Quest Deep Periphery Quest (Battletech Sandbox Empire Builder)

[LordSunhawk]

Turn 133 - He Counted Long

There’s a growing protest movement concerning the sheer hedonism present on New Port Royal and many of the other worlds of the Scarlet March. Granted, the ‘concerned citizens’ making noise are not from the Scarlet March itself, and most have never even traveled there, but travel agencies which arrange tours there, as well as transportation companies who carry passengers there, are coming under pressure from these protestors for ‘enabling immorality’.

Oddly, there doesn’t appear to be any religious component to this, as most of the religious groups in the Empire may counsel their followers to avoid such sinful behavior, but haven’t made any moves against it due to the general belief across the Empire of ‘live and let live’ in these matters.

Instead, the protestors seem to mostly be coming from more atheistic backgrounds, and appear to be objecting on the grounds that such ‘frivolous’ pursuits distract from ‘gainful labor’. You have the Special Branch discretely investigate and they determine that the actual backers for these protests are a group of individuals from the financial sector who believe themselves to be ‘enlightened’ and who feel that those ‘beneath’ them should simply labor to exhaustion with no vacations or time off in order to maximize their personal profits and wealth.

Special Branch does discover quite a few financial irregularities among this group, including the rather delicious fact that they’ve been using very creative accounting techniques to completely avoid paying any taxes for the last fifty years or so, and only the regular efforts to streamline and rationalize the legal and regulatory codes have prevented them from creating situations where they profit off of every single transaction in the Empire, thus constantly draining wealth from the economy into their own pockets for ‘financial services’.

To top it off, several of them have been creating ‘debt traps’ for poorer citizens, despite such predatory practices being utterly illegal. To be fair, local authorities are doing a bang up job of breaking up such practices once they catch on, but the financiers behind it usually hide behind extremely tangled corporate structures that shield them from any accountability.

So you decide to let the Special Branch have some ‘fun’ with these people, and within less than a month you have a crowd of would-be plutocrats standing before your throne in chains. The precedents set by your great-grandmother are brutally clear for situations like this, the best these people can expect is a properly tied rope and drop killing them cleanly.

You could grant them mercy, of course, but these are the sort of people who’d never grant any such thing to those in their power. Their financial empires have already been completely broken up to general public acclaim, although the presence of some individuals who’d publicly been your supporters, all while scheming behind your back, is denting your overall approval numbers slightly.

In the end you confirm the death sentences, such conduct, especially in time of war, is utterly reprehensible, and the strong stance that your dynasty has always taken against such things is clear. You make yourself watch each execution, which makes the upcoming budget meetings all the more pleasant of a distraction.

It appears that peace has tentatively been fully restored to the senior ranks of the military, or at the very least the service chiefs aren’t competing with each other on who can glare the hardest. Amaunet is looking quite pleased with herself as she opens the meeting. “Padrone, the military, across the board, is in a solid position. In the near term we will be looking into designating another system as a logistics hub, most likely in the Diamond March to support operations in that region, but for now, General Zara?”

The pugnacious Italian takes the podium. “The Army needs to start building up our offensive capacity, especially considering reports about those so-called FedCom attacks, Your Majesty. Thankfully, almost all of our systems have full garrisons, and as such procurement of such is slowing down. For now we would like to concentrate on conventional forces, but will be pausing the ongoing SLEP process in the near future to permit Mech expansion as well.”

• Imperial Griffon Army
  • Procurement
    • 19 Garrison Divisions
    • 19 Militia Divisions
    • 25 Infantry Divisions
    • 12 Armored Divisions

Once the Army general sits down, General Perkins heaves himself to his feet, looking exhausted. “The Aerospace Force is continuing to work up our admin capacity, but thankfully we are in a solid position in regards to our training organization which is allowing us to keep up with pilot demand.”

• Imperial Griffon Aerospace Force
  • Production
    • Construct New ASF Factories
      • Glorreich
      • Shin Tōkyō
      • Kurortas
      • Raj
      • Pustina
      • Platzregensburg
      • Pryyemnyy
      • Awha
      • Bāṛi
      • Bellaterra
  • Procurement
    • 50 CAP Wings
    • 50 Patrol Wings
    • 100 Carrier Wings
    • 30 Fighter Wings

Admiral Fisher remains seated. “OK, the Navy is in solid shape. I, on the other hand, am getting too damn bloody old to handle both the development and operational side of the Navy. As such, I would like your approval to promote Commodore Savić to Rear Admiral and place her in charge of handling these briefings while manhandling Admiral de Palo off of her flag bridge to put her in charge of the Operational side of the Navy while I focus on overall administration and development. Admiral Johann von Koester will be placed in charge of Fortress Command.”

