>>3988895
SYNDICATE

>>3988895
The Black Sun Reich

>>3988895
United federation or Star eater empire

>>3988895
SPACE EXPLORATION AGENCIES

>>3988895
MEGACORPORATIONS

>>3988895
The Black Sun Reich

>>3988895
Space Exploration Agency

>>3988895
Free colonists

>>3988895
>BLACK SUN REICH

>>3988895
Free colonies

>>3988895
United States Solar Alliance

Space America intensifys

>>3988912
Support, our best days are yet to come!

>>3988895
>FREE COLONISTS

>>3988895
Black Sun

Free Colonists.

>>3988895
Free colonists

>>3988900
Switching to Black Sun Reich

>>3988895
Fuck human supremact civ#43453534 I CHANGE MY VOTE TO FREE COLONIES

>>3988895
> The Black Sun Reich

Free Colonists

>>3988895
>>3988905
Switching my vote to Colonies

>>3988895
>Black Sun Reich
Nazi moon base conspiracy shit? That sounds unique for a faction, gonna vote for it

CALLING A FINAL VOTE BETWEEN THE TWO MAIN CONTENDERS
A.Free Colonists
B.Black Sun

>>3988945
a

>>3988945
A

>>3988945
Free Colonists

>>3988945
A

>>3988945
A

>>3988945
b

>>3988945
A
Lets mess around and get a hang on things with the free colonists

>>3988945
b

>>3988945
B

>>3988945
B

>>3988945
B

>>3988945
B.

>>3988945
A

>>3988945
>a

>>3988945
A

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You answer to no one but yourselves - welcome to the hard difficulty option.
In what age of mankind's space development does your story begin?
A.Pre-FTL - you are still limited to the Solar system, the rush for Luna, Mars and the various other objects in the system is at hand, the rules of space exploitation are still unwritten.
B.Newly FTL - A revolutionary new technology has just become available, the frontiers of space exploration now seem limitless!
C.Post FTL - Interstellar travel has been established for a long time now, mankind has spread to multiple systems and is now well familiar enough with this way of navigation.

>>3988971
B

>>3988971
C

>>3988971
>A.

Belta Loda.

>>3988971
a

>>3988971
A
Let’s start from the beginning to properly set the stage for our quest

>>3988971
B.
The age of explorers is upon us

>>3988971
B

>>3988971
>B
It's the Wild Space baby! YEEEEE HAW!

>>3988971
>A. Pre-FTL

>>3988971
A for based

>>3988971
A

>>3988971
B

>>3988971
B

>>3988971
Chanigng to B because A is crimg

>>3988971
A

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In the year 2045, the Megacorporation Space-XL finally made possible the commercial usage of helium-3 fuel for spacecraft engines, greatly reducing costs and allowing greater speed in combination with various other innovations across the decades. A rush to claim the best of the Moon and Mars ensued. Space-XL would be the giant of Luna, its helium-3 manufacturing bringing in massive profits, but it would not keep up the monopoly for long. Large-scale, permanent settlement began with one of their european rivals establishing the lunar city of Bogdograd. Then followed the colonization of Mars - though the planet was larger and offered more space, the best of it was along the poles, in particular the south pole. No single group holds complete dominance in any of those places, but one thing is clear - the best spots have been claimed already.
In 2140 the first successful faster-than-lightspeed experiments unveiled new possibilities. Luckily for you, corporate espionage kept the technology secret for a short time only and now, ten years later, it is also commercially available. With no central Earthen authority existing to legislate on the exploitation of space, you are a group of small to mid-sized businesses, pioneers and scientists that have pooled together enough funds to develop your own COLONY SHIP. Helium and solar are both energy sources available to you. You have the tools to set up the basic needs of self-sufficiency, which the past century of experience has provided.
Your current FTL drives require an expenditure of both helium-3 fuel - easily available on most planets and something your ship can replenish with some extraction - and hyperfuel, composed of more rare and valuable volatiles. You have the facilities to refine that as well, but it will be more difficult.

Your expedition assembles and departs from Earth in January of 2150, making stops on Luna and Mars, leaving behind Sol's inner asteroid belt and making hyperjump on the 1st of February.
Each LY(ly) travelled will consume 1 unit of hyperfuel and 3 units of H3 fuel. Depending on time spent navigating, supplies on the ship will gradually reduce as well.
Your best options are as follow:
A.Proxima Centaury - a mere 4ly away and known to contain a potential planet, the closet to home.
B.Tau Ceti - 11 ly, has several planets with at least one having potential
C.Gilese 876 - 15 ly, at least one of its worlds having potential.
D.Eterani - just at the edge of your reach, at 19 ly. Its discovery was made only recently and is fairly obscure for now - although that also makes it rather riskier a destination as Professor Eterani, a supporter of your expedition until his untimely death half a year ago, did not seek out peer approval of his findings with many colleagues, instead wishing to keep the knowledge somewhat secret.
E.Other

February 2150
H3 Fuel: 20/20
Hyperfuel: 20/20
Supplies:20/20
Morale:20/20
Crew:10 000
Ship state:Fully operational

>>3989031
A.

>>3989031
A Centauri holds the best promise of a new world we can forge out destiny upon

>>3989031
D
What are naught but risk takers and do makers? let's go balls to the balls.

>>3989031
>>3989033
switching to D

>>3989031
D.
Go balls deep or go home

>>3989031
D

>>3989031
Based retard D

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"Destination plotted - Eterani star system. Engaging hyperdrive. Please assume FTL travel stations. Time to jump - 50 seconds." the speakers declare for the ship's main computer.
Give me three 1d100 rolls now - dice+1d100 in the options field.

Rolled 46 (1d100)

Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>3989047

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>3989047

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>3989047

The trip took a few jumps, replenishing H3 fuel along the way - a month passed before the final jump to Eterani proper was made.
....

The jump was successful - you are within the system's interior, not too far from the candidate planet.
There's good and bad news to tell. The good news is that all systems seem to be working fine, no malfunctions from the jump as some feared. There are also no signs of any other explorers in the system - we're the first humans here!
The bad news is that Eterani IV is...not as promising as the professor had hoped. Solar radiation has stripped it of an atmosphere, there is no biosphere and the poles lack any surface ice caps. Scans do display that the planet itself a decent mineral wealth as well as some volatiles.
What this means is that habitation and terraformation will not be easy. H3 fuel can be readily extracted, but it will take more time for us to replenish our hyperfuel if we work with this planet only. The three planets closer to the star, a yellow dwarf, may yield more volatiles needed for hyperfuel. As it is, we can only travel a single LY without tapping into emergency reserves.


