What do the "black holes" on some of these systems (EG 290, HR 511 etc.) indicate?
No planets at all... just a bare star.
What do the "black holes" on some of these systems (EG 290, HR 511 etc.) indicate?
Has a JG been confirmed from Ross 154 -> Sol?
I still would like an active scan of the alien flottilla. Just send a single fleet ship a few million km ahead to scan.
If the charlie brings forces to shoot at our colonies outside, it means that 1.) part of their forces are not going to threaten earth 2.) we get intel on their fleet, movements and capabilities
Our entire fleet is in stealth mode about 18 million km away from him, buttoned up, engines off, watching him through passive sensors. We are within missile range (which is about 21 million km), so we can whack him if it becomes necessary. He is still putting out a thermal signature like a burning house... presumably from the construction work. We are about twice as close as we need to be to pick him up at that temperature... because I don't want to miss it if a much smaller ship comes through the Gate. He has pretty well zero chance of detecting us at this range (unless he suddenly uses active sensors, which we would detect), because with our engines shut down, our thermal signature is effectively zero. He must suspect that we're out here, though, because we had to use our engines to get here, and he would have spotted the exhaust plumes at that time.
Geo Survey vessel ESN Agassiz has completed her overhaul and will be dispatched to the adjacent system, Gliese 48, which also contains a habitable planet.
We pray to the great avian in the sky that Charlie remains friendly.
To: Commodore Gunman
From: Rear Admiral Arjyla
Commodore,
What the hell are you still doing on Nellis? I thought your current assignment was to ESN Chimaera.
Good to see that you're doing your job well, even if it's in the wrong place. Get your ass here ASAP. Expedite.
RAD Arjyla
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They have the resources and military confidence to build jump gates leading FROM our home system.
We are a MOUSE, if not a smaller rodent.
We do NOT start a shooting war. We pray to the great avian in the sky that Charlie remains friendly.
By chance, didn't some alien Percursor build a massive spacestation just at this point, to take advantage of all these jump points?Found yet another jump point in the Struve 2398 system... look at them all
The pink killer rabbit?
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To: Rear Admiral Arjyla
From: Commodre Gunman
Apologies sir, there appears to be a mix-up at HQ. Older out of date orders are being maintained on a separate database. As of this message, en route to ESN Chimaera. Gunman out.
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Fixed. Still lots of omissions in the data base, though... scientists, ground troops, espionage, etc.
So ZERG Force and the Engineers are on their way to Dravar XV, to start digging up those ruins. We all hope that they will find some cool alien technology, to advance our capabilities. I also hope they'll find some money. We could really use it.
The exploration of the new Struve 2398 jump point has led to the 70 Opiuchi system. Two planets, neither one habitable. No moons or Asteroids.
Finding alien tech gives you "free" research I take it? Does this make it possible to skip ahead in the tech tree?
My diplomay bonus has gone up! I'll put those to good use!