The Paradoxian Federation – Aurora Forum Game II, run by Rendap.

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6/1-2034 - Rhea runs out of Mercassium. Not a problem.
8/1-2034 - SC Thor Heyerdahl returns to Earth with complete Survey Data of the Ross 248 system. The system contains 3 rocky planets without any minerals and no colonization prospects. 17 Comets also roams the system with various amount of minerals, but nothing major. Finally, another new jump point have been located. Captain Kiwi and crew are instructed to hand over SC Thor Heyerdahl for overhaul and enjoy shore leave.
21/1-2034 - Lord Isaac Strange have once again gotten results in ejection systems. He will next work on the feed systems.
26/1-2034 - 100k tons of Mercassium is found on Mars. Captain Kingepyon improves Survey to 28%.
22/2-2034 - Captain Kiwi have set up training sessions in the local bars, improving his crew training to 25.
17/3-2034 - 100k tons of Tritanium found on Mars (0,8). Captain Kingeryon improves survey to 29%. Team is transferred to Mercury to ensure that no minirals was overlooked.
27/3-2034 - Commodore Randakar have joined Captain Kiwi in the bar and improves his operations bonus to 45%.
17/4-2034 - The first 4 Fuel Harvesters complete. Stellar Transporter, Stellar Bridge, Stellar Conveyor and Stellar Causeway are being pulled to Saturn to commence Harvesting.
22/4-2034 - Vice Admiral Reis91 has improved training to 250. The new Bar Training is really gaining supporters.
27/4-2034 - Fuel Harvester commence operation around Saturn.
7/6-2034 - Netherlands Shipbuilding Corp. expands to 10k capacity. There is all ready 3 slipways available, so no further expansion is planned.
12/6-2034 - Polar Mongoose introduce a new shovel which is estimated to improve mining output with 20%. He is sent back with orders to improve Shipyard Production.

 

[Lord Strange]

Bah, new shovel?!

Dr Mongoose pah! Perhaps if he miniaturized the shovel, then launched it at thousands of metres a second across a vacuum carrying a deadly implosive warhead, then he might deserve my respect. Might!

*mumbles* now how the blasted heck do I get this missile feed system smaller. Bloody fiddly little cogs...

 

[Rendap]

1/7-2034 - Construction of Research Labs complete on Earth. 100 new Automated Mines are ordered.
21/7-2034 - Our Sensor Teams have found a way to improve sensor strenght on Earth. They have build larger sensors.. Duh!!! They have been sent back with orders to IMPROVE our sensor strenght without building larger sensors!
6/8-2034 - 100k tons of Sorium is located on Mercury (0,7). Captain Kingepyon hits Survey 30% from that.
11/8-2034 - Lord Isaac Strange improves our Magazine Feed systems to 85%. He will now see if it is possible to make our missiles go even more agile through space.
At the same time, SC Thor Heyerdahl is launched from overhaul. The following orders are therefore copied:
FRM FLT HQ TO CMDRS SC THOR HEYERDAHL AND SC MARCO POLO - SC Thor Heyerdahl and SC Marco Polo will transit from Sol to Lacaile 9352 and proceed to unexplored jump point 3 for transit. Upon arrival SC Marco Polo will remain at jump point as communication link and local refueling while SC Thor Heyerdahl will perform initial survey. Both Ships to avoid contact and return to Earth if contact is made. Captain Kiwi in overall command of detachment as senior officer in system. Good Luck! Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Reis91 MSG ENDS
16/8-2034 - Captain Adamus improves Fleet Maneuver to 229
2/9-2034 - Our Logistics Department have informed that it is now possible to build Mobile Infantry Battallions. They will next start looking into how to move them around.
12/9-2034 - Commodore OrangeYoshi promoted to Rear Admiral
1/10-2034 - The supply of Vendarite, Tritanium, Corbomite and Neutronium is exhausted on Earth. Current stockpiles are: 25k, 23k, 26k and 3k respectively. Mines on Titan sends app. 10 tons of Neutronium per week and the first 50 automated mines under construction are intended for transfer here.
7/12-2034 - Captain Velko visits the Kiwi Training Center and Bar - Crew Training now 50.
12/12-2034 - Long live the traditions. We are now in negative racial wealth. No new construction will take place to save, but current construction will continue for now. However, only at 20% capacity. Research will continue full speed, but no new research labs will be built for the foreseable future.

And thus endeth 2034. 2035 whould see Ion Engine Tech coming along and I have a new plan for future scouting operations which will be revealed as our new scouting organization is announced. I will lift the veil that we will be looking at "Squadrons" of survey ships.

 

[Rendap]

First posts updates with needed information.

 

[reis91]

Survey FAC?

 

[Capt. Kiwi]

The bar training scheme is a time honoured tradition, I am glad to have introduced it to the fleet.

But now let's see what's behind jump gate number one...

