Total War: Future (IC)

[ArcaneStomper]

To Suula En'Coi

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If you mean how long it will take to set up the generator, pretty much no time. It's basically plug and play. You hook up the generator to a power and you get your planetary shield. If you mean actually figuring out how it works and reverse engineering it, several turns at least. I suppose your exploration ship could speed it up a bit if it stayed around, but that would depend on what Thelonius says.

You asked about having both planets in the same stat block in your last question. I assume you meant your two homeworlds, but it could apply to any planet you have a base on.

You will get an additional /++++ mil whenever you turn on the shield. Subject of course to your ability to provide the necessary power, or research an upgrade.

To The Light Shipyards

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There aren't any actual incidents yet, but this latest the development has your entire ship on edge. The cyborgs are of course unhappy about being quarantined. And the rest of the crew remembers the orders to completely destroy the other cyborgs, a move which seems unnecessarily harsh in hindsight given the apparent return of the cyborgs to their senses. Still nothing has happened yet other than some agitation to see if it would be possible to remove the cyborg's implants, many of the crew have friends who have become cyborgs and they want them back.

To House Varulf, Ascension Coalition and The Light Shipyards

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Each of the pieces of salvage is quite large and given their alien nature wouldn't be easy to disassemble. Of course it would likely be possible to duplicate them eventually and share the benefits among the entire coalition, but that would require additional research as each of the components would have to be reverse engineered in order to build new ones with human technology.

[Imperial Psycho]

Ascension Coalition

To House Varulf & Light Shipyards

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If we are allowed, the Amerigo would lay claim to the Data collection Technology salvaged from the ship. It will certainly interest our Science teams.

[Forum Explorer]

Light Shipyards

To House Vanulf and Acension Coalition

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Than we will take the armor if you don't mind.

[Exthalion]

Arcane

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36 Oph, not the shield, how long and what benefit from incorporating that.

[ArcaneStomper]

To Suula En'Coi

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The Suula En'Coi haven barely even started exploring the system. So they really have no idea what it's eventual benefits might be. About the best they can estimate is that there will be economic benefits from settling the planets, and mining the asteroids. Of course on the other hand establishing the colonies will require effort, and continuously opening wormholes between Altair and 36 Ophiuchi will eat away some of those benefits as well.

Other than that they don't know, and can only guess at what sorts of things they might find, either benefits or hazards. They do know that the system is not empty though. The stealthed ships are still there as far as they know as well as the unknowns in the asteroid belt, and whether they prove hostile or friendly is still unknown.

[Murska]

To Ascension Coalition and Light Shipyards:

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All right, we'll be grabbing the plasma cannon.

I doubt anyone else can salvage anything we can't, so I doubt we will stand to gain much from waiting here. Not to mention, nobody else should both know of and have the means to return here. I think it's time to go home for a well-earned break.

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The Sumus

At the confrence
'Greetings. I am the current representative of the Sumus, and I greet you. We Sumus wish nothing but peace and collaberation, and you can be guarnteed of this by the fact that we cannot cause harm without feeling it equally. We would like to iniate trade agreements and suchlike with as many people as possible, and wish to, with your aid, bring the galaxy forward into a new age of tolerance and happiness. Thank you.'
The Sumus would like to affirm all of the proposed iniatives.

[razovor]

At the conference

The ISREC ship Seeker detaches from the Whalechild and warps out of the system. CEO Martin Thom assures any who ask that the vessel has gone to help ferry survivors from an incident at one of their other bases.

[nolispe]

The Sumus

This is a general transmission. Our exploration ship will be going to Delta Pavonia, and if anyone else has a claim to that system, we would ask them to speak up within the next twenty-four hours.
Presuming that 24 IC hours is less than 24 OOC hours, we send the ship to Delta Pavonia, barring someone speaking up nowish.

[Exthalion]

Arcane

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We have been there for nearly 6 months at this point... Well, this calls for a technological solution.

[Forum Explorer]

Light Shipyards

to madeyegeorge

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the deal is completed as promised on our end.

[razovor]

At the Conference

ISREC

ISREC announes it will accept the sovereignty of the Sthuthid Federation and the Sumus. They accept both factions claims to their worlds, and agree to sign a treaty of non-agression with both factions

ISREC agrees to contribute to the Joint Warp Gate Fund, they also express an interest in purchasing a sample of spice from the Sthuthid Federation.

