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[Mesa]

What are the energy requirements of various weapons and defenses, F.I.S.T.? Also, how do we generate energy?

"The energy toll is entirely dependent on the rate at which it is used and its concentration. Systems using energy of low concentration, but high rate will consume it equally as systems using high-concentration, low rate energy banks.
First Initiative Support Transporters generate energy from thermonuclear reactions taking place in the power system's core, but there are many alternative ways, ranging from burning of organic fuel to star panels to nuclear reactions. They however are not native to the F.I.S.T. systems and may not function properly."

// If you screw it up, that is. Properly installed systems will work fine unless something happens later on.
// Also, sorry for me "gradually" making the posts, but I tend to forget things, like in the previous post.

[griffinpup]

What is the energy requirement of maintaining a energy shield around the F.I.S.T. ship under strenuous laser fire?

[Mesa]

What is the energy requirement of maintaining a energy shield around the F.I.S.T. ship under strenuous laser fire?

"This is dependent on the concentration of the laser fire. The shields have relatively low energy tolls until the laser fire becomes very concentrated, such as that of XM4 Spearhead cannons."

// The AI also has some data on "stock" designs so we're not totally stranded. I highly encourage you to come up with your own ideas once we get to that part.

[LordSlowpoke]

...F.I.S.T., I assume the shields are not very effective against ballistic weaponry? Other than the hull itself, do we have any countermeasure to being attacked by an assault chaingun or somesuch?

[RAM]

/Review F.I.S.T. system specifications
/Increase maximum tolerances of energy conduits associated with F.I.S.T. Left engine, Right engine, and Shield system.

[griffinpup]

Jettison RAM for hardest to read text.

[Urist Mc Dwarf]

Create solar panels to provide additional power than design a telerobot that uses low energy lasers to penetrate rock than acid to melt down rock and get metals

[griffinpup]

Create solar panels to provide additional power than design a telerobot that uses low energy lasers to penetrate rock than acid to melt down rock and get metals

You're close.  But that seems terribly inefficient.  Find a silicon based asteroid, tow it into a closer orbit of our suns, and start melting it with some lasers while giving it a vertical rotation.  Eventual goal is a giant mirror.

[ICBM pilot]

remove small amounts of armor to increase delta-v acceleration and maximum payload.

[Mesa]

...F.I.S.T., I assume the shields are not very effective against ballistic weaponry? Other than the hull itself, do we have any countermeasure to being attacked by an assault chaingun or somesuch?

"The shields are easily penetrated by ballistic weaponry, but the adamantium hull, combined with its inclined shape provide protection against low-caliber ballistic projectiles. Missiles, however, the armor-piercing ones in particular, are very damaging. Relatively small size of First Initiative Support Transporters does allow for high maneuverability, however."

// Save your actual actions until we land somewhere. Also, I'm having fun with acronyms.

/ FTL jump destination achieved!
/ Loading stellar map...
/ Success!

// Blue triangle - our F.I.S.T. We're outside of an asteroid belt. Pink blob - the red giant. White blob - white dwarf. Two dots above the red giant are the gas giants of the system (the topmost one is a star outside the system, but closer than the other ones in the background). The adamantium-filled TH 965-966 b ice giant is between the two stars. The last gas giant is the purple dot on the bottom.
/? Where do we go now, what do we do?

UNIT/WHATEVER OVERVIEW (TURN #2)

Spoiler: C.O.R.E. (click to show/hide)

Acronym for Combat Operational Regiment Executive - those autonomous humanoid robots are possibly the most powerful machines ever built in terms of computing power, achieved by combination of multiple intelligence cores, which allows the C.O.R.E. to only perform the most complex and difficult tasks, but also let it think twice, thrice or even more before making any move. C.O.R.E.s were originally made by humans, but they have displaced their former creators, with the only trace of humanity being the genetic code that some C.O.R.E.s use to create biological soldiers.
C.O.R.E.s comes with a few basic integrated systems that allow them to construct, craft and fight, but are generally helpless without machinery they can and will create on their own. Leg-installed motion accumulators allow them to survive even without a direct power source, but on its own they won't allow for much activity. They also come with a remote control beacon that lets them take direct control of their creations, as well as a jetpack to easily traverse difficult terrain.


