Quest Deep Periphery Quest (Battletech Sandbox Empire Builder)

Jarow

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[X] Ambush Mk II

We don't currently have plans to build more, so the extra resources required aren't that costly. We'll be building several new orbital factories for them, so shouldn't be too bad when we get need to build more.

[X] Approve the RRF to field Winged Hussars directly

I'm fine with them having some light mechs that can keep up with them. I also think the only different in fluff version is a bit silly.
 

ShadowArxxy

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Comrade
[X] Ambush Mk II
[X] Approve the RRF to field Winged Hussars with the HoverSki Upgrade

The intensive investigation of the judiciary produces a bit of a shit storm with hundreds of criminal and civil cases now needing to be reviewed after multiple judges are found to have been engaged in corrupt and unethical practices. The guilty judges have been removed and, in several cases, jailed on criminal charges when the conduct rose to that level. All have been stripped of their pensions and barred from judicial appointments for life.

Michelle sends all of the ex-judges who weren't outright convicted business card sized postcards with an excerpt of Kipling beautifully calligraphed in her truly exquisite handwriting, front and back:

"Cleared", honourable gentlemen! Be thankful it's no more: --
The widow's curse is on your house, the dead are at your door.
On you the shame of open shame; on you from North to South
The hand of every honest man flat-heeled across your mouth.

"Less black than we were painted"? -- Faith, no word of black was said;
The lightest touch was human blood, and that, you know, runs red.
It's sticking to your fist to-day for all your sneer and scoff,
And by the Judge's well-weighed word you cannot wipe it off.


Jane delivers them, and whines that Michelle always "smugs in Kipling".

<Michelle> Yes.

Relations are improved with the Imperial Senate following a series of meetings between Jake and the various party leaders, however in the Chamber of Delegates there is absolutely no improvement despite his best efforts. The leaders quite stubbornly snub him, to the point of threatening to have security remove him from the Chamber. Elections to the Chamber won’t occur for a few years, you might have to take steps at that point if this hostile intransigence continues.

<Jane> Let me do the Black Rod thing, pleasepleaseplease?

 
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Turn 31 - The Last Fire Will Rise

LordSunhawk

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Turn 31 - The Last Fire Will Rise

With the massive undergrounding project finishing on Capricorn the time has come to decide precisely what sort of factory would be built, as the excavations had created a large area perfect for military manufacturing. Due to the nature of the location there are several limits. First of all, it cannot be a dropship or ASF line, as it would be a little difficult to fit a dropship through the tunnels and the production site is far away from the nearest airfield. Therefore this will have to be a mech factory of some sort.

[] Ambush II
[] Pathfinder
[] Trooper II
[] Shortbow
[] Cadet

QM Note - this will be a Lvl 2 factory with Hardening 10

Perhaps you are in a bit of a ba fugue, or it’s just a sign of the type of year this will be, but Quan decides to introduce you to his girlfriend, Linda King, who also happens to be his race engineer and is nearly as mad about hovercraft racing as he is.

Both Bastet and Sekhmet give the Lick of Approval(™) and Janet hasn’t raised any red flags to you about her in the past, although that was before anybody had considered that one of your boys might decide to date her.

The twins are doing… acceptably… at school while their main focus remains on their racing careers, and both have started this season out with a bang. Smirky McSmirkface is back racing (you refuse to dignify him by ever referring to him by his actual name) after his suspension and seems to still have it out for your boys. True, the wreck on lap 84 was ruled accidental as Smirky did have a skirt collapse in a tight turn causing him to spin into James and knock him into the wall, but you are rather not inclined towards charity towards Smirky.

The fact that James’ and Smirky’s crews got into a massive brawl on pit road was on the highlight reels all month afterwards as it was a regular donnybrook. Both teams were fined for the altercation but neither driver was involved.

Thanh is officially on report at the Aerie, although a back channel message from the commandant indicates that it isn’t because of any actual disapproval of what she was doing, but rather that she had the poor taste as to get caught. She’d been sneaking into the simulator pods to get extra sim time after hours and had gotten picked up by campus security.

You do laugh when you read the punishment levied. Your headstrong daughter was ordered to spend her free time providing basic flight training for incoming cadets who lacked a pilot’s license, forcing her to (horror, horror) spend time doing *gasp* paperwork, and teach ground school.

Willis is horrified, or at least he pretends to be, declaring this to be cruel and inhumane punishment for any pilot. He can’t maintain the facade when you offer to change the punishment to remote piloting test drones for Nollak Industries as you both break down laughing.

Sarah is doing exceptionally well over at Griffin’s Roost University. Although she does have a bit of an unfair advantage in that Sarah is only a comm call away for your daughter and the two of them are still thick as thieves.

Mary and General Potter come to you with a proposal one January morning.

“Your Majesty, we have several solid AFVs, but none of them, including the Lion, are true main battle tanks. Within their niches each is a solid weapon system, and are very affordable, however our tankers will likely always be outnumbered on the battlefield and thus require a qualitative edge.” General Potter states. “We have been studying a number of upgrades for our existing designs, however none are quite ready yet. We do, however, have a proposal for a true Main Battle Tank design.”

They fire up a presentation to show the details of the proposal.
  • Mass - 75 tons combat weight
  • 64.8 KPH top speed
  • Long range weapon focus
    • Gauss Rifle
    • Enhanced ER PPC
    • LRM 15
  • Heavy armor plus active anti-missile defenses
The cost would be comparable to a lance of Ambush mechs, and would require the use of Ferro-Fibrous armor from the orbital forges.

