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OOCOk, so you're talking about the Haven bunker tech/your own splicing tech. Alright.As for the photonic circuitry, you are correct, it wouldn't of been effected by EM radiation, but again I must point you to the Natsirt philosophy of the cloud to an extreme. I've discussed this with Xom on AIM before, so I'm not randomly drawing it out; Natsirt believe in massive mainframes which people then connect to and run everything off of there. Effectively everyone's desktop is a monitor and a router. These nodes are always found within the cities, which are at this point vaporized.It's not a matter of whether or not photonics is effected by EM radiation; it's a matter of whether or not they still exist, which they don't, as the Llaf Protocols take special care to destroy military installations to preserve secrets.

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"In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong

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IC: Across Federation space, to the residences of Natsirt scientist and exceptional students, agents of the Federal Science Office came knocking. These were handpicked Natsirt individuals with exceptional skill in genetic manipulation--far greater than any Kalarii scientist--who were to lead a new project like what the Natisrt had begun: cloning of the dead Reverene race.These Natsirt were gathered along with the top Kalarii geneticists in a secret facility built into a mountain near the capital of the planet Kalaras. Work would begin there while construction of a habitation facility would occur elsewhere.IC: Coloniser over Kalaras complete. Under explicit orders from Consul Karotose, the ship was sent up to 1-5 where it would cover up the existence of the Reverene from prying eyes.

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OOCWe never did get around to making that three species TAP world, did we? Hmm... well, I'm going assume 1-9 (or was it 1-10?) is still the official TAP committee headquarters.IC [baross/Imperium Command]The Imperium was, to say the least, torn over recent events.The Natsirt government no longer existed, and the colonizing fleets where currently on Baross, picking up additional supplies. The colonization fleet leaders said the Natsirt were fleeing this area of space, going into the uncharted burn space. It was dangerous, but the few remaining Natsirt leaders were certain it was for the best.That left about three million Natsirt alive, scattered throughout Osalieli and Kalarii space. They were, of course, under the jurisdiction of the respective governments now, though movements had begun to form a new Natsirt government; the Natsirt Coalition. They would organize efforts to keep the Natsirt alive, make sure genetic diversity was maintained, try to preserve what little they had left.The Imperium wasn't torn over that, though; they were torn over the Pact. While the Alizarin seemed to believe the bluff that the Osalieli and Kalarii had much greater fleets, the Pact would eventually test the Alliance's defenses, and if the military reports that came out of the Natsirt colonies said anything, a full Pact offensive would be overwhelming, near impossible to stop.The Imperium was at risk, but thanks to the battle over Natsirt Prime they were now entrenched into this fight. Their ships had fallen out of Natsirt space and pulled into Kalarii border worlds, preparing as a defense fleet for an attack. There was still a chance to avoid further bloodshed... but it would not be easy.Thus, a TAP meeting was set up, and talks began...

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"In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong

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OOCToA, clean out your inbox. I need to PM you about Strio Karla.IC [General/General]The Treanuan scout ships would fine some industrial sectors that had not been destroyed in the solar systems of the Empire; several hydrogen and helium refineries over the gas giants, communication satellites to assist in bouncing transmissions, and of course various probes that had been in the systems for decades and had detailed stellar data on them.

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"In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong

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OOCUh, ToA? The Kalarii colonizer is already there and the Kalarii are well on way to keeping Pact claws/tentacles/squid parts off Reverene tech.That, and didn't Xom say just stumbling upon it was borderlining metagaming?

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"In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong

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OOCAdmittedly there is still one real hour life before they arrive. But there's the whole the Natsirt do not own 1-5 thing.The Treanuans would know this very well as they poked around northern S1. Scouting out Natsirt worlds is logical; but 1-5 is not a Natsirt world. In fact, I believe is has a Kalarii claiming beacon on it.So yeah, the whole scouting out Natsirt worlds thing does not apply here because the Natsirt do not own 1-5.EDIT: Wait a flipp'n second, the Kalarii have arrived. It'd be three hours, not four, and it has indeed been three hours.So yes, the Kalarii are there right now.

