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 77
Result - SUCCESS

--- 18 Mechanized Regiments [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 75
Result - SUCCESS

--- 16 Garrison Regiments [90]
Target - 90
Roll – 100, reroll due to Discord vote - 84
Result – SUCCESS

-- Increase Militia Rating of System [$ 7,458,782.85 ] (85)
--- 15 Militia Regiments [85]
Target - 85
Roll - 15
Result - SUCCESS

- General [$ 20,132,408,956.60 ]
-- Construct Oasis II Heavy Recharge Station Stahlfurt Zenith* [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 75
Result - SUCCESS

-- Construct Oasis II Heavy Recharge Station Chuma Zenith* [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 59
Result - SUCCESS

-- Construct Oasis II Heavy Recharge Station New Port Royal Nadir* [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 10
Result - SUCCESS

-- Construct Silver Tower 2 New Pollux* [auto]
-- Bolster Orbital Defenses - New Port Royal* [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 33
Result - SUCCESS

-- Jump Point Defenses - Kaiyo [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 14
Result - SUCCESS

-- Jump Point Defenses - Waypoint 1 [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 86
Result - SUCCESS

-- Expand Colonial Office (per level) [75]
Target - 75
Roll – 83, rerolling due to Discord Vote – 88, general reroll – 90, event reroll - 20
Result – SUCCESS

-- Expand Civil Service [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 22
Result - SUCCESS

-- Survey GX-G27 [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 6
Result - SUCCESS

-- Survey GX-G24 [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 80
Result - SUCCESS

-- Survey GX-K34 [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 55
Result - SUCCESS

-- Major Economic Investment Calliope* [auto]
-- Build New Commercial Space Station [85]
Target - 85
Roll - 32
Result - SUCCESS

-- Build New Commercial Space Station [85]
Target - 85
Roll - 34
Result - SUCCESS

-- Build New Commercial Space Station [85]
Target - 85
Roll - 51
Result - SUCCESS

-- Build New Commercial Space Station [85]
Target - 85
Roll - 89
Result – Bare FAILURE (auto success next turn)

-- Upgrade All DHS Factories [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 40
Result - SUCCESS

-- Upgrade All Endosteel Forges [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 24
Result - SUCCESS

-- Upgrade All Ferro Fibrous Forges [80]
Target - 80
Roll – 92, ShadowArxxy reroll - 14
Result - SUCCESS

-- Upgrade All Ferro Aluminium Forges [80]
Target - 80
Roll – 96, Jarow reroll - 71
Result - SUCCESS

-- Focus Development on Core World Nowa Warzsawa [70]
Target - 70
Roll - 34
Result - SUCCESS

-- Focus Development on Peripheral World Nya Kopenhamn [70]
Target - 70
Roll - 45
Result - SUCCESS

-- Upgrade Commercial Space Stations* [85]
Target - 85
Roll - 1
Result – Critical Success cancelled due to Discord Vote - SUCCESS

-- Economic Investment Okusawa [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 87
Result - SUCCESS

-- Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on Okusawa [85]
Target - 85
Roll - 56
Result - SUCCESS

-- Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on Pieklo [85]
Target - 85
Roll - 72
Result - SUCCESS

-- Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on Skala [85]
Target - 85
Roll - 52
Result - SUCCESS

-- Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on Bari [85]
Target - 85
Roll - 33
Result - SUCCESS

-- Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on Griff's Leap [85]
Target - 85
Roll - 7
Result - SUCCESS

-- Build ASF Factory Complex (95)
--- Okusawa [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 29
Result - SUCCESS

--- New Port Royal [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 32
Result - SUCCESS

--- New Phoenix [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 46
Result - SUCCESS

--- New Pollux [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 24
Result - SUCCESS

--- New Castor [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 20
Result - SUCCESS

-- Build New Material Factory (90)
--- Build New DHS Factory Okusawa [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 24
Result - SUCCESS

--- Build New Endosteel Factory Okusawa [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 1
Result – Critical success cancelled due to Discord vote - SUCCESS

--- Build New Ferro Fibrous Factory Okusawa [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 8
Result - SUCCESS

--- Build New Ferro Alumnium Factory Okusawa [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 85
Result - SUCCESS

--- Build New Naval Armor Factory Okusawa [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 72
Result - SUCCESS

-- Construct Refit & Repair Yard New Port Royal [110]
Target - 110
Roll - 13
Result - SUCCESS

-- Build Light Warship Yard New Port Royal* [auto]

-- Build Light Warship Yard Nowa Warzsawa [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 20
Result - SUCCESS

-- Build Medium Warship Yard Calliope [80]
Target - 80
Roll - 41
Result - SUCCESS

-- Build Medium Warship Yard Griffon [85]
Target - 85
Roll - 16
Result - SUCCESS

-- Upgrade Refit & Repair Yard [105]
Target - 105
Roll - 3
Result - SUCCESS

- DoME [$ 22,645,000,000.00 ]
-- Terraform Calliope II - Stage II* [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 7
Result - SUCCESS

-- DOME - Megafactory Griffon* [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 94
Result – Bare FAILURE (auto succeed next turn)

