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New Cold War / Cold War: Month 220 Alliance Update
« Last post by Kurt on December 21, 2022, 06:09:52 PM »Alliance Update, Month 220
Total Income: 233,904 MCr’s
Total Upkeep: 93,551 MCr’s (40%)
Alliance 1st Fleet (Rehorish Home Fleet)
1xSD, 2xCV, 6xBC, 2xCA, 2xCVE, 2xCTV, 123xF1, 12xF0
Detached Units: 2xBC, 6xCA, 3xCL, 4xDD, 5xCVE, 2xCTS, 10xCTV, 111xF1, 24xF0 (Guarding Allied worlds)
Alliance 2nd Fleet (Liawak System, Lothari Front)
12xBBA, 11xCV, 24xBC, 2xCVL, 16xCA, 6xCVS, 3xCL, 8xDD, 35xCVE, 29xCTV, 345xF0, 918xF1
Alliance 3rd Fleet (Aurarii Home System, Aurarii Peacekeeping)
3xBC, 3xCVS, 3xCL, 11xCVE, 6xDDE, 21xCTV, 60xF0, 306xF1
Alliance 5th Fleet (T’Pau Home Fleet)
T’Pau System: 3xCA, 9xCVE, 9xCTV, 189xF1
D’Bringi System: 6xCA, 11xCVE, 9xCTV, 219xF1
Alliance 6th Fleet
Thoen System, Lothari Front: 12xBC, 1xCVL, 9xCL, 1xCVS, 4xDD, 14xCVE, 10xCTV, 5xCT(Pinnace), 72xF0, 252xF1, 20xPinnace
Villiers System: 6xBC, 9xCA, 3xCL, 7xDD, 3xCVE, 45xF0
7th Fleet (Thoen System, Lothari Front)
7xBC, 5xCA, 3xCVL, 3xCVS, 6xCL, 3xCVE, 3xDD, 5xCVE, 7xCTV, 159xF0, 183xF1
Detached on Patrol or Guard Duties
6xCA, 6xCL, 18xDD, 11xCVE, 10xCTV, 24xF0, 201xF1
Units Captured from Aurarii – en route to shipyards at Kumamoto
2xML
Reinforcements
En Route to the Liawak System: 2xCVL, 3xDD, 60xF1
En route to the Thoen System: 4xCVE, 1xCTV, 66xF1
Under construction:
8xSD, 16xBC, 8xDD, 7xBS4, 6xBS3, 120xF1
Repairs
5xBC, 1xCA
Refitting
3xBB, 7xBC, 2xCA, 5xDD
The Alliance is completely restored at this point, with all colonies brought back into contact with the Core and accepting the authority of the Alliance Council, and all foreign troops that had occupied Alliance colonies either expelled or destroyed. The Alliance Council has been restored as well, with a D’Bringi interim representative until Skull-Splitter can return from prosecuting the war against the Lothari.
The D’Bringi Home World is still recovering from the recent unrest. At Skull-Splitter’s orders, the ringleaders of the rebellion have been arrested and are awaiting trial, along with everyone who served the Empire and broke the existing law while doing so. The bulk of the Empire’s most virulent supporters who have not been charged with a crime have been ‘encouraged’ to join a massive colonization program aimed at increasing the hostile environment colonies in the Chruqua Nexus, fulfilling a recent Alliance program of increasing that critical system’s output to help support the defenses and fleet installations that are being built there. By the end of month 220, the population of the Chruqua Nexus has been increased to just over fifty million, mostly D’Bringi who are either eagerly seeking work, or who have been discouraged from remaining in the home system.
The war with the Aurarii has been successfully resolved, with the Aurarii agreeing to pay reparations to the Doraz, and to free their Norn neighbors, in exchange for an Alliance pledge to guarantee the security of their home planet. To this end, the Alliance 3rd Fleet is stationed in the Aurarii home system, and will remain indefinitely. The 3rd Fleet has attempted to establish contact with the newly freed Norn state, however, the Norns have been prickly and negotiations have been slow moving. The Doraz, who had much difficulty establishing contact with the Aurarii, have had much more success in establishing contact with the Norn, and have been making better progress towards that end than the Alliance, perhaps because the Norn perceive the large Alliance fleet in their system as a potential threat.
