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[Vivalas]

United Human Empire

Earth - Sol. Population: 500 million. The birthplace of humanity. Until the start of the current century, mankind had been confined to this gaian prison. Everything in human history that had ever happened to humans has happened here-- until now. Mankind - split by a fierce civil war, now once again faces destruction as two warring factions battle for control of Sol. Terrorized by the unknown alien menace, both factions fight for their destiny. One in the name of tyranny, and one in the name of freedom.

Anthem of the UHE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHW8VnUSnBQ (sorry)

Axiom -- The capital of the United Human Empire. Located on the eastern coast of North America, this megalopolis is home to over 200 million people, almost 50% of the population of Earth. Located here is the UHE High Council. Where most if not all of the decisions will be made that will decide the future of the UHE, and even more so, the future of humanity.

Located in the plains of Siberia is the Octagon. The military headquarters of the UHE. This massive underground structure is characterized by the octagonal shape of its surface building.

To the south in the Himalayan mountains is Fort Legion, the Point Defense Base of Earth. This smaller but still huge base is home to 50 missile silos, all ready to launch hypersonic missiles into space at over 10 km/s. Designed to defend against missile attacks on Earth, this base is now the only thing standing between Earth and nuclear annihilation from the NMC, not too far away on Mars.


SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

System Map:

Overview:

Minerals:

Fleet Organization (none in fleets yet):

Prosperity Class Frigate

This cruiser is the first military ship launched by the UHE. It is a basic all-round fighting ship that is outdated and lacks proper technology, and has had a dubious legacy ever since the destruction of 2 in the Washington system after being destroyed by unknown aliens. Sporting one twin Steadfast Laser Cannon turret by Watkins & Rhodes Industries, it isn't a hard hitter, but it still serves as a useful vessel for anti-piracy and interdiction / territory patrol, as well as escorts for the larger Peace cruiser. It's shields and armor aren't that great, and it isn't very fast either.

Prosperity class Frigate    4 950 tons     116 Crew     657.4 BP      TCS 99  TH 480  EM 120
4848 km/s     Armour 3-25     Shields 4-600     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 4     PPV 14.08
Maint Life 4.88 Years     MSP 332    AFR 49%    IFR 0.7%    1YR 23    5YR 345    Max Repair 68 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months    Spare Berths 1   

Cataclysm Drive Company 120 EP Ion Drive (4)    Power 120    Fuel Use 81%    Signature 120    Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 500 000 Litres    Range 22.4 billion km   (53 days at full power)
Wilson Engineering Company Defender-1 (2)   Total Fuel Cost  36 Litres per hour  (864 per day)

Twin Watkins & Rhodes Heavy Industries Steadfast Laser Cannon Turret (1x2)    Range 80 000km     TS: 10000 km/s     Power 8-2     RM 2    ROF 20        4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0
Watkins & Rhodes Heavy Industries Fire Control S04 64-6000 (1)    Max Range: 128 000 km   TS: 6000 km/s     92 84 77 69 61 53 45 37 30 22
Cataclysm Drive Company Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Technology PB-1 (1)     Total Power Output 22.5    Armour 0    Exp 5%

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes

Peace Class Cruiser

This ship is a much more powerful vessel than the Prosperity and has been the flagship of the UHE ever since. Despite its numerous design problems, this ship has been loved by the UHE navy for decades. Despite being plagued by frequent breakdowns, and the fact that most of them are haunted due to faulty reactors in earlier designs that led to the instant deaths of hundreds of crew in spectacular overloads, its set of  4 twin Steadfast Laser Cannon turrets pack quite the punch. It also has 3 times the armor of the Prosperity design and slightly stronger shields. It is quite slow though, and are notorious for having insufficient escape pod capacity and faulty fire suppression systems.

Peace class Cruiser    11 400 tons     221 Crew     1308.6 BP      TCS 228  TH 960  EM 180
4210 km/s     Armour 6-45     Shields 6-600     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 3     PPV 56.32
Maint Life 1.16 Years     MSP 215    AFR 346%    IFR 4.8%    1YR 164    5YR 2454    Max Repair 68 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months    Spare Berths 1   

Cataclysm Drive Company 120 EP Ion Drive (    Power 120    Fuel Use 81%    Signature 120    Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 1 000 000 Litres    Range 19.5 billion km   (53 days at full power)
Wilson Engineering Company Defender-1 (3)   Total Fuel Cost  54 Litres per hour  (1 296 per day)