[]	Action
[]	Approve the promotions and appointments
[]	Keep things as they are

Commodore Savić looks a bit surprised at her Admiral’s statement, clearly it hadn’t been mentioned to her at all, but she takes the podium gamely. “Your Majesty, repairs for Grand Fleet are nearly complete and within a year we should be in a position to begin offensive operations against the Black Steel, assuming we can find them. We will be recommending that we begin scouting operations against them next year. Until then, it remains critical that we continuously expand our production capacity. With the increased possibility of encountering a hostile Inner Sphere it becomes increasingly possible that we may soon be faced with a two-front war, and in that case production capacity will be utterly paramount.”

• Imperial Griffon Navy
  • Production
    • Orbital Shipyards
      • New Orbital Shipyards
        • New Portland
        • New Port Royal
        • Okusawa
        • New Phoenix
        • New Pollux
      • Upgrade Existing Orbital Shipyards
    • Refit & Repair Yards
      • Upgrade All Refit & Repair Yards
    • Escort Yards
      • Build New Escort Yards
        • Nowy Szczecin
        • Baddorando
        • Sturmland
        • Neubayern
        • Neuhessen
        • Nouvelle Bourgogne
        • Nuova Lombardia
        • Skala
        • Stahlfurt
        • Griff's Leap
        • Kurortas
        • Olej
        • Pinball
        • Pryyemnyy
        • Pustina
        • Steingarten
        • The Hub
        • Nuova Puglia
        • Chuma
        • Nuovo Abruzzo
        • Stenen Tuin
        • Nyū Shikoku
        • Nuova Tripoli
        • Catachan
        • Neuthüringen
        • Nowe Mazowsze
        • Nox
        • Platzregensburg
        • Porto Milano
        • Landprettig
        • New Algiers
        • New Clew Bay
        • Nubifragio
        • Bellaterra
        • Highland
        • New Arcadia
        • New Portland
    • Small Warship Yards
      • Build New Small Warship Yards
        • Calliope
        • Edelsteine
        • Nowy Slask
        • Chuma
        • Awha
        • Kaiyo
        • Iskra
        • Bohren
        • Feurstern
        • Novolar
        • Grand View
        • Kainga
        • New Capricorn
        • New Libertalia
    • Medium Warship Yards
      • Build New Medium Warship Yards
        • New Pollux
        • New Phoenix
        • Pieklo
        • Nya Kopenhamn
        • Nowa Warszawa
    • Large Warship Yards
      • Build New Large Warship Yards
        • Glorreich
        • New Port Royal
        • New Castor
        • Nowy Wrocław
  • Procurement
    • Standard Dropships
      • 400 Artemis-class System Defense Boat Flotillas
      • 160 Wright-class Dockable ASF Platforms
      • 160 Colt-class Defense Blisters
    • Large Dropships
      • 318 Mikasa-class Parasite Battleships
      • 30 Saipan-class Parasite Carriers
      • 30 Mushu-class Parasite Logistics Ships
    • Jumpships
      • 8 Windjammer-class Jumpships
    • Escorts
      • 200 Battle-class Destroyers
      • 30 White Plains-class Escort Carriers
      • 10 Skjold-class Missile Corvettes
      • 10 Constellation-class Corvettes
      • 50 Tarantul-class Missile Raiders
      • 50 Asheville-class Raiders
      • 30 Legend-class Frigates
    • Small Warships
      • 50 Belfast-class Light Cruisers
      • 20 De Grasse-class Light Cruisers
      • 30 Worcester-class Light Cruisers
      • 20 Giuseppe Garibaldi-class Light Cruisers
      • 1 Hosho-class Light Carrier
    • Medium Warships
      • 20 Prinz Eugen II-class Heavy Cruisers
      • 10 Algerie-class Heavy Cruiser
      • 5 Nevada-class Heavy Cruiser
    • Large Warships
      • 14 Kaiserin-class Battleships
      • 14 Lion-class Battlecruisers
  • Fortress Command
    • Jump Point Defenses
      • Spark
      • Nashornland
      • Nuovo Paradiso
      • Ogien
    • Oasis II
      • Spark
      • Nashornland
      • Nuovo Paradiso
      • Ogien
    • Black Tower
      • Spark
      • Nashornland
      • Nuovo Paradiso
      • Ogien
      • Okusawa
    • Spartoi
      • 5 new clusters
    • Sensor Satellite Shell
      • Calliope

She takes her seat. Amaunet simply chuffs softly and nods, while Elizabeth Lee rises to take over the podium.