The collapse of the Aurarii leaves the Kingdom of Lothar as the last state in open war with the Alliance. The Alliance has been building up strength to launch an assault on the genocidal Lothari, however, the Lothari willingness to fight and their advanced technology have made advances difficult. Skull Splitter’s 2nd Fleet, the core of which is made up of former Imperial D’Bringi ships, is now the most powerful fleet in the Alliance, but Skull Splitter has been waiting on the defensive for reinforcements to arrive and for the older ships in his fleet to be refitted to modern standards. He has done this in spite of intense pressure from the interior of the Alliance to strike a decisive blow and finish this war as soon as possible. His decision to wait was largely made because of the destruction of the last Alliance fleet that approached the Lothari system. Skull Splitter is a wily old warrior, and has no wish to rush into another ill-fated battle with the evil Lothari before he is entirely ready. Unfortunately, four of the most heavily damaged battlecruisers will not be out of the yards for another two months, and it is not clear if Skull-Splitter can delay that long, especially given the fact that they are all older designs that would then need to be refitted to be more effective. Skull Splitter currently plans to advance through the Herzberg system to the warp point to the Lothari home system next month, and then assault the warp point in the following month, after all his crews have finished shaking down from the extensive repairs and refits that many of his fleet units have undergone.
The Alliance is divided on what approach to take with the Lothari when the 2nd Fleet finally breaches their defenses. There is a strong current of anger in the Alliance against the Lothari both for the way they treated the civilians on the planets that surrendered to them, along with the merciless way they have prosecuted their war, which was obviously doomed from the start. The fact that the Lothari apparently believe that they can go back to the way things were before the conflict started without paying a price for their genocidal actions has not helped their cause. The T’Pau are firmly in favor of bombarding the Lothari home planet until they surrender as an abject lesson to those that would engage in such behavior. The D’Bringi are supporting the T’Pau, perhaps out of a desire to show their loyalty to the Alliance in the aftermath of their civil war, while the Rehorish are reluctant to take such a step without first exhausting all other options. There is some belief in the upper reaches of the Alliance government that Skull-Splitter is delaying his entry into the Lothari system to give the Alliance time to come to a consensus on their approach to the Lothari. To date no such consensus has emerged.
In the aftermath of the D’Bringi civil war, it has become clear to the Alliance Council that the Alliance will have to become much more involved in the affairs of its associate members. The Alliance’s hands off policy allowed the rebel D’Bringi to take advantage of the relative isolation of the Chirq, which led to the invasion and conquest of their home planet by a race from outside the Alliance and influenced by the rebel D’Bringi. Therefore, once the Lothari conflict is over, the Alliance will be stationing significant squadrons in each of the associate member’s home systems, as a defensive force for that race and an assurance that the Alliance will come to their aid. In addition, the Alliance will establish a multi-national fleet in the Chruqua Nexus, and will require every associate member to provide forces to be stationed there as a reaction force capable of responding to any threat faced by any member. The forces sent to this reaction force will be dependent on the size of the navy involved, and will likely be smaller than the forces the Alliance sends to garrison their home systems, meaning that the associate members will actually be gaining in security by sending ships to the multi-national force. This plan is currently being fine-tuned by the Council, which is in close contact with the associate members. It is unclear when it will be implemented given the ongoing actions against the Lothari.
Associate Alliance Members
Aurarii Republic
Total Income: 24,170 MCr’s
Total Upkeep: 11,453 MCr’s (47%)
Fleet: 2xSD, 3xBB, 1xCV, 5xCVL, 10xCL, 150xF1
Under Construction: 3xML, 1xSD
The restored Aurarii Republic has been steadily downsizing their fleet since their peace treaty with the Alliance. Three monitors, three superdreadnoughts, two carriers, seven light carriers, and six light cruisers have all gone into mothballs, a necessity now that the Republic can no longer count on resources taken from the conquered Norn Regime to pay for its fleet. It is likely that most of the four capital ships currently under construction will go into mothballs as well.
The newly re-established Republic, with the Emperor as a constitutional monarch, is very interested in exploring a closer relationship with the Alliance. Given the fact that they have no outlet for growth, and war failed to obtain access to open and unexplored warp points, full membership in the Alliance is literally their only route forward towards future expansion.
