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Old 06-21-2016, 06:22 PM   #367
Brian Swartz
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There's also one more choice to make here. Although there isn't enough for a full briefing, I should note for General Eola Eusrim that the Army pretty much has everything it needs right now -- a full complement of defense armies and enough assault armies to take out a heavily defended planet I would surmise. Unless you wish to add attachments(Psi Warriors being a recent addition) there will be more trickling in now and then but ground forces are considered very adequate to the present need.

Naval Briefing: Admiral SirFozzie

Time to make a few choices regarding naval spending and deployment. Previously, the decision had been tentatively made to split the fleet eventually into two forces; a relatively small one for patrolling the core systems, and a larger one for clearing the alien presence from those further away so they can be developed. At present, the fleet is weeks at most away from Norgon Spaceport. The composition at this time is 13 destroyers and 14 corvettes. Currently outstanding system-clearing missions are all several jumps away at the closest. Three involve more crystalline entities, with one group of space amoebas still out there. One final factor is the upcoming expansion to a third class of ships, with cruisers. Research will take about three more years, not counting interruptions of Engineering due to debris analysis. It's likely to be 2044 or 2045 before that's finished.

The Admiral's decisions are therefore needed on multiple matters here.

** When fleet repairs are completed, should we now split into multiple forces as intended? If so, how many of each class should stay behind in the core systems? 4 of each? 5? Some other number?(4 of each would be slightly stronger than a group of space amoebas, for reference, somewhere in the vicinity of 550 combat power).

** If so, what shall we name the different groups? Home Defense Fleet and Expeditionary Fleet Alpha or a similar cookie-cutter name, or do you have something else in mind?

** In terms of naval spending, what shall we prioritize? Save up for cruisers and the spaceport upgrades that will be required, continue building destroyers & corvettes to expand the current fleet, upgrade the less-developed spaceports, or some mix of these?

As always, all questions are welcomed. Admiral SirFozzie, you are on the clock.
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