Agents Of Empire/Turns/26/Colony Worlds

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Turn 26

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House Actions

Shipping

• The StarFar Reigspress ships 3 units of Hyperidot from Vefna to Elvis.
• The Mighty Mammoth ships 5 units of Chemicals from Boumfadour to Elvis.
• The Expediator ships 2 units of Thorium from Hrobaj to Elvis.
• The Space Whale flies ships 3 units of Bottomless Pearls and 2 units of Industrial Kelp from Boumfadour to Elvis.
• The Victoria Dulcis ships 8 units of Chemicals, 1 unit of Hyperidot, 2 units of Native Art and 1 unit of HyperPlasma from Boumfadour to Elvis.
• The Titanicus ships 5 units of Hyperidot from Arroyo to Elvis.
• The Utahraptor ships 1 unit of Leviathan Larva and 1 unit of Dalekanium from Elvis to Arroyo.
• The Fate[sic] Accompli ships 1 unit of Neutrino Detectors, 1 unit of Semi-Synthetic Parabolic Conductors and 1 unit of Hyperconductive Capacitors from Elvis to Vefna.
• The Reiglight Revenge ships 1 unit of Native Art and 3 units of HyperPlasma from Arroyo to Elvis.
• The Stegosaurus flies from Boumfadour to Hrobaj.
• The Magellanic Maiden flies from Arroyo to Vefna.
• Elvis uses the Stargate to teleport 1 unit of Quantum Containment Gridwork to the Fairy Circle on Vefna.
• Some random guy drags 1 unit Max-EnerG HyperJuice from the Cavernous Region to the Bonanza Region, just to consolidate the warehouse manifests.

Fighting

• [None?]

Exploration

• KANE and the Lewison Clarks continue explore the Pleistocene Region on Vefna (making it to Explored-II).
• The StarLight Survey Squad and the Starfarer Super Sentai continue exploring the Donbique Rule Region (making it 14/18 of the way to Explored-III).
• Raphael Helsing and his Reef Riders continue re-exploring the Veritas Region (making it to Explored-II).
• The Lollipop Guild explores the Devil's Region (making it 5/12 of the way to Explored-II).

Industry

• Bonanza Region: Produces 3 units of HyperPlasma and 4 units of Hyperidot (due to Environmental Harmony II).
• Island Region: Produces 7 units of Food (due to Environmental Harmony II).
• Ocean Region: Produces 3 units of Chemicals.
• Pleistocene Region: Produces 4 units of Mammoth Byproducts (due to Environmental Harmony II).
• Veritas Region: Produces 4 units of Thorium (with giant robot statue help) and 1 unit of Aquaculture (due to Environmental Harmony II).
• Bloos Wade Region: Produces 1 unit of Unsorted Crystals (with homesteader help) and 4 units of Food (due to Environmental Harmony II).
• 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 Frozen Gas and 1 unit of Industrial Kelp into 1 unit of Very Large Plunger-Based Weaponry (rank-3).
  • The Riju Tri-Lateral Industrial Complex processes 2 units of Unsorted Crystals, 2 units of Hyperidot and 2 units of Metals into 2 units of Warp Manifolds (rank-3).
  • The Riju Tri-Lateral Industrial Complex also processes 1 unit of Unsorted Crystals, 1 unit of Food and 1 unit of Hyperidot into 1 unit of Max-EnerG HyperJuice (rank-3, Food: 4).
• Donbique Rule Region:
  • The Happy Fun Oooey-Gooey Slippy Squishy Chemical Magic Playhouse processes 2 units of Chemicals and 1 unit of Hyperidot into 1 unit of HyperPaint (rank-2) (the "special paint that will actually make flames down both sides of [a ship]. In vaccuum.").
  • The Happy Fun Oooey-Gooey Slippy Squishy Chemical Magic Playhouse processes 2 units of Chemicals and 1 unit of Thorium into 1 unit of Subspace Plumbing Conduits (rank-2).

Research

• The Farlight Institute of Crystal Biotechnology researches multiple things.
  • The giant plant which Rick has opened the skylight for: base cost 4 (part of a general pattern of genetically engineered life forms on Elvis), relevance multiplier 3 (1 for the carnivorous plant monsters and 2 for the general terraforming work), /3 for an existing item = 4 points. (4/4)
  • Silentus' psychic disruptor, to figure out how psychic powers work: base cost 2 (because it's current tech) +1 because it's a general question, relevance 4 (1 for binary birds and 3 for nothing else), /3 for an existing item = 4 points. (4/4)
• The Hau Ndogg Community College astro-polo stadium (and secret underground advanced physics laboratory) finishes researching where else things might come through our wormhole from.
• The Boumfadour Institute for Ecology and Planetary Development begins researching Environmental Defense II.
  • Like ED-1, but better and works on different planets: base cost 6 (cheap, fast, widely-applicable, large-scale and repeatable), relevance 3 (ED-1 and Elvis' carnivorous plant units) = 18 points. (4/18)
• The Boumfadour Institute for History and Archaeology finishes researching Hrobaj and Veritas.
• The Tomorrow Institute of Lobbying, Marketing and Propaganda begins working on the first issue of NEWS FROM THE WORMHOLE, including extensive coverage of Seve's campaign, an in-depth analysis of the current astro-polo season, a review of the excellent deals available at the Orogen Emporium and much much more! This is a shameless attempt to directly drum up Fame for the colonies.
  • NEWS FROM THE WORMHOLE: base cost 1 + 1 (widely applicable) + 1 (large scale) + 1 (long duration), multiplier 4 (2 for the History of Prime, 2 for Seve's marketing campaign) = 16 points. (3/16)
• Katlian College of Violent Arts and Sciences assists with NEWS FROM THE WORMHOLE, augmenting the Orogen Emporium coverage with tidbits calculated to improve demand for our warships.
  • NEWS FROM THE WORMHOLE: (11/16)

