Quest Deep Periphery Quest (Battletech Sandbox Empire Builder)

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Turn 136 - Embassy Lament
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    Turn 136 - Embassy Lament


    You are growing more and more amused as your cousins continue to break the ‘Unlimited’ class via creative interpretations of the rules during the Pan Griffon Games. A rulebook for the class that had been ten pages long, nine of which were specifically for safety equipment including diagrams and images, has now ballooned to over a thousand pages, simply in an effort to contain their insanity.

    You decide to be an Evil Empress and end that silliness, though, by offering the services of the teams you use to rationalize and streamline Imperial regulations to the organizing body, with instructions to generate a bullet-proof, and cousin-proof, set of regulations to govern the ‘unlimited’ class without harming its innovative character.

    Your cousins are pouting at you over this, but you feel that they’d made their point.

    Overall the Pan-Griffon Games are going very well indeed, and somewhat to your surprise you are finding some of the new events rather interesting to watch. Now that you know what synchronized swimming actually is there is a great deal of interest in the discipline, for example. Speed skating is another fun one, as is mountain biking, especially the ‘mass start downhill’ variant which generally involves everybody starting en masse on top of a mountain on a glacier and winding up at a finish line down in the valley.

    Your eldest granddaughter has actually taken up mountain biking, somewhat to her security contingent’s dismay, and in consultation with her parents you have approved allowing her to compete, albeit not at an Olympic level until she turns 18.

    A massive academic scandal has blown up involving the Economics departments at a number of universities and several prestigious academic journals. The entire editorial boards of three major journals have been forced to resign, and many are facing disciplinary review boards at their institutions, over a massive plagiarism and academic dishonesty scandal. And your current Research advisor is the one who caused this entire thing to blow up by being his excessively pedantic self.

    Specifically, he decided to put together an academic advisory board to assist the Interior Ministry with economic forecasting models as a side project and was looking for qualified economists to sit on the board. In the process, he decided it would be a wonderful idea to procure over ten thousand academic papers, read them, and rate the authors based on the quality of their research. Fast forward a week and he’d uncovered a massive academic fraud circle involving falsified data collection and blatant plagiarism.

    What somewhat amuses you is that the accused academics are all howling about their ‘academic freedom’ being oppressed and that this was nothing less than ‘blatant retaliation’ for them advocating positions contrary to Imperial policy rather than actually trying to justify their research methods or explain how they somehow managed to avoid ever citing the work of competing academics even while ripping off entire paragraphs from their work.

    Considering that one of their ‘research methods’ was to assign first year economics students to write an analysis of a ‘randomized data set’, said assignment would then be slipped into an obscure pay-to-publish ‘journal’, the ‘randomized data set’ would then be cited in a different article in that pay-to-publish journal as actual data by the involved academics, who would start citing each others use of that data, then migrate it to the journals that they controlled the peer-review of. That data would always just happen to fully support whatever position that the academics in question were in favor of. Strange coincidence that.

    Regardless of that brouhaha, it is now budget time.

    Amaunet starts things off, lounging on the dias like the giant cat she is. “Padrone, there’s little for me to say other than we’re hoping to be able to start building the real big ships next year. All of the services are in solid shape. General?”

    General Zara stumps up to the podium. “Your Majesty, we will be expanding the Imperial Guard this year to a full five division Corps. We will also be focusing on strengthening some of our more niche formations to Corps strength so as to ensure we retain their unique capabilities across multiple potential hot spots in the future. The bulk of the growth, however, will continue to be in the infantry.”
    • Imperial Griffon Army
      • Procurement
        • 9 Garrison Divisions
        • 9 Militia Divisions
        • 25 Infantry Divisions
        • 2 Imperial Guard Divisions
        • 3 Airborne Divisions
        • 3 Light Mech Divisions

    General Perkins then takes over. “Our production growth is finally starting to reach minimally adequate levels. Thankfully the current raiding strategy, while taking a toll on pilots, has not resulted in the sorts of massive casualties that we’d seen in the past thus allowing the pilot corps as a whole to recover.”
    • Imperial Griffon Aerospace Force
      • Production
        • New ASF Factories
          • Glorreich
          • Shin Tōkyō
          • Kurortas
          • Raj
          • Pustina
          • Platzregensburg
          • Pryyemnyy
          • Awha
          • Bāṛi
          • Bellaterra
      • Procurement
        • 50 CAP Wing
        • 100 Carrier Wing
        • 100 Fighter Wing
        • 10 Garrison Wing

