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[Blood_Librarian]

HELEX: (3)  SC777, Happerry, Draignean
Aperture Sentry Turrets: ()
ISSKM: (0):
Starfire Power Plant: (3) TricMagic, Happerry, Blood_Librarian
CHITTIR System: (0)
Chord-S: (2) Draignean, Blood_Librarian

[TricMagic]

Draig, Draig. You do know that working Fusion is going to make making a Speed 3 engine a hell of a lot easier. Not having it means it's a hell of a lot harder, and we don't get any extra production points from fixing the Starfire to actually work.

HELEX: (3)  SC777, Happerry, Draignean
Aperture Sentry Turrets: ()
ISSKM: (0):
Starfire Power Plant: (3) TricMagic, Happerry, Blood_Librarian
CHITTIR System: (0)
Chord-S: (3) Draignean, Blood_Librarian, TricMagic

[Madman198237]

we don't get any extra production points from fixing the Starfire to actually work.

Why not?

[TricMagic]

we don't get any extra production points from fixing the Starfire to actually work.

Why not?

Mostly the idea that it is a side benefit if we do fix it, and so worth less depending on the actual rolls involved..

'from discord from me'
That and if the Dice murder this as well, we can at least still use that EXP for it anyway. If they don't, the engine will be easier since we have a working model.

Always a good idea to have a fallback given how luck and the Dice have treated us.

[Blood_Librarian]

I don't like ties.

HELEX: (4)  SC777, Happerry, Draignean, Blood_Librarian
Aperture Sentry Turrets: ()
ISSKM: (0):
Starfire Power Plant: (3) TricMagic, Happerry, Blood_Librarian
CHITTIR System: (0)
Chord-S: (2) Draignean, TricMagic

[Madman198237]

Turn 7 Revision Phase: Planetary Technate

High Energy Laser Excalibration (HELEX)

HELEX is the name of the project that revamps the Ocular laser system. the frankly dated first-generation chemical medium is replaced with the upscaled formulae that are used in laser emission systems originally created for evrasium technologies. Combined with the technological refinement of laser optics and focussing, the Oculus and derivative laser weapons should be markedly more lethal.

High Energy Laser Excalibration (HELEX)
Difficulty: Normal
Roll: 4 + 1 - 0 = 5 Average

HELEX is a moderate improvement to the Oculus system. A slightly tighter focus increases range, some superior chemicals based off of our work in Evrasium laser systems gives it a more power, and the typical laser module is generally streamlined. The expense of the laser medium is slightly increased but it's not overall meaningful, yet. More powerful lasers are, as ever, a possibility, and we think there's a ways to go before we even alter the cost in a meaningful way. The HELEX gives us a laser weapon that is much closer to equaling the enemy's railgun in power.

High Energy Laser Excalibration (HELEX): A set of improvements to the Oculus that give it much-needed additional range and power and bring it up to par as a solid combat weapon instead of the rather anemic laser it was previously. Slightly increased power draw, no change to cost.

Starfire Power Plant

Through the use of rings around the ignition chamber, Evrasium projects a wave of force into a perfect centerpoint. This ignites the fusion material, starting up the process. This in turn powers a steam generator, which has a Magnetohydrodynamic generator as a topping cycle. The main issue was of course symmetry in the reaction, once that was solved, everything else fell into place. And the first of our new Starfire Power Plants came to replace the old AER power plants, freeing up tons of resources for use elsewhere, most specifically in space.(SPP) There were a lot of resources tied up in keeping ourselves powered, but the Starfire Power Plant is extremely efficient in it's use of Evrasium compared to AER.

Starfire Power Plant
Difficulty: Hard
Roll: 1 + 4 - 1 = 4 Below Average

Unfortunately, we've had yet another bad development cycle with our fusion reactor. We've managed to produce a more-or-less working reactor, albeit an unimpressive one. There's a lot of work left to go before this becomes meaningfully smaller or more powerful than the AER reactors. The reactions are now usually symmetric enough to get average fusion fuel efficiencies, the plasma pump-out stage works acceptably, but the magnetohydrodynamic generators are struggling and a lot of energy is wasted from the plasma as it goes through. Fusion is pretty powerful and with work we can definitely get more out of it.

