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[Sirus]

Just to be clear, do these caps only apply to the Sol system? Or will we cross that bridge when we get to it?

In any case, the numbers are a bit higher than I was expecting, but I don't see any real problem with them. It's unlikely that we'll be able to get to a 500 mine cap any time soon, unless someone devoted their industry to the production and shipping of more mines.

*politely ignores the dig about rouge presidents*

[Sheb]

((I was the official BTW. :p))

Well, yes, in the Solar System. I think once humanity stretches to the stars, we'll have other things to think about that a few rocks. I should edit the guidelines.

[Sirus]

((I was politely ignoring that as well  ))

[Yodamaster]

Sheb's version sounds good to me.

[Thranx]

Sheb's version sounds good to me.

I agree

Also I think that the SC should come up with a plan for forming a temporary military alliance should the children of Earth ever come across a hostile alien species

And to move the game along I would also support a jouint effort for the development of jump related tech for example one nation could take grav sensors one jump effective one radius...

[DemonOfWrath]

Same with me, although I'd propose raising the mine limit on moons a bit.

[Sirus]

@ Thranx: I had actually put some thought into that...

The Sol Defense Force Initiative would be a joint effort by all nations, but controlled by none. An offshoot of the United Nations Military Police, it would rely on donations of ships and crew by the space-faring nations and serve as a sort of final defense in case the unthinkable happens (hostile ships attacking Earth itself). It would remain unaffiliated in any international conflict and act only to defend civilian shipping.

((OOC: In technical terms, the SDF would be a fifth "civilization", controlled exclusively by Bremen. He would use his SM powers to provide fuel and maintenence, but all ships would be donated by we the players using the "give ship to civ" option.))

If the SDFI passes, it is recommended that all nations contribute at least one "fleet". For the US, that would mean one carrier with fighter complement and three escorts.

As for jump technology, I already ordered a scientist to get to work on jump theory. It's slow work, since neither I nor any other nation has a Power/Propulsion specialist. Still, I'd be glad to give the tech to someone else if they promise to distribute the grav sensors, so we can get exploring.

[Yodamaster]

I think Bremen said he specifically didn't want to do something like that, lol.

[Sirus]

I must have missed that 

Well, we can always institute some sort of binding, grand alliance-style truce accords. In the event of a serious external threat, all current conflicts would be placed on hold so we can combine our forces. That wouldn't be quite as foolproof, but it's the only real option outside of an impartial fifth party.

[Bremen]

Everyone already has jump theory.

It's late, but I might yet get an update tonight. We will see.

Edit: Nope, probably not happening.

[Sirus]

 

Sweet, I have a Sensor/Fire Control specialist! This shouldn't take too long.

If each nation researched part of a jump drive after I finish the grav sensors, we could explore much faster.

[Sheb]

Well, we'll research Jump Radius after we finish researching Terraforming.

[DemonOfWrath]

I'll help with either squadron size or efficiency when I get a few spare labs.

[Bremen]

Working on an update now. China didn't specify accepting the research deal, but I'm going to assume they would.

Also, since I'm starting to think there might be confusion, this isn't a humans against the big bad aliens game; I didn't generate any NPRs and invaders are off. The Aurora AI isn't a challenge, and I meant for this game as a chance for intelligent competition (without me having to play against myself, at least).

[Knave]

Ah, okay, looking through orders I see that the money/resources were sent to us this turn. Not sure where the turn is at currently, but I suppose adding the 2nd research lab to the production order would be good.