Campaign Background

[Garfunkel]

My fingers are itching for an update... 

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

My fingers are itching for an update... 

Probably tomorrow. I have played to the point where everyone has converted their industry, built their first ground forces and started building ships. One house even has nine shipyards now. Another house was crippled early on by having only a single scientist who could manage 5 research labs, while everyone else was using 16. Took a long time to get a second scientist and that one could also only manage 5 labs too

[BlckKnght]

Another house was crippled early on by having only a single scientist who could manage 5 research labs, while everyone else was using 16.  Took a long time to get a second scientist and that one could also only manage 5 labs too

Any chance of "fixing" that issue in some way? I abandoned my most recent Conventional Start game when my only scientist died about 8 years into the game (I had 6 Military Academies at that point, but they only produced useless officers).

The obvious fix would be to allow labs to run research with no scientist leading the project.  If even a 0% bonus (or wrong disciplined) scientist should be considered a big benefit, maybe working with no high level supervision should give the labs a -25% or -50% penalty or something?

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

Another house was crippled early on by having only a single scientist who could manage 5 research labs, while everyone else was using 16.  Took a long time to get a second scientist and that one could also only manage 5 labs too

Any chance of "fixing" that issue in some way? I abandoned my most recent Conventional Start game when my only scientist died about 8 years into the game (I had 6 Military Academies at that point, but they only produced useless officers).

The obvious fix would be to allow labs to run research with no scientist leading the project.  If even a 0% bonus (or wrong disciplined) scientist should be considered a big benefit, maybe working with no high level supervision should give the labs a -25% or -50% penalty or something?

I'll add an option for the SM to add scientists or other commanders.

[Vivalas]

Rooting for France and the space Templars.

[the obelisk]

Did the old imperial family of Japan all die post-WWIII?  My understanding is that Japan's imperial family has (or at least is claimed to have?) an unbroken line of succession dating back to Japan's first emperor, or something to that effect.

[Father Tim]

I'll add an option for the SM to add scientists or other commanders.

I remember both an 'Add Officer' and a 'Redo Officers' (which took a number of years as an argument) button available in SM Mode in VB Aurora.  I've certainly used both to deal with otherwise crippling RNG results (and the seemingly inevitable Convetnional Start problem of 90% of fleet officers not having a command for the first five-to-ten years of the campaign and therefore being deemed "excess to requirements" and let go right before my first round of vessels finish building).

[Bremen]

Did the old imperial family of Japan all die post-WWIII?  My understanding is that Japan's imperial family has (or at least is claimed to have?) an unbroken line of succession dating back to Japan's first emperor, or something to that effect.

The truth is... it's complicated, and I understand there's a lot of pressure for academics to not look too closely at those claims.

However, it probably wouldn't be hard for an upcoming new leader to reveal (real or fake) claims that he has some relation to the imperial line. They have offshoots just like anyone else.