Planet Wars: Redux

[Killer-of-Lawye]

Hewitt, the private sector takes 20%. You cannot just will your colonial unemployed away by puting them all in the private sector >

[Hewitt]

ooc: ND is this true? Should survey work be considered government work?

[Killer-of-Lawye]

ITs considered UNEMPLOYED WORK.

[Hewitt]

Now there's an oxymoron if I ever saw one...

[Killer-of-Lawye]

The fact of the matter is, surveying is fluff. There basicaly not doing anything meaningfull untill A. You build something, or B, get them working in the industry, which you can't untill you have 5000 Unemployed. Don't be a twink.

[Crazyboy]

Originally Posted by Killer-of-Lawye

Umm.. Sancheans total income is off by a lot, and how come with my trade docks, I only made a measly 1k more than sanchean, which doesn't have them?

53,575 should be mine

61,671 should be sancheans, if you go by the numbers givin. Or is the Total income different and take into account other things like the docks, makign it hire than the trade and tax combined, or what?

Total income is not just the sum off tax and trade. There are other multipliers involved, such as goverment type. And I forgot about your commercial docks. Sorry

[Crazyboy]

Turn 1:

Planet Name: Elyssium (Karlak VI)
Planet Type: Earth World
Planet Size: Medium (3)
Planet Goverment: Consitutional Monarchy

Population: 29,000
Population Rate 6,000
Population in Industry: 15,000
Population in Private Sector: 5,800 (20%)
Population in Goverment Work: 4,575 (+2,250)
Unemployed Population: 3,625 (-2,250)

Base Income: 400RM
Planet Size Factor: 3
Industrial Base: 1.5
Total RM Income: 1,800RM
Industry Upgrade: 360RM

Tax Rate: 3
System Size: 2
Number of Linked Systems: 4
Size of Linked Systems: 2/2/2/2

Trade Income: $77,250
Tax Income: $103,680
Total Income: $182,739

Stockpiles:
RM: 250
$$$: $476,739

Buildings:

Colony Hub
School - 100P
Hospital - 600P
Fire Station - 400P
Police Station - 600P

Barracks - 500P
Basic Shipyard - 2000P

Basic Sensor Array - 200RM, $30,000, 60P

- - - - - - - - - - -

Planet Name: Acropolis (Karlak VII)
Planet Type: Rock World
Planet Size: Large (4)
Planet Government: Colony

Population: 5,000
Population Rate: 3,000
Population in Industry: 0
Population in Private Sectore: 1,000 (20%)
Population in Government Work: 0
Population Unemployed: 4,000

Base Income: 800RM
Planet Size Factor: 4
Industry Base: 0
Total RM Income: 0

Tax Rate: 3
Tax Income: 0
Trade Income: 0
Total Income: 0

Buildings:

Colonyhub

Procurement: (Elyssium:

2x Schools - 400RM, $50,000, 200P
2x Library - 400RM, $80,000, 250P
1x College - 800RM, $80,000, 750P
1x Park - 200RM, $42,000, 50P

10x Heavy Infantry - 750RM, $75,000, 1,000P

Units: Elyssium:

4x Acheron Gun Corvettes - 80P
4x Achos Strike Corvettes - 80P

Gunboat 4x 381mm Railguns, Small Cargo Holds, Small Transport Pod, 115P
- Military Construction Team - 150RM, $20,000, 40P

Unit Class:
Acheron Class Gun Corvette (2x Point-Defence Lasers, 2x 381mm Railguns) (650RM, £32,000, 40P)
Achos Class Strike Corvette (4x 381mm Railguns) (700RM, $29,000, 40P)

Research

Researching:

Warfare - Basic 0-G Missile Weaponry
Economics - Interstellar Trade Management, Trading Ships,
Science - Advanced Computer Systems, Advanced Sensor Warves, Superpowered Electromagnets
Civics - None

Completed

Warfare - Double Hulled Ships,
Economics -
Science -
Civics - Basic Biodomes.

Race Advantages
Ground Troops - 1
Capital Ships - 1
Leadership - 1
Resillience - 1
Patriotism - 1

[No Dachi]

Originally Posted by Hewitt

ooc: ND is this true? Should survey work be considered government work?

Yes. They're acting on the orders of the government and doing tasks for the government, so they're government workers. That means you have to pay them :/

[Zappa Tenderlea]

Lakhim: stfu. how can new Roma's income be incorrect if it hasn't even been posted yet, foo!

/ooc

[No Dachi]

Diplomacy

Frontier Alliance Negotiations

Frontier 1's reply to Vice Admiral Jean Bisson
Frontier 1 does not wish to enter into any joint operations with the Republic of Freiland, but will inform the republic or its ally the Kingdom of Ios if any large scale pirate movements are detected from Frontier System into Sestelle or High Reach Systems.

New Berlin's reply to Vice Admiral Jean Bisson
The New Berliner Representative replies that the planet's military barely has any intelligence whatsoever on the pirates, it's stretched to the limit just fighting off incoming raids from them. He does admit that the military has some background data on the more prominent local clans, and agrees to have this information dispatched to the Freilander Military as soon as he can transmit orders back to the planet. He reports that the New Berliner military can hold the planet itself against the pirates pretty much indefinitely and that the problems are entirely with keeping the Trade Lanes open; the New Berliner military's manpower being insufficient to cover the Trade Lane as well as the planet. He isn't fully sure of the state of the food stores, but last he heard they were down to half a year's worth of supplies (1 turn).

Barak's reply to Vice Admiral Jean Bisson
The Representative from Barak, which you know is also controlled by a military junta, fully appreciates the pirate problems on the Northern Fringe and commends the Republic of Freiland on its attempts to keep the criminals surpressed. Unfortunatly, he informs the Freilander representative that any form of monetary aid would be impossible, with Barak's meager resources already stretched to the limit fighting pirates in the Eastern Cloud Nebula Volume. He wishes the Frontier Alliance good fortune in its fight against the pirate menace.

