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[Margrave]

The Trace must flow.
Turn Sent

We have established 3 settlements on Pentateuch and 8 cities on Tethys.
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The young courtier dressed in bright blue and white livery ran as fast as etiquette allowed down the opulent halls of the Imperial Citadel skirting meek servants, puffed up senators and sneering guardsmen towards the office of the Regent.

Bounding around the final corner, he nearly collided with the strongest barrier on Byzantium Secundus: bureaucrats. The door to the Regent was packed shoulder to shoulder with a wall of gray featuring representatives of every division, subdivision, municipality and speculative committee all seeking an audience with the busiest man in the Empire.

Such a sight would cause despair in even the bravest Stigmata Marine, fortunately the young courtier had been prepared for such an eventuality.

Shouting at the top of his lungs, he cried out, "A parking spot just opened up in front of the building!"

With a inward gasp, every civil servant inside pushed and clawed their way past the amused courtier. With a snicker he entered and saw the Regent surrounded by a small army of tailors fitting him for another dull government dinner party.

A court secretary, reading from a film scroll bearing the Fleet insignia, was reciting, "...and Admiral Coligny has destroyed another Symbiot invasion force in the orbit of Stigmata. She claims that the debris field surrounding the planet is now so thick that it is sporting rings similar to Saturn, m'lord. She requests further reinforcements and another plea to have the spacelanes cleared of all other Ministry ships."

With a bored expression, the Regent dismissively replied, "We cannot bar the other Ministers from their duties, tell her to make do with what forces she is able and dispatch a portion of the fleet to Nowhere to deal with these, erm, what were they again?"

"The walking dead sire."

"Of course, that sounds more reasonable than what I was thinking of."

The courtier hastened past the assembly and frantically thrust a small datapad into the Regents hands. Scowling, Alvarex Hawkwood quickly palm scanned the lock and read its contents.

His eyes widened with shock,"Cancel. Everything. And contact the League. I need all their information relating to the Moax plague."

[Il Palazzo]

Turn sent

A city was built on Madoc this turn and the League reimbursed.

[Vertab Nukks]

Turn Sent to the Hazat

[Vertab Nukks]

IMPERIAL EYE ANNUAL REPORT

The Imperial Eye is pleased to report a complete planetary survey has been concluded for Byzantium Secundus and the final results have been transmitted to the envoys of the Five Great Noble Houses.  Our high altitude surveillance teams have now been transported to Madoc where they will begin surveying the planet at the invitation of the Scravers Guild in hopes to identify salvageable naval derelicts and unknown under water settlements of the native Oro'ym.

Under contract with the Scravers Guild on Madoc we have leased the mineral rights to two additional mining facilities, and completed the construction of two starports and a fabrication facility to provide maintenance to our high altitude surveillance planes.  Thanks to the generosity of our benefactor Duke Flavius Li Halan the acting Minister of the Imperial Eye we have reimbursed the Merchant League and Scravers Guild 25,000 firebirds in compensation for the use of their land on Madoc.

Also, to increase our operational capacity the Imperial Eye has constructed a Starport on the Imperial World of Nowhere, a Starport on the Imperial World of Stigmata, a Fabrication Facility on the Imperial World of Tethys, and Duke Flavius Li Halan has granted land in perpetuity on Kish to construct a Starport on that world as well.

Imperial Eye Operatives and Assets continue to return to Byzantium Secundus on a monthly base to report to Imperial Eye Headquarters for debriefing.

Lastly, the situation on Nowhere grows more dire each day as the herd of "Husks" are now 50 miles from the perimeter of the capitol city of Necropolis.  The Imperial Eye compound continues to accept refugees from the outskirts of the city.  Duke Flavius Li Halan has used his personal resources to contract with the 3rd Nung Battalion to reinforce the facility, the mercenaries arrived yesterday yet I am unsure even their advanced weaponry will do much against a threat that is so great in its numbers.

Baroness Cassandra Li Halan - Imperial Eye Interim Director of Operations

[Vertab Nukks]

Count Alrich Jiu Li Halan stood patiently before the stoic Vau Ambassador on Vril-Ya, his long journey from Byzantium Secundus was an arduous one for a man of his age.  Yet, his nephew Duke Flavius Li Halan insisted that only he be the one to carry out this mission.  His many years as an ambassador for House Li Halan on Byzantium Secundus for both Flavius and his late father garnered him a fair amount of respect within the family.  Being brought out of retirement for this one last diplomatic mission was meant to be thought of as an honor for all of his years of loyal service to his family.

The much smaller Vau servant that stood next to the Vau Ambassador began to speak in broken Old Urthish "My master has considered your proposal and has accepted it." At that moment the Vau Ambassador bowed then turned and walked away.

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House Li Halan with the blessing of his Most Holy Patriarch of the Universal Church of the Celestial Sun has been granted permission to bring the Eternal Flame of the Empyrean through the preaching of the Omega Gospels to the alien and enigmatic Vau.

On Vril-Ya the Li Halan Fort has been converted into a Missionary Church, on Manitou and Apshai the Vau have granted lands to establish two farms and two additional Missionary Churches in exchange for 80 rare gems.

[Vertab Nukks]

Lords and Ladies of the Five Great Noble Houses,

Duke Flavius Li Halan would like to inquire to any house that has come into possession of an ancient and Holy Relic that you may consider selling them to the Li Halan.  The Duke has offered a bounty of 50,000 firebirds to any house that would part with their holy artifacts.  We humbly await your response.

