Agents Of Empire/Turns/20/Colony Worlds

Turn 20

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House Actions

Shipping:

• The Space Whale ships 5 units of Hyperidot from Arroyo to the Core.
• The Victoria Dulcis ships 12 units of Hyperidot from Arroyo to Elvis.
• The Mighty Mammoth flies from Elvis to Vefna stays at Elvis, waiting on the terraformer.
• The Titanicus ships 1 unit of Max-EnerG HyperJuice, 1 unit of Ice Sculptures and 1 unit of Freeze-Dried Magic Meals and Kyil from Elvis to the Core (promising to punish Kyil for his shenanigans on Iavo).
• The StarFar Reigspress (led by Rick) ships Dalek Red, Dalek Blue, Dalek Yellow, the Fightin' Fighters and the Foreign Legion from Arroyo to Hrobaj.
• Old Betsy (led by Tesher), the Reiglight Revenge, the Utahraptor, the Stegosaurus and the Allosaurus fly from Arroyo to Hrobaj.
• Dark takes the Duct Tape's Revenge to Hrobaj, with the New Drones inside (as opposed to the Drones Classic).
• The Fate[sic] Accompli (led by Jude) flies from Elvis to Hrobaj.
• The Ex-Terminated flies from Elvis to Arroyo.
• Seve commandeers the Sevosaurus and flies to Vegas.

Fighting

• The Prime Irregulars (being only a temporary unit) disband and return to space-farming or space-mining or space-lounging-at-bars or whatever they used to do.

Exploration

• KANE continues exploring the Siderian Region Vefna (making it Explored-I).
• The StarLight Survey Squad continues exploring the Donbique Rule Region (making it Explored-I and 2/12 of the way to Explored-II).
• Bram explores a new region on Arroyo.
• Rafael and the Reef Explorers continue exploring the Whirlpool Region on Boumfadour (making it Explored-II).
• The Lewison Clarks seed the Bonanza Region with HyperPlasmic Cactus.

Industry

• Bonanza Region: Produces 3 units of HyperPlasma (Food: 1) and 3 units of Native Art.
• Island Region: Produces 6 units of Food.
• Ocean Region: Produces 3 units of Chemicals.
• Pleistocene Region: Produces 3 units of Frozen Gas.
• Bloos Wade Region: Produces 1 unit of Unsorted Crystals (with homesteader help) and 3 units of Food.
• Alshu Cup Region: Produces 3 units of Unsorted Crystals.
• Hau Ndogg Region:
  • The Riju Tri-Lateral Industrial Complex processes 1 unit of Unsorted Crystals, 1 unit of Metals and 1 unit of Stylish Dress Clothes into 1 unit of Stylish Robot Butlers (a rank-3 refined good).
  • The Riju Tri-Lateral Industrial Complex processes 1 unit of Unsorted Crystals, 1 unit of Chemicals and 1 unit of Metals into 1 unit of Power Cells (a rank-3 refined good).
  • The Riju Tri-Lateral Industrial Complex processes 1 unit of Unsorted Crystals, 1 unit of Hyperidot and 1 unit of Industrial Kelp into 1 unit of InterGalaktic(tm) Self-Seeding Garden (a rank-3 refined good).

Research

• The Farlight Institute of Crystal Biotechnology begins researching how to use a rank-3 Unsorted Crystals Refinery to produce four products per turn instead of three (with the likely restriction that the fourth recipe must include at least one biologically-based ingredient, in addition to the usual Unsorted Crystals requirement).
• The Hau Ndogg Community College astro-polo stadium (and secret underground advanced physics laboratory) finishes researching inter-planetary teleporters.
• On the theory that II must be better than I, The Boumfadour Institute for Ecology and Planetary Development researches Environmental Harmony II.
• The Boumfadour Institute for History and Archaeology constinues researching the sub/city.

Building

• Elvis begins upgrading Donbique Rule to a Chemicals Refining Region (using the Terraformer to pay 10Mc of the price).

Landing

• The Space Whale and Titanicus arrive at the Core.
• The Victoria Dulcis unloads all of its Hyperidot on Elvis.
• The Mighty Mammoth arrives at Vefna.
• The StarFar Reigspress arrives at Hrobaj. If the combination of Tesher's preparation and Rick's leadership allow it to land without being destroyed, it does so and unloads its troops (who can then fight in Turn 21). If the Gwyne blockade there is too great, it hangs back.
• Old Betsy (led by Tesher), the Reiglight Revenge, the Duct Tape's Revenge (led by Dark), the Fate[sic] Accompli (led by Jude), the Utahraptor, the Stegosaurus and the Allosaurus arrive at Hrobaj in time to take part in Turn 21's Fighting phase.
• The Ex-Terminated arrives at Arroyo for an upgrade.
• The Sevosaurus lands on Vegas! Making a big splash, literally, in the swimming pool of the Golden Nebula hotel.

