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[Rockeater]

More of a revision no?

[Blood_Librarian]

The Mind-Weave

Do you know how awful it is to go unconscious for days, months, or even up to a year under current generation cryostat treatment plans? This has largely stopped our more inclined Necrocrats from being in the tube all the time. To that end, I have personally solved this problem with the designing and implementation of our first successful augmentation procedure to the brain, which partially replaces the Parietal lobe (the bit that controls sensory input) along with a few other parts.

It is called the Mind Weave. When it is active, it can supplant or even replace sensory input too and from the brain, allowing a person inside or outside of a CryoStat to work, to think and to create by the power of thought, even while they are asleep or awake. The Mind Weave can either give images, thoughts, ideas, (the works) into a person's brain if connected to a (large) electronic system, or the individual can output their thoughts into words or images drawn by a mechanical/electronic printer. This utterly massive undertaking requires the creation of computer assemblies to process this data and put it into cohesive data that a brain can understand, or can be printed out, without damaging anything. Ideas, thoughts, concepts, everything can be printed out at the speed of thought, and the simply monumental prospects of multiple individuals Weaved together into collaborative groups -- The Immortal Few-- working together to push the razors edge of scientific endeavors, or to govern the perfect state cannot be understated.

The implantation procedure requires a significant amount of time in a cryotank for the procedure, and then a similar period of recovery where the implant is tuned to the brain. It utilizes the most cutting edge methods of metal-organic combination that we have available. The delicateness of the operation carries very real risks to the implantees health, and may cause side effects that are too long to list on this document, most of which can be mended with time in the cryostats. It may be entirely possible for an individual in power to live their entire life in the tank, commanding through the Mind Weave from afar.

Multiple times I have thought to ultimately cancel this project due to the extensive time it requires and what some may call a comparatively little effect on the front, but the experience we have gained can possibly be put into battle-field applications so far reaching that I have honestly pondered to sabotage my work for humanitarian grounds. Could our planes, tanks and even our own soldiers be controlled by a master-mind someday? A puppet controller who’s ultimate power is the strings they wield? The Proxy wars and endless subterfuge I see in the Necrostate already disgusts me, but could this discovery intensify it?

My first application of the Mind Weave when I had the operation done on myself during the final testing rounds was to draw a picture of my daughter through the mental commands of the Weave. She had died at the age of three from pneumonia, and I miss her every day as she had haunted my dreams to this day. To have a physical picture, straight from what I could remember-- Though slightly warped from the distance of the memory has almost broke me. What will our society look like a hundred years from now, with this impossible-before-now ability to create and think on scales unparalleled before? I shudder to think that it is being put to construction for its merit in the designing and implementation of societal policies and the creation of war-machines.

Ultimately, the Mind Weave allows an individual to process data while awake or conscious, and have data put or extracted from their mind while connected to a large computer. This computer can process multiple consciousnesses, allowing for a group referred to as “The Immortal Few” to form, for any purpose that is required. An individual can utilize the mind-weave at any point they are connected to the specially designed computer, and can be connected while awake, unconscious, or in a modified CryoStat.

Attempts of miniaturization is placed so that a future revision may allow our pilots to use the Mind-Weave while flying aircraft.

The Militarized Baseline

It is about time that our soldiers get a real, physical improvement, instead of a chosen few standing heads and shoulders above the rest as the labbies fawn their attention on their pet projects. The Base-line Modification plan consists of several modifications to a person body that increases their baseline status to peak human in many or all physical aspects, with a series operations that can be done on a relatively quick period in the tanks. The formula is stable, reversible and completely safe for every man and woman eligible for the military, and sets a baseline for all further augmentations we expect to commit on our soldiers in the future, as further augmentations like FURY, Golden Eye, or SEEM can "stack" on top of it without a problem. As it stands it consists of two parts, the seedings of ports and other pieces that allow further procedures required for all augmentations in our catalog. is expected to be distributable to all the soldiers of the military, as well as select non-military personnel without issue.

Riot (1): Man_of_Paper
Tesla Rifle MKII (1): Talion
Mind-Weave (1): Blood_Librarian
Militarized Baseline (0):

[The Ensorceler]

If it won't provide extrasensory capabilities, it might be easier to not invoke Spice as part of the Baseline. We'd benefit more from physical enhancements broadly availible to our troops, and it better prepares them to accept upgrades than a limited perception boost.

