<United Earth Council Report>
(2367/68)
Project Excalibur is a top secret design project ordered in 2355 by the UNSC, its purpose to design a viable long range strike fighter craft capable of engaging targets up to 150mkm with enough firepower to destroy frigate sized vessels of the day when deployed in squadrons. The fighter was slated for the planned CVX carrier design that would replace the existing Trafalgar class carrier in the 2370s, the result of Excalibur would be the F-62 Gladius Strike-Fighter, the largest ever vessel with such a designation planned for deployment in squadrons of six for both offensive and defensive roles thanks to missile and coilgun armament.
Despite the impressive capability of the Gladius the costs associated with planned deployment of both the fighter itself and the carriers to utilize them is seen as exorbitant, and it is unlikely that the Gladius if fielded will be seen in large numbers and the planned CVX which has seen designs estimated in the 75,000-125,000t range included is unlikely to see the light of day, forcing any Gladius fighters to be incorporated on existing Trafalgar class carriers.
"It is of great fortune that those who wielded such power are echos of the past, for if they still held such overwhelming might over the stars then at any moment our species could become less than an echo"
(Credit: Unknown Scientist, New Jerusalem, 2368)
The Discovery of New Jerusalem following the exploration of Ruins on Reach by ONI catapulted the organisation to the greatest level of importance since the unification of humanity, new powers were authorised and all evidence of alien life was hidden. Despite this secrecy ONI was ordered to continue researching the alien constructs, on New Jerusalem weapons of great power were discovered far outstripping any capability held by humanity, ONI believes the planet acted as some kind of testing ground for weapons. The significance of the discovery was stunted by the advanced level of technology found, simply speaking it would take decades or more before it could be reverse engineered and fully understood especially with current funding levels and the requirement for top level secrecy.
General Report - 2367/8
(January - December)
April:
April - 15th The Ammunition Transport CAA Sunderland finishes construction
April - 24th Colonists land on New Jerusalem for the first time, ONI ensures alien technology is quarantined and study begins.
May:
May - 22nd The System of Eridanus is discovered
Eridanus
Stars: Unary (M0-V)
Planets: 0 (M0-V)
Moons: N/A
Asteroids: N/A
Habitable worlds: N/A
Potential: N/A
May - 30th The CAA Jima Odyssey class colony ship is commissione don Earth
June:
June - 29th Breakthroughs in construction methods lead to a boom in the manufacturing sector (construction BP12)
July:
July - 29th The colony of Concord is founded in the Aleria system
August:
August - 23rd The system of Epsilon Indi is discovered
26 Draconis
Stars: Trinary (D5-VII), (L0-VII), (L9-VII)
Planets: N/A
Moons: N/A
Asteroids: N/A
Habitable worlds: N/A
Potential: N/A
October:
October - 28th The CMA Do you feel lucky?, Euphrates, Pony express and Heart of Midlothian class corvettes are commissioned and deployed to the outer colonies
2368
January:
January - 8th New Jerusalem is connected to the stabilised Slip-Space network
March:
March - 7th Reach hits a new milestone of 50 million people, 87 Million people now live in the Epsilon Eridani system
March - 12th The F-62 Gladius Strikefighter is unveiled to the public
April:
April - 16th The Survey ships CAA John Frederick Heard and Simon Marius are commissioned on Earth
May:
May - 10th The 5th CMA Army Corps is deployed to Aleria, Charybdis and CE-2-1239 for garrison duty
May - 17th New mining techniques increase ore production by 25% across the sector (Mining rate 14)
May - 27th - the System of Escala is discovered
Escala
Stars: Unary (A6-V)
Planets: 3 (A6-V)
Moons:1 (Escala-II)
Asteroids: N/A
Habitable worlds: 2/3 (Potentially 3)
Potential: High (Terraformable worlds, High amount of Minerals)
Minerals:
Escala I
Duranium 7,076,322 Acc 0.4
Corbomite 10,458,756 Acc 0.7
Mercassium 3,059,001 Acc 0.1
Vendarite 1,830,609 Acc 0.1
Sorium 3,294,225 Acc 0.1
Uridium 6,125,625 Acc 0.1
Gallicite 6,456,681 Acc 0.5
Escala II
Tritanium 4,410,000 Acc 0.1
Vendarite 129,600 Acc 0.1
Uridium 10,112,400 Acc 0.6
Escala III
Duranium 48,807,200 Acc 0.1
Neutronium 31,629,376 Acc 0.1
Corbomite 16,224,784 Acc 0.5
Tritanium 15,618,304 Acc 0.1
