ENTRY 003: “Endeavor To Greatness”
01 JAN 2045
Location: Incipere
Personnel: Victor Komov, C. O. 28th WEF
To all those who will read this in the generations of Lupi to follow us, know that I hope to do the Colonies proud. I have taken over command of the 28th Wolf Expeditionary Force from Artorius Noir on this day, and will continue to carry on his tradition of excellence and forward-thinking to move us into the future. He has successfully gotten us back into the stars, and has begun to lay the groundwork for us to venture forth further, now I must set to the task of continuing what he has started.
01 MAR 2045
Location: Incipere
Personnel: WEF Public Announcement Services
Today Scientist Conor Swift and his team announced their recently completed work on Nuclear Pulse Engine technology. This will bring us forward in our journey to conquer the stars. Our own Vorden Dynamics has already developed schematics for a 200EP Commercial Engine that will hopefully for the backbone of our first Freighters. A team led by Elbert Holterman will help tie the schematics into a workable prototype for the design of a new era of vessels!
01 SEP 2045
Location: Incipere
Personnel: Victor Komov, C. O. 28th WEF
Another great step forward in our story of the stars. Elbert Holterman and his team recently finished a prototype of the new Nuclear Pulse Engine developed by Vorden Dynamics, and with it, our team has came up with designs for our first freighter. It will be known as the Blackpool class. It weighs in at 79,550 tons and is powered by 10 Vorden Dynamics 200EP Nuclear Pulse Engines. It has a maximum range of 32 billion kilometers and a top speed of 1257km/s. It has crew accommodations for 24 month journeys and enough cargo handling equipment to speed up loading and unloading 50x. It is slated to able to carry 50,000 tons of cargo per haul.
I have ordered the immediate expansion of the Worton Drydock by 10,000 tons so that it will accommodate the construction of the Blackpool.
01 APR 2046
Location: Incipere
Personnel: Worton Drydock Foreman
We are happy to inform you Victor that work has completed on the slipway expansion here at the drydocks. We are now ready to begin work on the contract you’ve assigned us for the Blackpool class Freighter. The “Blackpool” begins work today, and our estimated completion date is June of 2047. We have also received your request to add a second slipway of the same capacity, and will begin work at once on this project as well.
01 SEP 2046
Location: Incipere
Personnel: WEF 28 Internal Communications
Production notification to follow… construction of production factories has completed, personnel are now beginning construction of fighter factories. End message.
01 JUL 2047
Location: Incipere
Personnel: Victor Komov, C. O. 28th WEF
The journey forward continues. Houston Bonasera has been tirelessly working on Jump Point Theory and algorithms so that we can once again journey beyond our own solar system. He has informed me that he has completed his work and has begun to work on sensors in collaboration with Mr. Kemp our sensor specialist so that we can detect these jump points.
In other good news, today our first Blackpool freighter rolled off of the drydocks. In line with the plans of Artorius, it’s immediate mission is to begin establish mining colonies throughout the solar system. Our minerals in the system are quite limited, but we will make due with what we have until we have more abundant resources discovered. The “Blackpool” has been crewed and it’s first mission is to deliver 50 automated mines, a mass driver, and essential personnel to planet A-I.
Lastly, we have completed the construction of the fighter factories, and have begun to work on the construction of the ordnance factories.
25 SEP 2047
Location: Minas Tirith Planet A-I
Personnel: “Blackpool” Communications Officer
To fleet command. We have finished delivering all equipment and personnel to the planet. Governor Lipson and their personnel have been offloaded and are safely aboard their living accommodations. We are now preparing to begin delivery of 50 mines, a mass driver, and essential operations personnel to Comet #2.
01 FEB 2048
Location: Incipere
Personnel: WEF 28 Public Announcement Services
We regret to inform the members of WEF 28 that today Commander Leo Nardone passed away during a training exercise aboard the GSV Sharn. The details of the incident have not been made publicly available. Leo Nardone leaves behind a Fiance Pristina Algon. Commander Nardone had been in charge of the GSV Sharn since 01 SEP 2047.