Bir Meritocracy
Total Income: 1,890 MCr’s
Total Upkeep: 444 MCr’s (16%)
The Bir have reached HT-2 and are researching various systems available at that level, with Alliance assistance. They have constructed five orbital shipyards, and are currently building five BS2’s as orbital defense stations for their home world. The Bir have no navy as of yet, but have fielded a survey group of explorer class craft. The Bir have taken no position on the Lothari conflict. The fighting is far from their home system and, as they have no navy, they strongly feel that the eventual fate of the Lothari are not their business.
Chirq Cooperative
Total Income: 10,314 MCr’s
Upkeep: 1657 MCr’s (16%)
Fleet: 4xDD, 8xCT, 2xES
The Chirq have fully recovered from the Khozun invasion and occupation of their home world, and have reached HT-4, with Alliance assistance. The Chirq currently have ten orbital shipyards and are building an extensive orbital defense network, along with defenses for the warp points in their system. Although basically a peaceful race, the Chirq have no desire to be conquered again, and are building up their defenses and their navy as fast as they can. In addition to building up their defenses, the Chirq have a survey fleet which is kept busy surveying the nearby systems, and they have established colonies in five of those systems, although none of the colonies have larger than a small population.
Having recently suffered through the invasion and occupation of their home world, the Chirq are supporting the Rehorish, who rescued them, in their stance on the Lothari question. Like the Rehorish, the Chirq feel that the Lothari should be forced to surrender and that their society should be restructured to prevent anything like this happening again.
Doraz Contingency
Total Income: 33,736 MCr’s
Total Upkeep: 6,722 MCr’s (20%)
Fleet: 1xML, 3xBC, 5xCA, 9xCVE(proto), 2xDD, 33xCT
Refitting: 1xML
Construction: 9xBS2
The Doraz were fortunate to have avoided invasion during the recent war with the Aurarii, but did manage to lose most of their fleet during the conflict. They have recently reached HT-8 and are researching the various systems available at that level.
The Doraz are gratified that the Alliance and the Torqual sent strong fleets to help defend their home system and push the Aurarii back, but were disappointed when the Aurarii managed to negotiate a peaceful end to the war. The Doraz leadership had hoped to take the lead in occupying the Aurarii system, but had no recourse when the Aurarii began negotiations, as their fleet was the weakest of the three fleets opposing the Aurarii. Worse, their own fleet leader took the lead in the negotiations, meaning that the Doraz leaders on the home world would have a difficult time repudiating the agreement. Still, the resources that the Aurarii sent as reparations have been very helpful, and the damaged light monitor captured by the Alliance and turned over to the Doraz navy have gone a long way towards alleviating any resentment the Doraz might have had towards their allies over the peace negotiations.
The Doraz strongly support the T’Pau and the D’Bringi in their desire to bombard the Lothari until they surrender. Indeed, the Doraz are preparing a force to be sent to the Lothari front to assist the Alliance now that the Aurarii conflict has ended.
Torqual Free State
Total Income: 50,765 MCr’s
Total Upkeep: 16,516 MCr’s (32.5%)
Fleet: 9xBC, 28xCA, 34xCL, 13xCT
Construction: 1xCA, 1xCVE(proto)
The Torqual have recently reached HT-8 and are researching the systems available at that level. The Torqual are fervent supporters of the Alliance, having been saved from a despotic and repressive government by elements of their navy supported by the Alliance. It is likely that the Torqual will join the Alliance as full members as soon as possible.
The Torqual are against the indiscriminate bombardment of the Lothari, and are supporting the Rehorish on this question.
Zir Contemplative Union
Total Income: 72,620 MCr’s
Total Upkeep: 25,175 MCr’s (35%)
Fleet: 2xCVE(proto), 41xDD, 66xFG, 137xCT
The Zir have recently reached HT-8 and are researching the systems available at that level. The Zir are very excited about fighter technology, and view it as a logical extension of their swarm fleet concept. While they have built several prototype carrier hulls, they currently debating plans to convert some or all of their warships to hybrid carrier-warship designs as soon as the fighter technology has been developed.
