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[Bremen]

January 1st, 2023

European Union

Europe sends resources for an additional research lab to China. Their Freighters continue transporting automated mines to Mercury.

People's Republic of China

China begins constructing a research lab for the EU.

United States of America

The US 1st Survey Fleet begins surveying the remaining asteroid belt while the 2nd Fleet returns to earth for repair and resupply.

The US begins development of Gravitational survey sensors to search for theorized jump points.


January 22nd

The USA completes construction of two new Spruance class Destroyer Escorts.

February 7th

Europe refits an Illustrious class frigate to the new Famous class; future ships will be new construction rather than refits.

February 22nd

The EU completes surveys of all planets and moons in the solar system; the Galileo moves on to survey the asteroid belt.

March 7th

A Chinese espionage team succeeds in accessing a secure Japanese network, acquiring data on the Yubari class colony ship.

April 6th

With the success of earlier commercial ventures, Steiner Carrier Services opens to business in Europe and soon launches an Outlander class Freighter.

April 16th

Scientists in Japan develop gamma class energy shields. They begin focusing on increases in research and mining speeds.

April 26th

Europe completes construction of 3 Poleaxe class gunboats; 3 more are ordered.

May 11th

China completes construction of research labs, and ships one to the EU.

May 28th

In order to better compete with its rival, Europe's Wright Transport launches a new freighter.

China completes an overhaul of its Luda class armed survey vessel, and sends it to begin surveying the asteroid belt.

June 23rd

The US begins construction on an Oregon class colony ship.

July 3rd

The EU finishes research on improved terraforming techniques, and begin developing a ship based terraforming module.

July 23rd

The EU completes the addition of a second slipway to their Warlock shipyard, and starts construction of a second warlock.

August 3rd

The US completes construction of a 7th George Washington class Carrier. Maintenance of the fleet is now responsible for over 5% of the governmental budget, though there is still a surplus.

September 8th

The EU completes construction of 3 more Poleaxe class gunboats.

September 18th

The US completes research on gravitational survey sensors and creates a new fighter design based on the successful Raptor

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Eagle class Survey Craft    415 tons     11 Crew     125.5 BP      TCS 8.3  TH 15  EM 0
1807 km/s     Armour 1-4     Shields 0-0     Sensors 1/1/1/0     Damage Control Rating 1     PPV 0
Annual Failure Rate: 1%    IFR: 0%    Maint Capacity 189 MSP    Max Repair 100 MSP    Est Time: 16.07 Years

Small Nuclear Thermal Engine E900 (1)    Power 15    Fuel Use 9000%    Signature 15    Armour 0    Exp 25%
Fuel Capacity 10,000 Litres    Range 0.5 billion km   (3 days at full power)

Gravitational Survey Sensors (1)   1 Survey Points Per Hour

This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes
September 23rd

Xu Transport group launches a new Houjian class Freighter.

October 23rd

Japan completes construction of a new Military academy.

November 5th

Japanese citizens establish a civilian mining colony on Sol Asteroid #81.

November 25th

US scientists finish research into improved construction rates. They begin work on improved laser weaponry.

November 30th

An Eagle class survey craft is completed. It is assigned to a carrier task force and the force begins surveying for jump points.

December 30th

The 1st survey fleet, having finished surveying the asteroid belt, has moved on to the Oort cloud. Fuel supplies are strained but not yet dangerous.

China completes a new naval shipyard.

[Bremen]

Status of the Human Race, Earth Year 2024

European Union

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Earth:
Population: 548.3m
Research labs: 12
Construction Factories: 483
Ordnance Factories: 75
Fuel Refineries: 25
Automated Mines: 1
Maintenance Facilities: 50
Tracking Stations: 1
Ground Force Training Facility: 3
Naval Academies: 1
Mines: 350
Mass Drivers: 2

Mercury:
Population: .12m
Automated Mines: 15
Mass Drivers: 1

Mars:
Infrastructure: 20

2 Heavy Assault Battalions
1 Garrison Battalion

5 BC Warlock
8 FF Illustrious
2 FF Famous
14 GB Broadsword
6 GB Poleaxe
5 FT Outlander
2 CS Horizons (civilian)
3 FT Outlander (civilian)


2 52,611 ton commercial slipways (FT Outlander)
1 10,000 ton commercial slipway (SV Galileo)
1 7,000 ton naval slipway (BC Warlock)
1 3,000 ton naval slipway (FF Famous)
2 1,000 ton naval slipways (GB Poleaxe)

Wealth: 11844

Scientists
Energy Weapons 35% (35)
Biology/Genetics 20% (25)
Construction/Production 10% (20)
Missiles/Kinetic Weapons 10% (20)
Sensors and Fire Control 10% (5)