February 2150
>H3 Fuel: 3/20
>Hyperfuel: 1/20
>Supplies:19/20
>Morale:19/20
>Crew:10 000
>Ship state:Fully operational

Select your course of action. Multiple option can be selected - if they can be done at the same time, they will. If not, they will be done one after the other and more time will pass, consuming supplies.

A.Replenish H3 Fuel
B.Replenish Hyperfuel
C.Colonize planet
D.Crew activity
E.Explore objects
F. FTL jump
G.Other

>>3989061
>C. Eterani IV

>>3989061
C

>>3989061
>A.Replenish H3 Fuel

we need to keep our ship operational first and foremost

>>3989061
>A.Replenish H3 Fuel
>E.Explore objects
Check out the planets closer to the star

>>3989061
A

>>3989061
C

>>3989061
A

>>3989061
>A.Replenish H3 Fuel
>E.Explore objects
We should search the system for any valuable mateirals.
Another thing we should consider is setting up sealed settlements to hold up in this system until a safe jump can be achived

>>3989061
>A.Replenish H3 Fuel
>E.Explore objects

You spend the month in-system. Drawing from the surface of Eterani IV, you replenish your H3 reserves fully and make surveys of all planets and satellites in the system.
Eterani IV remains the most viable candidate for colonization - a class III world, the rest in the system being all IIs and Is. It has an above average wealth in minerals and a small amount of volatiles. Trace volatives have also been found on Eterani II and the two moons of Eterani III. IV has a single moon with little of note on it and Eterani V, a fair distance further from the star, seems to be a completely barren world.

By the ship computer's calendar, it is April, 2150. The crew are slightly concerned - there was enthusiasm about this system as it was your expedition's main advantage, knowing of the system and all. We will have to decide if we will invest into this world or cut our losses and try elsewhere.

April 2150
>H3 Fuel: 20/20
>Hyperfuel: 1/20
>Supplies:18/20
>Morale:16/20
>Crew:10 000
>Ship state:Fully operational

>>3989085
Colonize it.

>>3989085
D: Hold a party to celeberate our arrival and start running colonization simulations to prepare for hte terrain. At worst we can make bank of the minerals and metals

E: Check the moons, perhaps there's something we missed, you never know!

>>3989088
this

>>3989088
Support

>>3989088
Supporting based

>>3989088
Backing. I was also going to suggest loading up on Hyperfuel, but I think that might send the wrong signal to the crew.

>>3989088

support

>>3989085
We need to start somewhere and we all knew the risks. Lets work on finding a decent spot to set up our first colonies. We can gather materials needed to build up a larger manufacturing base and expand our operations.

The surveys of the moons were done rather hastily, you admit. Eterani III, not too far away, has two and IV has a single one.
Give me four 1d100 rolls - the first three being for the moons and the fourth for keeping up morale among the expedition. Modern technology allows many things, it is the human element that is the weak link after all.

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>3989099

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>3989099
>

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>3989099

Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>3989099

Great news! Eterani IVa, the nearest moon, seems to contain abundant volatiles in its inner layers - a bit of investment in mining operations there will begin to yield the materials you need for hyperfuel in no time! Eterani IIIa seems to have a wealth in minerals primarily and volatiles to a lesser extent; Eterani IIIb on the other hand seems to have some deep ice!
The sims have prepared people for the colonization of Eterani IV, though it hasn't helped much - the people now know that they will have to live in underground dwellings, since the solar radiation on the surface renders long-term habitation there too high in risk. With the latest findings, the planet itself is also not necessarily our only option. If we are to colonize, we could go for any of the three good moons besides Et. IV. Alternatively, with our current knowledge of the volatiles available, we can also more reliably replenish our hyperfuel if need be.

May 2150
>H3 Fuel: 19/20
>Hyperfuel: 1/20
>Supplies:17/20
>Morale:16/20
>Crew:10 000
>Ship state:Fully operational

A.Replenish H3 Fuel
B.Replenish Hyperfuel
C.Colonize planet
D.Crew activity
E.Explore objects
F. FTL jump
G.Other

>>3989107
C: Colonize Eterani IVa

>>3989109
support

>>3989107
I have a plan for how we can do this over several months.
Set up colonies on the moons for habitation. there should be enough resources there to support local industry until we can produce more smaller ships to move around the system. Then we can set up facilities on Eterani IV for harvest its resources on a far greater scale and have people ravel in.

>>3989107
>C. Eterani IV
Let's go for the planet first of all but let's establish mining outposts on the moons as soon as possible and we should also get to terraforming soon.

>>3989109
Support

>>3989107
Replenish our hyperfuel

You guys seem to think we're gonna grow food out of our asses and our people will be happy with that.

>>3989109
Support

>>3989114

support

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At last, we drop anchor and settle! Deciding on the rich satellite as our destination, the colony ship begins primary settlement procedures. A suitable location is picked, at a central point between the richest nodes of mineral and volatile wealth. The ship's 3d-printers churn out the parts necesary and the first habitats are assembled in our first city on this world! The surface-side habitats are only temporary and we will have to move to the underground soon, however - seeing as this place also lacks an atmosphere.
Still, the decision to finally disembark raises spirits somewhat. The bad rumors about the good professor's death are now replaced by public discussions on naming the world and other such topics.
The colony ship has manufacturing capabilities that allow the creation of, at most, room-sized parts for buildings. The database contains schematics for just about every basic tool and commodity that can be printed - everything we need, though not necessarily everything we want. The hydroponics facilities on board provide some amount of sustenance, but not enough to cover all of our consumption - our limitation is space and the fact that our ship's recycling systems only operate at about 98.5 % efficiency, meaning water and oxygen gradually decrease. If we set up proper facilities we can extract elements from the moon's regolith that in turn could be refined for oxygen. For all of this we need energy, of course. The ship's power facilities could be put to use for the colony, but it would mean we won't be flying it while that's being done.
At the moment we've set up temporary habitations to begin exploitation, without commiting the ship's facilities fully.