[]NameCostMaterialsHPA/DSpecial
[]Jaguar MBT2681.2FF12021Armored, AMS 1
[]Reject

The manufacturer of the Jaguar is offering to construct a battalion set of them in exchange for the Legionnaires of 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Regiment of 1st Armored Division for a discounted cost of $12,968.10, which is approximately a 25% discount on the normal upgrade cost. In exchange they are asking for a commitment from the AFGR to purchase at least one additional battalion set within 5 years.

[] Agree - upgrade to the new tanks (+40 HP, +10 A/D, adds AMS 1) for 12968.1
[] Disagree

QM Note - first vote is to approve the design for availability, second is for the upgrade of the Legionnaire tanks to the new Jaguar’s.

Mary then takes the floor. “There is one area of research that we have been neglecting for cultural and historical reasons.” she says bluntly. “Kearny-Fuchida physics. If we ever want jumpships, hyperpulse generators, or any of the other faster than light technologies we will need to take the fight to the enemy, this must change.”

She puts up a presentation of her own. “We have good reason for not wanting to engage in this research. However, those reasons do not apply if we conduct the research in a safe manner.”
  • Proposal - Deep Space Research Facility
    • Advantages
      • Sufficiently distant from inhabited areas to prevent any disasters from affecting the population
      • Location can be kept secure to prevent possible espionage or sabotage
      • Would open up the possibility of researching the base technologies that can lead to Kearny-Fuchida cores and HPGs
    • Disadvantages
      • Extremely expensive, both to build and to maintain
      • Due to cultural and historical fears an area which is vulnerable to demagoguery
    • Recommendation
      • Construct the facility in deep space
        • Projected Construction Cost - 250,000 a year for 4 years
        • Projected Project Success - in excess of 80%
[] Approve - would be a misc expense of 250,000 for 4 years, target 85, at conclusion would unlock Kearny-Fuchida Physics Tier 1 as a research option. Unlocks certain events

[] Disapprove

You have a great deal to think about...
 

Jarow

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[X] Cadet

Maybe not the best use of a free level 2 factory, but it's the only design that doesn't require orbital materials (also, probably will be needed for future training units, and we don't have a factory to build them with yet). Not needing orbital materials means that, if we lose access to the orbitals and need a super-survivable factory, we can continue to use it effectively.

[X] Jaguar MBT

Hard to complain about a decent new design

[X] Agree - upgrade to the new tanks (+40 HP, +10 A/D, adds AMS 1) for 12968.1

A bit nervous to agree, given we don't have the ferro-fib factories needed yet. Guess we'll just have to maximize usage of ferro on these until we have that second battalion worth. If we chose against something this turn, this would definitely be it.


[X] Approve - would be a misc expense of 250,000 for 4 years, target 85, at conclusion would unlock Kearny-Fuchida Physics Tier 1 as a research option. Unlocks certain events

We really want this. Cost is definitely an issue, we'll have to be careful, but we really want/need KF tech.
 
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ShadowArxxy

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[X] Ambush II
[X] Jaguar MBT
[X] Agree - upgrade to the new tanks (+40 HP, +10 A/D, adds AMS 1) for 12968.1
[X] Approve - would be a misc expense of 250,000 for 4 years, target 85, at conclusion would unlock Kearny-Fuchida Physics Tier 1 as a research option. Unlocks certain events

[X]Write-In: SPEECH!

Steal a march on the naysayers and troublemakers with a public speech announcing this new research program.

Yes, there are historical reasons we've long been hesitant to engage in K-F physics research. But we've literally spent the last thirty years fighting a war in which the enemy could literally attack us at will and retreat with impunity, where we had zero ability to counterattack or deter them, and where a single slip on the part of our defenses could have been the end of all of us.

We need JumpShips, and beyond that WarShips. Based on the limited intelligence we have of the outside galaxy, WarShips are the one thing that the Great Houses no longer have at all, that they in their greed and rapacity wiped out each other's ability to make. That makes them the one thing that can give us a qualitative force multiplier that will last instead of merely being a battle-winning surprise that can be blunted and countered after a few encounters.
 

Bear Ribs

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[X] Jaguar MBT

I do wish it had a short-range weapon though, that's a lot of long range firepower but nothing if the enemy closes in.

[X] Agree - upgrade to the new tanks (+40 HP, +10 A/D, adds AMS 1) for 12968.1


[X] Approve - would be a misc expense of 250,000 for 4 years, target 85, at conclusion would unlock Kearny-Fuchida Physics Tier 1 as a research option. Unlocks certain events
--[X]Write-In: Begin propaganda campaign to promote KF research to the public as a requirement to take the fight to the Dragon.
 

Decim

Chronic on/off lurker
[X] Jaguar MBT
[X] Agree - upgrade to the new tanks (+40 HP, +10 A/D, adds AMS 1) for 12968.1
[X] Approve - would be a misc expense of 250,000 for 4 years, target 85, at conclusion would unlock Kearny-Fuchida Physics Tier 1 as a research option. Unlocks certain events

I personally would've preferred having another Enhanced ER PPC in the Jaguar, but I'll take it anyways. Expensive as hell though.
 

Ridli Scott

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[X] Jaguar MBT
[X] Agree - upgrade to the new tanks (+40 HP, +10 A/D, adds AMS 1) for 12968.1
[X] Approve - would be a misc expense of 250,000 for 4 years, target 85, at conclusion would unlock Kearny-Fuchida Physics Tier 1 as a research option. Unlocks certain events
 

Culsu

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[X] Jaguar MBT
[X] Agree - upgrade to the new tanks (+40 HP, +10 A/D, adds AMS 1) for 12968.1
[X] Approve - would be a misc expense of 250,000 for 4 years, target 85, at conclusion would unlock Kearny-Fuchida Physics Tier 1 as a research option. Unlocks certain events
 

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