There is a huge debate going on amongst the upper levels of Zir society on their home world. From the time of first contact the Zir have not been able to understand why the other races have had a hard time getting along. While they understand the need for a vigorous defense force, the Zir abhor aggression, and have viewed the recent instability within the Alliance with alarm, and the current wars the Alliance is fighting with disdain. The Zir intelligentsia have formed numerous factions, as is their habit, and they are currently arguing over possible ways forward. The largest single group wants to continue their current relationship with the Alliance, but they are far outnumbered by the other groups, many of which want to end or limit their relationship with the Alliance, which they view as, at best, misguided, and at worst unstable warmongers. The Zir refused to provide ships to the Alliance to help prosecute their wars, something the Alliance allowed given their withdrawal of the 6th Fleet from the Villiers warp nexus and the proximity of the Mintek beyond that nexus.
The Zir were horrified at the Lothari treatment of captured Alliance military personnel and civilians, but are equally horrified by fact that the Alliance is considering a general bombardment of the Lothari home world, and this has added to the heat of their debates over the future of their relationship with the Alliance. Should the Alliance actually bombard the Lothari home world, it would almost certainly drive the Zir into opposition of the Alliance, and the Zir representative to the Alliance Council has made their stance clear. It is unclear how seriously the Alliance Council takes the Zir, though, as the other races in the Alliance have come to a near consensus in their determination to destroy the Lothari state, if not their people. More and more the Alliance races have grown to see the Zir as rather flighty and unserious beings.
Total Alliance Fleet (including associated states)
13xCV, 8xCVL, 13xCVS, 126xCVE, 3xML, 1xSD, 12xBB, 72xBC, 89xCA, 73xCL, 123xDD, 143xFG, 537xCT
A comparison with the combined Alliance fleet strength in Month 205 shows that the overall Alliance fleet has lost some battlecruisers and cruisers, which currently number at 72 and 89, respectively, compared to 76 and 97 in month 205. On the other hand, the number of carriers has grown considerably, from 107 (including CTV’s) to 262. This makes sense, as the Alliance had depended on battlecruisers, and to a lesser extent, heavy cruisers, as its primary striking arm, so losses to those classes have been relatively heavy and not completely replaced by new construction as resources have been shifted to producing carriers and fighters.
Total Income: 233,904 MCr’s
Total Upkeep: 93,551 MCr’s (40%)
Alliance 1st Fleet (Rehorish Home Fleet)
1xSD, 2xCV, 6xBC, 2xCA, 2xCVE, 2xCTV, 123xF1, 12xF0
Detached Units: 2xBC, 6xCA, 3xCL, 4xDD, 5xCVE, 2xCTS, 10xCTV, 111xF1, 24xF0 (Guarding Allied worlds)
Alliance 2nd Fleet (Liawak System, Lothari Front)
12xBBA, 11xCV, 24xBC, 2xCVL, 16xCA, 6xCVS, 3xCL, 8xDD, 35xCVE, 29xCTV, 345xF0, 918xF1
Alliance 3rd Fleet (Aurarii Home System, Aurarii Peacekeeping)
3xBC, 3xCVS, 3xCL, 11xCVE, 6xDDE, 21xCTV, 60xF0, 306xF1
Alliance 5th Fleet (T’Pau Home Fleet)
T’Pau System: 3xCA, 9xCVE, 9xCTV, 189xF1
D’Bringi System: 6xCA, 11xCVE, 9xCTV, 219xF1
Alliance 6th Fleet
Thoen System, Lothari Front: 12xBC, 1xCVL, 9xCL, 1xCVS, 4xDD, 14xCVE, 10xCTV, 5xCT(Pinnace), 72xF0, 252xF1, 20xPinnace
Villiers System: 6xBC, 9xCA, 3xCL, 7xDD, 3xCVE, 45xF0
7th Fleet (Thoen System, Lothari Front)
7xBC, 5xCA, 3xCVL, 3xCVS, 6xCL, 3xCVE, 3xDD, 5xCVE, 7xCTV, 159xF0, 183xF1
Detached on Patrol or Guard Duties
6xCA, 6xCL, 18xDD, 11xCVE, 10xCTV, 24xF0, 201xF1
Units Captured from Aurarii – en route to shipyards at Kumamoto
2xML
Reinforcements
En Route to the Liawak System: 2xCVL, 3xDD, 60xF1
En route to the Thoen System: 4xCVE, 1xCTV, 66xF1
Under construction:
8xSD, 16xBC, 8xDD, 7xBS4, 6xBS3, 120xF1
Repairs
5xBC, 1xCA
Refitting
3xBB, 7xBC, 2xCA, 5xDD
The Alliance is completely restored at this point, with all colonies brought back into contact with the Core and accepting the authority of the Alliance Council, and all foreign troops that had occupied Alliance colonies either expelled or destroyed. The Alliance Council has been restored as well, with a D’Bringi interim representative until Skull-Splitter can return from prosecuting the war against the Lothari.
