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[X] Edward Fitzsimmons
An empire marches on its stomach
An empire marches on its stomach
Attempting to Subvert the Plan: Dominion Edition
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- starcraft plan quest
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- the Republic
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- He/They
On reflection, I've boosted Fitzsimmons's secondary trait; no more Paranoia gain, and it's a little more effective.
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Basically, she's in a less prominent roll, so he doesn't notice her as much on a day to day basis.
- Pronouns
- They/Them
[X] Edward Fitzsimmons
The reconstruction bonus will let us play a little less carefully with dice allocation! Instead of adding an extra dice to "make sure" we complete it.
The reconstruction bonus will let us play a little less carefully with dice allocation! Instead of adding an extra dice to "make sure" we complete it.
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
[X] Victoria Archibald III
[X] Edward Fitzsimmons
These provide bonuses in areas we badly need them and aid in general reconstruction, which is great for things like "reduce unnecessary civilian deaths over the next few years" and "revitalize the economy enough that the Dominion doesn't just cease to exist during the impending Brood Wars."
[X] Edward Fitzsimmons
These provide bonuses in areas we badly need them and aid in general reconstruction, which is great for things like "reduce unnecessary civilian deaths over the next few years" and "revitalize the economy enough that the Dominion doesn't just cease to exist during the impending Brood Wars."
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- parker colorado
[X] Victoria Archibald III
[X] Edward Fitzsimmons
As much as I want the whiz kid others have convinced me.
[X] Edward Fitzsimmons
As much as I want the whiz kid others have convinced me.
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[X] Victoria Archibald III
@Etranger are you sure you didn't make Edward's secondary positive trait a bit too lucrative compared to the other candidates? Auto-completion within 30 progress makes him a clear winner....
Also will there be a personal action for job training so we can actively work to reduce our dice penalty rather than leaving it up to a coin flip every turn?
@Etranger are you sure you didn't make Edward's secondary positive trait a bit too lucrative compared to the other candidates? Auto-completion within 30 progress makes him a clear winner....
Also will there be a personal action for job training so we can actively work to reduce our dice penalty rather than leaving it up to a coin flip every turn?
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[X] Victoria Archibald III
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
You'd be surprised. A lot of those projects are so big that a +5 cumulative bonus is more impactful than auto-completing thirty points short of the goal. Furthermore, his bonus only applies to the reconstruction projects, and while we'll be doing a lot of those, they're not the only things that matter.
History of the Confederacy (Canon)
grimely
Twink Death Sufferer
"Adjutant SA-117 online. Good morning, General."
The familiar, relaxing tones of the simulated and just this side of natural voice filled Horner's ears with an effect similar to that of a man lost in a desert drinking water for the first time all day. It had taken some finagling to have the old girl hooked up at all without the programming rewrite he had originally intended for her, but she still worked. Which was more than could be said of most survivors of the Great War, all in all.
He had thought for a moment to correct the Adjutant on his title, another thing her rewrite would've handled, before dismissing the thought. This was an escape from all that nonsense Arcturus had forced him into after all, a chance to forget all that Chancellor business and just be Chuck. But... nostalgia wasn't the only reason he had rebooted her. She might be a military advisor, and with Arendt getting the check instead of the probably criminal programmer who had almost certainly gone to ground by now that was all she'd ever be, but that database included a wealth of information on topics that might prove useful in this new position.
Namely, history.
The thought alone made Chuck's stomach do a back flip, the man had never been a perceptive student of anything besides war, but both Arendt and Smith had agreed that an understanding of Confederate history would serve him well in his new office. After seeing the absurdity of them arguing for the same thing, Horner had made it his mission to ensure he saw as little of it as possible, and made sure to knock this off of the checklist as soon as possible.
"Sally, you've got your full history database online?"
"Checking... Checking... Confirmed."
"Good, good. Let's hear it then, get me uh, oh hell let's just get it done with. The history of the Confederacy."
"Acknowledged, General. On November 22nd, 2229, the Un-"
"Come on now, don't give me that old girl. I know you're miffed I went with Jacob instead of you, but can't we do this a little more my speed?"
"Negative," SA-117 replied as emotionlessly as ever.
Horner suppressed a groan before leaning back in his chair with a defeated sigh. "Alright, from the top then," he muttered, doing his best to keep his attention focused.
