2216
2216.01.05 -- Sschlurga upgrade finished. The Dorsals will wait. Durth is six jumps away, so there is no time to lose in getting there. The new combat computers are expected to have a considerable impact though, with simulations showing over an 18% increase in combat effectiveness.
04.19 -- Sym has been completely surveyed. Some energy and minerals are present, but with no habitable planets and the systems spread out in this area, it isn't a candidate for expansion.
05.15 -- The Nautilus Squadron begins its attack on the Fang base in Durth.
07.02 -- Energy station finished in Dirmius. It's now on to Leesak for the
Mildrosch, where several stations will be needed.
07.15 -- The asteroid base in Durth has been defeated.
Admiral SirFozzie is now up to ** skill. There were no losses, though one of the Dorsals, the
Paddagur, barely remains intact. It's back to Humboldt for repairs, and the
Korgasch can now continue it's survey efforts unimpeded.
It has also come to our attention that sometime in the last year, probably more recently, the Kroll have established a new colony. It's in the only direction they have a choice to expand now, downward, or inward on this arm of the galaxy, the opposite direction from us.
08.18 -- The Ezak system in the outer arm has been surveyed with nothing worth mentioning found. The
Suggron moves on.
10.01 -- Colony ship begun on Humboldt.
10.03 -- Glabonsch has found signs of a precursor civilization at a gas giant in the Assaniz system, his next target. Failure risk is 30%, right at the line, but he proceeds.
11.15 -- Glorim is up to ****.
12.02 -- Toxic Kelp removal research finished.
12.06 -- Durth survey finished, but the matter of analyzing the debris from the battle there still remains.
12.07 -- Orbital gas mining station at Assaniz IV is Vultaum in origin. Apparently, millions of years ago it's thrusters were fired in order to force it into the gas giant itself, but it unexpectedly collided with something and remained in orbit. The
Suggron will have to return later as further investigation is beyond Glabonsch's skills, and the other survey ships are quite some distance away.
12.15 -- Beznar, now just inside our territory, has been surveyed.
Aslik Deesh is finally free to go on the alien specimen expedition. He'll head to Sarack first to attempt to capture a Malleable Goolantha, and then into Kroll space. A deal is soon brokered with the Star Commonwealth giving us 10 years of civilian access and 37 energy, for which they will receive our most recent star charts. Since we are blocked off from passing each other, it doesn't seem any harm can come from the exchange. Beznar itself turned out to be a significant energy source, and will eventually be tapped for further development.
Research Director's Briefing: Dr. David Corperial
You'll be spending most of the coming years occupied with other matters such as the alien specimen expedition. But still there is a choice to be made.
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Biodiversity Studies(Biology, 268) -- Unlocks Biolab I, a research lab specializing in Society.
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Terrestrial Sculpting(New Worlds, 1008) -- Allows the building of terraforming stations to improve less than optimal worlds. Strategic resources Terraforming Liquids and Terraforming Gases will be discovered and visible.
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Arctic Colonization(New Worlds, 1008) -- Pretty much as it says, this unlocks the ability to colonize Arctic class planets. At present, we have discovered five of them, so this would more than double the number of planets we can colonize -- though they would not be quite as productive as the ocean worlds we presently have.
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Regenerative Hull Tissue(Materials, 362/3768) -- A shipo component that is quite strange. Bacteria are imprinted with the structural design, and will repair the hull slowly over time 'in the field'.
Dr. David Corperial you are on the clock. Choose wisely.
Governor's Briefing: JIMGA
Yes, you finally get to do something, believe it or not. We now have enough influence that you have the opportunity to declare a Planetary Edict. There are five options, but only three that are relevant. All have the same cost(150 influence) and last 10 years.
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Capacity Overload -- Improve Humboldt's energy production by 15%.
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Infrastructure Projects -- Reduce all construction costs and times by 25%. This would likely tempt additional investment in the homeworld to take advantage of this situation.
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Spiritual Unity -- Unite the populace in a quasi-religious fervor! Growth times reduced by 20%, and food production increased by 10%.
Governor JIMGA, you are on the clock. What have you to say for yourself?