Will we get a chance to sell basic military equipment to the various statelets in the north? Or push through a law on what technology our corporations can export to foreign nations?
A major battle occurs against the Black Steel involving the bulk of the Expeditionary Fleet. Unfortunately you do take losses across the board, but your forces were able to break contact and escape mostly intact apart from a sacrificial rear guard. Losses, unfortunately, are very heavy among the attached ASF units as the Black Steel have caught up with you in terms of heavy anti-ASF weaponry.
Both the Navy and the Aerospace Force are analyzing data gathered about the new capability and report, on a preliminary basis, that they are using bracket fire much like you have been to permit naval lasers to target ASFs.
According to them, they believe that the losses were primarily due to complacency. The Black Steel had not demonstrated such a capability before and thus your pilots were surprised when it happened despite exercising against your own ships who do have that capability. They believe that future engagements will be far less lop-sided.
Nevertheless, they do recommend continuing the raiding strategy, as it appears to be having at least a marginal effect at slowing Black Steel expansion. Your losses so far, unpleasant as they are, are nonetheless within the expected level of attrition for the strategy. With the new generation of fast warships coming online, moreover, it is expected that loss rates will drop.
One of your anti-piracy patrols found a pirate stronghold and have commenced operations against it, they have requested ground force support and so you dispatch 1st Corps to give them a ground punch. The pirates are making use of human shields, plus orbital bombardment is not a solution to every problem as much as some admirals wish it were.
And then it was budget time.
Amaunet is her usual insouciant feline self. “Padrone, I am pleased to inform you that your military is operating at a high standard of efficiency and efficacy. While there are still holes to fill in various TO&Es, we are in a very solid position. General Zara?”
The walking fireplug takes the podium. “Your Majesty, 1st Corps should be arriving in the operational area by the end of the year. Meanwhile we are simply continuing to fill out the battle order for the Army so that we can handle multiple such interventions simultaneously without having to break out the war crimes.”
Imperial Griffon Army
Procurement
12 Garrison Divisions
12 Militia Divisions
25 Infantry Division
5 Heavy Combat Team Divisions
General Perkins doesn’t look nearly so cheerful. “Your Majesty, heavy as our losses were, they are within our capacity to replace in a single year. I had hoped to procure more auxiliary assets as force multipliers and defensive formations, but needs must.”
Imperial Griffon Aerospace Force
Production
New ASF Factory
Glorreich
Shin Tōkyō
Kurortas
Raj
Pustina
Platzregensburg
Pryyemnyy
Awha
Bāṛi
Bellaterra
Procurement
50 CAP Wing
100 Fighter Wing
100 Carrier Wing
20 Patrol Wing
Admiral Savić then steps up with the navy’s typically long budget briefing. Considering that they are by several orders of magnitude your largest service, it makes sense that the ‘Senior Service’ would take the most time.