[Man of Paper]

Bombardment is highlighted as being a major factor in a good few of the fights. Another missile design is going to force their hand and make them try for some sort of indirect fire, which gives us room to build on another area we need work on since they're already scrambling to counter our X-Men. Combine that with the need to cancel out the effects of Fury on their troops (not to mention it's addictive properties but lack of supply for them) and we could force a whole turn of their actions to countering our artillery.

Also, an array of suggestions for the challenge:

Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down

Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes to Midnight

Wardruna - Fehu

You're Probably Going To Vote This One

If I was a gambling man...

[Blood_Librarian]

Good point @Ensorceler, I'll edit it just for physical improvements that should work for everyone, including our Golden Eyes and SEEM


My entry for the Music Challenge.

Crimson Blaze - Positron Music

[brightfractal]

I suggest we make Initiates
 
edit:

Savant

Spoiler:  Image for reference (click to show/hide)

One of the problems of our enhanced manpower is the lack of effective ranged attack capabilities, it is about time we rectified this issue. Using our combined knowledge of Spice and the SEEM program we where able to synthesize a drug known as Ichor. By surgically removing parts of the Occipital lobe and treating the patient controlled dosages of Ichor we can create a new type of enhanced trooper known as a Savant. After a few weeks of treatment an unusual growth can be found inside the optical nerve and an increase of cone cells in the Fovea region of the eyeball, granting limited night-vision. The subject is capable of creating a controlled localized spatial phenomenon known as the "slipstream" via glancing at the targeted area or the object. The anomaly appears as a bright blue sphere of energy capable of rending rock and armor alike although it only lasts for few milliseconds before collapsing as local reality reasserts itself. Savants have a recommended 15 second safety cool-down after every glance, attempts to circumvent this cool-down have been unsuccessful as the eyeblasts damages the cornea causing the slipstream to manifest inside the subject's optical nerve. Savants are equipped with a special headpiece that enhances their field of vision and automatically administers saline eyedrops.

Riot (1): Man_of_Paper
Tesla Rifle MKII (1): Talion
Mind-Weave (1): Blood_Librarian
Militarized Baseline (0):
Savant (1): Brightfractal

[brightfractal]

If anyone wants something to add to my proposal feel free to ask

[Rockeater]

Riot (1): Man_of_Paper
Tesla Rifle MKII (1): Talion
Mind-Weave (1): Blood_Librarian
Militarized Baseline (1):Rockeater
Savant (1): Brightfractal

[Blood_Librarian]

I would request that the Tesla Rifle MkII be made into a revision, as it seems to honestly do very little for a design that couldn't be done by a revision.

[Man of Paper]

Agreed. It'll get my revision vote unless someone has a better idea, but we shouldn't attempt small increases in our effectiveness in the design phase. Too many ARs I've lurked in get torpedoed because of poor action management.

[The Ensorceler]

Ion Cannon

Size does matter, sometimes. Scaled up to a multi-ton behemoth of a Tesla Rifle, the Ion Cannon is able to use high efficiency Bio-Paste Reactors in place of batteries, and its range is increased to the point that, as a misfire early in development showed, it can bounce its shots off of the ionosphere, dragging down lightning from even the clearest of skies. Due to their size, Ion Cannons are to be constructed as emplacement weapons and naval weapons only, particularly on dedicated Corsair platforms.

Riot (1): Man_of_Paper
Tesla Rifle MKII (1): Talion
Mind-Weave (1): Blood_Librarian
Militarized Baseline (2):Rockeater, The Ensorceler
Savant (1): Brightfractal
Ion Cannon (0):

[Man of Paper]

Someone refresh my memory: do our dudes utilize their powers by reading minds or by getting a taste of the future? If the second is the case, then we don't need to worry about their cybernetic thing yet. I'm preeeetty sure it's more precognition then telepathy, which might be why we don't have evidence of the interface interfering.

While I can see the benefits of the Mind Weave and Savant, I'm not 100% convinced to swap my vote unless we have plans to construct a facility that'll provide us with more rare chemicals so we can field some more guys.

I'm a fan of a solid alpha strike, and reducing the cost of our specialmens before we produce more would be lovely.

