First Contact
Sirs, it appears there is something on the scopes. I'm not able to make out exactly what but it looks to be heading this way.
-Thulunian Sensor technician, LeiwinDelegates, as you are all aware we have had an eventful 17 weeks. Obviously, you have all been made aware of the situation on the border near
Leiwin, and I shall brief you more fully on it in due time, however we must attend to the Empire as a whole.
Overall, I am very pleased to report that our empire is flourishing. Aside from some small issues, we have managed to avoid any large problems. All of our colonies are happy and contributing to the health of the whole.
Unfortunately,
Clan Javat and
Steel Song have engaged in a
spy war, however it is not having an overly negative effect on our Empire.
Summary of actions
Much has happened in the Empire that you must be appraised of. Three new planets have been colonized and brought into the Empire, one from each of the great houses.
Clan Javat established
Aurelius Prime,
House Thulun colonized
Leiwin and
Steel Song brought
Galantia into the fold. I shall provide detailed descriptions of each of our new worlds later in the briefing. Suffice to say that each of them are jewels that will grow and come to contribute much to our sector.
Research has continued at a break-neck pace, bringing three new technologies in just the past 17 weeks.
Planetary Construction 3 allows us to construct a more advanced form of habitation unit which can house double the population. Refitting and upgrading existing habitation units should be a consideration for all planetary governments.
Ship Construction 1 allows us to research more miniaturized weapon and reactors, effectively opening the doors for advanced fighters. Not only that, but it allowed us to continue into
Ship Construction 2 and unlock cruiser technology. Delegates, our military advisors have notified me that we are now able to design and eventually put cruisers into action and, as such, Delegates are free to discuss their deployment.
Military Report
Upon discovery of the xeno colony near
Leiwin two Sparrow class fighters were rushed into service. Fleet Admiral Ghans advised construction of the ships be assigned to
Thulun Prime and
Steel Song. Hence,
H.T. Swallow and
S.S. Sparrow were completed and rushed to reinforce our Templar task force orbiting
Leiwin.
Our ships took up station non-too-soon, as upon entering orbit they detected an unidentified ship on an intercept course with a nearby uncharted planet.
H.T. Swallow and
S.S. Sparrow were scrambled to intercept the xeno ship while
T.F. Shalun's Sword and
T.F. Shalun's Shield were tasked with long-range support.
The xeno ship was brought down with a minimum of fuss and we were able to glean some information from the wreckage. It appears that the fleet is facing the
Sidtax Xeno on our Southern borders. Our scribes are hard at work trying to uncover any knowledge we can about this foe but, needless to say, we should be extremely cautious in our dealing with the xeno threat.
As a precaution against further
Sidtax incursion, a
Steel Song colony ship which was tasked with colonizing
Hell's Razor was rerouted to the newly discovered
Northpines. The colonists aboard the ship are unaware of the change in their destination and they will undoubtedly face much adversity upon establishment of the colony. However, Fleet Admiral Ghans and I are in total agreement that we must deny any avenue of expansion into our space. If the
Sidtax were to establish a colony on
Northpines it would be a simple matter for them to crush
Leiwin. We must not allow this to come to pass.
Current Status of the Empire
Our empire is growing, and while we are facing a direct Xeno threat we have been working towards building a solid industrial foundation in our core worlds.
Javat Prime has continued to cement itself as the corner stone of our empire's economy, increasing the amount of mining complexes on its surface weekly.
Current Facilities | Habitation Unit 1 Habitation Unit 2 Factory 1 x2 Mine 1 x7 |
Work in progress | N/A |
Aurelius Prime has established itself and is currently working on building an industrial base on which to build mining complexes.
Current Facilities | Habitation Unit 1 |
Work in Progress | Factory 1 (78% / 6 weeks) |
Steel Prima has solidified its industrial might and worked on improving its orbital shipyards
Current Facilities | Palace 1 Exchange 1 Habitation Unit 1 x3 Habitation Unit 2 Spice Den 1 Factory 1 x3 Steel Fortress 1 |
Work in Progress | N/A |
Salveria has continued to establish its industrial base.