    Admiral Savić then takes over. “Your Majesty, the raiding strategy continues to expose some minor weaknesses in the Fleet, but overall has been very successful. We are still working on a revised destroyer concept for the raiding formations, but that continues to be a very difficult balancing act due to the inherent limits placed on such small combatants. For reference, the projected mass of the lithium-fusion system on a destroyer is approximately five thousand tons, and worse said mass has to be located deep within the ship, requiring significant internal rearrangement which echoes down the line. In a compact design such as a destroyer this results in a significant loss of combat capability.”
    • Imperial Griffon Navy
      • Production
        • Orbital Shipyards
          • New Orbital Shipyards
            • Cần Thơ mới
            • Zbor
            • Bukoliczny
            • Kainga
            • Chuma
          • Upgrade All Orbital Shipyards
        • Refit & Repair Yards
          • New Refit & Repair Yard
            • Nya Köpenhamn
          • Upgrade All Repair & Refit 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
            • Nashornland
            • 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
            • Hot Mess
            • New Narnia
            • Nueva Chiapas
            • Nowega Lublina
            • Salamander
        • Small Warship Yards
          • Construct New Small Warship Yards
            • Calliope
            • Edelsteine
            • Nowy Slask
            • Chuma
            • Awha
            • Kaiyo
            • Iskra
            • Bohren
            • Feurstern
            • Novolar
            • Grand View
            • Kainga
            • New Capricorn
            • New Libertalia
            • Pustina
            • Steingarten
            • Griffon
        • Medium Warship Yards
          • Construct New Medium Warship Yards
            • New Pollux
            • New Phoenix
            • Pieklo
            • Nya Kopenhamn
            • Nowa Warszawa
        • Large Warship Yards
          • Bari
          • Shin Tōkyō
          • Okusawa
          • Raj
      • Procurement
        • Standard Dropships
          • 400 Artemis-class System Defense Flotillas
          • 206 Wright-class Dockable ASF Platforms
          • 206 Colt-class Defense Blisters
        • Large Dropships
          • 30 Saipan-class Parasite Carriers
          • 30 Mashu-class Parasite Logistics Transports
          • 327 Mikasa-class Parasite Battleships
        • Jumpships
          • 3 Rawalpindi-class Armed Merchant Cruisers
        • Escorts
          • 200 Battle-class Destroyers
          • 10 Skjold-class Missile Corvettes
          • 10 Constellation-class Corvettes
          • 50 Tarantul-class Missile Raiders
          • 50 Asheville-class Raiders
          • 35 White Plains-class Escort Carriers
          • 35 Legend-class Frigates
        • Small Warships
          • 50 Belfast-class Light Cruisers
          • 30 Phoenix-class Light Cruisers
          • 50 Atlanta-class Light Cruisers
          • 6 Centaur-class Light Carriers
        • Medium Warships
          • 20 Prinz Eugen II-class Heavy Cruisers
          • 20 Hawke-class Heavy Cruisers
          • 15 Nevada-class Heavy Cruisers
        • Large Warships
          • 14 Kaiserin-class Battleships
          • 14 Lion-class Battlecruisers
      • Fortress Command
        • Arx Defense Stations
          • 10
        • Fortress-class Heavy Recharge Stations
          • 10
        • Black Tower
          • Bāṛi
          • Skała
          • Piekło
          • Bauernparadis
          • Awha
        • Spartoi defense clusters
          • 5
        • Sensor Satellite Shell
          • Nowy Śląsk

    Elizabeth Lee then takes over, and you can tell that she has a great deal to talk about. “Your Majesty, we’ve completed a major internal review of ministry policies and practices and, in combination with the recent budget increases and the latest round of reforms to the civil service in general, we have significantly revamped the operational end of things, especially in regards to economic investments and foci. We have significantly reshuffled how we handle investments in general, allowing for more parallel work. I will note that this will significantly increase costs, as we will be moving more money at a time, but we believe that the significantly increased effectiveness and overall efficiency makes this well-worthwhile.”

    She brings up the first chart. “To start with, the core of the reorganization. Economic foci and investment.”
    • Economic Focus, Investment, Infrastructure
      • Economic Focus
        • Core
          • Kainga
        • Periphery
          • Pinball
      • Massive Investment
        • Core
          • Steingarten
        • Periphery
          • Bellaterra
      • Investment
        • Shin Tōkyō
        • Porto Milano
        • Nuova Fortezza
        • Nowe Mazawsze
        • Neuthüringen
      • Major Economic Investment
        • Griffon
        • Calliope
        • Edelsteine
        • Chuma
        • Pieklo
      • Construct Orbital Industrial Platform
        • Griffon
      • Infrastructure & Industrial Zone
        • Cần Thơ mới
        • Salamander
        • Highland
        • Nowy Szczecin
        • Nowego Lublina

    “Now this is more familiar waters, as we have several prospective targets for survey operations this year.”
    • Survey
      • GX-F39
        • This is a Red Giant star, so there is a small possibility of useful resources or worlds here, but more likely this will be a navigational waypoint.
      • GX-G37
        • A rather unremarkable red dwarf, although our astronomers believe there may be a rather extensive asteroid field in the system based on their observations
      • GX-G38
        • Another red dwarf star, unfortunately astronomers are having difficult quantifying the system owing to its placement instead a small, in stellar terms, absorption nebula
      • GX-H38
        • The most interesting of the survey targets, this is an Orange main-sequence star with a very distant brown dwarf companion star. While transit times would be extended there is a high likelihood of habitable planets in this system.

    “And last, but most certainly not least, the Department of Mega-Engineering has eight teams on standby.” She pauses to let that sink in. “It’s probably a really good idea to keep them busy. I’ll note that the base construction programs are to make Okusawa and New Capricorn ready for potential capital shipyards in the future.”
    • Department of Mega Engineering
      • Terraforming
        • Nuova Puglia
        • Nuova Abruzzo
        • Nyū Shikoku
        • Nowego Lublina
      • Construct Major Army Base
        • Okusawa
        • New Capricorn
      • Construct Major Fleet Base
        • Okusawa
        • New Capricorn

    One of the positive sides of the recent budgetary reforms is that fewer people are present at every meeting. In this case, you have a memo from the Foreign Ministry requesting funding for a Polish Cultural Festival and a note from Tiberius reminding you that the Civil Service is very civil, and a service, and lets you build more stuff. The fact that he somehow wrote the entire thing in rhyming couplets has you rolling your eyes.
     
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    LordSunhawk said:
    And your current Research advisor is the one who caused this entire thing to blow up by being his excessively pedantic self.

    Specifically, he decided to put together an academic advisory board to assist the Interior Ministry with economic forecasting models as a side project and was looking for qualified economists to sit on the board. In the process, he decided it would be a wonderful idea to procure over ten thousand academic papers, read them, and rate the authors based on the quality of their research. Fast forward a week and he’d uncovered a massive academic fraud circle involving falsified data collection and blatant plagiarism.
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    This is one the main reasons large organized corruption is hard in the Griffon Empire. Sometimes the people up top will decide to something completely insane out of nowhere for way more effort than people would expect.

    Academia is one of the most Byzantine institutions to analyze. Often because said analysis is done by academics who get paid more for making it more confusing.
     