GDF

A representative from the Global Defence Force arrives, and is escorted to the Conference.

They start by making the same agreements as ISREC did, not including the spice deal. However the representative goes on to propose another agenda;

"Greetings collective people of the galaxy. I know this is a meant to be a conference to welcome the Sthuthid and Sumus into the galaxy, but something has arisen, and this is perhaps the best place I can tell you all.

As you all know, the GDF recently engaged the K'Krex in DX Cancri. We had the aid of Solaris Incorporated, but even then we still outmatched. We managed to force a small K'Krex fleet to surrender, but we knew they were calling in reinforcements.

It is then that we made a decision we regret. We contacted the Hive Mind, asking for their help. We knew the Hive Mind had a bad reputation, but we hoped that after all these years they might have realised the follies of violence. We were wrong. They betrayed us and joined with the K'Krex.

Months ago we came to you asking for your help against the K'Krex. They are a powerful force in the galaxy, one interested only in their own mad conquests. Many of you do not join us. We understood this. As rules you must all be plagued with troubles, ruling a nation is not easy.

But now, things are different. While the K'Krex alone might not be a threat, the combined armada of the Hive Mind and K'Krex are. If we do not unite against them, the entire galaxy could be in danger. They will stop at nothing to have their way, regardless of any lives they destroy.

This is not a call to violence, we are not demanding we charge into combat and destroy their fleets. We still believe there is a chance for peace. If we all stand together, and make our unity known, they will back down.

Who is with me?"

To ArcaneStomper (GM)

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My exploration vessel is going for a little trip. We've hacked into the Ascensions Espionage network (Check with Thelonius if you want) and learnt about their exhibition to Wolf 859.

While they're busying fighting whatever they're fighting in Lalande 21185, I would like to deploy my ship to Wolf 859, and use the safe course Ascension plotted through the system, to loot the system for myself.

[ArcaneStomper]

The Sumus

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Delta Pavonia
The Sumus exploration ship warps into the Delta Pavonis ship smoothly. Initial scans of the system reveal a rather large bounty of planets. At least seven rocky planets, six gas giants, and five or six asteroid belts. The most interesting feature of the system however is the not any of these, but a large free floating object in polar orbit around the systems red giant. It is quite large easily the size of a moon or small planet, but also obviously artificial. Scans can detect several different signals coming from it, but it's too far into the inner system to decipher them.

OOC: What are your ship's stats?

To Suula En'Coi

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OOC: And you're trying to explore an entire system that takes time. You're first survey took at least two or three months. And then you spent a couple weeks messing with the plant world's signals. And then another couple of months dickering with the Trader and taking the shield back to your home system.

You have to remember that although these posts go up as if they're instantaneous no one has FTL insystem travel. Getting around and talking to people takes more time than it seems. Shoot out of all the people exploring you've actually gotten the farthest in exploring your system.

To ISREC

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Wolf 359
The ISREC exploration ship warps into the system and immediately conducts some scans to see if it matches up with the Ascension's reports. Everything appears to, so it starts heading in system. Unfortunately for it the Amerigo never finished it's mapping process. So at the 10 AU mark the ISREC ship runs out of map just as it hits the densest anomaly field.

[distant quasar]

Trantis Coaliton

The Trantis Coalition has no power to intervene in this conflict. It is our hope that we can be left alone by both sides of the issue. We will also make no alliances with trade favoring one side or the other of the conflict, treating both the same as we would usually.

[Imperial Psycho]

Ascension Coalition
"The Ascension Coalition will assist the GDF. We do not entirely see eye to eye with this organisation that seemed to spring from almost nothing, but we cannot ignore the threat the K'Krex and Hive Mind align represent. We call all civilised societies to assist.

The K'krex and the Hive Mind are too powerful to ignore."

[razovor]

To ArcaneStomper

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Okay, we'd better start making our own map then. We proceed slowly and carefully, we don't want to accident stumble into one of the stronger anomalies.

In case it's significant, our Exploration vessel has +++ technology.

(How much economy do we have left after building the warp gate from Van Maanen's star? We had ++ originally.)

[Forum Explorer]

Light Shipyards

Meeting

1. The Light Shipyards acknoladges the sovrignty of the Sthuthid Federation. It expresses willingness to do the same for the Sumus but would rather wait until they announce where exactly they are.

2. Scientists from the Light Shipyards are intrested in the spice for analysis.

Regarding the K'Krex and Hive mind

We will of course stand against them.