June 2150

Colony ship [NAME PENDING]
>H3 Fuel: 19/20
>Hyperfuel: 1/20
>Supplies:16/20
>Morale:17/20
>Crew:10 000
>Ship state:Fully operational - hydroponics;recycling(98,5%);nuclear fusion generator(H3);solar power generator;Manufacturer(Small);Medical facilities(Adequate);Recreational facilities(Adequate);Research facilities(Small)


A.Replenish H3 Fuel
B.Replenish Hyperfuel
C.Colonize planet
D.Crew activity
E.Explore objects
F. FTL jump
G.Other

Eterani IVa colony
>Population:0(temporary habitations)
>Mineral extraction:0
>Volatile extraction:0
>Food production:0
>Consumer goods production:0
>Industrial goods production:0

A.Resource exploitation
B.Settlement policy
C.Construction
D.Production policy
E.Other

Feel free to be creative and propose things that can be added as options.

>>3989124
As long as we have energy it shouldn't be too hard to get it into a form that can sustain humans. I'd start with large hydroponic farms, aquaponic if we brought fish and waste reclamation systems.

>>3989135
Start harvesting resources needed for the creation of power plants. Once that’s finished we can work on harvesting resources for water and oxygen

>>3989135
E: Name the ship the Vagrant!
C: Begin construction of hydroponics to get our food supply up to date and then start digging deeper so as to prepare for the burrowing.

>>3989137
This, power is required for everything else.

Supporting Vagrant for the colony ship.

>>3989137

support


for colony name on the moon, New Selene

also support Vagrant name for the colony ship

>>3989137
SUpport

Name the Colony Ship Freedoms Progress

>>3989137
Also propose calling the ship the eterani

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Doctor's announcement!
Our experience on Luna and Mars has shown that life on a low-gravity world will, over time, cause health complications. Medication has been developed that will offset the various problems caused by that - taking into account the moon's gravity of 0.195253 g, we can manufacture drugs to help ward against this - but these treatments available to us are never perfect. In comparison, Eterani IV has 0.932 g-s, quite close to Earth and thus requiring almost no medical intervention for continued habitation.
The production of these drugs requires products of both hydroponic and mineral origin, as well as laboratories and power consumption. The facilities on our ship will likely not be sufficient to keep our entire crew healthy if we decide to live on this moon for a longer time period. Expanding production surface-side, alongside proper investment and enough specialists working, should be able to cover it, we hope.

"The Vagrant" seems to be the most popular name for the ship.
You spent the next two months on moon work - the first extraction of resources began, with habs on the surface mostly being for storage and occasionally underground shelter and work dwellings. By August you've got the absolute basics set up - a new printer at the colony, with mining facilities, simple refineries and solar power generators deployed to keep things running at least a bit on their own without relying entirely on the Vagrant.
Work on this moon is causing us to deplete supplies faster.

August 2150

Colony ship "Vagrant"
>H3 Fuel: 19/20
>Hyperfuel: 1/20
>Supplies:13/20
>Morale:17/20
>Crew:10 000
>Ship state:Fully operational - hydroponics;recycling(98,5%);nuclear fusion generator(H3);solar power generator;Manufacturer(Small);Medical facilities(Adequate);Recreational facilities(Adequate);Research facilities(Small)


A.Replenish H3 Fuel
B.Replenish Hyperfuel
C.Colonize planet
D.Crew activity
E.Explore objects
F. FTL jump
G.Other

Eterani IVa colony
>Population:0(temporary habitations)
>Power production/consumption- 6/6
>Mineral extraction:3/10
>Volatile extraction:2/10
>Food production:0
>Consumer goods production:0
>Industrial goods production:1/10

A.Resource exploitation
B.Settlement policy
C.Construction
D.Production policy
E.Other

>>3989156
D. Establish local holiday to lighten up moral

C. Create a permanent orbital station

>>3989156
Start setting up for manufacturing whilist making settlements for the people that are going to be extracting resources on the moon.

>>3989156

E: Name the colony New Selene

C Build a series of hydroponics on the colony

>>3989160
This

>>3989149
Considering the low g problems, we should probably set up the main colony on the planet and just rotate work crews through at the moon bases.
>>3989156
C. Colonize Eterani V
C. Construct habitats and hydroponics to feed and house a permanent population

>>3989161
Supporting name.

>>3989163
Support

>>3989161

change my vote here


to

>>3989160

>>3989163
SUpport

>>3989163
you mean Eterani IV ? V is the barren world

>>3989183
Yes, lost an I there

Basic hydroponics are set up on the moon colony, while production is focused on materials that, once sufficiently gathered, are used for the creation of a colony on Eterani IV, the main planet. While habitation here will also have to be underground, the earthlike gravity will make it more livable. The planet has average amounts of mineral wealth, some amounts of rare earths and trace volatiles, while the moon has average mineral wealth and abundant volatiles.

October 2150

Colony ship "Vagrant"
>H3 Fuel: 18/20
>Hyperfuel: 1/20
>Supplies:10/20
>Morale:17/20
>Crew:10 000
>Ship state:Fully operational - hydroponics;recycling(98,5%);nuclear fusion generator(H3);solar power generator;Manufacturer(Small);Medical facilities(Adequate);Recreational facilities(Adequate);Research facilities(Small)


A.Replenish H3 Fuel
B.Replenish Hyperfuel
C.Colonize planet
D.Crew activity
E.Explore objects
F. FTL jump
G.Other

Eterani IVa colony
>Population:0(temporary habitations)
>Power production/consumption- 8/8
>Mineral extraction:3/10
>Volatile extraction:2/10
>Food production:2/10
>Consumer goods production:0
>Industrial goods production:1/10

A.Resource exploitation
B.Settlement policy
C.Construction
D.Production policy
E.Other
Eterani IV colony
>Population:0(temporary habitations)
>Power production/consumption - 0/0
>Mineral extraction:0/10
>Volatile extraction:0/10
>Food production:0
>Consumer goods production:0
>Industrial goods production:0/10

A.Resource exploitation
B.Settlement policy
C.Construction
D.Production policy
E.Other

>>3989188
Set up resource extraction on the moon, so as to allow the people living there to start extracting by themselves, follow this up with a manufacturing base.

>>3989191
Supportinf

>>3989163
+1

>>3989191
Aye

>>3989191

support


New Selene for moon colony name

>>3989191
SUpport

>>3989191
Support

500 workers will be living on the moon and rotating out with a secondary team every now and then. Extraction facilities are expanded first, followed by increased manufacturing. We are mostly able to offset the supply consumption on our ship now, though not entirely.

