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Shepard Quest Mk VII, Age of Revy (ME/MCU)

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Would the kind of super biologist in Terminus have any use in a version adapted to them of peak human?
Or do they already have something equivalent / better?
 
If we were able to prove that the Batarians were being helped by the reapers, would we be able to convince the Hanar to ride to war?
 
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I believe Plug and Play Skills was one of our higher priority items as we were having trouble finding qualified people to help build stuff for us. Should probably get started on that if we can.
 
tri2 said:
Yes

right, that's what I was forgetting. Salarian rep increased by 10, Salarian reputation point is now 66
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Only ten? We literally gave them a species wide life extension and not just a small bump either. That's not even considering the diseases + genetic issues that were fixed as well as general base enhancements… Jesus what do we have to do, to top this if we need to get more?
 
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Research Proposal

Mordin (300 + 300*0.85 = 555) + Lab II (185) + Litinana Deal(50) + Revy (10) = Human Converted Gene Treatments (Turians) [0/800 -> 800/800]
Shatom (150 + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab III (277.5) + Revy (45) = Heavy Cruisers [600/1200 -> 1200/1200]
Conrad (300RP + 300*0.85 = 555) + Lab I (92.5) = Quantum Entanglement Communications [973.5/1600 -> 1621/1600]

Gaven Dor (150RP + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab III (277.5)+Lab III (277.5) =Better Battery [0/800 -> 832.5/800]
Revy(45) + Lab III (277.5) + Lab III (277.5) = Brain Shield MKII[0/600 -> 600/600]

Revy(550) = Advance Research VI [50/600 -> 600/600]
Revy(600) = Advance Electronic Warfare VI [0/600 -> 600/600]
Lab III (277.5) + Revy(23)= Basic Diplomacy/Legal Assistance VI [0/300 -> 300/300]
Lab III (277.5) + Revy(22.5)=Basic Combat Analysis VI [0/300 -> 300/300]
Lab III (277.5) + Revy(22.5)= Basic Hacking VI [0/300 -> 300/300]
Hwan (150 + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab I (92.5) = Basic Construction VI [0/300 -> 370/300]

Revy(250) = Hegemony Cryptography [250/? -> 500/?]
Revy(150)=Cortana Update [0/150 -> 150/150]
Revy(163)= Omni-tool Upgrades [37/200 -> 200/200]
Revy(30)=Reactive Barriers [0/200 -> 30/200]
 
For this plan I'll be using the budget and production values listed in my Revised Finance V10 spreadsheet (~3,840 billion credits and 1,132,819.56 production) because Tri2's numbers have inconsistencies in them. I don't actually have the time to go through them all right now (I'll write up that post later) but even if I'm wrong here my numbers are more conservative anyway so it doesn't really hurt.

Paragon Industry Actions:
[X] [PIA] Proposed Plan Ships, Tanks, and Legionaries
-[X] License Things
--[X] License out Geneva Class Cruiser Block 4 Upgrade to Cord-Hislop Aerospace

-[X] Sell Things
--[X] 9 Lite Laser Pyndas for the Alliance Navy.
--[X] 79 Hammerhead Tanks for the Alliance Army

-[X] Build Things (-1,898 Billion)
--[X] 21 x Factory IIIs (-21 Billions) on Mindoir
--[X] 18 x Factory IIIs (-18 Billions) on Elysium
--[X] 21 x Factory IIIs (-21 Billions) on Benning
--[X] 18 x Factory IIIs (-18 Billions) on Demeter
--[X] 40 x Factory IIIs (-40 Billions) on Bekenstein
--[X] 40 x Factory IIIs (-40 Billions) on Terra Nova
--[X] 40 x Factory IIIs (-40 Billions) on Eden Prime

--[X] 10 x Space Factory Is (-100 Billions) in orbit of Bekenstein
--[X] 10 x Space Factory Is (-100 Billions) in orbit of Terra Nova
--[X] 10 x Space Factory Is (-100 Billions) in orbit of Eden Prime
--[X] 5 x Heavily Armed Space Factory Is (-100 Billions) in orbit of Elysium
--[X] 5 x Heavily Armed Space Factory Is (-100 Billions) in orbit of Bekenstein
--[X] 5 x Heavily Armed Space Factory Is (-100 Billions) in orbit of Terra Nova
--[X] 5 x Heavily Armed Space Factory Is (-100 Billions) in orbit of Eden Prime
--[X] 1 x Heavily Armed Space Factory II (-200 Billions) in orbit of Mindoir
--[X] 2 x Heavily Armed Space Factory II (-400 Billions) in orbit of Benning
--[X] 2 x Heavily Armed Space Factory II (-400 Billions) in orbit of Demeter

