>>6077980

“Reggy, get a sample from the lake, we need to know if the bioweapon contaminated it. Raymond, Fillip, set charges on the pillars, if we have to beat a hasty retreat, we will turn this place into a tomb for those hungry bastards. Squad three and four, spread out and secure the perimeter, I want to know if there are other tunnels leading out of the chamber.” You calmly give out orders, before activating your suit’s interface and adding to the map you have been building, an effort that does take quite a while with you having to account for height differences that could prove quite deceptive.

“Sir, found another tunnel.” You hear over the comm only a couple of minutes later. “Orders ?”

“Find cover and set up. Keep it locked down.” You quickly respond.

“Roger.” The soldier says.

“Raymond, Fillip, how are the charges looking ?”

“In place on this half of the chamber, sir. We’re currently moving towards the other end.” The two explosives specialists respond.

“Report when you are done.” You say to them before switching to platoon-wide comm. “We’re taking fifteen, rest and eat, we move afterwards.” You order the men. While you had been in the tunnels for a relatively little amount of time, you still had to actually get here and dig out your supply dumps. The whole process took days of concentrated effort, and it’d be best to pace your soldiers as you have no idea how long your journey will last.

As you discuss your future plans with the platoon’s lieutenant, the surprisingly calm atmosphere is broken by a single loud gunshot. Instinctively, everyone grabs their weapons and scramble for cover, only to realize that there barely is any. Reacting quickly however, everyone takes a dive, trying to reduce the size of the target they present to someone capable of shooting them.

Soon enough, gunfire is exchanged at the entrance at the newest discovered tunnel.

“Guard squad, report !” You quickly shout out into the comm.

“Unknown assailant opened fire, incoming fire from what seems to be an LMG, it’s forcing us to keep our heads down. We have one K.I.A.” The guarding squad quickly reports.

You rise from your position and start making your way towards the tunnel when-

“They are coming from the goddamned water, something just grabbed Reggy !”

Soon, gunfire erupts behind you as well. A pincer attack, you come to a realization. Your exit is still unblocked, but for how long you do not know. Every single time you come down here you end up being ambushed by an annoyingly skilled opponent that seems to know far too much about asymmetrical warfare than you have a liking for.

>>6077981

“Begin to fallback to the exit, we are not running the risk of encirclement. Explosives team, get your asses moving and get those charges ready, we’ll bait them inside if they wish to meet us so gladly.” A flurry of affirmatives follows your instructions and in but scant few minutes, you break for it. Each squad retreating only when covered by two others in good order. Whomever shot at you remains elusive, but tunnel dogs, rock monkeys, and screeching bats all rush out of the tunnels with large crocodile like amphibians glaring at you from the surface of the water, seemingly content to stay in their watery holes and for one, you are glad for it. Their long and powerful jaws alongside slippery and thick mucus filled skin makes it clear what fate awaits those caught by them.

“We’re in the clear, blow ‘em all to hell !” You finally give the command and a large explosion rocks out, causing the very ground to shake and soon enough, the chamber’s ceiling collapses, dropping literal tons of rock onto your assailants and ending their assault.

“Squad sergeants, I want a casualty report ready immediately. Everyone else, rest for five. We’re breaking for the surface after.” You move your shoulders, finally feeling the weight of your armour on you. Today’s going to be a long day.
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>>6077983

Log: David Hardrada
Date: year 11 month 7 day 9 since arrival
Title: Assault

The attack to take over the tunnels was a partial success at best. Serret managed to find large chambers with flowing underground rivers, deeper in specifically, he managed to also find insectoid lifeforms, mushrooms, a functioning eco-system that would explain how all of these animals survived and reached such numbers. He then blew all of them up. I have no idea how, but I am half certain that Garrick was somehow involved as what was once referred to as “the plains”, is filled with large gaping holes and the whole place appears to have been destabilised as air recon reports the occasional collapse of the ground as a tunnel or something else falls inside.

Either way, the threat has been dealt with for now. If anything survived, it would take months of work if not years to dig themselves out. Though the underground rivers do mean that there could potentially be some animals that could still slip through and pose a threat, but with everyone walking about with a weapon of some sort, I am not worried.

On personal news, Elian is a miracle worker. Maybe it’s because Magnus is so young, or just that Elian is so used to dealing with unruly children, but it took only about three months of concentrated effort, and it seems like his capabilities as an educator resulted in him not only getting rid of Magnus’ abrasiveness, but it seems that Magnus picked up Elian’s patient personality which in turn got rid of Magnus’ recklessness.

I pulled some favours to guarantee some premium ration packs would end up in Elian’s room. Though from what I head from him, it seems that he’s going to be far too busy to look after one child again, as he has his own to deal with and the whole colony’s.

Signing off, David Hardrada.

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>>6077984
Welcome back Newb

<destabilised as air recon reports the occasional collapse of the ground as a tunnel or something else falls inside.

Hmmm....

>With a lab up and running, Zack and his techies can began bludgeoning their heads against tasks concerning figuring out how things work. They have no idea how much the research will cost due to the need to experiment, but they have plenty of ideas. (Research direction: Civilian)

Ways to our increase common materials production or alternative materials

>Start to investigate and securing the underground lab

>>6077984
>You think it would be a good idea to have a monument that shall provide future generations further inspiration. Build those life-like statues, not too hard, just time consuming. (Cost: 1 standard unit - common materials)

>Expand the advisory council.
>General Secretary of State

>>6077984
>Build more housing

>Start to investigate and securing the underground lab

>>6077984
Do we have an estimate on when Serret’s subordinates will finish their training? The tunnel should be pretty safe now, but ideally we’d still near the best trained crew possible for exploring again.

>>6077984
>You think it would be a good idea to have a monument that shall provide future generations further inspiration. Build those life-like statues, not too hard, just time consuming. (Cost: 1 standard unit - common materials)

>Start to investigate and securing the underground lab

>>6078108

>Do we have an estimate on when Serret’s subordinates will finish their training? The tunnel should be pretty safe now, but ideally we’d still near the best trained crew possible for exploring again.

About three or so more months is what Serret wants. Final big survival test to put the men under immense stress to see if the training stuck or if they break. Though in most aspects their training is done.

>>6078018

>Start to investigate and securing the underground lab

This can no longer be a personal action, as with the collapsing chambers and tunnels, you would need to dig down to the location, and there is no guarantee that anything is left.

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>>6078127
Was not plan to secure the lab whole time?

>>6078127
>Have Serret's men place sensors near every collapse tunnel that seen by air recon

>>6078142

This was a full on secure the tunnels operation as the limited secure just the lab op saw one of your councillors dead. You anons managed to get the lowest set DC for Serret's plan to secure the tunnels, which resulted in this outcome since his way was dirty and fast, but also very cheap material and manpower wise.

If you still want to look through the lab, you can order the dig to begin.

>>6078146
Maybe later, does it have cost for it?

>>6078151

Time. The area is currently unstable which is why I did not give it as an option.

>>6078174
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Newb lives! I am very happy :D

as for my votes
Settlement action:
>Set up some more hab blocks, you’ve got the resources to spare. (Cost: 2 standard units - common materials)

I would like it if it followed the pattern that I posted in the previous thread, as I would like to dedicate that area to living areas and commercial districts down by the water. I am aware though that with only 2 common resources, it likely won't make a massive amount of housing yet.

Personal action:
>Take a look at public opinion. What do people think of our rule and the settlement overall?

We should probably do a ground check to see what we need to focus on in the average person's opinion.

>>6077984
>>6078194
+1

>>6077984
>You think it would be a good idea to have a monument that shall provide future generations further inspiration. Build those life-like statues, not too hard, just time consuming. (Cost: 1 standard unit - common materials)

>Expand the advisory council.
>Public Pollster

Pretty much my idea is to give the average citizen a bigger voice by having a guy on our council who will conduct polling and questions to find what the most pressing needs and issues within the colony currently are for the average person. This position will probably become defunct once we get some proper bureaucracy going but for now it sounds very useful to me as long as the guy in charge of it is halfway competent/charismatic and acts in good faith.

>>6078320
Also can you add a list of the current council positions and (living) council men to the personal actions sheet? Its getting hard to keep track of on the player side of things

Research Civilian 1
Monument 3
Housing 3

Underground lab 2 (INVALID)
Council Secretary of State 1
sensors 1
public opinion 2
Council Pollster 1

Alright, will give it a couple more hours.

>>6078324

>Also can you add a list of the current council positions and (living) council men to the personal actions sheet? Its getting hard to keep track of on the player side of things

Done.

>>6078194
+1

Kind of leery to +1 this since this will use all our CM, but oh well.

Calling the vote now.

Just need the 1d100 Bo3 for the housing. Public opinion polling is an autopass.

Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>6078571

Rolled 95 (1d100)

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>>6078571

>>6078578
Very nice lad!

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Log: David Hardrada
Date: year 11 month 9 day 2 since arrival
Title: Infrastructure reorganization

I have no idea how Garrick did it, but what I do know is that he probably broke a few backs. Not only did the insane man built high rises that would take up less space while providing more living room for the induvial families, but he also managed to relocate both the school and the hospital into what is forming up a residential district. Old habs were also taken down and used for construction. Though the lab remained unmoved and stayed in the area that could now be dubbed the industrial district.

I’ve got to say, being able to look over the valley from my room does feel pretty nice, so does the fact that both the hospital and the school are nearby.

Everyone else also seems to agree, that being the only one though.

I had commissioned Reinhart and his police, due to their day-to-day interactions, to gauge people’s opinions on the matters concerning the colony.

Well, I got plenty of complaints.

While everyday life and my leadership didn’t go into question, a decade since arrival has caused issues to pop up.

Firstly, the people lack entertainment. The clubs had helped, but by this point they are running out of steam, the old computers and the various games that used to help with morale have also been beaten by pretty much everyone at least half a dozen times. The people cry for bread and circus.

Actually, they cry for meat, now that I think about. Meat, fish, cheese, butter, milk, anything but vegetables and fruits really. While the diet is varied enough, I can concur that nothing beats a nice steak. The various meat and fish products that were in the MREs had also decreased steadily over the years and even then, people want something actually fresh.

Further issues would be the lack of munitions and spare parts for weapons. Everyone is armed, and everyone keeps a rifle close by, but without increased factory output, the militia basically consumes most of the produce, leaving little excess that is fiercely competed for.

There’s a demand for cars, anything that would allow the people to travel faster than on foot or on a tractor. Because of the infrastructure rework, the issue is not as bad as before, but folk would still like some transportation.

Overall, such minor complaints are what dominates day to day conversation, while not thrilled about it, everyone seems to think that the colony is doing fine.

Signing off, David Hardrada.

Having finished typing away, you grab yourself a cup of coffee and gaze out of the window, the impact of a gentle shower making for some calm background noise.

Finally, some peace an- Your comm goes off as you are thinking that.

With a sigh, you activate it. “David here.”

“Sir. Reggy’s back alive !”

It takes you a moment to place the name, you had seen it reported as M.I.A., presumed K.I.A. after Serret’s expedition into the tunnels.

>>6078642

“What’s the situation ?” You state calmly, bringing the comm officer’s excitement down. The man must have some sort of relation to him.

“He is currently secured in bunker B4, sir. Medical personnel is being dispatched to ensure that nothing is wrong.”

“I want to meet him once he’s cleared through all checks.”

“Understood, sir, will arrange for it.”

You look at your lukewarm cup of coffee. Put it down, and begin moving towards the exit.
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You finally find yourself within the bunker, with the man named Reggy across you nursing a hot cup of coffee and devouring a loaf of freshly baked bread. From the interviews that were had before you arrived, it seems he had not eaten anything for close to two days as he was ejected, at the valleys entrance.

“This is ?” You ask him, looking at a small queer, mishappen box in your hand. The techs cleared it not being a bioweapon or an explosive, or anything else of the sort. It is an electronic though, they could tell that much.

“No clue.” The man says wiping his face. “I was told, to give this to the leader of the colony.”

“By ?” Even though you’ve read the reports, you cannot help but ask.

“Some.” He gulps having now devoured a peach. “Some fucking thing. It is human, or, I think it once was, some freako monster film like thing. Wasn’t all that tall, but he…errr…I think it was a dude…anyways, he had four legs, and that chitin we’ve seen before across his body, eight eyes of different size, and these, big fucking antenna, some like, errr…an ant, if I had to put it as something. Fucker was clicking as well while laughing. This is some mad scientist shit, uh, respectfully sir.”

“Right.” You look over the box. “You’ve looked inside of it ?”

“No, sir.” He swallows, not eating an apple. “It said the thing is voice locked, your voice.”

“My voice ?” You exchange a glance with Zack whom of course showed the moment an electronic puzzle was before him.

“Our comms are hardly secure bar basic encryption. Most likely whomever it is picked up the signal, not a difficult thing to program that.”

“And you can’t break it ?”

“Tried playing recordings, but it seems to have some way of making sure those don’t work.”

“How ?”

“Voice distortions, tremble in tone. Lots of way of making sure that the person it at least close by.”

“Okay.” You say adjusting your seat. “I am speaking right now, but it is not opening.”

“Ah, right.” Reggy says, now picking his teeth. “He spoke something about a self-eating snake ?” The man appears quite unsure. “Its name is the password, apparently. I haven’t got the faintest what it is about though.”

“Ouroboros ?” You state.

A single click echoes out in the room, causing everyone to pause. You look at the little box that now actually has a split in the middle of it.

>>6078643

Exchanging a few glances with everyone in the room, you open up the box, to reveal a surprisingly intricate machine within.

