[ooc]Pretty much another dull 6 months as things proceed.[/ooc]
AD 2281 (January to May) Getting the System Running Smoothly
The last six months were dull unless you were in a logistics position then they were periodically chaotic. BIC, BuSurvey and the NC Navy were all working on one issue. How to support extra-solar activities? With two fuel harvesting groups in Alpha Centauri and four in AD Leonis refueling was now possible, but scheduling and the details of ensuring farms had fuel to feed thirsty ships still was something that needed practical experience to wear down the rough edges.
The survey mission of the 1st Geosurvey team continues with Juno not having any additional reserves of TN minearals. The team moves to the asteroid Hestia arriving on April 13.
BIC also faces a serious issue on where to put their next colony. Gliese 408 was the planned location but the system lacks duranium, a fact that is vastly frustrating given how easily terraformable the world will be. It is also becoming apparent that before starting on the next target in Alpha Centauri Faewald must be made self sufficient in infrastructure, or at the very least it has to be able to make it faster than the population grows.
Industrial Efforts Earth, Sol
Primary Industrial Tasks
2281 (February 25) A new Terraforming Installation for mars finishes construction
2281 (March 25) A further two Maintenance Facilities are built
2281 (May 20) Two Deep Space Tracking Stations are launched into Orbit.
2281 (June 50) The final Maintenance Facility of this run enters operation (ships of 7000 tons can be maintained) and the refit of PDC Fort Goose Green starts
Secondary Industrial Tasks
2281 (January 20) Construction of Infrastructure for BIC is done
2281 (April 25) A new Fuel Refinery is completed
2281 (June 5) More Infrastructure for BIC is finished and conversion of an older Mine to teleoperated/robotic control begins
Missiles and Fighters
2281 (January 15) Construction of 600 Hawk IIB Counter Missiles completed
2281 (February 20) Construction of 46 Javelin IIIA Anti-ship Missiles completed and work on a further 600 Hawk IIB Counter Missiles begins
2281 (May 20) Fairmile B2(EW) 017 is completed
Civillian Operations Sol
2281 (May 30) The civilian mining colony on Van Biesbroeck has been expanded to 5 civilian mining complexes
Civillian Yard: Robert Napier and Son's Ltd., Sol
2281 (January 15) Loch (Loch (HP) class) finishes refit and as its crew has completed R&R sets off for Alpha Centauri to rejoin the other two ships of FHG I.
Naval Yard: Deschimag A.G. Weser
2281 (April 20) A second slipway is added to the yard, the third and final one starts being constructed and the Tribal class destroyer Comanche is laid down.
Naval Yard: Victorias-Esquimalt Graving Yard, Sol
2281 (May 15) Purple Violet (Flower class) and Lake Superiour (Lake class) finish construction
Northern Coalition Army
2281 (January 9) The Martian Peacekeeper Detachment completes training and embarks on the TT Ceylon for Mars arriving on the 20th. The Venusian peacekeeper recruits start their training immediately after the Martian Peacekeepers have cleared the base.
BIC Operations in Alpha Centauri
Faewald's factories continue to churn out construction materials to expand the colony but continually lag behind the demand. Still they deliever on a two weekly basis and over the first 6 months of the year produce enough materials for slightly over 30,000 people [ooc]Infrastructure x10[/ooc]. ICG III, which was fully loaded with materials for colony expansion arrives on February 11 and then departs with its holds loaded with minerals and its fuel tanks topped up on the 5th of March. At the start of June the farm contains 167K fuel but as ICG I is still 93 days away from Faewald there is time yet to harvest more fuel.
BIC Operations in AD Leonis
Forge continues to service the 4 fuel harvesting groups present in the system. However, since all the FHG's arrive from Sol requiring shore leave and most often with almost empty tanks the overall situation is chaotic as fuel is transfered to the farm to meet the navy's immediate needs as necessary. The good news is that it is clear the system is working it is now a case of working the bugs out and getting the various FHGs into a regular delivery scheduel. The farm currently holds 565K fuel but 3rd Squadron will likely use a good part of that refueling for the journey to Earth.
Survey Operations in Gliese 382
The Navy's 3rd Squadron arrives in system on the 16th of January and IS III joins them on the 26th of that month. Scout is dispached to do a swing by probe of all worlds and Thor Hyerdahl waits for the inital results before proceeding to do surveys of the nearby dwarf planet (planet VII) and two of the gravitational survey locations before proceeding to start the survey of the gas giant planet VI and its 20 moons. Scout will once it has confirmed the lack of alien presence start the survey at planet II and then move outward. Planet I is a terrestrial world whose 1.92 G gravitational field has trapped a nearly pure CO2 atmosphere of 135 atmospheres. Planet II is the terrestrial near earth: gravity 0.8G, a nearly breathable atmosphere 0.19 Atm (N2 81%, O2 19%), surface temperature: -30°C, and with the presence of extensive water ice sheets. The planet it tidelocked to the red dwarf star with an extreme axial tilt of 75°. Planets 3 and 4 are dwarf planets while planet V is a gas giant with 23 moons. There are also 94 asteroids in a pair of belts. The first belt lies between planet I and II and the second between planet II and III.
The 2nd Squadron arrives in system on the 29th of May and relieves the 3rd squadron who will start back towards Earth on the 5th of June. When it arrives it will dispatch IS IV to relieve IS III plus the two grav survey missions who can complete the survey of Gliese 382 for further jump points.
2281 (March 26) Minerals Discovered on Gliese 382-A II: Duranium 25,862,430 (0.2) Corbomite 33,246,760 (0.1) Vendarite 6,461,764 (0.1) Corundium 9,998,244 (0.1)
2281 (April 12) Minerals Discovered on Gliese 382-A I: Duran 11,101,470 (0.3) Corb 467,856 (0.1) Merc 3,055,504 (0.5) Vend 7,075,600 (0.1) Sorium 47,831,060 (0.1) Urid 283,024 (0.1) Corun 31,629,380 (0.5) Gall 29,116,820 (0.1)
2281 (April 19) Minerals Discovered on Gliese 382-A VI - Moon 6: Tritanium 207 (1) Sorium 992 (1)
2281 (April 26) Minerals Discovered on Gliese 382-A VI - Moon 15: Tritanium 3,387 (1) Boronide 324 (1)
2281 (May 2) Minerals Discovered on Gliese 382-A VI - Moon 19: Mercassium 3,504,384 (0.1) Gallicite 6,360,484 (0.1)
2281 (May 3) Minerals Discovered on Gliese 382-A V: Sorium 68,000 (1)
2281 (May 7) Minerals Discovered on Gliese 382-A V - Moon 2: Duranium 1,451,808 (0.8 ) Corundium 5,184 (0.7)
2281 (May 8 ) Minerals Discovered on Gliese 382-A V - Moon 5: Corbomite 272 (1)
2281 (May 13) Minerals Discovered on Gliese 382-A V - Moon 18: Neutronium 864 (1)
2281 (May 15) Minerals Discovered on Gliese 382-A V - Moon 19: Vendarite 2,427,364 (0.5)
2281 (May 15) Minerals Discovered on Gliese 382-A V - Moon 20: Corbomite 784 (1) Uridium 615 (1)
2281 (May 29) Minerals Discovered on Gliese 382-A Asteroid #75: Neut 1,362 (1) Corb 5,446 (1) Trit 2,107 (1) Boron 3,528 (1) Vend 729 (1) Sorium 6,561 (1) Urid 3,318 (1)