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September 16th, 2031 – Dr. Grimmett’s research team completes a prototype for a large fuel storage tank. The space is given to Dr. Palmer’s team(construction speed) to accelerate their progress.
September 25th – Dr. Matar’s team announces new techniques have been discovered which permit a 10% increase in fuel efficiency across the board. His team gets to work on a new engine prototype incorporating these ideas.
November – Tritanium stockpiles have gradually declined, only by a few tons this year but it seems to be increasing. Some(4%) of the industrial capacity is switched from factory conversion to mine conversion to begin addressing this shortfall.
November 6th – The new engine is ready and is incorporated into the Essex and Lexington designs. The range of the Essex class ships is now 6.2b km. Dr. Makar begins work on increasing engine power, and Dr. Grimmett starts a new project aimed at improving the storage capacity for maintenance supplies on starships.
Jan 2032 – Another review of the mineral situation shows the tritanium stockpile has stabilized again, so the new allocations will hold for the time being.
May 2032 – Tritanium is beginning to decline again, so a new larger adjustment is made. Also, Dr. Palmer has increased his prowess at C&P research yet again(20%).
2033 BI-ANNUAL REPORT
Space has a new Director as the by-laws require Lena Dungey to step down for at least one term after two consecutive tours, and it probably would have happened anyway due to her declining health. 29-year-old Slick Willie was the landslide choice to replace her. He is expected to focus more on factory production and population growth, less on shipbuilding efficiency and mining, in general.
Population: 595.1m(63.5m unemployed)
Economic Conversion: 16.1% completed, which has been enough to well over double production.
Shipyard: almost 90% completed
Research Lab: one-third completed
Mining Report -- All mineral stockpiles are increasing at least marginally. Deposits of boronide(just over 4 years) as well as neutronium and corundium(a little under 7 years each) are becoming critical. With sorium production still significantly outpacing our ability to refine it and 1.27m liters being refined each year(9m now in storage and rising), fuel is not expected to become a concern anytime soon.
Lt. Cmdr. Chip Overdrive -- 42nd out of 46
Cmdr. Tell Perj -- 6th out of 15
Lt. Cmdr. Rob Nielsen -- 13th
Lt. Cmdr. Benton Gale -- 16th
Brig. Gen Path Twelve -- 5th out of 5, CO 1st Low Tech Infantry Battalion
Brig. Gen Dolph Stallone -- 2nd out of 5, CO 13th Low Tech Armour Battalion
Maj. Gen Sterling Silves -- Only MG, CO 11th Low Tech Armour Battalion
Dr. Pioneer Deacon Palmer -- Continuing research on increasing construction rate(July 2034 est.)
Slick Willie(4) -- Newly elected Governor-Director!
Sonny Dean(1) -- no assignment
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