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[WhitiusOpus]

Sounds good. Or if it isn't too challenging, you could go with the ten players you have now . It's a consistently rounded number. But it's all up to you in the long run.

[WhitiusOpus]

So, let me understand this a little better. If we want to build off of the designs or research of other players, we have to attempt that in turn two?

[10ebbor10]

So, let me understand this a little better. If we want to build off of the designs or research of other players, we have to attempt that in turn two?

Well probably even later. You have to steal / acquire them first (in the case of designs). Besides, it's not working of the research of other players, it's researching the research of other players. Megacorps aren't big on this open source thing.

[Remuthra]

Because of the numbers of applicants, first come, first served would benefit a majority of players. Therefore, in the case of a vote, the latter method wins.

[10ebbor10]

Because of the numbers of applicants, first come, first served would benefit a majority of players. Therefore, in the case of a vote, the latter method wins.

Sadly, this is not a democracy.

Besides, in every situation where there're more players than waitlisters, every player selection mechanism will be preferred by the ones chosen by it, who will constitute majority.

[Remuthra]

Because of the numbers of applicants, first come, first served would benefit a majority of players. Therefore, in the case of a vote, the latter method wins.

Sadly, this is not a democracy.

Besides, in every situation where there're more players than waitlisters, every player selection mechanism will be preferred by the ones chosen by it, who will constitute majority.

Unless there's more than twice the number of player slots in applicants. Then a method which gives everyone an equal chance will win a vote.

[10ebbor10]

Turn 1

Katavis Star works

Spoiler: Unknown Ship (click to show/hide)

Name: Unknown. Two pilot anti fighter Corvette
Cost: Ж 14,000
Production Cost : 10
Size: Large
Weight: Heavy
Speed: 5 (medium)
Armor: 7 (More than decent)
Weapons: 4*Laser
Tools: FTL drive, Long range sensors,
Mutations: None

You decide on a steel structure, and use liquid powered engines for the needed thrust. You include a large 2 man cockpit, and life-support for additional crew. The heavy armor, and  FTL drive weight down the ship a bit, making it somewhat sluggish. It can catch up to most older fighters, though it will have trouble to take on newer models. It's unfortunately, pretty hard to produce, taking significant time and resources.

Spoiler: Research (click to show/hide)

- Research: (Ж 25,000)
--Mass Driver:  No progress was made here.
--Compact FTL drive : You manage to make some progress on a smaller Alcubierre drive. Your engineers believe they can make it work with another Ж 20.000
--Advanced materials : Your engineers manage to finalize Carbon Nanowaver armor. It's strong, lightweight but very hard to produce. Ж 10.000 needed to finalize production.
--Computer assisted Cockpit: Your engineers work on this matter, but can make no significant improvements over the current systems.
--Intranet: Your engineers fail to make any progress at all. The latest prototype simply flew into the station and blew itself up. Luckily that is insured.

Monolith Industries

Spoiler: Research (click to show/hide)

Carbon wafer armor: It's light, strong but rather expensive and hard to produce.  You think you might be able to get this done for Ж12.000
Laser Reflective coating: A simple coating reducing damage from laser weaponry pretty effectively. Not so much after it gets damaged or worn. Ж 6.000

Leviathan Corporation

Spoiler: Unknown Ship (click to show/hide)

Name: Unknown. Single Person Interceptor
Cost: Ж 5.000
Production Cost : 5
Size: Small
Weight: Medium
Speed: 6 (medium)
Armor: 4 (Not that much, but serviceable)
Weapons: 1*Laser
Tools: Long range sensors,
Mutations: None

You make a simple interceptor capable of fending for itself against most pirate ships. It's armed with a single, strong laser cannon, has a small liquid engine for power, and has a single person cockpit for control. It's surprisingly small and easy/cheap to produce.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Missile weaponry: You're pretty sure you can finalize these for a mere 5000.

Vulcan SpaceYards

Spoiler: Unknown Ship (click to show/hide)

Name: Unknown. Two pilot Exploration vessel.
Cost: Ж 11,000
Production Cost : 8
Size: Large
Weight: Medium
Speed: 5 (medium)
Armor: 4 (Caution)
Weapons: 1*cannon
Tools: FTL drive, Long range sensors
Mutations: Long Endurance

You decide on a 2 pilot system for additional range, and a steel structure for some additional production. You also add some Ion engines for cheap and reliable in system transport. The system has significant mass dedicated to fuel, allowing it to operate for long times without supply and/or maintenance.

