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Inquisitor's Briefing: Roe Laren
At this time we have a question of influence. There's only so much, and we can't do everything we would like to do with it. For reference, we presently have 43 Influence, and gain just over 4 per month. A fair amount was spent on the Imperial Capital on Humboldt and the Planetary
Administration on Gabbwhatever, but those are rare occurences. Not a whole lot has changed since the last star chart posted a couple years ago, in terms of the relevant areas here. We have a few different choices in how to handle the influence situation.
** Continual Steady Colonization -- This means an outlay of 30 for close colonies or those already in our territory, once every year and a half of thereabouts. We'll continue to grow gradually, and will gain influence gradually as well. Then when war comes again with the Djomar, we will deal with trying to cut them off from this game of constantly pushing further inward on this arm of the galaxy.
** Government Reform -- The cost for upgrading or changing governments is 250 Influence, or about five years' worth. We'd have to stop expanding for a while to save this up. Our current Theocratic Oligarchy offers bonuses of +20 to Leader Lifespan and -15% to Ethic Divergence; we have multiple choices but if we stay with the same basic philosophy, the new form would be Transcendent Oligarchy, a further step up with the same mindset and double the bonuses(+40 Leader Lifespan, -15% Ethic Divergence).
** Establish Ourselves Past the Djomar -- In our next war, we will need to take out some frontier outposts, but there would be some benefit to getting a foot in on some of the more lucrative planets in that direction. Still open, for example, is Rakaron with a max-size ocean planet. Unfortunately the cost here due to the distance is even more than government reform: about 50% more, 377 for Rarkaron and the other systems in that area are about the same amount.
Inquisitor Roe Laren, you are on the clock. All further inquiries are welcomed as always.
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