Council Chambers, Mkobe - December, 41 NS (estimated 3228 AD)
Progress Report
[Special] The Huitzilopochtli Programme
- 1500*m -
(117 = 60+24+25+8 >>> ) -
Federal Service - Martial Branch
Building on existing martial traditions and the current groundswell of expertise and interest the Martial Branch of the Federation Service Programme is universally well-adopted and supported by almost every polity. Basic combat and counterintelligence training is sensitive to Unity concerns, whilst not pandering to public relations thinking and this honesty plays well to the civilian population. Equally the existing presence of veterans and the VASP in the Civil Branch seeded the programme with clear role models of well-adjusted ex-service men and women.
You receive a +12 to two paramilitary or counter-intelligence projects each turn, so long as they are neither research nor construction related. From time to time the Martial Branch may produce novel tactics or strategies. Economy++, Morale+++, Unity++++
- 1500*m -
( 96 = 41+23+25+8 >>> ) -
Federal Service - Technical Branch
Given the perhaps more complicated responsibility of introducing the Federation Common Core Standards Initiative and a broad-ranging internship programme, the Technical Branch of the Federation Service Programme makes a slower start in ramping up. Taking some learnings from the open standards communities that have emerged in recent years the programme is able to make solid progress and soon the vast foundries of the Eastern Pandayan and Southern Pandayan are a temporary home to diverse research teams exploring bold concepts in continuous improvement and learning organisations.
You receive a +8 to two non-theoretical economic or research projects each turn, with a further +4 to one prototyping project. From time to time the Technical Branch may produce novel inventions or improvements. Economy++++, Morale+, Unity+
= 1500m, 11%
[9, <45%] Construction and Engineering
- 100 m -
(-42 =-69+27 >>> ) -
Retool Atlas Kiosk Manufactory (for Improved Education with Team Scryer), 0%
Reprogramming the manufactory proves more complicated than expected and the team involved decide, after eight months of effort, that a full re-write is required. All production of the facility is halted.
Morale--
- 150 m -
( 85 = 58+27) -
Construction of a Recycling Plant in Port Cartegena, 100%
You successfully construct a Recycling Plant in Port Cartegena, which is welcomed by the Green Party locally. Professor Havant releases the Recycling technology datavaults onto the Atlas network publicly.
Economy++, Morale+
- 600 m -
( 78 = 26+27+25) -
Repair the Fisabee Incubator (reusing the existing Comorite shell), 70%
Good progress is made, though working with a hardened facility makes the reconstruction more complicated than your engineers expected
- 350*m -
( 82 = 47+27+8) -
Federation Transport Network (with Civic volunteers and in conjunction with the Rafiki Brotherhood), 100%
Based on the historic research conducted initially and a series of experimental models created in the suburbs of Darbuiks, the team create a prototype transport hub in the city centre incorporating a civilian seaport and marina, roadtrain depot and local bus nexus. Space is left within the facility for further expansions, based on discussions about rail and gravitic freight opportunities.
Economy+++, Blueprint Available for Transport Hub
- 200 m -
( 77 = 42+27+8) -
Survey Suspected Seihai Tunnels within Federation Territory (using remotes)
Geological surveys close to the foothills of the Kuru Vuoristö Mountains cover a wide swathe of territory but isolate three possible locations where further surveys are recommended:
- Close to Mount Vartijä, running eastwards towards the Silver Republics and Usiku
- Between Blackwatch and Buna territories in the Vuoristö Savannah
- Close to the Hishu settlement of Tōsandō in the Gama de Acero!
- 400 m -
( 5 =-22+27) -
Construct Federation Joint Services Command, ??%
Attempting to quickly remodel a section of Fort Mkobe for FJSC facilities causes a series of power-outages and minor flooding in the bunker complex. Focus shifts away from inter- service and command operations.
Unity--
- 200 m -
( 76 = 49+27 !!! ) -
Construct Signals Intelligence Division within the FIA (under the aegis of SMARTIE), 80%
Built on the hills close to the Acero Cathedral, the FIA-SID compound is a hardened facility that will be capable of receiving transmissions from most Federation settlements via satellite (or Ansible) transmissions with a hard-line into the Arachne Datacentre when finished
- 300 m -
(110 = 83+27) -
Construction of a Heavy Armour Manufactory, 100%
You successfully construct a new Manufactory in Usiku, focused on the production of chassis and components for battle tanks.
