File: Abyssal_Mk2_Serpent.gif (13 KB, 876x729)

13 KB GIF

Your stay in the capital is nearing its end. Most major projects have been approved, finalized, or at least been given a push to get them started.

Development has begun on a fast super heavy cruiser for the Dominion. The skeleton of the largely destroyed Aries super carrier is being hauled out of the system for use as building blocks for the new prototype. Che'len's former super heavy refit facility and its surrounding systems have been split off from the once great House. A new minor House is being formed to operate the yard which will be upgraded to a full shipyard.

That doesnt mean the Forbearance yards will be out of a job. It's refit capacity and modern systems will ensure no shortage of Supers will be visiting it. Forbearance itself is currently headed for a Ber'helum yard for more serious structural repairs before it can return to the Run.

Alex will be returning to the J-D homeworlds with most of the salvage from the capital around the same time.

With the Fast Super concept underway your other major project is now getting into motion. You haven't exactly been quiet about your plans to use a gravity well generator to alter the course of planets to assist in terraforming. You have more than enough cash to buy the needed ships. Ber'helum has kept an Abyssal Class ship in the DRH 1 Relay to assist with its defense despite the need for such ships elsewhere. Given that it's an older model you should be able to acquire it.

There is the slight problem of the navigator's guild. They don't like people making FTL jump calculations more difficult than they need to be with naturally occuring gravity sources. Fortunately it looks like somebody working for them here in the capital is thinking ahead.

They have offered to perform calculations for the necessary gravity assist maneuvers your generator would need to pull off. In return they would be allowed to make occasional use of the generator for local work. Some minor orbital corretions may be needed in systems where either side used gravity wells in the civil war.
It would operate like a lease, with their payment in the form of calculations needed for your terraforming programs.

Would you be up for such an agreement?

Also sorry for starting very late. Wanted to get a thread going yesterday but was interrupted by last minute family affairs while relatives are still in the area.

>>1952800
FOR HOUSE AND DOMINION
Surprise thread edition?

Had a dream about the Dominion Capital invasion the other day. It was horrifying, they took extra preparation time and the nanite horrors were off the charts.

>>1952807
Agree, but we should have them work on a system that can be fitted to the Generator ships that can perform the calculations on the fly.

I want them to build a sensor manufacturing facility in the Run though. Sonia has encouraged a lot of different corporations to set up there and getting another big on onboard won't hurt.

>>1952814
A-OK, For house and Dominion!

>>1952800
Fry clankers?

>>1952807
Sure. I'm fine.

>>1952857
I wonder if it would be possible to get more ECM oriented ships and sensor arrays around there through that method.
Yeah, supporting.
Speaking of, how's the academy doing?

>>1952807
Sounds like a fair agreement provided we are allowed full access to intel on what tge ship is used for per mission, full disclosure of who what and why.

>>1952925
As they're a civilian organisation that shouldn't be a problem.

>>1952857
>Surprise thread edition?
I posted on twitter last Wednesday that there would be a thread this week, I just didn't know when.

>Agree, but we should have them work on a system that can be fitted to the Generator ships that can perform the calculations on the fly.
This sort of thing in a lab for each individual project. If necessary the field teams would make last minute adjustments. A dedicated science ship could be set up to perform these calculations in the field and help monitor operations.

You could try to buy a spare science ship or a hull off the market. Buy an older salvaged hull, or have RSS build one, though their yards are full up making cargo ships.

That reminds me. A number of Houses have been working on a new cargo ship combining elements of the the Neeran CX Transport, Aries Atlas Class Transport, and the Moliminous Class. It would be able to mount high speed FTL like the CX Transport versions you produce, but it would be all Faction tech.
The new Ruling House has requested the designers look at using the same hull for a Dominion produced mining Barge.

If you guys wanted to get production rights, you could have your BC/transport grade shipyards produce some specialist designs before they're retooled. Science ships, ECM craft, whatever. That way it would cause the least slowdown in your output.

>>1952857
>I want them to build a sensor manufacturing facility in the Run though.
There are probably some already, though they would mostly supply the shipyards, not the big sensor arrays. The big long range arrays would have to be produced in orbital facilities. I'm not sure there would be enough demand to warrant setting up production in the Run, but it might be if they also worked on ECM and jamming equipment.

>>1952916
>how's the academy doing?
The research university on Rioja? Continuing to grow, expand and fill in the gaps. It's a long way from becoming a famous school, but it can compete and is employing or schooling many Terran refugees.
Because of this the school is quickly becoming a hotbed of discussion on democratic reforms in the Dominion. The faculty are well aware of the political situation on Rioja and are taking steps to make sure students don't try to rock the boat. They know things are far more restrictive in other Houses. Incidents have been kept to a minimum.

Unfortunately the Alliance tends to attract a high number of graduates. Especially those from Terran and Shallan backgrounds.

According to reports from your advisors the school is producing valuable data for R&D efforts, especially plasma physics.

>>1952955
>Science ships, ECM craft, whatever.
Accompanying ships for the Grav well project, sure. Dedicated science ships sounds like it would keep it nice and safe.

>>1953079
>There are probably some already, though they would mostly supply the shipyards, not the big sensor arrays.
Ah, alright. I just remember the Guild being a bit more hesitant and wanted a reason to encourage them. Could we get them to design the Fast Super sensors?

>>1953079
>According to reports from your advisors the school is producing valuable data for R&D efforts, especially plasma physics.
Very cool. How are they doing for funding? Maybe we should start trying to attract foreign high-skilled/educated workers with attractive salaries and benefits?

>>1953079
>especially plasma physics.
Nice

>if they also worked on ECM and jamming equipment.
Sounds nice, sensor arrays are always nice to have.

>>1953121
Supportin'

>>1953079
Plasma physics you say? Did our plasma yard ever get rebuilt by anychance?

>>1953246
Didn'we also build repulser related facilities as well? I gues they are helping with plasma research I guess, now that I think about it.

>>1953246
>Did our plasma yard ever get rebuilt by anychance?
Yes. The production facility itself wasn't badly damaged, just the outer base.


>>1953121
>Dedicated science ships
We'll just have to figure out how to source them.

>>1952857
>I want them (the guild) to build a sensor manufacturing facility in the Run though.
Alright I wasn't 100% paying attention and misread your previous post. Thought you were talking about sensor array production in general. This is because you guys did have to send Daska out with a fleet to bring back a convoy loaded down with long range sensor arrays to secure the Run.

The Guild was reluctant to sell you more long range sensor arrays at the time because they figured you'd put it on a ship and try to mess around with Nav Hazard zones. That is still a concern.

You can build your own sensor manufacturing, and buy a good license from a House in the Dominion. The Ruling House is encouraging everybody in the Dominion to tech up their industry as much as possible while reconstruction is taking place. Many Houses with high end tech (including yours) have been asked to ensure more licenses are made available.

>I just remember the Guild being a bit more hesitant and wanted a reason to encourage them. Could we get them to design the Fast Super sensors?
That's a military project being kept inside the Dominion as much as possible so the Guild won't be involved.

>>1953121
>school is producing valuable data for R&D efforts, especially plasma physics.
>Very cool. How are they doing for funding?
Doing well. They still have money in the construction and start up fund, while tuition and R&D contracts are helping to cover quite a bit.
A few business owners in various tech industries have also made donations.
Business owners you had to throw in jail found out those donations were non refundable.

>Maybe we should start trying to attract foreign high-skilled/educated workers with attractive salaries and benefits?
That is taking place to an extent. Quite a few teachers hired for the university and other schools were hired through the refugee immigration sorting programs.

There was some effort put in early on to bring in top level people with some success. If you want to set aside more money that can remain ongoing.

>>1953453
>If you want to set aside more money that can remain ongoing.
Please. Throwing money at things always improves it.

Is the Run Alliance fleet base finally assembled and active now? Is it suitably resplendent?

Does Donte have any fun ideas to invest in?

>>1952800
JOY.

>>1953453
I would like to scoop up the cream of the crop for plasma scientists if possible, bonus to salary or some grants pr something to keep em under or thumb and out of the hands of others for now.

I need to catch up in the archives since I have some proposals for new ships and weapons but I am not sure what survived!
Thanks as always for the amazing ride tstg.

Looks like we're throwing more money at the school.

>>1953521
>Is the Run Alliance fleet base finally assembled and active now? Is it suitably resplendent?
It's been fully operational for awhile now. It has been helping to fill in for the bases that were destroyed or crippled in the Nasidum invasion.

Rioja's second moon should also be looking moon shaped by now as well. It will still need more finishing out work but could do its job to support a proper fleet in a hurry.

Was anyone at all interested in getting the new transport? Doing so would also allow you to produce Mining Barges once the R&D on them is finished.
Haven't settled on a name for it yet and don't have a good image available.

1) Get production rights for the new transport?
a) Not at this time / wait for them to get the bugs worked out
b) For 1 yard, replace the CX yard
c) For 1 yard, replace the transport yard at Surakeh
d) Build a new transport yard for it in the Run
e) For 2 yards, replace both existing transport yards
f) For 3 yards, build a new one and replace both old ones

2) suggestions for a few Specialist ships you want built?
-Science ship
-ECM/jamming
what else?