“Your Majesty, to start with we’ve got three potential colonial expeditions, all within the Diamond March.” She begins, smiling as she brings up the first slide.

• Colonize + System Government + Justice System
  • Nashornland
  • Nuovo Paradiso
  • Ogien

“Meanwhile, DoME is getting bored again, as seen by their ‘helping’ with that ridiculous monument over a mud volcano. So we need to keep them as busy as possible.”

• Department of Mega Engineering
  • Optimization - Periphery
    • Landprettig
  • Terraforming
    • Nuova Puglia
    • Nuova Abruzzo
    • Nuova Lombardia
  • Construct Major Army Base
    • New Port Royal
  • Construct Major Fleet Base
    • New Port Royal
  • Build Capital Shipyard
    • Calliope

“Finally our economic teams have their recommendations for this year.” She brings up the final slides for your perusal.

• Economic Focus, Investment, Infrastructure & Industrial Zones
  • Economic Focus
    • Core
      • New Pollux
    • Periphery
      • Nubifragio
  • Major Investment
    • Core
      • New Libertalia
    • Periphery
      • Pustina
  • Investment
    • Porto Milano
  • Infrastructure & Industrial Zones
    • New Portland
    • Sturmland
    • Salamander
    • The Hub
    • Nowego Lublina

Agostino is present for this meeting, although she’ll be heading out to Nova Roma in a few days for a high level diplomatic summit. “Your Majesty, overall we are in a good position, but I do strongly recommend hosting the cultural festival this year, especially with us heading into an Olympiad next year. This will be the perfect opportunity to maximize the economic and diplomatic impact. While I would normally advise holding sports camps, with the large number of new events doing so would be problematic as we are still trying to nail down precisely what some of these events even involve, let alone secure trainers for them. The Olympic Committee concurs that our focus should be on that, this year, in order to secure long term success.”

Tiberius is off handling some of the fallout from the massive civil service reforms implemented by Parliament, so isn’t available for the meeting.

Grace is finally out of the hospital, but is looking rather exhausted still. Thankfully her staff has stepped up in a big way and is handling most of the burden while the elderly woman recovers. “Your Majesty, our researchers believe that we can begin basic development of drone systems, although frankly they would be exceptionally crude in comparison to historical examples. With your permission, we can begin work across the board for that.”

• Research & Development
  • Military Drone Theory
    • Develops the basic operational theory underpinning any drone operations
  • Military Drone Design
    • Develops the basic parameters for functional drones
  • Military Drone Control Systems
    • Develops the avionics and software undergirding drone operations
  • Military Drone Handling Systems
    • Develops the basic system infrastructure needed to operate drones on any sort of widespread basis

Sina Dey is currently off at a meeting with her counterparts in the NRR and reports no new budget requests, while Martina is handling the fallout of latest crackdown on overly arrogant and greedy idiots.

 

[Thors_Alumni]

[X] Approve the promotions and appointments

 

[Havalt300]

[X] Approve the promotions and appointments

 

[Winter_Wind45]

[X] Approve the promotions and appointments

 

[Yacovo]

Yay drones, can’t be a Cameron split off without our own SDS system.

Also if we run into False Flag Comstar vessels, I wonder if we can open a channel and every time they identify themselves we respond like they just called themselves Comstar in the most nonchalant tone. Just to show their disguise isn’t fooling anyone.

 

[mmgaballah]

Yay drones, can’t be a Cameron split off without our own SDS system.

Whatever happened to that AI we found early on in the quest , Sarna/Sarra can't remember the name , should that have some influence for the development of our drones

 

[KyranKandosa]

[X] Approve the promotions and appointments

 

[The Whispering Monk]

oh yeah...there's a vote...

[X] Approve the promotions and appointments

 

[kashim3]

[X] Approve the promotions and appointments

 

[AlphaOmega]

One thing that stands out to me about the whole false flag smash and burn thing is that unless this is very very heavily AU in the IS then even if the FedCom went bug fuck nuts and is doing this the time required to build warships and train competent yard hands means they would have to have started this warship program before Melissa was born, given how long it’s taken us to work up to big ships even with an active warship using enemy driving the spending we have put into it, meanwhile the IS has to balance garrisoning hundreds of worlds and beating out unrest and brush fire raids on all sides.

