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[TricMagic]

Intrigue
Use GATE/HAUNTER to perform recon on the hidden facility draining ICE in MAGMA: (6) NUKE9.13, Madman, Andrea, AC, Powder Miner,TricMagic
No Intrigue:

Moon Nonsense
Lunar Mereth: (1) TricMagic
Moon International Research/International Science Shuttle: (6) NUKE9.13, Madman, TricMagic, Andrea, AC, Powder Miner
No Moon Nonsense:

ANGEL Nonsense
Board it:
Crush it:
No ANGEL nonsense: (2) AC, Powder Miner
USE the Angel STC, don't mess with it: (1) TricMagic

[Madman198237]

Intrigue
Use GATE/HAUNTER to perform recon on the hidden facility draining ICE in MAGMA: (6) NUKE9.13, Madman, Andrea, AC, Powder Miner,TricMagic
No Intrigue:

Moon Nonsense
Lunar Mereth: (1) TricMagic
Moon International Research/International Science Shuttle: (6) NUKE9.13, Madman, TricMagic, Andrea, AC, Powder Miner
No Moon Nonsense:

ANGEL Nonsense
Board it:
Crush it:
No ANGEL nonsense: (3) AC, Powder Miner, Madman
USE the Angel STC, don't mess with it: (1) TricMagic

I am open to the options "blow it up" or "board it with literal SPACEMARINES", but a provisional vote mostly against...whatever it is Tric is voting for?

[TricMagic]

Use the STC as normal, don't mess with the ANGEL.

Kinda silly, but using it does help a bit with MIR?

[NUKE9.13]

Use the STC as normal, don't mess with the ANGEL.

That's the default.

[TricMagic]

N-Link Code Crystal
A crystal is grown linked to itself, a singular quantum crystal. This is then taken into N-Space and then sent through a datalink to a computer.

At this point, that crystal can be copied, a Code Crystal. Anything that has the program is linked, allowing communication and the sharing of information through that program. It's first use is in linking a Serf-2 to a CAT machine. The Serf-2 then takes another quantum crystal into N-Space, and sends it through the datalink. This allows the creation of another Code Crystal program. And, thanks to the existence of the first Code Crystal pair, the Serf-2 can return through the GATE unharmed due to being directly controlled by a human's consciousness.

These Code Crystals are key to great strides, as is the method of their creation. Moreover, they can be held in a file together, creating the first wireless Serfs, Serf-CC, Serfs with a particular Code Crystal pair linked together. Each Serf-CC requires one quantum crystal grown and digitized, but they don't have any limits on where or how far they can travel when under a human's control. Likewise, with us being able to retrieve that which we send into N-Space, it is sustainable, though the number of Serf-CCs in operation is dependent on how many GATEs we can make and run.

A short explanation of transferring Quantum Crystals through N-Space
Normally the Hunter is connected to a Datalink. Give we need to sed the crystal down it, it seems an issue. But there is another link to digital space, the person stabilizing it. By making the machine the person uses more segmented, and preparing a storage area for the crystal to get shunted to, the person can make the link more obvious in N-Space, and create a hole which will accept the item they studied beforehand. The crystal is then thrown into that point, goes down the datalink, ad gets shunted into storage. Since they don't have a mind of their own, once they are in the datalink, they are mostly data. Having no mind also means that the N-Space won't actually work against this, so the process should go smoothly.



Nother idea for the pile. This one a revision based around digitizing a quantum crystal then copying it's program. All copies are linked together.

And there isn't anything stopping us from bringing the copies back either, other than the above being a revision and code being more effective for computers.

edited an explanaition, since it was pointed out to me.
Digitization, then Copying it, are the main hurdles to this. Main goal other than that is to remove the complexity tag from the GATE, due to having a way to send in something and get it back afterward. Though SERF-CC would need to be equipped with some weapons to be combat viable, which is not a focus at all, so the combat versions would likely still be complex?
f the Crystal Codes come to be, we have a cheap way to link together machines in a single network, no wires needed. Granted this was mostly an idea I had, and decided to write on a whim. Wheter it's viable or will be done is yet to be seen.