Twin Watkins & Rhodes Heavy Industries Steadfast Laser Cannon Turret (4x2)    Range 80 000km     TS: 10000 km/s     Power 8-2     RM 2    ROF 20        4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0
Watkins & Rhodes Heavy Industries Fire Control S04 64-6000 (1)    Max Range: 128 000 km   TS: 6000 km/s     92 84 77 69 61 53 45 37 30 22
Cataclysm Drive Company Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Technology PB-1 (1)     Total Power Output 22.5    Armour 0    Exp 5%

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes


Hamlet Class Exporation Ship

A staple in popular culture and loved by children and space enthusiasts, this outdated but trusty vessel formed the backbone of the early UHF Exploration and Survey Corps, which employed thousands of intrepid explorers to go where no man had gone before. Despite having maintenance issues due to its unwieldy military design that didn't favor deep space exploration, and which made it hard for civilian conscript crews to operate it, its role in mapping the solar system brought fame and glory to it and its commanders alike.

Hamlet class Exploration Ship    3 550 tons     75 Crew     655 BP      TCS 71  TH 240  EM 0
3380 km/s     Armour 1-20     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/2     Damage Control Rating 2     PPV 0
Maint Life 2.95 Years     MSP 231    AFR 50%    IFR 0.7%    1YR 39    5YR 592    Max Repair 120 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 24 months    Spare Berths 1   

Cataclysm Drive Company 120 EP Ion Drive (2)    Power 120    Fuel Use 81%    Signature 120    Exp 10%
Fuel Capacity 1 000 000 Litres    Range 62.6 billion km   (214 days at full power)

Wilson Engineering Company Raven 1 (1)     GPS 14400     Range 65.7m km    Resolution 120
Geological Survey Sensors (2)   2 Survey Points Per Hour

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes

Alabaster Class Freighter

This trusty vessel is the backbone of the now defunct UHF Colonial Logistics Corps. Designed to be a cheap and efficient cargo vessel, this large ship is currently the largest ever built. Able to carry a modest 25 000 tons of cargo, this ship ferried equipment and supplies across the void to Mars for the colonists that would soon follow.

Alabaster class Freighter    34 600 tons     107 Crew     549.8 BP      TCS 692  TH 900  EM 0
1300 km/s     Armour 1-94     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 1     PPV 0
MSP 10    Max Repair 37.5 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months    Spare Berths 2   
Cargo 25000    Cargo Handling Multiplier 10   

Cataclysm Drive Company 150 EP Commercial Ion Drive (6)    Power 150    Fuel Use 11.93%    Signature 150    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 750 000 Litres    Range 32.7 billion km   (291 days at full power)

This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes

Agray Class Colony Ship

This vessel was the first ship to carry colonists across space to Mars for the UHF Colonial Logistics Corps. After many companies failed to deliver what the UHF CLC wanted in terms of efficiency and capacity, one design stood out. Affectionately known as the "tin can" by its crew and passengers, this ship ferried colonists across space in the comfort of thousands of cryogenic sleep pods. 5 of these large vessels operated nonstop back and forth to and fro from Earth to Mars. None of them carried colonists back, however. Those who found Mars unfavorable were either stuck on the red planet, or forced to pay exorbitantly high prices to the various passenger lines for a ticket back to the beloved planet they always took for granted.

Agray class Colony Ship    21 750 tons     152 Crew     964.6 BP      TCS 435  TH 900  EM 0
2068 km/s     Armour 1-69     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/0/0     Damage Control Rating 1     PPV 0
MSP 28    Max Repair 37.5 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months    Spare Berths 0   
Cryogenic Berths 50000    Cargo Handling Multiplier 10   

Cataclysm Drive Company 150 EP Commercial Ion Drive (6)    Power 150    Fuel Use 11.93%    Signature 150    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 500 000 Litres    Range 34.7 billion km   (194 days at full power)

This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes

And that's it. If you would like more information or screenshots of other screens, feel free to ask. Please don't post until 12:00 AM CST on 7/11/16 though.


Edit:  Research and Racial Designs (currently the same for both factions)

Racial Designs:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

(Wilson Engineering Company) Guardian 1 - 2 450 tons
This advanced sensor is a massive missile search sensor. Able to detect even the smallest missiles at 36m km
this behemoth is currently only used on PDCs due to logistical reasons.

(Wilson Engineering Company) Raven 1 - 500 tons
This sensor is a basic run of the mill sensor designed for general purpose use. If it needs eyes, is needs a Raven 1.
It can detect 6000 ton ships up to 65m km away.

(Wilson Engineering Company) Missile Fire Control - 1000 tons
This completely average fire control is a complement to the Guardian 1 sensors used by PDCs.