Hewitt doing his best to make sure I get no free time whatsoever today

Frontier 1
Frontier 1 replies that it will not attend any meeting nor take part in the workings of any organisation save for the League.

Altan
The Federal Republic of Altan will send an envoy, but makes no guarantee of joining this organisation.

[u]Barak[/u[
The Baraki Republic has no interest in joining this organisation but will send an envoy as an observer.

Ios
Reply needed from Fluffie.

Freiland
Reply needed from Inspectre.

Cienelle
Reply needed from Bakan.

Sulphos
Reply needed from Flaag.

Mgana
Mgana does not believe there is any way in which this organisation could cater universally for the interests of the entire Fringe and will not attend.

New Tokyo
Reply needed from KoL.

New Roma
Reply needed from Zappa.

Neuilly
The Kingdom of Neuilly will send a representative to the meeting.

New Berlin
New Berlin will send a representative to the meeting.

New Boston
The Federal Republic of New Boston will send a representative to the meeting.

Sarakesh
Sarakesh has no interest in joining an organisation based in the Eastern Border. Sarakesh also expresses concern regarding your apparent lack of faith in the League, and states that its government believes you to be overstating the problem.

Northwest Outpost
(No reply is recieved, nor is any report recieved from the envoy)

Talamak
(As above. These two envoys were on the same ship. Maybe they ran into pirates...)

New London
New London will send a delegation to the meeting, though it is currently adverse to the idea of joining.

New Earth
New Earth will also send a representative, though at present it has no plans to enter into such an organisation.

Hewitt again

Earth
The Republic of Earth wishes to send an observer to this "Fringe Committee".

[No Dachi]

Events
These are minor, fairly insignificent events that may or may not affect you. Feel free to get involved with them


Shokoya 2 Independence
The League of Planets Reconstruction Committee has ruled that Shokoya 2, the last of the three Japanese colonies founded in Shokoya System, has proven itself capable of independence from the League administration, and has pulled out of the system all together. A democratic government has taken over control of the planet. Kiyoshi Azaka, a former colonal in the Japanese Offworld Self Defense Force, has been elected as the country's first president. He has expressed a desire on behalf of the Shokoyan people for peaceful co-existence with all of the system's surrounding worlds.

Effects
-The Trade Lanes connecting to Shokoya System are no longer guarded.
-Shokoya 2 takes one Seat on the League General Council.

Federal Republic of New Boston declares WAR on Kingdom of Neuilly
The Federal Republic of New Massachusets has broadcast a declaration of war against the Kingdom of Neuilly. The exact reasons for the war are unknown, but the two planets have been acting hostile toward eachother for some time now. The dispute originally arose from Neuilly refusing to allow foreign trade vessels access to the rarely-used Neuilly-New Berlin Trade Lane on the grounds that pirates made it too dangerous. New Massachusets, a corporatocracy that relies heavily on trade income, is thought to have offered forces to police the Trade Lane in exchange for access to it, but been refused by Neuilly. Neither side has made any major fleet movements yet, and neither side has attempted to contact the League to broker a peace deal.

Effects
-A state of war now exists between New Boston and Neuilly.
-New Boston has blockaded the only major Trade Lane into Neuilly.
-Neuilly has ordered rationing, indicating supply shortfall, particulatly of food.
-Westedge, the sole planet of Western Link System, the sole link into New Massachusets System, has made no attempt to broker a peace deal or get involved in the conflict itself.

Pirate activity in Inner Sphere
Merchant vessels running the extensively-used Tau Ceti-Sol Trade Lane have reported detecting several wrecks along the way, and several merchant vessels have failed to reach their desintations after having set out along the route. One merchant reports having been attacked by unidenfitied, unmarked vessels but claims to have escaped them after having destroyed two gravwell mines. Merchants operating on the Southern Hub-Cook Trade Lane have also reported pirate activity.

Effects
-Sol-Tau Ceti Trade Lane now pirated.
-Southern Hub-Cook Trade Lane now pirated.

Biseht get signal
The administration of Biseht has reported picking up very weak radio signals coming in from beyond the band of uninhabited systems marking the edge of the Northern Fringe. The administrators state that the radio signals are too weak and too distorted to make any sense of them. Scientists on Biseht estimate that the source of the transmissions is roughly ten light years (about three hexes) north of uninhabited system F-434L.

Effects
-None.

Pirate base discovered
The Baraki Military has reported the crippling and subsequent capture of a pirate flagship, and the siezure of data from the ship's onboard computers. Interrogation of the few captives (who have been sentenced to death under Baraki law and are due to be executed shortly), cross-checked with the navigational data, has led Baraki Naval Intelligence to claim the existence of a large pirate base in uninhabited system F-107L. It is speculated that destroying this pirate base could greatly increase trade to the Eastern Cloud System, as well as to Reman System and Barak System.

Effects
-Your militaries have been informed of a suspected pirate base in uninhabited system F-107L, near the Eastern Cloud Nebula Volume.

[Zappa Tenderlea]

Planetary Advantages

• Cultural Identity - increases your peoples' sense of culture, making them more resistant to enemy conquest/propaganda/etc and more ready to help the state in times of need.
• Patriotism (More loyal populous and crew/troops. Higher moral for populous, crew and troops)
• Improved Education – slightly increases the amount of RP you generate and increases the chance of getting a bonus.
• Improved Education – slightly increases the amount of RP you generate and increases the chance of getting a bonus.