[Chiefwaffles]

Combat Report: Fall 1965

Living in a state suspended between the real world and N-Space isn't as pleasant as they make it out to be. Any given document has a 50% chance of turning out to actually just be gibberish when read. Most of that gibberish is just the number 8. People keep on drinking nonexistent coffee from the broken machine. It's irritating.


Intrigue

Use GATE/HAUNTER to perform recon on the hidden facility draining ICE in MAGMA

Using GATE/HAUNTER when you're already halfway in N-Space is a tricky thing to do at first, but is actually easier than it would be under regular circumstances. The entire system revolves around forcing a local area of N-Space to conform to conventional logic. We were able to tune the system for this operation to only conform it to current "sort-of-conventional logic" as we've been experiencing. While the resulting landscape in N-Space is less predictable, it's predictable enough for our scouting and reconnaissance purposes.

This is where we run into the second roadblock. There's already an active GATE/HAUNTER system there. A strange version, heavily modified from what we use in the field. But it's definitely a GATE/HAUNTER setup of some sort. We doubt they noticed us, but the conflict between our system and theirs prevented complete reconnaissance. We did our best regardless.

From what we can tell, their GATE/HAUNTER modified to maintain a baseline reality level at the facility. Like an island of regular reality while the rest of us are trapped in some weird limbo between reality and N-Space. Limited interfacing with their system diagnostics suggest that this system was only recently modified. We have to conclude that it is maintained by rotating through several Volunteers (assuming they didn't find and train N-Sensitive individuals themselves somehow) and is extremely expensive. Maintaining the system and keeping enough sane Volunteers lined up to man it is completely and utterly unsustainable at any level. Even if all of Mereth was singularly devoted to keeping this facility active, it would last no longer than about 2 weeks.
We can thus conclude two things about whoever runs this facility:
1.) They are very wealthy and influential within our nation, having access to extremely sensitive Merethan military technology.
2.) They only plan on needing this for less than 2 weeks.

Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

Transport Capacity: 2/3 (2/2 Oil, 0/0 Ore Imported)
Space Transport Capacity: 2/5 (2/2 Magmatite Imported) (+1 STC from Aratam's ANGEL Project)
Resources: 4 Ore, 3 Oil, 3 Magmatite

Moon Region Rating: 2/2 (Regions Occupied / Max # of Occupied Regions)
Moon Resources: 2 Magmatite (Succesfully imported Moon Resources are included in "Resources" as well)

Weapons

• ME-CLAW-63: Magmagel laser gun. Can be dual-wielded by Bear soldiers. Uses Magmagel canisters inserted into barrel to fire. Has a beam mode and pulse mode -- beam capable of cutting unarmored people in half. Can easily melt through current Aratamite infantry armor, though not instantly. Damage is precise; it can do a lot of damage in very small areas -- best used against vital organs. Beam mode, when concentrated on the exact same spot of a Tank/heavy armor for a few seconds, can melt through the armor and damage directly behind it. Has optional port to pump in/out Magmagel for continuous use. Terrific accuracy at any range, though damage scales with distance (making it Long-ranged). Comes with 3x scope for sniping.
  [Cheap] 2 Ore, 1 Oil, 2 Magmatite
• ME-GWS-63 'TALON': Variant of the ME-CLAW-63 with expanded Magmagel tanks and capacitor arrays, working by controlled overload. Takes 5 seconds to charge a laser pulse turning everything in its path to plasma, then a large chunk of its target to plasma. 30s cooldown period between shots. Extensive STABIL-ICE cooling that, if damaged, means the weapon will catastrophically explode. Can shoot 10 times before recharge (which can be done in-field by external connection or by using its host's power supply) Very heavy, needs to be mounted on a vehicle.
  [Expensive] 3 Ore, 1 Oil, 4 Magmatite
  