December 2150

Colony ship "Vagrant"
>H3 Fuel: 17/20
>Hyperfuel: 2/20
>Supplies:9/20
>Morale:17/20
>Crew:10 000
>Ship state:Fully operational - hydroponics;recycling(98,5%);nuclear fusion generator(H3);solar power generator;Manufacturer(Small);Medical facilities(Adequate);Recreational facilities(Adequate);Research facilities(Small)


A.Replenish H3 Fuel
B.Replenish Hyperfuel
C.Colonize planet
D.Crew activity
E.Explore objects
F. FTL jump
G.Other

Eterani IVa colony
>Population:500(rotating, with temporary habitations)
>Power production/consumption- 19/20
>Mineral extraction:5/10
>Rare earth extraction:3/10
>Volatile extraction:4/10
>Food production:2/10
>Consumer goods production:2/10
>Industrial goods production:3/10

A.Resource exploitation
B.Settlement policy
C.Construction
D.Production policy
E.Other

Eterani IV colony
>Population:0(temporary habitations)
>Power production/consumption - 0/0
>Mineral extraction:0/10
>Volatile extraction:0/10
>Food production:0
>Consumer goods production:0
>Industrial goods production:0/10

A.Resource exploitation
B.Settlement policy
C.Construction
D.Production policy
E.Other

>>3989204
Set up resource extraction on eterani 4

>>3989214
this

>>3989214
This

>>3989214
NPC support

>>3989204


C. Set up resource extraction on the eterani 4 colony
C. Construct underground habitats and hydroponics to feed and house a permanent population on the Eterani IV colony

>>3989214
yup

>>3989214
Support

Over the next three months, a process similar to the moon base is undergone on the planet - leading to the establishment of a partially self-sufficient settlement at the end of it. Small-scale manufacturing is in place on both colonies now and resource extraction is mostly at capacity given our population.

Overall, a year after our arrival, the combined production of our two colonies is enough to cover all of our basic consumption and living needs. We've slowly been filling up our hyperfuel reserves with excess volatiles using the ship's hyperfuel refiner as well.
One of our main limitations now is in infrastructure - the colony ship is the only vessel that can link the two colonies; In addition, being completely cut off from Earth for a year now is slowly taking its toll on the people


March 2151

Colony ship "Vagrant"
>H3 Fuel: 17/20
>Hyperfuel: 6/20
>Supplies:9/20
>Morale:14/20
>Crew:8 500
>Ship state:Fully operational - hydroponics;recycling(98,5%);nuclear fusion generator(H3);solar power generator;Manufacturer(Small);Medical facilities(Adequate);Recreational facilities(Adequate);Research facilities(Small)


A.Replenish H3 Fuel
B.Replenish Hyperfuel
C.Colonize planet
D.Crew activity
E.Explore objects
F. FTL jump
G.Other


Eterani IVa colony
>Population:500(rotating, with temporary habitations)
>Power production/consumption- 19/20
>Mineral extraction:5/10
>Rare earth extraction:3/10
>Volatile extraction:4/10
>Food production:2/10
>Consumer goods production:2/10
>Industrial goods production:3/10

Eterani IV colony
>Population:1000(temporary habitations)
>Power production/consumption - 0/0
>Mineral extraction 4/10
>Volatile extraction:2/10
>Food production/consumption:3/10
>Consumer goods production:2
>Industrial goods production:2/10

A.Resource exploitation
B.Settlement policy
C.Construction
D.Production policy
E.Other

>>3989235
C: Set up entertainment with games, competitions and so on to promote moving about and giving just a better mood to the place. Follow that up with some proper habitation posts, digging deep underground.

>>3989235
C: Set up entertainment with games, competitions and so on to promote moving about and giving just a better mood to the place. Follow that up with some proper habitation posts, digging deep underground.
C. Construct underground habitats and hydroponics to feed and house a permanent population on the Eterani IV colony


C. Build a small space station in the orbit of Eterani IV. Install a long range communication system in the station for having both colonies communicate.


C. Set up two small facilities in both the colonies for build some drones and land construction vehicles.


C. Set up a small facility in both colonies for producing small spacecraft, that will alow the two colonies to remain connect even if the colony ship isn t here in the system.


B Both settlements can do in their free time, races with their land vehicles. It can be a way for have fun and look around too.

E name the moon colony New Selene.

>>3989235
Begin setting up manufacturing facilities on all planets to start producing ship parts so we can move between them in greater frequency
Start constructing some basic star ports for dropping off, picking up cargo, and for ship construction/upkeep

>>3989238
SUpport

>>3989238
Support

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Focus is now put on making the primary colony more livable. Proper underground habitations are established and linked and some common grounds are also put up and now being used for recreational purposes. The colony's now a proper enough home by colonial standards and most people live there now, allowing the Vagrant to be more efficiently used for its facilities and transport in the meanwhile.

Now for an event roll. Give me three 1d100s, the average will be taken. High is good.

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>3989266

Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>3989266

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>3989266

Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>3989266

>>3989266

The Vagrant had a navigational malfunction that led to some damage while landing on a routine course between the two colonies. The solar panels were damaged and general system failure has reduced recycling efficiency. Besides that, the ship's sensors picked up some freak signals for a brief amount of time in the system, but they vanished before any proper investigation could be done. Examining the backlog shows them to be movement that started within the system, made a short course for some minutes, then vanished without a traceable vector of movement.

May 2151

Colony ship "Vagrant"
>H3 Fuel: 17/20
>Hyperfuel: 8/20
>Supplies:9/20
>Morale:13/20
>Crew:2 500
>Ship state:Fully operational - hydroponics;recycling(90%);nuclear fusion generator(H3);solar power generator(damaged);Manufacturer(Small);Medical facilities(Adequate);Recreational facilities(Adequate);Research facilities(Small)


A.Replenish H3 Fuel
B.Replenish Hyperfuel
C.Colonize planet
D.Crew activity
E.Explore objects
F. FTL jump
G.Other


Eterani IVa colony
>Population:500(rotating, with temporary habitations)
>Power production/consumption- 19/20
>Mineral extraction:5/10
>Rare earth extraction:3/10
>Volatile extraction:4/10
>Food production:2/10
>Consumer goods production:2/10
>Industrial goods production:3/10

Eterani IV colony
>Population:7000(decent underground habitations)
>Power production/consumption - 16/16
>Mineral extraction 4/10
>Rare earth extraction: 2/10
>Volatile extraction:2/10
>Food production/consumption:3/10
>Consumer goods production:3/10
>Industrial goods production:2/10

A.Resource exploitation
B.Settlement policy
C.Construction
D.Production policy
E.Other

>>3989281
C
make those poor miners real 'houses'

>>3989281


>B: Set up entertainment with games, competitions and so on to promote moving about and giving just a better mood to the place.