“What the-“ You question looking at the slowly pulsing red light.

“Ah, good. We finally speak.” A distorted voice comes from the small box.

“Who is this ?”

“The one whose home you had invaded and destroyed. So many of my creations DEAD !”

You wince and move backwards at the shout.

“Yes, dead, dead, dead. But is that not life ?”

What a fucking wacko. You cannot help, but think. “You’ve killed my people as well.”

You hear a slightly unhinged chuckle on the other end. “That I did.”

“I am David Hardrada. And you still have not answered, who are you ?”

Another laugh. “My name before my…improvements, is irrelevant.”

“Madman it is then.”

More laughter. “Yes. YES ! That is what they called me before, a fitting name !”

“Now, I doubt that this was a social call. What do you want ?”

“Oh, many, many things. Flesh first and foremost. BUT ! That can wait. What I want now is to ensure that my work is not interrupted. And you want for your people not to disappear. Even though I had never once provoked you before…I must concede, after all, YOU BLEW UP MY HOME !”

The man is clearly angling for a deal, you can tell that much. Still, while utterly unstable, you might be able to pry some information out of him.

>What questions do you have for the madman ? (Write in)

>>6078644
>Were you apart of the group terraforming this planet?
>What exactly is your "work?"
>To ensure your work isn't interrupted what do you have to offer us? Common materials? Research?
>How do we know that you won't make my people disappear in the future?

>>6078644
>Oh did we now? Ever heard about putting warning sign to your "backyard" so your unleashed "dogs" dont just come and try to eat MY MEN.

>Anyway what are you doing in these lands?

>Why did you make these creature?

>What corp where you part of?

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While waiting for more questions, I've been a bit busy.

>>6078917
Looking good

>>6078644
>How are you controlling those creatures?

>What happened to the Corp that was on this planet before?

>How long have you lived here on this planet?

>Why should we make a deal with you when you already lost the war?

>Is the making people disappear comment a threat or promise if we don’t come to an agreements

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Alright, locking in the questions and working on them. Update coming later today.

Also, more ships, now with accurate size differences.

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“Oh did we now ? Ever heard about putting warning signs to your backyard so your unleashed dogs don’t just come and try to eat MY MEN ?” Not the most diplomatic of starts, you have to admit, but the madman had costed you precious lives. And damn, does it feel good.

“They would not need to eat your men HAD YOU NOT BROKEN INTO MY HOME ! I had lived here for nearly two centuries ! And you, you curs broke into this place of mine, and broke it ! Did I send anything against you ? No ! You kept however, being the burglar that you are, trying to break into my home !”

Two centuries ? That’s a long time to be alone, no wonder he’s madder than batshit. “From what I know, genemodding to the extent of living that long is damn expensive, doubly so back in your day old timer. Does this relate to your work ? What exactly is it even ?”

You hear laughter on the other end. “Only to a small and feeble mind would consider mere extension of one’s life be an issue ! And yes ! It is my duty, my life’s dedication to ensure life would prosper ! I was encouraged to make new animals and beasts, so acceptable so, wondrous. As for my work ? It was perfection ! Make a flying monkey with bat’s wings, or a three headed lion, and you shall be praised ! But add an extra limb to yourself ?! And you are suddenly a madman ! This is why I continue my work, continue my creed to CREATE !” More insane laughter fills your ears, and you exchange rather uncomfortable glances with everyone in the room.

“So you’ve lived here for two centuries, and you were a part of the group that was terraforming this planet. Do you still remember the corp you worked for ? Do you even know what happened to it ?”

“Cowardly and small minded fools ! I curse their name and spit on their legacy ! So what if the Federation entered a civil war ? How is that an excuse for halting such a wondrous task as terraforming a world, to tame the universe itself and shape it by the will of humanity ! I shall not speak of them, and I hope they went bankrupt…that was half the reason they left, now that I think about it.” He says a confused moment later. “Oh, by the way, what happened to the Federation ?” Once more, a calm confused voice.

“It, uh, it’s still around, sort of. The Unbroken Empire superseded it.”

“The Federation’s gone ? WONDERFUL !” More cackling laughter. “No more busy body bureaucrats halting the evolution of man with their regulations.” You feel intense hatred and spite in the last world specifically.

“Ah, no, old laws that were not explicitly changed are still in effect.”

“RATS !” This great exclamation is followed by a series of creative expletives that make you wonder if even half of them are actual curses or a figment of the man’s shattered mind.

“Anyway.” You try to cut him off. “What are you doing in these lands still ? And you made these creatures to populate the planet ?”

>>6079310

“Of course !” You hear pride in the man’s voice. “Here, no one can oppose my experiments for furthering mankind’s evolution ! And my wondrous pets shall populate the world, they have been accounted for to adapt to the changing circumstances of the world ! There are some miiiinor issues such as spontaneous combustion, BUT, I shall soon solve it !”

“And how do you control these creatures ?”

You hear a small, predatory chuckle. “Wouldn’t you like to know ?”

Your gaze hardens, you think you managed to get everything you could from the man, so instead, you start asking hard questions. “Is the making people disappear comment a threat or a promise if we don’t come to an agreement ? And how do I know that you won't make my people disappear in the future ?”

“Consider the following, I had not once provoked you, even though you landed on my world, plus I have plenty of human DNA. Your little valley provides plentiful protection, of that I am wholly certain, yes. Especially your bunkers, wondrous line to stop any HUMAN attack.” Cackling. “But what about the seas ? The rivers and the lakes ? What of the ground you walk on ? The very air you breathe ? The very food you eat and grow on MY SOIL ! You had unleashed a disease, a minor one, which I can tolerate, as after all, death too is part of life. But know this. I have been at this art for nearly two and a half centuries, boy. Your filters and decontamination procedures only need to fail once, and you attempt, like so many others, shall meet the same fate of a mysterious disappearance.”

“I doubt you ever had to face a colony of harden military men though.” You bite back. “Why should we make a deal with you when you already lost the war ? We collapsed your tunnels, and I have plenty of bombs left to smoke you out.”

A high pitch chuckle escapes the man’s lips, or well, you imagine he has lips. “Have I now ? If that is what you believe, then we shall have no need for further conversation. And this time, I shall be the one meeting your escalation with my own.”

You take a deep breath, pondering for a moment. “To ensure your work isn't interrupted what do you have to offer us ? Common materials ? Research ?”

>>6079311

“Tribute ? Really ? So archaic. My offer is for me not to exterminate your colony. My offer, is for you not to bother me, and for me, not to bother you. However. I have been here for quite a while, and this world has been stripped clean in terms of ore. So, I am willing to trade. In the end, my work shall allow for this world’s biosphere to prosper and humanity to advance ! But for that I need resources, I need materials. In exchange, I shall offer meals, wondrous, succulent meals. Have you ever seen a cow ? Have you ever seen, A SUPERCOW ?! Enough stakes to feed a village all by itself !” He calms down after that proclamation and you hear grunting, and what can only be considered, confusion. As if his mind is processing what he had just said. “Ah. Yes. Research.” He says a minute later in a depressive tone. “My advancements in genetic modification far outstrip what most so called scientific experts, proclaim to have. I MAY, lend you my expertise. IF, I like you enough. And SEEING, as YOU ended up SHOOTING my BETSY ! It shall be a long journey indeed.”

The madman seems to be offering a…non-aggression treaty, maybe, kind of hard to tell. At the same time, it seems he wants materials, for whom you are already hurting. Though, in exchange, he might solve your food variety issue and making the biosphere more advanced, though he has not yet revealed how he controls the animals, which could pose potential danger.

>Take the madman’s deal. What he has to offer is worth the potential risks.

>Tell him, in no uncertain terms, that you will have his carcass for all of the men he has killed. He sounds smart enough to pick up what you mean. You are not certain if he is sane enough for that though.

>(Write in)

Insane characters are always fun to write.

>>6079312
>Say we did made deal what can you tell about this planet and it resource and possible corp things. As surely you understand calling yourself a madman doesnt give yourself very stable image. And may you are a genius who has be cabin crazed but how can i trust you to keep your word? Say should we start terraforming the planet again

>>6079312
I really want to tell this guy to fuck off, but while we're prepared for a fight we are NOT prepared for a bioweapon.

I have no doubt that we would win this eventual conflict, there's a reason why he's coming to us and making himself known instead of licking his wounds and then the unleashing diseases and creatures. But he would surely cripple the colony. I say we take the deal and toughen up our medical shit and then go from there depending on how reliable he as an "ally."

This really sucks, though, I was counting on doohickeys from tunnel exploration subsidizing our material loss from the expeditions. Now we're flat out broke and don't really have anything to sell.

>Take the madman’s deal. What he has to offer is worth the potential risks.
>>How would you feel if we operated a terraforming machine, would that disrupt your work enough to be considered an attack?
>>We currently lack significant materials, however, we have ties with merchants to where we could procure materials if you have something you can sell. Would any of your... less exotic gene-modified animals or un-used research materials be worth something?

>>6079318
>Now we're flat out broke and don't really have anything to sell.

We have things to sell that should not sell and being broke just means we need do
>Continue the ground reclamation.

>>6079323
Ground reclamation hardly gives us much CM and the only thing we really have to sell is our basic mining equipment that we repaired.

>>6079337
Cm comes per turn, ground reclamation juct can give more and doesnt cost anything but time

>>6079312
>>(Write-in)
Hehe, HAHA

Okay, I have a potential agreement that might be mad or stupid. But I want to suggest it as he has me in a mutually goofy mood >:)

>Suggest an alternative.
>Madman will in exchange for increasing levels of transparency in his work be given more modern lab equipment, more facilities and a small but continuous stream of resources by the Thunorian government. He will be seen as a politically independent person and not as a Thunorian state citizen unless he later chooses to become one and thus work as a black project of the Thunorian state. While politically independent, Madman will be seen as a state secret and the knowledge of his existence cannot be disclosed to outside organizations unless Madman requests otherwise. Madman's capture will be avoided if possible. If Madman chooses to become a citizen he will be under the full defensive force of Thunor and will be defended under high military priority.

>Madman will be able to request larger quantities of resources to help certain projects if he deems it relevant for the Thunorian state and its people

And, here comes the funny part.
> In agreeing to this, Madman will also agree to partake in a program of rehabilitation and psychological therapy. During said therapy, he will be given a caretaker who will help in his reintegration into common civilization and make diplomacy easier between Madman and most of common society. He must take this agreement seriously and cannot willfully ignore his caretaker's suggestions unless he can get professional second opinions agreeing that the caretaker's suggestions are useless or irresponsible. Second opinions are voided if found to be made under threat or any form of influence from Madman rather than academic disagreement.

Basically, I am suggesting he also has to agree to get a therapist if he wants all of the good stuff :)

(Oh also, i would like to run this by our old man before we suggest it to Madman directly)

>>6079376
Ah, I forgot to also add the clause to the initial part of the agreement that he would also hand over a small amount of moderately genetically modified farm animals and their genetics blueprints and the knowledge of how they've been tampered with such that we don't need to worry about anything being hidden in the genes. In exchange, we could potentially clear out some of the caves we blew up. As long as he stops his creatures from getting anywhere near the colonists doing said work as to not have an accidental friendly fire situation.

>>6079312
There's algae vegetarian food surplus. Offer the algae bars to trade for supercows.
We are establishing basic manufacturing, does he need anything specific made?

>>6079318
supporting
>Take the madman’s deal. What he has to offer is worth the potential risks.
>>How would you feel if we operated a terraforming machine, would that disrupt your work enough to be considered an attack?
>>We currently lack significant materials, however, we have ties with merchants to where we could procure materials if you have something you can sell. Would any of your... less exotic gene-modified animals or un-used research materials be worth something?

>>6079376
no, you have added your own poison pill to the deal by requiring the therapist, just like the last deal.

>>6079318
+1

>>6079376
+1
It might be crazy enough to work.

>>6079376
+1

>>6079376
This is a funny suggestion but somehow I don’t think a nearly immortal genetically modified into a bug-thing mad scientist is going to take a therapist very seriously. And I doubt we have any personnel that are trained in therapeutic matters, we’ve tapped out our talent in terms of medical personnel and have one sole educator on our planet. Madman would be more likely to get triggered by some poor untrained fellows suggestions than actually helping him and probably kill him.

And if he just kills the guy we send, where does that leave us? We’d have no choice to but to retaliate since that was a required part of the deal, and a major breach of trust. Also I REALLY doubt this guy wants anyone watching over him and seeing his research either.

I just see the whole therapist thing as completely doomed to failing from the get go. I also disagree with putting “Madman’s capture will be avoided if possible” in the agreement. I don’t see the need to put it in writing and possibly triggering him.

>>6079794
eh, fair. If I am to drop the silly attitude I do understand it could likely be a deal breaker. I mostly wanted to suggest it because I thought it would be funny seeing Madman go to therapy.

I'll make a reworked and more concise version of the previous agreement together with dropping the therapist requirement.

>>6079573
I mean, it was also why I asked it to be forwarded to the old man for review before giving it directly to Madman.
and even if my last suggestion didn't go well, it was the one voted in by majority vote. So I don't really count it as if I was the one who doomed the land trade offer. It was a team effort lol.
We learnt a lesson from it and now know better after the ordeal. And I think it also kind of fits in character that our gruff military man leader wouldn't make good trade deals as his first attempts ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Writing the second draft of the proposal now.

>>6079376
Rewrite of my previous suggested course of action.