I'll probably be stopping here for the night.

>>1953546
>>1953453
Time to invest in amenities then. Maybe get some of those research aliens to lecture there - Not available anywhere else in the universe!

>>1953551
How's that Rovinar favour working out? Did we pass that along?

>>1953551
>1) Get production rights for the new transport?
>c) For 1 yard, replace the transport yard at Surakeh

>>1953551
>a) Not at this time / wait for them to get the bugs worked out

>>1953560
Yes. Your boss has informed you that you're not to tell anyone about it ever. It would be bad if it looked like J-D was taking its political cues from an outside power.
Fortunately the Rovinar are unlikely to ask for anything that might draw attention.

>>1953551
1) Get production rights for the new transport?
a) Not at this time / wait for them to get the bugs worked out

If the Rovinar know about us having their cloak, can we poach scientists for that now?

Well this is unexpected.

>>1953551

>1
C
>2
Construction/Salvage ships? We still have that Exodus license, I think.
Evacuation ship? Is our House Transport still running around and helping evacuations or disasters or something?

>>1953551
>a) Not at this time / wait for them to get the bugs worked out

>Make a mobile base ship to support small patrol/raiding fleets, like a mini version of what we did in the past

>>1953551
>1)
>d) Build a new transport yard for it in the Run

>2)
Testbed for larger Cooling Laser type weaponry? Good for terraforming.
Prototype Planetary Occupation Barge?

>It's been fully operational for awhile now. It has been helping to fill in for the bases that were destroyed or crippled in the Nasidum invasion.
Can't remember what it was but I asked if we could build something in the Run and it was said the majority of resources were currently in use on the fleet base. Any chance you can recall?

>>1953551
1) Get production rights for the new transport?
c) For 1 yard, replace the transport yard at Surakeh

>>1953551
This too

>Make a mobile base ship to support small patrol/raiding fleets, like a mini version of what we did in the past

>>1953551
>c)For 1 yard, replace the transport yard at Surakeh

>-Science ship
Definitely.
>-ECM/jamming
If we plan to build the facilities for that array and stuff. I remember our fleet being short on ECM/ECCM, be it on specialist ships or BC& higher having them onboard. So yes if we are getting those factories.

>>1953608
>Construction/Salvage ships?
Ooh, this too. Maybe something that uses the same hull as transports to make it cheaper/accessable? Or would that just make it usless by being expensive?

>>1953551
>d) Build a new transport yard for it in the Run
Or in Winifreds region, whichever makes more sense.

>2) suggestions for a few Specialist ships you want built?
>what else?
I would like to build a couple of dedicated sensor ships to make a more accurate map of the nav hazards in DRH1. Collaborate with the guild if possible, but we need to get an idea where pirates might slip through and which systems will become safe FTL destinations in the next decade or so.

>Other stuff
Have people considered a hangar module for the Talos or upcoming Ceres carrier that focuses on supporting ships between frigate and batteship size? It could come in handy as a support ship for Rovinar, Shallan, and Hune fleets with the FA, as all of these don't field corvettes and they don't seem to have any modern carrier designs at the moment.

>>1954094
>Have people considered a hangar module for the Talos or upcoming Ceres carrier that focuses on supporting ships between frigate and batteship size? It could come in handy as a support ship for Rovinar, Shallan, and Hune fleets with the FA, as all of these don't field corvettes and they don't seem to have any modern carrier designs at the moment.
like Hephaestus foundary sections?

>>1954094
>Have people considered a hangar module for the Talos or upcoming Ceres carrier that focuses on supporting ships between frigate and batteship size?
I'm pretty sure this exact question was asked in a previous thread. The main bays are already capable of repairing Frigates and most attack cruisers. I don't think the Vengeance would fit because of its large cross section.
The forward bay is capable of repairing up to battlecruier and battleship sized vessels. Even the Lance class could theoretically fit.

I'm hoping to be back around 4PM EST, though there are some things going on with work so that could be delayed.

>>1954094
>I would like to build a couple of dedicated sensor ships to make a more accurate map of the nav hazards in DRH1.
I'll support this.

Need to find out where that group of pirates that went into the Nav Hazard zones went.

>>1954377
>Need to find out where that group of pirates that went into the Nav Hazard zones went.
The bounty hunters?
Or the ones people you captured alluded to back in the Smuggler's Run campaign?

>production rights for the new transport
It was close but it looks like the yard at Surakeh will be retooled to produce the new transport. Probably just as well since it was building Moli's and salvage ships based off the same frame. They're a rather outdated design.

As it will take time to get everything in place to convert the yard for the new design, that will allow time to build a few extra support craft.

A science ship for the gravity well terraforming team is confirmed.

>>1953608
>Construction/Salvage ships?
RSS, RLS and your infrastructure company already has some of these.

>Evacuation ship?
You do have a Dominion license for Passenger liners.

>Is our House Transport still running around and helping evacuations or disasters or something?
I think Winifred might have borrowed it for awhile in the Civil War? You guys had it rebuilt in a manner to allow it to be quickly refit for different jobs. She would have been using it to support planetary assaults.
With the civil war over it should be returned to company control soon. Though if you wanted to sell it I'm sure Winifred or Daska would be more than happy to take it off your hands permanently.

>>1953641
>Prototype Planetary Occupation Barge?
The yard is a bit too small to build a proper one so it wouldn't be as tough or versatile as previously proposed ships.
You could have the yard build a modified Carrier or Battleship hull which could then be worked on over time in one of the RSS salvage repair berths. It would take awhile to properly complete.

>>1953614
>Make a mobile base ship to support small patrol/raiding fleets, like a mini version of what we did in the past
Repair ships are a thing. There was a mining barge you guys refit awhile back still used by the House. RSS also has a salvage Barge or two.
There are repair ships based off the Dominion Carrier. You could also get one based off the smaller escort carrier hulls which would be faster.

It you were thinking something a bit faster than the carrier but less expensive than a barge I think that might be possible.

>>1954836
>Or the ones people you captured alluded to back in the Smuggler's Run campaign?
This one.

>The yard is a bit too small to build a proper one so it wouldn't be as tough or versatile as previously proposed ships.
I'm okay with that, it's just the idea has been stagnating a while due to an influx of better projects. Prototype version to gauge effectivity/interest?

>>1954945
Those threats were likely bluff and bluster. While it is known some pirate aligned ships traverse the regions at high sublight speeds, they're heavily restricted to the accelerators the Gelsan have built.
Because of this, following the treaty with the Gelsan they are no longer a threat.

>>1953641
>Any chance you can recall?
Nope. Sorry.

As one yard is being refit the most efficient use of time would allow construction of 3-4 hulls. More than that will start costing you money from profits not being made off the yard.

Science ship (1) (Locked in unless protested by players)
Mobile Sensor platform
ECM/ Jamming
Passenger liner / Evacuation ship
Repair ship (existing carrier design)
Repair ship (Modified fast carrier design)
Planetary Occupation ship (Carrier Hull)
Planetary Occupation (Battleship Hull)

Which ships do you want built with the remaining 3 slots?

>>1954996
>(2) Planetary Occupation ship (Carrier Hull)
>(3) ECM/Jamming

>>1954996
>3-4 hulls
Science ship (1)
Mobile Sensor platform (2)
ECM/ Jamming (1)

>>1954996
>ECM/ Jamming
>Repair ship (Modified fast carrier design)

>>1954996
>Mobile Sensor platform(1)
>ECM/ Jamming(1)
>Repair ship (existing carrier design)(1)

Question, are there bulk passenger stasis ships for carrying lots of travelers/reserve crew? If there is, then change the repair ship option for it. Unless that's the passenger liner/evacuation ship option, in which case I would choose that over the repair ship.

Have been trying with limited success to design a Dominion science ship and or passenger liner. They keep coming out looking kind of derpy.

House J-D has begun transferring troops from the Bonrah occupation zone to worlds that will soon be handed over to the House. Systems in the nearby dwarf galaxy have been negotiated for helping to bulk up holdings near Gesaur. Others near House Medel are already largely under J-D control.

The rest of the planets and systems being received are in South Reach further reinforcing those positions. Several systems with habitable planets in the DRH 2 Relay are still being held in trust for your House as per a previous agreement. Once all are safely under control your House will be in a position to project power to most parts of the Dominion.

RSS and its subsidiaries are expected to receive some contracts in the future to help build up logistics infrastructure in the colonies. It won't be the only one. Word from the new Ruling House is that a big announcement will be forthcoming regarding additional plans for reconstruction support.

>>1955472
>Question, are there bulk passenger stasis ships for carrying lots of travelers/reserve crew?
They do exist. Most are just existing transports or liners that have been converted.

File: Spoiler Image (48 KB, 825x509)

48 KB JPG

>>1955500
> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PfjdB7kaoxs

File: Spoiler Image (2.24 MB, 1280x720)

2.24 MB WEBM

>>1955527
Shouldn't it have spinning rims?

File: Spoiler Image (1.46 MB, 2048x2048)

1.46 MB GIF

>>1955568
. . . Wat.

>>1955623
STD, not even once.

I might have been channeling George C Scott a bit while writing this.