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"In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong

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IC: the Kalarii colonisation fleet arrived and went right to work at adapting the existing cities for Kalarii uses, and putting others aside for preservation.Construction of FTL sensor net begun over Lalaras 1-9.Inosa (1-32) advanced to Core World.Dokure (6-46) and Fiere (6-49) advanced to Protectorates.

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IC [Kalarii Prime/Computer]A Natsirt Homeworld class vessel appeared fifteen million kilometers off of Kalarii Prime, transmitting a signal. When the Kalarii comms got the message, they received the vessel's story; sent out as an escort for the colonization fleet, when the Exodus fleet was formed it's crew migrated into the fleet and set the vessel on autopilot into Kalarii space. The last surviving warship of the Natsirt space navy was now at the Kalarii's command, it's crew already several days into burn space and the vessel itself in prime condition. It was a fine parting gift to say the least.OOCWhenever you get an extra industrial point you should be able to absorb it into your navy, and it might confuse the **** out of the Pact.

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"In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong

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OOCHow the bloody **** do the Treanuans know about that? Did you and Veeci have a PM/IM convo about it?Also, 'the system that had been attacked' doesn't work as there was two systems attacked by Natsirt-Kalarii forces, and one system that just plain surrendered to the Imperium.Wait a minute, they surrendered to the Imperium. That means the world should be in the Imperium industry report.Hrm. I'mma going get around to updating maps so that this all makes sense.

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"In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong

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OOCOh, right. Derp on my part; apologizes.Do keep in mind though that there's still a state of war between the Leben and the TAP/BAP. You might want to consult with your jellyfish and Diemawr friends before getting too involved, as the Treanuans still have zero clue about the strength and size of the Kalarii and Osalieli, and the Alizarin are wisely being cautious about it.Maps 1 and 2 updated; technically 2 is uploading as we speak but technicalities aside. Treanuans have no industry report or PM, therefore, no update for then and any confusion on that part is their own fault. S3 and S6 maps updating soonish. My apologizes for being extremely lazy/busy and not updating the maps in a timely manner.

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"In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong

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OOC: You know the funny thing about Battletech weapons? Their ranges are totally unrealistic. LRMs in real life would have ranges far greater than 1 kilometer. Same for lasers. Machine guns would have the sort of range in-game LRMs have. And don't even get me started on the Gauss rifles.IC(Defiance): The Caledfwich was quickly ordered in bulk by the General of the Armies, with the order specifying that the omni slots would be filled with a scaled-down variant of the Empire's own Gwenyn quick-fire missiles.OOC: Which, of course, mandates the creation of a new ship class.Class Name: AsgellogClass Size: MediumClass Function And Description: The Asgellog is the first dedicated Dropship of the Diemawr fleet. It carries a Large Battlemech Carrier Bay, full of ground units that can be quickly ferried to the surface. With 5 slots taken up by the bay and 2 by the now-standard reactive armor, the primary armament of the Asgellog is 3 arrays of Gwenyn quick-fire missiles, useful for fending off smaller attackers or laying down cover fire against ground targets.Class Weapons: Large Battlemech Carrier Bay (1), Arfwisgoedd Reactive Armor (1), Gwenyn quick-fire missiles (3)Given the possibility of using drop-pods, the following appears perfectly valid to me. Also I recall some mention of the possibility of modifying a large ship to be capable of trans-atmospheric flight and taking up a slot with that.Class Name: Arglwydd DreigiauClass Size: LargeClass Function And Description: The Arglwydd Dreigiau is essentially the big brother of the Asgellog dropship, and is designed to function as the backbone of any planetary invasion fleet. It carries enough armor to withstand almost any enemy strike, and its primary function is to weaken the enemy with a missile strike, dip into the atmosphere of the planet being invaded, drop a group of Battlemechs from a safe altitude, and then retreat to space. Before entering the atmosphere, it will release a group of fighters, whose goal is to harass any remaining defenders over the planet, usually in conjunction with a flight of Marwolaeth that would accompany the Arglwydd Dreigiau.Class Weapons: Reinforced Internal Structure (for trans-atmospheric flight) (1 slot), Large Battlemech Carrier Bay w/ Drop Pods (1), Fighter Carrier Bay (1), Arfwisgoedd Reactive Armor (1), Solet Heavy Armor (2), Cleddyf Goleuni missile array (superweapon)And finally, a companion to the Caledfwich.Battlemech Name: CaledfwelchBattlemech Size: 70 TonsBattlemech Function And Description: The Caledfwelch is designed to function as a companion to the Caledfwich, using its superior speed to coordinate strikes against enemy units. The main weapon of the Caledfwelch is a single torso-mounted heavy autocannon, which protrudes from the left shoulder. The right torso contains what the Syrrinx techs at Defiance Industries have termed "omni" slots, which the Diemawr prefer to outfit with missile launchers. The arms each contain a single adapted Alizarin laser, scaled down from the ship-grade weapons and fitted with heat sinks.Battlemech Weapons: 1 Heavy Autocannon, 2 Large Lasers, 2 mech-grade missile launchers.