  • Shard TALON: TALON variant that uses Magmatite crystals instead of Magmagel, exploiting quantum bonds between the crystals for "wireless" charge sharing. 6 charge crystals, 1 firing crystal. Firing crystal + chamber is separated from rest by heat shield. Better heat management means it's significantly harder to damage cooling to the point of a malfunction, and its malfunctions only render the weapon permanently disabled rather than destroying everything around it. Each crystal must be painstakingly grown from scratch in order to foster the correct quantum bonds, making it Complex.
    [Very Expensive] 3 Ore, 4 Magmatite, Complex
• UF-MRL-40 'SARUKH': The Sarukh is a multiple rocket launcher, which fires rockets one meter long to deliver 6kg warheads at a maximum range of 12000 meters. The rockets have impressive destructive power, compared to shells they do not need thick metal casings, so most of the weight of the rocket is either warhead or propellant. The rockets are launched electrically off of rails, and the rails are in a 4x2 array. The rockets can be fired all at once, but it takes about four minutes to reload the whole launcher, so the sustained rate of fire is not better than regular artillery. However, a rocket array is extremely light compared to a cannon, and can move very quickly, firing all at once and retreating before fire is returned from the enemy. Accuracy is poor compared to shells; to reliably hit a single target with a volley they should be used within 8km. Currently available as a truck trailer.
  [Cheap] 1 Ore, 3 Oil
• ICE Thrower: 20m-ranged pressurized ICE thrower that can rapidly cool an area in front of the operator to (eventually) lethal levels or outright kill/severely harm those directly hit by ICE. The ICE doesn't naturally react until roughly 10m out from the barrel, though it can hit other things in its way and react with whatever it hits. Prolonged use is discouraged, due to close proximity with ICE and ICE-affected areas being very dangerous even with the extensive insulation operators wear.
  [Cheap] 2 Ore, 3 Oil
• ME-MO-62 "Nameless Death": A large mortar that uses rocket-propelled ammunition to give it a more than respectable range, with the ability for ICE or HE warheads. Its advantage lies in its versatility and ease-of-use: it can be mounted on Bear Armor's rear mount, deployed on the ground, and an automatic version exists for mounting on the Grizzly. Though the infantry version is somewhat hard to use without Bear Armor. Bear Troopers can fire their rear-mounted mortar at any time, without deployment, using a button on the suit's arm, though they have to aim through their posture, and the mortar has to be manually reloaded by another person. Grizzly mech versions are fired via the CAT interface, but are harder to aim and the CAT interface can't do anything other than "fire".
  [Cheap] 2 Ore
• ME-AEM-63 'Shrike': A 100kg missile with a 15kg ICE/HE warhead. Its associated "Birdbrain" computing pod allows for real-time target detection/analyzing, giving pilots a simple holographic reticule overlay in the cockpit and allowing effective tracking of any kind of target. Its warhead can be adjusted in real time by the computer for optimum damage against the selected target (air-bursting,  shaped charge, etc.) and it has high-res sensors with a relatively-thin viewing angle to find targets. On-board missile computer is simple and enacts out orders given by Birdbrain pre-launch, but can wirelessly receive new orders/communicate intel. Not specifically long-range.
  [Cheap] 2 Ore, 2 Oil
• ME-LDT-64 'RAILSTATION': Autonomous WARnet-Ravenmind CLAW turret. Fueled for 12h non-combat, 30min combat. Towed and deployed via WARTHOG (automatic w/ human supervision) or Excavator (manual). STABIL-ICE cooling keeps manageable temps in expectable conditions. If manually calibrated by trained human to a point on our maps, can act as navigational waypoint in its WARnet. Unarmored and fairly large pyramid shape. Sensors convey data across WARnet and allow for independent targeting of hostile ground assets and very rarely ballistic projectiles. 2m tall, 1m diameter, very roughly pyramid shaped.
  [Cheap] 3 Ore, 3 Oil, 1 Magmatite

Armor

• ME-PA-59 'Bear Armour': Powered infantry armor w/ full body COMBAT plating coverage, albeit with fairly frequent gaps in the joints. Lasts 8 hr, charge monitored by dial in the helmet. Stands ~2m tall, with bulletproof glass visor for limited visibility. Pilots boast slightly increased speed and slightly decreased agility over regular unarmored individuals while in the Armour and hold twice the strength of average soldiers. Contains advanced shock/recoil-dampening capabilities in gauntlets. Fit with Magmagel.
  [Cheap] 4 Ore, 2 Oil, 1 Magmatite
  