Economy++
- 150 m -
(UM66 = 66+27) -
Construction of a Ground RADAR Station, 100%
You successfully construct a Ground RADAR Station within the Gama de Acero close to Tōsandō. Reflections provided by the surrounding hills provide a series of false images that cause the station commander to vacillate between two extremes of response. It quickly earns the name "Susi Station" (Finnic for Wolf) and a reputation for training RADAR operators to handle sensitive Exodus sensors
= 2300m, 19%
[8, <40%] Research and Development
- 50 m -
( 54 = 22+24+8) -
Smart Ballistics (with Private Gyver), 80%
Complexities in the mechanisms involved, their fitness for field use and the specialised munitions slow the research in this space
- 100*m -
(127 = 86+24+12+5) -
Electro-mechanical Integration/Prosthetic (at APRIL and the Federal Clinic Network and in conjunction with the Rafiki Brotherhood), 100%
Your medical ethics board approves the use of a new grade of prosthetic, including several variants that use small inter-locking fragments of Comorudes that provide a more comfortable limb replacement due to reshaping according to the wearer's movements.
You will suffer fewer penalties from units taking damage as soldiers require more to become combat ineffective
- 540 m -
(-57 =-89+24+8) -
Armour Augmentation including Power Armour (with Private Gyver), 10%
Attempting to replicate the techniques uncovered in the new range of prosthetic proves counter-intuitive and the research suffers serious setbacks.
You receive a -6 to the next turn of research on this topic
- 250 m -
( 85 = 56+24+5) -
Armour Crystal-Based Variants (at Twin Shards), 35%
Application of building fortification and hardening techniques proves far easier to apply than the prosthetics research was into power armour!
- 350 m -
(116 = 85+24+8) -
Microexplosive Munitions (with Private Gyver), 100%
Despite the issues at Fort Mkobe due to FJSC remodelling Private Gyver's team manages an impressive demonstration of several new shell types and samples of these munitions in a variety of gauges are available for use.
You may enhance existing ballistic equipped units with microexplosive munitions; this will be indicated in the Construction of Planetary or Stellar Units pages in the wiki
- 250 m -
(151 = 82+24+45) -
Doctrine: Destabilisation (based on Historic Datavaults), 100%
Your team unearths a surprising wealth of information on this technique within the datavaults, including several case studies of it's use.
You may now employ this Doctrine
- 300 m -
(110 = 86+24) -
Design Heavy Armour Units, 100%
Based heavily on the Tembo tank in use within the Mkobe Armoured Divisions, combat engineers come up with two new units - the Vifaru, a main battle tank, and the Faru, an assault tank - which both can make use of advanced microexplosive munitions, Comorite plating and Comorude self-healing sections.
Blueprints Available
- 400 m -
(116 = 32+24+15+45) -
Reverse Engineering Seihai Knights (based on Captured Airframes and Smallcraft Datavaults), 80%
With scientists and combat engineers descending on the captured airframes like vultures - combined with the material from the
RCV Mbal Msafiri - excellent progress is made and a significant portion of the fightercrafts capability are unlocked. At present the weapon systems, based on fletchette technologies as yet not understood - are not reproducible.