Research: all case studies (Ж 20,000)

Spoiler: Research (click to show/hide)

FTL size reduction : You think you can get this done for Ж 15.000.
Investigate reducing the power consumption of FTL drives: Your engineers make a massive breakthrough on this matter. The low consumption variant of the Alcubierre drive is considerably slower, but still rather reliable. Finalization will cost Ж10.000
Investigate plasma engines : No progress is made on this matter
Investigate ceramic materials for spacecraft construction: Your engineers think they can deploy ceramic materials with another Ж 10.000. These materials are very good for reentry and heat resistance, but require significant effort to produce.

Loer Drone Departement

Spoiler: Rose Defensive sattelite (click to show/hide)

Name: Automated Defense sattelite
Cost: Ж 800
Production Cost : 1
Size: Extremely Small
Weight: Extremely light
Speed: 0 (Station)
Armor: 2 (Caution)
Weapons: 1*Laser
Tools: None
Mutations: Short endurance Endurance

-The Rose defensive satellite is cheap. That's about anything that can be said about it. It can't move, has little to no armor, has but a single laser, and requires significant maintenance in order to power up everything.

- Research: (Ж 10,000)
--Develop advanced targeting protocols. No progress is made on this matter.
--Develop "Swarm AI": You think you can finalize this with Ж7.500


Frex Shipyards Ltd.

Spoiler:  Valkyrie (click to show/hide)

Name: Valkyrie. 2 man Interceptor
Cost: Ж 7.500
Production Cost : 7.5
Size: Medium
Weight: Medium
Speed: 7 (Fast)
Armor: 4 (Not that much, but serviceable)
Weapons: 2*Laser
Tools: Standard sensors
Mutations: None

You design a fast, well armored medium Interceptor. It has decent firepower and size for it's class.

Research (Ж 10,000):
Create faster, lighter engines using ICF pulse technology  : You make no progress on this.
Research high-output plasma maneuvering thrusters : Nor on this.


Pax Shipping & Receiving , Inc

Spoiler: Surveyor (click to show/hide)

Name: Surveyor. Singly pilot Heavily armed fighter
Cost: Ж 5,500
Production Cost : 4
Size: Small
Weight: Light
Speed: 9 (Fast)
Armor: 2 (Caution)
Weapons: 2*Laser
Tools: None
Mutations: None

The Surveyor is very fast, and heavily armed for it's size. It's only lightly armored however, and the liquid engines have driven up the cost a little. Otherwise everything about the ship appears normal.

Research (15,000 units):
Active camouflage capable hulls: You make rapid progress here. While the camouflage is far from perfect, you think you can finish it with Ж5.000
Hacking capability (of both planet-side and ship-side systems) : You think you can make this work with another Ж20.000
Advanced Pilotless Navigation : No progress is made here.


Helios Defence Corp


- Design Work (25,000)

Spoiler: X-1 Interceptor (click to show/hide)

Name: X-1 Interceptor Singly pilot Rocket interceptor
Cost: Ж 3000
Production Cost : 4
Size: Small
Weight: Medium
Speed: 10 (Solid Fuel power => Short flight time)
Armor: 4 (Decent)
Weapons: Cannon
Tools: Short Range sensors
Mutations: None

The X-1 Interceptor is fast, and decently armored. However, it's endurance is very limited. If it can finish of it's target soon after engaging, it will become a sitting duck.

- Research (15,000)(?)
:Stronger materials for cheaper cost and lighter weight : You develop ceramic armor. It's strong, cheap and relatively light. However, it takes long to produce. Ж15.000 
:More powerful laser weaponry/plasma weaponry : You develop High power Laser Weaponry. Final development will cost just Ж 5.000
:A sort of "shielding" unit to help maintain hull integrity and provide extra protection over the armor of the craft (think force shield) : Your engineers make no progress on this
:do follow up research from the person researching fuel less alternatives into weaponry into "Gauss" weaponry, using strong magnetic coils Nah, you can't work of the results of research that hasn't happened yet.


Players

Spoiler:  Kavtavis Star Works (click to show/hide)

Corporation name: Kavtavis Star Works
Forum Name: Taricus
Your Starting Funds: Ж 50,000
Your Home Planet: Salcaris in region the Nemean empire
Infrastructure:
      - Design Complex    (Allows you to make a single new design at Ж25,000, or make (unlimited) modifications for Ж10,000 )
      - Production Facility (Up to 50 Production units/ annum)
      - Research facility    (Can research 1 thing per turn at Ж10,000 or can do unlimited case studies at Ж5,000(Requires additional investment to finish research))
      - One Weapons facility (Bonus to weapon related research. Ship production cost lowered by 0.5 per weapon installed)

Spoiler: Monolith Industries (click to show/hide)

Corporation name: Monolith Industries
Forum Name: Lord William Rakmanovic III
Your Starting Funds: Ж90,000
Your Home Planet:Auron II-A in region Nemean
 - Design Complex    (Allows you to make a single new design at Ж25,000, or make (unlimited) modifications for Ж10,000 )
      - Production Facility (Up to 50 Production units/ annum)
      - Research facility    (Can research ! thing per turn at Ж10,000 or can do unlimited case studies at Ж5,000(Requires additional investment to finish research))
      - Orbital Launch Facility (+ 20% Production points, -10% production cost on large ships and above)