19 MAR 2048
Location: Comet 2, Minas Tirith System
Personnel: “Blackpool” Communications Officer
To fleet command. We have finished delivering all equipment and personnel to Comet. Governor Schwarting and her entourage have been offloaded and are now in their living quarters. We are returning to Incipere to refuel and resupply.
01 JAN 2049
Location: Incipere
Personnel: WEF 28 Internal Communications
Stockpile alert to follow… Tritanium reserves down . 3k from previous annum. End message.
01 JAN 2050
Location: Incipere
Personnel: Victor Komov, C. O. 28th WEF
Worton Drydocks informed me today that they’ve completed their second slipway. We haven’t ended up ordering another Blackpool from them yet. This is due to a couple factors. Firstly, the lack of minerals in the system means there are few places needing deliveries of goods. The only remaining places are for the most part comets that are currently heading outwards, and would waste far too much fuel trying to get them supplied. Secondly, our research team are plowing ahead and suspect within the next couple years we may have access to Ion drive technology, which would mean a refit/overhaul of freighters because of our need to be streamlined and efficient, again due to our mineral situation.
I’ve ordered the construction of 100 more automated mines, 2 naval shipyards,and 2 commercial shipyards, along with a space port. The mines will be used to help establish mining colonies on the remaining comets, while the shipyards are part of future proofing so we can begin mass production of multiple vessel classes when the time comes. The spaceport will be needed in the future as well, and instead of leaving production idle, we might as well get ahead on things. Our Mercassium supply dipped 1000 units down to 34,000 this year, but like many of our minerals, we have little to no income and we are beginning to run out of minerals here on Incipere. Our operations must continue forward for our very survival.
01 JAN 2051
Location: Incipere
Personnel: WEF 28 Internal Communications
Stockpile alert to follow… Mercassium reserves are down 1,200 units from previous annum. Current stockpile 32. 8k. End message.
01 AUG 2053
Location: Incipere
Personnel: WEF 28 Internal Communications
Mineral Depletion alert to follow. Supplies of Tritanium and Neutronium have been depleted on Incipere. End message.
01 JAN 2054
Location: Incipere
Personnel: Victor Komov, C. O. 28th WEF
I’ve just been informed by our internal communications that we have a small deficit in Tritanium and Corundium. These messages are becoming all too common. I see now the struggle Artorius had in trying to move forward but not suck the reserves dry. In an effort to continue getting some more supply in, I dispatched the “Blackpool” in September to deliver 20 mines, a mass driver, and personnel including Governor Krzemian to Comet 4. We are in trying times my friends.
01 JUL 2054
Location: Incipere
Personnel: WEF 28 Internal Communicatons
Construction report to follow. Waldeck Marine and Kosinski Naval shipyards have both come online and are beginning construction of second slipway. Coles Naval shipyard has begun a 5000 ton expansion of it’s slipway. End message.
01 JAN 2055
Location: Incipere
Personnel: Victor Komov, C. O. 28th WEF
I think it’s time I sit down and address the goals put forth by the Council and Artorius almost 2 decades ago. The aim was to begin mining operations in the Solar System in 2045, with a trickle of all minerals by 2055. An added goal was to begin populating another body in the system by 2050. So where are we?
We didn’t manage to begin putting facilities on other bodies until 2047. While unfortunate, it was necessary for the proper engine technology for our freighters. That being said, we have 4 mining colonies online. This includes the following approximate annual flow of minerals back to Incipere via mass drivers.
Duranium 1100 tons
Neutronium 75 tons
Corbomite 375 tons
Tritanium 150 tons
Boronide 0 tons
Mercassium 690 tons
Vendarite 75 tons
Sorium 0 tons
Uridium 210 tons
Corundium 690 tons
Gallicite 620 tons
These numbers do not include minerals still being pulled on our home planet Incipere. Of important note, many of these minerals even from these outsourced locations will be drying up in the next 50 to 75 years. This just further emphasizes we MUST look beyond our own solar system for our survival.
