Posted by: CharonJr
« on: April 19, 2015, 04:06:00 PM »1985
January:
There was no additional jump point found in Liverpool, leaving the system with jumps to Polaris and Edinburg. A
Tundra Tribe gatebuilder is detected at the Liverpool/Edinburgh jump point. The 3 Tribal geo scouts are heading
to Edinburgh.
February:
Ellen Bryant has completed research into Minimum Cloak Size 25 and continues with Cloaking Efficiency 4.
A Tundra Tribe gatebuilder is discovered at the Stevenage/Polaris jumppoint.
March:
At the 2nd of March unknown aliens are detected transiting from Manchester into Polaris. Since the incidents on
Polaris some years ago all aliens are considered hostile. 1st Battlefleet is ordered to interrupt its training
and head for the alien contacts with orders to destroy them if they do not pull back to Manchester. The small
alien fleet consists of 3 ships which are labled the Argonauta class by the computer. They have a thermal
signature of 1848 and field a 54k strength R61 sensor. They seem to be capable of moving at 9240km/sec, nearly
twice as fast as our mainline ships.
At the 3rd 2 strength 12 explosions are detected for the Argonauta positions and ship 001's thermal is lowered
from 1848 to 1602. It seems that the Tundra Tribe are very suspicous of the aliens as well and intercepted them
with a couple of FACs. 30 seconds later there are 4 more strength 12 exposions and contact with Argonauta 001 is
lost. A pair of Crow/Raven sensor ships are launched from the carriers to get a better look at the aliens.
Another 3 exposions and the wreck of Argonauta 001 is detected, the SAR shuttle is launched in order to try to
rescue alien survivors.
Next Argonauta 003 is starting to get hit, it looks like those are unarmed alien recon ships since there is
neither a sign of active weapons nor passive PD systems. Argonauta 003 is destroyed as well, and a secondary
power explosion is detected, making it likely that they have beam weapons, but are unable to close the range in
order to use them. Argonauta 002 is destroyed 2 minutes later and the sensor ships are recalled. Our scanners
show the wrecks to have a tonnage of 10kt.
Once training has been completed the fleet will has to take a closer look at the Manchester system, where
nothing of interest had shown up during the initial scans.
The SAR shuttle has managed to rescue 282 aliens, but nothing has been learned from them. Visually they look
like a mixture of a toad, a slug and some kind of dinosaur.
The Tundra Tribe has positioned 7 ships at the Manchester gate, likely guarding it against further incursions
from the aliens.
A civilian mining colony has been established on Ganymede which has 400k of Duranium deposits @90%, we will buy
their production since Duraium will be a problem in the medium run by our current rate of consumption.
A new jump point has been found in Stevenage and a Agincourt class is ordered to investigate it. The newly
discovered system is called Glasgow and has a single G4 sun. The 3rd planet is a terrestrial with a gravity of
1.18g and a breathable atmosphere, with 77° it is just a little to hot to be a perfect world, but it should be
easy to terraform it down to bearable temperatures (col cost 1.43). Overall there are 9 planets in the system, a
mix of terrestrials, gas giants and dwarfs. A very interesting system which will investigated more closely. The
Agincourt will stay there to act as a jump gate for the survey ships once they have completed their survey of
Edinburgh. Charon is being dispatched to build a gate.
April:
3 Vulture salvagers have been completed are are send to the 3 aliens wrecks in Polaris.
A ruined alien outpost has been discovered on Edinburgh B-II, a xeno-team is dispatched there to learn more
about the aliens. Initial scans show an anomaly on the surface of the planet, which our scientists believe to
enable us further insights into new construction and procuction methods.
