2310-2313
2311.01 -- Cruisers have been built and it's on to destroyers now. Meanwhile,
Patriarch Glosch has decided that it's time to finish our expansion into the Ibannic Nebula. If the Buhavilaa do ever come this way, it should at least help act as a buffer againt them.
There are three systems of interest to the Collective on the map above. Ustir has a fine arctic planet, Tediss an ocean one. We'd like to terraform Ustir before colonizing of course, which is where Debbux comes in. There is a max-size desert planet there, fitting for the Shantari, the best of our dry-climate 'assistants'. That would close enough to give us control over Ustir to be able to get the terraforming going.
02.20 -- Peace has been announced in the war next door to us. The Cormathani, former rebels against the Gwesibor, have expanded. And of course the Bhenn'Thell's help was not entirely philanthrophic, they took a bit of territory as well.
09.02 -- Superfluid Materials research completed. This allows for top-level Engineering Facilities, and the appropriate upgrades will commence immediately. Humboldt is the only core planet without at least one of them. There is tough choice ahead for
Dr. Ethogg, but in keeping with Glosch's focus on the fleet he will pursue Standardized Cruiser Patterns. This unlocks the module Cruiser Assembly Yards, allowing quicker and cheaper production of these larger ships along with the corvette and destroyer variants already in use.
10.01 -- All of the requested corvettes for the Fist of Boojie have been completed. A few more are yet needed for the border task forces though.
10.21 -- Physics Lab finished on Gabbog, and attention turns to the many Engineering Facility upgrades that will be needed there.
12.17 -- A colony ship has been finished at Edellimar, the nearest Shantari planet just a few jumps away, and dispatched to Debbux to begin our expansion further into the nebula.
2312.02.03 -- Bakangi has completed upgrades to it's sole Engineering Facility.
02.21 -- Agglor has done the same. The remaining two core planets have several, and will take much longer to complete the process.
03.10 -- Hark is the sixth and final settled world to begin the terraforming process from arctic to ocean. It is only a little over a year and a half until the first completes the decade-long process.
05.10 -- All of the needed corvettes for the border fleets have been finished. For now, ship production will halt. There is still a large surplus(+52 per month), but the desired level is estimated to be about 30-35 at this point. We'll find more about how big it needs to be soon, because
Patriarch Glosch has determined that it is time to clean up a couple of troublesome eyesores. The moment has arrived to eliminate the Djomar League and it's troublesome protectorate, the Tycan Nation. They will not insult us with their words or continued existence for much longer. Admiral Garma and the Fist of Boojie are called into action once more.
It ends up being even more of a drain than expected. We don't get the savings of from some of the recently built spaceport modules when not in orbit, and when the ships leave Gabbog the energy balance drops nearly to zero. That means a drop of close to 50 per month for any war with the current size of our fleet ... and that's with a significant part of it remaining for defensive purposes. We'll probably want to maintain a surplus of at least 30 in peacetime.
05.29 -- The colony ships lands on Debbux. A new one will be built to journey to the ocean world of Tediss, the first expansion of Architreuthis territory in some time.
12.28 -- The Fist of Boojie meets up with the Djomar Guard. The combined fleet then splits in two; half will stay here and deal with the Djomar themselves, the other half going a half-dozen jumps away to the Tycan border. A coordinated attack is the quickest way to deal with this situation. The energy balance has now turned negative, roughly a dozen per month. We can keep up that level for nearly a decade, so there is no immediate concern. The Malcontent Slaves have also chosen this moment to start causing trouble again, but all they'll do is smuggle another group out of the Empire. Cost of doing business.
2313.02.01 -- The Debbux colony has been officially established.
03.09 -- Gabbog has finished with the upgrading of its engineering facilities. The Engineering Dept. is now slightly more well-funded even that Society. The only thing left for full development of our fifth core world is to build several mining networks.
03.16 -- Everything is in position, and the only way the Djomar could be unaware of what is coming is if their agents are asleep. Regardless, the word of war must be officially delivered, and this is the day for it. We are two jumps away from the lone planet each has settled.
04.01 -- The energy situation turns further south. I'd forgotten that some of our citizens don't like offensive wars, and aren't as productive in this situation. All the more reason to build up a big reserve for any major future conflicts. Shouldn't be an issue here though. Still enough for almost five years. Part of it was also the completion of the latest colony ship at Raggani, which heads out to Tediss. After jumping into hostile territory, both task forces are opposed by a single mining station.
04.16 -- The Tycan Nation, possessing the same wormhole tech as their masters, sends a small contingent to the small system of Alioth. They will be ignored. They probably are strong enough to take down our spaceport, but once we take their lone planet I doubt they'll be so enthusiastic to resist.
05.08 -- Eskogg finishes upgrading engineering facilities, the last to do so.
06.18 -- The Djomar's final battle has begun; Admiral Garma engages the Djo Feh'Mari Spaceport. The Tycan front is slower, with a research station a jump away from the target slowing things down.
08.02 -- The Tycan attackers have fled Alioth, probably due to the fact that we've just arrived at their home system. Meanwhile, Mag Rutosch is the first of the six ongoing terraforming projects to complete.
08.05 -- The Djomar are trying the same tactic, attacking Ullus where we have three colonies. They'll not find the welcome any warmer, even as we assault their final homeworld.
08.27 -- Interstellar Railroad activated and we lose another slave pop. At the moment I couldn't care less.
10.30 -- The Djomar spaceport is almost down, and elsewhere the Tycan fleet, such as it is, has been smashed along with their wormhole station.
11.10 -- The Ullus Prime spaceport has been destroyed on our end, with three corvettes lost of a much larger force of attacking Djomar.
12.27 -- A second spaceport lost in Ullus. Another corvette and two destroyers were paid by the Djomar in compensation.
2314.01.02 -- Nutrient Replication research completed.
The current status of the war is that the final Djomar presence in their home system, the wormhole station, is being eliminated. Then we will proceed to their planet of Semadjo. On the Tycan front, the battle against their spaceport and associated, mostly civilian ships, has just begun.
The Djomar fleet in Ullus, known as the 3rd Abyssal Flotilla, is basically the remnant from the last war. They've got 2 cruisers, 3 destroyers, and a pair of corvettes remaining. They can bombard our defenses on the planets there but little else they can do, esp. once we take down their only wormhole station.