[Blood_Librarian]

Riot (1): Man_of_Paper
Tesla Rifle MKII (1): Talion
Mind-Weave (1): Blood_Librarian
Militarized Baseline (3):Rockeater, The Ensorceler, Blood_Librarian
Savant (1): Brightfractal
Ion Cannon (0):

[Man of Paper]

Riot (0):
Tesla Rifle MKII (1): Talion
Mind-Weave (1): Blood_Librarian
Militarized Baseline (4):Rockeater, The Ensorceler, Blood_Librarian, MoP
Savant (1): Brightfractal
Ion Cannon (0):

Actually I'm gonna swap to military baseline. It isn't going to help much with the enemy armored infantry this turn, but we've got some solid revision ideas for that (I think the Riot missiles might be able to float as a revision too so we have at least that and the tesla upgrade as options). Reading back on the baseline, it looks like it could simplify our special guys and maybe, just maybe, reduce the cost to enhance them. Idea for improving it though:

Make the design a facility (or series of facilities )like a fusion of a recruitment office and the gene clinics in Xcom 2. I think we might be able to squeeze more out of it, and we've neglected our buildings for a while.

Or was there a rule I'm forgetting limiting the amount of things we can build?

[Chiefwaffles]

The Militarized Baseline

It is about time that our soldiers get a real, physical improvement, instead of a chosen few standing heads and shoulders above the rest as the labbies fawn their attention on their pet projects. The Base-line Modification plan consists of several modifications to a person body that increases their baseline status to peak human in many or all physical aspects, with a series operations that can be done on a relatively quick period in the tanks. The formula is stable, reversible and completely safe for every man and woman eligible for the military, and sets a baseline for all further augmentations we expect to commit on our soldiers in the future, as further augmentations like FURY, Golden Eye, or SEEM can "stack" on top of it without a problem. As it stands it consists of two parts, the seedings of ports and other pieces that allow further procedures required for all augmentations in our catalog. is expected to be distributable to all the soldiers of the military, as well as select non-military personnel without issue.

Design: Militarized Baseline
(Normal) (2+4) = 6: Above Average

As of now, all Aratamite soldiers are something above human. Not super-human, mind you, but definitely more than just human.

Small injection ports are now mandatory for recruits, and are placed in the locations of several major arteries for quick deployment of drugs. Some in the back for use by automated systems (which we don't have, but could have in the future) and others in places such as the upper arms for quick accessibility.
A concoction of drugs -- most similar to Fury -- are routinely given to all soldiers. The first treatment requires a CryoStat tank to take hold, and subsequent routine treatments are just done in the form of drug infusions in the field. This works out just fine as while we don't have many/any CryoStat tanks in the field, we have enough that all recruits can be easily given the initial treatments before shipping out. There is a mild "addiction"-type effect; people who've gone a moderate length of time without infusions will start experiencing moderate withdrawal symptoms as their bodies wither and return to a state slightly worse than before the start of the treatments. Nothing critical or lethal, but enough to look out for.

The effects are fairly straightforward. Our soldiers are now stronger, smarter, have better reflexes, and more. Though these effects aren't huge individually. Strength-wise, soldiers are stronger than an identical person sans the treatment, but still perform below the parameters of the strongest people in Aratam. Their smarts are increased, but not by much: it'd be the equivalent of getting a "C+" instead of a "C" on a test. Their reflexes are, again, improved, but not super-human improved. Our forces are generally enhanced, but they aren't all supers.
Now, the military is appreciative of the effort but isn't all that sure about its use as the improvements are shadowed by our Goldeneyes and SEEMs and the strength enhancements still nothing compared to a Merethan Bear trooper. But our engineers seem to be fairly excited about the implications of this. We've set up an entire logistical system for the routine drug treatment of an entire military, and have created better ways (the ports) to inject drugs both on the field and off. The engineers assure us that this could be taken advantage of in a huge way, even if it isn't immediately tremendously useful.

Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

Transport Capacity: 2/3 (2/2 Oil Imported)
Resources: 3 Ore, 4 Oil, 2 Rare Chemicals

