Quest Deep Periphery Quest (Battletech Sandbox Empire Builder)

Joyousmadman

Well-known member
[X] Oppose the Communications Act of 3070

All public infrastructure should be publicly held, privatization is just asking for unnecessary socio-economic stratification for gross profit and the prestige of the wealthy.
 
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kelgar04

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[X] Oppose the Communications Act of 3070

As much as it would warm my black heart at the thought of canon C* collective heart attack at the thought of privatley owned HPGs I will say a no.
 

Yacovo

Occasionally spouting nonsense
Parliament is in session and they are currently working on the Communications Act of 3070. Mass production of HPG generators has reached a level where it would be commercially viable for private industry to setup, operate, and maintain their own HPG networks on a commercial basis, competing with the current government monopoly on HPG communications.
Screams in Comstar
[X] Oppose the Communications Act of 3070
 

Skitzyfrenic

Well-known member
[X] Oppose the Communications Act of 3070

This is something that should remain in our hands. It's critical infrastructure, we have lots of money, and one of the most powerful tools we technically have when it comes to rulership.

It helps us fight corruption, ferret out spies, and more.

Given that HPG control has been critical in finding and actually dealing with a couple instances of things like that?

Having a private HPG network is just going to make it harder to catch and find BBEG.

Given that we can maintain a non-evil head of state, it'll probably never be misused. Granted if this was IRL, I'd definitely want a couple of non-governmental options.
 

The Whispering Monk

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Osaul
[X]Oppose the Communications Act of 3070

**Agree with pretty much what everyone else has said. We've have loads of bandwidth in our HPG network. There's no need to instantly create a severe vulnerability in our communications (PERIOD)
 
Turn 140 - Six Months

LordSunhawk

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Owner
Administrator
Staff Member
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Turn 140 - Six Months

Your granddaughter has made it through the quarter and semi-final heats for the mass start downhill mountain bike race and will be in the finals in a few months. She’s had a few minor spills, but thankfully hasn’t been actually injured beyond a few minor scrapes and bruises. Having made it to the finals she is practically guaranteed a place on the Griffon Olympic Team as at least an alternate.

You are quite proud of her, even if your heart is in your throat everytime the starting gun sounds and the races begin. In a race vehicle you at least have roll cages and/or proper safety equipment, and permanent injuries from accidents are vanishingly rare. In mountain biking there have been deaths in multiple events the last several years, although proportionally the death/injury rate is actually comparable to the motorcycle racing events.

Still doesn’t mean you have to like it.

There is one extremely concerning bit of news, a Black Steel scout squadron was engaged by the system defenses in the New Arcadia system in the far southwest of the Empire, well to the galactic south of any previous Black Steel activity. Home Fleet has made use of the massive carrying capacity of the Rawalpindis to shift a number of additional Artemis Planetary Defense Flotillas down that way, but your analysts believe that this is primarily an attempt by the Black Steel to get you to shift forces away from their intended attack vector. Your raiding forces, after all, have not detected any Black Steel fleet movements through the region of space that they are operating in, and any such major movement would pretty much have to go through that region. A small scouting squadron can slip through, but a major fleet would be detected.

Still, you are glad to see that your commanders are being diligent and cautious, without taking their eyes off of the prize.

A serious disease outbreak in the Imobiliar system is causing some serious issues on that relatively newly settled world. Your medical teams are already in the process of isolating the disease vector and working on a cure, and report that they believe they’ll have the outbreak controlled by the new year. Thankfully the disease, while debilitating and uncomfortable, has a very low mortality rate with the worst symptom being that it causes severe intestinal gas build ups of extremely odiferous gas that makes a ‘normal’ fart seem like perfume, and which rivals the legendary stink of a skunk for sheer awful smells.

Late night comedians are having a field day with bad fart jokes. Some of which are even funny.

It is now time for your budget meeting for the year.

Amaunet is back and looking smug as ever. “Padrone, the military continues to be in superb shape, with production levels rising and the main concern, budget wise, being training. General?” The big cat nods to General Zara who takes the podium.

