In the Jerboa dwarf galaxy the fleet stirred up trouble while stealing or salvaging whatever enemy equipment you could get your hands on. Attacks on troop convoys delayed 2 major planetary assaults long enough for Helios to build up forces to better defend their worlds.

Assisting Helios intelligence the fleet was able to provide captured ships and transports allowing them to better insert agents and carry out other missions. These eventually allowed you to discover the locations of several POW holding facilities. You went after two of them, determined to get back some of your people that had been lost behind the lines. One was responsible for dealing with troublesome prisoners while the other was an advanced interrogation facility that may have been trying to create sleeper agents.

Raids on other convoys, outposts and colonies caused enough damage that the enemy was forming a dedicated taskforce to deal with you by the time you left. All of this brought in impressive salvage hauls, enough that over the course of the campaign the fleet had to make 2 trips back to friendly lines before your final escape.

Heading next to the Helios home galaxy your salvage was sold to House Ceres, the most powerful Human led House. Hard pressed by House Bonrah they are nevertheless holding the line through their industrial might.

While Ceres certainly would have liked your help there were other Houses who clearly needed it a great deal more. Proceeding at best speed the fleet rushed to an area of the lines were your allies had suffered a terrible defeat. Thoroughly routed your allies were near to being cut off by a double envelopment that would have trapped 5 fleets worth of ships. Attacking what you perceived to be the weaker of the flanks you destroyed logistics supporting the enemy leading elements and opened a hole in the lines.

Having bought valuable time your allies were able to rally and prevent the encirclement. Several fleets were still lost but with Arron's assistance an Admiral by the name of J'ore Tl'heix was able to capture a POW holding facility then strike at an enemy repair yard. With Arron scouting the way for them, the expanded fleet broke through the weakened lines and linked up with friendly forces.

Over the next day two more friendly fleets arrived from other Houses, reinforcing the lines and allowing you to push far enough to reach a Talos class Heavy Carrier you crippled. Despite damage to much of its systems as a result off attempts to scuttle it, the vessel was in good shape to be salvaged. A deal has been struck to split repair costs while helping to train allied crews in the use of such ships.

>>1416384
FOR HOUSE AND DOMINION

>>1416385
For house and dominion! The rider never ends

After this Qlippoth and the fleet stopped by the Gesaur system, trading captured data to the Ruling House shipyards. From there you raided Houses allied to Xygen, disrupting their trade lanes and even destroying a few small shipyards. While you recovered data on the positioning of enemy front line fleets and bases Arron's ship was discovered and your fleet forced to return to friendly lines early.

Your withdrawal drew enemy attention to an allied siege group and you were forced to intervene to prevent their destruction. Despite intense fighting your fleet took few losses and drove off an enemy Heavy Cruiser and its escort. Since returning to Dreminth you've received commendations from two Houses for your support in this action alone.

The fleet is still in orbit of the capital two days later when official thanks for your efforts against House Sulos begin to pour in. It's too bad the main ceremonies have been carried out for awards and promotions. Now you'll need to call everyone in again or make some trips to make sure everyone gets their medals. Fortunately there are staff officers to help with those sorts of things.

Thanks to his help in rallying allied fleets Arron has been quietly promoted to a higher officer rank and awarded enough money to buy land if he were so inclined. He still hasn't decided if he'll do so or not but you have some land on Rioja ready if he does.

You visit Kavos again finding the old Dro'all increasingly frail but still in good spirits. Keeping an eye on grandchildren is still taking up much of his time but most are fairly well behaved so it doesn't require much exertion. Still, telling a few stories helps to keep them occupied giving Kavos a break for awhile.
The money you previously offered to help with schooling has been a big help to the family overall. Some of them are quite bright and might not have made it as far in school otherwise.
"If you had never done anything for me that alone would have been enough to make me happy." Kavos tells you when you depart.
"Now get out there and win this war for us. I'd like to talk to Linda again and she won't visit while we're still fighting each other. Also try to remember to have fun once and awhile between the work and the crazy."

Your father manages to get some time off for once so the family can see one another. The two of you talk about the state of the war and you ask what's going on with House logistics. Apparently J-D is stocking up on supplies and war materiel necessary to support a major push with most of the heavy fleet assets if necessary. As if that wasn't enough Nasidum and Xygen have been pressing hard in places. Your allies on the front are taking severe losses and everyone is trying to help pick up the slack.

As for the rest of the family Mom seems less stressed out than she has been in ages. Probably because Ethan is doing much better in school now and there is less chance of him being drafted in the future.
The youngest Reynard is just a single minded about the things he likes as he did when he was younger. He's quick to tell you about what he's been learning and about the new tutor. Some retired noble you've never heard of whose family used to be involved in a lunar mining or consultancy firm that closed down years ago.

You spend a day with the family around your hometown and the following out at the lodge. Old man Petras informs you that things have been fairly quiet while you've been away. The sentries have only had to deal with a few hikers that got lost while trying to navigate by dead reckoning.

You're not sure yet if you should tell the family about the new position Count Jerik wants you to take up, coordinating the J-D fleets with House Ber'helum.

1) Was there anything you wanted to do around the capital while you're here?

2) Do you plan to return to Rioja before your reassignment to House Ber'helum space?

>>1416547
>1) Was there anything you wanted to do around the capital while you're here?
Visit Mike, see if the council wants anything. Is Bekka going to visit anytime soon? Maybe visit the land on the Erid planets we got? Take a brief tour of Erid space?

>2) Do you plan to return to Rioja before your reassignment to House Ber'helum space?
I think we should. Being able to set things up in person should help avoid trouble.

>>1416466
>You visit Kavos again finding the old Dro'all increasingly frail but still in good spirits.
Has any miracle treatment come up now that we're best buddies with Helios and Ber'helum?

>Some of them are quite bright and might not have made it as far in school otherwise.
We should look into that. Our house can't really afford to waste potential.

>>1416547
Have our corporate intel do a complete background investigation on Ethans tutor. Wouldn't want him to get blackmailed or bought by someone to inform on where a relative of ours is at all times.
Doing a victory parade on Rioja would be a pretty good time to do a second award ceremony and get some of the more influential people on Rioja a chance to mingle with us and complain to us about their mundane problems and propose business plans and directions to take the development of Rioja.

>>1416547
>1
I personally would like to see a bit more of the Count. We've meet him a few time but never really got to know him as a person.

>2
I think we should visit. It's been a while after all and it should give us an opportunity to spend some of that 3 billion in cash we got.

>>1416547
>coordinating the J-D fleets with House Ber'helum.

But that sounds like the perfect thing to force our father to sign an NDA about, and ask if he can think of a reason for a logistics team to be formed for it?

I recall Nasidium being big on 'superior logistics' compared to B'H, and making it known, our father having odd ideas that applied best to larger scale, and Duke B'H appreciating ideas and concepts that smaller Houses cook up?

1)
Who do we have to meet to obtain some extra cloaked scouts and/or battleships? I'm sure the Duke would see value in our House if we could muster a gift basket including something like that?

There are a few Council members that have supported/advised us before. We should ensure that we visit them and keep those connections alive. (even if nothing interesting happens and it is a foot note)

Is there any politicking over possible commanders positions that we would be ordering around?

Have we introduced that crazy luddite world knight to anyone or gotten them into situations they have enjoyed/learned from?

Did we ever expand our modern kavarian torpedo production to the home worlds? Strategically speaking, it would be kind of big if we didn't have to ship them from Rioja.

2.
I believe we should return to Rioja. The fleet's return should be a nice morale booster, and we should ensure that we deal with any concerns from our allies that have come up. (or disputes?)


>unrelated
Did that assassination target survive the stasis extraction?

>>1416547
>>1416571
>>1416578
>>1416632
>>1416648
>2 Like all the other anon's returning to Rioja is a big want almost to the point, with our investments and likely long term absence, of being a necessity. Gotta set stuff up, better to do it in person, etc. Speaking of I'm curious if a noble has ever bought everyone on an entire world "a round". Seriously it could be a whole PR event, maybe even start a tradition of a day of cheer and possible inebriation (although without us paying for subsequent occasions). What would the price be for all legal adults for a pint of decent beer? (if you get a large enough quantity good beer becomes almost statistically insignificant regarding the price comparison to cheap beer)
>1 Very much up for visiting our friends and acquaintances (like mike) and looking at acquisitions. Also that was an excellent idea with the torpedo production, although maybe not overly so, especially with the house materials build-up (although it will be when they start expending the vast stockpiles in a currently theoretical push). Also What did happen to the Luddite knight like anon pointed out?

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>>1416706
oops sorry wasn't paying attention and greened everything. Have an aesthetic uniform as an apology.

We should do a phonebooth mission.

>>1416547

For House and Dominion!

1) Nothing I can think of that needs doing at the capital.

2) Yes lets return to Rioja and make sure everything is in order before our assignment to B'H.

[s]spoiler test, Sonia is best Viscount[/s]

>>1416571
>Is Bekka going to visit anytime soon?
She's had shorter lengths of leave time but not enough to get to the homeworlds and back. For now not really.

>Maybe visit the land on the Erid planets we got?
Did Sonia get land there? I know we got shipyards.
I think Alex was the one who got more land there since he became Baron of Alaior. If someone can find info on this in the archives we'll have to add it to the wiki for Reynard_Holdings_and_Finances.

>Has any miracle treatment come up now that we're best buddies with Helios and Ber'helum?
The Dominion has serious issues with population control. The closest thing to immortality they came up with was cloning, and that caused a lot of problems for them culturally.

>>1416578
>Have our corporate intel do a complete background investigation on Ethans tutor.
As near as they can tell he's some sort of eccentric who always wears sunglasses. Is a decorated veteran and has medals for close combat proficiency.

>Doing a victory parade on Rioja would be a pretty good time to do a second award ceremony and get some of the more influential people on Rioja a chance to mingle with us and complain to us about their mundane problems and propose business plans and directions to take the development of Rioja.
Noted.

>>1416632
>I personally would like to see a bit more of the Count.
There's an idea.

>>1416648
>But that sounds like the perfect thing to force our father to sign an NDA about
>BUT DAAAAAAAD!
>No. Now go to your room. Er, I mean ship. Planet?

>I recall Nasidium being big on 'superior logistics' compared to B'H, and making it known, our father having odd ideas that applied best to larger scale, and Duke B'H appreciating ideas and concepts that smaller Houses cook up?
If you mean the Ruling House that's Nirium, though Nasidum has to be good at logistics too since their territory is so large.
I guess its a bit like comparing the logistics of the British Empire with the Soviet Union? Though the over-land portion doesn't really compare well with the whole space thing.

Anyways, logistics for Ber'helum. Your head is in the right place, they have been working on expanding the number of bases they have to support a wider range of deployments. Securing territory in the DRH1 and 2 Relays has also been a big part of that.