>Suggest an alternative.
>Madman will become a state secret of the Thunorian government, and knowledge of him and his existence will be kept under strict control from outside organizations unless Madman requests otherwise. Madman will stay politically independent of the Thunorian government until otherwise is chosen.
>Madman will be given a quarantine area in which only personnel part of a diplomatic deal between the Thunorian state (such as the teams transporting resources to his quarantine zone) and Madman can enter. Unless given direct permission by Madman himself.
>Madman will be given a small quantity of resources in the form of machines, raw materials or foodstuffs weekly to support his ongoing experimentation. If Madman chooses to give more transparency into his research and current ongoing operations the resources allocated to him will increase proportionally to his transparency.
>Madman can request larger quantities of resources from the Thunorian state. If the Thunorian state approves these projects Madman will be required to work within the requirements the Thunorian state set for the projects. This can include boundaries such as no human experimentation as an example. Any project Madman does outside of these partnership projects is not under any of these demands unless it breaks the rights of a Thunorian state citizen or causes harm to infrastructure or people living outside of the exclusion zone.
>The Thunorian government will clear out tunnels caved in and make repairs to the structural integrity of the tunnel network used by Madman after the previous Extermination attempt within the will-be quarantine zone. In exchange, Madman will supply small starting herds of moderately genetically modified domesticated farm animals with a full understanding of their genetics provided as well.
>Should Madman wish, he can at any time choose to become a Thunorian state citizen. in which case he would be given state-funded facilities and be defended as a high military priority.
>Any animal under Madman's control must be given the location of to the Thunorian government if it is outside of the quarantine zone unless permitted to do so.

... I am not good at making things concise. And if it is possible I would still ask the old man about his opinion of this proposal. But otherwise, I feel like this one is much more of an actual agreement that can be legally binding rather than just a spoken promise. I think i have done better with this one. What do you anons think?

>>6079917
I don't like giving Madman resources weekly. We legitimately don't have the ability to do that given our complete lack of common materials. The only thing we can really provide consistently is food. I think being an intermediary for him to sell stuff for resources and occasionally supplying him ourselves is much more doable for us.

I'd also just not mention outlawing human experimentation to him at all. He was freaking out just reminiscing about the federation's regulations and his whole goal is furthering mankind's evolution. Of course we're not going to give him men to experiment on, but explicitly banning it is just going to piss him off majorly when we have a very bad rapport with him right now. Just mentioning regulations would probably make him never want to be a Thunorian citizen.

To be honest I don't think we need anything legally binding right now because legally binding doesn't mean anything to a mad scientist doing insane shit in a tunnel lmao. This feels like something we should do much further into our relationship with him after establishing some sort of trust. I think just sticking with a non-aggression pact with him with the occasional trade is a good place to start to establishing a rapport. And that's if we can even trust him. I think we should just keep this agreement in our back pocket if the non-aggression pact goes well and it seems possible to have a better working relationship with madman.

>>6079939
You might have a point. However, I would like to clear up the points that when I said "weekly resources" it is not meant as a whole single common resource a week or the equivalent of in food or machines. It was more meant as in universe of "about a palette" would get dropped off with some stuff (usually food) every week. With 1 common material probably being closer to what we would give him over an entire year if he requested only raw resources with relatively high transparency to his research.

And secondly, it doesn't mean human experimentation was outlawed outright.

The "If the Thunorian state approves these projects Madman will be required to work within the requirements the Thunorian state set for the projects." is more so putting our foot down, and saying that if he wants to partner with us on projects, he has to also do it by our rules then for a given project. So one project about disease research might be restrictive with test subjects being human, while another one might not. The "Any project Madman does outside of these partnership projects is not under any of these demands" is to say that any other projects he has that we are not a partner of are otherwise free game.

But yeah, maybe he will be scared by the bureaucracy of the offer. I'll say I cancel the previous suggestion of mine and keep my vote with the second version. Anons can vote on what they think is the best choice since I'm having a hard time choosing.

>>6079979
Yeah but with human experimentation I'd not mention it all even as an example. It is 100% going to trigger him because he's so insane about that kind of stuff.

>>6079985
Oh, he is gonna be quite sour about it. But I also think he should probably hear it since otherwise he will just have his hissy fit later anyway. He kind of needs to hear the "Yeaaah no one else is gonna give you any more leniency on this topic mate. Most other people would likely have just killed you as soon as they heard of the mere suggestion of the levels of human modification you are dealing with" and give him some time to think about it.
If other anons agree with your sentiment with their votes then we can indeed just not mention that part as a small adjustment.

>>6079917
>>6079376
Supporting both of these for a full on goofy time.

>>6079376
You do know crazy people don't realize they are crazy right? Like at best he says no and at worst he gets absolutely pissed off. Genuinely do not suggest therapy it will not end well if we want to actually rehabilitate the guy we have to be much smarter than that (and probably get him forcefully medicated).

>Source family member with actual schizophrenia

>>6079917
This is slightly better but as
>>6079939
Pointed out we literally cant afford to do this. Frankly I think trying to get him to follow any rules or regulations on what he can and cant do is going to piss him off like some of your suggestions I can agree with cause they are "no duh" levels of why wouldn't we do this but i'd rather just keep things simple and go from there for now especially after the trader fiasco.

>Take the madman’s deal. What he has to offer is worth the potential risks. (Just don't be silly with terms and conditions)

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>>6080226
I do think >>6079939 made some good points about probably not needing very set in stone rules yet. As we've just met the guy so hitting him with a fuckin legal document when he probably hasn't communicated with other people for decades at best is likely going to discombobulate his vestigial social understanding. and as such I recommend anyone who votes for any of my suggestions to say if they want anything left out in their vote.

I am currently confused. As I did mention I no longer endorse my first revision yet others are still voting for it. Did I become more retarded by trying to make it better or is "the funnie" too strong of an attractant for the first version?? also >>6080134 You can't vote for both since the second is meant to be an overhaul/amendment of the first.

Funnily enough, I would say as someone who has friends who are mentally handicapped in different ways, that it depends a lot on the mental disability in question and the level of self-reflection the person is capable of. Since quite a few mentally handicapped people, especially those who have previously gotten professional help are capable of telling that there is something wrong with their perception of reality. But aren't able to change their perception and become more easily agitated or depressed because of this knowledge.

I kind of assume Madman is in the "Knows he is insane. Does not care" group as he was probably an academic person before he got isolated from all of society, as well as his flippant disregard for academic authority. In which case he would have had a high likelihood of already having been diagnosed if he had any mental illness. Or would have been able to realize he had changed over the decades in personality if he didn't. However, I do realize that is still an assumption since we have nothing to go off of yet in terms of his backstory.

But yeah. I will keep in mind these aspects for any time i give suggestions in the future. After all maybe i am just not good at dealing with these kinds of social plays. Though i don't really know anymore since it seems people keep voting for my suggestions. which leaves me in a confused middle-ground.

>>6080321
Being mentally handicapped and having a mental illness are two very VERY different things, of course we don't know exactly what caused science guys current state 100% but do be careful lumping them together. My family member was perfectly sane, and someone I'd consider self aware, and intelligent before one day his brain just decided to fill his head with delusions, like he believed with all his heart that everyone wanted 'something' from them and other wacky beliefs that would change about every other day, he is taking a shot once a month and is fine now though which I'm thankful for.

Also people on /qst/ just like voting for high effort and or seemingly clever write ins even if they are objectivity inferior to a default option (I fall into this trap as well)

>>6080321
Ah woops tunnel visioned on the third paragraph so hard I failed to properly comprehend the fourth. My bad. (My point sorta still stands though mental illness is genuinely something that can just happen for no clear reason at any point and isn't always diagnosed especially if there's no loved ones to make them see a doctor despite them believing they are fine and or justice/healthcare system to give a diagnosis.)

>>6080321
Your suggestions are often quite good imo other than the occasional diplomatic faux pas that you tend to slip in like suggesting therapy to a literal madman.

I think it is a very risky move as it is very unlikely that he will accept and it is more likely that it will further antagonise our only potential source of meat in the near future.

It's good that you included asking our diplomacy guy for his opinion on this agreement first before suggesting it to the madman though.

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Accept 4
Alternative 2(3)
Alternative revised 1(2)

Alright, accepting the deal wins, though very narrowly, you will also ask Madman a couple of questions. Update today or tomorrow.

Also, more ships.

Is anyone else a little concerned that Newb is fleshing out capital ship designs, we are not prepared for capital ship size problems.

>Fleet-anon's goofy idea rejected
It's so over. The anti-silly police have won.

>>6080645
It will be concering after there is new design

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>>6080645
As >>6080768 said there is not really anything to worry about for now. Since most of the ships which Newb has remastered are designs which will first exist potentially several hundreds of years later. Anything we encounter in this time will be ancient for most purposes in the 289'ish years it will take before it catches up with the original Broken Empire quest.

>>6080354
>>6080359
I can follow your point in many ways, and you have my sympathies about the situation with your family member. I can imagine it must have been hard to watch someone close go through that :(
There definitely is some sudden randomness caused by external factors we currently have no idea about. But generally, biology isn't nondeterministic on a small chemical scale. And we already currently know of many mental illnesses that have certain triggers or are more easily able to be triggered due to outside stimuli. Chromosome 6 is a good example of potential vulnerabilities since you mentioned schizophrenia.

Madman definitely would have had a much easier time not realizing he has been going mad over time without external input from others. So things that can develop through social isolation are definitely on the table.

I would imagine that as a geneticist, the highest likelihood of how he might have gone as deeply insane as he acts might just have been him fucking around with his own genetics. Him not caring what inserting crab DNA might do to his brain chemistry or the potential social problems due to a lack of thinking about his project on a scale larger than himself and his already at-the-time developing anti-social tendencies.

And thanks for the input. >>6080611 you as well. I put quite a bit of effort into this quest and my suggestions since I've been following Broken Empire as one of the first quests that got me interested in this board and lies quite close to my heart. So I also care a lot about if I might fuck up unknowingly. As I did with the merchant land agreement.

“Alright. I am a reasonable man, or so people tell me.” You try to ease the tension with a joke. “You stay out of our way, we will stay out of yours. Maybe trade a little.”

“WONDERFUL !” You hear a shout from the small comm device.

“Though, I still have a couple of questions for you.”

“Curiosity is a marvel of mankind, one that should be indulged without any restraint !” Seemingly in a good mood, the madman chirps away.

“How would you feel if we operated a terraforming device, would that disrupt your work enough to be considered an attack ?”

“No. No, no, no, no. No. I had prepared for so many years for this. The beasts have numerous strains to adapt to however that world would change ! With people here in fact, with a settlement being built, the dreams of my team and myself, even those whom had abandoned me.

You see, I had prepared, yes, yes. Prepared extensively ! So much has been moved to underground vaults for such a tasks that it can be accomplished easily.”

“What do you mean ?”

“VOLATILES ! THOUSANDS UPON MILLIONS OF TONS ! It was all shipped and into system and what could have been mined was mined from the ice giant. Unless SOMEONE ROBBED ME ! I still know where it is. The coordinates. A couple of centuries should not have changed much. Of course, there would still be a need to maintain the machinery and the associated costs for such. But the main material for the atmospheric stabilization should be easily carried out.”

“And what do you want for in exchange ?”

“Now, what would I want, what would I want.” You hear a barely audible laugh. “You have no wealth to offer, not that I would want any. You may have materials, or you may not, either way, what I would need and what you could give would be worth very little, little, little indeed. So, I am sure, you will tell me, when you can offer me.” You hear more laughter.

Your first thought is that this may be a test, that or the man really doesn’t know what he can get from you. If what he says is true, then it is indeed correct that you have nowhere near enough to buy so many volatiles. Of course, you could just go around his back and try to dig them out. Though, from how the man sounded, those are most likely hidden somewhere in the system, and you doubt all of it would be in one location. That is a lot of ground to cover.

“Then I shall think for a good deal for you.”

“Oh, I am sure you will.”

“For now, we currently lack significant materials, however, we have ties with merchants from who we could procure materials if you have something you can sell. Would any of your... less exotic gene-modified animals or un-used research materials be worth something?”

>>6081325

“Certainly ! It would be worth much for the correct people ! AND SO WOULD MY HEAD !” Manic laugher. “No, no, no. They would know then, you see, HE WOULD KNOW. Genetically modified animals appearing out of nowhere…suspicious. My work, it would be brought down. I shall not trade. I shall not be found.”

“Th-“

“I am tired now.” His voice is unnervingly calm and even, lacking the maniac excitement or the randomness you had expected. “I must apologize for my poor behaviour. You may contact me when needed. Farewell.”

You hear a click from, what is some sort of phone, and no more noise comes from it. He sounded normal by the end of it, strangely enough.

“That guy’s fucked.” Reggy remarks, unprompted.

You sigh. “Right. There are matters to attend to. At easy everyone.” Ignoring the poorly timed comment, you rise from your seat, more thoughts filling your mind.

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>>6080768

>It will be concering after there is new design

:)

>>6081327
>>6081352

The given names make me not worry about them yet.

>>6081326
>Continue the ground reclamation.

>Have the Argonaut go and have closer look at ice giant and its moons and orbiters

>>6081326

Settlement Action:
>Continue Ground Reclamation
If I recall correctly this action often gives us a handful of materials and with our currently near empty inventory it can’t hurt

Council Action:
>Have Serret and his scouts continue surface exploration the whole underground war kind of derailed our planetary survey program.

Personal Action:
>Periodically stay in touch with the crazy guy to try to build and maintain a friendly rapport

>>6081325
>Send out the Argonaut with the supplies and personnel it needs. You need a clear picture of your surroundings.