The D’Bringi Home World is still recovering from the recent unrest. At Skull-Splitter’s orders, the ringleaders of the rebellion have been arrested and are awaiting trial, along with everyone who served the Empire and broke the existing law while doing so. The bulk of the Empire’s most virulent supporters who have not been charged with a crime have been ‘encouraged’ to join a massive colonization program aimed at increasing the hostile environment colonies in the Chruqua Nexus, fulfilling a recent Alliance program of increasing that critical system’s output to help support the defenses and fleet installations that are being built there. By the end of month 220, the population of the Chruqua Nexus has been increased to just over fifty million, mostly D’Bringi who are either eagerly seeking work, or who have been discouraged from remaining in the home system.
The war with the Aurarii has been successfully resolved, with the Aurarii agreeing to pay reparations to the Doraz, and to free their Norn neighbors, in exchange for an Alliance pledge to guarantee the security of their home planet. To this end, the Alliance 3rd Fleet is stationed in the Aurarii home system, and will remain indefinitely. The 3rd Fleet has attempted to establish contact with the newly freed Norn state, however, the Norns have been prickly and negotiations have been slow moving. The Doraz, who had much difficulty establishing contact with the Aurarii, have had much more success in establishing contact with the Norn, and have been making better progress towards that end than the Alliance, perhaps because the Norn perceive the large Alliance fleet in their system as a potential threat.
The collapse of the Aurarii leaves the Kingdom of Lothar as the last state in open war with the Alliance. The Alliance has been building up strength to launch an assault on the genocidal Lothari, however, the Lothari willingness to fight and their advanced technology have made advances difficult. Skull Splitter’s 2nd Fleet, the core of which is made up of former Imperial D’Bringi ships, is now the most powerful fleet in the Alliance, but Skull Splitter has been waiting on the defensive for reinforcements to arrive and for the older ships in his fleet to be refitted to modern standards. He has done this in spite of intense pressure from the interior of the Alliance to strike a decisive blow and finish this war as soon as possible. His decision to wait was largely made because of the destruction of the last Alliance fleet that approached the Lothari system. Skull Splitter is a wily old warrior, and has no wish to rush into another ill-fated battle with the evil Lothari before he is entirely ready. Unfortunately, four of the most heavily damaged battlecruisers will not be out of the yards for another two months, and it is not clear if Skull-Splitter can delay that long, especially given the fact that they are all older designs that would then need to be refitted to be more effective. Skull Splitter currently plans to advance through the Herzberg system to the warp point to the Lothari home system next month, and then assault the warp point in the following month, after all his crews have finished shaking down from the extensive repairs and refits that many of his fleet units have undergone.
The Alliance is divided on what approach to take with the Lothari when the 2nd Fleet finally breaches their defenses. There is a strong current of anger in the Alliance against the Lothari both for the way they treated the civilians on the planets that surrendered to them, along with the merciless way they have prosecuted their war, which was obviously doomed from the start. The fact that the Lothari apparently believe that they can go back to the way things were before the conflict started without paying a price for their genocidal actions has not helped their cause. The T’Pau are firmly in favor of bombarding the Lothari home planet until they surrender as an abject lesson to those that would engage in such behavior. The D’Bringi are supporting the T’Pau, perhaps out of a desire to show their loyalty to the Alliance in the aftermath of their civil war, while the Rehorish are reluctant to take such a step without first exhausting all other options. There is some belief in the upper reaches of the Alliance government that Skull-Splitter is delaying his entry into the Lothari system to give the Alliance time to come to a consensus on their approach to the Lothari. To date no such consensus has emerged.
