AD 2329 (January 1) to (December 31) Part II
BIC Operation in Gliese 408Arboria's industrial park is in full bootstrap mode. Tools for a new construction factory, heavy equipment for two mines and enough housing and air conditioning for 1.5 million colonists are produced. Once the gates on both sides of Lalande 21185 are complete the civilian lines add nearly 15 m people to the colony, increasing it from 25 m to 40 m in a few months. Thankfully, it has sufficient infrastructure to handle the deluge and for once there are no casualties of a "dump." The peacekeepers are very busy directing newly arrived colonists around the various settlements.
BIC Operation in Gliese 526Rosetta's industrial park completes an expansion of its fabrication facilites
2 Construction Factories and then concentrates on expanding the number of mines present to bring the number of mines up to the standard of twice the industrial parks value. The teleoperated mines transferred to planet I continue to produce valuable materials. ICG IX runs a continuous shuttle service between Rosetta and Biforst, on the outbound journey the ships are loaded with support infrastructure reclaimed from the colony and on the return trip they carry colonists who wish to live in the open. Terraforming proceeds apace and the planets temperature slowly increases as the thickness of the atmosphere is improved.
1st October Addition of Nitrogen to the atmosphere of Rosetta has been halted and the terraforming plants turn to enriching the atmosphere with oxygen.
BIC Operation in Gliese 832 The industrial park on Eureka produces enough housing and additional support infrastructure for 0.52m new colonists. In March Terraforming Mission IV arrives to bolster the 2 planetary terraforming plants work. By April the atmosphere is cleared of Flourine and the terraformers begin adding oxygen to the atmosphere. In August Heavy Lift Groups IV and V arrive with more colonists, heavy machinery for mines, tools for factories and prefab structures for the colony. In October FHG X expands the fuel farm. In November, JCM III arrives to build a gate at the jump point to GJ 1002. In December, Minelayer Mission I arrives for shore leave after having established a chain of comm/sensor buoys covering the two human colonies along this arm of expansion.
9th April All traces of Flourine removed from atmosphere of Eureka
27th November Jump Gate Construction underway at GJ 1002 Jump Point Jump Point
BIC Operation in Lacaille 9352The industrial parks on Alambec and Crucible both produce enough housing and lifesupport systems for 0.4 million new colonists. Considerably more colonists arrive from Sol via the various civilian firms but in addition they bring in additional support infrastructure. Mostly the colonists come to Alambec, where the number of mines is expanded to 70. But by the end of the year the focus shifts to Crucible and taking advantage of the increased workforce the 10 more mines are transferred from Earth. ICG X visits the system dropping off colonists on Crucible and also transferring some from Alambec before picking up the fruits of the systems mine to be shipped back to the hungry industries of Earth. Fuel Harvester group IX expands the farm on Crucible.
BIC Operation in LHS 292 JCM II begins construction of a gate at the jump point to AD Leonis in May and completes it in September.
BIC Operation in Luyten 205-128 Scouts Fall's industrial base, made up of mines and factories recovered from the Bissau ruins turns out enough housing and lifesupport systems for 0.4m new inhabitants
Infrastructure 90+ over the year. Fuel Harvester group XIII adds to the colonies fuel farm in June, and the recovered Bissau refineries are in operation over the full year adding another 76K litres of fuel. The supplies recovered from the Bissau are severely depleted regardless of the efforts. Interstellar Transport Groups I and II arrive in March to pick up the ordinance and fighter factories discovered, the remaining elements of a laboratory and the bulk of a ground forces training facility. ICG I thru VII arrive in March with more colonists and prefabricated sturctures and lifesupport to expand the colony, when they leave they are loaded with those parts of the ground forces training facility the transport groups could not take with them. In May a terraformer mission arrives to speed up modification of the atmosphere. The Salvage mission arrives and proceeds to the wreck of Kagero 005 in September and leaves for Earth in October.
