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[Flying Dice]

Civilians have their own shipyards which are for all intents and purposes completely invisible. Oh, and test + Paranoia session + Starfarer update + lots of reading to do mean about 50% of me finishing the update today or tomorrow.

[ansontan2000]

Flying dice, I implore you, continue this let's play.

[Flying Dice]

Yeah, I'm actually working on it right now. (We've found all our JPs and the geosurvey is nearly complete, so I'll probably start extrasolar exploration before the end of this update. Meanwhile, we're still barely at basic tech, and only have 2 shipyards. This'll be fun.  )

[Flying Dice]

Terran Amalgamation Update 3

4 February 2040: A third jump point is discovered by the Admiral Peary. In light of the lack of Corundium deposits within the solar system, a new, Jump-capable model of geological survey vessel is being designed, though the BAE Systems shipyard will not be prepared for future construction until mid-2042.

7 March 2040: Joel Coates completes research into cryogenic suspension modules. Colonization of other worlds is now a practical possibility.

29 March 2040: A fourth JP is discovered.

2 April 2040: “Kaos” Gorbatov is promoted to Commodore.

23 July 2040: In-system mining operations are well underway. Mass Drivers have been reassembled on Mars and on Comet #3, and Sprite 001 and 002 are transporting automated mining facilities to each, respectively. There is not a great deal of Corundium on Comet 3, but it, and the other deposits, will be extremely easy to extract, and should help carry production until extrasolar resources can be exploited.

13 August 2040: Earth’s supply of Gallicite is exhausted. This will not be a problem within the foreseeable future, as 19.9k tons of the mineral are stockpiled, and none is needed for current production. Gallicite is used in very few processes; notably, expanding shipyards and missile production.

13 November 2040: 10,000 tons of capacity has been added to the slipways of the Kvaerner-Masa shipyard. Further expansion will be undertaken at once, in line with the projected tonnage of the Atlas class freighter.

2 March 2041: Earth’s first commercial spaceport is completed. This facility will drastically reduce loading times for cargo of all types.

7 October 2041: Gemma Barlow completes a project intended to increase the production of manned and automated mining facilities to 120%. (Yeah, we’re more than a decade in, and still don’t have any C&P specialists, which is really killing our research rates, because we need those upgrades.)



1 February 2042: The final 500 conventional factories are  slated for conversion to T/N mines. Early estimates suggest that converting these mines to full automation will cost less than building new ones,  as well. ((It costs 10 Corundium to convert a conv. factory to a mine, and another 75 to convert it to an automated mine, as opposed to building one, which would require 120, as well as being cheaper than building normal mines and converting them.))

2 April 2042: 2000 tons of capacity added to BAE Systems shipyard. Kurogane Toshiyuki completes research into new processes which will provide an estimated 5% reduction to the costs and construction times of future shipyard expansions.

28 June 2042: An aside: Commander Sabina Slutsky joins the TAN. (Not making that up.)

26 July 2042: 10000 tons of capacity added to Kvaerner-Masa shipyard. The next 10000 ton expansion, expected in December 2043, will make the yards large enough to handle the proposed Atlas class freighters.

21 November 2042: Captain He Tian Dan of the Admiral Peary reports that the gravitational survey of Sol is complete. He concludes his report with incredible information. Sol is home to four Jump Points, each of which will potentially permit extrasolar expansion. Their locations are as follows:
JP 1 (Unex): 1.19b km; bearing of 354.
JP 2 (Unex): 2.60b km; bearing of 29.
JP 3 (Unex): 2.85b km; bearing of 352.
JP 4 (Unex): 3.8b km; bearing of 62.
All coordinates are given by distance from Sol, and bearing on the system plane, with 0 (system north) being “up” on 2-dimensional system charts. The four points are clustered in a 70 degree arc, between JP 1, just inside Saturn’s orbit, and JP 4, between the orbits of Uranus and Neptune. This positioning should offer a degree of security.