Current Facilities | Habitation Unit 1 x2 Factory 1 Steel Fortress |
Work in Progress | Exchange 1 (75% / 2 weeks) |
Galantia was recently established and, as such, has focused on stabilizing itself.
Current Facilities | Steel Fortress |
Work in Progress | Factory 1 (72% / 7 weeks) |
Thulun Prime has continued producing trade goods to fuel the empire's economy.
Current Facilities | Exchange 1 Habitation Unit 1 x2 Habitation Unit 2 Spice Den Factory 1 x2 Mine 1 x2 |
Work in Progress | Habitation Unit 2 upgrade (40% / 2 weeks) |
Tennath has reached a point where it can contribute actively to the empires economy.
Current Facilities | Exchange 1 Habitation Unit 1 x3 Factory 1 x2 Mine 1 |
Work in Progress | Habitation Unit 2 upgrade (75% / 1 week) |
Leiwin has quickly been established and is working towards becoming a forward base in any conflict with the
Sidtax.
Current Facilities | Habitation Unit 1 x2 Factory 1 |
Work in Progress | Habitation Unit 2 upgrade (25% / 3 weeks) Mine 1 (53% / 2 weeks) |
Unclaimed Planets and Anomalies
1 -
Restfallen Minerals 2-20 / Quality 2-20
2 -
Rinze Settlement Minerals 2-20 / Quality 2-20
3 -
Outer Reach Minerals 2-20 / Quality 7-25
4 -
Kaflenge Minerals 2-20 / Quality 6-24
5 -
Nasrah Outpost Minerals 11-29 / Quality 7-17
6 -
Ali’s Star Minerals 2-20 / Quality 2-20
7 -
Ursae Outpost Minerals 2-20 / Quality 5-23
8 -
Jahant 6 Minerals 4-12 / Quality 5-23
9 -
Fletcher’s Cross Minerals 2-20 / Quality 2-20
10 -
Baza City Minerals 10-28 / Quality 2-20
11 -
Rift Trade World Minerals 7-15 / Quality 6-24
12 -
Galantia Minerals 2-20 / Quality 6-24
13 -
Chalicstine Minerals 2-20 / Quality 2-20
14 -
Ogvidissio Minerals 7-17 / Quality 4-16
15 -
Leiwin Minerals 4-12 / Quality 7-25
16 -
Hell’s Razor Minerals 2-20 / Quality 2-20
17 -
Kinngot Minerals 2-20 / Quality 6-24
18 -
Cellet Minerals 2-20 / Quality 2-20
19 -
Northpines Minerals 2-20 / Quality 2-20
Unclaimed Anomalies = 4
Possible Avenues of Research
We have multiple choices for our next research plans.
Planetary Construction 5 would allow us to upgrade our Spice Dens and keep more of our population happy.
200 RP / 6 weeks
Starship Construction 4 would unlock the secrets of Carrier technology which would increase the effectiveness of our Fighter class ships.
200 RP / 6 weeks
Space Colonization would allow us to upgrade our starports as well as eventually improving our colonization modules.
200 RP / 6 weeks
Faction Politics would allow us to improve our exchanges and increase our diplomatic abilities.
200 RP / 6 weeks
Planetary Defense would allow us to establish ground based troops on our planets, effectively defending them from xeno invasion.
100 RP / 3 weeks
Capital Ships 1 would increase our options for outfitting cruisers.
100 RP / 3 weeks
Fighters 1 would increase our options for outfitting our fighters.
50 RP / 2 weeks
Thulun 2 would allow us to build Thulunian Naval academies on Thulun colonies.
400 RP / 11 weeks
Javat 2 would allow us to build orbital refineries on Javat colonies.
400 RP / 11 weeks
Steel Song 2 would allow us to upgrade the Steel Fortresses on our Steel Song colonies.
400 RP / 11 weeks
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/OOC Yeeeeehaw, there you go folks! So, update is up. Sorry it took so long, life has been pretty busy and it's taking progressively more and more time for me to write these things up. I'm going to try to sit down this weekend and come up with a standardized way to present planet information as well as map out the quadrant. I'm sure you guys have noticed the slow evolution of the
Current Status of the Empire section, haha. I'll also try to come up with a good way to display all the military information that you guys need as well as whatever else.
So, debate away! Get your plan on, folks.
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