Yearly Report: 2022
World events:
-Temperatures are unusually low, and frequent snow storms torment the lands. These mainly cause problem for Northern, (And southern, on the other hemisphere) countries.
-The refugee problem is slowly coming to an end.
That was...not ideal.
Try to ascertain the situation groundside. Fix any obvious problems we can.
Send a healthier group of scientists to do the research stuff.
You make some basic improvements on infrastructure, but beyond repairing old systems, nothing important happens. Inquire into possible future problems reveals several things. For one, radioactive particles could contaminate the sea, and hence the fish. Agriculture is also threatened, if not by radioactivity, then by increased salt levels in the sea. Furthermore there are a few structural problems that could do with improving, especially on the topic of power security. The majority of the power is spacegenerated, and recieved by a single 10 km attena near Stratford, an incident with that structure could result in the loss of up to 90% of the power production.
A second group of scientists is send, and this time the journey happens without incidents, they'll be setting up now, and start work next turn. The scientists at home continue to mess with stuff, but their research is undirected and has no pratical consequences.
You also recieve some messages from the New orde, and as sattelite views indicate that they're testing a heavy duty launch rocket, and might soon bring their own spacestation into orbit, it might be good to talk to them.
Aha! This is good, unless it isn't. We need more, though. First, this C model, C is for Cerberus. Refine it, drive up the length of use and down the cost and failure rates. Now, we need a way to people the Exodus. For that we need a living module. Something long-term, but most importantly, something safe from the enemies. They are everywhere, even in the vacuum! Finally, we need building facilities, and materials! Begin work on a large ship construction facility. It must be safe, yes. Space! Orbit is safe. We will need resources, though. Resources are available, improve the efficiency. Now, what else? Is everything safe? It is not safe enough! We need more safety, and that means more defenses! Weapons are good defenses, yes. Make better weapons! Put them on helicopters, be ready for when they come. Is everything safe now? Are the Purifications working? Should be safe for now, but not forever! Send a delegation, yes, to the Sky Lords! We need safety for the Exodus. Out of sight, out of mind. Work together, make cloaking fields. Cloak spacecraft, make them safe. Safe for now, we have work to do! Fire up the science pods, start working!
Refine Cerberus C for decreased cost and failure rate and increased longevity. Create long-term habitation module. Begin building orbital construction station. Increase mining effort. Work on aerial weapon improvements. Ask Sky Lords for coop research of spacecraft cloaking device.
The Cereberus is completed on shedual. Decreasing the cost and the failure rate are however conflicting goals, and no major progress is made. Longevity is however increased tremendously, with the addition of the ability to refuel and maintainance the engine mid flight. Restarting is fuel inefficient, but it works. One question arrives however, what to do with the engines after they've served their purpose. For now, they're just stored on the station, but they can't remain there forever, and they won't survive reentry.For now, that is no problem. A long term habitation module is created, which relies on spinning to create artificial gravity. Nevertheless, it won't be enough to completely cancel out the effects of space on the human body.
Attempts are made to increase mining efforts, but not much results are made as a result of bogged down or even snow covered infrastructure. This also delays the construction of the orbital space station, which is currently stored in pieces in hangars till the last parts arrive and weather clears.
And last but not least is the improvement of aerial weaponry, which due to the broadness of the subject and the focus on other tasks only makes neglible progress.
Actions for the 80-15-5 Republic
Try to negotiate with the Panama Canal Corporation. Accept the first reasonable offer and then deploy ships and bomber drones against the pirates at once. We would be willing to accept some combination of the following as payment:
-Intel and Tips on military units and supplies being moved through the canal
-Help from Panama Canal Corporation engineers upgrading our utilities
-Help from PCC engineers and corporate officers in establishing and running new a new business or engineering college
-A period of free canal use
Re-Attempt the joint research project with the Sky Lords
Focus on improving infrastructure and utilities to the Refugees, perhaps with the help of the Canal Company. Allow green recruits in our military to train by patrolling the new slum neighborhoods.
Build Nationalized Casinos in the Slums to try and raise some funds off the newcomers.
Make all new citizens take basic aptitude tests, and funnel the clever ones into our college system.
Apply the water purification system invented by the republic to our water systems.
Continue to Broadcast Advertisements for Mercenary work.
If it was part of our agreed payment, establish new engineering or business schools with the help of the Panama Canal Company and using some of their personnel/retirees as instructors.
