Catching up on a few updates here...
Dr Elloitt was surprised to be given more funding straight after this effort. Maybe after all this time his efforts are being recognised.
To confirm this he should throw a party and see who shows up, or failing that which letters are lost from his name this time.
4034, 14 Feburary Dr Elliot Vandervort after completed his Military Hangar Design, was desperate for a night out. Tonight was the Desperate & Dateless Science Single Ball. However Joint Chiefs phoned in and request he come straight away for a briefing. After the brief was laid out he was thinking why the hell was he brought in do these guys just like to screw with him. The Military just wanted a Very Large Fuel design something he given then many times before. Huge Sigh, no date, no fun.
At least it is nice to be wanted for once, no?
Captain Weson Wisor looked at the two lonely planets, and shrugged at the system now given his name, being a bit of a Philosophy Buff he could not come up with the adequate statement for the system and his name.
With two planets, a Wisor man might have thought of a nice quote about the duality of life and the universe.
However we made friends with the Ceti Aliens. However they did blow up our diplomatic vessel
Ah, yes, friendship, that enviable state of affairs in which two friends blow up each other's ambassadors out of friendliness.
Dr Bob Leasure awarded the Order of Aquaria, after completing 30 projects. The 62 Year old was happy as he celebrated with his wife and a number of friends afterwards.
Not noticed in a dark corner was the shadowy form of a jealous Dr. Elliot Vandervoort, who silently skulked away filled with rage and plotting revenge on his colleagues who were so audacious as to actually have people come to their parties.
After going through the personnel record we were missing a Dr Elloitt Vandervort. He must or retired or died. No one knows. (The narrator did not even see the event. LOL)
Clearly he has run off to become a supervillain. We already have the origin story all we need is a party for him to crash. Also probably a supply of arthritis medication, he is in his 60s by now after all.
We cannot afford a war with another alien species.
I have a solution, we must have some of the Aquarians create a splinter faction which declares war on the Ceti aliens, and then we can sell them all of our war material and weapons to make a lot of money. After this we can afford a war. It is a foolproof plan because we are playing both sides against the middle, both sides are Aquarians and the Ceti aliens are the middle. Clearly this is how it works.
2042, 1 October The Aquarians have established Contact with the Ceti Aliens know as the Mobile Imperium. They no longer consider us hostile, which is nice and we have a neutral relationship.
From friendship to neutrality, a clear improvement as now that we no longer have friends like these we once again have room in our lives for enemies.
As for the battlefield loss it seems that the Aquarians are inferior in both numbers and technology, 10,000 men may seem like a lot but that number of armored fighting vehicles could outfit probably two full divisions given adequate supporting arms so really the mass of forces has not been enough, added to this the enemy clearly has better ground military technology as evidenced by their miniscule losses. Perhaps some analysis by a scientist with a suitably amusing name could work out what kind of technology these aliens use, so our own military men can determine more accurately when we are able to defeat them in battle.
And with this we appear to have started a new...chapter?
4043, 23 June Dr Kathy Calvin was young Enthusiastic and loved for thing to go BOOM.
She will go far in our organization, this is for certain.
The good news is our diplomatic rating are improving maybe they could be an ally after all.
I am not sure another round of "friendship" is in our best interests. Have we tried making enemies of them yet, instead of friends? As it has not yet been tried perhaps the results would be even better.
4045, 3 March Dr Milford Delph worked with Weedman Electronics to bring out a new range of Thermal Sensor sizes 250ton, 500tons, 10000 tons and 2000 tons. The ranges have improved since the last batch.
While technological progress is always to be celebrated I must question the merit of a 10,000-ton thermal sensor as this seems impractical given that a ship mounting it would need to be extremely large, really even a 2,000-ton sensor is rather extreme and I say this as a Big Sensor™ advocate on a forum increasingly dominated by new wave admirals who advocate for small sensors on fighters instead.
It seems that the race is on for the Aquarians as the Ceti aliens will inevitably eventually lay a claim to the home system and they will be forced to fight in defense of their home planet. How long will the Aquarians have to develop the technology and build the warships they need to mount a defensive stand and eventually win this war? It is likely to be closer than comfort would desire.