  • ME-PA-65 SPACEMARINE: Overhauled PA-59; external+internal ceramics protect COMBAT plating from heat and user from melted COMBAT plating. Sealed suit w/ air filter, can last 20m in space without external tanks. Controlled via improved CAT, eliminating small movement of arms due to breathing/etc. and giving more control. As agile as a regular soldier, can run at a consistent 20 MPH / 9 m/s, can carry about 3-4x as much mass. STABIL-ICE cooling keeps user cool in warm temperatures, and floods breached areas to prevent cascading damage from melting COMBAT plating. Coolant can run out with heavy use. User sees via feed from miniaturized cameras on sides of head projected onto internal faceplate with IV capability; internal WALK-TALK allows for handsfree communication and, if near a Ravenmind, highlighting of targets detected by that Ravenmind.
    [Expensive] 5 Ore, 1 Oil, 2 Magmatite
• "Drop Bear" Armor: Bear Armor with 2 large fuel tanks attached to back with nozzles placed around the suit. Launches a Bear Trooper high into the air 50 m forward before landing unharmed. Single-use, and prohibits use of heavy weaponry.
  [Expensive] 4 Ore, 3+1 Oil, 1 Magmatite
• ME-MAS-62 'Grizzly Armor' v2: ~4m-tall mechanized combat suit, based on Bear Armor. Heavy COMBAT plating covering chest - where the CAT-using pilot is, ooking at a fiberscope connected to the head. Mangalloy plating covers external of COMBAT armor. Can tank huge hits, and is relatively agile for something as dangerous as it is. Can equip any vehicle-suited or heavy weapon held by Mereth, an upscaled Bear Shield, or a 6-rocket Sarukh pod in either(/both) of its two arm modules. Fit with Magmagel, and a charging port that allows charging in five minutes w/ dials in cockpit. "Ursine Vision" system has 4 cameras relayed to the pilot (who can choose to ignore them in favor of the fiberscope) as well as a dedicated Handler at the nearest ORACLE-A node, who points out important things, gives tactical advice, and relays intelligence to ORACLE-A. Cameras are obvious targets and delicate, but not essential to operation.
  [Expensive] 6 Ore, 3 Oil, 1 Magmatite
• ME-AGV-64 WARTHOG: 6m-long angular autonomous ground vehicle powered by a Ravenmind. A squadron communicates in very short range "WARnet" to/from a Commander designated WARTHOG receiving general orders from the nearest Node (destruction of Commander leads to 1-3min of interrupted general commands while network rearranges itself). Covered in infantry-grade COMBAT plating, with AWD heavy duty wheels placed relatively far up into chassis for protection. GOFAST engine gives Fast speed, and a WARTHOG has a Very Long (entire theatre) range w/o weapon firing and Short range if deployed for combat. Twin-CLAW turret controlled by Ravenmind is placed on top. Can't track absolute location and must follow a human(-operated vehicle) or stay close to calibrated RAILSTATIONs for general travel. A squadron can coordinate to a limited degree, focusing fire on specific enemies and spots and the like though proper in-squad tactics aren't used. Basic STABIL-ICE cooling allows for continued operation while firing turret. Has foot/hand holds for 4 Bear troopers on outside.
  [Expensive] 3 Ore, 4 Oil, 2 Magmatite
  
  • WARTHOG-H: Variant with heavier cooling systems, external Magmagel+STABIL-ICE tanks, and less armor to mount a TALON turret instead. Does not sacrifice speed.
    [Expensive] 3 Ore, 4 Oil, 3 Magmatite