While PCC can't currently miss any of it's engineers, they are interest by the option of building shooling in the near future. However, for now they would settle for free canal use for your military ships, and a 20% price cut for commercial shipping. Adding to that they'd gladly help support the small military base you'd need to keep the pirates under control. After all, if you just shoot them, they're back in a week time.
The joint project makes little progress, though will be able to start of next year in earnest.
While work to expand utilities and infrastructure progresses, the situation in some neighbourhoods worsens so dramatically that at point even the soldiers don't dare to enter certain areas.
Crime increases rapidly in the areas of these rotten spots, and they slowly expand. The Nationalize Casino's help a little, but are having severe problems with the rapidly selforganising crime that's starting to develop. Those who manage to pass the tests rapidly flee the slum neigbourhoods, integrating themselves without much problems.
At least the water problem is solved for now, thanks to the Republic gratious assistance. Still, the water situation is troubling, and the reserves won't last multiple consecutive droughts.
Nobody responds to the broadcast.
If I am right, I can start now. Anyway, I'd like to try and broker peace treaties with each of the other nations and start manufacture of quick land based vehicles.
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The elected monarch of Eiretic has begun discussions with his council of minister's and defense advisors, over plans for operation "Coldfin" for the invasion of Iceland after invasion plans for Isle of man are dismissed due to being a waste of resources and time. CRD initiative and tax policy's have been debated in the Dail(congress) and were signed into law by the monarch. Other discussion such as national development plans, social poilcy's and engery plans have been ongoing in committee stage and will be introduced some time late this year.
Eiretic begin's positioning and launching aerial drones(containing nanoids designed to eat metals and stones) over the nation of Iceland followed by sending our troops to capture key positions.
Begin decontaminating the rest of Londain followed by rebuilding the foundations and basic layouts of the wiped out city of Ballyfast(Belfast) using the new nanoid's developed to help speed up the process.
Begin development of project nova: by setting out large regions of Eiretic deciated to wind power and make free childcare, increase in income taxes by 10% and setting up social welfare system for unemployed people at 2/3 of average yearly salary
Using the remaining unassigned scientists and government budget to research and experiment on human cloning and DNA manipulation to try increase the population of Eiretic and give them genetical changes.
Aerial drones are brought into position, but are unable to deploy their payloads. The Icelandic geothermal power is rather important, and as such is quite heavily defended. All your bombing drones were politely intercepted by European forces, and forced to return.
Decontamination of London progresses slowly. Most of the rubble of the inner city is still slightly radioactive, which interferes with nanite and machine operation, meaning that humans need to clear the debris manually.
Project Nova on the other hand is rather succesfull. Large swaths of otherwise useless ground are converted to wind power installations, and free childcare and increased social welfare are rather popular.
While human cloning is still way off, both due to technical but also ethical problems, genetic engineering makes significant strides forward. Retroviral genetical therapy proves usefull against a number of diseases, significantly increasing lifespan.
The Khan swore at the new reports. He was hoping his generals would have taken most of China by now. He would need to pull his soldiers back, but he didn't want this campaign to go to waste...the Khan sent a message to the dynasties of China and the Dominion.
To the allied dynasties of China and the Dominion:
Enclosed is a map that displays the distribution of mongolian people before we struck. We wish to retain the areas that contain large amounts of people of mongolian descent, displayed in red. I will have my troops leave any other areas that we have conquered go to the new borders. We hope that you accept this, for we will defend it. Do not forget, China, that you are the ones who struck at us first when you heard of the climatic change within the country of Mongolia.
I can state that, as long as we are not struck at first, we will not utilize Khan's Revenge against any country.
-The Khan of Mongolia
[spoiler=Red is the only thing on the map sent, the orange is not on the map sent]
With the message sent,
the Khan sent a message to research facilities to produce a missile sheild utilizing laser technology (highest priority), along with ordering work to be done to continue work upon the Mongolian Space Program (low priority).[Further actions to come once I know the response to message to Dominion and China][/quote]
[/spoiler]
The Chinese state that they will agree to a limited version of this map, in which a demilitarized zone of at least 60km covers the borders. Some of the minor kingdom's don't agree, and the internal situation appears to be rather unstable.
Work on the missile shiled progresses slowly. The problem with the system is that the lasers are highly inefficient against projectiles that have already cut out their boosting stage, and have continuus overheating problems.
