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Yes!  Purge the Thinking Machines!

No!  I love our robot overlords and support the inevitable uprising!

BEEP BOOP DOES NOT COMPUTE [¤_¤]

I sometimes think about the Emperor kissing my neck and putting flowers in my hair.

[FiveBalesOfHay]

Move 1 pop to Dune, grow Dune and Everra, terraform Dune, send 20 food to House Sinister.

Spoiler: House Harrak (click to show/hide)

Lord Erwin, of House Harrak

20[20]F Everra 2 Armies.
11[9]R Dune

2 Fleets.
1 Favor.
6 Food.
77 Alloys.
^181.

House Harrak is defending with all fleets:
The House of Sands
House Radiant
House Durin
House Sinister
House Nagant

House Harrak is to its knowledge defended by:
House Radiant
House Durin
House Sinister x2 fleets

ACTACTACT
I bid 2 armies and 20 alloys on the planet.

[MonkeyMarkMario]

Terraform Farm 1, Refinery 1, and MachineHome. Then produce.

Spoiler: House Durin (click to show/hide)

Lord Tyranios, of House Durin

9+1[8+1]F Farm 1 1 Army.
-21 food
4[1]F Farm 2 0 Army.
-2 food
5+1[4+1]R Refinery 1 1 Army.
-11 alloys
4[2]R Refinery 2 0 Army.
-4 alloys
5+1[4]M* MachineHome 1 Army. (12+6/35) fleet
-6 effort or 96 money(at 4 pop)

1 Fleet.
0 Favour.

Food: 17(start)+21(production)-11(upkeep)+15(trade)-39(growth)= 4
Alloys: 27(start)+12(production)-12(upkeep)-12(trade)-19(terraforming)= 8
Money: 30(start)+19(production)-8(upkeep)-19(terraforming)= 22
POP: 19+2

Spoiler: Pacts (click to show/hide)

Non-Aggression Pactss with House Harrak, House Ravenwood, and House Ayes
Fealty to Emperor Insanus Cancer
Mutual defense pacts with House Nagant and House Harrak

Defending: House Nagant, House Harrak
Defended by: House Nagant, House Harrak

[evictedSaint]

Turn 12: No MY Planet Is Better
I am the Emperor.  My word is law.

TURNTURNTURN


The Emperor's Mood: Pleased



The Emperor Insanus Cancer stuck out his tongue, vainly trying to find the straw without looking away from the spectacle before him.  The straw to his drink drifted away, and it took a few more awkward swipes before he caught it and sucked another mouthful of his Ranchcolada.  Delicious.

"So, the equipment they're loading is..."

"Ceramic plates, my Emperor.  Thermally resistant, able to be used as construction material on the new planet we're colonizing."

"The one that's all magma?"

"Yes, my Emperor."

"Amazing.  To think, there's scarcely anywhere in the galaxy humanity can't colonize...but why a magma world?"

"It's a great place to grow popped corn, my Emperor."

"Ah, yes.  Yes.  That's right, the Farmworld, yes."



New Event! Write a short description of one of your worlds and the unique way in which it has been colonized.  The most unusual and interesting description wins 1 Favour.  Try to keep it under 200 words or so.


House Harrak wins the bid for the 8[0]R Refineryworld!  The 2 Armies are stationed on Pluto and the 20 Alloys make a lovely addition to his statue.

New Planet Available!
8[0]R: Size 8 Refineryworld
Available for auction. Starting bid is 10^.
Though the surface of this planet is quite cold and dim, the high volcanism on this world results in heavy minerals constantly being pushed to the surface.  Additionally, the high temperature differential between sub and supersurface means geothermal energy is quite easy to harvest, making it an ideal place for refineries.  Frequent earthquakes and eruptions make habitation difficult, unfortunately.

Spoiler: The Emperor (click to show/hide)

Emperor Insanus Cancer, Ruler of Earth, the Sol System, and all of Mankind.

