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[Failbird105]

Plasma Magnetic Bottling Algorithms:(1) Rockeater
Intraplanetary Plasma Engine:(3) MoP, Carefulrogue, Failbird

[Madman198237]

Proposal: Intraplanetary Plasma Engine
The IPE is a more power-efficient Plasma Engine than the one we currently field, capable of providing more thrust than it's interplanetary cousin. It is designed to be used in-atmosphere on shuttles and whatever aircraft we may decide to construct. Standardizing the type of equipment we use across our military should make logistics and mechanical care less of a hassle.

The ultimate goal of the IPE project is to provide our LIFTs with stronger engines that take up less space, allowing for more rapid redeployment as well as some of the basic amenities for our combat units.

Intraplanetary Plasma Engine (IPE)
Difficulty: Easy
Roll: 4 + 3 + 1 = 8 Unexpected Boon

As opposed to the previous near-failure, the new IPE-equipped LIFT shuttles are quite remarkable. They not only correct all the deficiencies of the previous LIFT shuttle, but are faster, more maneuverable, and much more prone to working just right. We also managed to provide some amount of reinforced structure and protection to the shuttle so that it is not only less prone to malfunction, but also very durable in general and capable of surviving some amount of hostile ground fire during a combat insertion. It's still not recommended to expose these things to hostile air superiority or heavy fire, but stray shots or light weapons might not take them out of the sky very easily.

It is now the Turn Two Logistics Phase. Why did none of you lazy people call me out on what turn it was? Do you guys even read what I write? How could you let me make a mistake like that?

Spoiler: Side One Tech (click to show/hide)

Ships
ITC (Interplanetary Transport Craft): A less-than-stellar spacecraft, the ITC is a version of the ships landed on your planet when you first colonized it. It is prone to malfunction, slow, and generally unpleasant. The rocket shuttles used to get equipment from the ITC to the ground have a limited capacity, meaning that with the exception of troops and things that can be broken into much smaller parts, the ITC cannot carry any equipment of a size greater than 1TC. It has 4TC capacity in total and uses chemical engines for propulsion. It has no armor or armaments.
Cost: 2 SPP

FASS Mk1. Logos: A reasonably quick, reasonably agile, fairly effective light ship of about 45 meters long with Light armor and three R-4 railguns for weapons complement.
Cost: 2 SPP

Units
Basic Military Unit: (you may rename this if you so wish) A capable group of soldiers trained to operate any equipment you can give them. Field training allows them to keep up to date on the best way to operate the newest deathtraps and self-destructing gizmos you send them even after they’re deployed.
Cost: 2GPP

Ground Weapons
Printed Pistol: Issued to security guards on the colony ships, the only real weapon both colonies have. They are 3D-printed out of plastic, a process which is not entirely reliable, meaning the gun has a tendency to break after prolonged use... or any use, really.
Cost: Cheap

Trephine Magnetic Sabot Rifle: A very effective weapon for Medium- to Long-ranged engagements, the Trephine is a 12mm APFSDS weapon with a 10mm projectile, capable of firing with damage roughly equivalent to a high-caliber rifle or, at maximum power, a light cannon. The projectile tends to fragment on piercing Light armor, doing even more damage than usual to the underlying target. Fireworks displays included with every order of 1000 or more.
Cost: 1 GPP

Ground Equipment
Basic Space Suit: A civilian space suit, totally unarmored and cumbersome to walk in. At least it works well enough, and has a self-sealing lining meaning a single shot isn't an immediate death sentence... most of the time. Necessary for deployment to worlds without breathable atmospheres.
Cost: Cheap OBSOLETE

MultiEnvironment Armored Tactical Suit: A slight improvement to the Basic Space Suit in every way, METAS is a hair less cumbersome, has magnetic boots and some armor so it won't (usually) explode the minute somebody looks at the oxygen tank funny. That usually happens the second minute that somebody remains looking at the tank funny.
Cost: Cheap

Command Radio: Essentially just a very big radio set, capable of reliable communication between planets, ships, and/or other planets. Currently only useful for taunting your enemy. The transmitter dish comes in a single piece and cannot fit in an ITC shuttle.
Cost: 2GPP
Weight: 1TC (requires 2 shuttle TC)

Spacecraft Components
Tokamak-Powered Plasma Drive: A matched set of self-melting components, the TPPD is generally regarded as having been a bad idea.
Cost: A large amount of expensive alloys and electromagnets we're willing to throw away, all of High Command's good will.

Plasma Engine: A Speed 2 interplanetary drive, capable of producing fairly acceptable changes to velocity in combat conditions. Very power hungry at combat-use sizes.