--[X] 2 x Small Shipyards (-1 Billion) in orbit of Bekenstein
--[X] 2 x Medium Shipyards (-4 Billions) in orbit of Bekenstein
--[X] 1 x Large Shipyard (12.5 Billions) in orbit of Bekenstein
--[X] 2 x Small Shipyards (-1 Billion) in orbit of Terra Nova
--[X] 2 x Medium Shipyards (-4 Billions) in orbit of Terra Nova
--[X] 1 x Large Shipyard (12.5 Billions) in orbit of Terra Nova
--[X] 2 x Small Shipyards (-1 Billion) in orbit of Eden Prime
--[X] 2 x Medium Shipyards (-4 Billions) in orbit of Eden Prime
--[X] 1 x Large Shipyard (12.5 Billions) in orbit of Eden Prime

-[X] Lobbying (Spend money and try to convince politicians to do something)
--[X] 600 Billion towards the ongoing Treaty of Farixen negotiations.
---[X] Double check that extra funding at this point won't hurt our negotiating position with Laurence Freeman.
So the first thing I did is turn right around on our prior vote and license out those block upgrades. Now that we have an idea of what is involved there is no hope of us being able to do that in house. Seriously 75,000pr per upgrade just isn't remotely feasible anytime soon and the Alliance clearly wants those upgrades yesterday. If we could hold off until Q3 then sure but we literally can't afford a single upgrade either this quarter or next and the Alliance isn't going to wait until then.

For selling things; yep. Nine ships and 79 Tanks is all we can build thanks to that Shipyard usage screwing us over. I'm not even considering anything else because those are the Alliance's top two requirements and that leaves us with ~18 Production. Like technically I could squeeze in 94 Soldier Sets but compared to the 100,000 Legionaries we are helping construct that is a joke.

Next up is all the factories. This may get some adjustment as a refine the slots and all that but for now I think 30 Space Factory Is, 20 Heavily Armed Space Factory Is, and 5 Heavily Armed Space Factory IIs is good enough. The intent here is to slowly roll the factories into Heavily Armed Space Factory IIs (Space Factory IIIs just have too long a wait time to be relevant) and Space Factory Is pay for themselves in a single quarter so there is no real inefficiencies here. For Shipyards I think a mixture of 2:2:1 works pretty well for ensuring we have diverse repair and construction capabilities while fitting within the orbital space I've budgeted for them.

Spare Time:
[X] [ST] Proposed Plan BioTech + Biotics + Liara Date
-[X] Headhunt a research hero (this will not necessarily come into fruition immediately).
--[X] BioTech
-[X] Train
--[X] Biotic Techniques (Requires/Depends on Instructor. See listing, may pick two)
---[X] Sustained Barrier
-[X] Spend Time With [Liara]
--[X] You said you were open to the idea of possibly dating and Liara reciprocated so date time? Maybe try and find out what the two of you enjoy doing together that isn't discussing comparative schooling practices?
This is basically a repeat of my last vote since all three actions previously failed due to bad luck. I still think we need more Research Heroes and BioTech is probably our most important field there since thanks to the need to do "Species X" techs we'll have a basically endless supply of research. The previous attempt suggested that despite the action saying we can learn two we may see better success attempting just one technique. So I decided to give that a go and focused on the anti-assassination technique. Liara wanted to spend time with Revy but bad luck stopped them so I'm giving that date a second go around.

ParSec Deployment 2174-Q4:
[X] [PSD] Proposed Plan All in Colony Defense
[X] Just the Pyndas (High Risk, 20% Costs as Profit)
[X] Guard Colonies (High Risk, Medium Profit)
-[X] All Free Forces 1.50 billion/quarter
I don't really see a reason to change from last turn here. Yes the risks are higher but that is because humanity's colonies are in more danger.

Paragon Industries Research Allocation:
Mindoir:
Revy (1900RP)
Conrad (300RP + Lab Bonuses)
Gaven Dor (150RP + Lab Bonuses)
Mordin Solus (300RP + Lab Bonuses)
Shatom Vivuvian (150RP + Lab Bonuses)
1 x Lab II (185RP)
4 x Lab III (277.5RP)

Elysium:
Captain Hwan (150RP + Lab Bonuses)
2 x Lab I (92.5RP)