Talking to his superiors it looks like your father is needed right now. J-D has growing trade links to the Run and South Reach to manage at the moment on top of everything else. That one Neeran heavy tanker you captured awhile back has been a big help in stockpiling. Still, more transport capacity and bases are needed. Looks like an area to invest more money in.

>>1416706
>buying everyone on any planet a round when there are TWO wars that need to be won.

We'd probably need to hijack a military logistics group to pull that off.

>>1416730
"[s-poiler] [/s-poiler]"


>>1416740
>I confused Nasidum with Nirium
Whoops.

>father needed, Neeran ship/transport capacity note

Did we ever get those modified Neeran CX transport lines going? Potential investment for our B'H position?

>>1416740
>Looks like an area to invest more money in.
How would something like a superfreighter fare? A genuinely gargantuan cargo ship designed to haul as much cargo as possible.

>>1416770
Didn't we run into the one Super Heavy Transport back during Operation Typhoon? The one we crippled and someone wanted to buy for 4 billion S.

>>1416740
>Did Sonia get land there?
I kinda expected it to come with Sonia's role in winning the campaign or at least getting some of the baron's property as a reward for capturing him. At least the estate where she captured the baron should have been awarded to her.

>>1416797
Bear in mind we had a standing agreement with the group that was helping us. They were guaranteed to keep their own land, and given the sudden change in leadership it might not have been possible to snatch up Erid land for JD nobles.

>>1416778
That was a Mega SHC?

>>1416770
Judging from the wiki, there seems to be a hard limit to the cost effectiveness of larger transport ships.

>from Cygni class page
"One of the largest dedicated transport ships ever concieved, the Cygni class was intended to replace the Jupiter Transport. With a capacity rivaling that of the Senate class Heavy Carrier there are few ship that can compete with it. Fuel and power requirements combined with poor acceleration reduce it's overall effectiveness, preventing it from taking away business from smaller craft."

With trade lanes seemingly dominated by multiple, smaller legs requiring reversion and course changes, it makes sense (at least in my head) that the larger craft would actually be a burden. They might make more sense for galaxy-to-galaxy routes, but then you'd probably run into massive load/unload issues that would make smaller ships viable again?

>>1416809
Cargo ships for crossing oceans and trucks for cross continent.

>>1416648
>Who do we have to meet to obtain some extra cloaked scouts and/or battleships?
>muster a gift basket including something like that?
Some should now be available. The House has sold small numbers of Nocturn class ships to the Ruling House, Ber'helum and Helios. Future sales of them are being marketed at Gesaur in a high security facility you recently visited.

Cloaked versions of the South Reach Fast Battleship have been for sale for awhile now. You could make a gift of one or more to Ber'helum but you'd be paying for them out of your own pocket. Nocturn class ships + advanced cloak are going for half a billion I think? It was a lot whatever it is.

>Is there any politicking over possible commanders positions that we would be ordering around?
Some potential Knight Commanders, most of the fleets will be lead by Barons. Drake is on the list.

>Did we ever expand our modern kavarian torpedo production to the home worlds?
I think you did and may have split on it with Alex.

>Have we introduced that crazy luddite world knight to anyone or gotten them into situations they have enjoyed/learned from?
I really wish I had more time to do things with this.
Visiting different worlds and seeing the great cities and other works has been an ongoing experience for him. One of the more surprising things for him were holobooths.
"I am amazed people who are afraid to venture into the world don't lock themselves away in such contraptions."

>What say?

>>1416826
>What say?
"Most people who would actually want to do that can't afford them."

>Cloaked versions of the South Reach Fast Battleship have been for sale for awhile now
Are any of our allies building the advanced stealth mod frigate? The battleship our house is building seems a bit of a waste for pure recon missions.

>I really wish I had more time to do things with this.
One-off adventure threads every now and then?

>>1416826
"I'd be willing to bet there are some that do. But even then, the knowledge that it's not real is still enough to dissuade most."

>>1416826
>what say?

"Unfortunately, I'm sure that there are those that do."

>nocturns

Were all of the sales of those to the big 3 fitted with advanced cloaks? Or would an Advanced cloak nocturn be something new for B'H?

gift value sort of diminishes if they have one already (not in a tangible sense, but more of a 'damn!' sense)

>>1416822

Yes, but these cargo ships are also constantly at risk of being attacked, especially within the Dominion.

The conditions for a true super freighter to actually work (cost efficiency, low risk of major investment being blown up from month to month) just don't seem to be present, especially in the Dominion.

And then if it can survive attacks, someone will convert them into warships. Super freighter technicals.

>>1416826
Oh, before I forget, can we pass on our thanks to the cloak dev team? It's been a massive help. I'd like to find out of those new Iratar ships are actually penetrating the cloak or if it's a problem with the cloak itself trying to mimic their sensors, like we saw before with the detection grid glitch.

>>1416706
>I'm curious if a noble has ever bought everyone on an entire world "a round".
Maybe on planets with a low population. It's certainly something a few nobles claim to have done.
>What would the price be for all legal adults for a pint of decent beer?
While I'm not that good at economics I think it's safe to say you could pay for that on Rioja without issue. Seriously, you could sell a small starship to pay for it if you really wanted. The cost wouldn't be the issue.

>We'd probably need to hijack a military logistics group to pull that off.
Yes. Moving it all would be.

>>1416729
Phonebooth location is no longer accepting calls. Last time you went there you were given an automated warning that it would explode if accessed after a certain date.

>>1416765
>Did we ever get those modified Neeran CX transport lines going? Potential investment for our B'H position?
Yes. They've still a bit expensive to manufacture so you are not making that much money off them yet. Finding buyers is not an issue though so you could increase prices.

>>1416770
>>1416778
Cygni class heavy transports are the largest dedicated cargo ships currently in use. The Terrans built them to replace the old Jupiter. They're big and sluggish. Tough shields but they have difficulty outrunning anything.

>>1416883
>And then if it can survive attacks, someone will convert them into warships. Super freighter technicals.
That was one of your heavy cruiser yard options, a Cygni converted to mount scrap cannons.

>Were all of the sales of those to the big 3 fitted with advanced cloaks?
They've each bought at least one with the advanced cloak, probably to test their capability. Some of the sales were just the ship itself that they planned to fit with their own cloaks. Odds are they've salvaged a few from Rovinar wrecks while out fighting the Neeran.

>>1416848
>Are any of our allies building the advanced stealth mod frigate?
EDIT: The Major Houses that are your allies do build small numbers of them.

Other than them, not really. They've mostly only been used by the larger more powerful Houses. Occasionally they're sold to the less powerful ones or salvaged.

>>1416906
>can we pass on our thanks to the cloak dev team?
Will do, just don't expect to hear much response back.

>I'd like to find out of those new Iratar ships are actually penetrating the cloak or if it's a problem with the cloak itself trying to mimic their sensors, like we saw before with the detection grid glitch.
It looks like it's the same problem as before. Either the cloak can't mimic it closely enough or don't mimic certain emission at all. The beam is either stopped or deflected. A solution is still being developed.

Fortunately it still requires a large number of ships operating in concert to get the detection grid working properly. Even then, they need highly accurate sensors to track FTL movements so they know where to start looking. The enemy group that attempted to intercept Arron had to be experienced and know exactly what they were looking for.

The sensor arrays on the Iratar ships would have allowed for higher resolution scans of ships travelling at FTL but wouldn't be able to penetrate the cloak itself at sublight. The only real defense would be a scattering system like the Krath use for their FTL emissions but nobody else has figured out how to do that yet.

>>1416964
I dont supppse we could pur additional support into developing better cloaking technologies? Or finding ways to negate that detection grid.

>>1416912
>>1416964
Neat stuff. So can we add operation "opiate of the masses [aka beer]" to the next poll? Glad to hear about stealth ship availability and the limited scope of iratar detection capabilities (for now DUN DUN DUN). Also
>As near as they can tell he's some sort of eccentric who always wears sunglasses. Is a decorated veteran and has medals for close combat proficiency.
Is this a char reference, because if so I approve! Mind you shades and close combat cover alot of possible characters so probably not!

I am alive and writing, just getting blocked on some points.

>>1417202
>developing better cloaking technologies?
Your advances are 95% derived from buying, stealing or scanning better tech. You'd have to go out and steal a Krath ship if you want better.

The engineers should be working on a method of negating the detection grid, though it's hard to know how effective it will be.

>>1417250
>You'd have to go out and steal a Krath ship if you want better.
...

Didn't Eldal mention there were rogue Krath elements working on the other side of the Dominion civil war?

While you're in the capital you want to see more of the Count and the Council members. You know very little about them personally despite being one of the highest ranked people in the House. Scheduling a meeting with Count Jerik would be simple enough, but anything more informal proves to be far more difficult. It seems he's kept quite busy with the business of the House and the war.

You do manage to meet with a few members of the Council. They seem to be a fairly diverse lot, though more than a few are quite old. Overall those you have the chance to talk to are glad you've bothered to take the time to listen to advice, or even just to ask for it in the first place.

"So many ambitious would be leaders often climb to the top over their rivals and peers. What these people often forget is that those peers are often responsible for keeping them in power. That doesn't mean naively helping everyone in your House is the best path either but finding a good middle ground is often hard. All you can do is keep working at it."

One of the councilors is able to set up a get together of sorts with the Count. He seems rather surprised when you show up with a few other nobles for duck hunting.

"Didn't figure you for the type to hunt things that couldn't shoot back Reynard."

"First time for everything sir." you reply.

"As long as you drop the sir and don't scare off my birds we shouldn't have any problems today."

Roll 2d20 for Duck Hunt.

Rolled 18, 3 = 21 (2d20)

>>1417402

I am now imagining the hunting dog or whatever laughing at us.

Also, hunting ducks can also help train for shooting moving targets. Just a bit slower moving targets.

Rolled 12, 6 = 18 (2d20)

>>1417402
>Hey Count can I use my 20mm?

Rolled 20, 20 = 40 (2d20)

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>>1417464
The duck population will never recover.

>>1417464
Sweet baby RNGsus. Whelp, time to sacrifice a goat then.

>>1417464

We have hunted the whole regions worth of ducks.

>>1417467
>>1417402

Nah. Clearly nobody told us you're supposed to use a shotgun so we've been sniping them with a military grade Reynard Rifle.

>>1417479
>>1417467

That's poor sportsmanship and shifty hunting.

I like my idea better where we ignorantly make it nuch harder on ourselves because I'm autistic about that sort of thing.

>>1417489
>I'm autistic
I noticed.

>>1417489
Nah, we're just that used to things moving from our times deploying in person. That shooting such slow moving targets makes this over kill for us.

>>1417464
Take that, fucking duckhunt dog.

Well done!

>>1417464
The last time this happened we beat the shit out of some terran marines with some sweet rocket tricks.

>>1417514
I see you've never gone duck hunting.

It's called birdshot for a reason.

