Total War: Future (IC)

[Thelonius]

To Murska

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They should still be at some distance, but it would be cutting it close. Or, if they are going for 61 Cygni Gate, your Plasma Cannon should be totaly safe.

[Murska]

Thelonius:

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All right. Let's go in and blast them in the face.

[distant quasar]

Trantis Coalition

Arcane Stomper

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My ship stops a good distance back from the warships. Scientists begin consulting all records for similar technology. The probes are coming back to my ship. Shields are still ready to be switched on. Sensors are scanning for any communications taking place; if there are any the quantum computer begins attempting to discern their meaning. If there are not any the quantum computer begins taking over the attempts for communication, attempting to discern whether or not there is AI present or the ships are controlled with more basic programming.

[Forum Explorer]

Light Shipyards

The Humanists
We have allowed the Humanist belief to spread as the freedom of belief is very important and the Humanists had yet to encourage crime. Now we hear these troubling reports of prosecution to those who faced Assimilation. Anyone civilian who engages in these acts with arrested and charged with crimes ranging from simple hate crimes, all the way up to inciting riots. We will not allow the Humanist beliefs to harm our fellow civilians or create a system of discremination.

OCC

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The goverment will not be supporting the Humanists and will be cracking down on their activities that lead to violence. On another note the Humanists are allowed to form a political party.

To EVRAZ

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We will admit that the Anarchists are stubbron and prideful. Your best course of action is to try and make a deal where it is clear that you are helping out of your own self-intreast

[KalShurak]

The Glorious Kingdom of Procyon

To CAP Defence Coalition, Alpha Fleet [+++++ +]:

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Communication is established with all allied ships within the system.
Lord General Simon to Allied Forces: CAP forces and strike group, please join the main fleet. All units capable to do so will form a attack formation and engage the retreating Hive Mind forces at max. weapon range. Target their engines and rear weapons. As soon as an enemy vessel looses its main engines, switch to another target, but keep your fire coordinated. If possible change your course to avoid the enemy’s weapon range without loosing contact with the main fleet. If this is impossible, coordinate your fire with your neighbours to quickly take out the threat. Keep your eyes out for stealthed Hive Mind ships, mines or kinetic warheads fired or left behind from the enemy fleet.
+ mil of the slower ships will begin to hunt down the scattered enemy ships, while the remaining fleet will follow the attack formation and neutralise the disabled enemies.
The ECM systems keep jamming the Hive Mind communication.

Implementation:
The attack group forms and chases the Hive Mind ships. As soon as they enter the maximum weapons range of the fleet (i.e. the Griffons X-ray lasers), they will mach acceleration and begin to systematically destroy the engines and rear weapons of enemy ships. (If the hive mind uses gas core engines, nuclear salt water rockets or fusion drives, the chance that this will destroy the entire ship is pretty good.) As soon as an enemy ship is disabled, the pursuing fleet will try to evade its weapon range without loosing contact to the main fleet. If this is not possible, they will concentrate their fire and neutralise the ship as a threat. This should either force the Hive Mind fleet to stop accelerating or leave behind a trail of isolated ships without engine, allowing the entire coalition fleet to either catch up or destroy the Hive Mind ship by ship. The slower ships following the attack group will focus their fire on the disabled ships they overtake, destroying one by one. If either group discovers enemy vessels using their stealth systems, they become primary targets. Mines will be destroyed using the secondary batteries or evaded, kinetic warheads will be evaded.

Meanwhile the + mil ordered to hunt down those scattered – mil enemies, will use a time optimised course to catch each group separately and overwhelm them with superior firepower.

To Thelonius:

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An intelligence operation is authorised, they get to use as much resources as necessary (most likely all). The focus of this operation is to figure out what the K’Krex are doing with the mysterious cargo.

(ooc: Part of my deal with Jelthes was that TGKOP receives a share of the profits they make with their station. (Posts #319 and #325))

To Star Gods [+++++ +]:

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Thank you for your support. We are very curious about your findings.