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    [X] Plan: Economic Reaorganization
    -[X] Procurement [$ 11,318,923,940,486.20 ]
    --[X] Lay Down Major Unit [Construction - $86,490,997,436.50 ] (95)
    ---[X] 400 Artemis [95]
    ---[X] 206 Wright [95]
    ---[X] 206 Colt [95]

    ---[X] 327 Mikasa [95]
    ---[X] 30 Saipan [95]
    ---[X] 30 Mashu [95]

    --[X] Lay down Jumpship [Jumpship Construction - $8,717,319,600.00 ] (90)
    ---[X] 3 Rawalpindi [90]

    --[X] Lay down Warship [Warship Construction - $742,030,296,633.33 ] (90)
    ---[X] 50 Belfast*
    ---[X] 30 Phoenix*
    ---[X] 20 Guiseppe Garibaldi*
    ---[X] 2 Hosho*
    ---[X] 30 Worcester*

    ---[X] 20 Prinz Eugen II*
    ---[X] 10 Algerie*
    ---[X] 15 Nevada*
    ---[X] 20 Prinz Eugen II*
    ---[X] 15 Hawke*
    ---[X] 10 Nevada*

    ---[X] 14 Kaiserin*
    ---[X] 14 Lion*
    ---[X] 14 Kaiserin*
    ---[X] 14 Lion*
    ---[X] 14 Kaiserin*
    ---[X] 14 Lion*

    ---[X] 200 Battle [90]
    ---[X] 35 White Plains [90]
    ---[X] 35 Legend [90]
    ---[X] 10 Skjold [90]
    ---[X] 10 Constellation [90]
    ---[X] 50 Tarantul [90]
    ---[X] 50 Asheville [90]

    ---[X] 50 Belfast [90]
    ---[X] 30 Phoenix [90]
    ---[X] 50 Atlanta [90]
    ---[X] 6 Centaur [90]

    ---[X] 20 Prinz Eugen II [90]
    ---[X] 20 Hawke [90]
    ---[X] 15 Nevada [90]

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

    --[X] Purchase New Units [Minor Unit - $ 101,018,751,816.38 ] (90)
    ---[X] 100 Fighter Wing [auto]
    ---[X] 100 Carrier Wing [90]
    ---[X] 50 CAP Wing [90]
    ---[X] 10 Garrison Wing [90]

    ---[X] 9 Garrison Division [90]
    ---[X] 9 Militia Division [90]
    ---[X] 25 Infantry Division [90
    ---[X] 3 Light Mech Division [90]
    ---[X] 3 Airborne Division [90]
    ---[X] 2 Imperial Guard Division [90]

    --[X] Fortress Command [$ 10,380,666,575,000 ] (90)
    ---[X] Build Jump Point Defenses
    ---[X] 10 Arx Defense Stations
    ---[X] 10 Fortress Class Defense Station
    ---[X] Construct Black Tower
    ----[X] Bari [90]
    ----[X] Skala [90]
    ----[X] Pieklo [90]
    ----[X] Bauernparadis [90]
    ----[X] Awha [90]
    ---[X] 5 Spartoi Clusters [90]
    ---[X] Build Sensor Shell
    ----[X] Nowy Slask [90]

    -[X] General [$ 29,630,250,000,000.00 ]
    --[X] Focus Development on Core World Kainga [90]
    --[X] Focus Development on Peripheral World Pinball [90]
    --[X] Massive Core Investment Steingarten [85]
    --[X] Massive Peripheral Investment Bellaterra [85]
    --[X] Economic Investment (90)
    ---[X] Shin Tokyo [90]
    ---[X] Porto Milano [90]
    ---[X] Nuova Fortezza [90]
    ---[X] Nowe Mazowsze [90]
    ---[X] Neuthüringen [90]
    --[X] Major Economic Investment (90)
    ---[X] Griffon [90]
    ---[X] Calliope [90]
    ---[X] Edelsteine [90]
    ---[X] Chuma [90]
    ---[X] Pieklo [90]
    --[X] Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on
    ---[X] Can Tho Moi [90]
    ---[X] Salamander [90]
    ---[X] Highland [90]
    ---[X] Nowy Szezecin [90]
    ---[X] Lublina [90]
    --[X] Imperial Outreach [-]
    --[X] Survey GX-F39 [90]
    --[X] Survey GX-G37 [90]
    --[X] Survey GX-G38 [90]
    --[X] Survey GX-H38 [90]

    --[X] Expand Civil Service [80]
    --[X] Construct Orbital Industrial Platform Griffon [->1]
    --[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] Construct Orbital Shipyard Cần Thơ mới [105]
    --[X] Construct Orbital Shipyard Zbor [105]
    --[X] Construct Orbital Shipyard Bukoliczny [105]
    --[X] Construct Orbital Shipyard Kainga [105]
    --[X] Construct Orbital Shipyard Chuma [105]
    --[X] Construct Refit & Repair Yard [110]
    --[X] Construct Escort Yard Skala [90]
    --[X] Construct Escort Yard Stahlfurt [90]
    --[X] Construct Escort Yard Griff's Leap [90]

    --[X] Construct Escort Yard Kurortas [90]
    --[X] Construct Escort Yard Olej [90]
    --[X] Construct Escort Yard Pinball [90]
    --[X] Construct Escort Yard Pryyemnyy [90]
    --[X] Construct Escort Yard Nashornland [90]
    --[X] Construct Escort Yard The Hub [90]
    --[X] Construct Escort Yard Nuova Puglia [90]
    --[X] Construct Escort Yard Chuma [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 Griffon [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 Small Warship Yard Pustina [90]
    --[X] Construct Small Warship Yard Steingarten [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 Glorreich [->1]
    --[X] Construct Large Warship Yard New Port Royal [->1]
    --[X] Construct Large Warship Yard New Castor [->1]
    --[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Nowy Wroclaw [->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 [$ 6,740,000,000,000.00 ]
    --[X] Build Capital Shipyard Calliope* [->1]
    --[X] Terraforming Nuova Puglia [->1]
    --[X] Terraforming Nuova Abruzzo [->1]
    --[X] Terraforming Nyu Shikoku [->1]
    --[X] Terraforming Nowego Lublina [->1]
    --[X] Terraforming Catachan* [90]
    --[X] Terraforming Hot Mess* [90]
    --[X] Terraforming Baddorando* [90]
    --[X] Construct Major Army Base - Okusawa [->2]
    --[X] Construct Major Fleet Base - Okusawa [->2]
    --[X] Construct Major Army Base - New Capricorn [->2]
    --[X] Construct Major Fleet Base - New Capricorn [->2]

