Moons of Theia

[Eldan]

And so it began...
All around Theia, on half of her moons, civilisations began to rise to the space age. At that time, we did not know if it would be a golden age, of trade, and prosperity, or an age of war and terror. Back then, only time could tell...


ROUND 1 Starts now! Hand in your bugdets please, and start nationing!

[puppyavenger]

Helia

budget

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  Space 4
  Population 2 [2.2]
  Economy 3
  Resources 3
  Tech 5
  Civil 3
  

black budget

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• Army 2
• Navy2
• Air 2
• Nuclear 1
• Defences 2
• Spy [3

tech rolls

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primary Weak AI: 9 sucesses
secondary Basic Military Robotics: 4
(1d6)[4]
(1d6)[1]
(1d6)[5]
(1d6)[5]
(1d6)[4]

Spec ops.

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cover 2

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change counter-ops to divesrions
strength 3, cover-up 2 terrtiary 1

cover 5

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(are we alowed missions not described? if so, subvert agememmon inteligence agencyies.
cover primary strength secondary
strength 2 extra goodies 1

unrest

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[negated by civil]

flavor

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Folowing the discovery of interlunar travel, a burst of paranoia flowed through the freemen. As such, an orbital defense array was quickly brought up. In other news, due to the grouping of almost all the freemen in alliances, the concil is moving much smoother.
Capitlisising on the new technolagy, a groupd of enterprising freemen have sent several unmanned porbes to [moon 1]

Space

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investagate moons 1 very throughly
resources
12 successes

edited for upkeep.
Trade for when turn 2 starts
Leonas 3:3
Olympia2:2
Agemenmon 1:1
Kartha:3:2
all trade potential used.
The varios groups making up the governing body are all open for a bit more trade.

[Maldiem]

Agamemnon

Do not desire undue advancement, for you deprive one who is worthy-
Do not lust for one above your station, for you perturb both your station, and theirs-
Do not reject your rightful path, for all paths must be equally tended-
Do not spite your fellow, for you open yourself to spite-
Do not pursue the savage pleasure of personal power, for it brings ruin to us all.

-The Five Pillars, Bureaucracy Central Dogma


Imperial Address Via Radio:

The radio crackles, interference from the meters of concrete of His Majesty's hidden bunker. A voice pipes in, strong and deep and very, very familiar to the inhabitants of Agamemnon, delivering a much-anticipated address, the first in several years. "My loyal subjects,
Today marks the beginning of a new era of prosperity and expansion. For many, many generations, our noble ancestors have lived on our beautiful moon, and we have honored them by building a great civilization. However, we cannot dwell forever in the home where we have grown up, so today marks the beginning of the era in which the Agamemnoniites will look to the stars. We have already constructed a fleet to rival any of the other 'civilizations' on the other moons, and with your adamant support, we shall eclipse even the greatness of the state that birthed our culture. I ask you now to pay extra attention to your work, since the two years will be absolutely vital to our future prospects! Forge your minds, your hearts, your bodies into a glistening image of Agamemnoniite greatness, and do honor to your ancestors, watching from the afterlife!"

Senior Bureaucracy Explains the Emperor's Plan

The Senior Bureaucrats issue a statement later that day, outlining Agamemnon's budget for the next year.

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((Subject to change if unrest + corruption rolls go badly))
Spend 4 on space, bring it to 5
Spend 2 on Civil, bring it to 4

Unrest + Corruption

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[roll1]

[roll2]
[roll3]

[roll4]
[roll5]

[roll6]

Space Exploration

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The Agamemnon Space Agency sends three large probes to III, in an attempt to put out feelers for future colonization.
((rollled, it added up to 4 primary, 0 secondary))

Research

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Laser Weapons: 5/?
Improved Rocket Engines: 2/?
All others: 0

Trade

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Helia: 1:1
Olympia: 2:2
Leonas: 2:2
Trade remaining for turn 2: 3

Espionage

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Counter Espionage:
Prevent: 3
Uncover: 2
Tertiary: 1

[Moody the Wise]

Olympia

New Economic System Smashing Success

The recently implemented programme of economic changes, described as the Evolutionary Free Market, has moved from its theoretical stage to a tested, workable system. Economic output across Olympia has nearly doubled, and the people seem happy with it.

Space Program Revived

With the EFM up and running smoothly, the government has reinvested with interest the capital borrowed from the Space program last year. As a result, next year we will have the trade fleet necessary to export all of our trade goods.

Plans for Hades Announced

In a lengthy debate today, the provisional parliament (so named as to remind its members that a popular referendum can always overturn its decisions) made its first move in extralunar exploration. Two probes have been sent to a small moon in the outer orbit of Theia to search for resources. The moon has been named Hades, and will hopefully within several years be home to a profitable mining outpost.