Wei Lan - Li Halan Envoy to the Great Noble Houses on Byzantium Secundus

[Karlito]

All quiet on the Symbiot Front. One more Hazat city is build on Pentateuch.

Turn Sent

[Gollor]

Turn Sent

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Malignatius North Pole

The whole continent was faded by the smokes of explosions. After the year of bombardment the mountains were lowered and the ancient stronghold of Warlock was destroyed. His undead minions were annihilated and underground stockpiles were rooted up.
A small spaceship landed among the ruins. A number of elite troops spilled out and began to seek through the ancient walls. After them a noble retinue of Boris Decados got off the vessel.
- "It is was a really magnificient palace, but now it lays in ruins. It took a whole Earth Year to do." - slowly pronounced Boris.
- "Sir, Kossacks report that the area is clean. " - this was a young officer from the Boris retinue. He actual battle experience is minimal, but he graduated from the Severus warfare academy with the best grades.
- "Start the geology survey. Especially i am interested in damage patterns of cannons of my flagship. And call for the engineer team, i want to start a construction in the nearest time."

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OOC: Is it possible to destroy resource tiles? I was bombarding enemy units on it and managed to hit it once.

[Vertab Nukks]

OOC: Is it possible to destroy resource tiles? I was bombarding enemy units on it and managed to hit it once.

Yes they can be destroyed.

[Margrave]

Turn Sent

We have established one city on Bannockburn, 4 cities on Pentateuch and 3 on Tethys.
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To the ever vigilant Lady Lucinda of the Hazat, Greetings.

I must ask in my capacity as Imperial Regent and Minister of the Fleet as to your intentions of the very capable Hazat Fleet that currently orbits Byzantium Secundus. Rest assured that the Fleet has the skies of the Capitol World well protected. Do you intend to attack the Symbiots with your personal fleet?

[Il Palazzo]

Turn sent

[Vertab Nukks]

Turn Sent to Hazat

IMPERIAL EYE ANNUAL REPORT

The Imperial Eye has transmitted to the envoys of the Five Great Noble Houses the most recent planetary survey of Madoc.

Also, we have leased the mineral rights to two additional mining facilities, an Arborium, and we have reimbursed the Merchant League and Scravers Guild 15,000 firebirds in compensation for the use of their land on Madoc.

Baroness Cassandra Li Halan - Imperial Eye Interim Director of Operations

[Vertab Nukks]

Most Honorable Lords and Ladies of the Five Great Noble Houses,

Baroness Cassandra Li Halan, the Interim Director of Operations of the Imperial Eye, has provided me with some disturbing news regarding combat readiness drills and ship deployment orders in regard to the House Hawkwood and House Hazat. 

Apparently, lesser house nobles of both the Hawkwood and Hazat have been sabre rattling demanding the faction leaders of their respective houses to retaliate against territorial infractions by each others houses upon their established feudal estates on Pentateuch.

We ask that both sides take a moment and step back from the brink of any open conflict.  The Eskatonics of Pentateuch has allowed both the Hawkwoods and Hazat to settle their world freely and with open arms.  As brothers and sisters of the Most Holy Church of the Universal Sun, I implore you reach some amicable decision to share the wealth of that world equally.

Also, a more stern warning from the Li Halan.  Li Halan warriors have not only pledged fealty to the myself but to the Patriarch of Holy Terra.  Should either of your houses abuse the hospitality and generosity of the Mother Church and the Eskatonics of Pentateuch and wage war against the Patriarch, the Li Halan will partake in Holy Crusade until those lands are recovered for the Church.

My counsel and warnings are offered out of respect for both of your Esteemed and Revered Noble Houses, and we hope that it is accepted with the same respect in which it is offered.

Duke Flavius Li Halan

[Vertab Nukks]

OOC:

I wanted to propose a rule clarification about the settlement of NPC planets based on House Specific Background, and I wanted to get a consensus before I do my next few turns.

We have established the settlement several worlds: the Vau (Anyone can build on Apshai and Manitou but no warfare unless the declare war on the Vau) and Symbiot (Anyone Can Claim) Worlds, and De Moley (Al-Malik & Decados share with Church) & Pentateuch (Hawkwood & Hazat share with Church), but now I wanted to add a caveat to Holy Terra, Artemis, Pyre and Leaguehiem.

This mainly affects the Li Halan and Al-Malik and would keep in line with Fading Suns Lore.  This is my proposal:

The Al-Malik because of their special relationship with the League can be the only house to build additional estates on Leaguhiem, BUT an Al-Malik player is banned from using this advantage to seize the scepters on Leaguehiem.

Conversely, the Li Halan can build additional cities on Holy Terra and Artemis because of their special relationship with the Church, BUT a Li Halan player is banned from using this advantage to seize the scepters on Holy Terra.

Pyre should be like the Vau worlds but you can't purchase land from the Church, the Inquisitors of Temple Avesti don't want any outsiders tainting their world so to settle there any house would have to declare war on the Church.

Please let me know you thoughts on this NPC planetary settlement update.

Also, Karlito what is the status of the turn?

[Gollor]

Is there a way to seize scepters without capturing the place where they are placed? You will have to declare war upon the Church or the League to do it, isn't it?