[X] Authorize cooperation with Kilburrough
[X] Turn them over to the Bourbons
[X] Turn them over to the Bourbons
Quest Deep Periphery Quest (Battletech Sandbox Empire Builder)
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KyranKandosa
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[X] Authorize cooperation with Kilburrough
[X] Turn them over to the Bourbons
Perhaps also offer assistance with terraforming tech? First though, make sure ALL examples of the SLIC tech are captured and copy then destroy all the data on them in RN space. Then bury it deep. The Kilburrough are perhaps the best-placed to find ways to use or reverse the effects responsibly, given their surprisingly ethical bio-augmentation, etc, methods. The Black Steel having their own samples does make some sense though.
[X] Turn them over to the Bourbons
Perhaps also offer assistance with terraforming tech? First though, make sure ALL examples of the SLIC tech are captured and copy then destroy all the data on them in RN space. Then bury it deep. The Kilburrough are perhaps the best-placed to find ways to use or reverse the effects responsibly, given their surprisingly ethical bio-augmentation, etc, methods. The Black Steel having their own samples does make some sense though.
GooseElite
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[X] Authorize cooperation with Kilburrough
[X] Turn them over to the Bourbons
[X] Turn them over to the Bourbons
Turn 117 - Nobody's Fault
Turn 117 - Nobody’s Fault
<Combat Report - RN 1>
There were just over fifty thousand prisoners liberated from the Rouges Noir facility, all in relatively poor condition. In addition several dozen examples of the SLIC conditioning technology have also been recovered and are being transported securely to high-security labs for study. IGMP forensics teams are on site as well, even as additional reinforcements are landed to fully secure the area as another ‘magnet’ for the Rouges Noir to attack.
There’s been a general shift in attitude towards the enemy among the deployed forces. Before there was a level of horror and a bit of distress over just how suicidal they were. But that has shifted to a sort of grim pity, the sort displayed towards mad dogs that need to be put down. A regrettable but necessary duty with no ethical quandaries involved. Counselors and chaplains alike report a general increase in morale and a significant reduction in incipient PTSD indicia.
<Combat Report - RN 2>
The harsh conditions on this world have worked in your favor over the last few months, massive storms make it all but impossible for the Rouges Noir to attack your landing zone. The planet is in a somewhat eccentric orbit, spending several months near the outer edge of the habitable zone of the somewhat dim star before moving closer to the inner edge, and currently it is winter. All over the planet things begin to freeze, with temperatures plunging well below zero and massive storms dumping meters of snow. The Rouges Noir can no longer survive the conditions outside of their insulated domes.
As a consequence, your commanders have proposed to start using modified capital missiles to crack said domes and freeze out the Rouges Noir. Some enterprising technicians and ordnance officers have figured out how to adapt a capital missile to atmospheric flight, through the use of atmospheric control surfaces and wings, as well as changing the guidance system to allow for relatively low altitude terrain following. They’ve revived an old term ‘cruise missiles’ for these systems, and they are generally utterly impractical for tactical purposes, being absolutely massive and nearly impossible to load onto practical combat platforms, but they have great promise as strategic assets.
They are requesting permission to field test them against the Rouges Noir’s domed settlements.
<Combat Report RN 3>
With only one large landmass there is little point in the dispersal tactics used on RN 1, so the singular LZ here continues to endure the nearly endless waves of Rouges Noir attackers. There is little to no change here.
<Combat Report RN 4>
The bombardment campaign is starting to accelerate as larger and larger holes are blasted into Rouges Noir orbital defenses. Any sign of attempted rebuilding in the ravaged areas is met with fresh barrages from orbit. Commanders anticipate that it will take approximately two years to complete the complete destruction of the Rouges Noir in this system.
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The Bourbons are extremely grateful for your willingness to turn over the former Rouges Noir worlds to them once you’ve completed your operations. This extends nor merely to the government and leadership, but also to the regular citizens, and as a consequence trade is picking up as Griffon products are suddenly much more popular than they had been.
A number of Kilburroughan experts have been invited to your biolabs to assist with determining what is going on with the Rouges Noir from a biological perspective. Your own researchers are a bit miffed at first, as the Kilburroughans insist on a number of changes in procedure and organization within the lab, but they do admit that it made things more efficient and, perhaps more importantly, appears to have significantly reduced the risk of accidents. They haven’t yet given you an ETC on the project.
It is finally time for the budget meeting.