You cannot complete this until you have unlocked Seihai Small Arms, but you can produce new fightercraft blueprints or prototypes that make use of gravionic engines with superb manoeuvrability. You receive a +15 to such research
- 200 m -
( 55 = 31+24 !!!) -
Decode Udal Messages (under the aegis of SMARTIE), 40%
You make some progress with the packet headers of the messages, revealing themes of sensor package transfer, observation and a degree of negotiation
- 400 m -
(181 = 79+24+60+15+3) -
Exodus Computing (based on Engineering Datavaults and feasibility studies), 100%
With the recent leaps and bounds in this field within the Federation and clear examples in engineering datavaults, this research is relatively easy to complete. Several incremental enhancements to Federation computer science theory are identified as well as some clear areas of diversity that bear investigation
- 400 m -
( 53 = 7+24+15+6) -
Horticultural Bio-Diversity (Coastal):
[Buried Deep] -
Seihai Computing by ATC (based on Captured Artefacts at Arachne), 25%
Strangely the Seihai fundamentals have diverged significantly from Federation and even Exodus techniques, bearing more similarities to bio-sciences than anything else
- 400 m -
( 54 = 15+24+15) -
Horticultural Bio-Diversity (Mountainous):
[Buried Deep] -
Seihai Small Arms by Blackwatch (based on Captured Artefacts), 20%
Specialists at Eastmount very rapidly reach a point where they can explain the concepts of Seihai weaponry - fletchette munitions which are shredded or carved within the weapon and spat our at extreme velocity either by the reaction or with inert gases. Reproducing the materials and mechanisms involved in surprisingly hard to master
- 400 m -
(106 = 44+24+15+20+3) -
Horticultural Bio-Diversity (Continental):
[Buried Deep] -
Aorenda Implants by New Stoics (based on Captured Artefacts and Assassination Tech), 100%
After several months of painstaking research into Aorenda, the resulting report is presented to Council:
- Firstly it becomes evident that Aorenda is a term meaning 'potential' or 'mana' in Neo-Iroquois, a rare dialect from the border region of the Naxos-Elx Republic. It is unclear whether the technology was stolen from the Republic, whether the Satyata is an infiltration by them or some other deeper game is being played
- Therefore it is unsurprising that these implants provide a mechanism to enhance or alter the capabilities of the implantee. Although many functions remain unclear - and some are beyond Federation science - they rely on a combination of pharmaceuticals, targeted retro-viruses and nano-scale elements to achieve their effect though some of these may simply be triggers for unlocking areas of cognitive processing
- Enhancements include increased cognition and perceptual processing, together with bio-mechanical efficiency improvements - most with a later cost to the implantee. In layman's terms, they make the user able to think faster, respond to threats quicker and with increased speed, strength and reflexes
- Programmes or cocktails exist within the device to provide a rapid benefit spike or slow cumulative effect
- We cannot reproduce these devices with existing technology
- None of these effects mimic the mechanisms involved in Comoryll, nor is it clear the Satyata are aware of that research insofar as is apparent from these implants
- 400 m -
( 83 = 44+24+15) -
Horticultural Bio-Diversity (Marine): [Buried Deep] - Unfamiliar Devices by Jacinto Combine (based on Captured Artefacts), 60%
Careful investigation by the Combine initially believe these other captured artefacts to be dispensers and bio-tailored supplements or suppressors. Further work is required
- 250 m -
( 84 = 60+24) -
Horticultural Bio-Diversity (Subterranean): by Buna (in conjunction with the Rafiki Brotherhood), 80%
Good progress is made by the Buna, underground farms and water collectors being their nutri-bread and soy-butter
- 100*m -
( 79 = 38+24+12+5) -
Atomic Desalination (with Kate Johnson and Team Helios, in conjunction with the Rafiki Brotherhood), 20%
Strong initial progress in made in the facility outside Ksar el-Kebir
- 100 m -
(174 =145+24+5) -
Sovereign Wealth Fund (at the Dhajafada Institute), 60%
With hints and clues provided by the Progress Made Manifest Coalition's published work on Global Economics, the functionality of a sovereign wealth fund becomes clear and early Council attempts to invest piecemeal are revealed as ineffectual.
You have unlocked the facility to invest credits for future use, full information will appear in the Department for Trade thread
- 25 m -
( 54 = 22+24+8) -
Feasibility: Dissimilar Combat Tactics (at Space Tactical School)
Given the broad unfamiliarity of Federation pilots with aerial or dog-fighting tactics - and the scarcity of a range of airframes to consider - this is a difficult concept to theorise about, though Crimeran commanders believe it to be worth exploring.
Research Available, though not costing
- 25 m -
( 73 = 49+24) -
Feasibility: Bunker Busting Bombs
Your scientists belief that a suitably shaped or multi-stage munition will theoretically meet this need, though the specifics are clearly what will make or break this.
Research Available
- 25 m -
( 68 = 44+24) -
Feasibility: Thermobaric Munitions
Telltale hints within the engineering datavaults confirm thermobaric munitions to be feasible.
Research Available
- 25 m -
( 47 = 23+24) -
Feasibility: Elastic Defence Tactics
Datavault references to this topic are broad and somewhat vague.