R-4 Railgun Turret: An amazing weapons system, the R-4 is an externally mounted 50mm railgun loaded with 20 round drums capable of firing a three-round burst on a single capacitor charge, while a loading arm loads the drums into the weapon from the storage bay in the ship proper. The turret is lightly armored for protection. Requires a ship to mount it on.

Large Item Flight Transport (LIFT): An upgrade to the ITC's basic shuttles, capable of moving 4 TC objects to and from orbit. Has advantages and disadvantages, minor mechanical issues, but primarily is something of an "all your eggs, one basket" situation when deploying into combat conditions. Raise the cost of an ITC when attached.
Cost: 1 SPP (equips an ITC with a full set of LIFT shuttles)

LIFT Intraplanetary Plasma Engine (IPE): An upgrade to the LIFT shuttles, capable of moving 4 TC objects to and from orbit. Faster and more maneuverable even than basic shuttles, and come with some amount of reinforcement and protection against attack. Raise the cost of an ITC when attached.
Cost: 1 SPP (equips an ITC with a full set of LIFT shuttles)

Infrastructure
Colony Defense Grid: The reason you can't instantly invade the enemy homeworld. A series of surface-to-orbit missile launchers, the only real concession to defense the planners of the colony made. How they work is a mystery now, and no one wants to risk taking them apart to find out.

Semi-Autonomous Industrial Facilities: A network of interlinked incredibly well-connected modern factories capable of production of unparalleled efficiency and scale. Provides 2 GPP.

Spoiler: Side One Logistics (click to show/hide)

Ship Production Points: 16
  16 points: 5x ITC, 3x Logos.

Ground Production Points: 22
  21 points: 7x BMU with 7x Trephine.
  1 point: Unassigned
 
Units
BMU-1
  -  Trephine
  -  Location: Alpha
BMU-2
  -  Trephine
  -  Location: Bravo
BMU-3
  -  Trephine
  -  Location: Charlie
BMU-4
  -  Trephine
  -  Location: Orbit of Charlie
BMU-5
  -  Trephine
  -  Location: Orbit of Charlie
BMU-6
  -  Trephine
  -  Location: Orbit of Charlie
BMU-7
  -  Trephine
  -  Location: Orbit of Charlie

Ships
ITC-01000001
  -  Location: Alpha
  -  Contents: Empty
ITC-01000010
  -  Location: Bravo
  -  Contents: Empty
ITC-01000011
  -  Location: Charlie
  -  Contents: Empty
ITC-01000100
  -  Location: Charlie
  -  Contents: BMU-4, BMU-5
ITC-01000101
  -  Location: Charlie
  -  Contents: BMU-6, BMU-7

Squadron 1:
  -  3x FASS Mk.1 'Logos'
  -  Location: Charlie

Spoiler: Credits (click to show/hide)

1x Research Credit (finished combat spacecraft)

[Carefulrogue]

Proposal alpha

Using NATO phonetic

Stage 2 operations:

All FASS Mk.1 'Logos ships are to continue forward to through the orbit of Echo to Golf, escorting ITCs 04 and 05;  ITC-04 and ITC-05 are to deposit troops on planet Golf.  All other ITC units are to return to the home base to await further instructions. 

ITC-01 is to move to Delta.  ITC-02 is to move to Echo.  ITC-03 is to move to Foxtrot, with orders to continue on to Golf if at all possible to escape the enemy warships if they are encountered.

[Rockeater]

Proposal alpha: (1) Rockeater

[Carefulrogue]

Proposal alpha: (2) Rockeater, Carefulrogue

[Doomblade187]

Proposal alpha: (3) Rockeater, Carefulrogue, Doomblade

[Failbird105]

Proposal alpha: (4) Rockeater, Carefulrogue, Doomblade, Failbird

[Man of Paper]

Three slightly different Strategy proposals:

Phase 2: gpoccupation.exe

ITC-01, ITC-02, and ITC-03 return to The Hub.
ITC-03 is scrapped to free up space-based production capacity.
ITC-01 and ITC-02 are to be upgraded with LIFTs, taking up the capacity provided by scrapping ITC-03.

ITC-04 moves to Planet Delta, depositing it's two BMUs wherever it can on the planet for occupation.
ITC-05 moves to Planet Echo, depositing it's two BMUs on the planet to begin occupation efforts.

One Logos moves to Echo to provide support in case of enemy interdiction.
Two Logos move to Golf, one through Delta and the other through Fox, and are to harass our opponents while gathering intel on their capabilities.

