Quest Deep Periphery Quest (Battletech Sandbox Empire Builder)
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Thors_Alumni
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[X] Suspend operations due to the weather. - No change
Those Lords are idiots and such a naked power grab would probably not go over well with the citizenry well either.
Those Lords are idiots and such a naked power grab would probably not go over well with the citizenry well either.
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[X] Suspend operations due to the weather. - No change
Under the current circumstances it's just not reasonable to risk a dropship. If the situation deteriorates, we can reconsider that. But I'd still see risking a dropper as the very last option.
And parliament really needs a lesson in <How to work with the executive as a responsible institution>
Under the current circumstances it's just not reasonable to risk a dropship. If the situation deteriorates, we can reconsider that. But I'd still see risking a dropper as the very last option.
And parliament really needs a lesson in <How to work with the executive as a responsible institution>
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PsihoKekec
Swashbuckling Accountant
[X] Suspend operations due to the weather. - No change
Not worth risking an irreplacable dropship
Not worth risking an irreplacable dropship
magusblack
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By now you would think Parliament would develop some basic pattern recognition...
Given my own experience with MPs then your asking for miracle.
It's rather sad, really. I mean, it's obvious that some sort of administrative and representative structure needs to be developed and put in place one we've gone multi-planetary. Had they come to the throne first and breached the topic, I'm sure something could have been hammered out as a compromise. We're perfectly capable and willing to play ball. Ultimately, mistakes would still have been made, since we've no experience with that type of governance, but at least it would have been done with the good of the many in mind. For example, parliament would get the right to appoint a planet's governor after a certain population threshold has been reached, but the crown has a right to a) veto the candidate and b) recall them under a broad imperial mandate to "maintain peace, order, and the prosperity of our people".
<Grandfather> This is why I just went for a no-nonsense autocracy, kid.
Lightwhispers
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Tryglaw
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[X] Continue operations regardless, risks must be taken. - +1% GDP on Nowy Gdansk, +1 Rating Change on Nowy Gdansk, risk of loss of a dropship.
The benefits are greater then risks, a dropship isn't a jumpship so not irreplaceable. Also, if something bad happens and the dropship isn't there to help...
The benefits are greater then risks, a dropship isn't a jumpship so not irreplaceable. Also, if something bad happens and the dropship isn't there to help...
Turn 30 - Turn Your Back On Mother Nature
Turn 30 - Turn Your Back On Mother Nature
The imagery from Noya Gdansk is fascinating, with the settlement itself resembling nothing more than a number of white lumps indistinguishable from natural features. Quite literally the only thing still sticking up above the snow drifts is the control tower from the landing site, and even that you could practically open the windows and walk out on top of the snow.
Looking closer, of course, you can see the tell tale signs of civilization under the snow, with melted out chimneys of ice kept clear by regular flushes of superheated plasma in order to keep up air supplies to the buildings beneath them.
You suspect that the Department of Mega Engineering and Department of Colonization are going to have a lot to do on Nowy Gdansk once the weather clears enough to resume flight operations.
This year you are the recipient of Tyler’s questionable ‘humor’ in regards to 50th birthdays, as the old goat takes out advertisements in every single media outlet in the Empire to offer his condolences to you getting old.
Full page advertisements.
Complete with testimonials from ‘elder care facilities’ that a quick check show only exists in Tyler’s twisted sense of humor about various ways to show proper appreciation for somebody who’s ‘getting old’.
And coupons for people who purchase various consumer electronics made by Lee Consumer Electronics that give the buyer a discount if they bring in a bag of adult diapers or a bottle of ‘over 50’ nutritional supplements.
You send Tyler a note stating that until he apologizes you will ensure he doesn’t get to meet his great-great-grandson when he’s born. By cutting off his hands. At the neck.
His ‘apology’ would be more believable if it weren’t so completely Tyler and delivered via a giant black balloon.
DAMNIT TYLER.
You are reminded that you are still not allowed to defenestrate him.
In less happy elder related news, Dr Palmer’s cancer is back and more aggressive than before. She’s completely sidelined this time, and the doctors give her a less than 20% chance of living out the year. As a consequence, she reluctantly sends you her resignation from the post of Chief Researcher.
