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Brian Swartz · 02-28-2015, 03:25 PM

OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2090

Burt Stonerock Bio

Nearly four years as Director come to and end now for the memorable and controversial Stonerock. He received his first posting on the comet outpost of Stephan-Oterma just a month after being commissioned in early 2050, and four decades of service later he steps aside. After almost two decades of comet postings he began the first of two tours on Mercury in 2069. While on Callisto in the mid-70s he began to develop health problems, but continued to develop his skills. Burt moved to Mercury in '81, then after just under two years as Earth's governor from 85-87 he was the landslide choice to take over the Director's Office in January of 2087. His legacy is that of being blunt and direct to a fault and a near-complete disregard for the 'political game', a decided rarity among high-level officials. He was responsible for formulating initial SPACE policy in terms of managing the mineral crash and before that, colonization efforts. He had a fairly tumultuous, but overall quite successful, term as Director. Burt Stonerock retires at the age of 61.

SPACE Directorial Election: October 23, 2090

Despite being a year older than Stonerock at 62, Earth Governor Delois Woznicki is still in good health and eligible for the office for the first time. Better late than never was probably never more applicable. Obviously her age meant that, if elected, she'd have a brief term in office. Despite this, she is so much more skilled and qualified than anyone else out there that it seemed a foregone conclusion. There are a total of ten qualified administrators, but a full half-dozen are fairly young with underdeveloped resumes and skills. Only three challengers were on the ballot, familiar names all, but none of them really had a chance despite well-formulated campaigns. This was a coronation, and it was over before it began.

Delois Woznicki -- 54.3%
Errol Igoe -- 18.5%
Russell Salvucci -- 18.1%
Evelyn Kaczor -- 9.1%

Kaczor will move from Venus to Earth to take over as governor on the homeworld. There's nobody with the industrial acumen of either Stonerock or Woznicki so some slowdown is expected, but she has the best balance of factory and shipbuilding skills(25/15). Also notable is Venus's replacement, the relatively young Gordon Semien. Now 33 years old, Semien has a gift for leadership and gets off the Neujmin comet operation at a good time -- it is only a month or two away from depleting it's duranium reserves. Meanwhile a newcomer who is just glad to get a foot in the door will take over there. A win for all concerned.

The day after the election, the 24th, another task group returned from New Genesis, and it was decided that it was time to get basic fueling and transport up and running in the system. In other words, a new task force had to be formed and assigned personnel and ships moved, or at least the ball needed to get rolling. It would be only months before the sensor base was ready, and the population was nearing a third of a million.

New Genesis Support Flotilla(NGSF) was the sixth task force formed. Captain Rocco Lett was the unanimous choice to head it up. A Long Beach fuel harvester and a Fletcher mid-size freighter would make the jump this time, along with of course the Caldwell J VIP jump shuttle that would take the officers through seperately. Sometimes it's just a matter of being around at the right time. Such was the case here for Lieutenant Solomon Curd, a man of only one useful skill. Fortunately, that skill is now needed as he was a year or two away from likely being pushed out of the service. Now a lieutenant commander, Curd will be the logistics officer for the New Genesis task force. Many a career has been built, or at least begun to be built, on such fortuiious happenstances.

Research tidbits dominated the news most of the rest of the year, but on Christmas Day there was news from New Genesis. A week and a half previous the new naval HQ had been set up on the colony, and the ground survey of A-I had been finished with no new results. This marks the completion of survey operations in Luyten 726-8, and clears the way for deployment of automines. Due to the slow speed of the fuel harvester traveling with the group, it will still be nearly two months before the group, which includes the necessary freighter, makes the jump to the system. By the end of the 2092 basic mining operations should be set up on all of the surveyed comets and the big duranium reserves on A-I, a key step towards making New Genesis fully operational.

The two geology teams now inbound to Earth will get some R&R while their GW shuttle undergoes it's maintenance work, and then they will be sent out to YZ Ceti. Confirming the results there is expected to take considerable time, but mining operations cannot begin in earnest until it is finished. That day must come as soon as humanly possible.