Temporary Bonuses:
+50 to BioTech (Litinana Deal) until 2176-Q2

[X] [PIRA] Proposed Plan The Swarm
-[X] Conrad (300RP + 300*0.85 = 555) + Lab II (185) = Quantum Entanglement Communications [121/1600 -> 1713.5/1600]
-[X] Gaven Dor (150RP + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab III (277.5) + Revy (45) = Construction Drones (Basic construction VI required) [0/600 -> 600/600]
-[X] Mordin (300 + 300*0.85 = 555) + Lab II (277.5) + Litinana Deal(50) = Brain Shield MKII [882.5/600]
-[X] Shatom (150 + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab III (277.5) + Revy (45) = Heavy Cruisers [600/1200 -> 1200/1200]
-[X] Hwan (150 + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab I (92.5) + Revy (30) = UV Lasers [400/400]
-[X] Lab I (92.5) + Revy (207.5) = Basic Construction VI [0/300 -> 300/300]
-[X] Revy (150) = Mk II Suit [0/150 -> 150/150]
-[X] Revy (600) = Swarm Networking [0/600 -> 600/600]
-[X] Revy (800) = Better Battery [0/800 -> 800/800]
-[X] Revy (22.5) = Cortana Update [0/150 -> 22.5/150]

I'll add more research plans as people make suggestions but this is the one I'm going with for now. There is a fair amount of overshooting but they is somewhat unavoidable just due to how the math works out. Conrad finishes off QECs, Gaven Dor takes care of Construction Drones while Revy writes the code for them. Mordin massively overkills Brain Shield MKII since he is the only person who can work on it and there isn't really a meaningful way to lower his RP and maybe it will overflow? Hwan tackles upgrading the range of our laser weaponry (massive bonus there).

Finally for Revy's solo work she finishes off the Mk II since I know people would riot if I left it off). Swarm Networking synergizes with our construction drones and heavy use of combat drones. The better battery is basically the last holdout before Arc Reactors finish revolutionizing energy usage the galacy over. Finally her left over RP is dumped on making some minor progress on upgrading Cortana.

I know people really want to work on Hegemony Cryptography, and I'll probably whip up a variaton for you, but a fair number of people have expressed some concern it could have Reaper cognitohazards in the code. So I'd prefer Brain Shield first then Crypto rater then trying to do both simultaniously.






Anyways all of this is very preliminary since I don't have the time to go over the plans as much as I'd like right now. These plans will very likely change in the coming days as I receive comments before settling in on more final versions.
 
I think the battery (and suit) can wait for next quarter, so I'd rather we splurge on cryptography when SA desperately needs it. We'll get the brain shield hopefully in time for use this quarter as well.

@UberJJK I don't think just doubling our campaign funds will be enough. I would happily spend 1+ trillion on it. Can we make space in the budget for more campaign funds in an alt plan?
 
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Realpolitik (+50 RP to any project or +15 to a roll of your choice) (Used)
  • Sidestory
    • Here is an omake that I suddenly felt inspired to write:
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    Udina stood in the Council chambers as he waited for the councils to convene. As he waited he thought of why he was here and the tactics he would use to try to convince the Council of his argument. As much influence as humanity has gained on the galactic scale he was well aware that he would need to handle things carefully. Luckily he would not need to wait much longer as the Councilors entered the chambers. First the Asari Councilor Tevos, then the Salarian's Valern then finally Turian councilor Sparatus.

    Tevos is the first to speak. "Greetings ambassador Udina, what brings you before us today?"

    Udina schooled his expression as he spoke. "I imagine you know full well what this is about." It was hard not to with the recent news of how the Human-Batarian war is going recently.

    "Does it have to do with the Farixen treat?" Sparatus asked.

    Udina frowned with clear displeasure. "You mean the piece of legislature that is obviously biased towards us humans?" Despite the displeasure on his face Udina and in fact many other human politicians did find the introduction of the treaty perfectly understandable even if many are unhappy about it at the same time. While the timing seemed absurd he and many others were well aware that the treaties revision was in the works years after the introduction of the arc-reactors but especially the developments of PI and Dr Shepard herself. As much as it galled others including him he couldn't help but understand the necessity of something like this.

    After all there were numerous such examples of things like this in human history. Many were even in support of something like this which would be a surprise to many. As much as humanity were enjoying the fruits of PI and Dr Shepard's technological advancements shooting humanity hundreds to even thousands of years ahead of the competition most of the SA officials were not remotely interested in a galactic weapons arms race. Of course the main reason for this is of course since the suggested revisions of the treaty would still massively benefit humanity thanks to it's technological edge.

    Of course as humanities representative and a politician he needed to put up an image of being insulted, this is still politics after all. "No." Udina said. "This is about the recent war between the Systems Alliance and the hegemony!"

    Tevos nodded. "We can assume that you want support of our people for this war?"

    Udina nods. "Obviously."

    Sparatus raises a hand. "Pardon me and no offense meant but I would have thought that humanity didn't want any 'alien' help."

