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Turn 12

Council Chambers, Mkobe - January, 40 NS (estimated 3227 AD)

Progress Report

[Special] The Huitzilopochtli Programme
- 1500*m
- ( 74 = 23+18+25+5+12 >>> ) - Federal Service - Civil Branch (incorporating VASP and FeDoRA programmes, influenced by political Doves)
Brought into law over the summer by President Nejem, the initial focus on the Civil Branch of the Federation Service Programme - known as the Huitzilopochtli Programme in the media - is well-received. Gentrification and regeneration of those areas still blighted by the scars of the Focht Epidemic, or where poor education has translated into poverty, introduces a slow upward trend that leaves the public optimistic towards the implementation of the remaining branches. Folding both the VASP and FeDoRA programmes into the Civic Branch is a widely applauded move, providing veterans with meaningful work that fully utilises their particular sets of transferable skills and experience, and the surge of volunteers from Saganite, Stoic and Rationalist faiths provides a balanced bedrock to help with re-integration. You have a maximum of three turns to complete the introduction of the remaining branches to benefit from the +25 bonus and matching funds, else suffer negative Morale and Unity consequences. You receive a +8 to up to three civic or cultural construction projects each turn. From time to time the Civic Branch may suggest specific projects or provide input on declining standards or neighbourhoods. Economy+, Morale+++++, Unity+++

=  750m, 10%


[9, <45%] Construction and Engineering
-  350 m
- (166 = 94+27+45 >>> ) - Space Tactical School (with Team Scyer, based on Historic Datavaults), 100%
Expanding on the Sietcee facilities, the Space Tactical School makes heavy use of simulators and visualisation techniques. It quickly garners a reputation for succinct and well-thought out evidence based recommendations and begins to act as a hub for both theorectical study, wargames and near-space management. You receive a +8 to research into Doctrines, Strategies and Tactics pertinent to Stellar Warfare. You may use the STS as a command and control facility for near- and sub- orbital mission planning and execution

-  400 m
- (143 = 71+27+45) - Bureau of Astronautical Design and Innovation (BADI) (based on Historic Datavaults), 100%
Affiliated with the naval engineering and military history faculties at the University, the Bureau is established with several renowned engineers and a high bandwidth link to the Acero Valley, from whom it takes delivery of the first deep space drone blueprints. You have unlocked the capability to refit existing hull types or protoype new small starship hull types up to equivalent to a small scout with a +8 bonus, presuming sufficient engineering facilities. Refitting your existing shuttles with Exodus technology will recieve a +30 and the resultant changes will be reflected in the blueprint. From time to time the BADI facility may propose new variants, hull types or components

-  360 m
- (141 = 76+27+30+8) - Reverse Engineer Exodus Fusion Powersystems (based on Engineering Datavaults, studying Salvaged Parts), 100%
Making use of the vast forges and manufactories of the Eastern Pandayan, Buna engineers construct a protoype fusion powersystem core suitable for a small starcraft. Footage of the pulsing core runs on many news channels for several days over the summer Blueprint and prototype available. Economy+++, Morale+

-  200 m
- ( 87 = 15+27+45 !!! ) - Design of Remote Ansible Salvage Drones for Deep Sea and Space (based on Engineering Datavaults under the aegis of SMARTIE), 100%
Putting numerous designs through their paces, the Acero Cathedral team finally construct three prototypes that perform well under test conditions off the Nezem Coast and are confident that these can be manufactured and deployed with relative ease. With the existing research of sensor spoke terminals, these three have been constructed to feed their sensor feeds straight into a wireless network if a suitable equipped vehicle or facility is within communications range You have 3 prototypes available and consume 1 Comorian Ansible in the design phase. You may use these drones outside the two remote per cycle limit and may remove the limit entirely with construction of more drones or a suitably tooled manufactory

-  300 m
- ( 71 = 44+27) - Construction of a Recycling Plant in Buna City, 100%
You successfully construct a Recycling Plant in Buna City, which is welcomed by the Green Party locally. Grumbling from local businesses is relatively low-key. Economy++, Morale+

-  100 m
- ( 49 = 22+27) - Retool Atlas Kiosk Manufactory (for Improved Education), 40%
Adapting the existing software for the new styles of teaching and curriculum is harder than initially envisaged. True to form a number of the programmers whilst between their teeth, shake their heads and mutter about complexity, poor requirements and project management. Management adds more programmers to the task

-  300 m
- (182 = 95+27+60) - Basic of Exodus Engineering Techniques (based on Engineering Datavaults), 100%
Distillation of the core material within the datavaults results in an exceptional well-thought out set of primers that quickly become foundational material for technicians and engineers across the Federation. You receive a further +15 to any Exodus Reverse Engineering projects over the next 4 budget cycles. Economy++++

-  400 m
- (-106 =-154+27+8+8+5) - Project AEGIS (Armour Enhanced Ground Infantry Soldier) (with Private Gyver and utilising Remotes at the Fisabee Incubator), 0%
Preliminary tests of the proposed composites trigger an unexpected chain reaction and a fire is started that consumes the Fisabee Incubator facility. You may repair it for 600 million with a +25 to the roll, try and rebuild for no less than 400 million over two or more turns, or try and create a blueprint for a distributed incubator at a +10 for 800 million. Or something else

= 2010m, 28%


[8, <40%] Research and Development
-  350 m
- ( 66 = 42+24) - [Eyes Only!] Further study: Comorian Crystals: Psychoactive Properties (at Twin Shards), 100%
Splitting the research team out between Twin Shards and the University of Cartegena relieves some of the workload on the pressured team and provides some much needed peer review to complete this long-running piece of research. Presenting their findings under a Council-only seal, the team is understandably nervous with the results: they have isolated a baseline crystalline dust, Comoryll, that triggers changes in a small proportion of the population of several species - humans, coyotes, whales, camels and mice. All of the affected species are translated, non-native and mammalian. None of the natural fauna is affected, nor translated species close to them such as fish or reptiles. Depending on how the Comoryll enters the infected mammal affects the changes observed. Inhalation in significant quantities, such as with Jenny Sto, typically produces a sensitivity to probabilities, enhanced compression of language and sensory data and a pseudo-access to racial memories. In lower doses or doses administered over a longer period, it instead provides the subject with a more deliberate control over her core organ functions. Injection into the blood system enhances physical performance or metabolic control. Direct application to the skin similarly provides the facility to exert deliberate physical change, such as toughening or moisture resistance or pigmentation change. Other modes of application, such as the lymphatic system or application to the brain were excluded from the experiments. You may now use Comoryll for further research into specific applications or medicine with a +15. You may try and recruit individuals or small teams possessing these enhanced capabilities through direct experimentation, though results will vary widely. You may harvest Comoryll up to a maximum rate of 4 units per turn for 50 million each. You begin with 12 units of Comoryll and two test subjects, Miss Garrick and Mister Grey, who have passed CIA screening and preliminary training and whose talents are metabolic and chameleonic.

-  360*m
- (121 = 22+24+5+5+60+5) - Self-Sustaining Closed Ecosystems (in conjunction with Hishu Gardeners and based on Engineering Datavaults, helmed by Kate Johnson and making use of the Federation Clinic Network), 100%
Continued studies of existing deep-desert settlements within the badlands bring this work to completion. You may now construct these starship components and apply this technology to existing vehicles or facilities

-  200 m
- ( 71 = 34+24+8+5) - Smart Ballistics (with Private Gyver at the Fisabee Incubator), 80%
With proper funding and the sharp eyes of Private Gyver research makes a leap forward and soon the firing ranges at Fort Mkobe are filled with the sounds of shells

-  150 m
- (111 = 42+24+45 !!!) - [Eyes Only!] Review Logs Sent to Seihai (under the aegis of SMARTIE), 100%
Log analysis reveals three areas of interest to the Council in the scans the Seihai were performing. Firstly the parameters used by the Seihai to scan for specific harmonics planetwide, which corresponded to the transmission channels for Exodus network protocols (presumably to monitor for attempts to activate Exodus technology, such as the RCV Mbal Msafiri). Secondly, wide-band receipt of planetary transmissions to then scan for specific phrases in a dozen or more languages. As well as those concerns known to the Council, such as technical terms relating to manned spaceflight and cryogenics, there are also several chemical formulae that are unknown. Finally a binary blurt from Udal every three years that will require decoding

-  150 m
- (118 = 64+24+30 !!!) - Exodus Improved RADAR (based on Engineering Datavaults, under the aegis of SMARTIE), 100%
Working through the training materials from the RCV Mbal Msafiri the core principles are clear and may be applied to constructing Ground Stations, Mobile Stations and starship components. Several of the improvements can be made with a software upgrade to the satellite network and the remaining tweaks should cycle through the existing parts schedule without additional cost. Blueprints Available

-  400 m
- ( 61 = 25+24+12) - Electro-mechanical Integration/Prosthetic (at APRIL), 75%
You make excellent initial progress, though working with Comorudes is more difficult then initially anticipated at this scale

-  200 m
- (151 = 76+24+45+6) - Federation Transport Network (at Cobra University, based on Historic Datavaults), 45%
Based as it is on historic material progress is skewed towards existing solutions however solid progress is made. Concerns are raised within some sub-teams at the early dismissal of novel 'local' approaches (such as roadtrains) as key to a integrated transport system. Continued use of the Historic Datavaults for this project may skew the results

-   25*m
- ( 75 = 34+24+12+5) - Feasibility: Atomic Desalination (in conjunction with the Rafiki and Team Helios)
With the existing shared research protocols with the Rafiki, the experienced researchers from Team Helio and the nearby inland sea close to Ksar es-Seghir this research is quickly unlocked. Research Available

-   25 m
- ( 78 = 39+24+5) - Feasibility: Sovereign Wealth Fund (at the Dhajafada Institute)
With the support of the Institute and two decades of fiscal experimentation, several clear theories present themselves for immediate study. Research Available

-   25 m
- (157 = 63+24+60+10) - Feasibility: Stellar Navigation (at the Starflight School and based on Engineering Datavaults)
Given the strong mathematical and computing basis for this, together with the extensive manuals and material in the datavaults, this seems a simple task for insystem navigation. You will need to better understanding the theories behind Spike Drives to include interstellar navigation however. Research Available

-   25 m
- ( 89 = 35+24+30) - Feasibility: Solar Sails (based on Engineering Datavaults)
Pulling together a research team on this happens quickly, with independent researchers from the Buna, Huitzilopochtli and Rafiki all keen to work on this. As well as their preliminary costings and projections, the footnotes to their study suggest that the sun, Sabaki, is somewhat brighter than typical in Rim Confederature systems based on the small number of blueprints and templates within the vaults - highlighting that for insystem traffic this may prove to be significantly beneficial Research Available

-   25 m
- (104 = 67+24+8+5) - Feasibility: Microexplosive Munitions (with Private Gyver at the Fisabee Incubator)
Initial models yield a significant degree of interest within the military. Research Available

= 2279 m, 31%


[6, <40%] Economy and Trade
-   60 m
- (105 = 84+18+3) - Propose to Rafiki for Further Research with Team Helios (led by Martha Dunn, influenced by political Doves)
Buoyed by the surge of technological benefits into the Brotherhood, the Chancellor of the Rafiki is keen to continue research into Atomic Desalination, Vapour Farms, Vaporators and other such technologies that would ease the burden on their populations - together with exploring other clean technologies, such as Hydropower, Wind Farms, Sustainable Chemtech and Perpetual Solar Flight. In return for collaboration on such technologies they would be willing to work with Federation scientists on establishing a research facility to study harsh environment systems. No directly military technologies may be considered. Receive contributions of +50m credits towards up to three related projects per turn

-   75 m
- Resource Harvesting - Comorian Ansibles
You harvest 2 Comorian Ansible

-  270 m
- Resource Harvesting - Comorite
You harvest 6 Comorite

-  300 m
- Resource Harvesting - Comorudes
You harvest 3 Comorudes

-  182 m
- Payment to ATC for Network Services (2.5%)

-  200 m
- Payment to ATC for Network Technologies ({Specifics}) (1 of 6)

-  150 m
- Payment to Crimean Confederation for Airforce

-  150 m
- Payment to Gorski Amalgam for Combat Stims (3 of 5)

-  150 m
- Payment to Hishu Gardeners for Natural Detoxicants
You receive a short note from the Hishu, demurring further payments now that their programme is fully established, pending further study on the long-term affects on lifespan

= 1537 m, 21%


[3, <25%] Diplomacy
=    0 m, 0%


[8, <30%] Espionage and Counter-Intelligence
-  100 m
- ( 93 = 61+24+8) - [Eyes Only!] Investigate: Interrogate Prisoners focused on Seihai/Satyata Culture and Beliefs (led by Tänzer)
After many months of gruelling interviews and analysis, the work from Tänzer's team in corroborating what little information they have obtained from the prisoners finally yields fruit. References to a 'usurpation' by the Rim Confederature and the 'authentic reality' of the Satyata release a cascade of information:
  • At the time of the Exodus war was brewing between the Rim Confederature and the Naxos-Elk Republic, as is known, but within the Rim Confederature a three-way civil war was also brewing - between the Seven Nations who made up the majority , the Ilmarinen  and the Kujaku-Mayura
  • Within the Kujaku-Mayura the most radical elements were from the militant temple caste members, who called themselves the Satyata - meaning 'Truth'
  • Culturally the Satyata have strong tradition of rigid castes, isolationism and superiority
  • Behind the Satyata is a man called only Warmaker, who is said to have been born two hundred years before the Exodus
Further information may be gleaned from this analysis. ... but will require Councillors asking me specific questions. You will receives bonuses to further analysis dependant on the topic

-  100 m
- ( 57 = 24+24+3) - [Eyes Only!] Investigate: Interrogate Prisoners focused on Potential Threats (led by Mendez)
Detailed plots seem to be the lifeblood of these prisoners and they willingly share credible and realisable threats against tens or hundreds of locations, draining CIA resources to investigate and secure each one. Although 99% are clearly theorectical only, a few stragglers are removed with each of the 1%. Assigning more than three budget lines to this Aptitude with incur a stacking penalty of -6 per extra item (to every item) until the CIA is better resource or three budget cycles have passed

-  100 m
- ( 21 =-48+24+45) - [Eyes Only!] Investigate: Prisoner Records for the RCV Mrefu Kiweo (based on Historic Datavaults)
All records have been purged, recently

-  100 m
- (142 = 73+24+45) - [Eyes Only!] Investigate: Battle ROMs focused on the RCV Mbal Maono (based on Historic Datavaults)
Battle ROMs recovered from the RCV Mbal Msafiri confirm the material uncovered around earlier communications records between the RCV Mbal Maono and RCV Mrefu Kiweo: the RCV Mbal Maono, a Blockade Runner class scout, inflicted significant damage on those vessels firing on the RCV Mrefu Kiweo - destroying two vessels outright. Appearing to be armed primarily with beam weapons, referred to in the records as 'lances', it relied on precision targeting to cut away defences quickly. Several fightercraft from the starship made it aboard the RCV Mrefu Kiweo before it suffered catastrophic failure in one of the engines. Debris from the starship fell over a wide swathe of what is now the Western Badlands.

=  400 m, 5%


[2, <15%] Stellar Warfare
=    0 m, 0%


[7, <15%] Planetary Warfare
-  300 m
- (116 = 87+21+8 ) - Raise 5 Scraager Mobile Defence Guns (at The Crag influenced by political Hawks)
You successfully raise several Divisions of the new AA commands. Without specific instructions they are stationed through the eastern border territories, together with the first cadre of White Cross observer-trainees and several Crimeran technicians assessing new combat protocols and monitoring their performance.

=  300 m, 4%


Total Expenditure:
= 7276 million credits
, 100%

Policies:
  1. (16) Private Militaries - Further concerns on the rise of militias extends to include the private armies and forces of non-territorial polities, which calls for limits to be placed upon them. Morale--, Unity--
  2. (UM100) Retribution and Counter-Terrorism - Following the events of the Skaði Festival three Seihai infilitrators make attempts on President Nejem, Councillor Lang and Councillor Zethira. All three are thwarted by joint operations by the CIA and FIA and the increased security presence around Councillor Zethira means that the operative is dealt with before they have a chance to put in place their usual safeguards. Several pieces of Seihai equipment are captured including a non-Federation make terminal, an Aorendra implant, a sniper's rifle and several devices of unknown purpose. Research into Aorendra, Seihai Computing and Seihai Small Arms unlocked, with a +15 bonus whilst these artefacts remain
  3. (95) Communities - Applying some of the newly released Gravionics research a team of buggy racing enthusiasts from several of the communities cobble together a collective sensor mesh of cameras to record their races, networked together and providing footage in real time. Rugged drone-style cameras follow each of the buggys over the course, using small Ansible shards to handle the heavyweight communication streams. Researchers at Acero Cathedral manage to reproduce a working prototype to understand the potential to military or exploration You have a prototype Multi-Body Sensor Drone Collective


Polity Progress

ATC
Attempts to infiltrate the Arachne Datacentre from within the Atlas network see a sharp increase following the Skaði Festival

-  400 m
- (182 = 95+27+60) - Recovery of the UTF Keihäs (based on Engineering Datavaults, concealed previously as Terminal Miniaturization)
After months of covert work carving out access, repairing damaged systems and reestablishing the command protocols, Captain Dhiyanti Hawkins sets the reconditioned vessel on a course for the Acero Valley. You lay to rest the recovered bodies of her final crew. You have recovered a Patrol Destroyer class vessel, the UTF Keihäs. Morale+++++++++, Unity+++

-  150 m
- (123 = 54+24+45) - Skaði Festival (based on Cultural Datavaults)
Declared a responding success, the festival continues for several days after it's official end with celebrants from across the Federation making their way in pilgrimage to see the Exodus starship that rests at it's centre. Security is stepped up to cope, but those come for the spectacle remain good-natured even with hours of queuing for the best views

-   71 m
- ( 82 = 60+27+3-8) - Grey Water Systems (impeded by Bureacratic Streamlining), 60%
Research into this proceeds well, though it is overshadowed by other matters

-  150 m
- Transfer to Huitzilopochtli Group

=  771m, 100%

Blackwatch
With the Blackwatch's continued focus on the VAA and pro-veteran policies, it attracts many immigrants through the VASP. You receive a +3 to one veteran-related roll in the next budget cycle

-  100 m
- ( 14 =-68+21+8+45+5) - [REDACTED] (at the Crag, based on Cultural and Fisabee Datavaults)

-  200 m
- (154 = 84+21+3+45) - Eastmount Enclave (based on Cultural Datavaults), 100%
Built upon the model provided by Fort Turisas, heavily referenced in military histories found in the datavaults, the Eastmount Enclave is a forbidding training facilities set in the high alpine forests of Blackwatch territory. Emphasising self-sufficiency and military traditions lifted from the Exodus, it puts each of the existing divisions through a series of re-certifications as it's first graduating classes. Provides a +5 to raising new units, who benefit from reduced maintenance costs of 2 million off the listed stats

-   64 m
- (147 = 72+24+45+6) - Veteran's Affairs Association - Establishment (in the Federation Clinic Network, based on Cultural Datavaults)
Pulling together the material from a wider population of veterans - and benefiting from the VASP programme within the Civic Branch - the VAA inception team begin to lay out the remaining steps required to enact their vision.

 =  364 m, 100%
 

Huitzilopochtli Group
Following a request from the President, the Policy Centre for the Federation Service Programme begins construction in the settlement of Tlamacazqui. It is anticipated to complete next year.

-  200 m
- ( 93 = 62+27+3) - Build Xolotl EM Lab, 100%
You successfully complete the Xolotl EM Lab on the shores of Lake Mundafen. It provides a +6 bonus to related research

-  200 m
- ( 43 = 19+24) - [REDACTED]

=   400 m, 100%

Jacinto Combine
Attempts to run imitation leagues and pressure on the dominance of corporate sponsorship has revenues down this season and a sour taste for many fans

-  300 m
- ( 67 = 10+27+30) - [REDACTED] (based on Engineering Datavaults)

-   47 m
- ( 76 = 52+24) - [REDACTED]

-   75 m
- ( 76 = 19+27+30) - Establish Jacinto News Conglomerate Facility (based on Historic Datavaults)
With it's first broadcast covering the aftermath of the Skaði Festival close to it's headquarters in the Acero Valley, the JNC begins it's journey with a serious ratings, an inexperienced team without a big reveal and a few technical teething issues. But, they're live!

-    0 m
- ( Auto-Success ) - Feasibility: Neural Networks/Interfaces
Calling in some favours with the research team at APRIL provides a surprisingly complete assessment. Research Available for external interfacing, with a +3 bonus to the first turn. Surgical interfaces would require prerequisites in Basic Cybernetics and the external interfacing

=  422 m, 100%

The Kavacha Hegemony

-  120 m
- ( 80 = 53+27) - Build the Laghu Dher Fission Power Station, 100%
You successfully construct the fission plant, one of a relatively small number of such facilities. You will receive a bonus to your industrial base, a new concept being introduced, from this

-  200 m
- ( 76 = 49+27) - Construction of the the Suvidha Testing Grounds, 80%
You make reasonable progress on the testing grounds, though working in these mountainous conditions is tough work

-   44 m
- ( 64 = 55+9) - [REDACTED]

=  364 m, 100%

The New Stoics
Internal politics within The New Stoics come to a head, with accusations of elderly Henry Lang using polity resources for personal gain, as well as collaborations with Takala Dahajafada in suspect financial projects (these last are categorically refuted by Lang). Questions about his mental and physical capacity in the wake of a minor stroke several weeks before the Skaði festival redoubled after the Seihai assassination attempt, culminating in his resignation. His supporters manage to win a cosmetic victory by renaming the vacancy left by his departure in his honour. Off the back of the changing of the guard new Stoic clinics are announced in Darbuiks and Mkobe.

-  150 m
- ( 96 = 24+27+45) - Expand Research Division of Red Moon Studios (based on Cultural and Historic Datavaults)
Producers roll out a series of popular shows and moves, bolstering the Stoic faith among many viewers.

-  100 m
- (147 = 67+24+45+6+5) - Meditative Trances (with Dr Jane Wiggen at Mallory College, based on Cultural Datavaults), 60%
Research progresses well under Dr Wiggen's firm hand

-  205 m
- (111 = 87+18+6) - Establish the Crystal Regulatory Authority and Intervention Committee, "CRAIC"
Leveraging favours and industry contacts built up over many years, the New Stoics persuade existing warehousing and trading venues specialising in crystalline products to self-regulate via the Crystal Regulatory Authority and Intervention Committee. Formed as an industry body and watchdog, CRAIC issues licenses for the harvesting, sifting, assessment, storage and purchase of crystals within Federation territory.

-    5 m
- Military Maintenance (Xur Hvy Division, Colonel Jace Diego)

=  439 m, 100%

Wraithguard
Procurement teams from the Stellar Imperium and Saenoori visit the Wraithguard to make enquiries about their capability to become a formal supplier of small arms and munitions, challenging the Nezem State's typical dominance of this market

-  106 m
- (100UM =167+27) - Build a Solar Power Plant, 100%
You successfully construct the solar plant, however reviews of the facility shortly after it becomes operational suggest some inadvertent changes in the construction have resulted a unusually compact power storage array. You will receive a bonus to your industrial base, a new concept being introduced, from this

-  120 m
- ( 73 = 52+21) - Establish a Roadtrain Route to Blackwatch, 100%
You purchase a new roadtrain from the Buna City manufactory and recruit a semi-experienced crew before committing to the first munitions run. You will receive a small bonus to your industrial base, a new concept being introduced, together with a regular income from this. Because you have a small arms manufactory the roadtrain has no associated maintenance cost

-  150 m
- ( 44 = 20+24) - Combat Simulators, 25%
Grappling with the latest simulation technology to come out of the Acero Valley proves more problematic than expected for your inexperienced team. You make solid, if slow, progress

=  376 m, 100%

Next Turn
Population Growth: Deliberate Surge, ~4%
Economic Situation: Boom!
Morale: Buoyant
Unity: Buoyant

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  11
Comorite           12
Comorude            9
Comoryll           12

Sovereign Wealth Fund, 147m

Deployed military forces, on Comorian and with Polity forces in brackets:

Infantry Divisions 18 (46+)
Armoured Divisions  0 ( 2)
Artillery and AA    5
Naval Vessels       3 ( 6)
Submarines          1
Air Wings          15

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:
+13272 m
- Comorian (population 4,970,972,407; economy x 4.45; morale x 1.80)
-   25 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
=13127 million credits


Promissory Notes:
-  360 m
- Raise 2 Ifrit Striker Divisions and 2 Ifrit Mechanised Infantry Division for the Huitzilopochtli Group
-  300 m
- Construct a Recyling Centre in Port Cartegena for the Green Party
-  328 m
- Networking services to the ATC, ongoing at 2.5%
-  200 m
- Networking technology to the ATC, 2 of 6
-  150 m
- Combat Stims technology to the Gorski Amalgam, 3 of 4
-  150 m
- Fees for the Crimean Confederation mercenaries, ongoing
-  131 m
- White Cross
= 1619 million credits


Polity Budgets:

Baseline Default
=  656 million credits
- Council budget x 5%

Polity Amendments:

ATC
x   1.00
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>   0 m

+  328 m
- Payment for Computer Networking services (2.5%)
+  200 m
- Payment for Networking Technology
+   25 m
- Income from Video Games

Blackwatch
x   1.00
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>   0 m


Huitzilopochtli Group
x   1.20
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 132 m

+  150 m
- Transfer from ATC

Jacinto Combine
x   1.00
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>   0 m

+   45 m
- Broadcasting Rights and Sponsorship

The Kavacha Hegemony
x   1.10
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>  66 m


The New Stoics
x   1.15
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>  99 m

+  110 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   1.30
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 198 m


Events:
  1. (56) Dr Hassan Algebaria of the Dhajafada Institute confirms that his team have completed their research into Global Economic theory for the Progress Made Manifest Coalition, though the symposium is poorly attended. Follow-on articles are published in The Swan and, behind the fluff, his concepts seem credible. It is not shared with the Federation
  2. (76) [Eyes Only!] Presenting to a joint operations committee at Fort Mkobe, Captain Felicity Clarke from the Crimeran Confederation shares some preliminary material on Gravity Well Strategies based on her own study of the RCV Mbal Msafiri datavaults. She is seconded to the Starflight School immediately, her grasp of these concepts intuitive. Research Available. She provides a +5 to Stellar Warfare research into Doctrines, Strategies and Tactics
  3. (47) [Eyes Only!] Construction on a new Manufactory in Haven by the Gorski Amalgam is confirmed by the FIA to be tooled up to produce wiretaps, wireless bugs and other such equipment
  4. (64) Releasing a joint statement, the Nezem States, Buna and Rafiki Brotherhood announce the wide adoption of Peacekeepers within their territories and the retraining of existing infantry units to these new standards together with the construction of a new training facility based on the Rafiki model in Buna City. Morale++
  5. (29) Refugees from several 'independent' communities beyond the Federation border in the Western Badlands seek asylum in the Alluvian Highlands, raising tensions and security concerns. Local concerns escalate quickly and a bus of refugees is fired upon, with a significant and public loss of life. Morale--
  6. (39) [Eyes Only!] Reports provided to the Council by an anonymous source, who declined to be named solely because they 'had always wanted to be an anonymous source', laid out concerns that the Progress Made Manifest Coalition had siphoned over more significant funds than their media exposure had suggested and had significant controlling interest in a number of financial firms - including throughout their supply chain

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Turn 13

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:
  1. 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!
  2. (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.
  3. (44) Retribution and Counter-Terrorism - Ethnically-motivated attacks increase in Darbuiks, Usuki, the Nezem Badlands and Hishu territories. Morale---, Unity--
  4. (-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:
  1. ( 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---
  2. (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
  3. (82) Further analysis of recent mineral scans suggests a deep vein of un-worked ore in the Alluvian Highlands. Economy++
  4. (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-
  5. (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+
  6. (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

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at 11:21
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Turn 14

Council Chambers, Mkobe - September, 42 NS (estimated 3229 AD)

On the morning of the 12th September the Federation and Saenoori engineers posted in the Vuoristö Savannah triggered a series of explosive to collapse what they suspected to be a section of Seihai tunnels extending into the Federation. Several mobile remotes recorded the moment the Mark IV AED unit, normally used for bomb disposal, passed the detonation signal. For a few moments there was silence, then a muffled series of thuds as a cloud of dust spewed forth from the detonation site a few hundred metres away. After several further moments the dust began to clear and the remotes moved to investigate further. Close by the 93rd Strikers, a Saenoori Shock Trooper Division, remained on stand-by. Within the hour many would be fighting and dying here, but for now the grassland was quiet in the warm afternoon sun

Progress Report

[Special] The Huitzilopochtli Programme
- 1000*m
- (112 = 63+24+25 >>> ) - Federal Service - Martial Branch
With the strong response to voluntary service and basic combat training, the establishment of regional training cadres and caches is a clear next step and one that is well-received. Reservist units spring up in every major military district. You possess 15 new Reservist Divisions and more will appear over the coming turns, based on population centres. You receive a bonus to resist occupation or infiltration. Unity+

- 1000*m
- (139 = 91+23+25 >>> ) - Federal Service - Technical Branch
Likewise the strong uptake in research internships reaches sufficient critical mass to open up more theoretical avenues of exploration, including a mass of analysis of the barely touched cultural datavaults from the RCV Mbal Msafiri. You receive a +12 to one theoretical economic or research projects each turn. You receive a +10 to one xeno or foreign cultural project per turn. Economy++

- 1000*m
- ( 53 = 10+18+25 >>> ) - Federal Service - Civil Branch
Efforts to expand the Civil Branch with a 'Sister City' programme show mixed success, with some clear benefits such as the Rhee pairing with Port Cartegena as well as some unexpected gulfs such as the roadtrains of the Balcones. Of more interest to the average citizen is the establishment of vocational training grants and colleges, especially where the curriculum includes a wide body of material from the Exodus engineering primers. You receive a +4 to one internal Diplomacy related project each turn. Economy++ Morale+

- 3000*m
- ( 63 =  7+18+25+8+5 >>> ) - Federal Service - Ethical Branch (incorporating funds from the New Stoics with Civic volunteers and the Clinic Network)
Building on the existing volunteer programmes within the Huitzilopochtli Programme for processes and policies, the establishment of the Ethical Branch sees these extended to cover community service, care in the community for the elderly or unwell, and a slew of free healthcare programmes supported strongly by the Federal Clinic Network and individual Stoic Clinics - which are themselves expanded to cater for the faithful or faithless, regardless of their inclination. You receive a +6 to three domestic or medical projects each turn. From time to time the Ethical Branch may highlight specific areas of concern or opportunities for preventative care. Economy++, Morale++, Unity+

= 2700m, 22%


[9, <45%] Construction and Engineering
-  200 m
- (113 = 75+27+3+8 >>> ) - Retool Atlas Kiosk Manufactory (for Improved Education with Team Scryer and Civic volunteers), 100%
Your engineers successfully re-programme the manufactory to produce improved educational kiosks and the facility is quick inundated with requests for the terminals. You receive cumulative bonuses to Economy and Morale for the following four turns, i.e + then ++ then +++ then ++++

-  400 m
- (109 = 82+27) - Repair the Fisabee Incubator (reusing the existing Comorite shell), 100%
During the course of repairs long-standing niggles and issues to the original facility are ironed out and when it comes back online it attracts the cream of postgraduate students. Repaired, plus provides a catalytic effect to military technology research in the same manner as SMARTIE

-  540 m
- ( 84 = 43+27+8+6) - Construction of Transport Hubs in Mkobe, Ranica and Buna City (with Civic volunteers and Omniport experts), 100%
You successfully construct hubs in each major city. Economy++, Unity++

-  200 m
- (118 = 80+27+3+8) - Collapse Seihai Tunnels in Vuoristö Savannah (with Remote explosives and Saenoori units)
First of the tunnel collapses to occur, the footage obtained from remotes prior to the Seihai counter-strike shows a broad and well-maintained tunnel perhaps thirty feet beneath the surface at this, the shallowest point. It is supported by ceramics and hardwood beams to reduce any sensor signature, with refuges every hundred metres of so. Following the initial response from the Seihai, within an few hours, it is clear there are staging stations within the tunnel system and the hasty fortifications put in place allow the Federation egress point to be explored - in a worked out mining bit deeper into Buna territory. Stocks of weapons, dispensers and disguises were found. You receive a +6 to research into infiltration techniques and tactics

-  200 m
- (106 = 76+27+3) - Collapse Seihai Tunnels in Gama de Acero (with Remote explosives and Saenoori units)
Perhaps forewarned by the detonation in the Vuoristö Savannah, the counter-strike from Seihai forces in the Gama de Acero is swift and heavily armed. Significant troops pour out into the surrounding hills, utterly destroying the 42nd Saenoori Strikers in a series of running battles towards Tōsandō. Access obtained, however conflict prevents further exploration at this time

-  200 m
- ( 76 = 38+27+3+8) - Collapse Seihai Tunnels near Mount Vartijä (with Remote explosives and Saenoori units)
Geological impedences prevent the tunnel being fully collapses and whilst the remote is able to explore an extensive complex of natural caverns through the partial entrance-way, it is destroyed when it encounters more recent signs of activity. Access obtained, however conflict prevents further exploration at this time

-  300 m
- (111 = 81+27+3) - Construct Federation Joint Services Command, 100%
Deep in the bowels of Fort Mkobe, the Joint Operational Services Command or JOSC takes on many characteristics described in historic tri-cast shows as a Commodore's Bridge. It consists of multiple pits of military analysts, logicians and tactical specialists each report to a ranking officer in a raised chair who then reports to her senior commanders. Although some aspects of joint-command operations have been worked out, there is an expectation that the Council will review and amend the material. Provides a +6 to Strategic and Tactical decisions during military operations on Comorian and reduces the risk of friendly fire

-  200 m
- ( 97 = 70+27 !!! ) - Construct Signals Intelligence Division within the FIA (under the aegis of SMARTIE), 100%
Although not completed until the winter, the FIA-SID facility is an impression piece of engineering, combining the latest in crystalline technologies and computing advances. It provides a +18 split between up to three SigInt projects per turn - that is the bonus is split not repeated. You consume 1 Comorian Ansible and 1 Comorite

-  300 m
- ( 67 = 37+27+3) - Construct Special Operations Unit for CIA, 40%
Without more specific instructions from the Council, one bright spark decides that a geographically disparate command would be the most sensible model - despite their lack of experience in running such units - and work commences on building out a modular set of facilities for the SOU that can be incorporated into the transport hub blueprints. It will work, it will simply be costly

-  225 m
- ( 67 = 31+27+3+6) - Payment to Stoics for Neuroscience - Reinvest in Cobra University and Twin Shards (influencing Civic projects)
Despite the Federal investment into these facilities little benefit can be seen outside of the redecoration and mounds of paperwork. Morale-

= 2865m, 23%


[8, <40%] Research and Development
-  100 m
- (104 = 72+24+8) - Smart Ballistics (with Private Gyver), 100%
Following on his previous successes with microexplosive munitions, Private Gyver requests the presence of Councillors and key senior military figures to demonstrate munitions that curve in flight (though not turn corners), that follow previous munitions onto a target and that may be pre-programmed with particular impact patterns (especially useful when combined with microexplosive rounds). You may enhance existing ballistic equipped units with smart munitions; this will be indicated in the Construction of Planetary or Stellar Units pages in the wiki

-  200 m
- (203 =177+24+8-6) - Armour Augmentation including Power Armour (with Private Gyver), 55%
Several key insights in working with these Exodus-based technologies come together and progress is excellent

-  250 m
- (101 = 72+24+5) - Armour Crystal-Based Variants (at Twin Shards), 65%
Continued strong progress in combining both Comorite and Comorudes into the same matrices provide some very beneficial results

-  200 m
- (-32 =-56+24 !!!) - Decode Udal Messages (under the aegis of SMARTIE), 15%
Further study places some uncertainty on the prior analysis of these messages. It is becomming a popular topic for debate at SMARTIE, distracting key analysts from other work. You may not utilise the SMARTIE catalyst effect next turn except on this project

-  350 m
- (UM100 =185+24+15+8) - Horticultural Bio-Diversity (Coastal): [Buried Deep] - Seihai Computing by ATC (based on Captured Artefacts at Arachne), 100%
Whilst both Federation and Exodus computing technologies are based on small computational units, algebras and logic systems the Seihai have diverged to both hardware and software paradigms based on consensus and mutability - making their systems far less fragile and adaptable then our own, if lacking in brute power in some problem spaces. Cracking this a firm understanding of their operating systems and software agents and it is entirely possible for Federation programmers to write interfacing programmes or, indeed, native software for this with sufficient training. Research Available, with a +9 until completion

-  350 m
- ( 82 =43+24+15) - Horticultural Bio-Diversity (Mountainous): [Buried Deep] - Seihai Small Arms by Blackwatch (based on Captured Artefacts), 100%
With significant investment in both time and energy Blackwatch scientists manage to reverse engineer the processes required to manufacture fletchette weapons and munitions. In particular this provides significant opportunities to simplify resupply if you can construct mobile printers and acquire sufficient feedstock. You may now equip units with fletchette weapons; this will be indicated in the Construction of Planetary or Stellar Units pages in the wiki

-  350 m
- (133 = 94+24+15) - Horticultural Bio-Diversity (Marine): [Buried Deep] - Unfamiliar Devices by Jacinto Combine (based on Captured Artefacts), 100%
With the recently released material from the Gorski Amalgam on Combat Stims scientists in the Combine verify that these are similarly effective though the techniques they use to enhance individuals are unknown to the Federation. They know what these bio-stimulants and drugs do, and can reproduce some of them, but not how. You may now raise units equipped with Retroviral Stims, through these will need to be prototyped. You know how to produce a wide range of combat related effects with such techniques. Given the prior study of Universal Addiction there is a massively reduced risk of such things occurring

-  151*m
- (UM100 =180+24) - Horticultural Bio-Diversity (Subterranean): by Buna (in conjunction with the Rafiki Brotherhood), 100%
Gathering the research team together for a series of field trips around the Jannah Caverns near Ksar es-Seghir - and isolating them from outside distractions - provides a gestalt effect of their research and they quickly pull together a series of reference papers on measurement of biodiversity in general to structure their thinking. It is this, combined with observations of the interaction between local species in the caverns that encourage a test lab to be set up in the nearby city. You receive a +9 to research on the other Horticultural Bio-Diversity projects - the real ones - if and when they are undertaken. You have also discovered a triumvirate of fungi, algae and bugs who show promising signs of the basis of a sustainable hydroponics ecosystem that could be replicated aboard a sealed environment such as a starship to provide a protein base

-  370*m
- ( 81 = 40+24+12+5) - Atomic Desalination (with Kate Johnson and Team Helios, in conjunction with the Rafiki Brotherhood), 100%
Your joint research teams unveil the results of their research at a symposium in Ksar el-Kebir, to a surprisingly buoyant reception. Rumour has it that the Brotherhood immediately commissions two such facilities. Blueprints Available

-  100 m
- ( 94 = 65+24+5) - Sovereign Wealth Fund (at the Dhajafada Institute), 100%
With a peer review from Dr Hassan Algebaria and publication in The Swani> this research is well received and the financial sector is pleased to see the Federation finally maturing in this space. You have fully unlocked this facility, full information will appear in the Department for Trade thread

-  200 m
- (-34 =-69+24+8) - Dissimilar Combat Tactics (at Space Tactical School), 0%
Distracted by the disparate performance envelopes of Federation and Seihai fightercraft the faculty at the STS struggle in the face of the superior technology, training - and the solely theoretical basis of their debates. You receive a -9 to this until you have some real combat footage to work with

-  200 m
- ( 94 = 62+24+8) - Bunker Busting Bombs (with Technical volunteers), 45%
Decent progress is made on this, with significant insights coming from Buna high school chemistry teacher recently enlisted in the Technical retraining programme. Morale+

-  200 m
- (108 = 76+24+8) - Thermobaric Munitions (with Technical volunteers), 20%
Good progress is made on this complex field, though the scientists involved curse the paucity of military datavaults aboard the RCV Mbal Msafiri

-  200 m
- (110 = 89+24-3) - Elastic Defence Tactics, 40%
Despite the vague nature of their brief, the team modelling such strategies quickly begin to grasp the nature of the problem space

-  200 m
- ( 57 = 18+24+15)[Eyes Only!] Military Application of 'Ryllians (based on initial 'Ryllian emergence), 12%
Progress is slow with the relevant experts poring over Chemical and Retroviral Stim material

-  200 m
- (114 =  6+24+60+6+10+8) - Insystem Drives (based on Engineering Datavaults at Mallory College and the Starflight School responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge), 35%
Excellent progress is made on this at Mallory College and the Starflight School, both faculties working surprisingly well together

= 3401 m, 28%


[6, <40%] Economy and Trade
-  150 m
- ( 64 = 46+18) - Overhaul Financial Regulation in Mortgages and Lending, 10%
Wading through the reams of material the team makes little progress

-   75 m
- Resource Harvesting - Comorian Ansibles
You harvest 4 Comorian Ansibles!

-   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

-  309 m
- Payment to ATC for Network Services (2.5%)

-  200 m
- Payment to ATC for Network Technologies (3 of 6)

-  150 m
- Payment to Crimean Confederation for Airforce

-  150 m
- Payment to Gorski Amalgam for Combat Stims (5 of 5)
Details of the Combat Stim technology is finally released to Federation scientists, revealing a range of chemical stimulants and how they interact with the brain's own systems. Depending on the cocktails injected this can provide anything from a temporary boost to troops fully-dependent on such chemicals - with a comensurate reduction in their own lifespan. In the words of the author of the research material, 'Those who burn brightest, burn fastest'. You may now raise units equipped with Chemical Stims or equip them individually, including the Sokovzhymalka. Given the prior study of Universal Addiction there is a massively reduced risk of such things occurring

-  100 m
- Payment to Gorski Amalgam for Gorski Shock Corps

= 1424 m, 12%


[3, <25%] Diplomacy
-  100 m
- ( 98 = 87+ 9) - Popularisation of Cartoonish Political Satire whilst Increasing Political Awareness
Public reaction to the Federation supporting freedom of expression and irreverence is widely well-received except in the more isolated mining settlements and offshore processing facilities where they are known for being especially clannish. Morale++, Unity+

-  124 m
- Payment to the White Cross (1%)

=  224 m, 2%


[8, <30%] Espionage and Counter-Intelligence
-  300 m
- ( 81 = 57+24) - [Eyes Only!] Interrogation of Seihai Pilots and Ronin Prisoners on In-Utero Modifications and Caste System
It is clear that the Seihai practise some form of genetic screening and splicing techniques, on both adults and foetuses, to improve them for specific per-determined roles based on caste
  • Within the warriors there are sub-castes bred for specialism in: tactics and logic, physical combat and toughness, reflexes and spatial awareness, and infiltration and pain resistance
  • Within the workers they are bred for: endurance, dexterity, resistance to specific toxins, and resistance to fatigue and the cold
  • Within the priests it is: charisma, intelligence, mathematics and other leadership qualities

-  200 m
- (108 = 72+24+12) - [Eyes Only!] Communications Intercepts vs Agents and Sleeper Cells (with Martial volunteers)
Several sleeper cells of Satyata operatives are uncovered and the CIA begins to build a model for how they are activated. It is increasingly likely that the commercial satellite communications network is compromised and data packets are inserted with special headers that the infected software systems then re-route to reassembly nodes. These communications then enter normal channels as steganograms which the operatives decode using specialised terminals. Often there is a message in the images being used themselves. If you wish to reevaluate the images previously recovered from Tata, you receive a +15

-  500 m
- (-11 =-55+24+8+12) - [Eyes Only!] Search for Captain Mendez (led by Tänzer with Martial volunteers)
No sign of Mendez is found despite months of searching

= 1000 m, 9%


[2, <15%] Stellar Warfare
=    0 m, 0%


[7, <15%] Planetary Warfare
-  600 m
- ( 88 = 59+21+8) - Raise 1 x Vifaru Heavy Armoured Division (at The Crag)
You successfully raise the Division and deploy them to Rusalka

-  100 m
- (106 = 85+21) - Combat Readiness Training
Field tests, integrated training and war games provide a welcome distraction for the border troops and help them maintain their edge. Federation troops benefit from increased resistance to feints and ambushes

=  700 m, 6%


Total Expenditure:
=12314 million credits
, 100%

Policies:
  1. (63) Private Militaries - With further problems with refugees in the Western Badlands their is a shift in the winds on some private militaries
  2. (80) Retribution and Counter-Terrorism - Efforts to calm the ethnic tension in the major cities seems to bear fruit, though tensions have spread to the outlying settlements Morale+, Unity+
  3. (52) Communities - Shared technologies within the software communities provide a resurgence in a series of classic video games. Economy-, Morale+

Programmes:
  • (136) Federal Services - Martial Branch - Careful study of known Seihai and bandit strategies, reviewed by hundreds of veteran instructors and volunteer reservists, has isolated three areas believed to be of interest to the JOSC: Attrition and Deflection Defence, Entrenchments, Guerilla Tactics and Dogfighting. Early analysis provides a +8 to research. Research proposed
  • (13) Federal Services - Technical Branch - No new invention
  • (82) BADI - Whilst many Exodus-inspired blueprints remain out of our reach whilst Federation scientists labour to unlock the insystem ion drives common in the Rim Confederacy, staff at BADI propose a set of designs for bigger commercial satellites and a small research station. Early work on both provides a +6 bonus to prototyping or full design work. Protyotypes proposed
  • Red Moon - Analysis of fiction written at the time of the Exodus reveals the protagonist of choice once more revisiting themes of a plucky young heroine set against a faceless galactic empire, with strong motifs of self-determination and self-identity
  • (24) Twin Shards - No new research avenues

Polity Progress

ATC
During construction of the Rusalka Base, three prominent Nezem defence contractors approach the ATC requesting membership - representing companies involved in military fighting vehicles, small arms and logistical equipment. Your response is required

-  850 m
- (177 = 82+27+60+8 !!!) - Rusalka Base (based on Engineering Datavaults, in response to Offworld Colony Challenge)
Rivalling the Omniport Nephele in granduer and complexity, the Rusalka Military Base outside the settlement of Zarubino is a sprawling facility consisting of military academies for ground, sea, air and space combat (such is presently understood), with an emphasis on tactics and situation modelling. It includes an airbase, shipyard and harbour and construction facilities for military vessels of varying kinds, together with space for a garrison and facilities for their families to live on base as well. You receive a further bonus to your industrial bases, together with a +9 to raising or training military units or the construction of military equipment. You may station upto fifteen units here, maintenance free, whilst the facility costs 50 million per turn to maintain

-  375*m
- ( 51 = 15+24+3+6+3) - Electronic Warfare (at Arachne Datacentre), 15%
Progress remains slow, however most of the issues with signal leakage and interference have been resolved

-  301 m
- (170 = 83+27+60 !!!) - Acero Convention Centre (based on Engineering Datavaults)
Easily one of the tallest buildings in Ranica, the Acero Convention Center overlooks the entire city, and its top floors offer a great view of the UTF Keihäs. The building is accessible to visitors and citizens alike (though ATC citizens get free access), and its magnificent view of landmarks such as the Arachne Datavault, the Acero Cathedral and of course the UTF Keihäs, many have taken the opportunity to visit themselves. The building is constructed according to the same high energy-efficient standards tested on the Omniport Nephele project. Solar panels and water collectors can be seen on the massive promenade, which offers an opportunity for a nice walk. The iconic promenade actually passes over the Ranica Ringway and features a large park surrounding it. The two towers, built at the same height, are planned to house the White Cross and Acero Accords meetings respectively, with invitations out to establish more permanent diplomatic embassies within its walls. You receive a +8 bonus to Diplomacy projects held here, which can be used twice each turn. Both the White Cross and Acero Conventions Committee quickly establish themselves here

= 1276m, 100%

Blackwatch

-  400 m
- (157 = 35+27+15+60+8+4+8) - [REDACTED] (based on Exodus Engineering techniques and datavaults, using remotes and Technical prototyping, in response to Offworld Colony Challenge)

-  140 m
- ( 62 = 19+21+3+5+8+6) - Raise Infantry Divisions (at Eastmount and The Crag, influencing Martial projects)
You successfully raise a further two Polity Divisions and 2 Peackeeper Division, providing enhanced border and internal security

-  200 m
- (128 = 48+27+15+30+8) - [REDACTED] (based on Exodus Engineering techniques and datavaults, in response to Offworld Colony Challenge)

=  740m, 100%

Buna

-  750*m
- (125 = 83+27+15+8) - Begin Construction of Barafu Utoto Station at Site E1 (based on Exodus techniques, using remotes), 30%
Following initial surveys with remotes the Buna tranship a significant construction task force to Site E1 to begin to prepare it for construction of what they are calling Barafu Utoto Station. Visits from Councillors is encouraged, either in person or remotely, and Councillor Okomo is happy to share her vision for the facility with the Council. She intends to create a fourth Pandayan, focused on processing ores and minerals harvested offworld - turning them into starship components and starships when the technology catches up. It will be a quite different super-manufactory from the other Pandayans, containing isolatable sections - some of them completely self-sustaining - and her vision beyond the initial station is bolder still, wanting to construct an elevator and commercial station to handle shipping and inbound ores. It may take three or four years, rather than the two she hoped for, however she is clearly passionate and determined to see this succeed

-  540 m
- ( 83 = 56+27) - Construction of 3 x Transport Hubs for Pandayans, 100%
You successfully construct Transport Hubs at each Pandayan settlement. You will receive a bonus to your industrial base from this

-  938 m
- ( 76 = 34+27+15) - Complete Construction of Vuoristö Pandayan (based on Exodus techniques), 85%
Longstanding construction of the Vuoristö Pandayan - a type of super-manufactory known to the Buna - is nearly completed, with the final work suffering from a scarcity of workers in the face of the conflict establishing itself nearby

= 1978m, 100%

Hishu Gardeners

-  200 m
- (121 = 94+27-3) - Establish the Ny'ekundu Wetlands, 100%
Amidst the coastal wetlands the Hishu carefully construct a protected sanctuary for local birds and marine mammals. It is known to the Council that this sanctuary include a carefully designed and operated set of submarine pens

-  192 m
- ( 77 = 53+27-3) - Establish the Tōsandō Gardens, 60%
Around the city of Tōsandō a maze-like set of wild chapparal and alpine forests is establish, mimicking the terrain as it was prior to development. Long have the settlements of the Hishu blended into their environment, aesthetically, but with these gardens the city itself is less prominent on the horizon and they contain a series of bafflements and tenebro lures and snares

-  100 m
- ( 58 = 34+24) - [Eyes Only!] Horticultural Bio-Diversity (Marine), 5%
Scientists in the Hishu begin work on researching those topics that cover recent studies into Seihai equipment and techniques

-  250 m
- Transfer to Buna

=  742m, 100%

Huitzilopochtli Group

-  302 m
- ( 89 = 59+27+3) - Establish Safety, Inspection, & Rectification (SIR) Teams
Although there is a clear desire for these teams you run into a significant amount of legal red tape - most of it coming from Filk & Filk out of Buna City. Your teams are established however and begin to seed themselves in industrial complexes in the major settlements. You will receive certification fees based on the Federation's industrial base for a maintenance cost of 15 million per budget cycle

-  250 m
- ( 43 = 13+27+3) - [REDACTED]

-  250 m
- ( 43 = 13+27+3) - [REDACTED]

-   40 m
- Military Maintenance (Air Wings)

=  842m, 100%

Jacinto Combine
(UM100) At the opening event of the Dimensions resort, Councillor Barnes is approached by Duke Carlos de la Torre, seeking to fund a championship stadium in one of the nortern Federation settlements in return for rights for Silver Republic teams to compete. He is an avid follower of the Jacinto League. Your response is required

-  450 m
- (250 =118+27+60+45) - Dimensions Resort and Casino (based on Cultural and Engineering datavaults), 100%
Built on the northern shore of Kicheleko Island, this extravagent resort complex consists of three self-contained biodomes, an underwater casino complex that includes attached VIP suites, and a resort complex that includes a hotel tower and surrounding activity areas. The biodomes are large constructions designed to simulate different environments, starting with the first three of Arctic Circle, Tropical Rainforest, and Mountainous Forest. The underwater casino is designed to cater to all guests, featuring several restaurants and night clubs, all of which have glass walls to the ocean around them. You receive a sizable income from the casino and a random bonus to Diplomacy or Economy & Trade projects, related to catering to the discretion of the super-rich

-  200 m
- (141 = 52+24+45+5+12) - [REDACTED] (based on Historic datavaults and Clinic Network)

-   77 m
- ( 46 = 22+24) - [REDACTED]

-    0 m
- ( Auto-Success ) - Feasibility: Lab Grown Tissues
Further research into Genetics and Improved Medicine will be required before this research can be begun

-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]

=  737m, 100%

Saenoori

-  451 m
- ( 54 = 10+27+3+10+4) - Prototype of Gravionic Troop Landers for Airborne Divisions (prototyping based on Gravionic fightercraft), 10%
Despite the working examples obtained from the Seihai, incorporating gravionics into an armoured frame and designing the relevant protocols is complex. Progress is slow

-  451 m
- (108 = 74+27+3+4) - Prototype of Combat Roadtrain (prototyping), 100%
In contrast working with engineers from the Balcones on a combat-ready roadtrain variant yields solid results, literally. Designed to deliver a combination weapons platform and mobile engineering base into the field, the Kion Roadtrain is well-equipped to deliver and early tests are promising. You consume 1 Comorite from Saenoori reserves. Prototype and Blueprint Available

-   25 m
- ( 55 = 24+21) - Deploy Forces to Tunnel Collapse Efforts
Divisions of Shock Troopers and Combat Engineers are sent to each of the tunnel collapse locations

=  927m, 100%

The Kavacha Hegemony

-    1 m
- [REDACTED]

-  180 m
- ( 97 = 70+27) - Construction of Rasad Transport Hub, 100%
You successfully construct a Transport Hub in the southern city of Mukt Shahar Sietch on the Ny'ekundu coast. You will receive a bonus to your industrial base from this

-  120 m
- (106 = 79+27) - Continued Construction of the Suvidha Testing Grounds, 100%
You complete the construction of the testing facility, a bunker like place in a high mountain valley. You receive a +6 bonus to military prototyping up to a budget line of 250 million credits per turn

-  300 m
- ( 99 = 75+24) - [REDACTED]

-  125 m
- Transfer to [REDACTED]

-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]

=  736m, 100%

The New Stoics

-   94 m
- Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund

-  263 m
- ( 99 = 63+27+6+3) - Build Fortified Twin Shards: Usiku Research Lab (influencing Civic projects), 100%
Constructed in a simillar fashion to the main facility at Twin Shards: Better Horizons, this lab has a series of small improvements uncovered from years of research into crystalline systems - with a defensive wall, garrision facilities - though no permanent troops as yet - and sufficient space for the integration of it's power supply, food growth and other concerns. For now it is a segregated research facility, built atop the cavern containing the unusual formations. Early study of the Usiku Shard confirms the observations of the Desert Foxes: it appears to be a single fractured crystal, though even the fractured pieces are larger than any seen; within these pieces there are strong traces of a regular but asymmetric structure and some pieces contain complex faceted sections or channels.

-   25 m
- ( 63 = 19+24+6+7+6) - Feasibility: Destablisation Counter Tactics (with Dr Jane Wiggin and Clinics, influencing Civic projects)
Whilst it seems theorectically possible, the subject is a complex one. Research Available, but not cost

-  250 m
- (120 = 73+24+6+7+5+5) - Applicant Testing for 'Ryllians (at Twin Shards with Clinics and Clinic Network, influencing Civic projects)
Volunteer screening, security clearances and navigating the legal mire takes up a surprising effort, however clinicians and researchs at Twin Shards: Better Horizons believe they have come up with a process that permits successful recruitment and a high probability of a successful set of changes - with a very small potential for loss of the candidate. You consume 6 Comoryll, obtaining two further 'Ryllian subjects - Mister Mäkinen, a physical adept, and Miss Mbala, a eidetic

-  300 m
- Transferred to Federation for Ethical Branch

-    5 m
- Military Maintenance (Xur Hvy Division, Colonel Jace Diego)

=  937m, 100%

Wraithguard

-  200 m
- (107 = 83+24) - Combat Simulators, 100%
Your team, more experienced with working with ATLAS systems now, complete this research well within their budget - making several minor tweaks and interfaces to the simulation parameters in the process. You may enhance military training facilities with sims, providing a +6 to training units or conducting tactical research

-  348 m
- ( 63 = 36+27) - [REDACTED]

-  348 m
- ( 47 = 20+27) - [REDACTED]

=  896m, 100%

Next Turn
Population Growth: Booming, ~2%
Economic Situation: {Pending}
Morale: {Pending}
Unity: {Pending}

Aptitudes (Wartime - Conventional War):
[9, <50%] Construction and Engineering
[8, <20%] Research and Development
[6, <30%] Economy and Trade
[3, <20%] Diplomacy
[8, <30%] Espionage and Counter-Intelligence
[2, <20%] Stellar Warfare
[7, <40%] 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  16
Comorite           13
Comorude           11
Comoryll           10

Sovereign Wealth Fund, 175m

Deployed military forces, on Comorian and with Polity forces in brackets:

Infantry Divisions 27 (55+)
Armoured Divisions  1 ( 3)
Artillery and AA    6
Naval Vessels       3 ( 6)
Submarines          1
Air Wings          16 ( 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:
+15688 m
- Comorian (population 5,273,207,529; economy x 5.25; morale x 1.70)
-   93 m
- Maintenance of Fisabee, Scraager and Ifrit forces
-   60 m
- Maintenance of the LEEW and Starflight School
-   25 m
- Investigative Overhead of the CIA
=15510 million credits


Promissory Notes:
-  388 m
- Networking services to the ATC, ongoing at 2.5%
-  200 m
- Networking technology to the ATC, 4 of 6
-  225 m
- Neuroscience and Meditative Trance technologies to the New Stoics, 2 of 2
-  150 m
- Fees for the Crimean Confederation mercenaries, ongoing
-  155 m
- White Cross, ongoing at 1%
= 1118 million credits


Polity Budgets:

Baseline Default
=  776 million credits
- Council budget x 5%

Polity Amendments:

ATC
x   1.65
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 504 m

+  388 m
- Payment for Computer Networking services (2.5%)
+  200 m
- Payment for Networking Technology
+   25 m
- Income from Video Games

Blackwatch
x   1.35
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 268 m


Buna
x   4.10
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>2375 m


Hishu Gardeners
x   1.20
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 153 m


Huitzilopochtli Group
x   1.20
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 153 m

+  105 m
- SIR Certification

Jacinto Combine
x   1.10
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>  78 m

+   88 m
- Broadcasting Rights and Sponsorship
+   75 m
- Dimensions Casino
+   12 m
- Broadcasting Fees

Saenoori
x   1.50
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 383 m


The Kavacha Hegemony
x   1.25
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 192 m

-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]

The New Stoics
x   1.15
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 115 m

+  122 m
- Income from Crystal Regulatory Authority and Intervention Committee
+   20 m
- Income from Cobra University
+   15 m
- Income from Twin Shards
+   68 m
- Income from Red Moon, Inc
+   50 m
- Income from Stoic Clinics
-    5 m
- Maintenance for Xur Heavy Division

Wraithguard
x   1.45
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 345 m


Events:
  1. (56) Captain Darius Alexandros is wounded in border skirmishes in the spring, returning in late summer with a new prosthetic leg
  2. (70) Novelist Selmar Reshty debuts with critical acclaim, a scholar emigre from the Rafiki Brotherhood whose first work tells of her gentle subjugation in Ksar el-Kebir and subsequent freedoms. Strangely it provides an opportunity for the two nations to consider their differences more closely. Paired with Martha Duin they provide a total of +8 to Diplomacy with the Rafiki
  3. (32) [Eyes Only!] Four recently launched satellites launch probes towards Mayotte, Brahm, Xiang and the Orishas Belt, which no-one is in a position to intercept. Early reports suggest the PMMC though ex-Councillor Takala has vanished once more. Last reports place him in the mountains close to the Rhee Compound
  4. (-6) Early in the spring the convoy transporting General Kumbe between Kavacha and Blackwatch is targeted by a small force of Seihai snipers who had infiltrated the border. Everyone is killed

This message was last edited by the GM at 07:19, Wed 02 May 2018.
Narrator
GM, 730 posts
Mon 9 Jan 2017
at 20:26
  • msg #17

Turn 15

Council Chambers, Mkobe - October, 43 NS (estimated 3230 AD)

quote:
Energy breakthrough leads to Beaming Hummingbird!
The midday sun beats down upon the Citlali array on the dusty outskirts of Tlamacazqui. A flight of Djinn fighters leave contrails in the sky above.

At the outermost arm of the array, a massive set of cables lead out to an elevated platform 50 ft tall. On top of the platform a 10 foot tall, circular panel faces out into the scrublands.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/...File:AESA_JUK_AE.jpg

A small crowd has gathered under a covered awning several hundred feet away. The crowd is mostly technicians, craft workers and engineers but a few physicists, reporters and guards are spotted here and there. Each spectator sports dark goggles and most wear the ash grey, azure & ghost white colors indicating their membership to the Huitzilopochtli group.

Behind the dish and a large set of a set of blast shields, the observation crew make preparations. As the clock strikes noon, a loud whine fills the air as the lead engineer activates the warning siren. The crowd quiets and looks on with bated breath

Airborne dust motes and sand begin to glow with cherenkov radiation as Electrons shoot through their crystals at a fraction of the speed of light. The entire layline begins to faintly grow with clouds of cyan light as the transmitter is powered up to full capacity.

The team on the observation platform furiously go through their final commissioning check list, noting voltages, amperages, impedances, heat dissappation, the list goes on for pages. A radio squaks as observations from the Djinn fighters come in.

After several tense minutes, lead engineer turns on the public address system and shouts "All clear! The Layline is operational!"

A cheer erupts from the crowd as bottles are opened and toasts are poured. Up on the observation platform the former Hummingbird claps the engineers on the back and down below the current Hummingbird is handling a press release in the dirt at the base of the transmitter.

The brilliant cyan beam cuts a path through the prairie, scrub and arid earth, and reaches its sister receiver on the outskirts of Buna City where the Huitzilopochtli flag flys over the newly operational relay station.


Progress Report

[Special] The Huitzilopochtli Programme
You have now exhausted the reclaimed funds from the Tāṭa Corporation. Further changes to Federal Service must come from regular budget categories

- 1474*m
- (122 = 77+24+25 >>> ) - Federal Border Policing Command - Martial Branch
With the introduction of the Federal Border Policing Command, the Federation feels closer to a holistic nation than a collection of polities. Border security and customs controls appear, slowly at first as operating procedures and manpower are acquired and clarified, but in increasing strength. Deployed on the external and, where requested, internal borders of the Federation as well as at strategic transportation points, their distinctive uniforms made from blood-red kelp of the Ny'ekundu Gulf mark them clearly. Each District recruits a Brigade of Border Police, deployed in Platoon or Company sized elements, and the command is headquartered at Omniport Nephele. You may recruit further elements as required. Unity+++, Economy+
=  737m,  5%</tt>

[9, <45%] Construction and Engineering
-  500 m
- (106 = 70+27+3+6 >>>) - Construct Special Operations Unit for CIA, 100%
Expansion to the CIA with the SOU teams is ready on schedule, with the extended construction time required for their facilities permitting extra training time and a broader cherry-picking of high performers from other units and branches. Each SOU team is capable of intelligence gathering, infiltration and counter-intelligence - though they are agents rather than commandos. You have alleviated the limit on the Espionage and Counter-Intelligence budget. Your capability will increase with each Transport Hub constructed and you may increase it further with extra CIA SOU teams and facilities, in the Department for Internal Affairs thread

-  150 m
- (133 = 99+7+27) - Construction of a Ground RADAR Station, 100%
You successfully construct a Ground RADAR Station at Anderback Airbase

-  150 m
- ( 46 = 19+27) - Construction of a Ground RADAR Station, 60%
You run into issues constructing the Ground RADAR Station on the border with the Silver Republic, with the selected site suffering from subsidence. Delays and cost overruns are inevitable, though the site manager believes the station can be completed.

-  225 m
- ( 88 = 19+27+8+6+6+3) - Payment to Stoics for Neuroscience - Reinvest in Twin Shards (influencing Civic Projects)
Continued reinvestment into Twin Shards, both from the Federal government and the local community, finally yields fruit. Research cap at Twin Shards is doubled

-  750 m
- (227 = 68+27+8+30+60+15+10+3+6) - Recover the RCV Verhuis from Site E4 (with multiple Datavaults, at multiple facilities, and responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge)
Engineering teams from multiple universities and engineering firms work together from the confines of the FSS Valencia to enter, re-power and then lift the RCV Verhuis from the oceanic trench - though the work is extremely complicated and delicate. She completes her maiden flight to Sietcee Spaceport without issues and is understood to be capable of interstellar flight, though she is low on fuel. She is a treasure trove, packed with Exodus repair and refit equipment, parts and schematics. Your have recovered a Mobile Dock class vessel, the RCV Verhuis. Further information on the vessel will be included in the Department of Offworld Affairs thread, and she IS space-worthy. Morale++++, Economy++++, Unity++.

-  280 m
- (158 = 52+27+8+8+3+60) - Docking Procedures with the RCV Mbal Msafiri (with operational Datavaults using remotes, and responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge)
With material from the ship's operational manuals and a remote to repeat those processes again and again, the teams at Sietcee master the necessary docking procedures required to be confident in repeated missions to the RCV Mbal Msafiri, including so-called 'unhappy path' tests. You may now conduct exploration of the vessel or send teams to try and repair her without issue

-  750 m
- (134 = 74+27+8+5+4+10+9+9+15) - Next-Generation Fightercraft (prototyping, at multiple facilities and based on Seihai artefacts)
Based on the material recovered from the Seihai and the existing research into the Knights, combat engineers come up with three new fightercraft - the Kunguru, a  multi-purpose airframe; the Tai, an interceptor; and the Mbuni, a new bomber. All of these designs can make use of advanced microexplosive or smart munitions, fletchettes, Comorite plating and Comorude self-healing sections. Blueprints Available

= 2805m, 18%


[8, <40%] Research and Development
-  120 m
- (111 = 43+24+8+3+8+15+10) - Reverse Engineering Seihai Knights (with Private Gyver, based on Captured Airframes and Smallcraft Datavaults), 100%
With the fletchette technologies available, Private Gyver completes the work on Candrahan , Tuja and Vidyut airframes. Blueprints Available

-  250 m
- (111 = 48+24+8+8+3+5 >>>) - Armour Augmentation including Power Armour (with Private Gyver under the aegis of the Incubator), 100%
Working on both armour projects and with access to a dedicated facility enables Private Gyver to elicit key insights into the intent behind the Exodus specifications and training regimes and the suit he demonstrates to JOSC is a far reach from the basic infantry armour that was in use when the Federation was formed. Composed of hardened ferroceramic plates and flexible sections of muscle-enhancing fibres, these new fully enclosed suits contain basic medical diagnosis kits that include nutrient and drug delivery systems. They're capable of handling a kinetic, puncture and explosive damage with significantly better survivibility. His presentation impresses the general staff enough that they nearly miss the demonstration of the powered suits, which provide enhanced targeting, strength and endurance in a package just under three metres in height. Blueprints Available

-  250 m
- (110 = 45+24+8+5+3+5 >>>) - Armour Crystal-Based Variants (with Private Gyver at Twin Shards under the aegis of the Incubator), 100%
Several weeks later, Private Gyver is back at JOSC demonstrating a much bulkier variant of both infantry and powered suits - utilising a Comorite-Comorude matrix that increases the suits defence rating and includes a degree of self-repair. Sections of this new armour is available for all vehicles and fightercraft, though expensive. Blueprints Available

-   25 m
- ( 85 = 39+24+?) - Feasibility: Seihai Biotech Detection
Your scientists believe it is possible to detect this kind of biotech more easily, though they are vague as to whether it is pre- or post-mortem and what the effective range may be. Research Unlocked

-  500 m
- (114 = 57+24+6+3+6+8+10) - [Eyes Only!] Decode Udal Messages (with Dr Yutani, under the aegis of SMARTIE), 100%
Researchers at SMARTIE make the unusual move of requesting a closed session with the Council to present their findings on the Udal blurt of binary. Normally an ebullient and lax crowd, they are quiet sombre as they walk through the preliminary technical material and rapidly move to their summary, Dr Yutani taking centre-stage:
  • When the Exodus fleet entered the Sabaki system it was believed the NEV Axolotl had been lost during spike transition; that is not the case. It suffered a navigation error that caused it to emerge close to Brahm, where it encountered another unknown vessel and both impacted onto the surface of Udal
  • It has been hailing the RCV Mbal Maono, every three years for the past three hundred, with survey results from Udal, Ashwatthama, Parashurama and Brahm itself. It is requesting specific materials from the moons. All of them are commonly used in engineering compounds
  • Detritus in the messages, together with analysis of the language and packet structure, highlight a number of oddities that suggest the sender is not a native speaker of Anglic or user of the software systems
  • Finally there is a warning to exercise caution not to pass too close to Brahm


-  300 m
- ( 85 = 61+24) - Bunker Busting Bombs, 100%
Your test runs prove these new weapons to be effective but indiscriminate. You may equip your bombers with these munitions. Prototype munitions and Blueprints Available

-  340 m
- ( 55 = 31+24) - Thermobaric Munitions (with Technical volunteers), 30%
You may little progress on this, lacking the complex modelling capabilities

-  300 m
- (106 = 70+24-3+6+6+3) - Elastic Defence Tactics, 100%
Blessed with plenty of live data and a desperate need to improve the odds in the airs, the JOSC officers come up with a workable set of heuristics for implementing these new tactics. <Tactics Unlocked</Orange>

-  300 m
- ( 80 = 28+24+10+6+12)[Eyes Only!] Military Application of 'Ryllians (based on initial 'Ryllian emergence), 26%
Progress continues to be slow, with most of the focus on their physical prowess

-  340*m
- (186 =  58+24+8+60+15+12+6+3) - Insystem Drives (based on Engineering Datavaults at APRIL and the Starflight School responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge), 100%
With work transferring to APRIL, the research is quickly completed. You may now construct the massive insystem drives needed for rapid transit across the solar system, making exploration within your grasp. You engineering even believe they have made some small improvements to them, based on tiny uses of Comorite at critical junctions. Blueprints Available


-  100*m
- ( 60 = 22+24+9+5) - Horticultural Bio-Diversity (Marine) (with Kate Johnson in conjunction with the Rafiki Brotherhood), 10%
Picking up where the Hishu had left off, Miss Johnson can make only slow progress whilst war with the Seihai rages close to the coast and the recovery of the RCV Verhuis disrupts the patterns she wants to study

-  250 m
- (119 = 57+24+8+15+3+12) - Zero-Gravity Cargo Handling and Okomo Investigation (with Team Helios), 100%
Stevedores and engineers at Sietcee use the LEEW facilities to simulate the kind of problems and issues that may arise. Theoretically their revised procedures and checks should ensure they're fully capable for heavy-duty missions to the RCV Mbal Msafiri, though there is a strong recommendation for remotes or robots.