"On November 22nd, 2229, the United Powers League was formed as the majority governing body of Earth, replacing the defunct United Nations after the latter failed to grapple with the economic and environmental crises of the 22nd century. Though proclaiming itself the defender of humanity, as far as surviving databanks from the ATLAS on the Nagglfar were able to ascertain they never achieved true global hegemony due to various ideological struggles in South America, instead controlling approximately 93% of the human population."
Sally was at least kind enough to project a holographic depiction of the Earth, the UPL highlighted in alternating red and brown stripes. He was at least able to deduce what South America was from the scant traces of other colors, pockmarks of resistance to the world state. A bit like Korhal, he mused. Chuck, not being the introspective sort, wouldn't have considered the fact that the more apt comparisons were Umoja and Moria.
"Proclaiming a policy of enlightened socialism and seeking to create a humanity free from want or struggle, the Powers identified what they considered the three causes of conflict among mankind. These were organized religion, all forms of ethnonationalism, and the relatively recent introduction of conscious human augmentation. Formalized ideological opposition to all three were codified under a philosophy known as the Divinity of Mankind, proclaiming that humanity itself was a sacred form and that attempts to sow division between it was tantamount to risking its survival as a species."
"In practice, the creation of utopia required extremely harsh measures. This was not an unintended consequence of the Powers, and instead one that they proudly trumpeted, announcing that with their fusion of socialism and fascism they had created a so-called fourth alternative. Brutal military force was used both to destroy ancient ethnic communities as well as to suppress racially based discrimination, the all-encompassing nature of the League's doctrine demanding both be stamped out with equal fervor. Additionally, the same might was brought to bear against any who attempted to rebel against the new common tongue of mankind - English. Even the oldest and most powerful of faiths had been forced underground by 2231, with the Unitariate Commissions passing sweeping bans of almost all religions."
"Finally, the roots of the Confederacy. In that same year, the United Powers League quietly began work on an ideological and genetic purge of humanity dubbed Project Purification. All non-vital prosthetic, cybernetic, and genetic enhancements were banned, as well as the use of certain psychoactive chemicals. Dissidents, hackers, synthetics, enhanced individuals, tech-pirates, and criminals of all kinds were swept up in massive arrest campaigns, with the world media strictly controlled to downplay and misdirect the public on the worst of the abuses."
"While most arrested as part of Project Purification were scheduled for summary execution, fifty-six thousand were diverted. A League scientist named Doran Routhe, believing that extrasolar planets would have useful exotic materials unheard of on Earth, sought to use the prisoners to establish a colony on a nearby world designated Gantris VI. Forty thousand of the original fifty-six were determined viable for long term cryogenic sleep and further colonization, with the remaining sixteen returned to League custody for execution."
"Approximately ten thousand each were placed into four League supercarriers: the Nagglfar, the Argo, the Sarengo, and the Reagan. In addition, each vessel was given a complement of officers and crew who would serve as wardens for the prisoners upon their new home. The Nagglfar, the lead ship, was given the powerful ATLAS supercomputer from which my own Adjutant codebase is derived, containing the navigational data for Gantris VI. The remaining ships were to follow the Nagglfar through warp space, emerging from FTL together above the colony world. The records of Earth contained in ATLAS end here, suggesting that Project Purification continued well after the Long Sleep."
"Sol to Gantris is approximated to be a distance of two thousand light years, working backwards from the original cruise duration of one year. At some point in that year however, the Nagglfar's navigation system failed, erasing the coordinates of both Earth and Gantris VI, leaving the flotilla to fly blindly through space. This continued until the warp engines overloaded, the carrier's emergency overrides forcing the four back into real space to avoid critical damage. Twenty-eight years and sixty thousand lightyears had passed. Uncontrolled exit from warp scattered the four carriers across a relatively localized area of space now designated the Koprulu Sector."
"The Nagglfar landed on Tarsonis in 2259, and with the largest concentration of League personnel to prisoners of the four, the commanders of the supercarrier swiftly imposed order on their charges after waking from the Long Sleep. With the aid of ATLAS, they swiftly set about colonizing the 'New World' from the 'year naught', stripping the ship of any and all useful supplies. Dr. Routhe, perceiving the difficulties of building society anew, included on every ship frozen eggs and embryos, as well as cloning technology and advanced food processors along with more mundane supplies, foodstuffs, and equipment. These were immediately used to 'population shock' Tarsonis, rapidly expanding their reach over the planet until the technology began to fail after approximately half a century."
Chuck frowned slightly at that, if the officers had taken control of Tarsonis then that'd mean the Old Families...