To Sumus [+++++ +]:

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We are currently conducting investigations regarding strange activities in DX Cancry and Epsilon Eridiani. If you can spare the resources, we would like to request the support of some of your telepaths for this operation.

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The Sumus

To Jelthes

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Would you provide some device to improve our defensive espioange security? Perhaps some way of providing efficent quantum encyrption?

To TGKOP

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We will be willing to send some telepaths, the moment this current crisis resolves.

[razovor]

ISREC to Reach [+++++ -]

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"Greetings. It is good to finally have a chance to talk to you. All of us are very proud of the work you've done to explore the galaxy. You are an inspiration to all of us.

Our goals are similar, in fact right now we have a crew out exploring a planet. We estimate that by this point they should be running low on supplies, but with the Xen's active in our system we can't risk resupplying there.

We would like permission to resupply in your system. If you have supplies available we would be glad to buy them, or we can supply our own. As thanks we are willing to offer all we have learned so far about the planet we are exploring."

Virtutech to EVRAZ [+++++ -]

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"Hello. We would like to take this opportunity to formally welcome you into the galaxy. We notice that despite your separation from the rest of the galaxy you are already a major power. We are very impressed.

As you may know Virtutech is a major provider of entertainment for the galactic community. We are always looking for good stories to make games from, and we believe the history of your faction may be just that.

We would like access to your nations history, files about your culture, permission to tour some of your facilities, and interview some of your most influential people so we can make the game as entertaining and realistic as possible.

In exchange we will offer you a portion of the profit from sales of the game. We intend to make this our biggest project this year. We will be portraying EVRAZ very positively in the game, though with your permission we would also like to include some of the shadier characters from your history."

[Thelonius]

Tau Ceti

The Hive Mind Fleet is chased across the system. The ships that fell behind are overwhelmed and the rear guard of the Hive Mind takes a beating. It soon becomes apparent, that their aim is the Warp Gate to 61 Cygni. The Commonwealth fleet arrives and sets course to intercept the Hive Mind. They shoot a series of long-range blasts from an advanced plasma weapon, taking out a number of Assimilators.

In the end (++-) of the Hive Mind Fleet enter the 61 Cygni Warp Gate.

The CAP reports that all Hive Mind drones were defeated on their planet and space stations and they are ready to send aid to the badly damaged ships and collect the escape pods. Their docks are open to repair damage and resupply Coalition Fleet.

Coalition Forces:

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Fleet Alpha ++++-
CAP: -
Commonwealth Reinforcements: +-

Neutrals: WNNC (Non-military), Kej (-)

Light Shipyards

The address by the Light Shipyards government has led to a formation of an official Humanists political party. Their leader Walter Blake has called on the humanists to act only within the law, but keep their eyes open for the signs of alien infiltration.

The Humanists part has issued a series of demands for the government – strengthening of security measures, restrictions for ''Cyber Enhanced'' to hold sensitive jobs or serve in the army, creation of special branch of government dedicated to evaluation of alien threats.

''We are willing to work with the system and I personally support the government’s anti-spice policy'', commented Walter Blake.


Reach to IRSEC

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You are of course welcome to resupply in our system. Reach supports any exploration attempt and we are allied in this military conflict, through our membership in Commonwealth. We will provide some supplies, free of charge, depending on the value of your information.

EVRAZ to VirtuTech

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''That sounds like a good deal. We would also be interested in placing a large order for your VirtuTech systems.''

To GKOP (Esp. +++++ +)

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Your agents manage to track the fate of shipments further. It appears they are being sent to the Epsilon Eridani, for some massive construction project. Unfortunately, the K’Krex/Rouke security forces managed to uncover the infiltration attempt, before, your agents had a chance to learn more.

To IRSEC (Esp. +++++-)

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The Warp Gate to YZ Aquarii opens in the location, where the Xens ships were concentrating.

Current Xens Disposition:

Tau Ceti: ++
YZ Aquarii: ++-
Inner System: ?