-  100 m
- ( 68 =  7+24+8+8+8+6) - Scan Unsanctioned Probe Destinations (with Dr Yutani at Cobra University)
It is impossible to establish much beyond the targeted planets until the probes reach their destination for the planet-bound probes. For the fourth, it is heading towards the sector of the Orishas where the dwarf planet of Elegua hangs.

= 3125 m, 20%


[6, <40%] Economy and Trade
-  250 m
- (100 = 62+18+12+8) - Overhaul Financial Regulation in Mortgages and Lending (with Technical and Civic volunteers), 100%
Descending on the paperwork with an army of bureaucratically-trained volunteers is a cunning plan, and the volume of data and minutiae is finally swept aside. Economists and financial modellers recommend several changes to the regulation, which are simple enough to implement immediately. Reduced risk of collapse. Economy++

-   75 m
- Resource Harvesting - Comorian Ansibles
You harvest 3 Comorian Ansibles!

-  270 m
- Resource Harvesting - Comorite
You harvest 6 Comorite

-  100 m
- Resource Harvesting - Comorudes
You harvest 1 Comorudes

-  100 m
- Resource Harvesting - Comoryll
You harvest 2 Comoryll

-  388 m
- Payment to ATC for Network Services (2.5%)

-  200 m
- Payment to ATC for Network Technologies (4 of 6)

-  302*m
- Loan to ATC, including withdrawl of 175m from Sovereign Wealth Fund

+  540 m
- Payment from ATC for Comorite (12 units @ 125% of 45m)

-    0 m
- Payment to Blackwatch for Training

-  150 m
- Payment to Crimean Confederation for Airforce

-   75 m
- Payment to Gorski Amalgam for Gorski Shock Corps

= 1195 m,  8%


[3, <25%] Diplomacy
-  400 m
- ( 88 = 87+ 9+4+6+8) - Sponsor Pro-Unity Candidate for PMMC Succession (with Ethical volunteers at Acero Convention Centre)
After several months of vicious infighting and political squabbles, Rook Winters is elected to lead the Progress Made Manifest Coalition. She is a tough woman, running her own mining conglomerate on the Nezem Coast. Her own interest is in mining rights and she is not prepared to budge on this, however she is prepared to loan the tunneller to the Council for an indefinite period. Unity++

-  156 m
- Payment to the White Cross (1%)

=  556 m, 4%


[8, <30%] Espionage and Counter-Intelligence
-  250 m
- (115 = 64+24+6+12+3) - [Eyes Only!] Counter-Intelligence to Support Opration Kiraia
Attempts at infiltration and activation of embedded sleeper agents are thwarted, though not with ease

-  500 m
- (155 = 92+24+15+9+6+9) - [Eyes Only!] Tap Communications Holes in Satellite Network (using FIA-SIA based on Seihai intelligence)
Working closely with FIA and ATC specialists, the CIA embed tracking viruses within the routing software in the satellite network. Deeply hidden within maintenance subroutines, it captures, tracks and forwards not only the subverted messages, but the Seihai routing, reassembly and originating nodes. After a short time this hole is plugged and several sleepers and compromised corporations have been uncovered and neutralised

-  250 m
- (225 = 97+55+24+8+12+3) - [Eyes Only!] Search for Captain Mendez (led by Tänzer with Martial volunteers)
In a shallow grave a kilometre off the dirt road running past a disused mining pit in the Nezem Badlands, Agent Tänzer uncovers remains she believes to be Captain Mendez. Autopsy confirms it, together with the brutal and extended nature of his passing. Further exhaustive searches in the vicinity reveal a cache of Seihai equipment, including operational material that brings about the capture of a number of infiltrators and information assets. One such has a transcript of Mendez's torture, within which he left an encoded message in ramblings about the flowers of the badlands: Warmaker is Prisoner X-01053. From the transcripts recovered already from the Exodus Fleet, you now know his name was Kyou Watanabe, a dishonourably discharged Chūsa, or Commander, in the Kujaku-Mayura naval special forces

= 1000 m, 6%


[2, <15%] Stellar Warfare
=    0 m, 0%


[7, <15%] Planetary Warfare
-  208 m
- ( 52 =  9+21+8+5+9) - Raise 2 x Fisabee Stormtrooper Battalions with Smart Microexplosive Munitions (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Battalions and deploy them to Eastmount

-  600 m
- (122 = 79+21+8+5+9) - Raise 1 x Virafu Heavy Armoured Battalion (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Battalion and deploy them to Camp Mkesha. You consume 2 Comorite and 1 Comorude

-  345 m
- (124 = 81+21+8+5+9) - Raise 2 x Fisabee Mechanised Assault Battalions with Smart Microexplosive Munitions (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Battalions and deploy them to Camp Mkesha

-  184 m
- (135 = 92+21+8+5+9) - Raise 2 x Ifrit Mechanised Brigades with Smart Microexplosive Munitions (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Brigades and deploy them to Camp Mkesha

-  600 m
- (137 = 94+21+8+5+9) - Raise 1 x Virafu Heavy Armoured Battalion (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Battalion and deploy them to Camp Mkesha. You consume 2 Comorite and 1 Comorude

-  184 m
- ( 72 = 29+21+8+5+9) - Raise 2 x Ifrit Mechanised Brigades with Smart Microexplosive Munitions (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Brigades and deploy them to Camp Mkesha

-   80 m
- ( 54 = 11+21+8+5+9) - Raise 2 x Peacekeeper Divisions (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Divisions for the Stoics and deploy them to Anderback and Boca Ridge

-   90 m
- (138 = 95+21+8+5+9) - Raise 1 x Fisabee Stormtrooper Battalion (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Battalion for the Stoics and deploy them to Better Horizons

-   50 m
- (235 =192+21+8+5+9) - Raise 1 x Djerboa Mechanised Regiment (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Batalions for the Stoics and deploy them to the Nezem Badlands

-  177 m
- (133 = 90+21+8+5+9) - Re-Equip Federal Troops with Smart Microexplosive Munitions (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully equip existing Ifrit and Fisabee troops with Smart Microexplosive munitions in the field

-   24 m
- ( 51 =  8+21+8+5+9) - Re-Equip Federal Troops with Smart Microexplosive Munitions (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You barely manage to equip existing Federal fightercraft with Smart Microexplosive munitions between sorties

-  250 m
- ( 74 = 38+21+6+9) - Execute Operation Ubor in Blackwatch-Kavacha Airspace (at Anderback under JSOC command)
With diminishing fightercraft and anti-aircraft capability, only one undersized fighter squadron - eight flights, or fifteen pilots - makes it through the long summer and autumn, from the 77th. It is stacked with aces, and grounded training replacement pilots. As a polity, the Crimeran Confederation has effectively ceased to exist.

-  250 m
- (105 = 69+21+6+8) - Execute Operation Tōsandō Shield at the Gama de Acero Egress (under JSOC command with remotes)
After heavy fighting, including several break-outs into the city, the Gama de Acero Egress is declared free of Seihai troops and the beachhead is under Federal control. Demolition of the tunnels a few kilometres from the city blocks further access and captured maps make reuse of the existing stretches a manageable risk

-  100 m
- ( 83 = 35+21+6+15+6) - Execute Operation Tōsandō Haven at the Gama de Acero Egress (under JSOC command with Peacekeepers and Ethics volunteers)
Working closely with civilian volunteers, the city is believed to be secured - though it takes several weeks for the "Rising Stars" to weed out several units of infiltrators. Few residents evacuate, choosing instead to begin the process of rebuilding

-  500 m
- ( 36 =  9+21+6) - Execute Operation Jivu in the Mkesha Borderlands (under JSOC command)
Loses around Camp Mkesha are extremely heavy, however it is clear the tide has turned as Seihai forces fade back into the forests and hills.

-  150 m
- ( 83 = 48+21+6+8) - Execute Operation Vykhod at the Mount Vartija Egress (under JSOC command with remotes)
Lieutenant Colonel Fydor of the Gorski Shock Regiment is pleased to declare the tunnel complex secured, managing to capture a Seihai command outpost. Her losses are heavy.

-  150 m
- ( 54 = 27+21+6) - Execute Operation Msaada at the Vuoristo Savannah Egress (under JSOC command)
Federal forces continue to hold the perimeter

-  100 m
- (115 = 88+21+6) - Deploy Task Force Nyeusi at the Vuoristo Savannah Egress (under JSOC command)
Deployed with extreme prejudice, the oversized Task Force finally corner and destroy the raiding Anchin Battalion with minimal losses

-  250 m
- (UM100 =181+21+6) - Execute Domestic Operation Kiraia (under JSOC command with Paramilitaries)
Despite a rocky initial start, the District Reserves maintain a strong presence and the domestic situation quietens noticeably - tensions ease as solid working relationships form with local citizens, whilst the cream of the reserves provide a solid backbone for the Border Policing Command. Without prompting, reserve officers begin to share operational and process improvements between themselves, local border police and peacekeeper units as well as private security firms being maintained at key facilities. Within a short time, two specialist reserve regiments form - the Kraits, a special weapons and tactics unit, and the Pythons, a cyber-security unit. Units and Blueprints Available

= 4247 m, 27%


Total Expenditure:
=15510 million credits
, 100%

Policies:
  1. (12) Private Militaries - Exemplary professionalism and competency from the newly raised paramilitary reservists during Operation Kiraia further convinces many citizens of the value of Federal rather than private militias

Programmes:
  • (21) Federal Services - Civic Branch - No new concerns or culture opportunities
  • (88) Federal Services - Ethical Branch - No new preventative opportunities, however there are concerns raised on the military overtones of even non-military Council projects
  • (47) Federal Services - Martial Branch - Morale within the reservists is strong and recruitment of new divisions proceeds faster than expected
  • (20) Federal Services - Technical Branch - No new invention
  • (41) BADI - No new refits or prototypes
  • (87) Twin Shards - No new research avenues

Polity Progress

ATC

-  402 m
- Loans from Federation, Sovereign Wealth Fund and [REDACTED]

-  200 m
- Payment for Roadtrains to the Nezem States

-  155 m
- Project 'Espada'

-  380 m
- Project 'Panda' with the Buna

-  300 m
- Purchases from the Wraithguard

-  300 m
- (166 = 76+27+60+3 !!!) - Grey Water Systems Conversion
With little fanfare, the ATC shift their entire corporate infrastructure to renewable energy and reused grey water systems. You receive a bonus to your industrial base, together with a +6 to closed systems engineering projects in C+E or E+T

-  120 m
- ( 38 = 20+18) - Construct Roadtrain from Ranica to Buna, 60%
You only partially complete the roadtrain chassis, with urgent military procurement holding up the supply of critical components at the last minute

-  300 m
- (152 = 83+24+45 !!!) - Project Juvenal
You successfully host the first Comorian World Cup. Separate thread, but provides one-off injection of funds next turn. Economy++, Morale++++, Unity++++

= 1755m, 100%

Blackwatch
Loses in the Seihai conflict mean your medical and veteran support structure is under increasing pressure. Your response is required

-  200 m
- (195 = 94+27+15+8+12+5+10+8+8+8) - [REDACTED] (with Kate Johnson and Team Helios based on Exodus Engineering techniques, at BADI and LEEW, with remotes and in response to Offworld Colony Challenge)

-  430 m
- (133 = 90+21+3+5+6+8) - Activate Further Military Forces (at Eastmount and Crag, leveraging Military connections)
You successfully raise several Division of troops and deploy them to Blackwatch territory

-  414 m
- (163 = 83+27+8+22+8+15) - [REDACTED] (based on Exodus datavaults, with remotes and in response to Offworld Colony Challenge)

= 1044m, 100%

Buna

- 1905 m
- ( 58 = 26+21+3+8) - Raise the Buna Defender Corps (with training at Rusalka)
You successfully raise six regiments and their supporting elements. Consumes 1 Comorite and 1 Comorude from Buna reserves

- 1096*m
- (125 = 80+27+3+15) - Continued Construction of Barafu Utoto Station at Site E1 (based on Exodus techniques), 60%
Progress on Barafu Utoto continues at a furious pace, with the main processors and manufactories completing their initial tests with ease. Around these the skeletal Comorite ribs of hardened shield wall rise menancingly

-  450 m
- (103 = 58+27+3+15) - Complete Construction of Vuoristö Pandayan (based on Exodus techniques), 100%
Longstanding construction of the Vuoristö Pandayan - a type of super-manufactory known to the Buna - is completed, benefiting heavily from the recent establishment of a transport hub nearby. You will receive a significant bonus to your industrial base from this

= 3151m, 100%

Hishu Gardeners

-  400 m
- ( 35 = 14+21) - Rush Raise Defenders for Tōsandō
You barely raised the four Djerboa Mechanised Regiments regiments required

-  229 m
- ( 38 = 14+27-3) - Complete Defences in the Tōsandō Gardens, 40%
With constant conflict in the Gardens, these defences come under horrendous pressure and are decimated. What was completed served it's purpose and valuable lessons were learnt in the process

-  300 m
- ( 60 = 39+21) - Prototype new Assault Battalion with Fletchette Weapons, 5%
War-weary, it is hard for the Hishu to recruit troops who are comfortable using the Seihai weapons. For all of the fire in rebuilding, the conflict has cemented the pacifist nature of many of the citizenry

=  929m, 100%

Huitzilopochtli Group
Newscaster and journalist swam over your settlements following the successful test of your 'leyline' facilities

-  434 m
- ( 85 = 47+21+9+8) - Rush Raise 3 x Djinn Fighter wings with Smart Microexplosive Munitions (at Anderback and Crag)
You successfully raise the fighter wings

-  100 m
- (107 = 77+27+3) - [REDACTED]

-  450 m
- ( 74 = 26+27+3+10+8) - [Eyes Only!] - Construct 1 x Niellä Lifter (at LEEW, in response to the Offworld Colony Challenge ), 100%
You successfully complete construction of a Niellä Lifter

-   40 m
- Military Maintenance (Air Wings)

= 1034m, 100%

Jacinto Combine
Visitor numbers in the Dimensions Resort and the casino are at a low with the continued grind of the war

-  800 m
- (161 = 59+27+30+45) - [Eyes Only!] - Project Umkhonto (reverse engineering, based on Historic Datavaults), 100%
Designs are quickly modelled, prototyped and tested on a remote part of Kicheleko Island - folding in research from unexpected Exodus sources to provide a series of performance envelopes: surface-to-air, air-to-air, air-to-surface and a cruise missile variants are made available, together with a mobile missile platform for firing them.
Blueprints Available

-  214 m
- (145 =121+24) - [REDACTED]

-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]

= 1034m, 100%

Saenoori

-  259 m
- (107 = 63+27+3+10+4) - Prototype of Gravionic Troop Landers for Airborne Divisions (prototyping based on Gravionic fightercraft), 80%
Progress continues at a significantly improved pace with the further observations of Seihai paratroopers in action

-  450 m
- ( 64 = 30+27+3+4) - Prototype of Combat Roadtrain, Mobile Headquarters (prototyping), 10%
Progress of these variants is slow, with the Kion roadtrain having seen minimal combat. You consume 1 Comorite from Saenoori reserves.

-  450 m
- ( 64 = 30+27+3+4) - Prototype of Combat Roadtrain, Demolisher (prototyping), 10%
Progress of these variants is slow, with the Kion roadtrain having seen minimal combat. You consume 1 Comorite from Saenoori reserves.

= 1159m, 100%

The Kavacha Hegemony
Loses in the Seihai conflict mean your medical and veteran support structure is under increasing pressure. Your response is required

-    1 m
- Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund, the Prabhu-Dhan Fund

-  450 m
- (113 = 78+27+8) - Construct KEI/VPS Manufactories (with Civic volunteers), 100%
You successfully construct the Kavachian Eyarospes Injeeniyaring and Vimaan Pranaaliyon Samooh manufactories. Kavachian Eyarospes Injeeniyaring, formed by the merger of two government industries, Kavachian Eyarospes and Praudyogikee Injeeniyaring, and acquired by a small group of retired military and intelligence officers effectively privatising the Kavachian defence industry. They maintain close links to the Suvidha Testing Grounds and the government still has a token "golden share" allowing then to veto any outside involvement. It's primary concerns are civil and military aerospace, defence electronics, munitions and land warfare systems. It's subsidiary Vimaan Pranaaliyon Samooh is a lead designer and manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems based of current remote augments technology and provides pilot training and support services for field operations. VPS is expanding its production facilities in the developing city of Mukt Shahar Sietch, lured away from the traditional industrial heartland of Kendar Sietch by local Federal incentives and the cities transport links to the interior of the Federation.

-  250 m
- (202 = 92+24+60+15+8+3) - Cryonics (based on Exodus techniques and datavaults, in response to the Offworld Colony Challenge), 100%
Collaborating with existing Exodus-focused scientists and with both working examples as well as a rich set of schematics and theoretical material ensures the Kavachian team makes exceptional progress in unlocking this technology. With their mastery of this technology, Kavachian researchers receive a permanent +6 to related research or implementation

-  465*m
- ( 87 = 54+24+9) - [REDACTED]

-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]

=  978m, 100%

The New Stoics

-  117 m
- Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund

-  320 m
- ( 80 = 25+27+8+8+6+6) - Construction of Stoic Temple and Hackschool at Barafu Utoto Station (with Civic and Ethics volunters, in response to the Offworld Colony Challenge), 100%
You successfully construct both facilities within the Buna facility

-  300 m
- (-66 =-149+18+6+14+45) - CRAIC Guidelines for Health and Safety (with Federal Clinics, based in Historical Datavaults)
Despite a highly-structured and well-meaning agenda, the CRAIC symposium is an abysmal failure as ill-conceived remarks from a number of key speakers derail proceedings. Leaders from industry describe it as "fluffy hippie bullshit", whilst the medical profession reacts very defensively to the attempt to put physical and mental health on the same panel as spiritual well-being. After a very public set of responses, many clinics refuse to work with the Stoics on policy matters "until they start taking medicine seriously". Atheism and Saganite numbers increase, at the expense of Stoics, many of whom feel betrayed by these 'gurus'

-  424 m
- ( 81 =  8+18+6+6+8+3+6+6+10+9+9 !!!) - Drone Design from Zenos Space Industries (with Dr Kostyantyn, Miss Mbala and Rinpoche Nathaniel, at Anderback, Rusalka, BADI and JSOC, based on Seihai Airframes, with Civic volunteers and the network), 60%
Despite the aggressive design paramters, Zenos makes excellent progress on the Arrow drone, together with the ground facilities and mothership required to deploy them. Power consumption continues to be problematic, but the other capabilities are shaping up well. Design on the Quiver facility makes heavy use of combat simulation technology and spoke networks - with the availability of the multi-body sensor drone for testing extremely beneficial. You consume 1 Comorian Ansible and 1 Comorude

-    5 m
- Military Maintenance (Xur Hvy Division, Colonel Jace Diego)

= 1166m, 100%

Wraithguard
Activity from bandits is increasing with troops being pulled to the Seihai front. Local folks are concerned

-    0 m
- Deploy 5 x Polity Infantry Divisions via Roadtrain to Blackwatch, under their command

-  450 m
- ( 81 = 39+27+15) - [REDACTED] (with Exodus techniques)

-  361 m
- ( 46 = 16+27+3) - [REDACTED]

-  310 m
- ( 54 = 27+27) - [REDACTED]

= 1121m, 100%


Next Turn
Population Growth: Booming, ~4%
Economic Situation: Strong
Morale: Soaring!
Unity: Soaring!

Aptitudes (Wartime - Conventional War):
[9, <50%] Construction and Engineering
[8, <20%] Research and Development
[6, <30%] Economy and Trade
[3, <20%] Diplomacy
[8, <30%] Espionage and Counter-Intelligence
[2, <20%] Stellar Warfare
[7, <40%] 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   3
Comorite           15
Comorude            9
Comoryll           12

Sovereign Wealth Fund, 0m

Deployed military forces, on Comorian and with Polity forces in brackets:

Infantry          60 (82+)
Power Armour       0
Armoured           3 ( 7)
Artillery and AA   2 ( 3)
Naval Vessels      0 ( 9)
Submarines         0
Air Wings          1 ( 4)

Deployed offworld forces:

RCV Mbal Msafiri    1 Colony Sleeper, in orbit around Comorian. Badly damaged but Ansible equipped
RCV Verhuis         1 Mobile Dock, at Sietcee Spaceport. Exact status unknown, but capable of spaceflight and sub-orbital flight
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 Deployed at Sietcee

Available Budget:
+20921 m
- Comorian (population 5,484,135,830; economy x 5.45; morale x 2.10)
-  215 m
- Maintenance of Fisabee, Scraager, Faru, Virafu, Habub and Ifrit forces
-   60 m
- Maintenance of the LEEW and Starflight School
-   25 m
- Investigative Overhead of the CIA
=20621 million credits


Promissory Notes:
-  516 m
- Networking services to the ATC, ongoing at 2.5%
-  200 m
- Networking technology to the ATC, 5 of 6
-  206 m
- White Cross, ongoing at 1%
=  922 million credits


Polity Budgets:

Baseline Default
= 1031 million credits
- Council budget x 5%

Polity Amendments:

ATC
x   1.80
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 825 m

+  516 m
- Payment for Computer Networking services (2.5%)
+  200 m
- Payment for Networking Technology
+   25 m
- Income from Video Games
+ 1031 m
- Income from Comorian World Cup!

Blackwatch
x   1.45
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 464 m


Buna
x   4.85
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>3969 m

-   95 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Hishu Gardeners
x   1.20
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 206 m

-   30 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Huitzilopochtli Group
x   1.30
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 309 m

+  109 m
- SIR Certification
-   50 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Jacinto Combine
x   1.10
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 103 m

+   88 m
- Broadcasting Rights and Sponsorship
+   11 m
- Dimensions Casino
+   12 m
- Broadcasting Fees
-   10 m - Maintenance for [REDACTED]

Saenoori
x   1.50
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 516 m


The Kavacha Hegemony
x   1.40
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 412 m

-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]

The New Stoics
x   1.15
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 155 m

+  156 m
- Income from Crystal Regulatory Authority and Intervention Committee
+   20 m
- Income from Cobra University
+   25 m
- Income from Twin Shards
+   64 m
- Income from Red Moon, Inc
+   60 m
- Income from Stoic Clinics
-   15 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Wraithguard
x   1.60
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 619 m


Events:
  1. (27) Relationships between the Federation and the Westion Union of Collectives becomes strained after video footage of Union Militia troops looting an independent settlement is leaked to the Arachne network. Morale-, Unity-
  2. (27) Reports of an explosion and fire in a remote area of the Alluvian Highlands are confirmed by Stellar Imperium, who notes it was an unfortunate training accident in one of their proving grounds. Few details are released
  3. (22) Detection of a near-Comorian asteroid by the geosync planetary network; your scientists believe it will pass within less than one thousand kilometres of the atmosphere within the next six months
  4. (69) Processing of materials found dealing with bandits in the Nezem Badlands reveals several unrelated gangs to be funded from within the Federation

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at 21:20
  • msg #18

Turn 16

Council Chambers, Mkobe - December, 44 NS (estimated 3232 AD)

Progress Report

[9, <40%] Construction and Engineering
-  150 m
- ( 58 = 31+27 >>>) - Construction of a Ground RADAR Station (with Team Scryer), 100%
Bringing the unique skills to the project, the members of Team Scryer ensure the station close to Cortega is completed well within time and the revised budget. Indeed, the placid valley with it's babbling brooks and quiet forests is a welcome respite from the industrial complexes they have served in over the past decade. With the founding core of the team establishing themselves in farmsteads close to the border, the others quickly drift away to secure corporate roles or positions within the burgeoning military-industrial complex. Retirement of Team Scryer

-  150 m
- (112 = 85+27) - Construction of a Ground RADAR Station, 100%
You successfully construct a Ground RADAR Station at Boca Ridge

-  150 m
- ( 13 =-47+27) - Construction of a Ground RADAR Station, 10%
Attempts to establish a station close to Usiku suffer from constant disruption in the form of security alerts linked to Seihai agents - though these are themselves thwarted - and complaints from the construction workers or moroseness and lethargy

-  300 m
- ( 73 = 46+27) - Construction of a Desalination Plant, 100%
You successfully construct a Desalination Plant at Mukt Shahar Sietch for the Kavacha. Kavacha receives a bonus to their industrial baseline from this, in exchange for Cryonics research being released to Federation scientists. Unity+

-  200 m
- (133 = 92+27+8+6) - Establish the Langerhans Corridor to the West and North-East (under JSOC command and using remotes)
Coordinated from JSOC in Fort Mkombe, with a dedicated hard-line to the Federal Border Policing Command at Nephele, purpose-built remotes first clear and then seed an extensive strip demarking the formal borders of the Federation to the west and north-east. Despite some rumblings from the Union of Western Collectives at the exact placement of the border, the establishment of it is relatively painless and the self-sustaining ecology of multi-purpose sensors provides a strong deterrent and detection platform against infiltration, customs and border policing. With telemetry feeding directly into the FBPC from the spoke networks the project is seen as a poster child for home-grown technology Reduced risk of infiltration and border threats by one degree along those borders. You estimate it would take a further 300 million to cover the remaining borders, excluding the shoreline

-  400 m
- ( 77 = 10+27+15+8+3+6+8) - Recover Medical Tech (and Gomorrah Shuttle) from the RCV Mbal Msafiri (based on Exodus Engineering techniques and Cryonics research, using remotes, and responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge)
At the end of the spring a Niellä Lifter and Kolibri Shuttle take-off from Sietcee in a highly publicised launch. Aboard, three crews of top scientists and engineers from across the Federation including two cryonic specialists from the Kavacha Hegemony. Live broadcast by NSBC, JCN and even the Red Moon News covers their historic approach to the RCV Mbal Msafiri - the first manned spaceflight mission for many years. Commentary is split between a fierce defence of the homegrown Gomorrah shuttle and wonder at the clean lines and clear capability of the Exodus smallcraft. All of the newscasters fall silent however, when Captain Okomo's abandoned shuttle comes into sight - visible in the cathedral-like cargo bay. In the silence both vessels touch down gently, tens of gravionic remotes launched from the lifter to begin mapping the vessels internals. Viewers stay glued to their screens for hours and then days as the vessel is explored. When the remotes come face to face with the chamber containing Captain Efraim Nejem the networks go wild, and even Arachne struggles to cope with the connection pressure! Your remotes find an isolated cryonic chamber with twelve people still in suspension, seven of which still have strong vitals - including the vessel's captain! You extract several tonnes of Exodus cryonic chambers, a regeneration vat and a number of specialist machines and implements. You may choose to integrate them into an existing medical facility or use them to provide a +20 to reverse engineering Lab Grown Organs, Non-Invasive Surgery and Medical Regeneration. You recover the Gomorrah shuttle and the bodies of Captain Okomo, Lieutenant Jardine and Lieutenant Zabbat. Your engineering team assesses the cost of landing the RCV Mbal Msafiri at Sietcee to be between 300 million and 600 million, but several subsystems are quite damaged.

-  400 m
- ( 97 = 62+27+8) - Assistance with Saenoori Prototyping of Beshete Roadtrains (using Technical volunteers)
With help from a team of Federal engineers and interns from the Technical Branch, the Saenoori manage to complete two prototypes of the Beshete - their own and a second for Federal use. Further information will be provided in the Saenoori budget results

-  500 m
- ( 84 = 34+27+9+8+3+6) - Cultural Preservation of the Crimeran Confederation at Anderback Airbase (using and influencing Civic volunteers and projects)
Grim-faced instructors and fabricators across the Federation continue to watch fresh-faced aviators and pristine fightercraft flow through their facilities, knowing that fewer then one in six will see their next birthday. Recruits continue to step forward, the bold and the zealous and the devil-may-care - all from the Huitzilopochtli to begin with. Drop-outs increase as the training becomes more intense, the rushed training especially challenging and harsh. It begins with rotations in two-week sprints between The Crag and Rusalka - basic flight school in war-worn Djinns, together with tactics, marksmanship and the like - before a gruelling boot-camp at Eastmount. Several weeks of physical and mental hardship under faceless Blackwatch commandos toughen the recruits, with evade-and-survive sorties on the Seihai border and time on the front-line with the anti-air batteries, as well as their regular training. Finally the best of the surviving recruits are sent to the Anderbacks for their final combat training. Delivered at the hands of the 'Ace of Aces', the survivors of the Crimeran 77th, those who graduate are the very best the Federation can field and each earns the right to wear a Crimeran patch on their uniform - a golden sunburst surrounded by a red circle with the top third of a grey spear tip, with the word 'Nakonechnyk' above and the numerals '77' towards the base of the blade. You may rush train up to three wings of modern planetary fightercraft per budget cycle through this training regime (i.e. Kunguru or Tai); they receive a +35 bonus (representing training through The Crag, Rusalka, Eastmount and the Anderbacks plus a bit) and require no maintenance. Each unit receives a +10% bonus to all traits. You may not retrain units to receive this bonus. You should mark these as Nakonechyk for the bonus.

- 2700*m
- ( 97 = 62+27+8) - Construction of 15 x Veterans Halls (using Civic volunteers), 100%
Funded entirely by the Buna, the polity-agnostic construction of a network of Veteran's Halls across the Federation is well-received and well-timed with hundreds and sometimes thousands of veterans returning home from the Seihai front. Construction is completed in Kandar Sietch, Raajad Haane Sietch, Buna City, Tōsandō, Ndanga, Usiku, Boca Ridge, Rhee, Haven, Mkobe, Port Cartegena, Fort Ourém, the Wraithgaurd, Saqqaf-Cadiz and Ranica. Reduces the effort of war-wounded on Morale, the extent of the programme even providing a small bonus (rather than the significant negative one you would have incurred otherwise). Morale+

= 2160m, 10%


[8, <30%] Research and Development
-  560 m
- ( 77 = 40+24+5+8 >>> ) - Thermobaric Weapons (with Private Gyver under the aegis of the Incubator), 100%
Private Gyver returns to Fort Mkombe for a further round of demonstrations, with can best be described as a 'shit-eating' grin on his face. Declining a live demonstration on the range, he replays test footage from the Nezem Badlands, where one of his team of heavy weapons specialists takes out a farmhouse with a single thermobaric grenade from two hundred feet away. You may equip  units with Thermobaric munitions, which yield a +60% bonus to Assault in some circumstances for a +20% increase in cost; this bonus is situational unless used with suicide troops, who suffer a -60% to Survival but gain the bonus regardless of the situation. Combat with such munitions will typically yield increased friendly fire or civilian casualties

-  625 m
- ( 90 = 36+24+10+6+6+5+3) - Perform Military Ryllian Conversions (with Federal Clinics and Ethical volunteers, at Twin Shards)
Among the many hundreds of volunteers from the Stoic faithful and serving military, forty make it through to screening at Usiku - a surprisingly high proportion of them from outside the faith. Five undergo successful conversations: Captain Nareem Németh of the 4th Desert Foxes, intrigued by the stories of a patrol now under his command, emerges as a chameleonic with control over the colouration and surface texture of his skin; Fireteam Leader Titus Alvey of No. 1 Blackwatch Shock Trooper Battalion, a surprising candidate with many confirmed kills in theatre at Mkesha, has his exceptional physical prowess enhanced to near superhuman levels of dexterity, finesse and strength; Sergeant Franklin of the Xur Heavy Battalion show a strong degree of metabolic control, flushing toxins and speeding up healing to an extraordinary degree; Dr 'Betty' Varley of the 318th Combat Engineers develops a strong sensitivity to electromagnetic currents, able to read systems and vaults with mere contact; and finally, Lieutenant Hewitt of the Imperial Stormtroopers, who recalls memories from serving aboard the NEV Coati, early days of settlement on the distant world of Tarius, and the siege of Beta Centauri. He is immediately recalled to Port Algrave. You consume 6 Comoryll and transfer 3 Comoryll to the Stoics.

-  500 m
- ( 59 = 23+24+8+4) - Retrofit Jacinto Submarine Blueprints with Cruise Missile Capability (prototyping, at Ny'ekundu Wetlands)
Engineers from the Jacinto and Hishu pour over the existing blueprints and successfully prototype a Umkhonto-capable platform, the Greyback Missile Submarine. Prototype vessel and blueprint available

-  100*m
- (156 = 83+24+9+5+12+8+3+12) - Horticultural Bio-Diversity (Marine) (with Kate Johnson and Team Helios in conjunction with the Rafiki Brotherhood, at APRIL), 45%
Deploying the FSS Valencia to the Santiago Ocean with an elite science team aboard means strong progress is made on further understanding the oceans of Comorian. Previously unseen marine behemoths and bio-luminescent colonies provide a rich vein of footage that is quickly picked up by Red Moon Studios for a documentary series.

-  405 m
- (112 = 80+24+5+3 >>> ) - Armour Kelp-Based Variants (under the aegis of the Incubator), 100%
Early papers from the Grande Armada and the now defunct Mercantile Alliance that was published in the 30s forms the basis of research at the Fisabee Incubator, combined of course with material on advanced .. well, material .. from the Menzies Cache. Locally harvested kelp provides a strong foundation for tough and responsive fabrics - something the Border Policing Command are quick to point out with their blood-red Ny'ekundu-kelp uniforms - and combined with Exodus science enables production at low cost. Depending on the harvesting location, some are suited to more extreme conditions or provide environmental protection. Especially intriguing is a particular strain whose fabric changes tone and hue depending on wind or pollution: whilst unsuited to clothing, it may adapted to hazardous environments (and, theoretically, starship internals) to provide early warning or damage control

-  300 m
- (137 =  7+24+15+5+30+45+8+3) - Exodus Sensors - LIDAR (using multiple vaults, at Twin Shards and under the aegis of Acero Cathedral), 100%
-  300 m
- (191 = 61+24+15+5+30+45+8+3) - Exodus Sensors - Phased Antennas (using multiple vaults, at Twin Shards), 100%
-  150 m
- (251 =115+24+15+5+30+45+8+6+3 >>> ) - Exodus Sensors - Sensor Fusion Algorithms (using multiple vaults, at Twin Shards and under the aegis of Acero Cathedral), 100%
-  150 m
- (162 = 26+24+15+5+30+45+8+3+6) - Exodus Sensors - Temporal-Corrective Sensors (using multiple vaults, at Twin Shards), 100%
With multiple parallel efforts focused into unlocking the sensor capabilities contained inside the datavaults of the RCV Mbal Msafiri and the RCV Verhuis, the teams co-ordinate their research across the ATLAS network and make bold strides forward. Based on the principles of Einsteinian relativity, LIDAR systems work on the reflection of light frequencies across the broad range of the electromagnetic spectrum; Phased Antennas combine a series of RADAR or LIDAR sources in a manner where the beam can be steered without the antenna needing to be physically moved, where Temporal-Corrective Sensors apply a series of neural network techniques to 'age' the light and provide more accurate or predictive outputs. Finally the use of Sensor Fusion Algorithms permits the combination of sensor outputs across a fleet to be combined for further accuracy. Each of these techniques may benefit from Ansible-mediated sensors and your scientists suggest that it would be feasible to provide a real-time view of the stellar battlefield for a fleet with fused or slaved sensors backed by Ansible. You have unlocked the full suite of known Exodus sensor components for future Stellar Warfare construction and may make use of those aboard your existing starships for scans of the solar system. Research for Ansible-Mediated Fleet Sensor Package unlocked, at a cost of 600 million

-  400 m
- (107 = 67+24+5+8+3) - Tactics: Dogfighting (with Felicity Clarke at STS), 100%
Combining hundreds of hours of combat footage from the recent conflict over Blackwatch and Kavachian airspace with interviews from the surviving 77th provides Captain Clarke with plenty of material to formulate not only theories but the relevant training material - which is cycled back into Anderback. You may use this tactic in mission orders

-  400 m
- ( 36 = 12+24) - Strategy: Guerrilla Combat, 10%
Despite decades of being subjected to infiltration and guerrilla tactics, mastery it's own use is hard and military theorists struggle to winnow out the essence of this compared to other strategies and tactics being used against them. Progress is slow.

-  400 m
- (104 = 55+24+10+6+6+3) - Seihai Biotech Detection (with Federal Clinics and Ethical volunteers), 100%
Physicians at the Awegala Memorial Hospital establish a clear set of techniques to uncover the presence of Seihai biotech in postmortem and the test is carefully rolled out as a standardised process across the Federal Clinic Network. After several thousand further clinical tests they believe they have a method to detection in a living person, though it requires analysis of a bone marrow biopsy and folic sample. You may perform this test on targeted subsets of the population as a budget line

-  350 m
- (155 =  9+24+15+30+45+8+9+3+12) - Reverse Engineer Hydroponics with Bio-Diversity Insights (with multiple vaults, at APRIL), 100%
Reverse engineering the Integrated Hydroponic and Recycling components used in Exodus vessels is familiar territory, with much of the facilities in the underground cities of the Buna and Hishu based on derivations of the techniques used - though without the finesse. Your scientists are able to combine it with the new bio-sciences they have unlocked on Comorian, using native kelp together with cultures based on those found in the Jannah Caverns two years prior to improve the system performance from Exodus envelopes. You may construct both Integrated Hydroponic and Recycling components. You may refit these components aboard your existing fleet for a marginal cost of 120 to 240 million. Your existing Recycling Centre facilities have a reduced cost of 125 million per + and you may construct Subterranean Hydroponic Farms for a similar cost and benefit, thanks to the Buna sharing their revised blueprints

-   25 m
- (116 = 81+24+8+3) - Feasibility Studies - Gravionic Weapons (with Private Gyver)
Despite a series of valiant attempts, Private Gyver concedes defeat after several of hypothesising. His team note that gravionic techniques might be used in large calibre rail guns to improve ballistic velocity, but otherwise this appears to be a dead end. Research for Gravionic-Assisted Rail Guns as a Stellar Warfare component unlocked, with a +15 bonus

-   25 m
- (214 =179+24+8+3) - Feasibility Studies - Gravionic Defences (with Private Gyver)
Gravionic shielding is believed to be feasible, with the theoretical effect being somewhat equivalent to a repulsing field. Research unlocked, with a cost of 1200 million and a +6 bonus. No reverse engineering bonuses as this is not familiar to Exodus engineers

-   25 m
- ( 65 = 38+24) - Feasibility Studies - Comorite Munitions
You believe Comorite Munitions might be feasible for ultra-piercing shaped rounds. Research unlocked, with a cost of 200 million and 2 Comorite

-  100 m
- (188 = 70+24+15+60+8+3+8) - Analyze Differences Between Kotka Scout, Sääski Scout, & Haikala Patrol Boat (using recovered vaults), 100%
Delving into the recovered Exodus datavaults and trying to piece together a comprehensive analysis is complex, since the material on these vessels does not compare like for like, necessarily. But the engineers at BADI take control of the programme as soon as they get wind of it and provide a layman's version for the Council. Both Kotka and Sääski are built around a Scout class of the Starship hull type, fitted with a Fusion powersystem and both Ion and Spike Drives. Beyond that the Kotka is based on extended void missions, fitted with a Surveyors Bridge, Extensive Hydroponics and Water Cellular Shielding together with LIDAR sensors with Sensor Fusion Algorithms to work with the probes she typically carries. She is a more streamlined vessel with a typical crew of eight to ten specialists. In contrast the Sääski is fitted with a full Bridge Deck, a standard suit of Integrated Hydroponics and both Water Cellular Shielding and a Point Defence System. She is fitted with LIDAR with a Temporal-Corrective Phased Antenna and a single set of Rail Cannons. Her crew is twice the Kotka, though she is a smaller vessel at just shy of ninety metres. Bigger than either, with a crew of twenty-two and a beam of two hundred metres, the Haikala is an blunt-nosed menacing vessel build around a Patrol Boat class of the Starhip hull type. It has an Overpowered Fusion powersystem and two Ion Drives, but is rarely equipped with Spike Drives. It is commanded from a full Bridge Deck, with a standard suit of Integrated Hydroponics and two layers of Water Cellular Shielding and a Point Defence System similar to the Sääski. Her LIDAR sensors are un-enhanced and she is armed with a brace of Rail Cannons or Beam Lances. You could build either Scout class vessel within the RCV Verhuis and the components for the Patrol Boat though it would need to be assembled elsewhere

-  100 m
- (115 = 88+24+3) - Feasibility Studies - Aorenda and Underlying Technologies
Replicating this simply isn't feasible with your present technology. Further studies of Genetics and Virology are required to even understand where to begin

-  300 m
- (123 = 49+24+15+5+30) - Coordinating Missile Systems (with multiple vaults, under the aegis of the Incubator), 100%
Analysis and footage of pre-Exodus combats show smart swarms of missiles changing their targeting packages or exchanging guidance information to handle multiple threats on the battlefield. With the Federation's knowledge of remotes and sensor spoke networks, together with the experience with the Eleventh Hour System, it is comparatively easy to reproduce this. You have increased the Assault trait for Isagila SAM Batteries and for formations of more than three missile-equipped fightercraft Wings

-  200 m
- (169 = 95+24+15+5+30) - Reverse Engineer Point Defence Systems (with multiple vaults, under the aegis of the Incubator), 100%
Rapid-fire ballistic weapons, mounted on the outer skin of a starship, shred incoming missiles, torpedoes or even slow-moving kinetic rounds. Conceptually simple, but requiring a complicated fusion of mechanical systems, sensors and targetting algorithms. With firing protocols, fabrication systems and repair manuals, recreating this technology is an effort in graft rather than innovation. You may build Point Defence System components for starships

-   25 m
- (101 = 77+24) - Feasibility Studies - Near-Orbit Ballistic Cruise Missile
Ballistic cruise missiles based on the X-19 rocket technology should be not only feasible, but comparatively cheap to research. They would be capable of intercontinental or near-orbit targets and should not add a significant cost to the missiles. Research unlocked, for a cost of 120 million

-  100 m
- ( 66 =  9+24+15+9+6+3) - Re-Analyse Tata Stenograms (with FIA-SIA and communications intercepts)
With limited budget and analysts focused on scans of Seihai territory, nothing further is gained beyond some conspiracy theorists from an odd-ball named Reynard Duchovny-Brown. He claims the 'Grail' of Satyata reference is a womb, or caul, not a thing.

-   25 m
- (121 = 60+24+12+10+6+6+3) - Feasibility Studies - Seihai Chemical Formulae (with Federal Clinics and Ethical volunteers, at APRIL)
Early investigations into the formulae suggest it has parallels with those compounds used to unlock and treat Comorian Crystals. Research unlocked, will cost 800 million

-   25 m
- ( 86 = 31+24+8+12+8+3) - Feasibility Studies - Pochtli Lunar Base (using Technical volunteers and responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge, at APRIL)
Coordinated by scientists at APRIL, small teams of Technical branch volunteers across the Federation tackle nugget-sized pieces of the puzzle of colonising such an inhospitable environment. Broadly it would come down to what kind of colony, what it's purpose was and how self-sustaining it needed to be. Proposals include one of the far-side, linked via the existing experimental Ansible satellite, at the polar regions and in two of the more significant craters. Scientists recommend the far side for reconnaissance, the polar regions of the larger of the equatorial craters as a port and the other crater for a long-term habitable colony. You have the required technologies to build this, but I need some further detail on what you want to build. Costs will range from 2400 million to 7200 million to establish the first phase of a long-term base, with 20% or more per budget cycle in maintenance

= 5540 m, 27%


[6, <10%] Economy and Trade
-  250 m
- ( 91 = 56+18+12+5) - Overhaul Financial Regulation based on Contemporary Trends (with Technical volunteers, at the Dhajafada Institute), 100%
Applying the same techniques to a broad swathe of over financial instruments is effective, however the market reaction is irrational and bankers across the Central District impede the reforms however they can. Your analysts pinpoint several areas of systemic weakness which cannot be corrected easily, however, including the current imbalance between production and demand outside of military goods and services. Reduced risk of collapse where feasible. You have a 10% of an economic downturn over each of the next five turns. Economy----

-  425 m
- Deposit into Sovereign Wealth Fund

-   75 m
- Resource Harvesting - Comorian Ansibles
You harvest 4 Comorian Ansibles!

-  135 m
- Resource Harvesting - Comorite
You harvest 3 Comorite

-  100 m
- Resource Harvesting - Comorudes
You harvest 1 Comorudes

-   50 m
- Resource Harvesting - Comoryll
You harvest 1 Comoryll

-  516 m
- Payment to ATC for Network Services (2.5%)

-  200 m
- Payment to ATC for Network Technologies (5 of 6)

+  516 m
- Loan Repayment from ATC

-  320 m
- Payment to Blackwatch for Training

-   75 m
- Payment to Gorski Amalgam for Gorski Shock Corps

= 1630 m,  8%


[3, <25%] Diplomacy
-  100 m
- (109 = 82+ 9+8+10) - Cultural Preservation Efforts for Rafiki Immigrants (with Martha Duin and Selmar Reshty, using Technical field researchers)
Grants from the Federation fund the establishment of a handful of small Baradari Centres in the towns of the Northern District, easing some of the tension between poorly integrated communities of frontiersmen and skilled migrant workers and scientists. Morale+

-  100 m
- ( 11 = -6+ 9+8) - Assess Rafiki Reaction to Pochtli Lunar Base Proposal (responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge)
Your researchers struggle to field the question with Chancellor Benalcázar when he visits Darbuiks in the Spring, or Mkombe late in the summer. Eventually an enterprising journalist asks in a news conference to celebrate the construction of a Nitrifying Sewage Plant inland from Ksar es-Seghir; the Chancellor is displeased and relations cool.

-  100 m
- ( 72 = 51+ 9+4+8) - Demand the Destruction of the Brahmian Probe (relying on Sister Cities, at the Acero Convention Centre
With the red carpet rolled out for Ms Winters and the Progress Made Manifest delegation, Federation scientists only make it through their first two slides before they are interrupted: they explain that Ex-Councillor Takala made modifications to the probe control systems that means their trajectory cannot be altered once they passed the orbit of Rafiki.

-  206 m
- Payment to the White Cross (1%)

=  506 m,  2%


[8, <30%] Espionage and Counter-Intelligence
-  400 m
- (210 =160+24+15+8+3) - [Eyes Only!] Secure the RCV Verhuis and Backup Datavaults (using Exodus techniques and responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge
Enhanced vetting and handling of personnel requiring access to the mobile dock and it's datavaults immediately throws up a handful of contractors with dubious (but explainable) issues together with two Satyata operatives, both of whom attempt to commit suicide immediately. Unfortunately one of them reveals her back-trail, leading to the capture of three infiltrators. You have three Satyata operatives in custody, who were collectively trying to access the ship's records on repairs to the KMV Tengu

-  400 m
- ( 99 = 44+24+12+6+3+10) - [Eyes Only!] Establish Federal Security Protocols for Technology and Intelligence (using Martial volunteers and Arachne cyber-security specialists)
Revised security protocols are flushed through the ATLAS network via a series of patches and core kernel changes at Arachne, introducing terminal fingerprinting and vault watermarking to the mainstay of the public network and core military systems. Back-doors exist, so as not to impeed FIA and CIA work for example, but these are well-designed. Reduced risk of technology leakage outside the Federation or beyond Council purview

-  400 m
- ( 77 = 39+24+8+6) - [Buried Deep!] Investigate Funding Source of Bandits (led by Tänzer, based on Seihai Infiltration Tactics)
Evidence is presented to the Council that 'Imperator' Rodric Carlsson of the Stellar Imperium is funding bandits in the Nezem Badlands, and potentially more broadly, through several shell companies and a network of shadowy bank transfers. Assessments by the CIA suggest that it would be insufficient to present formal charges however

-  300 m
- (107 = 71+24+9) - [Eyes Only!] Assess Satellite Scans of Yamashiro Drome prior to Operation ThunderDrome (using FIA-SIA)
Extensive scans and analysis of Yamashiro Drome confirm speculation that it is built around the carcass of the RCV Mbal Maono, incorporating it's armoured shell and potentially point defence systems together with a significant bunker and tunnel network, emplaced gun batteries and sally points. Similar scans of the 'E2' site are less conclusive, but intelligence operatives comparing signatures from historic maintenance records from the RCV Verhuis hypothesise that it could be the resting place of the RCV Mrefu Kiweo and the KMV Tengu. Thermal scans of the KMV Tengu indicate it could be partially operable, perhaps even had subsystems brought online in recent weeks. It is a Kujaku-Mayura vessel, with a more aggressive profile than the UTF Keihäs but of a broadly similar class

-  200 m
- (126 = 94+24+8) - [Eyes Only!] Investigate Captured Seihai Command Post (using Remotes)
Your capture of the command post is a Comorite mine of information on the kshatriya-sōhei caste of the Seihai! Decrypted vaults lay out a partial picture of the force strength, tactics and disposition of several of the thirteen main 'families' of the caste. Each 'family' represents a combination of bloodline and interpretation of a series of treatises written by the Warmaker and the Satyata Council, employing different tactics and troop mixtures. Details of these families will be presented to the Council shortly and then summarised in the conflict thread. Further infantry, armour and fightercraft used by the Seihai will likewise be revealed in the conflict thread

= 1700 m,  8%


[2, <20%] Stellar Warfare
-  350 m
- (230 = 75+ 6+15+38+30+8+10+45+3) - Refit Ezekiel Lifter to Harrier Assaultcraft (refitting with BADI and RCV Verhuis at Sietcee, using Exodus techniques and vaults)
You successfully refit the Ezekiel Lifter to a Harrier Assaultcraft, marvelling at the facilities built into the venerable mobile dock

-  600 m
- ( 98 = 37+ 6+10+8+10+8+8+3+8 >>>) - Operation Adopt-a-Rock (with Dr Yutani and Rp Kostyantyn, most of the Sietcee facility and remotes)
Following the successful spring mission to the RCV Mbal Msafiri, the people of the Federation are once more fixated on the news networks as the refitted Harrier Assaultcraft leads two Niellä Lifters and two of the Kolibri Shuttles into orbit and out beyond Rafiki. It marks the furthest that Comorians have been beyond the planet since the Exodus itself. Aboard Dr Yutani and Rp Kostyantyn exchange in a highly inaccessible debate about the mathematics required to alter the comet's orbit to the Comorian-Rafiki L3 point. Entering the comet's nebulous atmosphere provides a much needed light-show for the planetary viewers, watching in real-time through the Ansible salvage drones aboard each of the smallcraft - though the buffeting is minor, the greens and blues of the heated gases ionising outside the vessels and sheathing them in light is spectacular. Examination of the comet itself reveals it to be nearly expired, less a dirty snowball and more a rock sheathed in ice and tar and crude oil. After an approach of hours, it takes days and then weeks to land and establish the X-19 rockets where they are required to shift the giant rock. Several repeat trips to the comet are needed to ferry the necessary equipment, and even then it will take a further three years to settle into the Lagrangian orbit - but at that stage Comorian will have a new moon! It is informally named Sigurðsson-Zhou after the two scientists who spotted it's approach, but that's a mouthful for a moon. You have captured the comet, however it will take three budget cycles before it is in a stable orbit at the Comorian-Rafiki L3 point. You may still send missions to and from it. It is irregularly shaped, resembling a large ovoid with two smaller nobbled spheres welded to one end. It has a CH-chondrite core, estimated to be 30% Iridium and riddled with caverns and worm-like tunnels from out-gassing, sheathed in ice that contains substantial surface and sub-surface veins and lakes of tar and crude oil together with dense patches of amino acids and other organic compounds

=  950 m, 5%


[7, <50%] Planetary Warfare
-  180 m
- (131 = 81+21+9+5+8) - Rush Raise 3 x Scraager Mobile Defence Batteries (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Batteries and deploy them to Camp Mkesha

-  120 m
- ( 92 = 49+21+9+5+8) - Rush Raise 2 x Scraager Mobile Defence Batteries (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Batteries and deploy them to Tōsandō

- 1000 m
- ( 69 = 12+21+9+9+8+10) - Raise 4 x Kunguru Fighter Wings with Chemical Stims and Fletchette Weapons (at The Crag, Anderback and Rusalka based on studies of the Seihai Knights)
You successfully raise the Wings and deploy them to Haavee Adda Airbase covering Blackwatch-Kavacha Airspace

- 1500 m
- (108 = 51+21+9+9+8+10) - Raise 6 x Kunguru Fighter Wings with Chemical Stims and Fletchette Weapons (at The Crag, Anderback and Rusalka based on studies of the Seihai Knights)
You successfully raise the Wings and deploy them to Anderback Airbase on alert patrol covering the Eastern District

-  450 m
- ( 80 = 37+21+9+5+8) - Raise 2 x Gyver Battlesuit Battalions (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Battalions and deploy them to Vuoristö Savannah Egress

-  675 m
- (UM66 = 66+21+9+5+8) - Raise 3 x Gyver Battlesuit Battalions (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Battalions and deploy them to the Mount Vartijä Egress. Commanding the No. 4 Gyver is Colonel Hasan Nizar Nejem, the President's son. He takes immediate command of the situation at Mount Vartijä

-  450 m
- ( 64 = 21+21+9+5+8) - Raise 2 x Gyver Battlesuit Battalions (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Battalions and deploy them to Camp Mkesha

-  300 m
- ( 43 = 11+21+3+8) - Battlefield Cleanup (with Civic volunteers)
Retrieval and burial of Federation fallen is hard and complicated, with unspent munitions and booby-traps left by the Seihai complicating the work immensely. Little in the way of enemy material is recovered intact, though damaged examples of everything is available for study. It is mentally tough on volunteers from the Civic branch and most only last a few weeks. Significant numbers of them subsequently volunteer with the VAA or VASP, serving at Veteran's Halls - or seeking help their from their own kind of post-traumatic stress

-   60 m
- (119 = 76+21+9+5+8) - Raise 4 x Border Police Brigades (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Brigades and deploy them to the Eastern District. You see an immediate effect on border security

-   45 m
- (132 = 89+21+9+5+8) - Raise 3 x Border Police Brigades (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Brigades and deploy them to Northern District. You see an immediate effect on border security

-   45 m
- (134 = 91+21+9+5+8) - Raise 3 x Border Police Brigades (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Brigades and deploy them to Western District. You see an immediate effect on border security

-  400 m
- ( 88 = 45+21+9+5+8) - Raise 5 x Fisabee Marine Battalions (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Battalions and deploy them aboard your new naval vessels to the southern Santiago and northern Ilta Oceans

-  320 m
- (117 = 74+21+9+5+8) - Raise 4 x Patrol Cutters (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Cutters and deploy them to the southern Santiago Ocean, based out of Kyoto Sands, Barnesville, Rhee and Tarouca

-   80 m
- (125 = 82+21+9+5+8) - Raise 1 x Patrol Cutters (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Cutters and deploy them to the northern Ilta Ocean, based out of Darbuiks

-  180 m
- (113 = 70+21+9+5+8) - Raise 3 x Impi Missile Carriers (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Missile Carriers and deploy them to Vuoristö Pandayan

-  880 m
- ( 90 = 60+21+9) - Construction of 2 x Umkhonto Cruise Missiles (at Rusalka)
You successfully construct the Cruise Missiles and deploy them aboard Impis at Vuoristö Pandayan

-  550 m
- ( 82 = 52+21+9) - Construction of 1 x Bunker Busting Umkhonto Cruise Missile (at Rusalka)
You successfully construct the Cruise Missiles and deploy them aboard Impis at Vuoristö Pandayan

-  400 m
- ( 43 =  8+21+6+8) - Execute First Phase of Operation ThunderDrome (under JSOC command, using remotes)
Buoyed by the success against Seihai probing forces, the Ashen Phoenix and 3rd Mechanised Divisions begin a reconnaissance in force north and east towards the settlement marked as 'Y6', accompanied by combat engineers and the weighty bulk of the Progress Made Manifest tunneller. At first they make solid progress, the movement of forty thousand men and machines through the chaparral without problems. As the scouting force moves into the high boreal they encounter problems, struggling with the ice of the tundra and logistics back to Camp Mkesha. Enemy forces begin to circle them as they become bogged down, mechanised battalions on grav-bikes and smaller variants of the Raijin, but the force commander sets out a strong mesh of patrols and they are able to retreat without losses. You have identified three new Seihai unit types, but were unable to make it across the mountains to Y6 without passing close to the stronghold at Y3. Events at Camp Mkesha before the reconnaissance mean you have captured the equivalent of one battalion of Torōru troops, including two officers: Seiwa Sharma Ueno and Kawachi Yoshirou Kulkarni. You believe 'Seiwa' and 'Kawachi' are military ranks

-  300 m
- ( 67 = 30+21+6+10) - Execute Operation Ubor in Blackwatch-Kavacha Airspace (under JSOC command, based on studies of the Seihai Knights)
Aggressive sorties by the new Huitzilopochtli Nakonechyk squadrons, backed up by rushed batteries of Scraagers, restrict the Seihai to their own airspace and interdict several probing attacks over Eastmount and Kandar Sietch. With the deployment of ten further wings of modern fightercraft Federation flyers declare air superiority for the first time.

-  100 m
- ( 82 = 55+21+6) - Execute Operation Pharusii (under JSOC command)
Reassigning the Dama regiment to the Vuoristö Savannah and permitting the remainder of forces there, at Camp Mkesha, the Gama de Acero and Mount Vartijä to rest and recover means a calm descends on the front lines. Few signs are seen of Seihai forces, until their disasterous assault on Mkesha and Eastmount, and then silence. Reports from scouts and the satellite network suggest they have 'turtled' back to their underground cities, particularly Y1 and Y3, with reports and feverish activity around Yamashiro Drome and E2. As winter descends the JSOC declares Blackwatch-Kavacha Airspace and the Mkesha Borderlands the only alert theatres. All impeded units have now recovered.

-  100 m
- (131 = 92+21+6+12) - Execute Domestic Operation Kiraia (under JSOC command with Paramilitaries)
Strengthened corps of reservists and the significantly increased border policing mean the streets of the Federation remain quiet, with no confirmed internal threats at this time. Several threats are thwarted in Kyoto Sands, Raajad Haane Sietch and Usiku. Your standardised rules of engagement provide a strong framework for the paramilitaries to work within.

= 8135 m, 39%


Total Expenditure:
=20621 million credits
, 100%

Policies:
  1. (74) Private Militaries - With the ongoing rebuilding of Tōsandō, the Hishu take the unilateral step of banning private militias within their territory. Shortly afterwards the Sai Kung Hoi confirm they will be enacting the same change

Programmes:
  • (21) Federal Services - Civic Branch - Early reports from the Department of Census highlight a broadening gap in values and lifesrtyle between urban and rural citizens, especially those in the borderlands; they also raise a concern that the Council is perceived as reticent regards our recovered starships, though they note that recent events may have significantly shifted this
  • (88) Federal Services - Ethical Branch - Despite the establishment of a strong veteran's network, there are concerns that post-traumatic stress will be a long-term issue for returning wounded
  • (47) Federal Services - Martial Branch - Concerns are raised that confusion with military ranks and structure is hampering the effectiveness of our forces
  • (20) Federal Services - Technical Branch - Recommendations to improve the burgeoning film industry at Gharistan are received, focusing on enhancing our existing satellite network with new commercial broadcasting
  • (41) BADI - Buoyed by their strengthening presence on several key projects, the Director of Research at BADI manages to offend the Dean at the University of Cartegena sufficiently that the two men get into a full-on brawl at the opening reception of a new Exodite-focused gallery in Thanh Hóa. All ties with the university are cut and Sea Lord Vesta Weaver icily requests the Council to remove the programme to Sietcee. You may not use BADI until this is resolved
  • (87) Twin Shards - Academics at Cobra University present a well-received symposium on early pre-Federation history, based on material from the RCV Mbal Msafiri's historic scans of the planetary surface in the first fifty years post-landfall. It shows the emerging conflict between the Nezem and the Buna as they fought over access to mining sites in the Anderbacks, together with how that led to the formation of the Chikalda.


Events:
  1. (72) [Eyes Only!] Within one of the cultural vaults retrieved from the RCV Verhuis, scans of the Kikeya System are recovered
  2. (94) Discovery of a new strain of very effective organic fertilisers, based on work on Comorian-Terran hybrids by Sai Kung Hoi researchers, is deliberately and publicly shared in several journals within the Federation. It promises to improve yields and reduce the risk of side effects common with artificial equivalents. Several of those producing those equivalents collapse, though this is carefully cushioned by the Sai Kung Hoi as it emerges those same companies commissioned the research and knowingly released it! In a press release, one of the CEOs states, "Sometimes what we find is too important not to share" Unity++
  3. (28) During live broadcasting on The Science Channel's Phar Out Physics show, an interview with Mahon Kovač, a researcher from the ATC, reveals his work into Electronic Warfare research and some "killer robots" at Rusalka. Both NSBC and JCN pick up the story and cover it for several hours before unexplainably ceasing coverage

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Narrator
GM, 846 posts
Mon 13 Feb 2017
at 22:03
  • msg #19

Turn 16

Polity Progress

ATC

-  516 m
- Loan Repayment from Federation

- 1200 m
- Project 'Panda' with the Buna

- 1200 m
- (181 = 79+27+60+6+9 !!!) - Project Leviathan (at Rusalka and Nephele)
[REDACTED]

-  618 m
- (188 = 73+24+3+60+9=3=6+10) - Project Oroku Saki (using Keihäs datavaults, at Rusalka and Arachne), 40%
[REDACTED]

-  506 m
- (111 = 28+24+3+15+30+9+3 !!!) - Research Prow-Mounted Beam Lances (using Keihäs datavaults, at Rusalka and Arachne), 50%
[REDACTED]

= 3628m, 100%

Blackwatch

-  150 m
- Transfer to ATC

-  150 m
- Transfer to Saenoori

-  275 m
- (125 = 64+24+10+15+6+6) - Veteran's Affairs Association - Increased Funding (with Clinics and the Awegala Memorial Hospital, based on Cultural Datavaults)
Further work in bettering veteran's lives is well received and well supported - by the JSOC, the Imperium, the leaders of majority militaries and by serving men and woman. Especially in the east veteran's take to wearing a pin with a toothy-jawed pike on it as a symbol of their appreciation and as a silent offer of support for those veteran's feeling isolated or in need; some shops and cantinas display a saw-tooth survival knife discretely by their doorway for similar reasons. It costs an estimated 200 million to run these extended programmes, but they are paid for from donations alone most years.

-  360 m
- (138 = 91+27+8+6+8) - Construction of 2 x Veteran's Halls (with Ethical volunteers, leveraging Military connections, using remotes)
You successfully construct two Veteran's Hall in smaller settlements southwest of Eastmount, naming them the Noah Mendez Hall, and the second shall be the Ludomir Mikolajczak Hall.

-  610 m
- ( 68 = 19+21+3+5+6+8+6) - Activate Further Military Forces (at Eastmount and Crag, leveraging Military connections)
You successfully raise several Division of troops and deploy them to Blackwatch territory. Border controls into Blacwatch territory become exceptionally tight, with most citizens inside Blackwatch pleased at the outcome. Some few teething issues make it awkward for those running businesses across polity borders, employing staff even from Kavacha and Buna for example. Local economics suffers marginally, but three further Divisions of paramilitary reservists step forward at the same time and the cultural assimilation programme established at the same time helps many over that temporary bump. Specialists sent to Camp Mkesha to engage with the Irregulars observe two mixed veteran regiments, with soldiers originating from Blackwatch and Kavachian infrantry divisions, Saeonoori special forces battalions and the mechanised and stormtrooper Fisabsee battalions of the Federation. Armed and armoured with a mix of equipment, including those of Seihai origin, they are fast and fierce fighters with a strong internal code and intuitive sense of tactics. After all, they are the 1% who survived when their units were decimated. At present they are led by Major Mandeep Hsu, previously of the Kavacha, and Colonel Brianna Collins, an Imperium stormtrooper. Neither is especially inclined to be absorbed into a wider fighting force right now. Your observers note that a significant proportion of the troops from the Irregulars have symptons of psychological injury, though most have a handle on it.

= 1495m, 100%

Buna

-  500 m
- Deposit into Polity Wealth Fund

-  210 m
- Crystal Harvesting to Restore Polity Reserves

- 2400*m
- (186 =134+27+15) - Complete Construction of Barafu Utoto Station at Site E1 (based on Exodus techniques), 100%
Ahead of schedule, Co-Directors Sunan Temitope of the Buna and Karolina Voigt of the ATC light twinned torches in echo of the two primary fusion powerplants at Barafu Utoto coming online. It is a symbolic gesture, the plants having been operational for eighteen months whilst the rest of the facility was built out, but it marks the remote station becomming fully operational and ready to begin ore processing. Also present of note were Rinpoche Gustav Ahlström, leader of the Stoic community onsite and master of the educational facilities, and Colonel Ellar Blackwood of the Mtega Regiment providing security. It stands mostly idle for now, though the Buna have been exploration in the locality for potentially mining site and Co-Director Temitope speaks warmly of their intention to be the premier site for asteroid ore processing, such as from Sigurðsson-Zhou. Co-Director Voigt appears equally pleased to talk about the facilities minimal environmental impact, especially in such harsh conditions. You will receive a significant bonus to your industrial base from this

-  390 m
- ( 68 = 38+21+9) - Raise the Mtega 'Shieldwall' Regiment (with training at Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Mtega regiment and their supporting elements and deploy them to Barafu Utoto. Consumes 1 Comorite and 1 Comorude from Buna reserves

- 2700 m
- Transfer to Council for Veteran's Halls

= 5000m, 100%

Hishu Gardeners

-  450 m
- ( 88 = 45+21+5+8+9) - Raise 2 x Gyver Battlesuits Battalions (at the Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Gyver Battlesuit Battalions and deploy them to Tōsandō

-  300 m
- ( 67 = 40+27-3) - Complete Defences in the Tōsandō Gardens, 100%
Knowing themselves to have been a target, though unsure exactly why it was them rather than the nearby Pandayans, the Hishu hurry through the remaining defences. When the final shovel lands the city is fully encircled with a series of gates and sallys and hidden emplacements - providing comfort to the citizens

-  456 m
- ( 97 = 63+27+3+4) - Rebuilding Tōsandō
Drawing strength from their survival the Hishu rebuilding programme takes the opportunity to reshape their capital, replacing many of the older damaged sections of the city and taking it fully underground aside from a few orchards and farms on the hillsides. Expanding the three pit shafts that the city was built around to a total of five, and connecting them with right-sized arterial tunnels, it becomes a modern feat of engineering. For many, however, the scent of cordite will never stop lingering and many families relocate to nearby Kyoto Sands

-   30 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

= 1236m, 100%

Huitzilopochtli Group

-   15 m
- Transfer to Blackwatch for Eastmount training

-  800 m
- (109 = 59+21+9+8+9+5+10) - Rush Raise 3 x Tai Interceptor Wings (with Nakonechyk training)
You successfully raise the fighter wings, each earning the Nakonechyk patch. You pay no maintenance for these fighters

-  400*m
- ( 53 = 23+27+3) - Complete Construction of Ground M-SET Receiver and Transmitter, 100%
You successfully complete construction of the receiver at Gharistan for the New Stoics and transmitter at Tlamacazqui

-  434 m
- ( 86 = 56+27+3) - Expand Citlali Solar Array with New 'Constellation
You successfully expand the facilites at Citlali. You receive a bonus to your industrial baseline

-    0 m
- Military Maintenance (Air Wings)

= 1449m, 100%

Jacinto Combine

-  355 m
- (132 = 63+24+45 !!!) - Construction of the One World Racetrack (based on cultural vaults, at Dimensions), 100%
Expanding the Dimensions Casino and Resort on Kichenko Island with a world class multi-format racetrack sparks the immediate interest of the super-rich, who hound and petition the Jacinto with requests for track details, vehicular constraints and sponsorship offers. Capable of handling traditional supercar and superbike races, together with the high-performance gravionic vehicles beginning to emerge from boutique manufacturers in Ndanga and Kader Beach, initial showcase races shown on JCN tease the public with high octane action. Events culiminate in a tense two-hour grav-racer race that demonstrates the sheer power of the track and is broadcast to 80% of homes within the Federation. Provides one-off injection of funds next turn, together with ongoing sponsorship funds. Economy++++, Morale+++, Unity++

-  450 m
- (144 = 52+27+3+45+5+12) - [REDACTED] (based on Historic datavaults and Federal Clinics)

-  450 m
- (171 = 72+27+60+12) - [REDACTED]

-    0 m
- ( Auto-Success ) - Feasibility Studies: Genetic Manipulation
Research unlocked, for a cost of 800 million

-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]

= 1245m, 100%

Saenoori

-  140 m
- Deposit into Polity Wealth Fund

-  247 m
- (227 =172+27+3+10+4+5+6) - Prototype of Gravionic Troop Landers for Airborne Divisions (prototyping based on Gravionic fightercraft, at Eastmount and Suvidha Testing Grounds), 100%
With the release of Saenoori specialists from the programmes responsible for the Kunguru and Tai fightercraft designs, the Damche Troopcarrier makes leaps forward. Deployed in squadrons, each Damche can handle a company of infantry or platoon of battlesuits and provide close support from it's pintel-mounted fletchette cannons. Each of the existing Saenoori Shock Trooper battalions (not those battalions of that type operated by other polities) receives Damche Airbourne training as the summer comes to a close. In a statement, Councillor Hee-Ok states that the Saenoori will be happy to supply hardware and training for any polity fielding troops in the Mkesha Borderlands. Blueprint and prototypes available

-  580 m
- ( 54 = 20+27+3+4 >>> ) - Prototype of Combat Roadtrain, Mobile Headquarters (prototyping), 100%
Benefitting from Federal funding, the Saenoori complete work on the Beshete Mobile Headquarters roadtrain, with two prototypes deployed to Camp Mkesha for early field trials together with the original Kion. Results are promising, with the extended fire support and tactical flexibility. Blueprint and two prototypes availlable

-  580 m
- ( 70 = 36+27+3+4) - Prototype of Combat Roadtrain, Demolisher (prototyping), 100%
Deployed with the Beshetes and Kion, the Ratel is a field demolition roadtrain providing combat engineers and commando forces with a powerful base and engineering capability. Extensively hardened, it brings a wide selection of heavy tools to the frontline. Blueprint and prototype available

= 1547m, 100%

The Kavacha Hegemony

-    5 m
- Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund, the Prabhu-Dhan Fund

-  206 m
- Transfer to [REDACTED]

-   50 m
- Transfer to Blackwatch for Military Integration

-  500 m
- (125 = 18+27+60+8+6+6) - Construction of Ilaaj Kee Sabha Hospital (using cryonic chambers and remotes), 100%
Rivalling the Awegala Memorial Hospital in Darbuiks, the newly commissioned Ilaaj Kee Sabha Hospital in Raajad Haane Sietch provides specialist medical care to military veterans as well as secondary services to the local population with staff drawn from Kavachian Medical Corps personnel and civilian practitioners. Incorporating state of the art Cryonics technology building upon recent Kavachian breakthroughs and modelled on existing facilities of the RCV Mbal Msafiri - allowing the medical staff to put critically injured patients into a state of suspended animation to prevent loss of life when the condition would be otherwise irreversible as with the influx of multiple amputees from the front line, severe burns from explosions and patients requiring organ transplants - means it has the capacity for one of the largest critical care units in the Federation as well as extensive use of Cryotherapy to aid recovery. It is the first port of call for many a veteran arriving from Camp Mkesha. Provides a bonus to recovery of Impeded units and reduces loss from local disasters by one degree

-  325 m
- (133 = 94+24+3+6+6) - [REDACTED]

-  325 m
- (133 = 94+24+3+10+6) - [REDACTED]

-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]

-   12 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]

= 1433m, 100%

The New Stoics

-   75 m
- Resource Harvesting - Comorian Ansibles
You harvest 3 Ansibles!

