NC Part 9: January 2045 - December 2045

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

9th January 2045
The scrapping of the cruiser Kirov is completed

14th January 2045
The geological survey of Thebes is complete. The innermost, Venusian-type world has a significant deposit of Boronide
at 0.3 accessibility. Far more importantly, Thebes-III, the site of our new colony, has huge reserves of six minerals, including highly accessible deposits of Duranium and Gallicite. The complete list of minerals is as follows: Duranium 27m tons (0.8), Neutronium 13m tons (0.8), Corbomite 2.5m tons (0.5), Tritanium 12m tons (0.1), Boronide 4.4m tons (0.1), Gallicite, 12m tons (1.0). This should solve our long term Gallicite supply problems once we move our mining complexes from Earth to Thebes-III and will also provide the large quantities of Duranium required for the construction of planetary installations. The Kongos are escorted back into Mycenae by Dracon where they set course for the jump point to Sicyon. Although this system only has four rocky planets, a single moon and a few scattered asteroids, the survey ships may as well keep busy while they await the result of the ongoing gravitational survey of Thebes.

21st January 2045
Centaur, the four Perseus class and the four Achilles class all return to Earth. The Perseus class ships, Beagle,  Nimrod, Endeavour and Resolution, all begin an overhaul that will be completed by the end of March. Three of the Achilles, Einstein, Galileo and Hawking, join them while the fourth, Newton, will begin its overhaul when Kaga

[Erik L]

Re-reading this, I'm surprised the Asian Alliance did not leave a jump cruiser at the warp point. I'd think that would become a standard strategy in case of needed retreat.

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

They did detach one of the Xians and leave it at the jump point. Eight ships left Earth but only seven were destroyed or captured by the Gitanyow

[Erik L]

Okay. I'd read the seven detected and read into it that they'd brought the entire force forward.

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

The reference was:

6th June 2045 17:06
The Asian Alliance fleet has been closing the planet for twelve hours at 2000 km/s and have so far ignored Gitanyow demands to withdraw. They are now one hundred and twelve million kilometers away. As eight ships left Earth orbit and only seven are within Gitanyow sensor range, the Chinese have presumably left one ship behind to watch the jump point, most likely one of their Xian class jump cruisers. This may be to ensure that they have an escape route regardless of the course of the battle. While the Gitanyow could send out their missile ships to intercept, they decide to continue with their original plan

[Erik L]

Ah... I was scanning around the battle times for the reference.

[Summercat]

It seems that the Commonwealth best be ramping up the production of mines at Thebes...

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

It seems that the Commonwealth best be ramping up the production of mines at Thebes...

I am about midway through 2046 at the moment and running into a catch 22. I need to get mines on Thebes but I also have colony ships that I don't want to leave idle. However, when I move the colonists, I also have to move the infrastructure or they will die. Ideally I could move construction factories to Thebes to build its own infrastructure using Duranium that could be mined there (if I had the mines that I am not moving because I need to move infrastructure )

[Erik L]

It seems that the Commonwealth best be ramping up the production of mines at Thebes...

I am about midway through 2046 at the moment and running into a catch 22. I need to get mines on Thebes but I also have colony ships that I don't want to leave idle. However, when I move the colonists, I also have to move the infrastructure or they will die. Ideally I could move construction factories to Thebes to build its own infrastructure using Duranium that could be mined there (if I had the mines that I am not moving because I need to move infrastructure )

Send 1 colony ship, with infrastructure, and then some frieghters with the mines... Might have to accept a couple month hit on the population transfer.

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

Send 1 colony ship, with infrastructure, and then some frieghters with the mines... Might have to accept a couple month hit on the population transfer.

I think you are probably right. I have been moving one or two mines along with pop and infrastructure but I probably should just hold off the colonists for a few months. With no Gallicite I can't build more ships or even overhaul the existing ones so that should be my priority

[Summercat]

It seems that the Commonwealth best be ramping up the production of mines at Thebes...

I am about midway through 2046 at the moment and running into a catch 22. I need to get mines on Thebes but I also have colony ships that I don't want to leave idle. However, when I move the colonists, I also have to move the infrastructure or they will die. Ideally I could move construction factories to Thebes to build its own infrastructure using Duranium that could be mined there (if I had the mines that I am not moving because I need to move infrastructure )

Thebes has some automated mines, yes? How much Duranium do they produce, versus how much do you need for a factory?

Either that, or, like Eric said, take the hit on a population transfer.

...mmm. Steve, I hate to ask this of you, but can you get me the economic numbers of production for the Commonwealth, along with a listing of the freighters and colony ships? I cna put something together..

...gotta go. My friend is probably upset, I was supposed to pick him up 10 minutes ago... =D ^_^;;;

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

I'll post the details of construction rates and planetary installations to the mechanics forum

[Father Tim]

I hear the Chinese are short of a couple elements, maybe you can arrange a swap with them.

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

I hear the Chinese are short of a couple elements, maybe you can arrange a swap with them.

Lol, sounds like a 2040's insult.  That guy is short of a couple of elements

Gallicite is going to a problem soon for the Asian Alliance too and they don't really have anywhere to mine any. Interesting times ahead.

[Summercat]

I'll post the details of construction rates and planetary installations to the mechanics forum

Aye, but I'm also asking for the current economic situation in Delphi and Sol, for the Commonwealth.

I'm not an Economics major. Nor a minor. And I don't claim to understand campaign logstics TOO well (But, alas, better than alot of people).

But the logistics of empire, I can do.

To be honest? You need to get several factories out to Delphi, ASAP. Hold off on shipping colonists - would it be efficient to mothball the colony ships for a short period of time? - and start shipping out industrial capacity.

Effectivly, by shipping colonists and infrastructre out to Delphi, you're shipping out farm workers with farming machinery, and everything they need to live and support themselves. You can do that with the other world you have, although the name escapes me.

But what Delphi needs, and needs in order to jump-start itself, is industrial capcity. Get some sort of industry working at Delphi, and it will be able to produce a good portion of its own infrastructre.

...in fact, that might be a good idea: build a few more freighters to increase your non-colonist load, use them to haul mines and factories over to Delphi, and have the factories work on nothing but producing infrastructre. 'Eventually', Delphi will be producing the infrastructure needed for incoming colonists itself, I think. I'll need to crunch the numbers ^_^;; but it should work. At least, that's the plan of action I would be taking.