Hive Mind to Sumus (Esp. ++++)

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The representative of the Sumus is invited to board one of the three Assimilator ships to discuss the manner in which the information would be transmitted. The Hive Mind is awaiting the Sumus research data and they make it clear, they will not tolerate any delays.

To KalShurak/ArcaneStomper

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Part of my deal with Jelthes was that TGKOP receives a share of the profits they make with their station. (Posts #319 and #325)

I’ve checked those posts, but I didn’t see mention about share of profits.

[razovor]

To ArcaneStomper (GM)

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Reach to IRSEC
You are of course welcome to resupply in our system. Reach supports any exploration attempt and we are allied in this military conflict, through our membership in Commonwealth. We will provide some supplies, free of charge, depending on the value of your information.

We will proceed to Reach and resupply. I invested ++ into resupply in the last EoT.

Before resupply:
Mil 0, Eco +, Res +

After resupply
Mil 0, Eco ++, Res ++

ISREC to the Coalition [+++++ -]

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We have an update on Xen Movement in 61 Cygni;

A fleet of Xen are gathered at the warp gate to Tau Ceti. The fleet comprises [++-] ships. With the retreating Hive Mind ships this brings them up to [+++++]. This is larger than our fleet at Tau Ceti, so we must advise you not to give chase until reinforcements arrive.

Another fleet of Xen's are gathered at the warp gate to EZ aquarii. This fleet possess a further [++-] ships. We have reports that the gate to EZ aquarii has been opened. We have not seen any ships going through the gate, but they may do so soon.

Kedr Colony has the defences to protect themselves against this fleet, but if all the Xen and Hive Mind forces were to merge they would have a force of +++++ ++-, easily enough to overwhelm EZ aquarii.

[ArcaneStomper]

To House Varulf

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Lalande 21185:

Lalande I:
The derelict is incredibly old, 20 or 30 thousand years at least. Between that and the constant exposure to radiation this close to the sun it's surface is heavily damaged. However analysis reveals it to be of similar composition to the dreadnought in the outer system, but that there are composites on the dreadnought that aren't on this derelict. It is quite clearly made by the same race though. There do appear to be ways to access the interior, but they appear to have been heavily damaged.

Lalande II:
The scientists say that they're going to need a lot more time to really figure things out, but they have a brief summary available. First there is not just one race on this planet, the count is currently at five with the possibility of more. The races are scattered more or less evenly around the planet. The majority of them live in what are basically feudal societies. Iron weapons and animal power essentially being the highest level of technology. There are however a few exceptions. Three civilizations exist in various parts of the planet that appear to have reached their industrial revolutions. Another two are close to it. And most surprising is that on landmass that is exceptionally well isolated from the other by oceans there to be two distinct civilizations that have reached early space age levels. The also appear to be locked in a cold war.

Some of the derelicts are towed away. Preliminary analysis indicates that they were made by different races.

Lalande III:
Analysis of the spores and the planets ecology begins. Meanwhile non of the modified drones last long. The plastic coated drones were hit with more spores. The ceramic drones appear to have actually been shot down by plants with projectile like seeds which proceeded to sprout on the drones. And the wood coated were stripped of their coatings by what the scientists describe as "multi-jawed, armored termites the size of your hand."

The soldiers locate an airlock on the alien ship, unfortunately however it is locked and there is still no response from inside.

Lalande IV:
OOC: That was a typo. It was a single torpedo.

It was a fairly powerful torpedo loaded with a standard nuclear warhead. By itself the warship probably would not stand a chance. The alien ship is quite large, in fact it looks like whatever their version of an exploration ship is, and it has launched it's own outrider warships to watch you. It is also ignoring the hails, which is not unexpected.

Lalande V:
The gas giant is nothing too impressive. It has the standard array of elements in it's atmosphere, hydrogen, helium, trace amounts of other gases.