(Watkins & Rhodes Heavy Industries) Fire Control S04 64-6000 - 200 tons
This basic fire control system is capable of locking onto targets moving up to 6000 km/s at 64 0000 km with 50% accuracy.

(Cataclysm Drive Company) Lancer 1 Ion Drive - 500 tons
This small and compact military engine is the cornerstone of all military designs.
Not very powerful, and not very fuel efficient either. Sports a power rating of 120 EP.

(Cataclysm Drive Company) Chevron 1 Heavy Ion Drive - 1250 tons
This larger heavy ion drive is only slightly more powerful than the Lancer 1, but much more fuel efficient.
Used by most if not all commerical shipbuilding companies. Sports a power rating of 150 EP.

(Watkins & Rhodes Heavy Industries) Steadfast Laser Cannon - 200 tons
This low power / low range laser cannon is a staple among all early military designs.
It doesn't have much in the way of firepower or range, but it's really the only thing out there.
Most laser weapons projects were doomed to failure in the early days of space travel by over ambitious companies
that ran over budget and didn't even get closed to a working platform. Watkins & Rhodes chose to go with a simple and
cheap design that won over the UHF Navy and recieved extra grant funding. Rated at 4 MW and has a maximum range of 80 000 km,
plus a slow recharge rate that takes 20 seconds for the capacitors to recharge.

(Watkins & Rhodes Heavy Industries) Twin Steadfast Laser Cannon Turret. - 700 tons
This twin turret is the main armament on pretty much all current military vessels. With two laser cannons mounted, this modest
turret can deliver firepower with a maximum tracking speed rated at 10 000 km / s.

(Stokes Systems) Capacity 100 Magazine - 350 tons
Leading the industry in missile delivery and fire control systems, this solid 100 capacity magazine by Stokes Systems
allows decent capacity with a small amount of internal armoring and a 70% chance of ejecting the ordanance if it takes
a fatal blow.

(Jones Thrust) 0.15 EP Ion Drive
This small missile engine by Jones Thrust is the main engine used by the Sparrow AMM used for point defense. Known as the
"whistler" due to the distinctive start-up noises made by the drive as the missile is armed before launch. Jones Thrust LLC
assures its clients that the whistling noise is in no way dangerous, and that their design team is working very hard
to locate and remove the source of the distinctive noise.

(Stokes Systems) PDC Size 1 Missile Silo - 50 tons
This large missile silo designed for use on massive Planetary Defense Centers is a decent launcher with a modest
reload rate of 10 seconds per warhead.

(Stokes Systems) Sparrow AMM Mk1
This small Anti-Missile Missile designed by Stokes Systems is designed to intercept and destroy incoming missiles.
With a top speed of 15000 km/s, and a rated accuracy of 25.5% against targets going over 10 000 km/s, this missile isn't much,
but in numbers it gets the job done.

(Catalcysm Drive Company) PB-1 - 250 tons
This gas-cooled nuclear reactor by Cataclysm Drive Company Inc. is the most widely used reactor currently in service. Rated at
22.5 MW, this reactor has a dubious reputation as the "widowmaker" due to the incidents revolving around the Peace class Cruisers
that were blown to pieces by reactor meltdowns. CDC has declined to comment on the incidents, stating only that "the early PX-1 reactors
used on the Peace class cruisers were experimental, and were not able to withstand the constant vibrations of the ship's drives".

(Wilson Engineering Company) Defender 1
This shield projector is not much, but it provides some cushioning against incoming attacks that can mean the difference
between a scratch on the armor, and a hole in the No. 1 Reactor Coolant Pump. Critics simply call it a waste of space. This
shield system uses experimental new "Gamma" shield matrices that pack more protection into a smaller package. WEC assures its
customers that the Gamma shield does not emit deadly Gamma rays, and that its PR department was not all fired after deciding to
name it that.

Research:

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Asteroid Mining Module
Construction Rate 14 BP
Fighter Produciton Rate 12 BP
Fuel Production 48 000 liters
Mining Production 12 tons
Research Rate 240 RP
Shipbuilding Rate 750 BP
Shipyard Operations: 10% Time/Cost Saving
Sorium Havester

Gamma Shields
Damage Control
High Density Duranium Armour

12cm Laser Focal Size
Visible Light Laser

Boat Bay
Boat Bay - Small
Combat Drop Module - Company
Fuel Storage - Large
Fuel Storage - Tiny
Fuel Storage - Very Large
Hangar Deck

Levitated-Pit Implosion Warhead
Missile Agility 32 per MSP
Missile Launcher Reload Rate 2
Reduced-size Launcher 0.33 Size / 20x Reload