Research may be conducted though it is unclear whether this will produce results, -3 to first turn
- 25 m -
( 62 = 38+24) -
Feasibility: Military Application of 'Ryllians
Your careful probing around this topic confirms there are clearly military avenues worth exploring, but that this will need to be cautiously done to avoid concerns within the general population.
Research Available
= 4695 m, 36%
[6, <40%] Economy and Trade
- 150 m -
(UM66 = 66+18) -
Public Review into Credit and Debt Instruments
Beginning as a local public broadcasting live docucast of the review, the interplay between the two amateur newcasters and their panel of experts and blue-collar workers from local industries gains an avid following for it's mixture of car-crash debates, popularist but ill-informed soundbites and unexpected wit.
Morale+
- 150 m -
( 51 = 33+18) -
Overhaul Financial Regulation in Mortgages and Lending
Your team of regulators, analysts and economists begin their review of existing regulation full of zeal and determination, which quickly fades in the face of millions of pages of contracts and documentation templates and the like.
Economy-, Morale-
- 100 m -
( 91 = 77+18) -
[Eyes Only!] Investigate Takala's Financial Irregularities
Despite a thorough forensic examination it is clear that the ex-Councillor's affairs are in order. His vision for the Progress Made Manifest Coalition is ... bold, but not illegal
- 75 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorian Ansibles
You harvest 2 Comorian Ansible
- 90 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorite
You harvest 2 Comorite
- 100 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorudes
You harvest 1 Comorudes
- 100 m - Resource Harvesting - Comoryll
You harvest 2 Comoryll
- 328 m - Payment to ATC for Network Services (2.5%)
- 200 m - Payment to ATC for Network Technologies (2 of 6)
- 150 m - Payment to Crimean Confederation for Airforce
- 150 m - Payment to Gorski Amalgam for Combat Stims (4 of 5)
- 100 m - Payment to Gorski Amalgam for Gorski Shock Corps
- 60 m - Payment to Blackwatch for Training at Eastmount
Under the expert and often harsh instruction of Blackwatch trainers recruits undergo a confirmation phase, dubbed "The Hell Tests", ending with a final live fire exercise that brings together all the skills they have learnt so far. In the remote and challenging terrain of high alpine forests this training puts an emphasis on survival and self sufficiency of the individual soldier and is designed to test the courage, agility and determination of the recruits.
= 1753 m, 13%
[3, <25%] Diplomacy
- 100 m -
( 29 = 17+ 9+3) -
Coordinated Speeches on Private Militaries and the Seihai Incursion (with Martha Duin)
Attempts to run a series of debates on JNC, NPB, MBX and other television networks run the gamut from stilted and clearly rehearsed to fiery and with full audience participation - in sad contrast to President Nejem's address at the Unity Ball. Cartoonish caricatures of most of the speakers swiftly appear on a public broadcasting station and see widespread popularity.
Economy---, Morale+
- 131 m - Payment to the White Cross (1%)
= 231 m, 2%
[8, <30%] Espionage and Counter-Intelligence
- 300 m -
( 88 = 64+24+3) -
[Eyes Only!] Interrogation of Seihai Pilots and Ronin Prisoners (led by Mendez)
Beneath all of the rhetoric and bluster and xenophobia your interrogators manage to draw out a few facts from the captured Seihai pilots and Satyata operatives:
- Generally the populace is separated into warriors, workers and priests - with the priests performing a role that has elements of bureaucrats and government. Each caste is further subdivided based on aptitude and specific role and it is near impossible to perform outside your sub-caste. For those not intended to be sent out there is often in-utero manipulation to 'improve' them
- Divisions may exist based on interpretation of 'the Way' or differences on the merits of particular sub-castes
- Ground troops are referred to in several ways which suggest hunters or beasts - Torōru, Anchin, Shikaaree - and they seem to be a separate part of the warrior caste from the pilots
