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[JackoftheBox]

I'm not sure it is worth it. I'd prefer to begin SPACE COLONIZATION. What raise morale best: brutally murdering some alien or expanding to an interstellar empire?

Pretty much this.

[Weirdsound]

We have the time and resources to do both. The people who launch probes and study artifacts are not the same people who will running the Kangeroo court procedings. Thats what I liked about the first Coloniser.net, the game ran on both the small and the large scale.

[kaian-a-coel]

do as you like... As a progressist, i dont agree with vengeance, but why not after all.
Just how old is this war?

[filiusenox]

{Infobank info retrieval:
The war ended approximately five to eight years ago, depending on where you lived and what side you were on. It was basically half the empires in the galaxy fighting the other half. Mass losses on both sides and many planets destroyed. It ended when a small, previously unknown civilization detonated a strange bomb on the Feire home world, destroying it utterly and making all of the Feire's weapons stop working. The war itself lasted about fifty years.}

Twenty Feires are thawed out and drug to a court on the military base. After a trial in Native Valkren, which the common Feire soldiers cannot understand, they are executed. This raises citizenry and military morale slightly.

A few electrical shocks are administered to the artifact. They reveal it to be a type of battery.

Three probes are launched into space. Findings below.

Spoiler:  (9302) (click to show/hide)

Red dwarf sun.
One rocky planet with enough radiation to fry your brain through five inches of solid lead.
Small rocky planet. Trace atmosphere. Distress beacon detected.

Spoiler:  (9305) (click to show/hide)

Blue-white main sequence sun.
Two barely formed molten planets.

Spoiler:  (9307) (click to show/hide)

White and Red dwarf suns.
An icy planet, colonizable.
Another icy planet, this one uncolonizable.

Spoiler: Fleets (click to show/hide)

One war fleet orbiting Vak, under command of capital ship Harbringer.
One space marine force, garrisoned on Vak's surface.
One space marine force, garrisoned on Vakl II's surface.
((Mouseover for health and info))

Spoiler:  Items of Interest in Inventory (click to show/hide)

Two Hundred and Eighty cryogenically frozen Feires.
Seven deep-space probes
One satellite.
Fifty thousand Railgun Rifles.
Five hundred thousand clips of Railgun Rifle ammo.
Five hundred Insta-freeze clips for Railgun Rifles.
One Cyro-bomb.
One old fashioned Nuclear warhead.
Four thousand drop pods.
One strange Alien artifact battery.

Spoiler:  Stockpiled Resources (click to show/hide)

2u of industry(?)
1u of Herolnuim fuel.

Well, what do you do?

((Seroiusly need a better name for industrial goods...))

[Weirdsound]

Deploy the fleet to the distress beacon on 9302, assuming we have enough fuel for a round trip.

Set the three probes to run mineral scans if possible.

Start Production of a colony ship. Start recruiting a team of colonists who specialize in mining, and a small military force to protect them.

[kaian-a-coel]

continue research on the Alien Battery Artifact.
Agree with sending fleet to investigate distress beacon.
Prepare a colony ship, and maybe a scout ship.
Send three more probes.

[filiusenox]

The alien battery is further tested. Revealing absolutely nothing else of interest; its just a small, incredibly old battery, that still works.

Spoiler:  (9303) (click to show/hide)

Red Dwarf Star

Spoiler:  (9310) (click to show/hide)

Red Dwarf Star
(9310, A'forma) Space Faring race colony detected. No trace of light speed travel capability. Our empire's Probe was spotted.
One rock planet with trace atmosphere. Iron and Titanium detected

Spoiler:  (9311) (click to show/hide)

White Dwarf Star.
Large planet with trace atmosphere.

Spoiler:  (9302) (click to show/hide)

Red dwarf sun.
One rocky planet with enough radiation to fry your brain through five inches of solid lead.
Small rocky planet. Trace atmosphere. Distress beacon detected. Traces of Herolnuim.

Spoiler:  (9305) (click to show/hide)

Blue-white main sequence sun.
Two barely formed molten planets.Uncolonizable

Spoiler:  (9307) (click to show/hide)

White and Red dwarf suns.
An icy planet, colonizable. Standard Iron-silica.
Another icy planet, this one uncolonizable.