“Your Majesty,” the fireplug of an Italian begins. “We are continuing a slow and steady buildup of our ground forces in order to meet our projected future needs. We are in better shape than others for the purposes of training infrastructure, but will be soon adding additional training divisions as our growth accelerates.”
  • Imperial Griffon Army
    • Procurement
      • 15 Garrison Divisions
      • 15 Militia Divisions
      • 25 Infantry Divisions
      • 5 Heavy Combat Team Divisions

General Perkins then takes over, and you are quite glad to see that there seems to be no lingering signs of the previous tension between the two men. “Your Majesty, our training issues are being addressed by the Navy, so in general we remain cautiously optimistic about the situation. Loss rates have been slightly below projections, which are resulting in obvious benefits for force expansion.”
  • Imperial Griffon Aerospace Force
    • Production
      • Construct New ASF Factories
        • Glorreich
        • Shin Tōkyō
        • Kurortas
        • Raj
        • Pustina
        • Platzregensburg
        • Pryyemnyy
        • Awha
        • Bāṛi
        • Bellaterra
    • Procurement
      • 100 Fighter Wings
      • 100 Carrier Wings
      • 50 CAP Wings
      • 50 Interceptor Wings

Admiral Savić then takes over, while as has been typical lately Admiral Fisher remains at the table watching. “Your Majesty, as General Perkins alluded to, we are intending to expand our training capacity by adding ten new Wolverine-class Training Ships. We believe that there are sufficient ASF capable dropships available for training purposes at this time, with the nearly two-hundred oldest Saipans which are considered unfit for combat purposes yet still capable of operational training being formally assigned permanently to that duty.”

She brings up the first of the extremely long, yet quite interesting, presentation about the Navy’s budget requests.
  • Imperial Griffon Navy
    • Production
      • Orbital Shipyards
        • Upgrade All Orbital Shipyards
      • Refit & Repair Yards
        • Upgrade All Refit & Repair Yards
      • Escort Yards
        • Nowy Szczecin
        • Baddorando
        • Sturmland
        • Neubayern
        • Neuhessen
        • Nouvelle Bourgogne
        • Nuova Lombardia
        • Skała
        • 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
        • Nowego Lublina
        • Salamander
      • Small Warship Yards
        • Griffon
        • Calliope IV
        • Edelsteine
        • Nowa Warszawa
        • Awha
        • Kaiyo
        • Iskra
        • Bohren
        • Feurstern
        • Novolar
        • Grand View
        • Kainga
        • New Capricorn
        • Pustina
        • Steingarten
        • Raj
        • Chuma
      • Medium Warship Yards
        • New Pollux
        • New Phoenix
        • Nya Köpenhamn
        • Nowy Śląsk
        • Okusawa
      • Large Warship Yards
        • Bāṛi
        • Shin Tōkyō
        • New Libertalia
        • Piekło
    • Procurement
      • Standard Dropships
        • 400 Artemis-class System Defense Flotillas
        • 237 Wright-class Dockable ASF Platforms
        • 237 Colt-class Defense Blisters
      • Large Dropships
        • 359 Kearsarge-class Parasite Battleships
        • 60 Mashu-class Parasite Logistics Transports
      • Jumpships
        • 24 Rawalpindi-class Armed Merchant Cruisers
      • Escorts
        • 200 Battle-class Destroyers
        • 60 Legend-class Frigates
        • 60 White Plains-class Escort Carriers
        • 50 Tarantul-class Missile Raiders
        • 50 Asheville-class Raiders
        • 10 Wolverine-class Training Ships
      • Small Warships
        • 50 Belfast-class Light Cruisers
        • 50 Phoenix-class Light Cruisers
        • 50 Atlanta-class Light Cruisers
        • 20 Centaur-class Light Carriers
      • Medium Warships
        • 25 Prinz Eugen II-class Heavy Cruisers
        • 25 Hawke-class Heavy Cruisers
        • 10 Akagi-class Medium Carriers
      • Large Warships
        • 16 Kaiserin-class Battleships
        • 16 Lion-class Battlecruisers
    • Fortress Command
      • 10 Arx Defense Stations
      • 10 Fortress Heavy Recharge Stations
      • 5 Spartoi Defense Clusters
      • 30 Laser Turret clusters
      • Black Towers
        • Nox
        • Olej
        • Glorreich
        • Pryyemnyy
        • Novolar
      • Sensor Satellite Shell
        • Nya Köpenhamn