- At least three separate combat fightercraft are flown by the Seihai - the Vidyut ("Lightning"), Tuja ("Thunderbolt") and the Candrahan ("Moon-Slayer") - with the Vidyut the version the Federation call the "Knight". Typically they are high-performance gravionic-assisted interceptors fitted with fletchette cannons and missiles
- 200 m -
( 39 = 9+24+8) -
[Eyes Only!] Communications Analysis to Trace Assassination Attempts (led by Tänzer)
No unusual signals were detected
- 200 m -
(103 = 79+24) -
[Eyes Only!] Satellite and Surveillance Analysis for Seihai Troop Movements
Perhaps finally spooked by the loss of their fightercraft - or that our analysts are becoming skilled at teasing information from the sensor network, several operatives are able to penetrate Seihai territory finally. Analysis suggests at least a dozen Divisions of infantry roam the mountainous jungles, broadly split into two types. Less numerous are the small and lithe soldiers armed primarily with long rifles and some kind of combat vambrace; out-numbering them perhaps four to one are brutish men, many over seven foot tall and armed with heavy stubby weapons. Beyond this it is clear the Seihai field some form of gravionic-assisted rapid reaction force and the fightercraft detected earlier
= 700 m, 5%
[2, <15%] Stellar Warfare
= 0 m, 0%
[7, <15%] Planetary Warfare
- 25 m -
( 82 = 61+21) -
Deploy 4 x Buna Desert Foxes to Decentralised for Garrison Duties
You deploy these divisions to their duties
- 25 m -
( 81 = 60+21) -
Deploy 2 x Nezem Peacekeepers to Western District for Refugee Response
You deploy these divisions to their duties
- 24 m -
(100 = 71+21+8+5) -
Retrain 3 x Polity Infantry Divisions to Peacekeepers (at The Crag and Eastmount Enclave)
You successfully retrain the
"The Groundpounders",
"The Wise Men" and
"The Rising Stars". Everyday citizens respond favourably to the news that these storied divisions, themselves a lynchpin in early unification efforts, will be deployed to continue executing that mission.
Unity+
- 25 m -
( 77 = 56+21) -
Deploy 3 x Peacekeepers to Nezem Badlands, Gama de Acero and Western Badlands for Bandit Hunting
You deploy these divisions to their duties
- 400 m -
(123 = 88+21+8+5) -
Raise 4 x Ifrit Striker Divisions (at The Crag and Eastmount Enclave)
You successfully raise these divisions and send them to the Seihai border
- 480 m -
(116 = 82+21+8+5) -
Raise 6 x Ifrit Mechanised Infantry Divisions (at The Crag and Eastmount Enclave)
You successfully raise these divisions and send them to the Seihai border
- 90 m -
( 91 = 57+21+8+5) -
Raise 1 x Fisabee Stormtrooper Division (at The Crag and Eastmount Enclave)
You successfully raise these divisions and send them to the Seihai border
- 150 m -
(115 = 81+21+8+5) -
Raise 1 x Fisabee Mechanised Infantry Division (at The Crag and Eastmount Enclave)
You successfully raise these divisions and send them to the Seihai border
- 240 m -
( 73 = 43+21+9) -
Raise 2 x Djinn Fighter Wings (at Anderback Airbase)
You successfully raise these wings and station them at Anderback
- 160 m -
( 74 = 44+21+9) -
Raise 1 x Dervish Bomber Wing (at Anderback Airbase)
You successfully raise these wings and station them at Anderback
- 120 m -
( 55 = 26+21+8+5) -
Raise 2 x Scraager Mobile Gun Divisions (at The Crag and Eastmount Enclave)
You successfully raise these divisions and send them to the Eastern District
- 60 m -
(121 = 92+21+8+5) -
Raise 1 x Mobile RADAR Station (at The Crag and Eastmount Enclave)
You successfully raise this division and send them to the Seihai border
- 175 m -
( 98 = 77+21) -
Reform and Deploy Federation and Polity Troops under Operation Jivu
You deploy these newly formed Corps to their duties. Border tensions remain high but their are no incursions, just a tedious waiting game. Inter-command friction is surprisingly absent and the Corps are rotated through Blackwatch, Kavacha and Buna settlements providing support
= 1974 m, 15%
Total Expenditure:
=13127 million credits, 100%
Policies:- Population - Given a continued pressure from the Council on healthcare and longevity it is hardly surprising when the latest figures from the Department of Internal Affairs confirms that the population has surpassed five billion souls!
- (69) Private Militaries - [Eyes Only!] Reports to the Council suggest that the Stellar Imperium is investing heavily in private militia in a number of territories, together with their own investments in raising further divisions.