In the aftermath of the D’Bringi civil war, it has become clear to the Alliance Council that the Alliance will have to become much more involved in the affairs of its associate members. The Alliance’s hands off policy allowed the rebel D’Bringi to take advantage of the relative isolation of the Chirq, which led to the invasion and conquest of their home planet by a race from outside the Alliance and influenced by the rebel D’Bringi. Therefore, once the Lothari conflict is over, the Alliance will be stationing significant squadrons in each of the associate member’s home systems, as a defensive force for that race and an assurance that the Alliance will come to their aid. In addition, the Alliance will establish a multi-national fleet in the Chruqua Nexus, and will require every associate member to provide forces to be stationed there as a reaction force capable of responding to any threat faced by any member. The forces sent to this reaction force will be dependent on the size of the navy involved, and will likely be smaller than the forces the Alliance sends to garrison their home systems, meaning that the associate members will actually be gaining in security by sending ships to the multi-national force. This plan is currently being fine-tuned by the Council, which is in close contact with the associate members. It is unclear when it will be implemented given the ongoing actions against the Lothari.
Associate Alliance Members
Aurarii Republic
Total Income: 24,170 MCr’s
Total Upkeep: 11,453 MCr’s (47%)
Fleet: 2xSD, 3xBB, 1xCV, 5xCVL, 10xCL, 150xF1
Under Construction: 3xML, 1xSD
The restored Aurarii Republic has been steadily downsizing their fleet since their peace treaty with the Alliance. Three monitors, three superdreadnoughts, two carriers, seven light carriers, and six light cruisers have all gone into mothballs, a necessity now that the Republic can no longer count on resources taken from the conquered Norn Regime to pay for its fleet. It is likely that most of the four capital ships currently under construction will go into mothballs as well.
The newly re-established Republic, with the Emperor as a constitutional monarch, is very interested in exploring a closer relationship with the Alliance. Given the fact that they have no outlet for growth, and war failed to obtain access to open and unexplored warp points, full membership in the Alliance is literally their only route forward towards future expansion.
Bir Meritocracy
Total Income: 1,890 MCr’s
Total Upkeep: 444 MCr’s (16%)
The Bir have reached HT-2 and are researching various systems available at that level, with Alliance assistance. They have constructed five orbital shipyards, and are currently building five BS2’s as orbital defense stations for their home world. The Bir have no navy as of yet, but have fielded a survey group of explorer class craft. The Bir have taken no position on the Lothari conflict. The fighting is far from their home system and, as they have no navy, they strongly feel that the eventual fate of the Lothari are not their business.
Chirq Cooperative
Total Income: 10,314 MCr’s
Upkeep: 1657 MCr’s (16%)
Fleet: 4xDD, 8xCT, 2xES
The Chirq have fully recovered from the Khozun invasion and occupation of their home world, and have reached HT-4, with Alliance assistance. The Chirq currently have ten orbital shipyards and are building an extensive orbital defense network, along with defenses for the warp points in their system. Although basically a peaceful race, the Chirq have no desire to be conquered again, and are building up their defenses and their navy as fast as they can. In addition to building up their defenses, the Chirq have a survey fleet which is kept busy surveying the nearby systems, and they have established colonies in five of those systems, although none of the colonies have larger than a small population.
Having recently suffered through the invasion and occupation of their home world, the Chirq are supporting the Rehorish, who rescued them, in their stance on the Lothari question. Like the Rehorish, the Chirq feel that the Lothari should be forced to surrender and that their society should be restructured to prevent anything like this happening again.
Doraz Contingency
Total Income: 33,736 MCr’s
Total Upkeep: 6,722 MCr’s (20%)
Fleet: 1xML, 3xBC, 5xCA, 9xCVE(proto), 2xDD, 33xCT
Refitting: 1xML
Construction: 9xBS2
The Doraz were fortunate to have avoided invasion during the recent war with the Aurarii, but did manage to lose most of their fleet during the conflict. They have recently reached HT-8 and are researching the various systems available at that level.