Weapons

• "Machete" Pistol: A 6-round semiautomatic pistol semi-accurate up to Short range. Reliable.
  [Cheap] 1 Ore
• "Jumper" EMA Grenade Launcher: The Electromagnetically Assisted Grenade Launcher "Jumper" is roughly the shape of a very noticeably thicker bazooka-like assembly. It uses inefficient brick-sized SynthOil batteries that provide enough charge for one shot per battery. Once a battery is inserted, the Jumper has to "charge" for roughly thirty seconds before being able to fire, and can fire 1.5 inch specially-made grenades with "average" radii and okay accuracy, silently. It's fairly bulky. The manufacturing of the coilgun adds severe complexity.
  [Expensive] 2 Ore, 1 Oil, Complex
• HMKR-59 'Osprey': Hybrid Magnetic Kinetic Rifle; a variant of the Pursuit rifle that houses coilgun components to increase the velocity of bullets after conventional firing. Has a slot in the back for a single SynthOil battery, which has enough charge for 10 powered shots (soldiers carry 2 batteries total). Powered shots are accurate to Medium range (unpowered shots to Short range) and have increased lethality and armor piercing capabilities.
  [Cheap] 1 Ore, 1 Oil
• Tesla Rifle: A "rifle" that fires bolts of ARC lightning at Medium range. Using an inner "Lightning Rod" chamber, it gradually charges from a backpack SynthOil battery - it has four levels of charge, with Level 3 being the optimum Medium range + good lethality and Level 4 being overkill with a chance of explosive backfiring. It takes about a minute to charge to Level 3 (charging can be paused but the charge decays over time), and the battery has enough juice for 5 Lvl3 shots. Extremely lethal against anything conductive, and has a modest area-of-effect as the electricity arcs to other conductors in close proximity. Can be hooked up to external SynthOil batteries as well.
  [Expensive] 2 Ore, 2 Oil, Complex
• "Storm" GMRL-ECP-61S: A 250lb active radar homing missile with a 6km range and 5m effective blast radius. Fired from 4-rail trucks (with radar) and aircraft mounts. It has a poor resolution, greatly decreasing the reliability of locking onto non-huge aerial targets and making locking onto surface targets next-to-impossible, though large ships prove easy targets. Equipped with an HE or ARC warhead, with the ARC warhead using a chain SynthOil reaction to generate arcing electricity frying electronics and melting metal as it jumps from conductor to conductor.
  [Cheap] 3 Ore, 4 Oil
• "Red Skies" Multiple Missile Launcher: A 300 lb version of the Storm missile using Inertial guidance and adapted entirely for surface-to-surface use. Has a SynthOil-based incendiary payload that's capable of effectively burning through armor, but is less immediately destructive. Has a range of 15 km. Its guidance allows it to easily and effectively target any ground point, but it can't change course mid-flight and can't actively track any targets; its effectiveness in accuracy mostly is based on what intelligence the operator has when firing. Intended for use as surface-to-surface artillery.
  [Cheap] 3 Ore, 4 Oil

Land Vehicles

• M3T1A1 Raider: The Raider is a Diesel-Electric tracked APC designed to serve as a base platform for many roles. It has light RHA armor with a sloped front, plus slats. It holds ten passengers and three crew, making it look like a large metal box. It has an interchangeable turret, which is very wide and flat with medium armor. Default armament is a Can shredder, plus 6 external Thumper barrels for smoke grenades and an RPG, these can only be reloaded from the outside. It's also chemical warfare protected, and last but not least, amphibious, with a trim vane and two electric powered propellers. Exits are on large rear hatch and one small top hatch, only latter can be used while afloat.
  [Cheap] 3 Ore 2 Oil
• Privateer 1 1/2 Ton Truck: An antique Cannalan truck somehow still being used for cargo transport.
  [Cheap] 2 Ore, 2 Oil, Provides 1 TC
• "Halberd"-Electromagnetic Coil Cannon Battletank ECCB-60: A large silent tank armed with a 120mm coilgun and a coaxially-mounted unpowered auto-loading Osprey. Has a respectable speed for its size, and the Coilgun turret is powered but manually aimed. Powered by two SynthOil batteries - one provides enough power for six Coilgun shots, the other provides enough power for four hours of full throttle movement and ten hours of less-fast "travel" movement.
  [Expensive] 5 Ore, 4 Oil
• "Ettin" Electric-Motor Flak Tank EMFT-61-B: A "tank" where the turret is an unarmored cage on top of the squat chassis where the gunner sits; two self-loading automatic cannons fire automatically in consecutive fashion flak shells to shoot down aircraft and infantry. The turret can be angled downwards effectively to shoot at infantry; limited ammo supply means the gunner has to be somewhat conservative with his firing patterns and can't just fill the sky with flak. Electric computer & radar guidance overlays a digital crosshair on a small sheet of "glass" in front of the gunner that is overlaid on top of the physical crosshair to maximize accuracy, allowing for decent accuracy as long as the aircraft isn't too fast or evasive. The commander and driver reside in the cramped interior and exit/enter largely via a door to the side, with the front of the tank being heavily angled downward for firing angle reasons. The turret is armored, but has poor visibility. Can travel for 10 hours on a full SynthOil battery, and the gun doesn't require power to operate.
  [Expensive] 5 Ore, 4 Oil