It would be insanely impressive to consistently shoot down ducks with a rifle even for a skilled military marksmen.

>>1417507
Fuck me for having actually gone hunting and shit and wanting some realism in a sci-fi quest right? Clean kills are more impressive than volume of kills. Excessive kills are just . . . Well not what I associate with doing well.

I mean we could just as easily do that with a punt gun.

It isn't a hair raising experience like hunting Warrel but it does seem to take some skill and concentration. Some. If you were using a simple bolt action rifle instead of a shotgun the ducks might have stood a chance.

"Bloody hell Reynard, leave some for the rest of us." whispers one of the other nobles.

That's enough of a hint that you're a bit more careful for the rest of the outing, going after ones the others don't have covered. This is a group activity, you're not here to show up the Count and his friends. Even though you totally could have.

By the time you head in Jerik is giving you a knowing smirk. You might have fooled a few of the others but not him.

"Not bad Reynard. I'm glad someone around here knows how to shoot. It's not just about the aim, timing is important too."

>Cont.

>>1417603
I was referencing the fact you were taking a shitty 6 word joke and having Sonia going duck hunting so seriously.

>>1417514
I don't mean to come off condescending if that happened. It's just that bids are actually really fucking hard to hit with a shotgun much less a rifle.

That shit would be crazy. Like I would be flabbergasted if it happened IRL.

>>1417612
I am enthusiastic about hunting.

Also pretty drunk.

>>1417615

You're fine, I figure someone who has experience in a war zone shooting drones made by Areis that would undoubtedly move faster then bird. This should be old hat.

>>1417630
As long as you're not doing both at the same time.

The next day you meet up with Mike and Alex on Alaior. He's repurposed one of the former Barons estates, expanding upon the existing buildings. It looks like a fairly large mansion with a few out buildings for maintaining the grounds, though you fully expect it to have much more beneath the surface. The location is surrounded by grasslands as far as the eye can see.

You tell Alex that you probably would have modified that castle you caught Ukalah in.

"If you want it as a little local outpost for whenever you're on planet you can have it." he tells you.
"Just promise me you won't operate kill squads out of it."

Mike is glad to get away from the family for a bit. He's been spending more and more time either with them or helping run training squadrons.
"The closest thing I've had to fun the past few months has been ambushing Sylvan's cloaked battleship training unit whenever we can find them on sensors. Most of the time we're redirected to intercept incoming raiding groups.
They keep trying to attack the orbital industries. Pain in the ass."

Alex agrees. "I have to keep a third of my forces near Alaior at all times to make raiders think twice about attacking it."
He shields his eyes from the sun and looks up at flashes of weapons fire in orbit. His fleet conducting exercises.
"We salvaged a Medium escort cruiser on one of my fleet's outings. It seems to be working out so I've added two more and a Monitor. Lots of fire support for protecting the heavy carriers or supporting the Zeus."

Mike speaks up. "I've been saying he should get a couple of Sledge Mediums for closer in firepower."

[ ] They do seem good all around
[ ] Get the newer Eminence
[ ] Other (Suggestion)

>>1417730
>[x] Get the newer Eminence
"I'd go for the Eminence II. Besides, you never know what Helios might be able to fit in those heavy mounts."

>>1417730

Unless they fixed the design issues of the Sledge, the Eminence would be better. To pull from the wiki,

"One Sledge is hit with cannon fire from the Neeran medium, burning through the length of the ship and blasting it in two. Suddenly you're glad you hadn't bought a production license for those. They seem to have some design flaws to work out."

Unless they've addressed the design flaws. It would probably be money better spent getting an Eminence. So I would support getting an Eminence.

That or the Shukhant. Since it seems to also be the main line medium for the Doiminion.

>>1417730
Eminence or Eclipse.
The Sledge is good when they operate in pairs or more where they can hide behind each others shields. When something gets through those shields they tend to fall apart.

>>1417730
[x] Newer Eminence or Shukhant

If you're getting them for close-in escort, you want a ship that can ram or counter ram an attacker if need be. I just can't imagine the Sledge would react well to that.

Whatever he gets, we should take the chance to tell our former wingmen about the ... phased particle lightning gun thing... shenanigans we got up to this deployment.

>>1417730
Can we shill the Eclipse Mk.2 in addition to any other voted suggestion?

I don't think we've actually seen it in action yet.

>>1417730
Silly QM you don't hunt in the spring.

Except for Geese. Fuck Geese.

> Also tossing in the vote for the newer Eminence

>>1417786
They have seen an increase in quality though there may still be issues.


"I'd go for the Eminence II. Besides, you never know what Helios might be able to fit in those heavy mounts."

"True."

"Or maybe the Eclipse." you add.

Alex winces at this.
"An Eclipse is a big investment. I don't think I'll buy one of those until all the bugs are certain to have been worked out on the new one."

It seems he'll probably be going with the Eminence. You're surprised Mike didn't suggest that one himself what with the afterburners.

"I was there in the Run for your tests of them. I'm slowly starting to agree that the afterburners on those things are maybe a bit too dangerous. A few months ago there was a friendly station in allied space that wasn't up to code and most of the people on board were irradiated because of a close pass. It wasn't in the news reports but some of my students were nearby when it happened and they told me about it."

Radiation is always a danger. Accidents or incidents with fusion drives aboard ships during landings or takeoff happen somewhere out there almost daily. Still certain things are more dangerous than others.

Alex clears his throat to break the awkward silence. "So, more alcohol?"
"Sure!"
"Hell yes."

>>1417870
Eclipse Mk. 2 with twin barrel LDP cannons for maximum plasma

>>1417889
Max plasma would be those triple barrelled rotary medium plasma cannons that were mentioned when the Run was invaded.

You tell the guys about the performance of the lightning guns and how they seemed to tear through anything not carrying newer or heavier armor. It's hard to get hold of them right now as the Republic barely makes enough for their own ships.

Mike claims he can get something even better.

"What's that?"
"Storm cannon."

You've heard of those. They're supposed to be a more powerful and far less reliable version that are produced in fewer numbers. It combines the Lightning gun with the Harmonic resonance repulsor.

"I know somebody, who knows somebody who could probably get a couple of newer Storm cannons that wont permanently burn out."

"There must be a catch." Alex points out.

"They want 150 million each for them."

>Add it to the list? Y/N?

>>1417919
[x] Y

If only so that we could store one as a research example in the Plasma Moon.

Speaking of, I noticed in the price list the Republic Heavy is listed as 250 - 300m. Would buying one be useful to the development teams as an example of larger plasma technology?

>>1417919

Yes

>>1417919
>Y
Heck yeah

>>1417919
>Add it to the list? Y

>>1417922
The Republic will only sell those weapons to the Alliance or under special circumstances. Like say, in exchange for new plasma weapon cooling technology.


Status of the Eclipse II
Improvements across the board, including but not limited to more firepower and options for more upgrades. Need more tweaks to the hull to make it easier to switch out parts for different roles. The suggested carrier modification wouldn't work so well yet. The next ship to be completed should be meet all requirements.
The Shallan Military and House Ber'helum have each offered to purchase the Mk II alpha model prototype once testing is done with it.

I'm going to have to stop here because my headache is getting too bad. When we resume we'll be back at Rioja.
I don't know when I'm going to be resuming yet because I have a ton of stuff going on with work and medical tomorrow. Hopefully tuesday or wednesday for a few hours.

>>1417988
Thanks for the run TSTG.

Oh, and this random thought just passed through my head some time ago, but just wanted to ask anyway:

If fH&D was a 4x game, which faction/subfaction would you play as first?

>>1417988
Thanks for running TSTG.

Amarr, Caldari, Gallente, or Minmatar?

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>>1417730
>Mike is glad to get away from the family for a bit
I think Sonia has never met his wife or his son.

>"Just promise me you won't operate kill squads out of it."
We could build a skyscraper beneath it.

>>1417919
>>Add it to the list? Y/N?
Sure.

>>1417988
>republic plasma
We could try to get one through unofficial channels, like Ferigold. Although that would easily double the price or worse.

>>1417610
Is the Count single?
Is he ready to mingle?

>>1419674

I like the way you think.

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>>1416384
TSTG, I've had several dumb ideas for stuff. I have no clue how feasible they are.

- Modular upgrade for the Ascendancy. An upgrade programme for existing hulls with what basically amounts to bolting picatinny rails to existing hulls. Turning the central storage bay into a modular upgrade slot would be an option for future more time extensive update to the design.
- A modification for the Scarab which turns it into the equivalent of a modern missile boat but with heavy torpedoes instead of ASMs.
- Stasis collar/necklace. A stasis device attached to the neck of a soldier that monitors his vital signs. If the system detects changes that threaten to damage the brain it activates a stasis field, effectively severing the user's head from the body, and thereby preventing lethal damage to the brain. The head can then be retrieved and attached to either the salvaged body, or a newly cloned one. While most likely not a particularly pleasant experience, it still beats being dead. Probably.

>>1421527
While hilarious the shear forces when that thing accelerates would rip apart anything attached unless the picatinny rails were built into the design from the start.

I was thinking we should set up a holographics factory on Rioja.

They're used in several of our business:
-Holobooths
-Camo
-The weapon decoration on Devourer
-Soon to be used to supercool plasma weapon

Who knows what next? Maybe they'll be used to reinforce shield systems.

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>>1418010
>If fH&D was a 4x game, which faction/subfaction would you play as first?
Terrans because I play most 4x games going for the highest techs possible while generally keeping a fairly small military. Not that it doesn't blow up in my face all the time, it does, but it's just how I tend to play. I don't like having to replace huge numbers of ships if new tech renders them obsolete.

I really liked Star Wars Rebellion because your cheapest starting ships were still useful even in the late game. Just use them for point defense against starfighters.

>>1418020
I was primarily a turret pilot in my EVE days. Starting with hybrids and then getting into piloting Amarr ships and lasers. If it was purely based on ships and weapons I would say Amarr.
I started as Caldari and thus approach much of the setting from that viewpoint.

>>1419674
>I think Sonia has never met his wife or his son.
I think you're right.

>We could build a skyscraper beneath it.
That is not a thing I considered.

>Although that would easily double the price or worse.
Worse. It would be like the worst of ebay.

>>1420257
>Is the Count single?
No. He's in a political marriage.

>>1421527
>picatinnyascendancy
That's not a bad idea. It's sort of like what has already been done with it, especially that one Helios mod. It would need more work to the underling hull to prevent what >>1421585
is concerned about.

>Scarab
So basically pic related but with heavy torpedoes. Could work. Their performance would suck while carrying the torps.

I just had an idea. You could use the engines on the torpedoes for extra thrust, with fuel from the Scarab. What is that called, asparagus staging? I think Scott Manley did a video on it.

>Stasis collar/necklace.
While a good idea most stasis field emitters are too bulky for this. Maybe in the distant future.
>While most likely not a particularly pleasant experience [...]
Encountering a noble with displays of the heads of their enemies in stasis.