    --[X] Planetary Optimization (Peripheral) - Bellaterra* [90]

    -[X] Research [$ 84,000,000,000,000.00 ]
    --[X] Prototype Lithium-Fusion Battery* [->1]
    --[X] Advanced Compact Core Construction VIII* [105]
    --[X] Advanced Compact Core Design VIII* [105]
    --[X] Advanced Compact Core Theory VIII* [105]
    --[X] Military Drone Theory* [->1]
    --[X] Military Drone Design* [->1]
    --[X] Military Drone Control Systems* [->1]
    --[X] Military Drone Handling Systems* [->1]
    --[X] Commercial R&D [-]
    --[X] Industrial R&D [-]

    -[X] Miscellaneous [$ 219,390,000,000.00 ]
    --[X] Culture [$ 85,020,000,000.00 ]
    ---[X] Local Games [-]
    ---[X] Polish Cultural Festival
    --[X] Production Contract [->?][134,370,000,000]

    180t leftover
     
    Turn 136 - Anthem
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    Turn 136 - Anthem

    Meta Event​
    26​
    Dynasty Luck​
    16​
    Successes​
    Imperial Approval​
    0​
    Approval Change​
    -1​
    Political Event​
    1​
    Successes​
    Imperial Economy​
    7​
    Economic Event​
    -2​
    Research Event​
    0​
    Griffon​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    6​
    Event​
    3​
    Nowa Warszawa​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    5​
    Event​
    1​
    Calliope IV​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    6​
    Event​
    3​
    TTP​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    6​
    Event​
    3​
    New Capricorn​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    6​
    Event​
    3​
    Nowy Śląsk
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    6​
    Event​
    3​
    Edelsteine​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    6​
    Event​
    3​
    Nowy Wroclaw​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    6​
    Event​
    3​
    Griff's Leap​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    6​
    Event​
    3​
    New Phoenix​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    1​
    Event​
    2​
    New Eden​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    1​
    Event​
    2​
    New Castor​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    6​
    Event​
    3​
    Okusawa​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    5​
    Event​
    1​
    New Pollux​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    New Port Royal​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    4​
    Kainga​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Chuma​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Stahlfurt​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    4​
    Bāṛi​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    1​
    Event​
    2​
    Skała​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    5​
    Event​
    1​
    Piekło​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    5​
    Event​
    1​
    Nya Köpenhamn​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    6​
    Event​
    3​
    Bauernparadis​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Awha​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    1​
    Event​
    2​
    Kaiyo​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    1​
    Event​
    2​
    Bohren​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    1​
    Event​
    2​
    Grand View​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Iskra​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Raj​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    5​
    Event​
    1​
    Feurstern​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    1​
    Event​
    2​
    Pinball​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    1​
    Event​
    2​
    Catachan​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    5​
    Event​
    1​
    Nox​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Olej​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    1​
    Event​
    2​
    Glorreich​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    2​
    Pryyemnyy​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    1​
    Novolar​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Steingarten​
    Econ​
    5​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Pustina​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    2​
    Kurortas​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    2​
    Arvum​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    1​
    Landprettig​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    5​
    Event​
    1​
    Bellaterra​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    2​
    Nubifragio​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    5​
    Event​
    1​
    Platzregensburg​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    4​
    Shin Tōkyō​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    2​
    Porto Milano​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    4​
    Nuova Fortezza​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    4​
    Nowe Mazowsze​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    5​
    Event​
    1​
    Neuthüringen​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    2​
    New Algiers​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    4​
    New Clew Bay​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    4​
    Nuova Tripoli​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    4​
    New Libertalia​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    4​
    Nuova Puglia​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Nuovo Abruzzo​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Nuova Lombardia​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Stenen Tuin​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Nouvelle Bourgogne​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Nyū Shikoku​
    Econ​
    3​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    4​
    Neubayern​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Neuhessen​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Hot Mess​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    1​
    New Narnia​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    1​
    The Hub​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    1​
    Baddorando​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    1​
    Sturmland​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    1​
    Blár​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    1​
    Nueva Chiapas​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    2​
    New Kansas​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    2​
    Nowego Lublina​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    2​
    Nowy Szczecin​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    2​
    Salamander​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    2​
    New Portland​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    2​
    Highland​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    1​
    New Arcadia​
    Econ​
    4​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    2​
    Gateway​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    2​
    Event​
    1​
    Nashornland​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Nuovo Paradiso​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Ogien​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Cần Thơ mới​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Zbor​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​
    Bukoliczny​
    Econ​
    2​
    Health​
    3​
    Event​
    5​

    Plan: Economic Reaorganization
    - Procurement [$ 11,318,923,940,486.20 ]
    -- Lay Down Major Unit [Construction - $86,490,997,436.50 ] (95)
    --- 400 Artemis [95]
    Target – 95
    Roll - 27
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 206 Wright [95]
    Target – 95
    Roll - 93
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 206 Colt [95]
    Target – 95
    Roll - 81
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 327 Mikasa [95]
    Target – 95
    Roll - 16
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 30 Saipan [95]
    Target – 95
    Roll - 71
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 30 Mashu [95]
    Target – 95
    Roll - 68
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Lay down Jumpship [Jumpship Construction - $8,717,319,600.00 ] (90)
    --- 3 Rawalpindi [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 18
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Lay down Warship [Warship Construction - $742,030,296,633.33 ] (90)
    --- 200 Battle [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 84
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 35 White Plains [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 76
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 35 Legend [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 69
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 10 Skjold [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 36
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 10 Constellation [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 34
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 50 Tarantul [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 28
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 50 Asheville [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 11
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 50 Belfast [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 76
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 30 Phoenix [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 78
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 50 Atlanta [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 3
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 6 Centaur [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 10
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 20 Prinz Eugen II [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 42
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 20 Hawke [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 63
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 15 Nevada [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 47
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 14 Kaiserin [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 48
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 14 Lion [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 48
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Purchase New Units [Minor Unit - $ 101,018,751,816.38 ] (90)
    --- 100 Fighter Wing [auto]
    --- 100 Carrier Wing [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 86
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 50 CAP Wing [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 63
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 10 Garrison Wing [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 84
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 9 Garrison Division [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 71
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 9 Militia Division [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 11
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 25 Infantry Division [90
    Target – 90
    Roll - 69
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 3 Light Mech Division [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 90
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 3 Airborne Division [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 84
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 2 Imperial Guard Division [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 86
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Fortress Command [$ 10,380,666,575,000 ] (90)
    --- Build Jump Point Defenses
    --- 10 Arx Defense Stations
    Target – 90
    Roll - 87
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 10 Fortress Class Defense Station
    Target – 90
    Roll - 41
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Construct Black Tower
    ---- Bari [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 36
    Result - SUCCESS