You are going to need to pick a replacement, which is going to be difficult since she left quite large shoes to fill.
Dr Briggs is the current deputy to Dr Palmer and has specialized in biomedical research. He is well-respected amongst his colleagues although he does have a reputation as being more of a follower than a true leader. He’ll be attending the budget meetings this year at least.
A quick inquiry shows that Colonel Mary McEvedy is in fact a descendent of the 331st and is currently in charge of the labs at the Aerie, she has a reputation for being very terse and concise in her language and rarely uses two words when one would suffice. Her subordinates at the Aerie think well of her, but she is known to be a disciplinarian towards students.
Professor Mitchell works in aerospace engineering and was involved in the Defiant and Harris projects. He has zero patience for red tape or bureaucratic niceties and tends to rub the bean counters the wrong way, but still manages to get results.
Dr Campbell is a bit of a dark-horse choice, being a social scientist rather than a physical scientist who studies the science of, well, science. She is disliked by most of the hard sciences types in the main labs, mostly due to her treating them like lab specimens. When you met her she seemed quite friendly, but you aren’t a research scientist so perhaps you have a different perspective.
And with that it’s budget time. Oh joy oh joy oh rapturous joy.
You totally are being sarcastic about this.
General Swanson gets things started. “Your Majesty, one of our first priorities must be to properly garrison and defend Nowy Gdansk in case the Dracs decide to return. To that end, we propose standing up a full foot regiment immediately, drawn from a mix of the Home Army and recruits from Griffin’s Roost itself. In addition, we propose building an annex of the Aerie on Nowy Gdansk and standing up a 2nd Aerie Cadre there to serve as a training unit and core of the defense.”
General Reyes nods in agreement. “To that end we propose basing our 2nd Wing out of Noya Gdansk to provide rapid reaction ASF protection to the planet. It would be a harsh condition posting, but doable. We would also strongly recommend looking into a modernization program for the Gyrfalcon as we restart production. The proposal that has been sent to us from Roost Aerotech is quite intriguing, replacing the twin nose 5cm lasers with one of the new Enhanced Extended Range PPCs, replacing the drive with an XLFE, upgrading to double heatsinks and Ferro-Aluminium armor… the final product looks like it would be devastating, although it would also be expensive. It would cost us approximately 3052.80 to perform the upgrade to our existing stock of Gyrfalcons.”
Admiral Benjamin then takes the podium. “Your Majesty, we are ready to lay down a new Defiant class dropship this year, and the yard has assured us that the issues that raised costs for HMS Intrepid have been dealt with, so this new vessel will enjoy a rather steep cost discount. We would also like to lay down a new Harris class vessel to increase our transport capacity. Operationally, we would recommend that USS Enterprise be used to closely survey Griffin IV to ensure there is nothing left behind.”
General Potter steps up. “I have several things for you, Your Majesty. First of all. I would like to strongly endorse expanding the Aerie to Nowy Gdansk, the benefits to us in terms of training opportunities and research are too great to be ignored. I would also strongly endorse the proposed garrison, upgrade, and dropship acquisitions.”
He checks his notes. “In addition, we have a number of submissions for a properly optimized training mech, although…” he smiles slightly. “Optimized might not be the best word, perhaps ‘customized for training’ would be better.”
“None of these designs use any strategic materials.” General Potter points out in his basso profundo voice. “And all would fully fulfil the mission of training new Mechwarriors.”
Bridget is, well, as Bridget as always, far too bouncy, far too energetic… and you are definitely having a Mom moment because you notice to your irritation that she decided not to wear a bra and is bouncing all over the place. You strongly resist the urge to send her to her room.
“Your Majesty! We have all sorts of awesome things we can do and we really should do as many of them as we can because that would be so awesome and productive and everything good like we all have seen how bad winters are on Nowy Gdansk so how about we do our city planning there with arcologies that can look at Winter and go ‘bleh’ and ignore it and how about we build really big reinforced walls around the drop port so we can maintain operations year round thus boosting economic growth there which is really important because they are starting off so poor and would only have beneficial results for us long term and then we have all the cities and towns we can build here on Griffin’s Roost with Imperial encouragement and then there’s finishing up the development of Five Fingers I know that the planetary government will be taking over stuff going forward but let's see about getting as much done as we can first is what I say and then I agree on having our exploration teams take a big look at Griffin IV and also we need to survey Nowy Gdansk to make sure there’s nothing sneaky sneaky there like snow tigers or something!”