The Doraz are gratified that the Alliance and the Torqual sent strong fleets to help defend their home system and push the Aurarii back, but were disappointed when the Aurarii managed to negotiate a peaceful end to the war. The Doraz leadership had hoped to take the lead in occupying the Aurarii system, but had no recourse when the Aurarii began negotiations, as their fleet was the weakest of the three fleets opposing the Aurarii. Worse, their own fleet leader took the lead in the negotiations, meaning that the Doraz leaders on the home world would have a difficult time repudiating the agreement. Still, the resources that the Aurarii sent as reparations have been very helpful, and the damaged light monitor captured by the Alliance and turned over to the Doraz navy have gone a long way towards alleviating any resentment the Doraz might have had towards their allies over the peace negotiations.
The Doraz strongly support the T’Pau and the D’Bringi in their desire to bombard the Lothari until they surrender. Indeed, the Doraz are preparing a force to be sent to the Lothari front to assist the Alliance now that the Aurarii conflict has ended.
Torqual Free State
Total Income: 50,765 MCr’s
Total Upkeep: 16,516 MCr’s (32.5%)
Fleet: 9xBC, 28xCA, 34xCL, 13xCT
Construction: 1xCA, 1xCVE(proto)
The Torqual have recently reached HT-8 and are researching the systems available at that level. The Torqual are fervent supporters of the Alliance, having been saved from a despotic and repressive government by elements of their navy supported by the Alliance. It is likely that the Torqual will join the Alliance as full members as soon as possible.
The Torqual are against the indiscriminate bombardment of the Lothari, and are supporting the Rehorish on this question.
Zir Contemplative Union
Total Income: 72,620 MCr’s
Total Upkeep: 25,175 MCr’s (35%)
Fleet: 2xCVE(proto), 41xDD, 66xFG, 137xCT
The Zir have recently reached HT-8 and are researching the systems available at that level. The Zir are very excited about fighter technology, and view it as a logical extension of their swarm fleet concept. While they have built several prototype carrier hulls, they currently debating plans to convert some or all of their warships to hybrid carrier-warship designs as soon as the fighter technology has been developed.
There is a huge debate going on amongst the upper levels of Zir society on their home world. From the time of first contact the Zir have not been able to understand why the other races have had a hard time getting along. While they understand the need for a vigorous defense force, the Zir abhor aggression, and have viewed the recent instability within the Alliance with alarm, and the current wars the Alliance is fighting with disdain. The Zir intelligentsia have formed numerous factions, as is their habit, and they are currently arguing over possible ways forward. The largest single group wants to continue their current relationship with the Alliance, but they are far outnumbered by the other groups, many of which want to end or limit their relationship with the Alliance, which they view as, at best, misguided, and at worst unstable warmongers. The Zir refused to provide ships to the Alliance to help prosecute their wars, something the Alliance allowed given their withdrawal of the 6th Fleet from the Villiers warp nexus and the proximity of the Mintek beyond that nexus.
The Zir were horrified at the Lothari treatment of captured Alliance military personnel and civilians, but are equally horrified by fact that the Alliance is considering a general bombardment of the Lothari home world, and this has added to the heat of their debates over the future of their relationship with the Alliance. Should the Alliance actually bombard the Lothari home world, it would almost certainly drive the Zir into opposition of the Alliance, and the Zir representative to the Alliance Council has made their stance clear. It is unclear how seriously the Alliance Council takes the Zir, though, as the other races in the Alliance have come to a near consensus in their determination to destroy the Lothari state, if not their people. More and more the Alliance races have grown to see the Zir as rather flighty and unserious beings.
Total Alliance Fleet (including associated states)
13xCV, 8xCVL, 13xCVS, 126xCVE, 3xML, 1xSD, 12xBB, 72xBC, 89xCA, 73xCL, 123xDD, 143xFG, 537xCT
A comparison with the combined Alliance fleet strength in Month 205 shows that the overall Alliance fleet has lost some battlecruisers and cruisers, which currently number at 72 and 89, respectively, compared to 76 and 97 in month 205. On the other hand, the number of carriers has grown considerably, from 107 (including CTV’s) to 262. This makes sense, as the Alliance had depended on battlecruisers, and to a lesser extent, heavy cruisers, as its primary striking arm, so losses to those classes have been relatively heavy and not completely replaced by new construction as resources have been shifted to producing carriers and fighters.