You stick around in the capital a few days more in order to catch the proclamation as well as sell people on projects and R&D. Most of the Emperor's speech covers the usual party line, announcing status of reconstruction and progress against Aries and the Kythera. Eventually it moves on to the war with the Neeran.

"Without the assistance of the Dominion, the war between the Factions and the Neeran Empire could drag on indefinitely. It is both our duty and responsibility to once more assist them in their righteous struggle for survival. If the other Factions fall to the Neeran eventually so too will the Dominion. Some Houses have already been destroyed by the Neeran, or have been left to make their home on worlds turned to burning cinders.
They do not respect us, our kind, or our treaties. They will never stop until they have what they want. And what they want is for us to be dead or subservient to them.

If the Neeran take our Dominion, there will be no Dro'all nobles, no human nobles, nor any from the other species of the Factions. Just them, looking down on all of us.

In the Dominion anyone with the skill, the fortitude, the brilliance... the drive and ambition. Anyone can raise themselves up. I've seen it. I've seen the children of beggars help this Dominion and help themselves at the same time. We reward these people because they prove what the best of us are capable of. They give us hope that we can aspire to the same greatness.

Hope is a powerful thing.

That will never be possible under the Neeran. The idea of sharing power with a lesser individual let alone what they consider a lesser species is abhorant to them. We've seen this. They'll destroy our worlds, our hopes and dreams, our very way of life.
That is why we need to help the Alliance. Why we need to take the fight to them on our terms.

I am asking all Houses of the Dominion to focus their efforts on rebuilding and preparing their industry and training centers for what lies ahead. One year from now I will ask that all Houses of the Dominion fully commit themselves to supporting the Alliance in their efforts. Until then we prepare ourselves for what lies ahead.

If anyone wishes to help the Alliance on their own I would not hinder them but Houses should prepare for the longer fight. I would advise that any feuds between the Houses be ended quickly. When we resume our fight with the Neeran we must do so with united purpose. This dynasty will not tolerate infighting once this new crusade has begun."

>>1955735
Here we go.
I wonder how many Attack Cruisers we can make in our Level 4 yard in one year?

>>1955735
dat speech mang, BH confirmed best RH

Had to step out. Sorry for the lack of warning.

There are some comments in the media regarding the Emperor apparently demonizing the enemy with some wondering if that's such a bad thing.

You can expect questions from the media on Rioja when you return. What is your official response to the Emperor's proposed plan to resuming war with the Neeran?
Any comment on the 1 year delay?

>>1955994
"Kill 'em all."

I am now getting to work on how much money Sonia has made while away. Tomorrow will be finances and investments.

Ultimately we also need to start planning the next campaign. A majority wanted to investigate the Dyson sphere, as well as try to find out what happened to Svidur.

>>1956014
Time to get the entire gang together and call in all of our favors

>>1955994
BLAST THE AYYS FACTION WAR NOW
"Peace with the Neeran at this time was never going to be an option. Hopefully with a year's breathing room, both House & Dominion will be up to the task.

>>1955994
>What is your official response to the Emperor's proposed plan to resuming war with the Neeran?
>Any comment on the 1 year delay?

"It's inspiring to see the new Emperor understand this war on a truly deep level. We're fighting against an enemy which has no compulsions and restrictions, who call for a peace meeting then assassinate the ambassadors, burn our planets until only rock remains, and decimate defenseless civilian populations. There can be no peace between our two sides and it's time we fight on the same level."

"It's no secret that the civil war has been taxing on all participants, time is needed to rebuild and reorganise. As such, I would hope that anyone who hold grievances with the Neeran take the time to sign up for the House Military. It would make me incredibly proud to field a fleet in the colors of both Jerik-Dremine and Rioja."

>>1955994
These Neeran want us defeated, dead, our planets burnt to a husk, and any meager surviving population working for them, and they find it funny. So we're gonna wage a war on them so devastating it'll make BOTH faction wars look tame. They're gonna see some serious shit. You ever seen what happens when a Victory Torpedo hits a planet? Me neither, but I'm hoping I'll find out, one way or another.

>>1956014
>A majority wanted to investigate the Dyson sphere
I enjoy the sound of both of these, but I would also really like to see a conclusion to the Kythera plotline.
I know you said you wanted to go for only one, but is there any chance we could do both? In my mind the Kythera are just as much of a threat as the Neeran, but a completely different kind of danger.

>>1954996
>Planetary Occupation ship
Can we do the Kilo modification? It's been dragged around through several surveys over a couple of months at this time and never happened for one reason or another despite not being too unpopular.

>Production
Mobile Sensor platform x2
ECM/ Jamming x2

>>1955994
>What is your official response to the Emperor's proposed plan to resuming war with the Neeran?
It's breddy gud.
"If the Houses, if the Dominion, if the Factions were to lose this war, then all our cultures would be eradicated. The Neeran Empire will not show any tolerance to anything they consider a threat to their rule or a threat to their supremacy. This war is for existence or extinction, a war that will decide if for our ways of life are to be or not to be. If given the chance, the Neeran Empire will devour us all."

>Any comment on the 1 year delay?
"Unsurprisingly, the civil war caused significant losses in terms of materiel, industry, and life. The one year delay will allow grudges between Houses to be settled and those who suffered in the recent fighting will be able to rebuild their strength. The fortunate few Houses who managed to make it through the civil war relatively unscathed and without any personal enemies in the Dominion will be able to contribute earlier if they wish so. A successful 6 month campaign with the Factions Alliance means a large scale boost to the entire House economy."

>>1954836
Planetary Occupation Barge? Just a heavily armored spaceship designed to decouple its subspace engines and drop down exactly once and stay there as a sort of Fortress In A Can which proceeds to shit out tanks and troops while vomiting fighters and ejaculating artillery all over the surrounding area all at once after punching through planetary shields?
Because that would be awesome(ly expensive)

>>1957113
>Can we do the Kilo modification
And by Kilo I actually mean Pico. The other Kavarian medium cruiser sized rectangle.

>>1957127
I looked through the archive and this was the original suggestion:
>Wed 28 Dec 2016
>+Pico heavy planetary assault / planetary strong point modification. (repulsor based drives so it doesn't screw up the ecosystem, planetary shields, landing pads on the deck, lifts and those repulsor systems Sonia captured on the bottom, and defensive weapons on the sides, probably no FTL. The ship seems suitable for because of its shape and the fact that many weapons are mounted on the sides.)
TSTG then offered these two in the next survey:
>Planetary Occupation Platform A (Alpha strike model. Pico Medium Hull. + Iratar support)
>Planetary Occupation Platform B (Barge. More mobility between systems. +CCD Support)
They kept showing up in the next couple of surveys but got overshadowed by flashier choices.

>>1954229
>I'm pretty sure this exact question was asked in a previous thread.
If it was - sorry for asking the same question again.

>>1952807
>Your stay in the capital is nearing its end.
While all these reforms are happening, would it be possible to make Dro'all medical technology more of a responsibility for the RH and the 7? Humans seem to be fortunate enough to be able to rely on the Terrans to do medical research but general stuff for Dro'all seems to lag behind probably because it doesn't confer much of an advantage to the House footing the bill compared to investing in planets or ships.

>>1954996
Mobile Sensor platform
ECM/ Jamming
Repair ship (Modified fast carrier design)

>>1956014
Pre-emptive vote to expand our investment in the artificial ftl element manufacturing process.

It is several months into 4025. In the previous year your holdings and corporations brought in billions. Reparations and awards have resulted in even more.
Before taxes your fortune is now sitting at more than 8.4 billion S.

It's certainly a lot. The Governor of Rioja has repaid their loan and Avun has made their first payment on time.

Did you want to buy out the Ber'helum gravity well generator currently in DRH 1? The offer to get the first one at 500 million instead of full cost should still be good.

>>1958149
400 mill with the promise of sharing all Gravity terraforming developments?

>>1958177
It's 500 million or 1 billion. Not everyone in House Ber'helum were happy you were offered such a large discount.
If you want to pay less than that (or get it free) they'll want a cut of the profits from all Gravity terraforming developments and projects.

>>1958149

I say buy it if Ber'helum is willing to part with it.

Does that discount include proper training of crew and/or a BH temp crew?

>>1958149
Since this is basically the best offer we are going to get for one of these and we need it for our Planet moving project.
>Buy Out the gravity well Generator.

>>1958216
>Does that discount include proper training of crew and/or a BH temp crew?
Yes.

Laws and licenses for singularity operators are currently being worked on. Operating a singularity without a license isn't just bad, it's going to be deemed illegal as an amendment to the Factions Treaty.

>>1958149
>The offer to get the first one at 500 million instead of full cost should still be good.
Which version is more expensive?

>it's going to be deemed illegal as an amendment to the Factions Treaty.
What about declaring unarmed receiver ships the equivalent of hospital ships?

>>1958260
>Which version is more expensive?
All of the gravity well generators cost roughly the same. The Mk 1's are scheduled to undergo refits with better gravity sensors.

>What about declaring unarmed receiver ships the equivalent of hospital ships?
That is currently being debated. Most Factions would very much like to do so, but some consider them to be legitimate military targets.

>>1958297
>but some consider them to be legitimate military targets
What if to qualify as neutral they have to be staffed and commanded by the navigator guild?

