The quantum computer finally processes a small chunk of the alien transmission into semi-intelligible format. It reads: "Alien [ship or vessel], please respond. We [present or offer] peace, as long as your [ship or vessel, possibly plural] remains in the [inner or near] system. Peace [go] to you." This is met with much relief from the captain.
As repairs are mad from last month's riots, a halt is put on new colonists being awoken. This seems to take the stress off of the situation, and, with the help of the man who founded the chapel (who has since become a unifying figure on the colony), the various political groups are brought together for a summit that deflates tensions and renews faith in a new combined government. A sense of pride in the mission and oneness emerges, and the colony is expanded to be large enough to comfortably house the remaining colonists when dehibernation resumes.
The police bots are modified to include more non-lethal weaponry, which helps to ease tensions as well. Most colonists are still uneasy about them and the role they played in the riots, but they manage to move past it. The birth of several additional children help distract the populace as well.
This sense of renewed purpose is applied to the Wrinkled Suckfish cloning facility on Aquarius, which is completed in record time. The fish are cranked out at a fevered pace, and results of their impact will be available in the next month or so. Early returns are promising, however, as they are able to operate in the low-oxygen environment created by the algae, which in turn discourages local predators.
Similar fervor is attached to the Grand Parliament building, which is also built and designed in record time. The first sessions begin to meet, and elections are scheduled for next month. The building inspires confidence, and offers stunning vistas of the slowly changing Aries out of panoramic glass windows.
Some work is done on finding a large, docile creature for the Avians to domesticate, but the terraformers quickly realize that this project is much too long a scale for the current situation: the Avians clearly have no concept of domesticated animals, being birds on an ocean world, and would not take to the idea quickly.
Given the flurry of other activity, research takes a back seat this month, with no major advances made.
Time lapsed in system: 1 year, 7 Months- Unity on Aries
- Infestation on Aquarius
- In orbit of Aquarius
- Militarized Shipyard
- 2 Nano Factories
- 700 hibernating men
- 700 hibernating women
- 1,750 men on Aries
- 1,780 women on Aries
- 10 children on Aries
- 70 dead
- Bank of animal and plants
Note: if no location is given, resource is
on ship- Basic genetic manipulation of complex organisms
- Prototype Kinetic Shields
- Basic medical robots
- 2,000 space suits
- Small defensive fleet
- Mass drivers (orbital)
- Mass drivers (planetary)
- Sensor Probes
- Construction and miner bots
- Nuclear weapon (1)
- Orbital lenses (Aries and Aquarius)
- Planet A: abundant minerals, inhospitable
- Planet B: ash, acidic atmosphere, radioactive, small mining operation
- Planet C "Class.2224" "Aquarius": aquatic world, savage aquatic life, pack-like nomadic intelligent Avians, virulent bacteria, plankton and algae infestation: 8% of surface, small harvesting operation, Wrinkled Suckfish Cloning industry
- Planet D "Class.1111" "Aries": some minerals, Mars-like with basic biosphere, medium mining operation, 3,440 person colony, medium industrial base, small brewery, small clinic, Grand Parliament
- Planet E: abundant minerals, inhospitable
- Abundant Asteroids
- Gas Giant A: mysterious interference, intelligent life
- Gas Giant B: mysterious interference, intelligent life
- Pack dwelling
- Near-human intelligence
- Nomadic
- Capable of tool use
- Quick breeding rate
- Teach new generations
Poll
7 (33.3%)
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