I doubt we're going to find anything new, but a maybe a once-over of the system could be enlightening to where these volatiles are located or finding something else worth something. We're broke anyways so it's not much else we can do.

>Expand Council (Minister of Culture (and Games))

I'd send out Serret to explore too, but I'm pretty sure expanding the recon corp is not quite done yet, so we'll need to do that next turn possibly. So I say we address part of the lack of recreation complaints for our people by getting a minister of culture to figure out a way to rejuvenate the clubs and figure out shit for people to do.

>>6081365

You do not have a personal action due to looking after John.

>>6081374
Ahh hadn’t realized

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I have a question for you anons. With me remaking the ships and just wanting a higher standard, would you anons like new craft or just keep the clear outline of what it is.

In this example, you have the Guard fighter and Proletariat bomber.

>>6081404
I like the new look but old one is easier to see which is which

>>6081404
Yeah gotta agree with the anon above me, the simplified is easier to distinguish at a glance then the detailed versions, perhaps a bold outline or tint depending on the type of ship would help distinguish the detailed ones better but otherwise i'd just stick with simplified for gameplays sake.

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Okay, how about this ?

On the left has the shorthand of the craft and on the right is a designation if it is a bomber or a fighter.

One of the reasons why I am trying to make proper designs work is because in time you anons will have to make choices of your navy and the designs used in it, so seeing them on the map would be neat.

>>6081458
That seems like an adequate solution to me I happen to enjoy the more detailed designs quite a bit myself. Reminds me of the old imperial warlord qst and to a lesser degree that more recent ship design qst. 888JG

>>6081468

>That seems like an adequate solution to me I happen to enjoy the more detailed designs quite a bit myself. Reminds me of the old imperial warlord qst and to a lesser degree that more recent ship design qst. 888JG

Kek, the Remnant captain/Dark Empire is what inspired me to make the first quest to begin with. And the ship designer quest is what kicked me in the ass to actually work on my designs.

>>6081458
Yeah sure that's fine.

Reclamation 2

System scouting 2
Scouts 1
Council Culture 1

Okay, you will continue the ground reclamation and send out the Argonaut for a quick once over the system. Since it is taken as a council action, that means Stellan won't have resources to look at it too deeply.

I will be needing 1d100 Bo3 for reclamation and 1d50 Bo3 for scouting.

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>6081876

>>6081896
FEAR ME DIRT AND ROCKS

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>6081876
aww shit. pleaaaase have the people rolling for the argonaut roll good.

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>6081876
>>6081896
nice

Rolled 8 (1d50)

>>6081876

Rolled 46 (1d50)

>>6081876

So the Argonaut is fucked right like that’s some pretty low rolls, which means our off planet mining is also likely fucked. This is not good

>>6081953
It's a 1d50 lol. The results we get are going to be limited in how good they are, but Newb's not going to punish us for rolling a 46 on a 1d50.

Also we need one more roll.

>>6081953
The fuck you mean 46 out of 50 is good

>>6081955
I didn’t see the 46 I don’t know if it happened when I was writing or what I was just going off the two earlier low rolls. That would be my bad

>>6081956
np

>>6081956
Can you type dice+1d50 in options

Rolled 45 (1d50)

>>6081978

>>6081876
94, 46 and we got some godawful 1d100's out our system, noice.

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You gaze at the vast expanse before you, taking up a pair of binoculars to look over the horizon inside one of the bunkers.

“Not bad for two months.” You remark.

“Seen worse.” Garrick, as usual, dismisses the compliment.

“Though, I’ve got one question.”

“Aha.” He takes out his usual flask.

“Wouldn’t it have been better to clear up the area around the farm ?”

“Not for defence it wouldn’t have.”

“I’ve got to disagree with that. The flatland, while giving good vision, is not really perfect for landings and vehicles. I was hoping those hills would help out a little.” You grumble away.

“An issue easily solved with a good artillery barrage and light mortar shelling. We place down some AA emplacements, and those transports will fall right out of the sky.”

“Except we don’t have that yet.”

“Then we better get on it, sir.”

“I just think this has weakened our position.”

“The enemy will want to land there, and not behind our lines. Plus, with our bunkers in place as they are, we have the height and range advantage in any similar exchange. Besides, we scooped up what shit iron remains on this rockball alongside other things. I’d say, about 4 standard units of common ore worth. Purity’s non-existent so the corp saw no reason to mine it. And we really shouldn’t be relying on this method and good luck holding.”

“Good luck ?”

“The mining equipment, the lives of the workers. Things are going swimmingly, until they are not. And then you have to file a week’s worth of reports in an hour, since you still have to set up the FOB or the CO will have your ass on grater, sir.” He nods at you, offering the flask.

“I’ll drink to that.” You state taking it and taking a swing.
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Log: David Hardrada
Date: year 11 month 11 day 11 since arrival
Title: Underground storage

Stellan finally came in with his flyby report of the ice giant and its moons. About as bad as expected, he kept sending out what few drones he had to look around and tried to run scanners best as able. Throughout all of it, he was able to find one unnatural looking undergounrd location near the corp HQ we had explored previously. Deep underground and it will take some digging to crack open, but it is there. From his report though, it is a small cache, all things considered on a terraforming scale.

Signing off, David Hardrada.

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>>6082874
>Send out the Argonaut with the supplies and personnel it needs. You need a clear picture of your surroundings.

It's a small cache. Let's not rush into it in case there's a trap or it alerts Madman somehow
>Send out Serret to explore the planet. It will take a while, him running about and all, but it won’t take up much in terms of resources. (Council action, cannot be taken if expanding the recon corp)

Serret's recon corp training should be done. Now it just needs christening with it's first mission.

Eugh...only 4 common materials. While still an okay amount, we've got to get a better source of common materials.

Newb, the advanced mining gear we have currently running out in space depleting asteroids. Could can they be used on a planet / within a gravity well?

I have something in mind, a plan of action. And i just want to get this confirmed or denied before proposing it.

Settlement Action:
>Have Zack and his techies begin civilian research into optimized recycling. Hopefully in the process find us some more useable materials from the things we brought with us initially and the detritus of other construction projects.

Council Action:
>Send Serret and his team out to continue surface exploration and surveys

My logic is more or less we don’t have a way to increase our material income in the short term. Maybe sending the argonaut out to sell foodstuffs would be an option but without an escort I don’t think there’s much of a guarantee it’ll come back.

My hope is Zack gives us the design for some recycling facility that we save up for and produce which allows us to get a rebate from all future constructions to stretch what limited materials we have available.

>>6082907

>Serret's recon corp training should be done. Now it just needs christening with it's first mission.

Completely forgot cause 1 am writing, but yes, Serret's recon corps is ready to go.

>>6082916

>Newb, the advanced mining gear we have currently running out in space depleting asteroids. Could can they be used on a planet / within a gravity well?

You are not running them on asteroids, the inner most system's planet is where the mining is going on. The issues is transportation, since, you know, the star gets in the way from time to time, and having to ensure safety standards in a vacuum for the few people looking over the automated system. The advanced mining equipment, if it was on planet, would provide 10 common materials a month instead of 1 presuming common sized lodes. You could reach the same heights if you had more transports, what is the issue the quantity of transportation, rather than the quality as Argonaut's hulls are never fully filled up.

>>6082874
>With a lab up and running, Zack and his techies can began bludgeoning their heads against tasks concerning figuring out how things work. They have no idea how much the research will cost due to the need to experiment, but they have plenty of ideas. (Research direction: Civilian)

Ways to our increase common materials production or alternative materials

>Have Serret's men go on fieldtrip

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>>6083210
...It is still refining on site. Isn't it?

Well, then I have a multi-step plan on how to solve this issue.

Project name: Dune-digger

In the first phase, We use the automated machines to dig out an area on the innermost planet (preferably close to the largest ore vein on the planet). Then we dig out the Corporate base and move it to the innermost planet, place it down piece by piece in the crater and then fill in rock and gravel so only the topmost facilities show themselves. This will act as the base of operations for the upcoming facilities.

In the second phase, another hole is dug. This hole is the ore storage facility. The hole should be fucking massive. Crates like the ones the Argonaut have will be on standby and filled with ore continually to make shipments of ore ready.

The third phase. A new hanger-like facility is built and connected to the rest of the base. This is where the older mining gear will be housed and operated to mine the ores closest to the work site. The base will be our foremost base of operations when it comes to mining.

None of the ore is refined on-site. It will sent to Thunor so it can be refined at home. At least until a second refinery is set up at this new facility. But that would be a later upgrade.

I tried to picture the facility. the numbers are:
1: Core facility & advanced mining gear control centre.
2:Ore storage hole.
3:Crate storage area.
4: simple mining facility.

Of course, I want to ask Garrick and Zack their opinions on the project. But otherwise, I think it could make our common resource production a month skyrocket while staying quite cheap. We are only making the hangar for the mining gear and the landing pad from scratch. Since the ore hole is just a hole with some concrete poured on the surfaces.

>>6083303
Fleet-anon, problem is that we need more ships. Not mining site.

Sidenote: Would it not be easier just find an astroid with metals at that point and bring it here

>>6083303

>...It is still refining on site. Isn't it?

Yea, the advanced mining equipment comes with limited refining capabilities, they can turn about a third of maximum ore output into materials on site if needed. So 3 ores roughly there about.

I should also point out that 2 common ore may not equal the same amount as another two, as purity matters. Take you levelling the hills, had those been actual pure ore, despite taking up the same volume, it would have netted hundreds of common ore rather than the few you got.

That is why spaceships, even small ones, are material intensive, as it is all about the purity and strength of it rather than just sheer quantity. Thought I should mention that when you anons start ship building and see the costs.

>>6083306

>Sidenote: Would it not be easier just find an astroid with metals at that point and bring it here

Potentially, though the purity of those would be low and you would run into a bottleneck of having enough transports to ship the mined material from orbit to ground. Not to mention that you might run into issues concerning moving such mass with your current level of development and technology.

>>6083305
>>6083306
at least from what I understood, with the Argonaut's hauls never truly filling its capacity. Having a dedicated storage area like the pit and cargo containers which get filled between hauls could both make the drones able to work continuously as they can work until the pit is filled. And it would mean the Argonaut has to wait less. As the cargo has been pre-prepared for transport rather than the whole process only being able to work while the Argonaut is there with the advanced mining droids. Though Newb can correct me on that if I am mistaken. Can the plan be reviewed?

And on the asteroid thing? Well your answer >>6083310

it was also mentioned in the first thread that "Finally, the moon orbiting Thunor has nothing or import, the same goes with the asteroids, most are made of silicates and the occasional iron or carbon one, but the lodes we were able to find were hardly worth the effort to dig through."

>>6083312
Around Thunor yes but it says nothing about asteroid field between ice giant and outer most planet

>>6083310
NewbQM could you post the system map again its saying 403 in archive

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>>6083322

Sure.

>>6082874
>You managed to find a small stash of volatiles; you think. Time to take some mining equippment and men to dig yourself an entrance and transport it back.

I don't see why we shouldn't do this.

>Send out Serret to explore the planet. It will take a while, him running about and all, but it won’t take up much in terms of resources. (Council action, cannot be taken if expanding the recon corp)

Lets send out the recon corp.

>>6083280
>>6082874
changing this
>With a lab up and running, Zack and his techies can began bludgeoning their heads against tasks concerning figuring out how things work. They have no idea how much the research will cost due to the need to experiment, but they have plenty of ideas. (Research direction: Civilian)
To this
>You managed to find a small stash of volatiles; you think. Time to take some mining equippment and men to dig yourself an entrance and transport it back.

>>6082907
>You managed to find a small stash of volatiles; you think. Time to take some mining equippment and men to dig yourself an entrance and transport it back.

Changing I don’t think we should be spending CM on research.

civilian research 1
volatiles 3

Serret 4

Need 2d100 Bo3, first for getting to the storage area, second for serret and his corps to explore Thunor.

Rolled 45, 82 = 127 (2d100)

>>6083961

Rolled 14, 48 = 62 (2d100)

>>6083961

Rolled 29, 55 = 84 (2d100)

>>6083961

Rolled 59, 89 = 148 (2d100)

>>6083961

Rolled 50, 31 = 81 (2d100)

Rolled 95, 25 = 120 (2d100)

>>6083961
and final roll

With a grunt, Serret puts his feet on the table, the moss and grime stuck to his feet quickly staining it.

“From the looks of things, you must have walked a lot these past three months.” You state giving him a beer bottle.

“More than enough for a little while.” Serret says, taking the beer and starting to chug. He and his subordinates had been out with limited support due to you having to divert most shuttles for the excavation operation.

“So, what did you find ?” You ask taking a seat before him. Luckily, you are in the small resting area next to the landing pads made for the pilots to rest for a while. As such, your wife won’t skin Serret alive for bringing in the grime.

“Lots of things. For one, I’ve spotted caves and the like near damn everywhere I went, granted, never took a particularly deep enough look as combing over the surface took priority, but the Madman might actually be right under us right now, if all of that is connected. Sure as shit will make Garrick throw a fit that.” He says with a cheeky grin.

“Most likely.” You reply taking a sip of beer yourself. “Still, I doubt you would have made me run all the way here and you wouldn’t have called for exfil if that was all.”

“Damn right that is not all.” Serret smile, rubbing his ginger beard that had grown out in the past three months. “I managed to…” He says, starting to rummage one of his satchels. “…find this.” With an easy and lazy motion, he throws something onto the plastic surface table that shakes the entire thing and actually bends it slightly due to enormous weight.