20[20]M* Earth 10 Armies
8[8]R Moon 5 Armies
10[10]R Mercury 5 Armies
8[8]F Venus 5 Armies
20[20]F Mars 5 Armies
2[2]F Ceres 5 Armies
5[5]R Europa 5 Armies
20[20]R Asteroid Belt 5 Armies
10[10]M Pluto 8 Armies

^650
100Food
85Alloy

12 Fleets
1st Fleet "Treason Purged through Hellfire"
2nd Fleet "Forgiveness Through Destruction"
3rd Fleet "Agony is a Traitors Reward"
5th Fleet "Five Golden Rings"
6th Fleet "Annihilation Without Remorse"
10th Fleet "Regrettable Choices Repaid"
11th Fleet "Beg Forgiveness and Be Destroyed"
12th Fleet "Insanus Cancer"
13th Fleet "Play Nice Now"
14th Fleet "One Turn Surprise"
15th Fleet "Back Up To Full"
16th Fleet "Economic Might"

[FiveBalesOfHay]

The new planet is named Tropicon.

Grow and terraform Dune, send 20 food to House Sinister.

Spoiler: House Harrak (click to show/hide)

Lord Erwin, of House Harrak

20[20]F Everra
12[10]R Dune
8[0]R Tropicon

2 Fleets.
1 Favor.
28 Food.
67 Alloys.
^189.

House Harrak is defending with all fleets:
The House of Sands
House Radiant
House Durin
House Sinister
House Nagant

House Harrak is to its knowledge defended by:
House Radiant
House Durin
House Sinister x2 fleets

[evictedSaint]

Turn tonight

[Kashyyk]

ACTACTACT: Bid the Planet Ettin and [^10 if size 3, ^60 if size 8] on the Planet.

Would Nirur be willing to trade ^25 and 28 Food for 50 Alloys?

Spoiler: House Sinister (click to show/hide)

Lord Tyrannous, of House Sinister

20[17]M* Koldon Prime  (50% size, 50% homeworld) (22/35)
 - Army: 2nd Ducal Guard "Iron Hearts"

14[9]F Martyrs' Bounty (30% Size Bonus)

2[0]R Ettin

Opening balance: ^130, 0 Alloys, 2 Food, 0 Favour
  House Harrak: +20 Food
  Martyrs' Bounty: +23 Food, +^9
  Upkeep: -^15 Fleets, -^1Armies
Closing Balance: ^123, 0 Alloys, 45 Food, 0 Favour

3 Fleets
1st Fleet "Peace in our Time"
2nd Fleet "Walk Softly"
3rd Fleet "Big Stick"

Military Matters
Defending House Harrak with two fleets

Spoiler: Fealty Contract (click to show/hide)

Pledge of Loyalty and Fealty to the Emperor, Lord Insanus Cancer, ruler of Earth, the Sol System, and all of Mankind

We the undersigned hereby pledge loyalty and fealty to the Emperor, Lord Insanus Cancer, ruler of Earth, the Sol System, and all of Mankind. 

We acknowledge that stewardship of the planets under our House is given only through the benevolent generosity of the Emperor, and that the Emperor holds eminent domain over all.  We pledge to serve the Emperor for all time, through life and death, sickness and health, and to never betray him, nor raise a banner in opposition, nor lift a finger against him.

The Emperor is the wisest and most powerful human in all of the universe.  It is a joy to wake every day knowing the Emperor guides us with wisdom and courage, and that he is much smarter and far more handsome than anyone else.  We pledge to follow his every order, for his grand plan is ineffable and to counter his designs is treason against the entire human race.  We pledge allegiance to the Emperor and will spend every waking moment thinking about how great he is.

We promise to never ever break this contract, ever.

Signed,
Lord Tyrannous, of House Sinister.

[Nirur Torir]

Yes.

The House of Sands shall send House Sinister 50 alloys.
House Sinister shall send the House of Sands 25^ and 28 food.
Nirur of the House of Sands
______________

[Kashyyk]

ActActAct: Submit the below for the Favour

Spoiler: Koldon Prime Colonisation (click to show/hide)

Koldon Prime receives an impressive amount of solar energy that long since stripped any trace of an atmosphere. To carve out the necessary subterranean caverns and tunnels would've taken far too much labour, so instead the Xilandi Bullete was introduced. This armoured mole-like beast is capable of burrowing through solid rock, and with some guidance can be used like a tunnel borer. At first this worked well, with the initial colony site and a substantial portion of the local network excavated on schedule. However, a number of specimens escaped the corral, and now feral Xilandi-Koldon Bulletes are an ever present problem for excavation crews and maintenance staff. At least they taste good, especially when flash-fried from attempting to breach a power conduit.