Research & Development

** November 3 -- Divisional HQs are now available following a report filed by Alphonse Lambeth. As expected they are considerably expensive, but Earth is in need of two of them and the work will start immediately. The estimated time is nearly two years each. Lambeth will take over work on improving cargo handling systems.

** December 4 -- A relatively inconsequential advance was announced by Lena Bohannan, whose team has completed work on the asteroid mining module. It is expected to literally be a century or two before any asteroid mining ships would be deployed, if ever. Nevertheless the engineers took a look at the specifications anyway. Each module costs the same as a standard mine, so there could potentially be a significant cost savings over using large numbers of automines which cost twice as much. Analysis indicates that for a moderate-sized mining ship(65 kt), there would be some savings over the automine option of about 17%, but when you factor in the need for shore leave and the inactive time that would require it does not seem to be a particularly useful option. For systems with multiple asteroids with significant deposits and no sensible colony sites it might be a good idea, but such systems are certainly going to be rare and none are set to be developed anytime soon.

** December 17 -- Capacitor recharge rates have been improved by Norris Gunterman. Decades down the road, if the economic situation has been stabilized, this may well prove important. For now, it's merely a curiosity. His next project is much more vital. The next stage in power generation, the stellerator fusion reactor, will now have his attention. Most of the work has already been done by more junior researchers, and results are expected in less than two years.

Earth

November 5 -- New research lab completed.

Colonial Developments

November 19 -- As expected, duranium deposits on Neujmin have now been exhausted. As one of the top neutronium producers, it will continue to be fairly important.

Mid-November -- The last of the construction brigades have made it to Titan, where it is expected the new base will be ready sometime in early 2093.

Personnel

Late December -- The tragic, early death of Dr. Kerry Rainbolt, a young scientist who had not yet been granted a project lead, went largely unnoticed. Such things happen unfortunately in the course of human experience, and with the research directorate possessing so many talented minds these days, there are many newcomers who remain on the sidelines.