Due to there being an estimated state of Emergency due to minerals in the next 100 years if action isn’t taken, inter-system travel has been deemed priority 1. Alongside on a domestic level I’ve ordered half of all civilian non-essential production to be shut down to help conserve the minerals we do have. With an expedited desire to travel to other systems, I have put together a makeshift PDC development program that will be combined with a Home Defense Destroyer fleet. It is our hope that we can have this system deployed within approximately 5 years with a minimum of 1 PDC and 3 destroyers. We will likely have to rely on CIWS for primary point defense, and missiles for primary engagement weapons, though I’m still not pleased with where we stand on technology… but unfortunately time for developing better technology is a luxury we don’t have at the moment. I’ve ordered an emphasize on getting jump tech out there. We are looking into constructing a heavier, solo platform for surveying that will be capable of both Geological and Gravitational surveys, as well as the ability to jump itself and similar sized vessels. This is in line with trying to save minerals in design and hull costs.
01 APR 2055
Location: Incipere
Personnel: WEF 28 Internal Communications
Production message to follow… Construction of spaceport level 1 completed. Beginning next item in que. New items now in que for production are 100 automated mines to be converted from standard mines, 50 ordnance factories and 2000 infrastructure.
01 MAY 2055
Location: Incipere
Personnel: WEF 28 Council
We are happy to announce that we have selected Tell Sung tech as our chosen provider for the development of a 6000 ton military jump drive. We have dispatched a team to immediately begin work on turning their concept into a prototype.
30 AUG 2055
Location: Incipere
Personnel: Victor Komov, C. O. 28th WEF
More news from the front lines of our fight with the future. I had the “Blackpool” deliver 50 automated mines, a mass driver, and all essential personnel to Planet A-V, which has our largest deposit of Duranium at 7 million, with 80% accessibility. We’ve elected Leopoldo Buescher as the Governor there, and hope he will do us proud.
The second slipways have completed on Waldeck and Kosinski Naval shipyards, and I’ve ordered an immediately 5000 ton expansion of all current slipways in preparation for future ship constructions.
The research team recently completed the prototype of the Tell Sung jump drive and our design team has put together the next Survey vessel of the Federation. The survey vessel will be dubbed the “Endeavor” class. It will weigh in at 6100 tons and have the ability to perform both Geological and Gravitational surveys. The jump drive it carries will be capable of 7500 ton jumps. The vessel will be able to travel at 1639km/s and a total range of 104 billion kilometers under power provided by a single 200EP Vorden Dynamics Nuclear Pulse Engine. It has crew accommodations for 120 months with a maintenance life of 5. 5 years. It has a maximum repair estimate of 114 with 1186 maintenance pieces available on board. The contract will be given to the Coles Naval yard; who I’ve instructed to cease their 5000 ton add-on in favor of a quicker continual expansion to get us above 6100 tons.
01 FEB 2056
Location: Incipere
Personnel: WEF 28 Internal Communications
Production message to follow… The addition of a second slipway to the commercial shipyards of Burkes and Rutz has completed, and work on the third slipway for both shipyards has commenced. End message.
01 JUL 2056
Location: Incipere
Personnel: Victor Komov, C. O. 28th WEF
Henry Kemp has just phoned to let me know that he has completed his work on Composite armor, which is good news as it will allow us to shave off another 50 tons or so from the Endeavor design. I’ve set our engineers to make this possible before it hits the shipyard for construction. The Coles Naval yard is nearing completion of it’s expansion and will then begin retooling. We’re expecting to be ready to begin production of the endeavor around February of 2057.
Work has begun on the Beagle class PDC research as well. We do not have all the details worked out yet, but it will be using Size 5 missiles for ASM capability and Size 1 missiles for AMM capability. We’re planning a magazine capacity of 400 initially. More to follow when the information becomes available.
01 AUG 2056
Location: Incipere
Personnel: WEF 28 Internal Communications
Mineral Depletion Alert to follow… the supply of Boronide on Incipere has been depleted. End message.