You look over what appears to be a rather orange looking rock. It takes you a moment to recognize it, but. “Iron ore ?”

“Fucking hell it is. One of my guys managed to stumble across it when we were looking over some mountain formation. Shit’s spread out and barely there, but it is in fact there. Either the corp missed it, or they found it and simple decided that it was not worth the effort.”

“How much do you think there is ?” You struggle to keep the rock in both of your hands as you look it over. You miss having artificial muscles helping your movement.

“Don’t know.” He shakes his head. “I reckon not a lot if the corp missed it, but it’s something we need, no ?”

“That we do. All mining is currently off-world, so I will have to call them back.” You are about to rise from your seat when:

“But wait, there’s more !” Serret says. “My men had proven themselves, and I, as the leader of those men, need to step up, don’t I ?”

You sit back down. “You know you could have called all of this in, yea ?” You give the man a light jab.

“You know, I would like to shit while sitting on an actual toilet ?” Serret bites back.

“So, what did you find ?”

>>6084131

“An old monitoring facility in the mountains, hidden by the constant storms from aerial observation. Seems like it was set up to monitor weather patterns, probably for the planned final stages of the terraformation.”

“Anything of use ?”

“The gear’s still in place. Most of the data was wiped, probably when the corp was pulling out, but the equipment, that was built into the building itself. I say we can dismantle the thing, for the gear seemed damned fancy, so probably get something of worth. Or, you know, keep around for its exact purpose, might reduce the randomness of fucking with the air currents and all that.”

“I’ll keep it in mind.” You say nodding. “Anything else you want to say, or will you wait theatrically ?”

“Never liked theatre, the drama kids were insufferable. Did not know how to take a joke.”

“I’ll take that as a no.”
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Log: David Hardrada
Date: year 12 month 2 day 11 since arrival
Title: Safeguards

Stellan and a bunch of colonists managed to dig down to the storage area we presumed is there. Turns out, we were correct, unfortunately, there is no access. While we found the structure, as well as what appears to be a large door and a console to interact with it, it is genecode locked, without said genetics at hand the only way in would be to either dig through which chances are good might wreck the simple gear as we were unable to get scans of the storage area itself, meaning that the plating there is either thick enough to survive a blast, or it is specially shielded. Either way, the equipment’s going to struggle. Of course, there is an alternative, one favoured by the Imperial Engineering corps all across the galaxy – blow the thing open. Problem is of course, with both digging and especially explosives, we are talking about God knows how many volatiles in there. Make the charge too weak, and we won’t get anything, too strong, and we might create the largest in-system crater to date, the mining equipment, dig too fast and you might hit a tank or something, move too slowly, and the gear might break before it finishes punching through. Last option would be to ship over the techies and see if they cannot find a way to break the programming without tripping alarms or any potential countermeasures that might be in place.

At the end of the day, we do not even know IF there are volatiles inside to begin with or if it is some random storage for someone’s sock collection or something that was lost to time in the past two centuries.

Signing off, David Hardrada.

Actions:

>https://pastebin.com/VQJABcjt

>(Write in)

I have no idea why you anons rolled six times instead of the asked three.

These ones were taken:

>>6083975
>>6084014
>>6084022

>>6084132
>Zack likes to tinker, send him there and his techies to see if they cannot crack the safety measures.

>Send out Serret to explore the planet. It will take a while, him running about and all, but it won’t take up much in terms of resources. (Council action, cannot be taken if expanding the recon corp)

>>6084132
>>6084134
Changing this
>Zack likes to tinker, send him there and his techies to see if they cannot crack the safety measures.
To this
>You could kiss Serret, were he not so annoying. You need some common materials, set your mining equipment to work. You doubt there will be much there, but something is better than nothing. (Basic mining equipment.)

>>6084132
>You could kiss Serret, were he not so annoying. You need some common materials, set your mining equipment to work. You doubt there will be much there, but something is better than nothing. (Basic mining equipment.)

Hell yeah, let's start mining this ASAP.

>Send out Serret to explore the planet. It will take a while, him running about and all, but it won’t take up much in terms of resources. (Council action, cannot be taken if expanding the recon corp)

Completely surveying our planet should be a top priority now. Perhaps we could speed this up by deploying observation satellites later?

Settlement Action
>Strip the monitoring station for materials

While establishing the mining operations would provide a long term increase in our material income. Stripping the station will allow us to increase our material stockpile right now. I’m all in favor of the mining I simply think it would be best to increase our reserve this turn and then establish the mining operation next turn. Especially if we are using our low tech miners as they will likely need some minimal investment in infrastructure to properly function.

Council Action:
>Have Serret continue exploring the planet

We might want to see if our civilian DRM’s have any plans for a vehicle that could boost the effectiveness of our scouts. Mapping a planet on foot has to be a miserable task especially a planet as hostile as ours

Rolled 17, 52 = 69 (2d100)

>>6084132
>You could kiss Serret, were he not so annoying. You need some common materials, set your mining equipment to work. You doubt there will be much there, but something is better than nothing. (Basic mining equipment.)

>Have Serret continue exploring the planet

Okay, mining the small CM deposit on planet wins so does kicking Serret and his men out of again.

Need a 2d100 Bo3

Rolled 38, 1 = 39 (2d100)

>>6084297

Rolled 82, 5 = 87 (2d100)

>oof

Rolled 46, 79 = 125 (2d100)

>>6084297

Mfw the scout corps we spent years training dies on their second mission.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>6084326

>Mfw the scout corps we spent years training dies on their second mission.

Usually do this off screen, but fuck it, rolling for lethality.

it's over...

>>6084329
we're so back!

>>6084329

Huh.

Good news, not everyone is dead ! Still a crit fail though.

>>6084329
Ah the broken empire classic we roll crit fail but so does Newb on the damage

Update tomorrow.

>>6085700
:(

You didn't even tell us you brought back ody.

>>6085700
You okay Newb?

Also, i made another ship design for the future. This time it is a destroyer. I'll post it right after this post.

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The destroyer class - Harbinger

375 Meters

Harbinger is as its namesake implies, a harbinger—one who brings death and destruction wherever it goes.

Sporting a massive M.A.G cannon for its class, the Harbinger can punch far above its expected weight class. Able to threaten even heavy cruisers, this destroyer packs a staggeringly 16 gimbal-mounted railgun turrets, 8 on top and 8 on the bottom. This power-hungry beast has a hard time keeping adequate power when unleashing its full firepower. To make up for it, large arrays of coils rest in the front of the ship, ready to dump power into the network during periods of high intensity.

Due to the nature of the ship's reactor and firepower, it is a lightly armoured combatant. Relying more so on its thrusters to move out of the way rather than trading hits with its opponent. This allows the Harbinger to act as a pursuit vessel Unless it faces missile-based weaponry. As its laser array systems are mediocre at best and wholly inadequate at worst.

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>>6087303
For an approximate reference of how big it is compared to the other ships that Newb has visualized.

The M.A.G gun is so massive, that it requires the Frontal coils to have any form of consistent fire. As it is so large the only ships that have larger M.A.G cannons are the Timur, Hammer and aggressor class cruisers & heavy cruisers.

The optimal doctrine for this ship is hit and run. Since the frontal Coils will quickly be depleted with sustained usage. So captains are advised to "mag dump" and then use their thrusters to get out of firing range before the enemy can return fire. This way the Harbinger can recharge its Coils while out of engagement range and come in for another volley.

Sustained engagements without ani missile and anti-fighter screening are advised against heavily. The Harbinger for these reasons is not advised to get into combat with frigates. A Frigate can pose a high threat to a Harbinger if it isn't able to be shot down within the first volley from the Harbinger.

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NEWBQM
HEAR ME
I BELIEVE IN YOU. PLEASE RETURN.
IT IS THE ONLY BIRTHDAY GIFT I REALLY NEED. RETURN AND MY LIFE IS YOURS

You watch as the miners scramble away from the placed charges.

“Detonating in five !” Garrick shouts over the comm for everyone involved.

“You think this will be worth it ?” You ask.

“Not that we’re mining experts.” Garrick dourly responds. “But we need to get to the deeper seems and well, this is more expedient.”

“And the mining equipment, how does it look after its jaunt into space ?”

“Seems fine enough for the moment. No great issues with them so far that could not have been solved with some basic repairs.”

“Guess we’ll see if it works. That Iron and anything else we find there might as well be neutrons for all intents and purposes for us.”

“I’ll make sure not to miss a chunk.” Garrick says before you see turn for a moment, his suits clock must have hit the time mark. “Fire in the hole !” He shouts over the comm.

Controlled explosions rock out across the mountain side, smoke, dust and debris kick up into the air.

“Start bringing in the gear !” Once more, mainly out of habit, Garrick shouts out, filling your ears with his rough voice.

Soon enough you see the machines starting to move.

Just as you are observing the proceedings, your comm goes off. “Sir ?” A man’s voice comes through.

“David here, reading you.” You respond.

“Relay network established with Serret, he has a problem, sir.”

Always something. “Alright, patch it through.”

It takes a moment before the connection is established between you two.

“Serret ?”

“David.” Serret responds with a tired and pained voice.

“What happened now ?”

“Earthquake.”

“Earthquake ?”

“Earthquake. Big fucking thing, rocked the entire area we were in, don’t know what God looked after us, but somehow we managed to avoid any dead and buried under rocks. Though all of us got banged up pretty good. Might want to check on the Madman as well, maybe mother nature did us a solid and buried the crazy bastard.”

“Doubt it.”

“Yea, me too.” He says and he grunts with great pain. “Right, my leg’s basically pulp, calling for evac to get my entire force out. Doubt we’ll be able to do much for a while. We’ll also need some replacement equipment.”

“I’ll arrange it.” You say with a sigh. “Just get yourself and your man into the hospital.”

“Not like I can hobble anywhere else.”
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>>6088937

Log: David Hardrada
Date: year 12 month 4 day 15 since arrival
Title: Mining

We’ve begun digging out the small deposit we found, every thing went pretty damn well and in but a couple of short months we managed to secure 10 standard units of common ore. Thanks to the refinery up and running, we were also able to process it. From what Garrick says, we’re probably halfway, maybe thirdway to exhausting the deposit. It is a small one, but getting material on spot had proven quite useful.

Unfortunately, Serret and his men were caught in an earthquake. Luckily none one passed away, but most of their gear was wrecked, that atop of basic maintenance had costed 1 standard unit of common materials. Seems that the earthquake was powerful enough to cause massive tsunamis that devastated the coast of the nearby continent. Luckily, as we are so deep inland and in a relatively stable environment, we were not affected by it.

I do shudder to think what would have happened if we decided to settle underwater.

Signing off, David Hardrada.

Actions:

>https://pastebin.com/VQJABcjt

>(Write in)

IRL got in the way, also ate some out of date sausages that knocked me down, apologies for the delays.

>>6088928

>IT IS THE ONLY BIRTHDAY GIFT I REALLY NEED.

Erm...happy birthday, fleet-anon !

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>>6088938
FUCK YES

Settlement action:
>All this talk about mining made you think and you got Zack and Garrick together to figure out how to increase your off world mining efficiency. While it is true that the Argonout takes a while to go back and forth, it is also true that you lack any proper facilities other than the drone mothership that continuously moves over the world. If you can set down a permanent base, you could potentially allow the work to continue non-stop 24/7, though this might cause the gear to breakdown sooner than expected, and you know for a fact that if anything serious happens, you will have no means of fixing it. (Cost: 10 standard units - common materials, 1 standard unit - rare materials.)

This is the project I mentioned. Right? In which case it could partially work towards the "Setting up the basic mining equipment is going to be a big investment if it is placed anywhere off-world" option by using many of the same facilities between these two different extraction methods? Pic related. How i imagine workers at such a mixed facility.

>>6088941
Aw shucks, well good to hear you are on the other side of that bad sausage. I'd recommend being more cautious with expired meat products in the future. I've had a time when I felt like I was dying from a bad piece of beef lol.

And thank you, it is the first in one hour that it is my birthday and I didn't expect you to respond so quickly afterwards X)

Genuinely, this quest is something I look forward to every day and I generally bi-hourly for if Broken Empire or Theseus Quest has updated. So I did mean that just knowing you are well and seeing the quest continuing is one of the greatest gifts I cherish.

>>6088938
>>6088969
+1

>>6088938
>Zack likes to tinker, send him there and his techies to see if they cannot crack the safety measures.

>The Madman has things to offer, maybe ask him what he is willing to sell ? (Free action, can be taken alongside other actions, opens up the trade shop.)

>>6088938
>>All this talk about mining made you think and you got Zack and Garrick together to figure out how to increase your off world mining efficiency. While it is true that the Argonout takes a while to go back and forth, it is also true that you lack any proper facilities other than the drone mothership that continuously moves over the world. If you can set down a permanent base, you could potentially allow the work to continue non-stop 24/7, though this might cause the gear to breakdown sooner than expected, and you know for a fact that if anything serious happens, you will have no means of fixing it. (Cost: 10 standard units - common materials, 1 standard unit - rare materials.)

>The Madman has things to offer, maybe ask him what he is willing to sell ? (Free action, can be taken alongside other actions, opens up the trade shop.)

he Madman and his...nation requires a personal touch. Send one of your council members to see if they cannot improve relations with him, maybe get something out of him as a gesture of goodwill, who knows. (Ashwin)

>>6088938
>>6088976
>The Madman has things to offer, maybe ask him what he is willing to sell ? (Free action, can be taken alongside other actions, opens up the trade shop.)