02-28-2015, 03:25 PM	#359
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2090 Burt Stonerock Bio Nearly four years as Director come to and end now for the memorable and controversial Stonerock. He received his first posting on the comet outpost of Stephan-Oterma just a month after being commissioned in early 2050, and four decades of service later he steps aside. After almost two decades of comet postings he began the first of two tours on Mercury in 2069. While on Callisto in the mid-70s he began to develop health problems, but continued to develop his skills. Burt moved to Mercury in '81, then after just under two years as Earth's governor from 85-87 he was the landslide choice to take over the Director's Office in January of 2087. His legacy is that of being blunt and direct to a fault and a near-complete disregard for the 'political game', a decided rarity among high-level officials. He was responsible for formulating initial SPACE policy in terms of managing the mineral crash and before that, colonization efforts. He had a fairly tumultuous, but overall quite successful, term as Director. Burt Stonerock retires at the age of 61. SPACE Directorial Election: October 23, 2090 Despite being a year older than Stonerock at 62, Earth Governor Delois Woznicki is still in good health and eligible for the office for the first time. Better late than never was probably never more applicable. Obviously her age meant that, if elected, she'd have a brief term in office. Despite this, she is so much more skilled and qualified than anyone else out there that it seemed a foregone conclusion. There are a total of ten qualified administrators, but a full half-dozen are fairly young with underdeveloped resumes and skills. Only three challengers were on the ballot, familiar names all, but none of them really had a chance despite well-formulated campaigns. This was a coronation, and it was over before it began. Delois Woznicki -- 54.3% Errol Igoe -- 18.5% Russell Salvucci -- 18.1% Evelyn Kaczor -- 9.1% Kaczor will move from Venus to Earth to take over as governor on the homeworld. There's nobody with the industrial acumen of either Stonerock or Woznicki so some slowdown is expected, but she has the best balance of factory and shipbuilding skills(25/15). Also notable is Venus's replacement, the relatively young Gordon Semien. Now 33 years old, Semien has a gift for leadership and gets off the Neujmin comet operation at a good time -- it is only a month or two away from depleting it's duranium reserves. Meanwhile a newcomer who is just glad to get a foot in the door will take over there. A win for all concerned. The day after the election, the 24th, another task group returned from New Genesis, and it was decided that it was time to get basic fueling and transport up and running in the system. In other words, a new task force had to be formed and assigned personnel and ships moved, or at least the ball needed to get rolling. It would be only months before the sensor base was ready, and the population was nearing a third of a million. New Genesis Support Flotilla(NGSF) was the sixth task force formed. Captain Rocco Lett was the unanimous choice to head it up. A Long Beach fuel harvester and a Fletcher mid-size freighter would make the jump this time, along with of course the Caldwell J VIP jump shuttle that would take the officers through seperately. Sometimes it's just a matter of being around at the right time. Such was the case here for Lieutenant Solomon Curd, a man of only one useful skill. Fortunately, that skill is now needed as he was a year or two away from likely being pushed out of the service. Now a lieutenant commander, Curd will be the logistics officer for the New Genesis task force. Many a career has been built, or at least begun to be built, on such fortuiious happenstances. Research tidbits dominated the news most of the rest of the year, but on Christmas Day there was news from New Genesis. A week and a half previous the new naval HQ had been set up on the colony, and the ground survey of A-I had been finished with no new results. This marks the completion of survey operations in Luyten 726-8, and clears the way for deployment of automines. Due to the slow speed of the fuel harvester traveling with the group, it will still be nearly two months before the group, which includes the necessary freighter, makes the jump to the system. By the end of the 2092 basic mining operations should be set up on all of the surveyed comets and the big duranium reserves on A-I, a key step towards making New Genesis fully operational. The two geology teams now inbound to Earth will get some R&R while their GW shuttle undergoes it's maintenance work, and then they will be sent out to YZ Ceti. Confirming the results there is expected to take considerable time, but mining operations cannot begin in earnest until it is finished. That day must come as soon as humanly possible. Research & Development November 3 -- Divisional HQs are now available following a report filed by Alphonse Lambeth. As expected they are considerably expensive, but Earth is in need of two of them and the work will start immediately. The estimated time is nearly two years each. Lambeth will take over work on improving cargo handling systems. December 4 -- A relatively inconsequential advance was announced by Lena Bohannan, whose team has completed work on the asteroid mining module. It is expected to literally be a century or two before any asteroid mining ships would be deployed, if ever. Nevertheless the engineers took a look at the specifications anyway. Each module costs the same as a standard mine, so there could potentially be a significant cost savings over using large numbers of automines which cost twice as much. Analysis indicates that for a moderate-sized mining ship(65 kt), there would be some savings over the automine option of about 17%, but when you factor in the need for shore leave and the inactive time that would require it does not seem to be a particularly useful option. For systems with multiple asteroids with significant deposits and no sensible colony sites it might be a good idea, but such systems are certainly going to be rare and none are set to be developed anytime soon. December 17 -- Capacitor recharge rates have been improved by Norris Gunterman. Decades down the road, if the economic situation has been stabilized, this may well prove important. For now, it's merely a curiosity. His next project is much more vital. The next stage in power generation, the stellerator fusion reactor, will now have his attention. Most of the work has already been done by more junior researchers, and results are expected in less than two years. Earth November 5 -- New research lab completed. Colonial Developments November 19 -- As expected, duranium deposits on Neujmin have now been exhausted. As one of the top neutronium producers, it will continue to be fairly important. Mid-November -- The last of the construction brigades have made it to Titan, where it is expected the new base will be ready sometime in early 2093. Personnel Late December -- The tragic, early death of Dr. Kerry Rainbolt**, a young scientist who had not yet been granted a project lead, went largely unnoticed. Such things happen unfortunately in the course of human experience, and with the research directorate possessing so many talented minds these days, there are many newcomers who remain on the sidelines.