"At the same time, both the Reagan and Sarengo arrived on Umoja. The latter ship, having suffered more extensive failure, was unable to sufficiently slow its descent and crashed into the surface, killing all aboard and leaving a still visible canyon. Meanwhile, the Argo landed on Moria. Unlike the Nagglfar, the ship's systems of the Reagan and Argo were relatively primitive, and they were left without even the knowledge of how far they had traveled."
"Within the first century of landing, all three colony worlds had managed to utilize their supercarrier's store of supplies to rapidly expand, colonizing nearby worlds. Where Tarsonis had fallen under the control of the Old Families, descendants of the ship's commanding officers, Umoja had created a democratic ruling council and in Moria political power and economic power became identical."
That'd do it then. Horner never did like the upper crust, but knowing it'd always been like this... Well, it gave a man some thoughts.
"Sixty years after waking from the Long Sleep, Tarsonis was able to recontact Moria and Umoja, to the mutual surprise of all three, each having thought themselves the only survivor. Trade immediately commenced between the three and their own colony worlds, sparking a mining boom in Moria, increased political power of its nascent corporations, and the eventual creation of the Kel-Morian Combine in the 2400s. While Tarsonis pressed for the entire Sector to unite in a single government, Umoja and Moria resisted, fearing the preeminence of Tarsonis in such an arrangement."
"In response, Tarsonis began to colonize planned worlds, planets dedicated to particular facets of life or expertise including the university parks of Tyrador VIII and the weapons laboratories of Korhal. With seven daughter worlds established, the Old Families of Tarsonis proclaimed the creation of the Terran Confederacy in 2323, sixty-four years after waking. While both Umoja and Moria viewed this as a provocation, an uneasy peace lasted for over a century, with all three growing steadily in power and wealth throughout the Sector."
"Growth of Tarsonis and Moria's colonies eventually led to conflicting mineral claims on resource rich worlds such as Char, Redstone III, and Sonyan, as well as the asteroid belt of the Paladino star system. In response to illegal seizures of mining sites by Confederate forces, the Morian Mining Coalition and Kelanis Shipping Guild merged in 2475, forming the Kel-Morian Combine and effectively usurping what little civilian control of Moria and her colonies remained. Ultimately, open war broke out in 2485, resulting in a four year long war. My records indicate that you fought in the Guild Wars, General, so I will skip over this section of the historical record."
Once again, Horner frowned, this time wondering if Sally really was pissed at him. She knew he liked to hear her talk to him about his war stories.
"In 2489, the Confederacy declared victory over the Kel-Morian Combine, reorganizing it as a mining guild and effectively vassalizing Morian space. While Umojan volunteers had fought against the Confederacy, the Ruling Council made no outward moves, instead reorganizing their own government into the Umojan Protectorate to nationalize and centralize the democratic militias. It appeared that the Confederacy was at the zenith of its power, and that Umoja would be integrated in due time, one way or another."
"However, unrest had been bubbling for decades. Despite its wealth and power, the lives of many within the Confederacy had gotten worse even as victory after victory had been racked up. All gains were funneled towards Tarsonis itself, and the grandest of the Old Families who had never left the first colony. Even scions of the Nagglfar who had become rulers of the other worlds chafed under their rule, and in 2478 Senator Angus Mengsk, father of Emperor Arcturus Mengsk, began a covert movement against the centralized power of the Confederacy with covert assistance from the Umojan Protectorate."
"For eleven years, Angus and the hidden rebellion waged a shadow war against the Confederacy, their ranks growing with each passing day. With the Confederacy's victory in the Guild Wars against the Kel-Morian Combine, it was decided that the rebellion could not permit Tarsonis to consolidate its gains. Senator Mengsk rallied the people of Korhal into an army of patriotic liberation numbering in the millions, capturing all Confederate military outposts on world. Declaring independence from the corrupt Confederacy, it seemed that a new day had dawned for the Sector. Per his own words: The Old Families control everything from their capital world of Tarsonis, and the entire apparatus of the Confederacy is geared to keep them in power, exploiting the planets under their control and stealing their wealth. Well, no more."
Chuck couldn't help but wince when Sally quoted old Angus, the Adjutant faithfully reproducing the man's actual voice instead of speaking the words in her own. It was one of the few things about them he had always found unnerving.
