Well, I hope someone other than me is enjoying this. Again, welcoming suggestions on design strategy, expansion strategy, naming requests, etc. Things will hopefully pick up once I start extrasolar exploration and try to take on Precursors with Nuclear Thermal drives, visible spectrum lasers, and WH 1 missiles that go 10k km/s.
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Terran Amalgamation Update 2
The Solar System, as of 31 December 2039
Earth’s DSTS has been expanded to three times its original size.
17 May 2034: Sonja Fedotov, a rising star in the field of T/N missile systems and kinetic weapons, has joined the Amalgamation’s scientific community.
14 November 2034: BAE Systems shipyard completes the second slipway.
12 December 2034: The Discovery is completed; BAE Systems shipyard begins conversion to produce an Admiral Peary class survey vessel. Commander Karina "Kaos" Gorbatov is assigned to her as captain. The Discovery begins its survey of the solar system with Luna. (Low rank, but she had the best available survey bonus (20%) plus a 15% fighter ops bonus, for later down the line.)
2 February 2035: Gemma Barlow and her team complete research into a new form of fast-recharging capacitor which, provided a proper power source, could potentially allow practical directed-energy weapons. Due to medical complications, she takes a break from work. Researcher Fedotov directs new efforts toward a new type of fission warhead.
27 February 2035: The first post-war research facility is completed.
25 May 2035: BAE Systems shipyard completes retooling to the Admiral Peary design; construction of the first of the class begins. The shipyard begins alterations designed to allow it to construct vessels of up to 3,000 tons.
12 August 2035: Victoria Dennis completes research into methods which will increase the production efficiency of the Amalgamation’s construction factories.
2 December 2035: Expansion of the military academy is completed. Work begins on a second shipyard, this one designed to construct commercial vessels.
1 April 2036: For her outstanding work as the commander of Discovery, Karina “Kaos” Gorbatov is promoted to Captain.
2 June 2036: Researcher Fedotov completes a prototype of her proposed Implosion Fission warhead, and immediately begins work on upgrading the reloading speed of existing models of missile launcher to suit the model of the T/N missile which is gradually emerging.
2 July 2036: A month later, Gemma Barlow completes work on part of her proposed “Jump Drive” (JD Efficiency 3), and starts research into a system which could allow ships to emerge several tens of thousands of kilometers away from their exit JP.
14 September 2036: Discovery briefly returns to Earth, picks up a geology team, drops them off on Luna, and returns to its survey pattern. This team will attempt to locate further hidden deposits of T/N elements.
6 January 2037: Gemma Barlow completes work on the Jump Radius component of her proposed drive, and starts in on a subsystem which will theoretically allow multiple ships to jump as a group.
7 May 2037: Kvaerner-Masa shipyard is complete. A design for a freighter is in the works.
6 June 2037: Earth’s supply of Boronide is exhausted. 20,700 tons are in storage, and there is currently no demand for it, but it underlines Earth’s future supply problems, as deposits of Gallicite, Neutronium, and Tritanium are all running low, among others. It is clearly evident that extraterrestrial mining operations will be necessary in the near future.
7 July 2037: Earth’s supply of Mercassium is exhausted. Unlike Boronide, Mercassium is in very high demand, as it is used to construct research facilities and expand shipyards. Early estimates indicate that the current rate of construction would exhaust the remaining 16,773 tons in storage within 20 years. In this light, construction estimates have been drastically reduced. Thankfully, the only industrial uses of Mercassium are research labs and commercial spaceports. Unfortunately, both are critical to continued development. Therefore, the current research labs will be completed, and work will begin on a commercial spaceport. After this is completed, the remaining reserves will be used to construct as many research labs as possible. Alternate sources of this vital element must be found at all costs.
In lighter news, Sonja Fedotov has completed her upgrades to missile launcher reloading mechanisms, and is now embarking on a series of tests designed to improve the agility of T/N missiles.
22 November 2037: Gemma Barlow completes research on the final subsystem of her proposed Jump Drive. Now all that remains is development of a working prototype, a gravitational survey of Sol, and a ship large enough to carry it. The geological survey team has completed work on Luna, uncovering a new deposit of 100,000 tons of Vendarite at 0.9 accessability, and has been moved to Io by the Discovery. Captain Karina “Kaos” Gorbatov promises a full report on the T/N deposits within Sol once her ship has completed its rounds. At the moment, 39% of the Solar System’s bodies have been surveyed.
