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[NUKE9.13]

Plan A:
Plan B: (3) Milo, NUKE9.13, Andrea
  -Recruit 2 Khipha Teams as well: (1) NUKE9.13
Plan Glorious Rescue: (1) Jilladilla
  -Recruit 2 Khipha Teams as well: (1) Jilladilla
Voting ambivalently (1) Tack

[Madman198237]

Plan A:
Plan B: (4) Milo, NUKE9.13, Andrea, Madman
  -Recruit 2 Khipha Teams as well: (2) NUKE9.13, Madman
Plan Glorious Rescue: (1) Jilladilla
  -Recruit 2 Khipha Teams as well: (1) Jilladilla
Voting ambivalently (1) Tack

Rescuing them is just going to cost us more ships than we can afford right now.

[Tack]

Plan A:
Plan B: (4) Milo, NUKE9.13, Andrea, Madman
  -Recruit 2 Khipha Teams as well: (2) NUKE9.13, Madman
Plan Glorious Rescue: (2) Jilladilla, Tack
  -Recruit 2 Khipha Teams as well: (2) Jilladilla, Tack

... We should be better people.

[Madman198237]

We are so close to tipping the scales, Tack. We MUST pull everything back and hit them with everything we can next turn. If we can clear TC, get the spire guns up and get the resources, we're going to start winning, seriously winning.

[andrea]

We should try to be better. That is why I am voting to not send entire ships and crews to possible death just for a faint chance of being able to rescue a very unlucky expedition. Chances are we would find them dead anyway. And then, we would only have added our ships to the mourning.

A transport was downed, there is something dangerous there.

[milo christiansen]

Plan A:
Plan B: (4) Milo, NUKE9.13, Andrea, Madman
  -Recruit 2 Khipha Teams as well: (3) NUKE9.13, Madman, Milo
Plan Glorious Rescue: (2) Jilladilla, Tack
  -Recruit 2 Khipha Teams as well: (2) Jilladilla, Tack

We can't risk the transport. There is a good chance we will want to send it to TC, and if not, we will want it to go to WS fully loaded, not empty.

[Tack]

Good enough, that’s a majority

[andrea]

Here is a proposal. What do you think?



Source: Department of contrarian opinions and of citizen moral welfare
Object: Report on the reasons for peace

As per the request presented to our department, in this document we shall summarize why we believe that peace, at this time, is the best possible outcome for Wreth, its citizens, its future. We will start by analyzing the causes of the war, moving then to the perceived gains of war, the proven benefits of peace and finally a closing summary.

The war started many years ago following a specific fact: the assault to our demispires, of which we suspect Kasgyr to be the culprit. The war goals were therefore two: to recapture the lost territories and to punish the aggressor. The former was clearly achieved a long time ago, while the latter is arguable and will be expanded upon during the end summary.

The war is considered by most of the bureaucracy to have several benefits for Wreth. The recent improvements in our technology are certainly unprecedented, we managed to occupy one of the belt spires and military victories were certainly galvanizing, acting as a catalyst for support. Increase of technology and available resources is one of the main arguments you will see war proponents use to justify their beliefs.

But what is the cost? First of all, the supposed benefits are negated. The new technology is entirely dedicated to warfare, hardly finding the time and resources to spare to benefit the civilian world. The resources, we own them. Theoretically. However, our only territorial conquest, the spire of Three Captains, is permanently blockaded by the enemy negating any of its benefits. The easiest, fastest and least expensive way of accessing the supposed benefits of the war is, indeed, to sign a peace treaty allowing us to finally exploit the new land. But not only the supposed benefits find themselves negated, there are also other costs. the filing of condolence letters and government pensions for widows is at an all-time high, with hundreds of men perished just in ground combat, without even counting fleet warfare and factory accidents. The quality of life of the average person has lowered consistently in the last years, both in terms of material wealth and of happiness. Rationing restricts access to goods and grieving for relatives is found to be anti-correlated with satisfaction in life (with minor exceptions).