-  200 m
- Transfer to Huitzipochtli

-  175 m
- ( 80 = 52+27+6) - Grey Water Systems Conversions (with Civic volunters and ATC technicians), 100%
Employing technicians from the ATC, the Stoics convert their civic infrastructure to renewable energy and reused grey water systems. You receive a bonus to your industrial base, together with a +6 to closed systems engineering projects in C+E or E+T

-  570 m
- ( 45 =  8+27+6+4) - Prototype a Recycled Modular Home Manufactory (with Civic volunteers, prototyping), 40%
You make reasonable enough progress, though it is exceptionally exploratory in nature

-  335 m
- (143 = 78+27+14+6+8+10) - Prototype Stoic Monastery (at LEEW, with Civic and Clinic volunteers, responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge ), 100%
Nestled outside the Twin Shards facility at Better Horizons, the Kailish Monastery is a self-contained village abutting a self-contained city. With it's own isolated powersystems, hydroponics and recycling it resembles a stark fort - though one with ceramic walls, watchtowers and a mixed company from the Xur Corps on patrol at all times. Within it is bare and ascetic, though perhaps more from the unsused space than any particular tenet of abjurration within the Stoic faith. Unconsciously coordinating their timing with the ressurgence of interest in kelp, it provides a small income as an offshoot of the broadly popular Lang Textiles. When dealing with less commercial matters it is focused on the medical side of Ryllian conversion, home for those who have converted and those who study it. It provides a +4 to Ryllian related research and provides insights into Comoryll and related technologies

-   11 m
- Military Maintenance (Xur Corps, General Jace Diego)

= 1166m, 100%

Wraithguard

-  206 m
- Transfer to ATC

-  644 m
- ( 81 = 39+27+15) - [REDACTED] (with Exodus techniques)

-  644 m
- ( 81 = 67+21+5+8) - Raise Haunt 'Borderers' Division (at The Crag and Eastmount)
You successfully raise several divisions with supporting naval vessels, deploying them as follows:
  • No. 1 Haunt Division, comprised of 3 x Border Police Brigade supported by 1 x Saenoori Shock Trooper Battalion and a Naval Cutter, deployed to your northern border and Ilta coast
  • No. 2 Haunt Division, comprised of 3 x Border Police Brigade supported by 1 x Saenoori Shock Trooper Battalion and a Naval Cutter, deployed to your northern border and Ilta coast
  • No. 3 Haunt Division, comprised of 3 x Border Police Brigade supported by 1 x Saenoori Shock Trooper Battalion and a Naval Cutter, deployed to your northern border and Ilta coast
  • No. 4 Haunt Division, comprised of 3 x Border Police Brigade supported by 1 x Saenoori Shock Trooper Battalion, deployed to your western border
  • No. 5 Haunt Division, comprised of 3 x Border Police Brigade supported by 1 x Saenoori Shock Trooper Battalion, deployed to your southern border
  • No. 6 Haunt Division, comprised of 3 x Ifrit Striker Brigade, retained for rapid response


-  160 m
- ( 44 = 20+24 >>>) - [REDACTED]

= 1950m, 100%


Next Turn
Population Growth: Steady, ~2%
Economic Situation: Strong, but unstable
Morale: Steady, but concerned
Unity: Steady

Aptitudes (Wartime - Blitzkrieg):
[9, <40%] Construction and Engineering
[8, <30%] Research and Development
[6, <10%] Economy and Trade
[3, <20%] Diplomacy
[8, <30%] Espionage and Counter-Intelligence
[2, <20%] Stellar Warfare
[7, <50%] Planetary Warfare

Available Assets:
Geostationary satellite network equipped for communications surveillance, improved RADAR, mineral and seismic scans
Captured comet Sigurðsson-Zhou in the Comorian-Rafiki L3 point
Dark side lunar satellite equipped for surveillance by Ansible

Reserves of untapped Comorian Crystals, processed into:

Comorian Ansibles  22
Comorite            6
Comorude           10
Comoryll            4

Sovereign Wealth Fund, 425m

Deployed military forces, on Comorian and with Polity forces in brackets:

Langerhans Corridor on Eastern and Western borders
Infantry          74 (143+) >>>> # of troops
Power Armour       7 ( 2)
Armoured           3 ( 8)
Artillery and AA  10 ( 4)
Roadtrains         1 ( 3)
Naval Vessels      8 ( 9)
Submarines         2 ( 1)
Air Wings         11 ( 7)
Cruise Missiles    3


Deployed offworld forces:

Eleventh Hour System in orbit, single use
RCV Mbal Msafiri    1 Colony Sleeper, in orbit around Comorian. Badly damaged but Ansible equipped
RCV Verhuis         1 Mobile Dock, at Sietcee Spaceport. Exact status unknown, but capable of spaceflight and sub-orbital flight
UTF Keihäs          1 Patrol Destroyer, at Skaði Field. Exact status unknown, but capable of sub-orbital flight and under the command of the ATC
Stellar Smallcraft  1 x Harrier Assault Craft, 1 x Gomorrah Shuttle, 4 x Kolibri Shuttle, 2(+1) x Niellä Lifter, at Sietcee

Available Budget:
+23881 m
- Comorian (population 5,593,818,547; economy x 5.45; morale x 2.35)
-  115 m
- Maintenance of Gyver (56m), Fisabee (35m), Damche (0m), Saenoori (0m), Djerboa (0m), Habub (0m) and Ifrit (24m) forces
-  132 m
- Maintenance of Scraager (28m), Faru (0m), Virafu (84m), Isagila (0m), Mobile RADAR (5m) and Umkhonto (15m) forces
-    0 m
- Maintenance of Kunguru (0m), Tai (0m), Mbuni (0m), Djinn (0m), Dervish (0m), Tuju (0m), Vidyut (0m) and Candrahan (0m) wings
-   10 m
- Maintenance of Greyback (10m) vessels
-   60 m
- Maintenance of the LEEW and Starflight School
-   25 m
- Investigative Overhead of the CIA and CIA-SOU teams
=23539 million credits


Promissory Notes:
-  585 m
- Networking services to the ATC, ongoing at 2.5%
-  200 m
- Networking technology to the ATC, 6 of 6
-  234 m
- White Cross, ongoing at 1%
=  819 million credits


Polity Budgets:

Baseline Default
= 1171 million credits
- Council budget x 5%

Polity Amendments:

ATC
x   2.60
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>1873 m

+  585 m
- Payment for Computer Networking services (2.5%)
+  200 m
- Payment for Networking Technology
+   25 m
- Income from Video Games

Blackwatch
x   1.45
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 527 m


Buna
x   5.25
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>4977 m

-  112 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Hishu Gardeners
x   1.20
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 234 m

-   50 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Huitzilopochtli Group
x   1.60
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 702 m

+  120 m
- Government Rebate
+  184 m
- SIR Certification

Jacinto Combine
x   1.10
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 117 m

+   82 m
- Broadcasting Rights and Sponsorship
+   49 m
- Dimensions Casino
+   17 m
- Broadcasting Fees
+ 1171 m
- Income from One World Racing Inaugeration
-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]

Saenoori
x   1.50
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 585 m


The Kavacha Hegemony
x   1.55
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 644 m

-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]

The New Stoics
x   1.40
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 464 m

+   96 m
- Income from Crystal Regulatory Authority and Intervention Committee
+   20 m
- Income from Cobra University
+   85 m
- Income from Twin Shards and Monasteries
+   68 m
- Income from Red Moon, Inc
+   80 m
- Income from Stoic Clinics
-   11 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Wraithguard
x   1.60
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 703 m

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GM, 960 posts
Sat 18 Mar 2017
at 00:20
  • msg #20

Turn 17

Council Chambers, Mkobe - January, 46 NS (estimated 3234 AD)

"Good evening and welcome to RM-HBC, and this special extended edition of the News At Nine", began the anchor almost breathlessly, standing in the corner of a high-ceiling-ed room, with stark walls, aged and stripped back to a singular purpose many years ago. "Tonight we take a look at the reformation of the Barq Fleet centred on the recent commissioning of the FNS Tuleva, our first newly-constructed starship since the Exodus Fleet made planetfall on Comorian close to five hundred and fifty years ago. We're broadcasting tonight with special permission from the Sa'ka Legion, the JOSC and the Department of War - right from the Remembrance Hall of the Nezem Jeshi Kigeni within Fort Mkombe. Before she was gutted to form the heart of what is now Fort Mkombe, this chamber used to be the primary flight deck of the RCV Ngome and you can see historic footage of what that looked like in the vessels heyday by pressing the red button on your controller"

Her camera-person zooms back and pans the camera to should the full grandeur of the chamber. It is a triple-height room of ceramics and stark beauty, long and narrow with a series of bays off it - enough for a dozen or so fightercraft once, now each a monument to war and sacrifice. In some battered and restored war machines sit on raised plinths - one of the first Tembos that the Nezem used to bring Teruel under their protection; a stacked pile of rifles of varying calibre and purpose, from the home-printed barrels made in the early guerrilla fighting in the Chikalda hills to the deadly lines of the modern Seihai fletchette rifle - like the one that was supposed to be the weapon that took the life of General Kumbe. Between the bays, and hanging down the length of the deck are banners - hundreds of them - and a number of soldiers move respectfully through the space.

"Around us you can see the banners and insignia of the Nezem Household Guard, their mercenary auxiliaries and private guards, even of the scratch companies and militias that formed in the embattled founding years - right through the until the reformation and formation of the Jeshi Kigeni until the signing of the the first Federal Constitution. You can see their banners - and those of the forces they fought - during the Acero Conflict, the Siege of Tupuri and the ransacking of Cadiz. From the Unification War with the Montijo Union and the Darbuik Alliance, from the Four-Day War and the Burning of the Matumbawe. Even banners from the Elofian Rebellion and before that the the First and Second Revolutionary Wars on far off Kormantin. Patches and insignia from those starships that made it to planetfall, or had crew who had...."

With that pause in narration, the camera returns to the woman reporter, "Until a few days ago only officers of the Nezem Jeshi Kigeni have been permitted here. It opened up then to decorated senior officers of the Federation, regardless of polity, and to a select and invited number of veterans from the recent conflict, regardless of rank. We were invited here tonight, in preparation for tomorrow's briefing of the reformed Sa'Ka Legion and Barq Fleet. We will be broadcasting nearly live through that event, as security permits, but tonight is to honour the newly appointed Admiral of the Fleet, Kirobu Nolan, and Captain Saija Moses as she takes command of the FNS Tuleva"

"Before we begin, and whilst we wait for Fleet Admiral Nolan, we have a short historic piece on Exodus naval starships that helps explain the capabilities of the Haikala class, which has not been seen above Comorian before."


With that the live broadcast fades to prepared material, a videocast of Exodus naval elements prepared from public datavaults. Stills of known Exodus vessels themselves are shown: from the long boxy designs common across the Rim Confederature, to the more aesthetic blade-like forms of the Union of Tapio and the curved and streamlined shapes of the Ilmarinen. You see the ornate and baroque grandeur of the Kujaku-Mayura, from the scaled lines of their shiphunters to the unmistakable hammerhead silhouette of their battlecruisers. Even the flattened double-pronged shape of the Naxos-Elk naval see their own air-time. The segment ends, of course, with the FNS Tuleva, the design a workhorse in the Rim Confederature Navy and blunt-nosed and ugly with it. She is not pretty, by anyone's standards, but the Comorian flag on her prow stirs a feeling of pride nonetheless.

Progress Report

[9, <50%] Construction and Engineering
-  150 m -(84 = 31+27+6+8+12) - Construction of a Ground RADAR Station (using remotes, at Rusalka), 100%
You successfully complete the Ground RADAR Station at Usiku

-  300 m -(112 = 71+27+6+8 !!!) - Extend the Langerhans Corridor to the Remaining Borders (using remotes, under the aegis of the Fisabee Incubator), 100%
It takes little effort to extend the Langerhans Corridor to cover the remaining border. Stories of particularly foolish smugglers, crossing attempts and teenagers trying to circumvent the border provide light relief as they are leaked to the television networks and soon copycat programming showing off the worst runs on Red Moon, Nezem Broadcasting and the Jacinto News Network. Coverage extended to the full land border. Economy+, Morale+, Unity+

-  400 m -(113 = 72+27+6+8) - Construction of a Hyper-Max Prison for Genetically Enhanced PoWs (using remotes), 100%
Designed specifically with the Seihai in mind, the Subira Hyper-Max Prison on Kicheleko Island is a dour sprawling compound, built on several towering cliff stacks off the coast. With roving remotes, a grim-faced deployment of military guards and a paranoid approach to isolated chambers it can house up to a thousand prisoners in blocks of no more than fifty. In a wry twist of fate, it takes much of it's inspiration from the rough schematics of the RCV Mrefu Kiweo found in various cultural datavaults Lt. General Thayo Bannister of the Coastal District Command requests two further Border Police Brigades for Kicheleko Island and redeployment of a Krait SWAT Battalion from JSOC

-  400 m -(98 = 36+27+8+8+12+4+2) - Construction of Distributed Centres for Science and Space Exploration (prototyping, at Rusalka, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 80%
Fearful of putting all their eggs in one basket, so to speak, the Council instructs the production lines at Rusalka to instead prototype a new DisCuSSion Hub for future exploration needs. What they come up with is close, an exploration hub that may be modularised to focus on a specific subset of research. Within the scientific community they are quickly referred to as Watercoolers You have constructed a prototype hubs at Omniport Nephele and Omniport Tōsandō, both with their starport capacity. Each DisCuSSion Hub costs 150m and provides a +2 to two scientific or space exploration R&D or C&E projects per turn, but no more than five may be combined for a single bonus. Blueprints available

-  400 m -(87 = 25+27+8+8+12+10+3) - Relocate BADI to the RCV Verhuis (using remotes, at Rusalka and the LEEW, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Expanding temporarily into the facilities at LEEW, the Bureau uses their generous Council funds to refurbish the interior of the RCV Verhuis with parts from Ruslka and the forges of the vessel herself, restoring the vessel to some of her former glory before they step aboard. She is shipshape and ready for use on- or off- planet You may use BADI once more, but you're stretching some of these bonuses!

-  400 m -(-2 = -58+27+6+8+12+3) - Expand JSOC C3 Facilities and Issue Sa'ka Uniforms (using remotes, at Rusalka), 100%
Enamoured with the notion of ensuring the Sa'ka Legion and Barq Fleet need to be proud and bombastic symbols of the might of the Federation, the Strategic Support officer responsible to expanding JSOC becomes caught up in the fashion behind them and the budget is sunk on ensuring the armed forces have uniforms that are not only functional but the right blend of rakish and elegant. He is quickly moved to a position where less damage can be done, but by that time the uniforms are on order. No-one can complain the Legion is not at it's best dressed, though in the short-term the coverage in high profile magazines and an ill-advised calendar shoot makes for embarrassing press conferences. Unofficially the 2nd Federal Mechanised Division is referred to as the 'Dapper Devils' Natty new uniforms - Voidsuits - and cladding are issued to all Federal forces, no progress on JSOC C3. Economy+, Morale---, Unity-

-  400 m -(36 = -19+27+8+8+12) - Battlefield Cleanup and City Restoration (using Civil volunteers and remotes, at Rusalka
Despite the well-intentioned efforts of volunteers and the efficient production lines at Rusalka, this is simply not an effort suited to civilians. Yes, the bodies are cleared and interred. Yes, the worst of the rubble and ruin is swept away. But in some places the gulf between sanctimonious and destitute is too wide; in others it brings their reality crashing in. You see a marked upswing in referrals to Federal Clinics from stress, insomnia, flashbacks and other mental trauma You may no longer use Civil volunteers for any military or paramilitary related projects; half the volunteers vanish. Morale--
= 2450m m
, 10%

[8, <20%] Research and Development
-   50* m -(95 = 34+24+9+5+8+3+12) - Horticultural Bio-Diversity (Marine) (with Kate Johnson, at APRIL, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Continuing her exploration of the Santiago Ocean with the FSS Valencia, Dr Kate Johnson - having gained her PhD from the University of Cartegena for her contributions in the previous spring - catalogues several new species of marine life and is able to publish the first extensive view of Comorian marine ecologies. She retires to write-up her findings and follows those with an extensive series of books and papers Dr Kate Johnson retires, for now

-  500 m -(175 = 112+24+10+12+5+4+8) - [Eyes Only!] Military Application of 'Ryllians (with PFC Gyver and the Federal Clinic Network, at Kailish Monastery and Twin Shards), 100%
Assembling the right mix of medical professionals, military engineers, Comorian Crystal experts and philosophers at the Twin Shards site at Better Horizons is the key to unlocking this elusive material it seems. You have thus far catalogued that Comoryll brings extended capabilities and fine conscious control to range of .. skills. But at their base they boil down to a specific range of cellular modification. For a chameleonic, it is the colouration and perhaps texture of the skin; for a metabolic it is the regeneration and recuperative capacity of their underlying cellular system; for an eidetic or an engram-reader it is the elasticity of memory; and so on. Assembling even a company of equivalently activated men or women to create a fighting force would take generations. Enabling a battalion or a regiment with a Ryllian commander acting as a force multiplier far less so. Likewise assembling a squad of complementary skilled Ryllians for the most insane of missions. Or applying that multiplication not on the field but beforehand, in preparation and strategy and research and diplomacy... Broadly, these are your Jedi or Bene Gesserit or X-Men, if you want them. Alone they're intended to be powerful, combined more so. You have the same opportunity for them to become monsters though. And there's still some things in the Crystal perk rabbit hole you've not uncovered.. sufficiently

-  250 m -(153 = 87+24+15+18+6+3) - Re-analyze Tāṭa Stenograms (using comms intercepts and FIA-SIA), 100%
Tracking back the Grail artwork to it's originating transmissions finally provides enough context to crack the code on the Tāṭa stenograms. You can't decipher the content exactly - the Federation lacks the cultural context of the Cathay-Indus or even the broader Kujaku-Mayura - but you can elicit some meaning. Something happened on Comorian before the Exodus Fleet even entered the system, perhaps hundreds of years. Something was lost that was precious to the Warmaker and the Satyata. Something they seek, a key to their own history or a pool of knowledge undrunk from. It is hard to tell exactly, the symbology murky and unclear. All through the dark and chaotic years they searched, the libraries of images appear to catalogue their search. They found little though, a few shards and castoffs that excited them. Fragments of data that suggested something bigger had been found and destroyed in the destruction. But not what they sought

-  200 m -(UM100 = 118+24+5) - Strategy: Guerilla Combat (with Capt Clarke), 100%
Sequestering herself for a few weeks in the Penhyll Range with a Sergeant from the Blackwatch training cadre and a pair of Sokovzhymalka troopers. Capt. Clarke returns with a short and insightful presentation she delivers to the Unified High Command and a selection of key JSOC officers. Her findings are razor-honed and in the three-day war council that follows she and her team lay out how the Seihai have taken advantage of Federation protocols and standing orders for the past months and years. She then turns the tables and highlights a specific set of actionable tactics, responses and stratagems that can be used against them You have unlocked the Guerilla Combat strategy, together with the Tactics of Ambush and Skirmishing. For the next three turns (or more) you will see a significant boost in combat as you turn the Seihai strategies against them

-  120 m -(119 = 87+24+8) - Near-Orbit Ballistic Cruise Missile (with PFV Gyver), 100%
With the solid foundation provided by the Jacinto engineering team, it is comparatively easy for PFC Gyver to flush through the maths and engineering challenges You may launch you Umkhonto Cruise Missile at targets in near orbit, or at static ground targets will a reduced defend-ability

-  400 m -(-44 = -76+24+8 !!!) - Seihai Chemical Formulae (under the aegis of Fisabee Incubator), 0%
Assembling a crack team of chemists, biologists and other experts from across the Federation to work on such a fascinating line of investigation is too easy - perhaps because a flaw in the operational security allows unmoderated discussion of the formulae themselves. On the eve of the anniversary of the Afternoon of Thirteen Ronin a series of accidents behalf those identified to join the research team. Four die from garotting, nineteen from bombs in the vehicles or homes - together with a further thirty-five bystanders. Another six are stabbed, shot or suffer fatal malfunctions of equipment close to them. Suffice to say no-one will work on the project Morale------

-  500* m -(167 = 30+24+6+60+6+8+15+10+3+5 !!!) - Cryobiology (with Lt Hewitt, Ethical volunteers, the Federal Clinic Network and Kavachian experts, at Twin Shards, using the recovered cryochambers and Comoryll, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Driven by the will of the people, who see the crew from the RCV Mbal Msafiri as heroes who remained at their posts, and with the might of Federation healthcare services thrown at it, the techniques behind cryobiology and cryostasis are quickly unlocked - with microscopic doses of Comoryll theoretically believed to be effective at preventing memory loss and stabilising the coldsleeper, though required a complex application in multiple modes. At the urging of Lt. Hewitt, who claims to have known the man previously, the team take the extraordinary step of reviving Lt. Jonty Mathers, the helmsman. He is kept in full isolation You have an Exodite at your disposal

-  500* m -(147 = 78+24+15+10+12+3+5) - Mental Healthcare (with the Federal Clinic Network and Stoic experts, at APRIL and Twin Shards, using Comoryll), 100%
Linkages between the work conducted on Natural Detoxicants by the Hishu in the early post-Unification period and the Exodus field of mental wellbeing and healthcare are obvious for the teams in the Federal Clinics, much of whose work is based on this material. Completing the research opens up a wealth of mateial that could be explored for further wellbeing Morale++, and will continue to rise for several turns as the material flushes through the Clinic Network

-   25 m -(77 = 35+24+6+12) - Feasibility Study: Virology (with Ethical volunteers, at APRIL)
Thankfully the study is conducted at APRIL under the watchful eyes of Jacinto researchers who pick up the aspects of the study that Federation analysts might have missed. They are comfortable this is within their capabilities Research unlocked subject to knowing Genetics, for a cost of 700 million

-   25 m -(62 = 15+24+8+12+3) - Feasibility Study: Repair and Refit Capabilities of RCV Verhuis (at APRIL, responding to the Offworld Challenge)
With the refit of the vessel performed with the BADI relocation, she is nearly spaceworthy once more. It is unclear why she was abadoned is a relatively undamaged state All systems report Green, thought without understanding the some components it is hard to be fully confident in the detail beneath:
  • RCV Verhuis: Starship, Field Mobile Dock Class with Fleet Command Bridge, 8 Overpowered Fusion Powersystems, 4 Overpowered Ion Drives and a Spike Drive, 2 Large Integrated Hydroponics, 2 Water Cellular Shielding and 6 Point Defence Systems, LIDAR, 2 Zero-G Dry Docks, 4 Factories, 2 Main Cargo Holds and 2 Smallcraft Bays. Crew of 224 required plus a further 160 engineers, 616 metres long and wide. Each starship costs roughly 4.2 billion though she cannot produce her own hull, dry docks or factories nor are these components understood by you


-   75* m -(65 = 21+24+8+12) - Feasibility Study: Space-Based Solar (at APRIL, responding to the Offworld Challenge)
Your scientists come to an agreement that the fundamentals are broadly understood, but the engineering challenges will be where the work is needed. It is well within your capabilities to make these enhancements Research unlocked, for a cost of 420 million

-   75* m -(104 = 60+24+8+12) - Feasibility Study: Solar Hull Plating (at APRIL, responding to the Offworld Challenge)
Altering the hull plating of future starships to provide a passive power collection capability should be a question of materials science and the appropriate convertors - once the broader engineering behind space-based solar is understood. It could even be combined with transparent polymers or Comorite and Comorude plating for further benefit Research unlocked, for a cost of 600 million once you have completed Space-Based Solar. You receive a +3 to the first turn

-   25 m -(139 = 83+24+8+12+12) - Feasibility Study: Transparent Solar Polymers (with Team Helios, at APRIL, responding to the Offworld Challenge)
Equally transparent steels and polymers should be theorectically possible and are hinted at in the materials contained aboard the RCV Verhuis uncovered thus far Research unlocked, for a cost of 900 million

-  400 m -(79 = 35+24+15+5) - Medically Aided Interrogation (Truth Serums) using Comoryll (at Twin Shards), 60%
You make strong progress in the study, the Comoryll have a beneficial affect only if applied very specifically however
= 2545m m
, 11%

[6, <30%] Economy and Trade
-  125 m -(94 = 56+18+12+5+3) - Report on Financial and Social Inequalities to Identify Hard-Hit Economic Regions (using Technical interns, at Dhajafada)
With the main battlefields within the Federal border and only the bombardment and bombing over Blackwatch and Kavacha of signficant collateral damage beyond those, it is the imbalance in Federation production and the knockon effect of fear that has caused much of the instability - together with those systemic risks the Satyata had introduced through the Tata and other corporations. Combined with several years of excessive military spending funnelling into Eastmount and Rusalka it is eastern Buna, the Chikalda Hills and the western Nezem Coast where - each for their own reasons - the economy is hard hit You have four issues to tackle, together with anything you can find in the census: the decline in luxury and service spending between Loupe Point and Kader Beach; the imbalance of military production vs civilian trade; the pressure of immigration in the Ndanga Hills; and the concerns around infilitration and the threat of war between Usiku, Ndanga, Chikalda and Gharistan

-  325 m -(91 = 62+18+8+3) - Economic Stimulus: Lower Interest Rates to Encourage Lending and Increased Spending on Consumer Goods (using Technical volunteers)
Delivering these supported loans at the same time as the Blackwatch launch a range of civilian gravionic vehicles is a natural fit for damage and supply and these are well received Ecomonic collapse reduced to 8% for remaining turns

-  325 m -(67 = 38+18+8+3) - Economic Stimulus: Tax Breaks for Companies Willing to Establish Themselves in Deprived or Post-Conflict Regions (using Technical volunteers)
Your tax breaks are structured poorly, or at least not sufficiently enticely, and few companies take advantage of them

-  325 m -(58 = 37+18+3) - Economic Stimulus: Job Training, Aimed of Diversifying the Workforce
With the lack of companies moving into the affected regions, there is a lack of new jobs. You see some small benefit from those being trained up in reconstruction related insustries, but otherwise having unemployed hairdressers is not a step forward from having unemployed casual laborers Morale-

-    0 m - Deposit into Sovereign Wealth Fund

-  270 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorite
You harvest 6 Comorite

-  200 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorudes
You harvest 2 Comorudes

-  150 m - Resource Harvesting - Comoryll
You harvest 3 Comoryll

-  585 m - Payment to ATC for Network Services (2.5%)

-  200 m - Payment to ATC for Network Technologies (6 of 6)

-  300 m - Payment to Kavacha Hegemony for Electronic Warfare (1 of 4)

= 2805m m
, 12%

[3, <20%] Diplomacy
-  400 m -(190 = 155+9+6+8+4+8) - State Funeral for Okomo Mission (with Ethical volunteers and our Sister Cities, at the Acero Convention Centre)
Dignatories from many of the Federation's polities come together with honourable guests from the Rafiki and all three Dukes from the Silver Republics to honour Captain Okomo, Lieutenant Jardine and Lieutenant Zabbat at the formal ceremony within the Great Hall of the Acero Convention Centre. Citizens flock into the triadic cities of the ATC, stretching even Omniport Nephele's capacity to handle, with more still glued to the simultaneous coverage from Nezem Broadcasting, Red Moon and Jacinto News into homes and specifically setup screens at the stadiums of the Jacinto League. In Buna City, the extended family of Captain Okomo lead a vigil of the Buna Council; in Mkombe, the Nezem Jeshi Kigeni parade through the streets to acknowledge their own fallen hero, whilst in Port Cartegena the crews of those Grande Armada warships in port stain the harbour red and green for a scant few hours. Elsewhere the mourning is no less real: in Boca Ridge crowds stand silent outside the colleges of Cobra University, leaving hand-written strips of koans and votives against the always open gates; in Camp Mkesha and Eastmount there is a few moments silence, eyes keeping their vigilance on the horizon; and in Abrantes the Imperator Carlsson makes a rousing speech about the sacrifices made for a greater good and a future among the stars. At the apex of the ceremony the blunt form of the FNS Tuleva and the XVS Crimeran Matryr, the Stoic flag proud on it's bow, accompany the UTF Keihäs for a short overlight, overseen by wings of Kunguru and Mbuni from nearby Anderbacks. As the vessels pass overhead, Chancellor Benalcázar leans over to whisper something into the ear of President Nejem, who is beginning to show signs of his age Deferring to the Council, the President requests they evaluate the request of the Rafiki Brotherhood to join the Federation. Unity++++

-  234 m - Payment to the White Cross (1%)

= 634m m
, 3%

[8, <30%] Espionage and Counter-Intelligence
-  250 m -(126 = 90+24+12) - [Eyes Only!] Interrogate Infiltrators Seeking Data on the KMV Tengu, Seeking Status and Structure (with Martial volunteers)
As you have seen before the Seihai and Satyata operate in cells, and it was only sudden implementation of new security measures that led to their capture. It is clear these three handlers were senior enough to know a little, however. Reading between the lines you understand two key systems continue to prove problematic: the ion drives and one of the beam lances. Her point defences are operational, together with the second beam lance and her two rail cannon, but right now she cannot lift and is partially defanged. It will not remain that way for long however, with a treastise on ion drives already on it's way by courier

-  225 m -(122 = 89+24+9) - [Eyes Only!] Interrogate Torōru Battalion, Seeking Reasons and Platform for Communication (relying on Seihai Computing)
Less stoic than the Torōru previously encountered, it appears that most of those captured are from the Seiwa family - who have recently been permitted to join the conflict following loses suffered by the Arige who were leading the offensive until now. At the command of the Warmaker, the Seiwa stepped in - but it appears their commander was inadequately prepared to face such veteran forces, not the surprise of the defensive emplacements at Eastmount. They have many misconceptions about Federation society You gain little else, there aren't many computers

-  250 m -( 81 = 48+24+9) - [Eyes Only!] Interrogate Sharma Ueno and Yoshirou Kulkarni, Seeking Aorendra and Platform for Communication (relying on Seihai Computing)
Dazed during his capture, when he wakes it becomes clear that Ueno is surprised to have not been killed, eaten or fornicated. Kulkarni tries to kill himself three times in the first hour, eventually needing to be sedated. After weeks and then months of careful re-education Ueno opens up enough to confirm what his soldiers have shared - and that they are his, with Kulkarni his 'superior commander' though also outside his family and hence chain of command. He may provide a route to opening communications with the Seiwa in Giri Durga Neither officer possesses an Aorendra

-  250 m -( 87 = 51+24+12 !!!) - [Eyes Only!] Investigate Northern & Western Banditry, Suspected Ties to Stellar Imperium (with Martial volunteers and Mr Grey)
Between the legwork of the rangers and the unnatural abilities of Mr Grey to witness several key conversations and meetings, there is clear evidence that the Stellar Imperium is being implicated in the banditry. Grey witnesses two Imperium operatives trying to close on informants he himself is tracking, remaining long enough after the event goes sour to overhear their own complaints about the uncanny competancy of whomever is planting this information

-  400 m -(101 = 51+24+18+8) - [Eyes Only!] Leak False Information Concerning the KMV Tengu (led by Tänzer, using FIA-SIA)
Your engineers are ... mostly .. confident in the interlocks and network modifications they propose - the information contained in the RCV Verhuis is based on solid maintenance records, a modularity of parts and supositions by allied forces rather than a unified command. Your leak is flawless however, with the comms intercepts you have gathered previously ensuring that it can be staged 'close' to a low-level agent whose ability to access useful information was gelded some time ago. Within a few hours you track the payload moving through a series of handlers and brokers towards the east

-  250 m -( 79 = 45+24+10) - [Eyes Only!] Investigate Seihai-Federation Ties (unlocked with Genetics)
Research conducted on Kicheleko by Jacinto scientists for the Federation confirms the earlier link with the Cathay-Indus population within the Kujaku-Mayura, which is itself comparatively rare outside of Kavacha territory. Few of those sampled from Kavacha show Cathay-Indus markers, hailing from other genealogies within that region. All of the genealogies the Tata were concealed with were from the Naxos-Elk Republic, spread in pockets in the Nezem Badlands You have a broad stroke confirmation of the lack of markers remaining within the Federation
= 1575m m
, 7%

[2, <20%] Stellar Warfare
- 1500 m -(122 = 71+6+8+12+9+8+10+5+4+10+10+30+45 !!!) - Construct and Raise 1 x Haikala Patrol Boat (with Rp Mbala, using various vaults and the RCV Verhuis, at the Starflight School, LEEW, Rusalka, Anderback, Eastmount and The Crag), 100%
With her hull laid down at Rusalka and then assembled there from components shipped in from the LEEW and RCV Verhuis at Sietcee, the search for a crew is complicated and arduous. Candidates from the Sa'ka Legion and civilian astronauts vie for pre-flight, knowing that those who pass that must still endure Hell Camp at Eastmount, flight school at the Anderbacks and then an extended period of officer training at The Crag. It defeats most, the aptitude for stellar navigation and three-dimensional thinking long washed away on Comoria. Some few make it through, hard men and woman. Hard and sharp, with Captain Moses - previously a Saenoori lieutnant performing combat drops in a Damche - hardest of them all. Your first new Stellar unit is completed. It is capable of missions within the solar system, including planetary landings

-  200 m -(113 = 65+6+8+8+8+8+10) - Setup Extensive Scanning and Mapping of the Interior of Sigurðsson-Zhou (with Dr Yutani and remotes, using prior surveys, at the Starflight School)
It's a bit wierd following a tumbling rock that's slowly circling your world in a salvage drone. Even with the experienced operators at the Starflight School, they keep looking nervously up at the Sigurðsson-Zhou when they finish their shifts and look to Dr Yutani for reassurance. Everything appears to be on trick, Rp Kostyantyn's insane mathematics actually working and the surveys settle into mundanity quickly Within the comet there are extensive tunnels and caverns, ranging from those only tens of centimetres in diameter to one vast space nearly three hundred metres across. At their widest the tunnels could be extended to permit transit by a starship up to the size of a Patrol Boat. At nearly five kilometres in length, you could 'park' several if not on the surface then close by
= 1700m m
, 7%

[7, <40%] Planetary Warfare
-  175 m -(96 = 50+21+8+5+12) - Raise 5 x Krait SWAT Battalions (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Battalions and deploy them to the Omniport Nephele to work with the FBPC

-  175 m -(84 = 38+21+8+5+12) - Raise 5 x Python Cyber Warfare Battalions (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Battalions and deploy them to the Omniport Nephele to work with the FBPC

- 2588 m -(132 = 86+21+8+5+12) - Raise 10 x Gyver Battlesuit Battalions with Smart Micro-explosive Munitions (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Battalions and deploy them to Camp Mkesha

-  120 m -(169 = 123+21+8+5+12) - Refit 8 x Ifrit Striker Brigade with Battlesuits (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully refit the Brigade and return them to their duties

-    8 m -(95 = 49+21+8+5+12) - Retrain 1 x Polity Infrantry Division to 1 x Peacekeeper Division (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully retrain the Division and return them to their duties

-  621 m -(117 = 71+21+8+5+12) - Retrain 4 x Fisabee Stormtrooper Battalions to 4 x Gyver Battlesuit Battalions with Smart Micro-explosive Munitions (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully retain and refit the Battalions and return them to their duties

-  271 m -(61 = 15+21+8+5+12) - Refit 7 x Gyver Battlesuit Battalions with Smart Micro-explosive Munitions and Kelp Cladding (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully refit the Battalions and return them to their duties

-   27 m -(24 = -2+21+8+5+12) - Refit 1 x Fisabee Mechanised Infantry with Battlesuits with Kelp Cladding (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You fail to refit the Battalion, a foul-up in orders meaning the equipment in unavailable and the battalion remains at The Crag

- 1080 m -(91 = 45+21+8+5+12) - Retrain 1 x Ifrit Mechanised Infantry Brigade to 10 x Fisabee Mechanised Infantry Battalions with Smart Micro-explosive Munitions and Battlesuits with Kelp Cladding (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully retrain the Brigade into multiple refitted Battalions, the 'Howling Ifrit', and return them to their duties

-   60 m -(87 = 41+21+8+5+12) - Raise 1 x Mobile RADAR Station with Kelp Seals and Cladding (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Battalions and deploy them to the Vuoristö Pandayan

- 1350 m -(-183 = -230+21+8+5+12) - Raise 6 x Tembo Heavy Armoured Battalions (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
Cigarettes. Bad things, their carcinogenic effects well known. But their remain addictive and when health and safety rules are ignored, a supply room used to circumvent monitoring and a mislabelled delivery of flammable chemicals stored inappropriately... Well, the results were catastrophic, the Federation Fire and Rescue Service proved their worth, ensuring that the fallout to other parts of the city were minimal and loss of life was in the hundreds not thousands. It will take some time for the city to recover, however Your heavy armour manufactory in Usiku is completely gutted. You may not build any manufactories in the city for four turns and it is significantly damaged. Economy------, Morale---

-  180 m -(117 = 71+21+8+5+12) - Raise 3 x Scragger Mobile Defence Battery (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Batteries and deploy them to the Vuoristö Pandayan

-  270 m -(129 = 83+21+8+5+12) - Raise 3 x Isagila SAM Battery (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Batteries and deploy them to the Vuoristö Pandayan

- 1575 m -(127 = 62+21+9+10+8+5+12) - Raise 7 x Tai Interceptor Wings (at Anderback Airbase, Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Fighter Wings and deploy them to Anderback Airbase

- 1600 m -(84 = 19+21+9+10+8+5+12) - Raise 8 x Mbuni Bomber Wings (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Bomber Wings and deploy them to Anderback Airbase

-   90 m -(111 = 46+21+9+10+8+5+12) - Refit 1 x Dervish Bomber Wing to Mbuni Bombers with Bunker Busters (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully refit the Bomber Wing and return them to their duties

-   25 m -(50 = 13+21+6+10) - Blackwatch-Kavacha Airspace Redeployments
Deployments made to Anderback Airbase

-   25 m -(120 = 93+21+6) - Mkesha Borderland Redeployments
Deployments made to the wherever I fancy

-  300 m -(92 = 57+21+6+8) - Explore and Secure Tunnels at Gama de Acero, Mount Vartijä and the Vuoristö Savannah (using remotes)
Deploying the PMMC tunneller to Mount Vartijä - supported by the Gyver battalions stationed there - permits the Federation troops to slowly and painstakingly clear the main tunnels towards Ieyasu Point. As they range northwards they find many abadoned cul-de-sacs, rallying points, false and concealed sections and other complications. It is slow progress, but with a sufficient push an attempt on the citadel could be made. In the meantime forces based at the Vuoristö Savannah egress push through until they link up with the Gorski Shock Corps and are declared secured. At the Gama de Acero the tunnels are more labryinthine, partially collapsed but earlier Federation efforts and harder to retrace

-   25 m -(53 = 26+21+6) - Domestic Theatre Redeployments
Deployments made to return units to their duties

-  300 m -(130 = 95+21+6+8) - [Eyes Only!] Reconnaissance of Attack Vectors for Assault on Yamashiro Drome or Himeji (using remotes)
With a combination of satellite scans, overflights and footage from disposable remotes the JSOC begins to map out the terrain surrounding both sites. On every sortie a game of brinkmanship occurs, the Sa'ka pilots flying to the edges of their mission parameters to gain intelligence and the Seihai nervous about the new Federation capabilities. Defences surrounding Yamashiro Drome focus on repelling a ground assault, with an overlapping layered defence. In contrast those at Himeji are more measured with both air assault and ground covered - plus whatever working systems the KMV Tengu has. Previous reports cataloguing Yamashiro Drome as built around the RCV Mbal Maono appear to overstate the extent of the Blockade Runner class hull - who hull forms the main armoured hangers though the settlement extends deep into the mountains around and below it. Likewise the bulk of the RCV Mrefu Kiweo forms a bunker upon which Himeji is centred, but other facilities are less armoured. Further information on the KMV Tengu confirms the Patrol Destroyer class would significantly out-gun the FNS Tuleva

-  410 m -(72 = 37+21+6+8) - [Eyes Only!] Reconnaissance of Quiet Spots (using remotes)
All remains quiet; the flights of Kunguru over the western territories arose seemingly little suspicion but equally find little of note beyond the damaged training grounds near Fort Ourem that Imperator Carlsson had already remarked upon. Similarly the long naval patrols circling west over the Ilta Ocean to the Jää Bay see plenty of fish and ice and even an rare sighting or two of the Sulemani - the elusive native equivalent of a whale. In the mountains, operatives from the CIA who accompany the Mono return mildly frostbiten and grouchier than ever

-  360 m - Payment to Blackwatch for Training

-   75 m - Payment to Gorski Amalgam for Gorski Shock Corps

= 11710m m
, 50%

Total Expenditure:
= 29419m m
, 100%

Policies:
  1. (58) Peace In Our Time - Discontent in the urban centres at the grinding nature of the war begins to grow

Programmes:
  • (72) Federal Services - Civic Branch -
  • (28) Federal Services - Ethical Branch - Rising militarism within the Federation is a clear concern for the Ethical Branch
  • (40) Federal Services - Martial Branch -
  • (34) Federal Services - Technical Branch -
  • (38) BADI - "We're busy. Go away", is the recorded response
  • (63) Twin Shards - Refugees from Port Chrysalis begin to make the trek to Boca Ridge to catch a glimpse of the Maha-Lang, often leaving small gifts at the gate to Better Horizons


Events:
  1. ( 9) [Eyes Only!] Agents from the CIA confirm to the Council that the Duke of Cortega has been killed in a suspicious accident close to his city
  2. (17) [Eyes Only!] Rumours begin to circulate that member polities of the Federation are sitting on technology that may represent a fundamental change to power management
  3. (71) Daredevils in Usiku have constructed a subterranean blackwater rafting experience that utilises gravionics to make for a truly wild ride
  4. (27) Gang crime is becomming a more signficant problem in Zanzibar and Kader Beach once more.

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at 00:47
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Turn 17

Polity Progress

ATC
-  350 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund, the ATC Emergency Stimulus Fund

-  604*+284 m -(177 = 53+24+3+60+12+3+6+10+6) - Project Oroku Saki (using Keihäs datavaults, at Rusalka, Xolotl and Arachne), 100%
It is clear the ATC have been watching the same sci-fi horror flicks as the Stoics, though for the savants of the weapons engineering department at Athena Technologies it clearly inspired them to create a fierce-some war machine with an aggressive aesthetic. Simulations of the Shredder drone technology show these hardened close combat units clearing military complexes modelled on the Seihai tunnel network and tearing into the hull plating of a Patrol Boat class warship whilst being overcharged from a ley line transmitter. It is viscerally uncomfortable watching, but tactically astute, though the Q&A session glosses over the lack of facilities capable of M-SET transmission. You have blueprints completed for the Shredder Drone and three prototype drones ready for deployment, a multi-environment unit, together with the Medium Combat Drone hull and Vernier Ion Drive enhancement. 
  • Shredder: Drone, Medium Combat Class with [REDACTED]

- 1000 m -(151 = 64+24+3+15+30+12+3 !!!) - Research Prow-mounted Beam Lances (using Keihäs datavaults, at Rusalka), 100%
Researchers and weapons engineers at Rusalka and aboard the UTF Keihäs throw every effort into understanding the massive masers batteries that fill the forward spaces aboard the warship, wrestling with the problems of simultaneously exciting the particles in the beams coherently and keeping the batteries themselves from overheating or exploding. With the effort thrown behind the work by the ATC, they succeed - even improving the range and accuracy of the system in the process - and the new Ukonvasara Lances are heralded as a great success You have completed this research and may build Beam Lances or Ukonvasara Lances at suitable sites, i.e. Rusalka, or the RCV Verhuis; these new Ukonvasara Lances units are more effective than Exodus-era equivalents

-  900 m -(118 = 76+27+6+12 !!!) - Construct Manufactories for Crystal Cave Industries (relying on Rusalka and Nephele), 100%
You successfully construct two mammoth manufactories focused on crystal refinement and processing, situated inland from Ranica You receive a bonus to your industrial base from the manufactories. You may harvest upto a further 12 units of Comorite, 6 units of Comorude and 8 units of Comoryll per budget cycle

- 1000 m - Payment to [REDACTED]
 
= 3854m m
, 100%

Blackwatch
-  204 m -(69 = 20+24+3+8+6+8) - Enhancing Eastmount with Combat Simulators (with remotes and Martial interaction, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 40%
With so many troops passing through Eastmount, trying to refit the facility is complicated and the work suffers inevitable delays as it plays second fiddle to the preparation of men and materials. Word reaches Blackwatch Three of the work undertaken on Kicheleko Island towards the Aesir Complex, which share many of the same engineering parameters

- 1350 m -(76 = 25+24+3+8+6+10) - Establishment of Skyward Industries and the Browning-Rook Enclave (with remotes and Martial interaction, based on the Seihai Knights), 100%
Over the long winter the sleepy settlement of Northhall sees two mammoth manufactories rising within the valley it occupies, dominating the terraces that rise to either side of the settlement. In the east, the production lines churn out parts and components for gravionic engines, vehicle fairings and other miscellany; in the west those parts join others from further afield to turn out completed mas-market civilian and military vehicles. Summer sees their adoption across the Eastern District, with orders coming in from jealous citizens in major settlements further afield and especially on the Nezem Coast. Further south, sandwiched between the borders with the Buna and the Kavacha Hegemony, three smaller facilities emerge that orbit the new town of Browning and a slow migration of PMMC workers relocate to staff them. Soon these manufactories begin to produce luxury electronics, navigation systems and other specialist terminals and sensors for the ATLAS network. Immigration into the Browning-Rook Enclave is slow, but steady, with some friction between those familiar with the strict regime and those new to it You (and the PMMC) receive a bonus to your industry from these manufactories and the broader economic impact. Economy++

-  550 m -(110 = 31+21+3+5+6+8+8+12+8+8 !!!) - Reintroduction of the Blackwatch Imperial Scouts (at Eastmount and the Crag, with Fireteam Leader Alvey, Private Gyver and Martial volunteers under the aegis of the Incubator), 100%
Legends of the Imperial Scouts survive from before the Exodus: stories of the First and Second Revolutionary Wars that they fought in for the short-lived Solomindi Empire before the Blackwatch found employment with the Nejem; rare training footage and mission reports in the datavaults of Fort Mkombe from it's prior days as the RCV Ngome; rarer fragments from the F15A-BB3E core believed to have come from the scattered wreck of the ISS Lyömämiekka commanded by Captain Menzies who saw them in action on Elof-9. It is their essence that is recreated in the snow-studded forests around Eastmount, with a need honed by the strike-and-fade huntsman's war fought by the Seihai and underpinned by the quality of equipment and training they are provided. Hand-picked, their training comes from the unholy triumvirate of Blackwatch Six, Blackwatch Four and J. Titus Alvey - who the men refer to as Blackwatch Ten such is their respect for his inhuman prowess. Of the regiment of applicants, a battalion makes it through training to wear the braid, proud and undaunted. You have created a new unit and may raise up to two battalions of Blackwatch Imperial Scouts per budget cycle; they are considered to be equipped with Fisabee technology including Battlesuits, Flechette Weapons and Kelp Voidsuit uniforms, receiving a boost to unsupported and harsh environment missions. Each battalion costs 240 million, with an ongoing 5 million maintenance if not on active combat missions - with stats of 125/60/15 including bonuses. You may not retrain existing units to receive this bonus nor train them for service outside B.L.A.D.E. (though they can be deployed to such missions, their loyalty is to the Blackwatch). You may choose whether they partake of Retroviral Stims as part of their training, for no extra cost

-  284 m - Payment to the ATC

-  250 m - Payment to the Progress Made Manifest Coalition

= 2638m m
, 100%

Buna
-  600 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund

-  210 m - Crystal Harvesting to Restore Polity Reserves

-  300 m - Bequest to Okomo College
For the study of the Spike Drive and Solar Sails.

- 2400 m -(55 = 25+27+3) - Construction of Comores Pandayan in Gharistan, 40%
Expanding on Councillor Okomo's vision with Barafu Utoto Station, the establishment of the Comores Pandayan in Gharistan is seen as a bold move: it brings together many experts of the processing of Comorian crystals, known for their specialisms in Ansible-sifting, Comorite refining and manufacture of Comorudes and Comoryll in clean rooms. Unlike previous facilities it has a clear separation of Pandayan operations and the facilities within, based on some studies of how the RCV Verhuis protocols were set up. Visits from the High Rinpoche whilst construction is ongoing confirms the facility will be run on behalf of the New Stoics. With this clear focus on Comorian Crystals, there is a flurry of speculation in the secondary markets in the CCE, EMM and RFE Economy--

- 1200 m -(124 = 94+27+3) - Construction of Tōsandō Omniport, 100%
Delivered under the auspices of the Mundafen Union, the rapidly constructed Tōsandō Omniport is a serene blend of Hishu sensibilities and Buna engineering based on ATC design and vision. Like it's counterpart at Rovanieme it is a super-hub that includes a bus and rail station, gravitics pads, trucking and roadtrain depots (though there are no routes through the city as yet) and nascent spaceport together with drydocks, shipyards and other repair and refit facilities for the planetary transportation As a result the Hishu receive a bonus to their industrial base, together with a +6 to transportation related projects in C+E or E+T and may launch orbital missions presuming sufficient smallcraft or starships

- 1200 m -(304 = 274+27+3) - Construction Acero Pandayan in Wuuwa, 60%
When a second new Pandayan project is announced, built with in the same patterns as the Comores Pandayan but with more pace and speed, there is a clear market impact that the Buna skillfully manage affirming that this facility will be focused on other output and more tightly integrated in existing supply chains and logistics routes. Visits from a raft of ATC senior management confirm this facility is being built for them Both new style Pandayans will include a Transport Hub (and SOU Command Post) as part of the blueprints

-  112 m - Military Maintenance

= 6036m m
, 100%

Hishu Gardeners
-  305 m -(63 = 39+24) - Establish the Ryoan-Ji Centre in Tōsandō, 12%
Attracting scientists to work in Tōsandō remains difficult, with concerns for a renewed Seihai assault still strong

-  409* m -(71 = 27+24+8+4+8) - Prototype the Kanagawa Undersea Platform (prototyping, using remotes and SIR teams, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 18%
Despite the extra oversight provided by Huitzilopochtli SIR teams, progress on the new Kanagawa platform is laboriously slow, however their input combined with the heavy use of drones and experiments designed to fail fast yields many insights in how such an environment might be constructed and minimises the risk of fatalities Receive a +6 to next attempt at this

-  795 m -(98 = 52+21+5+8+12) - Restructure the Hishu Military (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka, 100%
You successfully raise several battalions and restructure the Tōsandō Brigade into the Antai-Kazu and Yūbokumin-Kazu - the Brigade itself forming the core of the Tōsandō-Kai and Raiden-Hisei and adopting colour based on those retired honourably to display within the main 'well' of the underground city. With their own strengthened forces, the Hishu release Eastern District Command from the need to station defensive forces at Tōsandō or the Gama de Acero Egress - including the Scraager batteries there Redeployment of those units is a free move prior to the next budget cycle

-   50 m - Military Maintenance of Tōsandō Brigade

= 1405m m
, 100%

Huitzilopochtli Group
-  104 m - Transfer to the Hishu Gardeners for Reconstruction

-  800 m -(76 = 40+27+3+6) - Establishment of Crimeran Enclave in Tlamacazqui (relying on Omniport Nephele), 100%
With the improved power capacity coming from Citali and the 'Ley Lines' outside the city, the redevelopment of a brown field swathe of industrial land to cater for the growing enclave of Crimerans is both welcoming and an astute economic move. With it centred on a Veteran's Hall that celebrates their society and a roadtrain that links the major military airbases where many still serve for months at a time, the enclave grows, with a small few who find the reminders of their loss or the growing religiosity of the community uncomfortable using the district as a launching point to relocate to Kavacha or Blackwatch or the Wraithguard You receive a small bonus to your industrial modifier from the Roadtrain, together with a strengthened cultural and economic resilience from the Crimeran District and Veteran's Hall

-  945 m -(UM100 = 160+21+35+10) - Raise 3 x Tai Interceptors with Missiles and Smart Micro-Explosive Munitions (as Nakonechyk)
You successfully raise the fighter wings, deploying them to the Anderbacks. Fervent pride in their pilots swells within the Huitzilopochtli nation, in part for the sunburst and spear borne by every fighter pilot within the Cuāuhmeh and in part for the burgeoning recognition that the place for a member of the Sabaki faithful is in the sky. In other polities resentment would have planted a seed in the breast of the bomber crews, but with their aircraft undergoing refit at Rusalka, the men and women of the 3rd Bomber Wing instead take themselves into the seif dunes and desolate serir of the South-Western Desert - emerging harder and leaner, full of zeal and reconsidered tactics. Throwing themselves into the briefing rooms at the Anderbacks and then into new flight after training flight, their competancy rises to match the Nakonechyk. At the base, a Huitzilopochtli engineer presents Colonel Pareiko, one of the few surviving Crimeran combat commanders, with a patch of their own: it echoes the Crimeran patch of the Nakonechyk, with a golden sunburst, but bears an ancient symbol of the hummingbird in red with the word 'Huītzilin' above and the numeral '3' below. When the roadtrain from Rusalka returns with their aircraft in the fall, the crates reveal new Mbuni airframes bearing that symbol - word of their dedication had pased through the business community in Tlamacazqui and the surrounding settlements, the new bombers funded at their own expense and the venerable Dervishes that bore the 3rd through so many sorties stand with pride at the entrance to Anderbacks Airbase and in town squares throughout.  You may train up to three wings of modern planetary bombercraft per budget cycle through this training regime (i.e. Mbuni); they receive a +35 bonus (representing training at Anderbacks and purification in the desert) and require no maintenance. Each unit receives a +10% bonus to all traits. You may not retrain existing units to receive this bonus nor train them for service outside the Cuāuhmeh (though they can be deployed to such missions, their loyalty is to the Huitzilopochtli). You should mark these as Huītzilin. Your existing bomber wing is upgraded to Mbuni

-  318 m -(99 = 61+21+9+8) - Refit Existing Air Units (at Rusalka and Anderback)
Your existing Tai Interceptors were successfully refitted with Missiles and Smart-Explosive Munitions. All fightercraft and bombercraft within the Cuāuhmeh are fitted with Kelp Seals

-  104 m - Payment to the Blackwatch for Troop Training

= 2177m m
, 100%

Jacinto Combine
-  500 m -(109 = 82+27 !!!) - Construction of the Silver Series Competition and Racetracks (under the aegis of Dimensions), 100%
It is clear that high octane sports is a welcome distraction for the super-rich and it is not hard to find sponsors among the clientele of the luxury Dimensions Resort. Scheduling practises for their teams at Kicheleko's One World track is more of a logistical complication than the construction of the tracks themselves at Dorado, Rhee, Port Cartegena, Usiku, Tlamacazqui and Kyoto Sands You establish a regular income stream, similar to the Jacinto League. Morale++

- 1500 m -(-14 = -49+27+8) - Construction of the Aesir Complex (with Civil volunteers), 10%
Despite the clear safety protocols and oversight, somewhere someone makes a mistake: the fusion reactor fails. Not spectacularly, it's not fission after all, but repeatedly despite several attempts by experts to repair and even rebuild it. Unstable tectonics receive the blame, then poor quality materials from the supply chain. Eventually someone uncovers a software bug in the planning schematics. You receive a -6 to further attempts at this complex due to poor media coverage and the need to rework much of the completed work

-  587 m -(121 = 47+21+45+8) - Founding of the Jacinto Foreign Legion (based on Historic Datavaults), 100%
Based out of a unassuming facility in suburban Barnesville, the first intake of Legionnaires encompasses refuges from Tōsandō and northern Buna, frontiersmen from the Western Badlands, lost souls from the Chikalda Hills and even one or two adventurous women from the Rafiki. Surprising numbers apply from Cortega and Velacruz - tall, grain-fed men and the occasional woman. All of them are trained and tested. Some fail, a few slink away, but many take the oath and begin their first duties six months later, standing proud on the proving grounds in the lightweight battlesuit-exoskeleton that the Jacinto have developed discretely, a man-sized unit incorporating new kelp textiles readily available from processors along the coast, miniaturised solar chargers and batteries and small materials enhancements based on techniques learned from Comorite and Comorude - without needing to base this on crystalline technologies You have created a new unit and may raise up to two regiments of Elysium Legionnaires per budget cycle; they are considered to be equipped with Elysium Exoskeletons, Flechette Weapons and Kelp Voidsuits, receiving a boost to extended, unsupported and infiltration missions. Each regiment costs 95 million - with stats of 90/30/12 including bonuses. You may not retrain existing units to receive this bonus nor train them for service outside the Foreign Legion (though they can be deployed to such missions, their loyalty is to the Jacinto Combine)

-    0 m -(Auto-Success = 0+0) - Feasibility: Exodus Scout Based Science Orbiter Blueprint
Despite the slew of other projects being handled at APRIL, the team is able to answer the query relatively quickly, sharing the study with the broader Federation You could easily enhance the existing Kotka Scout blueprint with Temporal-Corrective capability on top of its existing sensor suite, or swap out the probe bay for a research lab. Estimate of costs would be 350 million in research or 1200 million if you went straight to a prototype. Such a vessel would be capable of intersystem surveying and travel to nearby star systems

-   10 m - Maintenance for REDACTED

= 2597m m
, 100%

Saeonoori
-  175 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund

- 1408 m -(89 = 48+21+12+8) - Raise 8 x Fisabee Heavy Battalions with Damche Airborne Training and Fletchette Weapons (at The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise eight battalions of Damache paratroopers, deploying them to Camp Mkesha

-  187 m -(76 = 34+27+3+12) - Construction of Ratel Combat Roadtrain (at Rusalka), 100%
You successfully construct a Ratel combat roadtrain, deploying it to Camp Mkesha

-  161 m -(41 = 20+21) - Refit 3 x Striker battalions to Fisabee Stormtrooper Battalions, with Fletchette Weapons, 35%
Logistics for the production and transport of the new armour and armaments goes awry, the equipment destined for Marshall Bryne's forces ending up impounded in Darbuiks instead
= 1756m m
, 100%

The Kavacha Hegemony
-   49 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund, the Prabhu-Dhan Fund

-  250 m - Transfer to Federation for research into Cryobiology

-  500 m -(145 = 44+27+6+60+8) - Expansion of Ilaaj Kee Sabha Hospital with Non-Invasive Surgical Techniques and Cryotherapy (using remotes!)
Building on the existing state of the art facility, the inclusion of techniques and equipment from the RCV Mbal Msafiri and the use of gravionic remotes for erecting emergency and intensive care theatres when and where they are needed - as well as for patient transfers - earns the Kavacha a further reputation as bold forward-thinking physicians. You increase your bonus to cryonic research to a total of +9

-  300 m -(UM66 = 66+24+9) - [Eyes Only!] Establish the Kauntar Khuphiya Seva (for Counter-Intelligence) within the SAKHUN
Within the Hegemony the KKS have a reputation as the much respected Counter Intelligence Wing of the Kavacha intelligence, though they are not feared by much admired and though rumour speaks of them having an informant in every household, it is a situation welcomed by the general public who support the very long arm of their government. All such rumours are true and their duties include providing protection for senior political, miltary and religious figures and at key infrastructure sites.  Enhanced counter-intelligence and intelligence within the polity

-  300 m -(-23 = -66+24+3+6) - [Eyes Only!] Establish the Gupt Khuphiya Seva (for Covert Ops) within the SAKHUN
Attempts to fund the GKS come close to compromising the assets secured in Operation Aarohan and several agents sacrifice themselves to lay false trails

-  450 m - Payment to the Stellar Imperium

-  234 m - Payment to the ATC

-   12 m - [Eyes Only!] Maintenance for SAKHUN

-   10 m - Maintenance for Haavee Adda Airbase

= 1805m m
, 100%

The New Stoics
- -127 m - Withdrawl from Polity Wealth Fund

-  100 m - Resource Harvesting  - Comorude
You harvest 1 Comorude!

