Posted by: nuclearslurpee
« on: April 13, 2023, 08:37:50 PM »"Beautiful" is one word for it...
If we are expected to take note of every legion commander with an elaborate name then we will never have time to get anything done.
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I understand we readers are now required to note such names?
Given it appears to have been scant days between Mars running out of vendarite and then the Duratus orbital yards running out, The Lords Admirals had to act alarmingly quickly in declaring the problem not urgent, or it would have been obvious even to them that it was urgent.
Quote from: Darth VaderNooooooooooooooooooooooooo!Let me assure you there was nothing innocuous about that act. And following on from losing LHA Ander and his derangedly optimistic leadership of Logistics Command. Dark times indeed.
Huzzah! I am concerned that Appendix A is described as 'abridged', which is very much missing the point of a Legion Naval Conference, but I await it impatiently nevertheless.
As another update fast approaches, I must confess my tremendous disappointment that no-one among the readership appears to have noticed nor to have taken pleasure in the name of Commandant Damneus Zagreus.If we are expected to take note of every legion commander with an elaborate name then we will never have time to get anything done.
I expect the next update to be in the form of the noted Appendix A, for sake of the update schedule and to give each post its proper spotlight, it is not included with the main post but shall be provided later. I have not yet decided, but I am leaning towards a separate thread for "Appendices" as this seems only natural and fitting.A third thread would be a suitably appropriate act of empire building, so why not?
While some cooler heads objected to this rash and unconscionable throwing-away of resources, these were largely silenced by the majority of Lords eager to return to normal, for a definition of “normal” dated nearly a century in the past.Cooler heads appears to be Legion code for "cowards".
Despite the fact that Lord Captain Catreus only had actual command over a fraction of these assets, the orders ultimately were given without significant undue delay and only minimal spatting over turfI like the cut of Catreus' jib and being named after an ancient snake god is suitably exciting. As I am in need of a new favourite for tragic reasons to be discussed later he will do for now.
Captain Thomas ZelosI understand we readers are now required to note such names?
By 11 August, the reality of the mineral situation could no longer be papered over, as the Martian ground forces construction department reported a complete lack of vendarite
In contrast to previous mineral shortages, however, the Lords Admiral were alarmingly quick to declare this particular bottoming-out as rather less than urgent
By mid-August, the vendarite crisis had reached an intolerable height, dragging to a halt even the freighter construction in the Duratus orbital shipyardsGiven it appears to have been scant days between Mars running out of vendarite and then the Duratus orbital yards running out, The Lords Admirals had to act alarmingly quickly in declaring the problem not urgent, or it would have been obvious even to them that it was urgent.
The morning of 5 June saw another classic Legion tradition once again come into common practice, this being the category of happenstance wherein a seemingly innocuous and well-meaning act of a Lord Admiral leads to vociferous controversy, superfluous debate at exorbitant volume levels, and an elevated probability of fisticuffs.I was worried this tradition had been lost in the anarchy.
In this case, the innocuous act was the retirement of Lord High Admiral Laura Tyrol,
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!Let me assure you there was nothing innocuous about that act. And following on from losing LHA Ander and his derangedly optimistic leadership of Logistics Command. Dark times indeed.
it became clear that the only resolution would be found in some form of Naval Conference to resolve the issue.Huzzah! I am concerned that Appendix A is described as 'abridged', which is very much missing the point of a Legion Naval Conference, but I await it impatiently nevertheless.
as well as the BritCo Light Refreshments Corporation on-site representative for unexplained reasons.A mystery for the ages.
While some took her personal statements claiming that the Lords Grand Admiral in place at the time were clearly not as well-qualified and she could “beat the snot out of them at any place and any time” as evidence of this, others considered such statements to be well within par-for-the-course for any member of the Lords Admiralty.Why can't both be true? . In any event, good to see that she went out (verbally) fighting.
I am disappointed by the lack of a multi-part colonisation conference where the various Admiralty factions childishly squabble discuss this and make a decision.
I do hope this engine name is deliberate.
I am growing to like LHA Tyrol, that is entirely the correct response.
Yes, ill-advised over-expansion done with a still crippled industrial base leading to a war fought with a handful of irreplaceable Lost Tech ships and no prospect of even second rate reinforcements due to an ongoing mineral shortage. Who could possibly object to this plan?
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why the crucial task of ensuring colonial safety was only being performed after colonization had begun.Are you suggesting that colonists actually need safety? Such cowardliness is unbecoming a true Legion colonist.
though the eagerness of the crews to do the same was perhaps not quite so effervescent.The potentially very dangerous exploration will continue until morale improves.
Naturally, this required selection of a suitable body for colonization, a task made rather complicated by the lack of suitable bodies for colonization.I am disappointed by the lack of a multi-part colonisation conference where the various Admiralty factions
Ultimately, as the astute student of the Legion might well expect, the choice was made in favor of the riskier, but potentially far more rapid, option.It is good to see standards being maintained.
and inertia as with most laws of physics would certainly not stop the Lords Admiral from doing as they liked.It won't stop them issuing whatever orders they like certainly and that is basically the same as doing whatever they like.