The derelicts really don't seem significant. The analysts think they are simply more ships that fell into the dreadnoughts trap. So they are towed back to the warp gate and salvage operations begin. (- temp econ)

Asteroid Belt I:
Communications are established with damaged ship. They say that say that they suffered damage from a old weapons platform that wasn't quite as derelict as they thought. They destroyed it, but suffered damage to their engines in the process. A scan of the surrounding area reveals some drifting wreckage which backs up their claim, and now that the scout's crew knows what to look for they spot some more abandoned platforms, mining complexes, even a few ships. All of which are very old.

Lalande VI:
The drones were simply there one moment and gone the next. Very careful scans of their old locations reveal a slightly higher amount of matter and background radiation in the area. The sensor techs believe that this is the remains of the drones. and that whatever happened simply vaporized them.

From the distance they're at the other vessels can't tell anything new. The derelicts appear to be completely dead, and the gas giant a normal, if slightly larger than average, example of its kind.

Asteroid Belt II:
The drones can't find any sort of projectors, and all sensors including the mass-spectrometers are being affected by some sort of distortion so it's impossible to tell. However while the drones have been searching the miners have not been ignoring them. One of the vessels approaches several of the drones and uses a set of manipulators to reach inside them. The drone still can't detect anything and their telemetry indicates nothing out of the ordinary.

Lalande VII:
There appear to be several cargo hatches and airlocks, and they open easily. Inside is what is essentially a warehouse that appears to be packed with cargo crates.

Derelict:
OOC: Your military ships are not equipped to strip the derelict. You would need large scale mining operations to do that. Remember this thing is the size of a moon. There's a lot of material involved. Even just trying to blow it away with weapons fire would take a long time.

To the Glorious Kingdom of Procyon

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GJ 1061:
The alien ship is ignoring the hail and its shields block any attempts at scanning it making its armament uncertain. But at the very least it appears to have some substantial missile armament. It has already launched several missile salvos filling the space between the battling ships. Fortunately for the GKPV Simons I it's ECM is sufficient to throw off most of the missiles and own shields are holding against the ones that do get through. However it's own mass drivers are having little effect on the alien's shields. The battle is currently a stalemate.

Procyon:
The alien mercenaries make no response, but move to monitor the warp gate.

To Trantis Coalition

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Sirius:
After some extensive searches through the databases the scientists conclude that the aliens ships appear most like the Kej. They simply don't correspond to any known Kej drone patterns. There do appear to be communications, but they appear to have little meanings, simply appearing to be strings of random numbers.

Jelthes to the Sumus

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I can provide a quantum encryption software for + temp econ. It will improve your defensive espionage capabilities by +. Of course it requires actual quantum computers to run, but if you don't have your own I can sell those as well.

To KalShurak/Thelonius

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It's buried near the end of post 319.

We would offer protection and contacts in return we would get a share of their profit.

Thing is though the share of profits were dependent on the protection and contacts. Now as far as I know Procyon has done nothing to help promote Jelthes' business to the other humans. And the fact that you hired mercenaries from him kind of indicates that you can't provide protection either. You could maybe set up a toll on ships coming through your gate to take advantage of increased traffic, but Jelthes isn't going to pay anything if Procyon doesn't hold up it's end of the deal. At least not without renegotiation.

To ISREC

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Ok your ship has been resupplied and is waiting in Reach.

To Thelonius

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Have the Reach set up there outpost on Lalande II, and where will it be.

[Murska]

To Jelthes:

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All right, if you would help us get into contact with them.

By distant, you mean culturally or spatially? Because we believe that, as it wasn't particularly difficult even for us to create FTL communications with the kind of technology we're describing, that shouldn't be such a problem for them, who specialize in it?

Meanwhile, would you be able to provide improved security systems? We're particularly interested in the type that would allow us to track the ones attempting to break in. We have had some trouble recently by infiltrators from a group we cannot trace.

Another point of interest would be high-power mining equipment, if you have any available.

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Lalande
If the resources of the ships I've committed prove insufficient for the task, we'll bring in more ships through the gate. It's our system now, and we don't have the best(ish) manufactoring capacity of all for nothing. Freighters, personnel, drones, mining craft, builder craft, armed escorts, real warships... anything that's required.

