Agents Of Empire/Turns/27/Colony Worlds

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Turn 27

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House Actions

Shipping

• The StarFar Reigspress flies from Elvis to Hrobaj.
• The Mighty Mammoth ships 1 unit of Subspace Plumbing Conduits from Elvis to Vefna.
• The Expediator flies from Elvis to Hrobaj.
• The Stegosaurus ships Raphael Helsing and his Reef Riders from Hrobaj to Boumfadour.
• The Space Whale flies from Elvis to Vefna.
• The Victoria Dulcis flies from Elvis to Boumfadour.
• The Titanicus ships 2 units of Warp Manifolds and 1 unit of HyperPaint from Elvis to Arroyo.
• The Fate[sic] Accompli ships the Transporter Pad from Vefna to Boumfadour.
• The Reiglight Revenge ships Rick to the Wormhole.
• The Ex-Terminated flies from Hrobaj to Elvis.
• Elvis uses the Stargate to teleport 1 unit of Very Large Plunger-Based Weaponry to the Mirage on Arroyo.

Fighting

• [None?]

Exploration

• On Vefna, KANE (2) explores hex O8, and the Lewison Clarks (4) explore hex N8 in the Postremocene Region.
• On Elvis, The StarLight Survey Squad (3) explores hex T6, finding unclaimed resources, and the Starfarer Super Sentai (3) explore hex T7 in the Donbique Rule Region.
• On Arroyo, The Lollipop Guild (3) explores hex I1 in the Devil's Region, uncovering a Mystery! ('?').
• In space, The Allosaurus scans the colonial area for potential new wormhole locations.

Industry

• Bonanza Region: Produces 3 units of HyperPlasma and 4 units of Hyperidot (due to Environmental Harmony II).
• Island Region: Produces 6 units of Food, 3 units of Industrial Kelp and 1 unit of Chemicals (due to Environmental Harmony II).
• Ocean Region: Produces 3 units of Chemicals.
• Pleistocene Region: Produces 4 units of Mammoth Byproducts and 3 units of Frozen Gas (due to Environmental Harmony II).
• Veritas Region: Produces 7 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), 2 units of Metals and 2 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 2 units of Unsorted Crystals, 2 units of Hyperidot and 2 units of Thorium into 2 units of Tachyon Torpedoes (rank-3).
  • The Riju Tri-Lateral Industrial Complex processes 1 unit of Unsorted Crystals, 1 unit of Chemicals and 1 unit of Native Art into 1 unit of Golems of Elvis (rank-3). Strange automata powered by the mystic forces of ancient artifice and... crystals. Lots of crystals.
  • The Riju Tri-Lateral Industrial Complex also processes 1 unit of Unsorted Crystals, 1 unit of Food and 1 unit of Chemicals into 1 unit of Bachelor Chow (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 Happy Fun Oooey-Gooey Slippy Squishy Chemical Magic Playhouse processes 2 units of Chemicals and 1 unit of HyperPlasma into 1 unit of Max-EnerGin HyperPoison (rank-2, Food: UNKNOWN).

Research

• The Hau Ndogg Community College astro-polo stadium (and secret underground advanced physics laboratory) researches the strange new radiation coming from the wormhole.
  • What is this strange wormhole radiation all about? Base cost 4, relevance 3 (Wormhole Control I for 1, batteries for 2), /3 existing thing discount = 4 points. (4/4)
  • Wormhole Control II: stopping or controlling whatever is behind this new radiation. Base cost 6 (all the bits), relevance 2 (Wormhole Control I and studying the radiation) = 12 points. (4/12)
• The Farlight Institute of Crystal Biotechnology tries to figure out what it can learn about the Dragon.
  • Pure research. Base cost 1 (pure research), relevance 5 (2 for SAPL's research on the radiation and stuff, 3 for nothing else), /3 for existing item = 1. (1/1)
  • What is this apparent lifeform? Base cost 6 (alien), relevance 3 (2 for SAPL's research on the radiation and stuff, 1 for this turn's pure research), /3 for existing item = 6. (6/6)
  • How, if it turns out to be hostile, can we best combat this thing? Base cost 6 (cheap, widely applicable, large scale, repeatable, fast), relevance 2 (this turn's two previous researches) = 12. (1/12)
• The Boumfadour Institute for Ecology and Planetary Development researches Environmental Defense II. (8/18)
• The Boumfadour Institute for History and Archaeology researches governments.
  • Pure research into systems of government. Base 1, relevance 5 (History of Prime for 2, nothing else for 3). (5/5)
  • Discovering the perfect form of galactic government. Base 6 (for maximal perfection), relevance 3 (History of Prime, plus pure research) = 18. (3/18)
• The Tomorrow Institute of Lobbying, Marketing and Propaganda continues work on NEWS FROM THE WORMHOLE. (14/16)
• Katlian College of Violent Arts and Sciences does multiple things.
  • NEWS FROM THE WORMHOLE. (16/16)
  • Assist Farlight in researching how to combat this new lifeform if it's hostile. (7/12)

