Turn 2
1.1.21
New Beginnings
at least we won't have to worry about starvation any time soon. Is the thing on? It is? Hello, governments of E-43C, I am Fredrick Goodchild, the new commander of the ESS Pwenet. I was chosen to be the commander after some... minor difficulties. Now, as commander, I have some important things to say. First
This is Osiris-1 speaking. My sensors indicate that all twelve remaining colonies on the planet are listening to this broadcast. Thus, I have decided take the opportunity to speak to you. It has come to my attention that several of you have split from the official USSE government. This act of treachery shocks me deeply. While the true USSE government does not have the man power to punish you, rest assured that the next colony ship to arrive will be full of valiant USSE patriots. When it arrives all traitors will be punished.
Now then, I have also been monitoring the progress of your colonization efforts. While many were successful, several were not. Those colonists sent to province number 112 and 113 could not establish permanent settlements due to a lack of supplies. Province number 66 failed when no mineral deposits were found, though my sensors say otherwise. Colonists in province number 34, 95 and 98 died due to exposure to deadly bacteria. While I understand that your frail human bodies may have no immunity to foreign bodies, I expected that 15.534 years of exposure and medical treatment would render you more resistant. Finally, from what I can gleam, a typographical error has prevented province number 56 from being colonized.
That is all I want to say. Thank you for listening.
he may soon turn rampant. We've disconnected him from most of the systems, but a communication sensor array thing must have broken off during deceleration. The bastard's been using it to listen in on you guys down there...
-Country Ethnicity: British
-Number of Starting Provinces: ( 3 )
-Name of Starting Provinces: Heristania (3)
-Leader Name/Title: King Sherman/ Savior of The People
-Color: Yellow
-Government Type: Monarchy
-Military Leader: Hikari Shizume
For the desk of Bernard Gothe, Secratry to the King:
His most wise and honourable... Savior of the People... King Sherman had given you a royal decree to improve the quaility and strength of the weaponry of our royal army... His Most Royal Highness understands that a lack of machinery is hampering your work, and at your request has granted you full access to the Royal Lathe...
Money: $0
Provinces: 3 - Heristania ($55,000): 4 Militia
Named Technologies: None
Ranked Technologies:
Officer Training: Election (1)
Logistics: Plunder/Pillaging (0)
Manufacturing: Cottage Industries (0)
Economy: Sparse (0)
Education: Self (0)
Morale: None (0)
Signalling: Runners (0)
Colonization: Basic Supplies (0)
Weaponry: Gunpowder (1) $25,000 towards the next rank.
Defensive Systems: Steel Helmets (1)
Espionage: None (0)
Counter-Espionage: None (0)
ICBM Technology: None (0)
Missile Defences: None (0)
AI Technology: None (0)
Country Name: Canuckia
Country Ethnicity: European
Number of Starting Province: 62
Name of Starting Province: Newalba
Leader Name: James Fuzziel Randal (J.F. Randal)
Leader Title: High Minister
Colour: Lime Green
Minutes from the House of Commons:
18:06 - Mr. Speaker, I can emphatically deny my learned college's accusations... If he were to look at our nation's airfield, he would see a fleet of airplanes ready to help our colonists...
Money: $0
Provinces: 62 - Newalba ($50,000): 2 Militia
Named Technologies: None
Ranked Technologies:
Officer Training: Election (1)
Logistics: Plunder/Pillaging (0)
Manufacturing: Cottage Industries (0)
Economy: Sparse (0)
Education: Self (0)
Morale: None (0)
Signalling: Runners (0)
Colonization: Scout Craft (1) $15,000 towards the next rank.
Weaponry: Gunpowder (1)
Defensive Systems: Steel Helmets (1)
Espionage: None (0)
Counter-Espionage: None (0)
ICBM Technology: None (0)
Missile Defences: None (0)
AI Technology: None (0)
Country Name:United Socialist Sovietics Empire
Country Ethnicity: USSE patriots
Number of Starting Province: 90
Name of Starting Province: Neo-Cairo
Leader Name: That Other Pharaoh
Leader Title: First Pharaoh of the Central Comitee
Colour: Purple
Government Type:A weird mix of Soviet Socialism and absolute monarchy.
Government Officials/Ministers: Ministers get sent to the gulag so often that the ministry staff gave up writing new names on office's doors.
Leader's History: The Pharaoh woke up one day in Egypt and let one of the two most successful state on Earth. A nice alliance with the Imperialist Bastards made him into the leader of the world's first Megapower, although various comitee of the Communist Party still control a lot of things.