Lalande I
We begin preparations to clear one of the entrances so we can get deeper. Other than that, well, it's an effin' planet-sized starship. Even if I can't study it from the inside, it's a PLANET-SIZED LUMP OF PRE-PROCESSED MATERIAL. That's GOT to be worth a ton of Econ to mine, once I get bases set up.

Lalande II
Can we match the derelict styles to any of the races down there?

We attempt to contact both of the civilizations on the verge of space age without tipping off the others.

Lalande III
Okay, that's not natural. That stuff is biologically engineered against machinery-using races.

Continue the biological analysis, we're not going to commit to killing off the biosphere before we know what the heck is going on down there.

With no response, we'll begin drilling through the airlock to get inside.

Lalande IV
Well then, we'll be watching it from a distance and trying to figure out what it's doing. Meanwhile we'll be bringing a number of additional warships on-site. Nothing threatening, just enough to match its force.

Lalande V
Seems like there's nothing more to do here then. We'll salvage the derelicts and put a couple scientific measurement devices around the planet and leave it at that for now.

Asteroid Belt I
We tow the damaged ship back to our facilities to be repaired, after asking for permission. Meanwhile, we continue studying the field itself and the ancient emplacements. Is there anything worthwhile here? I'd assume not, considering there's two planetary bodies filled with minable materials, but it's always worth mapping the place out with drones.

Lalande VI
Whut. :/
Random vaporization seems like it could have interesting military applications, if I could figure out how the hell it happened.

We'll be making as detailed measurements of the planet as possible from a distance empirical testing determines as safe (that is, the closest distance our drones don't get vaporized at), as well as attempting to magnetically tow a derelict or two away from the planet for further study.

Asteroid Belt II

We fire a number of beams and signals and even rocks through the distortion field and receive them on the other side to figure out what the field is doing exactly. Other than that, if we can locate anything that seems likely to be causing the interference, we'll blast it from outside it's range. If we can't, we'll begin bringing ships to position to indiscriminately blast stuff from range. This system is to be pacified, period.

Lalande VII
Allow me to be sceptical of the apparent safety of this place. We take all appropriate precautions and scan the crates before opening them. Then we take one crate outside into space and open it. Then we thoroughly examine the contents, unless they attack us in which case we vaporize them.

Derelict
If my ships aren't equipped for a mining operation, then I'll begin constructing mining stations on the thing. As well as scientific research bases. Guarded by military. This is a large reserve of material for my shipyards, just floating there, begging to be used.

Meanwhile, heavily armed and armoured scientific expeditions are sent as deep down into the superstructure of the thing as we can get, trying to find out more about it.

Thelonius:

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Our ships in Tau Ceti repair, resupply, help salvage our kills into Temp Econ while taking our own losses and giving our personnel proper burial ceremonies and such. The temp is gifted to the CAP for rebuilding their system, and then the Varulf ones, once ready, return to YZ Ceti. Some diplomats begin initiating talks with the CAP, gauging the possibility of them joining the military alliance with the Commonwealth if not outright joining the Commonwealth itself. After us saving them and the strong reminder of the threat of staying alone, perhaps they'd be interested.

Once YZ Ceti is properly pacified and we're ready to leave, we officially transfer the ownership of the areas back to the Anarchists and head back home. Or, well, our military in it's entirety heads to Lalande to support the colonization efforts there. The plasma cannon will be especially useful. The temporary Star Gods' research base will be, with their consent, moved to Lalande as well - they want to study the system with us anyway, especially the derelict, so they shouldn't mind.

[nolispe]

The Sumus

To Arcane Stomper

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Right.... I have no ideas. Retreat to the warp lanes.