Amaunet is in her usual spot, her tail twitching as she lounges on the dias looking quite regal and majestic. “Padrone, things are going well enough that I am becoming nervous of when the other shoe will drop. Thankfully, I also have full confidence that any ballistically inclined shoes will find that we are quite adept at handling such projectiles.” A slight chuckle goes around the room at that. “With that, General Bradley?”
General Bradley takes the podium at that point. “Your Majesty, overall I am quite pleased by the performance of our men and women in combat. I do fear that the Rouges Noir are not a true test of our doctrine, however, as they employ little to no tactical sophistication of their own. We are currently working on a solution to that problem and hope to have a presentation for you soon. In the meantime, production levels are solid.” She brings up a chart showing this years budget requests.
General Perkins takes over at that point. “Your Majesty, the Aerospace Force is similarly in solid shape. Our production levels are sufficient for our needs, and we intend to focus on continuing to build a solid foundation.” You like how he keeps things short and simple, without wasting time on long explanations or multi-page powerpoints like the legendary first CO of the Aerospace Force did.
Admiral Fisher is absent, his doctors finally managed to force him to take a vacation. Admiral Simms is handling the briefing in his place. “Your Majesty, the Navy continues to expand at a solid rate, and we are cautiously optimistic about our chances in regards to beginning offensive operations against the Black Steel. Operations in the Rouges Noir region no longer require any major units, Lyr-class corvettes are more than sufficient for the needs there, allowing the entire Expeditionary Fleet to be available for such operations. We’ve based them in Feurstem at the moment, to support scouting and survey work to the galactic north of there.” She smiles slightly maliciously. “It will be nice to be the one attacking for a change. Otherwise our budget requests are quite normal, as Admiral Fisher likes to say we want it all and we want it now.” A slight chuckle goes through the room, one that wouldn’t happen if the irascible admiral had been present.
Elizabeth Lee takes over at this point. “Your Majesty, I’m not going to say it.”
She grins as everybody laughs. “We have four bored DoME teams threatening to do unspeakable things to poor, innocent mountains. So we recommend making them do their actual jobs instead.”
“Our economic group has been doing a stellar job, despite the challenges they are facing. We are facing some stagnant growth, but thankfully we’ve managed to avoid stagflation. We hope to continue this track record through careful use of subsidies and investments.” She brings up the current recommendations
“Finally, as Admiral Sims alluded to earlier, we are ready to resume survey work.” She looks a bit grimmer at that point. “We do anticipate at least one of these worlds might have a Black Steel base, as it fits their preferred profile.”
None of the other advisors are present this year, your Foreign Minister is off dealing with the Bourbons for you, Tiberius is standing in for you at a conference on Okusawa, General Messerschmidt has his hands full dealing with analyzing the Rouges Noir’s SLIC equipment, there are no free R&D teams, and your Justice Minister is on family leave with her first granddaughter due any day now.
<Combat Report - RN 1>
There were just over fifty thousand prisoners liberated from the Rouges Noir facility, all in relatively poor condition. In addition several dozen examples of the SLIC conditioning technology have also been recovered and are being transported securely to high-security labs for study. IGMP forensics teams are on site as well, even as additional reinforcements are landed to fully secure the area as another ‘magnet’ for the Rouges Noir to attack.
There’s been a general shift in attitude towards the enemy among the deployed forces. Before there was a level of horror and a bit of distress over just how suicidal they were. But that has shifted to a sort of grim pity, the sort displayed towards mad dogs that need to be put down. A regrettable but necessary duty with no ethical quandaries involved. Counselors and chaplains alike report a general increase in morale and a significant reduction in incipient PTSD indicia.
<Combat Report - RN 2>
The harsh conditions on this world have worked in your favor over the last few months, massive storms make it all but impossible for the Rouges Noir to attack your landing zone. The planet is in a somewhat eccentric orbit, spending several months near the outer edge of the habitable zone of the somewhat dim star before moving closer to the inner edge, and currently it is winter. All over the planet things begin to freeze, with temperatures plunging well below zero and massive storms dumping meters of snow. The Rouges Noir can no longer survive the conditions outside of their insulated domes.
As a consequence, your commanders have proposed to start using modified capital missiles to crack said domes and freeze out the Rouges Noir. Some enterprising technicians and ordnance officers have figured out how to adapt a capital missile to atmospheric flight, through the use of atmospheric control surfaces and wings, as well as changing the guidance system to allow for relatively low altitude terrain following. They’ve revived an old term ‘cruise missiles’ for these systems, and they are generally utterly impractical for tactical purposes, being absolutely massive and nearly impossible to load onto practical combat platforms, but they have great promise as strategic assets.