Fuel Consumption 0.9 liters per engine hour
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Technology
Ion Drive Technology
Jump Drive Efficiency 5
Jump Point Theory
Max Jum Squadron Size - 3 (Size x 1.0)
Max Engine Power Mod x1.25
Min Engine Power Mod x0.4

Active Sensor Strength 12
Beam Fire Control Range 16 000 km
Fire Control Speed Rating 3000 km/s
Gravitational Survey Sensors

[Vivalas]

Here are some general pointers (these are the same for both teams)
1. Your starting ships are bad.
2. Ion engines are bad.
3. The scenario I set up is focused around a strong economy and weak military, so there is room to improve militarily for both factions. The idea is so you can focus on the combat and military strategy part of the game without worrying too much about economy and industry. You might want to look into aquiring sources of more minerals though.

[somemildmanneredidiot]

Reading a bit into the game, I think either immediately or once we get a Lead Scientist, we should set 13 research labs to begin researching additional research speed (unless we have a Lead Scientist with a 25% bonus or a specialization for this, it will take two turns regardless. If the previous is acquired then I am all for setting all of our labs on researching this.). Mean while, if we construct one more Research Lab, we'll be able to get the next level of research speed in two turns as well (unless we have a specialist for this in which case we can do it in one turn if we build the additional lab).

Looking through the overview, we currently have a worker shortage. Not 100% sure how bad that is but if there are any construction projects we can do to handle that it would probably improve efficiency in other areas.

@Vivalas: Do we have a list of our already researched tech?

[TopHat]

Construction projects won't help with the shortage; shutting down unneeded industries will. The fighter factories are a prime candidate for this as we probably won't be making any fighters any time soon. We might also want to shut down our fuel refinaries as we aren't mining sufficient Sorium and our fuel stockpiles should last a while (it's a shame we have no way of only shutting off half the refinaries; is it possible to remove some with SM mode and add them back when they're needed? I haven't used SM mode at all so I have no idea if that's plausible).

Also, those starting ships are making me wince, 'bad' barely begins to cover it. We really need to prioritise designing replacements.

As for more information, in addition to completed research and scientists I'd like more information on our shipyards, potential candidates for Governor of Earth and command of UHE Naval Command, and details of the Fort Legion PDC and the missiles it uses (please tell me that 10km/s is a typo!). Oh, and any intelligence we have regarding the Martian ships.

[Vivalas]

Added research and design information.

Unfortunately I can indeed not selectively shut down fuel refineries, but I can use SM for that.

And yes 10 km/s is a typo. They would be next to useless if that were the case. I had a brainfart because I consider it hard to believe missiles
can travel through the atmosphere at 15 000 km/s without any damage to the missile or environment, even if they're only actually in the atmosphere
for a fraction of a second.

[Vivalas]

Spoiler: Shipyards (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Scientists (click to show/hide)

There are really way too many civilian administrators for me to present them all to you, so give me a few qualities you would like to see in the governor, and I will grab some possible candidates for you.

Since I forgot the PDCs...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

(Fort Legion)
Alpha class Point Defence Base    88 950 tons     425 Crew     11033 BP      TCS 1779  TH 0  EM 0
Armour 54-177     Sensors 1/588     Damage Control Rating 50     PPV 50
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months    Spare Berths 0   
Magazine 2050   

Stokes Systems PDC Size 1 Missile Launcher (50)    Missile Size 1    Rate of Fire 10
Wilson Engineering Company Missile Fire Control FC36-R1 (1)     Range 36.0m km    Resolution 1

Wilson Engineering Company Guardian 1 (1)     GPS 588     Range 29.4m km    MCR 3.2m km    Resolution 1


This design is classed as a Planetary Defence Centre and can be pre-fabricated in 36 sections



(The Octagon)
Bravo class Planetary Defence Centre    178 350 tons     247 Crew     18417 BP      TCS 3567  TH 0  EM 0
Armour 64-282     Sensors 1/0     Damage Control Rating 50     PPV 0
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months    Flight Crew Berths 41   
Hangar Deck Capacity 10000 tons     Troop Capacity: 10 Battalions   


This design is classed as a Planetary Defence Centre and can be pre-fabricated in 72 sections
 

Missile information is above in the first post, along with all the design info.

[Vivalas]

A clerk walks into your office in the UHE High Council building and puts some reports on your desk. Saluting, he says, "Here they are, the intelligent reports you asked for."