>>1422050
>I was thinking we should set up a holographics factory on Rioja.
I definitely remember you having one built there for all of the reasons you listed.

>>1422093
>I definitely remember you having one built there for all of the reasons you listed.
I'm pretty sure that was a stasis cell factory & research center in preparation for the dominion plasma weapon building.

How thin and cheaply could a stasis cell be made by the way? Could we eventually start packing food in stasis packaging?

>>1422108
A bigger question is how do we scale down the energy source without relying on extremely dangerous stasis'd plasma or extremely expensive micro fusion reactors

>>1422124
Wireless power.

The stasis cells act as receivers and need to kept in a 'powered' area.

>>1422130
Man that would be a lot of radiation in the storage area.

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>>1422108
Stasis Technology (for a new wiki page to b added)

There are two general types of stasis systems, 1) fully enclosed and 2) those that project outwards from a device.

The latter are a fairly new invention, having only been developed by the Rovinar in the last 50 years or so. They only reached the level of use needed for medical systems a year or two before Sonia joined the military. I think that what I'd said previously. Either way they were new enough that Sonia hadn't really seen them before that time she was stabbed in the back on a navigator station.

The fully enclosed types are the most common and have existed for centuries. They're used for all sorts of things, including high capacity fuel storage tanks. The Republic got the idea to use them for the fuel cells carried by their centurion class ships. In the process they accidentally figured out how to minimise them enough for their plasma anti-tank guns.

To answer your actual question the smallest you can make them before dealing with diminishing returns are the ones for your plasma pistol. Roughly grenade size, walls 1 cm thick? You can make the storage space itself smaller, but not the device to contain it.

No, you can't simply turn someone's helmet into an enclosed type because there are things like the person's neck in the way. I suppose if you had a sort of guillotine like device to cut off the person's head below the brain stem that might work.
Good luck marketing that though. Moving parts would also make it more complicated.

>Could we eventually start packing food in stasis packaging?
Yes? Some food or other items are shipped in bulk in larger stasis vaults. Sonia is familiar with such commercially available vaults being used by her father in the market district. Bekka got tossed into one by her kidnappers.

Smaller ones would be expensive and are recommended only for very highly valued products. Right now most facilities capable of manufacturing them are needed for the war effort.

>>1422124
>>1422130
Smaller ones don't really need that much power to sustain them once active.
Weapon Fuel cells can cheat a bit if they run low on power by bleeding off some heat for electricity. That cuts back on the effective number of shots so most of the time they're kept in charging racks.
Sonia's pistol holster includes a small power supply that gives the extra fuel cells enough power to get by. I don't recall if I ever mentioned this.

Wireless power could work for a civilian storage area.

>>1422138
I think it wouldn't be a huge issue if they were only stored in designated areas.

>>1422249
>Good luck marketing that though.
Reynard Brand mobile neural guillotine preservation system.

Thanks for the reply, it cleared up a lot.

>>1422249
>Good luck marketing that though.
"You can choose between almost certain death or an injection of space morphine followed by waking up with some hazy, dream-like memories of wanting to scream but having no mouth."

>>1422093
>I just had an idea.
It's crazy! I like it.

>>1422249
>developed by the Rovinar in the last 50 years or so.
Would the Rovinar be willing to set up a research cooperation agreement for Stasis tech?

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>>1422093
>It's sort of like what has already been done with it, especially that one Helios mod.
That was what gave me the idea. Most mods so far focused on replacing the main storage bay with something else, and Helios added the 4 heavy cannons to the sides. So why not combine both and turn these areas into modular mounts. I picked the external modifications because it seemed like a quicker upgrade than reworking the middle of the ship. The Ascendancy is probably the most numerous heavy cruiser in FA space, and I remember something about them being build to incredibly high quality standards. It would be a waste to relegate them to carriers. So whoever comes up with a decent service life extension program will likely strike gold.

>Encountering a noble with displays of the heads of their enemies in stasis.


>>1422304
>memories of wanting to scream but having no mouth
On second thought, it will be more like wanting to scream but having no lungs.

>>1421527
More dumb ideas btw:
-A gatling configuration of light siege cannons for super heavy turret mounts. A lower tech alternative to large plasma cannons etc.
-Research into linking larger amounts of heavy phase cannons. While not as impressive as plasma cannons these days, they still have their advantages. Some research should go into trying to use advantages in other fields to keep phase cannons updated.
-Scarab stealth surveillance/patrol boat? Pic kinda related. I feel the class is kinda underutilized, especially with recent advances in automatisation and stasis technology.

>>1416740
>She's had shorter lengths of leave time but not enough to get to the homeworlds and back. For now not really.
Would it be possible to meet in DRH2? We could combine it with visits to our favorite crazy baron and the new territories of our house and allies in the region.

>>1422988
>-A gatling configuration of light siege cannons for super heavy turret mounts. A lower tech alternative to large plasma cannons etc.
I would support some general phase weapon research. They're seem to be quite ubiquitous and an all-rounder weapon, plus the ease of logistics since they're ammoless.

One thing that might be worth looking at is large area array phase weapons, imagine if we could start plating whole ship sides with phase arrays.

I knew I wouldn't have a lot of time to run this week but I didn't realise how much stuff would be going on.

>>1422534
With a Faction level government yes.

>>1422988
>So whoever comes up with a decent service life extension program will likely strike gold.
On that note: Taking suggestions for stuff it could mount with such an upgrade. I can only think of a few: Carrier mods, spinal mount siege weapons, or more turrets.

http://houseanddominion.wikia.com/wiki/Talk:Ascendancy_class_Heavy_Cruiser

>it will be more like wanting to scream but having no lungs.
I'm not sure if it's worse, but it's certainly not better.

>A gatling configuration of light siege cannons for super heavy turret mounts.
I was about to say this wouldn't work, now I'm going to say it might not work. May need someone to remind me about this.
>linking larger amounts of heavy phase cannons.
I'd say talk to Helios but they're still busy with the holographic cooling systems and can't take on more R&D from you.

>Scarab stealth surveillance/patrol boat?
This is easy enough.


>>1423316
I'll try to keep this in mind.

>>1423768
>Taking suggestions for stuff it could mount with such an upgrade
-Heavy shield generators like on the alliance shield platform.

-Refinery and manufacturing modules, turning it into a souped-up anchorage capable of operating in contested areas.

-A gigantic drill, ram or hole saw, tons of applique armor, and additional engines to act as a dedicated heavy boarding vessel for operations against neeran super heavies and command ships.

-Holographic projectors, ECM and whatever version of the neeran shroud device we can get our hands on. It's supposed to work like a very primitive version of a holofield. Helios siege cannons would set around it, while the Ascendancy provides ECM coverage and uses the projectors to provide additional targets for enemy long range fire. Once the helios guns are reloading, the shroud device is activated to cover the movement of the ships. When they can fire again, the shroud is dropped and the whole procedure is repeated.

-Lots of stasis shields to act as secret bases submerged in stars?

>>1423841
>Refinery and manufacturing modules
If you combine these with a modification that replaces the central storage bay with one or several attack corvette production lines and a cargo hold filled with clones in stasis, the ship would make a very unpleasant surprise if it manages to quietly harvest resources in a backwater system for a month or two.

Or simply put several assault corvette lines in the main bay to protect them closer to the front.

>>1424025
Given the tendency for individual political leaders to revolt at the drop of a hat in the Dominion, I can't see this taking off to well.

A disgruntled noble taking off with one and the right crew could lead a single man war on any small houses.

>>1423768
For a small premium you could maybe get a guillotine helmet that also has a small synthesizer to scream FOR you?

It's not a bug, it's a feature!

>>1424313
>It makes the Wilhelm scream
I mean one of the dropped personality quirks in the early threads was that Sonia knew references to at least Monty Pythons Holy Grail

>>1422093
>Star Wars Rebellion
Fantastic and underrated game, needs a true sequel!

Hey, it looks like the front page activity list on the wiki is working again.

Is there still a game this week?

>>1424741
Good. Maybe they finally stopped breaking new things on the wiki long enough to fix the old ones.

>>1426153
I would have just straight up cancelled if I'd known there would be so much going on through the day every day this week.
Looking for a new job I could do while effectively disabled by headaches and medications. There are none.

I'm going to try to resume tomorrow. Will have to stop for a bit at 2:30 for a course that I need to attend, though I don't know how long it is. Hopefully less than 2 hours. Will post on the twitter.

Too much of a headache to resume at the moment.

>>1426231
Ouch, hopefully things will be better for you tomorrow.

>>1426231
Ah man, good luck.
If you ever need help with anything, just let people know.
Any luck with your headaches yet as well? I had some advice from family who suffer similar headaches, they said one paracetamol and three aspirin should do the trick.

Can anything else go wrong today? It's not even 11 am and I'm already asking myself this.

>>1426393
I have tried combos of tylenol and aspirin before, thanks though.

Okay, internet is back up. Typing!

After making sure to see family members one more time you set out for Rioja with any ships belonging to your world's fleet. Qlippoth and its escorts will be remaining in the homeworlds with the engineers at Loran's refit yards eager to check how well it held up to the extended deployment.

You arrive on Rioja ten days later. At your request the Governor has prepared for your arrival, with a small parade for the returning Knights and crews. It isn't the big event like it was when combat operations in the Run had ended. It is still enough to get the attention of most people in the capital.

The late arriving commendations from allied Houses are handed out, though there are no new promotions. A few parties are held in the capital and some of the larger cities for those wanting to return home.
You're introduced to what feels like a few hundred nobles or business owners that have relocated to Rioja while you were away. Some you've met before that were previously just investing locally. While you'd like to speak with more of them in detail that will have to wait for a few days. Meeting them and showing that you're back for now will be enough.

The next morning you find out that your advisors are using the turmoil created by your return to their advantage. Some of the business owners and nobles that may have been trying to take advantage of your absence have been sent scurrying, trying to cover their tracks. In their haste they've been inadvertently tipping off their true activities. Some are fairly minor and will just require the Governor to hand out a few fines here and there. Others are guilty of fraud at various levels, taking advantage of the influx of money being paid into Rioja to advance its development.

"Why hasn't the Governor stayed on top of this?" you ask.

"It seems a few groups may have been covering for others and disguising their activities." Fadila informs you.
"Many of the suspected nobles and business owners were invited to the capital at the request of the Governor. The general populace was not informed you would be the one arriving until shortly before you landed at the capital."

Vanderwal speaks up next. "I took the liberty of having their communications and personal computers remotely tapped while they were here. Of course the first thing the guiltier members did was to contact their officers to hide things once they realised you were back. Which we now have records of them trying to do."

>cont.

At least two people have been confirmed as running Ponzi schemes while others are engaged in various levels of money laundering or racketeering.