Spacecraft

• ME-STS-64 'Starknight': Larger completely unarmored variant of the Skyranger designed for space travel. Turbopumped-GOFAST rocket combustion engine powers multiple thruster nozzles all over the craft -- all with good vectoring -- allowing for great maneuverability, speed, and fuel efficiency. Complete VTOL, and can hover at high fuel cost. ICE-cooling and ablative plating allows relatively-low-maintenance atmospheric re-entry. Power provided by engines during burns and auxiliary GOFAST generators otherwise. Panoramic display screen replaces window in cockpit, showing large amounts of data derived by Birdbrain-based "Swallow" guidance system. Cramped pressurized crew compartment allows maximum crew of 6 for up to 2 weeks on its life support. Has 6 integrated CAT stations. Large unpressurized cargo hold has 2 HAUNTERs, 4 SERFs, and 2 GOFAST generators. Has covered ports on outside of hull and on inside of cargo bay to connect Datalink conduits to for ORACLE data uploading/downloading and SERF control. Rest of cargo hold has enough space for ~half a dissembled Excavator. Requires comprehensive flight plan from ORACLE-A via Datalink for orbital navigation. Equipped with radio.
  +1 STC, +1 Moon Region Rating
  [Very Expensive 5 Ore, 5 Oil
• ME-ORMA-64 'Firestorm': Based on the Blizzard, extremely sleek obsidian black & bronze chassis with damascus steel-like details. Blizzard-style wings are placed further to the back, but are much stubbier and feel like an extension of the chassis. Covered in COMBAT plating, with the cockpit canopy having a COMBAT plating shutter. Powered by the "Ravenmind" Combat Assistive Computer which can give likely enemy flight patterns, analyze and target all enemies, assist in flight and maneuvers, communicate with other Ravenminds and ORACLE-A over radio, and give every possible piece of pertinent information to the pilot via the 4-color canopy HUD (where most information is conveyed rather than through physical instruments). Ravenmind controls CLAWs by default, and can control TALON and/or flight systems if allowed. Combat is still very possible when shutters are closed thanks to Ravenmind-provided data. A slightly downscaled nose TALON with minor gimballing can fire to a small cone of fire at the front (air-cooled for poor rate of fire, ICE-cooled for better RoF at cost of re-entry/Mach 3 speed capability before refueling), and two CLAW "bubbles" on the sides with interior mirror gimballing can fire practically anywhere short of 90 degrees in any direction. 4 hours of oxygen and 8 MREs are provided, allowing for extra-atmosphere operations. Full docking with crew, fuel, power, Datalink, and life support 2-way transfer can be made by docking the top of the craft with other spacecraft. Transports like the Starknight can refuel the Firestorm in orbit and transport it to places like the moon, allowing for full orbital fighter operations. Powered by a single multimodal GOFAST-M rocket engine with a primary thruster and powerful RCS thrusters all along the craft. STABIL-ICE cooling and ablative plating for re-entry and Mach 3 speeds, though a max of 5 minutes at Mach 3 is allowed before maintenance will be required to do it again. Mach 2 cruising speeds, Medium range.
  [Very Expensive] 6 Ore, 4 Oil, 4 Magmatite
• AURORA: Thin tube-like moderately sized vessel that works via attaching relatively large modules to itself. Slow speed, Lunar range. By itself, effectively useless. Not built for humans, and is piloted by Fleetmind -- scaled up version of Ravenmind with independent orbital navigation abilities and effectively a mild ability to make judgement calls and work towards a hard-set goal. Has three slots for modules to fit onto (which make it more of a box shape with all 3 modules), but can also dock smaller ships to module slots instead. Can unlock and separate modules at any point. Equipped with Solaris (+1 Magmatite cost) to power itself and modules when thrusters are not active.
  [Cheap] 1 Ore, 1 Oil, 1 Magmatite
  
  • AURORA-B(arge): Two cargo modules (unpressurized cargo and a handful of SERFs to manipulate it internally) and a Habitat module (8x humans for 1 week w/o extra supplies). Good for transporting personnel, supplies, and material. Unloads by unlocking+separating from its modules and leaving them at the destination site.
    +2 STC
    [Cheap] 3 Ore, 2 Oil, 1 Magmatite
  • AURORA-C(arrier): Two Drone Bay modules (6x AC/DC Drones launched/retrieved via launch tubes; automatically resupplied but must be manually repaired) and an empty module slot to carry smaller spacecraft -- e.g. Firestorm/Starknight -- into space. Price includes the price of 12x AC/DC drones.
    [Cheap] 4 Ore, 4 Oil, 3 Magmatite
• AC/DC: Simple cheap and relatively small (relative to, say, Firestorm) autonomous combat drone. Uses Ravenmind-S, which is much smaller than Ravenmind at cost of any kind of orbital navigation and some other cutbacks and minimization. Medium Speed, Tiny Range with its single small GOFAST-M thruster and accompanying tank. Equipped with a TALON and small Magmagel tank as a small amount of ammo. Useless without a carrier entity. This price reflects the price of 12 drones. Does not use resources efficiently.
  [Cheap] 1 Ore, 2 Oil, 2 Magmatite