Budget:

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+ 2 (Pop)
+ 5 (Econ)
+ 5 (Resources)
- 6 (Upkeep)
= 6 Wealth

All 6 points used to improve Space stat from 2 to 5.

Space

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All 2 points of Space used to search for resources on Theian Moon V (which I will henceforth call Hades).
Rolls: 1 and 4
3P, 1 S, 0T

Spy

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All 1 point used for counterespionage. (6)
Primary: Prevent
Secondary: Uncover
3P, 2S, 1T.

Tech

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Primary: Advanced Metallurgy (7)
Secondary: Deep Crust Mining (3)
Tertiary: All others (1)

Civil

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Population (2) + Economy (5) = 7
(2) 6s; (1) 5s
Use 3 Civil to pay it all down.

Trade Deals (Turn 2)

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Agamemnon 3:3
Leonas 3:3
Helia 2:2
Aseio 2:2
Total 10:10

[Grey_Wolf_c]

The Leonas' Times

World Goverment Opens Interlunar Trade

After last month's succesful rocket flight that demonstrated the ability to reach other planets in reasonable time, the World Goverment has reached consensus on opening trade to other lunar nations. The announcement - much sooner than expected - has brought about a flurry of activity, spurring many nations into building their own fleets, and roughly doubling Leona's space fleet almost overnight. Although it will take rouhgly the rest of the year to iron out the details, all the companies involved assure that they will be ready to fly come the next period, when the business deals will officially comence. Several countries report that this increased activity has spurred many secondary industries, sharply increasing the GNP of many countries not directly participating in the interlunar trade.
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World Goverment Comunication

"In the spirit of friendship between the Theia Moons, we offer every moon a chance to try Leonas' manufactured products, and the opportunity to reciprocate with the selling of your goods in Leonas. We desire to form as many trade alliances as possible to better know one another. Any other moon interested in fair trade with Leonas, please communicate with us, either in the open frequency or in the private frequency. The Leonas World Goverment hopes this will be the start of a fructiferous friendship amongst the Theia Moons"
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Dice Throws
Space Exploration

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Leonas investigates moon III:Primary resources (+2), secondary habitability(+0)

Spy

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Counterspionage:Primary prevent (+3), secondary uncover(+2), tertiary (+1)

Tech

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Leonas works on: Primary Improved Rocket Engines (+8), secondary advanced metalurgy(+5), tertiary (+2)

Civil

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Corruption: 1; Unrest: 1; Civil: 4. No C&U left uncountered

Budget and Development

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Budget: 4+3+5=12
Upkeep = 6
+2 Space (4 wealth)
+1 Economy (2 wealth)

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Power
Army 2
Navy 2
Air 2
Spy 1
Nuclear 1
Defences 1

Wealth
Population 4.00->4.40
Economy 3+1
Resources 5

Social
Tech 3
Civil 4
Space 2+2

UPDATE:
The World Goverment wishes to announce that the desire for Leonas goods has been amazing and that all available capacity for the next period has now been agreed for. The people of Leonas wish to appologise to those moons that did not manage to secure deals, and assures them that they will foremost in the list when the trading capabilities of Leonas is expanded.

[Sayn]

Nifelheim

Headlines in the Nifelheim Gazette

New laws written to promote economical growth
The High Council has recently written up a series of laws to make it easier for the economy to grow. This is supposedly a measure taken to help the development of the recently initiated Space Project, but no statements about it has been made as of yet.

First probes sent to nearby moon!
Very recently, the first probes of our Space fleet has been sent to investigate a nearby moon, which is still unnamed. The probes' main priority is to investigate the possible resources on the moon but according to the Space Fleet HQ, they are also looking into possibilities of building a colony on the moon.

The High Council opens up trade relations with other moons.
The High Council has decided that to truly prosper, we must trade with the other moons. A quote from the speach that the Speaker held earlier this week: Trade is, after all, yet another great way to aquire resources. And if our economy can prosper from interlunar trade, then there's even more reason to open up trade relations with the other human moons.

Coded message for Jael_Darkwood

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I'll give you 2 trade for the same amount from you. Sounds good enough?

Message to all other factions

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Nifelheim is willing to give 2 trade to any faction who is willing to give, at the very least, the same amount back.

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Space Exploration

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Nifelheim sends its first probes to Moon II. Primary(Resources):2 Secondary(Habitability): 0

Civil

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Corruption:2 Unrest:1 Civil: 4. Nothing left uncountered.

