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2220
No huge surprises, no dramatic interruptions, no pictures. Go figure.
2220.01.05 -- A tracking beacon signal is detected in Yiriam. Glorim will investigate -- the failure risk of 7% is negligible.
02.01 -- Humboldt Spaceport begins the first specialized module, adding the Corvette Assembly Yards. It seems foolish to spend more on our corvettes than we have to.
02.20 -- In Beta Corvi on the outer galactic arm, the Suggron will conduct a surface landing to investigate 'more interesting discoveries'. Talk about vague. Glabonsch is not concerned about a fairly minimal 15% risk factor.
03.01 -- The first defense army for Eskogg begins recruitment.
03.09 -- The Yiriam investigations were clearly worth the effort. The signal was marking a large deposit of precious metals, never exploited for unknown reasons. This would be an excellent site for an energy station.
04.01 -- Planetary Administration is now up and running on Bakangi. The one existing mine will get the first upgrade.
04.19 -- Second mining station finished in Joinum, and the Mildrosch moves on to Impal Tov.
04.24 -- Investigations in Beta Corvi has found a metallic tablet that served no obvious purpose. After further study, it appears to contain basic information about a distant system, marked in illustrations and a periodic table of sorts. It's the Khamb system, a few jumps beyond where the Korgasch has ranged, and appears to have a good amount of minerals.
05.07 -- Beta Corvi survey completed. Like both of the other pulsars surveyed so far, the star itself is a beneficial research site, physics in this case. The Suggron will now traverse the other direction a few jumps, having reached the very end of the outer arm.
05.30 -- Science lab finished on Humboldt. An upgrade to a Physics Lab is commenced immediately.
07.05 -- Tarblac captured on Leesak IIb. This was an even larger boon to the Society Dept. than the others. There is now nearly a two-year 'bonus reserve' available. The Laggasch has three more stops, the first involving a three-jump trip to the Rimdur system. Meanwhile, Leesak IIb is available for colonization again, but the required investment is not quite there.
08.08 -- More space amoebas have been found in the Tadasca system, just below Sym, the entry point to the outer galactic arm. That's the third sighting of them, one of which is in Kroll space but two of which are in unclaimed systems. The Suggron will move on.
08.25 -- The Suggron's next destination was Dawcan, which has four groups of crystalline entities. These are red, unlike the green ones previously defeated in Impal Tov. Each trio is more than twice as powerful as those also. The fleet is strong enough to take one group on at at time, but probably not without significant losses. This is looking like a rather hazardous sector, and once again the Suggron jumps out immediately. Even more notably, there is a large ocean world here, the first we've spotted outside of our home nebula ...
09.10 -- Mine upgrade finished on Bakangi, and Gov. Deaconi Palmieri is up to ** already! A second upgrade of the same mine will bring it up to the most modern standard.
09.19 -- More from the Korgasch in Yiriam. An asteroid has been found with the surface littered with various metallic fragments, seemingly from ships of various designs. Failure risk 15%.
11.01 -- Corvette Assembly Yards finished at Humboldt Spaceport. A tenth corvette, this one a fifth Sschlurga, is added to the fleet.
11.03 -- Physics Lab upgrade finished on Humboldt. There's nothing else that needs doing on the homeworld, and won't be for over three years according to current projections.
11.04 -- Mining station is up and running in Impal Tov. A research station in the same system is next.
11.22 -- The Yiriam asteroid has been determined to be an ancient junkyard. Various broken or outdated components were jettisoned into it's gravity well, and left to crash into the growing collection on it's pitted surface. None of them can be used for what they were originally intended, but repurposing the materials with an orbital mine would be fairly profitable.
12.18 -- Yiriam has been completely surveyed. It's unfortunate that neither this system nor it's neighbors have any vaguely habitable planets, as it is a potentially good source of both energy and minerals.
In accordance with recently received orders, the next big-ticket expenses are to be a colony ship for Leesak next, followed by a second spaceport, at Bakangi. I'm also hoping the overworked engineering researchers can give more than a blank stare during the upcoming debris analysis 'interruptions'.
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