A Strongly Worded Complaint from the National Soviet:
The common worker, under his own initiative (and with minimal interference from the gulag guards), has organized himself into factories to pool his collective labour with his fellow comrades, and not some bourgeois ruler...
Money: $0
Provinces: 90 - Neo-Cairo ($55,000): 1 Militia
91 - Shebograd ($28,000): None
92 - Neo-Alexandria ($33,000): None
Named Technologies: None
Ranked Technologies:
Officer Training: Election (1)
Logistics: Plunder/Pillaging (0)
Manufacturing: Factories (1)
Economy: Sparse (0)
Education: Self (0)
Morale: None (0)
Signalling: Runners (0)
Colonization: Basic Supplies (0)
Weaponry: Gunpowder (1)
Defensive Systems: Steel Helmets (1)
Espionage: None (0)
Counter-Espionage: None (0)
ICBM Technology: None (0)
Missile Defences: None (0)
AI Technology: None (0)
-Country Name: The free lands of Scardon
-Country Ethnicity: Scandinavian
-Number of Starting Province: 108
-Name of Starting Provinces: Scardon
-Leader Name: Frederic the Red
-Leader Title:High Councilman
-Color: Dark Red
Transcript from the Scardonthing:
"Shows how our priorities are set. First company we invest in, and it's basically IKEA. *Scattered Laughter*
Money: $5,000
Provinces: 108 - Scardon ($55,000): 1 Militia
106 - Scardon North ($30,000): None
107 - Scardon West ($27,000): None
Named Technologies: None
Ranked Technologies:
Officer Training: Election (1)
Logistics: Plunder/Pillaging (0)
Manufacturing: Cottage Industries (0)
Economy: Megre (1) ($5,000*3 Provinces = +$15,000 a turn)
Education: Self (0)
Morale: None (0)
Signalling: Runners (0)
Colonization: Basic Supplies (0)
Weaponry: Gunpowder (1)
Defensive Systems: Steel Helmets (1)
Espionage: None (0)
Counter-Espionage: None (0)
ICBM Technology: None (0)
Missile Defences: None (0)
AI Technology: None (0)
Country Name: Alland
Country Ethnicity: Allanders
Number of Starting Province: 21
Name of Starting Province: New Russia
Leader Name: Artyom Vallander
Leader Title: Tsar
Colour: Grey
Government Type: Tsarist autocracy
Anything Else: Most of the populace comes from Russia or Eastern Europe.
A Respectful Letter from a Boyar to Artyom Vallander:
At your request, we have added full-time cooks to the army's payroll... With proper nutrition, our soldiers should fight harder for your glorious name... [If the do flee] they might return for the food.
Money: $0
Provinces: 21 - New Russia ($55,000): 2 Militia
Named Technologies: None
Ranked Technologies:
Officer Training: Election (1)
Logistics: Plunder/Pillaging (0)
Manufacturing: Cottage Industries (0)
Economy: Sparse (0)
Education: Self (0)
Morale: Full-time Cooks (1)
Signalling: Runners (0)
Colonization: Basic Supplies (0)
Weaponry: Gunpowder (1)
Defensive Systems: Steel Helmets (1)
Espionage: None (0)
Counter-Espionage: None (0)
ICBM Technology: None (0)
Missile Defences: None (0)
AI Technology: None (0)
Country Name: The Republic of Seportia
Country Ethnicity: Seportians
Number of Starting Province: 36
Name of Starting Province: Seportia
Leader Name: Jacob S. Renolds
Leader Title: Head of Council
Colour: Blue
Government Type: Republic with democracy, council men vote over laws, people vote the councilmen on impeachment or death/
Government Officials/Ministers: Charles Renolds, Head of Science. Eric Rushman, Head of Military. Mary Lenards, Head of Agriculture. These people are not councilmen, just represenatives.
Mintutes from the Commity of Experimental Weaponry:
C.R.> Look E.R., as much as it pains me to say it, we don't have the technology or equipment to produce bazookas... The best we can do for [these explosive troopers] is to give them a stick of dynamite and wish them luck.
Money: $0
Provinces: 36 - Seportia ($50,000): 1 Militia
35 - ? ($13,000): None
Named Technologies: $10,000 towards explosive troopers.
Ranked Technologies:
Officer Training: Election (1)
Logistics: Plunder/Pillaging (0)
Manufacturing: Cottage Industries (0)
Economy: Sparse (0)
Education: Self (0)
Morale: None (0)
Signalling: Runners (0)
Colonization: Basic Supplies (0)
Weaponry: Gunpowder (1)
Defensive Systems: Steel Helmets (1)
Espionage: None (0)
Counter-Espionage: None (0)
ICBM Technology: None (0)
Missile Defences: None (0)
AI Technology: None (0) $10,000 towards the next rank.