-  340 m - Transfer to Federation for Refitting Existing Military
You successfully refit the Guardians of the New Age and the Sentinels of Morning to Gyver Battlesuit Battalions with Smart Micro-explosive Munitions and Kelp Voidsuits

-  250 m - Transfer to Federation for research into Mental Health: Exodus Methods

-  500 m -(242 = 133+18+6+6+9+45+10+6+3+6 !!!) - Establish the Red Moon Global Satellite Entertainment Network (based on technical datavaults and Seihai Computing, using the LEEW and Arachne with Dr Wiggin, Rp Kostyantyn and Rp Nathaniel), 100%
Launching satellites from Sietcee through the summer, Red Moon unveils GSEN to consumers in time for the Jacinto League Cup in the fall to a roaring take-up especially in the Central and Coastal Districts. It is a wonder to watch Dr Wiggin and the two Rinpoche's work, though it is often impossible to follow the complexity of their technical discussions, and seeing the new satellite designs move from virtual designs in the LEEW to high-precision manufactured units coming out of the forges aboard the RCV Verhuis is satisfying for everyone in the team. Producers and studios in Gharistan, Kader Beach and Barnesville start throwing out content to the network - new soaps, budget films and a slew of advertising for the massess - and two subscriber-only channels emerge: one providing meditations and koans, the other a fertile source of clinic-broadcast research and educational material.  You establish a secondary network of CivSat-II-B/M satellites providing coverage across Comorian, unlocking the Medium Satellite class. You will receive an income stream from the network's advertising. Economy+++

-  400 m -(113 = 71+18+6+6+4+8) - Prototype a Recycled Modular Home Manufactory (with Civic volunteers, prototyping), 100%
With the infusion of refuges and a manufactory into the the sprawling but under-populated town of Port Chrysalis, the tired and part abandoned settlement begins to attract new citizens - from Boca Ridge and the smaller settlements of the Nezem Badlands. It's former glory days, long before the tide of Unification, may be vanished but there is still a spark of life and that is rekindled. Whilst it will require a significant investment for it to grow into the Aurelian capital You receive a small bonus to your industrial base from the manufactory and have completed this research. Your road train runs from Port Chrysalis through Boca Ridge and Teruel to Safed, from where it parallels the existing route through Gharistan, Ndanga and on to Buna City, where existing refuges had been funnelled to

-  500 m -(112 = -67+18+6+6+3+15+15+60+30+6+6 !!!) - Drone Design from Zenos Space Industries (with Captain Faulkner, Rp Kostyantyn, Rp Mbala and Rp Nathaniel, at Anderback, Rusalka, BADI and JSOC, based on Seihai Airframes, with Civic volunteers and the network), 100%
Drawing heavily from the existing prototypes, Exodus blueprints and secretive work completed by the Stellar Imperium, it is nonetheless with pride that Zenos Space Industries unveils their first venture into military technology: the Short Bow is the first Comorian starship redesign, a modified Haikala Patrol Boat with echoes of the fractal lines of the Usiku Shard and an unusual patterning in the etching of her hull. She swaps out the Rail Cannons for two Drone Bays and a crew of 18 plus a further 8 operators for the 8 small Arrows it is intended to carry; the Arrow is a small unmanned attack vehicle with a fusion core and short range gravionic propulsion system. It is fitted with improved RADAR and LIDAR, with an Ansible control system and is clearly intended to operate in swarms with the theorectical fleet sensor platform mentioned in the briefing to JSOC. It relies on a single fletchette cannon for it's teeth. Parts for the platform are produced from specialist companies across the Federation, the logistics of which would not have been possible without Rp Kostyantyn and Rp Mbala. Your first starship, the XVS Crimeran Martyr, is unveiled at Sietcee a few months after the FNS Tuleva, though none of her drones have been completed and the Quiver facility is sacrificed to expediency. . You have blueprints completed for the Arrow Drone and Short Bow Carrier, both multi-environment units, together with the Drone Bay, Gravionic Thrusters and Small Combat Drone hull.
  • Short Bow: Starship, Patrol Boat Class with Bridge Deck, Overpowered Fusion Powersystem, 2 Ion Drives  with Gravionics Thrusters, Integrated Hydroponics, 2 Water Cellular Shielding, Point Defence System, LIDAR and Improved RADAR and 2 Drone Bays (4 small or 2 medium Drones each). Crew of 18 required plus 8 operators, 200 metres long. Each starship costs 1250 million
  • Arrow: Drone, Small Combat Class with Remote Ansible Controller, Fusion Powersystem, Gravionic Drives, LIDAR and Improved RADAR and Fletchette Cannon. Remote crew of 1 required, 3 metres long. Each unit costs 340 million; stats equivalent to 110/          90 / 30

= 1973m m
, 100%

Wraithguard
-  650 m -(105 = 70+27+8) - [REDACTED]

-  216 m -(57 = 33+24) - [REDACTED]
 Your search for survey scans of Brahm reveal nothing of interest

-  400 m -(197 = 173+24) - [REDACTED], 100

-  350 m - Payment to the Blackwatch

-  234 m - Payment to the ATC

= 1874m m
, 100%

Next Turn
Population Growth: Steady, ~2%
Economic Situation: Strong, but unstable
Morale: Shaky and concerned
Unity: Steady

Aptitudes (Wartime - Blitzkrieg):
[9, <40%] Construction and Engineering
[8, <30%] Research and Development
[6, <10%] Economy and Trade
[3, <20%] Diplomacy
[8, <30%] Espionage and Counter-Intelligence
[2, <20%] Stellar Warfare
[7, <50%] Planetary Warfare

Available Assets:
Geostationary satellite network equipped for communications surveillance, improved RADAR, mineral and seismic scans
Captured comet Sigurðsson-Zhou in the Comorian-Rafiki L3 point
Dark side lunar satellite equipped for surveillance by Ansible

Reserves of untapped Comorian Crystals, processed into:

Comorian Ansibles  22
Comorite           12
Comorude           12
Comoryll            7

Sovereign Wealth Fund, 425m

Deployed military forces, on Comorian and with Polity forces in brackets:

Langerhans Corridor on land borders
Infantry          66 (157+)
Power Armour      40 ( 2)
Armoured           3 ( 8)
Artillery and AA  16 (10)
Roadtrains         1 ( 4)
Naval Vessels      8 ( 9)
Submarines         2 ( 1)
Air Wings         26 (10)
Cruise Missiles    3


Deployed mixed-environment forces:
Drones             0 ( 3)

Deployed offworld forces:

Eleventh Hour System in orbit, single use
RCV Mbal Msafiri    1 Colony Sleeper, in orbit around Comorian. Badly damaged but Ansible equipped
RCV Verhuis         1 Mobile Dock, at Sietcee Spaceport. Exact status unknown, but capable of spaceflight and sub-orbital flight
UTF Keihäs          1 Patrol Destroyer, at Skaði Field. Exact status unknown, but capable of sub-orbital flight and under the command of the ATC
FNS Tuleva          1 Haikala class Patrol Boat, at Sietcee
XVS Crimeran Martyr 1 Short Bow class Patrol Boat, at Sietcee under the command of the New Stoics
Stellar Smallcraft  1 x Harrier Assault Craft, 1 x Gomorrah Shuttle, 4 x Kolibri Shuttle, 2(+1) x Niellä Lifter, at Sietcee

Available Budget:
+21444 m
- Comorian (population 5,705,694,918; economy x 5.50; morale x 2.05)
-  268 m
- Maintenance of Gyver (154m), Fisabee (93m), Damche (0m), Saenoori (0m), Djerboa (0m), Habub (0m) and Ifrit (21m) forces
-  148 m
- Maintenance of Scraager (30m), Faru (0m), Virafu (84m), Isagila (9m), Mobile RADAR (10m) and Umkhonto (15m) forces
-    0 m
- Maintenance of Kunguru (0m), Tai (0m), Mbuni (0m), Djinn (0m), Dervish (0m), Tuju (0m), Vidyut (0m) and Candrahan (0m) wings
-   10 m
- Maintenance of Greyback (10m) vessels
-   60 m
- Maintenance of the LEEW and Starflight School
-   25 m
- Investigative Overhead of the CIA and CIA-SOU teams
=20933 million credits


Promissory Notes:
-  523 m
- Networking services to the ATC, ongoing at 2.5%
-  209 m
- White Cross, ongoing at 1%
=  732 million credits


Polity Budgets:

Baseline Default
= 1047 million credits
- Council budget x 5%

Polity Amendments:

ATC
x   2.90
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>1989 m

+  523 m
- Payment for Computer Networking services (2.5%)
+   25 m
- Income from Video Games

Blackwatch
x   1.75
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 785 m


Buna
x   5.25
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>4450 m

-  112 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Hishu Gardeners
x   1.60
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 628 m

-   46 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Huitzilopochtli Group
x   1.70
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 732 m

+  184 m
- SIR Certification
-    0 m</tt> - Maintenance for Military Forces

Jacinto Combine
x   1.10
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 105 m

+   82 m
- Broadcasting Rights and Sponsorship for Jacinto League
+  117 m
- Broadcasting Rights and Sponsorship for Silver Series
+   81 m
- Dimensions Casino
+   42 m
- Broadcasting Fees from JCN
-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]
-    0 m</tt> - Maintenance for Military Forces

Saenoori
x   1.50
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 524 m


The Kavacha Hegemony
x   1.55
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 576 m

-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]

The New Stoics
x   1.55
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 576 m

+  106 m
- Income from Crystal Regulatory Authority and Intervention Committee
+  320 m
- Income from Cobra University
+   85 m
- Income from Twin Shards and Monasteries
+  175 m
- Broadcasting Subscriptions from Red Moon and GSEN
+   80 m
- Income from Stoic Clinics
-   11 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Wraithguard
x   1.90
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 942 m

This message was last edited by the GM at 07:23, Wed 02 May 2018.
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Turn 18

Council Chambers, Mkobe - October, 47 NS (estimated 3235 AD)

Progress Report

[9, <50%] Construction and Engineering
-  100 m
-(125 = 71+27+8+12+4+3) - Construction of Distributed Centres for Science and Space Exploration (prototyping, at Rusalka, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100% Beyond the Watercoolers prototyped initially by this programme, the team behind it completes a further facility intended to manage and enhance the output of a set of DisCuSSion Hub, synthesising their research into far-ranging future feasibility studies.  You have constructed a prototype synthesiser at Sietcee. Each DisCuSSion Synthesiser costs 375m and provides a further +2 to one of the projects at up to five DisCuSSion Hubs per turn, together with providing one free feasibility study if it manages three or more DisCuSSion Hubs. Any one DisCuSSion Hub may be managed by at most three DisCuSSion Synthesiser. Blueprints available
-  400 m -(92 = 39+27+6+8+12+3 !!!) - Expand JSOC C3 Facilities and Issue Sa'ka Uniforms (using remotes, at Rusalka and the Fisabee Incubator), 100%
Delivered with far less flash and bang then the previous programme, the final set of restructuring for the Armed Forces of the Federation are flushed through: facilities in Fort Mkobe are expanded to incorporate strategic operations and the revised hub and spoke model determined by the Council; naval spacefarers and legionnaires are issued with two further sets of uniforms to compliment their existing voidsuits - camouflage fatigues and formal greys - as well as having their existing ABC kit upgraded with kelp hazmat uniforms; and the surviving colonial starships are formally adopted into the Barq Fleet - rechristened and reflagged to the FNS Verhuis and FNS Mbal Msafiri. Finally the Eastern District is split into the Vuoristö and Acero Districts and the Mujib District is established Restructuring complete
-  360 m -(103 = 70+27+6) - Construction of 2 x Transport Hubs (using Transportation Experts), 100%
You successfully complete the Transport Hubs at Usiku and Chikalda Hills, staffing both with extra SOU Command Teams.  Economy++, Unity++
-  250 m -(78 = 43+27+8) - Construction of Subterranean Hydroponic Farms (using remotes), 100%
You successfully complete the Subterranean Hydroponic Farms at Mukt Shahar Sietch.  Economy++, Morale++
-  150 m -(96 = 61+27+8) - Construction of Desalination Plants (using remotes), 100%
You successfully complete the Desalination Plant in Loupe Point.  Economy++, Morale++
-  250 m -(83 = 48+27+8) - Construction of Recycling Centre and Hydroponic Farms (using remotes), 100%
You successfully complete the Recycling Centre and Hydroponic Farms at Port Cartegena.  Economy++, Morale++
-  200 m -(47 = 12+27+8) - Construction of Stoic Clinic (using remotes), 60%
Delays in planning consent mean the clinic in Thanh Hóa City is only partially completed on schedule
-  125 m -(171 = 136+27+8) - Construction of Hydroponics Farms (using remotes), 100%
You successfully complete the Hydroponics Farms in Kader Beach, with a collective of the bored rich in the city re-appropriating several discarded remotes to experiment with following the work.  You will receive a random bonus to one project using remotes next turn, to reflect their continued and heavy use in Comorian society. Economy+, Morale+
-  250 m -(47 = 6+27+8+6) - Construction of Recycling Centre and Hydroponic Farms (using Transportation Experts and remotes), 70%
Protests amidst unemployed and poverty line immigrants and locals at the heavy use of remotes stymies the construction of these facilities, with local construction companies forces to take on human workers to avoid bad press.  You may not use remotes for the final work in this construction project
-  450 m -(58 = 11+27+8+6+6) - Construction of a Stoic Clinic Recycling Centre and Hydroponic Farms (using Ethical volunteers, Transportation Experts and remotes), 100%
You successfully complete the Stoic Clinic, Recycling Centre and Hydroponic Farms in Tōsandō.  Economy++, Morale+++
-  270 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorite
You harvest 6 Comorite
-  200 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorudes
You harvest 2 Comorudes
-  150 m - Resource Harvesting - Comoryll
You harvest 3 Comoryll
-  100 m - Payment to Kavacha for Electronic Warfare (2 of 4)
Part payment in construction of Subterranean Hydroponic Farms

= 3255m m
, 15%

[8, <20%] Research and Development
-  400 m
-(84 = 12+24+9+20+6+6+3+2+2) - Reverse Engineering Non-Invasive Surgery (at Ilaaj Kee Sabha Hospital and the Phoenix Institute, using two Watercoolers, Kavachian experts and Ethical Volunteers), 60% Good progress is made on understanding Exodus surgical techniques
-  470* m -(145 = 74+24+15+5+6+3+2+2+14) - Post-Traumatic Stress Treatment using Comoryll (at Mallory College, Twin Shards and the Phoenix Institute, using two Watercoolers and Stoic experts), 100%
Building on the work of the VAA - though conducted in isolation from their facilities - further work on PTSD demonstrates conclusively that administration of Comoryll in minute quantities dilluted into a weak acidic compound provides some benefit to veterans, functioning simiarly to Comorude though on the psychological damage.  You may equip the Sa'ka Legion and Barq Fleet with trauma kits that include Comoryll serum for the cost of 1 Comoryll and 200 million, or include it with SIR teams for 1 Comoryll and 120 million. You consume 1 Comoryll from Stoic reserves
-  350 m -(77 = 24+24+15+5+6+3) - Medically Aided Interrogation (Truth Serums) using Comoryll (at Twin Shards and the Phoenix Institute), 75%
Progress continues to be slow on this, though the breakthrough on serum to treat PTSD illuminates the way forward.  You receive a bonus of +8 to complete this. You consume 1 Comoryll from Stoic reserves
-   26 m -(43 = -26+24+45+3 !!! >>>) - Debrief Lt Jonty Mathers, Seeking Information on Landing and Prior Contact with The Strangers (cross-checking with Exodus Datavaults and Lt Hewitt)
 See: Council - Exodite Debriefing
-  100 m -(128 = 82+24+6+10+6) - Seihai Genetic Alterations (at the Phoenix Institute, using Ethical Volunteers), 10%
Initial sample collection begins well
-  400 m -(UM66 = UM66+24+12+8+9+6 !!! !!! !!!) - Seihai Encryption (with Rp Kostyanyn and Dr Varley, at the Fisabee Incubator, FIA-SIA and Xolotl EM Lab), 100%
Relying on a combination of programmable software and hardware combined with reactive techniques to harden against intrusion, the Seihai is quite unlike that of the Federation, known Exodus techniques - resembling the human immune system more than anything else until Dr Varley uncovers a theoretical paper in the Fisabee datavault that posits an attack on an unmanned Naxos-Elk infowar hub near the Abate Gulf. During the long sessions spent trying to break the encryption, Rinpoche Kostyanyn stumbles over a reformulation of the encryption algorithm that produces something close to a haunting and ethereal music and dedicates some time to tinkering with it.  You have broken the Seihai encryption, however this only exposes a part of the command and control network because of the hardware reliance and their natural cell structure and paranoia. Battlefield capture of commanders, bunkers and vehicles broadens that exposure.
-  400 m -(130 = 91+24+12+3) - Aquifer Economics (using Technical Volunteers), 100%
Basing financial and economic regulation on data flows and network principles permits researchers to construct a compelling theoretical model for many techniques and risks that come with them; they provide a clear path to recovery.  Research unlocked for Microtransactions, Immutable Distributed Transactions and Proof of Everything for 300 million, 600 million and 1200 million respectively. Economy+++ for three turns
-  450* m -(89 = 16+24+8+8+10+10+2+2+6 !!!) - Establish Sigurðsson-Zhou Impact Committee (with Dr Yutani, Martha Duin, Selmar Reshty and the Rafiki, at the Acero Cathedral, Starflight School, LEEW and Cobra University, using two Watercoolers)
Formed from a broad base of scientists, engineers, cultural experts and popular authors, the SZIC is relatively confident that the physical impact of Comorian's newest satellite will be relatively minor, with perhaps a slight decrease or wildness in tidal patterns as swells are caused on opposite sides of the planetary surface. Psychlogical, social and societal impact will take longer to understand - though positive portrayal of whatever use the artifical moon is put to may help with the human aspects of this. Chancellor Benalcazar, chairing the committee personally, recommends further studies at five year intervals and agrees to fund the maintenance of the SZIC gathering on an annual basis to explore opportunities in the interim.  Early warning committee in place
-   25 m -(125 = 80+24+12+3+6) - Feasibility Study: Electromagnetic and Resonance of Comorite (at APRIL and Xolotl EM Lab)
Performing some rudimentary testing on Comorite in a factory setting shows some facility for carrying or holding a signal and some weak effects you classify broadly as similar to those sense in Ansibles but on a significantly smaller scale.  Your science is not sufficient to pursue this right now
-   25 m -(25 = -20+24+12+3+6 !!!) - Feasibility Study: Gravionic High Speed Trains (with Rp Mbala and Transportation Experts, at APRIL)
Entrenched interests curtail efforts to collect accurate information on the economic, logistical or technical requirements for constructing a functional rail network, though the technology itself seems achievable.  Research unlocked, costs over 800m and estimated at 2 billion for a functional rail network post-research
-   25 m -(128 = 83+24+12+3+6 !!!) - Feasibility Study: Gravionic Road Trains (with Rp Mbala and Transportation Experts, at APRIL)
With more commercial vehicles emerging that utilise gravionics, refitting or redesigning the Balcone roadtrains to this technology would be comparatively simple - though it asks the question of whether there is a place for the roadtrain itself?  Research unlocked, for a cost of 400 million and a warning that this may shift the roadtrain concept towards extinction
-   25 m -(102 = 57+24+12+3+6 !!!) - Feasibility Study: Gravionic Commercial/Passenger Services for Transport Hubs (with Rp Mbala and Transportation Experts, at APRIL)
With space for gravionic services included in the initial hub prototype, the mainstay of the remaining work required would be on traffic management and internal logistics together with some minor refitting.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 300 million
-   25 m -(82 = 46+24+12+3) - Feasibility Study: Ferrofluids and Aerogels (at APRIL)
Examples of both types of chemical may be found in the Historic Datavaults aboard the newly renamed FNS Mbal MsafiriResearch unlocked, for a cost of 400 million each
-   25 m -(187 = 58+24+12+3+60+30 !!!) - Feasibility Study: Exodus Sensor Weaknesses or Evasion (based on Historic Datavaults, at APRIL and the Fisabee Incubator, with ATC Liaisons)
Documented techniques for evading sensors focus primarily on manoeuvring, however hints of records in the Fisabee datavault suggest that stealthed hulls were rumoured to exist in pre-Exodus navies. Minimal material on surface evasion is present, since none of the historic material contains more than commercial counter-intrusion protocols. Your scientists theorise something should be feasible, but these would be simply extensions of existing infiltration techniques, materials and equipment.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 300 million for Enhanced Infiltration, 600 million for Evasion Algorithms or 1800 million for Stealthed Hulls. You may not apply the Historic Datavault bonus for this research when undertaken
-   25 m -(170 = 47+24+12+3+6+6+45+30) - Feasibility Study: Doctrine - Network-Centric Warfare (based on Military Datavaults, at APRIL and Xolotl EM Lab, via Arachne and with ATC Liaisons)
Networking existing spoke sensors with military commanders and their forces to flattern the hierarchy, reduce operational pause and increase the speed of command form one pillar of this theorised doctrine; combined with control of the information assets as a second pillar, and their unattended handling and processing as the third this presents a very different approach to warfare than Comorian society is familiar with.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 750 million. You may not apply the both Military Datavault and ATC Liaison bonus together for this research when undertaken, i.e. pick one
-   25 m -(151 = 77+24+12+3+8+30) - Feasibility Study: Strategy - Recon Unit Integration (at APRIL and the STS, with ATC Liaisons)
Reflecting a shift in Federal forces towards multi-purpose self-supporting task force formations, the specific refocus on information collection would yield improvements in situational awareness and hence decision making on the batlefield and within JOSC.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 300 million
-   25 m -(90 = 24+24+12+3+30) - Feasibility Study: Strategy - Defence in Depth (at APRIL, with ATC Liaisons)
Building on the Elastic Defence tactics already incorporated into Sa'ka Legion training, this represent a broad more macroscopic view.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 450 million
-   25 m -(124 = 58+24+12+3+30) - Feasibility Study: Tactic - Close Air Support (at APRIL, with ATC Liaisons)
Necessity breeds novlety and the debrief of field commanders following the assaults on Himeji and Iayesu Point marry up well with the material theorised by the ATC management consultants.  Research completed via observations made within Operation Grand Theft Tengu
-   25 m -(94 = 28+24+12+3+30) - Feasibility Study: Doctrine - Siege Warfare (at APRIL, with ATC Liaisons)
Applying the concepts of a siege to a modern battlefield requires more focus on psychological and logistical aspects than Federal commanders are familiar with.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 300 million
-   25 m -(154 = 76+24+12+3+12+30) - Feasibility Study: Strategy - Counter-Intelligence and Deception (at APRIL, with ATC Liaisons and Martial Volunteers)
Although the Council have begun to apply such techniques, it is clear that the Seihai have significant breadth and subtlety in this style of warfare.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 500 million and with a +6 to the first turn
-   25 m -(146 = 72+24+12+3+8+30) - Feasibility Study: Strategy - Combined Arms Operations (at APRIL and STS, with ATC Liaisons)
Extending their existing familiarity with Combined Arms to the modern battlefield is essential as the Federation fields an increasingly sophisticated array of troops and units.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 200 million
-   25 m -(81 = 7+24+12+3+8+30) - Feasibility Study: Strategy - Deep Operations (at APRIL and STS, with ATC Liaisons)
Buoyed on the examples of the Blackwatch Imperial Scouts and Jacinto Legion, this research is necessary to extend such capabilities more holistically to the wider Federation.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 450 million
-   25 m -(147 = 72+24+12+3+8+30 !!! !!!) - Feasibility Study: Artillery (with Rp Mbala and PFC Gyver, at APRIL and the Fisabee Incubator, with ATC Liaisons)
Drawing together a faint handful of clues in the material recovered from the Menzies Cache, Rinpoche Mbala unearths a ToEE for the 428th Nemedian Rangers, a regimental combat team finally led by Colonel Jack Menzies aboard the ISS Lyömämiekka following the loss of their commander aboard the regimental carrier, the ISS Rautakatsi, and two further lighter transports, the ISS Sauva and ISS Nuika, containing their artillery and heavy armour, prior to them linking up with the Exodus Fleet. Armed with this, her assessment of where to find further information to bootstrap research into artillery is swift and exhaustive.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 600 million covering Cannon, Howitzers and Mortar unit types and equipment together with Forward Observer training with a +20 bonus. Further research into specific tactics may be included for a further 200 million. Beyond that there are clear parallels between Planetary and Stellar Warfare that may benefit from a combined approach for an extra 25% on top. You may only apply the ATC Liaison bonus for the combined research when undertaken
-   25 m -(104 = 30+24+12+3+8+30 !!! !!!) - Feasibility Study: Robotics (with Rp Mbala and PFC Gyver, at APRIL and the Fisabee Incubator, with ATC Liaisons)
Your scientists pull together much of the material on robotics through historic records, though it is a technology little practised in pre-Exodus times - with few reasons why.  Research unlocked, for a cost of between 300 and 1500 million (in tranches of 300 million) depending on the extent of humanoid or animalistic forms, perceptors and actuators required. Dependencies on techniques such as Computer Vision, Neural Networks and other fields of study may be required for more advanced models. You may not apply the ATC Liaison bonus for this research when undertaken
-   25 m -(102 = 28+24+12+3+8+30 !!! !!!) - Feasibility Study: Assault Gun or Tank Hunter Battalions (with Rp Mbala and PFC Gyver, at APRIL and the Fisabee Incubator, with ATC Liaisons)
With the material on the ISS Sauva collected, this is easy enough to find.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 600 million each for Self-Propelled Artillery, Tank Destroyers or Assault Gun unit types and a +20 bonus. You may not apply the ATC Liaison bonus for this research when undertaken
-   25 m -(85 = 19+24+12+3+30 !!!) - Feasibility Study: Logistics Battalions (at APRIL and the Fisabee Incubator, with ATC Liaisons)
Unsurprisingly there is a rich vein of information on logistical support in the Exodus Fleet records.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 300 million. Clear parallels between Planetary and Stellar Warfare that may benefit from a combined approach for an extra 25% on top. You may only apply the ATC Liaison bonus for the combined research when undertaken
-  350 m - Payment to Saganite Cooperative for Virology research
-  600 m - Payment to Stoics for Ryllian conversion, Comoryll and Seihai Encryption research

= 3696m m
, 18%

[6, <30%] Economy and Trade
-  600 m
-(45 = 8+18+3+8+8) - Establish Federal Network Services within Technical Branch (with Technical and Civic Volunteers), 20%
Attempting to distil and replicate close to fifteen years of operational wisdom over the sprawling ATC network is inevitably more complicated and complex than initial estimated. Progress is made, though all of the humour about software estimation comes home to roost
-  480 m -(78 = 35+18+3+8+8+6) - Economic Stimulus: Roadtrains for Speculative Trade (with Technical and Civic Volunteers using Transportation Experts)
You successfully establish four new trade routes: Anderbacks to Rhee via Sietcee handling commercial satellite parts and consumer electronics; Fort Ourém to Mkombe via Saqqf-Cadiz carrying high-end gravionic vehicles and military surplus to further transhipment; Zanzibar to Port Algrave via the Nezem Coast cities dealing in antiques and artwork; and Ndanga to Cortega with modern farming equipment and luxury foodstuffs. Rumblings of discontent from the Oshakati Collective about preferential transportation contracts begins to surface.  Economy+++ this turn and next four; Morale+; Unity-
-  500 m -(46 = 28+18+3) - Economic Stimulus: Worker Diversification into Medical and STEM Roles
Without the educational infrastructure to easily support this, pundits claim - simultaneous ignoring the recent GSEN Clinic channel launch - this is simply a wash fund for appeasing the people. After key mistakes by ill-equipped or under-trained managers, the programme is carefully shelved.  One random project in C&E and R&D will suffer setbacks next turn as funds are wasted or research de-railled
-    0 m - Deposit into Sovereign Wealth Fund

= 1580m m
, 8%

[3, <20%] Diplomacy
-  523 m
- Payment to ATC for Network Services (2.5%) -  225 m - Payment to Blackwatch for Training -   86 m - Payment to Huitzilopochtli Group for Azure Sun
-  116 m - Payment to Jacinto Combine for Legionnaires
-  209 m - Payment to the White Cross (1%)

= 1159m m
, 6%

[8, <30%] Espionage and Counter-Intelligence
-   60 m
-(81 = 57+24) - [Eyes Only!] Recruit SOU Command Teams for Usiku and Chikalda Hills)
You successfully recruit two SOU Command Teams, stationing them to cover the Northern District from Usiku and Gharistan and the Central District from the Chikalda Hills
-   40 m -(96 = 72+24) - [Eyes Only!] Interrogate Torōru Battalion, Seeking Information on Equipment
You uncover minimal information on monoblades, beyond that they are produced by the families of the central strongholds centred on the mountain range known as Mkesha's Spur; the vambraces of the Anchin are augmentations for their rifles, providing both a remote trigger for disposable barrels and a control surface for their main weapon and micro-drones used for scouting or less direct assaults. Fallen warriors are harvested for their DNA and combat records but otherwise discarded or recycled
-  300 m -(72 = 23+24+8+8+9 >>>) - [Eyes Only!] Interrogate Sharma Ueno and Yoshirou Kulkarni, Seeking Communication with the Seiwa (led by Tänzer, using FIA-SIA at Acero Convention Centre with support from SAKHUN KSS)
With close to thirty years of covert work under their belt, Tänzer cuts through the attempts at misdirection and bluster though a seemingly endless succession of interviews and bargaining sessions in Rancia and then in the sietch-cities of the Kavacha. It is the time close to the border with the quiet women of the Kauntar Khuphiya Seva that finally causes Kulkarni to break, offering a series of coded phrases that he claims would bring about a response on one of the known Seihai radio channels. With that it is easy enough to encourage Ueno to identify a senior officer in the Seiwa family who should be sought out: Seiwa Agashe Ueno, his progenitor. .  You have the necessary communication protocols to attempt contact with the Seiwa
-  400 m -(95 = 50+24+12+6 !!!) - [Eyes Only!] Investigate Northern & Western Banditry, Suspected Foreign Agents (using Seihai equipment, with Martial voluneteers, Mr Grey and Cpt Németh)
Bringing in a commando-trained chameleonic to augment Mr Grey's own more colourful past proves a winning combination and the two of them capture a confirmed Kagemusha Seihai operative - named, or codenamed, Eike - together within a datachip and a computer with a hacked Arachne terminal connection.  You have confirmation the Seihai are funding the banditry and that they have network access. You have a new prisoner

= 800m m
, 4%

[2, <20%] Stellar Warfare
= 0m m
, 0%

[7, <40%] Planetary Warfare
-  2007 m
-(72 = 26+21+8+5+12) - Rush-Retrain 1 x Ifrit Mechanised Infantry Brigade to 10 x Fisabee Mechanised Infantry Battalions with Elysium Exosuits, Fletchettes, with Airborne Training and Damche Troop Landers with Kelp Cladding (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully retrain the 4th Mechanised Brigade into multiple refitted Battalions, the 'Leaping Ifrit', and deploy them to Operation Grand Theft Tengu. Government contractors find a surplus of parts and battlesuits and make them available to these valiant veterans following the operation.  You may use unit in this brigade with either Battlesuits or Elysium Exosuits in future
-  1132 m -(116 = 63+21+8+5+12) - Rush Refit 10 x Fisabee Mechanised Infantry Battalions with Exo suits, Fletchettes, with Airborne Training and Damche Troop Landers with Kelp Cladding (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully refit the Brigade and deploy them to Operation Grand Theft Tengu.  You may use unit in this brigade with either Battlesuits or Elysium Exosuits in future
-  462*m -(75 = 29+21+8+5+12) - Complete Refitting of the Fighting Fisabee and Dharmic Fists to Battlesuits with Kelp Cladding (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully refit the Battalions and deploy them to back to Task Force Bastion (or on to Northern District Command and Xur Command)
-  300 m -(68 = 22+21+8+5+12) - Raise 2 x Fisabee Heavy Battalions with 2 x Scraagers (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Battalions, expanding the Kuongeza Brigade and Air Defence Group, and deploy them to Mkombe and The Crag under the Central District Command
-   65 m -(26 = 1+21+8+5+12) - Raise 2 x Border Security Brigades with 1 x Krait SWAT Battalion (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You fail to raise the Battalions when a clerk spots the duplicate request and red flags the orders back to JOSC
-   80 m -(73 = 37+21+8+5+12) - Raise 2 x Peacekeeper Divisions (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the new Divisions, expanding the Mlezi Guardian Corps, and deploy them to Kader Beach and Zanzibar under the Coastal District Command. With the focused presence of so many soldiers the criminal element becomes more circumspect and early reports suggest that this will providing breathing space for local law enforcement
-   80 m -(107 = 61+21+8+5+12) - Raise 2 x Peacekeeper Divisions with Voidsuits (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the inaugral Starmarine forces for the Barq Fleet, deploying them to Sietcee to rotate aboard the newly rechristened FNS Verhuis and FNS Mbal Msafiri. With their training unremarkable and undifferentiated from Sa'ka Legion forces, only their uniforms mark them apart - though there are few initial hiccups for those rotating aboard either starship. Reports from Fleet Admiral Nolan to the Council note his thanks for these nightwatchmen, but that he sees them as suitable for just that
-   65 m -(72 = 26+21+8+5+12) - Raise 2 x Border Security Brigades with 1 x Krait SWAT Battalion (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Brigades, attaching the SWAT Battalion to the Mlezi Guardian Corps, and deploy them to Subira Hyper-Max Prison under the Coastal District Command
- 2250 m -(138 = 92+21+8+5+12) - Rush Raise 3 x Shredder Drones (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully construct the Drones and raise their supporting personnel, deploying them to Operation Grand Theft Tengu. Legion General Babatunde commands the formation of the Sietcee Remote Assault Group within Field Army No. 1, partially to appease Fleet Admiral Nolan's mutterings that they should be part of the Barq Fleet You consume 3 Comorite and 3 Comorudes
- 1172 m -(29 = -26+21+8+5+12+4+5) - Rush Raise 6 x Ryllian PhysAdept Pilots (at Kailish, Twin Shards, Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
Finding the right combination of operator aptitude, military fitness and conversion potential is fraught with complexity - especially with the Council-proscribed deadlines. Hopes are raised with the first candidate - Amity Järvi - who shows signs of both the necessary dexterity together with exceptional spatial awareness; however both second and third conversions yield Ryllians with minor talents of hydrosensitivity for Ayo and Temi Kayode; and the fourth results in the horrifying death of the Jenny Singh and subsequent destruction of the remaining Comoryll stock set aside for the programme. Her transformation begins with a series of crystalline protruberances that quickly become questing tendrils that begin to attack the containment facility as her body consumes itself and breaks down. All of the Ryllians in the facility share a dream of being torn apart and an insatiable hunger. Neither of the Kayode twins is fit for military service following this episode. . Like all Ryllians, Lt Järvi is taken to the Usiku Sinkhole facility, where she reports the same effects as the others though with significantly stronger effects. She refuses to share whatever she experienced there.  You have recruited one Ryllian pilot, Lt Amity Järvi, who possesses both physical adept and spatial awareness traits, and two civilian sensitives. You consume 6 Comoryll
-  100 m -(116 = 81+21+6+8 !!!) - [Eyes Only!] Reprogram the Eleventh Hour System for Ground Targeting (using remotes, at Acero Cathedral)
Programming for this change is relatively simple and the station-keeping thrusters on these satellites are suitably equipped for the coarse grained tracking needed for static surface targets.  You may now target surface emplacements (or a static force) with this single shot system
-  400 m -(UM100 = 63+21+6+10) - Blackwatch-Kavacha Airspace (relying on Seihai Knights Study)
Ambushing an inbound Seihai strike force, Colonel Milo Pareiko annihilated the Seihai - including an unknown new fightercraft type. see Seihai Conflict thread
- 1000 m -(119 = 84+21+6+8) - Assault on Iayesu Point (using remotes)
Discovered early, the assault force managed to hold their own though suffering heavy losses see Seihai Conflict thread
- 1300 m -(106 = 69+21+6+8 !!!) - Assault on Himeji and the KMV Tengu (relying on the Seihai Knights Study)
Devastating the Seihai, the forces of Operation Grand Theft Tengu managed to capture the Warmaker and the KMV Tengu see Seihai Conflict thread
-  300 m -(77 = 50+21+6) - Reassignment of Task Forces Nyeusi, Dwarrow, Basion, Tenebrae
Your forces are reassigned smoothly in preparation for Operation Grand Theft Tengu
-   75 m - Payment to Blackwatch for Training
-   80 m - Payment to Blackwatch for Blackwatch Imperial Scouts
-   75 m - Payment to Gorski Amalgam for Gorski Shock Corps

= 10263m m
, 37%

Total Expenditure:

= 20733m m
, 99%

Policies:
  • (173) Peace In Our Time: You have forced the Satyata to surrender, though it is unclear whether that means the Seihai families will follow suit. Celebrations run riot across the Federation. You have ended the Long War, bringing with it a wealth of spoils:
    • Battlefield Spoils: You have recovered examples of most Seihai military material, expanding the +15 from Seihai Artefacts to +24 and across any of the military equipment
    • Prisoners: You have several regiments who have surrended at Himeji and Yamashiro Drome, though you have not taken control of the later fully yet
    • You have unlocked the following methods via JOSC after action reports and analysis: Strategy - Combined Arms Operations, Strategy - Harassment, Strategy - Rapid Decisive Operations, Tactics - Air Interdiction, Tactics - Penetration and Tactics - Force Concentration
    • Soldiers without a War: What will you do with the thousands of soldiers in Seihai territory, what will happen to Camp Mkesha?
    • Veterans: With hundreds of wounded and invalidated out service men and women, the VAA will need the Council to move fast on recent research and investments

     Morale++++++++, Unity+++++
  • (-165) Economic Collapse!: Corrupting the traffic fabric and transport hubs, Seihai sleeper programs cause untold damage onto the confidence of the citizenry. You must spend a further 5% of the Federation budget on the White Cross for the next three turns and will see 'wildfire' fallout occurring each turn that will need responding to (first set below):
    • Reconstruction of Buna City and Usiku: Both have been significantly damaged in the firestorms that swept the city
    • Refugees in the Acero Valley: Filled with high technology and wealth beyond much of the Federation, malcontents and refuges have made their way into the ATC heartland
    • Backlash: Citizens from Buna suffer attacks in pockets throughout the Federation because 'they let' the Seihai do this to the nation

     Economy---------------, Morale-------- and Economy------ and Morale---- for six turns
  • (94) Communities: Consumer electronics see a big boost with the resurgence of handheld gaming consoles, with independent studios providing much of the content. Morale+
  • (61) Takala Probes Data dumps from the PMMC probes sent to Mayotte, Xiang and the Orishas Belt are released to the Council by Rook Winters: they confirm the Mayotte to be uninhabited and with no trace of surface water, the Orishas to be rich in precious metals and transuranics; and Xiang in mineable fuel
Programmes:
  • (34) Federal Services - Civic Branch: Early reports of Rafiki integration are positive, however they suggest shifting or expanding the Lagerhans Corridor
  • ( 6) Federal Services - Ethical Branch: Attempts to preempt the need for Council efforts on the western border, volunteers botch engagement with a frontier community and the President receives a formal complaint from the Union of Western Collectives
  • (31) Federal Services - Martial Branch: Busy processing the material and information collected in recent research and the latest strikes, the Martial Branch has no recommendations presently
  • (-5) Federal Services - Technical Branch: Recommendations for single-passenger groundcars and driverless gravionic taxis emerge from an unconference on transportation that follows the work by Rinpoche Mbala and consultants from the ATC at APRIL. Popular with a vocal community, pressure mounts on the President to relax existing traffic laws to permit their prototyping
  • (UM100) BADI: Delving into their new home aboard the FNS Verhuis, experts at BADI uncover blueprints for several further components - Cargo Holds, Fuel Tanks and Munition Stores - together with coming up with simulation software capable of handling starship design. It is demonstrated with the release of blueprints for the Kotka science variant assessed by APRIL. You receive a +12 to new prototypes of small or medium starships built with BADI models, taking it to +20 for new designs. Blueprints for new components and the Otso class starship available
    • Otso: Starship, Scout Class with Surveyors Bridge, Fusion Powersystem, Ion Drive, Spike Drive, Extensive Hydroponics, Water Cellular Shielding, LIDAR with Sensor Fusion and Temporal Corrective Algorithms, and Research Lab. Crew of 8 to 10 required, with a further 4 researchers, 110 metres long. Cost 1000 million, capable of planetary landings

  • (95) Twin Shards: Crystal prospectors and harvesting teams note that there are clear concentrations and patterns in where different concentrations of crystals may be found, both at a regional and local scales
  • Red Moon (171) - Your in-house writing team isolates several historic biases, especially in Mercian and Kujaku-Mayura films and episodic series that suggest a heavily political influence over the studios that is lacking in Ilmarinen or Taipo productions - though those have strong commercial trends and artistic trends; they also introduce you to several graphic and comic styles unfamiliar to Federation citizens that could be heavily riffed off to spawn a new market
Events:
  • (85) [Eyes Only!] Reconstruction of the tracks of 'bandits' in the Nezem Badlands uncovers a significant cache of munitions, weapons and - concealed beneath everything else - an empty coldsleep chamber
  • (89) [Eyes Only!] Evidence of a Kavachian facility, known only as SS-03, containing Seihai civilian refugees is presented to Council
  • (55) [Eyes Only!] Published work by Wraithguard researchers confirms the rumours that they have independantly researched Genetics
  • ( 6) Atop the economic collapse engineered by the Seihai, the Dhajafada Economic Institute in Mkombe is gutted by a fire and destroyed
  • (31) Contact is lost with the experimental Ansible-equipped surveillance satellite on the far side of Rafiki. Telemetry points towards a micrometeorite strike

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Fri 5 May 2017
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Turn 18

Polity Progress

ATC
-   20 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund, the ATC Emergency Stimulus Fund

-  450 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorite
You harvest 10 Comorite

-  200 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorudes
You harvest 2 Comorudes

-  150 m - Resource Harvesting - Comoryll
You harvest 3 Comoryll

-    4 m - Transfer to the New Stoics for Aghori

-  600 m -(143 = 41+27+3+6+6+60 !!!) - MagLev (at Arachne, Omniport Nephele and Xolotl, using Keihas Datavaults), 100%
Whilst Federal researcher battle with entrenched interests to unearth data into existing logistics and rolling stock management programmes, Athena Technologies does what it does best: sail past them with blueprints for a working implementation You have unlocked maglev, which may be used for the construction of a transport infrastructure for close to 2.4 billion. You could spend a further 400 million applying gravionics to the rolling stock to reduce the power drain for the system

-  400 m -(-23 = -59+27+3+6) - Designing Azathoth Processors (at Arachne), 0%
Attempting to combine Exodite, Seihai and Federation computing technology meets with a resounding failure, only a last minute code review by a senior engineer preventing a wipe of core parts of the ATLAS infrastructure. All of the research material is wiped in a similar accident a few weeks later.  You receive a -15 if this is attempted in the next four budget cycles and any failure is increased one degree

-  390 m -(135 = 92+18+8+5+12) - Establish the ATC Military, 100%
You successfully raise 1 x Peacekeeper Division, 1 x Fisabee Heavy Carapace Battlesuit Battalion, 1 x Fisabee Marine Battalion, 1 x Patrol Cutters, 1 x Krait SWAT Battalion and 1 x Python Cyber Warfare Battalion, releasing the Peacekeepers and Fisabee battalions to Coastal District Command to fulfil obligations under the Kumbe Accords, deploying the Patrol Cutters to Rusalka, the Kraits to Nephele and the Cyber Warfare battalion to the Arachne Datacentre.  You consume 1 Comorite and 1 Comorude

-  500 m -(UM100 = UM100+24+10) - [Buried Deep] [REDACTED]
[REDACTED]

- 1000 m - Payment to [REDACTED]

-  209 m - Payment to [REDACTED]

= 3854m m
, 100%

Blackwatch
-  380 m - Payment from the Federation

-   80 m - Payment from the Hishu Gardeners

-   15 m - Payment from the New Stoics

-  123 m - Transfer to the Saganite Cooperative

-  209 m - Transfer to the Wraithguard

-  250 m -(87 = 38+27+8+6+8) - Enhancing Eastmount with Combat Simulators (with remotes and Martial interaction, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Work on Eastmount completes, with the initial combat simulators in place - though they remain a crude approximation of the ground truth.  All units trained (or retrained) at Eastmount receive a +5% to Survive for no cost increase

- 1250 m -(132 = 45+27+5+8+12+8+8+4+6+3+6) - Enacting and Enforcing Blackwatch Culture (at Arachne, Omniport Nephele, Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka, with remotes and Martial interaction, responding to the Offworld Challenge)
After close to twenty years of Blackwatch rule, the final trace of Albion are consigned to history - the ex-mercenaries strict ways passed into law and the first generation who knew nothing else coming into their majority. Long reconstruction efforts across the region have transformed homes and business into small isolated fortresses - with smaller opening for windows, solid cover within the architecture and strengthened glass and construction. Similarly the establishment of caches within each suburb, settlement and township - containing weapons, munitions, body armour and sundry supplies - together with the concealed military caches ensures a population fully enabled to rise up and defend themselves. Extended schooling with a focus on firearms, survival and home defence, and supported by instructors from Eastmount, cements the extreme militaristism within the region, already seen in the hundreds of thousands under arms in the armed forces. Finally, and perhaps most controversially, the treatment of monopolies and market economics and seizure of business assets is a stern warning - though only a few businesses were unaware of the relevant bills passage Resistance to invasion, occupation and cultural drift (both positive and negative). Any units raised from Blackwatch roots (whether Federal or Blackwatch) will achieve veterancy earlier. Morale--, Economy--

-  175 m -(71 = 18+27+8+6+12) - Expansion of Skyward Industries (at Rusalka and Omniport Nephele, with remotes), 10%
Durable and cheap vehicles are a tall order with current maturity of the gravionics industry

-  300 m - Payment to the Saenoori

= 2638m m
, 100%

Buna
-  540 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund

-  210 m - Crystal Harvesting to Restore Polity Reserves

-  923 m -(96 = 72+24-3) - [Eyes Only!] Investigation into Pandayan Breach.
Issuing a quiet recall on affected components and vehicles whilst they dig into the changes made, it takes some time for the Buna to understand what the Seihai have corrupted and where. Several issues are identified and remediated, others found too late Scope of the collapse has been redirected

- 2400 m -(73 = 43+27+3) - Complete Construction of Comores Pandayan in Gharistan, 100%
Significant bonus to the New Stoics industrial baseline and they may harvest upto a further 36 units of Comorite, 18 units of Comorude and 24 units of Comoryll per budget cycle. Further a new CIA SOU Command Post and Team is available

- 1200 m -(73 = 43+27+3) - Complete Construction of Acero Pandayan in Wuuwa, 100%
Significant bonus to the ATC industrial baseline. Further a new CIA SOU Command Post and Team is available

-  112 m - Military Maintenance

= 6036m m
, 100%

Hishu Gardeners
-  150 m -(60 = 36+24) - Continue to Establish the Ryoan-Ji Centre in Tōsandō, 10%
With reduced budget amidst clear military spending, several researchers return their contracts unsigned or fail to take up positions as agreed

-  308 m -(96 = 44+24+8+4+8+6) - Continue to Prototype the Kanagawa Undersea Platform (prototyping, using remotes, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 58%
Prior lessons makes progress significantly faster and the reassuring bulk of the new HDF submarines close by the site provides a degree of reassurance for those working on the project

- 1125 m -(63 = 17+21+5+8+12) - Continue to Restructure the Hishu Military (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka, 100%
You successfully raise the 3 x Greyback Missile Submarines (one with a cruise missile) and 1 x Fisabee Marine Battalion for the Futsushi-Kai, deploying them to the concealed Ny'ekundu Wetlands pens

-   46 m - Military Maintenance of Hishu Defence Force

= 1405m m
, 100%

Huitzilopochtli Group
-   75 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorian Ansibles
You harvest 4 Comorian Ansibles

+  350 m - Transfer from Kavacha Hegemony

-   39 m - Transfer to Saganite Cooperative

+   81 m - Payment from Federation

-   31 m - Transfer to ATC for Grey Water Systems

- 1592 m -(127 = 36+27+3+6+3+4+10+10+8+8+12 !!!) - [Eyes Only!] Project Azure Sun (with Miss Mbala, Zenos and Team Helios, at Xolotl, LEEW, BADI and Arache, prototyping with Technical volunteers and responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge), 100%
With the weight of the Huitzilopochtli thrown behind this iconic project and expertise drawn from across the burgeoning space industry, Project Azure Sun rushes forward. Working from the sun-baked courtyards of Xolotl and the arid expanse of Sietcee, researchers sleep little and it isn't unusual to find late night debates in one of the daylight lounges between a Sabaki, a Stoic and a Rafiki. Late in the summer, a few days from the equinox, Captain F. Itzmalli launches from Sietcee to perform the first significant near-orbit spacewalk since the recovery of the renamed FNS Mbal Msafiri - whose starmarines remain on ready alert for the mission. Gasps of delight echo through the control room when the featureless tetrahedral-shaped satellite powers up and one of it's faces erupts into light - followed by another as the energy from Tlamacazqui is transmitted on to Mukt Shahar Sietcee You have a completed prototype and blueprints for a M-SET Repeater Satellite, with the prototype in orbit and repeating power transmission, together with blueprints for the various components :
  • M-SET Repeater Satellite: Satellite, Medium Military Class with Hardened Controls, prototype Space Solar Collectors with Super-Conductors and Super-Capacitors, and an M-SET Transmitter and Receiver.


-  125 m -(91 = 58+27+3+3) - Feasibility and Preparation for Establishing RAPTURE Consulting
With the extremely visible nature of M-SET transmission and the clear promise of solar power, your market nature isolates a number of hurdles and opportunities to it's adoption - feeding into the wider academic acceptance and the business model required to make R.A.P.T.U.R.E. (Rapid Application of Power Technologies using Upgrade/Retrofit Executions) Consulting viable You receive a +8 to the first cycle's attempt to establish the franchise or company

-  400 m -(77 = 44+27+3+3) - Construction of Ground M-SET Receiver and Transmitter, 100%
You successfully complete construction of the receiver at Mukt Shahar Sietch for the Kavacha Hegemony and transmitter at Tlamacazqui You (and the Kavacha) receive a minor bonus to the industrial baseline

-  250 m -(85 = 40+27+3+3+6+6) - Prototype Airborne Early Warning and Control System (at Xolotl, with Technical volunteers and prototyping), 75%
Basing their blueprints off the Mbuni bombercraft, the engineering team makes solid progress incorporating improved RADAR and communications equipment

-    0 m - Military Maintenance

= 2177m m
, 100%

Jacinto Combine
-  500 m -(187 = 37+21-6+45+60+30) - Construction of the Aesir Complex (with multiple vaults, but suffering bad press), 100%
Shrugging off the series of unflattering and condescending articles in the free press, the engineering teams pulled back into the construct the complex meticulously begin to lay the foundations of the enormous vision laid out by Barnes You receive a bonus to your industrial baseline from the Fusion Powerplant, Desalination Plant and Grey Water Systems, together with a +8 to the next phase of this complex

-  580 m -(117 = 88+21+8) - Strengthening the Jacinto Foreign Legion (at The Crag), 100%
You successfully rush raise two new regiments of Elysium Legionnaires, equipping all three with Damche and Airborne training and ensuring the volunteer regiment - the Bloody Bastards - are equipped with thermobaric munitions

-  800* m -(186 = 40+24+3+60+45+14) - Genetic Manipulation (based on Medical and Historic Datavaults), 100%
Co-sponsoring the research with the New Stoics under the banner of the Cassini-Freeman Project, Jacinto and Stoic scientists toil through the year in careful and considered research, regularly reporting their finding to various oversight and ethics committees. By the time winter strikes Kicheleko Island the final reports and being reviewed You have unlocked Genetic Manipulation

-  100 m -(42 = 6+24+12) - [Buried Deep] Operation Olokun, 0%
Suffering a critical breach from falling undersea debris, your submarine surfaces over Site E3 without accomplishing it's mission

-    0 m -( Auto-Success ) - Feasibility Studies: Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle
Informally referred to as the Human Entry Vehicle, or Drop Pod, the SOEIV study concludes that such technology is possible - though it would contain several engineering challenges - and it would be limited by the cost and recovery of the pods themselves Research or prototyping unlocked, for 900m to include the starship component and insertion vehicle

-   10 m - Maintenance for REDACTED

= 2597m m
, 100%

Saeonoori
-  151 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund

-  350 m -(215 = 173+27+3+12) - Construction of Combat Roadtrains (at Rusalka), 100%
You successfully construct two Beshete combat HQ roadtrains, assigning them to the 93rd and 482nd

-  385 m -(79 = 45+27+3+4) - Prototype Damche Roadtrain (prototyping), 60%
Equipping a roadtrain with troop landers to function as a land carrier seems a madcap melange of technologies and approaches - and there are plenty of technical challenges to overcome

-  300 m -(123 = 89+27+3+4) - Design Enhanced Engineering Units (prototyping), 100%
Intended for use in the frontline within a combined arms regiment or brigade and supported by a Ratel, the new breed of Saenoori engineers are fiercer and fully versed in modern combat equipment You have created a new unit and may raise up to six squadrons of Combat Sappers per budget cycle; they are considered to be mechanised infantry accompanied by a variety of combat engineering vehicles - armed with Fisabee quality small arms, Kelp Hazmat armour, mines and explosives as well as engineering tools. Each regiment costs 60 million - with stats of 24/36/4 including bonuses. They provide +10% to Defend and Survive for surrounding units with sufficient time for fortifications, mine-clearing and so on. You may retrain existing units to receive this bonus and they can be trained for service outside the Saenoori. You have three squadrons

- 385 m -(77 = 43+27+3+4) - Design Enhanced Airborne Units (prototyping, with the Jacinto), 60%
Gliders, man-portable gravionics, drop pods, air-dropping of IFVs and variants of Damche and parachutes are all explored in theory and field trials - with varying success and fatalities - however a cohesive approach that sufficiently accounts for both airborne and orbital insertions remains elusive

= 1571m m
, 100%

Saganite Cooperative
-  473* m -(178 = 117+24+3+8+5+12+6+3) - [Eyes Only!] Black Chrysanth (with the Blackwatch, at Eastmount, Rusalka, The Crag, Chrysanth Garden University and Arachne, 100%
Assessment and analysis of the selection methods and training regimes at the major established Federal boot camps and training centres - with such a rich history and deep lake of post-training field performance - is invaluable to the research team from the Cooperative. Batteries of tests that help with candidate selection are constructed, though this only helps with understanding raw talent and takes time so a fast track programme for specific officer candidates is proposed.  You have unlocked two selection programmes that may be used when raising new units: firstly, you may choose to Carefully Raise a unit (the opposite of a Rush Raise, the unit is not available until the end of the budget cycle following) for immediate promotion to Veterans; secondly, you may Raise with Screening (and such units cannot be Rush Raised), which may produce a named officer with a bonus that will become apparant and active in a 2-3 budget cycles. Both programmes increase the cost of raising a unit by 45m or 25%, whichever is higher, and only apply to PW units. Either programme may be incorporated within a new or existing facility for a one-off cost (i.e. if you wished to sell on or gift the programmes)

-  350 m -(59 = 20+24+3+6+6) - Virology (at the Phoenix Centre and Clinic Network, 10%
With a scarcity of clinicians within the Federation who understand the work on Genetics completed by the Jacinto or Wraithguard, initial progress on this complex subject is slow

-  200 m -(79 = 36+27+8+8) - Construction of a Solar Power Plant (with remotes and Civic volunteers, 100%
You successfully complete construction of the power plant in Darbuiks You receive a bonus to your industrial baseline

-  186 m -(71 = 32+27+8) - Grey Water Systems Conversions (using remotes), 100%
Employing technicians from the ATC, the Saganites convert their civic infrastructure to renewable energy and reused grey water systems You receive a bonus to your industrial base, together with a +6 to closed systems engineering projects in C+E or E+T

= 1209m m
, 100%

The Kavacha Hegemony
-  -49 m - Withdrawl from Polity Wealth Fund, the Prabhu-Dhan Fund

+  100 m - Payment from Federation

-  350 m - Transfer to the Huitzilopochtli

-  400 m -(106 = 68+21+3+6+8 >>>) - Establish the Jangal Vaarapheyar Training School (using remotes and based on Guerilla Combat Strategies), 100%
Less a facility and more a philosophy, the Jangal Vaarapheyar that emerges from the harsh cauldron in the north-eastern Kuru Vuoristö Mountains is a restricted region on a map, a handful of scattered and concealed facilities for teaching, sleeping and the maintenance of drones and munitions, and a regiment of grim and innovative men who take experienced soldiers and turn them into their best. It is one of the harshest environments on the surface of Comoria - the mountainous terrain combined with the high temperatures and humidity under the jungle canopy, the frequent rainfall and the ever present threat of Seihai infiltrators and unexplored ordnance from the ongoing conflict combine for a demanding, realistic and often hostile training environment. This is further enhanced by the Kavachian use of combat remotes in training as opposed to modern simulators making fatalities a common and accepted risk. Specialising in unconventional and guerrilla warfare, and building on experience gained in combat versus the Seihai with training modules that are practical orientated, the Ladaee Gaid teach basic combat skills in the jungle - training is designed to enhance leadership, tactical mindset, and unit cohesion with training focusing on reflex firing techniques, small unit tactics and tactical lessons. There is an emphasis on survival, physical fitness and endurance through all stages of training with instructors believing that if you can learn to fight in the jungles of northern Kavacha then you can survive in any environment. For many it is like being emerged back in Hell Week at Eastmount, for weeks and months on end!  You establish the Jangal Vaarapheyar Sthaan  in Northern Kavacha, and the Ladaee Gaid , a training cadre who can be used to establish other such facilities. You may send an experienced ground unit through Guerilla training at any such facility and Alpine or Jungle training here: the former provides a 20% bonus to Assault and Defend in specific combat situations, together with a bonus to infiltration or counter-infiltration; the latter provides a further +5% to Assault and Defend and +20% to Survive in that terrain.

-  400 m -(76 = 37+24+3+6+6 >>>) - [Eyes Only!] Further Attempts to Establish the GKS within the SAKHUN, 60%
Reinvigorating the GKS with new blood and a purge of those beholden to the rigid hierachy of the old guard, the new commander takes many lessons from the Seihai and fragmentary information on the Kujaku-Mayura's internal security forces. It takes time, however You may try to complete this with a +8

-  300 m -(98 = 56+27+15) - [Buried Deep] [REDACTED] (with Seihai Artefacts)
[REDACTED]
-  300 m -(116 = 29+24+3+15+45 >>>) - [Buried Deep] [REDACTED]
[REDACTED]
-   12 m - [Eyes Only!] Maintenance for SAKHUN
-   10 m - Maintenance for Haavee Adda Airbase

= 1772m m
, 100%

The New Stoics
-   24 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund, the Aurelia Tomorrow Fund
-   75 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorian Ansibles
You harvest 4 Comorian Ansibles
-  125 m - Resource Harvesting - Comoryll
You harvest 2 Comoryll
-  435 m - Transfer to Federation for Refitting Existing Military
You successfully refit the Dharmic Fists to Fisabee Mechanised Infantry Battalions with Battlesuits, Smart Micro-explosive Munitions and Kelp Camoflague, releasing two units to Northern District Command to fulfil obligations under the Kumbe Accords
-  400 m - Transfer to Cassini-Freeman Project
You expand GSEN with broadcasting rights for JCN channels providing news and sports coverage
+  600 m - Payment from Federation
-  250 m - Transfer to Federation for research into Post-Traumatic Stress Treatment using Comoryll
-  100 m -(67 = 13+24+5+4+18+3 !!! !!! !!!) - Feasibility Studies: Exploration of the Usiku Sinkhole Field Emanations (with Rp Nathaniel, Rp Mäkinen, Rp Mbala, and the Sentinels of Morning at Twin Shards and Kailish, using the Usiku Shard
With the imagery shown to the Council from the NEV Cetan and the Brahm probe the investigations of the scientific faithful put forward several theories, culled and honed by the razor-sharp minds of the converted Rinpoche. What they come to is that the Usiku field is likely the echo of the conscious mind or memory of the Stranger whose form the shattered crystal concentration consisted of; the numerous tiny pieces and crystalline particulates concentrated in the region held together by a form of Ansible. They postulate that Comorian has been visited by other Strangers, perhaps many others, but those forms or bodies have either shattered more fully or since lost their coherance in a way that the Cetan-impacting Stranger has not. If the Stranger is the voidbeing, then it is in a terrifying way not quite dead; if the crystals are the voidship of the Strangers, then it is some form of memory imprint within their equivalent of a closed network that is being projected. It is Rp Mäkinen who draws a parallel between Ansibles and the nervous system, but Rp Mbala who extends the metaphor to cast Comorudes as musculature and Comorite as flesh and bone. What their equivalents for blood or food might be remains a mystery. Finally, Rp Nathaniel notes that anyone who lives on Comorian will have been exposed to the crystalline dust, though humans and Terran transplants least as a species, but the concentration here is unusual among the settled parts of the planet - and the sensitivity that comes with it. It would suggest that Ryllians or natives of Usiku might be best placed to speak to the Strangers - unless something can be achieved with the Ansibles alone Among the studies you could pursue would be: Empathic Ryllians for 1200m, Entanglement Density Sensors for 600m, Entanglement Electronics for 1800m and Ansible Swarms for 400m, Entanglement Isolation for 800m and Stranger Synapses or Stranger Memory for 2bn each. You could also explore Stranger Communications, Stranger Xenobiology or other topics. Feel free to suggest others
-  600 m -(125 = 38+24+5+4+6+3+45 !!!) - Establish Prism, or the Temple of Prismatic Truth (with aid from Rp Nathaniel, Twin Shards and Kailish and based on Seihai infiltration tactics), 100%
Out in the Badlands rises another Stoic monastery, brooding from the outside but full of light within. It's ranks are drawn from paramilitary reservists, investigative reporters, writers and Stoic academics - though not Duchovny-Brown, who vanishes from sight in the spring.  You construct a Stoic Monastery in the Nezem Badlands and establish the Temple of Prismatic Truth. You successfully convert an eidetic Ryllian - code-named Apeture - to run it.
-  500 m -(154 = 55+24+6+14+6+3+45 !!!) - Red Moon Summer Blockbuster: Garrick (with Dr Wiggin and Rp Franklin, based on Historic Datavaults), 100%
With it's well-chosen cast, focus on human issues and nuanced storyline the film is an epic success, blowing previous streaming media records away and seeing a strain on GSEN and ATLAS that is unprecedented. Within a few weeks the clamour for spin-offs, sequels, merchandise and interviews reaches a fever pitch - though more interesting is the surge in volunteers for work in Ethical and Civic branches. You receive an income from the film and associated rights, across several turns. Unity+++
-  666* m -(93 = 27+24-6+6+14+12+5+8+3 !!! !!!) - Establish the Aghori, a Religious Order for Battlefield Cleanup Operations (with Rp Nathaniel and Rp Mbala at Zenos, input from most polities, at Eastmount, Rusalka and The Crag), 100%
Rigorously screened for psychological fitness, the Aghori wear Zenos-designed Requiem Suits, armor with face masks reminiscent of Plague Doctors though shaped more like an Azure Looter, a native lizard known for its reverent scavenging, than the traditional bird-mask. It allows them to lift heavy debris, resist electric shock, and otherwise clear debris. They burn, bury, or otherwise dispose of the dead with the honors appropriate to their culture, recycle as much as can be, return intact weaponry and material to the appropriate allies, donate researchable material to Cobra University for Federation access, and maintain order and security in wartorn areas in a similar fashion to Peacekeepers. Drawn from, among others war-worn veterans, reformed criminals from the Pochtli, ATC, and Federation, whose lives have psychologically hardened them for the grim tasks they are set to, each is personally interviewed by Rp Nathaniel before being trained in the Badlands of the Syllogism: there many of them collect a bone or other treasure from the dens of the Azure Looter, which they wear as charms on the outside of their suits. You have created a new unit and may raise two battalions of Aghori per budget cycle; they are considered to be mechanised infantry equipped with Requiem Suits - based primarily on Gyver power armour with Kelp Hazmat seals - with gravionic APCs and armed with small arms. Each regiment costs 150 million - with stats of 40/50/15 including bonuses. They provide +20% to Survive of surrounding units and a +15 to the recovery of material. You may not retrain existing units to receive this bonus nor train them for service outside the Xur (though they can be deployed to such missions, their loyalty is to the New Stoics). You have one battalion
-    0 m - Payment to the Wraithguard
You transfer 2 Comoryll
-   11 m - Military Maintenance


= 2389m m
, 100%

Wraithguard
-  836* m -(30 = 6+24) - [Buried Deep!] Retrieve Data from the NEV Cetan Vault, 20%
[REDACTED]

- 1780 m -(118 = 84+21+5+8) - [Buried Deep] Birth of the Wraith's Through Genetic Modification (using remotes, at Eastmount), 100%
[REDACTED] You may create Wraiths for a cost of [REDACTED]

= 1989m m
, 100%

Next Turn
Population Growth: Steady, ~2%
Economic Situation: Unbalanced, with pockets of buoyancy and others of disrepair
Morale: Relieved and concerned
Unity: Buoyant, post-war

Aptitudes (Wartime - 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
Stable captured comet Sigurðsson-Zhou in the Comorian-Rafiki L3 point

Reserves of untapped Comorian Crystals, processed into:

Comorian Ansibles  22
Comorite           15
Comorude           11
Comoryll            4 

Sovereign Wealth Fund, 425m

Deployed military forces, on Comorian and with Polity forces in brackets (reports still coming in from the front:

Langerhans Corridor on land borders
Infantry          74 (148+)
Power Armour      39 ( 2)
Armoured           3 ( 7)
Artillery and AA  18 (10)
Roadtrains         1 ( 0)
Naval Vessels      8 (10)
Submarines         2 ( 4)
Air Wings         26 (10)
Cruise Missiles    3 ( 1)


Deployed mixed-environment forces:
Drones             1 ( 1)

Deployed offworld forces:

Eleventh Hour System in orbit, single use, can strike surface targets
Colony Sleeper - 1 - FNS Mbal Msafiri, in orbit around Comorian. Badly damaged but Ansible equipped
Mobile Dock - 1 - FNS Verhuis, at Sietcee Spaceport. Exact status unknown, but capable of spaceflight and sub-orbital flight
Patrol Destroyer - 1 (1) - KMV Tengu, captured at Himeji and being assessed; UTF Keihäs, at Skaði Field. Exact status unknown, but capable of sub-orbital flight and under the command of the ATC
Patrol Boat - 1 (1) - FNS Tuleva, at Sietcee; XVS Crimeran Martyr , at Sietcee under the command of the New Stoics
Stellar Smallcraft 8 (1) - 1 x Harrier Assault Craft, 1 x Gomorrah Shuttle, 4 x Kolibri Shuttle, 2(+1) x Niellä Lifter, at Sietcee

Available Budget:
+24540 m
- Comorian (population 5,819,808,816; economy x 5.50; morale x 2.30)

-  264 m
- Maintenance of Gyver (147m), Fisabee (99m), Damche (0m), Saenoori (0m), Djerboa (0m), Habub (0m) and Ifrit (18m) forces
-  158 m
- Maintenance of Scraager (40m), Faru (0m), Virafu (84m), Isagila (9m), Mobile RADAR (10m) and Umkhonto (15m) forces
-    0 m
- Maintenance of Kunguru (0m), Tai (0m), Mbuni (0m), Djinn (0m), Dervish (0m), Tuju (0m), Vidyut (0m) and Candrahan (0m) wings
-   10 m
- Maintenance of Greyback (10m) vessels
-   60 m
- Maintenance of the LEEW and Starflight School
-   25 m
- Investigative Overhead of the CIA and CIA-SOU teams
=24023 million credits


Promissory Notes:
-  601 m
- Networking services to the ATC, ongoing at 2.5%
-  240 m
- White Cross, ongoing at 1%
=  841 million credits


Polity Budgets:

Baseline Default
= 1201 million credits
- Council budget x 5%

Polity Amendments:

ATC
x   3.80
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>3363 m

+  601 m
- Payment for Computer Networking services (2.5%)
+   25 m
- Income from Video Games
-    6 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Blackwatch
x   1.75
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 901 m


Hishu Gardeners
x   1.60
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 721 m

-   84 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Huitzilopochtli Group
x   1.95
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>1141 m

+  184 m
- SIR Certification
-    0 m</tt> - Maintenance for Military Forces

Jacinto Combine
x   1.30
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 360 m

+   48 m
- Broadcasting Rights and Sponsorship for Jacinto League
+   27 m
- Broadcasting Rights and Sponsorship for Silver Series
+   81 m
- Dimensions Casino
+   40 m
- Broadcasting Fees from JCN
-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]
-    0 m</tt> - Maintenance for Military Forces

Saenoori
x   1.50
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 601 m


The Kavacha Hegemony
x   1.70
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 841 m

-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]

The New Stoics
x   2.45
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>1741 m

+  106 m
- Income from Crystal Regulatory Authority and Intervention Committee
+  320 m
- Income from Cobra University
+  115 m
- Income from Twin Shards and Monasteries
+  160 m
- Broadcasting Subscriptions from Red Moon and GSEN
+  100 m
- Income from Stoic Clinics
-   25 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

The Saganite Cooperative
x   1.20
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 240 m


Wraithguard<tt>
x   1.90
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>1081 m

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Thu 22 Jun 2017
at 21:33
  • msg #24

Shrapnel

Upper West Hills, Gharistan:
Sprawled on her futon Felicia's thoughts were somewhat darker than that of her partner, who snored gently as she slumped with but a sheet covering her. She twitched as Aleisha's interruptions, concentrating on the flickering image on their reclaimed satellite box and it's politicised debate on Carlsson and what the Secession might mean. In her she already capitalised it, a Matter of Importance and perhaps suitable for one of the performance pieces she gave on occasion in one of the more liberal communes in Eastside

On the box, some young executive was blathering about export opportunities and a networking expert was muttering about the surge of interest in pre-Exodus datavault operating systems. She let it wash over her, wondering how she would represent Carlsson and whether it was the internationalist nature of this act of violence against unity she wished to capture, or a celebration of chaotic consequence. She nestled deeper into the cushions, popping open a small tin she kept hidden from Aleisha and popped a small crimson pill beneath her tongue and closed her eyes


Downtown, Port Cartegena:
It was rowdy in Cafe Doura when Esmail and Pedro entered, the place full of tired squadies and the occasional non-com with the shoulder patches of 'The Wise Men'. Strangers, soldiers, but not front-line veterans. It was rowdy and noisy, but not with the sourness that Esmail had seen before on the docks. They nodded to the busy staff, squeezing their way carefully to the bar where a few regulars huddled warily and wearily, cradling sweating halves of lager.

"Same bloody price a pint was last week", complained Big Juan, lifting his glass halfway in some semblance of a greeting, "Doura boys aren't sure when the next shipment might come through"

Like the rest of the them his glass clearly held the amber 'Demain brewed in Tarouca, named for the supposed 'legerdemain', or crafty hands and lips, of the highland brew-master

"You're much of a lightweight to even have bought a whole pint", muttered another of the stevedores, a broad-shouldered fellow who operated one of the cranes like Juan. Chuckles at the good natured rivalry came a little forced, but came nonetheless

On the bar's big screen a JCN reporter might have been making similar observations about macroeconomics, though the sound was muted and few paid him much attention: his world and the dockers were chasms apart


Manahi Gallery, Raajad Haane Sietch:
Wearing the uniform of a Naqib of the Kendreey Kamaan, the woman calling herself Arya Kartik sat quietly at the back of the briefing hall, half in shadow. Between her and the front, where a Sub-Bashar played raw footage purchased from GSEN and NSBC, sat several rows of junior officers whom she was here to observe for their reactions. She knew a little more of Carlsson's secession then them, though it was of professional interest to her mostly to help with internal stability assessments. She watched as a few images of the Imperator's carriers were shown, murky footage taken as it returned from Mkombe or of sister vessels close to the new borders in the weeks since, watching the crews redeploying remotes for the Langherhans Corridor. She smiled thinly as blurry footage perputed to be from the Coronado, one of the Santiago Squadron cutters, showed the IAV Risen Sun off the coast close to Tarouca engaged in a 'training mission'.

As the briefing continued on she slipped out of the hall, making her way slowly to the main transitway from where she could look out onto the city nestling along the valley walls: the other Galleries, carved into the mountainside, and the three well shafts which held the lion's share of the industry of the sietch until the reformations introduction from the Laghu Dher power station with it's moisture traps and the nearby Kaich Besin recycling plants on the surrounding ridges. She smiled, fully this time, and spent a few minutes watching the mist burn off below


Newton, Northhall:
Ambushed outside her new residence within the Browning-Rook Enclave, Miss Winter's press secretary maintained a calm outward appearance as she took questions from a gaggle of reporters from GSEN and AAR. Finally they paused longer enough for her to provide a statement:

"Firstly, I can confirm that as of last month the Coalition formally relocated from the West Anderback Hills to here, in the Enclave. We anticipate the full relocation of our core member corporates within the next eighteen months, with some redundancies among employees not wishing to uproot themselves or live within the strictures of Blackwatch law. Our projections forecast a migration of between forty and eighty million citizens into the region, creating an urban conglomeration akin to that of the Huitzilopochtli in the southern extent of what was previously Albion: a state within a state, one sixth of the territory but close to the same weight of citizens. Clearly with recent events we will be monitoring the situation carefully to avoid undue economic impact"

"Secondly, we have negotiated an orderly transfer of governance with both the Saenoori - with whom we governed the city of Rhee - and the ATC, who will be taking responsibility for the one hundred to one hundred and fifty million citizens within our prior territory. They have committed to uplifting the territory in a manner our coffers simply cannot stretch too. It is not my place to speak for President Zethira, but I am comfortable that those we part with, those we leave behind, will be well cared for"

"Finally, whilst we are passing through that passage may take decades. We have chosen our new home and we will set it transformed before we take to the stars once more. Construction of the starship refitting yards here will, we hope, begin within two years. Thank you. No further questions"


Scribbling furiously, there was a moment of silence from the reporters before they erupted into questions, muffled by the rapidly closing entranceway


Little Mkombe, Barnesville:
Shaking his head at the stupidity of the interviewer's question, Olu nonetheless paused and straightened to the response the Buna mayor made on the JCN broadcast report about the situation in Buna. His spine creaked as he rolled his shoulders, carefully not to let forearms already covered in oil and grease from the remote he was fixing get onto any of the delicate components he had removed earlier. He and his brother had immigrated to Kicheleko when Barnesville was first being founded, both finding wives far from home and quite different from the women of Buna City. His Rachel was an Saffed-born academic, cultured and with an unconscious sway to her hips that he adored. His brother had - eventually - found himself on the opposite side of town in Newhaven with a fiery and uncompromising pair of women from the Anderbacks. Kumi was an architect, short and petite, where Angelina was tall and broad-shouldered and handled logistics in the port. He was a little afraid of both of them, to be honest, so he only complained a little to his brother about the commute to the office they shared for their burgeoning construction business.