- (44) Retribution and Counter-Terrorism - Ethnically-motivated attacks increase in Darbuiks, Usuki, the Nezem Badlands and Hishu territories. Morale---, Unity--
- (-2) Communities - You note a series of unusual launches from the rocketry community
Polity Progress
ATC
Following on from the Skaði Festival the value of shares in ATC corporations increase, with several corporates from the Progress Made Manifest Coalition petitioning for entry. Across the board the member corporations see improved calibre of candidates and invesment opportunities
- 900 m -
(111 = 16+27+60+8 !!! ) -
Omniport Nephele
Constructed on the coastal city of Rovaniemi, the omniport is a expanded and extended version of the transport hub constructed in Darbuiks - including a commercial sea port and marina, bus and rail station, gravitics pads, trucking and roadtrain depot (though there are no routes through Rovaniemi as yet) and nascent spaceport together with drydocks, shipyards and other repair and refit facilities for the planetary transportation. It sees a heady influx of candidate engineers, fitters and operations staff keen to work on the
UTF Keihäs, which remains at the Skaði Fields.
You receive a bonus to your industrial base, together with a +6 to transportation related projects in C+E or E+T and you may launch orbital missions presuming sufficient smallcraft or starships
- 393*m -
(-57 =-84+24+3) -
Electronic Warfare, 0%
You see significant problems with signal leakage and interference into the existing wireless access points to the Atlas network, which reveals a nasty set of vulnerabilities and the funding is abosrbed into fixing that. No progress is made on electronic warfare techniques themselves
- 78 m -
(111 = 81+24+3+3) -
Grey Water Systems, 100%
You complete your research into Grey Water Systems, enabling the collection and reuse of rainwater as part of the design and operation of commercial buildings - together with the effective utilisation of miniturised solar cells, micro-treatment pumps and so on. All of these features are incorporated into the omniport and available for ATC facilities as a whole.
Morale+
- 100 m - Transfer to Huitzilopochtli Group
= 1471m, 100%
Blackwatch
Playing host to such a significant military presence whilst there are significant border tensions provides opportunities for soldiers from every walk to excel and Blackwatch Four notes that Captain Darius Alexandros, from the 4th Desert Foxes, shows signs of significant tactical acumen
- 101 m -
( 51 = 14+21+3+5+8) -
Raise and Retrain Polity Infantry Divisions
You successfully raise two further Polity Infantry Divisions, retrain two existing Divisions to Rafiki Peacekeeper standards and reorganise existing Blackwatch forces to provide security to the Eastmount-Wraithguard roadtrain and the Seihai artefacts under study at Eastmount, and to the Seihai border. Logistics are heavily stretched in handling orders of the complexity required and two platoons need to be ferried to their final assignments by civilian bus!
- 255 m -
(134 = 29+24+3+10+15+45) -
Veteran's Affairs Association - Supporting Treatments (in the Federation Clinic Network and Awegala Memorial Hospital, based on Cultural Datavaults and with experimental Comoryll treatments)
Further work on PTSD using experimental Comoryll treatments round out the VAA offering and the headquarters hall is established as an annex at Eastmount, containing recreation and training facilities, treatment rooms and centred around a central mess and offices.
Blueprint Available
- 300 m -
( 65 = 30+27+8) -
Construction of Manufactories
You successfully construct two small manufactories to produce munitions and remotes for further trade with the Wraithguard
= 656m, 100%
Huitzilopochtli Group
Construction of the Policy Centre for the Federation Service Programme is completed in Tlamacazqui
- 240 m -
( 78 = 48+21+9) -
Raise 2 x Djinn Fighter Wings (at Anderback Airbase)
You successfully raise two new fighter wings and station them at Anderback
- 160 m -
(110 = 80+21+9) -
Raise Dervish Bomber Wing (at Anderback Airbase)
You successfully raise a new bomber wing and station them at Anderback
- 538 m -
(108 = 78+24+6) - [REDACTED] (at Xolotl EM Lab)
= 938m, 100%
Jacinto Combine
Laying claim to Kicheleko Island for a series of industrial construction projects, the small township of Barnesville emerges much to Councillor Barnes' chargrin
- 200 m -
(UM100 =127+27+30) - [REDACTED] (based on Engineering Datavaults) .