The USSA green lights a massive four engined cargo plane for their utility vehicle, naming it Project 211. It was difficult to choose a new heavy tank, but they went with a thickly armoured heavy tank with a large 150mm gun. The new APC has space for ten, a 40mm auto cannon and comes in a number of varieties. Ambulances, cranes, even a few preliminary designs for bridging vehicles. But, Alaska's research had to go somewhere. Alaska's Military science board puts it's work into armoured radiation suits. The industry began to pump out these early models, and munitions too. Then, food was saved up and given to the government in a plan. Military transport planes airdrop crates of tinned food and leaflets sporting a message from the president offering them peace and sanctuary in exchange for coming into the USSA. The navy also mobilises, sending scouts to survey the Siberian coast. Subs are sent to far eastern Russia to scout and survey the land there. Finally, the government greenlights the petrochemical plant.
Work on the new vehicles goes rapidly. Project 211, essentially a heavily modernized and improved version of the classic C-130, is especially succesfull. It's first used in the political assimilation of the areas surrounding the USSA. This is highly succesfull, though the resulting territorial and population increase might prove to be a 2 edged sozrd fro the country. Work on armoured radiation suits progresses, but is halted because of their extremely high weight, which makes using them practically impossible.
On the other side, work on the Petrochemical plant progresses rapidly ,and industrial efficiency soars;
Heavy storms prevent the Navy from mobilizing, though the subs do set course to easter Russia. They find little of interest. Just ice, and more ice.
With that taken care of, The key scientists involved in last year's breakthroughs are awarded the highest scientific award our country possesses - The Aidens prize. They are then instructed to attempt to find a way of applying the methods discovered, or some other method, to land and the air. With luck, the problems caused by radiation could be a thing of the past.
Meanwhile, Several of the Navy's mine-layers are modified to carry and drop Special canisters of the newly-discovered/modified/whatever bacteria, and will attempt to methodically cover as much of the Baltic sea as possible in this timespan. A few trawlers will also be modified to pick up the weighed-down particles from the sea bed, to be disposed of. The filters will also see widespread installation around ports and places where it is easy to set them up.
Turning to the refugee problem, New water mains will be dug to them
from the nearest body of water, utilising the new filters [priority use for the filters]. If the Dominion trade deal is accepted, then the reactors will be used to provide electricity for the refugee settlements. If not, well, erm....
With those orders sent out, Raimonds sat back at his desk, and began preparing notes for his next televised speech...
Switching the filtration system to air and land proves to be problematic. Anti radiation air filters are easy to make, but very inefficient. Designing a system to ground airborne particles would be counterproductive, as filtering radiation from land is even harder than sea.
The large scale seabed cleaning program is mostly succesfull. Coastal waters are rapidly cleared, but the dredgers can't acces the deeper parts of the sea. You could drop the particles there to, but then the radiation would just build up on the seabed. There's also the question about what to do with the radioactive particles. Currently they've been filtered and are stored in some nuclear infrastructure, but they need to move when the plants become operationall.
Refugee communities are slowly being improved, thought the situation takes it time to stabilize. Some have doubts about the wisdom using small reactors to power the communities, but doing it that way eliminates the need for expensive power lines, and allows one to reuse the steam for civilian heating.
As mentioned before, the Dominion trade deal goes well.
The Dominion was getting civilisation onto it's feet, slowly but surely. Only by continuing to strengthen it's foothold upon the world would it truly be able to expand and continue to thrive.There would always be a need for more resources, more manpower and more knowledge.
High capacity cargo ships are to start being constructed, Along with a decent-sized fleet of destroyers, escort carriers and battleships. The entire fleet, both merchant and military, is to be made submersible in order to prevent piracy and to keep the fleets hidden from normal view. If possible, the plating should also be SONAR-absorbant, in order to reduce the effectiveness of conventional detection technology.
Then, there was the issue of the signals that the satellite found, while troubling, could be ignored in the short-term, while the increase of orbital infrastructure in the dominion was a focus. This would be a slow process, but one that was vital to continued operations.
The dominion starts launching prototypical kinetic bombardment satellites, while also attempting to build the control facility for the satellites as an orbital facility, in order to prevent any potential sabotage to the orbital defense network. The design for the control center is to be made as a modular facility, able to not only accommodate further modules, but that the manufacturing process is easier.
