The year had turned out well for the dominion. Sure, there were setbacks, but nothing was ever going to be perfect. All things considered, this year went by better than the last, apart from the scientists apparently forgetting what happens to someone if a high-powered laser hit an organic target.
Still, there would always be more work to be done. The temperature drops were of a concern, but the Dominion's foresight had helped them immensely in this, the arcology cities would be the safest places in the event a nuclear winter blanketed the earth. Still, the politics of the new world would start to rise this year, now that there was stability and an end to the endless streams of refugees.
The first matter on the Dominion's agenda was the space program, they now faced an arduous test of the program's capabilities: Reaching GEO with a large payload. The existing RLVs would have to be improved considerably in order to meet the needs of the Dominion.
The RLVs are to be improved to the point where they are able to get a large load into GEO and return. Continue launching reconnaissance and meteorological satellites, using any test rockets the space program's R&D division comes up with to test them.The next topic the administrative sections had on the agenda was the military. The trials of the aerial mechanized units had gone splendidly, even if the distribution of the new vehicles were going slowly. It is decided that a full effort should be made to convert every division within the ground forces will be upgraded to the new aircraft. The army's officers were given permission to to request any new craft.
Full conversion of the army into a mobile, aerial combined arms force is to be enacted immediately. Recruitment once again is to be increased, attempting to get the numbers to form a field army. Any aircraft requested by the military during the conversion are to be tested for effectiveness, the passing designs being integrated with the conversion.Another thing had come to attention, rearing it's head during the discussion of the military: The navy. While the construction of the warships had gone smoothly, the battleship
ADNV Hydra becoming the poster ship for the navy, and the smaller ships proving effective at their roles, if not moreso due to the stealth capabilities of the fleet.
The cargo subs, however, were a concern. The reports from the engineers on the project had highlighted several concerns, mostly stemming from the ship's power supply. The first reaction of the section was to ask for an increase in the amount of power available for the ship. In the case that was not feasible, the two ideas that the engineers had floated would be put into service together.
In order to fix the problems with the current cargo sub design, the engineers are asked to use a higher-yield generator for the design. If that proves to be unfeasible, the two designs offered as alternatives by them will be used and put into service together.Another part of the Section's agenda was that now the dominion had a stable industrial base, was the dissection and reverse engineering of the power armour they had in their inventory. The armour was the most advanced personal armour that had ever graced the surface of the world, and had been worn by most of the higher-ups of the dominion around the time of its founding. Now, however, was the time to manufacture these suits for common use for the armed forces. These suits would be able to completely protect the wearer from NBC threats, and provide astounding protection from small arms fire (Larger weapons, such as tank cannons and AT weapons would still kill the wearer).
Begin reverse-engineering and replicating the power armour. Up to half the suits of the power armour are to be used by the scientists and engineers in order to kickstart the projectThe next thing on the list was the robots research. Considering the broad objectives on it, the teams assigned to it had performed admirably. The equipment they had manufactured would prove useful to the Dominion. Though there would be another set of tasks for the robotics division soon, some of the data would have to be "Acquired" from outside sources.
Research is to begin on work exoskeletons and improving work robots. The drones are to function in unison in groups of three, with the wearer of an exosuit to co-ordinate them to aid them in their line of work. A project, codenamed "Mimic" is to start researching upon humanoid robots, ones that cannot be distinguished from a human even at a detailed investigation (Providing it isn't using metal detectors). The team assigned to this project are to be told that they have no deadline for this, though we do expect results from their work. The team is to be given a new, state of the art facility in a classified location.The section had a few more problems to deal with, specifically some of the scientists comments on DEWs. While the comments about light refraction and such were correct, the part detailing the fact that lasers would not be effective against an organic target was quite incorrect. That preconception have to be fixed, even if it was going to be unorthodox. The FTL research analysis was promising however. Even if the facilities to delve deeper into those theories would be largely beneficial to the industry and scientific knowledge of the dominion, there was no location for it, not until they had the ability to build the facility in space where it could research such theories unabated.
The scientists for the FTL project are earmarked for it, and told to design a spaceborne facility for them to be able to conduct their work in. The DEW project team is to focus mostly on PD weapons for the military, as missiles would be the greatest source of casualties for it with the upcoming aerial mechanization initiative, although anti-personnel and anti-tank lasers are to be tested as well. Project "Adamantine" is to start development of new compounds for both the RLV upgrades and the new military hardware. Fusion research is to start up (Mainly by resubmitting the same paperwork with the cold bit crossed out). Another team is to start improving current reactor designs, these designs are required to be better than current generation reactors while not sacrificing anything for the improvements. Like the robotics division, the reactor R&D team has an extended timeline for their project, though theirs is seven years.Now, after the reactions to the reports and events of the year, the section focused on new actions that the Dominion would need to take in order to futher secure themselves in the world.
Start improving the yields of the state's agriculture, along with boosting the soil's viability so that it can be used for longer. Small scouting units are to scout the west coast of south america along with the SE asian cost, including malaysia, indonesia and the phillipines. A small scouting unit is to scout the coast of new zealand's islands as well.
Offer the chinese factions an alliance each, and offer to help their reconstruction efforts if they accept. Depending how favourable the terms are to us determines how much aid they get, though the base amount of aid they'll get for just agreeing to the alliance is substancial.
Start improving the refineries and smelters to increase the amount of processed resources available, along with the construction of an aerial infrastructure net that utilizes low-capacity aircraft to transport small, high-value goods (Like people or rare gemstones).
Greetings, outsider. I take it this will be your first communique from us, especially since we've now figured out how to configure the frequency on this to not broadcast to every nation on the planet.
Anyway, we've gotten some pretty... disturbing reports coming out of some of the refugee camps. We'd like to offer our assistance in resolving these problems. We can pacify the camps, then set about organizing the refugee camps to turn them into respecable communities rather than the slums they are now. We can even begin shipping in supplies to build up the camps into proper settlements if you'd like us to.
The only payment we ask for our services is an alliance. What do you think?
-John Tennanham, Diplomatic Officer.
From what reports we have gathered, the reactors within the refugee camps have managed to uplift the conditions of the residents immensely. We are pleased to hear that your people are thriving. The wood shipments have come through and are well on their way to boosting our industrial potential.
If you have any other trade requests, my collegue is available to contact. Any other diplomatic overtures, you can send to me.
-John Tennanham, Diplomatic Officer.
Greetings, newcomers. The rise of your nation is unprecidented, and we wish to be the first to formally ntroduce and recognize you as a nation. If you wish to trade with us, we eagerly await your offer.
-John Tennanham, Diplomatic Officer.
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