In the end we have to ask ourselves: what are we fighting for? Why is the war worth continuing? Why should we keep paying the price? The reclamation of land was successful, with territorial gains made above what was our by right. The punishment of the supposed aggressor can only be considered achieved by most moral people, since they have paid a price no lesser than our. And any further progress at this stage can only come through great blood, pain death. Then why do we still insist? as a rational actor, why do we continue?
The conclusion presented here is one: Wreth is made of rational actors, but rationality is only a mean to an end, and it has been hijacked by people whose goals conflict with the good of Wrethian people as a whole. Rationality and bureaucratic process have been perverted in service of pride and greed. This marvellous structure we all built, to serve and to protect, to work as a well-oiled machine for the perpetual wellbeing of Wreth shielded by human failings, is failing. Parts of the machine have lost sight of the whole and only see what is around them. Instead of undue suffering and dead people they see meaningless numbers to be expended, in service of glory or material gain for themselves, no matter the (for them insignificant) cost.
The bureaucracy of Wreth is a beautiful thing, which worked flawlessly for so much time that only deep archivists still remember how it started. It shielded us from oppression internal and external. It moved us forward at a steady pace where lesser systems would have failed. It represents a dream: flawed humanity building a flawless machine that can rule everyone fairly and equally. But the work is not yet done and the machine is broken. But what is broken can be fixed, and the first step in doing so is eliminating the main symptom, this needlessly long and costly war. Only then we can dedicate our time and effort fully toward our national vision.

We therefore fully reccommend the involvement of the Department of civil disorder in this discussion, in order to implement the propositions of this document.

[Draignean]

Three Captains

The scout at the Three Captains delivers another timely series of reports.

A transport, escorted by three skiffs, arrives at the Three Captains but does not dock. They do not, however, arrive from the direction Spire Kasgyre. Instead, they come from the direction of the belt.

Another Viper, fully equipped and armored, arrives from the direction of their own territory.

A viper and three escorting skiffs leaves the airspace of the Three Captains, heading straight for Wrethan territory.


The Unfinished

The ships previously moved to stand ground at the Unfinished move back to Spire Wreth to prepare for further combat.

The remaining skiff at the Unfinished delivers an a mostly uninteresting report. No enemies sighted, no suspicious shadows, and the shadowed resources shipments delivered by the master continue to make timely appearances.

The report is saved from being entirely uninteresting by reports of strange noises from the Unfinished spire. Not screams or anything like that, but deep low groans and sounds like thunder. The sounds are irregular in nature, and die off a few months after being initially observed.


Miner's Folly

The watch at Miner's folly reports enemy contact, and the loss of several shipments of resources reinforces the notion. Despite many of the raids occurring near dusk, spire gunners are confident they've been able to down at least one of the enemy's skiffs and land scattered hits on the shrouds of the other vessels.

Sadly, this has not prevented them from having an impact on the demi-spires production.

3 Ore Suppressed


Spire Wreth

Two additional squads of Marines are trained, two more comets are constructed, and the WOSV Payoff Windrider is brought into service.

Two professional prospecting teams have also been send to oversee local mining operations.


Event Outcome: Loss, though I admit I went back and forth over this one for a considerable amount of time.  Because of that, I'm awarding a consolation prize of two dice.

It is the beginning of the year 374 AR.

Spire Wreth's Production Stands At,
13(+8)/y Crystal, 37/65 Banked
19(+2)/y Ore, 36/95 banked
19(+6)/y Wood, 49/95 banked
10/y Silk, 14/50 banked

It is now the design and project maintenance phase. You have 7 dice to spend.