    ---- Skala [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 31
    Result - SUCCESS

    ---- Pieklo [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 48
    Result - SUCCESS

    ---- Bauernparadis [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 88
    Result - SUCCESS

    ---- Awha [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 84
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- 5 Spartoi Clusters [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 77
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Build Sensor Shell
    ---- Nowy Slask [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 61
    Result - SUCCESS

    - General [$ 29,630,250,000,000.00 ]
    -- Focus Development on Core World Kainga [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 74
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Focus Development on Peripheral World Pinball [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 77
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Massive Core Investment Steingarten [85]
    Target – 85
    Roll - 55
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Massive Peripheral Investment Bellaterra [85]
    Target – 85
    Roll – 98, Jarow reroll - 15
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Economic Investment (90)
    --- Shin Tokyo [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 84
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Porto Milano [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 88
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Nuova Fortezza [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 26
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Nowe Mazowsze [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 22
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Neuthüringen [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 16
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Major Economic Investment (90)
    --- Griffon [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 74
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Calliope [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 80
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Edelsteine [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 36
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Chuma [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 66
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Pieklo [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 15
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on
    --- Can Tho Moi [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 58
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Salamander [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 55
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Highland [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 87
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Nowy Szezecin [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 71
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Lublina [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 12
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Imperial Outreach [-]
    -- Survey GX-F39 [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 84
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Survey GX-G37 [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 61
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Survey GX-G38 [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 36
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Survey GX-H38 [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 33
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Expand Civil Service [80]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 10
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Build ASF Factory Complex (95)
    --- Glorreich [95]
    Target – 95
    Roll - 47
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Shin Tōkyō [95]
    Target – 95
    Roll - 15
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Kurortas [95]
    Target – 95
    Roll - 88
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Raj [95]
    Target – 95
    Roll - 21
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Pustina [95]
    Target – 95
    Roll - 70
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Platzregensburg [95]
    Target – 95
    Roll - 84
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Pryyemnyy [95]
    Target – 95
    Roll - 55
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Awha [95]
    Target – 95
    Roll - 57
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Bāṛi [95]
    Target – 95
    Roll - 24
    Result - SUCCESS

    --- Bellaterra [95]
    Target – 95
    Roll - 82
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Orbital Shipyard Cần Thơ mới [105]
    Target – 105
    Roll - 97
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Orbital Shipyard Zbor [105]
    Target – 105
    Roll - 69
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Orbital Shipyard Bukoliczny [105]
    Target – 105
    Roll - 57
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Orbital Shipyard Kainga [105]
    Target – 105
    Roll - 96
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Orbital Shipyard Chuma [105]
    Target – 105
    Roll - 99
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Refit & Repair Yard [110]
    Target – 110
    Roll - 98
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Skala [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 88
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Stahlfurt [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 69
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Griff's Leap [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 73
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Kurortas [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 41
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Olej [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 53
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Pinball [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 26
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Pryyemnyy [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 67
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Nashornland [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 19
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard The Hub [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 84
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Nuova Puglia [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 77
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Chuma [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 30
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Nuovo Abruzzo [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 16
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Stenen Tuin [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 41
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Nyu Shikoku [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 41
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Nuova Tripoli [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 19
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Catachan [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 86
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Neuthuringen [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 76
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Nowe Mazosze [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 71
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Nox [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 8
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Platzregensburg [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 90
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Porto Milano [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 68
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Landprettig [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 79
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard New Algiers [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 36
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard New Clew Bay [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 66
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Nubifragio [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 18
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Bellaterra [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 84
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard Highland [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 22
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard New Arcadia [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 31
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Escort Yard New Portland [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 7
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Small Warship Yard Griffon [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 20
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Small Warship Yard Calliope [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 16
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Small Warship Yard Edelsteine [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 69
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Small Warship Yard Nowy Slask [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 90
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Small Warship Yard Chuma [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 87
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Small Warship Yard Awha [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 73
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Small Warship Yard Kaiyo [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 88
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Small Warship Yard Iskra [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 81
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Small Warship Yard Bohren [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 55
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Small Warship Yard Feurstern [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 11
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Small Warship Yard Novolar [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 20
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Small Warship Yard Grand View [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 33
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Small Warship Yard Kainga [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 42
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Small Warship Yard New Capricorn [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 18
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Small Warship Yard New Libertalia [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 87
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Small Warship Yard Pustina [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 74
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Small Warship Yard Steingarten [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 71
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Medium Warship Yard New Pollux [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 72
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Medium Warship Yard New Phoenix [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 19
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Medium Warship Yard Pieklo [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll – 100, ShadowArxxy reroll - 69
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Medium Warship Yard Nya Kopenhamn [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 84
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Medium Warship Yard Nowa Warzsawa [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 77
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Large Warship Yard Shin Tokyo* [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 44
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Large Warship Yard Okusawa* [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 48
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Large Warship Yard Bari* [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 84
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Construct Large Warship Yard Raj* [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 19
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Upgrade Refit & Repair Yard [105]
    Target – 105
    Roll - 98
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Expand Orbital Shipyards [105]
    Target – 105
    Roll - 91
    Result - SUCCESS