Trading

• We sell 5 units of Hyperidot for 5Mc on the Imperial Market.
• We sell 1 unit of Max-EnerG HyperJuice, 1 unit of Ice Sculptures and 1 unit of Freeze-Dried Magic Meals to Topni for 23Mc.
• Elvis' Hau Ndogg Region, Bloos Wade Region and Alshu Cup Region each consume 1 unit of Food.
• Vefna's Pleistocene Region consumes 1 unit of Mammoth Byproducts.
• Boumfadour's Island Region and Ocean Region each consume 1 unit of Food.
• Arroyo's Bonanza Region and Cavernous Region each consume 1/4 unit of Kookie Krysp.

Politics

• We send a message to House KrazyBuys informing them that we're developing a number of new processed goods that have never been seen on the Imperial side of the wormhole and ask them what kind of influence they can provide us with if we inform them of these new products a full turn before we ship them out.

Character Actions

Colony

• Dark: Flies to Hrobaj. On the way, he whips out some Engineering and adds a feature to his sonic device to detect surveillance devices.
• Jude: Jude christens the Fate[sic] Accompli and leads it to Hrobaj, for great justice. He also sends the Ex-T it on its way to be rebuilt to its former glory, but with a rather more stylish command cabin, a few extra windows to open up the space, a terrace garden...It's amazing what you can do with these old ships if you put a little time into them.
• Rick: Rick hopefully leads the Reiglight Reigspress past the Gwyne blockade at Hrobaj.
• Kyil: Allays suspicions of the Iavonians by making them think he's just a bored goth Jarou teenager, plus getting 'captured' by Hau Ndogg security and booted off-planet.
• Tesher: Flies to Hrobaj. En route, he sends a message to -- Well, there are two possibilities, depending on whether or not Silentus is handling the Nitf@x situation:
  • -- this "Nitf@x" person, suggesting that he might be interested in offering his services as a "courier" (with the ultimate goal of infiltrating and identifying him and who/what's behind him). He also checks in with a few of his contacts to see if they have any background that might be useful in that regard.
  • -- his contacts to see if they have any leads for good opportunities to infiltrate the information networks (mercantile or otherwise) of any well-connected Houses.
• Seve: pitches a new reality show concept to his contacts on Vegas. In his new role as imperial candidate, he sadly doesn't have time for professional Astro-Polo. But that doesn't mean we can let the robots win! As he travels around the Galaxy righting wrongs and charming future subjects, he will recruit one paragon from each planet for a brand-new team: the GALAXY UNITED. He'll prove that when we fight in unison ("we" being the houses who support his candidacy), we can defeat anything, even robots! Hell, maybe we'll even let a robot on the team, just to show we're not prejudiced.

Imperial Core

• Reig: Back-traces the Kresht military ship that probably brought the babies to Seve and finds they came from the imperial core worlds.
• Silentus:
• (NPC) Basinbloke: Sends out party invitations to everyone, including the Gwyne ambassador. He also files a bill for later vote obtaining monetary reparations from Gwyne for their military action. Said bill includes the opportunity for a middleman to handle financial details, allow Krazybuys to get a cut (and secure their vote) although Krazybuys has not yet been formally approached; he's hoping they come to him.

Results

Destination: Hrobaj!

As the colony fleet flies towards Hrobaj, business goes on as usual on the planets below.

KANE finishes its exploration of the Temporary Region of Vefna, discovering another tower (this one more intact and more worthy of exploration) and a crevasse full of Frozen Gas.

The StarLight Survey Squad finishes its exploration of the Donbique Rule Region, discovering a small cave veined with Metals, and, surprisingly, a cache of two units of Stylish Dress Clothes, no doubt left behind by some Gwyne soldiers with exceptional taste.

Rafael and the Reef Explorers finish their exploration of the Whirlpool Region, locating a particular whirlpool that seems to be a good source for undersea Chemicals, and also obtaining certain artifacts which they forward on to the History and Archaeology Institute.

The Secret Physics Lab finishes its teleporters work. The Ecology Institute finishes its Environmental Harmony work. (not yet they don't) The History Institute finishes its historical work. Everything shows up on the discoveries page.

KrazyBuys expresses polite interest in upcoming products, but say they really only deal in quantities of at least a dozen, and would (naturally) expect a volume discount. Basingbloke's invitations, on the other hand, are better-received. It will no doubt be a totally awesome party, especially if some mega-credits are spent on it. Vegas begins contract negotiations with Seve, trying to obtain filming rights for the duration of his prospective Imperial rulership, with a bonus if he is assassinated during his term (reduced proportionately if the assassination occurs during his campaign).

Gwyne and Reeft continue to battle. No clear victor is at hand, but Gwyne seems to be getting the worse end of it.

Everyone arrives on Hrobaj. Hovering in space, the colony's ships see the landscape below is blasted and torn, littered with the wreckage of Gwyne ships and troops and (their instruments show) throbbing with radiation. Standing amidst the wasteland is a enormous statue, the size of a skyscraper, gleaming silver and staring furiously at the skies.