>>1958195
Let's buy 2 then for 1.5 billion to appease the people mad at us getting a discount. Also we will have one to use as a "fuck you" weapon if the Dyson Sphere is shitty.

Or we can buy 1 for full price and a favour

>>1958297
>All of the gravity well generators cost roughly the same.
k

>Did you want to buy out the Ber'helum gravity well generator currently in DRH 1?
Most likely but I'd like to see all investment opportunities before making a decision.

After their assistance in constructing Rioja's new moon base The Run Alliance is going to want funding for other allied based through the Run as previously promised. Paying 500 million now would be enough for your contribution for the next two years. Or you could pay more into a fund so that it's automatically deducted for that and other joint projects in the Run.

Rioja's new moon bases could make use of the Feron gatling siege cannon turrets that will soon be available. This would give them the long ranged firepower to properly protect themselves against more serious opposition. This is one of the problems the lone moon base faced with the Nasidum assault. (That and lack of fleet support.)
I'll need to figure out pricing for the new turrets.
The quad turret currently in limited production could be acquired now and more cheaply, but doesn't have as much firepower.

>>1958523

contribute 500 million into a fund for now, and consider adding some more after we've reviewed other options?

>siege cannons
What about investing in silos/infrastructure for siege cannons (retract into silo for maintenance/repair/protection?), then offering to buy older siege cannons off of ships looking at upgrades in the Forbearance Yard?

Buying used siege cannons, even damaged ones, for the moon base should both be cheaper for Sonia/JD and then potentially act as a strategic reserve of siege cannon turrets for the House.

>>1958523
>The Run Alliance is going to want funding for other allied based through the Run as previously promised.
[x] 750 million for three years

>Moon Base
The Feron turrets for sure. Maybe mixed with heavier siege weapons? The Gatling turrets to fight off attack cruisers and smaller, and the bigger turrets to deal with heavies.

>>1958523
>turrets
We should still have the neeran guns that used to be on forbearance. Those could come in handy for long range fire power.

>>1958592
>What about investing in silos/infrastructure for siege cannons (retract into silo for maintenance/repair/protection?),
If it was for the moon base that would make future expansion of either moon more difficult and costly.

>Buying used siege cannons, even damaged ones, for the moon base should both be cheaper for Sonia/JD and then potentially act as a strategic reserve of siege cannon turrets for the House.
That's one way to go about it. Older weapons wont have as much range as the newer ones. That was one of the reasons for the Gatling light siege turret, to give fixed installations longer reach.
It helps Fast Supers as well since they can control the range of engagement.

>>1958666
>Gatling turrets to fight off attack cruisers and smaller
You may mean attack cruisers or bigger. It's still a siege weapon.

>>1958693
Maybe as replacement parts for the guns on your Quattro.
Actually wait, were the old guns sold to Ber'helum when they started building cheap siege craft based on them?
>Those could come in handy for long range fire power.
Just remember their effective range is less than phased siege weaponry.

File: Super Heavy Weapons Dominion.gif (29 KB, 1456x1508)

29 KB GIF

Helios Siege Cannon = 120m (4032) [+20m Armored Turret]
Helios Siege Cannon = 100m (old) [+15 to 20m Turret]
Feron Gatling Siege Turret Early Type (4)= 85m
Feron Gatling Siege Turret MP Type (5)= 115m

Alright, the old Helios guns are not as capable in many respects but they're still worth quite a bit.

The facility where Che'len was manufacturing positron beam weapons has been secured. Production has largely been stopped while the tech is looked over. You could probably buy some of the weapons now if you wanted to while some of them are still stockpiled. Otherwise expect it to be awhile before they become available again.

Iratar has announced plans to make their own siege weapons available to the Dominion for sale now that the Civil War is over. Price wise they work out to be roughly the same as the newer Helios Gun+turret.

>>1958836
How much per positron gun? These seem a bit larger than medium plasma cannons but not much if the turret uses 4 separate guns, how do they compare to the plasma cannons?

>>1958874
>How much per positron gun?
Maybe 15-20 million per individual gun?

The protected fleet base which is now Rioja's second moon has enough internal capacity for Heavy Cruiser sized ships to dock. There are plans for repair facilities for the larger ships though that will require more work, time and funding.
Heavy cruiser repair berth = 144m

Shields for both moon bases could use some upgrades. Plasma cannons are emplaced on both allowing excellent protection against Medium cruisers and smaller. Heavy Missile silos are in place, through torpedo batteries would also be a welcome addition.

Rioja itself could benefit from a better civilian station to accommodate continued growth and traffic. The Modular stations are still fine for now. Long term replacements will be needed. Civilian companies want to invest in orbital industries and there is only so much space available on the stations. Both moons are military facilities.

The RSS station at Surakeh cost about a Billion, much of which you were able to split with the planetary government.

Sorry for the slow rate of posting. I've been trying to find info I forgot to add to the price list page.
Like all of those defense platforms that were designed for the Smuggler's Run.

If anyone has ideas for things they want to invest in please feel free to post.

>>1959097
-Baron Dante project
-Coolbeam facility
-Fast Super investment

>>1959157
>-Baron Dante project
Currently working on an upgrade of the Dante Gunship that would add a couple of extra small engines to the upper hull. It would increase its capabilities out of atmosphere.
Upgrades to the shield generator and stasis fields are also being worked on for sale to those who have bought previous models. It should provide a 10% increase in durability.

>-Coolbeam facility
As in production for the Helios holographic cooling systems, or a research/testing facility for a more weaponized version?

>-Fast Super investment
Noted.

>>1959295
>As in production for the Helios holographic cooling systems, or a research/testing facility for a more weaponized version?
Both.

>Dante upgrades
Neat. I was hoping to pitch him a more mass-produced version similar to the Bonrah walkers we fought. Although they weren't much the numbers they were deployed in the Capital made them quite an effective rapid reaction force. Would he be up for something like that? It's not an artisan project like Gunship but it would be a welcome addition to Rioja ground forces I think, not to mention the potential sales for other houses.

A few more things, not necessarily investment but could be related
-Sonia holding court on Rioja again. Led to a fun few things last time
-The terran spec-ops trooper who went on an anti-slavery crusade. How's that going?

>>1959295
Oh yeah, before I forget.
-Buy a Republic Heavy Plasma Cannon as a research piece for the Plasma Moon. They were available now thanks to the Holocooling trade right?

>>1959329
Available to Helios in limited numbers so they can more quickly develop better cooling systems for them. The guns are still in high demand everywhere.
It may be possible to get your hands on one of them through Helios.
Roll 1d100

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>1959343
I believe in Helios.

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>1959343

Helios with the hook up?

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>1959343

You can get a single cannon through Helios for 186 million. More than that isn't possible at this time.

Buy it?
>Y/N?

Does anyone happen to remember the cost of the big Aries torpedo batteries from the Zeus? I'm having trouble locating a thread where I actually priced them.

>>1959512
Buy the cannon.

>>1959512
[x] Yes

>Torpedo batteries
From /tg/:
>"They're expensive and require quite a bit of space so few are looking into dedicated platforms for them. Aries probably has."
>The house can only build small numbers of them.

Can't pin down a price if it has been mentioned anywhere.

>>1959603
Damn, could have swore I mentioned the price somewhere.
It's less than 20 million for sure. The number 8 million is popping into my head but I don't recall where that's from.

>>1959622
Maybe call it even and say 10m? Recent advancements etc etc.

I'll keep looking in the archives in any case.

>The Aries thing is mostly focused on making sure all the Houses have access to the high end technology Aries had built up. Heavy Pulse cannon arrays, contour shielding, stealth torpedo tech, better drones etc. And its not just the designs for them, its the underlying tech for them. Idea being to increase the overall tech level of the Dominion and get it back to a level playing field with the other Factions.

This was posted a month ago. Can we start licensing our (the alliance payment one) contour shield technology to other houses?

>>1959734
>Can we start licensing our (the alliance payment one) contour shield technology to other houses?
I've clearly forgotten about this.

http://houseanddominion.wikia.com/wiki/Reynard_Fleet_Additional_Resources
Oh cool, I made a note of it. I'm glad I did that.

You got a production license from the Alliance, so you can have a couple factories producing them. You can't resell that unfortunately. Not unless you want to void your license.
The Dominion will have to make do with the PL's for Aries tech, and the reverse engineering of them.

>>1959804
Ah, damn. I thought it was similar to the Terraforming stuff where we just got the base technology and understanding.

>Nanite scans
Has there been any actual developments from all the recovered nanite samples? It's not like they lack and research material like before.

>>1959832
Research on it needs time and money. A lot of both. If you wanted to invest further in it that's an option.
A high profile Dominion nanotech researcher believes that it should be possible to duplicate the capability of Kythera tech without worry of it being highjacked. It could take several lifetimes and the early nanites will probably cost twenty thousand S each to produce.
"I'm sure once we've produced a few million of them the cost will come down considerably thanks to self replication."

Probably a great buy in if you're planning to live for a really long time.

>>1959887
Probably worth it to set up any potential grand-kids Sonia has.

There was the Plasma Corvette data we hung onto as well. Can we invest in that? Hopefully we can rope Kharbos into the project.