Tax Rate: 3

Buildings:

• School
• College
• Library *2
• small religious Building *10
• Police Station
• Fire Station
• Hospital
• Shipyard
• Barracks

Researching

• researched
  • Religious Facilities
  • Basic Biodomes
  • Advanced Sensor Waves
  • Basic Planetary Defense
  • Interstellar Trade Management.
• researching
  • Basic 0-G Missile Weaponry
  • reinforced Hull armour
  • Advanced Computer Systems
  • Superpowered Electromagnets
  • Double-Hulled Ships

Building Purcahses

Defences

• 5 Whip-class fighter squadrons (5 in each)
  • 4x 20mm
  • empty slot
• orbital station
  • 20 mm
  • 40 mm
  • empty slot
  • empty slot
  • 4 x extra armour plating
  • Hangar bay

left:
RM: 2735
$: 695990
p: 3605


will do more once I know what more I can do...

[Fluffie]

Originally Posted by No Dachi

Events
Biseht get signal

Heh.

[Killer-of-Lawye]

Then you think you could give me my correct trade numbers then crazy?

[Crazyboy]

It is done.

[Lakhim]

Originally Posted by Zappa Tenderlea

Lakhim: stfu. how can new Roma's income be incorrect if it hasn't even been posted yet, foo!

/ooc

What the hell are you talking about...

[No Dachi]

All
If you did exploration last turn, PM me the details (ship, ship design, target system, specific orders for ship, etc) to get the results.

[No Dachi]

All
Incidentally, because there seems to have been some confusion about this, all ships, ground units, structures etc take one turn to build. So if you order it this turn, you don't get to use it untill next turn.

[Bakan]

Turn #1

Planet Name: Cienelle
Planet Type: Desert
Planet Size: Medium (3)
Planet Goverment: Democratic Republic

Base Income:
Planet Size Factor: 3
Industrial Base: 1.5
Total RM Income: 2250
Industry Upgrade: N/A

Tax Rate: 3

Trade Income: 116,640
Tax Income: 71,804
Total Income: 207,760

Current Buildings

• Colony Hub
• 2x School
• 1x Hospital
• 1x Fire Station
• 1x Police Station
• 1x Barracks
• 1x Basic Shipyard
• 1x Basic Sensor Array
• 2x Library
• 1x College

Research
Researching - (In this order please)

• Warfare - Double-Hulled Ships (1 RP)
• Economic - Mining Ships (2 RP)
• Warfare - Basic 0-G Missile Weapondry (2 RP)
• Science - Advanced Fusion Drives (3 RP)
• Science - Advanced Sensor Waves (3 RP)
• Warfare - Defensive Missile Weaponry (1 RP)
• Warfare - Reinforced Hull Armour (1 RP)
• Warfare - Adapted 0-G Missile Weaponry (2 RP)

Current Military Ships

• 1x Science Ship
• 2x Interceptor Gun Corvette
• 2x Defiant Strike Corvette
• 1x Intrepid Frigate

Current Ground Units

• 9x Light Infantry
• 2x Advanced Infantry
• 6x Military Construction Team

New Stuff

• 1x Research Facility (1200RM, $150,000, 2000P)
• 1x Park (200RM, $42,000, 50P)

Final Stockpiles:

• RM: 860
• $$$: 302,760

Population: 25,580
Population Rate: 3,000
Population in Industry: 15,000
Population in Private Sector: 5116 (20%)
Population in Goverment Work: 5100
Unemployed Population: 364

Ship Designs

• 1x Intrepid Frigate (2850, 151000, 210)
  • 4x Point-Defence Laser
  • 6x 381mm Railgun
  • Extra Armour Plating
  • Hanger Bay
  • 2x Fighter Squadron
    • 5x 20mm Minigun
• 2x Interceptor Gun Corvette (1300, 64000, 40)
  • 2x Point-Defence Laser
  • 2x 381mm Railgun
  • Extra Armour Plating
• 2x Defiant Strike Corvette (2200, 98000, 40)
  • 4x 381 Railgun
  • Extra Armour Plating

Orders

1. Science Ship & 2 Interceptor Gun Corvette - Do a full analysis of Sestelle system, starting with asteroid fields looking for resources, then spread out to the rest of the system.
2. Galactic Fringe World Committee - Send a envoy over to listen and provide a voice for Cienelle to the new Committee.
3. Hire out the unemployed population to look at Cienelle itself, analyzing it and seeing if there are any useful commodities that can be sold, or new places to mine for resources.

[Planetkiller II]

Planet Name: Tau Ceti Prime
Planet Type: Desert World
Planet Size: Large
Planet Goverment: Corporate Republic

Population: 28,266
Population Rate: 3,000
Population in Industry: 15000 (+5000)
Population in Private Sector: 5654 (20%)
Population in Government Work: 5860
Unemployed Population: 1,752

Base Income: 500RM
Planet Size Factor: 4
Industrial Base: 1.5
Total RM Income: 3000RM
Industry Upgrade: N/A

Tax Rate: 3
System Size: 3
Number of Linked Systems: 3
Size of Linked Systems: err...

Tax Income: $78,829
Trade Income: $26,774
Total Income: $126,303

Stockpiles:
RM: 1207
$$$: 278,303

Buildings:

Colony Hub
School - 100P
Library - 125P
College - 750P
Hospital - 600P
Fire Station - 400P
Police Station - 600P
Barracks - 500P
Basic Shipyard - 2000P
Basic Sensor Array - 60P

Units:

Military Construction Team - 40P

Procurement: (1800RM, $245,000, 675P)

Freighter – 600RM, 10P, $50,000
3 X School - 600RM, $75,000, 300P
3 X Library - 600RM, $120,000, 375P




Planet Name: Tau Ceti Secondus
Planet Type: Jungle World
Planet Size: Medium
Planet Goverment: Corporate Republic

Population: 5,500
Population Rate 4,500
Population in Industry: 0
Population in Private Sector: 1100 (20%)
Population in Goverment Work: 0
Unemployed Population: 4400

Base Income: 450RM
Planet Size Factor: 3
Industrial Base: 0
Total RM Income: 0RM
Industry Upgrade: N/A

Tax Rate: 1
System Size: 3
Number of Linked Systems: 3
Size of Linked Systems: err...