 

Phase 2: spoccupation.exe

ITC-01, ITC-02, and ITC-03 return to The Hub.
ITC-03 is scrapped to free up space-based production capacity.
ITC-01 and ITC-02 are to be upgraded with LIFTs, taking up the capacity provided by scrapping ITC-03.

ITC-04 moves to Planet Fox, depositing it's two BMUs on the planet for occupation.
ITC-05 moves to Planet Echo, depositing it's two BMUs on the planet to begin occupation efforts.

One Logos moves to Echo to provide support in case of enemy interdiction.
Two Logos move to Golf, one through Delta and the other through Fox, and are to harass our opponents while gathering intel on their capabilities.

Phase 2: flnkoccupation.exe

ITC-01, ITC-02, and ITC-03 return to The Hub.
ITC-03 is scrapped to free up space-based production capacity.
ITC-01 and ITC-02 are to be upgraded with LIFTs, taking up the capacity provided by scrapping ITC-03.

ITC-04 moves to Planet Delta, depositing it's two BMUs wherever it can on the planet for occupation.
ITC-05 moves to Planet Fox, depositing it's two BMUs on the planet to begin occupation efforts.

One Logos moves to Delta to provide support in case of enemy interdiction.
One Logos moves to Fox to provide support in case of enemy interdiction.
One Logos move to Golf through Charlie to scout out and identify our opponent's forces, only ever engaging unprotected enemy transport vessels if an opportunity is provided.

[Carefulrogue]

Proposal alpha: (3) Rockeater, Doomblade, Failbird
gpoccupation.exe: (0)
spoccupation.exe: (1) Carefulrogue,
flnkoccupation.exe: (0)

[Man of Paper]

Proposal alpha: (3) Rockeater, Doomblade, Failbird
gpoccupation.exe: (0)
spoccupation.exe: (2) Carefulrogue, MoP
flnkoccupation.exe: (0)

Holy shit I am never editing a votebox on my phone ever again, that was painful.

[Twinwolf]

Proposal alpha: (3) Rockeater, Doomblade, Failbird
gpoccupation.exe: (0)
spoccupation.exe: (3) Carefulrogue, MoP, Twinwolf
flnkoccupation.exe: (0)

[TheFantasticMsFox]

Proposal alpha: (3) Rockeater, Doomblade, Failbird
gpoccupation.exe: (0)
spoccupation.exe: (4) Carefulrogue, MoP, Twinwolf, TFF
flnkoccupation.exe: (0)

[Madman198237]

Turn 2 Combat Phase: Network


Planet E
Uncontested, your forces descend to Planet E's surface while their escorting Logos searches the region for hints of hostile activity. None are found, and your troops begin the process of securing the beautiful planet for useful resources and defensible position. Going is slow due to the reliance on shuttles for transport between locations, no ground vehicles having yet been developed. Some attempt is made to test the ability of a Logos to fire railgun rounds through atmosphere to targets---it does not work. The projectiles are too small, and ablate in the atmosphere. Terrain Control: 4/10

It is a shame that the same success could not be found anywhere else. The Logos' slightly insufficient power generation has begun to show itself, with captains forced to choose between the highest power, fastest, most damaging and most likely to hit option which cannot be fired very fast, or the slower option that does less damage but allows for more shots to be fired. The rounds that crippled the hostile ship at F were such, all three capacitors charged as fast as possible before the shots were fired. It is clear, however, that the Logos very much outmaneuvers the hostile vessels, and that R-4 railguns are far superior in impact to the enemy's laser weapons. Lasers, however, do tend to deal heat damage to Bitforms near the impact site, slowing the repair response. The enemy's reactionless drives are concerning, as were their numbers. You expect that you have seen at least most of their shipping, however.

Units advance as expected on other planets, no disruptions are reported. Your processes are adapting quite rapidly to the specific conditions of each planet.

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As ever, please tell me if I've missed anything or if I need to change anything.
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Spoiler: The Network Control (click to show/hide)

The Hub: 10/10
  -  ITC-01-LIFT, ITC-02-LIFT
A: 8/10
  -  BMU-1
B: 8/10
  -  BMU-2
C: 8/10
  -  BMU-3
D:
  -  Logos-01
E: 4/10
  -  ITC-05, Logos-02
  -  BMU-6, BMU-7
F:
  -  ITC-04
G:
H:
I:
Planet 2: 0/10

Spoiler: The Network Tech (click to show/hide)