That’s why everyone is saying that it’s a Comstar/WoB false flag. Only they would be able to send warships so far out for negligible gains.

Yay drones, can’t be a Cameron split off without our own SDS system.

Also if we run into False Flag Comstar vessels, I wonder if we can open a channel and every time they identify themselves we respond like they just called themselves Comstar in the most nonchalant tone. Just to show their disguise isn’t fooling anyone.

It’s fooling people in-universe. Remember that we haven’t heard anything directly from the IS since the days of the Star League and all later accounts are third hand at best. While we aren’t entirely buying into the false flag we don’t have anything to prove that it isn’t real too.

 

[Jarow]

One thing that stands out to me about the whole false flag smash and burn thing is that unless this is very very heavily AU in the IS then even if the FedCom went bug fuck nuts and is doing this the time required to build warships and train competent yard hands means they would have to have started this warship program before Melissa was born, given how long it’s taken us to work up to big ships even with an active warship using enemy driving the spending we have put into it, meanwhile the IS has to balance garrisoning hundreds of worlds and beating out unrest and brush fire raids on all sides.

While the overall point stands (that building warships is complicated and probably took them a long time to achieve), I would like to point out a few things that do affect the math on how long it'd take some -
a) The Aegis design is an old one, so if they can find copies of the blueprints, they don't need to do all the development we do
b) I'm not 100% confident of this, but I'm pretty sure the Aegis is in our "Medium" weight class
c) Our shipyard designs are mean to be modular; the IS might have gone for a more purpose-built design that's easier to build, easier to use, and cheaper than what we use
d) The IS had working jumpship yards to help train yard personnel
e) The IS had damaged warship yards that could potentially have been salvaged/repaired to help build functional ones

 

[ShadowArxxy]

With FASAnomics and Canon Idiot Balls both repeatedly stated to be off the table, it's absurd to expect the Inner Sphere powers to be anything close to canon status.

 

[Jarow]

[X] Approve the promotions and appointments

[X] Plan: In with the New
-[X] Procurement [$ 11,167,939,061,748.00 ]
--[X] Lay Down Major Unit [Construction - $86,165,386,880.00 ] (95)
---[X] 400 Artemis [95]
---[X] 160 Wright [95]
---[X] 160 Colt [95]

---[X] 318 Mikasa [95]
---[X] 30 Saipan [95]
---[X] 30 Mashu [95]

--[X] Lay down Jumpship [Jumpship Construction - $37,280,108.40 ] (90)
---[X] 8 Windjammer [90]

--[X] Lay down Warship [Warship Construction - $670,421,716,466.67 ] (90)
---[X] 50 Belfast*
---[X] 20 De Grasse*
---[X] 20 Guiseppe Garibaldi*
---[X] 7 Hosho*
---[X] 20 Worcester*

---[X] 20 Prinz Eugen II*
---[X] 10 Algerie*
---[X] 10 Nevada*
---[X] 20 Prinz Eugen II*
---[X] 10 Algerie*
---[X] 10 Nevada*

---[X] 12 Kaiserin*
---[X] 12 Jean Bart*
---[X] 12 Kaiserin*
---[X] 12 Lion*
---[X] 14 Kaiserin*
---[X] 14 Lion*

---[X] 200 Battle [90]
---[X] 30 White Plains [90]
---[X] 30 Legend [90]
---[X] 10 Skjold [90]
---[X] 10 Constellation [90]
---[X] 50 Tarantul [90]
---[X] 50 Asheville [90]

---[X] 50 Belfast [90]
---[X] 20 De Grasse [90]
---[X] 20 Guiseppe Garibaldi [90]
---[X] 1 Hosho [90]
---[X] 30 Worcester [90]

---[X] 20 Prinz Eugen II [90]
---[X] 10 Algerie [90]
---[X] 5 Nevada [90]

---[X] 14 Kaiserin [90]
---[X] 14 Lion [90]

--[X] Purchase New Units [Minor Unit - $ 118,023,488,292.90 ] (90)
---[X] 30 Fighter Wing [auto]
---[X] 100 Carrier Wing [90]
---[X] 50 CAP Wing [90]
---[X] 50 Patrol Wing [90]

---[X] 19 Garrison Division [90]
---[X] 19 Militia Division [90]
---[X] 25 Infantry Division [90]
---[X] 12 Armored Division [90]