>C. Expand Eterani IV colony


>C. Build a small space station in the orbit of Eterani IV. Install a long range communication system in the station for having both colonies communicate.


>C. Set up two small facilities in both the colonies for build some drones and land construction vehicles.


>C. Set up a small facility in both colonies for producing small spacecraft, that will alow the two colonies to remain connect even if the colony ship isn t here in the system.


>B Both settlements can do in their free time, races with their land vehicles. It can be a way for have fun and look around too.


>C set up in both colonies facilities for produce some weaponry, and create some defenses around them.
>E name the moon colony of Eterani IVa New Selene.


>E name the planet colony of Eterani IV New Petra

>>3989281
Repair the damages to the ship and begin setting up manufacturing facilities on all planets to start producing ship parts so we can move between them in greater frequency

>>3989291
This

>>3989291
Change this for just on the moon base

>>3989291
Support

>>3989290
Absolutely C. A space station will bolster our mining operation so we dont have to make a ground base on unstable terrain.

Our production is focused on ship parts now - repairing damages to the Vagrant and then beginning construction on small transports, enough to fly between the moon and planet at least.

August 2151

Eterani IVa colony
>Population:500(rotating, with temporary habitations)
>Power production/consumption- 20/20
>Mineral extraction:5/10
>Rare earth extraction:3/10
>Volatile extraction:5/10
>Food production:2/10
>Consumer goods production:2/10
>Industrial goods production:4/10 (Ship parts)

Eterani IV colony
>Population:7000(decent underground habitations)
>Power production/consumption - 16/16
>Mineral extraction 5/10
>Rare earth extraction: 2/10
>Volatile extraction:2/10
>Food production/consumption:4/10
>Consumer goods production:3/10
>Industrial goods production:3/10

Systemwide - transport shuttles.

Colony ship "Vagrant"
>H3 Fuel: 20/20
>Hyperfuel: 10/20
>Supplies:10/20
>Morale:13/20
>Crew:2 500
>Ship state:Fully operational - hydroponics;recycling(95%);nuclear fusion generator(H3);solar power generator;Manufacturer(Small);Medical facilities(Adequate);Recreational facilities(Adequate);Research facilities(Small)

A.Ship actions
B.Settlement policy
C.Construction
D.Economic policy
E.Societal policy
F.Science
G.Exploration
H.Other

>>3989314


>B: Set up entertainment with games, competitions and so on to promote moving about and giving just a better mood to the place.


>C. Expand Eterani IV colony


>C. Build a small space station in the orbit of Eterani IV. Install a long range communication system in the station for having both colonies communicate.


>C. Set up two small facilities in both the colonies for build some drones and land construction vehicles.


>B Both settlements can do in their free time, races with their land vehicles. It can be a way for have fun and look around too.


>C set up in both colonies facilities for produce some weaponry, and create some defenses around them.
>E name the moon colony of Eterani IVa New Selene.


>E name the planet colony of Eterani IV New Petra

>>3989314
F
To help solve some of our more complex issues we should set up a science team to tackle future issues

>>3989314
C. BEgin printing of weapons and ammunition to distribute out to the population. These odd signals should be taken seriously and we should prepare for the worst before it’s too late.

>>3989320
support

>>3989317
>>3989316
>>3989316
backing

>>3989317
support

Given the large abundance of tasks at hand, the community has gathered to decide, before all else, something that so far has been delayed for over a year - the political question. Until now, you've lived and worked communally, everything being part of the Colony. Decisions have been made by weight of voices, once enough people are riled up about something it generally gets done. With the possibility of threats to the colony's security, considering that strange signal, and the matter of splitting up tasks, we must decide on the matter of delegation of powers:

A.Allow private enterprise to start up - keep what we currently have as communal property, though and have the colonial assembly decide on what is done with it (Enable factions henceforth, but they'll start with little)
B.The commune is above all - we must stand united (No factions yet)
C. Privatize, privatize! (Everything outside the Vagrant itself gets split up between factions)

>>3989338
A

>>3989338
A

>>3989338
A

>>3989338
C
AnCap time

We will continue with a second session later this week, hopefully. Until then you can think of factions. Tomorrow I will post more on those. Thank you for partaking in the early trial version of SPACE CIV QUEST.

>>3989338
A

>>3989338
>B

>>3989338
C

>>3988898
This

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FACTIONS AND CHARACTERS

You may start making and posting faction concepts. Here is an example, use the format(Or if someone wants to take this example faction, that's fine too):

Faction name: Sons of Luna MG
Faction description: A workers' cooperative, self-titled as a guild, hailing from former workers on Luna. More used to working in low-g conditions, they are united for the purpose of pooling together tools, exchanging experience and knowledge on precious nodes of minerals and helping each other survive in the harsh environment, in particular providing proper healthcare and resting conditions for off-shift workers.
Faction assets: Lunar mining expertise; Mining equipment(Basic);Labor habs on the moon colony;Resting lodge on the planet.

Every X amount of years you'll be able to perform a faction project, rolling for the period of time that has passed. You can do up to two projects, the current and one previous you may have missed out on - but no more.
When describing the actions of your faction, mentioning the assets that you use and giving a good plan of action will increase your odds of success beyond just the dice you will roll.

More faction mechanics will be added with time, likely depending on how the civilization progresses - depending on your economic policy, for instance. You can start submitting faction concepts now and if I approve them, you're in.

Playing as a faction is optional, of course. Playing as a character is also fine - the same rules apply and you can have both a faction and a character who is part of/leading the faction. Characters can also perform private projects parallel to the faction's, or in tandem with it. Expect smaller-scale results, since those will be the efforts of one person against many.

To keep things better ordered and have direct communication, feel free to also join the following discord server:
https://discord.gg/B9yNdxh

An informal government of sorts currently exists, essentially just a gathering of political-minded members of the expedition. It has agreed to recognize certain issues we are tackling and, for starters, setting up a science team to conduct research & development.
In addition, the printers have been making small arms, gradually being distributed throughout the population.

Transportation between the two colonies has linked up resources and manpower properly now.