Ships
ITC (Interplanetary Transport Craft): A less-than-stellar spacecraft, the ITC is a version of the ships landed on your planet when you first colonized it. It is prone to malfunction, slow, and generally unpleasant. The rocket shuttles used to get equipment from the ITC to the ground have a limited capacity, meaning that with the exception of troops and things that can be broken into much smaller parts, the ITC cannot carry any equipment of a size greater than 1TC. It has 4TC capacity in total and uses chemical engines for propulsion. It has no armor or armaments.
Cost: 2 SPP

FASS Mk1. Logos: A reasonably quick, reasonably agile, fairly effective light ship of about 45 meters long with Light armor and three R-4 railguns for weapons complement.
Cost: 2 SPP

Units
Basic Military Unit: (you may rename this if you so wish) A capable group of soldiers trained to operate any equipment you can give them. Field training allows them to keep up to date on the best way to operate the newest deathtraps and self-destructing gizmos you send them even after they’re deployed.
Cost: 2GPP

Ground Weapons
Printed Pistol: Issued to security guards on the colony ships, the only real weapon both colonies have. They are 3D-printed out of plastic, a process which is not entirely reliable, meaning the gun has a tendency to break after prolonged use... or any use, really.
Cost: Cheap

Trephine Magnetic Sabot Rifle: A very effective weapon for Medium- to Long-ranged engagements, the Trephine is a 12mm APFSDS weapon with a 10mm projectile, capable of firing with damage roughly equivalent to a high-caliber rifle or, at maximum power, a light cannon. The projectile tends to fragment on piercing Light armor, doing even more damage than usual to the underlying target. Fireworks displays included with every order of 1000 or more.
Cost: 1 GPP

Ground Equipment
Basic Space Suit: A civilian space suit, totally unarmored and cumbersome to walk in. At least it works well enough, and has a self-sealing lining meaning a single shot isn't an immediate death sentence... most of the time. Necessary for deployment to worlds without breathable atmospheres.
Cost: Cheap OBSOLETE

MultiEnvironment Tactical Armored Suit: A slight improvement to the Basic Space Suit in every way, METAS is a hair less cumbersome, has magnetic boots and some armor so it won't (usually) explode the minute somebody looks at the oxygen tank funny. That usually happens the second minute that somebody remains looking at the tank funny.
Cost: Cheap

Command Radio: Essentially just a very big radio set, capable of reliable communication between planets, ships, and/or other planets. Currently only useful for taunting your enemy. The transmitter dish comes in a single piece and cannot fit in an ITC shuttle.
Cost: 2GPP
Weight: 1TC (requires 2 shuttle TC)

Spacecraft Components
Tokamak-Powered Plasma Drive: A matched set of self-melting components, the TPPD is generally regarded as having been a bad idea.
Cost: A large amount of expensive alloys and electromagnets we're willing to throw away, all of High Command's good will.

Plasma Engine: A Speed 2 interplanetary drive, capable of producing fairly acceptable changes to velocity in combat conditions. Very power hungry at combat-use sizes.

R-4 Railgun Turret: An amazing weapons system, the R-4 is an externally mounted 50mm railgun loaded with 20 round drums capable of firing a three-round burst on a single capacitor charge, while a loading arm loads the drums into the weapon from the storage bay in the ship proper. The turret is lightly armored for protection. Requires a ship to mount it on.

Large Item Flight Transport (LIFT): An upgrade to the ITC's basic shuttles, capable of moving 4 TC objects to and from orbit. Has advantages and disadvantages, minor mechanical issues, but primarily is something of an "all your eggs, one basket" situation when deploying into combat conditions. Raise the cost of an ITC when attached.
Cost: 1 SPP (equips an ITC with a full set of LIFT shuttles)

LIFT Intraplanetary Plasma Engine (IPE): An upgrade to the LIFT shuttles, capable of moving 4 TC objects to and from orbit. Faster and more maneuverable even than basic shuttles, and come with some amount of reinforcement and protection against attack. Raise the cost of an ITC when attached.
Cost: 1 SPP (equips an ITC with a full set of LIFT shuttles)

Infrastructure
Colony Defense Grid: The reason you can't instantly invade the enemy homeworld. A series of surface-to-orbit missile launchers, the only real concession to defense the planners of the colony made. How they work is a mystery now, and no one wants to risk taking them apart to find out.

Semi-Autonomous Industrial Facilities: A network of interlinked incredibly well-connected modern factories capable of production of unparalleled efficiency and scale. Provides 2 GPP.