On the radio, the mayor of Buna City continued on, ++ ... and we will continue to deal harshly with rioters and hoarders, stripping them of stolen or held-back supplies and, if necessary, handing out custodial and civic service sentences. We have come a long way in restoring a semblance of order to the city, but it is only together we will recover the strength of the Buna nation ++


Ewonto Shaft, Buna City:
"Are you sure the children should be watching this?", asked Abe, as his husband sat glued with their two teen-aged sons to JCN coverage of war-weary troops returning to Camp Mkesha from Himeji. Cargo plane after cargo plane touched down on the makeshift runway, bouncing to a halt close to where the previous aircraft was being refuelled and sent back up. Each aircraft disgorged a company of men with haunted eyes and, often as not, bearing the scars of the conflict. Bloodied bandages, missing limbs, battered equipment. They mustered out proudly though, with dignity and an eye for one another

"Absolutely", confirmed Charles, not taking his eyes off the screen, "We had it easy, after the Unfication War. They need to know things have changed".

Behind him their small apartment became infused with gold and then shadow as the sun hit the solar collectors on the opposite edge of Ewonto Shaft and then fell below the rim-line. Both of the boys chattered quietly, groaning at their parents talking about them whilst they were right there, then going back to calling out unit patches where they recognised them and snatches of trivia. They had asked the hard questions earlier, noticing the long queues in the background for the temporary White Cross treatment centres and the reverent unloading of body bags taking place from one of the transports: they might have been Aghori, but some much of the military equipment was alient to them both these part months. He sighed, thankful the questions were not as painful as two night ago, when renewed food shortages meant they had eaten flatbread and bean soup for the third night in a row, but things appeared to be easing up a little now that the Huitzlipochtli soldiers had restored order in the worst affected parts of the city.

Abe said nothing, though he nodded thoughtfully and rubbed at the stumps where two fingers were missing on his right hand with his thumb. Privately he wondered where those men and women would end up, recalling his own struggle for work in the early days of Unification and the part so many ex-soldiers might have played in the troubles with Focht here, in Gharistan and Ndanga


Seine Quarter, Thanh Hóa City:
In her tiny apartment Tiên sat quietly on a mat, arms wrapped round her knees and piles of her students papers strewn on the floor around her. Marked, unmarked, needing review and needing extra tuition. School had been over for hours but her work often continued into the night and barely paid for the monthly rent she owed. Her ancient air conditioning unit struggled in the heat and she rose to push open the windows onto the noisy street below, letting the scent of jasmine from her window box embrace her before the street fumes and shouts from below drove her back inside.

With a sigh she returned her attention back to the untidy scrawl in front of her, trying to understand whether Abu had meant to write the character for 'drunk' in his homework. She rubbed her temples and sat back down, watching the muted NSBC News segment on the Remembrance Day events from across the Federation: the mechanical birds released by the Huitzlipochtli; the parades and troop reviews in Mkombe and Eastmount and The Crag; the community plantings in the Tōsandō Gardens; the mountain peak slab for the fallen placed by the few remaining Sokovzhymalka which had already begun to collect dog tags.

Discarding Abu's mess into the review pile, she picked up the next piece of work to mark, reading for a few moments before a tear ran down one cheek at the sadness and incoherence that quiet and normally articulate Nguyen was having since she had found out her father would not be returning home.


Kirinyaga Observatory, Barafu Utoto:
Pausing on the threshold of the observatory, Zoe Lang gazed out onto the ice fields and tundra that surrounded the polar station. It was stark and beautiful, reminding her of the stories of her mother that her father had told her, of the time before he had been taken by notions of prophet-hood. Few people came to Kirinyaga, beyond the SAR team who were stationed by the tower. People respected them, of course, but few thought to visit or remember them. And so it seemed fitting that today, when everyone else was celebrating the fighters, she should be here performing her own small service for the rescuers. She smiled, wondering what her father might think of that and shouldered the bag that she had brought with her from her apartment near the clinic. She had brought her oils and incenses sufficient to work on everyone at the station her before she returned home where her roommate had promised to sit with her over burnt bread and bitter herbs, but she would not mention why she made this visit to the men and women in the tower: almost everyone in the SAR team here were from Zarunbino and they had remembered the dead in the own way a few weeks ago


Waterfront, Ksar el-Kebir:
At the edge of the beach, Saffron watched the fragile paper boats with their tallow candles flounder in the rippling waves of the bay. Some were taken by fire as the wind blew the flames back and forth; others submerged under the weight of water they had absorbed; still others capsized, from wind or wave, and vanished suddenly. Apt, she mused, as far as metaphors for the vagaries of war went. Her study shifted to the spreading ink on each boat, the names of the places where other soldiers had fallen - before the Chancellor had joined their causes and risked that she and her fellow soldiers would be called to strange and foreign places: Mkesha, Himeji, Eastmount, Buna, Tōsandō... Usiku. After tonight the Dragut would muster out to Nagato and she shivered at the thought.

Caught by a sudden flurry of the evening breeze her outer robe snapped taut, a white sail that the wind tumbled off as it revealed the slung machine pistol and truncheon beside it. Her gaze shifted to the line of soldiers across the bay, pulled by the wind it might seem to an observer. Every twenty yards another of the 1st Company stood vigil, each with a cluster of names and flames in the water before them.

Behind them, within the portside bars and cafes, dockers and stevedores sat watching the procession of Nezem troops past Fort Mkombe, each formations interspersed with the family members of those who had not return. From a handful of bars the sounds of furiously gunned engines drifted out, where the proprietors could be persuaded to air Silver Series replays instead of echoes of a far off war.


Midtown, Tlamacazqui:
It was halftime in the Cup match between Ocelomeh and the Dorado Tigers, the muted screen showing the dominating Silver Republic stadium awash with reds and whites and small pockets of azure and grey. Chad slouched on the sofa in their wide-windowed central apartment whilst Petra fetched them both another beer; it had been another gruelling day of videoconferences with Mkombe and Ranica, but he knew Petra had had a longer shift at Citali, managing grid harmonisation with the power coming off the Azure Sun satellite. He flicked on the solar bulb as his partner returned and slumped beside him, then un-muted GSEN Sports! and raised his can of Castleton Light.

Bathed in colour from the screen, they settled in for the last ad in the break before the second half resumed: it was another one for Skyward Industries' latest range of performance gravcars, promising them 'the ride of their lives'. Both sniggered, though a glance from Petra at the mention of enhanced performance and the latest Lang Textiles luxury interiors told Chad they might be spending some time at a terminal looking at prices over the weekend. Or worse, a dealership in the Crimeran Enclave where Petra had friends among the 'grav-y'


Hampton, Mkombe:
Dr Isabelle Mwali tried to concentrate on what her husband was saying as he served up supper to her and the children, though her head was filled with figures from the last review meeting her team had held at the end of the day. She watched as her youngest tried to steal one of the fried okra from the eldest's plate, then winced as the screaming an shouting ensued. Calm and wise to their ways Nikolai defused the situation, though it left him with a smaller portion and she frowned a little at that. And then he was nattering about something that had been on NSBC once more. Or perhaps GSEN, she struggled to reconcile the presenters of the shows he watched during the day with their franchises. Nodding encouragingly she listened as he told her about the new range of gravcars coming out of Northmann, and something about a Tarouca gravbike that he would be interested in taking for a spin if she could have the kids on the weekend, before telling her excitedly about a new 'General Purpose Terminal' that one of his friends moving back from Fort Ourem had called him about and how it would revolutionise computing. She smiled, enjoying seeing him so animated, and took a small bite out of the okra. It really was excellent and she could feel herself relaxing from the day as she knew he intended with his quite deliberately innocuous wittering


Command Post, Yamashrio Drome:
Lt General Brewster took another swig of his cold and bitter recaff, swirling the mug before finishing the dregs with a wince. Around his a melee of junior officers attempted to confirm the news that had leaked onto NSBC initially, before being picked up by JCN and GSEN. Gazing into the middle distance, he listened to the reply, ++ ...and our reporter on the scene, Elyse Montgomery, has confirmed that the President collapsed whilst addressing the Awegala Foundation this evening, having participated in the review of the Nezem Jeshi Kigeni and Sa'ka Legion earlier in the day. His staff have reassured us that President Esmail Nejem suffered only a minor fainting spell .. from overwork .. and will return to his duties tomorrow ++

As the reported tailed off his intelligence liaison handed him a printoff: a short confirmation from the Director General of the FIA, together with a detailed set of standing orders to circulate for press enquiries. He snorted, comparing the free press of the Federation with the more controlled 'reporting' in the Seihai families, but reviewed them and marked them for dissemination to his officers, marking them up with his own in-the-field intepretation and analysis


Bashir Veteran's Hall, Rhee:
Just beyond the welcoming pool of light that lit the entrance to the hall, Ben paused. He could have returned home to Ndanga, should have perhaps, but he wasn't ready to see his city yet. Or his friends. Or wife. He had told the transport chief that he had a set of tags he needed to return in person, a duty to the husband of the woman who had saved his life. But that was the reason he was here, not the reason he wasn't there.

Just beyond the light, and Ben paused. He could hear the swoosh and thrum that was the noise Death made, not the crickets in the trees beyond the porch. An itch crawled up his spine as he looked at the border between the twilight and the porchlight. Light had long been absent: in the tunnels where fought back to back with the Saenoori captain, where those who strayed into it's embrace died; in the hills above Mkesha, where dawn brought snipers and long patrols into the gullies and dells where the Seihai hunted. Light had long ceased to be a friend

Just the light, and Ben lost himself in time and memories and fear until a cough broke his reverie and a young woman in a wheelchair and wearing the uniform of the Saenoori beckoned him towards the porch.

He took a slow step forward and then another.

Climbing the steps one of the Blackwatch sentries whose presence marked every hall turned his head and saluted him.

Returning it he made his way in and was home for a time

This message was last edited by the GM at 21:39, Thu 22 June 2017.
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Thu 22 Jun 2017
at 23:06
  • msg #25

Turn 19

Council Chambers, Mkobe - September, 48 NS (estimated 3236 AD)

Stepping forth onto the stage at the Acero Convention Centre the three Satyata Councillors who remain awake appear strangely small and vulnerable. Human, even. Wearing simple robes similar to those seen in sietches of the Kavacha League or the northern towns of Buna, Sarah Nejem took a few paces forward to the podium, her companions remaining beneath the stern eye of several squads of Sa'ka Legionnaires in Gyver battlesuits.

She paused for a moment, bowing her head, then spoke, "Citizens of the Federation, children of the Exodus of the Nejem and the Mbum from far Kormantin. Guests from the Imperium, the Silver Republics and the Western Collectives. Kagenojōgi and kshatriya-sōhei of the assembled families of the Seihai, watching from your far off strongholds."

She paused once more, taking a sip of water, "We come here today to surrender to the Council, formally, and to profer an apology to each of you. We pursued our .. agenda .. with zeal, but also with arrogance and the tools of the shadows. We wronged you"

Progress Report

[9, <50%] Construction and Engineering
-  100 m -(90 = 55+35 <= 27+8) - Construction of Stoic Clinic (using remotes), 100%
You successfully complete the Stoic Clinic in Thanh Hóa City.  Morale+
-  100 m -(119 = 78+41 <= 27+8+6) - Construction of Recycling Centre and Subterranean Hydroponic Farm (using remotes and Omniport experts), 100%
You successfully complete the Recycling Centre and Subterranean Hydroponic Farm in Ndanga Hills, with those on the poverty line pleased that their lobbying prevented remote construction operators taking all the jobs.  Economy++, Morale++
-  550 m -(95 = 60+35 <= 27+8) - Extensive Modernisation of Darbuiks (using remotes), 100%
You successfully complete the Desalination Plant, Hydroponic Farm, Recycling Plant and Kelp Processing Plant in Darbuiks, in payment for release of the Black Chrysanth protocols to the Federation. Thankfully the presence of the Kayode Twins ensures some teething issues with the portside facilities are swiftly resolved without impact to the schedule Provides a strong bonus to the Saganite Cooperative industrial baseline. Any Federation polity may now Carefully Raise units or Raise with Screening.
- 1325 m -(222 = 172+50 <= 27+8+6+3+6) - Reconstruction of Usiku (using remotes, GSEN and then Clinic Network and Omniport experts), 0%
You successfully complete the extensive LaPlante Hackschool, Recycling Center, Solar Power Plant, Stoic Clinic, Hydroponic Farms, and Transport Hub in downtown Usiku. With such a significant investment and coordinated effort on city planning, the city experiences a minor boom in migration and job creation, taking in refugees from the Ndanga Hills and migrants from the nearby Silver Republics. Local business come together to form the Usiku Business Association, who focus further reinvestment on the rebuilt wards of the city Economy++++++++, Morale++++++++, Unity++
-  500 m -(55 = 8+47 <= 27+8+9+3 !!) - Surface Revitalisation and Transformation Project in Southern Buna under Motion 34 (wth the Kayode Twins, using remotes)
Destructive sandstorms in the area prepared for the experimental terraforming effort lay waste to the site and the expensive equipment gathered. Locals from the scattered salt farming settlements nearby warn not to further interfere and anger the ifreet of the deep desert, brought here with the sleepers.
-  500 m -(134 = 77+57 <= 27+8+9+4+6+3) - Subterranean Seed/Gene Vault in Tōsandō under Motion 34 (prototyping, using remotes and closed systems expertise), 100%
Built in the collapsed Seihai tunnel entrance, the Seventh Gate Vault is a suprisingly light and airy space, with expansive cryonic facilities for the storage of genetic material based on consultation with experts from Kavacha and the Combine. Researchers wanting to use the facility must pass extensive security clearance to obtain access and are strongly governed by both technical and ethical limitations on what may be reviewed or taken away Provides the Hishu with a bonus to Biodiversity and Genetics projects
-  500 m -(116 = 68+48 <= 27+8+4+6+3) - Hardened Clinic Network throughout Blackwatch under Motion 34 (prototyping, using remotes and closed systems expertise), 100%
Attempting to combine the rugged and hardened Blackwatch aesthetic with some of the few remaining examples of Albion architecture such as broad porches and high ceilings, the Blackwatch Outpatient and Outbreak Network (BOON) supports and enhances the existing Federal Clinic Network operating within their territory, providing first-responders, disease and pandemic management capabilities on top of the existing specialist consultants, remote diagnosis and secondary care support.  Provides the Blackwatch with a more robust populace and a bonus of +5 to medical projects involving their population
-  500 m -(50 = 15+35 <= 27+8) - Ceremonial Transfer of Exodite Niellä Lifter and Construction of Mobile Dock under Motion 34 (using remotes)
Refurbishing the Windsong, a work-horse Niellä Lifter that served the crew of the RCV Ngome until minor damage in the Shimaore system forced aboard the dock for repairs, should have been a minor task for the BADI team aboard the FNS Verhuis. Delays with dyes on the new kelp seals and interiors, overruns in the historical research and the focus on work for both the FNS Tengu and newly commissioned FNS Lönnrot left little time for expanding the Sietcee facilities for house it however! It was only thanks to a local courier company, employing new models of gravionic remotes and able to bring in the specially woven kelps from Boca Ridge, that permitted the handover ceremony with Marshall Park to take place in fact!  Smallcraft transferred to the Saenoori, including kelp cladding and seals refit but no hanger
-  200 m -(114 = 73+41 <= 27+8+6+3 !!!) - Redeploy Langherhans Corridor in Western and Mujib Districts in Operation Pinecone (using remotes and SMARTIE), 100%
Remote specialists from the FBPC successfully re-programme the Langherhans Corridor for migration to their new borders, releasing footage of the thousands of remotes swarming along carefully selected corridors to the Council. Adaptations are made to enable their operation in the polar climes, with the assistance of data collected and analysed through SMARTIE Borders shifted
-  500 m -(102 = 53+49 <= 27+8+6+8) - Construction of a Recyled Modular Housing Manufactory in Tōsandō with White Cross Taskforce (using remotes, Omniport experts and Civic volunteers), 100%
With the expansion of Moth Industries to Tōsandō and the significant efforts being made to transform the city, the White Cross confirm the relocation of their headquarters from Ranica to the city - with Beth Dunant and her husband, a well-known actor, personally investing in the revitalisation and taking active roles in the proper distribution of homes and supplies to refugees.  Several small refugee settlements spring up within the Gama de Acero and in northern Buna where there has been the most displacement and collateral damage. Economy+++, Morale+
-  900 m -(113 = 21+92 <= 27+8+8+30+10+6+3 !!!!!!) - Repair the KMV Tengu (with Rp Mbala at Zenos and Dr Varley, using the FNV Verhuis, remotes and closed systems expertise, at LEEW and responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge), 100%
From the ease of your repairs the FIA and BADI offer the opinion that the Satyata were within weeks of having the starship fully operational and only the leaked false trail prevented her being brought into play in the defence of Himeji, which would have significantly altered the cost in men and materials to take the stronghold. Initial repairs take place in the field, under heavy guard by the Blackwatch Imperial Scouts until sufficient interim parts can be manufactured within the Verhuis and flown in. It is only then that she lifts to Sietcee under her own power and a full dry-dock reassessments of her systems can be made. After several months the Barq Fleet declare her fully space-worthy and her first orbital test flight is without issue. In private to the Council, Dr Varley communicates her hypothesis about the Seihai basing their original gravionic fightercraft on the Pitviper Fighters contained within her, themselves a similar mark to the Tcharga though perhaps with more teeth. She contains seemingly un-doctored datavaults which contain void-fighting manuals, treaties on stellar tactics and void logistics, and stellar maps, though the cartographic sections and logs are biometrically keyed to the Satyata You have fully repaired the starship and re-flagged her into the Barq Fleet as the FNS Tengu under Captain Felcity Clarke, whilst other staff officers complete training. Within the starship's fighter bays were two mothballed Pitviper Fighters, which are now ready for use though only void-capable. Stats and bonuses repeated below:
  • Mekajiki (Swordfish): Starship, Patrol Destroyer Class with Bridge Deck, Fusion Powersystem, 2 Ion Drives and Spike Drive, Long-Range Integrated Hydroponics, 4 sets of Water Cellular Shielding, 2 Point Defence System, LIDAR and RADAR with Temporal-Corrective Algorithms, 2 Prow-Mounted Beam Lances and 2 Broadside Beam Batteries and one Fighter Bay (space for 4 medium smallcraft). Crew of 74 required, 440 metres long.
    • Provides a +75 bonus to reverse engineering her component parts
    • Provides a +30 bonus to research into pre-Exodus strategies and tactics employed by the Rim Confederature
  • Pitviper: Smallcraft, Fighter Class with Beam Lances. Crew of 2 required, 38 metres long.

- 1000 m -(72 = 18+54 <= 27+8+4+6+6+3) - Begin Construction of Rhee Omniport under FedeRail Project (prototyping, using remotes  and closed systems expertise, and Omniport experts), 20%
Construction of the new Omniport suffers from a lack of skilled applicants from within the territory, with astonishing numbers citing planned relocation to the Browning-Rook Enclave as part of a broader exodus away from the city by the Progress Made Manifest Coalition. Progress is made, with newly trained apprentices and experts from the ATC - who are taking on responsibility for the area - but such efforts take time to build momentum
-  270 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorite
You harvest 6 Comorite
-  300 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorudes
You harvest 3 Comorudes
-  200 m - Resource Harvesting - Comoryll
You harvest 4 Comoryll
-  350 m - Transfer to Jacinto Combine for FedeRail
-  400 m - Transfer to Kavacha Hegemony for Agricommune under Motion 34

= 8295m m
, 35%

[8, <20%] Research and Development
-  250 m -(186 = 118+68 <= 24+9+20+6+6+3) - Reverse Engineering Non-Invasive Surgery (at Ilaaj Kee Sabha Hospital and the Phoenix Institute, Kavachian experts and Ethical Volunteers), 100%
After months of careful field trials medical staff at the Ilaaj Kee Sabha Hospital release a broad set of revised and new procedures to the Awegala Memorial Hospital, Federal Clinic Network and GSEN Clinic channel, making heavy use of Exodus techniques, training methods, equipment and drug regimes. Life expectancy for Federation citizens increased, Morale+++, Unity+
-  250 m -(UM100 = 127+42 <= 24+6+6+3+3) - Youth Recreation Centres (at Mallory College and the Phoenix Institute, Stoic exerts and Chrysanth Garden University), 100%
Striking a careful balance between the banal constraints of safety and the unfettered chaos of the young of the species, academics collaborating between these three institutions come up with a series of intriguing and novel approaches to youth recreation wrapped up in a broad organisational context. Published and cited widely, the Civic Branch call upon their volunteers to make the proposed organisation a reality without waiting for a formal programme - pulling together local business and faith sponsors, teachers and mentors from veterans and retirees, and drawing on the Stoics long association with the film industry to ensure a wide range of celebrity endorsements and appearances. Groups and centres spring up within a few months in most suburbs and almost every town and city. All the organisation needs is a name.  Provides a + to Morale and Unity each turn, together with reinforcing educational reforms and other youth programmes (i.e. hidden bonus). You will see this emerge from next turn
-  250 m -(78 = 11+67 <= 24+15+5+6+3+8+6) - Medically Aided Interrogation (Truth Serums) using Comoryll on Motion 13 Prisoners (at Twin Shards and the Phoenix Institute, using Ethical volunteers), 100%
Sufficient baseline results are obtained to finalise the parameters under which Serum 46 may be used, though no further intelligence of note is extracted You may stockpile Serum-46 for future interrogations, at the cost of 80 million and 1 Comoryll for 2 doses, or you may use it without prior stockpiling for a cost of 60 million and 1 Comoryll. It provides a +12 to interrogation, with some risk of side effects on the subject
-  250 m -(122 = 59+63 <= 24+8+8+6+8+3+6 !!!!!!) - Telecommuter Remote Consoles (with Rp Mbala at Zenos and PFC Gyver, at Xolotl, Arachne and SMARTIE, using remotes, and responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Designed with the forefront of Federation technology, the schematics for remote consoles and related protocols for remote working promise a bright future free from the irritations and wasted time of commuting, as well as opening up the potential of distributed teams and projects.  You may run distributed projects without penalty based on communications (which may become more important as you start to colonise the Sabaki system). Economy++, Morale++
-  100 m -(133 = 45+88 <= 24+6+10+6+24+12+6) - Seihai Genetic Alterations (aboard the Mothersub and at the Phoenix Institute, with Seihai Knowledge and Ethical volunteers), 25%
Further strong progress is made, the isolated nature of the Mothersub perfect for this kind of study. During the solstice storms, whilst the submarine is traversing the southern polar ocean, several sightings of the elusive sulemani are made
- 1200 m -(69 = 33+36 <= 24+12) - Proof of Everything, 0%
Attracting opportunists and technical snake-oil hype-followers, the funding for this research vanishes into slideware and the pockets of confidence men.
-  600 m -(117 = 68+49 <= 24+8+8+3+9) - Implementation Planning for Federal Network Services (at Arachne, with Civic and Technical volunteers), 100%
Detailed planning sessions quick pave the way for implementation rehearsals and late in the summer the Federal Network Service bureau within the Technical Branch goes online. Programme managers and technical experts from the Stellar Imperium offer their assistance throughout the process, content to work under significant security restrictions if they can of help. Network fees no longer taken from the Federation budget; the ATC will receive some form of fee from the broader tax base, which will initially mirror their existing fees, but is expected to decrease in time without further reinvestment into the network
-  400 m -(188 = 91+97 <= 24+6+6+24+24+9) - Strategy: Counter-Intelligence and Deception (with FIA-SIA and Seihai Knowledge), 100%
Drawing heavily from material in Seihai field manuals and playbooks, the FIA-SIA present a clear approach to conducting war in this fashion.  Strategy unlocked
-  400 m -(59 = 28+31 <= 24+4+3) - Unification Theory (at Watercoolers), 25%
Leery of the planetary scaled meeting occurring at the same time and forbidden to use the term planetary congress, your political theorists tread a little too careful in their research and progress is slow.
-  800 m -(59 = 23+36 <= 24+6+6) - Transparent Solar Polymers (at Xolotl, Watercooler and Synthesizer), 20%
Although small scale semi-transparent examples can be created in laboratory conditions, these are brittle and ruinously expensive. However your earlier work on this confirms it should be possible and further investment is needed.
- 1000 m -(65 = -8+73 <= 24+8+8+24+6+3) - [Buried Deep] Review of Potentially Dangerous Seihai Technology & Watcher Briefing (with PFV Gyver, Fisabee Data Scientists and Seihai Reverse Engineering)
Delivery of the briefing paper running to several thousand pages of highly compressed technical information is made in person by Sarah Nejem to a closed session of specialists and scientists and Councillors. With the backing data and pre-Exodus linguistic bias it is hard to interpret, but the top-level categorisation of research is interesting in and of itself: Sociotemporal Structures, Infowar, Disruption and Intervention, Generational Projection, and Fabric.  Data provided in the Diplomacy - Seihai thread. Attempting to ensure a clear OOC summary, so feel free to ask for clarifications
-   25 m -(111 = 52+59 <= 24+8+24+3 !!!) - Feasibility Study: Mobile Fletchette Printers and Feedstock (with PFV Gyver and Seihai Knowledge, at the Fisabee Incubator)
Field fletchette munitions printing and variable types of feedstock for fletchette weapons yield some intriguing options for military logistics.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 600 million for mobile munitions printers and 300 million per feedstock type you wish to explore
-   25 m -(109 = 80+29 <= 24+2+3) - Feasibility Study: Space Based Economics (at Nephele)
Early models imply that economic pressures will be strongly influenced by mass-cost and volume-value ratios, together with data densities and reproducability.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 800 million
-   25 m -(70 = 43+27 <= 24+3 !!!) - Feasibility Study: Atmospheric Mining and Supporting Facilities (at Fisabee Incubator)
Based on sparse technical information on refuelling attachments found within ancillary logs concerning the RCV Eton and RCV Gbaya, atmospheric mining was a regular practise before the Exodus and should be within your current technical capability.  Research unlocked, for a cost of between 400 and 800 million
-   25 m -(48 = 18+30 <= 24+6 !!!) - Feasibility Study: Tactical Networks (at the Fisabee Incubator and Arachne)
Your network engineers and programmers waste several months trying to clarify the scope of the feasbility study with JOSC.
-   25 m -(93 = 50+43 <= 24+6+2+8+3 !!!) - Feasibility Study: Space Station Design and Operations (at BADI, Nephele and the Fisabee Incubator, responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge)
Discussion with Lt Mathers combined with extension research confirms that stations where commonplace with the Rim Confederature, with a wealth of operational capabilities. They ranged from small research stations, containing a handful of scientists, to massive dockyards that were home to tens of thousands and capable of building capital ships, or the O'Neill arcology stations that were home to millions.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 600 million, that will provide a baseline for basic component criteria, station operations and hull type classifications. Actual specific hulls, components and technologies will need to be explored
-   25 m -(49 = 25+24) - Feasibility Study: Technical Cybernetics
Returning veterans and the pressure on prosthetics expertise make it impossible to pin down a team for this study.
-   25 m -(95 = 55+40 <= 24+8+5+3) - Feasibility Study: Strategy: Orbital Occupation (with Capt Felicity Clarke at STS)
Datavaults uncovered in repairing the FNS Tengu confirm Capt. Clarke's instinct about the gravity-well as a high ground and the key factor that orbital mechanics might play.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 500 million
-   25 m -(115 = 28+87 <= 24+24+24+9+6) - Feasibility Study: Tactic: Network Monitoring (with Seihai Knowledge and FIA-SIA, at Arachne)
Sampling existing traffic and documented exfiltration techniques used by the Seihai provides a range of options.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 600 to 900 million. If funding at under 900 let me know which end of the scale you're researching
-   25 m -(72 = 24+48 <= 24+24) - Feasibility Study: Tactic : Rapid Response/Counter-Terrorism (with Seihai Knowledge)
Assessment of common techniques used by the minority combatant in asymmetric warfare suggests several avenues that would yield reasonable results in a full study.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 200 million
-  300 m - Transfer to Huitzilopochtli Group for Solar Hulls for Azure Sun

= 5925m m
, 25%

[6, <30%] Economy and Trade
-  450 m -(127 = 90+37 <= 18+4+12+3) - Prototype Consumer Affordable High Capacity Media Storage in Tōsandō (prototyping, in conjunction with APRIL), 100%
Grants and Federal funding into Tōsandō encourage the burgeoning 'Acero Gardens' tech industry and their scientific approach, hardware focus and ruthless pursuit of aesthetics ensure they are a strong market entrant in the personal datavault sector Economy+++, together with a bonus to the Hishu industrial baseline
-  650 m -(62 = 32+30 <= 18+4+8) - Prototype Consumer Grade Electronics in Tōsandō (prototyping, with Tech volunteers), 30%
Aligning with the work on personal datavaults, the personal terminal market sees more tenuous first steps - facing in particular competition from products coming out of Blackwatch and the Imperium
-  600 m -(93 = 61+32 <= 18+6+8 !!!) - Day of Remembrance and Mourning for The Long War (with Rp Nathaniel, leaning on the Gabriella School of Learning and Civic volunteers)
Across the Federation individual polities celebrate and mourn in their own fashion, the Long War becoming symbolic for the unexplained aggression of previous wars. With the focus on heroes and sacrifices and those remaining behind, an opportunity to move past it to unification is, perhaps, missed Morale+++
-  100 m -(98 = 77+21 <= 18+3 !!!) - Federal Export/Import Discussions at Peace Summit (with Rp Nathaniel and GSEN Advertising)
Careful negotiation by Rinpoche Nathaniel and his team eventually results in the proposed Outlander Trade Pact, so named because it is framed in the rights and obligations of a nation when trading outside of their de-marked borders. It is subject to ratification by the Council, but the best deal available right now Details will be summarised in the Council's Motion thread
-   22 m - Deposit into Sovereign Wealth Fund
-   61 m - Payment to Huitzilopochtli Group for Space Solar
-   50 m - Payment to Jacinto Combine for Rental of Skunkworks Mothersub
-  200 m - Payment to Kavacha Hegemony for Electronic Warfare (3 of 4)

= 2133m m
, 9%

[3, <20%] Diplomacy
-  800 m -(104 = 61+43 <= 9+8+4+8+10+4 !!!) - Diplomatic Summit (at the Acero Convention Centre, leaning on Sister Cities, with Rp Nathaniel, Martha Duin and Selma Reshty and supported by Prism and the Foreign Culture programme)
??? ???
-  200 m -(82 = 61+21 <= 9+8+4 !!!) - Negotiate Return of Stolen Imperium Plans from the Seihai (with Rp Nathaniel, at the Acero Convention Centre, leaning on Sister Cities)
Whilst the matter is brought up, the Satyata negotiator defers to the inclusion of this technology within the broader discussion on dangerous technology being handled by Sarah Nejem
-  200 m -(60 = 39+21 <= 9+12 !!! ~) - Handover Seihai Agents Responsible for Framing the Imperium to Them (with Rp Nathaniel, at Dimensions, with the Martial Branch)
Initially irate at being summoned to Dimensions on their way back the Port Algrave, the Colonel of the Imperial Stormtroopers regiment thaws thoughtfully as Rinpoche Nathaniel briefs her on the material covered with Carlsson and delivers Eike to her care. She makes no commitment, however this newfound cooperation and respect is as well-received as it is delicately handled  You no longer have the Kagemusha prisoner.
-  601 m - Payment to ATC for Network Services (2.5%)
- 1441 m - Payment to the White Cross (6%)

= 3242m m
, 14%

[8, <30%] Espionage and Counter-Intelligence
-  100 m -(114 = 69+45 <= 24+12+9 !!!) - [Eyes Only!] Establish Inter-Agency Comms Protocols (with the Martial Branch and GSEN, at the Fisabee Incubator)
Based on existing techniques and cryptography, including operational information found in pre-Exodus datavaults, a series of communication, notification and sharing protocols are established to handle interaction between the CIA, FIA, SAKHUN and Prism.  Any ECI op with more than one agency involved receives a further +3
-  300 m -(91 = 39+52 <= 24+8+8+9+3 !!!) - [Eyes Only!] Begin Construction of Training Centre (with Tänzer and GSEN, using remotes, at the Fisabee Incubator), 60%
Construction of the Joint Intelligence and Counter-Insurgency Centre, or JICIC, begins the Anderbacks just outside Haven, with solid progress on the security and capabilities of the facility under the watchful eye of the experienced operative.
-  400 m -(29 = -26+55 <= 24+3+4+9+12+3 !!!!!!) - [Eyes Only!] Coordinated Counter-Insurgency vs Backlash Attacks on Buna Citizens (with Captain Németh, Mr Gray and operatives from SAKHUN, Prism, CIA-SOU and GSEN)
Poorly coordinated and often heavy-handed responses from an intelligence community more used to handling the existential threat of the Seihai and Satyata fuels the fires of those determined to vent their frustration on the Buna living outside their territory. Attacks increase, in frequency and intensity. In a particularly inflammatory encounter in Kader Beach the rioters turn on Mr Gray and he is beaten unconscious. His recovery is slow.  Morale---, Unity---
-  500 m -(106 = 28+79 <= 24+8+6+9+3+15+9) - [Eyes Only!] Proposed Joint Operation with Imperium to Underground Cryo Facility (with GSEN, using remotes, leaning on Stenograms and Kavachian experts)
Beneath the Alluvian Highlands is ruin and wonder, though it takes several days of tense negotiation before the Imperator is convinced to permit the seasoned CIA-SOU team and Kavachian scientists to join his own expeditionary force of Eos marines and Anemoi covert ops personnel. Deep within a natural cave is a partially collapsed shaft, leading upwards to where whatever made it burrowed into the mountain and leading into the deeps where it branches into a network of tunnels and chambers, filled with cryonic chambers and many machines of unknown purpose. What is clear is the scale of the place: there are perhaps thousands or tens of thousands in cryonic suspension and many miles of tunnels, carved out over centuries. In the outermost chambers are indeed monsters - distorted figures that may have once been men or wolves or birds, their natures warped and twisted and their bodies desiccated with age. Further in are row upon row of embryos in various stages of maturation - a small proportion of which have been matured to a adult state, though these older forms are often lifeless, whatever process operating them interrupted. In one chamber, with several bulky devices strewn across the floor, are dozens of human skeletons - mostly those of children. At the heart of the labyrinthine facility are initial missing team, in suspension themselves with what appear to be great rending wounds, and beyond them the Songline seed station. You find no trace of the keeper, though it is clear someone or something placed the missing men in stasis. You have found one of the Songline seed stations. Further study will reveal more of it's capabilities and history

= 1300m m
, 5%

[2, <20%] Stellar Warfare
- 1000 m -(170 = 95+75 <= 6+8+10+12+30+6+3 !!!) - Construct and Raise 1 x Otso Scout (with Rp Mbala at Zenos, Dr Yutani, Dr Varley and Team Helios, using various vaults, closed system expertise and the RCV Verhuis, at LEEW)
Construction of the new Osto class starship completes under budget and ahead of schedule, providing time for Team Helios to work with the Federation savants on a series of improvements of the internal systems of the newly christened FNS Lönnrot whilst her crew completes selection and training. Finally launching from Sietcee on a shakedown orbit, Captain Amala Mbali highly commends the both the BADI design pod and the fit-out team at Zenos. Assessing the performance envelope he adds that a research squadron consisting of an Osto, a Kotka and a Sääski class starship would provide a formidable analysis capability With the efficiency improvements proposed by the team of experts working on the FNS Lönnrot, use of a Federation blueprint for either Probe Bay or Research Lab will yield a +6 to related missions. She receives this bonus

= 1000m m
, 4%

[7, <40%] Planetary Warfare
-  400 m -(118 = 68+50 <= 21+15+8+6) - Battlefield Cleanup in Tōsandō (with Aghori, using remotes)
With the eerie but welcome presence of the Aghori, with their requiem masks and their bone fetishes, the city of Tōsandō is finally declared safe of unspent munitions and the other detritus of war. Each of the Grimjacks is gifted a folded paper frog or turtle, together with simple carved waypost about two inches in length by the city council - the symbol marking the intent of the original founders for the Hishu to continue to journey although they no longer wandered, mirroring those commonly found within the city precincts with koans and advice. Recovered materials will enable you to refit a regiment of troops to Fisabee standards for free, or provide equivalent discount. Morale++, Unity++
-  340 m -(135 = 94+41 <= 21+8+12) - Raise 2 x Krait SWAT and 2 x Python Cyber Warfare Battalions with Screening (at The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Battalions, expanding the Kuongeza Brigade, and deploy them to Omniport Nephele under the Coastal District Command. Leading the 9th Cyber Battalion is Lt Col Elias Artem, a veteran of the Sokovzhymalka recruited from Haven.  You should see the specific qualities of Lt Col Artem emerge within ~3-5 budget cycles, though they will be effect immediately
-  100 m -(83 = 39+44 <= 21+8+6+9) - Redeploy Western District Forces in Operation Pinecone (using remotes and GSEN)
All necessary troops from the Western District Command redeploy from Tarouca and Torres Vedras without incident, though their arrival in Port Cartegena causes some civilian pressures before their temporary redeployment to Saqqaf-Cadiz. Lt Hewitt is handed back to the Stellarii liaison at the border.  You have no clear settlement for the District HQ outside Saqqa-Cadiz, which is technically within the Central District Command
- 1000 m -(225 = 181+44 <= 21+8+6+9) - Peace to the Mountain (with remotes and GSEN)
Deployment of your forces is executed smoothly, with troops in field working well with the enhanced coordination from GSEN and JSOC. At Camp Mkesha the peace is unnerving to many and patrols coninue unabated; at the strongholds of the Seihai, the Sa'ka Legion is ... not welcomed, but respected for the most part. Several high-ranking Seihai family members vanish, often signalling a chance in policy within the family in question. Within the strongholds the Seihai military turn to their Proving Grounds to settle disputes and endure the peace. Numerous personal challenges are issued to soldiers in the Federation garrisons; only the Blackwatch and Saenoori take these up, however, and even then combat is to first blood and unarmed. During this time the Federation begins to learn a little of the Seihai culture, heavily martial, and the strong factions within it: the Kyoka Michi, who favour self-determination; and the Rakt Ketsuro, hard-liners who believe the Federation are cattle and should be culled under the rightful rule of the Satyata. During this time as well, there is particular tension in Ieyasu Point, Nagato and Mehrangarh. It is almost peaceful in Giri Durga. Peace, of a form, for now. Further insights will be shared in the Diplomacy - Seihai thread
-  288 m - Payment to Blackwatch for Mercenary Contract
You contract overwhelming forces - 5 x Polity Infantry Divisions, 3 x Saenoori Shock Trooper Battalions with Beshete support, 2 x Peacekeeper Divisions, 5 Krait SWAT Battalions, 5 Border Police Brigades, 4 x Ifrit Mechanised Brigades and the Imperial Scouts - from the Blackwatch to provide an occupying force for Seihai territory.

= 2128m m
, 9%

Total Expenditure:
= 24023m m
, 100%

Policies:
  • (81) Peace In Our Time: For now there is peace. Your front-line forces recover at Camp Mkesha, which is now considered a permanent settlement, whilst fresh troops rotate to garrisons outside your borders. For now the pressure of peacetime is manageable, however war weariness is begin to emerge. Morale-
  • (49) Economic Collapse: Economy------ and Morale---- for five more turns
    • Providing a bulwark against the worsening situation in Buna City, the intervention of the Huitzilopochtli holds the city from teetering over the brink in chaos, with the calm presence of Naphtali Security on the streets and the foodbanks provided by the Shivajians keeping the situation worsening
    • In Tosando the presence of Moth Industries steers a portion of the flood of refugees towards the Gama de Acero - or keeps them within their home regions of northern Buna and the Nezem Badlands - but those who press on pile pressure on the ATC's infrastructure to feed and house them, let alone handle the increased crime and tension within their jewel-like cities
    • New issues emerge in Haven and Port Cartegena, with issues in the traffic coordination systems used by both settlements leaking confidential shipping manifests for numerous local companies and roadtrains. In particular munitions shipments made between Blackwatch and the Wraithguard are hijacked on the Imperium border by bandits tied back to the Western Collectives, halted only by swift intervention of the Stellarii. Until this is leak is resolved you will suffer issues with logistics projects
    • Finally it emerges that several construction companies had begun taking shortcuts with their work because of issues with materials. You may suffer issues in new construction projects, or recently built facilities in the next few turns
  • (94) Communities: Investment in consumer electronics so shortly after the resurgence in handheld gaming consoles sees a the emergence of community cafes and after-work clubs in Tosando. Economy++

Programmes:
Policies:
    (70) Federal Services - Civic Branch: Continued expansion on the Baradari Centres in the Northern District and reciprocal centres in the  Mujib District ensures the integration of the Rafiki continues with few issues; proposals are made for similar centres throughout the inter-Federation borderlands
    (69) Federal Services - Ethical Branch: Researchers continuing to explore the cultural datavaults of the Exodite vessels observe that the Seven Nations mirrors our own Federation - with it's constituent nations and tensions
    (40) Federal Services - Martial Branch: Busy processing the material and information collected in recent research, the Martial Branch has no recommendations presently
    (73) Federal Services - Technical Branch:
    (64) BADI: Broad classifications of pre-Exodus stellarcraft are becoming clear, from smallcraft and insystem traffic to the spike-enabled navies and merchant fleets. You have a clear understanding on the basic hull classifications used before the Exodus, so feel free to ask the Narrator for a list
    (92) Twin Shards: New research together with market analysis suggests that sufficient time has passed since the disastrous first CRAIC symposium for new rigour and new rules to be applied and a repeat performance attempted.
    Red Moon (56): Despite several new conceptual miniseries bombing in the ratings, the studio is continuing to establish itself as one sensitive to both commercial and artistic ventures - with the attraction that garners from minority viewing catchments and production staff alike

Events:
  • Comorian World Cup: Ballot by officials within the Juvenal Authority and the Jacinto League have selected Darbuiks as the venue for the next World Cup. Dr Hamilton, you need to spend one budget line and a minimum of 300m on hosting. You will receive a one-off injection of funds off the back of this the following turn. You may spend more
  • (83) - With two local SOU Teams and a third in situ focused on the Usiku Sinkhole, it is natural that the CIA presence in the city foster talent and Director Rasheed emerges as a natural counter-intelligence expert. She provides a +6 to counter-intelligence operations
  • (32) - Several members of the Green Party are convicted on minor charges of industrial espionage and malfeasance
  • (62) - Sea Lord Ainsworth of the Grande Armada petitions the Council to permit construction of a second floating rig settlement similar to Port Barbary, over the site of the wreck of the UTF Järkkymätön; he would intend to release all findings to the Federation, subject to the necessary security protocols
  • (-70) [Eyes Only!] Reporters from JCN covering the aftermath a luxury gravcar crash live in central Mkombe literally stumble over a shattered vial of Comoryll, exposing a theft from the Resonancy Futures Exchange's Federal warehouses on air. From what remains of the burning interior of the vehicle, the thieves stole a 'pod' of four vials - half the Federation reserves - in a daring and well-planned heist several hours before! Audits and early security assessment suggest that an abortive attempt was made to steal several Ansibles, though none are missing. You lost 4 units of Comoryll, 3 of which have not been accounted for

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at 20:41
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Turn 19

Polity Progress

ATC
- +600 m - Transfer from Rafiki Brotherhood for FedeRail
- 2194 m -(118 = 79+38 <= 27+6+6) - Establish FedeRail (at Arachne and Omniport Nephele, based on closed systems expertise), 60%
Acquisition of the relevant brownfield sites for stations in the centre of the major cities together with mandatory purchase of the future trackways and early trench construction provides thousands of jobs for lawyers, city planners, construction workers and the hundreds of companies in the supply chain necessary to begin this endeavour. Specialist equipment brought in from the newly incorporated CREO Light Enterprises ensures strong progress on foundations and trackways is made, with the clean sweeping lines preferred by the ATC rising swiftly in the heart of every major city. At Nephele design teams work round the clock on the rolling stock to President Zethira's exacting specifications Economy++, Morale++++, together with industrial baseline modifiers for the Buna, Hishu, Saenoori, Jacinto and Huitzilopochtli whose specialisms in construction, solar panels and construction exosuits. You anticipate seeing extensive benefits for the ATC once construction is completed and the service side is properly up and running
-  500 m -(178 = 100+78 <= 27+6+30+12+3) - [Eyes Only!] Beam Lance Coherency Research (at Rusalka and Xolotl, based on Engineering Datavaults), 100%
Creation of a stabilising sheath of charged particles theoretically enables the variant Ukonvaaja Beam Lance to maintain combat effectiveness in-atmosphere far further than the standard reverse engineered Ukonvasara baseline. Blueprint Available for this Component. Your variant beam lance retains coherency twice as effectively in-atmosphere (that is twice the penetration in Comorian atmosphere, or through atmospheres twice as thick with the original range). Range in the void is improved as a side-effect. Specifics will be provided when the Narrator has finished tweaking the unit mechanics
-  850 m -(178 = 65+113 <= 27+60+6+6+6+8) - Construct Omniport Ethlinn (at Arachne and Omniport Nephele, based on Engineering Datavaults and closed systems expertise, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Built on Ethlinn Island, off the coast of Darbuiks and recently sold to the ATC by the Nezem, this omniport is half submerged and with significantly deeper foundations and lower profile than Nephele, with undersea tunnels to Darbuiks connecting the rail and road networks. Opportunities afforded by the parallel modernisation of the city and FedeRail construction mean that the facility becomes known for expert handling of heavy construction freight and equipment, and includes servicing and manufacturing yards able to handle most commercial remotes You receive a bonus to your industrial base
- 2000 m -(122 = 44+78 <= 27+6+45) - Establish Minerva Programme for Educational Reform (at Arachne, based on Cultural Datavaults)
With the commitment to her citizens shown with the Minerva Programme, President Zethira's population soars further in Ranica, Rovaniemi and Zarubino - not to mention Rhee and the ex-PMMC settlements. Property prices move in a similar direction, though faster, and the wealth elite of Mkombe, Haven, Zanzibar and Barnesville look to second homes or options for boarding their children whilst places remain available. Access to newly published material bearing the crested helm and mountain symbol adopted by the programme - denoting both the Minvera of pre-Exodus myth and the challenge inspired by the Skaði project - means an upswing in average network usage, though more a sustained pressure than the peaks of recent events, and the calibre of engineering graduates climbs steadily. Applications to teacher training schools similarly surge, the pride of bearing the disparate paired spears of a Minerva educator becoming a mark of honour .  Your massive investment on education further establishes the ATC as one of the jewels of progress within the Federation, engendering a sense of corporate pride, especial from those migrating into the territories themselves or suddenly finding themselves citizens with the eastward expansion along to Rhee. You receive a further permanent + to Construction & Engineering and a boost to your industrial baseline. You will see further significant benefits emerge within ~3-7 turns. You will see a maintenance fee of roughly 2 million per million of population, though I will only re-baseline it each census. Starting maintenance is therefore 232 million per budget cycle
-  240 m - Payment to [REDACTED]

= 5184m m
, 100%

Blackwatch
- +288 m - Payment from the Federation
- + 35 m - Payment from the Hishu Gardeners
- +200 m - Payment from [REDACTED]
-  240 m - Transfer to the Wraithguard
-  600 m -(117 = 82+35 <= 27+8) - Construction of Consumer Manufactories (with remotes), 100%
You successfully construct new consumer focused manufactories in Eastmount, and two apiece in Northall and the Browning-Rook Enclave. Blackwatch- and CETA- branded exports flow steadily westwards establishing a reputation for non-nonsense quality and honest sales and begin to seriously compete with the Shivajians market dominance. You receive a bonus to your industrial base
-  240 m -(120 = 79+41 <= 27+8+6) - Construction of Roadtrains for CETA (with remotes and Omniport experts), 100
You purchase roadtrains from the Buna City manufactory, injecting funds into the troubled region in the process and establish the Tiber and Parthian routes, cutting through the Nezem States to Wraithguard and looping through the Silver Republics and Rafiki respectively with new Blackwatch- and CETA- branded exports. On their return the roadtrains bring green technology, clothing and pharmacuticals. You receive a bonus to your industrial base
-  790 m -(UM66 = 66+97 <= 24+8+10+12+8+5+24+6) - Expansion of Skyward Industries (at Eastmount, Rusalka and Omniport Nephele, with remotes and Martial interaction, based on Seihai Knights study, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Whilst their mass market gravionic cars and vans are widely praised and quickly come to dominate the market with their careful design and markedly improved performance and handling, it is a small and experimental range of gravbikes that take the press coverage. Designed to push the envelope in legal civilian grav technology, these super fast and highly responsive machines are quickly taken up in Tlamacazqui, Cortega, Usiku and the Chikalda Hills - though they are swiftly declared illegal for 'road' use without a special permit in Chikalda. You receive a bonus to your industrial base
-  755 m -(132 = 59+73 <= 21+3+5+8+12+8+6+10) - Rush-Expansion of BLADE and Protectorate Deployment (at Eastmount, Omniport Nephele, The Crag and Rusalka, with remotes and Martial interaction), 100%
You successfully raise 4 x Ifrit Mechanised Brigades, 5 x Border Police Brigades and 5 x Krait SWAT Battalions for BEAR, deploying them to the Seihai Protectorate together with 5 x Polity Infantry Divisions, 3 x Saenoori Shock Troopers supported by a Beshete HQ roadtrain and 2 x Peacekeeper Divisions. You successfully raise a new Imperial Scout Battalion, who take over the duties of existing BASIC forces who return home to recover

= 2102m m
, 100%

Hishu Gardeners
-  243 m -(UM100 = 155+24) - Continue to Establish the Ryoan-Ji Centre in Tōsandō, 100%
With the promise of access to the Seventh Gate Vault, researchers suddenly flock to Tōsandō and the facility is re-sited to cradle the vault with labs and lecture theatres and banks of the new Zenos build remotes consoles. Taking on the burden of research direction at the facility, Dr Anjali Chatterjee is excited about the chance to complete the work begun by her student, Dr Kate Johnson You receive a bonus to Biodiversity and Genetics projects, from both the facility (+6) and Dr Chatterjee (+8). You may, from time to time, receive insights into native species
-  300 m -(11 = -39+50 <= 24+8+4+8+6) - Continue to Prototype the Kanagawa Undersea Platform (prototyping, using remotes, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 42%
Catastrophic failure in one of the transparent shell sections results in a collision between one of the Futsushi-Kai submarines patrolling the site and the construction fabric itself, setting back progress significantly and causing the loss of three crew-members and damage to the vessel itself. With the heavy use of remotes in the platform's construction, none of the workers are put at risk however several remotes are lost.  Damage to one of the Greybacks means it is impeded for the next three budget cycles
-  675 m -(67 = 38+29 <= 21+8) - Continue to Restructure the Hishu Military (at Anderbacks), 100%
You successfully raise the 3 x Tai Interceptor Wings for the Fūjin-Kai, deploying them to the local airfields, and completing the long-planned restructuring of the Hishu Defence Force troops
-  600 m -(40 = 13+27) - Construct the Goryōkaku Fortress and Airbase, 10%
Planning carefully and meticulously ensures no reduction in the effectiveness of the Tenebro Gardens, however costs escalate and the schedule is blown out completely
-   84 m - Military Maintenance of Hishu Defence Force
-   20 m - Transfer to Blackwatch for Eastmount

= 1838m m
, 100%

Huitzilopochtli Group
- +500 m - Transfer to ATC for [REDACTED]
-   35 m - Transfer to Blackwatch for Eastmount
- +100 m - Transfer from Rafiki Brotherhood for Green Tech and AWACS
- +361 m - Transfer from Federation for Solar Hulls and Stellar Solar
-  106 m - Payment to Shivajians for Emergency Supplies for the Buna
-  900 m -(98 = 65+33 <= 27+3+3) - Expansion of Cemilhuitl-SIR Teams Across the Federation, 100%
Accelerating the existing slow spread of SIR teams with a judicious injection of funds into office space, hardware and the equipment needed to perform a certification inspection permits a much greater volume of inspectors and auditors to be recruited and fully trained, together with an injection of apprentices and graduates from the Federation Services Programme's technical branch Your income from certification increases and workplace accidents should be less commonplace over time
-  575 m -(119 = 86+33 <= 27+3+3) - Construction of the Dzhankoi Gravionics & Aerodynamics Reseach and Test Flight Facility and supporting Solar Power Plants, 20%
Just outside Tlamacazqui work begins on the extensive Dzhankoi Facility, with the bones of the site laid out - consisting of excavations for the partially subterranean facility and space set aside for several runways and gravionics pads. Beyond, you successfully complete construction of the Citali solar plants in Tōsandō for the Hishu, close to Port Chrysalis for the Svthion and near Ksar el-Kebir for the Rafiki. All of the feature expanded sites to facilitate small airfields for long-range test flights together with space for further enhancements and expansion You receive a minor bonus to your industrial baseline from the solar plants
-  394 m -(128 = 79+49 <= 21+5+8+12+3) - Rush-Raise Task Force Mundafen and Deploy in Operation Cardigan (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka), 100%
Your successfully raise 5 x Peacekeeper Divisions and 2 x Krait SWAT Battalions with Damche support, deploying them across the Buna to provide riot control and support for their recovery. Soon the familiar sight of the leaping gazelle of Naphtali Securities becomes synonymous with safety and food shipments quietly resume. In Gharistan two long-serving operatives leave a solar sculpture created with a simple set of prisms in an alleyway where a decade or so earlier one of their comrades fell to the Cartels  Swapped out your sixth Peacekeeper Division for a Krait SWAT Battalion as Damche are costed per battalion. Apologies, I should have picked that up earlier
- 1477 m -(127 = 82+49 <= 27+3+3+6+6+4) - Prototype Solar Hulls and Beam Emplacement (at Xolotl, with Technical volunteers and prototyping), 100%
Following dozens of missions for the 7th Airlift Wing and several careful spacewalks to affix refined collectors, sections of material, or sensors to the Azure Sun, the scientists at Xolotl proudly confirm the stations conversion to rely more completely on solar energy with a reduced profile of delicate components - and hence an increased operational capacity for M-SET transmission. At the same time enhance to M-SET transmission at tested from a new ground based station in the mountains west of Rhee, though with a much denser beam. Designers from BADI express a keen interesting in acquiring this transformative technology. You may enhance starship and station hulls with Solar Gatherers, which provide increased power to the unit or boost the power collected from solar cells. Combined with other technologies, such as the EM Drive, this may mean no central powersystem is required or that innovative new hull types may be considered. Specifics will be provided when the Narrator has finished tweaking the unit mechanics.
-    0 m - Military Maintenance

= 2526m m
, 100%

Jacinto Combine
-  657 m -(90 = -31+121 <= 27+60+30+4) - Commercially Releasable Elysium Operations (prototyping, based on Engineering Datavaults), 100%
Ruggedisation of the military grade exosuit suitable for prolonged and repeated construction and industrial use - and removal of the specific military applications - proves complicated to set up on a manufactory line and plans for a hostile environment exosuit are de-scoped in order for the CREO Light Enterprises facility to open You receive a bonus to your industrial baseline and a steady income based on volume of use outside the Jacinto, providing a bonus of +4 to Construction and Engineering or heavy industrial projects in other categories
-  500 m -(115 = -10+125 <= 27+60+30+8) - Expansion of the Aesir Complex (with multiple vaults), 60%
Excellent progress is based on the Omniport within the Aesir Complex
-  800* m -(130 = 13+117 <= 24+3+60+30) - Aerogels and Ferrofluids (based on Engineering Datavaults), 100%
Advanced molecular materials science - mimicking the Jacinto's expertise in the genome - opens up a broad range of construction techniques and opportunities.  You may use these materials techniques in Construction and Engineering (or related industrial) projects to reduce the cost or the risk of catastrophic failure, or introduce hardening to the output.
-  800* m -(47 = 20+27 <= 24+3) - Project Renewal (based on Medical and Historic Datavaults), 65%
Distracted by the engineering potentials of Comorite and Comorude in such a project, Professor Barnes initially veers outside the scope of his project, which is significant enough given the technological advances made the past thirty years. Access to materials science in the Seihai datavaults - obtained only by virtue of his position as an ex-Councillor - suggests they may have strong input. Equally the recent advances by colleagues in aerogels and ferrofluids with have a bearing You may try again with a +15 for an estimated budget of 200m
-    0 m -(Auto-Success) - Feasibility Studies: Mobile Miner's Dock
Scientists at APRIL recommend several possible avenues of research, ranging from: fully reverse engineering the FNS Verhuis - whose Zero-G Dry Docks and Factories would enable her to produce a range of smallcraft, small stations and starships; to, investigation of the use of remote swarms with some kind of refinery to collect and process raw materials; or, finally deployment of the FNS Verhuis for that purpose once sufficient blueprints of what will be constructed and the relevant material stockpiles exist Research or prototyping unlocked. Let me know which of these option(s) are of interest and I can cost
-   10 m - Maintenance for REDACTED

= 1904m m
, 100%

Saeonoori
-  180 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund
-  386 m -(48 = 14+34 <= 27+3+4) - Prototype Damche Roadtrain (prototyping), 65%
Further technical setbacks derail progress
- 386 m -(109 = 84+25 <= 21+4) - Design Enhanced Airborne Units (prototyping, with the Jacinto), 100%
Differentiation between Air Mobile, Air Assault and Airborne troops clarify the protocols, equipment and and training requirements - though gravionic transports take the role of transportation of choice rather than 'copters.  You may now fully utilise Air Cavalry, Mechanised Infantry with Gravionic transports, and have unlocked the relevant training and gravionic vehicles. You receive a +15 to researching or prototyping Drop Assault (i.e. Dropship) and Dropborne (i.e. Drop Pod or Stratos) troops
-  825 m -(53 = 15+38 <= 27+3+8) - Construction of the Saenoori Stellar Synthesis Network (using remotes), 100%
You successfully construct a DisCuSSion Synthesiser in Rhee, together with satellite DisCuSSion Hubs in Haven, Safed and Kader Beach
-   25 m -(113 = 89+24) - Feasibility Study: Green Building Design
Approaches similar to Grey Water Systems, but focused more on the fabric and construction of the building, seem a natural next step with such wide adoption of the former Research unlocked for a cost of 400m credits

= 1802m m
, 100%

Saganite Cooperative
-  540 m -( 86 = 50+36 <= 24+3+6+3) - Gold Chrysanth (at Chrysanth Garden University and Arachne), 60%
Despite lures of academic recognition and appeals to the better nature of the individuals, those with expertise in these matters are best motivated by cold hard credits - more easily earned running a corporation or multi-polity business than consulting about the process
-  170 m -(184 = 163+46 <= 21+8+5+12) - Raise 1 x Krait SWAT and 1 x Python Cyber Warfare Battalions with Screening  (at The Crag, Eastmount and Rusalka), 100%
You successfully raise the 1 x Krait SWAT and 1 x Python Cyber Warfare Battalions, deploying them to the Darbuiks. Your screening has marked Sergeant Nefeli Solomon, a highly decorated veteran of the irregulars operating in the Long War, and Specialist Ekwueme Reyes, as high potential soldiers within the unit. Scores for Sergeant Solomon in particular were off the charts (UM100) You should see the specific qualities of these officers emerge within ~3-5 budget cycles, though they will be in effect immediately
-  250 m -(70 = 35+35 <= 27+8) - Construction of a Recycling Plant and Subterranean Hydroponics Farm (with remotes), 100%
You successfully complete construction of these facilities in Darbuiks, supporting the extensive modernisation efforts being undertaken by the Federation You receive a bonus to your industrial baseline
-  480 m -(61 = 26+35 <= 27+8) - Construction of the Sterling Orphanage (using remotes and based on Stoic blueprints), 40%
You construct much of the facilities, however the challenge of shifting the intention of the facility from a religious one to something more ecumenical is complicated, especially taking into account the challenges posed by children at various ages and points in their development

= 1440m m
, 100%

The Kavacha Hegemony
- +250 m - Transfer from Hishu Gardeners towards the Samjhanāmā Collective
- +700 m - Transfer from the Federation
You receive 2 Comorite
-  700 m - Transfer to ATC
You send on 2 Comorite
-   50 m - Transfer to the Huitzilopochtli
-  250 m - Transfer to Federation for research into Non-Invasive Surgery
- 1000 m -(175 = 86+89 <= 24+9+3+8+45) - Establish the Samjhanāmā Collective (based on Horticultural Bio-Diversity and Engineering Datavaults), 100%
At the edge of the ocean the weight of the Hegemony is thrown into construction of a new city. Not a hodgepodge of frontier settlers, nor a focused edifice like Barafu Utoto or the omniports of the ATC, but the frame of a freshly-conceived oasis rooted in the traditional sietch and re-imagined with the height of Kavachan engineering. Built into gorges where several minor rivers have carved into the sea-cliffs of this part of the Ny'ekundu Gulf, the habitat terraces gaze onto the ocean and sky alike. Settlers and refugees, supported by Moth Industries' recycled modular homes, flow steadily into the new region.  You receive a significant bonus to your industrial baseline from the city. You receive a +8 to R&D or C&E to prototype the initial civilian space stations or extra-planetary colonies
-  935 m -(129 = 86+43 <= 21+3+6+5+8) - Rush-Raise Task Force Mukti (at The Crag, Eastmount and Jangal Vaarapheyar Sthaan), 100%
You successfully raise 3 x Ifrit Striker Brigades, 1 x Peacekeeper Division, 1 x Krait SWAT Battalion and 1 x Gyver Battlesuit Battalion - sending the Strikers and Krait through the Jangal Vaarapheyar Sthaan as it's inaugral students - and deploy them to Giri Durga within the Seihai Protectorate, where they are tested throughout their tour by challenges and minor raiding that Seihai liaisons and the Satyata shrug off as natural expressions of tension within the families. Suffice to say they hold their own, supported by the Arashi and Taifū regiments. Discrete negotiations at Camp Mkesha result in Colonel Mandeep Hsu formally swearing allegiance to the Hegemony and his guerrilla fighters coming down from the hills, with the promise of autonomy and maintenance of their own traditions. Among them are men and women long thought dead by their families - soldiers from the Suraksha Sainikon Corps, the founding Blackwatch Divisions and among the first to don the Fisabee patch for the Federation. With those recalled to service come other survivors, haunted and wounded men who take the promise of a homestead in the lands opening to the east or the opportunity to safely reunite with family who have held out hope where there was none You have unlocked a new unit and may raise a single regiment of Dhaalen Irregulars per budget cycle; they receive a boost to asymmetric warfare. Each regiment costs 105 million - with stats below. You may not retrain existing units to receive this bonus nor train them for service outside the Rakhavaalon (though they can be deployed to such missions, their loyalty is now to the Kavacha Hegemony)
  • Dhaalen Irregulars 100/25/8  Infantry Mechanised: Equipped with Kusari Shōzoku, Composite Vests, Fletchette Long Rifle, Nemedian Pistols, Monoblades and Stims, and mounted on Djerboa Buggies, together with Basic, Nemedian and Striker training

-  275 m -(127 = 62+65 <= 24+8+3+6+24 >>>) - [Eyes Only!] Further Attempts to Establish the GKS (with support from the KKS and using Seihai infiltration techniques), 100%
With the frustrated attention of the Ka-Atanrik Ghera and the cajouling of Sur-Bashar Satyen Kappu, the old guard within SAKHUN finally fail to retain their grasp on the reins and the GKS emerges as an effective covert operations force.
-  250 m -(77 = 14+63 <= 24+3+24+9+3 <<<) - [Eyes Only!] Operation Svayan Nirdhaaran (with Dr Sara Yamada and GSEN, with support from the KKS and using Seihai infiltration techniques)
Your subtle support of the Kyoka Michi provides an opportunity and Gorou Koizumi becomes Kagenojōgi of the Seiwa following a traditional challenge - pulling the somewhat-hardline Kagenojōgi Jaidev Varma into the orbit of the Kyoka Michi with the ruthless nature of his challenge. It is an uneasy moment, that demonstrates the closeness and chasm of your cultures, and that unease is reflected domestically with less fervent embrace of the cultural Kujaku-Mayura values being celebrated. You receive strong support from both families holding Giri Durga, at the expense of minor domestic discontent
-   12 m - [Eyes Only!] Maintenance for SAKHUN
-   10 m - Maintenance for Haavee Adda Airbase

= 2782m m
, 100%

The New Stoics
-  138 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund, the Aurelia Tomorrow Fund
-  225 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorite
You harvest 5 Comorite
-  200 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorude
You harvest 2 Comorude
-  700 m - Transfer to Buna for Comores Pandayan
-  250 m - Transfer to Federation for research into Youth Recreation Centres
-  870 m -(102 = 61+41 <= 21-6+6+12+8 !!!) - Military Expansion of the Xur (with Rp Franklin and Mäkinen, using Combat Simulators, at The Crag and Rusalka), 100%
You successfully raises 4 x Peacekeeper Divisions, 1 x Krait SWAT Battalion, 1 x Python Cyber Warfare Battalion, and 2 x Aghori, deploying them to support of the White Cross, the Northern District Reactive Task Force and the Seihai Protectorate. All Barq Fleet, Sa'ka Legion, Xur and Nezem Jeshi Kigeni forces receive Trauma Kits with Comoryll serum, thanks to the efforts of the Stoic Clinics and branded with Aurel and Leia characters. You deploy 2 x Arrow Drones to the XVS Crimeran Martyr. Rp Mäkinen isolates several forms of locks and holds that relate to historic research on the Jambuvanti style of Pataliputran wrestling whilst training the Peacekeepers. You may train Stoic Peacekeepers or Krait SWAT teams in the form, which provides a small bonus to Defend. You may consider the Krait SWAT Battalion raised this cycle to have this training. You consume 1 Comoryll and 1 Comorian Ansible from Stoic reserves.
-  500 m -(221 = 147+71 <= 24+5+5+4+6+6+6+15+3 !!!) - Post Mortem on Jenny Singh (with Rp Nathaniel and Kostyantyn, at Kailish, Twin Shards and the Phoenix Institute, based on Cassini-Freeman and Comoryll studies)
Extensive studies and tests confirm that the Comoryll batch used for Miss Singh's conversion was in some way ... activated ... and therefore several orders of magnitude more concentrated. Applying forensic techniques to the batches procurement and logistics, through the Resonancy Futures Exchange and Exotic Materials Market where the base crystals were taken from, back to their initial harvesting by independent assessors early in the Federation's understanding of crystalline technology, Rp Nathaniel and Kostyantyn confirm that they were likely to be fragmentary pieces from the Usiku Sinkhole washed out into the crystal fields closer to the city during flash flooding. It cements their theory that the larger fragments under observation their are, in some way, less dead than the other Stranger corpora that have made their way to the surface. Perhaps related to the uncontrolled atmospheric entry following the collision with the NEV Cetan? If so, the ... thing she became was far closer to a human-Stranger hybrid than anyone else, a theory that causes much consternation among the monks of Kailish when viewed in light of her swift execution by the safety protocols at Twin Shards. Certainly no trace of anything remains and the wilder theories of transference or her soul haunting the monastery fall against the efficacy of the Sentinels of Morning. Almost as a side effect of their investigation, Rp Kostyantyn stumbles over a process and dosage whereby a cameleonic camel-Ryllian survives the process.  You have two new Ryllians, both Dromedary Camels, one of which is clearly cameleonic and the other with unspecified traits. You suspect they are mental, given the evil eye received and poor conversational standards. You consume 2 Comoryll from Stoic reserves.
-  325 m -(158 = 35+123 <= 18+6+6+6+15+6+45+12+6+3) - (Stellar) Worker Cooperatives & Communities (with Dr Wiggin, using GSEN, at Cobra, Chrysanth Garden University and based on Historic Datavaults), 100%
Based on the clear vision of the Banerjee College martyr, the establishment of the krewes with such prominence within the Aurelian political model is widely celebrated and supported - by both the citizenry and the apparatus that supports them in turn. Sprawling multi-family and multi-generational communes, not uncommon in the Nezem Badlands, become commonplace and align well with the educational principles now embedded by the Boca Ridge Hackschool - often with adults and children learning together. Classes run at Banerjee expand to include more practical elements, often taught by experience crew from the Balcones roadtrains and with an elective tour on the Moth roadtrain where they are joined by Stoic medics serving the refugee camps You receive a +3 to efforts to establish space-based communities and businesses (that is, Dip or E&T), rising to +6 in Turn 21, presuming further cultural investment
-  500 m -(176 = 77+99 <= 18+6+6+12+6+3+3+45) - Establish Government Seat of Aurelia and the National Hackschool in Port Chrysalis (using GSEN, at Gabriella and based on Historic Datavaults), 100%
Reusing recently rediscovered graphic and comic styles, the adorable “Aurel” and “Leah” characters become the iconic representatives of Syllogistic billboards and announcements - used heavily in establishing Port Chrysalis as their capital as well as making their way onto the broadcast networks. “Everyone deserves a Dignified Living”, declares Aurey, whilst Leia answers: “Citizenship gives you the best chance to thrive!”. Beneath them the cheerfully animated slogan, “Service = Citizenship” bounces into being after a moment or two. Expanding the Aurelia education system with a new Hackschool, one connected to rural areas through GSEN & ATLAS Kiosks, students and self-directed citizens are tutored in the revised legal codes and the odd proclamations of Logan Chong - the first elected ruler of Aurelia. He is a meticulous man with an odd sense of humour and a clear understanding of the relationship between the holy nation and the religion, obsessed with ensuring everyone within his grasp gets a proper education. Regardless of his actual political title, he refers to himself as the First Despot of Aurelia, and grants many heads of departments a similar title. References to a slave in a chariot are not well-understood by most of the press. Your extended focus on citizenship draws many Stoics to servant roles, such as teaching, and those entering service now are the first generation of adults taught via the Boca Ridge Hackschool and following that at Cobra. You receive a further permanent + to Diplomacy and contribute a + per budget cycle to Unity within the Federation. You will see further benefits emerge within ~1-3 turns
-   25 m - Military Maintenance