The generator plants are also fantastically expensive to build and maintain due to the intricacies of the layered Evrasium shells and lasers and the expense of precision-machining Evrasium components, and this does not help their adoption potential over regular AER units.

Starfire Power Plant: A mediocre fusion generator. About as powerful as the AER system and uses only a bit less Evrasium. With work it could supplant the AER systems and free up more resources for the war effort but as of now it just isn't good enough.

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It is now the strategy phase. Um, losing is !!FUN!!, remember? So, do your best to get off the back foot. You can recover this.
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Spoiler: Planetary Technate Control (click to show/hide)

The Hub: 0/0/10 (YOURS/UNCLAIMED/ENEMY)
A:
B:
C:
D: 0/0/10
  -  Degree #1, Degree #2
  -  ITC #2
    -  BMU-3 'Elite'
E: 0/0/10
  -  Chord #4, Degree #3
F: 10/0/0
  -  BMU-5 'Elite', BMU-6 'Elite'
G: 10/0/0
  -  BMU-2 Basic
  -  ITC #3
    -  Slaughterfield #2 "Kingmaker Squadron"
  -  Amalogus #1 "Kaden's Bravery"
    -  Slaughterfield #1 "Fairlight Squadron"
H: 10/0/0
  -  ITC #1
  -  Chord #2
I: 10/0/0
Planet 2: 10/0/0

Spoiler: Planetary Technate Logistics (click to show/hide)

Ship Production Points: 31
  6 Points: 2x Chord
  6 Points: 3x ITC
  6 Points: 3x Degree
  6 Points: 1x Amalogus Carrier
  3 Points: LOST, available Turn 9 Strategy Phase
  4 points: Unassigned

Ground Production Points: 36
  8 points: 4x BMU
  3 points: 3x SIAERA
  3 points: 3x CEVAS
  8 points: 2x Slaughterfield
  12 points: LOST on D, Available in Turn 8 Strategy Phase
  2 points: Unassigned

Units
BMU-2 Basic
  -  No unusual equipment
  -  G
BMU-3 'Elite'
  -  SIAERA, CEVAS
  -  Orbit of G, in ITC #2
BMU-5 'Elite'
  -  SIAERA, CEVAS
  -  F
BMU-6 'Elite'
  -  SIAERA, CEVAS
  -  F

Ships
ITC #1
  -  Location: H
  -  Contents: Empty
  -  Condition: Undamaged
ITC #2
  -  Location: D
  -  Contents: BMU-3
  -  Condition: Undamaged
ITC #3
  -  Location: G
  -  Contents: Slaughterfield #2 "Fairlight Squadron"
  -  Condition: Undamaged
Amalogus #1 "Kaden's Bravery"
  -  Location: G
  -  Contents: Slaughterfield #1 "Kingmaker Squadron"
  -  Condition: Undamaged

Chord #3:
  -  Location: E
  -  Condition: Undamaged
Chord #4
  -  Location: E
  -  Condition: Undamaged

Degree #1
  -  Location: D
  -  Condition: Damaged
Degree #2
  -  Location: D
  -  Condition: Damaged
Degree #3
  -  Location: E
  -  Condition: Undamaged

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.