--[X] Fortress Command [$ 10,293,291,190,000 ] (90)
---[X] Build Jump Point Defenses
----[X] Nashornland [90]
----[X] Nuovo Paradiso [90]
----[X] Ogien [90]
----[X] Spark [90]
---[X] Construct Oasis II
----[X] Nashornland [90]
----[X] Nuovo Paradiso [90]
----[X] Ogien [90]
----[X] Spark [90]
---[X] Construct Black Tower
----[X] Nashornland [90]
----[X] Nuovo Paradiso [90]
----[X] Ogien [90]
----[X] Spark [90]
----[X] Okusawa [90]
---[X] 5 Spartoi Clusters [90]
---[X] Build Sensor Shell
----[X] Calliope [90]

-[X] General [$ 2,476,250,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Focus Development on Core World New Pollux [90]
--[X] Focus Development on Peripheral World Nubifragio [90]
--[X] Massive Core Investment New Libertalia [85]
--[X] Massive Peripheral Investment Pustina [85]
--[X] Economic Investment Porto Milano [90]
--[X] Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on New Portland [90]
--[X] Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on Sturmland [90]
--[X] Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on Salamander [90]
--[X] Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on The Hub [90]
--[X] Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on Nowego Lublina [90]
--[X] Imperial Outreach [-]

--[X] Build ASF Factory Complex (95)
---[X] Glorreich [95]
---[X] Shin Tōkyō [95]
---[X] Kurortas [95]
---[X] Raj [95]
---[X] Pustina [95]
---[X] Platzregensburg [95]
---[X] Pryyemnyy [95]
---[X] Awha [95]
---[X] Bāṛi [95]
---[X] Bellaterra [95]
--[X] Establish Colony - Nashornland [85]
--[X] Establish Legal System - Nashornland [85]
--[X] Establish System Government - Nashornland [85]
--[X] Establish Colony - Nuovo Paradiso [85]
--[X] Establish Legal System - Nuovo Paradiso [85]
--[X] Establish System Government - Nuovo Paradiso [85]
--[X] Establish Colony - Ogien [85]
--[X] Establish Legal System - Ogien [85]
--[X] Establish System Government - Ogien [85]
(Colonies!)
--[X] Build Orbital Shipyard New Portland [105]
--[X] Build Orbital Shipyard New Port Royal [105]

--[X] Build Orbital Shipyard Okusawa [105]
--[X] Build Orbital Shipyard New Phoenix [105]
--[X] Build Orbital Shipyard New Pollux [105]
(Forgetting these last turn was an "oops". Was too focused trying to fix my big shipyards to notice. We do need some of these to provide transports and parasites/ablative armor for our warships)
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Pryyemnyy [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Pustina [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Steingarten [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard The Hub [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Nuova Puglia [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Nuovo Abruzzo [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Stenen Tuin [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Nyu Shikoku [90]

--[X] Construct Escort Yard Nuova Tripoli [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Catachan [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Neuthuringen [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Nowe Mazosze [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Nox [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Platzregensburg [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Porto Milano [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Landprettig [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard New Algiers [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard New Clew Bay [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Nubifragio [90]

--[X] Construct Escort Yard Bellaterra [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Highland [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard New Arcadia [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard New Portland [90]
--[X] Construct Small Warship Yard Calliope [90]
--[X] Construct Small Warship Yard Edelsteine [90]
--[X] Construct Small Warship Yard Nowy Slask [90]
--[X] Construct Small Warship Yard Chuma [90]
--[X] Construct Small Warship Yard Awha [90]
--[X] Construct Small Warship Yard Kaiyo [90]
--[X] Construct Small Warship Yard Iskra [90]

--[X] Construct Small Warship Yard Bohren [90]
--[X] Construct Small Warship Yard Feurstern [90]
--[X] Construct Small Warship Yard Novolar [90]
--[X] Construct Small Warship Yard Grand View [90]
--[X] Construct Small Warship Yard Kainga [90]
--[X] Construct Small Warship Yard New Capricorn [90]
--[X] Construct Small Warship Yard New Libertalia [90]
--[X] Construct Medium Warship Yard New Pollux [90]
--[X] Construct Medium Warship Yard New Phoenix [90]
--[X] Construct Medium Warship Yard Pieklo [90]
--[X] Construct Medium Warship Yard Nya Kopenhamn [90]