Isoroku is up next “We have the Olympics this year, and it’s in Capricorn this year.” he smirks a little. “The Olympics in Hue Moi, Lord You know we’re gonna screw that up.” He pauses for the expected groan from everybody at the table. “But more seriously, the only thing I’d really recommend doing this year is to lend some of our expertise to the planetary authorities here on Griffin’s Roost to advertise for settlers on Castor and Pollux.”
Jake nods “With this transition things are in quite a bit of flux as the planetary authorities get stood up, next year many of these options will be going away so we can either wait and let the locals deal with it or do it ourselves now. Specifically, getting government services implemented up in Phoenix. I’m sure the planetary government will do it next year, but we’d get some nice public relations mojo if we do it first.” He checks his notes. “We could work on restoring relations with Parliament after the latest debacle, but at their reduced influence it may not be worthwhile right now.”
Mark is as invisible as he’d ever been as Dr Palmer’s assistant and simply hands over a datapad filled with recommendations.
Janet, by contrast, is present and she is looking quite unhappy. “I wish I could say Judge Wilson was an aberration, but there are a number of members of the judiciary who are pretty much in the back pockets of various politicians. Some of them may nominally support us, but it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I’d like free rein to winnow through the sitting judiciary and purge out the corrupt elements.”
The imagery from Noya Gdansk is fascinating, with the settlement itself resembling nothing more than a number of white lumps indistinguishable from natural features. Quite literally the only thing still sticking up above the snow drifts is the control tower from the landing site, and even that you could practically open the windows and walk out on top of the snow.
Looking closer, of course, you can see the tell tale signs of civilization under the snow, with melted out chimneys of ice kept clear by regular flushes of superheated plasma in order to keep up air supplies to the buildings beneath them.
You suspect that the Department of Mega Engineering and Department of Colonization are going to have a lot to do on Nowy Gdansk once the weather clears enough to resume flight operations.
This year you are the recipient of Tyler’s questionable ‘humor’ in regards to 50th birthdays, as the old goat takes out advertisements in every single media outlet in the Empire to offer his condolences to you getting old.
Full page advertisements.
Complete with testimonials from ‘elder care facilities’ that a quick check show only exists in Tyler’s twisted sense of humor about various ways to show proper appreciation for somebody who’s ‘getting old’.
And coupons for people who purchase various consumer electronics made by Lee Consumer Electronics that give the buyer a discount if they bring in a bag of adult diapers or a bottle of ‘over 50’ nutritional supplements.
You send Tyler a note stating that until he apologizes you will ensure he doesn’t get to meet his great-great-grandson when he’s born. By cutting off his hands. At the neck.
His ‘apology’ would be more believable if it weren’t so completely Tyler and delivered via a giant black balloon.
DAMNIT TYLER.
You are reminded that you are still not allowed to defenestrate him.
In less happy elder related news, Dr Palmer’s cancer is back and more aggressive than before. She’s completely sidelined this time, and the doctors give her a less than 20% chance of living out the year. As a consequence, she reluctantly sends you her resignation from the post of Chief Researcher.
You are going to need to pick a replacement, which is going to be difficult since she left quite large shoes to fill.
| [] | Name | Actions (note these are base) | Special |
| [] | Mark Briggs | 5 Research | +5 All Difficulty Rolls |
| [] | Mary McEvedy | 5 Research +1 Military Research | +5 Difficulty Rolls if under 50 |
| [] | Walter Mitchell | 4 Research +1 Military Research | -2000 Research Upkeep |
| [] | Beverly Campbell | 5 Research | -2000 Research Upkeep |
Dr Briggs is the current deputy to Dr Palmer and has specialized in biomedical research. He is well-respected amongst his colleagues although he does have a reputation as being more of a follower than a true leader. He’ll be attending the budget meetings this year at least.
A quick inquiry shows that Colonel Mary McEvedy is in fact a descendent of the 331st and is currently in charge of the labs at the Aerie, she has a reputation for being very terse and concise in her language and rarely uses two words when one would suffice. Her subordinates at the Aerie think well of her, but she is known to be a disciplinarian towards students.