To the casual observer, the Xanadu-class survey frigates were merely a pale imitation of the famous Ars Magica classes
Hyperion Drive Yards HR-225 Deep Space Engine 'Eidolon'I do hope this engine name is deliberate.
much to Lord High Admiral Tyrol’s mild annoyance.I am growing to like LHA Tyrol, that is entirely the correct response.
As this particular mission had been a great success, in the sense that it had effectively proven that Barnard’s Star was unlikely to be threatened by any nearby carnivorous aliens,That is one definition of success. But perhaps not one that most of the Legion would share, or indeed the readership.
y this time, some in the Legion high command were arguing for a reduction of survey efforts, given that any further discoveries would not be exploitable anytime soon, and thus there was only risk to be found in the form of accidentally alerting an alien species to the existence of the LegionCowards.
Naturally, others among the Lords Admiralty were eager to tolerate this risk as the natural consequences of taking such a risk could be considered very much tolerableYes, ill-advised over-expansion done with a still crippled industrial base leading to a war fought with a handful of irreplaceable Lost Tech ships and no prospect of even second rate reinforcements due to an ongoing mineral shortage. Who could possibly object to this plan?
There are only 11 TN minerals and yet that is still clearly at least one too many for the Lords Admiralty to keep track of. It is reassuring that so little has changed inside the Legion over the decades.
I don't want Lord Admirals with hope, I want them deranged with blood thirsty dreams of driving even close to the enemy so they can shoot them in the face at point blank.
Let us hope this is a brief interlude of economic concerns and that normal service is soon resumed.
Or that instead this work goes full on macrosocio-economic with the Lords Admirals being over-thrown by the Lords Actuary, a group devoted to building an economically efficient empire with a few military types scrabbling for scraps. It would be a bold change in direction but one I think the world deserves to see.
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Frankly, no one had been paying attention to the stockpiles of what was usually a tertiary mineral, until now perhaps half of the Lords Admiral had not even known the word “corbomite” in all honesty.There are only 11 TN minerals and yet that is still clearly at least one too many for the Lords Admiralty to keep track of. It is reassuring that so little has changed inside the Legion over the decades.
The question of whether heads ought to roll over this was a popular subject of discussion both inside and outside of the Legion high command offices.There is only one correct Legion approved answer to this question, I only hope it was reached.
Thus ended the year 4101, with the Legion looking outwards with hope and anticipationI don't want Lord Admirals with hope, I want them deranged with blood thirsty dreams of driving even close to the enemy so they can shoot them in the face at point blank.
Let us all take a moment of silence as we remember the poor suffering people of Alpha Centauri-B II, forced to live so many decades with no light refreshments to punctuate their fraught existence. Truly a tragedy on a scale never before seen in history. As for the instigators of this tragedy, well, they shall remain the subject of reckless speculation for now...You see tragedy I see an untapped market.
-BritCoTheThird Rep
The clear implication being that if relief had arrived in 90 days and not 90 years then the actions of the 19th Mechanized and colonists would have reverted back to being cowardly and unbecoming.
Legion ship naming remains a source of joy and delight. The Seahammer in particular is a classic, it's an item that sounds impressive and violent but would be deeply disappointing in reality due to some pesky physics that none of the Lords Admiralty would know or care about.
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Even so, no one seriously considered calling off the survey before it was completed, as even in spite of the dreadful economic situation of the moment Lord High Admiral Laura Tyrol had no intention of setting a precedent that her command should ever be subject to the whims of such a banal force as economics.At least some standards are being maintained in the Legion
In his concluding remarks, Captain Zelos noted that while the retreat actions of the 19th Mechanized and the colonists under their protection were perhaps cowardly and unbecoming, such actions had ultimately preserved a small fraction of the colonists, and in any case the bravery and hardiness of the remnant colonists was certainly as much as any citizen of the Legion could aspire to.The clear implication being that if relief had arrived in 90 days and not 90 years then the actions of the 19th Mechanized and colonists would have reverted back to being cowardly and unbecoming.
For once in Legion history, economic necessities came before military desires, though many were left to wonder if “for once” would in fact also be “for all time”.The third worst thing to ever happen to the Legion, the second being the Collapse and the first being the current ongoing lack of light refreshments.
Let us all take a moment of silence as we remember the poor suffering people of Alpha Centauri-B II, forced to live so many decades with no light refreshments to punctuate their fraught existence. Truly a tragedy on a scale never before seen in history. As for the instigators of this tragedy, well, they shall remain the subject of reckless speculation for now...You see tragedy I see an untapped market.
Would you consider changing the name of the Comments Thread to something like "Duranium Legion II Comments Thread" to make it stand out on the "recent" section of the front page? While this is the only Comments Thread that lives in my heart, many other comment threads live on the forum.