Once she takes her seat Elizabeth bounds up to the podium, obviously deciding that she needs to be more energetic to make up for the approaching Death By Boredom that is lurking in the wings.

“Your Majesty, let me start with some DoME teams. We have only three idle at the moment and for the first time in several decades we will not be recommending the initiation of any terraforming operations, rather two will be dedicated to building the required support facilities for a Capital Yard in the form of army and naval bases in the Nya Köpenhamn system while the remaining one will be constructing the next Capital Yard in the Nowa Warszawa system.”

She then checks her notes. “Next, for economic planning, we have the following recommendations.”
  • Economic Planning, Investment, Infrastructure
    • Focus Development
      • Core World
        • Shin Tōkyō
      • Periphery
        • Nox
    • Massive Investment
      • Core
        • Bohren
      • Periphery
        • Platzregensburg
    • Major Investment
      • New Castor
      • New Capricorn
      • Pustina
      • Kurortas
      • Novolar
    • Economic Investment
      • New Algiers
      • New Clew Bay
      • Nuova Tripoli
      • Neubayern
      • Hot Mess
    • Infrastructure & Economic Zones
      • Salamander
      • Highland
      • Gateway
      • Cần Thơ mới
      • Nuova Basilicata

“Finally we have a number of survey targets to the East of the Empire. We have limited astronomical data on these systems, but have never really studied them before.”
  • Survey
    • GX-I39
      • A somewhat dim red dwarf primary with evidence of high interplanetary dust levels in the system. There is believed to at least be some gas giants present in the habitable zone, which might mean habitable moons.
    • GX-I40
      • A main sequence orange star which is just slightly smaller than average for the type. There are believed to be habitable planets present, but little detail can be discerned
    • GX-I41 A
      • Another main sequence orange star, this one shows signs of some variability, with indications that it can brighten to yellow at times based on estimations of the astrochemistry.
    • GX-I41 B
      • An extremely large and massive blue hypergiant that is a seething ball of plasma that practically blinds any telescope pointed at it without adequate optical shielding. Surveying this system may be challenging, but it would be an amazing recharge point.

Tiberius has managed to avoid the meeting, claiming to be busy with soothing the egos of some members of Parliament. He once again, however, graces you with a haiku…

Bureaucrat - A Haiku
by Tiberius
Freezing wintertime
A tiny bureaucrat grows
after the almond


OK… he wants to expand the civil service some more. Why can’t he just say so in plain English?

Your Foreign Minister has a much better excuse to be absent, as she is present at a diplomatic summit in the Bourbon capital soothing some ruffled feathers among the nobles there who are still upset that you’ve encircled them. She sends you a memo requesting funding for sports camps as well as a German oktoberfest styled cultural festival.

By tradition… oh please dear God save us all… the most boring man in the universe takes the podium and proceeds to open up the most boring Powerpoint in the history of boring Powerpoints, evidently made ten times more boring as he attempts to justify funding a project you rejected last year for being too expensive with extensive cost-benefit-time studies all rendered in the most amazingly boring monotone ever without any evidence of any pauses, inflections, pitch changes, or any sign that there is a human being at the podium and not some computer just soullessly reciting Words.

The presentation lasts for over three hours, and in the end all you can really say is that you at least know what two projects he wants you to pursue, namely Genetic Engineering and Improved Automation.

Sine Day is present, although she has no new projects for you to consider, she at least is suffering alongside you through the boring.

Martina is also present, although she does have a pair of budget requests. First, the expansion of the High-Security Prison station in the Griff’s Leap system, and second the expansion of the Imperial Grifftiger Mounted Police.
 