For the lesser crimes Dominion nobles would tend to get a slap on the wrist and a warning to either be more discreet, or suggest they curtail their activities somewhat. For those from other Factions the Dominion is usually more harsh with appropriation of assets to pay for losses as a result of their crimes. Better for corruption to come from within the Dominion than without.

Rioja does rely heavily upon investment from refugees from other factions, some of them quite rich and influential elsewhere.

[ ] Equal treatment. No favours to Dominion nobles
[ ] Dominion House Rules. Crack down heavier on those from elsewhere
[ ] Velvet Glove. Strongly encourage everyone to get back in line
[ ] Other

>>1427577
I would go for either
>[X] Equal treatment. No favours to Dominion nobles
Or
>[X] Velvet Glove. Strongly encourage everyone to get back in line
Can't make up my mind one one, please choose either if the votes is in stalemate.

>>1427577
>[ ] Equal treatment. No favours to Dominion nobles
Too soft and we invite more crime, unfair and we anger the large immigrant population.

>>1427577
>[x] Velvet Glove. Strongly encourage everyone to get back in line
Let the governor, Vanderwal, and Balle pick who's worth not getting ruined over this. A general amnesty doesn't seem worth it, and they'll have to handle these things themselves while Sonia is away in the future.

Can wealthy foreigners buy their way into lesser Dominion noblity? We might suggest this to them as a way to get their head out of the nosse and then watch the established nobility eat 80% of them alive in the first year.

>>1427610
>Can wealthy foreigners buy their way into lesser Dominion noblity?
They're not supposed to be able to but it does happen.


"I have another idea if you're finding the velvelt glove approach to be too soft but are reluctant to anger business leaders." says Vanderwal.

Fadila frowns. "Oh no, we don't need those sort of solutions. Please Viscount don't listen to him."

You are still a bit curious as to what the old spymaster has in mind.

"Our two worst offenders may need harsher punishment and there are one each from Terran and Dominion space. I suggest we frame one for killing the other removing them both from the equation.
The resulting investigation would give us justification for a larger crack down, or provide a bit more weight behind the words when we tell others to play by the rules."

>What say?

>>1427577
>[x] Equal treatment. No favours to Dominion nobles

>>1427618
"I must admit, in my experience trying to frame people for crimes they didn't commit rarely works out as desired for any of the parties involved."

>I suggest we frame one for killing the other removing them both from the equation.
The resulting investigation would give us justification for a larger crack down
What if we made both disappear by stuffing them into stasis containers for half a century? We wouldn't be killing anybody and still get the chance to investigate. If we use the clone guys who abducted Bekka to pull it off, we should have more than enough reason to censor the investigation where we need to.

>>1427639
This is a good idea if Vanderwal can get his hands on the guys.

>>1427618
I really love Vanderwal.

"What are the chances of success? And the margins for error?"

>>1427618

Personally I would have gone with give everyone the same treatment and dealt with them to the full extent of the law. But I am terrible with economics and stuff.

So, lets just punish those as we can. And make sure everyone gets back on point to help out. Rioja needs its business leaders and nobles to be working in unison to help better it. Not trying to steal what they can from it.

>>1427639
>If we use the clone guys who abducted Bekka
They only seem to operate on Dreminth.

"I must admit, in my experience trying to frame people for crimes they didn't commit rarely works out as desired for any of the parties involved.
What if they were to both disappear? We could put them in stasis for half a century."

"There would be more uncertainty and most likely delay things by a few days. Nothing gets the media's attention like a high profile murder and demands for action."
Vanderwal shrugs.
"It could work. Making sure no one found that container early and let them loose would be more difficult. Otherwise it would be like placing them in an easily escapable situation involving an overly elaborate and exotic death, without the death part."

You do have an exotic weapons testing facility. They could be hidden there under special holding conditions. Nobody is going to turn off a stasis field supposedly holding unstable materials in a plasma state.

"What are the chances of success? And the margins for error?"

"With the framing I can guarantee at least one of them would die, though how convincing it would be depends on how much media attention you wanted from it. I could even have it take place in a crowded area with plenty of witnesses, it would just be harder to pull off.
Disappearing them is easy by comparison. It will have more people wondering than being glad a few crooks shot each other over stolen money."

Fadila is staunchly opposed to Vanderwal's cloak and dagger methods, preferring your other choice.

[3] Equal treatment. No favours to Dominion nobles
[ ] Disappear the 2 trouble makers
[ ] Frame the 2 trouble makers

>>1427724
[3] Equal treatment. No favours to Dominion nobles

Fair economy like this might encourage foreign investors and discourage less legal ones from trying something like this if we hit down hard. Also my Triad paranoia senses are tingling.

>>1427724
>[ ] Disappear the 2 trouble makers
Getting them both is more important than publicity. Wouldn't want to take an "innocent" man to trial.

>>1427724
Eh. Not so fod lf that cloak and dagger. Sticking with the same choice.

>>1427724

Did anyone die because of them? Are these our political enemies? If they are, then they need to disappear.

If they aren't then give them the same treatment as everyone else. No need to make anyone an example just yet. If they want to continue working with us and Rioja after. Then they will hopefully learn from this. If they don't they will leave. We clearly make enough from our deployments we don't need shady individuals helping ruin our planet.

>>1427756
>Did anyone die because of them?
Hard to be sure.

>Are these our political enemies? If they are, then they need to disappear.
Some of them may be trying to undermine the effectiveness of the Governor, but they're the lesser of those causing trouble by a long shot.

Equal treatment it is.
And I need to head out soon to attend that course. Hopefully the first one won't be that long.

Back. Give me a bit to grab some food and get rolling again.

>>1427780
If any have space terrain mob ties, kill them with prejudice.

If not, equal treatment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgkxlQyw03A

You've made raids against businesses supporting organised crime, ordered arrests and seizures of funds and property. All of these things should still be fresh in the minds of the business owners and investors, but apparently they're not. Rioja seems to many new arrivals an untamed frontier and they don't bother to check back a year or two before they stepped off the ship. If they had they would have prepared for this day.

When the military police units begin to roll out the RSRIU makes a point of bringing their assault transport in over Rioja City. Their holographics switch from camouflage to displaying markings of House Jerik-Dremine and Police units. LST's mounting extra tractor beams are deployed elsewhere. Attack cruisers are positioned in orbit to catch anyone trying to flee the planet.

The message is a clear one; there is nowhere to run.

Thanks to the overwhelming show of force there are few casualties. Those accused of wrongdoing are quick to surrender for the most part, lawyers getting ready even before the handcuffs are on. A few resist but are quickly dealt with.
Some of those were even found to have ties to Aries, though the connection is often tenuous.

Despite there being few deaths businesses on Rioja would refer to it for years as The Purge. Predictably the markets respond badly to this with a substantial drop for days after. Short term pain for long term gain though. Stories about the crack down should keep most serious cases of financial corruption from setting in for years to come.

Plenty of noble families throughout the House are annoyed with the treatment of their relatives, feeling they should be above this. You'll have to assure the nobility as a whole that the colony is still open for business. Fortunately you have a few billion in funds ready to be invested. Those who try to hurt the economy by breaking the law will find their finances in trouble, but those willing to improve the local situation will be rewarded.

The next few months will probably be tumultuous ones for the planet but in the long run Rioja will be stronger for it. Or at least you hope it will.

>>1428076
>Plenty of noble families throughout the House are annoyed with the treatment of their relatives, feeling they should be above this.
They shouldn't complain before their relatives have been sentenced.

Also, are these people forgetting we're currently in a civil war and the largest intergalactic war in centuries?

>Predictably the markets respond badly to this with a substantial drop for days after.
We need to get our public relations department on that. Locking up people who were swindling investors shouldn't have that kind of result.

>>1428092
>Locking up people who were swindling investors shouldn't have that kind of result.
If businesses that were on the take were over inflating the markets it might.

In looking at investment options the Governor is requesting some assistance with stimulus funding. Unlike previous requests to help the economy along, this is one Chide Dlam'ard believes could be paid back to you inside of 1-2 years depending on how much you provide.

200-300 million would be ideal, though there are plenty of additional projects that could be got underway with 500 million.

This will be added to the survey which is being compiled unless there is strong support in thread.

>>1428076

If they want to bitch about their family being treated badly maybe they shouldn't have been dumb asses and tried to cheat the system.

The markets will recover. We don't need the money of those who would further themselves over improving Rioja. And for those few people with ties to Aries, better count themselves lucky.

>>1428092
They're almost certainly from noble families that had their powerbase established during the long peaceful period before the Warlord campaign that injected middle class citizens meritocratically to nobility.

>>1428132

What exactly is this person requesting assistance for?

>>1428132
>Quick turnover even with a large investment
That's pretty damned interesting. Where would the money be directed?

>>1428132
>This will be added to the survey which is being compiled unless there is strong support in thread.
If he wasn't competent, we wouldn't have supported him for that position and Balle is helping in the areas he's not that gifted. I'm all for the 500 million.

>>1428135
>>1428136
If they end up with prison sentences, we could allow the families of the nobles to relocate them to facilities on other planets after serving a few months on Rioja. If they can buy an early release or preferential treatment for them over there, it won't be our problem and it might placate some of the nobles we managed to upset back home.

>>1428140
>>1428147
There are a number of ongoing long term projects that can be completed fairly quickly now that the planet's terraforming has reached its current state. Infrastructure reconstruction that has been taking place in several smaller cities can be expanded upon or completed.
Aside from those it would be a continuation of Financial assistance / Incentives to business startups.

>>1428135
>>1428136
They're definitely from long established noble families.
>>1428152
>we could allow the families of the nobles to relocate them to facilities on other planets after serving a few months on Rioja.
In return for a hefty ransom? That would most certainly be one way to bring in more money.

>>1428194

What do our advisors say? What more information can we get from our advisors on where and how that investment that the governor is suggesting.

If we could support it, why not invest in what the governor is suggesting as well as some of the other projects that could use some additional help.

>>1428194
>In return for a hefty ransom? That would most certainly be one way to bring in more money.
Not necessarily a huge amount of money. More of a warning shot. "At least have the decency to send the competent ones" or something along those lines.

>There are a number of ongoing long term projects that can be completed fairly quickly now that the planet's terraforming has reached its current state
One thing we should consider is to offer to sell minority interest in things like shipyards or other industry to knights from our house. It would offer a secure investment and steady income to those not really gifted or interested in financial matters. On top of that, it would free up more of Sonia's money for other projects.

>>1428194
Sure put the .5 billion in.

>>1428194
I had an idea, if the market wants to call this the Purge, why not make a movie about the events. Get the common man behind it as well as get some extra cash in to help with the small dip that was experinced.

>>1428201
As usual, the Governor is there to keep the Planet's main economic concerns rolling. You can either loan them money to keep doing what they've been doing or meddle directly in those investments. Ultimately Dlam'ard will have more flexibility in dealing with some financial matters because they are on the planet all day every day.