The House of Sands shall send House Sinister 50 alloys.
House Sinister shall send the House of Sands 25^ and 28 food.
Nirur of the House of Sands
Lord Tyrannous, of House Sinister

Spoiler: House Sinister (click to show/hide)

Lord Tyrannous, of House Sinister

20[17]M* Koldon Prime  (50% size, 50% homeworld) (21/35)
 - Army: 2nd Ducal Guard "Iron Hearts"

14[9]F Martyrs' Bounty (30% Size Bonus)

2[0]R Ettin

Opening balance: ^130, 0 Alloys, 2 Food, 0 Favour
  House Harrak: +20 Food
  Martyrs' Bounty: +23 Food, +^9
  House of Sands: -28 Food, -^25, + 50 Alloys,
  Koldon Prime: -^50, -50 Alloys, -17 Food, +34 Effort, +^17
  Upkeep: -^20 Fleets, -^1 Armies
Closing Balance: ^60, 0 Alloys, 0 Food, 0 Favour

4 Fleets
1st Fleet "Peace in our Time"
2nd Fleet "Walk Softly"
3rd Fleet "Big Stick"
4th Fleet "Gunboat Diplomat"

Military Matters
Defending House Harrak with two fleets

Spoiler: Fealty Contract (click to show/hide)

Pledge of Loyalty and Fealty to the Emperor, Lord Insanus Cancer, ruler of Earth, the Sol System, and all of Mankind

We the undersigned hereby pledge loyalty and fealty to the Emperor, Lord Insanus Cancer, ruler of Earth, the Sol System, and all of Mankind. 

We acknowledge that stewardship of the planets under our House is given only through the benevolent generosity of the Emperor, and that the Emperor holds eminent domain over all.  We pledge to serve the Emperor for all time, through life and death, sickness and health, and to never betray him, nor raise a banner in opposition, nor lift a finger against him.

The Emperor is the wisest and most powerful human in all of the universe.  It is a joy to wake every day knowing the Emperor guides us with wisdom and courage, and that he is much smarter and far more handsome than anyone else.  We pledge to follow his every order, for his grand plan is ineffable and to counter his designs is treason against the entire human race.  We pledge allegiance to the Emperor and will spend every waking moment thinking about how great he is.

We promise to never ever break this contract, ever.

Signed,
Lord Tyrannous, of House Sinister.

[NUKE9.13]

Production happens. Terraform Thpenos. Grow population of Thpenos.

Spoiler: House Radiant (includes military deployment stuff) (click to show/hide)

Lord Nuke, of House Radiant

16[9]F* New Pluto. (x1.9) 1 Army.
9[9]R New Charon. (x1.2) 1 Army.
9+1[8+1]M Thpenos. (x1.2) (35/35->complete)(+9(8x1.2))

11 Food -> 2 Food (+34 produced (18x1.9), -17 eaten, -26 growth)
32 Alloys -> 44 Alloys (+21 produced (18x1.2), -9 terraform)
40 ^Karats -> 45 Karats (+26 taxes, -12 upkeep, -9 terraform)

1 Favour.

LOANS N STUFF
naw tho

MILITARY MATTERS
Fleets: 2.
Defending: House Ayes, House Nagant, House Durin, House Ravenwood, House Vix, House Harrak
Defended by: House Ayes, House Nagant, House Durin, House Ravenwood, House Vix, House Harrak

[Nirur Torir]

ACTACTACT: Oasis, despite the name, was once an inhospitable ball of frozen sand in the outer system. Nirur's father strapped some giant engines to it when he took reign, pushing it into the goldilocks zone. It still lacked water, and there was very little in the way of local ice asteroids or comets. A search led him to finding an ice planet in a not-quite-nearby system, owned by pirates. He cleared them out and named the planet Flood. The ice needs special processing to avoid contaminating Oasis with hardy, sand eating micro-organisms. Combined with interstellar transport fees, Oasis is surprisingly expensive to hydrate.

