2255-56
2255.01.02 -- Engineering facility upgrades begin on Humboldt and Agglor, and probably in a number of the sector planets as well.
01.14 -- Uldrugg Spaceport(Saiph system) is begun as a new repair point.
01.29 -- Eskogg finishes ... something. I don't really remember what it was doing, but it will upgrade on of its Engineering Facilities next.
02.14 -- Observation post finished at Vurl-Xagh, the homeworld of the reptilian Thek'Qlak in the Andack system. The Thek'Qlak are not likely to be happy with the idea of being infiltrated, as we did previously with the Shantari on Micaw. That's just too darn bad, of course. They have similar Arid environmental preferences, and will expand our holdings eventually towards the goal of connecting the Perj sector with the rest of our space.
02.21 -- Just two days after entering the Nekkar system, the Fist of Boojie is in battle with the mining drones there.
03.01 -- The Serpess system, fourth of the five in the 'High Value Mining' category, has been surveyed. It's pretty good, 9 minerals total, but no habitable planets.
04.10 -- The 'battle' in the Nekkar system has proven to be a complete joke. The fleet has systematically eliminated incoming drones before they so much as get in range to fire. The system is increasingly littered with debris fields, the wreckage of enemies completely overmatched.
04.22 -- Power Hub finished on Bakangi. The lone engineering facility there starts the upgrade progress to the more modern standard.
06.05 -- Eskogg finishes the engineering lab upgrade and a new mining network will be constructed next. There are still a few provinces here to be developed.
06.16 -- Engineering facility upgrade finished on Agglor.
06.24 -- Humboldt's upgrade is finished as well, and the homeworld is back to being fully operational.
08.01 -- A couple weeks ago,
JIMGA JR was assigned to researching the debris from the recent battles. That'll keep him busy for a while.
08.02 -- Another colony ship is completed and heads for Impal Tov. The next one will head to the systems beyond Saiph in the outer arm.
10.13 -- Bakangi has now finished all possible planetary construction, the first colony to join the homeworld of Humboldt in that, a little over 50 years after its founding. There is a volcano province that could be developed if we discover a way to overcome that obstacle, but aside from that there is nothing more to be done at present.
11.12 -- Mining network finished on Eskogg, which still has some ways to go. Upgrading begins immediately.
2256.02.06 -- The clearing of Nekkar is finally finished, having taken a year. The damaged elements of the Fist of Boojie have been repaired and returned to the fleet. There is one more known system with a couple of mining drone outposts, much less dense, along the Qravadox Corridor. That will be cleared as well before they return for shore leave.
03.03 -- Initial infiltration efforts on Vurl-Xagh are not going well. Our operatives have been forced to go dark and lay low for a while in order to avoid discovery.
03.08 -- The mine on Eskogg is now fully upgraded. A hydroponics farm is next as the food supply is getting a little too sparse for comfort.
04.01 -- The Izval Prime colony is now up and running near the Djomar border.
07.02 -- Hyperlane Breach Points research complete.
This is what I've taken to calling the 'Qravadox Corridor', so named as it is the path past the Qravadox who are the major power in this region of space(the outer arm). They hold the bluish territory and are roughly equal to us at this point in time(we're a little stronger I think, but it's fairly close).
As you can see, the Obnoll system has recently been colonized by a small empire down here. It's only their third system, a small(size-13) ocean planet.
In the upper left are the Djomar, and so far there is no evidence of anyone having settled the region of space past them. The Rakaron system holds a max-size(25) ocean planet that would be very nice. Continued expansion in this general direction appears to be possible and potentially fruitful for us. How far remains to be seen, but the survey ships continue their work non-stop to figure that out.