    Udina scowled as he looked at the Turian councilor. He would be far more offended if the councilor didn't seem to genuine in his statement. He can't even blame him for the question really. The likes of Terra Firma and several other 'humanity first' politicians and organizations did express such sentiments. Believing that humanity must stand on it's own and even refuse help when offered. While seemingly admirable the truth of the matter is that while humanity has come far and currently has a colossal technological advantage it's still not enough to insure a total victory with little cost. The reality is that while humanity is powerful it is still a newcomer on a galactic stage.

    Meanwhile many of the Citadel races have been space faring for over two thousand years. For all of humanities boosts of it's capabilities it's military it's economy was only just larger than the Elcor before PI, it's fleet merely a fraction of what the more powerful races can support in peace times and our population numbers are only in the tens of billions while most of the other races number in the trillions each. Meanwhile the Batarian's even while crippled by centuries of sanctions by the Citadel until recently still has more territory, planets, infrastructure and a population several times larger than humanities. As much as he hated to admit it even without their sudden boost in technology the SA would have still needed months or even years to fully defeat the Batarians.

    But with not just their new technology but the support of many worlds and nations in the Terminus Systems things have not just become more even but uncertain thanks to their technology letting the Batarian's far more easily reach parity while being far better able to leverage their immense size relative of the SA. All the made worse thanks to them somehow having the ability to bypass the Relays to reach deep into the Sol system. Because of that and SAs relatively small size it's impossible to launch any kind of counter offensive without leaving many of our own worlds vulnerable to retaliation.

    Which is why he was here, to gather as much support from the other races. A process made absolutely headache inducing with politicians needing to talk sense into the likes of the more fanatical members of Terra Firma. As much he himself enjoys the idea of humanity succeeding on it's own as a seasoned politician he was all too aware of the risks of trying to go it alone against a far bigger polity with thousands of years of experience. Besides that as much pride he had at how far humanity progressed losing even fraction of said progress made this far yet alone major loss is an unacceptable risk.

    Udina cleared his throat. "Despite what some of my fellow politicians believe many more of us are reasonable and pragmatic enough to understand turning away help in moments like this as just foolish. Now, as humanities representative I hope I may convince you to our side on this."

    So he talked and he reasoned and he put forth his arguments to the Council. He brought up the risks of the Batarian's, he brought up the instability that a prolonged war could have in Citadel space, how humanity has become more and more integrated into Council space, of all the good humanity has done recently for the galactic community. During the last argument he looks to Valern during most of the speech.

    While the Salarian's were a bit of a wildcard on whether they would get involved in the war even covertly before now once again thanks to Paragon Industries humanity has gained strong favor. Curing not just nearly all medical issues for the entire race but offering the full benefits of the peak treatments has vastly improved mankind's standing among the Salarian's with many being grateful and even praising Sirta a human founded and funded organization for such humanitarian endeavors. While several of the SA politician's were leery of allowing the full benefits of the treatment many others considered it worth the political capital. Going by the recent 'anonymous' delivery of valuable intel of Batarian and Terminus space over the last few weeks it seemed like it was worth it. Even if the Salarian's won't openly support humanity many get the feeling that they'd have no problem with covert assistance.

    For the Asari things were a bit tricky on that end. While many Asari hold a grudge and even hatred for the Hegemony and all the pain and suffering it has caused over thousands of years many also would rather avoid open conflict. At the least the SA can expect several Asari states to be willing support the war on humanities side.

    The Turian's however were the most difficult to tell on where they stood. From what he gathered the Turian's on principle hate the Batarian's and many would be happy to support a war against them. The problem however is complicated.

    Sparatus speaks. "Ambassador, we have to apologize. We sympathize with your people, we really do." He seemed genuine at the statement and even unhappy about having to say it. "However at the moment many of our own people are against getting involved here."

    Udina nearly shouted but restrained himself. "Why? Can you at least offer an explanation? I have given you half a dozen of arguments over the last hour and-"

    Valern is the one to raise their hand this time. Udina stops. "You want an answer? The simple fact is that should more Council races get involved it may trigger the rest of the Terminus Systems into joining them."

    Tevos nods. "We may not like it but the reality is that the Terminus Systems are extremely opposed to the rule of Citadel space and thus are likely to react to any coalition of multiple members launching attacks into their territory or even getting involved in another ones war. As bad as your war is now it could become far worse if the war expanded even further. So at this time we must decline."

    Udina scowled. As unhappy as he and many other human politicians were they couldn't deny the real possibility of an all out war between Citadel Space and the Terminus Systems. In fact there was some debate among the SA brass whether to ask for Citadel help for this exact reason. The consensus that while a risk the analysts believe that it may be possible to gain help without triggering such a war if handled carefully.

    Valern speaks up. "Despite that we must assure you that the Council has not forgotten humanities contributions to the galaxy."

    Sparatus nods as well. "It's as our colleague said, it's not that we have anything against you. It's just that it's a bit of a complex situation."

