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I guess lets first off try and turn on the lights, then make sure about the autodefenses
Sounds good to me. It could be that this place doesn't have a functioning power generator which is why we aren't dead right now. I recommend that we do a thorough search of this room, avoiding sitting in the seats at first. Make sure to have personnel on alert and watching the entrances to this room. While it appears that no one's home, better not chance the risk. Once we get an idea about what's in this room we can do a systematic search of the rest of the facility. IF they have glow sticks, they should be deployed now if they haven't been already.
@Signs: We should also give those a look over. There were human-like sentients located outside so there could be a connection between this language and languages on Earth. If we're able to get a good look at them on camera feed (hooray for canonical live streaming of what our soldiers see) we should have R&D attempt to do an analysis. I don't expect much if anything, but we could luck out.
@Equipment: Once we have all soldiers at base we need to do an inventory check. There are lots of little useful items that help in the field and we've been deploying our troops while relying on the GM to cover reasonable field items. Setting up standard equipment for deployment should definitely be a priority.
@Update frequency: That is entirely reasonable. This is a group game after all.
@Implications of this building: Bare minimum, we've found evidence of infrastructure possibly originating from this planet. HS#1 might have orignated from this planet or they could have come here and found a similar base from which they developed and/or deployed the aircraft, or they haven't found a similar site and built their craft on planet. Or they have FTL or a larger gate or their aircraft can compress itself somehow or a few dozen other possibilities that don't matter at the moment.
If we're able to secure this site then we have a new off world base that we can invest in and deploy from. I expect a huge spike in Committee support and possibly immediate resource deployment to help us secure the site. Like, if this anything more advanced than we are, forget the weapon we got off HS#1, we have a whole facility to research. We can track down their power systems and all sorts of technology that operates at different levels that we can analyze to form a more complete picture of how all of it works.
If the Committee is good for providing additional resources to help secure this facility, our biggest problem is figuring out how obvious we want to be about this place. We could attempt to keep things subtle and keep our presence in the hills secret. Or we could build a military base in the hills with SAMs, walls, turrets, and let HS#1 know that we are here, we have resources, and we are ready for combat.
Pros and cons:
》Subtle:
Pros: Less chance of HS#1 interference, which means more time to investigate and analyze this new place. The more time we can spend working on how whatever new tech we find works, the greater edge we'll have against HS#1 in future conflicts.
Cons: Due to the conflicts we've already had, they may increase their presence here which would make subtlety more difficult. If they find the base and we don't have proper security, we're screwed and have potentially lead them to tech that they are unaware of. Also we can't just throw more and more R&D at it until we figure things out because the movements of all those personnel would probably be noticed eventually.
》Loud:
Pros: We can set up more powerful and advanced anti-air and anti-infintry than what we can carry on individual personnel. Once set up, we will have a base where we can set about doing whatever construction of additional buildings we need with full use of construction equipment. We can throw R&D personnel at whatever we find until we figure out how it works.
Cons: HS#1 knows we're here, knows that we've decided to set up here for whatever reason, and knows that we are military capable. We don't know what resources they have or what lengths they are willing to go to to erraticate us, but unless they are significantly more willing to enter diplomatic terms than they have ever presented before, it will almost certainly develop into full scale war. Also it will take time and resources to establish the base, which HS#1 might not allow us and that the Committee may not be willing to commit.
It would be especially convenient if there happened to be another Warpgate in this facility for many many many reasons, but that's probably not going to happen. Our probable scenario is an attempt to set up a research facility in this base once we secure it and hope that HS#1 doesn't notice us. The Committee will also probably provide us with addition funding per month, for whatever progress we make on the circuitry and power source as well as discovering this new facility.
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