Air Vehicles

• ME-LRMA-60 "Blizzard": A two-engine jet "Long-Range Multi-Role-Aircraft" based off of the Lightning Streak that uses a 4 "X"-shaped wing configuration via the "Tereshkova Effect" for slightly increased aerodynamics, improved redundancy, and greatly improved coolness. Its two aT-J60gi ICE "freezing stovepipe" ramjet engines allows it to be a fair bit faster than the Lightning Streak. Has one large GOFAST tank and a small STABIL-ICE tank allowing for Long range. Equipped with a single 15° rudimentary CLAW turret integrated with Birdbrain (and a small amount of Magmagel "ammo"), and 8 Shrike missiles.
  [Expensive] 5 Ore, 4 Oil, 1 Magmatite
• ME-EAP-63 "Skyranger": A two-multimodal-propulsion-unit suborbital transport craft. With four wings. It can propel itself out of the atmosphere and "fall" towards its destination at extremely fast speeds, making it a practical fireball (the heat of which is mostly countered through ICE circulation cooling). It can hold a full Bear squad or the equivalent weight in cargo/personnel, and using its suborbital travel method it can arrive anywhere on the continent in ~30 minutes. Its landing is extremely obvious and it requires heavy maintenance, and unless handling very light loads it has to take the long way back home, not using suborbital travel. Uses Magmagel-powered fans mostly in the atmosphere, and Magmatite-GOFAST Rockets/Ramjets at higher speeds and to get sufficient suborbital velocity. Has a CLAW hardpoint that cannot be used if suborbital travel is expected.
  [Very Expensive] 6 Ore, 2 Oil, 3 Magmatite

Navy

• ME-DDG-61 "Chillwind": A Guided Missile Destroyer equipped with a 2x-Bumblebee turret, eight Velociraptors divided amongst both sides of the hulls, all slaved to a 150km aircraft/30km ships radar system. Uses a Mostly Vertical Launch system to house 40 Penguin missile launch tubes - 20 each side - angled 30 degrees down vertically. Crew and equipment requirements mean that only four missiles can be launched and guided at a time. Has a very thin metal hull covered by Pykrete and crisscrossing pipes of STABIL-ICE to keep the Pykrete layer cool and supposedly repair any damage, though it proves ineffective at damage repair and the STABIL-ICE often runs out quickly enough such that a Chillwind's first engagement is usually without any Pykrete armor still intact.
  [Cheap] 3 Ore, 3 Oil

Underground Vehicles

• UT-60 Excavator: A tracked medium-sized tunnel boring machine using GOFAST. Can go down to Moderate and Shallow depths, moves at Very Slow speeds while underground and at Moderate speeds aboveground. Possesses limited (but notable) agility underground. Contains space for 6 soldiers and small amounts of equipment of the equivalent amount of cargo in the back, in addition to the 2 crew in its cockpit. Light armor. Equipped with Earth Ear for basic subterranean navigation.
  [Cheap] 3 Ore, 3 Oil; Provides 1 Ore.
  
  • ME-CM-56 'Instant Roads': A fast-acting sprayable concrete mixture very useful for reinforcing tunnels when sprayed by trailers hooked to a Burrower. Allows use of Burrower tunnels for logistics.
    Provides 1 TC.
• UT-60-L Excavator-L: Variant w/ 8-hour life support and pressurized 2-person cabin. Airtight door can be docked with a temporary inflatable connector.