To Jelthes

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OOC: What? Why would quantum encyption need quantum computers? We can do it now, it just needs wires that can carry it over long distances or, in this case, a projector that can send it through air. Anyway... YOU HAVE QUANTUM COMPUTERS!? Do you have any idea how powerful that is? Eh, whatever.
IC: We would be happy to both purchase the encryption and purchase quantum computers. ow much would they cost?
In addition, we would like to ask you about *Transmits data from giant moon thing*. Do you have any idea what this is? (Yes, i'm asking the GM ) We will pay, of course, for any data that leads to us being able to remove it from that system.
Finally, how much would you charge for mercenary support?

[KalShurak]

The Glorious Kingdom of Procyon

To ArcaneStomper:

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The Simon I adds her X-ray lasers and own missiles to the bombardment. Her drones start shooting down enemy missiles. If there is some bandwidth left after ending the hails, they will attempt some cyberware (hacking).

To CAP Defence Coalition, Alpha Fleet [+++++ +]:

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Lord General Simons orders the heavily damaged ship to dock with CAP stations for repairs. The remaining Units will begin rescue and salvage operations.

To Thelonius:

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The Royal Fleet resupplies and repairs the heaviest damages. Afterwards they begin to rescue and salvage operations. The dead are buried. During the salvage operations the fleet stays alert, to prevent surviving Hive Mind drones from boarding or attacking our forces. The salvaged econ is offered to CAP for rebuilding. Our diplomats ask to reopen trade and offer a military alliance between CAP and TGKOP. Afterwards the fleet returns home.

To Thelonius/ArcaneStomper:

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I will agree that TGKOP offered little direct protection if you ignore the ++ from its allies, the Star Gods. But the last two turns we offered protection, there was simply no attack. As for the contacts, without TGKOP Jelthes would have known nothing about the humans and the different aliens in this region.
I hoped for something like 1/6th of what Jelthes gaines each turn, but if necessary we can change this into a fixed amount each turn, some kind of tenure (a fixed amount of perm. econ.).

[razovor]

ISREC to Jelthes

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"Greetings. We hear you are a trader of advanced and exotic goods. We were wondering if your travels had taken you anywhere near Wolf 359. We are willing to pay you for any useful information you can provide about the system."

Virtutech to Galactic Labour Union

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OOC: Time to begin discussions.

Our current conditions are slightly above average, with no major faults, but plenty of room for improvement. To confirm we're not lying we'll show them some of our facilities. Our criminals will be told to be on their best behavior for the visits.

We will be amenable to change, but we will emphasize the importance of making a profit. Until all our rivals implement the same changes, we will be at the disadvantage. It will take the Union a long time to convince all of them to accept their new conditions, so we will only agree to a long-term plan of change.

GDF

To all factions (excluding the Hive Mind)

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"Greetings. I am Grand Admiral Trask. With this new war, and the recent battles against the pirates our economy has become taxed. As such we have decided to sell all our research facilities, in favor of production. We have a total of [+++] research facilities on offer and will sell from [-] to [+++] of them for an equal amount of economy.

I advise you to send your offers in as soon as possible, as we will be accepting the first ones we receive.

[Thelonius]

Tau Ceti

The CAP hasn’t suffered that much damage. The Hive Mind didn’t have a lot of time to ravage the system, due to Coalition’s prompt response. They are very grateful for the rescue and willing to provide (+++++ +) of temp. Economy and rights to all salvage in the system to the Coalition.

The Commonwealth Ships use a Kej Repair Signal, provided to them by the Reach. Soon swarms of Kej are busy fixing ship hulls and retrieving valuable equipment and materials, that was lost in the void of space.

The hull repairs of the Ascension Coalition Ares Cruisers go remarkably easy and most of them are ready for another round of battle soon.

Tau Ceti: Military Losses:
Hive Mind: +++
Commonwealth: ++
Ascension Coalition: +
GKOP: -

CAP to House Varulf (Esp. ++)

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We are certainly interested in a military alliance and we will deliberate on the prospect of joining the Commonwealth, once the situation normalizes.