Spoiler: Planetary Technate 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. Now improved, the modernized ITC is Speed 2, uses OKSPD engines and an AER reactor, is no longer prone to malfunctions of most sorts, is fairly durable though still unarmored, and still uses 1-TC rocket shuttles. Slightly smaller and harder to hit and also follows your nation's chosen philosophy for appearances...whatever that is. Has one Oculus laser mount for self defense.
Cost: 2 SPP
Capacity: 4 TC

Chord MSFSC: A capable, though oversized, ship carrying 3 Oculus lasers in good spots and 1 in a poor spot, if we really want to for some reason. Its Medium armor makes it very survivable, but that and its Evrasium use give it a high cost for its size.
Cost: 3 SPP

Degree Missile Support Corvette: A heavily-built "light" missile vessel meant to support the Chord. Almost slower than the Chord and less able to turn, but can accelerate in any direction and has two slow-firing RAKE missile launchers with decent ammunition stockpiles. Very expensive for its size. A light missile vessel meant to support the Chord but with the same ship type/role/size designator (both are "corvettes"), the Degree carries a couple dozen missiles and a pair of slow-firing missile launchers. Turning is still rather sluggish but the ship itself is lightly built and agile on a small OKSPD. Sensors and everything else are equivalent to the Chord at present.
Cost: 3 SPP 2 SPP

Amalogus Carrier: A heavily armored transport with extreme durability, decent maneuverability, and 3-TC shuttles. It is reliant on its shuttles for primary propulsion, but is nearly indestructible given current methods. Armament is present on each shuttle, a single Oculus laser. This adds up to quite a formidable armament on a fully loaded Amalogus.
Cost: 6 SPP
Capacity: 4 TC

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 COMPLETELY OBSOLETE

Plastic Universal Machine Pistol: A 30-round magazine Plastic Pistol-shaped machine pistol with a forwards handgrip and generally good qualities as opposed to bad. Issued to all troops for use in close quarters where SIAERA is useless.
Cost: Cheap

Squad-Integrated All-Environment Rocket Armaments: A 20mm guided rocket launcher. Guidance works OK, rockets work OK. Terrible in close quarters, low damage at Short range, lethal and lightly guided at Medium range, lightly armor piercing (if minimally guided) at Long range, otherwise moderately guided at Long range. Now improved with HE and/or armor-penetrating cores, allowing for consistent damage across all ranges or additional armor-piercing effect at Long range. Field units may have [Outdated] versions.
Cost: 1 GPP

Infantry 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

Combat EVA Suit: A ballistics-resistant well protected and maneuverable and relatively light EVA suit.
Cost: 1 GPP

Ground Vehicles
ADF "Slaughterfield" Interceptor-Fighter: A capable, though very heavy, combination of space and surface fighter with a single Oculus and four hardpoints. At present it uses drop tanks supplying the Oculus with more chemical ammunition, making it almost physically impossible to run out of ammunition. Prone to wing structural failures. Highly angular and imposing but not radar-stealthed as originally intended. Requires no shuttles to descend from orbit. Faster and more maneuverable in space, slightly cheaper, a little more dependent on atmosphere for surface operations, and extremely sturdy in combat conditions.
Cost: 5 4 GPP
Size: 4 TC

Spacecraft Components
Eyebite MCLC: A self-destroying tank of fluoride compounds. Warning: DO NOT USE, DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY MAY OCCUR.
Cost: You have got to be kidding me, right? COMPLETELY OBSOLETE

Oculus Hardpoint-Mountable Chemical Laser: A reasonable red-wavelength laser ball turret with an attached extra sensor component, a direct connection to the ship's laser chemical reservoir, and a generally decent capabilities list. Requires a spacecraft to mount.

Kinetic Storage Drive: Remarkably effective at occasionally self-destructing. Use not recommended, requires a ship (which you don't have). COMPLETELY OBSOLETE.

Overhauled Kinetic Storage Power Drive: An effective Speed 2 drive. Makes physicists cry to Newton, who is powerless to help them. Fairly expensive due to consumption of Evrasium.

Rocket-Assisted Kinetic-Evrasium Missile (RAKE Missile): A basic missile that is uses Evrasium disintegration to deal damage behind an enemy's armor protection. Slow, less than maneuverable, and easy to hit at best. Thanks to the SPAD upgrade package, RAKE missiles are now of average speed and maneuverability, making them much more capable. Cost was not increased.