    "We hope that you can understand." Tevos offers.

    As unhappy Udina was at not getting everything he wanted he still politely said. "Yes I understand, now if you excuse me since there isn't anything to be said I will take my leave. Good day to you."

    As Udina leaves he thinks back to the meeting. Despite what they said he had a feeling that they weren't completely against the idea of joining the war effort on humanities side. The biggest clue being the exact phrase uttered by Councilor being 'at this time we must decline' which seems to imply that they have been considering it. Udina considers that despite the Council rather wanting to avoid getting more heavily involved in the war that they may also be far more worried about the Batarian's being the winning side.

    None of the civilized races have any love for the Batarian Hegemony with many wanting nothing more than it's destruction. They were considered a blight on the galaxy before but now? The idea of the Hegemony with a major technological advantage over every other race barring humanity and with the support of other Terminus governments? Completely and utterly unacceptable to many. Even in spite of the aliens that dislike humanity most of them would prefer humanity be a dominant force in the galaxy than the Batarian's.

    With all that said he now needed to make some calls. He believes that at the least the Systems Alliance can expect at least some support from the other races.
     
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    • UberJJK said:
    For this plan I'll be using the budget and production values listed in my Revised Finance V10 spreadsheet (~3,840 billion credits and 1,132,819.56 production) because Tri2's numbers have inconsistencies in them. I don't actually have the time to go through them all right now (I'll write up that post later) but even if I'm wrong here my numbers are more conservative anyway so it doesn't really hurt.

    Paragon Industry Actions:
    [X] [PIA] Proposed Plan Ships, Tanks, and Legionaries
    -[X] License Things
    --[X] License out Geneva Class Cruiser Block 4 Upgrade to Cord-Hislop Aerospace

    -[X] Sell Things
    --[X] 9 Lite Laser Pyndas for the Alliance Navy.
    --[X] 79 Hammerhead Tanks for the Alliance Army

    -[X] Build Things (-1,898 Billion)
    --[X] 21 x Factory IIIs (-21 Billions) on Mindoir
    --[X] 18 x Factory IIIs (-18 Billions) on Elysium
    --[X] 21 x Factory IIIs (-21 Billions) on Benning
    --[X] 18 x Factory IIIs (-18 Billions) on Demeter
    --[X] 40 x Factory IIIs (-40 Billions) on Bekenstein
    --[X] 40 x Factory IIIs (-40 Billions) on Terra Nova
    --[X] 40 x Factory IIIs (-40 Billions) on Eden Prime

    --[X] 10 x Space Factory Is (-100 Billions) in orbit of Bekenstein
    --[X] 10 x Space Factory Is (-100 Billions) in orbit of Terra Nova
    --[X] 10 x Space Factory Is (-100 Billions) in orbit of Eden Prime
    --[X] 5 x Heavily Armed Space Factory Is (-100 Billions) in orbit of Elysium
    --[X] 5 x Heavily Armed Space Factory Is (-100 Billions) in orbit of Bekenstein
    --[X] 5 x Heavily Armed Space Factory Is (-100 Billions) in orbit of Terra Nova
    --[X] 5 x Heavily Armed Space Factory Is (-100 Billions) in orbit of Eden Prime
    --[X] 1 x Heavily Armed Space Factory II (-200 Billions) in orbit of Mindoir
    --[X] 2 x Heavily Armed Space Factory II (-400 Billions) in orbit of Benning
    --[X] 2 x Heavily Armed Space Factory II (-400 Billions) in orbit of Demeter

    --[X] 2 x Small Shipyards (-1 Billion) in orbit of Bekenstein
    --[X] 2 x Medium Shipyards (-4 Billions) in orbit of Bekenstein
    --[X] 1 x Large Shipyard (12.5 Billions) in orbit of Bekenstein
    --[X] 2 x Small Shipyards (-1 Billion) in orbit of Terra Nova
    --[X] 2 x Medium Shipyards (-4 Billions) in orbit of Terra Nova
    --[X] 1 x Large Shipyard (12.5 Billions) in orbit of Terra Nova
    --[X] 2 x Small Shipyards (-1 Billion) in orbit of Eden Prime
    --[X] 2 x Medium Shipyards (-4 Billions) in orbit of Eden Prime
    --[X] 1 x Large Shipyard (12.5 Billions) in orbit of Eden Prime

    -[X] Lobbying (Spend money and try to convince politicians to do something)
    --[X] 600 Billion towards the ongoing Treaty of Farixen negotiations.
    ---[X] Double check that extra funding at this point won't hurt our negotiating position with Laurence Freeman.
    So the first thing I did is turn right around on our prior vote and license out those block upgrades. Now that we have an idea of what is involved there is no hope of us being able to do that in house. Seriously 75,000pr per upgrade just isn't remotely feasible anytime soon and the Alliance clearly wants those upgrades yesterday. If we could hold off until Q3 then sure but we literally can't afford a single upgrade either this quarter or next and the Alliance isn't going to wait until then.