Research
Terraforming Module (ETA December 30 2024)

Nihon-koku

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Earth:
Population: 151.07m
Research labs: 12
Construction Factories: 350
Fuel Refineries: 50
Automated Mines: 370
Financial Centres: 127
Maintenance Facilities: 50
Tracking Stations: 1
Ground Force Training Facility: 1
Naval Academies: 2
Mass Drivers: 8

Hyperion:
Automated Mines: 20
Mass Drivers: 1

Charon:
Automated Mines: 6

Triton
Automated Mines: 4

Titan:
Infrastructure: 60

Mars:
Infrastructure: 40

Sol-A Asteroid #81
Mining Complex: 1

3 Mobile Infantry Battalion
1 Garrison Battalion

8 CA Mirai
1 GEV Kongo
2 FT Kobayashi Maru
2 FT Kobayashi Maru (civilian)

2 35,000 ton commercial slipways (FT Kabayashi Maru)
1 20,000 ton commercial slipway (GEV Kongo)
2 8,000 ton naval slipways (CA Mirai)
1 1,000 ton naval slipway (unassigned)

Wealth: 7430

Scientists:
Missiles/Kinetic 35% (20)
Logistics / Ground Combat 30% (30)
Construction/Production 25% (10)
Sensors and Fire Control 20% (25)
Energy Weapons 10% (10)

Research
Mining Production 12 (ETA August 5th 2024)
Research Rate 240 (ETA 9th June 2025)

People's Republic of China

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Earth:
Population: 1435.61m
Research labs: 10
Construction Factories: 600
Ordnance Factories: 100
Fighter Factories: 100
Fuel Refineries: 100
Automated Mines: 0
Financial Centres: 30
Maintenance Facilities: 50
Tracking Stations: 1
Ground Force Training Facility: 2
Naval Academies: 1
Mines: 588
Mass Drivers: 5

Mars:
Population: 2.83m
Infrastructure: 676

Io:
Automated Mines: 4

Deimos:
Automated Mines: 4

Charon:
Automated Mines: 2

Ariel:
Automated Mines: 2

4 Assault Infantry Battalions
4 Mobile Infantry Battalions
3 Low Tech Infantry Divisions
2 Replacement Battalions

5 MB Jin
12 CT Jianghu
1 GEV Luda
1 CS Project 13
2 FT Houjian
1 CS Xian (Civilian)
3 FT Houjian (Civilian)

2 35,000 ton commercial slipways (FT Houjian)
1 10,000 ton commercial slipway (CS Project 13)
2 3,000 ton naval slipways (GEV Luda)
1 1,000 ton naval slipway (unassigned)

Wealth: 16,667

Scientists:
Defensive Systems 20% (5)
Missiles/Kinetic Weapons 20% (20)
Energy Weapons 10% (5)

Research:
Nuclear Pulse Engine (ETA June 7th 2024)

United States of America

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Earth:
Population: 358.51m
Research labs: 10
Construction Factories: 400
Fighter Factories: 50
Fuel Refineries: 50
Automated Mines: 0
Maintenance Facilities: 50
Tracking Stations: 1
Ground Force Training Facility: 1
Naval Academies: 1
Mines: 400
Mass Drivers: 6

Mercury:
Automated Mines: 19
Mass Drivers: 1

Deimos:
Automated Mines: 11
Mass Drivers: 1

Venus:
Automated Mines: 11
Mass Drivers: 1

Io:
Automated Mines: 5
Mass Drivers: 1

1 Heavy Assault Battalion
1 Marine Battalion
2 Mobile Infantry Battalions
2 Marine Companys

7 CV George Washington
14 DE Spruance
149 Kestrel
30 Zephyr
2 Raptor
1 Eagle
6 FT Trekker

2 35,000 ton commercial slipway (FT Trekker)
1 15,000 ton commercial slipway (CS Oregon)
1 10,000 ton commercial slipway (unassigned)
1 10,000 ton naval slipway (CV George Washington)
2 4,000 ton naval slipways (DE Spruance)

Wealth: 17941

Scientists:
Energy Weapons 20% (15)
Construction/Production 15% (15)
Sensors and Fire Control 10% (25)

Research:
Visible Light Laser (ETA February 24th 2024)

Mineral Surveys

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Earth
Duranium: 127,969 (1)
Neutronium: 32,425 (.3)
Corbomite: 22,191 (.2)
Tritanium: 40,356 (.2)
Boronide: 18,754 (.2)
Mercassium: 18,340 (.27)
Vendarite: 16,981 (.2)
Sorium: 9,031 (.24)
Uridium: 30,356 (.2)
Corundium: 35,442 (.3)
Gallicite: 26,672 (.2)