To GDF

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By the way that fleet you requested is 25% done.

To ArcaneStomper and GM

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My scout ship will take the armor and return home for repairs. The cyborgs will be analysized by various scientists to establish three things
A) they are sane and in control of themselves

b) they are not degrading and are currently healthy

c) They are not spreading some alien device to transform more people into cyborgs.

Assuming they check out they are allowed to do as they wish. In either case they are offered a chance to stay with the military or allow the scientists to study their bodies in hopes of finding more about it, and if it can be saftly removed from those who want them removed.

The entire crew is given shore leave and a bonus for their efforts.

We will start reverse engineering that armor right away.

Repairs on the scout ship as well as an indepth study on the embedded boarding ship will take place before resupplying.

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The Sumus

To Arcanestomper

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+++++ + tech. We approach the ship, continuously signalling the prime numbers and a whole lot of mathematics.

About the K'Krex
The Sumus request that a reasonably large group of people with a reasonable degree of knowlege volunteer for the Sumus to examine their semantic knowlege to get up to date on the K'Krex and Hive Mind. They will of course pay well. The entire process takes a few minutes human time, and is completely harmless and non-invasive.

[Murska]

To Ascension Coalition and Light Shipyards:

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We would like to suggest that each of us reverse-engineer our piece of salvage and share the results among us three.

To both GMs:

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I intend to have my exploration ship retreat to the home system to refuel and stuff. Then they'll return and claim the newly-cleared system for House Varulf, beginning preparations for the construction of a warp gate.

[Thelonius]

===WNNC===

Van Maanen's Star

New Warp Gates have stabilized in the Tau Ceti and GJ1234 Star Systems. Will we have more alien visitors? Our news teams are on standby waiting to greet new members of galactic community. Read More.

Fight Against Piracy

The Commonwealth Fleets have began an operation to clear the Triad Systems and Luyten 726-8 of the pirate menace. Read More.

===Events===

IRSEC Conference

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All nations present at the conference recognize the sovereignty and claim to the star systems of Sthuthid Federation and Sumus. Nobody objects to signing non-aggression pacts.

The Reach and Kingdom of Procyon appear to be interested in contributing to the construction of Warp Lane to Sthuthid Federation. Star Gods and Tian Technocracy require more convincing.

There is a question in which system should Warp Stabilization Device be activated - Goombridge or Lacaille? And to which system or systems should they connect. The process isn't always precise, as there is always a chance of Warp Lanes forming to any nearby systems with Warp Gates, but it can be influenced to a degree.

The Kingdom of Procyon insists on connection to Teegarden's Star, while The Reach humbly proposes connection to their own system.

Tian Technocracy is clearly interested in Sumus technological potential, while Kingdom of Procyon opens negotiations on spice trade, after it is approved the the Holy Church of course. The Reach is primarily interested in cultural exchange programs. The Star God's representative Sayana Starblaze doesn't make sense half of the time, speaking in highly metaphorical manner.

(OOC - Sumus inhabit Proxima Anitlae)

DX Cancri (Esp. ++++, K'Krex 0)

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The remnants of the Hive Ship float in the space. They can be salvaged for construction of new ships.

The Rouke appear to have perfected their space technology and are apparently busy constructing their first warships.

Hive Mind

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You've barely suffered any damage in the battle. Your fleet can give chase to remnants of Solaris or GDF, if you chose to follow them through Warp Gates.

The Hive Ship Solaris has captures was destroyed in nuclear explosion, but there is a lot of salvage remaining, that can be put to good use.

[madeyegeorge]

To The Light Shipyards

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Excellent. Our ship will be waiting at the specefied co-ordinates with payment.
I would like to thank you for completing the deal. I look forward to future dealings with you.

[Imperial Psycho]

Ascension Coalition

To House Varulf & Light shipyards

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I agree. I would also add that any further gains that come from the ship should also benefit us all.

To GMs

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The Amerigo will also leave the system, returning to Alpha Centauri to refit and refuel.

If possible, it will also leave a camera in the system, to watch that no-one claims the wreck of the planet ship, and to monitor it.

[Murska]

To Ascension Coalition and Light Shipyards:

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Indeed. House Varulf will claim the system itself for colonization, so we are in a prime position to make use of any further discoveries and protect the wreck.

[Forum Explorer]

Light Shipyards

To Acension coalition and House Vanulf

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Agreed. We will share our results as well.