Spy

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Counter Espionage. Primary(Prevent):4 Secondary(Uncover):2 Tertiary: 1

Tech

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Primary(Improved Rocket Engines):10
Secondary(Deep Crust Mining):5
Tertiary: 1

Trade

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These are the deals currently made:
Agamemnon 2:2
Kartha 2:2

Budget

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Nifelheim spends its 2 wealth to improve Economy.
Army 2
Navy2
Air 2
Space 2
Population 2 >> 2.2
Economy 3+1
Resources 3
Spy 1
Tech 3
Civil 3
Nuclear 1
Defences 1

Edit: Threw up my current trade deals.

[Moody the Wise]

THO

The Olympian Ministry of Health (OMH) has undertaken the task of establishing the Theian Health Organization (THO). An extension of early talks with their peers on Leonas, the goal of the THO will be to catalogue all viruses, bacteria, diseases, and other nasty health problems known in the Theian system. The purpose of the THO is to ensure the highest level of health for all persons coming in contact with foreign lifeforms. All moons are asked to contribute their most accurate and up-to-date medical wisdom. Submissions should be given in the following manner: small cargo rockets carrying computer drives with the appropriate information written therein. Until all moons comply with THO requests, Olympia must enforce a strict quarantine on all incoming craft. We assure that this will not interfere with trade, although all incoming trade goods will be searched and deemed harmless before being released to the public.

Access to the THO database will be given to all complying lunar governments upon request, by secure radio channels, and to THO-certified doctors.

[Maldiem]

Agememnon Intelligence Agency Petitions Bureaucracy for More Funding

After a series of undisclosed events regarding some of the recent immigration, the AIA has successfully lobbied the Emperor and the Senior Bureaucrats for more support. In the next year, the AIA is expected to double in size.

((New turn 1 spending))

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Spend 2 on space, up to 4
Spend 4 on Spy, up to 3
Turn 2 Statblock:
Army 2
Navy 2
Air 2
Space 4
Population 4.4
Economy 3
Resources 5
Spy 3
Tech 3
Civil 3
Nuclear 1
Defenses 1

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Trade:
Helia: 1:1
Olympia: 3:3
Leonas: 2:2
Nifelheim: 2:2
Trade Remaining: 0

EDIT: Trade changed.

[Ambon]

Aseio, Turn 1

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Excerpt from Gathering-At-Dawn Parliament Discussion - Recorded by Peruni Tatseka
Chifeo Tousk: What you propose is hierarchical, authoritarian!
Labal Arawanorat: Not in the slightest, it is necessary to the future of Aseio
Chifeo Tousk: You mean to the future of your league! A league with a military!
Labal Arawanorat: A fleet, one necessary to the security of our cargo. Or would you propose that we -
Sutol Himi: It's too propertarian.
Labal Arawanorat: No, THEY are propertarians. Would you propose that we simply let those miniature hegemonies declare their ownership of Aseio without
contest. Have you seen the reports?
Chifeo Tousk: I see that you get your ideas from THEM. This is not an Aseioni solution.
Elyan Aseio: This is not -
Labal Arawanorat: Hiding behind walls is not an Aseioni solution. The Revolution does not hide behind walls. We'll put this to a vote if we have to!
Sutol Himi: No vote!
Mater Sufi: The Bioengineering Union will not support a vote.
Satap Shevet: Nor will the Information Workers Cooperative.
Alye Mediator: Elyan Aseio wishes to speak. He has the floor.
Elyan Aseio: Chifeo, Labal, your concerns are warranted. Would you consider an alternative?

Gathering-At-Dawn campus, The Recreation Commons
Elyan Aseio: I know that the 'League of Initiative' was your uncle's idea. But, I imagine, it was you who persuaded the Steelworkers Coop and the History Coop to listen.
Otopkin Arawanorat: We see a common prize in space.
Elyan: I see. But the 'League of Initiative'? The Tousk are right, it's too radical a change.
Otopkin: Not without the Gathering-At-Dawn's support.
Elyan: His league won't pass consensus, and the Coops won't support your uncle's vote. But our proposal.
Otopkin: The alternative?
Elyan: Yes. You are right, there is a common prize in space. A common destiny across the moons. Your uncle sees a destiny only for his league.
Otopkin: ...
Elyan: The cities aren't stupid.
Otopkin: You want the Gathering to take this role?
Elyan: No Aseio fleet can exist without the support, at least, of the major cities.
Otopkin: But you didn't support a fleet.
Elyan: A fleet will be necessary. But the project... if it is to be Aseioni and not Hegemony, should not be a military project. What we must expand is our
network. Our understanding and our trade.
Otopkin: The Information Commons?
Elyan: Yes. Exactly. You studied comparative philosophy? Under my grandfather if I remember right?
Otopkin: Yes. This is your alternative? The Information Commons?
Elyan: Start expanding it, yes, but it will take time. Meanwhile, we can start with trade, and the coop could use a person like my grandfather.