Imperial Griffon Navy
Production
Orbital Shipyards
Construct New Orbital Shipyards
Shin Tōkyō
Stahlfurt
Bāṛi
Skała
Piekło
Upgrade All Orbital Shipyards
Refit & Repair Yards
Upgrade All Refit & Repair Yards
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
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
Griffon
Calliope
Edelsteine
Nowy Slask
Chuma
Awha
Kaiyo
Iskra
Bohren
Feurstern
Novolar
Grand View
Kainga
New Capricorn
Pustina
Steingarten
Pieklo
Medium Warship Yards
New Pollux
New Phoenix
New Libertalia
Nya Kopenhamn
Nowa Warszawa
Large Warship Yards
Glorreich
New Port Royal
New Castor
Nowy Wroclaw
Procurement
Standard Dropships
400 Artemis-class System Defense Flotillas
192 Wright-class Dockable ASF Platform
192 Colt-class Defense Blister
Large Dropships
351 Kearsarge-class Parasite Battleship
60 Mashu-class Parasite Logistics Transport
Jumpships
24 Rawalpindi-class Armed Merchant Cruisers
Escorts
200 Battle-class Destroyers
50 Tarantul-class Missile Raiders
50 Asheville-class Raiders
60 White Plains-class Escort Carriers
60 Legend-class Frigates
Small Warships
50 Belfast-class Light Cruisers
50 Phoenix-class Light Cruisers
50 Atlanta-class Light Cruisers
3 Centaur-class Light Carriers
Medium Warships
20 Prinz Eugen II-class Heavy Cruisers
20 Hawke-class Heavy Cruisers
5 Akagi-class Carriers
Large Warships
14 Kaiserin-class Battleships
14 Lion-class Battlecruisers
4 Saratoga-class Fleet Carriers
Capital Warships
1 Nagato-class Battleship
Fortress Command
Jump Point Defense
Waypoint 9
Nuova Basilicata
Imobiliar
Acélbánya
Arx-class Defense Stations
10
Fortress-class Heavy Recharge Stations
10
Black Tower
Waypoint 9
Nuova Basilicata
Imobiliar
Acélbánya
Kaiyo
Spartoi Defense Clusters
5
Sensor Satellite Shell
Edelsteine
Once the relatively young admiral sits down, Elizabeth takes over the briefing. “Your Majesty, I’m going to start with expansion and colonization. We have three good candidates for new colonies, and while two of them are only barely worthwhile they all give us more opportunities for building shipyards and factories, so are valuable in their own way.”
Colonize
Nuova Basilicata
Imobiliar
Acélbánya
“Next up is economic work, and also we’re proposing to revive something that was last done almost a quarter century ago, a mass building campaign of cultural venues to help tie the Empire together.”
Economic Focus, Investment & Infrastructure
Economic Focus
Core
Chuma
Periphery
Catachan
Massive Investment
Core
Glorreich
Periphery
Nubifragio
Investment
Shin Tōkyō
New Clew Bay
Nuova Tripoli
Nuova Puglia
New Algiers
Major Economic Investment
Griffon
Calliope
Edelsteine
Awha
Pieklo
Major Cultural Venues
Infrastructure & Investment Zones
Cần Thơ mới
Salamander
Highland
Nowy Szczecin
Nowego Lublina
“Finally we have four bored DoME teams who are getting antsy after finishing their last projects, so we propose putting them to work.”
Department of Mega Engineering
Optimization
Nubifragio
Terraforming
Hot Mess
Baddorando
Nowy Szczecin
Your Foreign Minister then takes over. “Your Majesty, while our regular budget covers all the ordinary niceties of diplomacy, our cultural affairs people are pushing for a Swahili Cultural Festival, while with the Olympics coming up next year we strongly recommend holding special sports camps.”
Tiberius isn’t there, instead he had an aide hand you a piece of paper on which the jackass had written a haiku.
Civ’l Servants: Rise!
New jobs created by decree
Expanding the state
The next time you see him he’s going through the window.
Steven Byrne is attending the meeting, looking as colorless and drag as ever. He steps up to the podium and within three words you are fighting off a yawn as he speaks in a total monotone without any variation of pitch or cadence.
“Your Majesty we have three research teams available to us this year who are ready to begin work on new projects for the Empire we are recommending that we focus on civil technologies to further increase quality of life for our people by researching life extension therapy improved anti-aging treatments and improved elder quality of life it has been a long time since we’ve done anything in this area and it would be good for morale for our civilian population.”
Steven Byrne is attending the meeting, looking as colorless and drag as ever. He steps up to the podium and within three words you are fighting off a yawn as he speaks in a total monotone without any variation of pitch or cadence.
I love how Byrne adds that sane, dry bureaucracy to the room of madpeople we have in our Cabinet. Acting like he is a cog in a mad scientist’s deathray. At least he will never be defenestrated.