Country Name: The New Unity.
Country Ethnicity: Unitarians.
Number of Starting Province: 47
Name of Starting Province: Assailia.
Leader Name: Gregor Shaw
Leader Title: Prime Chancellor.
Colour: Orange (Its what I roll with. Ssh)
Government Type: Democratic Feudalism. (People are elected into 'nobility' caste, until public favor sways away from them.)
Broadcast Messages from the Desk of the Prime Chancellor:
... fleets of airplanes are ready to relay information to brave Unitarian colonists, helping them find ideal spots for settlements, mills and airfields...
Money: $10,000
Provinces: 47 - Assailia ($50,000): 1 Militia
46 - Eden ($25,000): None
48 - Paradiso ($35,000): None
Named Technologies: None
Ranked Technologies:
Officer Training: Election (1)
Logistics: Plunder/Pillaging (0)
Manufacturing: Cottage Industries (0)
Economy: Sparse (0)
Education: Self (0)
Morale: None (0)
Signalling: Runners (0)
Colonization: Scout Craft (1)
Weaponry: Gunpowder (1)
Defensive Systems: Steel Helmets (1)
Espionage: None (0)
Counter-Espionage: None (0)
ICBM Technology: None (0)
Missile Defences: None (0)
AI Technology: None (0)
Country Name: Republic Of Intergalactic Freedom (ROIF)
Country Ethnicity: Icelandic
Number of Starting Province: 73
Name of Starting Province: New Greenland
Leader Name: Byorn Yaartmyn
Leader Title: Prime Minister
Colour: Black
Government Type:
Democracy
Notable Government Officials:
Head of State: Jytmen Yahversky
Secretary of The Republic/Leader of the Prime Minister's cabinet: Jink Tahfer
President of the House of State: Hatnyyr Nikiil
Speaker of the House of the People: Raeykavicc Nawes
Scraps of Paper from Jink Tahfer's garbage:
... is inexcusable. It has been barely two years, and they're already calling the election of officers a tradition?... fire those who complain. They're common soldiers, not someone we give a damn about...
Money: $30,000
Provinces: 73 - New Greenland ($50,000): 1 Militia
Named Technologies: None
Ranked Technologies:
Officer Training: Election (1) $20,000 towards the next rank.
Logistics: Plunder/Pillaging (0)
Manufacturing: Cottage Industries (0)
Economy: Sparse (0)
Education: Self (0)
Morale: None (0)
Signalling: Runners (0)
Colonization: Basic Supplies (0)
Weaponry: Gunpowder (1)
Defensive Systems: Steel Helmets (1)
Espionage: None (0)
Counter-Espionage: None (0)
ICBM Technology: None (0)
Missile Defences: None (0)
AI Technology: None (0)
Country Name: The Imperial Republic of Rome (Full Name) | The New Roman Empire (Common Name) | N.R.E. (Slang and Military term)
Country Ethnicity: Roman.
Number of Starting Province: 15
Name of Starting Province: New Rome
Leader Name: Raniero Adalberto
Leader Title: Emperor Decimus IIV
Colour: Dark Green
Government Type: Imperial Republic
Government Officials/Ministers: All advisors are elected by the people. This constantly changes often as a result.
Anything Else: In an Emperial Republic, most advisors and Concil members are choosen from the nobility and royal blood. However, the people choose which of these nobles are in which office. There are 125 Nobles in office at one time, divided into four houses. The House of War, the House of Diplomacy, The house of Domestic, and the house of Gold. The houses goals are self expanitory. The overall Emperor, however, is not choosen by anyone, and is taken from the bloodline of the Empire.
Letters from the New Roman Senate:
... As the foundations of what will undoubtedly be a Grand Empire have been made, the House of War has begun to institute the methods of drill that they have found most desirable, into our glorious army...
work on improving our weaponry has gone poorly. We do not yet have the industrial capacity to improve our weaponry in an economically feasible manner, as outlined by the House of Gold...
Money: $0
Provinces: 15 - New Rome ($55,000): 1 Militia
22 - Brutus's Folly ($25,000): None
Military Commanders:
Legatus Gnaeus Regulus (Skills: 14)
Current Deployment: Awaiting orders in New Rome.
Named Technologies: $20,000 towards Roman militia.
Ranked Technologies:
Officer Training: Election (1)
Logistics: Plunder/Pillaging (0)
Manufacturing: Cottage Industries (0)
Economy: Sparse (0)
Education: Self (0)
Morale: None (0)
Signalling: Runners (0)
Colonization: Basic Supplies (0)
Weaponry: Gunpowder (1) $10,000 towards the next rank.