The complete scan of Edinburgh shows some good mineral deposits, Duranium at 871kt @100% on Edinburgh B-I in
addition to 495kt Corundium @60%, 279kt Uridium @80%, 35kt Boronide @70%, 109kt Vendarite @90% and 24kt
Tritanium @70%. Asteroid-II has the largest deposits by far with 1283kt @90% Duranium and additional deposits of
480kt Neutronium @70%, 762kt Corbomite @90%, 746kt Tritanium @90%, 211kt Corundium @60%, 99kt Uridium @80% and
51kt Boronide @100%. Those 2 bodies have most of the minerals needed and with 380kt Gallicite @70% on
Edinburgh-C II - Moon 29 and decent Sorium at the gas giants the system is self sufficient in minerals.
May:
The technology found inside the salvaged alien ships is not very impressive, magneto plasma drives and EM 11
sensors, it seems like they consisted mostly of engines and were fairly small in order to achieve the observed
speed.
June:
A Tribal gatebuilder is detected at the Glasgow/Stevenage jump point. It seems like our own gatebuilder is
hardly needed since nearly everywhere there are Tundra ships who seem to get the work done very quickly.
July:
After 1.5 years of constant training 1st Batlefleet is returning to Polaris for an overhaul since system
breakdowns are starting to accumulate. Most of the fleet has reached 75% proficiency with their new systems with
the notable exception of the crew of the King George V class heavy beam cruiser whos setup is still giving its
crew some headaches in coordinating actions with the rest of the fleet and quickly responding to new situations
(just 35% TF training here).
August:
Grav survey of Stevenage has been completed, no further jump points were found, which means 1 jump point to
Polaris and the other one leads to the promising Glasgow system.
The first terraforming facility has been build on Polaris and is shipped to our colony on London-III.
October:
With the Glasgow/Stevenage gate completed colonists and infrastructure are moved to Glasgow-III. The Glasgow
system has decent mineral deposits, but they are dispersed over a fairly large number of bodies, meaning we will
have to increase our mass driver production.
November:
1st Battlefleet has completed its overhaul and resumes training.
James Birch has completed research into Research Rate 320 and continues with 400.
December:
Liam Baldwin has completed research into Divisional HQs and will look into Heavy Assault Battalion next.
January:
There was no additional jump point found in Liverpool, leaving the system with jumps to Polaris and Edinburg. A
Tundra Tribe gatebuilder is detected at the Liverpool/Edinburgh jump point. The 3 Tribal geo scouts are heading
to Edinburgh.
February:
Ellen Bryant has completed research into Minimum Cloak Size 25 and continues with Cloaking Efficiency 4.
A Tundra Tribe gatebuilder is discovered at the Stevenage/Polaris jumppoint.
March:
At the 2nd of March unknown aliens are detected transiting from Manchester into Polaris. Since the incidents on
Polaris some years ago all aliens are considered hostile. 1st Battlefleet is ordered to interrupt its training
and head for the alien contacts with orders to destroy them if they do not pull back to Manchester. The small
alien fleet consists of 3 ships which are labled the Argonauta class by the computer. They have a thermal
signature of 1848 and field a 54k strength R61 sensor. They seem to be capable of moving at 9240km/sec, nearly
twice as fast as our mainline ships.
At the 3rd 2 strength 12 explosions are detected for the Argonauta positions and ship 001's thermal is lowered
from 1848 to 1602. It seems that the Tundra Tribe are very suspicous of the aliens as well and intercepted them
with a couple of FACs. 30 seconds later there are 4 more strength 12 exposions and contact with Argonauta 001 is
lost. A pair of Crow/Raven sensor ships are launched from the carriers to get a better look at the aliens.
Another 3 exposions and the wreck of Argonauta 001 is detected, the SAR shuttle is launched in order to try to
rescue alien survivors.
Next Argonauta 003 is starting to get hit, it looks like those are unarmed alien recon ships since there is
neither a sign of active weapons nor passive PD systems. Argonauta 003 is destroyed as well, and a secondary
power explosion is detected, making it likely that they have beam weapons, but are unable to close the range in
order to use them. Argonauta 002 is destroyed 2 minutes later and the sensor ships are recalled. Our scanners
show the wrecks to have a tonnage of 10kt.