--[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* [90]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard New Port Royal* [90]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard New Castor* [90]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Nowy Wroclaw* [90]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Shin Tokyo [->1]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Okusawa [->1]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Bari [->1]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Raj [->1]
--[X] Upgrade Refit & Repair Yard [105]
--[X] Expand Orbital Shipyards [105]
-[X] DoME [$ 6,740,000,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Build Capital Shipyard Calliope* [65]
--[X] Terraforming Nuova Puglia* [90]
--[X] Terraforming Nuova Abruzzo* [90]
--[X] Terraforming Nyu Shikoku* [90]
--[X] Terraforming Nowego Lublina* [90]
--[X] Terraforming Hot Mess [->1]
--[X] Terraforming Baddorando [->1]
--[X] Terraforming Nowy Szczecin [->1]
--[X] Construct Major Army Base - Okusawa* [->1]
--[X] Construct Major Fleet Base - Okusawa* [->1]
--[X] Construct Major Army Base - New Capricorn* [->1]
--[X] Construct Major Fleet Base - New Capricorn* [->1]
-[X] Research [$ 68,000,000,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Prototype Lithium-Fusion Battery* [90]
--[X] Improved Anti-Aging Treatments Lvl 3 [->1]
--[X] Improved Elder Quality of Life Lvl 4 [->1]
--[X] Life Extension Therapy Lvl 7 [->1]
--[X] Military Drone Theory* [65]
--[X] Military Drone Design* [65]
--[X] Military Drone Control Systems* [65]
--[X] Military Drone Handling Systems* [65]
--[X] Commercial R&D [-]
--[X] Industrial R&D [-]
-[X] Miscellaneous [$ 224,370,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Culture [$ 90,000,000,000.00 ]
---[X] Swahili Cultural Festival [70]
---[X] Fund sports camps to improve performance in low performing Olympic sports [80]
--[X] Production Contract [->?][134,370,000,000]
135t leftover
Do people read my little mid-plan notes, or just see that I have a plan and vote for it? I've been slowly decreasing doing those, and am not sure if I'm going to keep putting them in there
Do people read my little mid-plan notes, or just see that I have a plan and vote for it? I've been slowly decreasing doing those, and am not sure if I'm going to keep putting them in there
The plans are usually too much information for me to parse easily, not to mention I joined a little late, so I am not really aware of what the plans cover/can be done/etc., so I've never really given them a full read, nor noticed your notes.
Plan: Old Lives Matter
- Procurement [$ 11,459,684,042,725.80 ]
-- Lay Down Major Unit [Construction - $86,857,489,278.00 ] (95)
--- 400 Artemis [95]
Target – 95
Roll - 92
Result - SUCCESS
--- 192 Wright [95]
Target – 95
Roll - 16
Result - SUCCESS
--- 192 Colt [95]
Target – 95
Roll - 68
Result - SUCCESS
--- 351 Kearsage [95]
Target – 95
Roll - 2
Result - SUCCESS
--- 60 Mashu [95]
Target – 95
Roll - 77
Result - SUCCESS
-- Lay down Jumpship [Jumpship Construction - $34,869,278,400.00 ] (90)
--- 24 Rawalpindi [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 61
Result - SUCCESS
-- Lay down Warship [Warship Construction - $817,113,436,633.33 ] (90)
--- 200 Battle [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 26
Result - SUCCESS
--- 60 White Plains [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 34
Result - SUCCESS
--- 60 Legend [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 74
Result - SUCCESS
--- 50 Tarantul [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 78
Result - SUCCESS
--- 50 Asheville [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 88
Result - SUCCESS
--- 50 Belfast [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 64
Result - SUCCESS
--- 50 Phoenix [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 22
Result - SUCCESS
--- 50 Atlanta [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 10
Result - SUCCESS
--- 3 Centaur [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 16
Result - SUCCESS
--- 20 Prinz Eugen II [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 71
Result - SUCCESS
--- 20 Hawke [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 36
Result - SUCCESS
--- 5 Akagi [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 26
Result - SUCCESS
--- 14 Kaiserin [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 44
Result - SUCCESS
--- 14 Lion [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 69
Result - SUCCESS
--- 4 Saratoga [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 86
Result – SUCCESS
--- 1 Nagato [90]
Target – 90
Roll – 1
Result – Critical SUCCESS
-- Purchase New Units [Minor Unit - $ 118,313,743,414.46 ] (90)
--- 100 Fighter Wing [auto]
--- 100 Carrier Wing [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 55
Result - SUCCESS
--- 50 CAP Wing [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 68
Result - SUCCESS
--- 20 Patrol Wing [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 89
Result - SUCCESS
--- 12 Garrison Division [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 87
Result - SUCCESS
--- 12 Militia Division [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 87
Result - SUCCESS
--- 25 Infantry Division [90
Target – 90
Roll - 11
Result - SUCCESS
--- 5 Heavy Combat Team Division [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 28
Result - SUCCESS
-- Fortress Command [$ 10,402,530,095,000.00 ] (90)
--- Build Jump Point Defenses
---- Waypoint 9 [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 84
Result - SUCCESS