>What do our advisors say?
They suggest investing some money either way since you'll actually be getting it back directly this time.
Every other time you've given the Governor cash it has been with the expectation that it will improve the economy but you wouldn't get it back directly.
This is because Rioja is/was a really bad starting planet.

>>1428203
>One thing we should consider is to offer to sell minority interest in things like shipyards or other industry to knights from our house.
Added to the survey!

There is another situation with regards to the planets economy brewing.

The open pit mines in southern wastes are drawing a great deal of raw materials, many of them valuable to heavy industries in the cities. High speed cargo tram lines will soon connect to the southern regions allowing even cheaper delivery of materials, improving competition against orbital mining and refineries.

Terraforming conditions on Rioja are getting much better overall but in the Southern Wastes it is not. Environmental protests have started asking that mining be scaled back until the atmosphere at those latitudes recovers. Others are demanding a complete halt to open pit and strip mining across the planet. This would greatly slow the rate of material extraction.

Dlam'ard admits that they may have some good points, but is reluctant to do anything that might slow down the economy. That's on top of war time considerations. Demand is high. It would cost a lot of money to find other ways, or additional mining barges for work in the asteroid belts.

>Your input?

>>1428280

Not to side with the environmentalist, but how much longer would it take to wait for the atmosobere to stabalize in those areas? If it wouldn't be to much longer then lets power ahead and imorove the mines. If it will take a long time we can wait a little longer. Now that we dont have a mobile fort breathing down our necks.

>>1428280
>This is because Rioja is/was a really bad starting planet.
The other option for Sonia's Planet wasn't exactly great either.

>Others are demanding a complete halt to open pit and strip mining across the planet
Speaking of that, what about the arcology suggestion on the wiki?

>or additional mining barges for work in the asteroid belts
Offer the protesters to donate for mining barges. Donate 1 space dollar for each space dollar donated by them to show we think it's not a bad idea to reduce the impact on the environment. Planetary mining operations are reduced by the amount the barges bring in.

>>1428298
Am on mobile, so my tag is going to change a lot, sorry.

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>>1428280
Could the mining operations be conducted underneath those atmospheric shields?
I'd imagine they're already required to process any exhaust and waste into a solid or liquid form that will be used as filler when the mine runs dry like in a modern mine.
This should lessen further the amount of particles released outside of the immediate mining area.

wait what the hell are the badlands?

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>>1428298
If they stop stripmining now maybe an extra decade longer than the rest of the planet.

The mines won't run out of material for a long time so they could keep tearing stuff up, and as long as they're in operation it won't get better.

>>1428325
>Could the mining operations be conducted underneath those atmospheric shields?
Yes. You could move the existing atmospheric containment fields from the cities to the mines once the rest of the planet is doing better. That might limit the damage and prevent it from getting worse.
It would mean that current mining operations couldn't be expanded though. They'd have to restrict themselves to areas where the containment fields can cover. It could be a good middle ground between halting strip mining or keeping it going full tilt.

>>1428334
>wait what the hell are the badlands?
Ever been to Utah?

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>>1428334
>>1428353
Or Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta?

>>1428353
I think the middle ground would be good way to go.

>>1428353
I like the containment field option.
We already know they can contain slow moving particulates from our visit to that one base, with the shields designed to keep in rouge nano-experiments.

>>1428279
>why not make a movie about the events
It would take awhile for Halide to get to it due to their backlog of work for your holoplex chain. They can put a rush on it for 1.5 million.


A disturbed human male has been picked up in Strymon city by local police for vagrancy. Aside from many outlandish conspiracy theories, he has made a number of interesting claims about Terran research and development. There are no records of how he reached the planet. Smugglers remain a problem on that front.

He is a Terran citizen. Their embassy has requested he get psychiatric treatment or be shipped back to their space so they can look after him.

Do you want him sent back, treated, or get intel to try to make sense of his ramblings?

>>1428480
Give the guy some help, then give him to terran embassy.

>>1428480
>try to make sense of his ramblings
Can Eldal help?

>>1428480
>Touching a public terran rambling about secret R&D
Yeah no I'm not touching that from orbit.
Put him in a psych ward and have someone follow how long it takes for him to die of "natural causes"

>>1428480
Send him to the local Dominion psych ward and have some 'unannounced' visitors with recording equipment drop by for a day or so.

>>1428480
I was wondering tstg, if mobile asteroid forts are a thing. What about actual mobile space stations? Warhammer 40k has the Ramilies-class Starfort. Would it be possible to do much the same? Creating a giant mobile space station that can fuel and repair and out fit an entire sector fleet, including megas, supers and all the other big ships. Or is that far beyond what is fesable in this setting?

>>1428570
That's what a cityship is.
It's not that it's particularly hard to make just needlessly expensive and time consuming for something that will get easily nuked by anyone with access to even SP torps
The sheer amount of drive plates needed would bankrupt a small house.

>>1428490
I don't think he's around right now.

>>1428486
>>1428497
>>1428506
Looks like he's getting some help at the psych ward.

>>1428570
That's what the Alliance version of the Avalanche class is supposed to do.
http://houseanddominion.wikia.com/wiki/Cascade_Class

Since there isn't multiple square kilometers of rock or lunacrete armor taking up space, and no siege weapons, there lots of room for supplies. Some fabrication is present as well though they're still reliant on foundry ships for much of their logistics.

>>1428608
>Looks like he's getting some help at the psych ward.
Can we take one of those memory images before we start treatment?

>>1428586
Good point.

>>1428608
Thanks for pointing me to the right ship.

How did that Terran inspection on our SP-Plasma facility go?

>>1428650
I think they only wanted to see the fake SP torp facility.

>>1428570
>>1428586
>>1428628
There is also the much larger Torrent Class which is more akin to a city ship in tonnage, but none of them will be finished for awhile.

>>1428650
SP Torpedo decoys are now being produced in small numbers. Their outer coating creates a sensor reflection similar to that of SP torpedoes. The Alliance has pre-purchased a run of 1000 of them, though they're waiting in line behind the Ruling House, Ber'helum and your own House. Examples have been sent to Gesaur for marketing purposes.

The Terrans are satisfied that you are not actively trying to manufacture SP torpedoes. For the time being RSS will continue to receive retired Lance class Hulls for modification. They do warn that at some point they'll need to change who they funnel the excess ship hulls through at which time you'll stop getting them. Enjoy it while it lasts.

As for your interest in the Wasp Medium Support Carrier, they may be able to sell you a production license for a lower end version once you're cut off from Lance hulls. They'll probably take your suggestion and try mounting smaller siege guns on one of the Wasp hulls for use in fire support.
Though why you would want that when you could be trying to salvage those newer mediums Nasidum is working on is beyond them.

A quick check shows House Intel is not currently aware of Nasidum or its allies working on a new medium.

>>1428753
While we're talking to somebody from Terran intel, is there a way we could convince them to share information on the dominion branch of aries?

>>1428753
Thank them for the interest amd continued support. Also, maybe pass along to house intel that Nassidium and company might be testing a new medium some time soon.

See if we cant get the drop on them or grab what intel we can before we get a nasty surprise when we least expect it.

A slip-up from Terran Intel?
Or does house intel know something they're not telling us?
Hard to imagine the terrans haven't infiltrated JD intel to the point to slip up like that.

>>1428851
Maybe they're picking favorites in the war? Since Nassidum and co dont want to fight thr Neeran, while our side is a little more in line with faving the Neeran.

>>1428861
Facing, not faving, stupid fingers.

>>1428861
They're already throwing free medium cruisers at Sonia. The Terrans have picked sides a long time ago.

>>1428861
We'd be an odd choice to inform though.
One of the major houses would both have more resources to capture one of the ships and have more influence for the terrans to use once the war is over.
I guess if they already know and aren't doing things fast enough for the terrans liking?

>>1428774
>share information on the dominion branch of aries?
They claim the organisation is shattered into too many pieces to keep tabs on what most of the remnants are up to. You have more accurate intel on House Aries than they do.
That's probably a lie considering some House Aries bases just happened to explode for no reason not too long ago.

They do warn that GE may be trying to secure assets they were forced to abandon in Dominion space, as well as old Aries facilities they can steal tech from.

>>1428868
This.

>>1428874
Maybe the Terrans are starting to get lazy? Small fries like J-D get mostly spied on by AIs and they know some parts of intel have probably switched back to paper after our recent encounter with the alien upload AIs. But they don't really care enough to launch a thorough investigation, especially after we cooperated on the SP torp thing.

>>1428203
>One thing we should consider is to offer to sell minority interest in things like shipyards or other industry to knights from our house.

Gonna have to go heavily against that (again, I think?). One of the greatest strengths about all Reynard companies is that the company itself is 100% Sonia owned, and we can use company profits/assets as we see fit. (There are a few exceptions, like the minor Terran branches, I think. Joint ventures don't count, as we still own 100% of the RSS cuts)

The moment we have other owners, we end up with all sorts of potential trouble if they don't like what we might decide to do.

If we want to include other parties from our House (or allied Houses), the creation of new yards with majority RSS ownership or outright special stock that covers only a claim to profits from a specific yard (no ownership of the yard/company) should be the path to choose. Even then, it may limit us if parties with an interest appear.

And for the love of god, anything we may sell should require RSS and Sonia to approve of any transfers. Last thing we need is our enemies straw purchasing or targeting our minority holders to gain shares and cause us legal shit via those shares.


>>1428753

>newer Nasidum mediums
>do not exist

Make sure that Terran officer/office gets a mysterious shipment of booze with a nice thank you note.

>>1428874
We're a perfect choice to inform.

We have been forging connections and favor among at least 2 of the Major Houses on the pro-Factions Alliance side, and their people have actively called us out on being magnets for useful things (that sometimes they may not want us to have)

We should quietly inform our allies about the potential for a new Nasidum Medium that may or may not be a carrier.

>>1428886
>They claim the organisation is shattered into too many pieces to keep tabs on what most of the remnants are up to.
With the large scale offensive coming up, can we have Vanderwal prepare the J-D equivalent of Operation Paperclip? There'll be lots of engineers, scientists, and blueprints we'll have to secure as soon as we're making headway into hostile territory. It's probably going to cost quite a bit but now is the best time to allocate funds.

>>1428886
We'll make sure house intel keeps an eye on GE.

>>1428893
Keeping the companies primarily in our hands has bee. A great strength of ours. I dont want to let others in on controling our companies. So I agree with you on that.

>>1428918
I would be okay with having a side thing for grabbing new tech and holding on to it as we encounter it/ capture it.

>>1428918
That's a bit outside the scope of anything but house intel itself.
I'm on board the idea but the sheer amount of work means it should be delegated to the houses existing intelligence network rather than go solo on this.

>>1428918
>J-D Operation paperclip

RSS infiltrated by n̶a̶z̶i̶s̶ ̶h̶y̶d̶r̶a̶ Ares

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>>1428986
We cannot allow a salvage gap.