Spoiler: The Leviathan Corporation (click to show/hide)

Corporation name: The Leviathan Corporation
Forum Name:scapheap
Your Starting Funds: Ж100,000
Your Home Planet:Nidhogg in region Hologian Confederation
Infrastructure:
      - Design Complex    (Allows you to make a single new design at Ж25,000, or make (unlimited) modifications for Ж10,000 )
      - Production Facility (Up to 50 Production units/ annum)
      - Research facility    (Can research ! thing per turn at Ж10,000 or can do unlimited case studies at Ж5,000(Requires additional investment to finish research))
      - IT facility              (Bonus to computer related research and information gathering activities)

Spoiler: Vulcan Spaceyards (click to show/hide)

Corporation name:Vulcan Spaceyards
Forum Name: RulerOfNothing
Your Starting Funds: Ж57,500
Your Home Planet:Hyperion in region Havitak Free League
Infrastructure:
      - Design Complex    (Allows you to make a single new design at Ж25,000, or make (unlimited) modifications for Ж10,000 )
      - Production Facility (Up to 50 Production units/ annum)
      - Research facility    (Can research ! thing per turn at Ж10,000 or can do unlimited case studies at Ж5,000(Requires additional investment to finish research))
      - Computer Simulation Complex (reduces the cost of design actions by 10%)

Spoiler: Loer Drone Departement (click to show/hide)

Corporation name: Loer Drone Department
Forum Name: Ukrainian Ranger
Your Starting Funds: Ж65,000
Your Home Planet: Loer IV  in an Independent system
Infrastructure:
      - Design Complex    (Allows you to make a single new design at Ж25,000, or make (unlimited) modifications for Ж10,000 )
      - Production Facility (Up to 50 Production units/ annum)
      - Research facility    (Can research 1 thing per turn at Ж10,000 or can do unlimited case studies at Ж5,000(Requires additional investment to finish research))
      - AI coding facility    (Benefits AI research and corporate intelligence)

Spoiler: Frex Shipyards Ltd. (click to show/hide)

Corporation name:Frex Shipyards Ltd.
Forum Name:Tryrar
Your Starting Funds: Ж65,000
Your Home Planet:Kalik III in Havitak Free League
Infrastructure:
 - Design Complex(Allows you to make a single new design at Ж25,000, or make (unlimited) modifications for Ж10,000 )
      - Production Facility (Up to 50 Production units/ annum)
      - Research facility(Can research 1 thing per turn at Ж10,000 or can do unlimited case studies at Ж5,000(Requires additional investment to finish research))
      - Propulsion Lab (Significant bonus for propulsion research)

Spoiler: Pax Shipping & Receiving , Inc. (click to show/hide)

Corporation name: Pax Shipping & Receiving, Inc.
Forum name: Nunzillor
Starting funds: 100,000 units.
Home planet: Pax of the Nemean Empire, but ostensibly Independent.  ((Gee, I wonder where all that Hologian Confederation piracy is coming from?))

Infrastructure:
1.  Design Complex
2.  Production Facility
3.  Research Facility
4.  Hacked Communications Array (Allows for the interception and optional modification of secure information, decrypted and encrypted on-the-fly.  Can also attempt to overwhelm a ship or corporation's communications infrastructure by transmitting a large number of long, nonsensical auditory or visual signals within a short time period.)

Spoiler: Helios Defence Corp. (click to show/hide)

Corporation name: Helios Defence Corp.
Forum Name: WhitiusOpus
Your Starting Funds: Ж100,000
Your Home Planet: Darmanica in Hologian Confederation
Infrastructure:
      - Design Complex
      - Production Facility
      - Research facility
      - Scrap Salvager (used to, well, salvage the scrap and remains of other starships.)

Facility upgrade cost:
      - Design Installation : 25.000   (Allows 2 designs to be made per year. Gets a bonus to actions )
      - Production Complex : 10.000 (Increases production by 10)
      - Research Facility : 25.000      (Allows 2 research actions  to be made per turn. Gets a bonus to actions)
      - Other facility upgrades: 25.000

[WhitiusOpus]

((Focus on the X-1 then. Also, edited my action so that I research into Gauss weaponry, instead of using others.))