    For selling things; yep. Nine ships and 79 Tanks is all we can build thanks to that Shipyard usage screwing us over. I'm not even considering anything else because those are the Alliance's top two requirements and that leaves us with ~18 Production. Like technically I could squeeze in 94 Soldier Sets but compared to the 100,000 Legionaries we are helping construct that is a joke.

    Next up is all the factories. This may get some adjustment as a refine the slots and all that but for now I think 30 Space Factory Is, 20 Heavily Armed Space Factory Is, and 5 Heavily Armed Space Factory IIs is good enough. The intent here is to slowly roll the factories into Heavily Armed Space Factory IIs (Space Factory IIIs just have too long a wait time to be relevant) and Space Factory Is pay for themselves in a single quarter so there is no real inefficiencies here. For Shipyards I think a mixture of 2:2:1 works pretty well for ensuring we have diverse repair and construction capabilities while fitting within the orbital space I've budgeted for them.

    Spare Time:
    [X] [ST] Proposed Plan BioTech + Biotics + Liara Date
    -[X] Headhunt a research hero (this will not necessarily come into fruition immediately).
    --[X] BioTech
    -[X] Train
    --[X] Biotic Techniques (Requires/Depends on Instructor. See listing, may pick two)
    ---[X] Sustained Barrier
    -[X] Spend Time With [Liara]
    --[X] You said you were open to the idea of possibly dating and Liara reciprocated so date time? Maybe try and find out what the two of you enjoy doing together that isn't discussing comparative schooling practices?
    This is basically a repeat of my last vote since all three actions previously failed due to bad luck. I still think we need more Research Heroes and BioTech is probably our most important field there since thanks to the need to do "Species X" techs we'll have a basically endless supply of research. The previous attempt suggested that despite the action saying we can learn two we may see better success attempting just one technique. So I decided to give that a go and focused on the anti-assassination technique. Liara wanted to spend time with Revy but bad luck stopped them so I'm giving that date a second go around.

    ParSec Deployment 2174-Q4:
    [X] [PSD] Proposed Plan All in Colony Defense
    [X] Just the Pyndas (High Risk, 20% Costs as Profit)
    [X] Guard Colonies (High Risk, Medium Profit)
    -[X] All Free Forces 1.50 billion/quarter
    I don't really see a reason to change from last turn here. Yes the risks are higher but that is because humanity's colonies are in more danger.

    Paragon Industries Research Allocation:
    Mindoir:
    Revy (1900RP)
    Conrad (300RP + Lab Bonuses)
    Gaven Dor (150RP + Lab Bonuses)
    Mordin Solus (300RP + Lab Bonuses)
    Shatom Vivuvian (150RP + Lab Bonuses)
    1 x Lab II (185RP)
    4 x Lab III (277.5RP)

    Elysium:
    Captain Hwan (150RP + Lab Bonuses)
    2 x Lab I (92.5RP)

    Temporary Bonuses:
    +50 to BioTech (Litinana Deal) until 2176-Q2

    [X] [PIRA] Proposed Plan The Swarm
    -[X] Conrad (300RP + 300*0.85 = 555) + Lab II (185) = Quantum Entanglement Communications [121/1600 -> 1713.5/1600]
    -[X] Gaven Dor (150RP + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab III (277.5) + Revy (45) = Construction Drones (Basic construction VI required) [0/600 -> 600/600]
    -[X] Mordin (300 + 300*0.85 = 555) + Lab II (277.5) + Litinana Deal(50) = Brain Shield MKII [882.5/600]
    -[X] Shatom (150 + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab III (277.5) + Revy (45) = Heavy Cruisers [600/1200 -> 1200/1200]
    -[X] Hwan (150 + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab I (92.5) + Revy (30) = UV Lasers [400/400]
    -[X] Lab I (92.5) + Revy (207.5) = Basic Construction VI [0/300 -> 300/300]
    -[X] Revy (150) = Mk II Suit [0/150 -> 150/150]
    -[X] Revy (600) = Swarm Networking [0/600 -> 600/600]
    -[X] Revy (800) = Better Battery [0/800 -> 800/800]
    -[X] Revy (22.5) = Cortana Update [0/150 -> 22.5/150]

    I'll add more research plans as people make suggestions but this is the one I'm going with for now. There is a fair amount of overshooting but they is somewhat unavoidable just due to how the math works out. Conrad finishes off QECs, Gaven Dor takes care of Construction Drones while Revy writes the code for them. Mordin massively overkills Brain Shield MKII since he is the only person who can work on it and there isn't really a meaningful way to lower his RP and maybe it will overflow? Hwan tackles upgrading the range of our laser weaponry (massive bonus there).