Professor Mitchell works in aerospace engineering and was involved in the Defiant and Harris projects. He has zero patience for red tape or bureaucratic niceties and tends to rub the bean counters the wrong way, but still manages to get results.
Dr Campbell is a bit of a dark-horse choice, being a social scientist rather than a physical scientist who studies the science of, well, science. She is disliked by most of the hard sciences types in the main labs, mostly due to her treating them like lab specimens. When you met her she seemed quite friendly, but you aren’t a research scientist so perhaps you have a different perspective.
And with that it’s budget time. Oh joy oh joy oh rapturous joy.
You totally are being sarcastic about this.
General Swanson gets things started. “Your Majesty, one of our first priorities must be to properly garrison and defend Nowy Gdansk in case the Dracs decide to return. To that end, we propose standing up a full foot regiment immediately, drawn from a mix of the Home Army and recruits from Griffin’s Roost itself. In addition, we propose building an annex of the Aerie on Nowy Gdansk and standing up a 2nd Aerie Cadre there to serve as a training unit and core of the defense.”
General Reyes nods in agreement. “To that end we propose basing our 2nd Wing out of Noya Gdansk to provide rapid reaction ASF protection to the planet. It would be a harsh condition posting, but doable. We would also strongly recommend looking into a modernization program for the Gyrfalcon as we restart production. The proposal that has been sent to us from Roost Aerotech is quite intriguing, replacing the twin nose 5cm lasers with one of the new Enhanced Extended Range PPCs, replacing the drive with an XLFE, upgrading to double heatsinks and Ferro-Aluminium armor… the final product looks like it would be devastating, although it would also be expensive. It would cost us approximately 3052.80 to perform the upgrade to our existing stock of Gyrfalcons.”
| [] | Name | Cost | Materials | Speed | HP | A/D | Special |
| [] | Gyrfalcon II | 1195.20 | FA, DHS | 15 | 60 | 15 | SWIFT |
| [] | Reject | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Admiral Benjamin then takes the podium. “Your Majesty, we are ready to lay down a new Defiant class dropship this year, and the yard has assured us that the issues that raised costs for HMS Intrepid have been dealt with, so this new vessel will enjoy a rather steep cost discount. We would also like to lay down a new Harris class vessel to increase our transport capacity. Operationally, we would recommend that USS Enterprise be used to closely survey Griffin IV to ensure there is nothing left behind.”
General Potter steps up. “I have several things for you, Your Majesty. First of all. I would like to strongly endorse expanding the Aerie to Nowy Gdansk, the benefits to us in terms of training opportunities and research are too great to be ignored. I would also strongly endorse the proposed garrison, upgrade, and dropship acquisitions.”
He checks his notes. “In addition, we have a number of submissions for a properly optimized training mech, although…” he smiles slightly. “Optimized might not be the best word, perhaps ‘customized for training’ would be better.”
| [] | Name | Cost | HP | A/D | Special |
| [] | Clunker Training Mech | 1724.4 | 32 | 18 | |
| [] | LRM Training Mech | 1439.2 | 32 | 18 | |
| [] | Primus Training Mech | 2292.4 | 40 | 20 | |
| [] | Puppy Trainer | 1465.6 | 40 | 20 | |
| [] | SRM Training Mech | 1851.6 | 36 | 19 |
“None of these designs use any strategic materials.” General Potter points out in his basso profundo voice. “And all would fully fulfil the mission of training new Mechwarriors.”
Bridget is, well, as Bridget as always, far too bouncy, far too energetic… and you are definitely having a Mom moment because you notice to your irritation that she decided not to wear a bra and is bouncing all over the place. You strongly resist the urge to send her to her room.
“Your Majesty! We have all sorts of awesome things we can do and we really should do as many of them as we can because that would be so awesome and productive and everything good like we all have seen how bad winters are on Nowy Gdansk so how about we do our city planning there with arcologies that can look at Winter and go ‘bleh’ and ignore it and how about we build really big reinforced walls around the drop port so we can maintain operations year round thus boosting economic growth there which is really important because they are starting off so poor and would only have beneficial results for us long term and then we have all the cities and towns we can build here on Griffin’s Roost with Imperial encouragement and then there’s finishing up the development of Five Fingers I know that the planetary government will be taking over stuff going forward but let's see about getting as much done as we can first is what I say and then I agree on having our exploration teams take a big look at Griffin IV and also we need to survey Nowy Gdansk to make sure there’s nothing sneaky sneaky there like snow tigers or something!”
