2228-9
2228.11.01 -- Eskogg begins the upgrade to planetary administration. A couple days later the solar panel network is finished on the spaceport there, biting into our energy deficit a bit.
12.02 -- Solar panels finished at Agglor as well. We're now down to nine a month, a shortfall which should essentially go away when the new colony is set up.
01.06 -- Industrial wasteland cleared on Humboldt. This will allow growth in the final province, but no new construction should be necessary here for years.
02.01 -- Mag Rutosch has been completely set up and the colony is now in operation. Disbanding the Ambisia frontier outpost shrunk our borders by a bit, but Arrakis was kept just within them. It will be important to keep Mag Rutosch growing to ensure we maintain control of the system.
New sector defaults to losing three-plus energy and gaining about 30 minerals a month. I changed the borders a bit, taking a couple of the mineral-rich system out and leaving them as part of our core, but that still left it at +2 energy, +18 minerals. It's pretty unbalanced obviously. The Kroll Border Sector is now overseen by JIMGA. At the moment we've got the sector focusing on building up energy production and no taxes so that it can build up a basic amount of resources. Taxes at least will change before too long.
We have reached the point where galactic-scale inefficiency is now to become a thing. We can no longer micromanage our economy to the same degree; size breeds waste. Best we can do is to try and balance out the Kroll sector, then tax it if it becomes more profitable than it needs to be.
03.02 -- Humboldt begins upgrading a science lab to a biolab. I forgot to do this some while back when they were developed.
03.09 -- The bluish -- technically designated 'sapphire' -- crystalline entities are engaged in the Rasalas system.
03.25 -- The Rasalas system has been cleared. It was a short battle, with two corvettes having suffered only light damage. Still, all will return for repairs.
04.02 -- Field Modulation research complete.