    Finally for Revy's solo work she finishes off the Mk II since I know people would riot if I left it off). Swarm Networking synergizes with our construction drones and heavy use of combat drones. The better battery is basically the last holdout before Arc Reactors finish revolutionizing energy usage the galacy over. Finally her left over RP is dumped on making some minor progress on upgrading Cortana.

    I know people really want to work on Hegemony Cryptography, and I'll probably whip up a variaton for you, but a fair number of people have expressed some concern it could have Reaper cognitohazards in the code. So I'd prefer Brain Shield first then Crypto rater then trying to do both simultaniously.






    Anyways all of this is very preliminary since I don't have the time to go over the plans as much as I'd like right now. These plans will very likely change in the coming days as I receive comments before settling in on more final versions.
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    love this plan but think that for the research it would be better to use the below plan made by Shadow, gives us more and a good boost in VI tech which will assuredly provide boosts and give us better Space assets to license out which are sorely needed, much more than a new suit or ground units
    Aerrow Shadow said:
    Research Proposal

    Mordin (300 + 300*0.85 = 555) + Lab II (185) + Litinana Deal(50) + Revy (10) = Human Converted Gene Treatments (Turians) [0/800 -> 800/800]
    Shatom (150 + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab III (277.5) + Revy (45) = Heavy Cruisers [600/1200 -> 1200/1200]
    Conrad (300RP + 300*0.85 = 555) + Lab I (92.5) = Quantum Entanglement Communications [973.5/1600 -> 1621/1600]

    Gaven Dor (150RP + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab III (277.5)+Lab III (277.5) =Better Battery [0/800 -> 832.5/800]
    Revy(45) + Lab III (277.5) + Lab III (277.5) = Brain Shield MKII[0/600 -> 600/600]

    Revy(550) = Advance Research VI [50/600 -> 600/600]
    Revy(600) = Advance Electronic Warfare VI [0/600 -> 600/600]
    Lab III (277.5) + Revy(23)= Basic Diplomacy/Legal Assistance VI [0/300 -> 300/300]
    Lab III (277.5) + Revy(22.5)=Basic Combat Analysis VI [0/300 -> 300/300]
    Lab III (277.5) + Revy(22.5)= Basic Hacking VI [0/300 -> 300/300]
    Hwan (150 + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab I (92.5) = Basic Construction VI [0/300 -> 370/300]

    Revy(250) = Hegemony Cryptography [250/? -> 500/?]
    Revy(150)=Cortana Update [0/150 -> 150/150]
    Revy(163)= Omni-tool Upgrades [37/200 -> 200/200]
    Revy(30)=Reactive Barriers [0/200 -> 30/200]
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    Shouldn't we start worrying about ParSecs military requirements? They've been telling us for quite a while they'd really like more support, especially in transports and air cover. Now that colonies are starting to heat up I think we should throw some more stuff their way so they can survive a siege should the Batarians take the orbitals.
     
    UberJJK said:
    Paragon Industry Actions:
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    I do like this for the most part, although I'd prefer to add in some Heavily Armed Space Stations as opposed to just heavily armed space factories. Those would be a nice addition to the forces present around the worlds we have a presence on.

    UberJJK said:
    Paragon Industries Research Allocation:
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    This I'm almost entirely in support of. The one change I'd like to make is replace Mordin's research with the Turian Gene Treatment, as getting another PR win among a Council race might be enough to tip them in favor of the SA in the Batarian War.
     
    [X] [PIRA] Coding Time plus Converting Treatments and Military advancements
    -[X] Mordin (300 + 300*0.85 = 555) + Lab II (185) + Litinana Deal(50) + Revy (10) = Human Converted Gene Treatments (Turians) [0/800 -> 800/800]
    -[X] Shatom (150 + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab III (277.5) + Revy (45) = Heavy Cruisers [600/1200 -> 1200/1200]
    -[X] Conrad (300RP + 300*0.85 = 555) + Lab I (92.5) = Quantum Entanglement Communications [973.5/1600 -> 1621/1600]

    -[X] Gaven Dor (150RP + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab III (277.5)+Lab III (277.5) =Better Battery [0/800 -> 832.5/800]
    -[X] Revy(45) + Lab III (277.5) + Lab III (277.5) = Brain Shield MKII[0/600 -> 600/600]