General Transmission to All Moons

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Sibling moons, this is Aseio. A message from the Gathering-At-Dawn. A message from the Discovery Cooperative. Great was our joy in finding you. And bitter, too, in finding that the distance between us, in space and understanding, has been so great. This distance, we people of Aseio, seek to bridge. Let there be no walls to our understanding, no barriers to our solidarity. The Gathering-At-Dawn welcomes you to our common destiny, and invites you into our exchange. Out across the void, to you, our sibling moons, we send out our voices and our cargo.

Otopkin Aseio, Spokesperson for the Discovery Cooperative

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Espionage

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1 Secondary - Uncover

Tech

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10 Primary = Interlunar Networking
4 Secondary = Improved Rocket Engines
1 Tertiary

Unrest and Corruption

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1 Point of Corruption, spend 1 point of Civil to remove

Spending (out of 3)
2 Wealth to Improve Space from 2 to 3
Save 1 Wealth for next turn
Spend 1 Space for the Exploration of Moon V
Trading 2 for 2 with Olympia

[Jael_Darkwood]

Kartha

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Power
Army 2
Navy 2
Air 2
Spy 2
Nuclear 1
Defences 1

Wealth
Population 2
Economy 3
Resources 3

Social
Tech 3
Civil 4
Space 4

Welcoming the other powers, Kartha proudly enters the space age with the other moons. Pope Pious IX sends small gifts to the other powers; storage devices holding the collective works of Kartha's religious scholars.

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Plan to come in next post

Trade :
NifelHeim 2:2
Helia 2:2 (so far)
Aseio 1:1 (if accepted by Aseio)

1 trade to be assigned.

[Thymin]

Gaia

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Army 2
Navy 2
Air 2
Space 2
Population 2
Economy 4
Resources 3
Spy 1
Tech 5
Civil 4
Nuclear 1
Defences 2

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Wealth = 9
Upkeep = 6
Spending = 2 - Increase Economy by 1
Saving = 1

Tech Rolls:

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Primary - Genome Mapping = 8
Secondary - Advanced Metallurgy = 2

Unrest and Corruption:

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3 points of corruption removed by 3 points of civil.

[puppyavenger]

News report
MASSIVE MINERAL DEPOSITS DICOVERD ON MOON
Today the concil has released to interlunar information sources the discovery of a massive mineral deposit on Theias first moon.
The moon, although unsuitable for large-scale conlinisation, has natural resources worth more than twice those of Helia.
The moon has been named Terra
The concil has laid claim to the resources and a unmanned colony will be contrsucted sometime next year, with mining bgining within two years.

[Sayn]

Open message to all factions

Nifelheim has explored Moon II, and has decided to lay claim to the moon. Any attempt made to build a colony there, or to exlore it without direct permission of the High Council, will be met with military force.

Moon II will from now on be called Jotunheim.

[Maldiem]

Feeling Left Out, Senior Bureaucrats Release a Statement

"The Agamemnoniites plan to build a mining colony on Theia's Third uninhabited moon, and any facilities set up on this celestial body will be graciously received as a gift to His Imperial Majesty. Following a recent naming trend, we will call the moon Pericles."

[Ambon]

A General Transmission from the Gathering-At-Dawn

Sibling moons, we people of Aseio, of the Gathering-At-Dawn, greet you. We see now, across the black of space, how our interests and needs have begun to unite us; our common thirst for life is creating a web of trade, and we hope this exchange of cargo is followed by an exchange of understanding. In this spirit we invite you into our exchange, an exchange of interests. We invite you into an exchange of knowledge. Though our research has yet borne fruit, we hope to share it with our sibling moons who would share their understanding with us as well. In this spirit cooperation, and out of concern for the 'claiming' of our silent sibling moons, we propose that there should be a place for all the moons of Theia to be-in-common and speak-in-common, that we may cease to be strangers to each other.

Elyan Aseio, Orator of the Gathering-At-Dawn

[puppyavenger]

After some deliberation, the concil agrees to Aseio goverments request. We proppose a number of probes be sent the fifth unihabited moon of Thia to detrmine its habitability, if it is habitilable, we propose and interlunar mission be established on it.

[Moody the Wise]

To Helia

Probes have already been sent to Moon V. Olympian cosmonauts are already in the process of surveying the moon, which we style Hades, for eventual colonisation. We plan to construct a colony on Hades in due time, and we would welcome your people to join us in peaceful communion there. However, we assure you that our mining companies will be more than capable of extracting the resources necessary to provide for the upkeep of this joint venture, and our passive defenses more than sufficient to protect our people from predatory governments unlike your own; all you need contribute is your colonists, your goodwill, and your understanding.