VirtuTech/(IRSEC?) to GLU (Esp. +++++ -)

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Hijinks ensure, as your criminals struggle to pose as model employees and just your average office drones, trying to fool the GLU inspectors. It appears nobody squealed, as GLU is satisfied to put off demands for increased wages.

They do however request your support for their initiative to implement galaxy wide labor code. It will hit your pockets (unless you fix the books and make special arrengments with your employees), but it will affect everybody else as well.

EVRAZ to GDF (Esp. ++)

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We would be interested in (-) of your Technology.

NP Communications to GDF (Esp. ++)

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We would be interested to purchase (+) of your Technology.

House Varulf (Lalande 21185) (Esp. ++++)

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The Reach sets up a research station on Lalande II. They begin working on gathering scientific and cultural data.

Hive Mind to Sumus (Esp. ++++)

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Alternative Transaction:

We will withdraw and allow your fleet to divert the course of the asteroids from your world, if you provide (++) worth of materials and equipment to us.


(The materials Hive Mind is requesting would be especially useful in plasma assembly)

The majority of the Hive Mind Fleet are preparing to break off and head for the Warp Gate to Ross 154, but a small group of their warships remains, ready to shoot down anybody, who would attempt to approach the Asteroids.

[razovor]

Virtutech to Jelthes

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"Hello Jelthes. How are you faring?

We are interested in purchasing something to boost our cultural influence, and protect us from the influence of other cultures. What range of cultural technologies do you have on offer?

GDF To EVRAZ and NP

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Agreed, we'll prepare the facilities for transfer.

To ArcaneStomper (GM)

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Okay, the exploration ship is going back to Wolf 359. Before lift-off we'll build a drilling device (- economy, - tech) to help us get through rock and buildings.

We'll also build a different sort of EMP weapon (- economy, - tech). Not a bomb, something that slowly drains energy over-time. It will take a long time to deactivate the gravity field, but we should be able to reuse it.

Now, to Wolf 359!

Mil: 0, Eco +, Res +
Scanning array (+), Energy drainer (+), Advanced Drills(+)

[KalShurak]

The Glorious Kingdom of Procyon

The fleet send earlier from Procyon to Proxima Antilae (+ mil) will attack the remaining Hive Mind ships there. They will launch their drones to form a defensive screen and attack the enemy ships. The fleet tries to pass behind the Hive Mind, turns around and begins a second attack run. They will continue this until the Hive Mind either withdraws or is destroyed. Should they withdraw half of the fleet will chase them, while the remaining ships start to push the asteroid of course. One Griffon squadron and two Hoplon squadrons head towards the planet to remove the Hive Mind vessels docket at the station.

To Sumus [+++++ +]:

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We wish to apologize for the delay, it took us longer to come tp your aid then we anticipated. If you agree, we will station this fleet in your system, in order to give you better protection

To CAP Defence Coalition:

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How do we split the t. econ CAP is willing to offer?

To Thelonius:

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The ships in Tau Ceti salvage their kills. They remain careful, and look out for remaining Hive mind drones.

[Imperial Psycho]

Ascension Coalition
To CAP Defense Coalition

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I suggest it is split based on losses taken.

[KalShurak]

To CAP Defence Coalition:

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OK with me. This would mean +++- to Commonwealth, +- to Ascencion Coalition and + to TGKOP

[Murska]

To CAP Defense Coalition
We're okay with the proposed split, but perhaps we should just refuse the Temp Econ? After all, it is the CAP themselves who were the worst hit by this attack, and they need their resources to rebuild.

[KalShurak]

To CAP Defense Coaltition:
TGKOP agrees with the Commonwealth, but the CAP is proud. It might be possible that they offered us the resources to avoid being indebted to us. If we refuse them, they might feel offended. We have a different proposal. We could use these resources to start a foundation, dedicated towards helping those struck by war or natural desaster. This way we can support the CAP in its rebuilding effort and still accept their offer.

[Murska]

CAP Defense Coalition

The idea is sound, but there already are NGOs who do that, and they're already set up and efficient. The funds of nations willing to help are best given to these groups, for a government-driven organization for that purpose is all-too-easily used for political purposes.

