SEARCHING DATABASE: VOGTIAN.....
VOGTIAN EMPIRE WAS FOUNDED IN RY'LETH YEAR 3000 WHEN A VOGTIAN SCIENTIST DISCOVERED HOW TO FOLD SPACE, MAKING FASTER-THAN-LIGHT SPEEDS POSSIBLE WHEN COMBINED WITH THE NEWLY DEVELOPED GRAVITY DRIVE. ALL HISTORICAL RECORD PREDATING 2800, WHEN THE VOGTIANS STARTED VENTURING INTO SPACE ARE LOST, PRESUMED DESTROYED. THE VOGTIANS FUNCTION AS A HIVE, ALL PURSUING THE SAME GOAL, SET BY THE LEADER. THE CURRENT GOAL IS EXPANSION. THE VOGTIANS DO NOT HAVE ANY NOTION OF RELIGION, PREFERRING SCIENCE.
VOGTIAN PHYSIOLOGY IS HUMANOID, EXCEPT THEY HAVE MORE MUSCLE MASS, MAKING A GENERAL WEIGHT OF 300VMU, COMPARED TO A STANDARD HUMAN'S 100VMU, AND ARE THE SAME HEIGHT. THEY DO NOT, HOWEVER, BREATH OXYGEN, BUT RATHER NITROUS OXIDE, KNOWN TO HUMANS AS "LAUGHING GAS", BUT CAN SURVIVE FOR SHORT PERIODS IN A NITROGEN-OXYGEN ATMOSPHERE. THE VOGTIAN REPRODUCE BY CLONING, BUT DO NOT CREATE DIRECT CLONES, PREFERRING TO MANIPULATE THE GENETICS TO MATCH THE KIND OF LABOR THAT WILL BE PERFORMED BY THAT INDIVIDUAL, PLUS SOME OTHER MANIPULATION TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS DIFFERENT, BUT WITH SIMILAR CAPABILITIES.
SEARCHING DATABASE: NIVEN 50
NIVEN 50 IS A SATELLITE DESIGNED WITH COLONIZATION AS IT'S KEY PURPOSE. IT HAS A LARGE CARGO HOLD (5000VMU), A ROVER BAY/FACTORY WITH A CAPACITY OF 5 ROVERS, A SMALL REFINING MODULE, A SMALL FUSION REACTOR (+25 VPU/VTU), AND A CRYOGENIC MODULE CONTAINING 25 VOGTIANS, ABLE TO SUSTAIN A COLONY. IT HAS ION ENGINES MAKING IT CAPABLE OF FLIGHT, AND A DISPOSABLE DRIVE WITH ENOUGH FUEL TO REACH ANY PLANET IN SYSTEM, BUT IS AUTOMATICALLY DISCARDED AFTER A STABLE ORBIT IS ACHIEVED. IT WAS DEPOSITED TO THE OUTER EDGE OF THE SYSTEM BY A SMALL CARGOSHIP, WHICH PROMPTLY LEFT.
SEARCHING DATABASE: ROVER (DESIGNATION UNKNOWN (C'mon, it needs to be called something)).....
THE ROVER IS A SMALL UTILITY BOT OF 500VMU, DESIGNED TO BE ABLE TO MINE RESOURCES WITH A SMALL LOW-POWER MINING LASER (+1 VOU PER ATTEMPT), FERRY CARGO/PERSONNEL (300VMU CAP.), AND TO BE UPGRADED WITH ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES. HAS A SMALL BATTERY (15 VPU)
SEARCHING DATABASE: ALIENS
NO OTHER SPECIES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED SO FAR.
MOVING TO ORBIT UNDESIGNATED TERRAN PLANET.....
OOC: If it's undesignated, please post possible names!
Also, how mining will work: You can spend as many Time Units as you want when mining a deposit, the constraints being the size of the deposit and the rover's energy. A mining tool has a number of Ore Units it can extract per Time Unit. 1 Ore Unit is equal to 20 Mass Units, and can be refined into its metal on board the satellite or at a refinery. The satellite has limited facilities though, and will only extract 10 Mass Units out of every Ore Unit, but a refinery can extract 15.
A deposit DOES have limited amounts of ore!
Basically:
VTU x Mining power = VOU
How Power will work: Power is used by most buildings and rovers, and rovers have batteries installed so they can be used without a generator. A generator can recharge rovers/provide power up to a capacity before another one or an upgrade is needed and generate a specific amount of power per Time Unit. Power can be stored in bleed-off turbines, a special building. Bleed-off turbines work like batteries, and can only store limited amounts of power, but like generators, can be upgraded or more built.
Abbreviations:
VMU: Vogtian Mass Unit
VOU: Vogtian Ore Unit
VTU: Vogtian Time Unit
VPU: Vogtian Power Unit
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