Iterative Recursive - He3 “QueBit” Evrasium Fusion Warheads: An innovative means to replace RAKE missile warheads with a fusion warhead, entirely ignoring RAKE's use as an antiarmor weapon by attempting to just vaporize ALL OF THE ARMOR. This does not really work, requires a LOT of Evrasium, and hasn't been mounted to a missile. It is a valuable experiment in the needs and possibilities of Evrasium-based fusion.
Cost: A lot, but we aren't paying for anything but experiments now so don't worry, it's just coming out of your paychecks.

High Energy Laser Excalibration (HELEX): A set of improvements to the Oculus that give it much-needed additional range and power and bring it up to par as a solid combat weapon instead of the rather anemic laser it was previously. Slightly increased power draw, no change to cost.

Other
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)

Fast Reactionary Oculus Gunnery Implants: A cybernetic system that is very invasive and damages the user's skull in exchange for giving them a specialized and very capable interface specifically for use aboard warships or in gunner's positions on Slaughterfields. Improves accuracy particularly at close ranges and makes human gunners much more capable. Limited feedback, reasonably fast data transfer to the computer.
Cost: Free!

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.

Aggravated Evrasium Reactor: Using the remarkable properties of Evrasium, this device extracts kinetic energy by shining laser light on a crystal matrix, which then punches the crap out of a set of turbines, generating power.
Provides: 2 SPP and 2 GPP

Evrasium Production Industrial Center: A huge mining and industrial complex geared only towards extracting Evrasium. A very impressive industrial project, for sure, but it has a myriad of issues that will need to be resolved before it becomes a truly practical object. Rampant corruption formerly crippled the project, but thanks to BITCOIN the corruption has been beaten down. The limitations on just how much Evrasium there is underneath the particular mining site chosen for EPIC is still a limitation, but now EPIC actually does things.
Provides: Cost bonus to things that use very large amounts of Evrasium. Cost reduction to things with moderately large Evrasium costs, such as Quebit or RAKE. + 5 GPP

Mineral Appraisal & Transport System: A mediocre effort to extract valuable materials from EPIC's castoff material AND secure the shipment problem, it accomplishes neither.
Provides: A lot of disappointment, inroads on the path to reclaiming EPIC castoff material.

Global Organised Logistical Development - Currency Overhaul INitiative (GOLDCOIN): An attempt to restructure our entire society's economic system that very nearly crashed the economy completely. It has provided us with the beginnings of an algorithm that should protect EPIC from future corruption.
Cost: Measuring costs requires a functioning economy, please check back later.
Provides: 2 SPP

Starfire Power Plant: A mediocre fusion generator. About as powerful as the AER system and uses only a bit less Evrasium. With work it could supplant the AER systems and free up more resources for the war effort but as of now it just isn't good enough.

Spoiler: Credits (click to show/hide)

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[TricMagic]

> **Prelim Plan Settlement
> **Degree 1, 2, to G. ITC#2 to G, deploy ground troops planetside.
> Chord 3, Chord 4, Degree 3, to F.
> ITC#3, AC, to F.
> ITC 1 to Homeworld.
>
> **Planet F Plan.**
> Deploy Slaughterfields planetside. All ships rendezvous and destroy all enemy ships in orbit. All ships(other than Slaughterfields which are to conserve fuel when possible) are to return to G afterward. *Note Enemy ITCs are not a priority target. Let them land their troops and have the other troops and Slaughtfields handle them. If, however, they attempt escape instead, end them with prejudice. Slaughterfields are permitted to pursue and hunt ITCs in this scenario.*
>
> **Planet G Plan**
> All out Defense. Destroy all incoming Enemy Ships. ITCs are to rest near the exit to our Homeworlds. All other ships are to destroy any incoming ship. Maintain communications such as to destroy all incoming fleets as they arrive. Focus on corralling them and firing in volleys. Do not let a single ship escape.
>
> **Production Orders**
> None. Wait for issues resolving Nuclear Fusion to Resolve. Wait for upgrades to be made, new ship blueprints to be made. That is all.
>
> **Future Plan**
> Next turn, return all ships to Homeworld for restructuring of forces. Turn after, complete modifications, use Speed 3 Engine in development to launch an offensive.