>>1959311
>I was hoping to pitch him a more mass-produced version similar to the Bonrah walkers we fought.

http://houseanddominion.wikia.com/wiki/Malyutin_Class
>Malyutin
The 16 meter tall heavily armored walkers Bonrah has made use of were already starting to draw attention when you fought some at Rioja. The stint at the capital certainly helped give them a higher profile. At least 1 production facility in Bonrah space was captured and is back in operation. Only limited numbers are being built due to the materials requirements.

With many systems copied from matryoshka medium jump jet armor and simply scaled up, maintaining them should be relatively straight forward.
They're now available for purchase, though there is a backlog.

>Drone walkers
Several groups meeting in the capital have agreed to collaborate on reverse engineering the Drone Jump Walkers you faced. There will be manned versions as well. The ones used to attack the capital were made out of very cheap materials.
It is still possible to invest in this project.

>>1959968
>It is still possible to invest in this project.
[x] Yes

Fast Super investment.
How much money are you guys prepared to put into it? Looking for a range of numbers for the Survey I've been making up. I was thinking a max of 1 billion but people could have their own ideas.

>>1960058
One (1) Billion.

>>1960058

Let us put forth 1 billion, we did push for it.

>>1959097

Any word on our Terran friend looking for his enslaved family?

Could we invest in high density armor production? A subsidiary/joint venture with Baron Dante, if needed?

>>1960058
I don't see a reason to invest anything less than the maximum we can into the Fast Super project. Its practically Sonia's baby ship.

We should invest in some options outside Dominion space.

Maybe there are some Rovinar or Terran companies that want some prestigious Dominion cashmoney.

>>1959968
>It is still possible to invest in this project.
Sure, let's do it.

>>1960058
Max fubding it is.

>>1959311
>>1960102
>Any word on our Terran friend looking for his enslaved family?
The reports you've seen look like they've been having some success.

Roll 3d20

Rolled 15, 3, 5 = 23 (3d20)

>>1960219

What is the future space equivalent to under ground railroad?

Rolled 14, 16, 3 = 33 (3d20)

>>1960219

Come on, find that family...

Rolled 1, 11, 16 = 28 (3d20)

>>1960219
Maybe?

Eli has been putting that Terran special forces training to good use. The taskforce has located and cleared out several bases while they've been on the hunt, even capturing a few attack cruisers which they've used to get into other facilities.

Unfortunately Eli has also killed a few slavers along the way that might have had important information, usually because they were uncooperative. This hindered the operation early on and slowed things down. There was very nearly an incident because of this.

Eventually the other officers in the taskforce were able to rein him in enough to make progress. They successfully located his remaining family members and recovered them. It took one of said family members to keep him from attempting to frag the captured slavers after this.

While he saw his family transported to Rioja, Eli D Evins has stated his intention to return to South Reach as a bounty hunter. There are often contracts there for people to be taken dead or alive, especially South Reach mercs that have turned to piracy or worse.
Contact information is available if you need to call on him for help.

Last thing I could think of tonight.
How is the Versa waifu Interface/Fleet Control system going? Last we heard was that it caused brain problems when over-used.

>>1960490
With the latest iteration, as long as it's used for no longer than an hour a day it shouldn't cause any permanent damage.
Possibility of addition is currently being studied.

>captcha: Speed BALL
Really? I get a pass for a year and captcha goes right back to promoting drug use.

>>1960440

... did the Terran Alliance just create some sort of space Punisher?

I wonder if we could form some Diplomatic back channels with the neighboring Terran relay, to share leads on slavers the other could act on? Eli can't be the only one with a family that got slaved out.

I am 100% certain I've forgotten to include something in this survey. So maybe don't vote to spend all of the money so there's still a little left once we figure out what the is?

SURVEY!

surveymonkey com/r/ LJJVZRX

You have roughly 6.9 billion S at your disposal.

>>1960589
>SURVEY!

Right. And as usual links are on the wiki and twitter.

>>1960589
>>1960593

is the * on High Density armor production a typo or some note I'm missing in the survey?

>>1960609
>is the * on High Density armor production a typo or some note I'm missing in the survey?
Right I wanted to mention that. You can invest in it but that doesn't mean you'll be able to get control of any actual production of it. Its more like you can only buy shares with the current producers.
Fortunately they will be expanding production over the next year.

>>1960589
Just wanted to stress to fellow voters how important getting more Holocooling production is. Once it's developed enough it's applicable in more than just weapons.

>>1960625
There's already production on the surface of Rioja and it would be impractical set set up any more there. Hence why I've added it to the moon base upgrade options.

>>1960630
TSTG, would it be possible to do something with the stuff on the crazy ideas and other ideas that showed up during surveys but never went anywhere? I know it will likely require a lot of work on your end but I'd appreciate if we could come to a definite verdict on the various ideas anons came up with over the course of the quest.

Since the Emperor wants the Dominion to tech up, we should work with him to get Dominion SP torpedo production

>>1957961
>artificial ftl element manufacturing process
Shit. That was on my list but got deleted somehow.

>>1961175
Well, you could give the data to the Emperor. But then Ber'helum would be placed in a difficult situation. 1)They could take the risk of trying to develop the weapons. Or 2) they could sacrifice one House (or maybe only a few people from said house) for continued stability in the Dominion.

You've done a lot for them true, but would protecting Sonia be worth screwing up relations with the Terrans and potentially throwing the Dominion into another Civil War?

>>1960589
>You have roughly 6.9 billion S at your disposal.
Oh boy. I've been waiting for this. My spend-money-boner has never been harder

>>1961436
The only problem is that I want everything.

>>1960580
>I am 100% certain I've forgotten to include something in this survey.
Underground arcologies!

File: Rioja Lighthouse2.gif (6 KB, 1190x537)

6 KB GIF

This is what I was going for with the Surakeh Station Plus that people seemed to be interested in. It's a lighthouse type core with two sets of armored platforms.

There are certainly other options if there was interest in other stations.

>>1961436
>>1961458

Also remember that we'll probably want to reserve some of our cash for Rioja's fleet, political gifts/bribes, expanding RTS by wrangling mercs, expanding our personal forces, And probably paying for damages Bekka causes until she can pay us back

>>1961552
>we'll probably want to reserve some of our cash

On that note, we've got a tie over Rioja Urban Development and weather to spent 100m or 250m.

Depending on which we'll have 687m or 537m left over.

>>1961570

I guess the big question is if we've still got that issue that the slavers were exploiting?

What was it specifically again? Buildings going up faster than refugees could be processed and moved into them?

>>1961586
It was more of a problem in the cities where previously existing buildings were being repaired and refurbished. That's been taken care of and it has rarely been a problem since.
The Rioja Special Response & Investigative Unit uses sweeps for such operations as training.

>>1961175
>>1961376
I do feel we should do something with it. I men we've had it for like 10 years now and it's only been sitting there collecting dust.

>>1961780
>I do feel we should do something with it.
Great idea! Let's bury it deeper.

>>1961570
Why not just split the difference?

>>1961790
Nooooooo. Sthap

>>1961376
Protecting Sonia AND gaining SP tech.

>>1961780
>>1961790
I concur. This is a Retirement project where we fly off into a 5 year voyage into damaged subspace located facility, with a bunch of scientists, and spend 10 years playing at researching something else entirely before faking a tragic gravity accident that doesn't leave any trace and then cloning them from brain scans somewhere even deeper.

File: MarsNewArt.jpg (811 KB, 1883x1387)

811 KB JPG

>>1961548
>There are certainly other options if there was interest in other stations.
Ring of Iron?

>>1961552
>political gifts/bribes
Some small incentives to jump start trade with the nav hazard aliens?

>>1961795
>Why not just split the difference?
Seems fair.

>>1961815
>Protecting Sonia AND gaining SP tech.
There's no guarantee that they'd be able to get in into production before bad stuff happened.

>>1961836
>Ring of Iron?
Doing a rough estimate that would cost... A few trillion S. For mars. Rioja is closer to Earth sized so the costs would be doubled at best.

>Some small incentives to jump start trade with the nav hazard aliens?
Good idea. Ber'helum is in the middle of getting the diplomatic info transferred over to them since the agreement was with the "Ruling House", not specifically with House Nirium.
1) How much money would you like to invest into that?
1a) 10m
1b) 20m
1c) 50m

2) Also how much money for the artificial ftl element capture array and manufacturing process?
2a) 20m
2b) 50m
2c) 100m

>>1961892

1c) 50m

2c) 100m

>>1961892
1A

2C

>>1961892
>Doing a rough estimate that would cost... A few trillion S.
We wouldn't have to build it all at once... I wonder if that would be a construction project where nanite assisted construction methods could increase efficiency a lot. Maybe it will be cheaper for the other planet in the system if the grav well relocation works out?

1c)
2b)

>>1961780
Until the dust pile can fill a vault it's not worth cleaning up yet

>>1961892
1c) 50m

2c) 100m

I can't help but laugh at how typical this is of us. >Get nice fat wad of cash.
>Immediately spent it all.

>>1962021
To be fair, Sonia should have a credit line somewhere in the tens of billions. It doesn't really make sense for her to sit on too much money.

>>1962021
Money saved is money not making money.