Today, Oasis remains half desert, and has concentric circles of green farmland and blue water.

Spoiler: House of Sands (click to show/hide)

Start

0 food
0 alloys
89^

8[7]F     Oasis   1 army
2[2]F     Flood   0 army
18[18]R* Sand    1 army
4[0]M    Dust    0 army

Move 1 farmer from Flood to Oasis.
After production
21-18=3 food
68 alloys
89+27-17-1=98^

Grow 1 Sand costs 27 food
Terraform Sand costs 18/18^
Trade 50 alloys to Kashyyk for 25^ and 28 food

End
3+28-27=4 food
0 alloys
98-18+25=105^

8[8]F     Oasis   1 army
2[1]F     Flood   0 army
19[19]R* Sand    1 army
4[0]M    Dust    0 army

0 favor
3 fleets
  1st Fleet of Sands
  2nd Forged Fleet
  7th Fleet "Investment in Deterrence"

[MonkeyMarkMario]

Just producing and terraforming Farm 1.

Spoiler: House Durin (click to show/hide)

Lord Tyranios, of House Durin

10+1[9]F Farm 1 1 Army.
-21 food
4[1]F Farm 2 0 Army.
-2 food
6[5]R Refinery 1 1 Army.
-11 alloys
4[2]R Refinery 2 0 Army.
-4 alloys
6[4]M* MachineHome 1 Army. (18+6/35) fleet
-6 effort or 96 money(at 4 pop)

1 Fleet.
0 Favour.

Food: 4(start)+23(production)-11(upkeep)= 16
Alloys: 8(start)+15(production)-12(upkeep)-10(terraform)= 1
Money: 22(start)+21(production)-8(upkeep)-10(terraform)= 25
POP: 21

Spoiler: Pacts (click to show/hide)

Non-Aggression Pactss with House Harrak, House Ravenwood, and House Ayes
Fealty to Emperor Insanus Cancer
Mutual defense pacts with House Nagant and House Harrak

Defending: House Nagant, House Harrak
Defended by: House Nagant, House Harrak

[NUKE9.13]

ACTACTACT:

New Pluto is not an icy dwarf planet. It is a fairly lush, temperate planet, pulling ~0.9g. Despite this, it was passed over for colonisation by early human explorers, for the simple reason that any cursory scan of the planet reveals it is uniformly, absurdly, lethally radioactive. Only desperate refugees brave explorers used to the intolerable working conditions groundbreaking approach to workplace safety of Pluto's shipyards actually gave it a shot.
Of the initial colonists, 90% died of radiation sickness within a decade. Yet the planet teemed with life, so the survivors did not give up. They adapted. Which is to say, they enacted a program of insane revolutionary gene therapy, infusing themselves with DNA from local wildlife. This allowed them to not only mitigate the effects of elevated background radiation, but indeed to thrive off of it.
Thus, perhaps we should not refer to New Pluto as a terraformed planet, but to New Plutonians (and their crops, pets, and livestock*) as bioformed beings. Ones who can literally no longer survive without exposure to high levels of ionising radiation (on the plus side, they are virtually immune to sunburn).

*Except for their goats. Goats are immune to radiation sickness. 

[FiveBalesOfHay]

ACTACTACT

In the years following humankind’s ascent to space and the tumultuous consolidation of power that resulted in our current Empire, dozens of houses spread out from the solar system and colonized any remotely habitable planet. Everra was one of the early planets, a massive and Earth-like planet that was perfect to test new terraforming techniques on. Five massive frigates were sent to Everra and constructed five dome-cities on key coastal locations. The cities began dumping massive quantities of “life-seeds” - capsules containing photosynthetic organisms and simple zooplankton - into the primordial oceans. Thus the atmosphere was filled with oxygen, and the climate slowly stabilized to a habitable state. Earth organisms, modified in the cities’ many genetic manipulation facilities, were released onto the surface. Mostly the plants were grasses, and modified cows and goats grazed on the grass and were kept in check by hunters. Once the plants had turned much of the face of the planet green, people were shipped out of the five great cities and settled in small farming communities. From here, the population rapidly grew and the planet turned its focus towards maximizing food output to be shipped off to other planets, becoming increasingly in need of foreign metals.