>>1428893
Gift basket sent.

>>1428918
>It's probably going to cost quite a bit but now is the best time to allocate funds.
>>1428974
>the sheer amount of work means it should be delegated to the houses existing intelligence network rather than go solo on this.
You could provide some funding to assist with such an operation. It probably wouldn't be just your house but your allies too.
Due to the large scale, funding would start at 100 million.

>>1428986
I aim at the Stars (but sometimes I hit London)
Wait, London keeps RSS running.Shit.

A representative of the Nai exile population has contacted you in regards to one of their number that have been arrested on Rioja. Being rather large creatures apparently one of them was acting as a "mule" smuggling weapons onto the planet. With Rioja's weapons laws smuggling firearms is a fairly serious offense.

Their organisation is prepared to offer genetic modification services valued at 30 million. In return the smuggler would be released into their custody and barred from future entry to Rioja.

Would you agree to these terms or do you wish to negotiate?

>>1429049
What sort of weapons were being smuggled, and for whom?

No deal unless all other parties involved are given up.

>>1429049
Would they be willing to tell us why? 30 million for one person is quite a lot. Even VWee didn't have that much money to offer for his life.

>>1429049
They want to take the guy off our hands? And take responsability for him? And pay us for taking him off our hands?

Something is up, but I am fine with them taking care of the guy.

>>1429054
>>1429059
Pretty sure it is because of their low numbers. I'm a bit fuzzy on them.

>>1429054
>What sort of weapons were being smuggled,
Older model Shallan Fusion Guns and pulse pistols also of Shallan make.

>>1429059
>Would they be willing to tell us why? 30 million for one person is quite a lot.
Given the severity of the crime they're understandably worried the smuggler might be executed. The members of their species in faction space is not all that numerous.

>and for whom?
>No deal unless all other parties involved are given up.
That is more difficult. They're able to ID the person who hired them, a Shallan male who is registered as living on the colony of Plateau in South Reach.
They were to meet a contact on Rioja, another shallan, though they did not know their name, just a place and time.

The Governor's assistant Tamoren Balle is absolutely livid at this news.
>angry_shallan.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0mNgk9tLcs
That livid.

They are able to reconstruct an image of their contact from memory which is something at least.

Any other conditions or did you want to hand the smuggler over to the Nai?

>>1429173
Can we ask why they did it? They pay can't have been that good, and if their government is willing to pay 30 million to avoid the threat of severe punishment, you'd think that snek could have easily found a better job with them or went back to snek college.

>>1429173

So long as that Nai gives a recording/testimony that will stand to convict the plateau guy, I'm fine with letting them self police this any further. But they'd better make certain that this does not happen again.

>>1429173
Give him over to their goverment.

>>1429173
Sure. The Nai have been pretty good to us and with the smugglers being apprehended the mule isn't of much interest.

>>1429182
>Can we ask why they did it?
Rebellious youth trying to escape overbearing parents.

Head is getting fuzzy so I'll probably stop here for the night.

I thought I had a lot more notes on useful investment opportunities, but it's mostly just story items for holding court. Taking suggestions!

I'll go through the old surveys and find more stuff from last time.

Planning to run tomorrow and saturday. Anticipating possible interruptions one of those days because Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Will update.

>>1429209
>Taking suggestions!
-An eccentric noble is looking for financial and political support to outfit a scarab with an experimental drive plate assembly that might allow it to travel the ftl hazard zones in drh2 without making space turn inside out. If it works, very limited contact with lost worlds or incredibly low-key colonization efforts will be possible. If not, we'll have wasted tens of millions.

-There are still millions of uncharted systems in various galaxies. Although the most promising stars have been charted during the initial exploration, third rate or worse systems are still unexplored. Buy tickets for the star system lottery Finance surveys and who knows what you may find.

-A midway station to watcher space, if the FA has managed to finish their tests of using ber'helum gravity well generators for that purpose.

-Investing in the new SRL territory in that nav hazard zone.

-Bevari has some crazy idea he needs money for. It could be incredibly profitable

-J-D's arcology company wants to expand to PCCG space.

-Establish new plasma moons in the other J-D galaxies.

-Sonia's hous wants to expand the assembley lines and required industries for the stealth battleship production.

-House Che'len is looking for new investors in their various industries.

-Thanks to Sonia's large amount of good girl points, Helios and Ber'helum are willing to allow her to buy stock in semi-nationalized companies, although she won't be able to sell them to anybody outside the houses issuing them.

-Expanding the artificial ftl material production facility.

-Baron Dante is always interested in expanding the various industries related to walker production.

-A production line for quattro guns.

>>1429209
Rioja Heavy Industries setup with help from DHI representatives!

>>1429209
Date night with the Nephew dude from house I want to say Harmen? The terraforming dudes who sold us stock in their family company.

He seems like a solid match, we've gotten along well and his family is a respectable mid-sized house and he personally is related to the Baron who could round out our fighter forces which is where we are weak.

Honestly we'd be politically a little bit below him if we didn't own stock in their family company.

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>>1429209
>Rebellious youth trying to escape overbearing parents.
Oh, would they be okay with us keeping him in prison for a month or so? Maybe it will keep the snek in chek in the future.

>>1429656
>Date night with the Nephew dude from house I want to say Harmen?
He's from our House.

>>1429656
>date night with Troy Harmen

>laser pointers on both of us, this time

>>1429656
Did you mean Darrow?

>>1429656
>>1429745
>>1429755
>>1429771
Why don't we just marry Alex. Two up and coming new nobles and who aren't beholden to old power alliances.

I feel that marrying into the Harmen family would just get us tied up in their existing intrigues. At least with Alex who is like the 7th son, we arnt at all close to his families existing ties.

So basically instead of marrying into an established dynasty we should just start our own Reynard-Palaiologos line

>>1429297
>-J-D's arcology company wants to expand to PCCG space.
This reminds me, an anon suggested that Plateau could use more industry and infrastructure. The former House Erid people are already looking at it but they wouldn't turn down more funding.
These would cost 20 million each.

Rioja's South City could also use another arcology to relieve overcrowding.

>>1429397
>Rioja Heavy Industries setup with help from DHI representatives!
Better late than never.

Did you want to tie in your existing heavy industry on Rioja, or keep them separate?

>>1429842
>Did you want to tie in your existing heavy industry on Rioja, or keep them separate?
Ask Mr London.

>>1429842
>Did you want to tie in your existing heavy industry on Rioja, or keep them separate?
I'd rather we keep our own industry separate. Like people have mentioned before I too wish to keep it 100% Sonia owned.

>>1429848
There are advantages and disadvantages to both.
If anything were to happen to RSS/RHI from a legal standpoint you'd still be able to make money off the others if kept separate.
On the other hand, RSS does have a lot more internal monitoring for corruption or other threats thanks to their intel division.

>>1428893
>>1429857
>I too wish to keep it 100% Sonia owned.
That's another thing. You could establish RHI as its own company and sell shares if you wanted. RSS would be the majority shareholder.

>Keeping the companies primarily in our hands has been a great strength of ours.
Understandably I don't expect a lot of support for making RHI its own thing and selling shares.

>>1429863
>Understandably I don't expect a lot of support for making RHI its own thing and selling shares.

Well is it possible to establish it as it's own company with RSS majority and a cap on investor stock at like 45% so that no matter what we will always be in charge?

Cause if we can cap stock sales so that we keep control no matter what I would be down with it. I mean the company would grow with the injection of more money and we would get to decide the way it goes.

>>1429863
Right now we are doing fine with RHI and all our other investments being u der our control. I dont know why this is being brought up suddenly. I would rather we keep it under our control until we get informed by London or our trusted advisors to do so.

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>>1429870
Possible yes.

>>1429873
Figured it was a good a time as any since there might not be another chance.

It looks like RHI will stay separate from the existing stuff on Rioja.


Construction of the Run Alliance fleet base is largely completed meaning resources can now be turned once more to rebuilding at other locations.

Rioja's Moon base is in a sorry state. Industrially it has long been back to full output. Most of its defenses are back to near full strength as well. The structural situation is another story. The main storage shaft is fully repaired and in no danger of collapse, but the craters and cracks left as a result of the fighting last year are easily visible.

Did you want to finish restoration of the base with minor improvements? This would return to the previous plan to build it up with slag deposits over the long term. Additional shield generators and some longer range weapons would be added over time.

Enough mining barges are now available to redirect other asteroids from the outer belt into a high orbit of Rioja. This could allow you to establish a second moon base similar to the first as resources allow.

Asteroids could also be cut up and used to expand the existing moon. It is possible to add internal docks in the process allowing it for use as a protected fleet base.

Or you could leave it as it is currently. Thoughts?

>>1429808
Nah marrying up is the noble way.

This pussy is genuine shark-skin.

That being said, the Harmen family being within J-D and tied to the "old guard" actually solves a lot of inter-house political problems we've been having.

Honestly it could put us in a reasonable position to be a leading voice in the house, or to even split off into our own house.

Also it would be weird with Alex or Mike. They're like brothers. Also pretty sure they aren't into us that way. They have this thing called "survival instinct" and remember our crazier days.

>>1429930
I like the protected fleet base idea.

>>1429930
>It is possible to add internal docks in the process allowing it for use as a protected fleet base.
I think this would not be very secure. A high security weapons factor doesn't need dozens or even hundreds of ships docking every day. Even if they're military ships.

Setting up a second asteroid as a protected fleet base with minor production capabilities seems preferable.

>This would return to the previous plan to build it up with slag deposits over the long term
I would prefer that.

>>1429946
This guy makes a good point. I'll switch my vote.
>>1429930

While we're on the topic of spending way more money than we have...
>From the wiki:
>Alliance Atmospheric Station (Proposed) = 500m
What's that?

>>1429936
There was also a noble from another house who was trying to woo Sonia by way of bringing her a captured Neeran medium.

>>1429930
I want to restore it with Major improvements. Get the surface layers all rocked up again then use a fusion torch to seal them like that sea-barrier on the planet.

Then we can cover the outer sides of it with holographic advertising panels. We already saw Forbearance when the orbit was right so why not try it with the moon?
Then we can cover it in phase arrays and make it into a siege moon.

>>1429975
I must admit that's one way to sway our heart and parts further south.

But only one? We could and often do get that ourselves.

We could go on a date with him and discuss investment opportunities though.


>>1429977
It occurs to me that declaring our research base loudly and advertising off it would also allow us to heavily ramp up its protection without having to worry about giving it away.

Like, yeah, this is our secret weapons base. Any other questions you'd like to ask the barrel of my gun?

>>1429930
If we go with a major ugprade, could we get some help from Helios and Ceres? They're building the Dominion's asteroid forts, I'm sure they have some valuable experience when it comes to turning rocks into fortresses.

>>1429930
A surface based shield projector system would be hilarious also.