Jarow

Well-known member
[X] Plan: Bureaucratic Almond Haikus
-[X] Procurement [$ 11,422,823,134,705.60 ]
--[X] Lay Down Major Unit [Construction - $86,800,471,451.75 ] (95)
---[X] 400 Artemis [95]
---[X] 237 Wright [95]
---[X] 237 Colt [95]

---[X] 359 Kearsage [95]
---[X] 60 Mashu [95]

--[X] Lay down Jumpship [Jumpship Construction - $17,434,639,200.00 ] (90)
---[X] 24 Rawalpindi [90]

--[X] Lay down Warship [Warship Construction - $894,520,729,200.00 ] (90)
---[X] 50 Belfast*
---[X] 50 Phoenix*
---[X] 50 Atlanta*
---[X] 3 Centaur*

---[X] 20 Prinz Eugen II*
---[X] 20 Hawke*
---[X] 5 Akagi*
---[X] 20 Prinz Eugen II*
---[X] 20 Hawke*
---[X] 10 Akagi*

---[X] 14 Kaiserin*
---[X] 14 Lion*
---[X] 4 Saratoga*
---[X] 16 Kaiserin*
---[X] 16 Lion*
---[X] 16 Kaiserin*
---[X] 16 Lion*

---[X] 1 Nagato*
---[X] 1 Nagato*

---[X] 200 Battle [90]
---[X] 50 Tarantul [90]
---[X] 50 Asheville [90]
---[X] 60 White Plains [90]
---[X] 60 Legend [90]
---[X] 10 Wolverine [90]

---[X] 50 Belfast [90]
---[X] 50 Phoenix [90]
---[X] 50 Atlanta [90]
---[X] 20 Centaur [90]

---[X] 25 Prinz Eugen II [90]
---[X] 25 Hawke [90]
---[X] 10 Akagi [90]

---[X] 16 Kaiserin [90]
---[X] 16 Lion [90]

--[X] Purchase New Units [Minor Unit - $ 13,400,719,853.85 ] (90)
---[X] 100 Fighter Wing [auto]
---[X] 100 Carrier Wing [90]
---[X] 50 CAP Wing [90]
---[X] 50 Interceptor Wing [90]

---[X] 15 Garrison Division [90]
---[X] 15 Militia Division [90]
---[X] 25 Infantry Division [90
---[X] 5 Light Combat Team Division [90]

--[X] Fortress Command [$ 10,410,666,575,000 ] (90)
---[X] 10 Arx Defense Stations [90]
---[X] 10 Fortress Class Defense Station [90]
---[X] Construct Black Tower
----[X] Nox [90]
----[X] Olej [90]
----[X] Glorreich [90]
----[X] Pryyemnyy [90]
----[X] Novolar [90]
---[X] 5 Spartoi Clusters [90]
---[X] Build Sensor Shell
----[X] Nya Kopenhamn [90]
---[X] 30 Laser Turret Clusters [90]

-[X] General [$ 42,138,350,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Focus Development on Core World Shin Tokyo [90]
--[X] Focus Development on Peripheral World Nox [90]
--[X] Massive Core Investment Bohren [85]
--[X] Massive Peripheral Investment Platzregensburg [85]
--[X] Economic Investment (90)
---[X] New Algiers [90]
---[X] New Clew Bay [90]
---[X] Nuova Tripoli [90]
---[X] Neubayern [90]
---[X] Hot Mess [90]
--[X] Major Economic Investment (90)
---[X] New Castor [90]
---[X] Pustina [90]
---[X] Novolar [90]
---[X] Kurortas [90]
---[X] New Capricorn [90]
--[X] Construct Infrastructure and Industrial zones on
---[X] Can Tho Moi [90]
---[X] Salamander [90]
---[X] Highland [90]
---[X] Gateway[90]
---[X] Nuova Basilicata [90]
--[X] Imperial Outreach [-]
--[X] Expand High Security Prison - Griff's Leap [90]
--[X] Expand Imperial Grifftiger Mounted Police [85]
(I don't like policing issues)
--[X] Major Cultural Venues* [80]