Trade Income: N/A
Tax Income: N/A
Total Income: N/A

Stockpiles:
RM: 0
$$$: 0

Buildings:

Colony Hub


Units:

None

Procurement: (0RM, $0)




Planet Name: Tau Ceti Tertiarus
Planet Type: Desert World
Planet Size: Huge
Planet Goverment: Corporate Republic

Population: 4,000
Population Rate 3,000
Population in Industry: 0
Population in Private Sector: 800 (20%)
Population in Goverment Work: 0
Unemployed Population: 3200

Base Income: 500RM
Planet Size Factor: 5
Industrial Base: 0
Total RM Income: 0RM
Industry Upgrade: N/A

Tax Rate: 1
System Size: 3
Number of Linked Systems: 3
Size of Linked Systems: err...

Trade Income: N/A
Tax Income: N/A
Total Income: N/A

Stockpiles:
RM: 0
$$$: 0

Buildings:

Colony Hub


Units:

None

Procurement: (0RM, $0)




Planet Name: Tau Ceti Quaduras
Planet Type: Swamp World
Planet Size: Large
Planet Goverment: Corporate Republic

Population: 5,000
Population Rate 4,000
Population in Industry: 0
Population in Private Sector: 1000 (20%)
Population in Goverment Work: 0
Unemployed Population: 4000

Base Income: 300RM
Planet Size Factor: 4
Industrial Base: 0
Total RM Income: 0RM
Industry Upgrade: N/A

Tax Rate: 1
System Size: 3
Number of Linked Systems: 3
Size of Linked Systems: err...

Trade Income: N/A
Tax Income: N/A
Total Income: N/A

Stockpiles:
RM: 0
$$$: 0

Buildings:

Colony Hub


Units:

None

Procurement: (0RM, $0)




Planet Name: Tau Ceti Pentra
Planet Type: Earth World
Planet Size: Large
Planet Goverment: Corporate Republic

Population: 7,000
Population Rate 6,000
Population in Industry: 5000 (+5000)
Population in Private Sector: 1400 (20%)
Population in Goverment Work: 0
Unemployed Population: 600

Base Income: 400RM
Planet Size Factor: 4
Industrial Base: 0 (+0.5)
Total RM Income: 0RM
Industry Upgrade: 0RM

Tax Rate: 1
System Size: 3
Number of Linked Systems: 3
Size of Linked Systems: err...

Trade Income: N/A
Tax Income: N/A
Total Income: N/A

Stockpiles:
RM: 0
$$$: 0

Buildings:

Colony Hub


Units:

None

Procurement: (0RM, $0, 5000P)

Industry Upgrade - 0RM, 5,000P




Fleet:

2 X 'Cobra I' Fighter Squadron – 5P

3 X 'Tapir' Gun Corvette – 20P

1 X 'Rhino' Class Frigate – 220P




Research

Researching (In order of priority):
Interstellar Passenger Industry - 2 RP
Advanced Industrial Manufacture - 3 RP
Research Facilities - 2 RP
In the event of 1 RP remaining, research Basic Biodomes

Completed:
Warfare -
Economics - Interstellar Trade Management, Trading Ships
Science - Advanced Computer Systems, Advanced Robotics,
Civics -

Race Advantages
Economic Growth - 1
Commerce Skill - 1
Industry - 1
Research-Minded - 1
Defence Contractors - 1



Classes

'Cobra I' Fighter Squadron – 350RM, 5P, $7,500
5x 20mm Minigun

'Tapir' Gun Corvette – 1150RM, 20P, $33,000
Extra Armour Plating
2x 381mm Railgun
2x 20mm Minigun

'Rhino' Class Frigate – (2,110RM, 220P, $119,000)
6x 381mm Railgun
4x 40mm Minigun
Hanger Bay (2 squadrons)
Small Transport Pod (2 units infantry/2 units vehicles)


General Orders in following post...

[Planetkiller II]

The CEO of Tau Ceti Incorporate has decreed that the new colonists, as a reward for volunteering for the short term hardship of living in the new colonys, will be taxed at galactic standard rate 1, to compensate for their currently poor facillities. He also draws attention to the educational drives being made on Prime, with the building of multiple new Schools and Libraries. It is hoped that within a few years, the colonies and the homeworld will be able to support one another more effectively. Our best scientific minds are designing the best ways to transport supplies between worlds to where it is needed. Hold the line for the corporation, colonists, and the corporation will reward you.

The fleet is to hold position in their current locations for now, though they may be called upon soon.

[No Dachi]

[b]Hewitt/b]
You forgot to include P growth from last turn.

[Inspectre]

Turn 1


General Info

Planet Name: Freiland
Leader: Grand Admiral Wagner Von Braun
Planet Type: Jungle
Planet Size: Large
Planet Government: Military Junta
Planet Advantages:

- Leadership Level 2 (3 pts.)
- Improved Training Methods Level 1 (1 pt.)
- Capital Ships Level 1 (1 pt.)