 

[reis91]

/off-record

Indeed, that training is vital... as you do need to be totally drunk to get on a Deep Space Survey Ship of ours...

off-record/

 

[Taiisatai64]

*grumbles*

That someone of my talent should be assigned to a useless hunk of moon-rock like Titan... *grumble grumble grumble*

 

[unmerged(105596)]

Excellent! And to think that just this morning I was thinking about re-reading the Hyperion saga, and now I came here to see what kind of command I got...

 

[Rendap]

@ Reis - More like.... Decoy Fac to allow the survey ships to get away. I am looking at 4 or 5 ship squadrons for survey duty, depending on setup. Purpose is to increase survivability as well as speed up the process.

@ Kiwi - So far none of the ships have returned, so unless something completely crazy showed up @ the jump point, at least 1 of the ships should be alive still.... Assuming that both Captains Kiwi and Boris ze Spider II have followed orders of course.

@ Taii - Is this a request for transfer? I can probably find another spot for you somewhere..... Rhea perhaps? Or is it because you are missing company? Then I can probably pry Lt. Ook free from Randakar and send him your way on the next shuttle.

@ Velko - The Administration strive to please.

 

[Taiisatai64]

Perhaps Mr. Rurikovich will reconsider his career and enter a career in the far more exciting field of ship command.

 

[randakar]

27/3-2034 - Commodore Randakar have joined Captain Kiwi in the bar and improves his operations bonus to 45%.
22/4-2034 - Vice Admiral Reis91 has improved training to 250. The new Bar Training is really gaining supporters.

All your bar are belong to us!
Also, I'm starting to get pretty good at this operations thing, aren't I?

12/12-2034 - Long live the traditions. We are now in negative racial wealth. No new construction will take place to save, but current construction will continue for now. However, only at 20% capacity. Research will continue full speed, but no new research labs will be built for the foreeseable future.

It seems to be given in Aurora that you start with just not enough wealth or minerals to run your production capabilities at full blast. I've noticed NPC nations have that problem too. I once conquered a newly generated NPC nation with almost 2 billion inhabitants, 800 mines, a few thousand construction factories, 30+ shipyards, and a rough 100 or so research labs .. and little to no minerals to speak of.
(That took 4 heavy armor divisions, 2 assault infantry divisions, and 1 division of assorted support troops and a few years of ground combat to conquer. Never mind the 7000+ ASM missiles needed to deal with the fleet that was guarding it .. ;-) )

Conquest definitely is a double edged sword in this game.

First posts updates with needed information.

Can we have a galactic map in there, too?

@ Taii - Is this a request for transfer? I can probably find another spot for you somewhere..... Rhea perhaps? Or is it because you are missing company? Then I can probably pry Lt. Ook free from Randakar and send him your way on the next shuttle.

Lt. Ook can be a bit frightening to the crew but I assure you, as long as you supply him with plenty of bananas he will be perfectly happy.

 

[Capt. Kiwi]

Just don't call him a monkey.

 

[Rendap]

@ Taii - Well, we will be expanding the navy soonish and there are plenty of positions available at the moment. Just be aware that if you request a transfer, your current character will meet an untimely end. If you can live with that, the transfer can be approved.

@ Randy - It's getting there, but there remains some work before you hit the 95% I had in my operations officer in my previous game.

And the financial problem is as much with the 10 new Research labs I built as the rest of it.

Finally, we need troop transporters to invade - And we are still researching this. So the council should decide between peacefull co-existence (The Emu Way) or mindless conquest (The Paradoxian Way). Any opposed? Good - Mindless Conquest it is.

Galactic Map will be uploaded tonight as soon as I've edited it a bit. Don't want to reveal to much re. the possible ongoing survey of Lacaile 9352's JP3.

If it is Bananas Lt. Ook crave, we should transfer him to Freighter Duty.

@ Kiwi - Your just Jealous because you got a hamster for first officer. Or was it a sheep...... Have to check personel files.

 

[Vainglory]

@ Kiwi - Your just Jealous because you got a hamster for first officer. Or was it a sheep...... Have to check personel files.

Is this like Battlestar Galactica, where you're allowed to marry your XO?

 

[Rendap]

The administration have no objections to paired officers, as long as it is not in the same chain of command.

 

[Taiisatai64]

I have no objections to my character dying.

 

[Adamus]

When do i get to be like starbuck and shoot aliens out the sky?! Give me a fighter plane gods damn it!

Yeh im that rouge lone wolf rude troubled past sort of fighter pilot.

 

[Stuckenschmidt]

Lt. Sven is appalled by the lack of dreadnoughts in our fleet and demands immediate construction of several death stars at his personal disposal. I`ve tried to reason him out of it, but he is kind of stubborn when it comes to guns.

 

[Taiisatai64]

Yeh im that rouge lone wolf rude troubled past sort of fighter pilot.

Thats a long name for a brand of rouge... "lone wolf rude troubled past sort of fighter pilot". And I'm not sure how your a brand of rouge. Do you mean that you are using that brand?