---- Nuova Basilicata [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 78
Result - SUCCESS
---- Imobiliar [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 63
Result - SUCCESS
---- Acelbanya [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 33
Result - SUCCESS
--- 10 Arx Defense Stations
Target – 90
Roll - 48
Result - SUCCESS
--- 10 Fortress Class Defense Station
Target – 90
Roll - 78
Result - SUCCESS
--- Construct Black Tower
---- Waypoint 9 [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 87
Result - SUCCESS
---- Nuova Basilicata [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 33
Result - SUCCESS
---- Imobiliar [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 60
Result - SUCCESS
---- Acelbanya [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 15
Result - SUCCESS
---- Kaiyo [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 84
Result - SUCCESS
--- 5 Spartoi Clusters [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 70
Result - SUCCESS
--- Build Sensor Shell
---- Edelsteine [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 69
Result - SUCCESS
- General [$ 29,657,698,820,000.00 ]
-- Focus Development on Core World Chuma [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 86
Result - SUCCESS
-- Focus Development on Peripheral World Catachan [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 29
Result - SUCCESS
-- Massive Core Investment Glorreich [85]
Target – 85
Roll – 97, Jarow reroll - 81
Result - SUCCESS
-- Massive Peripheral Investment Nubifragio [85]
Target – 85
Roll – 99, ShadowArxxy reroll - 63
Result - SUCCESS
-- Economic Investment (90)
--- Shin Tokyo [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 87
Result - SUCCESS
--- New Clew Bay [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 68
Result - SUCCESS
--- Nuova Tripoli [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 88
Result - SUCCESS
--- Nuova Puglia [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 70
Result - SUCCESS
--- New Algiers [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 10
Result - SUCCESS
-- Major Economic Investment (90)
--- Griffon [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 72
Result - SUCCESS
--- Calliope [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 63
Result - SUCCESS
--- Edelsteine [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 6
Result - SUCCESS
--- Awha [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 84
Result - SUCCESS
--- Pieklo [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 77
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on
--- Can Tho Moi [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 79
Result - SUCCESS
--- Salamander [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 36
Result - SUCCESS
--- Highland [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 78
Result - SUCCESS
--- Nowy Szezecin [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 88
Result - SUCCESS
--- Nowego Lublina [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 71
Result - SUCCESS
-- Imperial Outreach [-]
-- Establish Colony - Nouva Basilicata [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 16
Result - SUCCESS
-- Establish Colony - Imobiliar [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 27
Result - SUCCESS
-- Establish Colony - Acelbanya [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 36
Result - SUCCESS
-- Expand Civil Service [80]
Target – 80
Roll - 81
Result – Bare FAILURE (auto-success next turn)
-- Construct Orbital Industrial Platform Griffon* [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 85
Result - SUCCESS
-- Build ASF Factory Complex (95)
--- Glorreich [95]
Target – 90
Roll - 16
Result - SUCCESS
--- Shin Tōkyō [95]
Target – 90
Roll - 71
Result - SUCCESS
--- Kurortas [95]
Target – 90
Roll - 11
Result - SUCCESS
--- Raj [95]
Target – 90
Roll - 78
Result - SUCCESS
--- Pustina [95]
Target – 90
Roll - 36
Result - SUCCESS
--- Platzregensburg [95]
Target – 90
Roll - 88
Result - SUCCESS
--- Pryyemnyy [95]
Target – 90
Roll - 9
Result - SUCCESS
--- Awha [95]
Target – 90
Roll - 84
Result - SUCCESS
--- Bāṛi [95]
Target – 90
Roll - 77
Result - SUCCESS
--- Bellaterra [95]
Target – 90
Roll - 51
Result - SUCCESS
-- Build Orbital Shipyard Shin Tokyo [105]
Target – 108
Roll - 98
Result - SUCCESS
-- Build Orbital Shipyard Stahlfurt [105]
Target – 105
Roll - 99
Result - SUCCESS
-- Build Orbital Shipyard Bari [105]
Target – 105
Roll - 87
Result - SUCCESS
-- Build Orbital Shipyard Skala [105]
Target – 105
Roll - 93
Result - SUCCESS
-- Build Orbital Shipyard Pieklo [105]
Target – 105
Roll - 8
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Neuhessen [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 84
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Nuovelle Bourgogne [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 79
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Nuova Lombardia [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 62
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Skala [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 36
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Stahlfurt [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 14
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Griff's Leap [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 78
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Kurortas [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 79
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Olej [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 90