"After withdrawing all troops from Korhal, the Confederacy dispatched three highly trained Ghosts to assassinate Angus Mengsk, his wife, and his children. By coincidence, Arcturus was meeting with the Umojan ambassador during the attack, and took his father's place as head of the rebellion and de facto dictator of Korhal. For two years, he waged a campaign of economic destruction against Tarsonis and the Old Families, sparking a multi-planet rebellion."
"In 2491, Arcturus Mengsk traveled to Umoja to gather additional recruits and technology from the Protectorate. While he was off world, the Confederacy fired one thousand Apocalypse-class nuclear missiles at Korhal, reducing much of the planet's surface to barren wasteland and ripping the heart out of the rebellion. With only twenty-nine men with him on Umoja, Arcturus proclaimed the Sons of Korhal, and rapidly gained support and volunteers across the sector as a wave of public outrage rippled through the Sector."
"For nine years, Mengsk and the Sons of Korhal waged an uprising against the Confederacy, increasing in power and size with each victory. Records indicate that it was at this time that Captain Charles Horner vanished from his home on Mar Sara, reemerging within the ranks of the Sons of Korhal as Colonel and eventually General Horner during the campaign."
A long silence followed after the Adjutant's mention of his service record, Chuck looking at the wall with a tired expression on his face. He didn't realize just how tired he was. How tired it all made him.
"Was that sufficient, General?"
"That'll do, Sally," he murmured, slowly rising from his chair.
He needed a drink.
A/N: Some... light editorializing here, but most of this (especially the Earth stuff) is just from the SC1 manual.
The familiar, relaxing tones of the simulated and just this side of natural voice filled Horner's ears with an effect similar to that of a man lost in a desert drinking water for the first time all day. It had taken some finagling to have the old girl hooked up at all without the programming rewrite he had originally intended for her, but she still worked. Which was more than could be said of most survivors of the Great War, all in all.
He had thought for a moment to correct the Adjutant on his title, another thing her rewrite would've handled, before dismissing the thought. This was an escape from all that nonsense Arcturus had forced him into after all, a chance to forget all that Chancellor business and just be Chuck. But... nostalgia wasn't the only reason he had rebooted her. She might be a military advisor, and with Arendt getting the check instead of the probably criminal programmer who had almost certainly gone to ground by now that was all she'd ever be, but that database included a wealth of information on topics that might prove useful in this new position.
Namely, history.
The thought alone made Chuck's stomach do a back flip, the man had never been a perceptive student of anything besides war, but both Arendt and Smith had agreed that an understanding of Confederate history would serve him well in his new office. After seeing the absurdity of them arguing for the same thing, Horner had made it his mission to ensure he saw as little of it as possible, and made sure to knock this off of the checklist as soon as possible.
"Sally, you've got your full history database online?"
"Checking... Checking... Confirmed."
"Good, good. Let's hear it then, get me uh, oh hell let's just get it done with. The history of the Confederacy."
"Acknowledged, General. On November 22nd, 2229, the Un-"
"Come on now, don't give me that old girl. I know you're miffed I went with Jacob instead of you, but can't we do this a little more my speed?"
"Negative," SA-117 replied as emotionlessly as ever.
Horner suppressed a groan before leaning back in his chair with a defeated sigh. "Alright, from the top then," he muttered, doing his best to keep his attention focused.
"On November 22nd, 2229, the United Powers League was formed as the majority governing body of Earth, replacing the defunct United Nations after the latter failed to grapple with the economic and environmental crises of the 22nd century. Though proclaiming itself the defender of humanity, as far as surviving databanks from the ATLAS on the Nagglfar were able to ascertain they never achieved true global hegemony due to various ideological struggles in South America, instead controlling approximately 93% of the human population."
Sally was at least kind enough to project a holographic depiction of the Earth, the UPL highlighted in alternating red and brown stripes. He was at least able to deduce what South America was from the scant traces of other colors, pockmarks of resistance to the world state. A bit like Korhal, he mused. Chuck, not being the introspective sort, wouldn't have considered the fact that the more apt comparisons were Umoja and Moria.
"Proclaiming a policy of enlightened socialism and seeking to create a humanity free from want or struggle, the Powers identified what they considered the three causes of conflict among mankind. These were organized religion, all forms of ethnonationalism, and the relatively recent introduction of conscious human augmentation. Formalized ideological opposition to all three were codified under a philosophy known as the Divinity of Mankind, proclaiming that humanity itself was a sacred form and that attempts to sow division between it was tantamount to risking its survival as a species."