23 May 2038: Sophia Hayward completes research into a fire control module design which is long-ranged enough to be useful in concert with T/N energy weapons (10k km).
17 June 2038: Sonja Fedotov completes research into improved PD-avoidance protocols for missile guidance systems.
23 November 2038: Kvaerner-Masa shipyard adds a second slipway, and begins expansions in preparation for future demands.
12 December 2038: The first Admiral Peary class gravitational survey vessel is completed. It makes its way to the first of thirty predetermined locations which will give the widest possible coverage of potential Jump Point locations. A scientific team lead by Joel Coates completes work on a new cargo handling system which utilizes simple tractor and pressor beams.
18 December 2038: An early freighter blueprint, dubbed the Atlas, is designed, using new T/N technologies. However, it is nearly five times the tonnage of the slipways of the Kvaerner-Masa shipyard, and it will be years before it can be produced. For the time being, a different design, dubbed the Sprite, is accepted. Construction begins on a pair of these vessels, which are expected to complete in late June, 2039.
Sprite class Freighter 9,400 tons 113 Crew 152.6 BP TCS 188 TH 188 EM 0
1000 km/s Armour 1-39 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 10 Max Repair 16 MSP
Cargo 5000 Cargo Handling Multiplier 5
Nuclear Thermal Engine E0.9 (3) Power 62.5 Fuel Use 9% Signature 62.5 Armour 0 Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres Range 106.4 billion km (1231 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
(Yeah, I broke the base-5 cargo hold rule. We needed
something to let us get more Mercassium, and it will probably be another 4-5 years before our C shipyard is large enough to build 50-60k ton freighters.)
23 April 2039: Sonja Fedotov completes research on a new type of missile launcher which will only require 75% of the space of a normal launcher, but which takes twice as long to reload. BAE Systems shipyard expands their slipways to 3,000 tons each. The next expansion is expected to take them to 5,000 tons each. The final research lab has been completed, and work will now begin on a commercial spaceport. Once that is finished, the remaining stores of Mercassium will be evaluated, and the largest possible number of research facilities will be constructed. Fortunately, Captain “Kaos” Gorbatov has hinted at substantial deposits of the vital mineral on a number of system bodies in her most recent report. She promises a full briefing by the end of the year, once further surveys have been completed.
20 May 2039: A historic moment! The Assembly and Fleet Command have just received a priority message from Commander He Tian Dan of the Admiral Peary, indicating that the ship has successfully pinpointed a Jump Point. The point is 1.19 billion kilometers away from Sol, on a bearing of 354, situated between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn.
4 July 2039: Slightly behind schedule, the two Sprite class freighters are completed. Once Captain “Kaos” Gorbatov’s report is received, they will begin transporting components of mass drivers and automated mines to prime sources of important T/N minerals. Sections of the Assembly have begun lobbying for the design of a colony ship and the establishment of a sealed habitat on Mars, in order to relieve population pressure. Governor Saint-Pierre has announced that he will discuss this issue with top Amalgamation industrial and social leaders, in order to formulate safe, practical ways to begin colonization efforts. At the back of the collective mind of the entire Assembly, and indeed, all of humanity, is the desire to spread, so that our collective survival may never again be threatened.
7 August 2039: Joel Coates completes work on a small living quarters module, and starts researching possible methods of cryogenic suspension.
15 October 2039: Natalia Yefimov and her team complete research into a focal housing for a 10cm laser projection array.
27 December 2039: A second JP has been located, 2.85b km out, on a bearing of 352, almost exactly within the orbital path of Uranus. Captain “Kaos” Gorbatov has sent a near-complete geological survey of the Solar System; all that is omitted is the Kuiper Belt, which she will survey in the coming years. Of particular interest are substantial deposits on all of the inner planets, Luna, Europa, Ganymede, Titan, Triton, Comet #3, as well as the minor deposits on 20 asteroids and a number of moons. It also appears that there are substantial traces (9.58 million tons) of gaseous Sorium in Saturn’s atmosphere. Detailed reports on deposits of interest follow. In accordance with this report, Sprite 001 and Sprite 002 have begun ferrying automated mines and a mass driver to Mars. Tritanium supplies have begun to run dangerously low as well, though reduced conversion rates of old, conventional industry has made it slightly less pressing. Based on the geological survey report, Venus has been targetted as the second major mining location ready for development. In the medium-term, Titan and Comet #3 are both ideal mining sites.
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