Population

Population: 33,500
Population Rate: 4,500
Population in Industry: 15,000
Population in Private Sector (20%): 6,700
Population in Government Work: 6,250
Unemployed Population: 5,550
Unemployment Rate: 16.6%


RM Income

Base Income: 450 RM
Planet Size Factor: 4
Industrial Base: 1.5
Total RM Income: 2700 RM


Currency

Tax Rate: 3
System Size: 3
Number of Linked Systems: 4
Size of Linked Systems: 1/2/1/3
Trade Income: $116,640
Tax Income: $93,090
Total Income: $207,213

Stockpiles

RM: 1,000
$$$: 717,213
P: 325


Buildings:

Colony Hub
School - 100P
Library x 2 – 250P
College – 750P
Hospital - 600P
Fire Station - 400P
Police Station - 600P
Barracks - 500P
Basic Shipyard - 2000P


Orders:

- Dispatch science ship to the nearby asteroid field to analyze rock samples for a preferably safe distance, and attempt to develop new ways of identify valuable rock ores buried within the asteroids (i.e. science ship is to analyze the outer layers of the asteroid field, without getting close enough to risk getting smashed. )

- Contact Cienelle government, and send 1st Fleet of Freiland to meet up with any reinforcements Cienelle is willing to provide, then send the joint fleet to the New Berlin system to conduct immediate anti-piracy operations along the New Berlin-Freiland trade route, in the hopes of getting enough supplies to the New Berlin system for the planet to hold out for another few months.

- Continue to develop industry on Freiland, and deliver several public speeches about the improving employment situation, economy, growing industry, etc.

- Dispatch a representative to the meeting called by Teian Point, to see what this “Frontier Council” is about.


Procurement:

Buildings

School x 2: - 400RM, $50,000, 200P

Ships

1 Mercy-class Strike Corvette: 850RM, 25P, $35,000

Troops


Miscellaneous

Industrial Base Upgrade: - 540RM, - 5,000P


Research

Researching (in order):

Economics - Advanced Industrial Manufacture (3 RP)
Science - Superpowered Electromagnets (2 RP)
Warfare – Heavier Mass Drivers (2 RP)
Warfare - Enlarged Capital Ship Chasis Design (3 RP)
Economics – Mining Ships (2 RP)
Warfare – Basic O-G Missile Weaponry (2 RP)

Completed

Warfare – Reinforced Hull Armor, Double-Hulled Ships
Economics -
Science - Advanced Computer Systems, Advanced Robotics
Civics – Basic Biodomes, Research Facilities


Units:

Ships:

1st Fleet of Freiland (Moving to New Berlin)

2 x Gladius-class Strike Corvettes: - 60P
1 x Catapult-class Gunboat: - 120P
4 x Dagger-class Fighters: - 20P

Unassigned (Sestelle System)

1 x Science Ship - 250P

Troops:

1st Homeguard Brigade

2 x Advanced Infantry: - 200P
4 x Light Infantry: - 400P


Unit Designations

Dagger-class Fighters: 5 x 20mm Miniguns Cost: 225RM, 5P, $7,500
Mercy-class Strike Corvette: 4 x 381mm Railguns, 1 x Small Cargo Hold Cost: 850RM, 25P, $35,000
Gladius-class Strike Corvette: 4 x 381mm Railguns, 1 x Small Transport Pod Cost: 850RM, 30P, $39,000
Catapult-class Gunboats: 2 x 20mm Miniguns, 6 x 381mm Railguns, 2 x Hanger Bay Cost: 1,650RM, 120P, $97,000
Honor-class Frigate: 4 x 20mm Miniguns, 6 x 381mm Railguns, 2 x Reinforced Hull Armor Cost: 2,300 RM, 200P, $118,000

[Inspectre]

Although slightly shocked at the short amount of time likely to be left on the survival clock for New Berlin, Jean Besson responds as best he can.

"We had been hoping for more time to prepare our fleet, obviously, but since it seems both of our planets are running out of time, we'll do what we can immediately. Expect to see a Freilander fleet attempting to conduct anti-piracy operations within the month. Meanwhile, it may be best if your government could attempt some sort of rationning initiative, in the event that our attempt to increase trade to your system fails. Once I informed the Grand Admiral of the seriousness of this problem, I am sure he will order the construction of some form of cargo ship to bring supplies into the system directly from Freiland. However, the construction of such a vessel will take at least six months, so if your planet could hold out for even another month beyond this six month limit you have given me, we should be able to help you withstand the pirate invasion by personally bringing in supplies. Good luck, my friend."

[Lakhim]

SANCHEAN: Desert World [RM:500, P: 3,000], Large [planet size: 4], 2 moons
Government: Communist (A-L Scale 4)

Turn 1
RM: 4800
RM production: 3000 rm (500*4*1.5)
$: 794,724
Taxation Rate: 2
System Size: 2
Number of Linked Systems: 3
Size of Linked Systems: 1/1/2
Trade Income: $5,511
Tax Income: $56,160
$ production: $61,671
P: 30,000
P growth: 3,000
P in use: 15,000 (1.5*10,000) IB, 5,400 F, 6575 B
P in us (updated): 15,000 IB, 6,000 F, 8970 B

Buildings:
2x School (-200p)
Police Station (-600p)
Fire Station (-400p)
Hospital (-600p)
Shipyard (-500p) (1/4 Strength)
Barracks (-500p)
Library (-125p)
College (-750p)
3675

Military:
1st Transport Division
-2x Transport Gunboats
-Transport (Civilian) Corvette
-Transport (Military) Corvette
--2x Construction Teams (-80p)

Sanchean Defensive Army
-8x Heavy Infantry (-800p)

Construction

Small Colonization Ship -1,000RM, -1000P, -$100,000
Library -200RM, -$40,000, -125P
Research Facility -1,200RM, -$150,000, -2000P

Morningstar Secondary Military Base (Small Ice World)
P: 800
RM: 2,000 (1,000 for base construction)
One Turn Remaining

Research
In Progress: (Priority)
Warfare - Double-Hulled Ships (2)
Economic - Trading Ships (3)
Science - Superpowered Electromagnets (4)
Civics - Technocratic Government (1)

Completed:
Warfare - None
Economic - Interstellar Trade Management
Science - Advanced Computer Systems, Advanced Robotics
Civics - Research Facilities

Unit Designs:
Transport (Military) Corvette (-400RM, -30P, -$30,000)
- Small Transport Pod

Transport (Civilian) Corvette (-400RM, -20P, -$28,000)
- P Transport Pod
[Non Combat]

Transport Gunboat (-2480RM, -220P, -$160,000)
- 2x Small Cargo Pods
- 2x 40mm Minigun
- 3x 381mm Railgun

The colony ship is to jump to System Four (Sestelle), Planet 5, and establish a colony. Both transport Gunboats are to accompany.