21 April 2043: Gemma Barlow completes research into a new type of reactor, dubbed the “Pebble Bed” reactor. Despite her worsening health, she turns her attention to developing a new drive without pausing for a moment.

14 May 2043: Stephanie Gordon completes research into a new fuel flow system which will reduce fuel consumption to 80% of the base rate.

16 June 2043: A new research lab is completed. The factories begin production of a second naval shipyard, to increase the speed of future exploration.

18 October 2043: Reports come in that the last deposits of Tritanium on Earth have been exhausted. Just under 23,000 tons of the valuable resource are in storage, and none are needed for current construction. As of now, Earth has completely mined out all available deposits of Tritanium, Boronide, Mercassium, and Gallicite. These events put further pressure on the ongoing expansion efforts. In that vein, the automated mining colony on Comet #3 currently consists of 25 mines and 2 mass drivers, and is producing around 300 tons of Duranium, Neutronium, Corbomite, Uridium, Corundium, and Gallicite per annum. The mining colony on Mars consists of 16 mines and 1 mass driver, and is producing varying amounts of all T/N minerals except Corbomite and Corundium.

15 December 2043: Another 10000 tons of capacity has been added to the Kvaerner-Masa shipyard. Although it is large enough to construct Atlas class freighters, the choice is made to wait until Researcher Barlow completes her new drive design. In the meantime, the shipyard will shift to continuous capacity expansion.

12 May 2044: Kurogane Toshiyuki’s team completes research into a more powerful active sensor.

18 August 2044: The supply of Neutronium on Earth is exhausted. Just over 45,000 tons are in storage, and there is little current usage. Joel Coates completes research into a small fuel storage tank.

7 September 2044: The new naval shipyard, London & Glasgow, Co. has been completed. It begins construction of a second slipway.

18 October 2044: A team led by Mao Qiang Ni completes research into software and equipment which will boost the rate at which research can be conducted.

2 January 2045: Gemma Barlow completes research into her Nuclear Pulse Drive. New designs are drawn up, using this as the base. These new ships will also utilize prototype Jump Drives.

7 May 2045: Sonja Fedotov completes research into an ejection system for shipboard magazines, which will potentially allow them to jettison ordinance in the event of a direct hit on the magazine.

6 September 2045: London & Glasgow shipyard adds their new slipway.

12 October 2045: Earth’s supply of Corbomite is exhausted. There are currently 54,000 tons of the mineral in storage.

8 December 2045: Sonja Fedotov completes research into a technology which could compose part of a theoretical Gauss cannon, or coilgun. (Gauss RoF 1). Just hours later, Gemma Barlow completes research into a miniaturized missile drive based on her Nuclear Pulse Drive.

6 January 2046: The Yves de Bourdeille geological survey team has spent several years in the outer system, but today they transmitted a report of possibly their greatest finding yet. They have discovered substantial deposits of high-accessability Tritanium on Ganymede, approximately 6.5 million tons at 0.9 accessibility.

2 April 2046: A new Deep Space Tracking Station is completed on Earth.

7 December 2046: Mao Qiang Ni completes research into a new type of composite armor.

21 December 2046: Gemma Barlow completes research into a new type of drive structure that will reduce fuel consumption by 30%. Joel Coates completes research into a small engineering module.

23 December 2046: Four new designs are completed:

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Admiral Peary II class Gravitational Survey Vessel    1,500 tons     143 Crew     223 BP      TCS 30  TH 80  EM 0
2666 km/s    JR 1-50     Armour 1-11     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/1/0     Damage Control Rating 0     PPV 0
Maint Life 2.48 Years     MSP 46    AFR 36%    IFR 0.5%    1YR 10    5YR 155    Max Repair 100 MSP

J1500(1-50) Military Jump Drive     Max Ship Size 1500 tons    Distance 50k km     Squadron Size 1
Nuclear Pulse Engine E7 (2)    Power 40    Fuel Use 70%    Signature 40    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 70,000 Litres    Range 120.0 billion km   (520 days at full power)