Active intelligence cores
GreatWyrmGold
kopout
LordSlowpoke
griffinpup
RAM
kaian-a-coel
ICBM pilot
Urist McDwarf

Equipment
Dynamic tool system (integrated; left arm)
Basic weapon system (integrated; right arm)
Remote control beacon (integrated; head)
Jetpack (integrated; torso)
Internal battery (integrated; torso)
Motion accumulator (integrated; left leg + right leg)

Damage
Head
Torso
Left arm
Right arm
Left leg
Right leg

Spoiler: F.I.S.T. (click to show/hide)

"Acronym for First Initiative Support Transporter, this space vessel is primarily used by C.O.R.E.s to land onto planets and other celestial bodies and starting immediate colonization. Small and maneuverable, many variants of this spaceship exist and are a widely used design.
Since F.I.S.T. is not intended to be a combat vessel, it does not come with any weapon systems installed on-board. However, it has powerful engines and thick adamantium hull which make it a very durable ship, and the shield system furthermore strengthens it and ensures the safety of transported cargo and crew. It does not however have life support, and is not suitable for transportation of organic crew.

Role
C.O.R.E. and cargo transportation

Components and damage
Hull
Left engine
Right engine
Shield system
Front consoles
Rear consoles
Power system

Spoiler: T.O.A.D. (click to show/hide)

"Acronym for Tactical Operational Artificial Dean, T.O.A.D.s serve as on-board AIs on most space vessels and stations. They're in full control of subsystems they're connected to, and their access to large databanks provide them with large knowledge that they usually share with the crew. T.O.A.D.s are very versatile AIs, meaning that they can also be used as space station AI, bunker defense system AI and even used as the AI for autonomous soldiers, either controlling one of them or multiple ones via remote control."

Role
Multi-purpose artificial intelligence

Currently installed on
F.I.S.T. (governor AI)

// The pace will be slower or faster at times, I promise.

[RAM]

/Land upon Purple dot.

[Mesa]

/Land upon Purple dot.

"I'm sorry, Executive, but it is not possible to land on a surface of a gas giant. However, TH 965-966 e (// the purple gas giant) does infact have four natural satellites orbiting it. Should we land on one of these instead?"

// I genuinely thought you would go for the b instead, but whatever, let's see what others think about this.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Investigate all four gas giants and their satellites.

[Mesa]

Investigate all four gas giants and their satellites.

// Not sure if I used the term "ice giant" correctly. It's a terrestrial planet, but with extremely low temperatures and ice everywhere. Sorry about that.
// Also, all of the planets in the system orbit both stars in a 8 pattern, should that matter later on in the game.

Spoiler: TH 965-966 b (click to show/hide)

"A large, terrestrial planet, the only one of its kind in the Semicour system. Multiple concentrations of adamantium are confirmed to be located below the planet's dry and cold icy and rocky surface, but that factor coupled with very low temperatures (-2 degrees Celsius being the highest temperature on record) make them largely unavailable to sustain long-term mining operations. This does however mean that most of the veins are undiscovered and ready to be mined out. The planet itself also has 2 satellites, TH 965-966 b-a and TH 965-966 b-b (also known as Semicour 1 and Semicour 2), both of which are rich in metals."

Spoiler: TH 965-966 c (click to show/hide)

"One of three gas giants in the Semicour system, c is much more purple than d and e, due to its largely phosphorous atmosphere. While no life exists on the giant itself, it has several satellites (most of which are very small and of irregular shape), two of which have stable enough temperature and are mostly aquatic, but no signs of life were found on either of the moons."

Spoiler: TH 965-966 d (click to show/hide)

"Navy-colored TH 965-966 d is a very volatile planet, with magnetic storms occurring on all of its unhospitable, unstable surface. Lack of natural satellites, coupled with dangerous nature of the planet itself make it a trivial stellar object."

Spoiler: TH 965-966 e (click to show/hide)

"The third gas giant orbiting the two stars in Semicour system, e is less dangerous than d, but it's also largely uninhabitable. It has only one moon (TH 965-966 e-a, otherwise known as Semicour 3) which shows high volcanic activity and underground metal deposits, but is otherwise largely unnoticed."

// Didn't I mention I suck at giving you multiple perfectly viable choices? I think I do.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Hm, high volcanic activity (and hence geothermal power) plus metal deposits...TH 965-966 e-a sounds pretty good. We're basically robots, without organic needs or whatever, correct?