Building

• The Christopher Cavor Contraption Constructory uses 1 unit of Heisenberg Compensators to build a Teleporation Sending Station (the "Transporter Pad").
• The Christopher Cavor Contraption Constructory uses 1 unit of Holophonics to build a Precision Resonator.
• The Christopher Cavor Contraption Constructory uses 1 unit of Rainbow Reagent to build an Energy Field Disruption Detector which they mount on the Allosaurus.
• Vefna uses 7Mc to upgrade the Pleistocene Region from Mining I to Mining II.
• Boumfadour uses 7Mc to upgrade the Island Region from Mining II to Mining III.
• Hrobaj's returning colonists finish rebuilding the Veritas Region back up to Mining II.

Landing

• The StarFar Reigspress unloads 3 units of Hyperidot on Elvis.
• The Mighty Mammoth unloads 5 units of Chemicals on Elvis.
• The Expediator unloads 2 units of Thorium on Elvis.
• The Space Whale flies unloads 3 units of Bottomless Pearls and 2 units of Industrial Kelp on Elvis.
• The Victoria Dulcis unloads 8 units of Chemicals, 1 unit of Hyperidot, 2 units of Native Art and 1 unit of HyperPlasma on Elvis.
• The Titanicus unloads 5 units of Hyperidot on Elvis.
• The Utahraptor unloads 1 unit of Leviathan Larva and 1 unit of Dalekanium on Arroyo.
• The Fate[sic] Accompli unloads 1 unit of Neutrino Detectors, 1 unit of Semi-Synthetic Parabolic Conductors and 1 unit of Hyperconductive Capacitors on Vefna.
• The Reiglight Revenge unloads 1 unit of Native Art and 3 units of HyperPlasma on Elvis.
• The Magellanic Maiden flies to Vefna.
• The Stegosaurus arrives at Hrobaj.
• Vefna uses the Fairy Circle to teleport the Precision Resonator to someplace. Elvis and Arroyo have receivers. Or maybe we'll just use it right there on Vefna?

Trading

• Elvis' Hau Ndogg Region, Bloos Wade Region, Alshu Cup Region and Donbique Rule Region each consume 1/4 unit of Max-EnerG HyperJuice. The Farlight Region and Community College Region each consume 1 unit of Food.
• Vefna's Pleistocene Region, Siderian Region, Mesozoic Region and Tomorrow Region each consume 1 unit of Mammoth Byproducts.
• Boumfadour's Island Region, Ocean Region, Ecology Region, Historical Region and Katlian Region each consume 1 unit of Food.
• Arroyo's Bonanza Region, Cavernous Region and Devil's Region each consume 1 unit of HyperPlasma.
• Hrobaj's Veritas Region consumes 1 unit of Aquaculture.
• The Orogen Emporium sells the Magellanic Maiden for 28Mc.

Politics

• Probably something or other?

Character Actions

• Dark: Activates all scanners and uses every fancy Vehicle / Engineering trick he knows to try to figure out what's going on with the wormhole.
• Jude:
• Rick: He returns to the underwater cave network, this time armed with a xeno-biologist, an electromagnetic circuit analysis rig, a portable airlock and any other equipment he didn't realize he needed the first time (but should now). It's up to inky whether this merits a full RP session or just a summary.
• Kyil:
• Tesher:
• Seve:
• Reig:
• Silentus: Meditates at Iavo on a rock, nearly motionless. No, he's not up to anything. Anything at all.
• (NPC) Basinbloke: Emperor candidate research continues.

Results

Business appears to be going on as usual for the colony worlds -- shipping, researching, exploration, and construction. [need to do exploration, give more details about some research]

As Elvis's scientists study the plant in the giant tower, the bud slowly continues to open. They eventually theorize that it is responding to some extremely unusual form of radiation, and was developed by the ancients as a detection device for a very rare event which causes that radiation to be emitted. Comparing notes with other research institutes, they eventually speculate that the energy is that caused by some kind of cross-dimensional breach.

And speaking of cross-dimensional breaches, the SAPL presents some research suggesting that 1) wormholes are actually shortcuts that go through some other dimension of reality 2) it would theoretically be possible for things from that other dimension to use the wormholes to pass into our dimension 3) it is possible that wormholes actually were all created with the assistance of things from that other dimension 4) holy crap something is totally coming out of the colony's wormhole right now. But the last one does not require a rocket scientist to deduce.

The wormhole is surprisingly untouched by this emergence until the very moment, when it shakes violently, seeming to almost fly apart, and then snaps back together. In the process, something has somehow emerged from the wormhole -- it is something like a glowing ribbon worm and something like a Chinese dragon and something like a thing which hurts your eyes to contemplate. It forms a circle around the wormhole itself, waiting. In the astronomy tower, the flower bursts into full bloom, then withers, its energy seemingly expended in the long waiting and the final growth. Contrariwise, in the small Iavo colony on Elvis, the appearance of this creature seems to have provoked a flurry of activity which shows no signs of slowing. Meanwhile, on Boumfadour, engines deep within the floating island whir into activity, and it begins to change course.