Spoiler: Projects (click to show/hide)

E.S.P: 4/20 | 2 Ore, 2 Crystal | Rushed 0 Times | Nothing Invested
Aether Forge 2/27 | - | Rushed 0 Times | Nothing Invested
EMERALD 5/12 | 3 Crystal, 3 Ore, +4 of either C or O | Rushed 0 Times | 7 Crystal, 3 ore Invested

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

The Calm: The calm is a region of the aerosphere with almost no wind beyond fleeting turbulence, and absolutely no aetheric currents. It's frigidly cold, and filled with fine red 'snow' that barely moves. Traversing it with a conventional vessel is impossible due to the lack of energy to fuel the lift and trim crystals.
The Everstorm: As the name suggests, the everstorm is a region of the aerosphere dominated by an enormous and eternal thunderstorm. It's a chaotic region of raging winds and surging aetheric energy that manifests in terrible bursts of prismatic flame. No conventional vessel could hope to survive the nightmarish storm conditions.

Wreth Territory

Haze-Maze
Marine Presence: K 0/8 |  W 1/8
--->Marines
---> Squad G (No Equip)
Territory: 0/4 | 4/4
Resources: 1C, 3O, 1W, 2S
Conditions: Deadly Gas Pockets, significant vertical shafts and steep tunnels.

Miner's Folly
Marine Presence: K 0/18 |  W 1/18
--->Marines
---> Squad G (No Equip)
Territory: 0/4 | 4/4
Resources: 1C, 6O, 0W, 1S
Conditions: Toxic Stone, Massive Caverns, pitch-black

The Verdant Vista
Marine Presence: K 0/18 |  W 0/18
Territory: 0/4 | 4/4
Resources: 1C, 0O, 8W, 2S
Conditions: Mostly earth and soil, Unstable pocket caves


The Belt

Three Captains
Marine Presence: K 0/20 |  W 6/20
--->Marines
---> Defense Squad D:  Silk Vest (Officer) | Pincushion (1/4) | Suppressor (1/4) | Gauntlets (2/4) | BLOCK | PLACE | Envenomed Bolts
---> Defense Squad E:  Silk Vest (Officer) | Pincushion (2/4) | Gauntlets (2/4) | BLOCK | PLACE
---> Support Squad F:  Silk Vest (Officer) | Pincushion (3/4) | Suppressor (1/4) | PLACE | Envenomed Bolts
---> Support Squad G:  Silk Vest (Officer) | Pincushion (3/4) | Suppressor (1/4) | PLACE | Envenomed Bolts
---> H:   Silk Vest (Officer) | Pincushion (1/4) | Gauntlets (1/4) |  [50%]
---> I:  Silk Vest (Officer) | Suppressors (3/4) | Gauntlets (1/4) | Envenomed Bolts
Territory: 0/4 | 4/4
Resources: 1C, 6O, 2W, 6S
Conditions: Kinetoluminescent Ores, Heavily Infested

Wrackspire
Marine Presence: K ?/12 |  W 1/12
--->Marines
-->Marine Unit B-A | Cutlass (Full Squad) | Grappling Gear (full squad) [25%]
Territory: ?/4 | 1/4
Resources: 3C, 4O, 4W, 2S
Conditions: Unstable Aetheric Phenomena, Broken Spire

Burned Mountain
Marine Presence: K ?/24 |  W 0/24
Territory: ?/4 | 0/4
Resources: 1C, 10O, 1W, 0S
Conditions: Inexplicably Molten Core, Hundreds of narrow tunnels and small galleries.

The Unfinished
Marine Presence: K ?/45 |  W 0/45
--->Marines
Territory: ?/4 | ?/4
Resources: 8C, 0O, 6W, 2S
Conditions: Unfinished infrastructure, Massive open rooms and halls.

Spoiler: Ships (click to show/hide)

WOSV Chimera - Windrider Class
Loadout
8 SUCKERPUNCH Light Aether Cannons+ (Flanged Heatsinks, Itshana Select) [4 unit Broadsides]
1 Dragun Cannon+ (Sapshot) [Specialized Dragun Bow Mount]
1 Medium Ikusasa Core Crystal
2 Small Basic Lift Crystal+ (Itshana Refinement)
12 Itshana Select Trim Crystals
4 Itshana Trim Crystals+ (Itshana Refinement)
8 reams of webbing
Armored Skin 
2 Unit of Armor
Location: Spire Wreth
Status: All papers are in order.