Other

• GATE/HAUNTER: A large ring-shaped device with surrounding outer transparent chamber of Magmagel that, with assistance of N-Sensitive Volunteer, can create a tear in the fabric of reality (induces insanity if looked at) leading to the "N-Dimension". It must spend time "Locking" coordinates, where Volunteer forces section of the N-Dimension to be stable and known enough to lock it to a position in our dimension where we can enter it. Emerging point in N-Dimension can be up to a mile away from GATE, with instant travel time. Complete ORACLE-A coverage of or very recent Volunteer visit to target area required. 15 min for lock to adjacent position, 2 hours for a mile away. SERF-based Datalink-controlled drone equipped with a sword and thrusters piloted by the Volunteer, the "HAUNTER", travels into N-Dimension where Aratamite astral activity can be located and an attempt can be made to stop/disrupt them. Tear remains open for 15m-1hr depending on Volunteer skill on maintaining N-Scape stability, though Volunteer can break lock prematurely if needed. GATEs are constructed in 2 days on site with premade parts shipped to site beforehand. HAUNTERs can not be recovered after deployment, making design Complex.
  [Very Expensive] 3 Ore, 2 Oil, 4 Magmatite, [Complex]
• GOFAST-Fuel: A special type of more energy-dense and stable fuel. Greatly increases fuel efficiency of anything it's in, doesn't require an oxidizer, and can rarely leak out of compromised containers.
  Adds 1 Oil to cost.
• WALK-TALK: Small hand-held two-way transistor radio.
  [Cheap] 1 Ore
• Electrogel: Thick blue gel that creates and transmits electrical current corresponding to applied pressure applied. The tiny Electrogel motor uses embedded Electrogel to works with power corresponding to Electrogel pressure. A patch of Electrogel can last roughly 8 hours when powering corresponding motor at max power. Can be recharged, taking 3x as long as it took to deplete.
  
  • Magmagel: Uses Magmatite for much better charging and capacity. Probably orange/red.
• UF-SM-57 'Earth Ear' Mk. IV: Sends precise vibrations through earth, computer analyzes what it receives to identify ground+entities in 20km radius. Holographic red/blue cube interface shows and distinguishes between earth, buildings, vehicles, and infantry (allied and enemy). Magnetic disks store data to be fed to ORACLE.
  
  • GASOLINE: Fits onto Earth Ear systems allowing for relative easy surveying of underground oil deposits. Regulations forbid surveying underneath Mereth -- oil found this way has to be imported with TC.
    Provides 1 Oil (Import)
• ICE: A chemical that very quickly reacts with the air to massively reduce heat in the surrounding area, often to the point where nearby things are frozen (ones in the epicenter frozen brittle), vehicles disabled or destroyed, and people killed.
  
  • STABIL-ICE: Variant that only reacts when above a target temperature as set during synthesization.
• C.O.M.B.A.T. Plating: Composite armor plating; thin manganese layer and ceramic layer sandwiching Tungsten-Bronze/Molybdenum-Bronze layer that converts kinetic and electric energy into heat. Outer layers easily melt when tanking particularly impactful hits such as coilgun shots and Lvl3 Tesla blasts, but prevents major injuries. Extra cost nullified by SERF.
• Cerebral Action Translator System wherein a series of jacks are implanted into the upper spine and lower brain -- roughly the neck and lower half of the back head, allowing for mental control of computers. Uses basic "neurogel" to create primitive connection between mind and machine; not 100% precise/natural but still very proficient.
• ME-RID-61 'SERF': Unmanned skeleton derived from Bear Armor, with near-human dexterity and camera-like head. Remote controlled via Datalink connection to CAT; seeing via a television monitor and hearing via speakers. Can "fold" itself into smaller form factor for transport; 30 min to fold and 3 min to unfold.
  Reduces cost of COMBAT plating from 1 Ore to 0.