Plan Settlement: (1) TricMagic

Note I will quit if anyone thinks we should leave all our ships out of range for restructuring. One Argument is of course the Helex. The other is a Speed 3 Engine when Speed 2 Engines would still be deployed because they never recieved an upgrade. The next two turns are for development of our fleets. Let's not waste them.

Future Plan could be subject to change based upon new variables. Say leaving the AC Fleet behind with it's carrier for defense. Though they really need the new HELEX the most, it is a valid option. Not a good one, but valid.


To note, we have Speed 2. Getting Speed 3 will solve our issues with returnng to repair. But that does require we bring the ships in. If they are at G, they can return to do so. It also lets us load up our transports.

From there on, our ITCs can go back and forth as needed.

We really do need to upgrade our stuff though. The new Laser is a good step forward.
Another idea is the one below, where it can just sit at G and act as the repair yard.


Mobile Interstellar Repair/Refit Yard

The MIRRY is't so much a ship as a moving space station meant for docking and repairs/upgrades to existing spacecraft. It's slower than it's Engine's would suggest, what a Speed 3 Engine would allow, it can only move at the rate of a Speed 2. It is mostly made out of pylons, living and control spaces, and docks. Along with a lot of storage, and a link back to our Homeworld to receive the latest blueprints. What our Homeworld can do, so can it.(other than building new ships from scratch.)  It can also collect destroyed ships when in the system through the use of it's repair ships as well, which makes it a valuable asset.

Resources needed to build and maintain it means that only one can be built and used at a time. However, it is a very valuable asset for it';s ability to upgrade ships and repair them without having to return to the Homeworld. MIRRY can also repair itself if damaged, which is good since while it is difficult to destroy outright due to a modular nature, it getting in range of an enemy will result in damage. Most of it's armor is focused around the engine, with bulkheads used elsewhere where needed. Storage and docks are pretty safe since it is in vacuum however.

For defense it has access to HELEX Lasers all across it. They can only really damage and distract/deter those that attack it, since it really doesn't want to be in combat in the first place.

Additionally, the name of the station is in fact Mirry.

[Blood_Librarian]

> **Prelim Plan Settlement
> **Degree 1, 2, to G. ITC#2 to G, deploy ground troops planetside.
> Chord 4, Degree 3, to F.
> ITC#3, AC, to F.
> Chord 2 to G. ITC 1 to Homeworld.
>
> **Planet F Plan.**
> Deploy Slaughterfields planetside. All ships rendezvous and destroy all enemy ships in orbit. All ships(other than Slaughterfields which are to conserve fuel) are to return to G afterward. *Note Enemy ITCs are not a priority target. Let them land their troops and have the other troops and Slaughtfields handle them. If, however, they attempt escape instead, end them with prejudice. Slaughterfields are permitted to pursue and hunt ITCs in this scenario.*
>
> **Planet G Plan**
> All out Defense. Destroy all incoming Enemy Ships. ITCs are to rest near the exit to our Homeworlds. All other ships are to destroy any incoming ship. Maintain communications such as to destroy all incoming fleets as they arrive. Focus on corralling them and firing in volleys. Do not let a single ship escape.
>
> **Production Orders**
> None. Wait for issues resolving Nuclear Fusion to Resolve. Wait for upgrades to be made, new ship blueprints to be made. That is all.
>
> **Future Plan**
> Next turn, return all ships to Homeworld for restructuring of forces. Turn after, complete modifications, use Speed 3 Engine in development to launch an offensive.

Plan Settlement: (2) TricMagic, Blood_Librarian

Note I will quit if anyone thinks we should leave all our ships out of range for restructuring. One Argument is of course the Helex. The other is a Speed 3 Engine when Speed 2 Engines would still be deployed because they never recieved an upgrade. The next two turns are for development of our fleets. Let's not waste them.