During the course of the civil war, a small number of ships that were landed at Eden Spaceport on Mars were wrote off as missing after the war was over. We believe their military force to be roughly equal to ours. Most of their designs are the same as ours, having inherited them from us, but our intelligence services have uncovered the plans for a "Freedom" class destroyer. We are unsure of its exact capabilities, but we believe it to be much faster than any of our military vessels, despite being very weak and unarmored, and was the main reason the cease fire was considered.



Some time later another clerk walks in and gives you the encryption key for the secure hotline between Axiom and Eden, for official communications.

(Diplomacy Thread has been made: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=159378.0)

[somemildmanneredidiot]

So we're a bit better off Research wise than expected.

Dr Birch looks especially promising. We can get most direct upgrades to what we have in the Power and Propulsion field within one to three turns. There's just a question of what do we want worked on.

If we provide Dr Hughes with 13 or 14 labs, we can have the next level of research rate done in 2 turns (we technically need exactly 13.0208333333, but I don't know how this system handles that. If we need 14 so it's not 3 turns, then we need 14.)

With 6 or 7 labs, Birch should still be able to complete several of the smaller projects in 1 or 2 turns.

I don't quite have a sense of how good our current defense system of missiles is. One thing I'm concerned about is Mars opening up with rushing out ships with just enough improvements to defeat any we currently have made while we work on making infrastructure improvements so we have a stronger middle and late game.


@Civilian Administration: I'm not quite aware of how that part works. I'll try to read into it tomorrow. I have a preference for ones that have a higher initial bonus to things rather than being able to influence all the things if that helps at all.

[werty892]

I agree with the research proposal.

[somemildmanneredidiot]

Question. Are we allowed to reassign laboratories midproject without progress lose? For example, if we have Hughes use 14 laboratories turn one and Birch 6 turn 1, and then turn 2 we reassign and Hughes uses 13 and Birch uses 7 and then turn three we give Birch 9 laboratories.

The above micromanaging will allow us 280RP on turn 2 and Stellarator Fusion Reactors turn 3.

Edit: For civilian administration, I would like to see candidates for three grouped fields. Mining, Factory Production, and Ship Building. Population Growth, Political Reliability, and Logistics. Espionage and Diplomacy.

[TopHat]

Research projects can be cancelled, paused, reassigned etcetera with absolutely zero loss (at least in-game; Vivalas might impose limits to switching for ease of carrying out our orders though). Speaking of which, I'm afraid to say I disagree with your proposal for Research - I'd rather spend the current turn modernising our weaponry. I'll put forward a plan for that tomorrow. One other thing to note is that scientists who are working on projects are far more likely to improve than those doing nothing, so it'll be worth having a few work on low-priority research with a single lab each.

On administrators, ditch the last four. Espionage and Diplomacy are only used for members of espionage or diplomacy teams respectively. I've found Logistics to be pretty much irrelevant, especially in our situation, whilst the sole purpose of Political Reliability is to help people get promoted over the heads of those who actually have useful bonuses.

[somemildmanneredidiot]

Good to know thanks! The wiki has been a bit difficult in actually finding things at times but had a list of options so I picked out ones that looked useful. In relation to Espionage and Diplomacy, I figured we could start head hunting and start gathering data on Mars. Getting information about what's going on and where they plan to invest their resources is useful. Otherwise, we can probably start up counter espionage systems using thise same personnel so we can be prepped for when they try to get info from us.

You have any idea of how this game works so I'm good with deferring to you. For training, having Dr Birch work on the capacity recharge thing which allows more lasers to be recharged at a time might be useful training while also helping with weaponry.

[Vivalas]

I won't impose limits on research lead switching as long as it doesn't get too meta or unrealistic (or too bothersome). Switching every year or so is doable. Switching every month, week, or even day (yikes!) is a no for obvious reasons.

Also don't know if you guys noticed but the diplomacy thread is up. NMC has issued an official statement so you might wanna read that.

[somemildmanneredidiot]

I saw and haven't formed a response yet. From a meta standpoint, saying that they won't tolerate military ships within their space is reasonable and the fact that they won't respond as though it is an immediate act of war is a useful thing. From an in game perspective, I feel like I should be insulted for reasons stemming from Earth superiority over Mars, which isn't the most reasonable thought process.

20 million km SEEMS to be a reasonable distance, but I've had difficulty figuring out how much of the astroid belt that covers. I'm thinking that we're going to want to set up plenty of astroid mines in the belt and that leaving them without military escort because of their range in relation to Mars is suspect at best.

Right now a best case scenario I'm seeing is putting forth a similar radius from Earth and both groups agreeing to let astroid mining bases and other production facilities to have a limited military presence when within range of opposing radii.

[Vivalas]

It doesn't even really touch the outer part of the belt.