Cid
Provost, Olympian Space Program

[Ambon]

To Helia and Olympia, and to all our sibling moons

Sibling Helia, we are gladdened by your approval and your initiative in this proposal. However, as our dearest sibling Olympia has expressed their interest in the resources of Hades we are reluctant to impose the burden of an Interlunar Mission upon them. We too seek to develop a colony on Hades, the moon we call the Garden, and would invite you to speak-in-common with us there. We would suggest, instead, that perhaps the best location for an Interlunar Mission is the yet untouched Moon IV. Our information on the moon is limited at this moment. We invite you into our exchange regarding this moon, and will attempt, perhaps after our business on Hades has begun, to probe moon IV and share this information - we would hope that your own exploration agencies might assist in this. Does this meet with the approval of our sibling Theians?

Elyan Aseio, Gathering-at-Dawn

[puppyavenger]

To Helia

Probes have already been sent to Moon V. Olympian cosmonauts are already in the process of surveying the moon, which we style Hades, for eventual colonisation. We plan to construct a colony on Hades in due time, and we would welcome your people to join us in peaceful communion there. However, we assure you that our mining companies will be more than capable of extracting the resources necessary to provide for the upkeep of this joint venture, and our passive defenses more than sufficient to protect our people from predatory governments unlike your own; all you need contribute is your colonists, your goodwill, and your understanding.

Cid
Provost, Olympian Space Program

We would be happy to oblige, and would lke to discuss the formation of a joint technolagy research center on Hades. We will be happy to provide colonists.

To Helia and Olympia, and to all our sibling moons

Sibling Helia, we are gladdened by your approval and your initiative in this proposal. However, as our dearest sibling Olympia has expressed their interest in the resources of Hades we are reluctant to impose the burden of an Interlunar Mission upon them. We too seek to develop a colony on Hades, the moon we call the Garden, and would invite you to speak-in-common with us there. We would suggest, instead, that perhaps the best location for an Interlunar Mission is the yet untouched Moon IV. Our information on the moon is limited at this moment. We invite you into our exchange regarding this moon, and will attempt, perhaps after our business on Hades has begun, to probe moon IV and share this information - we would hope that your own exploration agencies might assist in this. Does this meet with the approval of our sibling Theians?

Elyan Aseio, Gathering-at-Dawn

We will gladly aid in these endevor. Any Space craft not used in establishing the colony on Terra shall be used to profile the moon, as a name, a member of the concil suggest "Unity"

[Jael_Darkwood]

Kartha

Actions (Spoilered For Space, everyone becomes aware of them)

**Kartha Declares War on Agamemnon**

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Not sure how the actions will play out, but my spy action is involved, as is all my space, Ground/Air/Navy. And it was a suprise attack as much as possible, not sure which action I will be using spywise, that will be whichever gives max advantage. So, can we delay reaction until we know how the attack goes? Still waiting on any response from Eldan... started messaging him about 13 hours ago...

The wizened old man appears older, haggard. There are dark rings under his eyes from lack of sleep. "I have been... going over the signs. According to the 9th Gospel, the dark one shall be known by 'Chains upon birth, perpetuated by an invisible lord whom all acknowledge.' And he will 'Be known when the 9th moon comes into the light.'

He pauses.

"Ladies and gentlemen, children of God. I have discovered the dark one. He rules on Agamemnon, never known but always acknowledged. And their society chains them into lives without freedom. My children, we shall set them free."

Tears shine in the corners of his eyes.

"Many good people will see God before their time.... But, take heart, my children. God shall know his own."

Turn 1 Budget

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Net Income = 0
Civil = 1 Unrest, Handled
Tech =
Primary : Advanced Metalurgy (5)
Secondary : Molecular Engineering (2)

Turn2 Trade - Me:You
Gaia - 1:1
NifelHeim 2:2
Helia 3:2

[Maldiem]

Imperial Address In Response To Declaration of War

<<Broadcast to all moons>>

The screen, initially covered by static, slowly clears up to reveal a small male child, about ten or eleven, in a garishly decorated office. Screens on the wall show scenes of tranquility-- the Imperial gardens, in the capitol, with the sun setting over the Palace, Stability Square, in Agamemnon's largest city, the sun high in sky as traffic throngs through the metropolis, early morning at a farming hub, the combine harvesters just starting the business of the day.