>>1961913
It would be cheaper on a plant that didn't have much of an atmosphere or gravity. Really, mars is one of the few places where I could see it working.

>>1962044
>Sonia should have a credit line somewhere in the tens of billions.
And little in the way of credit history because you almost never take out loans. RSS has used loans for construction of heavy cruisers, but Sonia rarely.

>>1962062
Not entirely true. You do earn interest off money left in the bank.

>>1961892

1b) 20m

2a) 20m

How much was our initial investment in that last one, again? I don't recall the results so far, either.

>>1962062
But it is money you have available for things that come up.

>>1962044
I'd imagine that credit interest rates are insane right now due to the Expedition against the SRL turning into the Neeran War + Dominion Civil War.

The factions have been at war for how long, now?

>>1962089
>The factions have been at war for how long, now?
Quest started in 4023. It is a few months into 4035.

>>1962080
Would Mars + light planetary shielding to keep the atmosphere from flying off count as protected by the factions treaty?

>Dro'all healthcare
You've picked up some tech in the capital. There are a few things to remember. Your House (and many others in the Dominion) has a 2 tier healthcare system. There's the basic healthcare anyone is entitled to, while much better options must be paid for.
Sonia encountered this early on after getting a few ribs cracked in the second mission. The basic medical would repair the damage but it would still take several days to fully heal. A faster method cutting down healing time to hours was more expensive.

Making better healthcare technology available to the general population at reduced cost means someone will have to pay for those resources. Rioja's economy has reached a point of self sustaining growth, but it is nowhere near strong enough to pay for higher tier healthcare across the board.

To implement it at reduced cost you'd be paying as much money per year as there are people on the planet. If you wanted it to be at no cost to the populace then triple that amount.

There are other reasons why the Dominion doesn't make better healthcare free to the public: Overpopulation. This is a problem the Dominion usually struggles with.
Shorter lived Dro'all will usually reach early maturity by age 12 and full maturity by 15.

>>1962185
Eh. If I had to just a few days to heal several cracked ribs I would be okay with that level of healthcare.

>>1962185
>There's the basic healthcare anyone is entitled to, while much better options must be paid for.
Does this only apply to treatments that are more pleasant or work faster, or does it include treatments for serious medical conditions where no cheap alternative is available?

>Overpopulation. This is a problem the Dominion usually struggles with.
Make contraception shots mandatory for people who want the improved healthcare at reduced cost option? I'm future tech has something like that available.

>Shorter lived Dro'all will usually reach early maturity by age 12 and full maturity by 15.
Try ways to extend the cycle duration by factor x for all Dro'all? People have colonized several galaxies but humans are still considered old at 100, something is obviously not working out.

>>1962185
No need to change the current health care. It is fine as is.

>>1962222
>or does it include treatments for serious medical conditions where no cheap alternative is available?
That's always difficult to judge. Leaning towards yes it would be covered, probably, but not in every case.

>Make contraception shots mandatory for people who want the improved healthcare at reduced cost option?
That still leaves the matter of who is paying for it.

>Try ways to extend the cycle duration by factor x for all Dro'all?
In looking around at the capital you've found out that there are ways to do this but it's expensive. Best if done early on.

File: pleaseddaska.png (11 KB, 235x215)

11 KB PNG

>>1962360
>That still leaves the matter of who is paying for it.
Nobles who were caught doing questionable things and want to buy themselves out of trouble.

>In looking around at the capital you've found out that there are ways to do this but it's expensive. Best if done early on.
If they're not feasible for large scale deployment right now, then we should look into making them cheaper.

>>1959311
>Sonia holding court on Rioja again. Led to a fun few things last time
Supporting this.

Let's hold court for a week or so on the planet's surface and hear what our people have to say

>>1962185
PUT THINGS IN THE WATER TO TURN THE FROG ALIENS GAY

>>1962574
We are not Terrans!

>>1962387
>Nobles who were caught doing questionable things and want to buy themselves out of trouble.
There are far less of those on your planet these days.

>If they're not feasible for large scale deployment right now, then we should look into making them cheaper.
How much money are you willing to invest in finding ways to lower the cost?

>Sonia holding court on Rioja again
Working on this.

File: Spoiler Image (141 KB, 478x470)

141 KB PNG

>>1962585
>Working on this.
It will never be as glorious as Dro'all court.

>How much money are you willing to invest in finding ways to lower the cost?
10 million for now? We'll have to create the infrastructure for this kind of work from pretty much nothing. I'd rather start slow.

>>1962585
>How much money are you willing to invest in finding ways to lower the cost?

If I'm reading the exchange right, we'd be investing money to slow the maturation rate of shorter lived Dro'all?
Doesn't that shoot the Dominion's population growth/replentishment advantage in the foot?

>>1962668
>Doesn't that shoot the Dominion's population growth/replentishment advantage in the foot?
Yes.

>>1962677
Only administer it after reaching maturity? Or is the effect pretty much worthless at that point?

File: Spoiler Image (63 KB, 564x296)

63 KB GIF

>>1962677
Yeah, no.

>>1962700
It would be less effective.


On your return to Rioja you're initially quite busy but eventually you set aside time to hold court. It's not something you do often. Most of the time it just ends up as another avenue for businessmen and women to approach you for money.

With the latest round of upgrades now beginning on the moon bases it's drawn the attention of a Dro'all inventor from South Reach. His company has been trying to eek out a living while avoiding the worst of the Civil War.

Their company is offering to sell production rights for a new type of ablative lunarcrete that would form an additional protective layer for most of the moon bases surface. Supposedly it's much cheaper than alternatives like adding layers of starship armor, though it is understandably much thicker.

Interested, not, or willing to entertain testing?

>>1962971
May as well test it.

Give him our blessing and a small funding allotment.

>>1962990
Did you want to keep the tests relatively small scale, or pay for a larger test making use of medium plasma cannons or siege weapons?

>>1963020
For production rights only small scale. If they want more serious investment we'd want shares if not a controlling majority.

>>1963027
Wait shit they've already developed the thing. Sure get a bigger test in since the moon is supposed to survive heavy bombardment.

>>1962971

Let's buy a batch to test it out first. Then setup a contract of outfitting the base. If it works as offered.

>>1962971
Buy a test batch. If it's good compared with regular variants then we proceed with using it and potentially buy him and his company.

As a side project, maybe we host a celebratory 'Civil War finished good job' Ball? I'm always advocating for fancy balls, Sonia started the idea of the Grav Well at a Ball. Who knows what some young starship captain would ever approach her with?

>>1963051
Support buying a test batch + holding a New Ruling House Ball after we finish holding court.

>>1963020
[x] Realistic simulation
Start with big Phase Siege weapons, move up to Plasma Ones, and if we have the Quattro in orbit give it the Neeran fusion shakedown.

You offer to buy enough to conduct some proper testing. It will take a week or two to set up production and for your engineers to get a test area ready.
The inventor is also invited to the next ball.

Roll 3d100 for data collection.

Rolled 19, 76, 22 = 117 (3d100)

>>1963068
Hit it with the Republic Large we just bought, for EXTRA TESTING.

Rolled 67, 93, 12 = 172 (3d100)

>>1963068

I wonder if this will prove to be better then our anti-SP Armor.

Rolled 26, 54, 43 = 123 (3d100)

>>1963068

Engineers prepare a small asteroid that was slated to be broken up and added to the surface of either moon base. Instead they shape one side of it to match the average curvature of either moon and add the armor layer.

Small scale tests show it to be a good addition to the rocky material, preventing or at least reducing the blows the asteroid itself are taking. Even better data is collected from the Medium plasma cannon tests.
The fleet had trouble collecting data on the heavy plasma cannon shot. It was too destructive, leaving little behind to analyze.

The inventor claims that in some cases their armor has proven to be 90% more effective than similarly priced alternatives. That isn't complete nonsense. Unfortunately as a result of poor distribution, parts of the armor layer have been much tougher than others. In its current state the strength of the armor is very inconsistent.

With changes and proper distribution of the crete mix a 77% improvement over base is possible without an increase in cost.
Would you be willing to purchase a production license provided they fix the problems?

>>1963142

Work out a price and they work out the fixes. I think this would be quite wonderful additional defense to have. Especially if it can be made to work on starships.

>>1963142
Yes.
>>1963151
This seems more like something for the asteroid fortresses than regular starships considering the added bulk.

>>1963151
>>1963168
>This seems more like something for the asteroid fortresses than regular starships considering the added bulk.
That. Moon bases are not going anywhere fast.

Putting this stuff on a starship would be like throwing a few meters of reinforced concrete on a battlemech.

>>1963211
I now have the image of Killdozer built from a civilian corvette.

>>1963142
If he can fix the problems, I'm for a production license.

Heck, could we buy a majority stake in his company or the invention? We've got enough connections in the Dominion & Alliance to probably get some good contracts for this tech, and limiting who else might obtain production licenses might give our allies an advantage in the future.

I'd also like to have intel/our people ensure this guy isn't some sort of front for a SRL faction or something.

>>1963231
Maybe Alliance bunker construction along the Neeran border worlds but I doubt we'd get a huge interest in civilian bunker construction in the Dominion.

>>1963142
Absolutely.