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OOCSo, I'd like to take a moment out to begin nominations for the upcoming Player Awards; granted, we won't be at page one hundred for at least another two weeks, but the reward I'd like to nominate actually goes into effect about then.I nominate Xom for the Game Master Who Breaks The Game Award, for having people take a lesser option. As you see, I believe it's January 14th -that's what Koth said at least- that all those who went with the four colony approach gain at least four homeworlds. This means a 25 IP minimum, and also means that those who have been pumping colonizers out since day one -Power- will have absurdly massive industrial bases upwards of forty IP.I'd also like to nominate myself for Stupid Militarist And Tricked Person Award, for not managing my economy correctly and actually falling for the two colony approach, which while is great in the beginning of the game doesn't actually help you much overall. So many conflicts, such as the 1-40/2-3 standoff could of been avoided.Also, I nominate Rover for the Smart Guy Who Managed To Fix The Break, for doing the impossible and going from second weakest player in the game to second place in the span of two days.

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OOC: In that case, I nominate Power for the Clever Tortoise Award. Slow and steady applies quite easily to the approach the Alizarin have taken, and yet they have now orchestrated the conquest of two of the most aggressive races in the game.

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As a balance tweak, if I do actually run another Starscape, the options will be three Colonizers or two Core Worlds.

That being said, thag thag thaggity thag thagness.

-Rover

 

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OOC: Eh, the way I see it, the 2 Inner option is fine. You've just got to put your eggs in the right baskets and snag the right opportunities in order to seize power.EDIT: Blast it all, they're near enough to the same thing. Stop trying to confuse me.

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OOC: Eh, the way I see it, the 2 Core option is fine. You've just got to put your eggs in the right baskets and snag the right opportunities in order to seize power.

OOCExcept we got two Inner Worlds, not Cores.

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OOC: Err, right. The Inner Worlds option is perfectly fine if you play your cards right.4:25 PM is too early in the morning for me to think clearly.

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OOCWell, the Diemawr really lucked out on this one; no offense to you, Rover, but really the Diemawr got the Syrrinx handed to them on a silver platter. Their entire fleet was sent to invade me, so you were free to attack their worlds with impunity while Alizarin and Treanuan fleets chewed up the retreating invasion force.If things had gone differently I could easily see the Diemawr still stuck like I was, with four planets and rapidly becoming a minor race.

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OOC: Like I said, you've got to seize the right opportunities. And, believe me, I was pretty nervous when a large portion of the Syrrinx fleet returned from battle to try and beat the Diemawr away from their worlds.It's all clever politicking, really. Who suggested the even division of claims on Sector 2? The Diemawr. They then proceeded to wait patiently for a war, rather than rushing into it like the Syrrinx or Natsirt. Patience, and a little bit of political cunning, will see your faction through.Oh, and a supersized bucket of luck. That always helps. The Syrrinx coming back from the invasion to try and beat the Diemawr away was actually brilliantly lucky for me, because it gave the Diemawr a bargaining chip in the conference for splitting up the Syrrinx territory.