Crazy's request to be edited in....

[No Dachi]

Lakhim, that system is inhabited...

[Lakhim]

DAMNIT

Small things. Oh well

Um, yeah, I'll edit. Can you please update the government types list ND?

[Lakhim]

Planet 6 Tau Ceti open? How about 5 Sol or 2 AC?

[No Dachi]

Originally Posted by Lakhim

DAMNIT

Small things. Oh well

Um, yeah, I'll edit. Can you please update the government types list ND?

Small things?! There are two player planets in that system! How could you possibly miss two players planets...

And the answer is no. I'm too busy typing up interesting events for you.

[Lakhim]

The system is, but not the planets. I want that planet to establish a colony. I'm not that stupoooid (outside of my system).

[Inspectre]

/ooc Inhabited by two allied, militaristic planets that are rather pissed off at the moment. ooc/

New Orders

- Recall 1st Fleet of Freiland from stand-by position in-system, awaiting the Cienelle reinforcements, to a defensive position between the apparent invading fleet now moving into the system, and their destination, which currently appears to be the fifth planet. The fleet is to hail the incoming fleet, asking them to identify themselves, and to inform them that they are currently in Freilander space, and that all planets in this system are currently under petition for colonization claims by Freiland and/or Cienelle.


- Send a document to the League Colonization Authority, indicating that the system of Sestelle is currently being divided up for colonization by Cienelle and Freiland, and while they aren't moving colony ships just yet, prefering a less reckless approach to colonization ( ), they do intend to colonize the planets, as follows.

Planet 1: Large Barren World - Freiland
Planet 2: Small Desert World - Cienelle
Planet 3: Cienelle - Cienelle
[asteroid belt] - Cienelle
Planet 4: Medium Desert World - Cienelle
Planet 5: Large Rock World - Freiland
Planet 6: Frieland - Freiland
[asteroid belt] - Freiland
Planet 7: Medium Earth World - Freiland
Planet 8: Huge Ocean Wolrd - Freiland
Planet 9: Large Earth World - Cienelle
Planet 10: Large Gas Planet - Cienelle
Planet 11: Medium Ocean World - Cienelle
Planet 12: Huge Ice World - Freiland
Planet 13: Tiny Ice World - Resupply Base: Freiland

[No Dachi]

...You might find it easier if you try to colonise planets in uninhabited systems. Claiming and colonising planets in other inhabited systems tends to aggrevate the locals.

[Lakhim]

(My ass invading, I'll drag you in front of the LoP if you try and stop me. Intent counts more then that...our ship has already been launched and a defacto claim established, and you don't know I'm there. No sensor net. I'll be on the ground before you even notice I'm in system.)

[Lakhim]

They should have laid claim to it then, its an open planet available for inhabitation, and I will get the LoP to back me up if they try and attack us. Unwarrented aggression, you know?

[No Dachi]

So, what, you're continueing with the colonise Sestelle plan?

[Lakhim]

Yeppers. I'd like to stop Inspectre from knowing that my fleet is on its way, thats OOC knowledge, a violation of the rules. He can't see them, no sensor net, and his fleet is out of system by the time that mine arrive.

[No Dachi]

Actually no. It's only a short trip and due to the Ostsonne routes being patrolled, it's an uninterrupted one. Your ships arrive before Inspectre's leave. But they're not detected untill they're within the system, wherupon a Freilander-native merchant spots them and gives a head-up to the planet...

[Lakhim]

Fine, but he can't halt my ships because they are in a different place, and they can't lay claim to it in the LoP before I can either...

[No Dachi]

His ships are currently moving toward the fifth planet to intercept yours. They will not reach the fifth planet before you do. The commander of the expedition warns you that this is highly confrontational behavior and that, if engaged, his military contingent will be wiped out in no time...

[Inspectre]

Well, first off, my fleet was still sitting in-system, waiting for Bakan's fleet to show up (which won't show up until he gets back on and posts what he's sending on the mission to New Berlin). Plus, to get to Planet 5, you have to go quite a ways in-system, including directly past Freiland, more or less (ok, Freiland's orbital path, since for the sake of the argument, right now Planet 5 & Freiland could be on opposite sides of the sun).

Second, I talked to ND, because I wanted someway of trying to warn you off before the colony was established on the 5th planet and the move couldn't be taken back. Mainly because I will invade that colony if you establish it there. FFS, it's bad enough having to possibly share the system with yet another, possibly hostile, planet, and not only do you have to settle one of the most valuable worlds, but you also have to settle the planet right next to my homeworld? Sheesh . . . forget that. Only a fool would let someone bring a dagger up against their throat, and that's exactly the point I intend to harp on to the League.

Third, did you place a claim into the League beforehand? I just did, and if it arrives before yours, then technically I would say that your colonization of *my* world is unlawful, despite your colony ship getting there first, yes?

[Lakhim]

Bullcrap, your fleet doesn't know what in hell is going on, and I doubt your government could respond that quickly. Your earlier claim is invalid because it is blatant OOC knowledge, and right of now we lay claim to it...not to mention that we've shown an intention for claim it for the last few minutes (hours).

The ships are orders to under no circumstances fire their weapons, and instead point out that the planet is open and unsettled, with no claims laid to it by any power previous to the ship being lauched. If fired upon, land the colony ship as soon as possible, and do not fire back. At all. Make that known.

Oh, we also file intent to colonize papers on the 2nd planet of the Eastern Cloud system (Not KoL's planet)...