2152 AD
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Eterani colonies
Eterani IVa - Mining Outpost; Eterani IV - main colony

>Production - Total (Ongoing construction/Consumer goods/Military) - 12 (0/5/2)
>Population: 10 000
>Energy:5/10
>Resources:6/10
>Food:4/10
>Morale:6/10

>Economy: Colonial commune; 3D Print-Manufacturies(Small);Hydroponics(Basic);Nuclear fusion reactors(Small - H3)
>Culture: Spirit of FREEDOM; Recreational facilities(Basic);Underground habitation
>Law: Informal Colonial Assembly
>Technology: 3D-Printing(Basic blueprints); Nuclear fusion(Helium-3); Hyperfuel-based FTL;R&D laboratories(Basic, shipborne)
>Military: 3D-printed firearms being distributed(200)
>Navy:Colony ship "Vagrant"(95%); Transport shuttles

A.Naval action
B.Settlement policy
C.Construction
D.Economic policy
E.Societal policy
F.Research & Development
G.Government & Law
H.Other

>>3990006
G: Set up a basic council for people to voice their issues and think they need solving so we can on by the by basis problem solve and keep in check morale while at the same time giving people a chance to change things.

>>3990013
SUpporting

>>3990013
Support

>>3990013
Support

>>3990013

support

>>3990013
Support

The establishment of a colonial council allows light to be shed on issues both material and spiritual. There's a shortage of low-g medication for the miners; Continued isolation from Earth is making some people rather uncomfortable; Recreational facilities and housing could always be better - and so on.
Consumer goods production determines the minimum that is being produced, resources and manufacturing time reserved specifically for that. Whenever there's free production that's not being used for something else, it'll generally go towards consumer goods and increase morale. If you try to produce more than your free capacity, it can be drawn from consumer goods, reducing morale in turn.
You may use turns to queue up multiple things that will be done across time, possibly occupying production for Ongoing construction.

In other news, the first children of the expedition are now born on the Eterani IV colony. where the gravity allows for it.


Late 2152 AD

Eterani Free Colonies
Eterani IVa - Mining Outpost; Eterani IV - main colony

>Production - Total (Ongoing construction/Consumer goods/Military) - 12 (0/5/2)
>Population: 10 100
>Energy:5/10
>Resources:6/10
>Food:4/10
>Morale:7/10

>Economy: Colonial commune; 3D Print-Manufacturies(Small);Hydroponics(Basic);Nuclear fusion reactors(Small - H3)
>Culture: Spirit of FREEDOM; Recreational facilities(Basic);Underground habitation; The People's Voice
>Law: Informal Colonial Assembly; Colonial Council
>Technology: 3D-Printing(Basic blueprints); Nuclear fusion(Helium-3); Hyperfuel-based FTL;R&D laboratories(Basic, shipborne)
>Military: 3D-printed firearms being distributed(400)
>Navy:Colony ship "Vagrant"(95%); Transport shuttles

A.Naval action
B.Settlement policy
C.Construction
D.Economic policy
E.Societal policy
F.Research & Development
G.Government & Law
H.Other

>>3990036
F: Time to update our schematics and ability to explore

>>3990036
>C.Construction
Get larger ships up and running for in between worlds

>>3990036
F develop larger inter planetary transports.
C Set up more facilities for Low G mediciation so our miners.

>>3990038
Support

>>3990036
>C. Set up two small facilities in both the colonies for build some drones and land construction vehicles.


>C. Set up facilities for the production of all the medicines we can make in our databanks, especially the ones for low-g jobs such as the one of our miners in the moon colony.


F develop larger inter planetary transports.

>>3990049
Changing to support this

>>3990049
supporting

>>3990049
Supporting

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The tasks at hand occupy us for a while. The end result is increased industrial output with the new vehicles and later on better conditions for low-g workers, which should boost the amount of resources we're drawing from the satellite.

What will remain for at least some more time is the work on the larger transports - as these are interplanetary, they have larger H3 fuel tanks and engines and more storage space, but they're not outfitted with FTL drives - not that we could build any right now if we wanted.


2154 AD

Eterani Free Colonies
Eterani IVa - Mining Outpost; Eterani IV - main colony

Ongoing construction - interplanetary transport ships
>Production - Total (Ongoing construction/Consumer goods/Military) - 17 (10/5/2)
>Population: 10 200
>Energy:5/10
>Resources:7/10
>Food:4/10
>Morale:7/10

>Economy: Colonial commune; 3D Print-Manufacturies(Small);Hydroponics(Basic);Nuclear fusion reactors(Small - H3)
>Culture: Spirit of FREEDOM; Recreational facilities(Basic);Underground habitation; The People's Voice
>Law: Informal Colonial Assembly; Colonial Council
>Technology: 3D-Printing(Basic blueprints); Nuclear fusion(Helium-3); Hyperfuel-based FTL;R&D laboratories(Basic, shipborne)
>Military: 3D-printed firearms being distributed(400)
>Navy:Colony ship "Vagrant"(95%); Transport shuttles;

A.Naval action
B.Settlement policy
C.Construction
D.Economic policy
E.Societal policy
F.Research & Development
G.Government & Law
H.Other

>>3990126
F: Need to develop new technologies for the future.

>>3990126
>>F.Research & Development
We must begin developing safe medicine and drugs that will help us survive in the environments of our various colonies.

>>3990128
Supporting this.

>>3990128

support

>>3990128
Dropping my option to support this

>>3990128
Support

It seems technological progress is on everyone's mind. The issues we face in this regard currently are that we have only our colony ship's R&D facilities which are somewhat basic and all-round, having a bit of everything. Some of our tech wasn't top of the line even when we left Earth - whether it's due to corporate patents or budget limitations.
Another limitation is manpower. As this is a colonial deep space expedition we have a high degree of technological literacy among our crew members, but we don't have a particularly large amount of actual researches, though we could support the efforts of various specialists in improving their fields of work as well.

Select one field to improve
A.R&D focus - computer systems, better networking and proper research facilities on the ground
B.Mining tech
C.Hydroponic tech
D.Energy production
E.Weaponry
F.Sensors, exploration and navigation-focused tech
G.Other(The sky's the limit!)

>>3990137
>A.R&D focus - computer systems, better networking and proper research facilities on the ground

>>3990137
C.

>>3990137
G:Other Creation of a VAGABOND class ship, one which is around half the size of the vagrant, using the resources built to build that, we can make our first steps to replicating a second colony ship.