The next issue of concern was the state of the Dominion military. While well-equipped, it lacked the numbers to be a truly effective. A joint effort of recruitment and increased manufacture of infantry robots would be required to swell the ranks of the Dominion military. Alongside this would be an initiative to attempt an aerial mechanized division, a trial to see if a truly mobile combined arms division was feasible
An joint increase of recruitment and robot manufacture is mandated to increase he numbers of the dominion military, alongside the equipment needed for said troops to fight effectively without supply shortages. Paired with this initiative is a theoretical aerial mechanized division, consisting of heavily armoured gunships and more lightly armed IFAs (Infantry fighting Aircraft). The entirety of the vehicles within this division must either be helicopters or VTOL aircraft, in order to maintain a sustainable level between combat effectiveness and speed.
Another issue was the dominion's industrial capability. With the ability to manufacture any equipment, it would slowly grind down to a halt and from there, regress. New factories, alongside more mines and automation of both the mines and factories so that the manpower they had manning both would be more efficient. These facilities would be powered by the newest reactors that the Dominion had to offer.
The dominion increases it's industrial capabilities by opening new mines on mineral-rich locations, and by opening up new factories. Both existing mines and factories, along with the ones scheduled to be built, are to be partially automated to allow for the same amount of workers to operate more efficiently.
Next, was for the Dominion to kickstart it's technological development. It's choice to focus upon physical development in the previous year had paid off, providing a stable base for which to boost new technological innovations off of.
The Dominion starts researching ways to improve their current robotics technology, preferably searching for an ideal infiltration chassis for undercover ops. Preliminary investigation into directed energy weapons is also to be pursued. Other topics of interest are cold fusion generators, improved protective compounds/alloys and a preliminary investigation into the viability FTL physics.
The urban reconstruction was a success in every vital area, however, the work with those was not yet over. The second step would to make these cities bigger and better, providing the Dominion not only a safe, desirable place to live for it's citizens, but the propaganda value of such thriving cities would surely bring down the amount of refugees scattered around the Australasian region.
Continue to renew and improve the urban centers of the dominion, making the "Arcology" cities safer, more desirable, efficient and generally a nicer place to live. If we can make the aesthetics look more pleasing to the human eye, so much the better.
With domestic affairs sorted, the Dominion turned outwards for the first time, sending two broadcast messages to other, supposedly important nations.
Work on the fleet starts, though submersibility and stealth prove to be things that don't go well with a decent speed or cargo capacity. The sheer energy required to propulse ship's of that size underwater is problematic. Some possibile solutions the engineers have come up with are the usage of diving systems only when the ship is unloaded, with foldable cargo rooms being used to reduce ship size dramatically or severly reducing the ship's underwater speed. Yet others propose a modular design, which would allow the crew part to move away underwater, while cargo parts wait on the seabed till all's safe.
A few highmass sattelites are launched, but the shuttles low payload capacity proves hampering for the design. As such, they use rather low weights, which reduces their power, as well as being boosted only to LEO, rather than GEO, meaning that not every continent is in range at any given moment.
The increase in Dominion military progresses, but slowly. VTOL aircraft and gunships are prototyped, and a number of models are ready for final production.
Furthermore, the Dominion continues to invest heavily into the economy, automating several older mines, as well as the to be build new ones. New, high tech reactors are constructed when the need arises, and are then connected with the mines. Due to the terrains drough nature, allmost all of these are situated near the coasts.
Work on robotics technology progresses rapidly, though the scientists are confused by one of their mission statements. As such, they come up with a variety of undercoverdesigns, including small spy robots as well as infiltration exoskeletons. The Theorethical teams note that energy weaponry could use, but is caracterized by being inefficient in any kind of atmosphere, as well as having subpar results vs any organical targets. Cold fusion is dismissed as a 20the century hoax, alloys certainly could be created, and FTL might prove viable, but the research in these and other basic universal laws usually requires gigantic research facilities.
As the outside threat lowers, the Dominion focusses more on the needs of it's citizens. The Compact cities are improved with pedestrian walkways between skyscrapers, vertical and skyscraper gardens, and other generally nice things.
[Note: Map's and such are still not updated. I did however decide to add some stats to your profiles. Examples are:
-Infrastructure
-Economical efficiency
-Research efficiency
-Converted Education to a number stat. (makes it easier to compare)
Do note that these are not capped at 1. 1 is just the best modern day equivalent.
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