Spoiler: The Network Logistics (click to show/hide)

Ship Production Points: 16
  14 points: 4x ITC with 2xLIFT, 2x Logos.
  2 unavailable (Logos destroyed Turn 2)

Ground Production Points: 22
  21 points: 7x BMU with 7x Trephine.
  1 point: Unassigned
 
Units
BMU-1
  -  Trephine
  -  Location: Alpha
BMU-2
  -  Trephine
  -  Location: Bravo
BMU-3
  -  Trephine
  -  Location: Charlie
BMU-4
  -  Trephine
  -  Location: Orbit of Foxtrot
BMU-5
  -  Trephine
  -  Location: Orbit of Foxtrot
BMU-6
  -  Trephine
  -  Location: Echo
BMU-7
  -  Trephine
  -  Location: Echo

Ships
ITC-01-LIFT
  -  Location: The Hub
  -  Contents: Empty
  -  Condition: Undamaged
ITC-02-LIFT
  -  Location: The Hub
  -  Contents: Empty
  -  Condition: Undamaged
ITC-04
  -  Location: Foxtrot
  -  Contents: BMU-4, BMU-5
  -  Condition: Lightly Damaged
ITC-5
  -  Location: Echo
  -  Contents: Empty
  -  Condition: Undamaged

Logos-01
  -  Location: Orbit of D
  -  Condition: Damaged
Logos-02
  -  Location: Orbit of E
  -  Condition: Undamaged

Spoiler: Credits (click to show/hide)

1x Research Credit (finished combat spacecraft)

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

Planetary Contents:
1 & 2: Earthlike planets just as you’d expect. Take your opponent’s homeworld to win, lose yours and you die.
A: Riddled with caves and with a mineral-rich crust, this airless world is ideal for the production of spacecraft components. 1 GPP, 3 SPP.
B: A volcanic world with a caustic atmosphere and lava flows on the surface, B is full of minerals that can be easily acquired…if you can deal with the, quite literal, heat. 3 GPP, 1 SPP.
C: Icy, barren, rather flat in most regions. It has rather a lot of those things humans need to live sitting on and under its airless surface. 3 GPP, 3 SPP.
D: A surface-wide ocean is the defining trait of this planet, providing an interesting combat environment and also plenty of interesting life forms that can be studied….if you can build a big enough boat to catch one, anyway. 4 GPP, 2 SPP.
E: Another Earthlike planet, ideal for habitation….or, y’know, fighting a good old fashioned war over! 4 GPP, 4 SPP.
F: A world of highlands and mountains, the lower parts of the planet are filled with most of the planet's already scarce water. However, the mountainous regions have high mineral contents and plenty of good spacecraft launch sites above the majority of the atmosphere. 2 GPP, 4 SPP.
G: Deserts cover the surface of this planet. Deserts made, in fact, of a curious sand with abnormally high metal and mineral contents. It has an atmosphere that serves to stir up the sands into occasional sandstorms. 3 GPP, 3 SPP.
H: An airless, small rock in space, H is heavily cratered and not a great place to live. Good place to build spacecraft, though. 1 GPP, 3 SPP.
I: A world covered in wide stretches of windswept terrain covered in something that we’re going to call grass, I is ideal for large-scale industrial activity. Nobody cares if you do irreparable damage to a huge tract of grasslands here, after all, there are a hundred more huge tracts of pristine grasslands you haven’t ruined yet. 3 GPP, 1 SPP.

[Man of Paper]

Bringing back an old proposal, altered:

Orbital Reclamation Centers

Life as part of The Network can be birthed naturally through interaction between two compatible units, resulting in a unit taking traits from both parents, or it can be factory-crafted for specific purposes. Both are seen as equals in a modern Network (though there are still some active units with hard-coded prejudices), and both can continue to serve a purpose after termination.

Reclamation Centers, constructed piece-by-piece in orbit thanks to our shuttles, contain Vats that are loaded up with deactivated units, and once at capacity they are sealed and a combination of heating and a chemical bath weaken the materials within. The chemicals are drained (and filtered for recycling and later use), and the vat's assigned Bitforms are introduced. The Vat Bitforms are designed with the sole purpose of disassembling matter at an atomic level and gathering elements together. Vat Bitforms will gather solid elements in clumps and are programmed to link together and form shells around liquid, gaseous, and radioactive elements until extraction from the vat. While this is primarily used as a means of recovering and reintegrating deactivated units, vats can also be used to separate and collect materials extracted from celestial objects.

Once materials are broken down and sorted they are repurposed for the construction of the Network Fleet. A number of slipways and Construction Units allow the production of craft in near-zero g and has space for vessels much larger than the Logos class of ships.

Orbital Reclamation Centers: (1) MoP

[Rockeater]

Orbital Reclamation Centers: (2) MoP, Rockeater

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