    -[X] Revy(550) = Advance Research VI [50/600 -> 600/600]
    -[X] Revy(600) = Advance Electronic Warfare VI [0/600 -> 600/600]
    -[X] Lab III (277.5) + Revy(22.5)=Basic Combat Analysis VI [0/300 -> 300/300]
    -[X] Lab III (277.5) + Revy(22.5)= Basic Hacking VI [0/300 -> 300/300]
    -[X] Lab III (277.5) + Revy(23)= Basic Diplomacy/Legal Assistance VI [0/300 -> 300/300]

    -[X] Hwan (150 + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab I (92.5) + Revy(30) = UV Lasers [0/400 -> 400/400]

    -[X] Lab III (277.5)=Thermal Shields for power armor (re-entry shroud) [0/200 -> 277.5/200]

    -[X] Revy(350) = Hegemony Cryptography [250/? -> 600/?]
    -[X] Revy(150)=Cortana Update [0/150 -> 150/150]
    -[X] Revy(50) = Prothean Data [0/50 -> 50/50]
    -[X] Revy(36)= Omni-tool Upgrades [37/200 -> 73/200]

    Human Converted Gene Treatments (Turians): better PR and favor among the council
    Advance Research VI + Cortana Update: probaly helpful with reasearch
    Basic Combat Analysis VI + Advance Electronic Warfare VI: increased combat strength easy to roll out
    UV Lasers + Heavy Cruisers: increased combat strength harder to roll out
     
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    [X] [PIA] Proposed Plan Ships, Tanks, and Legionaries
    [X] [ST] Proposed Plan BioTech + Biotics + Liara Date
    [X] [PSD] Proposed Plan All in Colony Defense
    [X] [PIRA] Coding Time plus Converting Treatments and Military advancements
     
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    [X] [PIRA] Coding Time plus Converting Treatments and Military advancements v2
    -[X] Mordin (300 + 300*0.85 = 555) + Lab II (185) + Litinana Deal(50) + Revy (10) = Human Converted Gene Treatments (Turians) [0/800 -> 800/800]
    -[X] Shatom (150 + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab III (277.5) + Revy (45) = Heavy Cruisers [600/1200 -> 1200/1200]
    -[X] Conrad (300RP + 300*0.85 = 555) + Lab I (92.5) = Quantum Entanglement Communications [973.5/1600 -> 1621/1600]

    -[X] Gaven Dor (150RP + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab III (277.5)+Lab III (277.5) =Better Battery [0/800 -> 832.5/800]
    -[X] Revy(45) + Lab III (277.5) + Lab III (277.5) = Brain Shield MKII[0/600 -> 600/600]

    -[X] Revy(550) = Advance Research VI [50/600 -> 600/600]
    -[X] Revy(600) = Advance Electronic Warfare VI [0/600 -> 600/600]
    -[X] Lab III (277.5) + Revy(22.5)=Basic Combat Analysis VI [0/300 -> 300/300]
    -[X] Lab III (277.5) + Revy(22.5)= Basic Hacking VI [0/300 -> 300/300]
    -[X] Lab III (277.5) + Revy(23)= Basic Diplomacy/Legal Assistance VI [0/300 -> 300/300]
    -[X] Lab III (277.5)+ Revy(23)=Basic Construction VI [0/300 -> 300.5/300]

    -[X] Hwan (150 + 150*0.85 = 277.5) + Lab I (92.5) + Revy(30) = UV Lasers [0/400 -> 400/400]

    -[X] Revy(350) = Hegemony Cryptography [250/? -> 600/?]
    -[X] Revy(150)=Cortana Update [0/150 -> 150/150]
    -[X] Revy(50) = Prothean Data [0/50 -> 50/50]
    -[X] Revy(13)= Omni-tool Upgrades [37/200 -> 50/200]

    exchanges re-entry shroud with Basic Construction VI
     
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    i think if the Citadel does not help the Systems Alliance, the SA should leave the Citadel and not sign the new Farixen treat as what worth is it to have the SA in the Citadel if not help is given, but we still have to follow there rules?
     
    As a side note I think we really should be getting the Plug and Play research done since it's been repeatedly mentioned that's one of the main things holding us back.
    newwriter said:
    It is nice to see, but I don't think that your portrayal of Donnel Udina is accurate to canon. Your Udina seems too reasonable and too sympathetic to the difficult situation that the Council finds itself in.
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    I mean he is still an asshole and acts like it in the omake. From my point of view Udina would never have gotten as far as he has as a politician and representative to humanity if he didn't have a really good understanding of politics and was actually good at it. I also imagine he'd be just a bit more chill thanks to humanity having a much stronger position here in this timeline.
    LollipoPReapeR said:
    @Red Bovine I guess your omake bonus will be real useful for the treaty negotiations…
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    Honestly was thinking of adding it to the MK2 suit since I'm one of the people that has been arguing for over about it. Otherwise I don't see us ever getting it. Besides with all the work already put in with the Treaty think we have good odds with that.
     
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