[No Dachi]

Chapter One: Old Empires and Absent Friends

Tuesday July 4th, 2095
20:05 PM
Northwestern Fringe

The Admiral looked out through the reinforced glass screen of the flagship's starboard viewing gallery, admiring the surreal beauty of the dying planet. Fire flowed across the doomed world's surface, almost like liquid, as though seeking out whatever meager fuel had not yet been consumed. Vast thick columns of smoke billowed into the planet's atmosphere, thrown into sharp relief by the brilliance of the flames behind them. The ship was in low orbit, and the Admiral could see the flames radiating a stunning orange glow into the dark space surrounding the planet's atmosphere. Presently, a brilliant white explosion caught the Admiral's eye - the death throes of a fusion drive, damaged beyond repair and overloading, obliterating what remained of the ship that it had once powered. The burning hulk of a second ship started to descend through the planet's outer atmosphere at this point, the remains of the hull beginning to glow as friction heated them. Soon, this wreck would crash into the inferno raging on the planet's surface and be destroyed utterly. The Admiral allowed himself a thin smile and turned away from the hellish scene playing out far below, heading back out of the otherwise empty viewing bay and into the corridor. As he turned round to the right, heading back to the bridge of his ship, he was met by an orderly coming the other way. The man instantly snapped to attention, throwing the Admiral a sharp salute.

"Admiral, sir!" He said, awaiting a sign from the commander of the fleet. After a few moments in which the Admiral saw no flaw in the man's uniform, posture or countenance, he nodded stiffly to him. "Sir," continued the man, now standing at ease, "Captain Kuan-Yin reports that the enemy planet to the south west has also been destroyed. He reports that his ships are running critically low on nuclear warheads."

"Excellent," replied the Admiral, though in reality he was troubled. "Return to the bridge, Lieutenant. Inform Captain Long that I shall be present shortly, and instruct him to pass on the order to prepare for Hyperspace Jump to the rest of the fleet."

"At once, sir!" Replied the orderly, snapping to attention again, before turning on his heel and striding away down the corridor, leaving the Admiral alone with his thoughts. ...running critically low on nuclear warheads - the Admiral had been aware that this problem would arise for some time, and he could see no easy way around it. His fleet, the Golden Riders, had been isolated from any supply depots for quite some time now. He had anticipated this - he had brought along colony ships and dozens of fleet tenders laden with supplies. The intention was to establish a forward base with the press-ganged civilians deep in uncharted territory, and then from there rest a while before striking out into the far-flung "Hidden Territories" of his peoples' enemies, the ones which their leaders thought were safe. The forward base had done its job well - and would continue to do so. Each potential world had been surveyed carefully to ensure it had everything the fleet could possibly need.Unfortunatly, a few resources were not present on the base planet. The essential cooling agents needed to preserve tritium in the fusion warheads had been the first to run out. Fortunatly, the planet had harboured some uranium deposits - but not enough. Now the fleet was running out of the primitive throwback fission warheads, and they had been unable to find another source of uranium. As such, the nuclear warheads, on which most of the fleet's tactics and doctrine were based, were almost all gone. Nonetheless, the Admiral knew, his men would adapt. Their resolve had not been weakened by their years away from home, and they were getting enough men and women coming of age at the forward base to fill the shoes of those personnel who were too old and frail to man the ships of war any further. The Admiral reached into his right pocket as he walked, withdrawing a palm computer. He switched it on, again reviewing the little snippets of information the fleet had picked up from broadcasts and other communications methods before the attack. He played part of what looked like some kind of information network transmission again. A woman, attractive and of Western descent, sat at a desk, talking in that monotonous, emotionless drawl that was synonymous with news readers.

"Vice Admiral Jean Bisson of Freiland...ested money for the Frontier Alliance...today's General Council meeting," reported the woman, as various pictures played out on the viewscreen behind her. A man in military dress - it looked like the dress of a European Federation Admiral, except the colours were darker and all together different in places - was standing at a curved polished wooden desk and speaking to a circular hall of seated people in a variety of dress, all seated at identical desks. Apparently this was the "General Council" of which the news reader has spoken. He'd heard this body mentioned before - it was apparently met to decide the actions of the so-called League of Planets. This organisation had not existed when he had taken his fleet out from the command of the homeland. And there was no mention of any of the warring powers, no mention of China or the United States or of the Russian or European Federations, no mention of Japan or of the United Atlantic Alliance. Whatever was going on here, the Admiral's fleet hungrered for conquest. He was the master of a dozen worlds taken from the weak and unprotected outer territories of his enemies, and he did not intend to settle down now. From what he had learned of this new galaxy, it was weak and fractured, just waiting to be taken piece by piece. The Admiral came to a sliding door, which hissed open as he approached it. He turned right off the corridor and into the room beyond. Another corridor, with other doors leading off it on either side. Each of them had a red cross contained within a white circle on their surface. The Admiral's destination was through the door at the end of this shorter corridor, it too slid open as he approached. The Admiral walked through into the room beyond. Unlike the bare gunmetal steel corridor, this new room was covered in prstine white tiles. It had no furniture save for a flat block bench/bed in the centre complete with restraints, which currently held a struggling man to it. Aside from the man, there were three people in the room. Two doctors, dressed in mint green surgeons' uniforms, and a nurse, dressed in a similar fashion, and despite her surgical mask the Admiral could tell she was feeling nautious. Some of the newer recruits often felt that way in the interrogation room. The Admiral looked down on the captive, speaking to one of the surgeons as he did so.

"Ah, Doctor, how is our patient doing?" Asked the Admiral, allowing himself another thin smile.

"Admiral," Replied the surgeon, "you are just in time to see the operation!". As he spoke, the man produced a gleaming silver implement from the table. It was a knife, serrated and curved, a vicious instrument that would surely have no place in a normal surgery. The man on the bench looked at the knife, and ceased struggling. He had broken out in a sweat.

