[Empire 5] IC Thread

[Roarke]

Round 13
The Guild Enterprises of Nyx
Vassal to the Gelean Empire
Nyx (Sector C23), C27, E25
Uno Ophelo, Lord of Coin

Actions

1. [Military] Raise 1 unit of Battle Droids - Composed of Killbot fleets and commanded by jailbroken Protocol Droids installed with warfare firmware a new automated legion is rolled out in Nyx. Compubane senior leadership express discomfort at the Nyxian employment of synthetic soldiers given their experience with Peter and their view on the Same but their voices do not carry enough weight to halt production. A fully updated Battle Droid would take orders from appropriately designated organic handlers and carry out its instructions to the greatest possible extent allowed by its programming. The droids would no doubt prove highly popular for private defense contracts with minimal funding available for the more expensive upkeep of private armies. Mercenaries being chewed up in war were far cheaper than mercenaries sitting around collecting a protection paycheck. For the latter droids would do for the millionaire or billionaire looking to save on living costs.
2. [Military] Raise 1/3 Unit a Lancer class capital ship - With formal lines of communication now opened between the Geleans and Nyxians allowing the influx of new technologies the capital class ships premiered by the Republic of Celes were now on the table for Nyxian reproduction. Additionally the Celenains themselves had joined the Nyxians as brothers at the round table of the Rose and given their expertise in the arena they are paid the appropriate fees to purchase design documents for their Lancer-class capital ships. While Nyx prided itself on the cheap disposability of their mercenary armies which had been used on multiple occasions to great success against the savage races the growing prospect of combat between fellow Maturated or those beyond Maturated in technological knowledge makes investing in top of the line ships a growing priority. Whether this new Lancer-class would go on to serve Nyxian interests or be sold to another stellar power remained to be seen but for now work begins assembling the material from H22 and laying the framework to the massive ship being built in a spacedock between Nyx and New Lopurna.
3. [Economy] Buyout D32 Black Sapphires TP2 2d8+8 (Galactic Currency, Lopurna) - With technological upgrades coming to Nyxian vessels from the Geleans Lord Uno and the majority of the Merchant Princes and Merchant Governors invest heavily in the means to power these wonderful new toys. Military spending was always profitable in a war and Axiom never seemed to stop having some world upending disaster to throw a fleet at making it a sound investment. The arcane-psionic gems that composed the Dreamscape's defense network would make exceptional fuel for the Energy Conversion Weapons acquired by the Geleans from the Same and with little competition in the area and the spectacle of the trial of Brez Y'ett drawing eyes the Nyxians hope to make a strong but somewhat discreet economic showing.
4. [Economy] Buyout C25 Glazed Diamonds TP1 2d8+9 (Galactic Currency) - Further investments into the war effort funnel into the (currently) nearby sector of C25 seeking to capitalize on the focusing crystal properties one could manage from the glazed diamonds mined in the region. These were hoped to fuel the more advanced energy lances developed by the Geleans. Lord Domino had thrown his lot in with the Geleans at a time when that move had been difficult and now Lord Uno hoped to reap the rewards of his father's wise investment through rapid technological development. Powering the most advanced weapons systems on the market would allow the Nyxians to, should they choose, invest in even further R&D relating to EC weaponry.
5. [Intrigue] Aid Grymlan Wormhole Study 1/? - While some within the galaxy took a dim view regarding the Grymlans and OwO the Nyxians and the Combine had come to a reliable trade agreement early in Lord Domino's reign and now his son Lord Uno sought to strengthen ties between them. Farseekers on contract in Nyx space are sent to join their brethren in investigating the now stable wormhole between the Dreamscape and Rust space. While advertised as a mission of friendship and discovery there was also the fact of the matter that controlling space warping capabilities was a very important industry to get in on the ground floor of. The Cosmic Couriers were testament to that with a headquarters in the center of the Same and Maturated still running around to do their bidding. Whatever whacko beliefs the Rust cultists had about AIs they weren't wrong to seek control over gateways between the galaxy. Perhaps a merger could be negotiated but for now the Nyxians seek to invest their money into independent investigations of the wormhole phenomena outside the purview of the Church of Rust.
6. [Intrigue] Secret