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Pinball [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 80
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Pryyemnyy [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 69
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Nashornland [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 56
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard The Hub [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 74
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Nuova Puglia [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 16
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Chuma [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 23
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Nuovo Abruzzo [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 33
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Stenen Tuin [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 12
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Nyu Shikoku [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 84
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Nuova Tripoli [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 67
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Catachan [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 14
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Neuthuringen [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 28
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Nowe Mazosze [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 68
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Nox [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 89
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Platzregensburg [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 69
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Porto Milano [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 37
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Landprettig [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 16
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard New Algiers [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 74
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard New Clew Bay [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 77
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Nubifragio [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 10
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Bellaterra [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 16
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard Highland [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 24
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard New Arcadia [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 66
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Escort Yard New Portland [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 16
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Small Warship Yard Griffon [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 18
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Small Warship Yard Calliope [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 34
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Small Warship Yard Edelsteine [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 88
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Small Warship Yard Nowy Slask [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 90
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Small Warship Yard Chuma [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 31
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Small Warship Yard Awha [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 87
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Small Warship Yard Kaiyo [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 11
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Small Warship Yard Iskra [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 16
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Small Warship Yard Bohren [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 84
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Small Warship Yard Feurstern [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 36
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Small Warship Yard Novolar [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 77
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Small Warship Yard Grand View [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 16
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Small Warship Yard Kainga [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 37
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Small Warship Yard New Capricorn [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 84
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Small Warship Yard New Libertalia [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 71
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Small Warship Yard Pustina [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 16
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Small Warship Yard Steingarten [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 31
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Medium Warship Yard New Pollux [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 74
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Medium Warship Yard New Phoenix [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 3