"E-e-envoy from...T-Teian Point. I have d-diplomatic immunity..." Stammered the man. He had been picked off a civilian vessel bound for the planet. Well, picked off an escape pod from it. He had been one of only three survivors, the other two being a crewman and a young woman. The crewman had been shot on site, the woman given a brief interview to determine whether she would have known anything useful enough to merit surgical interrogation. She had checked out as a normal civilian, and was now in the ship's brig. At the man's claim of diplomatic immunity, the Admiral gave a low chuckle.

"I'll leave this man in your capable hands, doctor," he said, already turning out through the door, "find out the location of this "Frontier Alliance" for me, then work whatever other information you can out of him." Without waiting for a reply, the Admiral was in the corridor again. The door slid shut behind him...

Effects
-None known (they'll be revealed to you over the course of this turn)

[No Dachi]

Inspectre and Lakhim
The situation is as I've described it and it cannot be contested.

You might want to try communicating IC instead of just OOC...

[Lakhim]

ooc: More of the league claims...ruling on that. Is inspectre's claim valid even though it contains blatant OOC knowledge?

[No Dachi]

League of Planets Territorial Claims Commission Ruling: Sestelle V
The Commission reports that it recieved the claim from Sanchean around ten hours before it recieved the claim from Freiland. A quick review of the circumstances in which each claim was dispatched reveals that the People's Republic of Sanchean issued a valid claim and dispatched a colonisation fleet well before the Republic of Freiland. Furthermore, the Commission finds that Freiland's claim was only issued once Freiland became aware that colonisation of Sestelle V was imminent. The Commission finds that the Republic of Freiland has no grounds to dispute Sanchean's originaly claim on the planet, and approves Sanchean's claim.

[Bakan]

*Storming around his office, President Bakan clutches the intelligence report that was just sent to him by their sister planet Freiland. An outside governemnt was trying to establish a colony in THEIR system. Turning to his desk, Bakan pulled out a datapad, containing a formal document. PResing his thumbprint to it, he smiles slightly as the formal alliance between Cienelle and Freiland was finalized and approved.*

ALLIANCE DETAILS
Participants

• CIENELLE - President Bakan
• FREILAND - Admiral Inspectre

• Full Military Alliance geared towards the common defence of the outer systems with possibilty for launching attacks outside of system.
• Formation of a united fleet to specifically deal with hostiles.
• Resolution of the pirate problem in the outer systems.
• All Alliance ships have full docking access to other alliance bases.
• Exchange of technologies and resources to improve fleets and Standard of Living.
• Future Expansion/colinzation of System Sestelle
  • Planet 1: Large Barren World - Inspectre
  • Planet 2: Small Desert World - Bakan
  • Planet 3: Cienelle - Bakan
  • [asteroid belt] - Bakan
  • Planet 4: Medium Desert World - Bakan
  • Planet 5: Large Rock World - Inspectre
  • Planet 6: Frieland - Inspectre
  • [asteroid belt] - Inspectre
  • Planet 7: Medium Earth World - Inspectre
  • Planet 8: Huge Ocean Wolrd - Inspectre
  • Planet 9: Large Earth World - Bakan
  • Planet 10: Large Gas Planet - Bakan
  • Planet 11: Medium Ocean World - Bakan
  • Planet 12: Huge Ice World - Inspectre
  • Planet 13: Tiny Ice World - Resupply Base [Unclaimed]

New Orders:

With the unwarrented invasion of PLanet #5 by Lakhim's forces, the following ships are sent there to work with Freiland's forces to defend it at all costs.

1x Intrepid Class Frigate
2x Interceptor Gun Corvette
2x Defiant Strike Corvette

Science ship will continue it's recon mission of the nearby asteroid field.

Note: This is sent to the League territorial department on planet claims.

[Inspectre]

/ooc Oh, just bloody great. Pirates, Lakhim, and now some psycho Admiral wants meh head. One at a time, gents, one at a time. :-p ooc/

As for you Lakhim, you're landing on a planet that is located right next to a planet that is ruled by a military junta. Now, IC, how do you think the government of that planet is goign to react when someone just comes in like they own the place, and plop a colony there? I'd rather avoid a military confrontation, and if perhaps there's some OCC knowledge mixed in with that, well I'm sorry, I had figured you'd rather have a colony elsewhere, then losing a colony ship while having an opposing planet gain a colony.

Meanwhile, I will continue to resolve this issue, IC more or less from now on. :-p

As the 1st Fleet of Freiland moves back into the system, chasing after the unknown fleet, the commander sends a burst transmission to the unidentified craft.

"Unidentified ships, repeat unidentified ships, please identify yourselves and state your business within the Freiland system. You are currently not registered in the flight plans of Freiland, and are illegally violating Frontier Alliance space. Please respond."

[Lakhim]

ooc: So I'm on planet, all my ships are down and a colony hub is being constructed. Good.

IC later.

[Crazyboy]

Transmission begin...

To: Baron McVont, Envoy to the League of Planets.
Subject: Elysium Territorial Claims.

Baron,

We would like you to forward this message onto the League of Planets Territorial Claims Commission.

The Kingom of Elysium is planning on colonising planets 5 and 8, and to avoid any future conflicts, it is your duty to forward these claims onto the League Claims Commision.

Transmission Ends...

The Baron quickly archived the message, storing it on his computer and a back-up. Seeing as it was a claim, he might need to keep a copy incase something happened to the claim, or someone else tried to make the same claim.

Once that was accomplished, he printed off the claim, put it into a folder, and headed off to the League Claim Commission, to legalize Elysium's claim on the two planets.

[Inspectre]

/ooc I was planning on offering you another planet within the system, one that would be more acceptable to me, but since you seem intent on claiming planet five, instead of negotiating . . . ooc/