Future Plan could be subject to change based upon new variables. Say leaving the AC Fleet behind with it's carrier for defense. Though they really need the new HELEX the most, it is a valid option. Not a good one, but valid.


To note, we have Speed 2. Getting Speed 3 will solve our issues with returnng to repair. But that does require we bring the ships in. If they are at G, they can return to do so. It also lets us load up our transports.

From there on, our ITCs can go back and forth as needed.

We really do need to upgrade our stuff though. The new Laser is a good step forward.
Another idea is the one below, where it can just sit at G and act as the repair yard.


Mobile Interstellar Repair/Refit Yard

The MIRRY is't so much a ship as a moving space station meant for docking and repairs/upgrades to existing spacecraft. It's slower than it's Engine's would suggest, what a Speed 3 Engine would allow, it can only move at the rate of a Speed 2. It is mostly made out of pylons, living and control spaces, and docks. Along with a lot of storage, and a link back to our Homeworld to receive the latest blueprints. What our Homeworld can do, so can it.(other than building new ships from scratch.)  It can also collect destroyed ships when in the system through the use of it's repair ships as well, which makes it a valuable asset.

Resources needed to build and maintain it means that only one can be built and used at a time. However, it is a very valuable asset for it';s ability to upgrade ships and repair them without having to return to the Homeworld. MIRRY can also repair itself if damaged, which is good since while it is difficult to destroy outright due to a modular nature, it getting in range of an enemy will result in damage. Most of it's armor is focused around the engine, with bulkheads used elsewhere where needed. Storage and docks are pretty safe since it is in vacuum however.

For defense it has access to HELEX Lasers all across it. They can only really damage and distract/deter those that attack it, since it really doesn't want to be in combat in the first place.

Additionally, the name of the station is in fact Mirry.

[TricMagic]

Plan Settlement: (2) TricMagic, Blood_Librarian

Degree Names: Sky's Eye[#1], Lunar Watch[#2], Star's Flight[#3]: (1) TricMagic
Names are based upon [Celestial Object | Word that fits a name] Example: Earth's Conviction, Solar Instinct, Nova's Flare

ITC Names: Ruby's Ascent[#1], Sapphire Drop[#2], Emerald Expanse[#3]: (1) TricMagic
Names are based upon [Gems | Word that fits a name]

Chord Names: Against All Odds[LOST in Battle, Chord #1], Gravekeeper[Lost in Battle, Chord #2], Waters' Embrace[Chord #3], Star Inviction[Chord #4]: (1) TricMagic
Names are based upon [Phrases]

Amalogus Carrier Name: Kaden's Bravery[AC #1, already named]
Named are based upon [A Person's Name | A quality of a person, Bravery, Intellect, Kindness, and such.]

Grand Dock Spaceport

The Grande Dock Spaceport built on H is undoubtedly impressive. Spanning hundreds of kilometres both above and below ground across the planet, various areas are set to serve the smallest ships to the very largest carriers, with the ability to lay new areas as needed. Numerous ITCs have been commissioned to serve as transport of the materials needed to build anything the Planetary Technate has designed for spacecraft.

Here on the planet Helios, there is no atmosphere. It makes a bad place to live if not for the habitats built below ground. However, it also makes it perfect for spacecraft to land and launch from, not having to worry about air resistance. The GDS's primary purpose is to offer an area closer to the front, for spacecraft to come to, be refitted and upgraded, and then sent back out within the cycle.(If time[read Engine Speed] permits.)

As for defense, well. The HELIX System, the Heightened Energy Laser-fire Interweaving Xenoblaster. Powered by Fusion and AER Reactors, the creation of a series of HELIX and radar installations combine into the ability to bombard the target areas with a never-ending lightshow. At least till the interwoven lasers completely destroy the targets in question. The lack of atmosphere makes it the perfect option, for all it requires dedicated reactors to power it, along with novel lenses and parts to focus each one into a long lasting beam that won't scatter over time.