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Medium Warship Yard Pieklo [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 16
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Medium Warship Yard Nya Kopenhamn [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 89
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Medium Warship Yard Nowa Warzsawa [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 17
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Large Warship Yard Glorreich* [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 69
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Large Warship Yard New Port Royal* [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 37
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Large Warship Yard New Castor* [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 16
Result - SUCCESS
-- Construct Large Warship Yard Nowy Wroclaw* [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 77
Result - SUCCESS
-- Upgrade Refit & Repair Yard [105]
Target – 105
Roll - 98
Result - SUCCESS
-- Expand Orbital Shipyards [105]
Target – 105
Roll - 7
Result - SUCCESS
- DoME [$ 6,740,000,000,000.00 ]
-- Build Capital Shipyard Calliope* [65]
Target – 65
Roll – 84, General reroll – 79, General reroll - 23
Result - SUCCESS
-- Terraforming Nuova Puglia* [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 81
Result - SUCCESS
-- Terraforming Nuova Abruzzo* [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 12
Result - SUCCESS
-- Terraforming Nyu Shikoku* [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 63
Result - SUCCESS
-- Terraforming Nowego Lublina* [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 15
Result - SUCCESS
- Research [$ 68,000,000,000,000.00 ]
-- Prototype Lithium-Fusion Battery* [90]
Target – 90
Roll - 71
Result - SUCCESS
-- Military Drone Theory* [65]
Target – 65
Roll - 13
Result - SUCCESS
-- Military Drone Design* [65]
Target – 65
Roll - 64
Result - SUCCESS
-- Military Drone Control Systems* [65]
Target – 65
Roll - 39
Result - SUCCESS
-- Military Drone Handling Systems* [65]
Target – 65
Roll – 79, General reroll – 100, General reroll - 49
Result - SUCCESS
-- Commercial R&D [-]
-- Industrial R&D [-]
- Miscellaneous [$ 224,370,000,000.00 ]
-- Culture [$ 90,000,000,000.00 ]
--- Swahili Cultural Festival [70]
Target – 70
Roll - 68
Result - SUCCESS
--- Fund sports camps to improve performance in low performing Olympic sports [80]
Target – 80
Roll - 79
Result - SUCCESS
Anti-piracy ground operations are going fairly well in the Fringe, with 1st Corps having landed successfully against minimal opposition. While the pirates obviously know the terrain around their base extremely well, and they have proven to be a ruthless and determined bunch, they are still completely outclassed by the sheer weight of metal and technological advantage that your forces possess. On the other hand, they are more experienced as well, as for nearly all of your Army troopers the only ‘experience’ they possess has been in simulated battles and training.
Nevertheless General Zara has informed you that they expect to finish up operations by the end of the year, as the disparity in capability is too great for experience to really matter.
Skirmishes continue with the Black Steel, although none have been all that serious. A Black Steel raiding force did attempt to attack New Kansas but the orbital defenses combined with the swarms of Artemis gunboats managed to drive them off with minimal damage to either side.
You receive an extremely long-winded, dry, and boring report from Dr Byrne discussing the results of the R&D teams this year. Said report’s ‘executive summary’ is nearly a hundred pages long, the entire report runs to thousands of pages. You are extremely tempted to ask SARAH to come up with an executive summary of the executive summary. In the end, you actually do succumb to that temptation and thus get a ‘short version’ that is only a few paragraphs long.
The short, short version is that work has been completed on the most basic of drone technologies in the four major areas of concern for the implementation of said technology. What is somewhat disappointing is that you won’t be able to immediately start fielding drone ASFs and parasites, as the early tech you’ve worked on is only suitable for fixed installations. What is interesting is a footnote from SARAH that this new technology neatly solves the biggest issue with one of the early ideas from your great-grandmother’s day, laser defense satellites.
You look into that and find that Fortress Command is proposing something rather clever. A 2,500 ton ‘Laser Turret Station’ that would be purchased in blocks of 10, each of which can be controlled by either an Arx, Fortress, or Black Tower and which would supplement those installations. Each is armed with a single 55cm naval laser with a small array of 8cm extended range lasers in the bow and supplemental twenty-packs of 5cm extended range lasers for close in defense.
Name
Cost
HP
A/D
Specials
Laser Turret Station
$101,036,000.00
2050
550
Armored 50
AMS 1200
Capital
4/1386
Capital AMS 180
The clever part is that each of these little stations is designed to be able to perfectly mimic the electronic ‘signature’ of the control station to anything except direct visual inspection. Targeting systems would be unable to distinguish between one of these relatively disposable unmanned platforms and the far more expensive, not to mention crewed, controlling station, until they came within visual identification range, if they even bother with such.