Oh yeah, add this to my vote

>>6088969

>This is the project I mentioned. Right? In which case it could partially work towards the "Setting up the basic mining equipment is going to be a big investment if it is placed anywhere off-world" option by using many of the same facilities between these two different extraction methods? Pic related. How i imagine workers at such a mixed facility.

These are separate facilities that do not account for living condition, these are basically numerous storage bays with toughened outer shells and control nodes that extend the range at which drones can work.

But setting up the facility wins and so does talking to Madman.

Need 1d100 Bo3 for it, talking with Madman basically opens a buy menu so no need to roll.

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>6090406
Aww, well then we likely need to get Stellan and the boys to go and get the milk (rare materials)

Also, I would recommend that Madman looks into lobsters if he wants immortality and he doesn't already have lobster in himself (which I assume with how long he has been cooped up down in his goon cave of a lab). If he gets the (probably simple for this age of tech) telomere regeneration gene and the ability to add it in a generalized way to a person's DNA we could buy a very long-lasting life extension from him and only partially become lobsters.

Who knows? maybe with the Viking theme, we could even choose to look partially like lobsters as a populace. It could look cool even if such a cosmetic modification is seen as nearly heretical in Broken Empire space.

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>6090406

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>6090406
please be a good roll

>>6090467
The AllFather guided this roll.

>>6090468
>Praise Be

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>>6090467
you saved our fucking ass lad. very well done.

Log: David Hardrada
Date: year 12 month 7 day 26 since arrival
Title: Mining storage expansion

Finally built up a small storage area that can be controlled by drones and the in built V.I. of the mothership. From what Garrick told me, this will allow for constant build up even if the mothership itself is filled to the brim. One downside of this is that the area of operations is now limited compared to how it was before, meaning that over all production will not be as large if we had more miners or enough smaller ships to sustain a nomadic mothership moving from one easy lode to another.

From now on, estimates range that we should receive about 5 standard units of common materials. a month instead of the 1. The facilities could also be expanded at a later date to house a proper colony, though at the current population level, it is simply unsustainable.

Speaking of it, the inner most planet in the system that houses the common ores has received an unofficial name – Solitude. A rather depressing name given as how only a couple of dozen people at most are on planet and all of them work in repairing and maintaining the drones. Long shift hours, little entertainment, and continuous isolation in tight chambers with the same people all the time had led to the name spreading.

Of course, a name like that might make the planet seem like a place to avoid. Which might be an annoyance in the future.

As for the mining operation on planet, over the past three months, accounting that the richest veins were exhausted, we managed to gather 15 standard units of common ore. The mining crew informs me that there’s a month’s worth of ore left before the lode is exhausted.

Signing off, David Hardrada.

As you finish typing out your log, you pick up the telecommunication’s device Madman gave. You still feel weird about the thing and how it’s capable of connecting to the man. It implies that he either has towers or other relays somewhere, or the thing itself is just that powerful. No way it is sat connection, you’d notice it in orbit.

Despite the hesitation, the man has a bunch of genetically engineered creatures that would be damn useful.

Hitting the dial button, you sit and wait, watching the lights pulse and flash, tapping your finger onto the desk, you lean back on your chair, quite literally fiddling your thumbs.

Finally, the call connects.

“MMMMYELLOW !” You hear on the other end.

“…what ?”

“I am expressing my greetings, unlike a certain unmannered someone.”

“Right, hello.”

“I assume you had deigned to pay little ol’ me a call because you NEED MY GENIUS ?!”

You had to pull away from the phone, you ear ringing. “If I say yes, will you stop shouting ?”

You hear an exceptionally amused chuckle. “What do you offer ?”

“Common materials.”

“Well, I might have something available. Things that I deem…acceptable to be given to you, CONSIDERING THAT YOU SHOT MY BETSY !”

>>6091277


“I hope we will be able to put that aside, in time.”

“We will see, we will see ! I have ten eyes you know, I can see EVERYTHING !”

“So what are you willing to share ?”

>”A pack of tunnel dogs, as you refer to them. Their proper names, mind you, are Experimental subject #35-6D. I had combined their DNA is such a way that will make them especially attach themselves to whomever they consider to be a part of their pact. They are of moderate intelligence, enough to be trained, but nowhere near smart as us humans, bar a few special exceptions. They should make great companions, guards, usage for both civilian and military patrol.” (7 standard units of common material, price increase due to Madman disliking you.)

>”Now, onto SUPERCOWS ! These are large bovine creatures with five stomachs, reinforced outside hide, but succulent, wondrous musculature and fats underneath the tough skin. Lovely. It also has four lungs and is adapted to surviving this environment. Its udders are also overdeveloped providing all the plentiful, DELICIOUS, milk you would require. The beasts are also subject to accelerated growth, reaching complete maturity in but a couple of months. Due to that, they require quite the nutritional intake in the growth stage, though the stomachs mean that they can eat basically anything.” (12 standard units of common material, price increase due to Madman disliking you.)

>”I had developed a large avian reptilian. YOUR KIDS ARE GONNA LOVE IT ! I know I do ! It is covered in wondrous colourful feathers and has razor sharp claws, runs on all four and is beautifully, wondrously coloured, ahhh. Of course, it also can lay dozens of large eggs every day, if omelette’s your calling. It’s primarily an omnivore capable of eating virtually anything. Though I had difficulty removing it’s aggressiveness, and it is also rather lacking in intellect.” (10 standard units of common material, price increase due to Madman disliking you.)

>”I have a collection various sea life. Their modifications were not a priority since the environment did not require it, naturally I do have modified sea life as well, but, NOT FOR YOU !” Cackling. “These should function well enough in any given environment of the world.” (5 standard units of common material, price increase due to Madman disliking you.)

>(Write in) Madman does have other things he is unwilling to give away, even if you ask for them.

Actions:

>https://pastebin.com/VQJABcjt

>(Write in)

Since you have a common materials production source, you can pick options that go over your reserves, you will just have to wait to accumulate it and then start building.

>>6091278
>”I have a collection various sea life. Their modifications were not a priority since the environment did not require it, naturally I do have modified sea life as well, but, NOT FOR YOU !” Cackling. “These should function well enough in any given environment of the world.” (5 standard units of common material, price increase due to Madman disliking you.)

FISH.

>”I had developed a large avian reptilian. YOUR KIDS ARE GONNA LOVE IT ! I know I do ! It is covered in wondrous colourful feathers and has razor sharp claws, runs on all four and is beautifully, wondrously coloured, ahhh. Of course, it also can lay dozens of large eggs every day, if omelette’s your calling. It’s primarily an omnivore capable of eating virtually anything. Though I had difficulty removing it’s aggressiveness, and it is also rather lacking in intellect.” (10 standard units of common material, price increase due to Madman disliking you.)

EGG.

>Zack likes to tinker, send him there and his techies to see if they cannot crack the safety measures.

>Send out Serret to explore the planet. It will take a while, him running about and all, but it won’t take up much in terms of resources. (Council action, cannot be taken if expanding the recon corp)

>>6091278

Settlement Action:
> Start setting up facilities for AO batteries, might as well, since this will take a lot of time, cause Garrick will build it to perfection and he’ll have it no other way. (Cost: 10 standard units - common materials)

We really ought to invest in furthering our own security we’re next to naked against any serious threats.

Council Action:
>The Madman and his...nation requires a personal touch. Send one of your council members to see if they cannot improve relations with him, maybe get something out of him as a gesture of goodwill, who knows. (Zack)

Madman Market:
>Purchase the sea life

More or less just so we don’t further antagonize him by not buying something

>>6091288
I am fairly certain Serret and his team are still injured and incapable of exploring?

>>6091278
>”Now, onto SUPERCOWS ! These are large bovine creatures with five stomachs, reinforced outside hide, but succulent, wondrous musculature and fats underneath the tough skin. Lovely. It also has four lungs and is adapted to surviving this environment. Its udders are also overdeveloped providing all the plentiful, DELICIOUS, milk you would require. The beasts are also subject to accelerated growth, reaching complete maturity in but a couple of months. Due to that, they require quite the nutritional intake in the growth stage, though the stomachs mean that they can eat basically anything.” (12 standard units of common material, price increase due to Madman disliking you.)

I like the supercows more honestly since we have a surplus of Algae thanks to our factory and we wouldn't need to build any more infrastructure to harvest them unlike the Fish which will require a fishery and possibly rare materials to build.

>Zack likes to tinker, send him there and his techies to see if they cannot crack the safety measures.

>The Madman and his...nation requires a personal touch. Send one of your council members to see if they cannot improve relations with him, maybe get something out of him as a gesture of goodwill, who knows. (Ashwin)

Please don't send Zack before Ashwin. While Zack is probably more like Madman peronality wise, Ashwin is trained and diplomacy and can probably hang around and analyze Madman at least somewhat without pissing him off. I want Ashwin's take on Madman before we can think of sending Zack in.

>>6091320
Yes. it doesnt read injured anymore in UENFpersonal

>>6091326
They are not i mean.

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>>6091278
>”I have a collection of various sea life"
>”A pack of tunnel dogs, as you refer to them"
>”Now, onto SUPERCOWS!"
(Leaves us with 3 common materials)
I want to suggest, that we could begin getting ready to sell food to outsiders relatively soon.

With the cows, we gain milk, strong leather and a plentiful source of meat. We could feed them both the plentiful grass around the area we live in and the algae we produce in abundance.

With the tunnel dogs, we get a non-symmetrical fighting force and disposable fighters. We have seen them be able to dig underneath an opponent and take them by surprise. During a potential invasion, such a distraction could prove vital for a counterattack.

And with the sea creatures... well it's fish and lobsters & other such nice foods. It would be great for the population and great to sell. I would especially look out for the krill and carp. Since they can be fed the algae we harvest in large quantities, and most fish can feed off of them.

Combined, the only thing we miss is the eggs. But they are not too significant as of yet. With this, we could begin selling good quality foodstuffs. And not rely on trading our building materials.

and lastly.
Settlement action:
>Since Zack cannot ever sit down, he has fiddled with some drones of his make. Not proper V.I.s or even A.I.s (he’s still sulking about that), but they could have basic programs running and they could be coordinated by a central control room. He lacks the facilities for it, but he assures that we could get some space drones out of it, since something, something, fewer obstacles easier to programs. (Cost: unknown)

I still advocate for my flexible space station defence idea. since we do need to begin investing in defence as the other anon said. pic related. The visual I made for it in one of the last threads.

>>6091332
Am all for more guns and walls but we should get rares fixed now that we better supply of common

>>6091340
Definitely. now that we have a better common resource source, we can begin the process of getting some rare resource production up and running.

I think that the ability to sell food would help that a lot. Since our local source of rare resources is lacking, to say the least. Being able to sell food to buy rare resources which could then be invested back into our resource collection systems is a vital next step. If we were to buy rare resources only using our common materials then we would be quite poor quite quickly.

I just want the defences up sooner rather than after this trade deal. Since I feel that a dangerous encounter happened long enough ago that Newb is planning his next colony challenge. (And honestly, if we can beat a sizeable force of shitty pirate vessels we might be able to salvage the ships like we did the previous pirates and get a massive pay-out)

>>6091351
Sorry, should clarify when i say “sooner rather than after this trade deal” i meant it as in “Choosing it now rather than later and forgetting about it”
Excuse me for if it was a little unclear. This is What i meant to say.

>>6091278
>>6091332
+1

>>6091278
>>6091378
>Send out Serret to explore the planet. It will take a while, him running about and all, but it won’t take up much in terms of resources. (Council action, cannot be taken if expanding the recon corp)

Also adding this council action to my vote.

>>6091351
Well we do have one planet with them but we still need to put mine in there

Sea 4
Dogs 2
Egg 1
Cow 3

Tinkering 2
AO 1
Drones 2

Recon 2
Mad Zack 1
Mad Ashwin 1

I will be needing a tie breaker for settlement action, currently split between sending Zack to open the storage area and researching drones.

Otherwise, unless something changes buying sea creatures and cows wins so is sending serret out to scout

>>6091725
>>6091302

I’ll change my Settlement action to

>Tinkering

And I’ll change my council action to

>Mad Ashwin

Rolled 1 (1d2)

1 sending serret to scout
2 sending Ashwin to interact with Madman

Alright, will be needing 2d100 best of 3

First is serret
Second is zack

Rolled 40, 82 = 122 (2d100)

>>6091772

Rolled 93, 6 = 99 (2d100)

>>6091772

Rolled 27, 20 = 47 (2d100)

>>6091772

>A 93 for Serret
>A 82 for Zack

Very nice. The iron ore he found before was with a 82, so a 93 is gonna be even sweeter.

And i hope Zack will be able to make the drones. If we could set up mobile defensive drones around the space station we might be able to take quite a large battering before the space station goes down.

You puff on a cigarette and its smoke escapes your lips in a sphere that continues to maintain its shape as it slowly rises to the ceiling, only to be sucked away by the room’s ventilation system.

“We’re getting a response.” Stellan remarks his own smoke filling up the chamber.

“Let’s hope the corpos did not set up a nuke of all things down there.” You state looking at the screen which displays the camera feed of Zack’s team.

“Quite possible.” Dragan responds dryly.

“You know I was joking, right ?”

“You know I had smuggled a few to some fine paying corpos.”

“Why would they need nukes ?” You cannot wonder but ask why a corp would need such destructive weapons.

“They make nice Decorations.” Just as dryly as before, Stellan replies.