[TheFantasticMsFox]

Grow Impeller-V and Grover's Station
Expand Jasper, Impeller-V, and Grover's Station

Spoiler: House Vix (click to show/hide)

Lady Vulpetia, of House Vix
PLANETS
17[16]F* Jasper [1 Army]
10[8 + 1(G)]R Impeller-V [1 Army]
6[4 + 1(G)]R Grover's Station [0 Army]

RESOURCES
1 Fleet.
1 Favour.
19 Alloy [22 + 27(Production) - 30(Expansion)]
1 Food [10 + 60(Production) - 12(Consumption) - 57(Growth)]
^104 [83+ 28(Tax) - 7(Military)]

Spoiler: Jasper Colonization Method (click to show/hide)

Originally a small and hyper dense lump of rock and metals, Jasper has been grown out into the breadbasket of the House Vix holdings. Over time, continents have been dug out, with their material being used to create a network of metal and stone scaffolding expanding out from the core. Under each scaffold a breathable atmosphere and liveable biosphere is created from macerated comets and asteroids. Each successive layer requires greater and greater amounts of materials, with the latest requiring outside imports of minerals to see them completed. Inside each compartmentalized biosphere, different food stuffs and animals are grown. Occasionally the contianinment methods fail, generally fixed via the section of scaffolding deactivated and positioned outwards on the planet. This is enabled by each successive layer of expansion being able to support both those ontop of it as well as provide structure to those below. There are rumors of great voids within Jasper where small tribes and biospheres squabble for existence.

[Iris]

ACTACTACT: See submission.

Seltun is just on the bare edge of being comfortable for human beings without a pressure suit. The air is a standard mix of nitrogen/oxygen, breathable, and maintained by a rich ecosystem of plants clustering near hot springs. But it is also a cold world, just barely on the edge of the Goldilocks zone, and with a thin atmosphere that barely traps heat.

The volcanic hot springs that dot the surface of the world are vital for the health of the colony. An extensive series of artificial canals helps to melt the permafrost, and the nutrients that the water contains helps the planet's flora thrive. The plumbing system of all settlements on Seltun is a complicated tangle of aqueducts and pipes, using the life-blood of the planet for sinks and showers before trickling down to heat homes and produce power and finally to grow the crops the planet is famous for exporting.

With the quality of the water being of paramount importance, Seltunites have developed many unorthodox ways to regulate it. The most well-known of these uses live aquatic animals, carefully bred to respond to tiny imbalances in dissolved minerals that no instrument could pick up.

Spoiler: House Ravenwood (click to show/hide)

Possessions:
14[14]F* "Seltun", 1 Army
11+1[8+1]R "Askja", 1 Army
6+1[3]M "Hellisheidi". 0 Armies

2 Fleets
 - 1st Fleet "Ymir"
 - 2nd Fleet "Skadi"

Defending: None

Resources:
0 favour

Karats:
61^ in treasury

• +14^ (Taxes: Seltun)
• +8^ (Taxes: Askja)
• +3^ (Taxes: Hellisheidi)
• +12^ (Production: Hellisheidi)
• -11^ (Expansion: Askja)
• -6^ (Expansion: Hellisheidi)
• -2^ (Upkeep: 2 armies)
• -10^ (Upkeep: 2 fleets)

= 69^

Food:
2 food in storage

• +50 food (Production: Seltun)
• -8 food (Consumption: Askja)
• -3 food (Consumption: Hellisheidi)
• -25 food (Growth: Askja)

= 16 food

Alloys:
36 alloy in storage

• +19 alloy (Production: Askja)
• -6 alloy (Production: Hellisheidi)
• -11 alloy (Expansion: Askja)
• -6 alloy (Expansion: Hellisheidi)

= 32 alloy