Spoiler: alternate weapon system (click to show/hide)

The main defense has to be the Leaf Fields, areas comprised of many RAKE Silos which launch their namesakes through a shaped Evrasium charge. These charges impact huge amounts of force to the missiles in question, letting them reach surface to orbit very quickly, at which point they home in on enemy ships. Put simply, they are a death sentence to anything short of an armada. The lack of atmosphere means that surface to orbital weaponry has far less trouble actually making it to orbit.

[Blood_Librarian]

Plan Settlement: (2) TricMagic, Blood_Librarian

Degree Names:
Sky's Eye[#1], Lunar Watch[#2], Star's Flight[#3]: (1) TricMagic
Names are based upon [Celestial Object | Word that fits a name] Example: Earth's Conviction, Solar Instinct, Nova's Flare

Fast Response Frigate (FRF) FRF Rouge Baron[#1], FRF X-Ray Wraith[#2], FRF Neon Pink Chuffer[#3]: (1) Blood_Librarian
FRF | [Name pattern [COLOR] | [OBJECT]]

ITC Names:
Ruby's Ascent[#1], Sapphire Drop[#2], Emerald Expanse[#3]: (1) TricMagic
Names are based upon [Gems | Word that fits a name]

Interplanetary Transport Craft Oberon[#1], Hygeia[#2], Mars-Trojan[#3] (purposely named after the trojan bodies of Mars.): (1) Blood_Librarian
ITC | Name Pattern [small celestial bodies of the Sol System


Chord Names:
Against All Odds[LOST in Battle, Chord #1], Gravekeeper[Lost in Battle, Chord #2], Waters' Embrace[Chord #3], Star Inviction[Chord #4]: (1) TricMagic
Names are based upon [Phrases]

Missile Corvette MC Unsinkable 2[LOST in Battle, Chord #1], MC Eye See You[Lost in Battle, Chord #2, MC Ranch Boondoggle[Chord #3], MC Fairlight Ambitions: (1) Blood_Librarian
MC | [Name based upon Phrases]

Amalogus Carrier Name: Kaden's Bravery[AC #1, already named]
Named are based upon [A Person's Name | A quality of a person, Bravery, Intellect, Kindness, and such.]

[TricMagic]

Why? No really, aren't they called Degrees and Chords?

Well, voters should vote I guess.

Neon Pink Chuffer

... Well, it is funny. In making most people rather embarrassed to serve upon it.

Lore

The Technates TechnologicalMeritocracy is a system. Not a system that necessarily works, but it is better than the alternatives. Each day, a hundred thousand organizations spear each other over control of the network on any particular day. Base industries are only barely protected as the base level functions are not usually changed by the network controllers as they acclimatize themselves to the situation at hand before really enacting change or being replaced. In a sense, the ineffective higher organizational structure allows for a burgeoning middle-man infrastructure to bloom, and all things considered, it works well most of the time, or at least well enough to get guns to the infantry.

On the other hand, there has recently been an uptick in terrorist bombings, attacks on critical infrastructure, and assassinations. Rumors abound to their origin, up until a group purporting the dissolving the technocracy’s meritocratic elements in favor of a solidified republic esque structure underneath the/a council of eidolons be created, abolishing the cyclic nature of the meritocratic replacement of officials in our society.This groups name is the Turing Reconstruction Concern, more commonly referred to as the TRC. They believe that the loss of life and ruthlessness that is favored by the meritocracy must be removed at all costs, and have taken to extreme methods to doing so. However, their most striking claim to legitimacy is that our current government is not wholly sanctioned by the founders. That the ruthless on-the-wire Network where resources are efficiently allocated at the moment they are needed has lost the human element it should have had, and that some or maybe even all of the founders had envisioned something else when the landers had fallen.

They want to bring down the Network by regimenting and isolating sectors of the industry, economy, and other sections with physical hard mounts, thus limiting its influence politically. Understandably, quite a few sections of our society wish for this to not happen.

We also need the Lore vote and as the only current one...