Mercury
Duranium: 45,774 (.3)
Corbomite: 59,306 (.8)
Tritanium: 30,284 (.9)
Corundium 58,063 (1)

Venus
Duranium: 32,001 (.4)
Neutronium: 60,264 (1)
Vendarite: 34,411 (1)
Uridium: 56,603 (1)

Deimos
Duranium: 25,674 (.5)
Mercassium: 84,576 (1)
Sorium: 56,789 (.8)
Gallicite: 34,568 (.9)

Jupiter
Sorium: 4,205,253 (1)

Io
Duranium: 123,450 (1)
Neutronium: 6,387 (.3)
Boronide: 45,628 (1)
Sorium: 14,257 (.5)
Corundium: 3,484 (.4)

Saturn
Sorium: 7,625,312(1)

Hyperion
Neutronium: 2,529 (1)
Corbomite: 3,114 (1)
Vendarite: 5,715 (1)
Sorium: 10,899 (.9)
Gallicite: 31,755 (1)

Uranus
Sorium: 2,274,840 (.9)

Ariel
Neutronium: 26,170 (.8)
Corbomite: 26,295 (.8)
Mercassium: 5,641 (.6)
Vendarite: 93,844 (.8)
Sorium: 5,241 (.5)

Oberon
Duranium: 6,690 (.9)
Neutronium: 4,231 (.5)
Tritanium: 3,716 (.7)
Mercassium: 8,563 (.9)
Corundium: 6,347 (.6)

Neptune
Sorium: 5,917,640 (1)

Triton
Duranium: 10,253 (1)
Corbomite: 9,253 (.9)
Tritanium: 3,562 (.3)
Boron: 7,633 (.7)
Vendarite: 3,562 (.3)
Sorium: 5,472 (.5)
Uridium: 5,421 (.5)
Gallicite: 6,423 (.6)

Charon
Duranium: 155,359 (.9)
Corbomite: 208,493 (.8)
Boronide: 53,486 (.9)
Uridium: 20,255 (.8)
Gallicite: 272,317 (.7)

[Sirus]

(( @ Bremen: That's a shame. I've never fought invaders before, and was looking forward to it  ))

Spoiler:  ORDERS (click to show/hide)

Space Orders: If the Trekkers have been taking a break, it's time to get working again. Start delivering mass drivers to the colonies, followed by the continued export of auto mines. Leave one mass driver on Earth (for obvious reasons). Survey fleets continue doing what they're doing, but all captains are ordered to be conservative with their fuel supplies. The first captain that runs empty in deep space is assigned latrine duty for the rest of his/her career  (RP)

Production Orders: This seventh carrier will be the last for now. Finish and outfit it (standard load), but no more. Spruance destroyers can continue to be built, as they make adequate patrol craft. The unassigned shipyard should be expanded, in 10,000 ton increments.

For ground production, things are gonna be a little weird. Once the conversion of mines begins, I want only 50% of capacity assigned to that job. The other 50% will be used to produce, in order:
1: 2 military shipyards
2: Officer Academy
3: 50 more construction factories

Research Orders: Forget weapons for now. I want construction/production improved, starting with terraforming technology and sorium harvesting. After that, work on research rate, ship building rate, whatever.

Other Orders: In accordance with our recent treaties, copies of our gravitational sensor research data will be made available to all other space powers, at no cost.

[Sheb]

Great, we're no side by side with Japan as Earth's most scientific nation.

US, would you like to cooperate on laser tech? We've got some good energy weapons scientists and labs to spare.

[Yodamaster]

Orders:

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Re-designate the espionage team that is currently focused on Japan to the U.S. (Clandestine, of course, this can't affect IC relations.)

[Bremen]

(( @ Bremen: That's a shame. I've never fought invaders before, and was looking forward to it  ))

Spoiler:  ORDERS (click to show/hide)

Space Orders: If the Trekkers have been taking a break, it's time to get working again. Start delivering mass drivers to the colonies, followed by the continued export of auto mines. Leave one mass driver on Earth (for obvious reasons). Survey fleets continue doing what they're doing, but all captains are ordered to be conservative with their fuel supplies. The first captain that runs empty in deep space is assigned latrine duty for the rest of his/her career  (RP)

Production Orders: This seventh carrier will be the last for now. Finish and outfit it (standard load), but no more. Spruance destroyers can continue to be built, as they make adequate patrol craft. The unassigned shipyard should be expanded, in 10,000 ton increments.

For ground production, things are gonna be a little weird. Once the conversion of mines begins, I want only 50% of capacity assigned to that job. The other 50% will be used to produce, in order:
1: 2 military shipyards
2: Officer Academy
3: 50 more construction factories

Research Orders: Forget weapons for now. I want construction/production improved, starting with terraforming technology and sorium harvesting. After that, work on research rate, ship building rate, whatever.

