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Brian Swartz · 11-24-2014, 01:59 AM

2080 ANNUAL REPORT

Thankfully the civilian shipping recession quickly abated at the beginning of the year. The new decade seemed to bring with a new determination and efficiency. Between late January and mid-February Sedna expanded not once, not twice, but three times, adding significantly to the already-massive contributions from the distant dwarf. The timing is of course fantastic, clearly they must have lit a fire under them to profit from the downturn. In this case, it's all for the common good.

There continue to be minor hiccups here and there, two steps forward and one back for most of the early months, but progress is made albeit slowly. At the end of February the first two Explorer jump scouts are finished, and then to start of March the security review is finished. It's a couple months late but that's hard to fault under the circumstances. Juishao's death was found to be a preventable equipment failure, but also an isolated case and no major policy changes were recommended other than a fix for the specific malfunction. Research will now begin ramping up again, but production across the board in all sectors is still only a bit over 55% of capacity and many major shipyard priorities have not been restarted yet. There is much left to do.

The first shipment of the year to Triton leaves in the middle of April, another sign that slowly but surely, progress is being made. Along with a couple of minor research advances finalized in the month, support starts to galvanize around the recovery. People have had time to consider the situation, and there isn't really a good reason not to get behind SPACE again. Another month, and production approaches the two-thirds mark. The Baltimore Marine yard is back in business, with the Baltimore carriers back in production.

By July that's up to three-quarters with a little bit of good news here, a little bit there, mostly just everything getting settled back into a positive routine. By the last week of August, production in all sectors was back to maximum output and the utility vessels for the ESFs were finished as well. Nearly a year after it began, the crisis was finally over -- though not forgotten.

The very next month, there was another tremor as Cpt. Roman Madore was forced to retire unexpectedly due to medical issues. He was one of the solid veterans that make up the backbone of Navy leadership.

A couple of good academy candidates come in the fall, and then November brings the first Gearing Survey Carrier and another quartet of Caldwell shuttles. At the end of the year, the Wickes salvage & recovery ship was finally launched. This was an important public relations moment for SPACE. A smooth maiden voyage is needed, and a successful test before the elections wouldn't hurt. The oldest bases will be taken first, as their crews are under the greatest hardship. That means Stephan-Oterma is the first target, with Lt. Cmdr. Sammie Appelbaum -- stop laughing -- taking the assignment as the best of the recent academy graduates who is still without a command. Unfortunately, the end of the year will come about a week before the ship can arrive ... just a hair too late. Privately Eighmy was pleased with this since it meant the ship being a dud would come too late to affect the campaign, which is why he didn't divert it to Faye or Machholz which are closer.

2080 will have to be remembered as the year SPACE got back on its feet and apparently averted disaster.

COLONIAL DEVELOPMENTS

January 24 -- Sedna expands to 33 complexes, then finishes a 34th just four days later.

February 12 -- Sedna adds a third complex in three weeks.

EARTH

February 28 -- The first two Explorer jump scouts are ready.

Mid-May -- New Yorks are scrapped, another healing sign.

Late May -- Baltimore Marine is back in business, with the first carrier set to be ready next spring.

May 30 -- Another pair of Explorers is completed. The first ESF now has a full complement.

Mid-June -- Wartsila is the next shipyard to resume operations with the Nimitz missile boat.

July 8 -- A fifth Long Beach harvester group departs Earth. Only one remains of the originally planned six.

August -- KSEC(Caldwell) gets underway again.

Mid-August -- Oregon gets moving with the resumption of the Iowa XR. The tanker is now expected to be the final element of the first ESF to be ready, probably sometime around late spring of next year.

August 28 -- Last two Prospectors are finished.

September 3 -- With the completion of the last two Explorers, utility craft are finished for both ESFs. The larger ships are all that is needed now.

November 9th -- First of the Gearing Survey Carriers is complete, as well as a quartet of Caldwell shuttles. Cmdr. Christin Dinges(39) is assigned the posting.

December 8th -- The Wickes salvage recovery ship is launched.

December 9th -- A new laboratory is finished.