Isoroku is up next “We have the Olympics this year, and it’s in Capricorn this year.” he smirks a little. “The Olympics in Hue Moi, Lord You know we’re gonna screw that up.” He pauses for the expected groan from everybody at the table. “But more seriously, the only thing I’d really recommend doing this year is to lend some of our expertise to the planetary authorities here on Griffin’s Roost to advertise for settlers on Castor and Pollux.”
Jake nods “With this transition things are in quite a bit of flux as the planetary authorities get stood up, next year many of these options will be going away so we can either wait and let the locals deal with it or do it ourselves now. Specifically, getting government services implemented up in Phoenix. I’m sure the planetary government will do it next year, but we’d get some nice public relations mojo if we do it first.” He checks his notes. “We could work on restoring relations with Parliament after the latest debacle, but at their reduced influence it may not be worthwhile right now.”
Mark is as invisible as he’d ever been as Dr Palmer’s assistant and simply hands over a datapad filled with recommendations.
- Industrial Exoskeletons Tier 4
- With this level of refinement external power sources are no longer required even for higher energy work
- Industrial Mechs Tier 2
- Reduces the difficulty associated with major construction and engineering programs
- Improved Education Lvl 4
- Brings the education system fully up to Star League levels and significantly improves the pool of lab assistants available, making research easier overall
- Cure For Cancer
- If we get lucky we might still save Dr Palmer, but irregardless it is a significant boost to health, morale, and has significant knock on benefits
- For the Military slot - Streak SRM-2
- Inexpensive but a capable weapon system with broad usage across the military
Janet, by contrast, is present and she is looking quite unhappy. “I wish I could say Judge Wilson was an aberration, but there are a number of members of the judiciary who are pretty much in the back pockets of various politicians. Some of them may nominally support us, but it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I’d like free rein to winnow through the sitting judiciary and purge out the corrupt elements.”
[X] Mary McEvedy
[X] Gyrfalcon II
[X] LRM Training Mech
(The Primus is my design, and I'm mildly annoyed that all of its advantages basically got abstracted out. Since the training 'mechs are non-combat units, might as well just grab the cheapest)
[X] Gyrfalcon II
[X] LRM Training Mech
(The Primus is my design, and I'm mildly annoyed that all of its advantages basically got abstracted out. Since the training 'mechs are non-combat units, might as well just grab the cheapest)
Jarow
Well-known member
| [] | Mark Briggs | 5 Research | +5 All Difficulty Rolls |
| [] | Mary McEvedy | 5 Research +1 Military Research | +5 Difficulty Rolls if under 50 |
I think I'm going for
[X] Mark Briggs
No complaints if McEvedy wins though.
| [] | Gyrfalcon II | 1195.20 | FA, DHS | 15 | 60 | 15 | SWIFT |
| [] | Reject |
[X] Gyrfalcon II
| [] | LRM Training Mech | 1439.2 | 32 | 18 | |
| [] | Puppy Trainer | 1465.6 | 40 | 20 |
I'm going for
[X] Puppy Trainer
It's a bit more expensive, but only to a minor degree, and is significantly better if needed for emergency defense.
Thors_Alumni
Well-known member
[X] Mark Briggs
[X] Gyrfalcon II
[X] Puppy Trainer
honestly I am not a fan of Mary McEvedy even with her stats. We definitely need the Gyrfalcon. Don't really care about the trainer choice either way.
[X] Gyrfalcon II
[X] Puppy Trainer
honestly I am not a fan of Mary McEvedy even with her stats. We definitely need the Gyrfalcon. Don't really care about the trainer choice either way.
Ridli Scott
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[X] Mary McEvedy
[X] Gyrfalcon II
[X] Puppy Trainer
[X] Plan: Push into Space
[X] Gyrfalcon II
[X] Puppy Trainer
[X] Plan: Push into Space
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