Operation Plans

• WEREMINE: Establish a live-in base with a semi-permanent team controlling and manning mining operations in the area with Lunar Excavators. Has 3 docks for Excavators for resupply and crew/cargo transfer. Minor ORACLE-A-based "PROSPECT" takes Earth Ear + Core Sample + etc. data to provide predictions on the impossible-but-existing mineral deposits on moon. Makes full use of HOPE, namely upscaled FIG/BREATH for partial self-sustainability and Solaris for power. Has a few RAILSTATIONs at base perimeter connected to power grid. Reliant on shipments from Earth for operation. 2 Starknight landing pads.
  Potentially Provides 2 Ore OR 2 Magmatite
  Lunar Operation, [Construction Cost: 1 Magmatite], Takes up 1 Region

Infrastructure

• Division of Unusual Chemistry: A fully funded department & lab under the Design Division specializing in more unusual chemistry.
• M.A.G.M.A.: A giant very deep borehole used for industry, mining, and housing.
  Provides +1 Ore
• ORACLE-A: Microprocessor-based STABIL-ICE-cooled supercomputer that processes data and predicts enemy strategy. Use of large ORACLE-A "Nodes" across the territory help coordinate logistics, serve as forward bases, and increase the computer's capabilities. Input via keyboard, output via vector screen graphics and audio. Struggling to process so much input.
• H.O.P.E.: A laundry list of things very useful for doing things in orbit, the moon, and potentially beyond.
  
  • Solaris System: Magmatite-enhanced solar panels with attached good energy storage and 20% solar cell efficiency.
    Costs 1 Magmatite to add to a design.
  • Nanoseal Concrete: Variant of Instant Roads; material once applied slowly moves to create airproof seals. Requires multiple applications between waiting for it to clump together into sealed bits. Repairs nano breaches (micrometeroids or smaller), but bigger breaches require re-application. Must be sprayed on a medium/framework, e.g. bricks made from regolith. May cause cancer.
  • B.R.E.A.T.H. Regulates atmosphere in a closed environment, ensuring optimum atmosphere mix. Recycles CO2 w/ good but imperfect efficiency, can electrolyze water for more oxygen. Recycles waste to recover most water, and nutrients useful for plants.
  • F.I.G. Hydroponics module growing plants with nutrients+water from BREATH. Supplements, not replaces, rations.
  • Zephyr Modular airlock with own atmosphere tanks, solar panels, electronics, and sensors. Can be shipped in parts or as a whole (fits nicely as main cargo of a Starknight). Contains two lockers for Polaris suits.
  • A.L.W.V. Ambiguous Lunar Wheeled Vehicle; smallish flat bed battery-powered vehicle with good suspension and 8 wheels. Can fit an inflatable pressurized "cabin" to fit driver and 6 passengers, a cargo hold, a towing system, storage+laying for cables and conduits of all types, tanks for liquid/gaseous substances, etc..
    [Cheap] 3 Ore, 1 Magmatite
  Provides +1 Region Rating

• Embassy "Vast Underground Forenian Embassy": An extensive and mildly luxurious underground Forenian embassy dug underneath around the center of Mereth using improvements in excavation technology designed 100% solely for civilian use and definitely nothing else.

The FINAL DESIGN PHASE, of Fall 1965, has begun.
Remember -- this will be your last design (and following that, revision) together as the Design Division.
Your stated orders and goal is to create a design to "assist" with the current situation and the summit in a week -- after your revision. Use it wisely.

[Madman198237]

For the sake of formality:

Cooperate with Aratam to fix reality: (1) Madman

I put this instead of voting for cooperative proposals because cooperative proposals are going to involve breaking opsec, such as it is(n't) so might as well vote first. Probably.

[NUKE9.13]

Cooperate with Aratam to fix reality: (2) Madman, NUKE9.13

I admit to being slightly conflicted... but I guess preventing reality itself from being destroyed is more important than winning a small war.

[Madman198237]

We are straight up going to leave to live in space forever if I have anything at all to say about it so the small war isn't really relevant anymore now is it?

Those Aratamite suckers can have the planet, we've got the entire solar system to ourselves!

[m1895]

Cooperate with Aratam to fix reality: (3) Madman, NUKE9.13, m1895

[TricMagic]

We are straight up going to leave to live in space forever if I have anything at all to say about it so the small war isn't really relevant anymore now is it?

Those Aratamite suckers can have the planet, we've got the entire solar system to ourselves!

Cooperate with Aratam to fix reality: (3) Madman, NUKE9.13, m1895
Mass Exodus off this Planet: (0)

Just had to put the option there. To Mars!