Gravitational Survey Sensors (1)   1 Survey Points Per Hour

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes


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Discovery II class Geological Survey Vessel    1,500 tons     143 Crew     223 BP      TCS 30  TH 80  EM 0
2666 km/s    JR 1-50     Armour 1-11     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/1     Damage Control Rating 0     PPV 0
Maint Life 2.48 Years     MSP 46    AFR 36%    IFR 0.5%    1YR 10    5YR 155    Max Repair 100 MSP

J1500(1-50) Military Jump Drive     Max Ship Size 1500 tons    Distance 50k km     Squadron Size 1
Nuclear Pulse Engine E7 (2)    Power 40    Fuel Use 70%    Signature 40    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 70,000 Litres    Range 120.0 billion km   (520 days at full power)

Geological Survey Sensors (1)   1 Survey Points Per Hour

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes


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Atlas class Freighter    40,500 tons     402 Crew     594.8 BP      TCS 810  TH 1100  EM 0
1358 km/s     Armour 1-105     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 1     PPV 0
MSP 9    Max Repair 25 MSP
Cargo 25000    Cargo Handling Multiplier 30   

Nuclear Pulse Engine E0.7 (11)    Power 100    Fuel Use 7%    Signature 100    Armour 0    Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 250,000 Litres    Range 158.7 billion km   (1352 days at full power)

This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes


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Pioneer class Colony Ship    20,000 tons     260 Crew     824.6 BP      TCS 400  TH 500  EM 0
1250 km/s     Armour 1-65     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 1     PPV 0
MSP 26    Max Repair 25 MSP
Colonists 50000    Cargo Handling Multiplier 25   

Nuclear Pulse Engine E0.7 (5)    Power 100    Fuel Use 7%    Signature 100    Armour 0    Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 180,000 Litres    Range 231.4 billion km   (2142 days at full power)

This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes

BAE Systems shipyard begins retooling for the Admiral Peary II class survey ship, while Kvaerner-Masa shipyard begins retooling for the Atlas class freighter. The London & Glasgow Co. shipyard will begin retooling once its current expansion efforts are complete.

The state of the Amalgamation:


Current wealth: 443857 (+2174)

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So basically we're going to run into a resource crunch regardless of what we do, mainly because of the shortage of Corundium, and because starting mineral levels are really balanced more for a T/N start, IMO. Well, we'll probably be opening our first system within a year or two.

Also, the RNG still hates us; 19 years in and we still don't have a C&P researcher.

[Flying Dice]

Going to be rather busy this week, so Update 4 probably won't come for a while.

[Johnfalcon99977]

I call being named the First particularly Skilled Combat Ship Captain.

[zomara0292]

Post to watch and latter add.

[Flying Dice]

Terran Amalgamation Update 4

7 March 2047: Kurogane Toshiyuki completes research into software upgrades that will increase potential weapon tracking speeds to 2000km/s.

2 April 2047: Retooling for the Admiral Peary II class is completed at the BAE Systems shipyard. Two are laid down, and the shipyard begins further expansion projects. The original Admiral Peary and Discovery return to Earth, to be refitted or scrapped when the yard space is available.

8 April 2047: A report comes in from Captain John “Falcon” Asami, commander of the Sprite 001, detailing progress on the transport of another 5 automated mines to Comet #3. He is ordered to return to Earth after that to take command of one of the new Admiral Peary IIs when they are completed. (Highest current initiative rating [358], which roughly corresponds to effectiveness. I’ll give him command of one of our early frigates as soon as we have tech to build them, though without any fighter ops bonus he’ll be staying in the battleline, rather than carrier command.)

24 August 2047: Qiu Wu Mei completes research into new internal turret mechanisms which can keep pace with the new fire control systems. Sonja Fedotov completes research into the second half of her proposed Gauss cannon. Retooling is completed at the Kvaerner-Masa shipyard for the Atlas class. Two are laid down, and the yard begins retooling to build Pioneer-class colony ships. Basic ideas for a commercial jump tender are considered.