LEADERSHIP PERSONNEL

Early March -- James Earl Jones V Wealth Creation to 15%.

Early April -- James Earl Jones V factory production up to 35%. The final year of his career is a strange time to put his foot on the gas ...

July 7 -- 22-year-old Zoe Bean is promoted to Brigadier General. Evaluations are still that she is the second-best officer in the army behind Engelhardt.

August 30 -- Lt. Cmdr. Zenaida Howse, while not quite on the level of a Feeser or Jeffcoat, is the latest star to come out of the academies on the naval side. She has good training skills already and a few political connections.

Late October -- Col. Rodger Henning, near genius-level in both ground combat and xenology(?), has graduated the academy.

Mid-November -- Another pointless skill increase for James Earl Jones V(Factory production to 40%)

Mid-December -- Nearly irrelevant Garland Sidhom(BG) just got slightly less so with a good jump to 35% bonus.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

** April 5 -- The latest in automated defenses, the CIWS '79, has been completed by Harlan Welle's team. It's the first tangible step by the research teams in some time, and gives everyone a bit of a productive jolt. Welle will now finally be able to get back to the missile launcher reload work that still has not been finished.

** April 18 -- Elwood Tousant finishes work on the new commercial-grade thermal sensors. He'll next look at the building blocks of effective combat countermeasures in Electronic Warfare.

** May 10th -- Eva Vadnais finishes theoretical research into expanding lasers into the ultraviolet spectrum. Things are a bit out of balance though in that current-gen technology doesn't have turreted versions yet, so she'll hammer those out beginning with the 'Excalibur' single-meson variant.

** Early July -- One of the new training projects for the young scientists, Douglas Greer in this case, is worth particular mention. He's doing the groundwork for Cloaking Theory, which involves various techniques to mask a ship's gravitational field and therefore hide it from active sensors, though it won't help with passive thermal/electromagnetic detections. Ships like the Explorer jump scout might potentially be equipped with such devices in the future, but it's mostly a speculative project that SPACE could find uses for in the decades to come.

** July 13 -- Vadnais has finished the meson turret, and moves on to the twin-laser one. That'll take a bit longer, six months or so.