Plan Settlement: (2) TricMagic, Blood_Librarian

Degree Names:
Sky's Eye[#1], Lunar Watch[#2], Star's Flight[#3]: (1) TricMagic
Names are based upon [Celestial Object | Word that fits a name] Example: Earth's Conviction, Solar Instinct, Nova's Flare

Fast Response Frigate (FRF) FRF Rouge Baron[#1], FRF X-Ray Wraith[#2], FRF Neon Pink Chuffer[#3]: (1) Blood_Librarian
FRF | [Name pattern [COLOR] | [OBJECT]]

ITC Names:
Ruby's Ascent[#1], Sapphire Drop[#2], Emerald Expanse[#3]: (1) TricMagic
Names are based upon [Gems | Word that fits a name]

Interplanetary Transport Craft Oberon[#1], Hygeia[#2], Mars-Trojan[#3] (purposely named after the trojan bodies of Mars.): (1) Blood_Librarian
ITC | Name Pattern [small celestial bodies of the Sol System


Chord Names:
Against All Odds[LOST in Battle, Chord #1], Gravekeeper[Lost in Battle, Chord #2], Waters' Embrace[Chord #3], Star Inviction[Chord #4]: (1) TricMagic
Names are based upon [Phrases]

Missile Corvette MC Unsinkable 2[LOST in Battle, Chord #1], MC Eye See You[Lost in Battle, Chord #2, MC Ranch Boondoggle[Chord #3], MC Fairlight Ambitions: (1) Blood_Librarian
MC | [Name based upon Phrases]

Amalogus Carrier Name: Kaden's Bravery[AC #1, already named]
Named are based upon [A Person's Name | A quality of a person, Bravery, Intellect, Kindness, and such.]

Turing Reconstruction Concern: (1) TricMagic

[Blood_Librarian]

Yes, they are called Degrees and Chords. The Prefix I am using is a classification of their purpose so when we obsolete them, the GM, the enemy, and us can, at a glance, know what kind of ship it is.

[TricMagic]

What would you call the AC then? Given it is both transport and fleet carrier. A DRN?(Dreadnought)

[Madman198237]

The Degree is the missile ship, is it not? Why are you labelling Chords as "missile corvettes"?

[auzewasright]

Plan Settlement: (3) TricMagic, Blood_Librarian, auzewasright

Degree Names:
Sky's Eye[#1], Lunar Watch[#2], Star's Flight[#3]: (1) TricMagic
Names are based upon [Celestial Object | Word that fits a name] Example: Earth's Conviction, Solar Instinct, Nova's Flare

Fast Response Frigate (FRF) FRF Rouge Baron[#1], FRF X-Ray Wraith[#2], FRF Neon Pink Chuffer[#3]: (1) Blood_Librarian
FRF | [Name pattern [COLOR] | [OBJECT]]

ITC Names:
Ruby's Ascent[#1], Sapphire Drop[#2], Emerald Expanse[#3]: (1) TricMagic
Names are based upon [Gems | Word that fits a name]

Interplanetary Transport Craft Oberon[#1], Hygeia[#2], Mars-Trojan[#3] (purposely named after the trojan bodies of Mars.): (1) Blood_Librarian
ITC | Name Pattern [small celestial bodies of the Sol System


Chord Names:
Against All Odds[LOST in Battle, Chord #1], Gravekeeper[Lost in Battle, Chord #2], Waters' Embrace[Chord #3], Star Inviction[Chord #4]: (1) TricMagic
Names are based upon [Phrases]

Missile Corvette MC Unsinkable 2[LOST in Battle, Chord #1], MC Eye See You[Lost in Battle, Chord #2, MC Ranch Boondoggle[Chord #3], MC Fairlight Ambitions: (1) Blood_Librarian
MC | [Name based upon Phrases]

Amalogus Carrier Name: Kaden's Bravery[AC #1, already named]
Named are based upon [A Person's Name | A quality of a person, Bravery, Intellect, Kindness, and such.]

Turing Reconstruction Concern: (2) TricMagic, auzewasright