-- DOME - Megafactory Nowa Warzsawa* [90]
Target - 90
Roll - 91
Result – Bare FAILURE (auto succeed next turn)

- Research [$ 14,344,500,000.00 ]
-- Orbital Infrastructure Lvl 7* [auto]
-- Advanced Electronics (Advanced) Tier 5* [auto]
-- High Energy Physics (Advanced) Tier 5* [auto]
-- KF Drive Theory Tier 3* [90]
Target - 90
Roll – 93. Reroll due to Discord vote - 8
Result – SUCCESS

-- Advanced Standard Core Theory IV* [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 61
Result - SUCCESS

-- Advanced Standard Core Design IV* [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 56
Result - SUCCESS

-- Advanced Standard Core Construction IV* [95]
Target - 95
Roll - 43
Result - SUCCESS

- Culture [$ 100,000,000 ]
-- <Culture> Japanese Cultural Festival [70]
Target - 70
Roll - 8
Result - SUCCESS

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Your wife prevented you from bringing out the good shotgun in order to properly test young Markus, or at least she prevented you from loading it in order to chase the lad away from your granddaughter, forcing you to settle for cleaning it while you spoke with him. The fact that the youngster not only wasn’t intimidated but joined in on the cleaning while discussing his intentions speaks well for the kid.

You are also blocked from all other forms of Proper Paternal Propriety by the conniving of your wife, sister, and granddaughter, and in the end are forced to concede that the real reason you are so up in arms over this is that Markus reminds you of you at that age, and you know full well how you were at that age! Unfortunately Markus reminds you enough of yourself that you actually find yourself liking the kid, an instinct which you firmly stomp on and toss out the Window Of Defenestration, along with your sister and her ‘I Told You So’ attitude.

You do get a note from the navy informing you that they narrowly avoided disaster, a bad software patch almost caused the production of this year’s batch of Bainbridge class parasite destroyers to self-destruct in their slips, as a misplaced close paren would have resulted in their drives coming online at maximum emergency throttle during what should have been a routine power-on test. Thankfully it was spotted during the final spot check by an alert technician with a good eye for such details. Procedures were followed properly, the software was repatched, redeployed, and functioned as intended. Said tech is receiving a proper bonus for their alertness and attention to detail.

The incident also revealed a bug in the software simulation system which has been patched and corrected, such is the nature of distributed software development, according to your staff, that such things happen. All you can do is be vigilant and double check your work, and in this case the processes and procedures worked precisely as intended.

The same, unfortunately, cannot be said about the two Megafactory projects on Nowa Warszawa and Griffon IV, as somehow the minor detail that the environmental impact studies for each had failed to be filed properly, resulting in a stop-work order being issued by the relevant authorities until said studies could be properly filed, reviewed, and approved. The studies had been completed, but a changeover in administrative personnel had resulted in them not being submitted properly. As such both projects have been delayed by several months.

The wisdom of having all KF research performed at a remote station under heavy security is born out when one of the KF researchers, driven mad by the insanity that is KF physics, apparently decided that this year was a great one for Mad Science™ and, well, tried to do something that would either have resulted in the most perfect piece of toast ever toasted or destroyed the entire research station, the other researchers aren’t sure which. Luckily the security team was able to keep him from pressing the big red button he’d wired up to initiate the experiment, the equipment was safely disarmed, and he is currently playing with soft plushies in a big padded room at the Department of Periphery Studies. Thankfully this didn’t wind up affecting the R&D work on improving your understanding of the underlying physics of KF jump cores, especially larger compact cores, opening up the possibility of researching larger warships in the future.

The construction of one of the four new commercial stations hit a bit of a snag when a Dutchman incident occurred, thankfully the worker in question was rescued after a few hours with no injuries, but the inquiry into the incident has slowed construction down on the station until Q1 of next year.

R&D work on multiple projects which had been delayed by last years bomb threats has been completed, improving much of your basic underlying theoretical knowledge in multiple fields as well as improving your orbital infrastructure systems.

The overall upgrade and improvement program for commercial stations finally was completed after ten years of work. The revamped stations, with larger gravity decks and more storage space for warehousing purposes, are already providing a significant boost to Imperial income as well as improving the net efficiency of existing external trade routes. Such efficiency comes at a cost, of course, but it is drowned out by the benefits.

You make a point of visiting the local branch of the Empire wide Japanese Cultural Festival being held in Griffsport. While you insist that it is so you could experience the wide breadth of cultural institutions on display, the truth is that you came for the mochi contest. Not that you’ll ever admit to that, because you are certain that your grandkids would tease you mercilessly if they found out.

You attend a number of keel laying ceremonies, as well as some commissioning ceremonies for new warships. The announcement that a new class of military jumpship with 10 collars called the Windjammer class has been greeted with great enthusiasm in the commercial sector, who are already planning to begin mass construction of the civilian variant of the design.

In related news, a Black Steel attack on the Oculus Venetus system has resulted in the loss of several dozen commercial jumpships plying the NRI trade route, thankfully the NRI was able to drive off the pair of Lola III’s, albeit at the loss of a half dozen of their potent, if fragile, corvettes. You’ve been asked to temporarily deploy a force to the system to provide security while the NRI rebuilds the fixed defenses.