The child turns away from the screens, showing a troubled but stern expression on his face. As any Agamemnoniite would know, this is emperor Agamemnon XLVIII, who has been in power for less than a year, since the death of Agamemnon XLVII. The emperor speaks, "There was a time when our moon was ruled by conflict and strife, a time when the sword and the gun were the only law; a time of chaos. Our ancestors, the Imperial line and the citizens of Imperial City set out to restore order to this moon, where the victors could live in peace, unburdened by the omnipresent cacophonic symphony of death and conquest. They set out to do this, and they succeeded. This was over 200 Theian years ago,"

The screens change, showing images from around Agamemnon: a school, fully populated, the elementary school children hard at work under the direction of the teacher, factories, clean and functional, producing the needs of the citizens, a hospital, sterile and well-funded, with an older doctor leading a pack of medical students. "The Karthan ruler speaks of freedom as an excuse for his naked aggression-- this is a lie. We do not need freedom as this monster defines it. His idea of freedom leads to chaos, destruction, rampant individualism, and the total disregard for the greater needs of society in preference to the whims of a few powerful individuals, like this mayfly despot himself. Our idea of freedom ensures that no one goes hungry, waste is not undertaken for personal gain, and that everyone, no matter how powerful works for the greatness of Agamemnon. Our idea of freedom is mature,"

The screens change again, one showing a line of tanks, another a line of aircraft, and a third an underground chamber, mean looking missiles gleaming in a row.

"We have thwarted their spies. Our forces are equal in number and possess every advantage in this encounter. Our planetary defenses stand at the ready, and our nuclear forces are on their highest alert in history. A Karthan invasion would be disastrous, and, should this superstitious fool continue with his plans, it will surely lead to his demise and the conquest of his moon by an opportunist, if not the avenging forces of Agamemnon themselves. If Karthan ships attempt to land on Agamemnon, they will not be granted mercy; we will respond with every weapon at our disposal. This is Kartha's first and final warning."

The pictures change again to show Karthan ships exploding in orbit as thermonuclear missiles lance into them, and Kartha, from orbit, as unidentified ships land on the surface. The Emperor turns away from the screens,
"To you, other Moons of Theia, I ask you; will you stand by while a sister moon attempts to conquer its sibling? Will you watch while a blubbering moron attempts to spread his fantastic hallucinations at the point of a gun? Will you do nothing when he invents an excuse to attack an entire people that have done nothing to him? Is this truly the reality that you want? I beseech you, on behalf of my people and on behalf of yours, to let this strutting old man know that we will not stand for this-- break your trade deals with Kartha, and reform them with others that have done the same. At the very least, we can ensure that his militaristic theocracy cannot become stronger than those governments worthy to govern."

[Moody the Wise]

To the Karthan Government

I urge you in the strongest terms to call off your attack. It will only bring ruin to the people of Agamemnon and Kartha alike, and it threatens to escalate into a conflict of such scale as to embroil all the moons of Theia in tumult and strife. With your armed forces deployed on Agamemnon, it would not take long for Kartha to be invaded, either by some self-righteous avenger or a base opportunist. It will be the innocent people, who have no choice in this conflict, that will suffer the most as a result of your actions. Please, consider the welfare of your people.

And know that if you continue on this inane, self-destructive course, the armed forces of Olympia - who have made the choice to enlist and to stand up for justice - are prepared to defend the people of Agamemnon.

Rufus
President, Olympia

To the Karthan People

Your government has a clear disregard for your interests. It would lead you into a conflict that threatens to sacrifice your sons and daughters on a foreign moon in the name of senseless violence, and leave you without any way of defending yourselves from the retribution that will likely follow.

And so I ask you: resist your government. Refuse to participate in an institution that has forsaken you in its insanity for its own ends. March on police barracks, seize their weapons; occupy your town halls, and barricade yourselves inside. Take control of power plants, factories, farms, and for once use them to better your own communities. Your government has abandoned you, and so must you abandon it in return.

Rufus,
President, Olympia

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Official Communication from the World Goverment of Leonas

The people of Leonas condemn in the strongest terms the unprovocked attack on the sister moon of Agamemnon, and implores the people of Kartha to show their displeasure on their goverment. Sister moons of Theia, do not support this baseless and ruthless attack by Kartha by sending this moon your hard-earnt goods! Leonas will happily give you equal value and you can be assured that they will not be used to ruthlessly invade other sister moons.

[Ambon]

To all the leaders of our sibling moons, and especially to Kartha and Agamemnon

Sibling Kartha, we people of Aseio can no longer hear you. Out of the mouths of your leaders we no longer hear the voices of people, but instead they baying of wild animals. Our ears are closed to you and our exchange is closed to you until this injustice is put to an end.
We join our siblings, the ever-wise Olympians, in a plea to the people of Kartha to act in their own interests, common and individual, and protest this war. We assert and recognize the right of the individual Karthan, and the individual Agamemnoni, to the freedom and fruit of their own labour and place. In this light, while we accept and support the necessity of military action to defeat the unjust Karthan invasion, we remind our sibling moons that we people of Aseio, inheritors of a history of revolution, have little patience for tyrants real or imaginary, and seek to ensure a civil end to this conflict that should be to the benefit all peoples of the Theian moons justly and equally.