    - DoME [$ 6,740,000,000,000.00 ]
    -- Terraforming Catachan* [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 84
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Terraforming Hot Mess* [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 77
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Terraforming Baddorando* [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 61
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Planetary Optimization (Peripheral) - Bellaterra* [90]
    Target – 90
    Roll - 88
    Result - SUCCESS

    - Research [$ 84,000,000,000,000.00 ]
    -- Advanced Compact Core Construction VIII* [105]
    Target – 105
    Roll - 16
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Advanced Compact Core Design VIII* [105]
    Target – 105
    Roll - 69
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Advanced Compact Core Theory VIII* [105]
    Target – 105
    Roll - 91
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Commercial R&D [-]
    -- Industrial R&D [-]

    - Miscellaneous [$ 219,390,000,000.00 ]
    -- Culture [$ 85,020,000,000.00 ]
    --- Local Games [-]
    --- Polish Cultural Festival
    Target – 75
    Roll – 91, General reroll – 89, General reroll - 22
    Result - SUCCESS

    -- Production Contract [->?][134,370,000,000]

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------​

    As far as you are concerned the latest Pan-Griffon Games have gone exceptionally well. Ratings are up, and you have faith that your athletes are ready for the Olympics in two years, even in all these new-fangled disciplines.

    Although you are still bemused by ‘walking’ as a sport.

    Research & Development work on two-million ton warships has been completed successfully, with the teams involved reporting that they’ve completed detailed design work on both a battleship and a carrier design.

    You pause at that, checking over the various memos and such you’d gotten, then send a request for more information on this Midway-class carrier. You get a somewhat sheepish reply from Admiral Fisher that he thought they had sent you that information, but upon review it looks like his yeoman had instead sent a second copy of the battleship specifications due to a clerical error.

    You find yourself blinking a few times, certain that something is off here, until you get to the number of drop collars carried which neatly explains everything. Carrying 6 wings of ASFs internally, with a further forty drop collars, combined with a maximum acceleration of 4g, a formidable defensive weapons array and a massive sensor and communications system, the Midway well justifies its enormous cost.

    NameCostHPA/DSpecials
    Midway-class Carrier$52,538,328,000.0045152185
    • Armored 223
    • AMS 160
    • Capital
      • 3/664
      • 4/979
    • Capital AMS 633
    • Command 9

    Overall things go very smoothly in the budget world, with all projects completed on time and budget this year. There was some minor drama surrounding the Polish Cultural Festival, but this appears to mostly have been because of people without the slightest idea how to spell Polish words trying to write advertisements using said Polish words and getting them wrong, leading to hilarity.

    A large number of new yards are online and operational, increasing your production levels nicely.

    The first of the new Rawalpindis is already proving its usefulness as a transport. A single one with a single Legend-class frigate as an escort were jumped by a half dozen pirate Jolly Rogers on a supply run to your various embassies in the fringe, which is what the media is starting to call the minor statelets to your northeast, and stomped them flat.

    Black Steel activity has died down slightly, although they are still employing mass-produced automated resource collection satellites, only for your raiders to knock them out. There have been no real losses for a few months as the fighting seems to be settling into a more active sort of sitzkrieg.

    Your emissaries among the fringe have been given a copy of a badly damaged holo, without any audio and signs of degradation, that is purportedly of ‘the wedding that launched the Ten Minute War’. SARAH has cleaned it up as much as possible, but the quality is so degraded that she’s only able to guess at what was being said. An adult man who looks to be in his mid to late 30s, wearing what is identified as a mess dress Federated Suns military uniform and IDed as ‘First Prince Hanse Davion’, is making a toast with a somewhat sly expression on his face. There is a moment of consternation as the camera swings around to focus on a cluster of wedding guests wearing what appear to be typical Capellan court dress. The central figure of that group, who is identified as Chancellor Maximilian Liao, looks particularly surprised, standing up and approaching the First Prince with an expression of utter confusion on his face. There is a brief discussion, about ten minutes in length, involving aides from both groups at times, before the two men shake hands and the clip ends.