Building

• The Christopher Cavor Contraption Constructory uses 1 unit of Quantum Containment Gridwork to build a Teleporation Sending Station (the "Telepod"). (Note: please ensure that the enclosure is clear of any insects before activating the Telepod.)
• The Christopher Cavor Contraption Constructory uses 1 unit of Neutrino Detectors to build an Advanced Wormhole Transmission Tower (rank-2).
• The Christopher Cavor Contraption Constructory uses 1 unit of Semi-Synthetic Parabolic Conductors to build an Advanced Wormhole Transmission Tower (rank-2).
• The Seve Ballesteros Memorial Shipyard uses 1 unit of Dalekanium to construct the Dancing Dalek (a rank-2 military space unit).
• The Seve Ballesteros Memorial Shipyard uses 1 unit of Leviathan Larva to construct the Laughing Leviathan (a rank-2 military space unit).
• The Seve Ballesteros Memorial Shipyard uses 1 unit of Very Large Plunger-Based Weaponry to construct the Killer Kaled (a rank-2 military space unit).
• Elvis spends 12Mc to upgrade the Donbique Rule Region from Refining II to Refining III.

Landing

• The StarFar Reigspress arrives at Hrobaj.
• The Mighty Mammoth unloads 1 unit of Subspace Plumbing Conduits on Vefna.
• The Expediator arrives at Hrobaj.
• The Stegosaurus unloads Raphael Helsing and his Reef Riders on Boumfadour.
• The Space Whale arrives at Boumfadour.
• The Victoria Dulcis arrives at Boumfadour.
• The Titanicus unloads 2 units of Warp Manifolds and 1 unit of HyperPaint on Arroyo.
• The Fate[sic] Accompli unloads the Transporter Pad on Boumfadour.
• Vefna uses the Fairy Circle to teleport one Advanced Wormhole Transmission Tower to the Transporter Pad on Boumfadour.

Trading

• Elvis' Hau Ndogg Region, Bloos Wade Region, Alshu Cup Region and Donbique Rule Region each consume 1/4 unit of Bachelor Chow. 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.

Politics

• Probably something or other?

Character Actions

• Dark: Chinese Dragon confrontation time! (Shooting it will probably just make it angry, but anything else is a go.)
• Jude:
• Rick: First contact! Rick tries to chat with the Dragon.
• Kyil:
• Tesher: Tesher surreptitiously spies on Nitf@x's various agents to see if this new wormhole creature has triggered off a pattern of new special tasks.
• Seve:
• Reig:
• Silentus: It's time for the Iavo Caper.
• (NPC) Basinbloke: Finishes candidate research so he can start schmoozing approprately next turn and Silentus can start backstabbing as necessary.

Results

The colonies are busy with their work but otherwise things are pretty normal, with the exception, of course, of the crazy dragon space worm thing curled around the wormhole. Dark and Rick go out to talk with it on behalf of the members of the colonies whose names end with k, and also a spaceship blasts off from Little Iavo with similar intentions ("monk" also ends with a k, you note). Anyway, the upshot is a big infodump about what's been going on with Iavo and the empire.

Exploration happens under the new rules for the first time, discovering a cluster of crystal-producing plants in Donbique Rule (adding three units of unsorted crystals). The Lollipop Guild has worse luck, running into a pack of abandoned Gwyne-manufacture hunter robots and ending up trapped in a box canyon and in need of rescue.

The research institutes are hard at work on analytical questions which are mostly answered by the conversation with the dragon space worm, and also at producing the fine piece of NEWS FROM THE WORMHOLE, available on newsstands and holovid screens everywhere. NEWS FROM THE EMPIRE will have to get its act together and publish an issue if it wants to not be totally eclipsed.

Also, the Allosaurus scans the area of the colonies with its potential-wormhole detector, but finds nothing besides the large wormhole (though the area seems to be very thin there with very large wormhole potential indeed).