Update #3: Boring Worlds
Name: Cornelius Beardius Scoopzen Von Landshut
Imperial Title: Emperor of Humanity, King of Earth & Nispes Minor 3, and 67th Baron Munchën
"Greetings Lords and Ladies, let this session of Parliament begin! First, I will announce that we have been attacked most nefariously by Villaceyan pirates. The gall... they do not even attempt to hide their piratical nature! They delivered us an ultimatum of course, but the Empire of Man will not be so easily bullied! Not only did we declare the messenger a traitor, we convicted him on reports of being part of a rebel alliance. He was taken away...
On the other hand, a group of fools labeling themselves the "Menacing Gang" very gladly provided us with another possible colony location...
We gladly accepted. However two problems have arisen. The Grand Imperial Navigation Officer informs me that we will not be able to colonize our first candidate colony, and even if we could the ship we recovered could not possibly cryogenically sustain human life without substantial refitting. Blast. However...
We have scouted our original colony-candidate's system and it seems that we found a modern world populated by humanity, if they cannot be incorporated peacefully in to the empire... perhaps fear will keep them in line? Meanwhile, our adventurous scouts continue to encounter a number of abandoned ships and bases to... varying effect...
Trade, internally, and with a number of indecent nations (whom we have yet to establish official diplomatic contact with) continues to flourish and our research efforts progress, albeit at a slow place. For the moment we work towards the proposed Ruusan Institute to further our empire's research and to educate its brilliant minds...
Though we have suffered a few minor pirate attacks our strike forces are more than adequate to deal with this rebel scum. Our economy does well though we are starved for cash for a new fleet as our empire's infrastructure expands. Most military funding is directed to the fortification of the Capital Worlds."
I would also like to ask the Congress of Lords to further expand upon their interests in the field of research. If we are to stay a galactic power then we need to focus our efforts!
(OOC: Also, if you guys are interested, we can turn this very much more in to a succession game. I'm going to be unable to play for the month of July so we can try it out if you guys have interest? I'm sure I will make a better player and you guys better emperors than I! I'll still catalogue updates of course, and get around to putting in the lordly lists.)