The initial work on lithium-fusion batteries has also been completed. The current ‘state of the art’ for this technology is, sadly, more limited than you’d hoped. It works, but currently only with ‘standard’ jump cores, not compact ones, limiting it to use on old-style jumpships. The greater sensitivity to power inputs of a compact core results in an excessively high chance for a misjump if said core is charged off of the current generation LF battery. There’s a footnote stating that they are very glad to have used unmanned platforms for the tests, because out of 10 compact cores tested, all 10 misjumped catastrophically, while ‘only’ 3 in 10 of the standard cores misjumped.
You blink a few times, and make a note to not approve any use of these batteries until that failure rate is massively lowered. While convenient, you do not think a 30% chance of dying horribly is worth the time savings of being able to double-jump.
Quite a few new warships are commissioned this year, easily offsetting the losses you’ve suffered from the Black Steel. Admiral Fisher notes that thanks to the raiding strategy the Black Steel has been leaving Grand Fleet, your primary offensive fleet formation, alone thus allowing it to fully recover its strength. He recommends that as soon as the now under construction Nagato is completed and finishes her trials that they make use of that strength in a major offensive operation deeper into Black Steel space in hopes of landing a decisive blow.
The three new colonies have been established quite successfully in the first test of the new colonization procedures. The various bureaucratic teams involved performed yeoman-like work to get everything done on time and on schedule. Unfortunately, in their determination to get this done right the first time and prove that they know what they are doing, they also failed to schedule enough time for adequate hiring interviews for the proposed Civil Service expansion, delaying completion of that until next year.
Other than that hiccup things have gone quite well overall. You are hearing good reports from the Swahili Cultural programming, which is proving quite popular, and the sports camps are reporting solid results that you hope will translate into improved success in next year’s Olympics. The new economic programs are continuing to prove their efficacy, and all in all things are looking quite good this year.
Scheduled vote count started by LordSunhawk on Jul 29, 2023 at 12:29 AM, finished with 9 posts and 6 votes.
[X] Plan: Old Lives Matter
-[X] Procurement [$ 11,459,684,042,725.80 ]
--[X] Lay Down Major Unit [Construction - $86,857,489,278.00 ] (95)
---[X] 400 Artemis [95]
---[X] 192 Wright [95]
---[X] 192 Colt [95]
---[X] 351 Kearsage [95]
---[X] 60 Mashu [95]
--[X] Lay down Jumpship [Jumpship Construction - $34,869,278,400.00 ] (90)
---[X] 24 Rawalpindi [90]
--[X] Lay down Warship [Warship Construction - $817,113,436,633.33 ] (90)
---[X] 50 Belfast*
---[X] 30 Phoenix*
---[X] 50 Atlanta*
---[X] 6 Centaur*
---[X] 20 Prinz Eugen II*
---[X] 15 Hawke*
---[X] 10 Nevada*
---[X] 20 Hawke*
---[X] 15 Nevada*
---[X] 14 Kaiserin*
---[X] 14 Lion*
---[X] 200 Battle [90]
---[X] 60 White Plains [90]
---[X] 60 Legend [90]
---[X] 50 Tarantul [90]
---[X] 50 Asheville [90]
---[X] 50 Phoenix [90]
---[X] 3 Centaur [90]
---[X] 5 Akagi [90]
---[X] 4 Saratoga [90]
--[X] Purchase New Units [Minor Unit - $ 118,313,743,414.46 ] (90)
---[X] 100 Fighter Wing [auto]
---[X] 100 Carrier Wing [90]
---[X] 50 CAP Wing [90]
---[X] 20 Patrol Wing [90]
---[X] 12 Garrison Division [90]
---[X] 12 Militia Division [90]
---[X] 25 Infantry Division [90
---[X] 5 Heavy Combat Team Division [90]