"In practice, the creation of utopia required extremely harsh measures. This was not an unintended consequence of the Powers, and instead one that they proudly trumpeted, announcing that with their fusion of socialism and fascism they had created a so-called fourth alternative. Brutal military force was used both to destroy ancient ethnic communities as well as to suppress racially based discrimination, the all-encompassing nature of the League's doctrine demanding both be stamped out with equal fervor. Additionally, the same might was brought to bear against any who attempted to rebel against the new common tongue of mankind - English. Even the oldest and most powerful of faiths had been forced underground by 2231, with the Unitariate Commissions passing sweeping bans of almost all religions."
"Finally, the roots of the Confederacy. In that same year, the United Powers League quietly began work on an ideological and genetic purge of humanity dubbed Project Purification. All non-vital prosthetic, cybernetic, and genetic enhancements were banned, as well as the use of certain psychoactive chemicals. Dissidents, hackers, synthetics, enhanced individuals, tech-pirates, and criminals of all kinds were swept up in massive arrest campaigns, with the world media strictly controlled to downplay and misdirect the public on the worst of the abuses."
"While most arrested as part of Project Purification were scheduled for summary execution, fifty-six thousand were diverted. A League scientist named Doran Routhe, believing that extrasolar planets would have useful exotic materials unheard of on Earth, sought to use the prisoners to establish a colony on a nearby world designated Gantris VI. Forty thousand of the original fifty-six were determined viable for long term cryogenic sleep and further colonization, with the remaining sixteen returned to League custody for execution."
"Approximately ten thousand each were placed into four League supercarriers: the Nagglfar, the Argo, the Sarengo, and the Reagan. In addition, each vessel was given a complement of officers and crew who would serve as wardens for the prisoners upon their new home. The Nagglfar, the lead ship, was given the powerful ATLAS supercomputer from which my own Adjutant codebase is derived, containing the navigational data for Gantris VI. The remaining ships were to follow the Nagglfar through warp space, emerging from FTL together above the colony world. The records of Earth contained in ATLAS end here, suggesting that Project Purification continued well after the Long Sleep."
"Sol to Gantris is approximated to be a distance of two thousand light years, working backwards from the original cruise duration of one year. At some point in that year however, the Nagglfar's navigation system failed, erasing the coordinates of both Earth and Gantris VI, leaving the flotilla to fly blindly through space. This continued until the warp engines overloaded, the carrier's emergency overrides forcing the four back into real space to avoid critical damage. Twenty-eight years and sixty thousand lightyears had passed. Uncontrolled exit from warp scattered the four carriers across a relatively localized area of space now designated the Koprulu Sector."
"The Nagglfar landed on Tarsonis in 2259, and with the largest concentration of League personnel to prisoners of the four, the commanders of the supercarrier swiftly imposed order on their charges after waking from the Long Sleep. With the aid of ATLAS, they swiftly set about colonizing the 'New World' from the 'year naught', stripping the ship of any and all useful supplies. Dr. Routhe, perceiving the difficulties of building society anew, included on every ship frozen eggs and embryos, as well as cloning technology and advanced food processors along with more mundane supplies, foodstuffs, and equipment. These were immediately used to 'population shock' Tarsonis, rapidly expanding their reach over the planet until the technology began to fail after approximately half a century."
Chuck frowned slightly at that, if the officers had taken control of Tarsonis then that'd mean the Old Families...
"At the same time, both the Reagan and Sarengo arrived on Umoja. The latter ship, having suffered more extensive failure, was unable to sufficiently slow its descent and crashed into the surface, killing all aboard and leaving a still visible canyon. Meanwhile, the Argo landed on Moria. Unlike the Nagglfar, the ship's systems of the Reagan and Argo were relatively primitive, and they were left without even the knowledge of how far they had traveled."
"Within the first century of landing, all three colony worlds had managed to utilize their supercarrier's store of supplies to rapidly expand, colonizing nearby worlds. Where Tarsonis had fallen under the control of the Old Families, descendants of the ship's commanding officers, Umoja had created a democratic ruling council and in Moria political power and economic power became identical."
That'd do it then. Horner never did like the upper crust, but knowing it'd always been like this... Well, it gave a man some thoughts.
"Sixty years after waking from the Long Sleep, Tarsonis was able to recontact Moria and Umoja, to the mutual surprise of all three, each having thought themselves the only survivor. Trade immediately commenced between the three and their own colony worlds, sparking a mining boom in Moria, increased political power of its nascent corporations, and the eventual creation of the Kel-Morian Combine in the 2400s. While Tarsonis pressed for the entire Sector to unite in a single government, Umoja and Moria resisted, fearing the preeminence of Tarsonis in such an arrangement."