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I'm also considering mechanics for ground-based warfare. It'll be based on population, martial readiness, the relative technology levels of the two forces, and mostly the RPing of the combatants.

That being said, thag thag thaggity thag thagness.

-Rover

 

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"The Astarians responded that making a goat fly would be trivial; making it land safely would be another matter entirely."

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OOC: Great. Actually getting to seriously play out ground warfare should be amazing.What's the ETA on the batch of Caledfwich, and the companion batch of Caledfwelch?

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Well, there's a 1024-unit run of Caledfwich ready for purchase. The Caledfwelch can be ready in three days, real-world time.

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That being said, thag thag thaggity thag thagness.

-Rover

 

"A memo was sent to Astaria asking if it would at all be possible to make a flying goat."

"The Astarians responded that making a goat fly would be trivial; making it land safely would be another matter entirely."

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OOC: Excellent. The Diemawr would like 50 to use in potential future invasions of other planets, and then 15 per world of their own, bringing the total up to 200 Caledfwich. When they're ready, they'd like an equal number of Caledfwelch.

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IC:The load of Battlemechs was packed and shiped; payment was of course delivered. The remaining 800 Caledfwich were shipped to Outreach, where they were available to Diemawr corporations and unreasonably rich citizens.Also on Outreach, an enterprising group of Syrrinx had decided to resurrect an ancient idea; three massive arenas were under construction; massive enough for Battlemechs to fight in.

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That being said, thag thag thaggity thag thagness.

-Rover

 

"A memo was sent to Astaria asking if it would at all be possible to make a flying goat."

"The Astarians responded that making a goat fly would be trivial; making it land safely would be another matter entirely."

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Mechs range from 7 to 35 meters tall, and yes. Send somebody to Outreach and contact Defiance Industries. That area's outside Diemawr jurisdiction, so their closed borders don't apply there.

That being said, thag thag thaggity thag thagness.

-Rover

 

"A memo was sent to Astaria asking if it would at all be possible to make a flying goat."

"The Astarians responded that making a goat fly would be trivial; making it land safely would be another matter entirely."

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OOC: At some point, can we have IC combat in those arenas the Syrrinx are building on Outreach?And while the world is outside of Diemawr jurisdiction, it logically falls within Pact jurisdiction. Enemies of the Pact may have some difficulty getting through the systems of the Pact to reach Outreach.

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Outreach is a free trade port for anyone, but you do have to go through Alizarin territory to get there. However, the world is neutral and declares itself to be bound by no agreements.It's currently a Colony, but once it can build stuff they'll be establishing their own self defense forces.The Arenas will most definitely have IC combat. They'll be finished on the 5th.

That being said, thag thag thaggity thag thagness.

-Rover

 

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"The Astarians responded that making a goat fly would be trivial; making it land safely would be another matter entirely."

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OOC: Yeah. Outreach is neutral territory in theory. In practice it's neutral territory surrounded by Pact territory, and if it tries to test that "bound by no agreements" bit, the Syrrinx corporations might find themselves faced with the surprising fact that they're bound by whatever the Pact wants them to be bound by.And I can hardly wait for the arenas.

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Because they've been out of the game so long, both of the players who started in Sector 3 have had their nations collapse, probably in some massive war with themselves or each other or something.

That being said, thag thag thaggity thag thagness.

-Rover

 

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"The Astarians responded that making a goat fly would be trivial; making it land safely would be another matter entirely."

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OOCAny chance of Natsirt who have nothing to live for anymore joining in on these fights? As I can see some infantry troops taking part in these fights if they ever got there. Maybe a POW from the Diemawr fight over 1-39? Isn't a complete stretch for the Diemawr and/or Alizarin to of picked up some Natsirt who went to the escape pods.And before someone suggests it; no, you won't get access to the Natsirt genome off of them. Similar to the Syrrinx, Natsirt military personal have altered genes that, if attempts to mess with their DNA happens, you get a rather nasty mess, unless you happen to know the specific key to bring the protection down, which is far, far, far, too complex to guess, even with zettaflop computers.

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