>>1429930
Fix up the base to better then previous state.

>>1429946
>Setting up a second asteroid as a protected fleet base with minor production capabilities seems preferable.
That's possible.

>>1429975
It was an attack cruiser.
http://houseanddominion.wikia.com/wiki/Corsair_class

>>1429977
If you mean advertisements visible and legible from the surface of the planet, that's a bit more difficult than simply being able to see a +20km long ship in mid to low orbit.

>>1429994
>could we get some help from Helios and Ceres?
Yes, it's certainly possible to get some consultants.

>>1430002
As in projected from the surface of Rioja like the Death Star II shield? I don't know how well that would work.

Seeing a lot of support for completing repairs to the existing moon base.

Repair/upgrade existing base (150-200m)
Expansion into a fleet base, or building a new one (~800m)
Repair existing + build 2nd moon as base (1 Billion)

>>1429987
Well of course, but it was I believe at the stsrt or right before the civil war. Also he was the only guy I can recall showing interest.

Maybe we will have more romantic flings in the future, when there isnt a civil war going on.

>>1430011
> Repair existing + build 2nd moon as base (1 Billion)

>>1430011
>[x] Repair/upgrade existing base (150-200m)

>>1430011
Can we get a loan from the house for a second moon? It will not be ftl capable and act as a fleet base, which means it would normally be part of the forces under command by the governor, and by extension the house.

>>1430011
Repair existing + build 2nd moon as base (1 Billion)

>>1430029
>Can we get a loan from the house for a second moon?
That is an option. You could also ask the other members of the Run Alliance to partially fund it as part of a larger program to add more joint fleet bases through the Run.
As part of that agreement you would have to assist in construction of your allies bases through the region once its their turn. As you already assisted with the one big joint fleet base it shouldn't be too hard to get others on board.

>>1430011
>Repair existing + build 2nd moon as base (1 Billion)
All in.

>>1430037
>partial funding by run alliance
That seems like a good idea.

>>1430011
>consultants
Also make sure to get some help from the guys in avoubic. They know how to fortify their rocks.

>>1430037
If the others of the run alliance are okay with such a setup.

>>1430014
To be fair, he was being pressured by his parents to gain Knighthood and then look for a political marriage to improve their standing in their own House, by bringing a possible alliance-by-marriage deal?


>>1430037
We certainly need to see how our allies are doing. Wasn't one of them having trouble on their home front?

>>1430037
> Backing Run Alliance joint production

Long term plan us to make a new house in the Run.

>>1430068
I did not remember that part. Thanks for reminding me.

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>>1429971
>Alliance Atmospheric Station (Proposed) = 500m
>What's that?
It's sort of like the atmospheric skyhooks in Star Wars Legends. These would be floating bases/cities similar to this arcology that would operate at altitude. They could assist with planetary shielding if necessary.

Remaining at altitude they wouldn't need to take up space on the planet's surface. Minimal direct connections would allowing it more isolation to operate as a higher security facility. They've been considered for R&D sites, training facilities, PDF garrison bases and others.

Being located within the atmosphere of a planet it would be harder for say, a rogue House to attack it without violating the Factions treaty. This has the downside of worrying some in faction space that they might be used by the Alliance or local governments later in oppressing civilian populations.


>>1430068
>Wasn't one of them having trouble on their home front?
Yes. Elements of the J-D home fleets are assisting them as are other allies. They are holding for now.

>>1430101
I'm always worried about something that flies but clearly can not glide.

>>1430101
Yeeeeah that seems like a silly idea.

>>1430101
Seems pretty expensive when you could just use one of those planetary assault picos instead.

Rolled 6, 98 = 104 (2d100)

>>1430129
So most transport ships capable of atmospheric entry and landing?

>>1430133
I can never find the pics I want on my PC when I need them. There have been all sorts of art of things like that over the years.

It looks like we'll be going with trying to get the rest of the Run Alliance to help with the 2nd moon base. That's going to cut at least 300 million off the top, possibly more.
You want my roll to be high.

>>1430172
Looks like half are in the ither half are not.

>>1430172
Your allies will be covering 404 million S worth of the costs associated with the new fleet base. The rest will have to be shouldered by you or your own House.

Due to increasing fighting around the homeworlds and the general level of protection the DRH 1 Relay now has, J-D is not willing to send more funds your way for this project. Or at least not right now. They may be able to provide some upgrades or other support once the new base is closer to operational.

>>1430178
I'll add it to the survey.
Headache is making it difficult to think clearly so I'm going to step out for a few minutes.

>>1430186
>Headache is making it difficult to think clearly so I'm going to step out for a few minutes.
Have the doctors given up on fixing that, or is it a long term treatment?

>Upcoming servey
Anyway, so far we've got
3,363,268,000 S
- 350,000,000 taxes (possible to lower to 250 million if necessary)
- 500,000,000 stimulus package (possible to lower to 200-300 million)
=
2,513,268,000 S

Which leaves us with at least 2,513,268,000 S to spend on other things. The price for the 1 billion of upgrades and construction is lowered to 596 million if we want make that deal with the run alliance. If possible, I'd like to check in on Avun before spending any more funds. I think we haven't visit that planet in a long time, it we should see if she could use a loan or not.

>>1429049
>Their organisation is prepared to offer genetic modification services valued at 30 million
What kind of services do they offer exactly?

>>1429930
>Construction of the Run Alliance fleet base
Can we get a tour?

>>1430241
I'm being trialed on a medication which has side effects. They help reduce headaches unless I do things like actual work, then the headaches kick in just as bad as ever.
My Doctor decided to go on another a 3 week vacation so I'm basically fucked right now because none of the other doctors want to mess with my meds until he's back.

>What kind of services do they offer exactly?
Mostly they modify plants to grow better on some worlds, but not grow out of control. They also do some work on animal life, though that's more heavily restricted.

>Rioja talk page
>Krath (or whichever species is appropriate) geneticists offer to add vanity modifications to local plants and animals that are going to be established on the planet in the future. Want black edges on the fins of a fish species? That won't cost a lot.
Things like that would work too if you wanted the appearance of species on Rioja to be slightly different from elsewhere.

>>1430241
Does that include the 30 million bribe for letting the Mule go?

>>1430186
Not sure if other anons would be behind this, but what of we were to merry a noble from B'H? To help solidify our support/ alliance with them when they become the next ruling house. Which would actually give us a measure of actully having an ear or way to get a word in with them once they are the rulong house. Beyond already established methods.

Again, not sure how many anons would be behind that, but just another marriage proposal.

>>1430272
That sounds really... suboptimal. Can you switch doctors if that keeps happening?

>Things like that would work too if you wanted the appearance of species on Rioja to be slightly different from elsewhere.
Doesn't the J-D coat of arms feature an eagle? Would it be possible to get a modified version that can survive on Rioja and comes in Dominion purple?

Anyway, modifications to plants seem the best choice at the moment.

>>1430293
No, it doesn't. I'm not sure if it includes those magazines Ferigold sold either.

>>1430241
I'd like to try and go on our B'H Liaison gig with somewhere near 1 billion to invest in things. We'll also have the potential to secure the best investments with B'H/B'H Allies, which we might then sell or trade off for political gains within JD.

>check with Avun

Solid idea. Avun and her people are likely to be a solid investment, and Avun may have a slightly easier time with former Erid space folks. Together we can make the Smuggler's Run great again!MRGA!


>>1430297
Biggest problem I see with a political marriage at this point is that we'd have to have some wonky inter-Faction political marriage to make it worth while.

I'm all for marrying some Terran officer for love and creating a FA/Terran backed DHR1-controlling House or something crazy

>>1430272
>>1430307
Seconding this.

>>1430309
> Marrying a Terran

It's like you WANT J-D to spontaneously explode.

>>1430309
>I'd like to try and go on our B'H Liaison gig with somewhere near 1 billion to invest in things.
There are probably several projects we could interest them in. Same for Helios, Kharbos or the RH. What do these guys have planned for DRH 1? Has Kharbos bought a system of two in the galaxy?

>>1430309
>Biggest problem I see
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>>1430309
Could be worse, but then that is why we have lawyers and advisors to help set something like that up.

For House amd Dominon, where dating is a thing of the past and all you need are some lawyers and advisors to set you up with the best possible marriage areangement!

>>1430272
>Mostly they modify plants to grow better on some worlds

I think we should go for the customary JD redwood but adapted to grow even bigger and withstand Rioja climate.

>>1430318
I lost a good deal of faith in the House after the treason bit.

I'm working on lovely paint images of how we'll display Fox's severed head in stasis.

>>1430329
I really can't see a political marriage not ending with copious amounts of assassins trying to kill us for the other party to raise the kid and steal RSS using the kid.

>>1430336
That's why we go with Troy who we already know is a good guy.

>>1430336
That is of course a worry, but it is no more a worry then us marrying someone in house J-D for the same exact reasons.

And Mr. Fox does need to experince an unfortunite accident eventually. Though really, the less we deal with the ass hole the less I am inclined to bother with revenge. What better way theb to fuck with the guy then to make him paranoid that we want to get revenge on him someday. But really we dont give a rats ass to kill him because we got better things to do.

>>1430307
>Doesn't the J-D coat of arms feature an eagle? Would it be possible to get a modified version that can survive on Rioja and comes in Dominion purple?
Sure, though it will still be a few years before they could be introduced to the planet.

>>1430241
>I'd like to check in on Avun before spending any more funds.
Avun informs you that Saputo has done an adequate job starting up the growth of Kaptlyn's economy. He was obviously planning to be named Baron of it a few more years from now, not right away, so some work still needs to be done.
What little orbital industry might have been present was crippled or destroyed during the Nasidum invasion of the Run. Fortunately it was just a small station mostly used for cargo transfer.

"From what I've seen I can get everything up and running on the planet with another 280 million if you were to give me a loan. The orbital situation would need more work. I'd like to copy the station your company built at Surakeh, though starting it the other way around. The tougher modules in place, followed by addition a larger tower like core later."

The Run has manufacturing for those modules now. It would be fairly easy to build up the station the Baron wants in a short period of time.

1) Approve Planetary Industry Loan?
>Y/N?

2) Station Construction
Did you want to offer a loan to support some of the costs, offer a bit of a discount on the station modules, or anything else?
Avun will probably get a loan from the House for most of the costs.

>>1430379

1)
Yes

2)
Discount on modules and say round the Industry loan to 300 or 350 to give a bit of station funding?

>>1430379
>>1430391

Gotta support Avun, it reflects on us.

>>1430379
Give Avun a hand

>>1430379
>1) Approve Planetary Industry Loan?
>Y/N?
Y

>2) Station Construction
Sell the fortified modules at cost. If the House loan doesn't cover the basic station, loan the remaining money.

>anything else
Buy a Edanis Small Arcology (19-30 million) as a welcome present? Or would it be useless on that planet?