This is obviously a very lucrative business, and a citizen-owned one at that. I can't image he'd want to sell the entire thing, but I'd like to make a significant investment in it. This seems like a Rioja small business that needs help getting off the ground.

>>1963241
J-D & Allied asteroid/moon/planetoid bases, same with Alliance ones.

If this is something that can be mixed up with almost purely local materials, it could be valuable for forces that move into Neeran Empire territory, as well. They'd have an improved option for armoring concealed FOBs.

>>1963285
Good points.

>>1963241
There's a good chance other factions have similar materials in development. If they haven't already perfected them.
Despite that it's certainly a step up for what you have access to. Without spending billions using starship armor to do the same job that is.
Once they get it working properly this guy could certainly make it big.

The inventor, Esh Prom'lia, has been invited to the ball.

Did you want to ensure they meet people that could make use of their armor? Or would you want to the chance to buy a stake in his company in return for making use of your connections?

>>1963300
yes to buying in.

A group of former smugglers in the region have established their own legitimate shipping company and have been making efforts to expand their business. Unfortunately due to their colourful history it has been difficult securing loans.

You previously put them in contact with RSS which helped them out early on and even got them good rates for buying salvaged transports. They're grateful for the help RSS has provided but still want to be their own company.

With their connections they've attracted experienced crews for more than a dozen ships, but have only been able to get enough money together for 3 full sized transports.

Approve a loan for 10 million?

>>1963300

Yes to introducing them to people and to buying stock in their company.

>>1963335

We've helped them this far. So long as the continue to prove to be a good business, okay.

>>1963335
They seem to be over reaching and hoping for a easy bailout. I'd disapprove of the loan.

>>1963347
Agreed.

Supporting legitimate businesses not only helps the sector economy, it also provides an incentive to stay away from smuggling and piracy.

>>1963335
Will they agree to some form of oversight assistance for the loan? Like their own Ruben London until they pay off the loan?

I'm all for assisting them, but I do like making sure that loans are realistically repayable.

>>1963431
>Will they agree to some form of oversight assistance for the loan?
As long as it doesn't mean giving up ownership of the company the crews would probably be for it.

>>1963300
>Esh Prom'lia
Where's he from and what attracted him to Rioja?

>>1963501
Lesser noble from a minor House that got rolled early on in the Civil War. Fled to South Reach before the fighting really got going. He's taking his small company back to the Centri cluster now that things look to be settling down.

Rioja is along the fastest route, and it has big heavily armed moon bases. Might as well stop for gas and try to sell stuff?

A Knight and several officers from a disbanded House have made their way to Rioja. Their House was conquered by your side in the Civil War. After the recent round of 470 House pickup the world they were previously from now belongs to J-D.
As the Rioja fleet helped conquer their world they seemed to get the impression they should be looking here if they want to earn back some of their land under a new House.

They have command crews for 8 ships aboard their surviving Knight class Light cruiser and an attack corvette.

Would you rather direct them to the Dominion Knights, Count Jerik, Katherine Drake who will probably be made a Baron soon, or deal with them yourself?

>>1963557

Huh, I guess this brings up a few questions. Like if we were granted any land for our fleet investments helping conquer that world, or of Drake was instead due to being the commander?

If we don't own land on that world, I doesn't Count Jerik have to approve it anyway?

>>1963557

We are always willing to take in new people. So long as they are willing to prove their skill and loyalty. I would say take them in, but also advise them if they want to to also talk to Katherine Drake. Help her improve her own circle of knights and allies.

Of course give the subtle hint, if the mess up Katherine Drakes chances. They will wish they were on that platform back at the capital in which they fried the ai nanite traitors in a crisp.

>>1963519
>Might as well stop for gas and try to sell stuff?
Is there anything we could do to convince him to settle more permanently on Rioja? I know we've got a burgeoning and industrious population, but it would be advantageous to have entrepreneurs like him set up.

How long does the Production License last for anyway? If this stuff is good we might as well try to get a long one so we don't have to fork over more cash further down the line.

>>1963557
For starters I think it would be good to make sure none of them hold grievances with J-D or us. It was a civil war, and that's the kind of thing that happens in the Dominion. Then give them the choice. We'd be happy to have them serve under us, but they also have the option of joining Drake who'll need more experienced forces. As such, they'll likely have a better chance of reaching higher ranks in either the Dominion Knights or with Drake.

>>1963589
>Like if we were granted any land for our fleet investments helping conquer that world, or of Drake was instead due to being the commander?
Mostly Drake.
A lot of the money the fleet made will be used to fund the logistics and replace losses. But! Since you're getting a lot of ships through reparations there will quite a bit left which is technically your money.

Land and territories captured are going to the House, Drake and the Knights and crews of the fleet.

>If we don't own land on that world, I doesn't Count Jerik have to approve it anyway?
That's an option, you can also buy that land yourself. You still have money and there isn't really anyone that could object unless you buy tons of it.
Hell, you're investing 500 million into the new J-D worlds, you could easily use some of that money to pick up some land.

So yes you can. The question then is do you want them with your fleet at Rioja, or with whoever becomes Baron of their former homeworld?

>>1963606
>For starters I think it would be good to make sure none of them hold grievances with J-D or us.
That that might be one reason to keep them posted away from their homeworld. Or keep them away from your House entirely and send them to the Dominion Knights.

>Is there anything we could do to convince him to settle more permanently on Rioja?
He does sort of want to return home.

>How long does the Production License last for anyway?
5 years, or enough for 8 moon bases.
The PL is 10 million so they put a limit so as not to put themselves out of business.

>If this stuff is good we might as well try to get a long one so we don't have to fork over more cash further down the line.
They want another 10 million to upgrade to a longer term PL.

>>1960589
>6.9 billion S at your disposal.
Wait what? Wasn't it 8.4 bil?

>>1963793
Pretty sure that was after tax, and the few minor purchases pre-survey like the Heavy Plasma.

>>1963770
>They want another 10 million to upgrade to a longer term PL.
[x] Invest

>>1963793
http://houseanddominion.wikia.com/wiki/Reynard_Holdings_and_Finances
I've been updating this page as I go. These were deducted before the survey.

4035
-760 million (TAX)
-500 million Gravity well generator
-90 million, specialist ships
-186m Heavy plasma cannon for R&D

>>1963820
>760 million (TAX)
Oh.
Ooooooh.
I should have realized that sooner, I think I may have messed up the survey by going overbudget. Oops.

>>1963735

Can they provide any evidence of their honorable conduct during the civil war? Leadership, mercy, battles where our people or allies might have noted their skill/honor?

Is their intent to return home and resume their lives, or would some of them simply prefer to return home for their families and depart?

I'd be for granting their request if they provide something from above as part of our investment, with say a contract that only allows any land to be sold back to Sonia for 10 years or so, to avoid them returning home, selling gifted land, then running off with their family/possessions?

>>1963845
>Can they provide any evidence of their honorable conduct during the civil war? Leadership, mercy, battles where our people or allies might have noted their skill/honor?
Unfortunately there are few good records of their own. Their surviving ships were a reserve unit and conducted a few ambushes against your allies with limited success.
Eventually Assault Corvettes from Avun's fleet hunted them down and wiped most of the unit.

>Is their intent to return home and resume their lives, or would some of them simply prefer to return home for their families and depart?
Most would prefer to resume their lives. At least one does not, preferring to leave the military altogether. They've stuck with the others simply because they were in the same unit.

>avoid them returning home, selling gifted land, then running off with their family/possessions?
Interesting idea.

>>1963820
Speaking of our Holding / Finances page, is there anything more we can invest into our properties on Surakeh, Tourta or Frostback?

>>1964015

If they're willing to accept that we'll guarantee them a workable plot of land and the noble status that comes with it, but they'll have to get the blessing of Count Jerik or the Baron of that world about retaining Knighthood/rank, I'm for it.

A good faith attempt to get the Knight some of their former holding back, if it isn't insanely priced?

Basically, follow Count Jerik's lead from the Erid conquest. Offer to ensure they can return home, have the means to resume their lives with at least basic noble status and income.
If they want to go for Knighthood based out of their homeworld, we'll ensure they get a proper audience with Count Jerik and/or the local Baron, possibly with a recommendation?

>>1964146
Second, no point shunning perfectly reasonable nobles caught up on the losing side.

Besides they know their land and the people there and if we want to get these world's running at peak efficiency we should attempt to make transitioning to jd rule as smooth as possible

>>1964138
>is there anything more we can invest into our properties on Surakeh,
Not on the planet's surface no.

>Tourta
Your property here is full. The residential projects are all but completed. There are further advances you could make in terms of services available in the refugee housing areas.
There is also the Aries factory that Winifred seized. She had it converted to producing Dominion drone fighters since she didn't trust the Aries designs.

A suggestion has been made for a replacement of the Aries support drones that are currently not being built. A team of part time engineers at RSS have designed a spotter and security drone based on the flight packs they've been building. This could be used just for observation, or outfitted with a mass driver rifle for use as a hunter killer.

Given everything that's been going on they havent dared test the armed varient since they dont have access to strong encryption.