We should ask whether the CAP would refuse the Temp Econ. If they do, we will accept our share and use it to invest in CAP companies. Let the market forces do as they will, as we will more often do harm than good to the economy with overt tampering. We will also give them discounts on the construction of new ships, if they wish to use their new capital for that. Every nation's economy is reliant on the galactic economy, and we believe helping them like this is the best way if they are intent on rebuilding themselves.

To CAP:
House Varulf offers their share of the salvage to the CAP for rebuilding efforts. They also try to convince the Commonwealth to do likewise.

[KalShurak]

To Cap Defense Coalition:We understand you concerne. We will speak with the CAP about this.

To CAP:

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The Coalition wishes to ask whether you would accept it, if we use the temp. econ you offered us to help you recover from the war.

[Forum Explorer]

The Light Shipyards

To Sumus

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My scout ship is on the way to help
OOC: I forgot about it. my bad

Humanists
The goverment refuses to issue a proposal for a restriction on jobs the cyber-enhanced can hold, reconizing that they are human. The goverment has decided to set up a commitete looking into what would need to be done in order to set up a branch to evaluate alien species.

We think that the Humanists have a good point. Alien species need to be evaluated. Not only to see if they are a threat but to understand their culture and their physiology. This can possible new branch of goverment can lead to increased safty and better relations with the various alien nations.

To ArcaneStomper+Thelonius

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My scout ship is going to head to the Sumus home system

[KalShurak]

The Glorious Kingdom of Procyon

To CAP:

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If you need special technology or equipment to restore your economy, TGKOP currently host the trader Jelthes, who is offering such services. If you wish, we will relay your requests.

To CAP Defense Coalition:

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Would you agree to split the salvage evenly between the Ascension Coalition, the Commonwealth and TGKOP?
(OOC: Well, as long as no one gives his share up, this would be the only way to split it.)

[Thelonius]

Attempt on Admiral's Life?

Rumors leak into media, that Admiral Stross has suffered an assassination attempt during the battle of Tau Ceti, by a human assassin. The Admiral has refused to comment so far.

CAP to Coalition

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''We can accept +++ temp. economy back, if you insist. But let us re-negotiate our current trade deals and conclude mutual defense treaties.

It would be fair, if we took salvage only from our own ships.''

The proposed deals will provide lucrative terms for Commonwealth, Ascension Coalition and Glorious Kingdom of Procyon. CAP is a leading producer of Agri and Low-Tech Goods, so should you accept these deals, you can receive greater benefit from any project using them.

The mutual defense treaties will provide free supplies and maintenance for the warships of the Coalition nations passing through the system.

Commonwealth (Esp. ++++)

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There are some voices, who point to the losses suffered by the Commonwealth military and how with Hive Mind still at large, salvage could be turned into new warships. Still, few wish to appear less then magnanimous.

Admiral Stross, uncharacteristically, supports the proposal to donate the salvage, citing the need for CAP to rebuild their defense fleet. His popularity has grown due to the campaign in Tau Ceti.

[Murska]

House Varulf to CAP and Coalition:
All right. The treaties sound good to us. House Varulf is willing to rent defensive systems for CAP until they've rebuilt some of their own.

As for the salvage, the Hive Mind salvage can be divided between the other two members of the Coalition. The Commonwealth would like to have the +++ Temp Econ.

GM:

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Oh god that damned assassination...

As if I didn't have enough to use my esp for.

[Imperial Psycho]

Ascension Coalition
CAP Defense Coalition

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Seems fair to me.

We must remember though, this war is not fully over yet. I will not consider the Hive Mind threat dealt with until Ganymede is a smoking husk.

[Murska]

CAP Defense Coalition:

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Not only that, but there's still a large Hive Mind fleet somewhere out there.

[Imperial Psycho]

Ascension Coalition
CAP Defense Coalition

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Oh, indeed. They have taken a heavy blow, but they are hardly a spent force.