--[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] Survey GX-I39 [90]
--[X] Survey GX-I40 [90]
--[X] Survey GX-I41 A [90]
--[X] Survey GX-I41 B [90]
(Ongoing search for New Colonies!)
--[X] Expand Civil Service [80]
(More actions are always nice)
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Nowy Szecin [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Baddorando [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Sturmland [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Neubayern [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Neuhessen [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Nouvelle 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 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 Mazsowsze [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 Nubifrgio [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 Portlanf [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Hot Mess [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard New Narnia [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Nueva Chiapas [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Nowego Lubina [90]
--[X] Construct Escort Yard Salamander [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 Nowa Warzsawa [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 Pustina [90]
--[X] Construct Small Warship Yard Steingarten [90]
--[X] Construct Small Warship Yard Raj [90]
--[X] Construct Medium Warship Yard New Pollux [90]
--[X] Construct Medium Warship Yard New Phoenix [90]

--[X] Construct Medium Warship Yard Nya Kopenhamn [90]
--[X] Construct Medium Warship Yard Nowy Slask [90]
--[X] Construct Medium Warship Yard Okusawa [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 Bari* [90]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Shin Tokyo* [90]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard New Libertalia* [90]
--[X] Construct Large Warship Yard Pieklo* [90]
--[X] Upgrade Refit & Repair Yard [105]
--[X] Expand Orbital Shipyards [105]

-[X] DoME [$ 4,040,000,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Construct Major Army Base - Nya Köpenhamn [->2]
--[X] Construct Major Fleet Base - Nya Köpenhamn [->2]
(Military infrastructure, and potential capital shipyard home)
--[X] Build Capital Shipyard Nowa Warszawa [->4]
(Biggest boats!)
--[X] Terraforming Hot Mess* [90]
--[X] Terraforming Baddorando* [90]
--[X] Terraforming Nowy Szczecin* [90]
--[X] Terraforming Nueva Chiapas* [90]
--[X] Terraforming Salamander* [90]
--[X] Terraforming New Portland* [90]
--[X] Terraforming Highland* [90]
--[X] DoME Team to NRR*
--[X] DoME Team to NRI*

--[X] Planetary Optimization (Peripheral) - Porto Milano* [90]

-[X] Research [$ 195,000,000,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Prototype Lithium-Fusion Battery II* [->7]
--[X] Economic Forecasting lvl 3* [->1]
--[X] Improved Automation Lvl 11 [100]
(Makes our economy better, and is a core research option)
--[X] Genetic Engineering Lvl 7 [->3]
(Base research, helps increase population, and affordable this turn)
--[X] Military Drone Theory II* [->2]
--[X] Military Drone Design II* [->2]
--[X] Military Drone Control Systems II* [->2]
--[X] Military Drone Handling Systems II* [->2]
--[X] Commercial R&D [-]
--[X] Industrial R&D [-]

-[X] Miscellaneous [$ 227,390,000,000.00 ]
--[X] Culture [$ 91,020,000,000.00 ]
---[X] Local Games [-]
---[X] German Cultural Festival [70]
--[X] Production Contract [->?][134,370,000,000]

37t leftover, which is around where I'm aiming nowadays
 

Artifex

Well-known member
[X] Plan: Bureaucratic Almond Haikus
Nice plan @Jarow, I wonder if the direction for the settlement searches is given by the QM or if we can influence that? Iirc we said we'd rather try settle systems away from the probable direction of the Black Steel, right?
 

LordSunhawk

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Owner
Administrator
Staff Member
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[X] Plan: Bureaucratic Almond Haikus
Nice plan @Jarow, I wonder if the direction for the settlement searches is given by the QM or if we can influence that? Iirc we said we'd rather try settle systems away from the probable direction of the Black Steel, right?
As you said, you wanted to expand away from the Black Steel at the moment, so survey activity is directed in that direction. Next turn you'll get an option to change your mind
 

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