26th September 1x 300 EP Magnetic Fusion Drive salvaged from wreck of Kagero class [Wol] and loaded into cargo holds of Palladium
26th September 1x EM Detection Sensor EM3-54 salvaged from wreck of Kagero class [Wol] and loaded into cargo holds of Palladium
26th September Salvage of Kagero class [Wol] completed. Minerals Salvaged: DUR: 112 NEU: 132 CRB: 22 BOR: 230 MER: 37 VEN: 12 SOR: 13 URI: 85 GAL: 300
26th September Evidence of Electronic Hardening Level 0 found within wreck of Kagero (Wolvers)
The 1st NC Construction Bde continues to recover those parts of the Bissau city that it can. It is very successful this year:
4th May 1st NC Construction Bde has recovered 7875 tons of stored Tritanium
22nd July 1st NC Construction Bde has recovered an abandoned Mine
26th August 1st NC Construction Bde has recovered an abandoned Ordnance Factory
17th September 1st NC Construction Bde has recovered 140 points of abandoned infrastructure
16th November 1st NC Construction Bde has recovered an abandoned automated mine
21st November 1st NC Construction Bde has recovered an abandoned Genetic Modification Centre to the horror of all participants
15th December 1st NC Construction Bde has attempted to recover an alien installation on Scout's Fall but the installation was beyond repair
BuSurvey Efforts in 2329I notice that some of minerals aren't reported correctly, I think this is due to an error in the EXCEL to text reformatting that lost very large (1+ million) mineralsHIP 60910Insterstellar Survey IV has been working on this system in 2328, a blue white dwarf (spectral class A9-IV) with 2 planets and a great number of asteroids (182). With all surveys done the ships of the survey group leave the system on the 28th of January headed back to Earth for an overhaul and shore leave. Further exploration will wait on what is found at Gamma Virginis's other jump points.
6th January Gravitational Survey Completed in the HIP 60910 system. The system has a total of 3 jump points
Gamma Virginis Insterstellar Survey Groups I and III will explore with 4th Squadron leading the way. The Jump Tender Purple Violet and the Escort Middlesex are detached to perform the initial probes under the command of Cpt. Isolfr Vadison. Their first target is jump point 1.
15th June An exploration of a jump point in the Gamma Virginis system has revealed the new system of Ross 486
Ross 486 is a binary system of two red dwarf stars (both spectral class M4-V) and only component B has system bodies but it is 107 AU from A and so the further exploration of this system is skipped. The ships return to Gamma Virginis and make course for jump point 4 which they then probe on the 24th of June.
24th June An exploration of a jump point in the Gamma Virginis system has revealed the new system of Beta Virginis
Beta Virginis is a single star system (primary is a F8-V White main sequence star) with 2 gas giants and a dwarf planet. But the innermost gas giant has a terrestrial world with a partially breathable atmosphere and most interestingly and worrying obvious indications of wreckage in orbit around it. The probe force returns to Gamma Virginis and summons IS I forward to conduct the probe. IS I enters the system with the Purple Violet and Middlesex on July 23 and the probe of the system is finished by the Pathfinder on August 28 and the full survey begins and it is still underway at the end of the year.
23rd July 4th SQN Battlegroup/TG2/1st Fleet #2 has completed orders
23rd July Interstellar Survey I has completed orders
28th August Interstellar Survey I II has completed orders
30th September Minerals Discovered on Beta Virginis-A I: Sorium 1682 000 (1)
1st October Minerals Discovered on Beta Virginis-A I - Moon 1: Duranium 430 592 (1) Boronide 254 016 (0.7) and more
2nd October Minerals Discovered on Beta Virginis-A I - Moon 2: Duranium 952 200 (0.9) Tritanium 532 900 (1) and more
7th October Minerals Discovered on Beta Virginis-A I - Moon 13: Duranium 744 200 (0.8 ) Vendarite 280 900 (0.8 ) Galacite 476 100 (0.5)
10th October Minerals Discovered on Beta Virginis-A I - Moon 15: Duran 5 438 402 (0.8 ) and more
21st October Minerals Discovered on Beta Virginis-A I - Moon 16: Boronide 33 362 180 (0.2) Mercasium 32 490 000 (0.4) Vendarite 5 198 400 (0.1)
21st October Ruined City found on Beta Virginis-A I - Moon 16
27th October Minerals Discovered on Beta Virginis-A Asteroid #9: Duranium 104 (1) Neutronium 269 (1) Corbomite 6 (1) Corundium 296 (1) Gallicite 100 (1)
16th November Minerals Discovered on Beta Virginis-A Asteroid #25: Duran 4232 (1) Neut 650 (1) Corb 256 (1) Trit 1 (1) Boron 1024 (1) and more
21st November New Jump Point found in the Beta Virginis System
25th December Minerals Discovered on Beta Virginis-A Asteroid #31: Duran 165 888 (0.8 ) Neut 301 401 (0.7) and more
After it was decided to explore Beta Virginis with IS I, consultation between Commodore Rebecca Gardner commanding the 4th Squadron led to them being allowed to probe HIP 66675 accessed through jump point 4 not far from the jump point to Ross 695 where the bulk of 4th Squadron remained on station. HIP 66675 is a single star system with a M0-V red dwarf primary and a planetary system of 3 gas giants, 2 terrestrial and a dwarf planet plus over 300 asteroids. IS III entered the system on July 23 and the probe of the planets was completed by August 13. The ships then began gravitational surveys while the Scout class ship Guide began geological surveys. By the end of the year the grav survey is nearly complete.