[Mashimoto]

Sthuthid Federation
Aboard Whalechild

Message from Administrator Tsuul
Sthuthid Federation High Command

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"It has been an honor making all of your acquaintances, I assure you. Now that we have drafted tentative platforms and positions, I believe it is time to begin.

"Among my people, it is customary to take Spice before official meetings. Doubtless you are very curious about Spice, as it is such a miracle of nature. We have analyzed your biologies, and found no dangers of ingesting Spice among your species. However, I understand your curiosity is matched with skepticism, and be assured that none should feel even the slightest compulsion to consume spice. First use is a very important moment for our culture, and while most consume almost from birth, none are compelled to consume until they are ready.

"Doing so would be the same as...forcing an early hatch--or, mammalian birth. Spice must be chosen, never forced. It's consumption is like birth in many ways. It opens eyes, makes hearts beat. It creates an acute awareness noss and contentedness with the Universe. It inspires creativity, strength, bravery. There is a saying, on our worlds. It is the slogan of the Cardeen Spice Company. It translates, roughly, to: "He who has not consumed Spice has not yet been alive." And we find the statement very true.

"However, we would never force life from nonlife. We would never force awareness from non-awareness. So, let my kin and I enjoy Spice for a moment. Feel no shame in not partaking."

The Administrator stepped down from the platform he had been standing on, and shuffled back to his seat at one end of the table. A dozen Sthuthid representatives wearing ornate robes drew simple, ebony-colored basins from under the table at once. They placed the bowls before them and bowed their heads, almost in prayer. They poured some water from a jug into the bowl, and then some small, colorless rocks from pouches in their robes.

They manipulated some kind of switch on the side of the primitive-looking bowls, and the water began to boil and evaporate almost immediately. They leaned over their bowls, tentacles wrapping all the way over the top, and with closed eyes breathed in the scent of the spice.

Sthuthid crew-members offer bowls and Spice to any ambassador who wishes to take it.

[after]
A refreshed Ambassador Tsuul resumes his place at the podium. Not mentioning the spice, he jumps into business.

"On the matter of the Warp Network...we are requesting the formation of a committee to acquire funds and spend them on expanding the network to include our systems. Such a program could be funded over the course of..."
[anyone want to contribute money to building a warp in exchange for a long-term trade agreement with the Sthuthids?]

Message from Chairman Skrall
Cardeen Spice Company

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Chairman Skrall meets privately with any ambassador who will see him. He wishes to offer a small amount of Spice at a cheap price for a "trial run" of the substance on their planets. What the representatives do after buying the spice is up to them, although Skrall recommends putting it in the public and letting the marketplace deal with it.

The only conditions are that the spice cannot be Sold in any Sthuthid systems, where the Cardeen Spice Company demands to maintain it's monopoly, and that the value of spice can never be risen above a certain maximum set by the Cardeen Spice Company (maybe 300% average price), designed to prevent price gouging but still allow the free market to determine value.

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The Sumus

The Sumus ambassador purchases some Spice. One of his entorage tries it.

[razovor]

The CEO of ISREC samples the spice offered to him personally. He also buys some spice for the 'trial run'.

To GM

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I'll send this sample back to my secret laboratories for a full analysis.

[Imperial Psycho]

Ascension Coalition

The Ascension Coalition rep purchases some spice. However, he is not seen to use it.

GM

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To the lab!

[Mashimoto]

The CEO of ISREC samples the spice offered to him personally. He also buys some spice for the 'trial run'.

You feel calmer and more confident. Small problems you had been working on in your mind--mathematical, social, political--seem easy now, as the answers flow through your mind. You are able to trace your subconscious mind, every twist and turn of your thought process is laid before you as if you can physically see them.

You are able to focus on multiple problems at once. You read the facial expressions of your fellow ambassadors keenly, you are almost positive you know what they are thinking at any given moment. The confidence is offset by a healthy dose of zen. Above all else, you are happy and hopeful.

The effects of the small dose you have taken will gradually wear off over the next 4 hours. Within 6 hours, you will not feel them at all.

(this more or less applies to anyone who takes it. Mass of creature effects dosage and length as with any drug.)

About the "Trial Run"
"If you find a desire among your people for spice, we can negotiate a long-term contract in the future."

[Forum Explorer]

Light Shipyards

The rep turns down the spice, but will take some for the 'trial run'.