WOSV Marge - Transport Barge
Loadout
1 Small Core Crystal+ (Itshana Refinement)
1 Small Basic Lift Crystal+ (Itshana Refinement)
2 Trim Crystals+ (Itshana Refinement)
1 reams of webbing
Carrying: 0/6
Location: Spire Wreth
Status:  All papers are in order.

WOSV Shibboleth - Transport Barge
Loadout
1 Small Core Crystal+ (Itshana Refinement)
1 Small Basic Lift Crystal+ (Itshana Refinement)
2 Trim Crystals+ (Itshana Refinement)
1 reams of webbing
Carrying: 0/6
Location: Spire Wreth
Status:  All papers are in order.

Comets - Skyskiff Class (x9)
Loadout
2 SUCKERPUNCH Light Aether Cannons (Flanged Heat Sinks)
1 Very Small Select Core Crystal
1 Very Small Select Lift Crystal
4 Select Trim Crystals
2 reams of webbing
Location:Spire Wreth
Status: All papers are in order.

Comets - Skyskiff Class (x1)
Loadout
2 SUCKERPUNCH Light Aether Cannons (Flanged Heat Sinks)
1 Very Small Select Core Crystal
1 Very Small Select Lift Crystal
4 Select Trim Crystals
2 reams of webbing
Location: Three Captains
Status: All papers are in order.

Comets - Skyskiff Class (x1)
Loadout
2 SUCKERPUNCH Light Aether Cannons (Flanged Heat Sinks)
1 Very Small Select Core Crystal
1 Very Small Select Lift Crystal
4 Select Trim Crystals
2 reams of webbing
Location: SThe Unfinished
Status: All papers are in order.

WOSV Longlast - Windrider Class
Loadout
8 SUCKERPUNCH Light Aether Cannons+ (Flanged Heatsinks, Itshana Select) [4 unit Broadsides]
1 Dragun Cannon+ (Sapshot) [Specialized Dragun Bow Mount]
1 Medium Ikusasa Core Crystal
2 Small Basic Lift Crystal+ (Itshana Refinement)
12 Itshana Select Trim Crystals
4 Itshana Trim Crystals+ (Itshana Refinement)
8 reams of webbing
Armored Skin 
2 Unit of Armor
Location: Spire Wreth
Status: All papers are in order.

WOSV Payoff - Windrider Class
Loadout
8 SUCKERPUNCH Light Aether Cannons+ (Flanged Heatsinks, Itshana Select) [4 unit Broadsides]
1 Dragun Cannon+ (Sapshot) [Specialized Dragun Bow Mount]
1 Medium Ikusasa Core Crystal
2 Small Basic Lift Crystal+ (Itshana Refinement)
12 Itshana Select Trim Crystals
4 Itshana Trim Crystals+ (Itshana Refinement)
8 reams of webbing
Armored Skin 
2 Unit of Armor
Location: Spire Wreth
Status: All papers are in order.

Spoiler: Infantry (click to show/hide)

Marines 11

Spoiler: Misc. Goods (click to show/hide)

1x Prototype ESP Transmitter
3x Prototype ESP Receiver
MOVE-PLACE x2

Current Technology

[Tack]

I mean it’s only fair that we lose one.

[andrea]

one die to EMERALD and the rest preparing for battle?

a couple tactics, revisions on the ESP so we can perhaps deploy it.

[Tack]

I’d say two into EMERALD, if we’re doing it.
Balance of averages (HA) gives it to us this turn, and we’ve already revised it as much as it’ll likely take on.

[andrea]

revisions have no diminishing returns if done before project completition, so we definitely have't revised EMERALD as much as it will take.

[10ebbor10]

No design dice : 1 10ebbor10

[milo christiansen]

No design dice: (2) 10ebbor10, Milo

I could be persuaded to vote ESP, but I think it is probably OK to focus on pre-battle revisions this turn.