Non-Actions


UPT Embassy


GLR Embassy

• Send to GLR: Platinum Elite Battlefield Health Services, Resident Spies, & 3 Units (Kill Bot Gold Swarm, Compubane Security Group, Bluenose Marchers)
• Request from GLR: Energy Conversion Weaponry, Capital Ship Hulls, Lyraen Elemental Implants, EC Lances, EGGRE, & Limited Transporters

Spoiler: Ruler Information

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Lord of Coin Uno Ophelo

Stat	Value	Increase?
Diplomacy	6	-
Military	8	+1
Economy	8	+1
Philosophy	1	-
Intrigue	3	+1

Spoiler: Regions

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Region Name	Region Number	Resource	Learning Center	Assembly	Status	Bonuses
Nyx	K5	Voidstone (Great)	Mandate of Coin	-	Capital, Stable	(Gilded Garrison 5/5 (+1 Unit Cap), (Lopurna Refugee Center Sponsored by Nyx 5/5 (+1 one Buyout/round)
Goodburrow	C27	Dilithium (Good)	Open	-	Auxiliary, Unrest
World of Tomorrow	E25	Pocket Factories (Good)	Open	-	Auxiliary, Stable

Spoiler: Technology/Specialties

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Specialties

Type	Name	Effect(s)	Permanent?
Cultural Identity	Laws of Procurement	2d8 on Buyouts	No

Technologies

Type	Name	Effect(s)	Required Resource?
E	Long-Range Ads	Reduces ZoI by one step for defending against buyouts	Broadcasting Tech
E	Galactic Currency	+1 Buyout	Any precious mineral (Pocket Gold) + Any other resource (Any)
M, Warmachines and Live Weaponry	War Beasts	+1 Battle	Fauna (Space Whales)
E	Resident Spies	Treat one secret action per turn as if its ZoI was centered on the capital of a Stellar Power you have an Embassy with. The target must be Close, Adjacent, or within the Capital region	Broadcasting Tech or Spies (Resource), One or More Embassies
E	F.L.E.X. Security	Defense actions against theft have a +1	Clone Knights
M, Armour and Shields	Enhanced Microplating	Battle Rolls get +1	Hard Metal
M, Engines	HEAT Engines	-	Fuel (Voidstone)
M, Medicine, Mad Science, and Blessings	Platinum Elite Battlefield Health Services	+2 Leader Loss Rolls for Ruler	9-Armed Surgeons
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Spoiler: Mechanical Bookkeeping

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Nyx Controlled Trading Posts: 17

• Nyx (K5) Nostromo's Shroud Voidstone TP 1
• L8 Kill Bots TP 1
• K7 Angel Wings TP 1
• Neo-Sol (K9) Screeching Crystals TP 2
• L10 Space Whales TP 2
• I5 Tiny Cats TP 1
• Cloudysea (P14) Grymlans Farseeker Corps TP 2
• M3 Pocket Gold TP 1
• C19 Rainbow Carrots TP1
• D22 Dreameating Pills TP3
• E25 Pocket Factories TP1
• E27 Mercenaries TP1
• Xaldarian Expanse (D31) Spies TP1
• D24 Cyreilian Marching Powder TP1
• H22 Celenian Alloys TP2
• Sapje (C17) 9-Armed Surgeons TP2
• Buoizai System (M9) Protocol Droids TP2

Military Units CAP: 7

1. Kill Bot Gold Swarm
2. Compubane Security Group
3. Grymlan Farseeker Gearheads
4. Contrapsions
5. Bluenose Marchers
6. Lopurnan Psychics

Generals

• ‘The Kingpin’ Flaco Jr. (Mil 7)

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