They are requesting permission to field test them against the Rouges Noir’s domed settlements.
| [] | Action |
| [] | Approve the plan |
| [] | Forbid the plan |
<Combat Report RN 3>
With only one large landmass there is little point in the dispersal tactics used on RN 1, so the singular LZ here continues to endure the nearly endless waves of Rouges Noir attackers. There is little to no change here.
<Combat Report RN 4>
The bombardment campaign is starting to accelerate as larger and larger holes are blasted into Rouges Noir orbital defenses. Any sign of attempted rebuilding in the ravaged areas is met with fresh barrages from orbit. Commanders anticipate that it will take approximately two years to complete the complete destruction of the Rouges Noir in this system.
-----
The Bourbons are extremely grateful for your willingness to turn over the former Rouges Noir worlds to them once you’ve completed your operations. This extends nor merely to the government and leadership, but also to the regular citizens, and as a consequence trade is picking up as Griffon products are suddenly much more popular than they had been.
A number of Kilburroughan experts have been invited to your biolabs to assist with determining what is going on with the Rouges Noir from a biological perspective. Your own researchers are a bit miffed at first, as the Kilburroughans insist on a number of changes in procedure and organization within the lab, but they do admit that it made things more efficient and, perhaps more importantly, appears to have significantly reduced the risk of accidents. They haven’t yet given you an ETC on the project.
It is finally time for the budget meeting.
Amaunet is in her usual spot, her tail twitching as she lounges on the dias looking quite regal and majestic. “Padrone, things are going well enough that I am becoming nervous of when the other shoe will drop. Thankfully, I also have full confidence that any ballistically inclined shoes will find that we are quite adept at handling such projectiles.” A slight chuckle goes around the room at that. “With that, General Bradley?”
General Bradley takes the podium at that point. “Your Majesty, overall I am quite pleased by the performance of our men and women in combat. I do fear that the Rouges Noir are not a true test of our doctrine, however, as they employ little to no tactical sophistication of their own. We are currently working on a solution to that problem and hope to have a presentation for you soon. In the meantime, production levels are solid.” She brings up a chart showing this years budget requests.
- Imperial Griffon Army
- Production
- Conventional Factories (5 each)
- Neuhessen
- Iskra
- Shin Tōkyō
- Stenen Tuin
- New Libertalia
- Conventional Factories (5 each)
- Procurement
- Regular Forces
- 3 Training Divisions
- 1 Rapid Reaction Division
- 6 Infantry Divisions
- 1 Light Mech Division
- Garrison Forces
- 25 Garrison Divisions
- 25 Militia Divisions
- Regular Forces
- Production
General Perkins takes over at that point. “Your Majesty, the Aerospace Force is similarly in solid shape. Our production levels are sufficient for our needs, and we intend to focus on continuing to build a solid foundation.” You like how he keeps things short and simple, without wasting time on long explanations or multi-page powerpoints like the legendary first CO of the Aerospace Force did.
- Imperial Griffon Aerospace Force
- Procurement
- 100 Fighter Wing
- 25 Carrier Wing
- Procurement
Admiral Fisher is absent, his doctors finally managed to force him to take a vacation. Admiral Simms is handling the briefing in his place. “Your Majesty, the Navy continues to expand at a solid rate, and we are cautiously optimistic about our chances in regards to beginning offensive operations against the Black Steel. Operations in the Rouges Noir region no longer require any major units, Lyr-class corvettes are more than sufficient for the needs there, allowing the entire Expeditionary Fleet to be available for such operations. We’ve based them in Feurstem at the moment, to support scouting and survey work to the galactic north of there.” She smiles slightly maliciously. “It will be nice to be the one attacking for a change. Otherwise our budget requests are quite normal, as Admiral Fisher likes to say we want it all and we want it now.” A slight chuckle goes through the room, one that wouldn’t happen if the irascible admiral had been present.
