Karr Jion looked over his reports. It was a very bleak picture. The Duranium shortage of the last few years was coming to an end but it had taken it's toll. And now according to the reports the fuel situation was going to be critical and Mars did not have a good supply of Sorium.
Mars military was far behind what would be needed to conquer the Tarn menace let alone put up a significant fight if any of the other Sol powers where to become hostile. Sure a last resort nuclear strike may take out the home worlds but the retaliation would destroy mars and with limited off world resources Mars was in no position to lose it's home planet. Other strategies presented by his advisers in this bleak scenario included a strike into the Venusian secondary system through the back door route that was believed to only be known by Mars.
There where a few known possible colony locations however these where all far from the home system and had the blasted Tarn in the way. It would be possible to skirt around them but it would be a dangerous trip. Shipping Martian colonist off the the secret location would ensure that some Martians would survive but who knew what dangers may present themselves in the future.
Just as he was deciding on a plan of action for the future of Mars his assistant finally returned in a fluster. He was babbling something about a "wormhole" and ships.
"Slow down and tell me what you have to say!" He yelled at the assistant.
"Sir there was this strange hole in space and these ships came out and they where going faster than anything we've seen so far even faster than our assault craft" The assistant quickly stammered.
Karr Jion looked at the assistant sternly, "What do you mean a 'Hole'? Like the ones made by our jumpgates?"
Holding a paper with a graph and some charts on it out to the First citizen the assistant replied, "No sir. According to the interpretations of the readings by our scientists this was a lot different. Like space itself ceased existing at that point. "
"Are the ships hostile? That's all we need at this point. Regardless ready the fleet, what there is of it anyway, and call a general alert to all military personnel. Prepare my limo and call an emergency news conference. Whatever created this phenomena is far beyond even Martian technology and could possibly be a major threat." Karr Jion ordered the assistant.
He grabbed his jacket, it was a nice one made of a smooth leather long pork he thinks the creature it came from was called. He would see that the whole military was issued similar ones after this threat was handled.
[ooc]Sub forum would be good. We could have a bit more space for discussion and keep track of trades etc.
Good moments for Mars:
1. Setting Sol speed record with the first FAC (that we know of)
2. Taking out several Tarn ships and losing only 1 or 2 of our own.
Bad moments for mars:
1. Duranium crash
2. Having no extra solar colonies.
3. Having our top researcher die (That hurt research efforst)
4. Spending so much time researching Cloaks.... (bad decision on my part. Thought tech was more useful
)
5. Fuel shortage.
6. Multiple regime changes caused much disruption in Martian long term planning.
A fun game overall tho and I did thoroughly enjoy playing. Can't wait for the martian comeback
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