[tryrar]

Attempt to add a long-range sensor package without compromising the design, and submit this the the Hologian Confederation for their anti-piracy patrols. Send the following advert (Set to Ride of the Valkyries, of course!). Set the sale price for Ж11,000

"Frex Shipyards is proud to announce the newest in smallcraft fighters, the Valkyrie! With the latest in liquid fuel propulsion, the Valkyrie is setting speed records across known space-your enemies can't run! With the latest in ship-detection sensors and software, the Valkyrie makes for an excellent ship hunter-your enemies can't hide! Armed with twin megawatt lasers and the latest in protective armor, this thing can dish out the damage-your enemies don't have a hope of Valhalla of winning! Buy Valkerie Today, and may your tomorrow be safer!"

Edit: Also, upgrade design facility one step

[Ukrainian Ranger]

Spoiler: Questions: (click to show/hide)

1) Can I try to push new techs into the design this turn or I need to wait? If I can what risks and price are?
2) How non-contract selling work? I need to produce ships and try to sell, or they will be auto-produced if  demand for them exists.
3)How pricing works? Am I free to set the selling price or it decided by game mechanics?
4) Will I benefit from producing some drones to defend my own facilities or this game doesn't simulate that?

[Remuthra]

Can I research new techs now myself?

[Taricus]

Name the new Corvette the "Nemesis", offer it to the Nemean empire as a counter-ship to the currently requested ship the Hologians are asking for.
Fund the research of both the compact drive and new materials, and enlarge the production facility to support the construction of another two Nemesis Corvettes at a 30% markup on the original production cost, with a willingness to lower it to 20% if it will secure the contract

The following message is sent to the Nemean Navy:
Salutations, Katavis Star works is proud to announce our first product: The Nemesis Corvette. Enough armour and firepower to take down an entire fighter squadron, And the strategic flexibility provided by mounting an FTL drive on-board. While certainly capable by being outrun by fighters, this ship works perfectly regardless, as either an escort, or a raider against freighters. While somewhat expensive, this ship is guaranteed to down double or triple it's cost in enemy fighters, and is easily produced to have a massive firepower advantage over most fighters as well. The all-laser loadout assists it in taking down small craft, and through volume of fire take down larger craft as well.

The price we are willing to charge is 18200 Credits per ship, around a 30% increase of the base price, but we are willing to lower it if need be.

We are confident you'll see the value and quality of our design, and choose to enter into a contract with us to provide the empire with a efficient and reliable anti-fighter ship.

((Hmm, are we able to upgrade the facilities, and fund the results of the preliminary research this turn?))

[Nunzillor]

Focus on the Y1 Surveyor this turn please.  Also, very excited to be chosen!  Just curious, what method did you use?

An encoded message was recently received by the Nemean Navy:
"Greetings.  Our firm, Pax Shipping & Receiving, Inc., can offer effective fighter ships for use against the Hologian Confederation and associated satellite organizations at a deferred price.  We are also pleased to soon be able to offer you cyberwarfare capabilities to be purchased at an equally affordable price.  All ships have functions to prevent accountability (active cloaking) for easy proxy wars.  Glory to the Nemean Empire.  How shall we begin?  We are prepared to sell our first ship, a highly maneuverable fighter packed with firepower, the Y1 Surveyor, for a low 9,000 credits."

Turn:

Finish the camouflage and outfit the surveyor with it.
Finalize research on ship-side hacking, lay off on planet-side for now.  Outfit the surveyor with the results if not too costly.

Research: Advanced autonomous piloting and warfare (use proprietary code and hardware only for this, absolutely no open-source hardware or software)
Automated viral data extraction from secure and unsecured systems (spreads autonomously to unsecured and lightly secured systems via comms array, propagates via public comms)

[Ukrainian Ranger]

Spoiler: Turn 2 actions (click to show/hide)

a) Try to get Nemean empire contract:

"We are proud to offer you a cheap solution for defending your airspace. The "Rose" drone. It will help you to secure secondary colonies from surprise attacks of your enemies  freeing your interceptors and pilots for offensive operations or guarding more valuable assets.
Costing Ж1400. it is much cheaper than any craft with comparable firepower and requires no money to train a pilot or pay his salary.
We must note that it can be used in offensive operations; deploying our satellites on orbit of hostile planet will ensure that no craft will leave the planet.
Additionally, large crafts may use "Roses" as quick to deploy minefield. Minefield that will not harm friendly targets and can be gathered after it is no longer needed.

Should you buy 20 or more drones, the price will be Ж1300  per piece


b) Finish Swarm AI research Ж 7.500.

c) Build 5 Rose satellites for self defense and testing the new AI, attempt to modify those with Swarm AI creating Rose Mk II. Enabling it to launch coordinate ambushes and  concentrate fire in one spot when facing larger ships. Do not sell MK II, yet. Customers should get reliable MK Is.
If that's too gamey way to get two variants, start selling the updated one, should production cost change, selling cost to be set equal to 175% of production cost

d) Build one production facility Ж 10.000

[Taricus]

UR, The Confederacy is the one with the pirate problem, just saying