[]That’s what friends are for!
  • Deploys a task force to Oculus Venetus to secure trade
  • Chance of a combat encounter with the Black Steel next turn
[]You’re on your own!
  • Loss of a trade route

The terraforming work on Calliope II is completed, transforming the planet to a relatively habitable state and allowing for substantial agriculture and living space there. Much like the moon around Calliope V, more work can be done to turn the planet into a proper garden world. The potential exists but DoME would have to work for a decade to realize it, and the machinery would be required to be maintained regularly.

The expansion of your network of Refit & Repair stations has significantly improved your logistics and ability to handle forward deployed forces. The main yards in the core are shifting over almost completely to refit work, leaving the more forward ones to handle routine maintenance and repairs. The repair yard in the New Pollux system is seeing the most use at the moment, primarily due to the major fleet base in the system.

Likewise the new construction yards are completed on time and on budget, expanding your production capacity quite nicely. You get a memo from your sister that for the foreseeable future construction will cease on new standard and escort yards, with resources instead being allocated for heavier yards capable of building more capable vessels. The memo notes that the growing maintenance expenses associated with destroyers was outweighing their current combat utility and that moreover consideration would need to be given to mothballing more obsolete vessels, specifically noting the old Dagger and Dart class vessels as being functionally obsolete. Thanh would like to see both replaced by a new class of corvettes in the near future.

The expansion and construction of new strategic material factories and forges has had profoundly positive effects on the economy in the Okusawa system, while also easing some of the production bottlenecks you were facing. Ferro Fibrous will still be a significant bottleneck for ground forces, with Endo Steel to a lesser degree also being a limiting factor. Planning going forward is to focus on building up that capability to the greatest extent possible.

The five new ASF factories budgeted for this year have come online in time to assist with the Sparrowhawk and Roc programs, speeding up deployment of the new designs.

The substantial investments in the economies of multiple peripheral systems is greeted with a great deal of happy enthusiasm by the locals as proof that the Empire is firmly committed to ensuring that all of her citizens benefit from the economic growth and prosperity allowed by a free and fair political and economic system. Industrial output is growing nicely in all systems in which specific industrial zones were built, and both the development focuses and investments have yielded excellent results.

Substantial investment in the Calliope system, over and above the work done by DoME there, has paid excellent dividends, with significantly increased local prosperity. This has also resulted in a serious boost in population, as job seekers flock to the system, putting some strain on the local infrastructure, but this is countered somewhat by the completion of the Calliope II project.

The survey expedition to GX-G27 finds a single habitable planet with conditions ideal for herding and such, thanks to the massive grasslands interspersed with jungles, however surveys show that the entire system is extremely poor in minerals, making it a poor candidate for any industrial focus. Much like New Eden, however, the system has potential as a breadbasket world to supply more heavily urbanized systems.

GX-G24, on the other hand, is a fascinating system, especially for astronomers and geologists. The lone habitable planet there has recently, in geologic terms, suffered a massive impact, tilting the planet onto its size and inducing an enormous precession ‘wobble’ on its rotation. A massive debris ring is in the process of coalescing into a moon, of about the same relative mass as the Sol system’s Luna. There is evidence of a failed colony in the system, although it appears that the colonists simply departed once the severity of the storms induced by the precession became evident. The survey teams have found excellent deposits of industrial metals and rare earth metals.

The GX-K34 system requires the surveyors' escorts to fight off a small Black Steel formation led by a lone Vincent guarding a solitary space station in the Oort cloud. The sole habitable world is already inhabited, however. According to the reports, this system had once been a minor pirate base, held by the same sorts as once held New Port Royal. The planet is barely habitable, not due to climate or such, but due to the fact that Australia would really like its title as ‘home to the most hostile life forms in the known universe’ title back. Spiders the size of coconut crabs with venoms twice as lethal as any other known arachnid venom are at the bottom of the local food chain, with enormous snakes that are dangerous even to men in full battle armor, crocodiles that can threaten small mechs, and swarms of highly venomous hornets the size of birds all being deadly threats. The surviving ex-slaves would really like lifts off the death world back to the NRI, thank you very much, and the NRI is more than happy to resettle them in their systems. They’ve also preemptively informed you that they have no interest in the system, thank you very much, and would you kindly sterilize the place?

Both the civil service and the colonial office’s have been successfully expanded, giving you greater room for future growth and greater efficiency in terms of the ability to manage your budget efficiently.

Finally a large number of defensive stations have come online, including the Kaiyo and Waypoint 1 systems. A trio of new recharge stations significantly boost your strategic mobility in the galactic northeast of your empire.
 

Yacovo

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The survey expedition to GX-G27 finds a single habitable planet with conditions ideal for herding and such, thanks to the massive grasslands interspersed with jungles
Huh, wonder if we can make this place a tourist/second home for the Grifftigers?

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More fighting Black Steel now is less fighting Black Steel later.
 

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