Air Vehicles

• M1942 A-5B 'Spearhead-B' Air Superiority Fighter: Following Forenia's Thunderbird design, the Spearhead is an aluminum-built fighter with two turbojet engines. It features a rounded canopy, swept wings, pointy nose, and the engines are under each wing, but hug the body closely; the inlets are flush with the fuselage. A heavy Can Shredder sits in the nose. Two Morei turbojets burn kerosene and take some advantage of experiences of the Bull tank's turboshaft, it includes a water-cooling system (the shared radiator creates a third intake under the body). Despite carrying more weight, it's very nearly as fast as the Thunderbird, but it does have trouble recovering from stalls. On the other hand, when it's keeping good speed it can make impressive turns thanks to its hydraulic control system; the pilot can pull the relatively large control surfaces with ease. The Can Shredder can do serious damage to bombers from a safe distance. A hardpoint for 500lb bombs or missiles has been added under each wing.
  [Expensive] 4 Ore, 4 Oil
• M1948 A-6 'Torch' Jet: A large jet built with metal-recombinated materials, giving it good structural integrity and relatively good durability. An integrated Gel-Matrix Bio-Paste Reactor is used to power electrical systems and SynthOil tanks are used to fuel both the reactor and the combustion Ramjets. The heavy weight of the reactor and its shielding give the Torch a speed notably higher than the Torch but still not matching Mereth's Blizzard jet craft. Different systems provide the Torch with great relative agility, but only SEEM Operatives are capable of properly operating the complex controls in the airplane (though their enhanced abilities are a huge boon with speed and agility). 2 always-powered Ospreys are mounted on the front, along with two Bomb/Missile mounts on each wing.
  [Very Expensive] 5 Ore, 4 Oil (Expense can only be as low as current SEEM expense)

Navy

• Corsair Destroyer: The Corsair is a moderate sized ship with light (for a ship) steel hull armor. It has a light cannon armament of two hydraulic-equipped Nightwind cannons and four Can Shredders. However, its main armament is its Shark Torpedo launchers (it has a couple on each side) and newly-invented Seahorse mines, which use the same warheads as Shark torpedoes but rest on the sea surface, detonating on cpntact with ships. It is powered by steam turbines and easily outpaces battleships like the Kalmar, Kraken and Kurokami.
  [Expensive] 4 Ore, 3 Oil
• Santos-Class Naval Aircraft Support Vessel: The Santos is a large aircraft carrier. It is about the size of the Khorne but not armored. It's powered by four oil-burning steam turbines, which are more powerful than coal ones. The hangar deck stores two dozen fighters, moved to the flight deck by a hydraulic lift. On deck is an Eagle Eye Radar system, con tower, a few Firecracker AA guns and a miscellaneous autocannons wherever there's spare room. It also has a decent sized flight deck, with an arrester cable for landing aircraft, and two overlapping runways with room for ready aircraft on deck. It also has a steam catapult, which allows it to launch some planes which could not normally take off from its short runway. [5 Ore, 4 Oil]
  [Expensive] 5 Ore, 4 Oil
• SLS-61 Magpie: The Shore-Landing Ship is a basic landing ship with a bow able to open up with a ramp to allow vehicles and troops onto the shore, and has extremely basic treads to de-beach itself. Has Thin armor and a few mounts for infantry rifles on the top to provide basic covering fire. Powered by Generation 1 SynthOil engines, which requires it to use the majority of its cargo space to hold enough SynthOil to make it across the sea without running out of fuel. Normally has a modest capacity for soldiers (and capable of holding a few moderate-sized vehicles), but the fuel requirement limits it to only a small amount of soldiers and/or perhaps one tank at best.
  [Cheap] 3 Ore, 3 Oil
• Atlas-class Cargo Ship: A Santos-class with the weaponry and aircraft equipment and just about everything else stripped off. Utilizes SynthOil batteries for general powering of ship, though oil-burning steam turbines from the Santos still power most of it. Uses a system derived from Cryostats to cryogenically freeze perishable cargo as well as people for maximum storage efficiency.
  Provides 2 TC

Chemicals & Drugs

• Spice: An extremely potent manufactured drug resulting in extreme schizophrenia, delusions of power, frequent seizures, and eventually death. Extremely addictive. Those who undergo the week-long "Goldeneye" treatment in a CryoStat tank become accustomed (and permanently addicted) to low dosages of Spice, enabling very high awareness of surroundings and mildly increased reaction and thinking speeds when under the influence of the drug.
  [Expensive] 5 Rare Chemicals.
  
