And so it Begins
T.F. The Prophet’s Eyes Ship Log, Captain Xalius GearyWhere to begin? We were ordered to investigate anomalies in the vicinity of the uncolonized planets
Hell’s Razor and
Leiwin in order to allow for both planets to be safely colonized. Fleet command doesn’t like having possible xeno artifacts floating near colonized worlds, it seems.
The approaches to both anomalies were relatively uneventful, we were able to approach and examine them unmolested. In fact, upon closer inspection, both seemed relatively harmless. Anomaly Alpha was clearly some kind of derelict ship, its core quiet and its hull ruptured. Anomaly Beta was…. something else. It looked to be a fragment of some kind of rock, possibly sheared off of a passing asteroid?
Since both seemed relatively harmless I authorized boarding and examination by our Templar scouts.
The ship was totally lifeless and devoid of any kind of tech. However, the scouts were able to recover some kind of… artwork from the hold. Artwork may not be the proper word, however after submitting the artifact to every kind of measurement and scrutiny imaginable it was clear it was just some kind of tailored metal. The metal was nothing special, too brittle to be fashioned into armor of any kind. The design itself was… intriguing. As such, it will be auctioned to the Clan families, potentially making the fleet a pretty penny.
The fragment of rock was a little more interesting, it contained a remnant of alien tech that holds some promise. It may not amount to much, but I will send it back to the
Steel Prima for further examination.
Shalun was with us this expedition. We did not lose a single crew member and encounter no Xeno atrocity. One can only hope that our future missions be this uneventful.
Captain Geary, T.F. The Prophet’s Eyes, signing off.
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Exalted council members, we have again reached a point where we need your benevolent guidance. It has been 15 weeks since my last report to you and many things have changed in that time. I shall endeavor to make this report both meaningful and succinct, as I know each of our honorable council members are extremely busy.
Summary of actions
Our clans have been extremely busy over the past weeks. We have not only regained the necessary knowledge to produce
spice dens (
Planetary Construction 2), but we are on the brink of recovering
Exchanges (
Politics 1) as well. The
spice dens will allow us to provide spice for 5 million colonists, while
exchanges will give us the ability to engage in interplanetary trade.
Our
House Thulun has managed to complete both a colony ship and a factory, allowing
Thulun Prime to reach even greater heights of industry. The colony ship has established our first fledgling colony on the planet of
Tennath which has completed its own
habitation modules.
Meanwhile,
Steel Song was able to complete an extra habitation module, a factory, and a colony ship on
Steel Prima. However,
Steel Prima has attracted yet more colonists.
Steel Song’s colony ship landed on the planet
Salveria and has established a secondary outpost there.
Finally,
Clan Javat has continued to focus its efforts on
Javat Prime, building two additional factory complexes. This, according to the Javatian delegation, will assure an industrial base large enough to support large scale mining operations.
A small issue of note,
Steel Song and
House Thulun established a formal alliance date 1.22. This allows a great degree of trade between the clans which, unfortunately, cannot be exploited at this time due to a lack of exchanges.
Military Report
Both of our cruisers spent the past 15 weeks refitting in friendly space and have nothing of note to report. However,
T.F. The Prophet’s Eyes engaged in reconnaissance of two of our sector’s 4 uncharted anomalies. Both of which returned unexpectedly benefitial results. As a result of the auctioning of an alien artifact to the houses, $150 credits were added to the Council’s coffers. An alien artifact was recovered and reverse engineered on
Steel Prima which allowed construction of its colony ship to be greatly speeded.
Current Status of the Empire
As you can see, our empire is flourishing and its planets are bustling.
Javat Prime has completed two additional factories and is currently producing a mine, which is 40% completed and set to finish in 3 weeks.
Thulun Prime has completed an additional factory and is working on a colony ship, which is 83% complete and will finish in 1 week.
Tennath has completed habitation modules and a factory is under construction. It is 24% complete and will start operation in 7 weeks.
Steel Prima finished habitation modules and a factory. Nothing is currently under construction due to the fact that the factory just entered operation this very week.
Salveria is currently working on habitation modules. They are 40% constructed and will be fit for habitation in 6 turns.
Here is the report on the overall health of the Empire.
Unclaimed Planets and Anomalies
3 -
Galantia Minerals 2-20 / Quality 6-24
4 -
Chalicstine Minerals 2-20 / Quality 2-20
5 -
Ogvidissio Minerals 7-17 / Quality 4-16
6 -
Leiwin Minerals 4-12 / Quality 7-25
7 -
Hell’s Razor Minerals 2-20 / Quality 2-20
Unclaimed Anomalies = 2Possible Avenues of Research
Lords and Ladies, our options remain much the same as previous meetings.
Planetary Construction 3 would unlock the
Palace a defensive structure that generates research and espionage while housing 1 unit of population and defending the planet. It would also allow further research in the planetary construction tree and open up more avenues of planetary defense research.
Faction Politics 2 will allow us to construct exchanges and fully restore our ability to open interplanetary trade.
Starship construction 2 would pave the way for either further starship research or the fighter class of attack vessel.
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So, that’s our update. I’m running out of time at work, so I’ll post all the questions I need to know in detail later. However, this is enough info to let you guys all bicker right now
Have fun!
Oh,
En1gma, I know what you are saying. However, I think everyone is having a good time and just roleplaying. After all, ST is all about fighting factions, eh? Please, everyone, have fun and don’t take anything personally. We are all just enjoying ourselves, after all!