Work has started on a colony ship. It will be done next turn. (2/5iu)
Work has started on a messenger. (3/5iu)

The fleet is deployed to the distress beacon on (9302, II).
Is in orbit in a matter of moments.
You are now in control of Harbringer's Lord.
You attempt to open communications with the downed ship. No one answers.
Its quiet, too quiet...
"Sir! Fleet detected around the orbit of the radiated planet, charging their guns. Your orders, Sir?! "

Well, what do you do?

[Weirdsound]

Match their speed and keep the planet between us and them for now. Start charging our guns. Get a count on the size and number of the fleet.

[kaian-a-coel]

agree, need more information on this fleet. avoid visual contact, detector full power, prepare to raise shield in case of impact alert. Try to communicate and STAY CALM. oh, and charge every gun on board.
PS: how many ships have we, and what are they exactly? size, role, weapons...

[filiusenox]

((For simplicity and ease of play, your only in charge of the Harbringer, unless you want to switch over to a simple fighter or something...))

Spoiler:  "Harbringer" (click to show/hide)

Large
The biggest, baddest ship of the line. This ship is often leading fleets of warships and bringing down heavy bombardment on whatever needs to be destroyed. This vessel served for twenty years with distinction in the Galactic war.
2000 crew
One "Shiprender" Plasma Cannon.
Three Large Chaingun Cannons
Fifty Cyro-torpedo launcher
Fifteen Huge Plasma Mortars
Fifty Chaingun turrets. 

Spoiler:  Two Carriers (click to show/hide)

These ships are commonly used to ferry fighters or marine forces to and from their destination.
Three hundred crew each, Two hundred of which are fighter pilots
Twenty Chaingun turrets each.

Spoiler: Six Skirmishers (click to show/hide)

These ships are commonly used to harass or guard carriers, and to fight off other
skirmishers.
One hundred crew each.
One Huge Chaingun Cannon each.
One LAZOR Cannon each.
Three "Hullripper" Shot Cannons each.

Spoiler: Two Hundred Fighters (click to show/hide)

Housed on the carriers, these small ships are commonly used to plant explosives or to fire upon weak-spots on a enemy craft or to fight off other fighters. The specs are practically worthless, if your not in one.

"Enemy fleet scans, on screen. Seems to be about Eight Skirmisher class ships and one big one that looks like it's made out of scrap metal, all of em shielded. I'll send them an comm request."

A few seconds later an enemy laser blast incinerates one of your Skirmishers, before it can raise it shields. Guess they don't want to talk, huh?
Your fleet manages to keep the same distance away from the Pirate fleet, long enough to raise your Fleet's shields and charge your Fleet's guns.

Well, what do you want to do now?

[Weirdsound]

"Give the big one everything we have! Once it drops the Skirmishers have no chance against this ship."

[kaian-a-coel]

"raise shields to max! bring us to medium range. fire the shiprender on the big one, then plasma mortar salvo. If still non-wrecked, finish him. all the rest, focus on skirmishers one by one."

[filiusenox]

The Harbringer moves closer to the Pirate Capital Ship, it evades another blast from a laser and takes a few rockets, which blow up harmlessly upon impacting the shields. One of the Enemy Skirmishers begins charging an EMP bomb, only to be blown apart at the last moment by one of your Skirmisher's "Hullripper" shots.
The "Shiprender" fires, rending a hole through the Enemy Capital Ship's shield like a hot knife through a Brandx's Generic Milk Product. The Harbringer follows this up with a devastating Plasma Mortar Volley, which tears the Enemy's Capital Ship apart and blows up a nearby enemy Skirmisher that was near it.
While you were busy commanding the Harbringer, your Skirmishers managed to blow up four enemies, with only two losses of their own. No other losses were reported.
"Parlay?" pops up on your comms screen, while the three Skirmisher Class Pirate Vessels retreat back to the radiated planet's orbit.

Well, what do you do now?

[Weirdsound]

Respond to the Parlay request.

"Yeah. We'll bite. What the hell was that about? I can tolerate pirates, but I wont suffer stupidity. What the hell did you think would happen when you opened fire on a damn military fleet?"

[kaian-a-coel]

yeah, parlay. Don't flee or we'll shot.
You're conscripted. And there's no "No". Consider yourselves as "First ExtraValkren Auxiliary Squadron" from now on.