Mercassium 54,346,384 Acc 0.1
Vendarite 8,785,296 Acc 0.1
Sorium 47,831,056 Acc 0.1
Uridium 29,116,816 Acc 0.1
Corundium 6,290,064 Acc 0.8
Gallicite 3,055,504 Acc 0.1
Comet #1
Neutronium 32,387 Acc 0.9
Sorium 100,052 Acc 0.8
June:
June - 13th/30th The systems of Groombridge 1830 and 3000 are discovered
July:
July - 2nd The system of Beta Hydri is discovered
July - 10th The newly commissioned Corvettes Euphrates, Do you feel lucky, and Pony express are deployed to 23 Librae, 26 Draconis and Charybdis
August:
August - 23rd The system of 18 Scorpii is discovered
Escala
Stars: Unary (G3-V)
Planets: 9 (G3-V)
Moons: 35 (G3-V)
Asteroids: N/A
Habitable worlds: 2 (Scorpii-IV, Scorpii-V)
Potential: High (Terraformable worlds, High amount of Minerals)
Minerals:
18 Scorpii II
Sorium 11,778,300 Acc 0.4
18 Scorpii III
Neutronium 21,233,664 Acc 0.1
Corbomite 8,294,400 Acc 0.1
Mercassium 57,517,056 Acc 0.2
Uridium 54,641,664 Acc 0.1
Corundium 25,887,744 Acc 0.1
Gallicite 37,748,736 Acc 1
18 Scorpii IV
Duranium 6,465,608 Acc 0.7
Neutronium 272,484 Acc 0.7
Tritanium 7,431,076 Acc 0.1
Mercassium 1,345,600 Acc 0.5
Vendarite 3,027,600 Acc 0.6
Uridium 3,553,225 Acc 0.5
Gallicite 972,196 Acc 0.4
18 Scorpii V
Duranium 12,340,512 Acc 0.8
Neutronium 3,912,484 Acc 0.4
Gallicite 1,779,556 Acc 1
18 Scorpii IX
Duranium 720,000 Acc 0.1
Vendarite 65,610,000 Acc 0.1
18 Scorpii VI - Moon 8
Neutronium 841 Acc 1
18 Scorpii VI - Moon 26
Duranium 10,672,200 Acc 0.8
Corbomite 7,617,600 Acc 0.4
Sorium 5,336,100 Acc 0.1
November:
November - 2nd The system of 51 Pegasi is Discovered
End of United Earth Council Report - 2367/8-Chairman Ellaine Durant
OOC: Been a while but am back, to give an update where I am in the campaign the year is 2372, heres a map of the galaxy and all ships so you guys can keep up on a mechanics basis, again the covenant are out there somewhere, and if you dont know the purpose of this campaign is to expand as quickly and as much as possible to simulate the Domus Diaspora in halo lore and all the difficulties that will come with that, once I reach a certain size I will also enable raiders as "pirates"/insurrectionists
23 Librae
1x CT Fifth Winter: CMA Euphrates
1x FT Banker Large F4
1x STB Musashi
1x SPT Cascadia
26 Draconis
1x SV Magellan: CAA U.E.S Carl Sagan
1x CT Fifth Winter: CMA Do You Feel Lucky?
2x SC Epoch
1x MTT Grafton
2x FT Banker Huge F4
51 Pegasi
1x STB Musashi
Algol
1x SV Magellan: U.E.S Frank Drake
Bhaakto
5x SV Magellan: CAA Anton Staus, CAA Thomas Gold, U.E.S Jane Luu, U.E.S John Frederick Heard, U.E.S Simon Marius
2x SC Epoch
1x MTT Grafton
Cassidy-Cybele
1x SV Magellan: CAA Francis Baily
2x SC Epoch
1x MTT Grafton
CE-2-1239
1x CT Fifth Winter: CMA The Heart of Midlothian
5x FT Banker Huge F4
1x CS Banker Huge C4
1x CS Banker Large C4
1x CS Odyssey
1x SPT Cascadia
Charybdis
1x CT Fifth Winter: CMA Pony Express
Chi Ceti
1x CS Odyssey
1x FT Banker Small F4
Elduros
1x CS Odyssey
Epsilon Eridani
1x FF Punic: CMA Pioneer
2x CT Fifth Winter: CMA Atlas, CMA Weeping Willows
1x SC Epoch
2x SL Banker Large L4
1x CS Banker Large C4
3x FT Banker Small F4
2x CS Banker Small C4
Eridanus
1x SV Magellan: CAA Pierre Puiseux
Escala
1x FT Banker Huge F4
Groombridge 1830
1x STB Musashi
New Jerusalem
3x TT Orion (T)
1x FT Banker Large F4
1x CS Odyssey
Sol
2x FFH Burlington (UNSC): UNSC Paris, UNSC Tharsis
1x CV Trafalgar: CMA Persian Gate
1x CV Trafalgar (UNSC): UNSC Trafalgar
2x FF Punic (UNSC): UNSC Chalons, UNSC Ready or Not
9x FF Punic: CMA Port Stanley, CMA Strident, CMA Two for Flinching, UNSC Calcutta, UNSC Daedalus, UNSC Euphrates, UNSC Hannibal, UNSC Meriwether Lewis, UNSC Persephone
1x SV Magellan: CAA Stephen Hawking
16x CT Fifth Winter (UNSC): UNSC All Under Heaven, UNSC Atlas, UNSC Chares, UNSC Chevalier, UNSC Constantinople, UNSC Dawn Under Heaven, UNSC Dresden, UNSC Epoch, UNSC Fifth Winter, UNSC Magellan, UNSC Musashi, UNSC Orion, UNSC Poseidon, UNSC Punic, UNSC Stalingrad, UNSC Trafalgar
6x CT Fifth Winter: CMA Chares, CMA Endeavor, CMA Leviathan, CMA Midsummer Night, CMA Say My Name, CMA Sparrow
36x FTR F-44 Chares
13x SC Epoch
1x MTT Grafton
8x FT Banker Huge F4
4x TT Orion (T)
14x FT Orion
1x AMT All Under Heaven
16x CS Banker Huge C4
13x FHS Constantinople
21x OMP Chevalier
3x TG Poseidon
4x FH Banker H4
7x SL Banker Large L4
3x CS Odyssey
2x STB Musashi
1x SL Banker L4
2x CS Banker Small C4
2x RB Anchorage
14x TK Meriwether Lewis
9x AMT Brasidas
6x SPT Cascadia
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