= 3733m m
, 101%

Wraithguard
- +720 m - Transfer from [REDACTED]
-  960* m -(122 = 80+42 <= 24+6+12) - [Buried Deep!] Retrieve Data from the NEV Cetan Vault (with techniques based on Seihai Decryption), 100%
[REDACTED]
- 1200 m -(105 = 75+30 <= 24+6) - EM Drives (at Xolotl), 100
Working with stellar scientists at Xolotl, your team crack a theoretical model that confirms a working EM Drive and quickly progresses to a model blueprint for a starship engine. Without the need for propellant the lightweight reaction-less drive opens up significant opportunities for leaner and faster craft or those relying on non-nuclear powersystems. Designers from BADI express a keen interesting in acquiring this transformative technology. Blueprint Available for this Component. It has significantly reduced power and mass requirements permitting extra components to be fitted, or a smaller powersystem such as solar, or new hull types to be considered. Specifics will be provided when the Narrator has finished tweaking the unit mechanics
-  581 m -(105 = 78+27 !!!) - Begin Construction of Styx Terminus (with Murali Swarthy) and Raise FedeRail Garrison (at Eastmount and Däniken), 60%
You swiftly establish the site for Styx Terminus and Depot and begin construction of both inner and outer walls together with the main radar dish and routing for the fletchette defences, though not the cannon themselves with the budget assigned. Following their intense training at Däniken, your garrisons assigned to the terminus begin their duties immediately, strong and tough men and women, stern faced and ready to hold the line You successfully construct a Ground RADAR Station, both sets of walls and troop barracks and receive a +8 to further work on the site. None of the other defensive measures are in place yet
-  261 m -(-21 = -50+29 <= 24+5) - [Buried Deep!] Covert Deployment
[REDACTED] Your team vanishes without trace

= 2282m m
, 100%

Next Turn
Population Growth: Steady, ~2%
Economic Situation: Unbalanced, with pockets of buoyancy and others of disrepair
Morale: Relieved and improving
Unity: Buoyant, post-war

Aptitudes (Wartime - 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
Stable captured comet Sigurðsson-Zhou in the Comorian-Rafiki L3 point

Reserves of untapped Comorian Crystals, processed into:

Comorian Ansibles  22
Comorite           21
Comorude           14
Comoryll            4 

Sovereign Wealth Fund, 425m

Deployed military forces, on Comorian and with Polity forces in brackets (reports still coming in from the front:

Langerhans Corridor on land borders
Infantry          78 (200+)
Power Armour      39 ( 3)
Armoured           3 ( 7)
Artillery and AA  18 (10)
Roadtrains         1 ( 5)
Naval Vessels      8 (10)
Submarines         2 ( 4)
Air Wings         26 (13)
Cruise Missiles    3 ( 1)


Deployed mixed-environment forces:
Drones             1 ( 5)

Deployed offworld forces:

Eleventh Hour System in orbit, single use, can strike surface targets
Colony Sleeper - 1 - FNS Mbal Msafiri, in orbit around Comorian. Badly damaged but Ansible equipped
Mobile Dock - 1 - FNS Verhuis, at Sietcee Spaceport. Exact status unknown, but capable of spaceflight and sub-orbital flight
Patrol Destroyer - 1 (1) - FNS Tengu, at Sietcee; UTF Keihäs, at Skaði Field. Exact status unknown, but capable of sub-orbital flight and under the command of the ATC
Patrol Boat - 1 (1) - FNS Tuleva, orbiting; XVS Crimeran Martyr, orbiting under the command of the New Stoics
Scouts - 1 (1) - FNS Lönnrot, at Sietcee;
Stellar Smallcraft 8 (1) - 1 x Harrier Assault Craft, 1 x Gomorrah Shuttle, 4 x Kolibri Shuttle, 1(+2) x Niellä Lifter, at Sietcee

Available Budget:
+36211 m
- Comorian (population 5,936,204,992; economy x 6.00; morale x 3.05)

-  264 m
- Maintenance of Gyver (147m), Fisabee (99m), Damche (0m), Saenoori (0m), Djerboa (0m), Habub (0m) and Ifrit (18m) forces
-  158 m
- Maintenance of Scraager (40m), Faru (0m), Virafu (84m), Isagila (9m), Mobile RADAR (10m) and Umkhonto (15m) forces
-    0 m
- Maintenance of Kunguru (0m), Tai (0m), Mbuni (0m), Djinn (0m), Dervish (0m), Tuju (0m), Vidyut (0m) and Candrahan (0m) wings
-   10 m
- Maintenance of Greyback (10m) vessels
-   60 m
- Maintenance of the LEEW and Starflight School
-   25 m
- Investigative Overhead of the CIA and CIA-SOU teams
=35694 million credits


Promissory Notes:
-  357 m
- White Cross, ongoing at 1%
=  357 million credits


Polity Budgets:

Baseline Default
= 1785 million credits
- Council budget x 5%

Polity Amendments:

ATC
x   4.25
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>5801 m

+  892 m
- Payment for Computer Networking services (2.5%)
+   25 m
- Income from Video Games
-    6 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Blackwatch
x   2.55
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>2767 m


Hishu Gardeners
x   1.75
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>1339 m

-   84 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Huitzilopochtli Group
x   2.20
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>2142 m

+  480 m
- SIR Certification
-    0 m</tt> - Maintenance for Military Forces

Jacinto Combine
x   1.55
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 982 m

+   96 m
- Broadcasting Rights and Sponsorship for Jacinto League
+  101 m
- Broadcasting Rights and Sponsorship for Silver Series
+   63 m
- Dimensions Casino
+   40 m
- Broadcasting Fees from JCN
-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]
-    0 m</tt> - Maintenance for Military Forces

Saenoori
x   1.60
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>1071 m


The Kavacha Hegemony
x   2.15
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>2053 m

-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]

The New Stoics
x   2.45
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>2588 m

+   86 m
- Income from Crystal Regulatory Authority and Intervention Committee
+  332 m
- Income from Cobra University
+  145 m
- Income from Twin Shards and Monasteries
+   45 m
- Broadcasting Subscriptions from Red Moon and GSEN
+  120 m
- Income from Stoic Clinics
-   25 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

The Saganite Cooperative
x   1.50
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=> 893 m


Wraithguard<tt>
x   1.90
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>1607 m

This message was last edited by the GM at 07:27, Wed 02 May 2018.
Narrator
GM, 1415 posts
Thu 28 Sep 2017
at 12:12
  • msg #27

Turn 20

Council Chambers, Mkobe - October, 49 NS (estimated 3237 AD)

Progress Report

[9, <50%] Construction and Engineering

-  500 m -(111 = 71+40 <= 27+3+4+6) - Golden Jackal Memorial Garden and Convention Centre at The Crag under Motion 34 (using CREOLE, at the Gabriella School of Learning), 100%
It seems fitting that the Gold Jackal's legacy be a place of quiet and contemplation for those who serve, somewhere to think and theorise but also where the officers of different schools of military thought might come together to compare and debate and learn.  Provides a +6 to research into new planetary warfare Tactics, Strategies and Doctrines
-  500 m -(81 = 41+40 <= 27+3+4+6 !!!) - Universal Mustering Out Centre at Yamada's Kalari under Motion 34 (with Rp Nathaniel, using CREOLE and Omniport experts), 85%
Expanding the existing monastic templates to provide for the volumes of soldiers expected is more complicated than expected, but solid progress is made.
-  500 m -(40 = 6+34 <= 27+3+4 !!!) - Polaris Voidworks in Barnesville under Motion 34 (with Rp Mbala at Zenos, using CREOLE), 15%
With the completion of Omniport Aesir and expansion of it's stellar facilities, the planners for the Polaris Voidworks stumble over the focus for their facility and progress is poor.
-  500 m -(87 = 53+34 <= 27+3+4) - Fort Necropolis on the Wraithguard border under Motion 34 (with CREOLE), 75%
At the furthest extent of Wraithguard territory, the earth rumbles beneath the iron-clad feet of CREOLE workers, the looming shape of Fort Necropolis rising swiftly over seven hills. Surveyors and military planners from the Western District Command conduct their assessments beneath the quiet gaze of the soldiers of the No. 4 Haunts, even as heavy rains fall over the construction site slowing progress in the final months of the year
- 1000 m -(132 = 20+27+3+4+6+4+8+60) - Construction of Rhee Omniport (prototyping, using remotes, CREOLE and Omniport experts, based on historic datavaults), 100%
You successfully complete the Omniport in Rhee. Based on blueprints supplied by the ATC experts overseeing the project, together with a steady influx of migrant workers and Minerva graduates, it holds echoes of both the clean lines of Rovaniemi and the more traditional pagoda lines, courtyards and atriums of the Saenoori. With the city's longstanding coastal ties, it possesses an expanded shipping capacity and naval shipyards - with the Grande Armada making enquiries concerning a replacement for their destroyer fleet almost immediately Economy+++, provides a bonus to industrial baseline for the ATC and Saenoori
-  700 m -(72 = 30+42 <= 27+3+4+8 !!!) - Reinvestment into Moth Industries (with Rp Mbala, prototyping, using remotes)
Reinvestmen into the modular homes constructed by Moth Industries focuses on efficiences of energy and heating, with radiant floor tiles, solar pannelling and small scale hydroponics scattered throughout each home.  Morale+
- 1000 m -(91 = 53+38 <= 27+3+8) - Federal Investigation into Construction Shortfalls and Shortcuts (using Civic volunteers and SIR teams)
Decisive, well-coordinated and well-funded responses from SIR teams throughout the Federation enable these rumours to be tracked back, investigated and remediated with surprising alacrity. Such shortcuts are an attack on the values they stand for and the teeth of these mild-mannered engineers are quite conclusively shown Repairs and, where necessary, reconstruction is completed at the affected sites. Morale++
-  500 m -(111 = 77+34 <= 27+3+4) - Clearance and Reconstruction of Buna City (using CREOLE)
Dwarfed by the contributions and volunteers of the Huitzilopochtli, the sight of Federal-operated CREOLE suits working beside the adherants of Sabaki and their peacekeepers from Naphtali is a welcome sight and within months the familiar silhouettes of Buna City begins to emerge from the smoke and ruin.  Morale+, Unity+
-  500 m -(97 = 57+40 <= 27+3+4+6 !!!) - Construct Exodite Chandlery Manufactory for the Chikalda (with Rp Nathaniel, using CREOLE, at the Gabriella School of Learning)
Although the politicans of Chikalda welcome the manufactory and the jobs that come with it, there are murmurings of discontent from the artisans and salvagers that make up the mainstay of their scattered population, citing disrespect for the traditions and values of the region. You successfully construct a new manufactory.  Economy+++, Morale-
- 1000 m -(59 = 9+50 <= 27+3+4+8+8 !!!) - Federal Investigation into Pandayan Sabotage and Overhaul (with Rp Varley, using remotes, CREOLE and Civic volunteers), 15%
Before her death Councillor Okomo made strong progress into unearthing the ingress points used by the Seihai and the methods they had used to corrupt the transportation system. Revalidating that investigation and confirming the specifics is an arduous exercise in engineering forensics. Fixing the corruption proves to be a mammoth undertaking, working with one of the few remaining examples of Exodite high technology.
- 1000 m -(56 = 21+35 <= 27+8 !!!) - Reform Team Scryer (with Rp Nathaniel and Civic volunteers)
Few of the original team contiue to reside in their retirement village and without their insights - and with so much else on his plate - even Rinpoche Nathaniel struggles to make something from nothing.
- 1000 m -(105 = 43+62 <= 27+3+8+10+8+6 !!!) - Construct and Raise 2 x Niellä Lifter for Construction of Star Base on Sig-Zhou (with Rp Mbala at Zenos, using the FNV Verhuis, remotes and closed systems expertise, at LEEW and responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge)
You successfully launch the starships, expanding the Sietcee Airwing, and deploy the entire wing to Sigurðsson-Zhou to begin work. Early surveying reveals some keystone points within the cometary body, as well as some areas of potential risk to construction crews.  You receive a +4 to the first turn of construction on the comet
- 3600* m -(148 = 67+81 <= 27+3+15+8+4+10+8+6 !!!!!!) - Construct Space Elevator between Safed and Gharistan (based on Acero concept, with Rp Mbala and Rp Varley at Zenos, using CREOLE, remotes and closed systems expertise, at LEEW and responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge), 100%
It is fitting that the Nejem Elevator be the first to rise over Comorian, based on those initial early sketches so soon after Unification - even as the Ethlinn Sundial and Aesir Chariot complexes rise to the west and east, each incorporating their own philosophies and styles. Rising from the backbone of the Anderbacks, it's crystalline nature ensures it sparkles in the dawn and dusk light, humming with reflected light through the day. At it's base a joint FBPC-Legion garrison is quickly established, with the 2nd Kuongeza Heavies of the Sa'ka Legion and a battalion of the Nejem Jigesh Kigeni rapidly redeployed from Mkombe. At the apex of the elevator, on the bare platform itself, a company of Comorian Starmaines from the Barq Fleet manage the disembarkment station beneath the watchful eye of the FNS Tengu and her voidfighters You have bootstrapped the commercial space industry. Unless the Council prevents it, you will see commercial exploitation of space beggining within 2-5 turns, including the establishment of commercial stations and starships. You consume 10 Comorite. Economy+++, Morale++, Unity+++
-  473 m -(89 = 47+42 <= 27+3+4+8) - Convert Camp Mkesha to Legion Base (using CREOLE and remotes)
With peace reigning and the last Seihai raid on Mkesha rapidly fading from memory, work begins to establish Mkesha wa Ngome. Already home previously to a quarter of a million legionnaires and the same number of support staff, it's current garrison of only tens of thousands enables military engineers and planners to lay out the bones of the encampment with comparative ease. Among them, among the engineers and the veterans and the lost, a few cadres of good solid men emerge. Calling themselves the Sons of Nemedia, and united under ex-Brigadier Alexander Varellion, these men and women rise quickly to become a voice for those in service and those who have mustered out: and in Mkesha Ngome those voices find a home You now have the bare bones of a modern settlement in Mkesha wa Ngome
-  270 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorite
You harvest 6 Comorite
-  300 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorudes
You harvest 3 Comorudes
-  200 m - Resource Harvesting - Comoryll
You harvest 4 Comoryll
-  160 m - Resource Harvesting - Serum-46
You manufacture 4 units of Serum-46.  You consume 2 Comoryll in the process

= 13703m m
, 38%

[8, <20%] Research and Development

- 1000 m -(142 = 77+66 <=24+8+8+8+6+6+6) - [Mission] Deploy the FNS Lönnrot to Near-Orbit Scouring of Comorian and Rafiki (with Dr Yutani and his surveys, using remotes and DisCuSSion network)
Captain Mbali's methodical search of near-Comorian space, cataloguing both satellites and debris in conjunction with the sensors of the FNS Mbal Msafiri but finding little unexpected bar a handful of unregulated satellites launched by the PMMC-sponsored community - and for which no reigstration at Sietcee was made. Analysis of these post-retrieval yields little of interest. With it's tidally-locked orbit, Rafiki is a far more interesting beast. On the far side, the ruined wreck of the Ansible surveyor is examined and the damage caused by a micrometeorite shower confirmed; in the lee of one crater wall, a downed Kolibri Shuttle tagged as belonging to the RCV Kari; close by, in a deep and partially collapsed sub-crater, two broken pieces of the NEV Cetan surrounded by other debris - some of it crystalline in nature. According to BADI analysis of the historic datavaults, she was a Metate- or Molcajete- class battlecruiser some 800 metres in length . Finally, in a canyon on the dark side, the shattered carcass of a Stranger vessel nearly four kilometres in length and sufficiently covered in dust and detritus to suggest it has been there for some time
-  600* m -(135 = 13+121 <= 24+3+6+9+60+10+6+3) - Cryo-Psychology (at Ilaaj Kee Sabha Hospital and the Phoenix Institute, Kavachian experts and using Medical Datavaults and Ethical Volunteers), 100%
Disconnection, disorientation and the kind of loss attached to grief emerge unsurprisingly as the main historic traumas associated with long-term cryonic suspension, with the datavaults of the FNS Mbal Msafiri containing a significant body of literature on the subject by virtue of the hundreds of thousands of sleepers it carried. Long-term suspension remains the rare case and further specialist research will be required to understand the attenuated effects hinted at in the Seihai material on skip living, but protocols for those considering suspension, or coldsleep as it becoming known, are established at Ilaaj Kee Sabha Hospital.
-  250* m -(109 = 67+42 <= 24+6+6+3+3) - Juvenile Criminal Rehab (at Mallory College, the Phoenix Institute, Stoic experts and Chrysanth Garden University), 90%
Following up on their Khojak programme centred on Youth Recreation Centres, the same cross-disciplinary team extends their research to include rehabilitation and profiling - exploring various neurological, psycological and chemical imperatives leading to juvenille crime. Whilst their are clear options for rehabilitation presenting themselves - often relating to self-worth, empathy and upskilling that may be addressed by specific sub-programmes with the Khojak organisation - they recommend a small degree of further assessment with the Federal Clinic Network to more completely examine the theories around addiction and specifically habit-formation and beneficial addictions
-  250 m -(175 = 93+82 <= 24+10+6+24+12+6) - [Eyes Only!] Seihai Genetic Alterations (aboard the Mothersub and at the Phoenix Institute, with Seihai Knowledge), 100%
Access to the best Combine geneticists and the material hinted at in the body of knowledge released by the Satyata Council confirm five primary bloodlines within their kshatriya-sōhei, or warrior, caste - Anchin, Kukri, Shikaaree, Torōru and one mentioned only in the depths of the Satyata material as Ueno.  Some of the corpses studied identify as half-caste, with material from other non-warrior bloodlines such as the Mori or Kawa. All of the warrior bloodlines show specific tinkering to the genetic code which is assumed to reinforce specific attributes, but most also include small adjustments your scientists believe to come from wolves, bears, or other Terran mammalian species. Your team quickly reclassify this research as Eyes Only!  You receive a +9 to future genetic mapping or alteration programmes
- 1200 m -(123 = 87+36 <= 24+12 !!!) - Proof of Everything (with Rp Kostyantyn, using Technical volunteers), 100%
After expending significant efforts deterring the hypsters and snakeoil salesmen, Rp Kostyantyn and a small team distill a core set of mathematical proofs that may be used in consumer and commercial contexts to demonstrate identity, validate authenticity or provenance, makes claims about the completeness of specific aspects of work - assuming them to be appropriately specified. With these breakthroughs, cross-business cooperation has the potential to be significantly - and radically - disrupted You have invented Smart Contracts, though without the underlying Blockchain. You will see a variable impact to Economy over several turns
-  375 m -(56 = 32+24) - Unification Theory, 40%
Progress remains slow, with the secession of the Imperium continuing to make your researchers nervous.
-  720* m -(146 = 93+53 <= 24+3+12+6+8) - Transparent Solar Polymers (with Team Helios, at Xolotl, using Technical volunteers), 100%
Building on the new Solar Gatherer technologies built into to the M-SET satellites, experts from the Huitzilopochtli Group work with volunteers from the Rafiki and Combine on exotic new materials, eventually producing a steel like polymer that combined the power absorption and transmission capabilities with the requisite transparency needed to function as windows, portholes or entire frames of remotes or other craft. Despite the internal components of such craft still being constructed of visible materials, a slew of B-movies quickly emerge from Red Moon and other studios featuring invisible fightercraft in absurdist plots  You may enhance facilities, PW or SW units with Transparent Solar Gatherers, providing primarily an aesthetic improvement. With the right unit construction, you may argue for other bonuses
-  400 m -(99 = 10+89 <= 24+3+8+8+24+6+10+6) - Disbursement Consequences Study under Motion 40 (with PFC Gyver, relying on Fisabee Data Sciences and Arachne)
Despite the incident with PFV Gyver, the research time work meticulously through the Seihai material, cataloguing risks and threats concerning its release to the Federation and more widely.  Potential consequences will be outlined in the Diplomacy - Seihai thread
-  400 m -(52 = 8+44 <= 24+3+5+6+6 !!!) - Chameleonic Moe-Hair (with Rp Grey, at Twin Shards and Phoenix Institute), 10%
Attempts to collect samples from the two Ryllian Dromedaries proves ... exceptionally troublesome, shaving them even more so. Researchers from the Phoenix Institute in particular are bitten numerous times
-  400 m -(109 = 77+32 <= 24+3+5) - Stranger Xenobiology (at Twin Shards), 20%
With little beyond speculation and the uniformed Terran-Comorian classification system to work with, researchers make slow progress into unlocking the configuration, construction or workings of the Strangers. Existing research into Ryllian conversion yields the most interesting insights, pointing the research team towards crystal variants or properties intended for specific purposes. With study of a functional Stranger further progress will be stymied, however You may only progress this up to a maximum of 50% completeness without further samples or other breakthrough
-  400 m -(50 = 12+38 <= 24+3+5+6 !!!!!!!!!) - Stranger Communications (with Rp Nathaniel, Rp Kostyantyn, Rp Varley and Dr Wiggin at Twin Shards), 5%
Your team at Twin Shards disproves numerous theories around Stranger communication, continuing to circle back at the Ansible shards as the key to unlocking communication within the Strangers, much like a nervous system, or between them, more akin to radio You will progress more rapidly on this if the Ryllians are not distracted by other projects
-  450 m -(66 = 31+35 <= 24+3+8 !!!!!!) - Gravionic-Assist Airborne Assault Harness AKA Jump Packs  (with PFV Gyver at Fisabee Incubator and Rp Mbala at Zenos), 40%
Early initial successes on the programme breeds a sense of invulnerability around test flights and PFV Gyver - who has refused many attempts at promoting him - showing off the new GA3H-X pack himself. In front of a launchpad at Sietcee filled with Legion and Fleet brass, the pack explodes mid-flight - killing him instantly. Throwing themselves into the technical post-mortem, his team identify the faulty components within weeks and are able to restage a far more successful demonstration, imploring the Council to permit them to complete the research You receive a +6 to completing the research. Morale-
-  450 m -(45 = 10+35 <= 24+3+8) - Reassess Modern Close Combat Techniques and Equipment (with PFV Gyver), 10%
With his untimely demise much of PFC Gyver's assessment into modern techniques and equipment is half-finished or at the formative stages.
-  250 m -(91 = 49+42 <= 24+12+6) - Medi-Gel (at APRIL and Phoenix Institute), 100%
With the Federation's expertise in medical sciences and the examples provided by the trauma kits produced by the Stoics and in Exodus starships, such a combination anaesthetic, clotting agent and restorative is easily envisioned but tricky to produce - especially at scale. With concerted efforts from APRIL and the newly emerged Phoenix Institute, a formulae is meticulously confirmed and field tested.  You see a passive bonus to trauma response, EMTs and general population health. You may equip military units with this, providing an increase in Survival. Morale+
-  200 m -(136 = 82+54 <= 24+3+12+15 !!!) - Project Renewal (led by Professor Barnes at APRIL and with Rp Mbala at Zenos), 100%
Working tirelessly through existing Federal blueprints and patents, Professor Barnes and the team at APRIL make a series of suggestions, recommendations and modifications to the Federal Services Technical Branch, who manage these, and through them to the wider commercial and industrial community.  You will see a reduction in between 5% and 20% on existing blueprint prices for planetary facilities. Distinct studies will be required to uplift Planetary or Stellar Warfare units and technology
-  100 m -(90 = 63+27 <= 24+3 !!!) - Cryptobiology Investigation for Desert Ifrit (with Aperture)
Few tracess of the so-called Ifrit are found, though Aperture reports back to the Council that there are unusual crystalline densities and formations in the region.
-  200 m -(71 = 47+24) - Talent Management for Team Helios
Rumours concerning the fate of Team Scryer raise themselves at the worse possible time during interviews and debriefing sessions with Team Helios, and the Rafiki confirm they will returning to Ksar es-Seghir within three cycles to focus on domestic projects.  You have 2-3 cycles before they retire
-   25 m -(-55 = -81+36 <= 24+6+6 !!!) - Feasibility Study: Tactical Networks (at Fisabee Incubator, Arachne and Xolotl)
Researchers working at Xolotl craft a bare bones model of a tactical swarm network, intended to demonstrate how a company of soldiers might achieve increased threat visibility on the battlefield. With limited experience in the field themselves, several key lock-outs are omitted and the rogue swarm of remotes leaves the testing ground and begins hunting civilians. Despite zero casaulties, the bogeyman of killer robots bring public outcry.  If you attempt further investigation into this or related technology within five cycles, it must be Buried Deep. If it is found out there will be a strong backlash. Morale---
-    0 m -(135 = 47+90 <= 24+6+60 !!!) - Feasibility Study: Gravty Control based on Gravionics (with Rp Mbala at Zenos, DisCuSSion Synthesiser and Cobra Univeristy, based on Engineering Datavaults)
Localised control over gravity is at the heart of gravionics, though typically applied in a manner known as contra-gravity. Your researchers, Rp Mbala in particular, believe that a wider range of capabilities is possible - with finer grained control.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 1200 million
-   25 m -(116 = 83+33 <= 24+3+6 !!!) - Feasibility Study: Asteroid Mining based on Gravionics and Tugs (with Rp Mbala at Zenos and Cobra University)
Several techniques suggest themselves to the thinktank at Cobra University tasked with cracking this.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 600 million
-    0 m -(82 = 49+33 <= 24+3+6) - Feasibility Study: Genetic Manipulation - Anti-Cancer Genes (at DisCuSSion Synthesiser and Phoenix Institute)
Given the expanding expertise of the Federation in this field tracing references in pre-Exodus vaults to early work into this specific topic quickly uncovers several promising theories and research papers from which estimates can be established.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 2400 million
-   25 m -(116 = 89+27 <= 24+3 !!!) - Feasibility Study: Technical Cybernetics (at Fisabee Incubator)
Extending the work already completed on basic mechanical systems with more complex controls, signal intepretation and supra-human capabilities such as enhanced strength or speed would be well within our reach.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 400 million

= 7720m m
, 22%

[6, <30%] Economy and Trade

-  560 m -(181 = 151+30 <= 18+12) - Prototype Consumer Grade Electronics in Tōsandō (prototyping, using Technical volunteers), 100%
Continued investment in the Acero Gardens tech industry, and respect for it's emerging design focus and sense of aesthetic, sees the entrance of several new personal terminals that leverage high-fidelity screens, multiple modes of network connectivity and easily pluggable personal sensor swarms that could revolutionise consumer and commercial use if properly exploited. Gesture-based interfaces in particular, based on the whole body, make heavy inroads into blue collar environments - particularly for remote operators, but also opening up telecommuting opportunities. Analysts predict that bandwidth within the ATLAS network will quickly become a bottleneck, however Economy+++, together with a bonus to the Hishu industrial baseline
-  750 m -(30 = 12+18 !!!) - Expansion of SIR Certification Throughout the Federation (with Rp Nathaniel), 5%
Following on the heels of Huitzilopochtli funding to establish SIR teams throughout the Federation, the formalisation of their certification process proves over-complicated for the majority of use cases and it is suggested that it might be better helmed by someone with less imposing acuity You may not use Rp Nathaniel on continued efforts for this programme
-  500 m -(114 = 90+24 <= 18+6 !!!) - Protect and Incentivise Teaching (with Rp Nathaniel)
Campaigns such as the Shivajian-sponsored 'Pay It Forward' programme that sees their executives and middle managers committing to 10% of their time on coaching, mentoring and teaching, or the joint programme being run by the Oshakati and the NMC sponsoring those wanting to retrain to teach technical apprentices, run beside more focused investment into teacher training and support networks and the establishment of Nagarkar Foundation to sponsor those unable to afford the qualifications. Named for Esi Nagarkar, a Thanh Hóa teacher nominated in a Federation-wide competiton, the Foundation quickly moves to forge links with related programes You will see reduced 'time to impact' from facilites such as the Hackschools or Universities. Morale+, Unity+
-  500 m -(60 = 30+30 <= 18+6+6) - Expand Remit of Ethical Branch for Elderly and Infirm (with Rp Nathaniel, at Federal Clinic Network, using Ethical volunteers)
During the course of their research, the team uncover an unexpected duality in Federal attitudes towards the elderly and infirm: on one hand, the family is a strong and close-knit unit and many still live in multi-generational homes with not only their immediate family but aunts, uncles and cousins galore; on the other the pre-Unification pressures of survival and conflict at both a polity and often local regional level has left some deep-seated attitudes requiring that these demigraphics not look outside the family unit for support. New thinking will be needed to bring these inline with the increasingly uneven distribution within the Federation
-  500 m -(105 = 78+27 <= 18+3+6) - Establish the Victoria Entertainment Grant with the ATC under Motion 34 (at Gabriella School of Learning)
Entreprenuerial outreach, coupled with revisions to academic curriculums and engagement between business and the Minerva schools see some early successes within the ATC - small studios springing up and typically existing as one-hit wonders for a time. With an ongoing grant, however, bigger and better things are predicted As a result the ATC see a small bonus to their industrial base
-  500 m -(68 = 47+21 <= 18+3 !!!) - Establish the Long War Foundation with the Stellar Imperium under Motion 34 (with Rp Nathaniel)
Welcomed by Imperator Carlsson and his citizens, many veterans on both sides see the Foundation as a self-serving edifice that mocks the post-war reality. It is underused and undervalued outside of diplomatic circles.  Unity-
- 1345 m - Deposit into Sovereign Wealth Fund
- +1463 m - Payment from the ATC for Crystals
 You transfer 2 Comorite and 9 Comorude
- +500 m - Payment from Blackwatch and Huitzilopochtli for the Stellar Imperium's ATLAS Access
-   50 m - Payment to Jacinto Combine for Rental of Skunkworks Mothersub

= 2172m m
, 6%

[3, <20%] Diplomacy

-  400 m -( 90 = 63+27 <= 9+8+6+4 !!!) - Determine Federal Succession Plan (at Dimenions and Acero Convention Centre, with Chrysanth Garden University and civic voluteers)
From before the Exodus through to Unification, the Nejem line has ruled unbroken with strength and insight, each daughter and each son serving in the field and in the senate. With the untimely battlefield death of Hasan Nizar Nejem, that traditional was broken. For certain Hasan had a brother, unable to serve militarily after a fall in his youth, and a sister - the First Minister - who had never served. He had two teenage daughters, the eldest not even as old as the President when his father had been assassinated, and even then young Abdul had two years of fighting bandits behind him. None qualified, under the usual traditions. And then there was Sarah Your choices appear to be: break the Nejem traditions or succession and nominate one of the President's other children or grandchildren, nominate one of their ancestors - an option the researchers know the Council would likely reject in the case of Sarah Nejem, but perhaps not Captain Efraim - or look to other political leaders, through election or marriage. Of those they suggest those most qualified and acceptable would include: Ka-Atanrik Ghera, Zethira, Rodric Carlsson, or the Duke of Velacruz. Both Reine Okomo and Mito Cunningham would have been acceptable
-  500 m -( 73 = 56+17 <= 9+8) - Ceremonial Transfer of Crimeran Territory to Huitzilopochtli Group under Motion 34 (at Acero Convention Centre)
When Sabaki shone upon the pilots who would become the Huītzilin, it did so in the isolation of the South-Western Desert. When it's rays first struck the Azune Sun satelliite and the voidsuit of Captain F. Itzmalli as he manuoevred it from the bay of his lifter, it did so in the calm cold quiet of the void. When the Federation renewed the lines on the map that many already knew to be true, it did so with pomp and ceremony far from Sabaki's unfiltered light and far from the men and women whose sacrifice it acknowledged. Not with warrior-pilots, not with crew-widows or engineers. No, with a hand-terminal and a ribbon and some canapes Morale-, Unity--
- 2142 m - Payment to the White Cross (6%)

= 3042m m
, 9%

[8, <30%] Espionage and Counter-Intelligence

-  300 m -(67 = 22+45 ,+ 24+4+8+9) - [Eyes Only!] Construction of the Joint Intelligence and Counter-Insurgency Centre (with CREOLE, remotes and GSEN), 80
Despite the completion of the physical shell of the Centre, the necessary training material and simulations take longer then expected to flush out - perhaps due to a lack of agency involvement directly in the establishment of JICIC.
-  500 m -(157 = 55+102 <= 24+3+8+4+12+9+12+24+6 !!!!!!) - [Eyes Only!] Capture Hate Group Ringleaders (led by Tänzer, Aperture and Németh, supported by FIA-SIA, PRISM, Tannhauser, GSEN and Martial volunteers, with Seihai techniques)
With the weight of the Federal and Council intelligence community thrown behind it, anti-Buna ringleaders are rapidly identified, isolated, interrogated and finally interred. Almost all of them come from the mountains: from long-standing communities in the Anderbacks, the Kuru Vuoristö or Chikalda Hills. And almost all of their rhetoric is based on material from the cultural datavaults of the FNS Mbal Msafiri, from journals and palimsets of a handful of arboretum staff - most prominent among them Dr Kwaku Temitope You have cut the head from these hate groups. Whether the poison lingers or it is itself a hydra, remains to be seen. Morale++
-  500 m -(140 = 62+78 <= 24+3+8+4+12+9+12+6 !!!!!!) - [Eyes Only!] Investigate Comoryll Theft (with Aperture and Németh, supported by PRISM, Tannhauser, GSEN and Martial volunteers)
Painstaking recreation of the theft, based on security footage and system forensics, eventually lead the task force into the Anderback Mountains. In a remote mining town close to the Crimeran-settled portion of the Buna-Gorski border and south of Gharistan, Captain Németh stumbles over an extensive facility. Abandoned, it was once clearly a factory producing Focht, one run by the Cartels, and inside three empty Comoryll vials reclaimed. Deeper still, one of the black ops teams from Tannhauser stumbles over something far more sinister - a room full of shruken corpses. Enough remains of two of them to confirm their identity, one a suspected Cartel kingpin from Gharistan and the other Dr Iosif Stephannos, an early victim of the drug hounded in the media for his descent in addiction and the degeneracy he succumbed to to feed it. With these pieces the investigation takes them to Gharistan itself, where they receive their second break: an aging film-maker, Bannerjee, catches a few seconds of three figures emerging from the Buna Defence Force barracks at the edge of the city - one making an impossible leap over the perimeter with the others in his arms. It was one of those carried that drew Bannerjee to Aperture's attention - a taller figure, robed even in the heat, and who's briefly exposed face was full of edges and angles much like those of Jenny Singh! Here the trail cools, for a few weeks, emerging briefly in Tlamacazqui when a second break-in is attempted at the M-SET station there. In the firefight that ensues between Naphtali Security forces and the intruders, one of the trio is winged. They evade capture when the firefight literally stumbles into a VIP tour and several of those touring are hit by stray rounds. Among the touring delegation, one is hit badly, bleeding out in emergency surgery despite the best efforts of those around him. Just one man, but the elder statesman of the Huitzilopochtli, Mito Cunningham, the Hummingbird himself. You have identified the Comoryll thieves as the fading remnants of the Focht Cartels, with two or three of them now Ryllians - and one of those closer to a transfigured human-Stranger, a super-Ryllian . Morale------
-  500 m -(86 = 56+30 <= 24+6) - Establish Customs Movement Control System (using Omniport experts)
Establishing and enforcing a set of lightweight customs controls between the polities of the Federation is received with mixed reactions. Despite the positive homeland security message and respect for the FBPC - and indeed the heavy use of remotes in handling most enforcement to keep impedence to a minimum, it introduces friction to many business and supply chains and serves to emphasise the different business practise and tax regimes within member polities more than ever. Economy- for three cycles, Morale+, Unity-
-  500 m -(159 = 93+66 <= 24+3+3+6+6+24 !!!) - [Eyes Only!] Establish Dossier on Union of Western Collectives (led by Director Rasheed and Aperture, supported by FIA-SIA and SAKHUN, with Seihai techniques)
Emerging from the clans and gangs of the Western Badlands, the Union is comproised of the least sociable generations of post-Exodus frontiersmen and settlers who fled westerns from the chaos of the infighting after planetfall. Where the valleys of the northern portions of the Western Badlands allowed for the formation of micro-states such as the Alluvian Union and Western Farmer's Alliance, the peaks and passes of this region reinforced the stoic and clannish nature of such men. Prospectors, bandits, survivalists and their ilk formed into Collectives - fortified settlements based on a handful of families. From these the strongest rose to rule, backed with bullets or precious metals, and the strongest of those were Joshua, Amelia and Dallas Sval - rising to form the Union. Today, and the Union is boostrapping itself in the cities of Ammon and Siwa, with an influx or urban migration backed by the same banditry and sale of refined, precious and rare earth metals to the Imperium and Federation. Economically and militarily they are massively outclassed - still using equipment obsolete in the Federation since the first days of the Council. Rumours claim they field a single regiment with modern weapons, but these are sketchy. Infilitration into Union territory is easy, though infilitration into their society is difficult because of the familial nature. It is likely that some of the purported banditry was, in fact, Seihai operatives simply working from their territory unknownst to them - though it continues because of blood spilt and the temptation of a big strike
- 1000 m -(80 = 26+54 <= 24+9+4+8+9) - [Eyes Only!] Investigate Songline Station (with Kavachian experts, using CREOLE, remotes and GSEN)
Early investigation by Federal and Imperial scientists maps out what is believed to be the initial extent of the facility, spreading like a fern over around twenty square kilometres and extending over fifteen or so levels. It is clear that the extensive underground base has spread from a seed - the central Songline station itself - though that remains sealed, it perhaps contained the initial genetic material, scientific equipment and forges require to extend it - together with the Keeper. All through the tunnels the Keeper's presence is clear, from the unnatural height of the controls and screens to the lack of chairs, from the detritus of many centuries to the bell-like chambers with their high-strung hammocks where it is theorised it slept. It is clear that the station enabled to Keeper to shift the planetary ecosystem, slowly introducing Terran species over many decades and centuries: from the succulents of southern Buna, to the pines and firs in the Dorados and Penhyll Range; from the microbiotics in the water to the great whales in the ocean; and everything in between. Cataloguing what was released from the datavaults of each cryonic hub alone would be the work of a lifetime. But what your scientists begin to suspect is that the Keeper introduced men too. Post planetfall, certainly, in the chaos of the early Water Wars or after the Famine of Saffed, there is evidence that it sampled those who had come here with the Exodus - sampled them, took their seed and perhaps changed them, matured those new lives and then sent them out into the world.  You've barely scratched the surface of the facility, but it is clear that within it thousands of cryonic chambers, labs for genetic study and manipulation, and cauls such as you have begun to understand the Seihai possess suitable to gestate and mature Terran life.

= 3300m m
, 9%

[2, <20%] Stellar Warfare

- 1000 m -(19 = 13+6) - Repair the FNS Mbal Msafiri
With an unexpected budgetary windfall and without clear instructions, the Director of BADI takes it upon themselves to authorise the start of repairs to the FNS Mbal Msafiri. Without clear orders Fleet Admiral Nolan is less than helpful, fearing for the precious cultural and historic knowledge aboard - together with his Starmarine Divisions. Scientists and engineers from BADI pore over the starship's datavaults and, under supervision, a few of the systems. Minor repairs are affected and estimates prepared for much of the remaining work You estimate 1600 million credits to fully repair the starship and have costs for reverse engineering each of the components required to reconstruct her, below:
  • Colony Sleeper Hull, 800m
  • Water Cellular Shielding, 600m
  • Extended Shuttle Deck, 200m
  • Coldsleep Vault, 300m
  • Seed Arboretum, 200m
  • Spike Drive, requires researching the theory but then 150m on top
Stats and bonuses for the startship herself are below:
  • Groundbreaker: Starship, Colony Sleeper class with Fleet Command Bridge, 4 Overpowered Fusion Powersystems, 6 Ion Drives, a Spike Drive, a Seed Arboretum and Integrated Hydroponics, 4 Water Cellular Shielding, LIDAR and Improved RADAR, 2 Probe Bays (8 probes each) and 4 Extended Shuttle Decks, 2 Main Cargo Holds and 16 Coldsleep Vaults (240,000 colonists each). Crew of 196 required, skeleton of 48 can operate the vessel, 2302 metres bow to stern, 748 metres in width
= 1000m m, 3%

[7, <40%] Planetary Warfare

-  400 m -(86 = 36+50 <= 21+15+8+6) - Battlefield Cleanup in Himeji (with Aghori, using remotes), 40
Working under the watchful eyes of three divisions of Blackwatch and Buna soldiers on the ground, together with the sensors of the FNS Tuleva and XVS Crimeran Martyr in orbit above, the Grimjacks work quietly and tirelessly to clear Himeji of the shattered corpses and material of eighty thousand men and women - with those having faced the fearsome Athena Vronti shredders barely recognisable as human in so many cases. With such devastation very little is salvageable, however they Aghori find themselves shadowed by Seihai rōmushudra who wait quietly for the Aghori to finish before working on shoring up the chambers and tunnels of the occupied fortress. As the end of the year nears, it is estimated that perhaps a third to a half of the work is completed
-  400 m -(81 = 31+50 <= 21+15+8+6) - Battlefield Cleanup to the South of Ieyasu Point (with Aghori, using remotes)
Redeploying from Himeji, where their work had been taken on by the experienced Grimjacks, the Jikininki find themselves deep in the folded and creased mountains north and west of Camp Mkesha. In the canyons and gorges, on the mountainside and the deep dark tunnels, the bodies of the fallen bear only two insignia: the dark green pine tree of the Saenoori Strikers, a holdover from their association with the Nemedian Rangers that has featured in a recent Red Moon broadcast; and the abstracted temple pictogram of the Arige Seihai.  Recovered materials will enable you to refit a single battalion of troops with Damche Transports for free
-  400 m -(-19 = -69+50 <= 21+15+8+6) - Battlefield Cleanup in Yamashiro Drome (with Aghori, using remotes)
Deploying out of Xur Command for the first time, the Bean Nighe stumble into the tension of the Seihai capital. Few fallen from the Federation lie here, the wrecked fightercraft and bombers long stripped bare of both their components and their crew. Instead the Aghori find themselves handling mostly civilians, those who sucumbed to the less discriminate munitions - the emplacements around the city pulverised and those kshatriya-sōhei manning them less than paste. Even for those, they try, and in trying find themselves compromised. It is unclear who among the battlion is responsible for the critical missing assessment, but over the course of four weeks the majority of the battalion work to clear out an especially difficult concentration of bunkers and armouries. And six weeks after that, the majority of those women and men begin to show signs of chronic radiation syndrome, manifesting as nausea and vommitting, hair loss and several strains of cancer. Locals call them the Gaki, the hungry ghosts, so named for their pale complexions and loss of apetite Within two turns the Bane Nighe will be impeded, within a further two turns they will be no more
-  400 m -(30 = 9+21) - Reshuffle Western District Command
Attempts are made to relocate the Western District Command from Saffed-Cadiz, with Lieutenant General Nasim eventually appealling directly to Dandris for the use of the partially constructed Fort Necropolis - once the facility is fully online. It is graciously granted, however with the shift of coastlines the cutter from the Santiago Squadron is released to the Coastal District Command and she requests patrols from the Northern District Command.
-  400 m -(77 = 25+48 <= 21+6+8+9+4+4) - Remodel Acero District Command Centre with Seihai Blueprints (prototyping, using CREOLE, remotes and GSEN)
With the extensive rebuilding and revitalisation occuring in Buna City, Lieutenant General Parrish lobbies hard for the prototye DCC to be constructed there. Leveraging the long-proven operational efficiencies within Fort Mkombe and the warfighting expertise of the Seihai, the facility is the first amalgamation of different engineering and military worldviews. Concealed within a modest surface footprint, the subterranean facility consists of a Command Post, runways and Aircraft Hangers for three Wings, sufficient Barracks for a Brigade and suporting forces, and a Bunker suitable for siege. Blueprint Available, for 500 million credits. No maintenance on units stationed here
-  380 m -(134 = 88+46 <= 21+8+5+12) - Raise 7 x Peacekeeper Divisions, 2 x Krait Cyber Warfare Battalions and 2 x Border Police Brigades (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Divisions, expanding the Mlezi Guardian Corps, and deploy them to Saqqaf-Cadiz for now - though under the Western District Command
-  640 m -(126 = 80+21+8+5+12) - Raise 24 x Patrol Cutters (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the new cutters, expanding each of the existing squadrons of the Naval Corps - half of the new cutters are deployed to Rhee, under the Coastal District Command; the remainder are split between the Samjhanāmā Collective, Kyoto Sands, Ksar es-Seghir and Ksar el-Kebir, under their respective District Commands
-   25 m - Refit a Regiment of the Ashen Phoenix's Ifrit Mechanised Infantry Brigade to Fisabee Equipment
You successfully refit a regiment's worth of soldiers, dubbing the newly formed unit the Scorched Scarabs, and reshuffle the brigade to enable them to be replacement with the latest Eastmount recruits. With such soldiers coming from the veteran core of the Ashen Phoenix, Legion General Babatunde orders their immediate deployment to each of the three Federal Mechanised Divisions as a heavy strike force.  You have effectively raised 3^ x Fisabee Mechanised Infantry Battalions
- 1000 m -(141 = 87+54 <= 21+6+8+9+10 !!!) - Peace to the Mountain (with Lt Järvi, remotes and GSEN)
Pressure at Nagato spills over, with the Rafiki's Dragut regiments forced into running tunnel skirmishes with members of the Sengoku's 1st Naga Brigade. Despite protests from the commander on the ground, Kagenojōgi Kanta Sengoku claims the actions of his soldiers represent a few spirited recruits and the tension rises for several days. Finally, with the death of a squad of Rafiki regulars in an unfortunate waste-water surge and intervention from Kagenojōgi Ito Ueno of the Qassab, the situation is brought back under control. Elsewhere everything is quiet, the challenge-combats fielded by the Blackwatch earning respect in Kushan and the continued presence of the Kavacha in Giri Durga leading to some hesitant cultural exchange
-  357 m - Transfer to Jacinto Combine for Coastal District Legionnaires
-  260 m - Payment to Blackwatch for Mercenary Contract
-   95 m - Payment to Blackwatch for Training

= 4757m m
, 13%

Total Expenditure:
= 35694m m
, 100%
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GM, 1443 posts
Thu 19 Oct 2017
at 14:17
  • msg #28

Turn 20

Polity Progress

ATC
-  178 m - Withdrawal from Polity Wealth Fund, the ATC Emergency Stimulus Fund
- +500 m - Payment from the Federation for Imperium Network Access
- +700 m - Payment from the [REDACTED]
You receive 2 Comorite
- +500 m - Payment from the Huitzilopochtli
- + 75 m - Payment from the Silver Republics for MagLev (1 of 12)
- + 75 m - Payment from the Silver Republics for FedeRail (1 of 7)
- 1350 m - Payment to Federation
You receive 9 Comorude
-  113 m - Payment to Federation
You receive 2 Comorite
-  500 m - Payment to the New Stoics
You receive 5 Comorude
-  540 m - Resource Harvesting from Crystal Caves
You receive 12 Comorite
-  600 m - Resource Harvesting from Crystal Caves
You receive 6 Comorude
-  200 m - Transfer to Jacinto Combine for Project Nixie
You receive 5 Comorude
- 2194 m -(82 = 34+48 <= 27+3+6+6+6) - Continue FedeRail (at Arachne and Omniport Nephele, based on closed systems expertise), 100%
Despite pressures on personnel in the later phases of construction, Federal citizens see the slightly enigmatic smile of ATC President Zethira unveiling the first FedeRail route beginning in Ranica in the fall of the year - standing with crew chief Cassia Montgomery, her engineers and crew, the White Cross wellness team and plethora of customer enablement analysts. Interviews from the first full coastal run round to Loupe Point saturate the news networks and ATLAS boards for the days following, drowning out the teething complaints and sniping for local rail operators.  You see a one-off bonus to your industrial baseline, together with an annual revenue stream of 450 million, rising after 3 cycles as the teething issues are worked out. Economy+++++, Morale+++, Unity+++
- 1000 m -(104 = 65+39 <= 18+6+6+6+3) - Construct BEAM Facilities (at Arachne and Omniport Nephele, based on closed systems expertise), 100%
Established within FedeRail stations in the Federal core, the Bureau of Establishment, Advancement and Maintenance is an engineering conglomerate within the ATC intended to provide maintenance, capability and consultation with civic authority on running the network, city planning, brownfield developments and engaging with other ATC firms for the installation of management of Grey Water Systems, MagLev elevators and such like. It is well received, working with local SIR teams as they expand within the FedeRail-served cities You receive a regular income from city planning and enhancements, which can be considered inversely proportional to the modernity of cities and churn within them. With these facilities the burgeoning divide between urban and rural, and that of core and border, is amplified and exposed. Economy+, Unity-
-   25 m -(134 = 41+93 <= 24+3+6+60) - [Eyes Only!] Feasibility Study: Project Bogatyr (at Arachne, based on Keihäs Datavaults)
[REDACTED]
- 2700 m -(203 = 87+116 <= 27+3+60+6+6+6+8) - Construct Project Sundial (at Arachne and Omniport Nephele, based on Keihäs Datavaults, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 75%
Enhancing the Omniport Ethlinn with a Comorite shell, it is at first unclear what the ATC's intentions are for the facility. As the Comorite-Comorude cradle rises up around that, an architecturally lighter echo of the Nejem Elevator emerging far to the east, and further speculation on the RFE and EMM over such bulk purchases of the so-called miracle metals reaches fever pitch - the Ethlinn Sundial's intended form becomes clear. With a whisper of a tether finally emerging above the rarefied atmosphere, several flag rank officers of the fleet are seen heading into conference in Ranica. Lacking any Council instruction to secure the new Federal elevator, and little legal wiggle room to do so unasked, the Unified High Command is keen to understand the security needs and intentions of the ATC
-  464 m - Maintenance for Minerva

= 5919m m
, 100%

Blackwatch
-   12 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund
- +355 m - Payment from the Federation
- + 30 m - Payment from the Kavacha Hegemony
- + 20 m - Payment from the Hishu Gardeners
-  250 m - Transfer to Federation for Stellar Imperium's ATLAS Network Access
-  200 m - Transfer to the Jacinto Combine for Nixie Munitions
- 2365 m -(113 = 49+64 <= 27+3+8+8+12+6) - Widespread Urban Industrialisation (using remotes and Omniport experts, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
ou successfully construct Recycling Centres, Subterranean Hydroponics Plants and Transport Hubs in Eastmount, Northall and the Browning-Rook Enclave - with two apiece of each facility bar the Transport Hubs in each settlement and Lt Generial Civilis authorising companies from NOOSE to operate the CIA-SOU Command Posts in each of those. Supporting these new facilities, and augmenting the existing power station in Eastmount, two new Fusion Plants spring up in Northall and the Browning-Rook Enclave. Close attention is paid to improvements and efficiencies that can be made in implementing a standard colonial patterning and the centres of these cities taken on a brutalist regimented aesthetic. Within the Browning-Rook Enclave a set of oversized construction yards begins to take shape, which include laboratories bent on stress testing related improvements.  You see a significant bonus to your industrial baseline
-  600 m -(129 = 89+50 <= 21+6+15+8) - [Eyes Only!] Dealing with the Union of Western Collectives (using Martial volunteers and Peacekeepers, at the Acero Convention Centre)
Detached from their regular duties, a platoon of Blackwatch Imperial Scouts, supported by the 5th Peacekeeper Division from NOOSE, are redeployed to Eastmount. [REDACTED]
-  600 m -(153 = 89+64 <= 21+8+5+6+24) - [Buried Deep!] [REDACTED] (using remotes, Martial volunteers and specific expertise)
[REDACTED]
-  930 m -(117 = 51+66 <= 27+5+8+12+8+6) - Expansion of BLADE (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka, with remotes and Martial interaction), 100%
You successfully raise 2 x Saenoori Shock Trooper Battalions, 5 x Python Cyber Warfare Battalions, 1 x Border Patrol Brigade, 2 x Blackwatch Imperial Scouts Battalions and 4 x Peacekeeper Division, leaning on the Imperium to source much of the material for equipment, uniforms and such like

= 4552m m
, 100%

Hishu Gardeners
-  800 m -(57 = 7+50 <= 24+8+4+8+6) - Continue to Prototype the Kanagawa Undersea Platform (prototyping, using remotes, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 20%
With underlying structure damage from the prior collision, a massive section of the Kanagawa Undersea Platform collapses and the Hishu abandon the project Morale--
-  799 m -(73 = 46+27) - <?>Continue to Construct the Goryōkaku Fortress and Airbase</?>, 20%
Further endless replanning cycles paralyse construction of this base, now positioned as the centre of the Hishu Defence Force's revitalisation You receive a -6 penalty to further work on this facility until you achieve a non-failure roll
-  135 m -(99 = 47+52 <= 27+5+8+12) - Continue to Restructure the Hishu Military (at Eastmount, Rusalka and The Crag), 100%
You successfully raise two Djerboa regiments for the Raiden-Hisei and hence the Acero District Command, together with a Python Cyberwarfare battalion for the Borderers
-   84 m - Military Maintenance of Hishu Defence Force
-   20 m - Transfer to Blackwatch for Eastmount

= 1838m m
, 100%

Huitzilopochtli Group
-  250 m - Transfer to Federation for Stellar Imperium's ATLAS Network Access
-  100 m -(113 = 67+46 <= 27+3+3+6+6+4) - Prototype AWACS (prototyping, at Xolotl and Suvidha), 100%
First to roll out of the new facilities at Dzhankoi, the Stražar X-1B AEWC picket aircraft is based on the Mbuni frame with extensive C3 facilities and a crew of carefully screened analysts and tacticians. Using the latest in Scraager radar technology and encrypted links, the first two prototypes rolling out of the facility are shipped immediately to Haavee and Anderbacks You have unlocked a new unit and may raise these are required; they provide a +10% to Survive of covered units. Each aircraft costs 100 million
  • Stražar X-1B AEWC 42/21/21 Air 'Bomber' Based on the Elcar airframe, with Full Redundancy avionics and Gravionic engines and a AWACS C3 Suite, together with Basic training

-  733 m -(123 = 90+36 <= 27+3+6) - Enhance M-SET Blueprints (at Xolotl), 100%
Paving the way for commercialisation, researchers at Xolotl are pleased to confirm a proprietary black box bi-directional M-SET unit with enhanced throughput and capacity. Each of the facilities at Tlamacazqui is upgraded as part of the process, testing the concept as well as the security measures that require a SIR team to unlock their operation.  You may construct these new M-SET Transducers for 300 million each, with the capabilities of both a transmitter and receiver. You may convert existing facilities over to this component for 75m each
-  800 m -(95 = 58+49 <= 27+3+3+4) - Continue Construction of the Dzhankoi Gravionics & Aerodynamics Reseach and Test Flight Facility (using CREOLE)
Amidst the bare bones of runways and hangers, legions (pun intended) of workers in exosuits bearing the stylised 'C' of CREO Light Enterprises lay down the muscles and nerves of the facility: the industrial-weight wind tunnels and engine pads, the cranes and the rigging, the sensors and the computational backbone and networking Projects based here receive a +8
- 2700 m -(111 = 59+56 <= 24+3+3+4+8+10) - Reconstruction of Buna City (with Napthali, remotes and CREOLE), 100%
You successfully construct Recycling Centres in Buna City and Tlamacazqui, enhancing the existing facilities within both cities with Grey Water Systems based on ATC blueprints. On top of this a joint engineering team from Huitzilopochtli and Buna work on establishing the Sunfish Aquaponics Facility on Lake Mundafen within site of the Mbum Hackschool on the northern shore. Expanding their remit, Napthali Securities become a common and welcome site in the pits and sinks of Buna City.  Both the Huitzilopochtli and Buna receive a bonus to the industrial baselines, with the Buna emerging from their recession as close allies with the Huitzlipochtli! You will see further, educational and investment, benefits - some emerging within ~1-3 turns. Morale+++
-    0 m - Military Maintenance

= 2526m m
, 100%

Jacinto Combine
-  300 m - Transfer to Cassini-Freeman Alliance
-  750* m -(118 = 42+76 <= 24+3+45+4) - [Eyes Only!] Project Nixie (prototyping, using Historic Datavaults), 100%
Building on the existing work required for coordinated missile barrages as part of the now aging Eleventh Hour Missile Platform, together with the much more recent analysis of SAM batteries, point defence systems and Seihai military technology, these swarming munitions demonstrate their effectiveness quickly and are available for immediate refit You have created a new equippable weapon suited to a Pylon or Warhead slot - the former is used for units armed with missiles, such as Fightercraft and Light Batteries, and the latter for missile systems, such as the Umkhonto Cruise Missile. They benefit from slightly reduced Assault modifiers but increased Survival, i.e. less likely to be defeated by point defence. You may equip three missile-equipped units with the prototypes and build these for the same cost as general purpose missiles
- 1000 m -(151 = 93+58 <= 27+3+6+6+8+4+4) - Expansion of the Aesir Complex (prototypying, with new materials and Omniport experts, responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge), 100%
You successfully complete the Omniport Aesir and stellar fields landward and east of the facility. Although smaller than Yamada's Kalari, these reinforced expanses will still permit vessels up to around a quarter kilometre to use the facility and space is left to expand this further. At the eastern boundary a second megastructure takes form, the cradle of the Aesir Chariot, a bold mobile space elevator that deliberately eschews the reliance on 'native' Comorian crystalline technology - instead building upon the shoulders of giants, solid known but novel physics and materials science. Approximately two thirds of the elevator is completed, the breadth of the project and complexities of a mobile platform taxing even Jacinto Scientists You estimate it will take a further 500m to complete the Aesir Chariot. You receive a +12 to the next turn
- 1000 m -(152 = 31+121 <= 24+3+60+30+4) - Advanced Material Sciences (prototyping, based on Engineering Datavaults), 100%
Delving deeper into this burgeoning specialism, your researchers successfully grow buckminsterfullerene spheres and tubes - though it is the nanotubes that have the most commercially viable properties at this stage of research. In parallel, a second team successfully explore foam metals - incorporating these into the Aesir Chariot project for the floating base of the elevator You may use these materials techniques in Construction and Engineering (or related industrial) projects to reduce the cost or the risk of catastrophic failure, or introduce other specific applications to the output
-  864 m -(137 = 64+73 <= 24+4+45) - Jacinto Combine Cultural Festival(at Dimensions, based on Historic Datavaults, using CREOLE)
Launched from the iconic Dimensions Resort, the Carnivale Legionnaire as the Combine Cultural Festival is a resounding success - lacking only the overflight by an Exodite starship to rival the landmark Skaði Festival hosted by the ATC. Bold and colourful street art and performances steal the limelight from more thoughtful installations, and the debates about the relative merits of both occasionally outshine both as the melange of cultures that make up the Combine and, in microcosm, the Legions is reflected back with Legionnaires often found performing, debating or celebrating - and showing the passion that underlines the rigour, grim determination and considered tactics of their members and the scientific community they sprung from. During the course of the Carnivale two new Legions are recruited: the Legion Rapax and the Legion Scythians, who share the symbol of the Flying Looter - a gliding reptile common to Kichenko Island with a frilled mask-like face You receive a bonus to your industrial baseline. Immigration increases, especially from those from the sea settlements of the Grande Armada such as Port Barbary
-    0 m -(Auto-Success = +) - Feasibility Studies: Advanced Close Air Support Aircraft Design
Based on experiences seen in the Long War, your military researchers recommend study into both the relevant tactics to support close air support and the materials required to provide this - recommending gravionics over rotary craft as were popular in some historic records Research or prototyping unlocked, for 600m to 800m
-   10 m - Maintenance for REDACTED

= 3107m m
, 100%

Saenoori
-  180 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund
-  322 m -(77 = 43+34 <= 27+3+4) - Prototype Damche Roadtrain (prototyping), 100%
Finally solving the problematic issues balancing ease of deployability with protection, the Kifaru Roadtrain provides logistical support and supporting fire for up to three Damche-equipped battalions. With these and the new Stratos and GA3H-X Jump Battalions added to the existing extensive combat roadtrain fleet they field, Marshall Park is pleased to confirm the Saenoori Strikers will be reforming several lost regiments in the coming months You have unlocked a new unit and may raise these as required; they provide logistical support for Airborne, Air Mobile or Dropborne operations. Blueprint and prototype unlocked.
-  650 m -(115 = 59+56 <= 21+4+15+12+4) - Prototype Stratos Battalion with SOEIV (prototyping, with the Jacinto, using S3 and CREOLE), 100%
Demonstrations of orbital insertions by the reformed 101st Saenoori Strikers using the Barq Fleet's existing Harrier Assaultcraft to land them with precision on the Tanganyika Plateau show how dominating the orbital high ground will raidically shift combat philosophies in the coming years You have unlocked a new unit and may raise these as required; they may conduct Drop Pod operations. Each battalion costs ??? million
  • Stratos Battalion ??/??/?? Infantry Drop Legion Kelps with Battlesuits, equipped with Nemedian Carbines with Smart Microexplosive Munitions and Monoblades, together with Basic, Nemedian and Shock training and supported by SOEIV pods for transportation
. You have one battalion of these troops.

-  650 m -(145 = 89+56 <= 21+4+15+12+4) - Prototype GA3H-X Jump Battalion with Damche (prototyping, with the Jacinto, using S3 and CREOLE), 100%
Subsequent training exercises by the newly raised 502nd and 503rd Saenoori Strikers further show how traditional viewpoints on static defences, territory and terrain will need to be reconsidered You have unlocked a new unit and may raise these as required; they may conduct Dropborne operations - typically from a Harrier Assaultcraft or Damche. Each battalion costs ??? million
  • GA3H-X Jump Battalion ??/??/?? Infantry Cavalry Legion Kelps with Battlesuits and Jump Packs, equipped with Nemedian Pistols with Smart Microexplosive Munitions and Monoblades, together with Basic, Nemedian and Striker training.
. You have two battalions of these troops.