“Aha. The signal’s in.” You lean in closer to the screen, ignoring Stellan’s dry wit, and watch as Zack, with surprising agility despite the clumsy suit, easily works the controls. There are a bunch of different machines and doodads connected and interconnected together.

You haven’t got even the slightest clue exactly what is happening, but the continuous strained voices and conversation informs you well enough that whatever they are doing is difficult.

“Any idea exactly what they are doing ?” You ask.

“Nope, haven’t the slightest. All of my own techs are down there. Hacking, if I had to put it in a single term.”

“Seems awfully complex to simply term it as such.”

“Oh, they started getting excited.”

“Yea, seems like they are cheering about something.”

“I think, they managed a break through.”

Both you and Stellan come closer and soon enough the sound of whooping and exclamations fills your ears.

The few second delay soon makes way for a door opening up before your eyes.

“Looks like I owe Zack a strong drink.” You say, a smile creeping up on your face.
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>>6092094

Log: David Hardrada
Date: year 12 month 9 day 10 since arrival
Title: Volatiles

Zack managed to successfully open up the small storage. From what we had inventoried, there seems to be 1000 standard units of volatiles there. A massive load of material, that was until Garrick and Zack both together informed me that such a supply would at best last only about 10 months should the terraforming device operate at full capacity. And we would need to run the damned thing for decades if not not a couple of centuries to get an Earth-like atmosphere.

Of course, such a quantity is worth its own weight in figurative gold, which we could turn around and sell.

In other news, the lode we had discovered yielded another 5 standard units of common ore. Though with this, we had completely exhausted it.

Then there's also Serret and what he’s found:

The earthquake may had been a blessing in disguise as the destruction it brought had unearth a tiny lode of rare materials. Barely anything there, but considering its there on such an overexploited planet is good enough already.

Though perhaps even more importantly, Serret seems to hada grudge against a couple of his own men for reasons unknown and kicked them to the north pole, wherein they stumbled across some more old infrastructure. This time specifically made for a terraforming device, not the whole thing mind, nor even designed for the one we have, but it can be refitted. Overall, Garrick thinks that we could cut about half cost from setting up the device.

Signing off, David Hardrada.

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>>6091888

Serret's exploration has diminishing returns, the modifier constantly decreases with each attempt as more and more of the planet is mapped out and there's nothing new to be found.

>>6092099
So did we buy anything for the madman?

>>6092105
from*

>>6092095
>Send out the Argonaut with the supplies and personnel it needs. You need a clear picture of your surroundings.

Lets see if they cant find rare asteroid or two in near by star systems.

>Send out Serret to explore the planet. It will take a while, him running about and all, but it won’t take up much in terms of resources. (Council action, cannot be taken if expanding the recon corp)

Maybe they can find something still.

>>6092095
>Seems like luck is on your side. Time to set the newly free mining equipment to work by exploiting the newly discovered rare material lode.

Hell yeah, let's start mining these rares and then lets quickly get to improving our defences.

>Send out Serret to explore the planet. It will take a while, him running about and all, but it won’t take up much in terms of resources. (Council action, cannot be taken if expanding the recon corp)

>>6092123
>>6092095
Changing to this, as its clearly the time go to sleep

>Seems like luck is on your side. Time to set the newly free mining equipment to work by exploiting the newly discovered rare material lode.

>>6092095
>Seems like luck is on your side. Time to set the newly free mining equipment to work by exploiting the newly discovered rare material lode.

The Madman and his...nation requires a personal touch. Send one of your council members to see if they cannot improve relations with him, maybe get something out of him as a gesture of goodwill, who knows.

Let's not do something we know will pretty much turn mediocre results and start fostering a relationship with Madman. He's charging us up the ass right now and it's probably a good investment for the future.

>>6092188
Whoops
>The Madman and his...nation requires a personal touch. Send one of your council members to see if they cannot improve relations with him, maybe get something out of him as a gesture of goodwill, who knows. (Ashwin

>>6092095
>>6092135
>>6092188
Alright, changing to this. We can postpone further exploration to later anyway.

>The Madman and his...nation requires a personal touch. Send one of your council members to see if they cannot improve relations with him, maybe get something out of him as a gesture of goodwill, who knows. (Ashwin)

Rares 3

Serret 1
Mad Ashwin 2

Alright, setting up a new temporary mine for the rares wins, so is sending Ashwin to try and improve the situation.

Need a 2d100 best of 3

First mine
Second Ashwin

>>6092105

>So did we buy anything for the madman?

Fish and cows, he is yet to deliver due to the quantity he has to prepare and his own paranoia.

Rolled 21, 42 = 63 (2d100)

>>6092956

Rolled 90, 37 = 127 (2d100)

>>6092956

Rolled 87, 69 = 156 (2d100)

>>6092956

Rolled 8, 12 = 20 (2d100)

>>6092994
>69
Nice.

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(POV shift: You are Ashwin Heggen, minister of foreign affairs of Valhalla.)

You had dealt with many interesting things. Death cultist that had somehow become the majority religion of some backwater hellhole, yet were completely ignored by the Empire as they provided nearly endless amounts of manpower.

Some over-stuffed pompous…gentlemen from a highly advanced world that played at war with armies of robots and had such colourful uniforms that everyone referred to them as the peacock brigade.

And just as luck would have it, both of those formations had been set next to each other in surely some exceptional administrative mishap that must have been purposeful due to how incomprehensible it was.

To further add to such luck, it was your sorry assignment to ensure these formations wouldn’t throttle each other to death in quite the most creative of ways to ensure that neither came to censure.

Yet, out of all of these situations, you never had to deal with a mad scientist that had isolated himself from human society for more than two centuries. You had come here for a new tomorrow, but this was not a part of even the wildest of nightmares that had made you toss and turn at night.

However, here you are. The shuttle’s engines roar behind you as the vessel begins to pull away. Madman, as you will have to unfortunately refer to him until he enters a more lucid state, is quite the paranoid man, quite paranoid indeed. This task will require a lot of coaxing and undoubtedly patience.

Though, much to your chagrin, admittedly, ensuring that people do not kill each other, and you, specifically, was quite commonplace. Now you just have to work your charms again on a personal scale. Now that you think about it, he probably wouldn’t kill you, just twist your genetics to the point where you will desire death.

That’s a cheerful thought. Perfect to keep me motivated. You think to yourself with the usual fatalism your position affords.

Food, check. You start going over your supplies, you doubt the hospitality you will receive will be all encompassing. Water, check. You will be quite thirsty as the Madman will undoubtedly wish to speak. So your throat will feel quite parched. Smokes, check. You do need your nicotine, especially in stressful situations. Whiskey, check. You like Scotch the most, but unfortunately, there’s no way in hell you will ever get some out here. Hygiene products, check. That would be all your essentials covered then.

Looking around, the connection of tunnels that had been collapsed seem to have actually been worked over somewhat. There are clear signs of excavation and work all around the area, no doubt Madman setting his animals to work to restore his home.

Surprisingly, not the worst accommodations I had ever had.

Other than that, you start to slowly walk forwards, carrying your things and dragging them behind you.

>>6093783

Soon enough, as you approach, you start noticing a small and rather diverse grouping of animals around the entrance of one of the tunnels. To you they seem, idle, too idle. Almost as if lacking any direction, passively mulling around, occasionally grunting or growling at one another, and digging into the ground, looking for moss or algae to dig out and eat.

Even as you stand before them, the creatures continue their passive behaviour, and yet suddenly, they all snap to attention, surprisingly forming up in a neat formation, their eyes, that had previously regarded you with caution as would any animal looking upon a stranger unsure if they are a threat or not, now their gaze holds a sharp look, regarding you as a potential threat.

“WELCOME !” You hear a loud shout and rapidly enough, upon skittering legs, you see a…man ? A creature of some sort emerges.

A being on four sharp limbs, a chitinous plating covers his body, as was described before, he has eight eyes, only two of which are currently open, looking like a human’s, though you do note that the gaze if by far more focused, the irises are capable of contracting and almost like a cat, the person look at you.

Overall, he reaches perhaps a metre and a half, much shorter than you, but underneath the chitting, you note the sheer muscle mass rippling beneath the chitting giving a much stronger and stout look. A total of four limbs hang out, all four ending with normal looking hands, though you note that instead of ending in proper five fingers, there are six in total, an extra thumb added at the other end of the hand. And you quickly note that the fingers are by far longer than the usual ones and are capable of great sensitivity and function. Though you do note that as the person walks, the fingers straighten and quickly harden, turning into razor sharp claws in but a blink of an eye.

Other than that, you only note that the person has a single torn, old white lab coat. You do note that effort was taken to at least clean and maintain it. Good. That showcases that there is at least some mental stability and insight in the man. Just the maintaining of clean clothing as a routine is a good stabilizing factor.

A few more things that stand out would be the two large hanging antenna that seem to twitch and move at random intervals on the man’s head. Looking around, all of the beasts appear to be busy looking at the figure.

You also hear the a slight, yet continuous clicking and humming, that seems to come from three different throats at the same time, yet the continuous clicking noise clearly originates from a pair of mandibles before the man’s lips that continuously click and scratch and there seems to be a collection of holes on his throat from which the sound of songbirds continuously emanates.

>>6093784

In general, his face has a vague human shape with a pair of large and flappy ears that seem to be exceptionally muscular and they continuously twitch and move grow in size and contract as needed or wanted. His hearing must be exceptional.

To finish the alien look, there is a collection of small, yet endless black hairs covering most of the body, the way these move around indicates them to be sensitive feelers.

The Madman drags a claw over a large boulder, you see as it sparks and a deep gauge appears upon it. An obvious threat if you ever saw one.

“Good day, I am Ashwin Heggen, a representative that was sent from Valhalla to ensure our relations remain stable.” You state with a small bob of your body, retaining a steady tremor of your voice. Despite Madman’s looks, you’ve gotten used to cultural shock so you just ascribe that situation to a far more different culture than your own with which you are interacting with. Otherwise, you might panic. Now that wouldn’t be acceptable from a diplomat.

A smile spreads upon the Madman’s face, his numerous connecting chitting on the face is surprisingly flexible allowing him to easily relay emotional expressions, though blunted compared to usual human looks. “Then I suppose I am.” He chuckles. “Madman, as your leader seemed so prone to call me. I extend my greeting and welcome you to my home. You shall be treated with the honour and respect of a dignitary befitting your stature.”

Now that flatfoots you, but you quickly adapt. “I thank you on behalf of Valhalla for the warm greeting.” He seems surprisingly cognitive. Though this also means that you will have a harder time trying to get anything better out of him whilst Madman would still be in his manic state. At the same time, you think he will not impale you with his claws, maybe.
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>>6093787

Log: David Hardrada
Date: year 12 month 10 day 7 since arrival
Title: Rare ore mining and food

A lot of issues popped up in quite a short time.

Starting with good news, Ashwin managed to get into contact with Madman and will be staying with him for a while. And the delivery of the sealife and the “Supercows”. Now we just have to set up the infrastructure to house all of it properly.

The mine we set up for the rare ores, it seems to have yielded 5 standard units of rare ore. The entirety of the lode has been mined out in a showcase of surprising competence and speed. Garrick had requested for extra alcohol rations for the miners, which I approved.

Another issue was a petition that Neila brought before me. As means of encouraging people to join up, land grants had been given out. These, as of right now, had been vague and undefined, but since folk are no longer concerned about survival, they had started thinking. They want their land grants defined and sorted. Also, it seems Zack had talked about his ideals of making more soil that has gotten people interested in the idea of its production to ensure that their plots of land are actually useable for something.

Since the new generation is growing into being, Siegler showed up to talk my ear off. Primarily concerning language education. Everyone knows Vatan, the unified language everyone was thought in the military and is the official language of both the Federation and the Unbroken Empire. While it brings unity, it is a strict and complex language that should not change recklessly. This means that everyone outside of the colony would know the language easily and make trade and diplomacy easier. At the same time Celyn advised that it would also make it easier for spies and infiltrators to find purchase, and that enemy propaganda would be easily spread in our nation.

On the other hand, folk had been teaching their children their own birth languages ranging from German, French, Dutch, Mandarin, Arabic and another three dozen languages and their various subdivisions and local dialects. Choosing one or two as an official language would certainly strengthen national unity and nit the people closer together. Though that would come with the downside of making it that no one but those dealing with off-worlders would bother to learn Vatan. It would make the people less susceptible to propaganda, and certainly speed up a formation of a unique culture of the world.

Either way, a decision needs to be made soon before something happens due the undefined nature of education.

Furthermore, Abeln and Reinhart both showed up as well. Both of them are concerned that we’ve been here for over a decade, but yet to have a proper name. I have no title, nor do any of the nobles besides “noble”. Most importantly, everyone’s arguing over how they should refer to themselves as. Not a pressing concern, but a constant annoyance at the back of everyone’s mind.

>>6093789

It seems such issues will be popping up more frequently in the future.

Signing off, David Hardrada.

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>>6093790
>Setting up the basic mining equipment is going to be a big investment if it is placed anywhere off world. It will also take a lot of manpower to keep the facility running and it will not be as efficient as the advanced version. (Cost: 15 standard units - common materials, 2 standard units - rare materials.) (The outer most planet has scarce rare ores deposits)

>Set up a proper curriculum for language education. You would of course need to choose a language most suitable. (Vatan.) (Council action)

>>6093807
>>6092994
It seems my ID has change

>>6093789
>You have the supercows, not they need to be housed and fed. Your current crop yields are sufficient to maintain them, but the harsh weather requires some protection. Barns, grazing fields, not expensive, but needed in large quantities.