Once training has been completed the fleet will has to take a closer look at the Manchester system, where
nothing of interest had shown up during the initial scans.
The SAR shuttle has managed to rescue 282 aliens, but nothing has been learned from them. Visually they look
like a mixture of a toad, a slug and some kind of dinosaur.
The Tundra Tribe has positioned 7 ships at the Manchester gate, likely guarding it against further incursions
from the aliens.
A civilian mining colony has been established on Ganymede which has 400k of Duranium deposits @90%, we will buy
their production since Duraium will be a problem in the medium run by our current rate of consumption.
A new jump point has been found in Stevenage and a Agincourt class is ordered to investigate it. The newly
discovered system is called Glasgow and has a single G4 sun. The 3rd planet is a terrestrial with a gravity of
1.18g and a breathable atmosphere, with 77° it is just a little to hot to be a perfect world, but it should be
easy to terraform it down to bearable temperatures (col cost 1.43). Overall there are 9 planets in the system, a
mix of terrestrials, gas giants and dwarfs. A very interesting system which will investigated more closely. The
Agincourt will stay there to act as a jump gate for the survey ships once they have completed their survey of
Edinburgh. Charon is being dispatched to build a gate.
April:
3 Vulture salvagers have been completed are are send to the 3 aliens wrecks in Polaris.
A ruined alien outpost has been discovered on Edinburgh B-II, a xeno-team is dispatched there to learn more
about the aliens. Initial scans show an anomaly on the surface of the planet, which our scientists believe to
enable us further insights into new construction and procuction methods.
The complete scan of Edinburgh shows some good mineral deposits, Duranium at 871kt @100% on Edinburgh B-I in
addition to 495kt Corundium @60%, 279kt Uridium @80%, 35kt Boronide @70%, 109kt Vendarite @90% and 24kt
Tritanium @70%. Asteroid-II has the largest deposits by far with 1283kt @90% Duranium and additional deposits of
480kt Neutronium @70%, 762kt Corbomite @90%, 746kt Tritanium @90%, 211kt Corundium @60%, 99kt Uridium @80% and
51kt Boronide @100%. Those 2 bodies have most of the minerals needed and with 380kt Gallicite @70% on
Edinburgh-C II - Moon 29 and decent Sorium at the gas giants the system is self sufficient in minerals.
May:
The technology found inside the salvaged alien ships is not very impressive, magneto plasma drives and EM 11
sensors, it seems like they consisted mostly of engines and were fairly small in order to achieve the observed
speed.
June:
A Tribal gatebuilder is detected at the Glasgow/Stevenage jump point. It seems like our own gatebuilder is
hardly needed since nearly everywhere there are Tundra ships who seem to get the work done very quickly.
July:
After 1.5 years of constant training 1st Batlefleet is returning to Polaris for an overhaul since system
breakdowns are starting to accumulate. Most of the fleet has reached 75% proficiency with their new systems with
the notable exception of the crew of the King George V class heavy beam cruiser whos setup is still giving its
crew some headaches in coordinating actions with the rest of the fleet and quickly responding to new situations
(just 35% TF training here).
August:
Grav survey of Stevenage has been completed, no further jump points were found, which means 1 jump point to
Polaris and the other one leads to the promising Glasgow system.
The first terraforming facility has been build on Polaris and is shipped to our colony on London-III.
October:
With the Glasgow/Stevenage gate completed colonists and infrastructure are moved to Glasgow-III. The Glasgow
system has decent mineral deposits, but they are dispersed over a fairly large number of bodies, meaning we will
have to increase our mass driver production.
November:
1st Battlefleet has completed its overhaul and resumes training.
James Birch has completed research into Research Rate 320 and continues with 400.
December:
Liam Baldwin has completed research into Divisional HQs and will look into Heavy Assault Battalion next.
I will do a restart from roughly the same position as when the bug occured and try to reason 