>Frostback?
Expanded mining, manufacturing, subsurface agriculture? I'm not sure what else would be good for a rather cold but habitable planet. Most of the people working at your existing facilities live off site at the arcology Alex put on his property.
The city is now near its intended population, even seeing the winter sport vacationers he had once hoped for. It took awhile to catch on.

>>1964146
>they'll have to get the blessing of Count Jerik or the Baron of that world about retaining Knighthood/rank
While exceptionally busy the Count agrees to give them a hearing. They'll be placed on probation for an extended period. Most of their duties will keep them away from their homeworld except for while on leave. He hopes this will cut down on complications.

Your House has picked up roughly 50 Knights or experienced nobles from other Houses as a result of the new additions. The plan is to keep them in units with J-D personnel, usually at the opposite end of House space from wherever their land is. If they cause problems it will be difficult to flee back to their holdings and fortify them.

Your position on this policy?

>>1964984
Yeah, seems okay. I mean, they're from conquered houses and technically opposition. We should treat them as such.

>>1964984
Seems reasonable until they have proven their loyalty to the house.

>>1964984

Only thing I'd add is for the Count to consider providing them with some discounted communications/hologram messages, especially for those with children.

Hopefully a minor investment like that can pay off good dividends with future loyalty.

Not that Intel would monitor said communications, or anything.

>>1964984
We should offer investment opportunities / provide investment in them.

Nothing ties people together like making a bunch of money.

>>1965046
Could be worth a shot.

>>1965082
A problem pointed out with the land thing is making sure they cant sell off those investments and run for it. May want to wait until they've been with the House for at least a few months.

>>1964968
Anyone want to invest in the Tourta residential areas, RSS drones or anything for Frostback?
Either of the first two would cost less than a million.

>>1965129
I'd back the first two options.

As far as strong encryption goes, J-D's encryption is fairly bog standard Dominion level, right? Do any of our allies have better encryption?

>>1965129

What else can we put into those places? Anything to upgrade or improve to make them run better to make more money?

>>1965129
Doesn't Sonia's house produce floating arcologies? Would one of them be a decent investment on Tourta?

>>1965161
>J-D's encryption is fairly bog standard Dominion level
J-D's encryption was at one point heavily based on Kavarian Union stuff. So while most likely not Dominion standard it was still kinda crap.

>>1965163
I was thinking plazas, malls, better medical, etc for the refugee housing. Improved communications infrastructure. All of that would be fairly cheap.

Tourta could use better transportation too, though that'd have to be worked on with the governor. Fixed transport like high speed repulsor trains would only be useful in the big cities and the main island where your land is. An alternative would be aerocar taxies which would provide more options across more of the planet. There are downsides to either system, such as increased air traffic with the taxis, or needing to build up infrastructure for the trains.

For Surakeh, it should be possible to upgrade the arms factory there with a much taller building to make use of the small amount of space in that industrial park. Downside is that you'd have to transfer high end arms production to another site or sut it down during construction.

>>1965129
I meant investing in the land or letting them put their money into some of our investments. No outside house investments!

>>1965250
I think I get what you're saying. That could be worked out.

>>1965161
>>1965183
J-D encryption is quite a bit better than it used to be and is expected to improve further with the Dominion working on increasing their tech.
The RSS encryption the engineers had access to is civilian grade hence their reluctance to put weapons on it.

>Doesn't Sonia's house produce floating arcologies? Would one of them be a decent investment on Tourta?
The Edanis Small Arcology (19-30 million) could be modified to act as such. Because of that it would be towards the high end of that price range. It could be a floating one anchored in place, or built in a shallow area.

>>1965129
>Either of the first two would cost less than a million.
I think the first two are definitely fine.

>Because of that it would be towards the high end of that price range
Would it make sense as an investment? And more importantly, would the governor even want it on the planet?

>>1965390
>Would it make sense as an investment? And more importantly, would the governor even want it on the planet?
Land is at a premium so it makes sense. The environmentalists would make trouble for any more development on land, and less for the water.

>>1965428
If there is demand for the arcology, I wouldn't mind financing part of it. I'm sure there are enough new knights looking for safe investments.

>>1965617
Split the cost 50/50 with a Knight looking to invest?

A Hune scientist has recently arrived from Terran space, they fled here after the destruction of their research facility. They're looking to acquire a facility that is remote and won't have to deal with interruptions, or inspections by regulatory agencies.

He isn't specific about what sort of research he does but is willing to pay well. 5 million for a facility with an additional 1 million yearly.

Vanderwal suspects there wont be much information to find on what exactly he researches but he highly doubts it'll be legal. While you're normally not one to openly break laws there could be uses for a mad scientist. Like as a scapegoat.

[ ] Refuse
[ ] Agree
[ ] Make a deal to trade favours
[ ] Throw him to the nearest bounty hunter

>>1965719
[ ] Refuse
Pass

>>1965129
>anything for Frostback
Considering how profitable normally grown food is in the Dominion and how little of Frostback's surface seems to be used in any significant way at the moment - could the planet support mammoth herds or something equivalent?

>>1965719
>but he highly doubts it'll be legal
By what standard?

>>1965719

[ ] Refuse

>>1965719
> [ ] Throw him to J-D Spooks

Acquire him for the House.

>>1965746
>mammoth herds
I find this idea amusing.
There is now a nature preserve being set up on the other side of the planet trying to raise the plant life necessary for them to survive on the planet. In the meantime a mammoth ranch has been set up.

>By what standard?
Certainly not under Terran law.

>>1965719
>>1965844
>[x] Agree
Eh, I'm fine with it. He's gonna end up somewhere, and Sonia has the people to keep an eye on that guy.

>I find this idea amusing.
Llama herds for Plateau next?

>>1965844
>>1964984
Changing to

> Acquire him but inform House J-D spooks

Just to make sure that we have deniability going both ways.

>>1965719
>Split the cost 50/50 with a Knight looking to invest?
I'd be okay with that.

>>1965719
I just want to see if he'll volunteer more info on what topic he might even be looking at. It would suck if all of a sudden nanites or artificial FTL hazard zones.

>>1966087

Or some sort of bio weapon to wipe out anything that isn't Hune...

They do have that mildly genocidal superiority complex.

Wait, who destroyed his lab?

Oh god please don't be the SRL

Tie breaker anyone? We'll see.

>>1966087
He promises it wont be work on nanites. That topic is a little too hot given recent events.

"I like to study a broad spectrum of work, just in case I get bored of my latest project."

Vanderwal sends you an update to your HUD showing that the ID he used to get onto the planet was forged. High quality.
"And just who would I be leasing this lab space to? Certainly not one Richard Starkey."

"You may call me Professor... X. No, wait, that's a superhero. Ah... Professor Omega."

"Seriously?"

>>1966115
>Wait, who destroyed his lab?
Destroyed in the latest round of Neeran Empire attacks on Terran space.

File: uguu.png (121 KB, 529x250)

121 KB PNG

>>1966159
>He promises it wont be work on nanites
>"You may call me Professor... X. No, wait, that's a superhero. Ah... Professor Omega."
In b4 he's just some larping neet from a rich hune family who's gonna watch shallan cartoons in his "laboratory" all night.

>>1965719
>[ ] Agree
Whats the worse that could happen

>>1966159
[X] Agree.

Sure, why not.

>>1965719
Split the cost 50/50 with a Knight looking to invest?
Yeah sure, supporting.

I'd also like to invest in the high speed repulsor trains + agricultural efforts on Frostback.

Do we still own that island resort, or did we end up selling it off?

>Acquire him but inform House J-D spooks
Don't want this to blow back too hard on us if it goes tits up.

>>1966445
>Do we still own that island resort
Yes. Most of the money made off it goes to fund continued improvements. A bit of a never ending cycle.

You've agreed to get the mad scientist a discreet remote base somewhere in the Run, away from prying eyes. It's not much but it should suit their needs.
House intel has also been alerted and will ensure that spy sats are in place before the professor takes up residence.

With Drake soon to be promoted you're going to need a new Wing Commander for Rioja's fleet. There is no shortage of people willing to take on that role. One of them has approached you looking for help.

Knight Captain Nel'odym is a unit commander from Magdalena. One of the local Knights that helped overthrow Nasidum control and joined your House. They're aware that Knight Commander L'ak Tenni has plans to become Baron of Magdalena and wants to prevent that if at all possible. With the New J-D territories near Medel space in need of strong commanders it shouldn't take much to ensure that they get two new Barons instead of just one.
After all, the Run already has a Baron and a Viscount, no need for another so close by in the immediate future.

"What do you hope to gain by this?" you ask.

"Those of us from Magdalena who joined your House have lived on that world for generations. We have no interest in leaving Jerik-Dremine, but we'd rather have one of our families as our world's Baron. You swept away those that were too weak to stand up against the likes of Nasidum. The rest of us have never stopped fighting to prove we're worth it.
Will you help us?"

[ ] Ask for their political support in return for this
[ ] Ask for money in return
[ ] Refuse
[ ] Other

>>1966620
[ ] Ask for their political support in return for this

Im up for supporting them, i cant find anything on the wiki on either tenni or nel'odym so im not sure if either of them deserve it or not.

>>1966620
>[x] Ask for their political support in return for this

>>1966620

[ ] Ask for their political support in return for this