Defensive Systems: Steel Helmets (1)
Espionage: None (0)
Counter-Espionage: None (0)
ICBM Technology: None (0)
Missile Defences: None (0)
AI Technology: None (0)
Country Name: Neo-Ryukyu
Country Ethnicity: Neo-Ryukyuan
Number of Starting Province: 117
Name of Starting Province: Okinawa II
Leader Name: Bunei
Leader Title: Mega Emperor
Colour: Teal
Government Type: Despotic Empire
Government Officials/Ministers: The emperor is in charge of most everything. He produces many offspring so that there are many choices for the next emperor. The most capable child is always promoted to the Emperorship, regardless of whether or not the current emperor is dead or not.
Leader's History: I'll get to this.
Anything Else: I'll get to this.
A journal entry from one of Mega Emperor Bunei's sons:
... Those dreadful scout planes passed overhead again, head to one of father's far-flung colonies. I swear that they've been flying full throttle overhead my bed chambers...
Money: $0
Provinces: 117 - Okinawa II ($50,000): 2 Militia
116 - Atarashima ($7,000): None
Named Technologies: None
Ranked Technologies:
Officer Training: Election (1)
Logistics: Plunder/Pillaging (0)
Manufacturing: Cottage Industries (0)
Economy: Sparse (0)
Education: Self (0)
Morale: None (0)
Signalling: Runners (0)
Colonization: Scout Craft (1)
Weaponry: Gunpowder (1)
Defensive Systems: Steel Helmets (1)
Espionage: None (0)
Counter-Espionage: None (0)
ICBM Technology: None (0)
Missile Defences: None (0)
AI Technology: None (0)
Country Name: Tri'Nala
Country Ethnicity: Nalian
Number of Starting Province: 105
Name of Starting Province: Tri'Nala
Leader Name: Tearakudo A'Valti
Leader Title: President
Colour: Boisenberry Blue
Papers from President Tearakudo's In-pile:
Rejoice A'Valti! We have finally assembled the fleet of light craft for our colonists! While most of the vehicles are old, they are highly reliable...
Money: $5,000
Provinces: 105 - Tri'Nala ($55,000): 1 Militia
104 - Granseal ($33,000): None
109 - Galam ($28,000): None
Named Technologies: None
Ranked Technologies:
Officer Training: Election (1)
Logistics: Plunder/Pillaging (0)
Manufacturing: Cottage Industries (0)
Economy: Sparse (0)
Education: Self (0)
Morale: None (0)
Signalling: Runners (0)
Colonization: Scout Craft (1)
Weaponry: Gunpowder (1)
Defensive Systems: Steel Helmets (1)
Espionage: None (0)
Counter-Espionage: None (0)
ICBM Technology: None (0)
Missile Defences: None (0)
AI Technology: None (0)
Country Name: Ligoria
Country Ethnicity: Ligorian
Number of Starting Province: 54
Name of Starting Province: Taiseliton
Leader Name: "Paladin"
Leader Title: Emperor
Colour: Cyan
Government Type: Dictatorship, with a preferance for AI advisors.
From the Ligorian Board of Education:
... comprehensive study shows that the population density is still not high enough to support any institution larger than a schoolhouse, provided that they were spread out thinly across our provinces... more alarming is the lack of teaching materials available for use/production...
From the Ligorian Board of Geography:
... the study of the Isthmus has been completed... [Constructing a canal] and expand[ing] two minor rivers would allow open both bays to shipping and naval craft, while bypassing the major ice blockages in the north and south... $100,000 is the maximum estimated investment in [this] project to build the canal... We estimate that around $15,000 could be gained in tolls, plus an untold amount of money in strategic value...
Money: $0
Provinces: 54 - Taiseliton ($50,000): 2 Militia
52 - Verendling forest ($28,000): None
53 - Vorlothia plains ($26,000): None
Named Technologies: None
Ranked Technologies:
Officer Training: Election (1)
Logistics: Plunder/Pillaging (0)
Manufacturing: Cottage Industries (0)
Economy: Sparse (0)
Education: Self (0) $10,000 towards education.
Morale: None (0)
Signalling: Runners (0)
Colonization: Basic Supplies (0)
Weaponry: Gunpowder (1)
Defensive Systems: Steel Helmets (1)
Espionage: None (0)
Counter-Espionage: None (0)
ICBM Technology: None (0)
Missile Defences: None (0)
AI Technology: None (0)
If anyone has any questions, please ask. If I misinterpreted your turns, tell me. Also, you should name your colonized provinces, if you haven't already. The numbers are only there for convenience. Additionally, I can change the way that the results of your turns are presented to you (ie, the internal messages)