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Once the scouts have completed their refit, the most urgent scouting priority is to find another habitable planet to Widdershins of us... in the area that the Charlies cannot interdict. If the system has one or more Gas Giants with Sorium-compounds in the atmosphere, that would be even better. Dravar XV in Procyon is our advanced refueling station, and that system contains no Gas Giant that can be scoop-mined for Sorium.

You will recall that Sorium is the only source of space-fuel... and that the reserve deposits on Earth itself will be exhausted in a couple of years. The situation is not quite as critical as that makes it sound... we've built up a fuel reserve of over ten million tons, and we have about a year's worth of mined Sorium that hasn't been converted to fuel yet, as well as the reserve deposits elsewhere in the Solar system (comets, Saturn's and Uranus' atmosphere); but we should plan ahead and continue to develop new sources of that critical element.

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Tractor Beams are finished! Now we can design a Fleet Tug.
 
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I wonder how long I've been on this comet, sure it's given me sights from the gods, and a murderous pink rabbit who is trying to kill us all,
that is me and Mr Snuggles. I got no clue where those scientists are I suspect the pink rabbit for this but it's good that he can don't gather
his army of doom rabbits. When I come to think about it, I wonder when we will get home!
 
August 14, 2027. We have all been working long hours to build up the defenses of Earth against a possible threat from the Charlies, and I fear that the strain of the past few months is beginning to affect Commodore Arjyla's health. He looked very tired when he returned from the mission to establish the colony on Procyon, but he brushed aside my concerns and insisted on taking the fleet out again, after spending only the absolute minimum time Earth-side reloading his Freighters and Tankers.

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It pains me to even contemplate this, but perhaps the Commodore should be promoted to a less stressful position here on Earth, in overall command of all of our Naval forces, while a younger and more energetic officer assumes tactical command in the field. Naturally, I have no intention of making a unilateral decision on such a critical matter... but I must discuss this with the Commodore on his return from the supply run to Dravar XV.
 
Just read the thread, this forum game is mad rad. Since there's already a Commander Kiwi in the ESN, to avoid confusion I'd like to be known as Arnold "Kiwi" Rimmer, Lt-Commander of the freighter ESNA Red Dwarf. If that's too confusing it would be totally fine to instead be a fighter pilot once the new ones are commissioned, just named EnragedKiwi.
 
EnragedKiwi said:
Just read the thread, this forum game is mad rad. Since there's already a Commander Kiwi in the ESN, to avoid confusion I'd like to be known as Arnold "Kiwi" Rimmer, Lt-Commander of the freighter ESNA Red Dwarf. If that's too confusing it would be totally fine to instead be a fighter pilot once the new ones are commissioned, just named EnragedKiwi.
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Sure, Commodore Arjyla will get back to you on that as soon as he comes on-line... I've handed over to him all matters concerning Navy personel, promotions, command assignments, and so on. It makes a better role-playing game if more than one person is involved in making the decisions.

There are still half a dozen Freighters available, though, so I don't forsee any problem in getting one for you.

The game is awesome... considering that it's not even in beta yet... it's still an alpha version, still being worked on.
 
blue emu said:
August 14, 2027. We have all been working long hours to build up the defenses of Earth against a possible threat from the Charlies, and I fear that the strain of the past few months is beginning to affect Commodore Arjyla's health. He looked very tired when he returned from the mission to establish the colony on Procyon, but he brushed aside my concerns and insisted on taking the fleet out again, after spending only the absolute minimum time Earth-side reloading his Freighters and Tankers.

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It pains me to even contemplate this, but perhaps the Commodore should be promoted to a less stressful position here on Earth, in overall command of all of our Naval forces, while a younger and more energetic officer assumes tactical command in the field. Naturally, I have no intention of making a unilateral decision on such a critical matter... but I must discuss this with the Commodore on his return from the supply run to Dravar XV.
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Who is in a position to benefit from Arjyla's demise? Perhaps he was poisoned. Purges anyone? :D
 
Stonewall said:
Who is in a position to benefit from Arjyla's demise? Perhaps he was poisoned. Purges anyone? :D
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He hates cats, what leads to certain conclusions.

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I vote for sending a team of psychologists plus escort to the Comet. Taklagarn`s diary gets weirder every month.
 
Stonewall said:
Who is in a position to benefit from Arjyla's demise? Perhaps he was poisoned. Purges anyone? :D
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I think Edzako is next in line... or prehaps Autonomous. Of course, this could be a "Black Op" by our Naval Intelligence chief, instead. Or perhaps the Charlies are up to some tricks...

Stuckenschmidt said:
He hates cats, what leads to certain conclusions.
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Yes, maybe my damn cat used Spacemaster Mode to screw up Arjyla's health stat. I knew I should have put a pass-word on the game.
 
blue emu said:
August 14, 2027. We have all been working long hours to build up the defenses of Earth against a possible threat from the Charlies, and I fear that the strain of the past few months is beginning to affect Commodore Arjyla's health. He looked very tired when he returned from the mission to establish the colony on Procyon, but he brushed aside my concerns and insisted on taking the fleet out again, after spending only the absolute minimum time Earth-side reloading his Freighters and Tankers.

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It pains me to even contemplate this, but perhaps the Commodore should be promoted to a less stressful position here on Earth, in overall command of all of our Naval forces, while a younger and more energetic officer assumes tactical command in the field. Naturally, I have no intention of making a unilateral decision on such a critical matter... but I must discuss this with the Commodore on his return from the supply run to Dravar XV.
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The Commodore would be a great man to be overall Fleet Commander. I support his promotion if it is given.
 
Struve 2398 looks like Grand Central Station... and I've only explored 2/3rds of the possible nodes.
 
I like that the 2 Gliese and 2 Groombridges are so far away from each other.
 
billy bob said:
I like that the 2 Gliese and 2 Groombridges are so far away from each other.
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Actually, "Gliese" and "Groombridge" are the names of star catalogues, not constellations, so two Groombridges might quite realistically be on opposite sides of the sky.
 
blue emu said:
Struve 2398 looks like Grand Central Station... and I've only explored 2/3rds of the possible nodes.
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Do you know it it´s possible for new connections between already discovered systems? Or are new nods always leading to new, undiscovered systems?
 
blue emu said:
Actually, "Gliese" and "Groombridge" are the names of star catalogues, not constellations, so two Groombridges might quite realistically be on opposite sides of the sky.
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Oh... My bad bro.
 
Lord Martin said:
Impressive known space.
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Especially since the complete space is about 40 times larger. But I think that, if we can further improve relations with Charlie, we should live in peace for a decent long time.
 
Lord Martin said:
Do you know it it´s possible for new connections between already discovered systems? Or are new nods always leading to new, undiscovered systems?
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There can be "hidden" or "dormant" jump connections, yes.
 
Stuckenschmidt said:
Especially since the complete space is about 40 times larger. But I think that, if we can further improve relations with Charlie, we should live in peace for a decent long time.
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There's a very real risk that the more we explore the more enemies spawn. The game starts off with only one NPR but whenever you discover an awesomesauce planet it's 30%(?) chance that there will be an NPR on it. So if I'm not mistaken there's a maximum of 3 species (including ourselves) in the galaxy ATM.
 
Stuckenschmidt said:
... But I think that, if we can further improve relations with Charlie, we should live in peace for a decent long time.
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I've just realized that there's a mouse-over tool-tip that tells me what we need for treaties. A trade treaty (the easiest type) requires +200. "Friendly" status requires +800. "Allied" status requires +4000. Currently +93
 
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