Elyan Aseio, the Gathering-At-Dawn

[Maldiem]

Trade Revisions

In response to Helia's reluctance to stop trading with belligerents, Agamemnon formally breaks their trading ties with that moon. Additionally, we are scaling back our trade with Olympia to aid our Gaian friends.

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((These changes have been approved via IM))
Trade:
Gaia: 2:2
Olympia: 2:2
Leonas: 2:2
Nifelheim: 2:2

[Sayn]

Nifelheim

Open message for all factions:
The Nifelheim people will not participate in the conflict that recently broke out. We have nothing to gain from supporting either side, and we've learned what prolonged warfare can do...
We declare neutrality in this war, and please understand that there is little if anything that can change our minds.


Headlines in the Nifelheim Gazette:

Increased trade leads to expansion of Space Fleet
The recent boom in trade from the other moons has lead to an expansion of the Space Fleet. The extra incomes from the trade made it possible to finally start building more ships. The Speaker has stated that should more money become available, the fleet shall be expanded even further, as the High Council believes that the future lies in space.

Budget:

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Wealth: 4+4+3-6=5

Nifelheim spends 4 wealth improving space. 1 wealth is stored.
Army 2
Navy 2
Air 2
Space 2+2
Population 2.2 >> 2.42
Economy 4
Resources 3
Spy 1
Tech 5
Civil 4
Nuclear 1
Defences 1

Rolls

Spy:

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Counter Espionage Primary(Prevent): 3 Secondary(Uncover): 2

Tech:

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Primary: 12 Secondary: 7 Tetriary: 3
Primary(Improved Rocket Engines):10+12=22
Secondary(Deep Crust Mining):5+7=12
Tertiary: 1+3=4

Civil:

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Corruption: 3 Unrest: 0 Civil: 4. Nothing left uncountered.

Trade:

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Me:You
3:3 Kartha
1:1 Helia

Trade to be assigned: 2

Coded message for Maldiem:

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The 1 wealth stored this turn is sent to Agamemnon. If word of this supposedly secret deal gets out, it will be labeled as aid for the civilians caught in the war.

[Jael_Darkwood]

War Action :

Nukes are launched at the orbital defences, then, after a confusing scramble designed to conceal which craft are empty, the invasion begins.

Spy (Secrecy 3)

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Primary : Sabotage Agamemnon WMDs
Secondary : Secrecy/PR (Agamemnon people don't want radiation in their atmosphere, refuse to launch, or such.)

WMD

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Primary : Destroy Defense
Secondary : Emp Navy/Drop debris on Navy

Space

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3 points are carrying troops, 1 point becomes a decoy after nuke is spent, if there are still Defences left.

Attack

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Army : 3 points
Primary : Destroy Agamemnon Army
Secondary : Occupy
Air Force : 3 Points
Primary : Destroy Agamemnon Airforce
Secondary : Attack Navy
which would work better.
Navy : None sent (4 space, 1 nuke, 3 army, 3 air)

So.. Lemme know what I have to roll In OOC plz Eldan

[Eldan]

Battle for Agamemnon, Year one

Ignoring the interlunar outcry, Khartan forced proceeded with their invasion of Agamemnon. Masses of Khartan trade and exploration vessels, hastily retrofitted to hold troops, tanks and aircraft, approached Agamemnon orbit.
Before orbit was reached, the first blows were extended: part of the Khartan space fleet launched ICBMs, to both distract Agamenian orbital defences, which would otherwise have wreaked havoc on the mostly defenceless invasion fleet. The measures proved effective: even though the agamemnian defence systems managed to prevent collateral damage and fallout on the surface, several key points in the defence organisation were struck, and most of the defence satellites were outright anihilated.
1 point of Khartan nukes destroys 1 point of Agamemni defences
In response, Agamemni nukes opened fire on the approaching Khartan fleet. Even though the intercontinental missiles didn't prove very effective in orbit, more than a quarter of the Khartan fleet was destroyed outright, along with it's cargo. A feeble atempt of the overstrained Khartan secret serviced, aimed at interfering with the launch of the Agamemni thermonuclear arsenal was prevented.
1 point of Agamemni nukes destroy 1 point of Khartan space (primary) and 1 point of Khartan Army (Secondary)
The remaining Khartan forces, mostly unfaced by the heavy losses during aproach, managed planetfall, where they met strong resistance by the Agamemni forces.
The Agamemni navy soon proceeded to bombard the landing zones of the Khartan forces, as well as attacking their air force. Soon, some of the Khartan air forces, in the absence of any Khartan naval forces, proceeded to bombard the Agamemni air forces, to little effect.
Navy: 2 Defence, 3 Anti-Air, 1 Shore bombardment. Losses: 0.18 due to air bombardment
In the days and weeks following the landing, massive air and ground battles took place. The Khartan forces rushed onward, disregarding their defence, instead trying to occupy Agamemni territory. The Agamemni military on the other hand tried to minimize damage to themselves and the population, striking at the Khartans from well-fortified positions and retreating when reinforcements arrived.
Air:
Kharta: 4 Offence, 1 naval attack. Losses: 0.83
Agamemnon: 3 Defence, 1 offence, 1.5 offence from Naval Anti-Air. Losses: 0.67
Army:
Kharta: 3 Offence, 1 territory, Losses: 0.83
Agamemnon: 4 Defence, 2 offence, 0.5 offence from naval bombardment, Losses: 0.5