    You are almost as confused after watching it. SARAH has pieced together bits and pieces from reading lips, something about ‘I give you the Capellan Confederation’, and it appears that there may have been a reason given that turned out to be some sort of misunderstanding or false flag or something, because the body language shifts from belligerence to annoyance to confusion to a sort of shared anger through the discussion and it appears that the two leaders parted amicably rather than hostilely.
    Scheduled vote count started by LordSunhawk on Jul 21, 2023 at 7:01 PM, finished with 4 posts and 3 votes.
    • [X] Plan: Economic Reaorganization
      -[X] Procurement [$ 11,318,923,940,486.20 ]
      --[X] Lay Down Major Unit [Construction - $86,490,997,436.50 ] (95)
      ---[X] 400 Artemis [95]
      ---[X] 206 Wright [95]
      ---[X] 206 Colt [95]
      ---[X] 327 Mikasa [95]
      ---[X] 30 Saipan [95]
      ---[X] 30 Mashu [95]
      --[X] Lay down Jumpship [Jumpship Construction - $8,717,319,600.00 ] (90)
      ---[X] 3 Rawalpindi [90]
      --[X] Lay down Warship [Warship Construction - $742,030,296,633.33 ] (90)
      ---[X] 50 Belfast*
      ---[X] 30 Phoenix*
      ---[X] 20 Guiseppe Garibaldi*
      ---[X] 2 Hosho*
      ---[X] 30 Worcester*
      ---[X] 20 Prinz Eugen II*
      ---[X] 10 Algerie*
      ---[X] 15 Nevada*
      ---[X] 15 Hawke*
      ---[X] 10 Nevada*
      ---[X] 14 Kaiserin*
      ---[X] 14 Lion*
      ---[X] 200 Battle [90]
      ---[X] 35 White Plains [90]
      ---[X] 35 Legend [90]
      ---[X] 10 Skjold [90]
      ---[X] 10 Constellation [90]
      ---[X] 50 Tarantul [90]
      ---[X] 50 Asheville [90]
      ---[X] 50 Atlanta [90]
      ---[X] 6 Centaur [90]
      ---[X] 20 Hawke [90]
      --[X] Purchase New Units [Minor Unit - $ 101,018,751,816.38 ] (90)
      ---[X] 100 Fighter Wing [auto]
      ---[X] 100 Carrier Wing [90]
      ---[X] 50 CAP Wing [90]
      ---[X] 10 Garrison Wing [90]
      ---[X] 9 Garrison Division [90]
      ---[X] 9 Militia Division [90]
      ---[X] 25 Infantry Division [90
      ---[X] 3 Light Mech Division [90]
      ---[X] 3 Airborne Division [90]
      ---[X] 2 Imperial Guard Division [90]
      --[X] Fortress Command [$ 10,380,666,575,000 ] (90)
      ---[X] Build Jump Point Defenses
      ---[X] 10 Arx Defense Stations
      ---[X] 10 Fortress Class Defense Station
      ---[X] Construct Black Tower
      ----[X] Bari [90]
      ----[X] Skala [90]
      ----[X] Pieklo [90]
      ----[X] Bauernparadis [90]
      ----[X] Awha [90]
      ---[X] 5 Spartoi Clusters [90]
      ---[X] Build Sensor Shell
      ----[X] Nowy Slask [90]
      -[X] General [$ 29,630,250,000,000.00 ]
      --[X] Focus Development on Core World Kainga [90]
      --[X] Focus Development on Peripheral World Pinball [90]
      --[X] Massive Core Investment Steingarten [85]
      --[X] Massive Peripheral Investment Bellaterra [85]
      --[X] Economic Investment (90)
      ---[X] Shin Tokyo [90]
      ---[X] Porto Milano [90]
      ---[X] Nuova Fortezza [90]
      ---[X] Nowe Mazowsze [90]
      ---[X] Neuthüringen [90]
      --[X] Major Economic Investment (90)
      ---[X] Griffon [90]
      ---[X] Calliope [90]
      ---[X] Edelsteine [90]
      ---[X] Chuma [90]
      ---[X] Pieklo [90]
      --[X] Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on
      ---[X] Can Tho Moi [90]
      ---[X] Salamander [90]
      ---[X] Highland [90]
      ---[X] Nowy Szezecin [90]
      ---[X] Lublina [90]
      --[X] Imperial Outreach
      --[X] Survey GX-F39 [90]
      --[X] Survey GX-G37 [90]
      --[X] Survey GX-G38 [90]
      --[X] Survey GX-H38 [90]
      --[X] Expand Civil Service [80]
      --[X] Construct Orbital Industrial Platform Griffon [->1]
      --[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] Construct Orbital Shipyard Cần Thơ mới [105]
      --[X] Construct Orbital Shipyard Zbor [105]
      --[X] Construct Orbital Shipyard Bukoliczny [105]
      --[X] Construct Orbital Shipyard Kainga [105]
      --[X] Construct Orbital Shipyard Chuma [105]
      --[X] Construct Refit & Repair Yard [110]
      --[X] Construct Escort Yard Skala [90]
      --[X] Construct Escort Yard Stahlfurt [90]
      --[X] Construct Escort Yard Griff's Leap [90]
      --[X] Construct Escort Yard Kurortas [90]
      --[X] Construct Escort Yard Olej [90]
      --[X] Construct Escort Yard Pinball [90]
      --[X] Construct Escort Yard Pryyemnyy [90]
      --[X] Construct Escort Yard Nashornland [90]
      --[X] Construct Escort Yard The Hub [90]
      --[X] Construct Escort Yard Nuova Puglia [90]
      --[X] Construct Escort Yard Chuma [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 Griffon [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 Small Warship Yard Pustina [90]
      --[X] Construct Small Warship Yard Steingarten [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 Glorreich [->1]
      --[X] Construct Large Warship Yard New Port Royal [->1]
      --[X] Construct Large Warship Yard New Castor [->1]
      --[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Nowy Wroclaw [->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 [$ 6,740,000,000,000.00 ]
      --[X] Build Capital Shipyard Calliope* [->1]
      --[X] Terraforming Nuova Puglia [->1]
      --[X] Terraforming Nuova Abruzzo [->1]
      --[X] Terraforming Nyu Shikoku [->1]
      --[X] Terraforming Nowego Lublina [->1]
      --[X] Terraforming Catachan* [90]
      --[X] Terraforming Hot Mess* [90]
      --[X] Terraforming Baddorando* [90]
      --[X] Construct Major Army Base - Okusawa [->2]
      --[X] Construct Major Fleet Base - Okusawa [->2]
      --[X] Construct Major Army Base - New Capricorn [->2]
      --[X] Construct Major Fleet Base - New Capricorn [->2]
      --[X] Planetary Optimization (Peripheral) - Bellaterra* [90]
      -[X] Research [$ 84,000,000,000,000.00 ]
      --[X] Prototype Lithium-Fusion Battery* [->1]
      --[X] Advanced Compact Core Construction VIII* [105]
      --[X] Advanced Compact Core Design VIII* [105]
      --[X] Advanced Compact Core Theory VIII* [105]
      --[X] Military Drone Theory* [->1]
      --[X] Military Drone Design* [->1]
      --[X] Military Drone Control Systems* [->1]
      --[X] Military Drone Handling Systems* [->1]
      --[X] Commercial R&D
      --[X] Industrial R&D
      -[X] Miscellaneous [$ 219,390,000,000.00 ]
      --[X] Culture [$ 85,020,000,000.00 ]
      ---[X] Local Games
      ---[X] Polish Cultural Festival
      --[X] Production Contract [134,370,000,000]
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    Your emissaries among the fringe have been given a copy of a badly damaged holo, without any audio and signs of degradation, that is purportedly of ‘the wedding that launched the Ten Minute War’. SARAH has cleaned it up as much as possible, but the quality is so degraded that she’s only able to guess at what was being said. An adult man who looks to be in his mid to late 30s, wearing what is identified as a mess dress Federated Suns military uniform and IDed as ‘First Prince Hanse Davion’, is making a toast with a somewhat sly expression on his face. There is a moment of consternation as the camera swings around to focus on a cluster of wedding guests wearing what appear to be typical Capellan court dress. The central figure of that group, who is identified as Chancellor Maximilian Liao, looks particularly surprised, standing up and approaching the First Prince with an expression of utter confusion on his face. There is a brief discussion, about ten minutes in length, involving aides from both groups at times, before the two men shake hands and the clip ends.