>>3990137
>A.R&D focus - computer systems, better networking and proper research facilities on the ground
We'll make our own research, with blackjack and hookers.

>>3990137

A.R&D focus - computer systems, better networking and proper research facilities on the ground

>>3990137
>A.R&D focus - computer systems, better networking and proper research facilities on the ground
>B

>>3990137
>C.Hydroponic tech

no plants no people

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Around the same time as the new R&D facility is set up, the first of your homemade transport ships is finally assembled. It fits your present needs well, being able to travel to any part of the system, carrying a good amount of cargo on it. It has no FTL drive and its engine is powered by helium fuel - which there's about enough for now.
Work will continue on expanding the networks across the next year.
(The matter of naming still remains and is a popular topic of discussion, both for the colonies and the ships you're making)


2155 AD

Eterani Free Colonies
Eterani IVa - Mining Outpost; Eterani IV - main colony

Ongoing construction - interplanetary transport ships; R&D equipment
>Production - Total (Ongoing construction/Consumer goods/Military) - 18 (11/5/2)
>Population: 10 300
>Energy:5/10
>Resources:7/10
>Food:4/10
>Morale:6/10

>Economy: Colonial commune; 3D Print-Manufacturies(Small);Hydroponics(Basic);Nuclear fusion reactors(Small - H3)
>Culture: Spirit of FREEDOM; Recreational facilities(Basic);Underground habitation; The People's Voice
>Law: Informal Colonial Assembly; Colonial Council
>Technology: 3D-Printing(Basic blueprints); Nuclear fusion(Helium-3); Hyperfuel-based FTL;R&D laboratories(Modest)
>Military: 3D-printed firearms being distributed(1000)
>Navy:Colony ship "Vagrant"(95%); Transport shuttles;Light transport ship(1)

A.Naval action
B.Settlement policy
C.Construction
D.Economic policy
E.Societal policy
F.Research & Development
G.Government & Law
H.Other

>>3990174
Name for stuff
shuttles:skipper class
Transport: journeyman class
Eterani IVa: first quarry
Eterani IV: selestine

Begin construction of hydroponics facilities on the colonies to help ensure our food situation is stable

>>3990178
Support

>>3990174
Name for the Colony of Eterni IVa: Intendens, latin for 'beholden'
Name for colony of Eterni IV: Compleo, meaning 'Fulfil'

>>3990174
Chernov and Dornier propose:
-Hephaestus for Eterani IV, greek god of fire, metalworking, stone masonry, forges and the art of sculpture and
-Selene for IVa

>>3990178
Supporting expansion of our food hydroponics.

>>3990174

name the moon colony of Eterani IVa, Selene.

name the planet colony of Eterani IV, New Petra (with time it could become an important new point of trade for mankind and much like the ancient Petra it s build in the rock, and it s destined to greatness)


>>3990178

support expansion of our food hydroponics and ship class names.

>>3990189
Support

Once the second journeyman-class transport is complete, production efforts shift towards hydroponics as the new R&D equipment is now installed as well. Better linked systems improves output everywhere by a small amount.

2156 AD

Eterani Free Colonies
Eterani IVa - "First Quarry" Mining Outpost; Eterani IV - "Selestine" colony

Ongoing construction - interplanetary transport ships; R&D equipment
>Production - Total (Ongoing construction/Consumer goods/Military) - 21 (7/6/2)
>Population: 10 400
>Energy:6/10
>Resources:8/10
>Food:5/10
>Morale:6/10

>Economy: Colonial commune; 3D Print-Manufacturies(Small);Hydroponics(Basic);Nuclear fusion reactors(Small - H3)
>Culture: Spirit of FREEDOM; Recreational facilities(Basic);Underground habitation; The People's Voice
>Law: Informal Colonial Assembly; Colonial Council
>Technology: 3D-Printing(Basic blueprints); Nuclear fusion(Helium-3); Hyperfuel-based FTL;R&D laboratories(Modest)
>Military: 3D-printed firearms being distributed(1000)
>Navy:Colony ship "Vagrant"(95%); "Skipper-class"Transport shuttles;"Journeyman-class"Light transport ship(1)

A.Naval action
B.Settlement policy
C.Construction
D.Economic policy
E.Societal policy
F.Research & Development
G.Government & Law
H.Other

>>3990211
H: With the colony being able to sustain itself for a long as time, its time we head back to earth and sell a shitload of resources.

>>3990219
Support

>>3990219
Subbort

>>3990219
Agree but pick up some more colonists, sell the fact that we've got a lot of opportunities.

>>3990219

take the news.

>>3990223
Also support

A trip back to Earth, at last! It's been years since you've seen your home system, the isolation of your expedition being most certainly a historic matter!
There will be plenty to discuss for sure with the people back home. For now, you load up on the necessary crew members and a good amount of raw resources and begin plotting course for Sol...
Give me three rolls

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>3990232

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>3990232

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>3990232

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You reach Sol after two weeks' journey this time with no errors, seemingly. Entering the inner system and recieving transmissions, you soon find something strange.
The date is 5.5.2155.
Well, this is certainly strange. No matter how much you argue with anyone else, they insist on that being the time.

The Vagrant is at your command, gentlemen. Possible destinations are Mars, Luna and Earth. Discuss what you'd like to do and where - or if you're not interested in any specific locations, just state your mission goals. You're loaded with tons and tons of valuable resources, but not a lot of hard cash.

>>3990256
Head to Luna so we can find some business contacts on the moon who want to buy our goods.

>>3990256
Set destination to Earth and find small manufacturing corps willing to buy our raw resources.

>>3990256
Earth, sell off a significant portion of our raw resources, look for some new blueprints we can use.

Solem Vow and his gang will buy a lottery ticket and then try to finish up their unfinished archeology vessel. Using existing earth crews

>>3990261

support


we can probably find a lot of people here to join us too

>>3990267
>>3990261
support

>>3990261
>>3990267
These

You make contact with an up and coming north american manufacturer that agrees to buy your resources, paying a decent price for them.
What will you focus on buying now? Pick two
A.FTL engines
B.Weapons tech
C.Consumer tech
D.Industrial tech
E.Energy tech
F.Hydroponic tech
G.Other tech(specify)
H.Skilled new workers!

>>3990287
A
H
we can get the most out of these two.

>>3990287
>A.FTL engines
>H.Skilled new workers!
We need both of these.

>>3990287
A
E

>>3990287

A
H

You purchase one FTL engine of a similar design to that in your own colony ship; In addition, you hire a number of skilled workers for the colony, specialists in a variety of fields - a thousand new pairs of hands!