16 December 2047: A new extension to the military academy is completed, freeing up factory capacity for the construction of a second commercial shipyard.

24 January 2048: Wan Qiao Shi completes research into a new, visible-light spectrum laser.

30 January 2048: Sonja Fedotov completes research into high-efficiency missile loading systems.

2 February 2048: TANS Vasco de Gama and TANS Sir Francis Drake are completed. Captain John “Falcon” Asami is given command of the Vasco de Gama. Commodore Karina “Kaos” Gorbatov assumes command of the Sir Francis Drake. (Assuming neither of you object; keep in mind that survey work tends to end in thermonuclear explosions for quite a few ships and officers. If you don’t want to risk it, I can always retroactively remove either of you from command, so long as you do so before any potential ship asploding.) The BAE Systems shipyard begins retooling for the Discovery II class. Vasco de Gama sets course for JP 1, Sir Francis Drake sets course for JP 2.

1 March 2048: Vasco de Gama transits through JP 1. Moments later, the crew is celebrating their successful voyage to another star system. The ship’s astrographer positively identifies the system as Alpha Centauri. Preliminary scans suggest that the second planet of the B-component has nearly ideal environmental conditions (CC 0.13), with .19 atmospheres of oxygen, liquid water, a 0.98g gravitational field. The only caveat is that it is slightly too hot to be completely habitable, at an average of 46.8 degrees Celsius on the surface, but early projections of future terraforming technology is optimistic. The fourth planet of the A-component could also be habitable one day, though it is currently far below human temperature tolerances and oxygen levels. Vasco de Gama briefly transits back to Sol, transmits her findings to Earth, and returns to Alpha Centauri to begin the gravitational survey.

On Earth, a triumphant Governor Saint-Pierre addresses the human race; celebrations kick off in every human enclave. The shadow of extinction has begun to slip away.

The crew of the Sir Francis Drake are quietly relieved to not be the first to test the Jump Drive, even if they may have a lesser share in the fame.



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Rather short half-update this time, both because I'm juggling a number of different things, and because I want to give Johnfalcon and Kaos a chance to tell me if they don't want to take the risks associated with survey work.

That said, this is still alive, and we've hit a rather important milestone. Initial predictions are that by January 2050 we will: Have a working design for an early military vessel; have mostly completed the survey of the 4 systems around Sol; have a colony on Alpha Centauri B-II.

Taking:

Requests for naming characters
Votes/Requests for the name of our first extrasolar colony

[Delta Foxtrot]

Since we're going by the "omg humans no extinction" hysteria, how about "(The) Ark"? I'm sure the propaganda department would vouch for that. Anything to get a few suckers sign up for high-g high temp death world as colonists.

[Flying Dice]

Well, at the moment the situation is more the world hesitantly laughing while saying, "Good thing that's over with. Let's, uh, find a few more baskets, eh?".


Quite apart from that, the two habitable worlds in Alpha Centauri are quite nice; one just needs a tiny bit of CO2 removed to be essentially Earth covered in tropical rainforest, with temperate zones at the poles (or something along those lines) [It's uncanny, even for Aurora worlds, almost everything is near-identical to Earth; gravity is only off by .02g, diameter is off by 150km, atmospheric O2 by .01 atm, so on and so forth], and the second is a little iceball which, while not ideal, will eventually be habitable. No point shipping people off to Titan or Venus when we have worlds that are already practically habitable, or will be within a reasonable timespan.


Assuming, of course, that the survey ships don't get popped as soon as they head in-system.

[ansontan2000]

Can you name your Fleet Commander Anderson?

[Flying Dice]

Which one (Anderson, that is)? 

[ansontan2000]

/face palm, I meant the fleet admiral.

[Flying Dice]

That was Howard Anderson, correct? Been a while since the last time I read those.

[ansontan2000]

Thats fine!