    You are almost as confused after watching it. SARAH has pieced together bits and pieces from reading lips, something about ‘I give you the Capellan Confederation’, and it appears that there may have been a reason given that turned out to be some sort of misunderstanding or false flag or something, because the body language shifts from belligerence to annoyance to confusion to a sort of shared anger through the discussion and it appears that the two leaders parted amicably rather than hostilely.
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    WHAT??!?!!

    Did Max Somehow roll several NAT 100's in his stability rolls?
     
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    Your emissaries among the fringe have been given a copy of a badly damaged holo, without any audio and signs of degradation, that is purportedly of ‘the wedding that launched the Ten Minute War’. SARAH has cleaned it up as much as possible, but the quality is so degraded that she’s only able to guess at what was being said.
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    Show of hands.

    Who’s seen “in the pale Moonlight”?
     
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    There is continuing fallout from the Economics academic scandal. Over a thousand academic papers in the Economics discipline have been retracted so far, and that is only counting the major journals, adding in the ‘pay to publish’ journals the numbers soar to over a thousand times that. Similar investigations have begun into multiple other disciplines, but so far the only thing coming up is a replication problem in nutrition science papers. In that case that is a long-standing issue that is fully acknowledged in all of the relevant literature so despite some media hype that turns out to be a nothingburger.

    Unfortunately at this point there isn’t a single Economics department in the Empire which is completely unentangled by this scandal. There are plenty of individual economists who are not implicated, but none of them are in academia as the cabal responsible for this mess had managed to prevent any of them from publishing and thus managed to exclude them from the academic side of the discipline. Most of these ‘ethical’ economists actually work for your government at some level, which is causing a somewhat unexpected issue as the various academic institutions are desperately seeking to hire as many of them away from you as they can.

    After consultation with your advisors you issue a decree permitting government economists to work on a part-time basis for the various educational institutions for the next five years. Hopefully by then an untainted tranche of academic economists will have been trained and the situation will correct itself.

    Anti-piracy operations in the Fringe continue quite successfully. As a consequence, trade is picking up somewhat in the region as the trade lanes become safer. There are continued reports of that ‘FedCom’ Aegis, but nothing confirmed as your forces have yet to run it down.

    By the same token raiding operations against the Black Steel are ongoing. Unfortunately a number of Jean Bart-class battlecruisers have been lost to Black Steel counterattacks, but overall casualties are within estimated bounds. In both cases of lost battlecruisers it was simply horrifically bad luck which saw the ship caught outside the jump limit with a discharged drive.

    The Lion-class has proven itself in battle, surviving when the older design didn’t, and taking out several Black Steel battleships in the process.

    Admiral Fisher sends you a memo noting that the Navy is going to be temporarily pausing acquisition of the Skjold and Constellation class corvettes in favor of rapidly producing Rawalpindi-class Armed Merchant Cruisers, noting that doing so will allow the navy to finally retire the oldest jumpship designs as well as the remaining Potemkins. The latter would be transferred to training duties while the former would be sold to commercial interests. They estimate that they will resume production of the corvettes in 3072. Raider production would continue as a hedge against losses to the Black Steel, which have disproportionately affected the raiders over the corvettes.

    The Admiral also notes that the Admiralty is working on a new carrier design in the heavy cruiser tonnage range, with the intention of replacing the Nevada-class in production. The purpose is to beef up ASF numbers for the offensive fleet arms without consuming valuable large warship docks.

    Finally the Admiralty is intending to replace the Mikasa-class Parasite Battleship in production with the new Kearsarge-class. Admiral Fisher notes in the memo that the Mikasa was an excellent design for an era when the parasite battleship was a major combatant, but in the current fleet setup it was too much of a generalist design. The replacement system is uncompromisingly focused on acting as a screening unit both against enemy parasites as well as ASF and missile swarms.

    NameCostMaterialsHPA/DSpecials
    Kearsarge-class Parasite Battleship$95,121,880.00DHS, FA28562696
    • Armored 11
    • AMS 120
    • Missile 396
    • Capital
      • 2/1323
    • Capital AMS 252

    Ironically the new design is actually more effective at medium range capital engagements, but that is purely due to advances in fire control systems allowing the enormous Hyper-Assault Gauss batteries to add their enormous firepower to the capital range engagement. If you exclude their contribution the Kearsarge has less than half the capital firepower of the older design.

    There are some other issues as well. Most notably, the Department of Periphery Studies is requesting a funding increase due to the increased numbers of tenured faculty who join the department each year as the overall population grows. While it is hardly an emergency situation, the Department notes that at current growth rates they will completely outgrow their current facilities in three years.

    The proposal basically is to establish satellite campuses for the Department in each of the various Marches, thus spreading the load, so to speak. Currently the entire department is focused purely on Griffon itself, with the main campus here in Griffsport. They plan to establish additional campuses in all eight of the other marches, with only those ‘tenured faculty’ from the Capital March being housed in Griffsport.

    The opposition to this plan seems to mostly consist of somewhat good-natured complaints about being subjected to the same sort of inanity and hilarity as Griffsport residents already are, but there is the fact that it will boost costs for the Department and require additional administrative staff.
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    []Approve expansion of the Department of Periphery Studies
    • Increases upkeep by $1,000,000,000.00 per March
    • Prevents certain events
    []Spare the rest of the Empire
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