  • SEEM: Systemic Elimination of the Entropic Mind. An extremely intensive and long procedure where top-ranked veterans are subjected to week-long bouts of sensory deprivation in CryoStat tanks, and have their mind essentially transformed into a new form via the combined use of modified Metal Recombinators and Spice. For now, this allows survivors of the treatment to exhibit extreme (much higher than Goldeneyes) awareness of surroundings, visible or not. This awareness manifests itself in many ways, from avoiding traps/bombardments to knowing where to shoot at to knowing when one's being shot at, and more.
    [Very Expensive] 5 Rare Chemicals, Complex
• Combat Drug 'Fury': A Spice-based drug that massively decreases reaction time, and lasts for ~2 hours. Also incites rage, decreasing soldier effectiveness at range and chances of occasional friendly fire. Mild hallucinations are common, preventing users from being effective at recon/espionage/etc. roles. Makes veins much more apparent and red. Addictive, and takes effect >5 minutes after injection.
  [Expensive] 3 Rare Chemicals
• Metal Recombinators: A special mixture that separates pure metal from ore, obsoleting a large part of Aratam's refining industry. A variant can also be used to fuse metal with (likely) any other matter.
  Provides 1 Ore.

Other

• Standard Uniform: A plain red featureless uniform. The red's mild enough that it doesn't really stick out.
• CryoStat Tank: A large three-meter tall "coffin" with a small glass vertical slit inside showing a tank. A single "set" of machinery required for operation, taking up ~36 square meters of space total, can manage roughly a dozen CryoStat tanks at a time. Basic automation assists technicians, allowing for a single technician to manage many CryoStat tanks. Subjects are put into "stasis" via a numbing solution they're submersed in, and medical drugs in the solution naturally infuse into the bloodstream through the skin. Once taken out. Use is tracked through a computer-assisted bureaucracy dubbed the "CryoState". A day stabilizes minor life-threatening wounds, and a week stabilizes near all wounds. A month starts completely healing scars and generally brings up health status to pristine, and a year can restore lost limbs. Also used for life-extending "rejuvenation" processes by important people.
  [Cheap] 2 Rare Chemicals
• SynthOil: SMRO-58 "SynthOil" is an advanced form of oil - it's made using a combination of oil and other chemicals, making a much more stable and energy-dense solution. Has a peculiar property - with the right tools, it can directly produce electricity.
  Provides 1 Oil
• Gel-Matrix Bio-Paste Reactor: A 1m-radius spherical "nuclear-ish" reactor that uses gamma radiation to break down SynthOil into electrical energy. Rather efficient and good at making energy, especially compared with anything else in the world comparable in size/expense, but hard to miniaturize and has a notable radiation poisoning issue with anyone spending a notable amount of time in proximity.

Infrastructure

• The Refinery: An extremely secretive facility hidden under the canopy in a remote part of the rainforest, identifiable only by its smoke. Contains large liquid storage tanks and refineries for the production of chemicals, well-equipped laboratories, cells for test subjects, a steady supply of test subjects from Aratam's prisoners, and more. Useful as a base for chemical research.
  Provides 1 Rare Chemical
• The Militarized Baseline: Our soldiers are enhanced above regular humans (in notable, but not major ways) in many categories; namely strength, reflexes, and intelligence. All soldiers now have implanted ports for quick drug infusion, and a logistical structure is in place to facilitate the drug infusion and treatments of the entire Aratamite military.

• Embassy "The Brewery": An embassy for Cannalan diplomats that doubles as a highly advanced brewery of Aratam's signature drink, Arachaca. The Cannalans can see the brewing process below through their glass flooring and taps straight form the brewery are available for Arachaca straight from the source. Uses basic electronic systems for very limited automation in conjunction with its general advanced brewing systems.

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