11-24-2014, 01:59 AM	#297
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	2080 ANNUAL REPORT Thankfully the civilian shipping recession quickly abated at the beginning of the year. The new decade seemed to bring with a new determination and efficiency. Between late January and mid-February Sedna expanded not once, not twice, but three times, adding significantly to the already-massive contributions from the distant dwarf. The timing is of course fantastic, clearly they must have lit a fire under them to profit from the downturn. In this case, it's all for the common good. There continue to be minor hiccups here and there, two steps forward and one back for most of the early months, but progress is made albeit slowly. At the end of February the first two Explorer jump scouts are finished, and then to start of March the security review is finished. It's a couple months late but that's hard to fault under the circumstances. Juishao's death was found to be a preventable equipment failure, but also an isolated case and no major policy changes were recommended other than a fix for the specific malfunction. Research will now begin ramping up again, but production across the board in all sectors is still only a bit over 55% of capacity and many major shipyard priorities have not been restarted yet. There is much left to do. The first shipment of the year to Triton leaves in the middle of April, another sign that slowly but surely, progress is being made. Along with a couple of minor research advances finalized in the month, support starts to galvanize around the recovery. People have had time to consider the situation, and there isn't really a good reason not to get behind SPACE again. Another month, and production approaches the two-thirds mark. The Baltimore Marine yard is back in business, with the Baltimore carriers back in production. By July that's up to three-quarters with a little bit of good news here, a little bit there, mostly just everything getting settled back into a positive routine. By the last week of August, production in all sectors was back to maximum output and the utility vessels for the ESFs were finished as well. Nearly a year after it began, the crisis was finally over -- though not forgotten. The very next month, there was another tremor as Cpt. Roman Madore was forced to retire unexpectedly due to medical issues. He was one of the solid veterans that make up the backbone of Navy leadership. A couple of good academy candidates come in the fall, and then November brings the first Gearing Survey Carrier and another quartet of Caldwell shuttles. At the end of the year, the Wickes salvage & recovery ship was finally launched. This was an important public relations moment for SPACE. A smooth maiden voyage is needed, and a successful test before the elections wouldn't hurt. The oldest bases will be taken first, as their crews are under the greatest hardship. That means Stephan-Oterma is the first target, with Lt. Cmdr. Sammie Appelbaum -- stop laughing -- taking the assignment as the best of the recent academy graduates who is still without a command. Unfortunately, the end of the year will come about a week before the ship can arrive ... just a hair too late. Privately Eighmy was pleased with this since it meant the ship being a dud would come too late to affect the campaign, which is why he didn't divert it to Faye or Machholz which are closer. 2080 will have to be remembered as the year SPACE got back on its feet and apparently averted disaster. COLONIAL DEVELOPMENTS January 24 -- Sedna expands to 33 complexes, then finishes a 34th just four days later. February 12 -- Sedna adds a third complex in three weeks. EARTH February 28 -- The first two Explorer jump scouts are ready. Mid-May -- New Yorks are scrapped, another healing sign. Late May -- Baltimore Marine is back in business, with the first carrier set to be ready next spring. May 30 -- Another pair of Explorers is completed. The first ESF now has a full complement. Mid-June -- Wartsila is the next shipyard to resume operations with the Nimitz missile boat. July 8 -- A fifth Long Beach harvester group departs Earth. Only one remains of the originally planned six. August -- KSEC(Caldwell) gets underway again. Mid-August -- Oregon gets moving with the resumption of the Iowa XR. The tanker is now expected to be the final element of the first ESF to be ready, probably sometime around late spring of next year. August 28 -- Last two Prospectors are finished. September 3 -- With the completion of the last two Explorers, utility craft are finished for both ESFs. The larger ships are all that is needed now. November 9th -- First of the Gearing Survey Carriers is complete, as well as a quartet of Caldwell shuttles. Cmdr. Christin Dinges(39) is assigned the posting. December 8th -- The Wickes salvage recovery ship is launched. December 9th -- A new laboratory is finished. LEADERSHIP PERSONNEL Early March -- James Earl Jones V Wealth Creation to 15%. Early April -- James Earl Jones V factory production up to 35%. The final year of his career is a strange time to put his foot on the gas ... July 7 -- 22-year-old Zoe Bean is promoted to Brigadier General. Evaluations are still that she is the second-best officer in the army behind Engelhardt. August 30 -- Lt. Cmdr. Zenaida Howse, while not quite on the level of a Feeser or Jeffcoat, is the latest star to come out of the academies on the naval side. She has good training skills already and a few political connections. Late October -- Col. Rodger Henning, near genius-level in both ground combat and xenology(?), has graduated the academy. Mid-November -- Another pointless skill increase for James Earl Jones V(Factory production to 40%) Mid-December -- Nearly irrelevant Garland Sidhom(BG) just got slightly less so with a good jump to 35% bonus. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT April 5 -- The latest in automated defenses, the CIWS '79, has been completed by Harlan Welle's team. It's the first tangible step by the research teams in some time, and gives everyone a bit of a productive jolt. Welle will now finally be able to get back to the missile launcher reload work that still has not been finished. April 18 -- Elwood Tousant finishes work on the new commercial-grade thermal sensors. He'll next look at the building blocks of effective combat countermeasures in Electronic Warfare. May 10th -- Eva Vadnais finishes theoretical research into expanding lasers into the ultraviolet spectrum. Things are a bit out of balance though in that current-gen technology doesn't have turreted versions yet, so she'll hammer those out beginning with the 'Excalibur' single-meson variant. Early July -- One of the new training projects for the young scientists, Douglas Greer in this case, is worth particular mention. He's doing the groundwork for Cloaking Theory, which involves various techniques to mask a ship's gravitational field and therefore hide it from active sensors, though it won't help with passive thermal/electromagnetic detections. Ships like the Explorer jump scout might potentially be equipped with such devices in the future, but it's mostly a speculative project that SPACE could find uses for in the decades to come. ** July 13 -- Vadnais has finished the meson turret, and moves on to the twin-laser one. That'll take a bit longer, six months or so.