-    0 m -(48 = 24+24) - Feasibility Study: Breaching Pods (free, using S3)
Insufficient historic material on boarding actions provides little for the researchers in the Saenoori Stellar Synthesis Network to work with

= 1802m m
, 100%

Saganite Cooperative
-    8 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund
-  540 m -( 96 = 62+36 <= 24+3+6+3) - Gold Chrysanth (at Chrysanth Garden University and Arachne), 100%
Rejected by those who have succeeded already in commerce, the think tank turns frustratedly to concepts of natural selection - establishing entrepreneurship programmes, grants and innovation hubs to create a model where an ecosystem of small and hungry business owners compete for marketshare when the Council or Collectives' weight is thrown behind such projects You have unlocked two selection programmes that may be used when founding new businesses: firstly, you may choose to Carefully Establish for an extra + of Economy or industrial baseline (though it will take a further budget cycle before the effect is applied); secondly, you may Establish with Venture Capital, which may produce a named entrepreneur or product benefit with a bonus that will become apparent and active in a 2-3 budget cycles. Both programmes increase the cost of founding a business by 180m or 50%, whichever is higher, and only apply to E&T businesses (not facilities). Either programme may be incorporated within a new or existing facility for a one-off cost (i.e. if you wished to sell on or gift the programmes)
-  480 m -(110 = 75+35 <= 27+8) - Construction of the Sterling Orphanage (using remotes and based on Stoic blueprints), 100%
Outside the blossoming city of Darbuiks, northward on the coast towards the Rafiki, the Sterling Orphanage is finally opened with social workers from the city and across the Nezem Badlands flooding in with foundlings, war orphans, refugees and others for whom there is no extended family to take care of them. Morale+, Unity+
- 1650 m -(152 = 74+78 <= 18+45+6+6+3) - Comorian World Cup (using Cultural Datavaults) and Raise Peacekeeping Forces
Bigger, bolder and far flashier then the first, the Saganite hosted event plays up the excitement and granduer that has been growing around Comorian Football, staging an epic opening and closing ceremony in the new jewel that is Darbuiks and stretching the matches themselves over several weeks interleaved with gigs, culinary showcases and an immensely popular trance festival that melds traditional Exodite modes with the newest compositions from Thanh Hoa and synths coming out of Tōsandō. You successfully construct two small manufactories ensuring a baseline gourmet food and pharmaceutical support for the World Cup, together with a new fusion plant. You successfully raise four Peacekeeper Divisions, known collectively as the Darbuiks Juvenals in honour of the inaugural event in Ranica.  Provides one-off injection of funds next turn, together with a bonus to your industrial baseline. Economy+, Morale++, Unity++

= 2678m m
, 100%

The Kavacha Hegemony
-   32 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund, the Prabhu-Dhan Fund
- +250 m - Transfer from Federation for Electronic Warfare
You receive 1 Comorian Ansible, 1 Comorude, 2 Comoryll and 8 Comorite
-   0 m - Transfer to ATC
You send on 6 Comorite
-   0 m - Transfer to New Stoics
You send on 2 Comoryll
- 1020 m - Transfer to Federation for research into Cryopsychology and the Space Elevator
You transfer 2 Comorite
- 1650 m -(78 = 25+53 <= 27+3+8+4+8+3) - Construction of the Vichaar-Vimarsh Netavark (with Dr Yamada, using remotes and CREOLE, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
You successfully construct DisCuSSion Synthesisers at the Suvidha Testing Grounds and the Ilaaj Kee Sabha Hospital, together with DisCuSSion Hubs within the Samjhanāmā Collective, to work alongside Kavachian Eyarospes Injeeniyaring in Mukt Shahar Sietch, at Haavee Adda airbase, with Dr Sara Yamada heading up a fourth facility in Kandar Sietch and a final hub co-located with Federal researchers at Sietcee. Alongside this work, further enhancements to Suvidha Testing Grounds successfully tie the programme together, but fail to extend it's effectiveness as hoped for
-  375 m -(132 = 12+120 <= 24+3+9+24+60) - [Eyes Only!] Exploit the Himeji Cryonics and Datavaults (with Dr Yamada, using Seihai Computing and Kavacha experts, using Cryonic Datavaults)
Extensive exploration of the Himeji facility and their datavaults reveals swathes of minor technical improvements to Kavachian cryo-chambers, with Dr Yamada's team able to reverse engineer the majority into base designs with comparative ease.
-  375 m -(91 = 6+85 <= 24+3+3+6+10+15+24 >>> >>>) - [Eyes Only!] Operation Gaurav (with support from the GKS, KKS, SAKHUN and using Seihai infiltration techniques)
Deploying the 210th 'Phaladāyī' Division for peacekeeping throughout the territory, informed by intelligence provided by the KKS, proves exceptionally effective in damping down on civic disorder and the first flares of tension such as have been seen elsewhere in the Federation. With increasing military presence, the silk glove of the KKS and the unasked for support of the preachers and devotees of Raksha Koan, the Hegemony is quiet and almost peaceful.   Morale+
-  360 m -(133 = 80+53 <= 27+6+8+4+5+3) - [Eyes Only!] Construction of Ēkatā Transport Hub and sister facility at Giri Durga (with support from SAKHUN, using Omniport experts, remotes and CREOLE), 100%
You successfully construct two Transport Hubs, in Rajaad Haane Sietch and a sister facility in Giri Durga. Despite initial concerns in the Seihai settlement at the open nature of such a hub, adaptions such as have been seen in Buna City or Tōsandō permit a more integrated aesthetic for the facility. Repurposing the CIA-SOU Post within these two hubs for a proposed Kavachian-Seihai border security team is well considered by both Koizumi and Varma, but neither Kagenojōgi is comfortable enough to commit assets and the posts remain initially empty You receive a bonus to your industrial baseline
-   12 m - [Eyes Only!] Maintenance for SAKHUN
-   10 m - Maintenance for Haavee Adda Airbase
-    4 m - Maintenance for Military

= 3838m m
, 100%

The New Stoics
-   63 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund, the Aurelia Tomorrow Fund
-  225 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorite
You harvest 5 Comorite
-  200 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorude
You harvest 2 Comorude
-  200 m - Resource Harvesting - Comoryll
You harvest 4 Comoryll
-   80 m - Resource Harvesting - Serum-46
You harvest 2 batches of Serum-46
-  700 m - Transfer to Buna for Comores Pandayan
- 1180 m -(185 = 82+103 <= 6+45+10+8+8+6+6+6+4+4 !!!!!!!!!!!!) - Construct Yamada's Kalari and Raise Garrison (with Rp Franklin, Mäkinen, Järvi and Mbala, prototyping, using Combat Simulators, Cultural Datavaults, remotes and CREOLE, with Civic volunteers, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Rising up from the badlands north of Boca Ridge, there is little to see at the site they called Yamada's Kalari: a scattered handful of monasteries in the ridges and low mountains, centred on a vast flattened hexagon of concrete. Admist them a few lone squat towers conceal the underground extent of the facility, a spiderweb of Bunkers protecting the mostly empty Barracks (sufficient for four Divisions, with one claimed for the Aghori known as the Looter's Wattle), Proving Grounds (focused around Cutter, where twin-monoblade techniques are taught using bloody Seihai methods, and the Quiver, a combat simulator pod for Drone operators) and Aircraft Hangers (sufficient for four Wings or eight smallcraft). At the western's point a sprawling half-completed monastery is what draws the eye - the Mustering Out Centre already full of the weary and the wounded. Atop the northernmost mountain, Xur Command sits in the historically styled shell of their thoroughly modern Command Post, though the small shrines to the kami of the site can be found throughout, oft festooned with the detritus of battle upon which soldiers of the Xur have scrimshawed a blessing or a vignette, or a small vial half-filled with alcohol (half of which is sometimes splashed on the shrine). You successfully raises 1 x Jambuvanti Peacekeeper Divisions to garrison Kalari and the Stoic Clinics in the Imperium, 2 x Aghori Battalions - the Bhoot and the Ogbanje - and 2 x Arrow Drones to fill out the complement of the XVS Crimeran Matryr  You receive a +5 to training Stellar Warfare units at Yamada's Kalari.
- 1880* m -(106 = 62+44 <= 18+6+6+6+8+4 !!!) - Establish the Cassini-Freeman Watercoolers and Sisterhood of Nymh (with Rp Nathanial, using remotes and CREOLE), 100%
You successfully construct DisCuSSion Hubs in Boca Ridge, Port Chrysalis, Barafu Utotu Station, Tōsandō at the Seventh Gate Vault, Barnesville and Gharistan, together with a new Stoic Monastery in Boca Ridge connected to the local hub and the establishment of the genetics-focused Sisterhood. For the latter, the deliberate countering model of information flow - an echo of Yoni-Linga spirituality - and the tension between generalisation and specialisation brings a clear balance to the Stoics participation in the Alliance. Swallowing the Seihai material on genetics whole, the Sisterhood  completes their comparative analysis on Genetics and Genetic Manipulation with the aid of Combine researchers, going on to apply the techniques learned there to unlock Drift Stabilisation and Bloodline Management With these new sciences, Stoic (and Combine) scientists have the capability to introduce (or remove) small-scale but inheritable traits into their populations through eugenics programmes. Of course, there may be cultural, social or political barriers and such programmes will take generations. Projects undertaken by the Sisterhood receive a +4 where they relate to Genetics or Bioengineering.
-  500 m -(95 = 67+28 <= 24+4 !!!) - Expand PRISM and CRAIC with Refraction Posts (with Apeture and Rp Nathaniel, using CREOLE)
Repurposing controls and certifications seen with the Huitzilopochtli's SIR teams, the construction of CRAIC offices in the key crystal processing hubs of Mkombe, Buna City, Port Cartegena, Boca Ridge, Port Chrysalis, Ndanga, Usiku and Ranica - combined with a strict tagging and provenance system mediated by the CMCS protocols - is widely welcomed by established corporate leadership and resisted by small businesses, prospectors and other smaller players You have established a core of control and tracking, but it is murky in the field and in harvesting. Investment in processes and tools to enable adoption or in Federal regulation to impede a lack of adoption may help close this loop.
-  700 m -(160 = 93+67 <= 24+17+6+5+5+4+6 !!!) - [[Buried Deep!]] Ryllian Sciences (with Rp Nathaniel, at Kailish, Twin Shards and Federal Clinics), 100%
With improved screening processes based on Cassini-Freeman research and crystalline tagging, the process runs smoothly and six candidates are successfully converted apparently quickly. It is only latter, when footage of the Hummingbird's senseless death begin to float the ATLAS net that some small and unkind rumours start to surface and challenge the prominence of Ryllians as Rinpoche. Thankfully all of those recently converted seem above reproach: Lisette Comores, a social worker dealing with troubled teenagers whose natural empathy takes on wild new proportions; Lt Marjut Idowu, a cyberwarfare specialist from the newly raised Kalari Command who begins to remember past lives; Nkosazana Mbum, a Kavachian medical engineer who now exhibits chromesthesia and perfect pitch following exposure to an untreated cut and hence the blood; Eshe Thorley, a senior field analyst from the KKS who shows a newfound superhuman micro-dexterity; Lilja Haines, a young researcher and devotee of the Sisterhood of Nymh who can control her metabolism and toxicology; and Marshall Sandeep Yamada, who endures the process stoically to test out as a remembrancer. [REDACTED] You consume 6 Comoryll.
-   25 m - Military Maintenance

= 5101m m
, 100%

Sons of Nemedia
-  650 m -(74 = 32+42 <= 27+3+8+4) - Construct Universal Legion Manufactories (using CREOLE and remotes), 100%
With some assistance from the White Cross and Moth Industries you successfully construct two manufactories in Mkesha, establishing the Universal Legion Corporation to focus on basic military-style supplies for those mustering out and remaining in these borderlands. With ties to the VAA, the echoes of Exodus, and leveraging the strong military fetishism within the Federation, any ULC surplus does well on the consumer market You receive a significant bonus to your industrial baseline
-  300 m -(66 = 33+33 <= 21+3+6+3) - Establish 'Manage the Manager' Business Mentoring Programme (at Chrysanth Garden University), 20%
Despite clear and respectful intentions, the brusque and non-nonsense attitude of the ex-servicemen the course in Darbuiks is seeded with runs aground in the mixed academic and business community. Bridges are built, but progress is slow You receive a +4 to continued efforts in this vein next turn
-  251 m -(91 = 57+34 <= 27+4+3) - General Industrial Efficiencies (prototyping), 80%
Applying process engineering and fault-finding techniques, your engineers settle on a series of simple tools to help progress clarity and communications within an industrial setting - further small refinement is required to iron out the rough edges however You receive a small bonus to your industrial baseline

= 1251m m
, 100%

Wraithguard
- 1092 m -(91 = 67+24) - [Buried Deep!] Basic Cybernetics, 100%
[REDACTED]
- 1800 m -(124 = 88+36 <= 30+6) - [Eyes Only!] Raise 3 x Wraiths
You successfully recruit and convert the Wraiths within Däniken Base.
-  500 m -(190 = 155+35 <= 27+8 !!!) - Continue Construction of Styx Terminus (with Murali Swarthy), 100%
You successfully construct two Fletchette Cannon emplacements and raise a pair of Scraager batteries to complete the defensive placements, working with ATC engineers to connect the newly built station within Styx Terminus into the FedeRail network

= 3392m m
, 100%
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GM, 1463 posts
Tue 31 Oct 2017
at 02:19
  • msg #29

Turn 20

Next Turn
Population Growth: Steady, ~2%
Economic Situation: Unbalanced, but recovering and still with pockets of buoyancy and others of disrepair
Morale: Improving
Unity: Overwhelming, with the first phase of the Offworld Challenge met

Aptitudes (Wartime - 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
Stable captured comet Sigurðsson-Zhou in the Comorian-Rafiki L3 point

Reserves of untapped Comorian Crystals, processed into:

Comorian Ansibles  22
Comorite           15
Comorude            8
Comoryll            6 
Serum-46            4

Sovereign Wealth Fund, 1770m

Deployed military forces, on Comorian and with Polity forces in brackets (reports still coming in from the front:

Langerhans Corridor on land borders
Infantry          90 (220+)
Power Armour      39 ( 3)
Armoured           3 ( 7)
Artillery and AA  18 (10)
Roadtrains         1 ( 5)
Naval Vessels     32 (10)
Submarines         2 ( 4)
Air Wings         26 (13)
Cruise Missiles    3 ( 1)


Deployed mixed-environment forces:
Drones             1 ( 7)

Deployed offworld forces:

Eleventh Hour System in orbit, single use, can strike surface targets
Colony Sleeper - 1 - FNS Mbal Msafiri, in orbit around Comorian. Badly damaged but Ansible equipped
Mobile Dock - 1 - FNS Verhuis, at Sietcee Spaceport. Exact status unknown, but capable of spaceflight and sub-orbital flight
Patrol Destroyer - 1 (1) - FNS Tengu, at Sietcee; UTF Keihäs, at Skaði Field. Exact status unknown, but capable of sub-orbital flight and under the command of the ATC
Patrol Boat - 1 (1) - FNS Tuleva, orbiting; XVS Crimeran Martyr, orbiting under the command of the New Stoics
Scouts - 1 (1) - FNS Lönnrot, conducting operations over Rafiki;
Stellar Smallcraft 8 (1) - 1 x Harrier Assault Craft, 1 x Gomorrah Shuttle, 4 x Kolibri Shuttle, 3(+2) x Niellä Lifter, at Sietcee
Space Elevators - 1 - Nejem Elevator, in Anderbacks

Available Budget:
+43959 m
- Comorian (population 6,054,929,092; economy x 6.60; morale x 3.30)

-  264 m
- Maintenance of Gyver (147m), Fisabee (99m), Damche (0m), Saenoori (0m), Djerboa (0m), Habub (0m) and Ifrit (18m) forces
-  158 m
- Maintenance of Scraager (40m), Faru (0m), Virafu (84m), Isagila (9m), Mobile RADAR (10m) and Umkhonto (15m) forces
-    0 m
- Maintenance of Kunguru (0m), Tai (0m), Mbuni (0m), Djinn (0m), Dervish (0m), Tuju (0m), Vidyut (0m) and Candrahan (0m) wings
-   10 m
- Maintenance of Greyback (10m) vessels
-   60 m
- Maintenance of the LEEW and Starflight School
-   25 m
- Investigative Overhead of the CIA and CIA-SOU teams
=43442 million credits


Promissory Notes:
-  434 m
- White Cross, ongoing at 1%
=  434 million credits


Polity Budgets:

Baseline Default
= 2172 million credits
- Council budget x 5%

Polity Amendments:

ATC
x   4.65
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>7928 m

+ 1303 m
- Payment for Computer Networking services (2%)
+  125 m
- Income from Video Games
-    6 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Blackwatch
x   3.45
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>5321 m


Hishu Gardeners
x   1.90
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>1954 m

-   90 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Huitzilopochtli Group
x   2.40
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>3040 m

+  149 m
- Contributions from the Faithful
+  792 m
- SIR Certification
-    0 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Jacinto Combine
x   1.70
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>1520 m

+  890 m
- CREOLE Fees
+  100 m
- Broadcasting Rights and Sponsorship for Jacinto League
+  100 m
- Broadcasting Rights and Sponsorship for Silver Series
+   40 m
- Broadcasting Fees from JCN
+   80 m
- Dimensions Casino
-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]
-    0 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Saenoori
x   1.90
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>1954 m


The Kavacha Hegemony
x   2.25
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>2715 m

+  188 m
- Contributions from the Faithful
-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]

The New Stoics
x   2.45
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>3149 m

+ 1003 m
- Contributions from the Faithful
+  166 m
- Income from Crystal Regulatory Authority and Intervention Committee
+  332 m
- Income from Cobra University
+  175 m
- Income from Twin Shards and Monasteries
+  120 m
- Broadcasting Subscriptions from Red Moon and GSEN
+  120 m
- Income from Stoic Clinics
-   25 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

The Saganite Cooperative
x   1.70
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>1520 m

+  376 m
- Contributions from the Faithful
+ 2172 m
- Income from Comorian World Cup!

Sons of Nemedia<tt>
x   1.40
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>1607 m


Wraithguard
x   1.90
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>1954 m


Policies
  • (46) Peace in Our Time: Pressure mounts in the Nezem and Buna heartlands for front-line troops stationed in Camp Mkehsa, or Mkesha wa Ngome as the permanent settlement has become known, to be rotated back to their Districts, coming from families and their 'founding' communities
  • (63) Economic Collapse: Despite strong signs of recovery in the economy, a few trailing issues surface that the threaten to cause lingering problems:
    • Refugees in the Acero Valley continue to threaten tension with the existing ATC populace, piling extra pressure on the White Cross, Moth Industries and the Minerva Programme. Ghettos emerge in the underbelly of Rhee and the 'Golden Triange' of Ranica, Rovaniemi and Zarubino - with the requisite trademarks of the influence of organised crime. Reports from the FIA-SID teams flag three identifiable major groups - the Telamon Gang, the Shoka Dhahabu, and the Nzwani - together with numerous minor neighbourhood gangs
    • Leaks and confidentiality issues in shipping continue to plague Federal operations, extending to local government social security and finance records, embarrassing a number of politicians and causing a storm of new reports, special investigations and ATLAS debate
  • (91) Communities: In Tōsandō the continuing boom in consumer electronics, consoles and home hacking sees a reputation economy starting to flourish, with small emergent teams sustaining themselves on the basis of contributions to the community, crowd-funded initiatives and a modern form of patronage. You will see some benefits every couple of turns, which I will try to attribute

Programmes
  • (29) Federal Services - Civic Branch: Proposals for broadening the Baradari Centres into the rest of the inter-Federation borderlands hit a snag when the Civic Branch dig deeper into the necessary complications with polity legislation around religious tolerance and proselytising - particularly in Blackwatch territory
  • (60) Federal Services - Ethical Branch: No specific recommendations from the Ethical Branch presently, though the continued refugee situation have them concerned
  • (24) Federal Services - Martial Branch: Busy continuing to process the material and information collected in recent research and the latest strikes, the Martial Branch has no recommendations presently
  • (26) Federal Services - Technical Branch: Pressure from the scientific community continues to mount on the President for funding for driverless vehicles, despite serious safety concerns
  • (-51) BADI: Demonstrating the fiery temper he is becoming known for, the Director of BADI kicks off a brawl with Fleet Admiral Nolan during their latest meeting on the disbursement of the FNS Mbal Msafiri. He knocks the Fleet Admiral unconscious and his resignation is demanded by the President. He 'retires' into the public sector, taking with his key scientists with him. You have effectively disbanded BADI
  • (26,11,55,59) Faithful: Opportunities and tensions rise within the religions of the Federation, with new relations and relationships putting pressure on traditional communities.
  • (24,30,16) Monasteries: You see little from the monasteries this cycle, with the faithful distracted by the Atithi
  • (67) Twin Shards: Rolling out the classification system, crystalline grading and working with CRAIC on safety protocols takes up a significant portion of efforts within Twin Shards.

Events
  • (85) Diplomats from the Silver Republics confirm the new Duke of Cortego is a pro-Unification supporter, educated at the Cobra University in an exchange programme
  • (58) Delegates from Itami in the Seihai Protectorate request permission to visit The Crag
  • (-47) Sandstorms emerging in the South-Western Desert, where rumours of an Ifrit had surfaced, herald an unseasonable increase in such activity, causing problems with M-SET coherency and solar power harvesting across the Acero and Central regions.
  • (78) [Eyes Only!] Reports from Director Rasheed at Usiku warn of a conspiracy of secrets forming within the Council; the President makes a rare call outside his regular schedule of briefings to encourage cooperation
  • (9) Leaks from Omniport Nephele suggest the ATC have begun work on a new military starship construction project

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GM, 1509 posts
Thu 11 Jan 2018
at 22:27
  • msg #30

Turn 21

Council Chambers, Mkobe - December, 50 NS (estimated 3238 AD)

Progress Report

[9, <50%] Construction and Engineering
- 1000* m -(68 = 12+27+8+4+8+6+3 !!!!!!) - Federal Investigation into Pandayan Sabotage and Overhaul (with Rp Varley and Mbala, using remotes, CREOLE and Civic volunteers), 45%
Based on the earlier analysis, Rp Varley recommends a series of efficiency improvements in Pandayan operations, which are rolled out on a continuous improvement basis to each of the sister facilities Economy-----
- 1200* m -(198 = 70+27+60+6+6+6+8+8+4+3) - Expansion of Nephele Omniport for FedeRail (using remotes, CREOLE and Omniport experts, based on historic datavaults and responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge), 100%
You successfully complete the new Omniport in Nephele for the ATC, expanding the existing facility with a twin located on the opposite harbour 'wing' from the original facility. Construction is significantly faster now the technology is becoming commonplace, with only intellectual property laws preventing other polities constructing their own.  The ATC receive a benefit to their industrial modifier and the bonus from Omniport experts specific to Nepehele shifts from +6 to +8
-  600 m -(176 = 48+27+60+6+6+6+8+8+4+3) - Construction of Tundvaari Omniport for FedeRail (using remotes, CREOLE and Omniport experts, based on historic datavaults and responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge), 35%
Early construction on the Tundvaari Omniport on an otherwise underdeveloped section of the Nezem coast proceeds apace
-  500* m -(76 = 21+27+3+4+9+8+4 !!!!!!) - Construction of Geothermal Plants under Motion 34 (prototyping, led by the Kayode Twins, at the Phoenix Institute, using remotes and CREOLE), 100%
Marking further deepening relations between the Buna and the Huitzlipochtli Group, this polity-funded Federal-project is erected swiftly outside the desert city of Wuuwa The Buna receive a benefit to their industrial modifier
-  125* m -(100 = 43+27+4+6+6+3+8) - Universal Mustering Out Centre at Yamada's Kalari under Motion 34 (using remotes, CREOLE and Omniport experts, at the Phoenix Institute), 100%
Raised in the rough hinterlands of the Nezem Badlands, the UMOC sits amidst the scattered monasteries of Yamada's Kalari, providing a place for returning soldiers to rest, recuperate and re-imagine oneself in civilian life. Input from the Huizlipochtli, or specifically from members of Napthali Securities who are known for providing civilian work for ex-Legionnaires, ensures the Centre is online as planned by September.
-  125* m -(50 = 8+27+3+4+8) - Fort Necropolis on the Wraithguard border under Motion 34 (with remotes and CREOLE), 100%
You successfully complete Fort Necropolis for the Wraithguard.
-  350 m -(153 = 9+27+8+4+3+24+60+9+3+6) - Donation to Moth Industries for White Cross Medical Trains and Grav Ambulance Drones (prototyping, led by Dr Yamada, using remotes, at the Phoenix Institute, based on Cryonics and Seihai datavaults), 100%
Based on the Beshete Roadtrain, the Shédetóué  or Atlas Roadtrain includes a combat surgical hospital, cryochambers and bio-hazard decontamination chambers - together with both cryo-evacuation and ambulance drones. Trials of the prototype in handling a minor industrial accident in the Anderbacks demonstrate it's effectiveness Cost is 175 million per roadtrain, providing a +25% to Defence and a +75% for nearby infantry units reduced to Impeded. Prototype in use by the White Cross, restricted to Federal borders without military escort
-  500* m -(112 = 49+27+12+8+8+3+4+4 !!!) - Prototype Vapour Farms (prototyping, led by Team Helios and the Kayode Twins, using remotes and CREOLE, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Building their prototype deep in the rough hills of the Desert of the Moon east of Gadir, these vapour farms work to capture moisture released by the temperature transitions between day and night, based on a solid core of science and the instincts of the Kayode twins. Designed as cathedral-like vaults, they are deliberately meditative places whose surging lines resemble waves and winds Each facility provides a + or ++ to Morale per 100 million in desert regions, together with a + to Economy and Unity
-  600 m -(142 = 35+27+30+8+4+8+3+8+10+4+8 !!!) - Bake-Off of Prototype Gravionic Tugs vs M-SET Solar-Pumped Miners for Asteroid Mining (prototyping, led by Rp Mbala, using remotes, CREOLE and Civic volunteers, based on Verhuis datavaults, at Dzhankoi and LEEW, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Working closely with the mining teams on Sigurðsson-Zhou, a pair of existing Niellä Lifters are converted - one with an M-SET transmitter and the other with a pared down gravionic clamp such as is used in the Kalmari Tug blueprints held aboard the FNS Verhuis. Transporting some mining residue from the comet-moon, these two prototypes work to trial the differing approaches.  At current levels of precision, the M-SET is too coarse for mining and too much material is lost. Ground- or station- side processing is recommended, with gravionic tugs to wrestle the materials to those facilities
- 1000 m -(220 = 53+27+30+45+8+10+8+3+4+8+4+8+4 !!!) - Construction of Shipyard Base on Sig-Zhou (prototyping, led by Rp Mbala and Dr Aris Yutani, using remotes and CREOLE, with the Lunar Tunneller and parts from the FNS Mbal Msafiri and FNS Verhuis, at Dzhankoi and LEEW, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
With the recovered comet finally settled into Lagrangian orbit, work begins in earnest to begin excavations on Sigurðsson-Zhou. Tran-shipment of equipment and personnel from Dzhankoi to establish a working camp is somewhat fraught, but once there the mining teams from the Nezem, Buna and Oshakati contractors make solid progress. Building a reinforced ring of small cubbies at the head of a set of tunnels that Rp Mbala has marked out as the extents of an eventual tunnel to interior facilities, mined-out minerals is shipped to Barafu-Utoto for processing as part of the bake-off whilst re-purposed parts from Exodite stores provide for a series of zero-gravity refitting and maintenance bays.  You have established the bare bones of a shipyard, presently capable of repair, refit and construction of small craft, Scouts, Patrol Boats and similarly sized craft. Excavations will enable further construction of concealed and protected drydocks within the interior, but you may also chose to construct further facilities on the exterior of the comet moon
-  500 m -(190 = 45+27+30+45+10+3+4+8+8+4+6) - Prototype the Damche Rapid Deployment Ring (prototyping, using remotes, CREOLE and Omniport experts, with parts from the FNS Mbal Msafiri and FNS Verhuis, at LEEW, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
You successfully construct the Eyrie, a rapid response elevator ring. Both troops and transports may be loaded on the planetary surface, rising to whatever altitude is efficient and effective for deployment.
-  300 m -(123 = 75+27+4+8+6+3) - Enhance APRIL based on Watercooler Synthesisers (using remotes, CREOLE and Omniport experts), 100%
Integrating the protocols and terminals used in a typical DisCuSSion Synthesiser into APRIL, together with new research methodologies coming out of Professor Barnes' Project Renewal, significantly expands the facility - scattering it, in fact, across several locations within the Acero Valley and incorporating a physical drone network for sharing experimental materials on top of the impressive direct datapipes into ATLAS.  You may now commit up to 900 million of research through APRIL per budget cycle, with a +12 bonus as before. As before, it cannot be secret nor can it result in paid-for technologies. By linking the research here with up to seven DisCuSSion Hubs, each provides a +2 as usual plus raises the funding limit by 150 million. If linked with a full seven DisCuSSion Hubs, a final +3 and further 450 million is applied to the project
- 1005 m -(108 = 54+27+4+6+3+8+6) - Modernize Sai Kung (using remotes, CREOLE and Omniport experts), 100%
You successfully construct a Recycling Centre, Hydroponic Farm, Transport Hub, Stoic Clinic, Veteran's Hall, Solar Plant and Hackschool in Sai Kung. Given the spread-out nature of the polity, this increases the pressure on rural areas and sees some benefits subsumed into infrastructure upgrades to support telecommuting Economy++, Morale++, Unity+
- 1005 m -(164 = 110+27+4+6+3+8+6) - Modernize Svithion (using remotes, CREOLE and Omniport experts), 100%
You successfully construct a Recycling Centre, Hydroponic Farm, Transport Hub, Stoic Clinic, Veteran's Hall, Solar Plant and Hackschool in Svithion. Along the coast from Port Chrysalis, and with recent investments there from the Stoics, there is a resurgence in reclaiming settlements along the coastline.  Economy+++, Morale+++, Unity+
- 1005 m -(41 = -13+27+4+6+3+8+6) - Modernize Teruel (using remotes, CREOLE and Omniport experts), 100%
You successfully construct a Recycling Centre, Hydroponic Farm, Transport Hub, Stoic Clinic, Veteran's Hall, Solar Plant and Hackschool in Teruel - however the heavy push on Federal progressive values that come with it raises the shackles of the local communities, many of whom still hold grudges based on a series of atrocities claimed in the early days of Unification. Property damage and vandalism surge, spreading to nearby towns Economy--, Morale--, Unity-
-  270 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorite
You harvest 6 Comorite
-  300 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorudes
You harvest 3 Comorudes
-  400 m - Resource Harvesting - Comoryll
You harvest 8 Comoryll
-  160 m - Resource Manufacturing - Serum-46
You manufacture 2 does of Serum-46

= 8545m m
, 20%

[8, <20%] Research and Development
-  500* m -(159 = 19+24+9+6+6+3+24+60+8) - Cryo-Preservation and Recovery of the Crew of the RCV Mbal Msafiri (with Kavacha and Seihai expertise, and Ethical volunteers, responding to the Offworld Challenge, at the Phoenix Institute), 100%
Acclimatised slowly following their Council debriefing, the six remaining Exodites include both the CMO and CCO from the RCV Mbal Msafiri; their expertise is invaluable in recovering the cryo-preservation techniques required to operate the starship as a sleeper, and therefore in handling the volume of preservations required for the Bean Nighe. With their involvement, the resurgence of certain specific pre-Exodus slang is inevitable - calling those in cryo 'Jiwe jiwe' or 'Za-jiwekunja'. Accompanied by a protection detail at all times, the Exodites are quickly feted by both Federal and polity departments, experts and media outlets.  You have six further Exodites at your disposal, and subsequently a request from the Duke of Velacruz to begin exploring whether the Silver Republics might become a member of the Federation. Unity+++
-  400 m -(110 = 13+24+5+18+8+6+12+8+8+8) - Stranger Xenobiology with [Mission] Deploy the FNS Lönnrot to Analysis Stranger on Rafiki (led by Dr Aris Yutani, using the Usiku Crystal and Moon Surveys, at Twin Shards and DisCuSSion Hubs, using remotes, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 30%
Working closely with scientists throughout the burgeoning Federal science network, Captain Mbali takes the FNS Lönnrot to close orbit of the far side of Rafiki - first scouring the surface with scans and then landing in the deep canyon to investigate the Stranger's corpse itself. Despite the impact with the NEV Cetan and subsequently the moon's surface, it has retained far more structural integrity than even the Usiki shard. With over four and a half kilometres of carcass, however, there is almost too much material to evaluate: however the team believes they have positively identified analogues of nerve clusters, circularatory conduits, muscles, pressure sacs and perhaps even neural processing nodes You receive a +36 to completing Stranger Xenobiology and potentially other topics; it now simply requires funding and time.
-  500 m -(158 = 84+24+8+9+4+9+3+8+9 !!!) - Investigate Songline Station (led by Rp Varley, using Bio-Diversity and Kavacha expertise, using remotes, CREOLE and GSEN coordination, responding to the Offworld Challenge)
With input from Dr Varley and Kavacha bio-diversity experts - themselves increasingly familiar with Seihai techniques - Federation scientists isolate what they believe are the cloning cauls and regrowth chambers used to rapidly mature subjects and test new adaptations. They are significantly advanced from Seihai equivalents, with only Dr Varley's facility with electromagnetic signals enabling them to isolate their purpose.  You receive a +6 to reverse engineering these specific Songline technologies, which may improve as some of the advanced aspects of their construction are understood
-  100 m -(134 = 53+24+3+45+9 !!!) - Cryptobiology Investigation for Desert Ifrit (led by Rp Aperture, using historic datavaults and Bio-Diversity expertise)
Deep in the desert the Council's operatives confirm a sighting of the elusive 'Ifrit', an overtall man-like figure with a cerulean sheer to his skin. Pictures leak onto the ATLAS network, though they are suppressed relatively quickly. Days later Sarah Nejem provides pointers to records in the encrypted datavaults on the FNS Tengu that confirm a resemblance to one of their rare photos of a Songline Keeper - though the colouration is off. Sifting through the scant evidence, Apeture believes there is a possibility of a second Songline station in the region.
-  200 m -(-43 = -77+24+5+5 !!!) - Comorite Munitions (at Fisabee and Twin Shards), 0%
Analysis into the most effective manner of constructing munitions from Comorite rule out most delivery platforms early on, with pure ballistic options the only viable alternative. After several prepared sections of Comorite are promised to the Xur team, preparations begin to be made to explore carving or shattering them into fragments suitable for testing. En route to Twin Shards from a warehousing facility operated by the Resonancy Futures Exchange, the gravtruck is hijacked.  You misplace 2 Comorite
-  250 m -(163 = 47+24+3+60+9+15+6) - Curing Radiation Sickness for the Bean Nighe (using Comoryll and Kavachan Cryonics expertise, at Phoenix and IKS)
You transfer the Bean Nighe to Ilaaj Kee Sabha Hospital and place them in cryo-sleep, ensuring that sufficient chambers remain available for clinical and surgical use whilse research continues apace. Experimental treatment, based on donations from the Stoics, sees some small improvements in a handful of patients You consume 1 Comoryll, from the New Stoics
- 1450* m -(101 = 28+24+6+6+3+6+6+9+4+9) - Genetic Manipulation - Anti-Cancer Genes (based on Kavacha and Seihai expertise, using Ethical volunteers, at Phoenix, Nymh and Xolotl), 50%
Pulling together experts from many sources - and, sorrowfully, terminal patients willing to help with the research - progress is steady and some minor improvements to treatment are delivered. Research coordination from Tlamacazqui sees a series of conference emerge, whilst the Sisterhood hold their own series of plenaries and ecunumical debates Morale+
-  500* m -(156 = 24+24+3+6+6+10+3+6+6+45 !!!) - Juvenile Criminal Rehab and Positive Addiction (led by Rp Comores and Dr Wiggins, with Stoic expertise, using historic datavaults, at Awegala Memorial Hospital, Cobra University, Phoenix Institute and Chrysanth Garden University), 100%  Further expanding the Khojak programme centred on Youth Recreation Centres, and fully exploring the options they had previously presented, the team establishes a set of sub-programmes as promised. Foremost among these is Achak, a combined body-mind martial art focused on emotional and physical control (and looking cool). It draws some inspiration from yoga and the emerging Stoic forms, from basic Nemedian military training, from Gharistan parkour, and from other practises of mindfulness - but the differentiation comes from most of the katas needing two, three or four people to practise together. Reinforces the hidden bonuses from Youth Recreation Centres. You have unlocked Teams as a resource type you can recruit, i.e. Scryer, Helios. Bonuses will vary per expertise and especially purpose
-  300 m -(97 = 73+24 !!!) - Unification Theory (led by Rp Comores), 100%
Early records of unification attempts on Comorian are studied, speeches made by the first leaders to emerge after Planetfall that the Exodites manage to tease out of the FNS Mbal Msafiri's datavaults, together with the journals and personal notes of the first Federation President. Lisette, namesake to the world that marks her own orphan status, is perhaps uniquely placed to pull complete this work. Within her treatise are a series of recommendations and questions - questions about identity and purpose and vision and control; questions that as much limit government as provide a framework within which it may operate for the people.  You have the tools to try for a World Government and the Council's Clark will be tabling an open-ended Motion to set out the answers needed if you want to try and enact it. Unity+++
-  400 m -(136 = 88+24+5+4+6+6+3 !!!!!!) - Chameleonic Moe-Hair (with Rp Moe, Curly, Grey, Németh and Haines, at Twin Shards, the Phoenix Institute and the Sisterhood of Nymh), 100%
Experiments with Curly and Moe unravel the mechanism that Moe uses to shift the colouration in their hide. It is something that can be reproduced, either with the new lab grown tissues treated with crystal products or - potentially - genetically. It is not perfectly chameleonic, however You may create ChaMoeleonic kelps or leathers, within an appropriate lab facility
-  450 m -(56 = 15+24+3+6+8 !!!) - Gravionic-Assist Airborne Assault Harness AKA Jump Packs (led by Rp Mbala, at Dzhankoi), 50%
Limited progress is made, with the technicians distracted by other projects.
-  600 m -(167 = 77+24+12+3+45+6) - Immutable Distributed Transactions (based on Historic Datavaults and Economic Theories), 100%
Building off the initial CMCS tagging protocols established by Prism and CRAIC, these so-called smart contracts threaten to revolutionise shipping, rugged battlefield recording, and multi-endpoint sensor environments, such as offices and factories.  Economy+++
-  300 m -(85 = 7+24+3+45+6) - Microtransactions (based on Historic Datavaults), 40%
Lagging behind the work on smart contracts, this is the next logical step for many of the businesses investing in them.  You receive a +12 to complete this research next cycle
-  750 m -(129 = 64+24+20+6+6+9) - Lab Grown Tissues and Medical Regeneration (using Ethical and Kavachian volunteers, with samples, at the Phoenix Institute), 100%
Researchers at Ilaaj Kee Sabha Hospital and the Phoenix Institute come up with processes to grow a variety of organs, skin and blood products from isolated and harvested skin cells. Both facilities, together with the Federal Clinic Network and the Awegala Memorial Hospital, begin immediate construction of suitable facilities for their production or use - sponsored by the military, kelp industry and both Sai Kung Hoi and Shivajians. Smaller units are fitted to the White Cross Shédetóué Roadtrain Resilience from Agricultural and Medical threats. Economy+++
-  800 m -(73 = 21+24+12+8+8 !!!!!!) - Gravity Control based on Gravionics led by Zenos and Rp Varley, at Dzhankoi and DisCuSSion Hubs, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 40%
Building on the working plates from the FNS Tengu, Rp Varley and the team emerging around her at Zenos to begin to understand this technology.
-  250 m -(129 = 78+24+8+8+3 !!!) - Vaporators (led by the Kayode twins, using remotes, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Extending the experimental subterranean facilities close to Ksar-es-Seghir, fed until now with desalinated water from the inland sea known as Lake Mujib, these desert hydroponic farms begin to march westward as the Desert of the Moon sees a delicate set of white spines emerge - first for testing and then in greater bulk. Roadtrains heading south to Darbuiks, Usiku and Southern Buna are soon stacked with them You may construct Vaporators in arid biomes for 90m, providing + to Morale (and to Economy if combined with a Subterranean Hydroponic Farm)
-  250 m -(64 = 20+24+9+3+8 !!!) - Terraforming  (led by the Kayode twins, using Biodiversity experts, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 0%
Descending rapidly into an overblown feasibility study, this topic is epic.  You may pick sub-topics in the 600-1200 range or treat this as a multi-year programme for 8 billion.
-  100 m -(145 = 38+24+45+15+8+9+6 !!!) - Mapping of Potential Sites for Other Songline Seed Stations (led by Rp Varley, using Biodiversity experts, Historic Datavaults and Seihai Stenograms, responding to the Offworld Challenge)
Analysis of the distribution of native and Terran species highlights a handful of potential locations: east of Cortega, in the foothills of the Penhyll Range; close to Tosando in the Gama de Acero; and in the Northern Dorados close to what used to be the tri-border between the Federation, the Rafiki and the Silver Republics. Less certain, on the basis of fewer observations, are sites based on biomass-based satellite scans: in the enclosed bay west of Svithion; and in the southernmost extent of the Mwitu Peaks. Each of the potential sites covers hundreds of square kilometres of territory, often inhospitable
-  400 m -(90 = 48+24+15+3) - Project Renewal of Polity Infantry Divisions / Peacekeepers, 100%
Recommendations are made to the Legion quartermasters to replace existing flak armour and ageing equipment with Fisabee standards of composite vests and carbines, together with incorporating improvements found in the Seihai Shōzoku - but these are put off whilst there are still forces occupying the Protectorate.  All existing Peacekeeper and Polity Infantry Divisions in the Sa'ka Legion upgraded to new equipment: Morale+, Unity-
-  400 m -(112 = 85+24+3) - Project Renewal of Saenoori Shock Trooper Battalions, 100%
Recommendations are made to the Legion quartermasters to replace existing flak armour and ageing equipment with Fisabee standards of composite vests and fletchettes. Further improvements in Nemedian or Seihai training and equipment are recommended, but require further direction from the Council.  All existing Saenoori Shock Trooper Battalions in the Sa'ka Legion upgraded to new equipment:
-  300 m -(166 = 93+24+15+15+8+3+8 !!!!!!!!!) - Reverse Engineer Spike Drives (led by Zenos, Rp Varley and Xur, using Engineering Datavaults and Cobra Grant, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
With the weight of memories from the rememberancers at Xur, the broad experiences in stellar engineering at Zenos Industries and the training Saenoori datavault whisperer, the equations and blueprints behind them are fully unlocked in a series of gruelling sessions over a month and a half. Students from Cobra and the monasteries take these and exercise them rigorously over a further six months, trying to find some small flaw or assumption - but in the end the research is pronounced sound. With close to a dozen Ryllians on the project, it is unsurprising  You may build Spike Drives at Sietcee, Aesir and the Omniports; they require particular tolerances and, in larger models, rare minerals in sufficient quantity to encourage 'roid mining
-  500 m -(51 = 8+24+5+4+4+6 !!!) - Raise Ryllian Grey Ops Task Force (led by Rp Comores, at Twin Shards, Kailish, Nymh and the Phoenix Institute)
Passing candidates through the Stoic monasteries and selection centres as they muster out of Yamada, Lisette culled and culled and culled: too few skills, too many, too many memories of the war, too few markers of a successful conversion. In the end only two conversions and those a pair of physical adepts - one a cousin of the Kayode twins, Njeri Kayode, who manifested a facility with hardening her skin; the second, Simu Kulmala, is quickly known Ngome, the Castle. Both served in the Long War, with merit, in the Groundpounders - the longest standing division in the Sa'ka Legion.  You consume 2 Comoryll
-  750 m -(58 = 28+24+3+3) - Analysis of Silver Republic Culture (based out of Arachne)
Today's Silver Republics are quite different from the feudal states that existed when Esmail Nejem founded the Federation. At that time, they were highly feudal, scattered through the north-eastern jungles far from Mkombe and thought to be fiercely resistant to occupation. Like many leaders faced with a tenacious inferior opponent, the President chose to let them be: a buffer, in part, to the Seihai; neither threat nor challenge. Today they remain poorer than the Federation, but they have shed some of their feudalism and imported much to strengthen their economy from either the Federation or the Rafiki. Culturally they are a nation who embraces song and humour, though this is something they have kept to themselves until recent years. They prefer GSEN and Red Moon to some of the more highbrow Federation cable, with a preference for tales of rebellion and class warfare.
-  500 m -(79 = 49+24+3+3+9 !!!) - Analysis of Stellar Imperium Communication History (based out of Arache and FIA-SID)
Analysts at FIA-SID conduct a lengthy and exhausting review of personal, commercial and military communication patterns through Arachne - where cryptographic controls prevent message analysis, it is the metadata, the flows and the individual that are subjected to scrutiny. Behind the Imperium's bluster a few things stand out:
  • Immediately following the recovery of the UTF Keihäs, the shape of traffic in and out of the Imperium changed. Downloads of technical material increased massively, together with frequent periodic scans for a range of related keywords
  • Within months increases in technical apprenticeships, applications for postgraduate study, and purchases of advanced technology can be seen
  • Within a year the proportion of their confidentially encrypted traffic has increased significantly, now identifiable as coming primarily from Torres Vedras and Fort Ourém
  • Classification of tone within the messages suggests a rising proportion of concern, suspicion and frustration, with waves of anger closer to secession
  • Analysis of the content itself reveals no deliberate plan for secession, but hints towards preparedness and suspicion
Clearly there are swathes of material that can only be partially assessed
-  200 m -(110 = 37+24+3+10+24+6+6 !!!!!!) - Integration of Seihai Cyberwarfare and Network Security Technologies (led by Rp Varley and Dr Rasheed, using the Seihai Cache, at Arachne), 100%
Layered defences based on proved ATC technologies leave few exploitable opportunities, according to the brochures, however several flaws are known and familiar to the Seihai virii and malware; these are patched and then enhanced with techniques gleaned from reactive networks, consensus firewalls and roving counter-intrusion agents. If it wasn't so highly classified, Dr Rasheed is noted to observe, it would make an awesome art'eglash-inspired movie.  Prior weaknesses in network defences have been filled
-   50 m -(101 = 36+24+3+24+8+6 !!!!!!!!!) - Integration of Seihai Vambraces and Microdrones (led by Rp Varley, using remotes and the Seihai Cache, at Arachne), 100%
Early work to integrate Seihai Anchin vambraces with Federal microdrones is easily completed, with prototypes issued to the FBPC. Results are promising, with them serving as decent receivers of the telemetry and passable command and control devices. Fine-grained control is elusive, however, with the form-factor an issue. Further research will be required for use outside border control and basic patrolling Research unlocked, for a further 300 million
-  200 m -(80 = 45+24+3+8 !!!!!!!!!) - Reverse Engineer Multi-Body Sensor Drone Collective (led by Rp Varley, using remotes, at the Acero Incubator), 100%
Deconstructing the Acero collective prototype and dissecting the notes and improvements made by the original dune buggy enthusiasts, Rp Varley stumbles over one of that team - now working in the Cathedral. Although her own career has taken her a different path, the buggyist's chance remarks to Varley spur her down a road she had not considered. Applying research from sensor spoke networks, advances in miniaturisation and parallel research with vambraces, Varley is confident she can build similar multi-body drones now.  You have unlocked a new type of drone. Your reverse engineering results in the destruction of the existing prototype
-  250 m -(90 = 61+24+5 !!!) - Integrate Mobile Fletchette Printers and Feedstock (led by Rp Varley, at Fisabee Incubator), 15%
Decent progress is made on integration with Seihai battlegear into the Legion supply chain, though it is recommended this project be reassigned to the new Logistics Command for completion.
-  300 m -(152 = 89+24+30+3+6 !!!!!!!) - Strategy - Recon Unit Integration (led by Lt Järvi and Xur, at Golden Jackal and Acero Cathedral, based on Nemedian and FNS Tengu Datavaults), 100%
Exercises in the Anderbacks and Kuro Vuoristö with representatives from several militaries enable Lt Järvi, Commander Idowu and Marshall Yamada to field test numerous permutations of command structure and protocol before settling on a series of strategies.  You have unlocked the trademark Fletchette Long Rifle and Vambraces used by the Seihai Anchin. Strategy unlocked
-  800 m -(56 = -16+24+3+45) - Space-Based Economics (based on Historic Datavaults), 10%
Your economists struggle to draw parallels with the pre-Exodus society presented to them without context, especially with their own training grounded in Comorian mores and struggles and technology. Further research will be required.
-   25 m -(148 = 77+24+24+9+8+6) - Decrypt Biometrically Keyed Cartography on the KMV Tengu (with GSEN Coordination, using FNS Tengu Datavaults, responding to the Offworld Challenge)
Leaning heavily on existing knowledge of starship operating systems, pre-Exodus techniques and the physical metrics gleaned from Watanabe himself, the decryption is complicated but possible. You retrieve it's starmaps, showing the route of the Exodus after it joined at the Outermost Rim, and before that the wandering patrol route it held in trailing of Kujaku-Mayura. Analysis by FIA analysts suggest sections have been redacted, perhaps even before it joined the Exodus and supporting the theory that this was a Satyata starship in Kujaku-Mayura colours. You have the Exodus Road, back as far as the edge of the Rim Confederature
-  375 m -(UM100 = 157+24+30+3+8+6 !!!!!!) - Logistics Battalions (led by Lt Järvi and Xur, at Nephele, based on Nemedian and FNS Tengu Datavaults, responding to the Offworld Challenge, with ATC Liaisons), 100%
Designed to work in close support of the Field Armies of the Sa'ka Legion, the project team recommends the establishment of a Logistics Command - an umbrella within which individual battalions may hone their craft; supporting their recommendation, Legion General Imani Babatunde establishes the command out of the newly rebuild city of Usiku - close enough to two elevators and, through the FedeRail Network, the mainstay of the material- and munitions- producers of the Federation. Attached to this command, the battalions provide supply of munitions, maintenance and parts distribution, and research support together with staffing depots, arsenals and munitions plants. You may deploy each Logistics Battalion to support existing units - providing a bonus to Survival and eliminating maintenance costs for up to a brigade per battalion - or to facilities or teams providing a +6. Existing munitions dumps have been centralised to three depots per District and one battlion each
-  200 m -(166 = 87+24+30+3+8+8+6 !!!!!!) - Strategy - Combined Arms Operations (led by Lt Järvi and Xur, at Golden Jackal and Spaceflight School, based on Nemedian and FNS Tengu Datavaults, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Drawing on the memories of the Long War, where field commanders muddied through the consequences of combined arms deployments, a series of seminars at the Golden Jackal Conference Centre fully explore their learnings before comparing them with historic practises and planning assumptions.  Strategy unlocked, confirmed as the default for the Sa'ka Legion
-  500 m -(111 = 27+24+30+3+8+5+8+6 !!!!!!) - Strategy - Orbital Occupation (led by Captain Clarke, Lt Järvi and Xur, at Golden Jackal and Spaceflight School, based on Nemedian and FNS Tengu Datavaults, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Working with Marshall Park through the field tests of new artillery, Captain Clarke conducts a series of wargames from the FNS Tengu, supported by the FNS Tuleva and XVS Crimeran Martyr, confirming the dominance of a high well position. Her feedback is fed into CoSRA briefings on the militarisation and expansion of near-Comorian orbit Strategy unlocked
-  950 m -(143 = 65+24+20+30+3+8+5+8+6 !!!!!!) - Artillery (led by Lt Järvi and Xur, at Golden Jackal, Fisabee Incubator and Spaceflight School, based on Nemedian and FNS Tengu Datavaults, responding to the Offworld Challenge, with ATC Liaisons), 100%
In the bleak far north, a few hundred miles west of Barufu Utoto, the Barq Fleet and Sa'ka Legion turn the pristine arctic tundra of the Tanganyika Plateau into craters and desolation as they field test recovered artillery concepts and weapons used pre-Exodus. Under the watchful eye of Marshall Park, fragments of training manuals and operations handbooks are turned into working field-ready equipment.  You have unlocked Cannon, Howitzer and Mortar classes and the related equipment, together with the Forward Observer training specialism and program for Planetary Warfare. You have unlocked Kinetic Kill Cannons together with Forward Observer and Barrage programs for Stellar Warfare. You have unlocked Fire Support, Suppression and Barrage tactics. Stats and costs nearly ready. You may further research specific applications such as Air Burst, Simultaneous Barrages and adaptions to fuse, payload and so forth
-   25 m -(Auto-Success = 0+0) - Feasibility Study: Economic Integration Strategies
With the dearth of any facilities dedicated to economic research, the Synthesizer team recommends funding a number of postgraduate studies prior to embarking on this - together with rebuilding or replacing the Dhajafada Economic Institute in Mkombe.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 600 million
-   25 m -(Auto-Success = 0+0) - Feasibility Study: Mining and Study of Compounds on Sig-Zhou
Gravity and tidal effects in extraction will represent far greater concerns then the materials science, and your scientists recommend focusing your effort there - though a strong risk element urges initial studies and processing at the isolated Barafu Utoto Station.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 400 million
-   25 m -(127 = 64+24+30+3+6 !!!) - Feasibility Study: Public Order Tactics (at Golden Jackal and Xur, based on FNS Tengu Datavaults)
Pulling together security firms and strategists from across the Federation to review the Tengu material results in a concise and decisive conference at The Crag.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 375 million. You receive a +6 bonus to this research
-   25 m -(73 = 10+24+30+3+6 !!!) - Feasibility Study: Non-Lethal Tactics (at Golden Jackal and Xur, based on FNS Tengu Datavaults)
Less successful is the arms fair that takes over the remainder of the week, with plenty of firms claiming an edge or a products suitable to wide adoption within the Mlezi Guardian Corps.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 750 million - half of which will likely be absorbed into arms sales
-   25 m -(79 = 43+24+3+3+6) - Feasibility Study: Economic Warfare Doctrine (at Golden Jackal and Arachne)
In the final report, General Thoko Nejem - responsible for the Comorian CBDU - highlights the role of data and pattern analysis as a key component of such a doctrine, keen to see the Council exploring areas the Federation has traditionally remained weaker.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 600 to 800 million
-  125 m -(141 = 80+24+24+3+6+4 !!!!!! >>>) - Feasibility Study: Integration of Aorenda and Latency with Ryllian Grey Ops (with Rp Varley and Haines, based on Seihai Cache, at Nymh and the Phoenix Institute)
Delving into the material supplied by Sarah Nejem and the Satyata, Varley and Haines uncover two wildly differing but interwoven technologies. With the Aorenda - or Aorendra - is a splice of filaments seeded into the brain and tied to the nervous system and stem to provide cybernetic interfacing, compute and storage; with Latency is a set of training and conditioning techniques - backed by electric and chemical stimulation - for blurring the line between conscious and unconscious modes. Given the specific powers exhibited by both women, they would represent the best to complete this - if not interrupted by other obligations - and more so if further paired with a rememberancer Research unlocked, for a cost of 4 billion. You may use existing Stranger AND Seihai bonuses
-   25 m -(59 = 26+24+3+6 !!!!!!) - Feasibility Study: Multi-Spectral Imaging and Combat HUDs (with Rp Varley and Xur, at the Fisabee Incubator)
With the microdrones and vambraces used by the Seihai Anchin as a basis, leveraged into a spoke network, Rp Varley believes she can construct a potent AR battlenet for the individual soldier, especially when compared with technologies such as the Langerhans Spoke Sensor Cloud.  Research unlocked, for a cost of 372 million exactly
-   25 m -(56 = 29+24+3) - Feasibility Study: Non-Lethal Smart Munitions
Clearly still handling the death of PFV Gyver, the team can confirm this is a relatively minor piece of research but are unwilling to commit to a price tag.  Research unlocked, cost unknown

= 13725m m
, 32%%

[6, <30%] Economy and Trade
-  750 m -(-59 = -91+18+4+8) - Expansion of SIR Certification Throughout the Federation (prototyping, with technical volunteers)
Attempts to reverse engineer some aspects of the certification process - or rather, the thinking behind them - taxes the volunteers tasked with deciphering the protocols put in place by Rp Nathaniel. Whilst the newer certification process is simpler, in a number of cases they create a feedback loop that exacerbates the danger posed. There are several high profile avoidable deaths Economy---, Morale-----
-  500 m -(91 = 6+18+3+6+3+4+45+6 !!!) - Expand Remit of Ethical Branch for Elderly and Infirm (led by Lisette Comores, prototyping, using the Clinic Network and GSEN Medical channel, at Phoenix, using historical datavaults), 100%
With a pair of fresh eyes to examine the previous research, the team beneath Rp Comores proposes a multi-pronged approach to tackle the uneven distribution of ageing citizens within the Federation. Firstly, they expand the Federal Clinic Network to include specialist geriatric care; secondly, they establish the Fourth Wave University in Thanh Hóa City to provide retraining and career transition management to enable them to find work and take on new responsibilities, focusing on roles with mentoring opportunities; thirdly, they enhance the provisions for transport, civic service and network access available to those over eighty
-  250 m -(112 = 77+18+3+6+8 !!!) - Sponsor the Comorian Biennale (at Dimensions and Gabriella, with civic volunteers)
Launching at Dimensions in the height of the summer season, the first Comorian Biennale is themed around the broadest of interpretations of 'Freedom' and 'Unity', with hundreds of entrants from each culture or polity - even including a handful of Outsider entries. Within the ever-morphing domes of the exclusive facility the curators wind a tale of time and identity, placing the art based on style or content intermixed with panels showing the history of the Federation and the Exodus Fleet before it. With a mix of digital, physical, installation and performance art, visitors are teased with quiet and cacophony, colour and shade, sorrow and exultation. Several works feature found things, the discarded detritus and knowledge that their world is built upon. Datavaults balanced on neon stacks. Cases from different weapons. Guns. In one darkened chamber, the visitor's own motion triggers a cascade of resonant tones from crystals array around them; in another, a progression of abstract representations of the Exodus way-points approach it on the basis of stellar luminosity, sound-forms, story fragments and the patchy voices of those lost. From a refugee student in Ranica, a neon sculpture of the air battle above northern Buna; from a retired instructor in Kavacha, a set of landscapes - each breathtaking and each, on second glance, a battlefield strewn with men and material. Dances from the Badlands close to Usiku, thrumming with a deep beat and overlaid with the coyote cries of the caller, repeat every hour in the main dome - each performance building on the reverbs caused by the ones gone before. Stories from the Nejem similarly overlay one another in a side hall, the recorded memories of generations of service. Scrimshaws and totems of the Stoics. Dark and wild abstractions from the Wraithguard, each with a trademark splash of colour to represent hope, or joy or love.  Whilst the Narrator has put some of his own understanding of Comorian art forward, Councillors are strongly encouraged to describe the art and architecture of their polities
-  500 m -(97 = 53+18+3+4+8+3+8 !!!) - Devise and Deploy CMCS Tagging Devices Throughout the Federation (led by Rp Varley, prototyping, with civic and tehcnical volunteers, aired on GSEN), 100%
Leveraging the CMCS tagging protocols established by Prism and CRAIC onto the new immutable ledger technology unlocked by the Council's research teams, a central registry of Comorian Crystals and their derivatives is created, enabling the two agencies to track those prospected, harvested or collected and processed - so long as a sample is scanned at some stage. Such scanning of Federal stocks begins immediately. It is hoped that in time the immutable ledger will be populated with sufficient data to hypothesise about individual Stranger corpses. Certainly it should make it harder for more Ryllians to emerge outside Federal control. Significant stockpiles and processed derivatives already exist unscanned, however.
-  500 m -(UM66 = 66+18+45+3+8) - Establish Commercial Space Regulation Agency (using historic datavaults, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Staffed with many Sabaki adherents previously operating from BADI, CoSRA establishes itself early on as a strongly opinionated body - immediately petitioning the Council for regulation on unmanned and manned vehicle design and testing, launch and re-entry protocols, operational protocols, debris reporting and handling, data sharing, traffic management, licensing of existing and new commercial spaceports, weaponisation limitations, evangelism limitations and mandates, on-board safety standards and equipment minimums such as solar ephemerises, transponders and daylight-equivalent lighting, guidelines for new powersystems and propulsion technologies and many more. Although many are based around good practise gleaned from the Exodite datavaults, the rest are well-thought out and clear - including their demand for a branch of customs agents similar to the Federal Border Policing Command.  Regulation will cost a further 1200 million, rising 300 million in costs for each turn not deferred; the CoSRA will require an operating budget of 600 million per budget cycle until commercialisation of space is established
-  150 m -(151 = 53+18+45+3+8+24) - Integrate Global Economics  (using historic datavaults and Seihai integration, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Knowledge of the economic flows and levers that can be applied provides many insights into the existing fragmentary trading occurring within the Federation, enabling the economists responsible to carefully introduces a series of efficiencies into the legal and financial systems You have unlocked the facility to receive income from Sovereign Wealth Funds, such as the Federal and individual polity ones in existence. You will start to see a return on funds over 500m, though you will need to restructure them to see this benefit - restructuring costs 250m and you will need to tell me how risky you're prepared to invest, in what kind of businesses or regions, and your planning horizon for seeing returns - small and often or long term, for instance. . Economy++
-  600 m -(110 = 77+18+3+6+6) - Expand the Victoria Entertainment Grant within the ATC (at Gabriella, based on computer sciences)
Building on the early success of the programme, further VEG-funded business continue to spring up with the Federal support programme being established. Confidence in the micro-studios and 'parker' spaces of Acero Valley and the Tōsandō Revo to produce consumer-focused entertainment products grows, so named for the re-purposing of traditional garages and other such facilities as gravitic imports from Browning and Northhall continue to flood the market and challenge the traditional need for such facilities. Competing for mindshare and couchtime with the traditional entertainment giants such as Red Moon and JCN, the presence of these smaller players provides a much needed boost to creatives and an ecosystem begins to build around them Further bonuses to the Economy and ATC industrial base seen. Economy+++
- +600 m - Payment from ATC for Victoria Entertainment Grant
-  300 m - Payment to Huitzilopochtli Group for Stražar X-1B AEWC blueprints
-  500 m - Payment to Jacinto Combine for Material Sciences (1 of 4)
-   37 m - Deposit into Sovereign Wealth Fund

= 3334m m
, 8%
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at 14:54
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Turn 21

(cont.)

[3, <20%] Diplomacy and Culture
-  400 m -(92 = 25+9+4+6+3+45 !!!) - Next Steps on Federal Succession Plan (at Dimenions and Acero Convention Centre, with Chrysanth Garden University and civic volunteers)
Further research into the choices available to the Federation do not yield any more choices than before, though they are crystallised into what is behind those choices perhaps. Unless the Council choose to intervene, the options boil down to: hereditary tradition, celebration of the Exodus, popularism and progress, or unification. Before they recommend any particular candidate, the historians and the policymakers gathered together into this think tank suggest the Council examine how leadership may be determined in the future. Do they want to break from the hereditary line of leaders that the Nejem have provided, both in the Rim Confederature and then in the Federation? Do they want to embrace one of the failed political systems of history, such as becomming an Oligarchy themselves or electing a democratic representative? Do they have some other agenda in mind? With the President's continued deteriating health, a decision is needed before the next budget session Decision from Council is required on the mechanism of succession and, if appropriate, their preferred successor. Raising a Motion to track
-  800 m -(111 = 80+9+3+3+10+6) - Establish Humanitarian Aid Centres in Union of Western Collectives (at Arachne and Phoenix University, based on Foreign Diplomacy), 100%
Despite the problems caused by incursions into the Union by covert ops teams, the Durrants push hard on the need for humanitarian aid and analysts study existing satellite scans and material from the previous Council dossier. With the population spread across minor towns and homesteads - aside from the concentrations in Ammon, ruled by Joshua Sval, and Siwa, which is more tumultuous than used with Dallas Sval incommunicardo - a White Cross roadtrain is determined to be the most effective delivery mechanism for humanitarian aid. As such the White Cross purchase two Beshete Roadtrains and hire two Djerboa Mechanised Regiments from Naphtali Security to begin operations in the spring - one intended for Siwa and one for the outlying communities You will see further results next turn
-  500 m -(136 = 60+9+4+4+8+3+3+45) - Establish Prototype Embassy in the Silver Republics (prototyping, with CREOLE and remotes, using historical datavaults), 100%
Employing local workers in part to buoy up sales of Federation technologies, such as GSEN access and the CREOLE, construction of a new Federation embassy in Velacruq proceeds swiftly. Based on a modest surface footprint, the facility is of bolder aesthetics than the new District Command Centres. Perhaps more importantly, the legal protection it provides - reclaiming the claim of being Federal territory - is far more of a step forward and relations with the Silver Republics continue to warm. Each facility build in this style consists of a Command Post, an Aircraft Hanger suitable for a single Wing of gravionic craft, Barracks for a single infantry Regiment, a Bunker, satellite communications including an encrypted military channel and ties into the GSEN network, and patrols from a small cloud of Langerhans remotes. Discrete use of surveillance combined with overt technologies in the main public areas and a hand-picked team of diplomats means it provides an excellent backline of communication to the Duke  You anticipate the Silver Republics are close to requesting membership
-  500 m -(72 = 49+9+3+3+8) - Establish First Contact Grant for Elfman College (with Martha Duin and Selma Reshty), 60%
Early attempts at combining these disciplines pushing too hard too fast and two students are killed in a training accident. Showing a much sought-after eloquence at their cremation, a student injured in the same accident speaks at length for her classmates to seek the inspiration they need not in the reduced tuition or poster-boy role models being presented by Duin and Reshty - but instead to seek it in the many women and men throughout the Federation who possessed such skills already: the paramedic first responders, the bush pilots and harvester traders of the Badlands, and the mountain couriers of the Kuru Vuoristö.  You receive a +6 to further investment along these lines
-   25 m -(37 = 28+9) - Evaluation of Seihai Readiness to Join Federation
Diplomatic assessments struggle with the largely unintegrated Seihai norms.
-  250 m -(68 = 59+9) - Evaluation of Seihai Exchange Programme with Satyata
Discussions with Sarah Nejem, Joseph Brant and Suraj Maeda take place over several months by videoconference, categorised by many of the same frustrations negotiating the Treaty of Yamashiro suffered from - the world-view of these methuselahs is simply quite different from the Council in what they consider important. In particular the Council's refusal to make use of their skills or knowledge on any significant projects since the cease-fire is making them snippy to handle. Some progress is made, however, and they suggest exchanges in the fields of military strategy, genetics, materials science and fortifications engineering. The request from the Saxena of Itami is a solid example they latch on, suggesting a return visit to their stronghold
-  500 m -(113 = 55+9+3+8+12+10+12+4) - Public Trial for Thirteen Ronin Prisoners and War Motive Propaganda (at Acero Convention Centre, with martial volunteers, GSEN and Prism propaganda)
Establishing a carefully choreographed infowar campaign against one's own citizenry is often frowned up, but the preparatory material laying the groundwork for the slow release of the Satyata Files and their very public trial ensures the reaction is less hysterical than feared - some minor riots in Blackwatch and Kavacha, stamped upon firmly in both regions, a few suicides and beatings in Buna and the Nezem States, property damage in Ranica, Darbuiks and Barnesville, and a spat of murders in Port Chrysalis and Port Cartegena. As the trial tension builds, Prism threw into the mix a set of well-timed Exodus documentaries on the socio-politcal background of Confederature pre-Exodus, some fringe ATLAS material on Nat'ak piracy and the Naxos-Vher War, and an exposee on integration efforts based on Seihai science. Finally, a series of unwelcome press releases on the day of verdict and sentencing - some related and some distractions - before the Ronin themselves are either executed, remanded to Subira or released under carefully FIA scrutiny according to their crimes. All in, a decent enough result.  Economy---, Morale-----, Unity+++
-  500 m -(75 = 21+9+3+8+12+12+4+6) - Prisoner Release in Exchange for Dissident Information (at Acero Convention Centre and Nephele, with martial volunteers, GSEN and Prism propaganda)
Attempts at acclimisation of the Seihai held at Subira Hyper-Max fail with most of the line soldiery believe the materials they're shown off GSEN to be propaganda and poor propaganda at that. Several attempt break-outs, two killed in the process. Eventually prisoner releases begin, in dribs and drabs, though very little information on dissedents flows back beyond that they were, almost entirely, executed following interrogation.
- 2607 m - Payment to the White Cross (6%)

= 6082m m
, 14%

[8, <30%] Espionage and Counter-Intelligence
-  300 m -(132 = 53+24+8+9+4+3+8+6+4+3 !!!!!!!!) - [Eyes Only!] Construction of the Joint Intelligence and Counter-Insurgency Centre (led by Tänzer, Aperture and Németh, at FIA-SID, with CREOLE, remotes and GSEN), 100%
Within the completed JICIC facility, men and women more familiar with shadow and misdirection convene at odd times through the year. Discussion, oft-times discretely skipping over specific missions or details, ranges widely over the tradecraft practised by those attending: the FIA and CIA, the Nasir and Hurras of the Nejem and Nezem, a cabal from Prism with Aperture himself attending, trainers from the Kmuta, some of the Zalizni Pryvydy of the Gorski at the invitation of Tänzer, a full team of sensor geeks from FIA-SID and even - attending remotely and receiving a carefully selective feed - a robed figure claiming to be one of the Avyakt-Kokuei of the Seihai. After each session, a new batch of trainees and experienced operatives at put through their paces: lectures, tests, exercises. By the end of the summer the clandestine conclaves end. But the JICIC is operational You may raise and retrain operatives at JICIC. Each operative, and their supporting team, that you raise costs 200 million and provides a +5 to missions in a specific aspect of trade-craft, capable of a single mission each budget cycle. You may cross-train them to expand their repertoire up to three times
-  500 m -(151 = 90+24+3+10+3+6+9+6) - [Eyes Only!] Improve Baseline Security Standards (led by Director Rasheed, with GSEN coordination and based on infosec techniques)
Despite an exceptionally vague remit, Director Rasheed works with intelligence agencies across the Federation to introduce a cyber-security education programme for consumers and citizens. Requiring product and service certification by business, it is managed within the same remit as SIR consultants, though the educational component is typically delivered by the Federal Services Technical Branch. Careful use of well-selected marketing and branding means take-up is better than expected You see a further +2 to Cyberdefence and a small additional income for SIR certification
-  500 m -(71 = 26+24+3+3+9+6) - [Eyes Only!] Joint Intelligence Mission into Union of Western Collectives (with GSEN and inter-agency coordination)
Buoyed by the intelligence on the unsophisticated nature of the Union, a hodgepodge team of covert operatives taken from a handful of Federation polities struggle to work cohesively under pressure their operation is fouled by discovery. They underestimate the clannish extent of the first township they infiltrate, their discovery turning swiftly into a running battle with the surly mountain men. Only four of the fireteam return, their cover blown.  Diplomacy with the Union takes a frosty turn, with prices for precious and rare earth materials increased. Economy--- for 3-4 turns whilst Federation mines struggle to increase production
-  500 m -(158 = 95+24+3+12+3+6+9+6) - [Eyes Only!] Extraordinary Rendition and Chemical Interrogation of Criminals within the Union of Western Collectives (led by Director Rasheed, with GSEN coordination)
Acting as an iron fist in parallel with the silken glove sent into the townships, grab teams from Fort Necropolis on high performance Tarouca gravbikes sweep across country to target a predetermined series of ranches and suburban homes. Armoured and armed with modern Fisabee equipment, they cut through the thugs and hoodlums at these locations like a Comorian Cup striker hammering through the front row of a Sunday league team. Seventeen minor capos are seized, whisked away to an abandoned homestead just across the border for the initial interrogation. Even without the serum the men are almost eager to speak, blurting out their sins and the sins of their forefathers. Slowly the questioning is turned down more profitable paths, the prisoners relocated to Usiku for Director Rasheed's personal attention and the validation of their inevitable lies. Within a few months, the FIA have a much richer dossier on the Union:
  • Beyond the enforcers each capo fields, a few armed with modern weapons or armour, the Sval family field an oversized regiment of four battalions of mechanised infantry equipped with flak armour, semi-automatic rifles and Djerboa buggies
  • Beneath this they have a network of informers, enforcers and regional capos; each town is relatively autonomous, but policy comes from the centre
  • Crime and punishment is less strictly defined and more strictly enforced
  • Conditions for the typical compliant resident of the region have improved, for the most part, under the Sval family - however the underclasses are effectively serfs or slaves
  • Foreign income from mining in particular has increased significantly and many Federation business rely on their production
  • Banditry into the Imperium and Federation is relatively commonplace, often for high-end technology - such as vehicles, industrial equipment or medicine
  You consume 1 unit of Serum-46
-  500 m -(146 = 87+24+3+8+3+6+9+6) - [Eyes Only!] Enhanced Monitoring of Northeast and Southwest Borders (led by Director Rasheed, with remotes and GSEN coordination)
Experiments with tying in satellite imaging, deploying further sensors or specialised remotes, increasing the density of remotes, and better analysis on the existing spoke network feeds at Nephele each yield small improvements in the Langerhans Corridor in these specific regions. Analysts are quietly confident in the assurances these new capabilities provide and, under pressure from Director Rasheed, the coordinating teams at Fort Mkombe and Usiku demonstrate a prototype to JSOC that they believe could accompany a unit on the battlefield.  You have a prototype Langerhans Spoke Sensor Cloud, a medium 'remote' that may be deployed to provide battlefield monitoring, communications and cyber support capabilities:
  • Langerhans Spoke Sensor Cloud: Drone, Medium Multi-Body Class with Remote Uplink, Batteries, Rotors, Multi-Sensor Suite. Remote crew of 3 required for monitoring, consists of thousands of discs each a few inches in diameter. Each unit costs 90 million; stats to follow but these are augmentation rather than strictly combative units

-  500 m -(101 = 71+24+3+3) - [Eyes Only!] Establish FIA-PID, Psychological Analysis Division (at Arachne), 100%
Nestled in the broad Acero Valley with FIA-SID, SMARTIE and the Arachne Data Centre, the relatively understated office building that FIA-PID establishes themselves in is a deliberate misdirection as to their backbone. Chosen for it's immense data pipes onto the network, the facility - previously the headquarters of a data processing company handling the original uplinks to the RCV Mbal Msafiri - now taps the ATLAS network gathering terminal comms, sensor signals and more esoteric intelligence from various polity agencies. Within hundreds of analysts surf the data feeds for patterns and connections, each pod of analyst supporting a profiler or behavioural expert It provides a +12 split between up to three HumInt projects per turn - that is the bonus is split not repeated
-  200 m -(100 = 23+24+30+5+3+3+6+6 !!!!!!!!! >>>) - [Eyes Only!] Tactic: Rapid Response/Counter-Terrorism (led by Director Rasheed and Capt Felicity Clarke, at Golden Jackal and Fisabee Incubator, using FNS Tengu datavaults), 100%
Diving into the historic datavaults and some of the Warmaker's own theories on insurgency and counter-insurgency, models for training, deployment and protocols are adapted to existing approaches with surprising ease. Preemptive measures are put forward for consideration by the Council, with strong recommendation for their acceptance, but even without those there are a strong suite of preparatory and reactive techniques that may be used.  You may now employ these Tactics
-  500 m -(30 = 6+24 !!!!!!!!!) - [Eyes Only!] Geo-Temporal Analysis of the Ryllian Criminals Known Movements (led by Rp Nathaniel, Apeture, Grey, Varley and the Kayode Twins)
Analysis paralysis sets in as the savants and eidetics - overwhelmed with data from the pit investigation - begin to debate the most effective visualisation techniques. Distraction from being assigned so many disparate investigations is flagged up the command chain
- 1500 m -(151 = 68+24+3+3+4+9+12+6+10+6+6 !!!!!!!!!) - [Eyes Only!] Investigate the Focht Factory used by the Ryllian Criminals (led by Rp Nathaniel, Apeture, Grey, Németh, Varley and Lt Järvi, at Phoenix, with Prism, FIA-SIA and GSEN coordination and Martial volunteers)
Sealing the abandoned Drennan-Yu Pit from the outside work, a veritable army of analysts move in to scour the full extent of the mine and it's associated facilities. Above ground, the quiet town of Yeni-Kale is carefully and discretely processed for further connections with the Cartels or these Ryllians - a few waifs and strays picked up as the intelligence agencies move in - and in the ether cyber-specialists and researchers sieve the networks and datavaults for company records, terminal trace-logs and other electronic footprints. What becomes clear is that this was likely the last operating factory of the Cartels - and perhaps one of the first organised ones. Evidence suggests that Dr Stephannos was one of the founding cabal, providing medical and pharmaceutical input into the produce process even as his own mental clarity degenerated. When he was incarcerated for unrelated abuses in in the late 20s, his addiction was treated and his involvement missed - one of a handful of undecipherable figures in the encyclopaedic knowledge that Tänzer extracted as part of Operational Last Tango. That seems to have been ill-fated, with the timing of his release and the re-establishment of this derelict mining pit clearly tied. In fact, it's the suggestion of Rinpoche Nathaniel and Aperture that Dr Stephannos masterminded the theft and augmented conversion process, the tweaks related to exposure protocols bearing the hallmarks of his earlier work. As to that process, an electronic trail uncovers a relationship between him and a disenfranchised starlet - Melanie Kruz-Fisher, herself the disowned-daughter of the Stoic film star, Todd Kruz. Beneath the electronic trail is a paper one, letters she exchanged with Iosif whilst he was serving out his sentence, and a slew of relationships she had with prominent Ryllian Science researchers, Exodite historians and politicians. Beneath that, are hints as to the tweaks to the exposure protocols they made and who was exposed:
  • Melanie Kruz-Fisher, a seductive starlet now known for her intelligence tradecraft and strategic planning
  • Emma Zhang, a discharged Lieutenant from the 1st Federal Mechanised Division, the Ashen Phoenix
  • Wallace Dean, a mercenary and known Cartel hitman
Of more concern is the protocol tweaks: the refined Comoryll has been blended with a new strain of Focht You may use the wealth of evidence in further investigations, providing a one-off +8 on up to five further lines of inquiry