I think some meat could help our citizens from thinking about land grants and noble titles for a few month more or at least ease the transition at little.
>You need to think about cultural symbols, and a more defined type of government. For now, you need your own title, by extension that being what titles that your nobility will have. You also need a name for your unified nation other than a vague “Valhallan” or “Thunorian”.

I predict the land grants to be a massive pain in the ass, and I'm kind of holding out for the occasional roll for our children's traits to happen soon. That way hopefully John can lose a negative trait and I wouldn't be so worried about our future ruler despite a guaranteed negative event.

Either way when it comes to nobility shenanigans and land grants and other more human-to-human matters we probably want to use our personal action to reinforce it so if it doesn't happen soon John will just have to eat shit.

>>6093790
settlement action:
>Your advisors have brought up the need of specialized buildings, the projected costs run about the same for all of them, so it is really an issue of budgeting and prioritization. (Which: Police station)

Honestly, it is probably about time now that we have the rare resources for it to make a place for law and order to be enforceable.

Personal action:
>Set up a proper curriculum for language education. You would of course need to choose a language most suitable. (primary Skanvis, secondary Vatan)

I like the Norse theme, especially since I am from Scandinavia myself. I do worry about pigeonhole-ing ourselves in the future if we make it too much of our new cultural identity. So I will suggest this.

"Skanvis" As the new primary language. It is a mixture of Germanic languages such as Danish, English, German, Swedish, Icelandic and Dutch. The new language will follow the general rules of these languages. With new words for Vatan-only existing concepts being made via either compound words or wholly new words following this new language's rules. (Skanvis, because "Skan" as in "Scandinavian" and "vis" as in "wise")

Then Vatan would be taught as a secondary language. Everyone would need to have a generally good grasp of it but is not required to continue learning it in most everyday jobs unless said job has a potential aspect which might require a better understanding of the language. Engineers, miners and anyone working in a position where they would interact with outside cultures or machinery with Vatan instructions would count into this category.

I think branching out into more of our own time's modern cultural identity of Northern Europe would work a lot better than going only for old Norse as a source.

That is my suggestion for the language problem. Sorry if anything is written weirdly, I had a random onset of sweating and discomfort while writing this. i will write my ideas on the other subjects tomorrow.

On a side note. How do you feel having another quest taking major inspiration from you Newb? (The new "MIMIR: A Lousy Copy of a 40k A.I. quest" one)
You seem to be getting quite influential :D

>>6093807
>>6093790
+1

We need to secure a consistent income of rare materials, after we’ve done that we can worry about barns for the super cows and other projects.

>>6093790
>Setting up the basic mining equipment is going to be a big investment if it is placed anywhere off world. It will also take a lot of manpower to keep the facility running and it will not be as efficient as the advanced version. (Cost: 15 standard units - common materials, 2 standard units - rare materials.) (The outer most planet has scarce rare ores deposits)

>Set up a proper curriculum for language education. You would of course need to choose a language most suitable. (primary Skanvis, secondary Vatan)

>>6093790
>>6093807
Support, finally rares income could be possible.

Setting up rare off-world mining and making Vatan the primary language of education wins.

Since everyone knows Vatan, it is an autopass.

Need 1d100 Bo3 for setting up mining

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>6095147

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>6095147

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>6095147

“And this is the upper classmen curriculum.” Elian states in the meeting you two are having. “Since we went with Vatan, we have an extensive dictionary and clearly defined rules. Luckily children pick up languages easily, so this hell of a language we all had to deal with will be easier.”

“Luckily indeed.” You nod at that, you learnt in history class that the whole thing was a compromise in the early days of the Federation and its earliest constituent members. That’s why the whole thing is a jumbled mess of numerous language groups. Though on its upside, the strict language rules, in-built redundancies, and planning for future word introduction makes it a resilient language that would not shift overly much no matter the distance. Though from what you’ve heard, even this language can shift in some far-flung isolated colonies. Sort of like yours.

“Honestly, the language is not the worst choice. Everyone speaks it throughout controlled space. Though in households, folk will most likely be teaching their kids their own native languages.”

“Will it cause problems ?”

“Shouldn’t. Though, as you may know from your own experiences, people feel attached to their own languages and the words of their forebearers. In time, no doubt even these languages will disappear, though there’s always a risk of groups segregating.”

“I doubt men and women whom shed blood with each other will be so prone to that.”

“No doubt that they, won’t.”

You sigh at the implication. “Still, this will certainly attract some people who would want to settle down, since they wouldn’t need to learn a new language.”

“That’s true.”

“Anything else I should be aware of ?”

“A couple of things about your sons.”

Now that brings you pause. You put down your pair of glasses that you used to read the reports. Your eyesight’s not what it used to be back in your thirties. “Alright, I’m listening.” You lean back on your chair.

“Well, John seems quite capable of just deciding to do something and sticking to it, sometimes to his own detriment when he overestimates the odds. Though his decisiveness means that when he commits to something, he really gives it his all.”

“That’s good to hear, a quality any leader needs.” You state with a small smile. You had noticed that before, but combined with the decisiveness you noted a streak of downright ruthlessness. Luckily, your personal attention and emphatic nature had allowed for you to notice it and stamp it out.

“Though I am concerned about Magnus.”

Now that catches you as a surprise. “What’s wrong with him ?”

>>6095467

“Well, he seems to hold a grudge for a very long time. Not only that, once he sets his mind onto something, he has the patience to wait for the best moment to strike with unnerving bravery. He could put his mind to something else, but it seems that being vengeful comes naturally to him.”

“Now that is an issue.” You mutter.

“I wish I could help.” Elian says, genuinely sorrowful. “But the classes, running the entirety of our education, and my family leaves me with barely enough time to address all of that.”

“It’s fine, it is my family after all. Thank you for your report.”

“Best of day to you, David.”
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Log: David Hardrada
Date: year 13 month 2 day 5 since arrival
Title: Mining, mining, mining

The mining outpost was set up. A few domes, a storage area, some small scouting vehicles and naturally the mining equipment itself. The scarce deposits of already rare material, combined with outdated equipment, means that we are only really able to gather 1 standard unit of rare ores every 6 months. Better than nothing, considering that most systems do not even have this much.

There’s also issues from the inner most planet miners. With the greater mining capacity, the workers there report that the drones are placed under greater strain and some of the parts that were replaced are beyond our manufacturing capability. Not an issue right now, but years of continuous work mean that things area wearing down, and might eventually break to the point where we could never repair it with what we have right now.

Finally, Ashwin has sent a report. So far, he had been treated surprisingly cordially by the Madman, given good food and decent accommodations. He wasn’t allowed to wonder much, but from what he described, the Madman has a large facility underground that is surprisingly well maintained, if overrun by animals. From what Ashwin was able to gleam, there is a lot of genetics-oriented tech down there, more than enough to allow for hundreds of people at a time to undergo genetherapy and other such procedures.

He is no expert in such technology, but the tech must have been top of the line, a couple of centuries ago. He did say that despite extensive maintenance, some parts of the facility and the machines appear to be shutdown and kept carefully, most likely broken in some way. Though with what materials we gave the Madman, he is busying himself with those repairs.

Also, he apparently enjoys singing. And maintaining a vineyard and making his own wine. Speaking of which, Ashwin sent me a bottle, curtesy of Madman.

Signing off, David Hardrada.

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>>6095471
<“Well, he seems to hold a grudge for a very long time. Not only that, once he sets his mind onto something, he has the patience to wait for the best moment to strike with unnerving bravery. He could put his mind to something else, but it seems that being vengeful comes naturally to him.”
Thats weird way to say Roboute

>Because of their small size, the berths needed to manufacture more of them need not be excessively huge, but it would still require quite a bit of investment to get the berth going. With it in place however, it would be possible to now begin manufacturing spacecraft fighters, as well as other civilian shuttles. (Cost: 4 standard units - common materials, 3 standard unit - rare materials.)
This sound useful or bigger house for reason.

>The people had spoken. They want their land grants. This is not a democracy, so it can be delayed, but certainly not indefinitely. Either way, this will take a long time and be a pain to ensure everyone gets what they want without causing any issues. (Council action)
Although this not a democracy, i think we should put a vote about it do they want their land grants now or after the terraforming. As land could change a lot and I don't want any complaints later.

>>6095471
Btw NewbQM there is still curriculum for language education option in UENFpersonal

>>6095471
>>6095539
Support +1

>>6095471
>Build Supercows (5 CM)

We should couch the inevitable disappointment from land grants with MEAT. They’ll be so happy to not eat algae they’ll forget all about the land.

>The people had spoken. They want their land grants. This is not a democracy, so it can be delayed, but certainly not indefinitely. Either way, this will take a long time and be a pain to ensure everyone gets what they want without causing any issues. (Council action)

>>6095471
>>6095539
+1

Those fighters should help a lot with defence, they're even capable of atmospheric flight and can provide CAS.

Also the civilian shuttles will probably help with transporting ores from our mining outposts.

>>6095471
>Because of their small size, the berths needed to manufacture more of them need not be excessively huge, but it would still require quite a bit of investment to get the berth going. With it in place however, it would be possible to now begin manufacturing spacecraft fighters, as well as other civilian shuttles. (Cost: 4 standard units - common materials, 3 standard unit - rare materials.)
Do they even have the blueprints for making shuttles though? What's the cost?

>The people had spoken. They want their land grants. This is not a democracy, so it can be delayed, but certainly not indefinitely. Either way, this will take a long time and be a pain to ensure everyone gets what they want without causing any issues. (Council action)

>>6095539

>Thats weird way to say Roboute

Never even considered it until it was mentioned.

>>6095541

>Btw NewbQM there is still curriculum for language education option in UENFpersonal

Must've missed it, will fix it when I get back from work.

>>6096000

>Do they even have the blueprints for making shuttles though? What's the cost?

Yes you do, the civilian DRMs have old ass ancient shuttles that with your current tech lvl are easy to repair and you do have modern-ish shuttles on the Argonaut, since they are vital to keep functioning, I never gave the option to break them down.

Building fighter berths and land distribution wins.

I need a 2d100 Bo3

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Rolled 100, 5 = 105 (2d100)

>>6096012

>>6096032
what the actual fuck

Rolled 27, 76 = 103 (2d100)

>>6096012
>>6096032
wow

Rolled 30, 23 = 53 (2d100)

>>6096012

>>6096032
Nice

Damn, I disappear for a few days and as I come back there is a crit success. Quite impressive.

Also, I think that going with Vatan only was a mistake. Currently, we are a very small cultural group that is able to enforce large-scale social reforms effectively. and without a distinctive language or any real cultural icons that our people can centre themselves around then there isn't really that much separating our populace from joining anyone else if things look bleak.

Also on the overworking of the advanced mining drones. I think we could probably cut back to 2-3 monthly minerals instead. Since we've got a pretty reasonable common mineral amount currently.

I kind of hope we will get more combatants relatively soon that we can scrap. Whenever the Trader comes by again I would suggest offering him "You get some stuff of ours for free and free checkup & repair at our space station, but in exchange, you find some shitty fresh pirates with a lot of ships unsuited for combat and let us ambush them. "

This isn't an invitation to send an armada towards us, more so a hope that we might get a reclamation bounty like we did previously.

>>6096244
I swear Fleet-anon if there is enemy armada before we get the nice house.

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“Alright, alright, settle down the both of you !” You fix up the sternest voice you can manage to. All day today has been nothing but arguments and shouting. “Now, who laid the claim first ?”

“I did !” Both men before you shout out at the same time. You feel like you might get a headache soon.

“I already talked about wanting this particular piece of land for years now, and suddenly this guy comes up and tries to lay claim to it !” The first man begins.

“Oh yea ? I wasn’t seeing you do anything about it, if even what you are telling is true to begin with !” The second man responds.

“Are you calling me a lair ?!” The first one, insulted, raises his fist in the air in a threatening gesture.

The second responds with his own fist, and with an inappropriate gesture.

Luckily, you hear a loud chime go off, indicating the end of the work day, or more specifically, the end of first shift.

Thank you, God. This whole thing is not your work to begin with, only such disputes that have no clear resolution or precedent being thrown to you by your overworked council. “Okay, you two either disperse and resume your fighting tomorrow, if you cannot make amends in the meantime, or I am going to make a ruling here and right now !”

Both men hold their tongues, simply exchanging glares with one another, neither sure they made sufficient arguments to earn your favour.

“Then we are done for today.” You state, after having allowed silence to take hold for about a minute or two.

And with that, with complaints, murmurs, groans and other annoyances, the gathered petitioners start departing the bunker you had turned into a makeshift office, with the warehouses being full and all, your only other option would be your own apartment, and you are not particularly fond of the idea of a bunch of people turning your home into a wreck based on the sheer number of fistfights that had broken out.

As you sit in your chair for a moment and light up a cigarette, your eyes are opened by the noise of something gently impacting your table – a beer bottle.

“Another hard day, sir.” Reinhart states having a bottle of his own.

“Hard indeed.” You state as with a grunt you move to the table and take the bottle. “What’s the situation like with Vergilius ?”

“Swamped. If it is this bad here, sir, it is ten times worse over there.”

“I can imagine.” You nod, take sip of the beer, before puffing on your cigarette. “Did you get a piece of you own ?”

“That I did, sir. A piece of land up closer to the mountain.”

“Any plans for it ?”

“Depends on how things will look. Would like a log cabin, one made by my own hands, though I know that is not possible at the moment, but maybe a bit of hunting might be feasible in a decade or two.”

“Knowing Madman, I would be happy if it was a decade or two and that it wouldn’t hunt us.”