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[Nirur Torir]

Also, is it possible to make/work on a second cannon/something that could use the extra power?

I guess you could, if you really wanted to be boring.

[killerhellhound]

Improve the railgun making it able to handle the great amount of power that is available

[ziizo]

create a factory that makes ammunition for the cannon, explosive ammunition.

[Aigre Excalibur]

Enslave a bunch of proletariat to work in the above factories in return for a subsistence wage.

[Nirur Torir]

work on creating the base for the railgun, and attach the body and base together to complete the main weapon.

{6} - Laborers are driven into a fervor of hard work. The base is embedded miles beneath the surface, absolutely ensuring a stable firing platform. It's deep enough that the telescoping base can even retract beneath the surface for maximal protection (or possibly even mid-invasion maintenance.)

The ultra-secure base unfortunately makes close-in targeting virtually impossible.

Gun Bunker: +1 accuracy at long range, +3 defense at medium/long range against STL attacks, incapable at close range

"I vill not vork on that right now. It vould be a big distraction. I believe a nuclear payload vould be best for ze railgun. Hammer them hard with ze shell, then detonate."

{1} - The world's nuclear arsenal is cannibalized into a shell large enough to annihilate the alien navy in one blow.

An improperly calibrated robot belonging to the maintenance crew thinks it is a test shell, and Venus is shortly liquidated in an impressive light show.

Improve the railgun making it able to handle the great amount of power that is available

{1} - A dazzling array of power couplings, capacitors, and transmitters is created to ensure the gun will never explode from having too much power. The maze-like grid is further obfuscated with Monsieur John-Aerik's newest encryption methods, ensuring that no meddlesome, risk-lover colleagues will be able to break things again without a great deal of effort.

Fixed That Overpower: The cannon will not suffer damage on a critical success. Power bonus reduced to +0.

create a factory that makes ammunition for the cannon, explosive ammunition.

{4} - There is a sudden lack of nuclear materials, but a new super-factory in Poland is churning out a variety of explosive ordnance for the railgun.

Explosive Munitions Factory: There is new a surplus of many kinds of conventional explosive ordnance available.

Enslave a bunch of proletariat to work in the above factories in return for a subsistence wage.

{5} - With the help of the eager Eternal President, Steam-Golem Edison, the proles from United America are sent to help in Europe.

Abundant Workers: Factory production is much increased.


{3} Armature observers note that the aliens paused briefly in the asteroid belt, purposes unknown, but are still expected to arrive next turn.


OVERPOWER: +2 to cannon's raw power output. Must be near Scandinavia.
Comprehensive Targeting Database: +1 to giant weapon system's accuracy.
Drone Factories: +moderate swarm of rocket-propelled machine gun drones every turn.
  Large Fleet
  Moderate Swarm

[Coolrune206]

"Voopsy-daisy. Nobody liked Venus, did zey?"

Break Monsieur John-Aeriks' encryption methods with a great deal of effort, and allow full power to flow into the railgun again.

[crazyabe]

I Design and Buld a Time Dispersal gun which will Slow them down, giving us more time to work in the long run.

[Rethi-Eli]

"Ze day of reckoning is nigh, mein freunds. It is up to us to save all that ve know."

Instruct my workers to build a number of smaller turrets around the main one.

[ziizo]

Start building a force field to protect the cannon from alien attacks

Shoot the cannon don't let these Xenos get first blood

Changed my action because aliens attack next turn.

[killerhellhound]

Build a factory producing tank drones to support the swarm with heavier firepower and the ability to tank hits

[Person]

Deploy laser satellites in space! These satellites can be used to burn up incoming fire, or attack ships directly!

[Nirur Torir]

Break Monsieur John-Aeriks' encryption methods with a great deal of effort, and allow full power to flow into the railgun again.

{4} - Everything is really broken, but with a massive investment of manpower and your own genius, a partial fix is made.

Partial Power: +1 to cannon's raw power output

I Design and Buld a Time Dispersal gun which will Slow them down, giving us more time to work in the long run.

{4} - It looks horrible, and you're not quite sure how it works, but it does work. It has a limited rate of fire, but it should be enough to get all or most of the bigger ships out of the way for a turn.

Instruct my workers to build a number of smaller turrets around the main one.

{1} - You try, but it turns out that all those people in super-factories have completely tapped out Europe's logistical throughput. Most commercial goods aren't even available anymore.

Shoot the cannon don't let these Xenos get first blood

{2}+2 vs {?} accuracy. {2}+1 vs {?} damage - A large volley of shots is fired. Amateur astronomers are unable to give an accurate damage estimate of completely unknown forces.

Build a factory producing tank drones to support the swarm with heavier firepower and the ability to tank hits

{4} - A factory for larger drones is built in Australia. It comes only shortly before the aliens arrive, and only an irrelevant few are built.

Deploy laser satellites in space! These satellites can be used to burn up incoming fire, or attack ships directly!

{4} - Laser sat defense net deployed.


Event!
Detection:
{1}

The laser satellites near the poles suddenly begin automated defensive fire.
{3}-1(surprise) vs {3} accuracy. {3}-1(surprise)-1(glancing blow) vs {2} damage.
Asteroids! The aliens must have redirected them towards the Earth, from an angle. The satellites shatter them, sending large fragments down across the planet.

{1}(survival) - The attack does massive damage to the biosphere, and the surface of the planet is rendered virtually uninhabitable. A few pockets of humanity survive underground.

{4}+3 vs {2} - The gun, safely entrenched in its super-bunker, remains fully functional.

Time slowing gun fires!
{6} vs {3} - All of the large alien vessels are nearly frozen in time, leaving the strike craft and escorts without support. A Hazen Field forms near Earth; further temporal effects will be completely unpredictable for years to come.

Gun Fires!
{1} vs {2} Accuracy. {6}-1+1 {vs} {2} damage.
In a frightening display, the gun covers the sky in a vast quantity of explosives. All smaller ships are destroyed before they reach orbit.


Humanity is nearly extinct.
Earth's atmosphere now has a high radioactive dust content.
The amateur astronomers previously relaying basic intel are unable to continue helping.
You are now in secret bunkers with minimal help or resources.
The gun still has a frightening amount of ammo. (Manually firing it again won't help.)
Most of the drones are still usable, but all the dust in the atmosphere is making command and control highly difficult.
The laser satellite grid is fine.
The unsupported larger alien ships are quickly unfreezing, and will arrive in another turn.

[Elephant Parade]

Turn self into cyborg via illegal modifications. Turn left arm into laser cannon, like in Metroid.

[killerhellhound]

Build a energy shield that stops any incoming fire and use it to protect the cannon

[crazyabe]

Now, I'll reverse the Light Ion inhibitor and rather then slow them down Speed them up Too much so they overshoot when they start moving again.