--[X] Construct Medium Warship Yard Nowa Warzsawa [90]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard New Port Royal [->1]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Nowy Wroclaw [->1]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Glorreich [->1]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard New Castor [->1]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Shin Tokyo* [90]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Okusawa* [90]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Bari* [90]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Raj* [90]
--[X] Upgrade Refit & Repair Yard [105]
--[X] Expand Orbital Shipyards [105]

-[X] DoME [$ 5,420,000,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Build Capital Shipyard Griffon* [->2]
--[X] Build Capital Shipyard Calliope [->4]
(Two biggest boats are even better than one)
--[X] Terraforming Catachan* [90]
--[X] Terraforming Nuova Lombardia* [90]
--[X] Terraforming Nuova Tripoli* [90]
--[X] Terraforming Nuova Puglia [->1]
--[X] Terraforming Nuova Abruzzo [->1]
--[X] Terraforming Nuova Lombardia [->1]
(Lots of "new" planets needing terraforming)
--[X] Construct Major Army Base - New Port Royal [->2]
--[X] Construct Major Fleet Base - New Port Royal [->2]
(They're good citizens by now, but that doesn't mean we can't have extra security for a new biggest shipyard)
--[X] Construct Major Army Base - New Portland* [90]
--[X] Construct Major Fleet Base - New Portland* [90]

--[X] Planetary Optimization (Peripheral) - Landprettig [->1]

-[X] Research [$ 84,000,000,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Prototype Lithium-Fusion Battery* [->4]
--[X] Advanced Compact Core Construction VIII* [->3]
--[X] Advanced Compact Core Design VIII* [->3]
--[X] Advanced Compact Core Theory VIII* [->3]
--[X] Military Drone Theory [->4]
--[X] Military Drone Design [->4]
--[X] Military Drone Control Systems [->4]
--[X] Military Drone Handling Systems [->4]
(There's few better things to fight drones with than other drones. Like fighting fire with fire, but with terminators)
--[X] Commercial R&D [-]
--[X] Industrial R&D [-]

-[X] Miscellaneous [$ 217,370,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Culture [$ 83,000,000,000.00 ]
---[X] German Cultural Festival [70]
---[X] (Sports) Fund sports camps to improve performance in low performing Olympic sports [80]
(Intended more as "find good people/coaches for sports we've never heard of", but that wasn't an available action)
--[X] Production Contract [->?][134,370,000,000]

92t leftover

 

[Skitzyfrenic]

[X] Approve the promotions and appointments
[X] Plan: In with the New

With FASAnomics and Canon Idiot Balls both repeatedly stated to be off the table, it's absurd to expect the Inner Sphere powers to be anything close to canon status.

It's also absurd to consider the (potentially) ConFedCom to hold the idiot ball and commit warcrimes on rando periphery single system polities.

Even if canon is different, it still wouldn't be the ConFedCom.

It is the most obvious false flag to ever flag falsely, right up there with Jeffery Epstein's 'suicide' to anyone who has a better, if only due to meta knowledge, understanding of the Inner Sphere than the Griffin Empire.

It is considerably more likely that some other power with WarShips is trying to create a boogieman for the deep periphery states, to forment fear and make later allies. The FWL, the TC, the Draconis Combine, hell the Magistracy, not to mention ComStar and a potential WoB. They would all gain from this, what would the ConFedCom gain? Infamy? Hatred?

Hell, a halfway decent history lesson of the Inner Sphere and it's ideologies up to the Star League would probably tell you that this is a false flag.

Even if we're off canon and ignoring FASAnomics and Idiot Balls, the Lyran Commonwealth and Federated Suns are culturally leagues better than their peers, in general, about committing warcrimes for the fun of it. They're culturally more likely to use ortillery against hardened targets not random periphery powers. Who has the WarShip fleet to spare, when they've got at least two major regional powers who would nominally also have WarShips or a now increased willingness to use Special Weapons, against random single system deep periphery powers?

This shouldn't be the ConFedCom unless they've gone bugfuck nuts, but that would require holding an idiot ball.

 

[darkcloudt2]

[X] Approve the promotions and appointments
[X] Plan: In with the New

 

[Yacovo]

[X] Approve the promotions and appointments

[X] Plan: In with the New

 

[GooseElite]

[X] Plan: In with the New

 

[Winter_Wind45]

[X] Plan: In with the New

 

[Rukatin]

[X] Approve the promotions and appointments

[X] Plan: In with the New

 

[Artifex]

[X] Approve the promotions and appointments
[X] Plan: In with the New