- Imperial Griffon Navy
- Production
- Orbital Shipyards
- Expand All Orbital Shipyards
- Refit & Repair Yards
- Expand All Refit & Repair Yards
- Escort Yards
- Neubayern
- Neuhessen
- Nouvelle Bourgogne
- Nuova Lombardia
- Nuova Puglia
- Nuovo Abruzzo
- Nyū Shikoku
- Stenen Tuin
- New Libertalia
- Nuova Tripoli
- Awha
- Catachan
- Feurstern
- Neuthüringen
- Nowe Mazowsze
- Nox
- Platzregensburg
- Iskra
- New Algiers
- New Clew Bay
- Nubifragio
- Bellaterra
- Bohren
- Landprettig
- Porto Milano
- Small Warship Yards
- New Castor
- New Port Royal
- Nowy Wroclaw
- Nowy Slask
- Chuma
- Medium Warship Yards
- Glorreich
- New Phoenix
- Okusawa
- Pieklo
- Bari
- Large Warship Yards
- Griffon
- Calliope
- New Pollux
- Nowy Warszawa
- Orbital Shipyards
- Procurement
- Standard Dropships
- 200 Shimakaze-class Parasite Destroyers
- 200 Spruance-class Parasite Destroyers
- 30 Lublin-class Transports
- 9 Omaha-class Recon Vessels
- Large Dropships
- 30 Saipan-class Parasite Carriers
- 200 Mikasa-class Battleships
- Jumpships
- 5 Windjammer-class Jumpships
- Escorts
- 100 Battle-class Destroyers
- 100 Lyr-class Corvettes
- 10 Wolverine-class Training Ships
- Small Warships
- 40 Dido-class Light Cruisers
- 30 Guiseppe Garibaldi-class Light Cruisers
- Medium Warships
- 25 Prinz Eugen-class Heavy Cruisers
- Large Warships
- 10 Dreadnought-class Battleships
- 2 Saratoga-class Fleet Carriers
- Standard Dropships
- Fortress Command
- Black Tower
- Novolar
- Pustina
- Kurortas
- Landprettig
- Bellaterra
- Black Tower
- Production
Elizabeth Lee takes over at this point. “Your Majesty, I’m not going to say it.”
She grins as everybody laughs. “We have four bored DoME teams threatening to do unspeakable things to poor, innocent mountains. So we recommend making them do their actual jobs instead.”
- DoME Projects
- Planetary Optimization - Feurstem
- Terraforming
- Shin Tōkyō
- Neuthüringen
- Porto Milano
“Our economic group has been doing a stellar job, despite the challenges they are facing. We are facing some stagnant growth, but thankfully we’ve managed to avoid stagflation. We hope to continue this track record through careful use of subsidies and investments.” She brings up the current recommendations
- Economic Foci, Investment, and Infrastructure
- Economic Focus
- Core
- Kainga
- Periphery
- Awha
- Core
- Major Investment
- Core
- Chuma
- Periphery
- Porto Milano
- Core
- Investment
- Kaiyo
- Infrastructure & Industrial Zones
- Arvum
- Nouvelle Bourgogne
- Bohren
- Landprettig
- Nuova Puglia
- Economic Focus
“Finally, as Admiral Sims alluded to earlier, we are ready to resume survey work.” She looks a bit grimmer at that point. “We do anticipate at least one of these worlds might have a Black Steel base, as it fits their preferred profile.”
- Survey
- GX-E22
- A blue supergiant, this system is incredibly unlikely to have any habitable planets or especially useful resources. However this sort of system is of the type seemingly preferred by the Black Steel for forward bases.
- GX-E23
- A somewhat red dwarf primary reduces the odds of there being any especially valuable worlds in this system, but there is a habitable zone and astronomical observations indicate that there is likely a terrestrial planet within that zone, making it worth checking out.
- GX-E24
- This orange star is highly likely to have habitable planets orbiting it. Astronomers indicate a high probability of at least one, and have directly detected a number of gas giants in the system as well.
- GX-D24
- This yellow main-sequence star shows definite signs of having habitable worlds, potentially multiple ones. However no large gas giants have been detected, which is a negative sign as well.
- GX-E22
None of the other advisors are present this year, your Foreign Minister is off dealing with the Bourbons for you, Tiberius is standing in for you at a conference on Okusawa, General Messerschmidt has his hands full dealing with analyzing the Rouges Noir’s SLIC equipment, there are no free R&D teams, and your Justice Minister is on family leave with her first granddaughter due any day now.
AlphaOmega
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[X]Approve the plan
[X] Approve the Plan
Thors_Alumni
Well-known member
[X] Approve the Plan
If one of the systems about to be surveyed does indeed have a black Steel presence in it we might want to have the fleet on stand by to move in and crush them before they escape.
If one of the systems about to be surveyed does indeed have a black Steel presence in it we might want to have the fleet on stand by to move in and crush them before they escape.
KyranKandosa
Well-known member
[X]Approve the plan
AlphaOmega
Well-known member
Good field test on acceptable targets.
foolswriter
Well-known member
[X]Approve the plan
Because Rods From God presume orbital superiority, Cruise Missles do not, this way they are able to be used on planets where the inhabitants are able to contest orbit, wouldn't do to assume that none of the potential future opponents will be able to do as much. Not to mention that this will give us more strategic options which is never a bad thing really.
[X] Approve the plan