General Briefing: Twenty Years In
Two decades have passed, and much has changed.
The Big Picture
You can't see much detail from this far out, but this shows the boundaries of what we've explored. Of the four directions available to us, only one is cut off so far. Downwards, or in on our arm of the galaxy, the Kroll Star Commonwealth is sandwiched between us and the Unified Djolmar Stars. Both have 15 population spread between 2 planets; we're a bit ahead of their pace, with 18 spread between 3. Above, or outwards on this arm, the
Korgasch continues exploration and survey efforts. It appears we have room to grow in that direction. Across the dark space on the outer arm of this part of the galaxy, the
Suggron has explored a few systems. The pulsar in the upper right is as far as it will go in that direction for now, as the jump from there is incredibly long -- the longest one in the galaxy actually and I don't think it's close. After that system is finished, it will reverse directions and head down to the denser portions of the arm in the opposite direction. We have not yet jumped to the 'inner' galactic arm though we do have access to it. There are lots of exploration options still available here.
Economics
** Energy -- 792/3000, +16.5 per month. We've got a very healthy surplus here at the moment.
** Energy Budget: 57.6 energy is produced each month. 12% goes to ship maintenance, 2.1% to army maintenance, 41.7% to station maintenance, 15.6% to building maintenance, with the remaining 28.6% as surplus. Plenty of room for expansion.
** Minerals -- 91/8000, +53.8 per month. Ship maintenance is presently 5.1%.
** Influence -- 71/1000, +2 per month.
** Physics Research -- 12.4 monthly
** Society Research -- 11.2 monthly
** Engineering Research -- 12.2 monthly
** Strategic Resources -- We have found only the one 'Betharian' Troutstone so far. It isn't being used yet, but there are plans in place for that.
** Planet Cap -- We're at 3 of 5 right now. It seems sensible to have one more core planet, in Leesak once that is colonized. That would have our core as the Grasping Claw Nebula, and sectors formed outside of it once we get that far.
** Naval Cap -- 9 of 16 used presently. Building more spaceports at our colonies could expand this considerably.
** Sector Cap -- 0 of 2 used.
** Leader Cap -- 10 of 10. We're at the max here right now.
Long-Term Projects
** Battle Debris -- In Yiriam(mining drones) and Cador(void cloud), there are still fields to be analyzed. The
Korgasch is in Yiriam right now and will move to Cador when finished.
** High-Value Mining Targets -- We have not yet reached any of these five systems. The closest is four jumps upwards of where the
Korgasch has ranged. It will probably be at least another decade before we get to the first of them.
** Vultaum Star Assembly -- We've discovered two of six artifacts needed to develop a basic understanding of this precursor civilization.
** Alien Specimen Procurement -- The
Laggasch is on the way to the fourth of seven, nearly halfway done with this.
** Victory by Domination -- We have 3 of the 325 planets required.
** Victory by Conquest -- 29 independent empires remain.
Oncorhynchus Space
This star chart shows the most recent boundaries of our space. The
Mildrosch is presently in Joinum, working it's way back down eventually to the lower areas of our territory where there are more stations yet needed. Most of the energy has been tapped at this point, but that is not a concern given how much of a buffer we have now.
The capital is mostly developed, and presently building a research lab. There is enough food for one of the provinces suitable for it to be used for something else. Eventually the 'Troutian Power Plant' will be built on one of these. A couple research lab upgrades would also be beneficial as time and resources permit.
Our first colony is now upgrading to planetary administration, which will be followed by an aggressive building program.
Our most recent establishment, this planet will need many years to grow before it produces much.
Military Matters
The army presently has two assault armies, both on Humboldt. Additionally there are six garrisons and three defense armies on our homeworld, Bakangi has three garrisons and one defense army, while Eskogg has only a pair of garrisons. In general, the goal is to maintain a defense army for every two garrisons.
The navy has the lone spaceport at Humboldt, and the Nautilus Squadron is comprised of nine corvettes. Five are Dorsal-class interceptors(3 small coilguns), while the other four are Sschlurga-class strikers(1 small and 1 medium coilgun).
At this point there are a few matters which need discussion; options on those will come next.