You consume 2 Comorite
- 51 m -
(115 = 46+24+45) -
Expand JCN Programming and Budget
Launching further channels under the JCN banner proves very popular despite their low-budget. Morale+
- 450 m -
( 49 = 22+27) -
Construction of Sabertronics Manufacturing Co, a Robotic Components Manufactory, 100%
Although initial plans are laid for a significant sized facility, budget overruns for the robotics components means the manufactory is a grade smaller than hoped for. Despite this the management team is happy enough, in part due to the facilities sea view on the cliffs of Kicheleko Island
- 0 m -
( Auto-Success ) -
Feasibility: Consumer Affordable High Capacity Media Storage
Calling in some favours with the research team at APRIL provides a surprisingly complete assessment.
Research Available, with a +3 bonus to the first turn
= 701m, 100%
The Kavacha Hegemony
General Kumbe winters in one of the mountain strongholds in the Kuru Vuoristö Mountains, spending time with Al-Mashir Ka-Atanrik Ghera to further explore the keen sense for military strategy that came out of their recent interaction in Council Chambers in Mkobe
- 150 m -
( 79 = 52+27) -
Construction of Kaich Besin Recycling Plants, 100%
You successfully construct a series of traditional moisture traps based in the cool mountain valleys, combining them with more modern water reclamation techniques. These provide a source of drinking water and irrigation for the communities in the arid south east of Kavachian territory whilst also pumping treated sewage water to the newly built Laghu Dher Fission Power Station for cooling the reactor.
- 100 m -
( 55 = 28+27) -
Construction of the the Suvidha Testing Grounds, 85%
Distractions from the threat of the Seihai hamper continued construction
- 300 m -
(134 =107+27) - [REDACTED]
- 41 m - Transfer to Federation and temporary integration of Kavachian Suraksha Sainikon
"Dhaalen" Corps for integration into the coalition command structure for the duration of Operation Jivu.
= 722m, 100%
The New Stoics
Despite the lack of Federal or Polity experimentation with Comoryll the CRAIC see a building pressure for citizens wanting to transform themselves with the compound, though thankfully access to the treated compound is difficult
- 50 m -
(121 = 39+24+45+6+7) -
Meditative Trances (with Dr Jane Wiggin in the Stoic Clinic network and based on Cultural Datavaults), 100%
Practical teaching of the theorectical material quickly solidifies the techniques that Dr Wiggin has recovered from the datavaults and she presents the material to a Dean's Symposium at Cobra University. Her students show a surprising aptitude
- 159 m -
(112 = 79+27+6) -
Construct a Hackschool in Boca Ridge (influencing Civic Branch projects)
You successfully construct a LaPlante Hackschool close to the university
- 800 m -
(136 = 54+24+6+45+7) - [REDACTED] (with Dr Jane Wiggin in the Stoic Clinic network and based on Cultural Datavaults)
- 5 m - Military Maintenance (Xur Heavy Division, Colonel Jace Diego)
= 1004m, 100%
Wraithguard
You receive a visit from the Union of Western Collectives, looking to explore mutual trading opportunities
- 270 m -
(115 = 81+21+8+5) -
Raise 9 x Polity Infantry Divisions (at Eastmount and The Crag)
You successfully raise these divisions and station then inside Wraithguard territory
- 200 m -
( 54 = 15+24+15) - [REDACTED]
- 384 m -
(165 =138+27) -
Territorial Mineral Survey
Geologists and data scientists from the Wraithguard gather together for a comprehensive analysis of satellite data, ground surveys and existing prospecting claims. Several clear unexploited seams are identified and mining camps set up to explot them.
You receive a bonus to your industrial base
= 854m, 100%
Next Turn
Population Growth: Deliberate Surge, 4%
Economic Situation: Becoming Overextended?