= 5000m m
, 12%

[2, <20%] Stellar Warfare
-   25 m -(162 = 87+6+5+8+3+8+45 !!!) - Feasibility: Develop a Training Regiment for Starmarines based on Peacekeepers (at Kalari and STS, with Lt Järvi and Xur, using historic datavaults, responding to the Offworld Challenge)  <br/>
Records from the Exodite vessels refer back to numerous models used for shipboard security: they range from enforcers and customs patrollers, modelled somewhere between planetside Peacekeepers or Border Police, through to infosec platform operators and counter-boarding teams right the way to the 401st 'Well Jumpers' Special Forces Division whose battlesuits more closely resembled smallcraft. Combat instructors and researchers at Kalari recommend a careful initial foray, with light peacekeeper infantry equipped with modern low-impact kit and Seihai-style remotes, who are crossed trained in either cyberwarfare or border duties - perhaps both You estimate it will cost 500 million to raise an initial five-regiment brigade of such troops, suitable for early deployment and operations. You could attempt to integrate Black Chrysanth protocols into their core recruitment standards
-   25 m -(173 = 94+6+20+3+30+4+8+8 !!!!!!) - Feasibility: Stellar Search and Rescue Starships based on Existing Patrol Boats (prototyping, at BADI and Dzhankoi, with Rp Mbala, Lt Järvi and Xur, using RCV Verhuis engineering datavaults, responding to the Offworld Challenge)
Adaptation of the Short Bow class starship to provide a baseline SAR capability would be a relatively uncomplicated matter, rewiring the command module to a Surveyor's Bridge and replacing a single Drone Bay with a Research Bay outfitted with medical equipment. Equipping the resultant starship with a beefed up airlock section would finish the design, with the caveat that drones housed in the remaining Drone Bay ay would handle extraction, surveying and other such duties if equipped with an Ansible. Failing that the second Drone Bay could be replaced with a Smallcraft Hanger with minor modifications Estimates are that it would take 1250m to build an initial prototype and each vessel thereafter. Proving out one variant would permit both the Drone Bay and Smallcraft Bay variants to be build in future
-  200 m -(58 = 33+6+3+8+8) - Recruit Crimeran Flight Controllers at Sietcee and the Nezem Elevator (using Civic volunteers, responding to the Offworld Challenge)
Deliberate recruitment efforts into the Crimeran Enclave in Tlamacazqui see a half-hearted response, with most expatriate Crimerans seeking employment in Dzhankoi, or supporting the Nakonechnyk or Huitzlin. Of those who have an interest in space, their interest is in crewing starships not becoming traffic cops

= 250m m
, 1%

[7, <40%] Planetary Warfare
-  400 m -(124 = 50+21+6+15+8+3+9+12) - Battlefield Cleanup in Himeji (with Aghori, GSEN and Prism, using remotes), 100%  Excavations, interments and salvage work by the Grimjacks continue stoically through the year, with an unlikely partnership emerging with a few small Seihai rōmushudra families whose traditional responsibilities overlap. By the time winter sweeps over the mountains a handful of relationships have emerged, together with the beginnings of a recognition for these Aghori within one or two of the wider political movements. Of the Grimjacks themselves, sharp slivers of shattered granite taken from the worst of the tunnel fighting sites are added to the wooden posts they bear from Tōsandō Recovered materials will enable you to refit two battalions of troops to Fisabee standards for free
-  400 m -(36 = 9+21+3 !!!) - Reassess Modern Close Combat Techniques and Equipment (with Lt Järvi and Xur), 40%
Early analysis from Lt Järvi strongly recommends bringing in a team with experience across the spectrum of recent and expected theatres and doctrines, including and especially the Seihai, to appreciate the conflicting approaches this research could take
-  900 m -(119 = 45+21+6+8+3+9+15+12 !!!) - Peace to the Mountain (with Lt Järvi, remotes and GSEN)
Avoiding numerous opportunities for incidents, the occupied Seihai Protectorate is almost quiet - perhaps so because of the careful acceptance of challenge fights and the discipline of soldiers on both sides. However observers from Fort Mkombe offer an alternate viewpoint: perhaps the tiger is simply caged and waiting for the door to be unlocked. Certainly the pressure between Seihai factions seems undiminished, instead perhaps merely defanged
-  400 m -(90 = 16+21+6+15+8+3+9+12) - Battlefield Cleanup to the South of Ieyasu Point (with Aghori, GSEN and Prism, using remotes), 100%
Laying to rest the remaining fallen of the Saenoori and the Arige Seihai in a series of isolated cairns on the highest peaks and passes, the Jikininki collect pine needles from the recovering mountain forests, often encased in sap hardened from waves of munitions overpressure, to hang from the packs on their Requiem battlesuits
-  400 m -(97 = 23+21+6+15+8+3+9+12) - Battlefield Cleanup in Camp Mkesha and from the Air Conflict (with Aghori, GSEN and Prism, using remotes), 80%
With heavier use of remotes and satellite coordination over a wide-ranging conflict zone, the itinerant fireteams of the Ogbanje Aghori become commonplace in the borderlands - working closely with frontiersmen and homesteaders, often staying to affect repairs or conduct last rites in these isolated communities. Drone operators and teleworkers in the region take to following them on their lonely roads, casting their footage onto the networks where individual teams gather small but dedicated followings. In time their appearance in a mining camp or farm is accompanied by local volunteers, adoptee drones, preachers and other sundries
-  400 m -(86 = 12+21+6+15+8+3+9+12) - Battlefield Cleanup in Yamashiro Drome (with Aghori, GSEN and Prism, using remotes), 60%
Clearance at the once-fortress of the Satyata and the Seihai nation's cradle is tense and careful, the Bhoot Aghori making slow sensitive progress as they engage with the communities on their own terms. They begin to gather a reputation as especially blunt spoken and honest representatives, meeting the Seihai's combative nature with the fists it requires
-  450 m -(127 = 81+21+8+5+12) - Raise 2 x Gyver Battlesuit Battalions (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the Battalions, specifically intended as a heavy District Command headquarters regiment, and forming the core of a new corps within the Field Army No 2 in the process. Deploying them to Fort Necropolis and Svithion under the Western District Command, the cadres of the unit are taken from across the Sa'ka Legion who have served in the District with merit
-  158 m -(128 = 82+21+8+5+12) - Carefully Raise 1 x Krait SWAT Battalion with Battlesuits, Smart-Explosive Munitions and Damche Transports (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the veteran Battalion, expanding the Mlezi Guardian Corps with a newly specialist unit - Wawindaji Regiment - to counter the emerging Ryllian threat, and deploy them to the Nejem Elevator under direct Council command to complete their training.
-  221 m -(94 = 48+21+8+5+12) - Carefully Raise 1 x Krait SWAT Battalion with Carapace Battlesuits, Smart-Explosive Munitions and Damche Transports (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the veteran Battalion, expanding the Mlezi Guardian Corps with a newly specialist unit - Wawindaji Regiment - to counter the emerging Ryllian threat, and deploy them to the Nejem Elevator under direct Council command to complete their training. You consume 1 x Comorite and 1 x Comorude
-  500 m -(UM66 = 66+21+8+4+7) - Establish Western District Command Centre
Balancing the integration of the newly developed blueprints fresh from Acero Command with the ongoing construction of Fort Necropolis, engineers contracted with the work lobby to further extend the blueprint with facilities for liaison with other military and paramilitary branches - specifically the Federal Services Programme, the Federal Border Policing Command, the VAA and local polity forces. Completing construction on time - including the protocols, comms and physical spaces for the liaison teams - the new and remodelled section of the command centre consists of a set of subordinate service suites, six in total, arrayed off a central gathering space that draws heavily in design from the Remembrance Hall of the Nezem Jeshi Kigeni in Fort Mkombe. Career servicemen quickly adopt it as a place for purpose, reflection and candid conversation between branches and services.
-  640 m -(118 = 77+21+8+12) - Raise 24 x Patrol Cutters (at The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully construct the Patrol Cutters, expanding the Naval Corps, and deploy them to Darbuiks, Ksar el-Kebir, Ksar es-Seghir and Svithion under the respective District Commands
-    0 m -(118 = 77+21+8+12) - Refit 1 x Gyver Battalion with Damche Transports (at The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully refit the No. 1 Gyver of the Red Jackals in Ieyasu Point with Damche transports
- 1000 m -(105 = 64+21+8+12) - Raise 5 x Greyback Submarines (at The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully construct the Submarines, expanding the Naval Corps, and deploy them to Port Chrysalis, Ksar es-Seghir, Svithion, Port Barbary and the Samjhanāmā Collective under the respective District Commands
-  800 m -(114 = 68+21+8+5+12) - Carefully Raise 5 x Krait SWAT Battalions, with Screening (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise the veteran Battalions, expanding the Athena Parthenos, and deploy them to each of the Omniports to complete their training. Your screening has marked Captain Ella Xu, a long-standing ATC security consultant with extensive breadth of experience, as a high potential soldiers within her unit . It had also flagged Specialist Samuel Kwok, however he was involved in a training accident shortly prior to completion of Eastmount Hell Week that left him in a vegetative state You should see the specific qualities of these officers emerge within ~3-5 budget cycles, though they will be in effect immediately. Carefully Raising and Raising with Screening are options where units are Raised and should not have been a separate budget line. Re-rolled both
-  800 m -(-42 = -88+21+8+5+12) - Carefully Raise 5 x Python Cyber Warfare Battalions, with Screening (at Eastmount, The Crag and Rusalka)
You successfully raise these new Battalions, expanding the Athena Parthenos - however issues with training schedules, equipment refresh cycles and software obsolescence extends their readiness timeline. Results from the Black Chrysanth screening on these units is inconclusive and ATC officers regard the unit as both Green and troublesome, containing more than their fair share of mavericks and rebels. They are deployed them to each of the Omniports as planned to complete their training You may see screened officers emerge from these units, within ~4-6 turns, though they may be flawed rather than elite. You should consider them Green, not Veteran
-   20 m - Payment to Blackwatch for Training
-  260 m - Payment to Blackwatch for Blackwatch Imperial Scouts
-  357 m - Payment to Jacinto Combine for Jacinto Foreign Legion

= 6506m m
, 15%
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Mon 23 Apr 2018
at 14:09
  • msg #32

Turn 21

Polity Progress

ATC
-  172 m - Withdrawl from Polity Wealth Fund, the ATC Emergency Stimulus Fund
- + 75 m - Payment from the Silver Republics for MagLev (2 of 12)
- + 75 m - Payment from the Silver Republics for FedeRail (2 of 7)
-  900 m -(63 = 27+36 <= 27+3+6) - [Eyes Only!] Project Yin: Arachne Hardware Enhancements (at Arachne), 5%
Attempts to explore novel technologies such as chaos processors, memristers and vortex lasers to replace key components at Arachne see only moderate progress. Reports summarising this progress are shared widely with the Council by a well-meaning, but now jobless, programme manager.
-  900 m -(134 = 90+44 <= 27+3+6+8) - [Eyes Only!] Project Yang: ATLAS Software Enhancements (at Arachne), 15%
[REDACTED]
- 1200 m -(113 = 32+81 <= 27+3+45+6) - Revitalise Former PMMC Communities with Minerva (at Arachne, based on Cultural Datavaults)
Adopting the symbol of the native ajokoira, a night-hunting bird similar to the owl, the Minerva After School Club programme spring up focused on Rhee and the towns of the Nezem Coast. Encompassing dozens of hobbyist groups, sports leagues, social clubs and so forth it provides a release valve for the passions and interests of the student body - oft guided by the more mature Communities that still exist. Burgeoning hierarchies of expertise begin to emerge, a holacracy of sorts that solidifies as a teacher-student relationship across the ATC, existing for both individuals and these clubs. It brings with it responsibilities and obligations, no new things but a crystalisation of the relationship at the very top of the polity, and the hints of a culture of sponsorship. Amidst this the Communiities themselves mature into umbrealla societies: the Osasto. Within the Osasto, three Communities are prominent: the Reclaimers, formed from the rocketry community and a few remnants of BADI; the Neon, a mix of hardware and software enthusiasts; and the Pinnacle, who have an interest in pushing human limits, physical and mental. Each Osasto provides a +6 to engineering or economic projects in their respective fields, restricted to improvement, refitting or prototyping projects. From time to time they may propose new areas for research or comepleted feasibility studies
- 1400 m -(165 = 49+116 <= 27+3+60+6+6+6+8) - Project Sundial: Complete MagLev Elevator (at Arachne and Omniport Nephele, based on Keihäs Datavaults, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Building further upon the Comorite shell and spire at Ethlinn, the final stages of the Sundial climb to the void. Different from the Nejem Elevator and the Aesir Chariot, the ATC construction is a fusion of Exodite and Comorian science, relying on the proprietry maglev technology to provide a high-speed, frictionless, experience. Despite the attention of the Unified High Command, no ATC troops garrison it - only security forces.  You may begin the rapid commercialisation of space and construction of orbital facilities; unless stated otherwise I will presume all launches from the Ethlinn Sundial must be approved by ATC leadership. You see a bonus to your industrial baseline
-  464 m - Maintenance for Minerva
- ???? m - Reconciliation Pending

= ????m m
, 100%

Blackwatch
- +280 m - Payment from the Federation
- + 20 m - Payment from the Hishu Gardeners
-  500 m - Transfer to Federation for Vaporators
- 1000 m -(86 = 37+49 <= 27+3+8+5+6) - Widespread Cybernetics (led by Blackwatch Clinic Network, using remotes and Martial volunters), 100%
Establishing a solid infrastructure for treatment of veterans with significant injury throughout the Blackwatch is quickly and easily set up, though take-up is slower than expected where the benefit over standard Federal-issue electro-magnetic prosthetics is marginal You will suffer fewer penalties from units taking damage as soldiers require more to become combat ineffective. You see some influx of immigrants from the Western Collectives, where such injuries are much more ruinous and the opportunities within Blackwatch seem a far cry from within Western Union borders.
-  790 m -(124 = 13+111 <= 27+6+15+50+5+8) - Securing Eastern Passageway (led by Border Patrols, using remotes and Peacekeepers and Martial volunteers, at Eastmount), 100%
You successfully construct a military base on the Ny'ekundu coast, a state of the art facility similar to the new DCCs, enhancing it with Defensive Fletchette Cannons, a Mobile RADAR Station and a Scraager Mobile Defence Battery. Elements of BLADE flush through the territory to secure it, educating the scattered frontier settlers out here what living under Blackwatch law entails: some stay, the mainstay move on, folk who fled the Albion Republic thirty years ago, smugglers and bandits. Borderers training in Federal protocols begin to establish typical Blackwatch surveillance and work with their counterparts to shift the Langherhands Corridor to bulge outward You have claimed the territory east of Eastmount to the western cost of the Ny'ekundu Gulf. Presently much of the territory is not exploited or settled, though traces of earlier habitation exist.
- 2660 m -(92 = 31+61 <= 27+3+8+5+6+4+8) - Establish Blackwatch 'Space Force' (with Tannhauser, using remotes, CREOLE, and Martial volunteers, at Eastmount), 100%
You successfully construct and raise 2 x Niellä Lifter and 2 x Harrier Assaultcraft at the new facilities at Browning and deploy them, with troop escort, to the Dorados range for drop training within a temporary munitions facility being established there.
- 2843 m -(84 = 26+58 <= 27+5+12+8+6) - Expansion of BLADE (at Eastmount and Rusalka, with remotes and Martial interaction), 100%
You successfully raise 3 x Mobile RADAR Stations, 2 x Scraager Mobile Defence Batteries, 3 x Isagila SAM Batteries, 2 x Nakonechnyk Kunguru Fighter Wings and 2 x Blackwatch Imperial Scout Battalions together with upgrading the remainder of BLADE: ground forces with Legion Kelps, Battlesuits, Microexplosive and Smart Munitions; existing Nakonechnyk Kunguru Fighter Wings with Nixie Swams, Micro-explosive and Smart Munitions; existing vehicles with Kelp Cladding; and Blackwatch Imperial Scout Battaltions with Damche training and landers. All refit and resupply leans heavily on CETA and the Imperium suppliers to source much of the material for equipment, uniforms and such like. None of the newly raised forces cycle through The Crag.

= 7773m m
, 100%

Huitzilopochtli Group
-  250 m - Transfer to Federation for Anti-Cancer Genes
-  250 m - Transfer to Federation for Buna Pandayan Investigation
-  500 m - Transfer to Federation for Buna Geothermal Plants under Motion 34
-  150 m - Transfer to Federation for Fort Necropolis under Motion 34
-   75 m - Transfer to Federation for Yamada's Kalari under Motion 34
-  500 m - Transfer to Saganite Cooperative for Discotheques
-  500 m - Transfer to Sons of Nemedia for General Improvements
- 1540* m -(-16 = -37+21 <= 18+3) - Relocate Refugees from Acero, 0%
At first the relocations proceed apace, with families established in new homes across Aurelia, in Tlamacazqui and Usiku and Teruel - into each of the new jewels of the Federation in fact. But then the Huitzilopochtli begin to find evidence that not everyone is who they say: the Telamon Gang has used the programme to establish chapters in Port Chrysalis and Usiku; the Shoka Dhahabu in Darbuiks, Sai Kung and Svithion; the Nzwani in Boca Ridge and Teruel and Tlamacazqui  Gangs emerge in each of these cities. Morale-----, Unity---
- 1000 m -(45 = 24+21 <= 18+3) - Begin Acquisition of Oshakati Collective, 10%
Early meetings with Jarkko Hathaway begin with recriminations, only slowly moving to topics where the Huitzilopochtli may be seen as in any way attuned to the needs of the Oshakati. Progress is slow and oft laborious; they have little interest in becoming soldiers You must find another road for them
-  250 m -(129 = 89+35 <= 24+3+8) - Research into Coordinated Comorian Smart Energy Grid (at Xolotl)
Layered hexagonal grids, set out in much the same fashion as the proposed Ground Ukonvaaja Beam Lance Stations but offset from them on both the ground and in orbit, would provide coverage for collection of solar energy and a planetwide network of transducer stations to pass it on. You would need some help from the Grande Armada or Jacinto Combine for the floating stations You estimate three dozen would provide homogeneous global coverage, each costing the same as existing M-SET Transducer and Azure Sun Stations apiece. You have incorporated hardened military controls within the ground station blueprints that would provide an adaptive decentralised grid.
- 1203 m -(58 = 13+45 <= 27+3+3+4+8) - Cryogenic Preservation of Mito's Heart (using remotes and CREOLE)
At the centre of the main circular chamber of Teocalli Mundafen, the Sabaki Adherents spin a cage of crystal and neon for the heart of Mito Cunningham. Lines of them comes to reaffirm their beliefs and their commitment to service. But on the third day the heart begins to sear and char, whether some cosmic event or merely misaligned protocols in the cryo-unit is uncertain. Within a fear hours nothing remains but a heart-shaped cage and a few motes of susbstances floating in the dusk light Unity+
-    0 m - Military Maintenance

= 6218m m
, 100%

Jacinto-Saenoori Combine
-  500 m - Transfer to New Stoics for Art
- 1700 m -(201 = 61+140 <= 24+3+60+45+4+4 !!!) - [Eyes Only!] Project Gargoyle (prototyping, using CREOLE and new materials, working with historic datavaults), 100%
Bigger and badder than the Elysium Battlesuit, the Gargoyle comes in a foot taller and wider - and a heck of a lot meaner. Enhancements to the musculature with myomer and mono-edged claws provide a fierce close combat edge, with a tactical sensor suit - supported by a load-out of sensor spoke microdrones - and jump pack ensuring it get there fast; for ranged assaults it comes with a selection of load-outs - including fletchette based pulse carbines. With two new full Legions equipped with these new suits, one comprised of Saenoori veterans, they complete their field testing against Sa'ka Legion armoured battalions with flying colours.  You have unlocked a new unit, Gargoyle Legionnaires, and may raise one of these per budget cycle. You may equip other infantry units with Gargoyle Battlesuits, providing effectively twice the Defence bonus of an Elysium suit, or Pulse Carbines and Pulse SMAW with IWHS, which provide significantly enhanced firepowe. Costs and stats to follow very shortly.
  • Gargoyle Legionnaires ??/??/?? Infantry Cavalry - Legion Kelps with Gargoyle Battlesuits, Microdones and Jump Packs, equipped with Pulse Carbines, Pulse SAWS and  Monoblades, together with Basic, Legionnaire, Nemedian and Striker training
You have two Legions of these troops.

- 1000 m -(160 = 90+70 <= 27+3+8+4+6+4+6+12 !!!) - Expansion of the Aesir Complex (prototypying, with new materials and Omniport experts, responding to the Offworld Colony Challenge), 100%
You swiftly complete the Aesir Chariot, integrating the new materials certified recently together with Saenoori engineering and emergency response protocols. Garrisoned with newly recruited Saenoori battalions and roadtrains, CREOLE worker parties and emergency response crews the facility comes online swiftly with refits and then demonstration flights of the Windsong. At the same time Polaris Voidworks is retooled and expanded to incorporate headquarters for many Saenoori firms relocating from Rhee You may begin the rapid commercialisation of space and construction of orbital facilities; unless stated otherwise I will presume all launches from the Aesir Chariot must be approved by Jacinto-Saenoori leadership. You see a bonus to your industrial baseline
- 1200 m -(UM66 = UM66+71 <= 24+3+8+12+24) - [Buried Deep!] Project Perun (using historic datavaults), 100%
[REDACTED]
- 1550 m -(107 = 35+72 <= 24+3+45) - Barnes Educational Reform Programme (using historic datavault), 100%
Less populist than the Minerva Programme and focused more on higher education, the Barnes Educational Reform is a quieter and more singular focused initiative. On Kicheleko Island four universities are established, known collectively as 'Le Quatre': the Reinel Science Academy, Varnham Institute for Technology, the reformed Saenoori Engineering College and the Knightman Institute for Medicine. Providing oversight across these is the Barnes Education Foundation, whose primary purpose is handling sponsorship, clearing, and other incentivisation. Your massive investment in science and technology continues to differentiate the Jacinto-Saenoori Combine as one of the jewels of progress within the Federation. Each university provides a +5 bonus to a single related project per budget cycle. You will see significant benefits emerging within ~2-5 turns. You will see a maintenance fee of roughly 1 million per million of population, though I will only re-baseline it each census. Starting maintenance is therefore 75 million per budget cycle
-    0 m -( Auto-Success ) - Feasibility Studies: Federal Application of Barnes Educational  Reform
Implementing the Barnes Educational Reform throughout the Federation would provide considerable benefits to STEM capabilities and scientific excellence, however it would not provide the same base of broad skills as, say, the Minvera Programme, and it would not cater for opportunities for excellence in other fields. Overall the Cassini-Freeman Alliance thinktank strongly recommends it's implementation at a smaller scale Recommendation is to establish ~4-8 centres of scientific excellence, such as Kicheleko Island, potentially one per District. Aptitude tests would thus control selection into the the sponsored educational opportunities. Budget is estimated at 2 billion per centre, with an ongoing maintenance of 200 million per budget cycle
-    0 m -( Auto-Success ) - Feasibility Studies: Versailles Station
Construction of a shipyard and commercial hub atop Aesir Chariot, based in part of the dry docks and fabricators of the FNS Verhuis is feasible with current construction methods and newly rediscovered material science Construction unlocked for ~8-12 billion
-   10 m - Maintenance for REDACTED

= 5050m m
, 100%

The Kujaku-Mayura Confederacy of Kavacha
-  537 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund, the Prabhu-Dhan Fund
-  250 m - Transfer to Federation for Cryo-Preservation
-  300 m - Transfer to New Stoics
- 1500 m -(83 = 29+54 <= 9+45) - Establish the Rājāṁ dī Kaunsal of the Kujaku-Mayura Confederacy of Kavacha (based on historic datavaults)
Due to the progressive leadership of the 14th Ka-Atanrik Ghera and the defeat of the Seihai the political influence of the Raksha Koan has rapidly declined since Kavacha'a acceptance into the Federation. Rising tensions within the Raksha Koan and wider Kavachian society see increased calls for political reform. A formal treaty is extended to the Seihai of Giri Durga to join the Kavachian Confederation as a semi - autonomous region on par with the Great Sietchs of Kandar, Rajaad Haane and Mukt Shahar. Seizing on the diplomatic overtures to the Seihai the Democratic People 's Republic of Samjhanāmā begin lobbying for the same recognition. A proposed consultative assembly, the Xiéshāng Dàhuì, is put forward with each region being equally represented in both the lower and upper chambers. The Xiéshāng Dàhuì is given responsibility for enacting legalisation for critical issues of national importance, such as defence, foreign relations and internal trade with local government structures retaining ruling functions at a regional level. All legislation passed by the assembly must be sent to the Guardian Council for review. Executive authority is to be split and styled after the administrations of the Dhirajah - Ue.Headed by a Senapati - no - Kimi,taking the position as the head of government and commander in chief, with candidates elected from the sitting members of the Xiéshāng Dàhuì. Candidates are vetted and approved by the Sanrak Parishad: must be of Kujaku - Mayura heritage, have served in the military with distinction and have convinced belief in the fundamental principles of the Kujaku - Mayura Confederacy.The Senapati - no - Kimi is supported by an advisory council - the Ashta Pradhan to guide the administration of the state.The Ka - Atanrik Ghera remains ceremonially as head of state, acts as a political check to the Senapati - no - Kimi and retains the position of representing Kavacha on the Federation Council. The Guardian Council or Sanrak Parishad is an appointed and constitutionally mandated 88 - member council.Traditionally the group of military and religious leaders at the top of the Kavachian caste system the Council still wields considerable power and political influence.It is charged with interpreting the Constitution of Kavacha, supervising elections of, and approving of candidates to the positions of Senapati - no - Kimi and Ka - Atanrik Ghera and ensuring the compatibility of the legislation passed by the Xiéshāng Dàhuì with Kujaku - Mayura lore and tradition.Advising on spiritual matters are senior clerics from the Raksha Koan and high priests of the Bhram selected and appointed by the Ka - Atanrik Ghera. Providing secular balance are venerable Kavachian commanders and veteran Kshatriya - sōhei alongside respected members of the judiciary and scholars of Kujaku - Mayura lore who are nominated by the Senapati - no - Kimi and approved by the consultative assembly.Membership is for phased six - year terms: half the membership changes every three years. You have reformed the Kavacha Hegemony and established Giri Durga as a semi-autonomous region partially within it, though still subject to protectorate restrictions. Your treaty is with the Seiwa family, not the Varma, so Giri Durga exists both within the Hegemony and not, depending on where in the stronghold you are. You may call upon the Seiwa Levy or make use of most of facilities within Giri Durga and its surrounding outposts
- 1500 m -(182 = 72+110 <= 27+6+4+45+12+8+8) - Establish Sagyō-Milakē Heavy Industries for New Smallcraft (based on engineering datavaults, using Omniport experts, remotes and CREOLE, at the Vichaar-Vimarsh Netavark, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
With the lure of preferential business rates and heavy backing from the Kavachian state Kavachian Eyarospes Injeeniyaring looks to establish construction of a new class of lifter in Tōsandō. Taking advantage of the cities existing transportation infrastructure and skilled workforce Kavachian Eyarospes hope that by establishing production in the city it will aid in post war recovery. Adopting an international business model a proportion of shares are set aside exclusively for Hishu stakeholders with Huitzilopochtli SIR teams invited in to monitor safety standards in the manufatories leads to suggestions that some of the heavy industrial processes be completed by remote automation. Kavachian engineers from the Vichaar-Vimarsh Netavark draw up designs to re-work the ageing Niellä Lifter into a new commercial freight hauler - the Lējara 'Carryall'. Looking to increase freight capacity while working in cutting edge transparent solar polymers to reduce weight the designers hope to create a more financially viable variant to compete in the rapidly emerging markets of space exploration. Where the Lējara is designed to be streamlined and sleek the Kāryaśālā 'Hauler' is built to be rugged and reliable. Envisioned as a heavy lift utility craft and sky-crane capable of supporting heavy engineering projects or space based mining. You have unlocked two new smallcraft:
  • Lējara 'Carryall': Smallcraft, Lifter Class with Cockpit, Fusion Plant fed by Solar Cells, Gravionic Drive, Short-Range Environmentals, Improved RADAR with Phased Antennae, Transparent Solar Polymers and a Cargo Bay with Remote Stevedore stations. Crew of 1-2 required, 59 metres long. Cost 400 million
  • Kāryaśālā 'Hauler': Smallcraft, Lifter Class with Cockpit, Fusion Plant fed by Solar Cells, Gravionic Drive, Short-Range Environmentals, Improved RADAR with Phased Antennae, Transparent Solar Polymers and a Cargo Bay with Sky-Hook and CREOLE stations. Crew of 2-3 required, 59 metres long. Cost 475 million

-  375 m -(140 = 65+85 <= 24+3+3+6+5+24+10 >>>) - [Eyes Only!] Establish the Vishesh Seema Kor, VISSEK (with support from the KKS, SAKHUN, Krait and Martial contacts and using Seihai infiltration techniques)
You establish the Special Border Corps, a combined Kavachian-Seiwa paramilitary special force under the supervision of the Kauntar Khuphiya Seva. Tasked primarily with counter-intelligence, surveillance, security and interdiction operations in rural areas and along the Kavacha and Giri Durga borders. VISSEK has two operational wings: a border security branch drawing from indigenous personal from the Kavachian frontiers and the Giri-Durga exclave, a planned eight Border Policing Brigades supported by a Krait SWAT Battalion are to be trained at the Jangal Vaarapheyar Sthaan in Guerilla Warfare and counter-infiltration tactics by experienced counter-terror instructors of the 390th VHAR Battalion and a counter-intelligence department staffed with experienced Kavachian and Seihai intelligence officers. Kavachian and Seihai HQ personnel are to be assigned to the currently vacant command posts in Rajaad Haane Sietch and Giri Durga allowing for cross border co-ordination and co-operation. Reduced risk of infiltration and border threats by one degree. You may cross-train your Border Police Brigades as Rangers instead of Guerilla Warfare if they supplement their training with the Seiwa Levy
-  360 m -(100 = 46+53 <= 24+3+3+24 !!! >>>) - [Buried Deep!] Operation Āśā Cha (led by Eshe Thorley, with support from GKS, SAKHUN and using Seihai infiltration techniques), 100%
[REDACTED]
-    0 m -( Auto-Success ) - Feasibility Studies: Cryo-Wombs (led by Dr Yamada)
With examples from Himeji, the Songline station and now Giri Durga to draw from, this technology is within easy reach Research unlocked, for 900 million
-    0 m -( Auto-Success ) - Feasibility Studies: Ornithopters
Whilst providing theorectical benefits in efficiency and control, creating scaled up ornithopters capable of handling personnel or cargo provide some unique challenges in terms of systems control and materials science Research unlocked, for 600 million for unmanned variants and a further 1500 million for manned variants
-   12 m - [Eyes Only!] Maintenance for SAKHUN
-   10 m - Maintenance for Haavee Adda Airbase
-    4 m - Maintenance for Military

= 5375m m
, 100%

The New Stoics
-  165 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund, the Aurelia Tomorrow Fund
-   75 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorian Ansibles
You harvest 4 Comorian Ansibles
-   90 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorite
You harvest 2 Comorite
-  200 m - Resource Harvesting - Comorude
You harvest 2 Comorude
-  400 m - Resource Harvesting - Comoryll
You harvest 8 Comoryll
- +300 m - Transfer from Kavacha for Ryllian Conversion
- +500 m - Transfer from Jacinto-Saenoori Combine for Art Support
- +218 m - Transfer from Saganite Cooperative for Comorian World Cup GSEN Broadcasts
-  350 m - Transfer to Buna for Comores Pandayan
-  540 m - Transfer to Huitzilopochtli for Resettlement
With the venture funding provided by the New Stoics incentivising camel farming, the problems encounted with the spread of the Nzwani in Boca Ridge spreads into rural areas and there is a return of banditry, though this time they are mounted.
-  600 m - Transfer to Federation for Research into Aghori Treatment
-  250 m - Transfer to Federation for Mental Health
-  250 m - Transfer to Cassini-Freeman Alliance
- 1280 m -(220 = 32+188 <= 18+6+30+45+10+8+8+6+6+8+4+4+20++6+3 !!!) - Balcones Voidtrains (led by Zenos, prototyping with closed modular systems and solar sails, using remotes, CREOLE, worker co-ops and Civic volunteers, using Msfiri and Verhuis stockpiles, at LEEW, Phoenix and BADI, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Launched from the apex of the Nejem Elevator, the first Voidtrains are beast of strange beauty: vast blue-sheened Comorude sails unfurled before them, the first pair of these iconic and colourful smallcraft take crews and materials to and from Rafiki to aid with the construction there. Retracting her sails to orbit Rafiki, sunlight crackles over the masts before they to reconfigure for re-entry. On Comorian, a new grav-based roadtrain runs the route between Darbuiks, Port Chrysalis, Boca Ridge, Sietcee and the Nejem Elevator before moving on to Rhee and the Ranica Triangle to service the burgeoning space industry - with some early investigation into turning each of these stops into a small gravionic transport hub.  Blueprints unlocked for Solar Sails (powersystem), Grav Roadtrains, Modular Bays (passengers or cargo, smaller load than dedicated) and the Voidtrain smallcraft class:
  • Runabout: Smallcraft, Voidtrain Class with Comorite Cockpit, Solar Cells fed by Comorude Solar Sails, Gravionic Drive, Mid-Range Environmentals, Improved RADAR and LIDAR, Transparent Solar Polymers and a Modular Bay. Crew of 4-5 required, 45 metres long. Cost 300 million together with 1/4 Comorude and 1/4 Comorite. Typically built in Quads
You receive a small bonus to your industrial baseline. You consume 1 Comorite and 1 Comorude.

- 1700* m -(306 = 181+125 <= 9+6+45+6+6+17+12+6+6+12) - [Eyes Only!] Chrysalis Intepretative Interfaith Festival (led by Dr Wiggin, supported by GSEN, at Cobra, APRIL and Gabriella, using historic datavaults), 0%
Providing counterpoint to the Comorian Biennale being held in tandem at Dimensions, the Chrysalis Intepretative Interfaith Festival bestrides the loftly and the earthy - encouraging a venue for conversations about the meaning of everything that is accessible to many, if not all. Attendees come from throughout the Federation, though only a few make it from the more militant. Framing the debate, both panelist-led and from the hallway track, new filmmakers and storytellers showcase their work in massive cineplexes and small homey private showings - the Lost Legion, The Five Conflicts of Etabo and Souls for Hire especially well received. Faith is everpresent, but not evangelical: more a subtle host than a frothing doomsayer Establishes the Art'eglash Movement of the New Stoics and the Dieselfuturism of the Jacinto-Saenoori Combine as premier populist forms; they provide a strong influence on emergent forms elsewhere in the Federation, especially within the Seihai Protectorate. You both receive an ongoing income based on mass media such as film, interactive novels and comics. You have successfully integrated Data Science and Tuftian Visualisations into Stoic methods, providing a +3 to projects utilising a Datavault
- 1430 m -(161 = 48+113 <= 18+6+10+8+8+6+6+4+4+2+3+6+3+8 !!!) - Establish Rafiki Monastic Colonies  (led by Zenos, prototyping with closed modular systems, using remotes, CREOLE, worker co-ops and Civic volunteers, at LEEW, Phoenix and BADI, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Built partially beneath the surface of Rafiki, these two planned hardened and self-sustaining monasteries are designed to defend against threats from outside and within: what occurs however is a battle for the 'hearts and minds' of the New Stoics research community. At the canyon hiding the Stranger's carcass, the Ubuntu Monastery is a place for self-expression and optimism: the so-called Comores Catechism, where in sorrow and rage are embraced for their potential for positivity in outcome; in darkness, choose light. In contrast, the Sisterhood's Kahiu Monastery isolates itself from the new Twin Shards Ansible Research Network (ARN) and begins a reckless exploration of the NEV Cetan. Both monasteries draw some criticism outside Stoic circles for the inclusion of orphanages within the facility.  Blueprints unlocked for Extended Shuttle Deck, Self-Contained Systems and Offworld Monastery
  • Rafiki Monastery: Lunar Station, Offworld Monastery Class with Local Traffic Command Deck with Ansible Uplink and Agent-Based Systems, Fusion Plant fed by Solar Gatherers, Water Cellular Shielding and Dual Comorite-Comorude Programmable Outerskin, Self-Contained Systems, Improved RADAR and LIDAR, Transparent Solar Polymers together with an Research Synthesizer, Bunker, Isolation Lab, Extended Shuttle Deck and Hangers for 12 smallcraft, Repair Bay with CREOLE stations, and Drone Bay with Remote Ansible Telecommuter Consoles. Crew of 40-60 required, 750 metres diameter and with facilities for up to 400 people. Cost 800 million together with 2 Comorian Ansible, 4 Comorite and 3 Comorude.
Limit to projects undertaken at Twin shards removed, each monastery provides a +6 to either Stranger or Naxos-Elk/Starship research and functions as a Watercooler for either Twin Shards or Sisterhood facilities. You consume 6 Comorian Ansible, 8 Comorite and 6 Comorude

- 1600 m -(194 = 90+104 <= 24+17+6+5+5+4+6+10+6+4+6+9 !!!) - [[Buried Deep!]] Ryllian Sciences (with Rp Nathaniel, at Kailish, Nymh, Twin Shards, Phoenix and Federal Clinics, using Seihai techniques), 100%
[REDACTED] You convert four Ryllians for the New Stoics: Diya Archer, an empath; Solomon Lawson, an empath rememberancer from Ilmarinen who was an executive in one of their stellar megacorps; Wanuri Okafur, an artistic savant; and, Suhayl Park, a rememberancer from the Nejem Court and the Nejem Jigesh Kigeni. You convert two Ryllians for the Huitzilopochtli: Daria Southers, a savant cartographer; and, Abby Reed, a rememberancer from a line of Exodite engineers. You consume 8 Comoryll
-   25 m - Military Maintenance

= 5101m m
, 100%

Saganite Cooperative
-   72 m - Deposit to Polity Wealth Fund
-  150 m - Resource Harvesting - Comoryll
You harvest 4 Comoryll
-  218 m - Transfer to New Stoics for Comorian World Cup GSEN Broadcasts
- 1000 m -(59 = 20+36 <= 24+3+6+3) - Holograms (at Arachne and Gabriella University), 100%
Installing the first projected in the Council Chambers above Mkombe, to clarify the debate on Sig-Zhou, it is clear the new holographic projection technology should herald a new age of imagination, when it is perfected. For now, all it is capable of is 1-bit colour wireframes.  Further work will be required to unlock true holograms
- 3800 m -(110 = 16+94 <= 18+3+45+6+6+8+8) - Construction of New Ibiza City, 100%
North of Darbuiks on the coast, the modern shape of New Ibiza emerges - a city filled with novel restaurants, neon clubs and unsleeping hotels. It is a twilight border city, filled with transients and wanderers and lost souls. Almost all of them are the wealthy and the well-educated, a city-scaled Dimensions focused solely on the beat. Blessed with two transport hubs, trancers come in from Port Chrysalis, Usiku, Mkombe, Tlamacazqui and Kader Beach; they come from Montijo and Gadir and Cortega, from Kyoto Sands and Ranica and even Port Barbary. All the partygoers know it as the Second City, a more accessible venue where everything flowed. All the partying fixated on sunset and sundown, a hangover from the 'Pochtli influences of early days, and between those markers two worlds exists: those who enjoyed the night and wasted the day, the Sundowners; those who enjoyed the day and wasted the night, the Dawnrisers; and, seeing to both camps, the Sabaki Corporation, who own the hotels and the infrastructure You see four entrepreneurs emerge in New Ibiza: Quetz, a nomadic DJ headliner; Itri Carlsson, Head Chef at The Salty Kiss; Ife Okome, owner of the New Phoenix Hotel & Spa; and Jason Sabba, CEO of the Sabaki Corporation. You receive a significant bonus to your industrial baseline
- 1000 m -(93 = 57+36 <= 24+3+3+6) - Purple Chrysanth, 100%
Despite the significant funding injected into the programme, the natural stoicism of many Comorians - combined with their predication for close-knit communities untrusting of outsiders - make the creation of a protocol for youth selection overly complex. Other routes are sought.  You have unlocked a selection programme that may be used when retraining personnel to handle diplomacy and negotiation. You may take an existing resource and upskill them to handle these kind of situations, for a straight cost of 50 million. Training takes one full budget cycle and they may only be used on one negotiation per budget cycle
- 1000 m -(106 = 47+59 <= 24+3+6+6+20) - Neurosciences (using Non-Invasive Techniques), 100%
Pulling together research notes from the Black, Gold and Purple Chysanth programmes with neurological scans, post-programme field reports and material released under the Treaty of Yamashiro, the Saganites establish the Tsutsuji Protocol, a set of principles and metrics that may be used to enhance creation of new Chrysanth programmes. It's meaning - patience - is clear to any familiar with Comorian cryptofloriconology.  You may use to Tsutsuji Protocol on one Chrysanth protocol per budget cycle, up to three times in total; it provides a +12 bonus.

= 6740m m
, 100%

Sons of Nemedia
-  800 m -(40 = 6+34 <= 27+4+3) - General Industrial Efficiencies (prototyping), 100%
Significant over-investment in industrial efficiencies and machine improvements for the Universal Legion Corporation provides for a broader range of military-focused products and a sufficient supply to meet increasing consumer demand for the ULC's surplus lines You receive a further bonus to your industrial baseline
-  780 m -(69 = 27+42 <= 27+3+8+4) - Construct Lake Mkesha Littoral Reserve (using CREOLE and remotes), 100%
You successfully construct two Fusion Plants, two Desalination Plants and a Veteran's Hall on the outskirts of Mkesha was Ngome, though the output from the Desalination Plants are below par because of extra filtration required to handle heavy elements found in the water You receive a bonus to your industrial baseline and morale
- 1700 m -(UM66 = 66+41 <= 21+3+6+3+4) - Establish the Varellion Economic Foundation (at Chrysanth Garden University), 100%
Repurposing the more succesfull collaboration aspects of the 'Manage the Manager' programme established the previous year, you establish the Varellion Economic Foundation within Darbuiks - carefully linked with the Chrysanth Garden University, the Darbuiks-Juvenal Venture Funding Committee, and the Ethlinn Sundial's burgeoning set of ATC corporations.  - with secondary offices in Mkesha, Browning, Rhee, Ranica, Mkombe and Tōsandō. Focused primarily on providing a training and placement programme for Nemedian managers, it provides this through external presenters, speakers, reciprocal placements and seminars You receive a +6 to Economy & Trade programmes focused on business outcomes or prototyped research (not construction or theorectical research) in these settlements. You may share a +3 (not +6) to similar Federal or other polity projects, for a fee if you require, with the same limitations. If the Foundation employs Gold Chysanth protocols on a project, with permissions or funding as appropriate to the Saganite Cooperative, you have a greater chance of finding an entrepreneur or manager. If it embarks on ATC-style 'scale' programmes (over three billion credits), you have a greater chance of unexpected secondary benefits. If you partner (via funding transfers or partner institutions and shared results) with any other polity, you may see further unexpected outcomes.
-  799 m -(134 = 92+42 <= 27+3+4+8) - Construct the Ujane-Ujane Communes (using CREOLE and remotes), 100%
Built as a series of traditional subterranean 'pit' settlements in the hills and savannah surrounding Camp Mkesha, these service family communes take elements of nearby Blackwatch architecture for their external inspiration - mixing brutalist and unwelcoming exteriors with older Nejem, Kavachan and Stoic interior styles. Run very much as small outposts, they quickly become known as housing each regiment's so-called Night Battalion or secondary chain of command Your units with family stationed in these communes receive a bonus to Survive. Overall the Sons of Nemedia suffer fewer penalties for operating with other militaries who have had units stationed in Mkesha (though this will fade in time if they are not rotated through here)

= 4079m m
, 100%

Wraithguard
- 1800 m -(158 = 44+114 <= 27+8+60+6+6+4+3) - Construction of Apparation's Landing Omniport (using remotes, CREOLE and Omniport experts, based on historic datavaults), 100%
You successfully construct the new Omniport at Styx Terminus, massively expanding the FedeRail facilities with transport links into the rest of Wraithguard territory - though clearly maintaining the customs and personnel border to the interior. It is heavily linked into ATLAS, for operations, logistics and consumer use.  You receive a bonus to your industrial baseline
- 1750 m -(66 = 27+39 <= 24+6+6+3 !!!) - [Eyes Only!] Genetic Manipulation - Songline Techniques (at Federal Clinic Network)
Exploring the diverse material and observations available through the Federal Clinic Network, Wraithguard scientists acknowledge the open secret regards their own forays into genetics with a further set of unpublished studies.
- 1000 m -(52 = 19+33 <= 24+6+3) - [Eyes Only!] Neural Interfaces (at Federal Clinic Network), 20%
Exploring the diverse material and observations available through the Federal Clinic Network, Wraithguard scientists acknowledge the open secret regards their own forays into cybernetics with a further set of unpublished studies. Explanatory material intended for the research team alone ends up being shared with clinicians throughout the network, demonstrating the high calibre of Wraithguard-made cyberware.
- 1376 m -(98 = 36+62 <= 21+9+24+8 !!!) - [Buried Deep!] [REDACTED]
Rumours of off-the-books operations by the Wraiths circulate within the intelligence community, though there is little to substantiate their target or purpose.

= 3392m m
, 100%
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Thu 3 May 2018
at 22:09
  • msg #33

Turn 21

Next Turn
Population Growth: Steady, ~2%
Economic Situation: Unsteady
Morale: Reeling from several blows
Unity: Overwhelming, with the first phase of the Offworld Challenge met

Aptitudes (Wartime - 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
Stable captured comet Sigurðsson-Zhou in the Comorian-Rafiki L3 point

Reserves of untapped Comorian Crystals, processed into:

Comorian Ansibles  22
Comorite           18
Comorude           10
Comoryll           12
Serum-46            5

Sovereign Wealth Fund, 1807m

Deployed offworld forces:

Eleventh Hour System in orbit, single use, can strike surface targets
Colony Sleeper - 1 - FNS Mbal Msafiri, in orbit around Comorian. Badly damaged but Ansible equipped
Mobile Dock - 1 - FNS Verhuis, at Sietcee Spaceport. Exact status unknown, but capable of spaceflight and sub-orbital flight
Patrol Destroyer - 1 (1) - FNS Tengu, at Sietcee; UTF Keihäs, at Skaði Field. Exact status unknown, but capable of sub-orbital flight and under the command of the ATC
Patrol Boat - 1 (1) - FNS Tuleva, orbiting; XVS Crimeran Martyr, orbiting under the command of the New Stoics
Scouts - 1 (1) - FNS Lönnrot, conducting operations over Rafiki;
Stellar Smallcraft 8 (1) - 1(+2) x Harrier Assault Craft, 1 x Gomorrah Shuttle, 4 x Kolibri Shuttle, 3(+4) x Niellä Lifter, and (2) x Runabout Voidtrains
Space Elevators - 1(+2) - Nejem Elevator, in Anderbacks; Aesir Chariot, in the Ny'ekendu Gulf and operated by the Combine; Ethlinn Sundial, near Darbuiks and operated by the ATC
Lunar Stations - (2) - Ubuntu Monastery and Kahiu Monastery, on Rafiki and operated by the Stoics
Shipyards - 1 - on Sig-Zhou

Available Budget:
+32651 m
- Comorian (population 6,176,027,674; economy x 6.10; morale x 2.60)

-  271 m
- Maintenance of Gyver (154m), Fisabee (99m), Damche (0m), Saenoori (0m), Djerboa (0m), Habub (0m) and Ifrit (18m) forces
-  158 m
- Maintenance of Scraager (40m), Faru (0m), Virafu (84m), Isagila (9m), Mobile RADAR (10m) and Umkhonto (15m) forces
-    0 m
- Maintenance of Kunguru (0m), Tai (0m), Mbuni (0m), Djinn (0m), Dervish (0m), Tuju (0m), Vidyut (0m) and Candrahan (0m) wings
-   60 m
- Maintenance of Greyback (60m) vessels
-   60 m
- Maintenance of the LEEW and Starflight School
-   25 m
- Investigative Overhead of the CIA and CIA-SOU teams
=32077 million credits


Promissory Notes:
-  321 m
- White Cross, ongoing at 1%
=  321 million credits


Polity Budgets:

Baseline Default
= 1633 million credits
- Council budget x 5%

Polity Amendments:

ATC
x   5.75
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>9390 m

+  642 m
- Payment for Computer Networking services (2%)
+  125 m
- Income from Video Games
-  464 m
- Maintenance for Minerva Programme
-    6 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Blackwatch
x   3.60
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>5879 m


Hishu Gardeners
x   1.90
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>3103 m

-   90 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Huitzilopochtli Group
x   2.40
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>3919 m

+  149 m
- Contributions from the Faithful
+  792 m
- SIR Certification
-    0 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Jacinto Combine
x   2.40
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>3919 m

+  890 m
- CREOLE Fees
+  100 m
- Broadcasting Rights and Sponsorship for Jacinto League
+  100 m
- Broadcasting Rights and Sponsorship for Silver Series
+   40 m
- Broadcasting Fees from JCN
+   80 m
- Dimensions Casino
+  120 m
- Income from Dieselfuturism Movement
-   75 m
- Maintenance for Barnes Educational Programme
-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]
-    0 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

Saenoori
x   1.90
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>3103 m


The Kujaku-Mayura Confederacy of Kavacha
x   2.75
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>4491 m

+  188 m
- Contributions from the Faithful
-   10 m
- Maintenance for [REDACTED]

The New Stoics
x   2.60
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>4246 m

+ 1264 m
- Contributions from the Faithful
+  188 m
- Income from Crystal Regulatory Authority and Intervention Committee
+  332 m
- Income from Cobra University
+  175 m
- Income from Twin Shards and Monasteries
+  120 m
- Income from Art'eglash Movement
+  120 m
- Broadcasting Subscriptions from Red Moon and GSEN
+  140 m
- Income from Stoic Clinics
-   25 m
- Maintenance for Military Forces

The Saganite Cooperative
x   1.70
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>2776 m

+  376 m
- Contributions from the Faithful

Sons of Nemedia<tt>
x   1.75
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>2858 m


Wraithguard
x   2.40
- Baseline Multiplier from Industrial Capability
=>3919 m


Policies
  • (21) Peace in Our Time: Pressure continues to mount in the Nezem, Aurelian and Buna heartlands for front-line troops stationed to be rotated back to their Districts, coming from families and their 'founding' communities. You will begin to suffer in Morale if a resolution is not found
    • (166) Visit to The Crag by the Itami: Despite this backdrop, the minor protests outside The Crag and the tota absence of Blackwatch trainees, the visit by the Itami is handled without a hitch. After several days of seminars, lectures and demonstrations by the Sa'ka Legion, two of the small officer corps attending from the Itami reveal themselves as Shrivatsa Tsukuda, Kagenojōgi of the Saxena, and Nagendra Oshiro, Kagenojōgi of the Sumoto - who between them command Itami; they have been impressed by the competance, refinement and kit-out of the Legion. They are quick to offer a reciprocal visit to their stronghold
  • (24) Economic Collapse: With prominent failures in some sectors the economy, two unhandled issues bloom into larger problems:
    • Refugees in the Acero Valley, and in particular the burgeoning criminal elements, continue to pressure the White Cross, Moth Industries and the Minerva Programme. Ghettos have been firmly established in Rhee and the 'Golden Triange' and have begun to spread into Sai Kong Hoi, Haven and several Nezem cities. Patronage within the criminal elements becomes the norm. You will suffer Economy-- and Morale-- each cycle until this is stabilised; this may spill over into other issues.
    • Leaks and confidentiality issues in shipping continue to plague Federal operations, though the bottom of the barrel seems to have been scraped; early improvments from the new smart contracts programmes being implemented provide mechanisms for pseduonymity. Sadly the human element continues to provide both the weakest link and the opportunities for leak-worthy scandals to exist
    • Loan defaults on high value consumer items rise, threatening corporate cashflows in Browning, Kader Beach and Kyoto Sands
  • (44) Communities: In Tōsandō the ripples of the community shake-up occurring in the ATC encourages the Electrowerkz Osasto emerge

Programmes
  • (75) Federal Services - Civic Branch: Atop the Comorian Biennale and Chrysalis Intepretative Interfaith Festival, the Civic Branch recommends investment in traditional craftsmanship, such as practised in Chikalda, and trade-focused apprenticeships
  • (91) Federal Services - Ethical Branch: Presenting himself to the Council in a closed session, Daniel Mbum - a young mediator named after Awegala - offers his services to the Council, hinting at the need for a united front and vision for the future less ... hampered ... by pork barrels. You may called on him once per budget cycle for an immediate mediator of any deadlocked issue
  • (36) Federal Services - Martial Branch: Busy continuing to process the material and information collected in recent research and the latest strikes, the Martial Branch has no recommendations presently
  • (52) Federal Services - Technical Branch: Busy with integration of Seihai technologies and fending of pressure from the scientific community over driverless vehicles, the Technical Branch have nothing to offer the Council
  • (82,82,43,59) Faithful: Driven by the increasing pressues within the Federation, many seek solace in religion. Number of the faithful rise.
  • (49,51,7,30,16) Monasteries: All the effort of the monasteries is caught up in the construction of new lunar facilities and the schism it portended.
  • (74) Twin Shards: With the successful installation of the ARN in Twin Shards at Boca Ridge, a cracking of knuckles is heard throughout the facility. Connected to the other facilities - at Usiku, Kailesh, Yamada's Kalari and Nymh - the business of Ryllian research is redoubled. Your bonus from the facility is doubled next cycle.
  • (-10) Cicada: Rumours begin to surface within the intelligence community of a new player, known only as The Cicada

Events
  • (23) Sandstorms continue to batter the South-Western Desert, causing problems with M-SET coherency and solar power harvesting across the Acero and Central regions.
  • (70) [Eyes Only!] Rising industrial espionage within the Federation, bypasing or blatantly ignoring the patent system introduced a decade or two previously, is becomming a concern

This message was last edited by the GM at 06:19, Sun 21 Oct 2018.
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GM, 1684 posts
Tue 6 Nov 2018
at 15:09
  • msg #34

Shrapnel

{Pending}
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GM, 1685 posts
Tue 6 Nov 2018
at 15:09
  • msg #35

Turn 22

Council Chambers, Mkobe - September, 51 NS (estimated 3239 AD)

Progress Report

[9, <50%] Construction and Engineering
{Pending}

[8, <20%] Research and Development
{Pending}

[6, <30%] Economy and Trade
{Pending}
This message was last updated by the GM at 15:11, Tue 06 Nov 2018.
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Tue 6 Nov 2018
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  • msg #36

Turn 22

(cont.)

[3, <20%] Diplomacy and Culture
{Pending}

[8, <30%] Espionage and Counter-Intelligence
{Pending}

[2, <20%] Stellar Warfare
{Pending}

[7, <40%] Planetary Warfare
{Pending}
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GM, 1687 posts
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at 15:15
  • msg #37

Turn 22

Polity Progress

ATC
+  174 m - Withdrawal into Polity Wealth Fund, the ATC Emergency Stimulus Fund
+   75 m - Payment from the Silver Republics for MagLev (3 of 12)
+   75 m - Payment from the Silver Republics for FedeRail (3 of 7)
+  450 m - Income from FedeRail
-  250 m -(96 = 54+42 <= 27+3+6+6) - [Eyes Only!] Project Yin: Arachne Hardware Enhancements (at Arachne with the Neon Osasto), 15%
You make strong progress on this epic reimagining of the Arachne platform, setting in place the extensions to manage migration of literally every networked computer on the planet
-  250 m -(136 = 92+44 <= 27+3+6+8) - [Eyes Only!] Project Yang: ATLAS Software Enhancements (at Arachne), 20%
You make strong progress on this epic reimagining of the ATLAS platform, setting in place the extensions to manage migration of literally every networked computer on the planet
- 3060 m -(209 = 46+118 <= 27+3+60+45+8+6+6+8) - Construct 'Zero-G' Omniport on Sig-Zhou (at Arachne and Nephele, based on Keihäs and Verhuis Datavaults, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Adapting the new Omniport blueprints to a zero-G environment is an exceptionally complex task; despite the self-contained nature of the existing blueprints, none of the internal plumbing takes into account a lack of gravity, for example. With the expertise built up in recent years of Minerva students and the experience in constructing five of these megastructures, Omniport Zmey doesn't rise from the surface of Sig-Zhou, so much as riddle its surface skin and descend down inside like a sink-town. Upon the surface of the captured comet two pustules emerge, one significantly larger than the other - they are part carved out crater and part web of gantries, suited to the construction of starships and their component parts. Blueprints unlocked for Microgravity Manufactory, Zero-G Dry Docks and Factories
  • Sig-Zhou Omniport: Microgravity Manufactory, Omniport Class with Fleet Command Bridge, multiple Overpowered Fusion Plants connected with an M-SET Transmitter and Receiver, Water Cellular Shielding, Self-Contained Systems and Large Integrated Hydroponics Bays, Improved RADAR and LIDAR, 2 Zero-G Dry Docks, 12 Factories, 4 Main Cargo Holds, 6 Smallcraft Bays and multiple Repair Bays together with an SOU Command Post, Research Hub, Bunker, LaPlante Hackschool and Veteran's Hall. Crew of 600 required, 3 kilometre diameter and with facilities for thousands of people. Cost is 3.2 billion
With these facilties, Omniport Zmey may have one Destroyer-class hull (or smaller) and one Cruiser, Freighter or Sleeper class hull under construction at any time. You receive the usual bonus to your industrial baseline

- 6300 m -(177 = 67+110 <= 27+3+60+8+6+6) - Enhance Existing Omniports (at Arachne and Omniport Nephele, based on Keihäs Datavaults), 100%
You enhance existing Omniports throughout the Federation with a Ground RADAR Station, SOU Command Post, Subterranean Bunker, Veteran's Hall, DisCuSSion Hub, LaPlante Hackschool and M-SET Transmitter and Receiver, creating a new blueprint for these militarised educational hubs. Each new surface Omniport costs 2.4 billion
- 2100 m - (80 = 38+42 <= 21-3+24) - Transfer in of Sa'ka Legion
Gutting the Scarab Mechanised Corps of the Legion's Field Army No. 2, the reformed Athena Phoenix Defence Corps becomes the veteran backbone of the ATC military and through them the Coastal District Garrison; whilst they are transformative in turning it from a specialist cadre to a fully-fledged force, they struggle with the shift from a mechanised corps to a coastal and marine one. Excess funds received by the Sa'ka Legion provide it with a Sovereign Wealth Fund for veterans and those invalided out of service, called the Athena's Mercy Fund. Morale+, Unity+++
-  600 m - Payment for Victoria Entertainment Grant
-  464 m - Maintenance for Minerva
-    6 m - Maintenance for Military

=12256m m
, 100%

Blackwatch
+  280 m - Payment from Federation
+   10 m - Payment from Huitzilopochtli
+  500 m - Transfer from Jacinto-Saenoori Combine
+ 1000 m - Transfer from Stellar Imperium
+ 1000 m - Transfer from Wraithguard
- 1880 m -(127 = 85+42 <= 27+3+8+4) - Establish Port Julius on the Eastern Ny'ekundu Gulf (using CREOLE and remotes), 100%
Following hot on the heels of the Eastern Ny'ekundu DCC, settlers from Northall, the Browning-Rook Enclave and the western reaches of the Blackwatch begin the regimented construction of Port Julius. Unlike the Albion Republic-era settlements, this is a town laid out to very precise specifications, with plenty of space for approved and anticipated expansion. You successfully construction a mid-range Desalination and Recycling Plant, a Subterranean Hydroponic Farm, Transport Hub, small Remote Manufactory and Fusion Power Plant. You receive a significant bonus to your industrial baseline.
- 2500 m -(164 = 84+80 <= 24+5+6+45) - [Eyes Only!] Project Mercury (using Engineering datavaults, with Martial volunteers, at Eastmount), 100%
[REDACTED] Further expansion of the Blackwatch training facility at Eastmount sees an outer wall and several additional warehouses construction, as well as rumours of extensive subterranean excavation.
- 2500 m -(100 = 19+81 <= 24+8+4+45) - [Eyes Only!] Project Chiron (using CREOLE, remotes and Engineering datavaults), 100%
[REDACTED]
- 1334 m -(136 = 60+61 <= 27+5+15+8+6+15) - Expansion of BEAR (using remotes and Martial volunteers, at Eastmount and Guarda), 100%
Established as a separate command within the Blackwatch ExpeditionAry foRces, the SunBEAR Command is a detached Gyver Battlesuit Regiment deployed to train both at Eastmount and the Stellar Imperium's Guarda Base, where it is becoming known that their elite Stellarii receive their training. With the 2nd Battalion immediately deployed to the Western Collectives, together with two cohorts of Blackwatch Scouts and their Damche transports, the remainder are established as a reactionary force at Port Julius, together with a battalion of Eos Marines to continue joint exercises. Exchanges of training cadres take place and you may see the results of their assessments within a few months. You successfully raise five battalions of Gyver Battlesuits with Guarda training

= 8424m m
, 100%

Huitzilopochtli Group
-   10 m - Transfer to Blackwatch
-  600 m -(133 = 81+52 <= 21+6+5+8+12) - Establishment of the Ocēlōmeh (at The Crag, Rusalka and Eastmount, 100%
With little fanfare, the Huitzilopochtli establish the beginnings of their surface forces, until now solely a vision in the Hummingbird's memoirs, kept private within the polity; their symbol is an upright jaguar, one hand clasping their own open ribcage containing Mito's Heart - but not as a symbol of battlelust, no, as a symbol for fierce but thoughtful combat. You successfully rush raise two battalions of Gyver Battlesuits. Unity+
- 1700 m -(110 = 69+41 <= 21+6+8+6) - Hosting the Flower War, the Xōchiyāōyōtl (using remotes and coordinated by JSOC)
{Pending}
- 2100 m -( -8 =-49+?? <= 27+3+3+8) - Expansion of M-SET Infrastructure (using remotes), 25%
Attempts to construct a series of M-SET transducers expanding the Azure Sun network fail spectacularly when schedules are badly misaligned with construction on Sig-Zhou: energy sent to the unready receiver overwhelm it to the point of overloading the network. Fires in space are dangerously beautiful things, the flames roiling and dancing unhindered by the constraints of gravity, and seventeen construction works die horribly in the first few minutes before safeguards slam into place. Work at the other construction sites slows to a crawl as SIR teams spring into investigative mode. You suffer a reduction in your industrial baseline
-  450 m -(111 = 54+57 <= 21+6+24+6) - Transfer in of Sa'ka Legion (coordinated by JSOC)
At the appointed hour the men and women of the Anderback Devastator Group complete the formal transfer of their personal gear from the Federal lockers to those of the Huitzilopochtli with grace and humility, where they are welcomed back into the embrace of the Cuāuhmeh. Excess funds received by the Sa'ka Legion are incorporated into the newly-established Athena's Mercy Fund

= 4860m m
, 100%

Jacinto-Saenoori Combine
+  500 m - Transfer from Grande Armada for Longshoremen
- 1500 m -(UM100 = 118+89 <= 24+60+5) - [Eyes Only!] Project Coldstar (using Engineering datavaults), 100%
During the search for suitably heat-resistant materials for their new fuel cells, researchers at the Polaris Voidworks stumbled over a ceramic coating - later named Kimberlite after the main researcher's adoptive daughter - with tremendous potential; with even a microthin layer, it responds to increasing thermal energy by changing, effectively becoming more resilience with each new peak of temperature! Chemically resembling a close cousin of Comorite, with a few key impurities differing as well as some misaligned covalency, it forms the basis of the Coldstar Kimberlite Fuel Cell - or Cokey Cell, as it becomes known.  Blueprint unlocked, you may use this as a powersystem. Commercialisation of this technology could replace energy storage planetwide, should you choose
- 3500 m -(146 = 21+125 <= 27+3+8+4+8+4+6+5+60 !!!) - Versailles Station (prototyping, using CREOLE, Omniport experts and new materials, working with Engineering Datavaults, responding to the Offworld Challenge), 100%
Emerging like a many-limbed starfish over the pinnacle of the Aesir Chariot, Versailles Station is a re-imagined and notably non-crystalline naval yard, each of five double-headed arms a marvel of reclaimed science. With the ground-side construction handled by the Polaris Voidworks below and logistics for materials, labour and half-built components simplified by the elevator, it possesses a formidable capacity and the Combine has seen interest from the Grande Armada, Buna, NMC and Rafiki in bidding for their use. Following the Lysian tradition, each of the yards is named for major planets insystem, though these are typically prefixed with the station name, hence: Versailles-Lanka, Versailles-Mayotte, Versailles-Brahm, Versailles-Xiang and Versailles-Shivat. Of these Versailles-Mayotte and Versailles-Brahm are reserved for use by the Combine.  Blueprints unlocked for Microgravity Yard, Zero-G Shipyards and Factories
  • Versailles Station: Microgravity Yard, Elevator Class with Fleet Command Bridge, multiple Fuel Cells providing power, Water Cellular Shielding, Self-Contained Systems and Large Integrated Hydroponics Bays, Improved RADAR and LIDAR and a Main Cargo Hold with CREOLE stations centred on the elevator itself, together with a Research Synthesizer. Each isolated Yard consists of a Zero-G Shipyard, a Factory, two Smallcraft and Repair Bays together with a Research Synthesizer, Barracks and Isolation Lab. Crew of 400 required to operate, 5-kilometre diameter and with facilities for thousands of people required for construction. Cost is 5 billion, but must be built atop a space elevator
With these facilities, each Yard within Versailles Station may have one Cruiser, Freighter or Sleeper class hulls under construction at any time (or may be reconfigured to handle two smaller hulls). You receive the a bonus to your industrial baseline

- 2500 m -(157= 70+87 <= 24+3+45+5+4+6 !!! >>>) - Glomar Initiative, 100%
Laying claim to the extensive lands between the eastern coast of the Ny'ekendu Gulf and the Mwitu Peaks - Glomar Province, as it becomes known - the Combine encounters only a few scattered and abandoned homesteads of those who fled the chaos of Pre-Unification, but in insufficient numbers to survive. Deep mineral riches, which will take years to begin to exploit fully, vie with untrammelled savannah and grasslands spreading from the coast and pristine alpine forests as the Peaks rise in their splendour; indeed, there is a feeling that some of the wilderness has been more actively managed and an especial diversity and healthiness among the wild dogs, coyotes and wolves of the province. Ample proving grounds for a retooled and expanded capability of the CREOLE exosuit, where their new modular flexibility becomes essential. Recovery of the last of the Comorian-bound Exodus starships, the UTF Järkkymätön, for the Grande Armada, provides equally harsh testing ground for several of the more specialised variants - the hazard suits, the mining rigs and the ultralight longshoremen being developed for ship-board use. Scattered fragments and detritus are recovered together with the scattered sea-bed wreck and a few fragments that had tumbled beyond the continental shelf. Among them, of interest to the Council, are the starships primary datavaults, sensor scans and logs. Early analysis confirms the vessels final moments as per the accounts of the recently-woken Exodites: part of the Athenian fleet fleeing from the Elof Rebellion, she responded to the attacks of the Kengu, was damaged and fell from orbit. Perhaps more interesting are the private logs of her captain, whose grandmother was a Commodore in the Ilmarinen Navy and fought several engagements against the Ghul Sslevrr of the Vher - records that were retained. You will see improvements to your industrial baseline this year and for the next few cycles. You may deploy specialised and modular generalist CREOLE exosuits. With the release of the UTF Järkkymätön datavaults to the Council, the Federation benefits from a +9 into research in the Vher
- 1267 m -(137 = 84+53 <= 24+3+12+14) - [Eyes Only!] Talent Drive (with Tannhausers and Skunkworks), 100%
Vanishing from public life for a few months, Primus Okioya and Colonel Kurukawa return only to the lightest of duties by the end of the year. Rumour has them taking up their new posts after a further twelve months of recuperation. During her recovery Okioya unveils an exhibition of vast undersea-scapes executed in oils and pastels, some of which she mixes with crystal dust; it is said that Kurukawa, spending more time with captains and longshoremen from the Grande Armada, has taken to their habit of scrimshaw.
-    0 m -( Auto-Success ) - Feasibility Studies: Plasma Manipulation Methods (at APRIL)
You have unlocked this research; it is extremely complex and will cost 2 billion and several turns
-  500 m - Transfer to Blackwatch for STEM R&D

= 8767m m
, 100%

The Kujaku-Mayura Confederacy of Kavacha
{Pending}

The New Stoics
{Pending}

Saganite Cooperative
{Pending}

Sons of Nemedia
{Pending}

Wraithguard
{Pending}
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