--[X] Fortress Command [$ 10,402,530,095,000.00 ] (90)
---[X] Build Jump Point Defenses
----[X] Waypoint 9 [90]
----[X] Nuova Basilicata [90]
----[X] Imobiliar [90]
----[X] Acelbanya [90]
---[X] 10 Arx Defense Stations
---[X] 10 Fortress Class Defense Station
---[X] Construct Black Tower
----[X] Kaiyo [90]
---[X] 5 Spartoi Clusters [90]
---[X] Build Sensor Shell
----[X] Edelsteine [90]
-[X] General [$ 29,657,698,820,000.00 ]
--[X] Focus Development on Core World Chuma [90]
--[X] Focus Development on Peripheral World Catachan [90]
--[X] Massive Core Investment Glorreich [85]
--[X] Massive Peripheral Investment Nubifragio [85]
--[X] Economic Investment (90)
---[X] Shin Tokyo [90]
---[X] New Clew Bay [90]
---[X] Nuova Tripoli [90]
---[X] Nuova Puglia [90]
---[X] New Algiers [90]
--[X] Major Economic Investment (90)
---[X] Griffon [90]
---[X] Calliope [90]
---[X] Edelsteine [90]
---[X] Awha [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] Nowego Lublina [90]
--[X] Imperial Outreach
--[X] Establish Colony - Nouva Basilicata [90]
--[X] Establish Colony - Imobiliar [90]
--[X] Establish Colony - Acelbanya [90]
--[X] Expand Civil Service [80]
--[X] Construct Orbital Industrial Platform Griffon* [90]
--[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] Bāṛi [95]
---[X] Bellaterra [95]
--[X] Build Orbital Shipyard Shin Tokyo [105]
--[X] Build Orbital Shipyard Stahlfurt [105]
--[X] Build Orbital Shipyard Bari [105]
--[X] Build Orbital Shipyard Skala [105]
--[X] Build Orbital Shipyard Pieklo [105]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Neuhessen [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Nuovelle Bourgogne [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Nuova Lombardia [90]
--[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* [90]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard New Port Royal* [90]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard New Castor* [90]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Nowy Wroclaw* [90]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Shin Tokyo [->1]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Okusawa [->1]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Bari [->1]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Raj [->1]
--[X] Upgrade Refit & Repair Yard [105]
--[X] Expand Orbital Shipyards [105]
-[X] DoME [$ 6,740,000,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Build Capital Shipyard Calliope* [65]
--[X] Terraforming Nuova Puglia* [90]
--[X] Terraforming Nuova Abruzzo* [90]
--[X] Terraforming Nyu Shikoku* [90]
--[X] Terraforming Nowego Lublina* [90]
--[X] Terraforming Hot Mess [->1]
--[X] Terraforming Baddorando [->1]
--[X] Terraforming Nowy Szczecin [->1]
--[X] Construct Major Army Base - Okusawa* [->1]
--[X] Construct Major Fleet Base - Okusawa* [->1]
--[X] Construct Major Army Base - New Capricorn* [->1]
--[X] Construct Major Fleet Base - New Capricorn* [->1]
--[X] Planetary Optimization (Peripheral) - ? [->1]
-[X] Research [$ 68,000,000,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Prototype Lithium-Fusion Battery* [90]
--[X] Improved Anti-Aging Treatments Lvl 3 [->1]
--[X] Improved Elder Quality of Life Lvl 4 [->1]
--[X] Life Extension Therapy Lvl 7 [->1]
--[X] Military Drone Theory* [65]
--[X] Military Drone Design* [65]
--[X] Military Drone Control Systems* [65]
--[X] Military Drone Handling Systems* [65]
--[X] Commercial R&D
--[X] Industrial R&D
-[X] Miscellaneous [$ 224,370,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Culture [$ 90,000,000,000.00 ]
---[X] Swahili Cultural Festival [70]
---[X] Fund sports camps to improve performance in low performing Olympic sports [80]
--[X] Production Contract [134,370,000,000]