23rd July Interstellar Survey III has completed orders
13th August Interstellar Survey III II has completed orders
22nd August New Jump Point found in the HIP 66675 System
1st September Minerals Discovered on HIP 66675-A I: Duranium 19 170 430 (0.4) and more
8th September Minerals Discovered on HIP 66675-A II: Duranium 2048 (0.5) Corbomite 984 096 (0.2) and more
13th September Minerals Discovered on HIP 66675-A III: Sorium 2 190 900 (0.6)
18th September Minerals Discovered on HIP 66675-A III - Moon 2: Duran 5 638 082 (0.8 ) and more
18th September Minerals Discovered on HIP 66675-A III - Moon 4: Duran 5832 (1) Trit 2778 (1) and more
18th September Minerals Discovered on HIP 66675-A III - Moon 6: Duranium 2592 (1) Uridium 441 (1) Corundium 306 (1) Gallicite 1892 (1)
24th September New Jump Point found in the HIP 66675 System
24th September Minerals Discovered on HIP 66675-A V: Vendarite 40 000 (0.6)
1st October Minerals Discovered on HIP 66675-A IV: Sorium 205 200 (0.8 )
7th October Minerals Discovered on HIP 66675-A IV - Moon 9: Corbomite 2 683 044 (0.1) Sorium 1764 (0.3)
21st October Minerals Discovered on HIP 66675-A IV - Moon 20: Vendarite 20 793 600 (0.1) Sorium 7 800 849 (0.1) Uridium 13 727 030 (1)
8th November Minerals Discovered on HIP 66675-A Asteroid #228: Duranium 13 317 (1) Neutronium 4516 (0.9) and more
17th November Minerals Discovered on HIP 66675-A Asteroid #203: Duranium 30 (1) Sorium 190 (1) Uridium 847 (1)
20th November Minerals Discovered on HIP 66675-A Asteroid #199: Tritanium 454 (1) Mercassium 11 (1) Corundium 166 (1) Gallicite 190 (1)
NCN Operational PlanningThe NCN has convinced both the NCC and the Assembly to authorise the new dockyard required to build battleships. They are also in the concept phase for the Beaver class Fighter Bomber but are waiting on the development of the box launcher, however several key sensor technologies are developed or planned, the fighter is expected to be close to 500 tonnes and armed with close assault missiles for anti-shipping work. Work is beginning on a design for a new support ship for the heavy cruiser squadrons based on the light cruiser hull. The carrier design is dependent on what the Beaver ends up looking like but is expected to be based around a heavy cruiser hull.
Exchanging the current heavy frigate patrol formations for destroyer based ones is planned but it is likely to take several years due to the need for new ships and refits to the existing ones. This will be accompanied by the restructuring of the existing task forces.
The NCN is still limited by not having an extra solar base, something the Navy sees as a major stumbling block especially as the volume occupied by human colonies continues to expand. Being able to maintain destroyers somewhere else would a major strategic advantage, at the moment only Biforst has the mineral production to do so and the colony is off the main expansion routes.
Ah! Found it! Technicolor is back!