Morale: Concerned
Unity: Stable
Aptitudes (Peacetime):
[9, <45%] Construction and Engineering
[8, <40%] Research and Development
[6, <40%] Economy and Trade
[3, <25%] Diplomacy
[8, <30%] Espionage and Counter-Intelligence
[2, <15%] Stellar Warfare
[7, <15%] Planetary Warfare
Available Assets:
Geostationary satellite network equipped for communications surveillance, improved RADAR, mineral and seismic scans
Dark side lunar satellite equipped for surveillance by Ansible
Reserves of untapped Comorian Crystals, processed into:
Comorian Ansibles 13
Comorite 12
Comorude 10
Comoryll 14
Sovereign Wealth Fund, 168m
Deployed military forces, on Comorian and with Polity forces in brackets:
Infantry Divisions 30 (50+)
Armoured Divisions 0 ( 3)
Artillery and AA 8
Naval Vessels 3 ( 6)
Submarines 1
Air Wings 18 ( 3)
Deployed offworld forces:
RCV Mbal Msafiri 1 Colony Sleeper, in orbit around Comorian. Badly damaged but Ansible equipped
UTF Keihäs 1 Patrol Destroyer, at Skaði Field. Exact status unknown, but capable of sub-orbital flight and under the command of the ATC
Eleventh Hour System1 Single Use, in orbit
Gomorrah Shuttle 1 Presently uncrewed, within the RCV Mbal Msafiri
Ezekiel Lifter 1 At Sietcee
Available Budget:
+12537 m - Comorian (population 5,169,811,303; economy x 4.85; morale x 1.50)
- 103 m - Maintenance of
Fisabee and
Ifrit forces
- 60 m - Maintenance of the
LEEW and
Starflight School
- 35 m - Maintenance of the
Awegala Memorial Hospital
- 25 m - Investigative Overhead of the CIA
=12314 million credits
Promissory Notes:
- 309 m - Networking services to the ATC, ongoing at 2.5%
- 200 m - Networking technology to the ATC, 3 of 6
- 150 m - Combat Stims technology to the Gorski Amalgam, 4 of 4
- 150 m - Fees for the Crimean Confederation mercenaries, ongoing
- 41 m - Loan to Kavacha Hegemony, one-off
- 124 m - White Cross, ongoing at 1%
= 974 million credits
Polity Budgets:
Baseline Default
= 618 million credits - Council budget x 5%
Polity Amendments:
ATC
x 1.20 - Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 124 m
+ 309 m - Payment for Computer Networking services (2.5%)
+ 200 m - Payment for Networking Technology
+ 25 m - Income from Video Games
Blackwatch
x 1.10 - Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 62 m
Huitzilopochtli Group
x 1.20 - Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 124 m
+ 100 m - Transfer from ATC
Jacinto Combine
x 1.10 - Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 62 m
+ 45 m - Broadcasting Rights and Sponsorship
+ 12 m</tt> - Broadcasting Fees
The Kavacha Hegemony
x 1.20 - Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 128 m
- 10 m - Maintenance for [REDACTED]
The New Stoics
x 1.15 - Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 93 m
+ 97 m - Income from Crystal Regulatory Authority and Intervention Committee
+ 64 m - Income from Red Moon, Inc
- 5 m - Maintenance for Xur Heavy Division
Wraithguard
x 1.45 - Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 278 m
Events:
- ( 8) After a series of accidents in the Buna foundries and deep pits, Lars Filk emerges as an lawyer and agitator pressing for unionisation for better working rights. Morale---
- (49) In early autumn Captain Mendez fails to arrive at the FIA building in Mkobe. No trace of him is found at his apartment though his landlady recalls him leaving that morning at his usual time
- (82) Further analysis of recent mineral scans suggests a deep vein of un-worked ore in the Alluvian Highlands. Economy++
- (23) Lord Admiral Felipe Kasmir of the Grande Armada retires and is replaced by Rear Admiral Yana Cartegena, an insular logistics officer more focused on the Grande Armada. Unity-
- (71) With private investment in the NSBC media conglomerate and a slew of successful productions for Red Moon, JNC and HBN the otherwise sleepy township of Gharistan on the northern spur of the Buna side of the Anderbacks begins to establish itself as a centre for the nascent film production and distribution industry. Economy+, Morale+
- (UM100) [Eyes Only!] Close to Usiku, in one of the more isolated and inaccessible xeric shrublands characterised by sinkholes and deep gulches and arroyos, an unusual concentration of crystalline deposits are found - with significantly larger and more regular formations. Thankfully the Desert Foxes company who stumbled over the underground cavern where the deposits are concentrated have restricted their report to their chain of command. You have unlocked a Unusual Crystal Formation, upon which further research may be performed with a +18
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:17, Wed 02 May 2018.