Other Orders: In accordance with our recent treaties, copies of our gravitational sensor research data will be made available to all other space powers, at no cost.

Opps. Corrected the info to show all the US planets have mass drivers.

China's, though, don't... guess I forgot. I'd feel more guilty about it if China didn't have huge stockpiles of every mineral.

[Yodamaster]

(( @ Bremen: That's a shame. I've never fought invaders before, and was looking forward to it  ))

Spoiler:  ORDERS (click to show/hide)

Space Orders: If the Trekkers have been taking a break, it's time to get working again. Start delivering mass drivers to the colonies, followed by the continued export of auto mines. Leave one mass driver on Earth (for obvious reasons). Survey fleets continue doing what they're doing, but all captains are ordered to be conservative with their fuel supplies. The first captain that runs empty in deep space is assigned latrine duty for the rest of his/her career  (RP)

Production Orders: This seventh carrier will be the last for now. Finish and outfit it (standard load), but no more. Spruance destroyers can continue to be built, as they make adequate patrol craft. The unassigned shipyard should be expanded, in 10,000 ton increments.

For ground production, things are gonna be a little weird. Once the conversion of mines begins, I want only 50% of capacity assigned to that job. The other 50% will be used to produce, in order:
1: 2 military shipyards
2: Officer Academy
3: 50 more construction factories

Research Orders: Forget weapons for now. I want construction/production improved, starting with terraforming technology and sorium harvesting. After that, work on research rate, ship building rate, whatever.

Other Orders: In accordance with our recent treaties, copies of our gravitational sensor research data will be made available to all other space powers, at no cost.

Opps. Corrected the info to show all the US planets have mass drivers.

China's, though, don't... guess I forgot. I'd feel more guilty about it if China didn't have huge stockpiles of every mineral.

Mhm, we'll collect what we've mined at our leisure .

[Sirus]

@ Bremen: XD

@ Sheb: Sounds reasonable. You can research lasers and stuff, we can research production capacity, and trade them around. A straight one-to-one exchange on research points, or as close as possible.

[Sheb]

Sound like a deal to me. Actually, we already got X-Ray lasers I think. Bremen, are their productiont tech more advanced than ours?

[Yodamaster]

The PRC would like to notify the solar system that as of now we are not accepting outside industrial contracts, to dedicate our power to internal development.

Unless you have something that would really pique our interests, our shop is closed.

We'll notify you when and if we're accepting orders again.

[Sirus]

X-Ray lasers already? Holy carp O.o

How about kinetic weapon tech instead? I kinda like our theme of projectile weapons, and my fighters need new coilgun (gauss) technology. The only reason I started researching lasers is because I don't have any of the right specialists.

[Bremen]

Sound like a deal to me. Actually, we already got X-Ray lasers I think. Bremen, are their productiont tech more advanced than ours?

Europe does not have X-ray lasers. It has visible light lasers, a 2,000 point tech that the US has 500 points to go on. It also has 12 cm lasers, a 2,000 point tech the US hasn't started.

The US has Mining Production 12 and Construction rate 12, both 3,000 point techs and neither of which the EU has.

[Sirus]

XD

((Gotta admit Sheb, your over-estimation was a little funny))

[Knave]

Glory to the magnificent PRC! Another year is upon us:
With Grav Sensors from the USA we shall be able to finally prove the existence of the fabled 'jump point'.


Orders:

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Space Orders:
- Freighters deliever auto mines and mass drivers

Production Orders:
- Convert 12 mines to Automines
- Build 10 financial centres
- add 2000t to newly built Naval Yard
- Construct 2 research labs

Research Orders:
- When Nuclear Pulse Engines are complete:
- Design new Military Pulse Engines
- Research Nuclear Pulse Engines for Missiles

Other Orders:
- (From YodaMaster) Re-designate the espionage team that is currently focused on Japan to the U.S. (Clandestine, of course, this can't affect IC relations.)
- If we receive grav tech, redesign the Luda Survey vessel to include a grav Sensor as well. Retool shipyard for upgraded craft. If retool finishes this year bring in Luda for immediate upgrade.

[DemonOfWrath]

Before I set my orders this round I've got a bunch of stuff I want clarified.

What are the minerals on asteroid #81, and what's my deficit?

What levels of jump efficiency/squad size (actually are those unlocked yet?), fire control range/speed rating, fuel efficiency, capacitors and reactor/engine would I be looking at? There's about a dozen techs that I could use, barely even hitting some of the construction/production stuff, so I want to see which options are easy to knock off.