01 FEB 2057
Location: Incipere
Personnel: WEF Internal Communications
Production message to follow… conversion of 100 mines to automated mines has been completed. Work is beginning on ordnance factories. The Coles Navy shipyard has completed it’s retooling and is commencing construction of 2 Endeavor class vessels, the “Endeavor” and “Granby”. Their estimated completion date is June of 2058. Burkes and Rutz commercial shipyards have added their third slipways and have begun 10000 ton slipway expansion until told to stop. End message.
01 JAN 2058
Location: Incipere
Personnel: WEF 28 Internal Communications
Stockpile alert to follow… Stockpiles of Neutronium continue to fall, this is the 5th year of depleting supplies. Tritanium and Boronide have also had a depletion of stockpile this year. End message.
01 JUL 2058
Location: Incipere
Personnel: Victor Komov, C. O. 28th WEF
We’ve reached the next juncture in our journey. Back in March the the Research team put together the schematics for the entirety of the Beagle class PDC. The unit weighs in at 6 sections for a total of just under 15,000 tons. It has 10 size 5 launchers and 25 size 1 launchers. It carries 375 size 1 missiles and 100 size 5 missiles and is manned by a staff of 390 personnel. The first of these units has been ordered and is expected to enter service at the end of October.
Construction and assembly of the Endeavor and Granby has completed. I’ve ordered both of them into immediate service searching for all possible jump points out of the Minas Tirith system. With the completion of the Endeavor class, it makes the Sharn class all but dead in the water. I’ve ordered the Sharn and the Keen to be scrapped for components, and will have their hulls dedicated to the Lupi History Museum and the other will be put into a park that has been planned focused around veterans. There was discussion of refitting the Sharn class vessels to Endeavor class, but the build cost couldn’t be justified especially with our current shortage of minerals.
26 OCT 2058
Location: Incipere
Personnel: WEF 28 Internal Communications
Jump Point information to follow… the crew of the Endeavor has discovered a jump point 900m kilometers from Incipere. End message.
Production message to follow… Construction and manning of the PDC Beagle has been completed. Beginning work on 5 deep space tracking stations. End Message.
21 AUG 2059
Location: Incipere
Personnel: Victor Komov, C. O. 28th WEF
More updates as we grind through progress. Recently I ordered and watched the completion of several more DST’s so that we have some better home system tracking capabilities should we encounter other life forms in our journeys. Late this spring, Vorden Dynamics began working with our teams on recently completed Ion Drive technology to develop two engines. The first being a 500 ton for military use, and the second being a 2500 ton for civilian use.
Throughout the summer, the Endeavor and the Granby both discovered another jump point, bringing our total in system to 3. These points are 1. 5b and 4. 5b kilometers from Incipere respectively.
With the design of our new engines, our teams have re-envisioned the Blackpool class Freighter and marked it as the Blackpool Mark II. As you know we only developed 1 of the Blackpool class, and it seems she will be the only one. The new design will be able to travel twice as far on the same tank of fuel, out to a range of 66b kilometers with only a 20% reduction in overall speed, clocking in at 900km/s using 5 engines instead of the previous 10. Worton drydock has been given the contract and has begun immediately retooling for the new class. The original Blackpool class is now considered obsolete, and one the retooling of the new shipyard is complete, we will see if the single Blackpool class can be brought to Mk II without too much expense.
02 FEB 2060
Location: Incipere
Personnel: Victor Komov, C. O. 28th WEF
Our mineral stores continue to deplete. We are still waiting on 2 more comets to start their return trip to hopefully secure atleast a trickle of all mineral types, as we still have a few outlying minerals that we have depleted here on Incipere and have no mass drive shipments of.
Our Endeavor class vessels have exhausted their search of the system, finding a total of 3 jump points. Both vessels have been ordered back to Incipere for an overhaul. Once their overhaul is complete the Granby will be put on standby, and the Endeavor will be making her jump into JP1.