>>3990267
You buy a lottery ticket. You hope you win.
You use all funds at your disposal to finish the vessel - it lacks an FTL drive of its own, of course, but it can be loaded and launched off the colony ship.

If you'd like to do anything else while in Sol, now's the time. If not, the colony beckons.

>>3990304
Get the general idea of whats been happening in Sol since we left. any major events or discoveries.

>>3990304
Try to convince low skill workers to join us in the colony beyond the stars!

>>3990304

Try to find anyhting related about incidents with FTL jumps or strange events.

Find on the net any available tech that we can get free or at acceptable prices.

>>3990305
support

>>3990287
A and H

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The general zeitgeist back in Sol is one of optimism and enthusiasm. You hear of several colonial expeditions beyond the system having been successful - the Alpha Centauri system has been carved up between national agencies and megacorporations from East Asia and Oceania, their trade relations having improved across recent times as their interdependence now extends beyond the home planet.
Tau Ceti on the other hand has been dominated by american megacorps, yet also seeing the first major colonial effort of the so-called "Interstellar Cooperative Syndicate", a supernational organisation with supporters across Earth.
A joint project by the space agencies of the European Federation and Bolivaria has been experimenting with short-range FTL jumps, or "skips". It seems that such skips, while possible, are not very ergonomical at the moment. A cargo-bearing vessel takes a week on average to make the distance between Earth and Mars, depending on the relative position of the two. With how expensive hyperfuel is compared to regular H3, it's far cheaper to travel this distance at sublight speed. With current prices, the same applies to visiting Jupiter or its moons (which at sublight takes an average of two months). The big question, though is time and how much it is worth - it is believed that a skip to Jupiter would take about 24 hours. A skip to Pluto, however, would take no more than 26 - while at typical Sublight speeds that might take four months. Thus the astrotech race is one between sublight speed and FTL ergonomics - we know that we can raise our sublight speeds even further and helium-3 fuel has only gotten cheaper over time as well. Exciting times await for sure.
Slowly the networks are also picking up news of our own expedition - which seems to be the furthest colony from Earth so far, though exploratory vessels have gone even further beyond, the latest record being a NASA ship that returned to Earth two weeks ago from a visit to a star one hundred light years away. We take some time to pick up some more eager colonists, capitalizing on the curiosity of our colony.
What remains somewhat puzzling, though is the matter of time. The networks speak of FTL jumps sometimes causing time distortion measurable in hours or, at the most, a day - and in both "directions". That our expedition claims the date to be an entire year away is quite odd indeed.
Lastly, you also acquire some freeware and affordable bits here and there off the net, using the funds you still have. On that note, it seems Bogcoin prices have risen and that currency's usage has only been growing.

When you make your way back to Eterani IV, the colonial calendar states that it is the 3rd of June, 2156.

The third and last of your current order of Journeyman haulers is complete. Hydroponics upgrades are now also mostly complete.
2157(?) AD


Eterani Free Colonies
Eterani IVa - "First Quarry" Mining Outpost; Eterani IV - "Selestine" colony

Ongoing construction - finishing up hydroponic expansion
>Production - Total (Ongoing construction/Consumer goods/Military) - 23 (5/7/2)
>Population: 13 000
>Energy:6/10
>Resources:8/10
>Food:6/10
>Morale:7/10

>Economy: Colonial commune; 3D Print-Manufacturies(Small);Hydroponics(Basic);Nuclear fusion reactors(Small - H3)
>Culture: Spirit of FREEDOM; Recreational facilities(Basic);Underground habitation; The People's Voice
>Law: Informal Colonial Assembly; Colonial Council
>Technology: 3D-Printing(Basic blueprints); Nuclear fusion(Helium-3); Hyperfuel-based FTL;R&D laboratories(Modest)
>Military: 3D-printed firearms being distributed(1000)
>Navy:Colony ship "Vagrant"(95%); "Skipper-class"Transport shuttles;"Journeyman-class"Light transport ship(3);Spare FTL drive(1)

A.Naval action
B.Settlement policy
C.Construction
D.Economic policy
E.Societal policy
F.Research & Development
G.Government & Law
H.Other

>>3990865
>F.Research & Development

>>3990871
support, also confirm date.

>>3990871
This

>>3990871
Support

>>3990871
Support

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What area of tech would you like to improve?
>>3990137
for reference on some possibilities, but if you can think of something else - go ahead. Feel free to ask questions about possibilities as well.

>>3990925
C. Hydroponics

>>3990926
support

>>3990925
F.Sensors, exploration and navigation-focused tech
to ensure we can keep track of everything in our new home

>>3990925
Or scratch>>3990926
Research how to build safe and stable biodomes. Ones that won't let harmful radiation in, resist micro meteoric impacts, can easily be sealed of and repaired if damaged and can be used to grow a vast variety of food while also providing a pleasant recreational space and a natural water and oxygen reclamation system. Also make sure that their artificial environment can't collapse as easily as the biospheres we built on Earth. Basically figure out how to begin full greenhouse based surface habitation

>>3990942
Changing to this

>>3990942
Support

>>3990942
support

The weakness of your hydroponic facilities so far has been that they are essentially supplementary production facilities - growing plants without soil. On your trip last visit to Earth, a few botanists pooled together resources to acquire some delicious soil and essential supplies for starting up a proper greenhouse. Now the botanists are seeking the support of the wider community in their ambition - the creation of biodomes on the surface. This will require the construction of larger structures and them being outfitted properly, so as to filter in the solar radiation, be resistant to the common seismic activity observed on the planet and so on. The most ambitious even propose making large biodomes that will serve as the basis of a true artificial environment, including recreational space, water and oxygen reclamation and so on. We can now pursue three projects, varying by the amount of investment they'll require:
A.Small-scale - keep it underground, artificial light - just improve the systems as they are already, start using soil and more automation
B.Smaller surface biodomes, optimized for cultivation
C.Larger biodomes, invest in a greener Selestine!

>>3990966
B.Smaller surface biodomes, optimized for cultivation

We need something that'll pay off and not just some fancy decoration. This would make a good source of food as well as being something reasonably sustainable as opposed to a super dome.

>>3990966
>C.Larger biodomes, invest in a greener Selestine!

we do these things not becuase they are easy, but because they are hard!

>>3990966
C. ITS TIME FOR THE SUPER DOME