Combat status:
Territory: 99% Agamemnon, 1% Kharta
Remaining troops: (Amount of dice to be rolled in brackets)
Kharta: 1.17 army (2), 2.17 air (2), 0 navy (0)
Agamemnon: 1.5 army (2), 1.33 air (1), 1.82 navy(3)

Even though the Khartans suffered heavy losses, due to their reckless offensive strategy, and their losses during planetfall, they still outnumbered the Agamemni in most aspects, except in the navy, which had proven to be a decisive factor in many air battles, where the Khartans suffered several grave defeats.

[puppyavenger]

Civil

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negated, barely

budget

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econamy3
resources 3
pop 2
trade 8
- 6 upkeep
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10 points to spend
Space 4
Population 2 [2.42]
Economy 4
Resources 3
Tech 6
Civil 3


black budget

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Army 2
Navy2
Air 2
Nuclear 1
Defences 3
Spy 5
spent 4 to bring spy to 5 and 2 to bring defence to 3

, 2 for the colonies econamy, 2 to bring tech to 6, puls 6 black budget.
Terra
econamy 1

Space

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3 to bring 1 econamy to Terra. and 1 to investaget moon IV, Investaget THEIA, not moon IV, Theia.
1 succses, co-operate fully with Aseio probes.

tech

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primary Weak AI: 17
secondary militarty robotics:7
Tertiary 1

spec-ops

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counter-ops
prevent 5, uncover, 3 I'm rolling for the mssion I PM's you about on the dice thread.you know what,
strength 5 cover 2

current trade.
Leonas 3:3
Kartha:3:2
Nifelheim 1:1
Aseio 2:2

Partialy because of rampant political maneuvering, and partly out of respect for the two moons soverenghty, the Helian council has decided to stay neutral in the war.
Press release.
Following a long council session, We have decided to stay neutral in the war, as we have not hadf interlunar travel long enough to develop strong alliances or strong bonds. As such, as long as there is not a strong enticment to go into the war on either side, we shall remain out of it.
However, recognising every free humens right to safty, we will take refugees out of any warzones if at all possible.
Due to the war, as well as the disturbing mention of espianoge in the Agememoni Emperors message. We are advertising the fact that a large increase in counterops services, as well as a increase in orbital defeses, is likely.
Fredrick Kellith
Chair, Lightbringers Soiciety
council spokeman.

[Maldiem]

Stats:

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Army: 2
Air: 1
Navy: 2
Space: 4
Population: 4.4 -> 4.84 by end of turn 2
Economy: 3
Resources: 5
Spy: 3
Tech: 3
Civil: 3
WMD: 0
Defense: 0
Wealth: 12.4
Power: 8
Social: 10
Total: 30.4
Income: 12.4
Trade: 8
Upkeep: 6
To Spend: 14.4

Attackers Held at Bay, Generals "Optimistic"

"Despite their numerical advantages on the ground and in the air and their cowardly, unprovoked use of nuclear weapons, the enemy took heavy losses in their initial invasion. With their damaged fleet and pitiful economy, we expect the invaders to be driven from Agamemnon within two Theian years."

Senoir Bureaucrats Again Call for Embargo

"Kartha has shown a belligerence and bloodthirstiness that place it ideologically firmly in the last Theian century. Why not reform your trade deals with Aseio or Gaia, two peaceful moons that have been largely left out of the interlunar trade bonanza? "

Agamemnoniites Rally Around the Emperor

In a surprising survey, the Bureaucracy determined that unrest and corruption rates in Agamemnon are at all-time lows. When asked why, they responded "It probably has something to do with conscription replacing imprisonment as the last resort of the corrections system".

Tech:
Laser Weapons: 11
Improved Rocket Engines: 4
Tertiary: 0

((Budget to come later))