Our defense research team will begin designing our destroyer this summer at the finish of a couple last minute technical requests. We’re a little behind with their development but we are making the best of a bad situation.
13 APR 2060
Location: Incipere
Personnel: WEF 28 Internal Communications
Production message to follow… maintenance teams have received your request to develop additional facilities to be able to handle the endeavor class vessels, and will commence immediately. Secondly they will begin work on a 10000 part maintenance supply on the planet to supplement current reserves. End message.
06 SEP 2061
Location: Incipere
Personnel: Victor Komov, C. O. 28th WEF
We’re on the brink of the next step in the great journey of the Lupi race in the name of the Colonies and the Federation. In June of last year, retooling completed for the Blackpool Mk II. Immediately the “Baden” and “Balder” were ordered, and were delivered to us in June of this year. I immediately ordered the ship yard to produce two more of the vessels, that will be named “Baltimore” and “Bantu”.
In March of this year, maintenance teams completed their construction of new facilities and immediately took the Endeavor class vessels in for overhauls, we are expecting them to come out of overhaul within the next couple of months, and then our great venture amongst the stars will take another step forward.
Just yesterday I was informed that the Defense research team had completed their designs of the Gladius class Destroyer. Our first combat vessel will weigh in at 9350 tons. It has an intended deployment time of 24 months for it’s crew of 218 souls. It is powered by 3 Vorden Dynamics 120EP Ion Drives capable of speeds of up to 1925km/s and a range of 27b kilometers. It has a maintenance life of 5. 75 years and an AFR of 139%. It has enough supplies on board to fix 9 maximum level repairs during any given deployment. It boasts 7 layers of composite armor and level 5 alpha shield technology. It is capable of detecting 2500ton vessels at 68m kilometers, and inbound missiles starting at 5m kilometers. It’s armed with 5 size 4 ASM launchers, 2 size 1 AMM launchers, and for last line point defense it carries 2x CIWS 160 systems. While far from something that will lead us to greatness, it should provide some form of home system defense even if it isn’t capable of great range or jump deployment. It should be able to serve us well as homefront defense until technology and mineral reserves improve.
Lastly, I’ve ordered an expansion of all military shipyards. One will go to 20k tons, one to 10k and one to 6k. This will be pricey as far as minerals are concerned but it’s necessary to the future of our people. As soon as the first yard is of adequate size we will begin manufacture of the Gladius class, with an initial order of 3 ships.
02 NOV 2061
Location: Incipere
Personnel: Victor Komov, C. O. 28th WEF
The Granby and Endeavor have both completed their overhauls. The moment of truth is upon us. I’ve ordered the Endeavor to deploy for an immediate transit of unknown JP 1. We pray to the Gods that we find an abundance of minerals and habitable planets, and a lack of enemies, but we will prepare for both. We know jumping at this point is a risk that could expose us with our destroyers not being online yet, and our rather small PDC installation. However, it is a chance and a gamble we must take for the future of the Lupi race.
I’ve ordered the immediate construction of a second Beagle class PDC on Incipere. We may not be able to defend much, but we will give them hell with what we do have. I’ve also ordered that 2000 units of infrastructure be hauled by our new Blackpool Mk II vessels to Planet A-V along with a geological survey team. In light of the fact it will become an officially populated colony, it has been renamed “Androsta”. I’ve ordered the training of our first construction brigade and ground command HQ in preparation for future operations as well.
Lastly, I’ve authorized a 3000 Lupin subsidy of a young company known as Henderson Carrier Co. They are as of yet the only Civilian company interest in space travel, and they will be needed to help ferry supplies, trade goods, and colonists. We hope the subsidy will encourage them to put their first vessels into construction at the drydocks and hopefully they can help us build our first new colony on Androsta.
08 NOV 2061
Location: Minas Tirith, UNK JP 1
Personnel: Endeavor Communications Officer
“Be advised Incipere Command, we are making final jump preparations. Jump drive is spun up and all systems are a go. 5. . 4. . 3. . 2. . 1. . Jump ……… “