"In response, Tarsonis began to colonize planned worlds, planets dedicated to particular facets of life or expertise including the university parks of Tyrador VIII and the weapons laboratories of Korhal. With seven daughter worlds established, the Old Families of Tarsonis proclaimed the creation of the Terran Confederacy in 2323, sixty-four years after waking. While both Umoja and Moria viewed this as a provocation, an uneasy peace lasted for over a century, with all three growing steadily in power and wealth throughout the Sector."
"Growth of Tarsonis and Moria's colonies eventually led to conflicting mineral claims on resource rich worlds such as Char, Redstone III, and Sonyan, as well as the asteroid belt of the Paladino star system. In response to illegal seizures of mining sites by Confederate forces, the Morian Mining Coalition and Kelanis Shipping Guild merged in 2475, forming the Kel-Morian Combine and effectively usurping what little civilian control of Moria and her colonies remained. Ultimately, open war broke out in 2485, resulting in a four year long war. My records indicate that you fought in the Guild Wars, General, so I will skip over this section of the historical record."
Once again, Horner frowned, this time wondering if Sally really was pissed at him. She knew he liked to hear her talk to him about his war stories.
"In 2489, the Confederacy declared victory over the Kel-Morian Combine, reorganizing it as a mining guild and effectively vassalizing Morian space. While Umojan volunteers had fought against the Confederacy, the Ruling Council made no outward moves, instead reorganizing their own government into the Umojan Protectorate to nationalize and centralize the democratic militias. It appeared that the Confederacy was at the zenith of its power, and that Umoja would be integrated in due time, one way or another."
"However, unrest had been bubbling for decades. Despite its wealth and power, the lives of many within the Confederacy had gotten worse even as victory after victory had been racked up. All gains were funneled towards Tarsonis itself, and the grandest of the Old Families who had never left the first colony. Even scions of the Nagglfar who had become rulers of the other worlds chafed under their rule, and in 2478 Senator Angus Mengsk, father of Emperor Arcturus Mengsk, began a covert movement against the centralized power of the Confederacy with covert assistance from the Umojan Protectorate."
"For eleven years, Angus and the hidden rebellion waged a shadow war against the Confederacy, their ranks growing with each passing day. With the Confederacy's victory in the Guild Wars against the Kel-Morian Combine, it was decided that the rebellion could not permit Tarsonis to consolidate its gains. Senator Mengsk rallied the people of Korhal into an army of patriotic liberation numbering in the millions, capturing all Confederate military outposts on world. Declaring independence from the corrupt Confederacy, it seemed that a new day had dawned for the Sector. Per his own words: The Old Families control everything from their capital world of Tarsonis, and the entire apparatus of the Confederacy is geared to keep them in power, exploiting the planets under their control and stealing their wealth. Well, no more."
Chuck couldn't help but wince when Sally quoted old Angus, the Adjutant faithfully reproducing the man's actual voice instead of speaking the words in her own. It was one of the few things about them he had always found unnerving.
"After withdrawing all troops from Korhal, the Confederacy dispatched three highly trained Ghosts to assassinate Angus Mengsk, his wife, and his children. By coincidence, Arcturus was meeting with the Umojan ambassador during the attack, and took his father's place as head of the rebellion and de facto dictator of Korhal. For two years, he waged a campaign of economic destruction against Tarsonis and the Old Families, sparking a multi-planet rebellion."
"In 2491, Arcturus Mengsk traveled to Umoja to gather additional recruits and technology from the Protectorate. While he was off world, the Confederacy fired one thousand Apocalypse-class nuclear missiles at Korhal, reducing much of the planet's surface to barren wasteland and ripping the heart out of the rebellion. With only twenty-nine men with him on Umoja, Arcturus proclaimed the Sons of Korhal, and rapidly gained support and volunteers across the sector as a wave of public outrage rippled through the Sector."
"For nine years, Mengsk and the Sons of Korhal waged an uprising against the Confederacy, increasing in power and size with each victory. Records indicate that it was at this time that Captain Charles Horner vanished from his home on Mar Sara, reemerging within the ranks of the Sons of Korhal as Colonel and eventually General Horner during the campaign."
A long silence followed after the Adjutant's mention of his service record, Chuck looking at the wall with a tired expression on his face. He didn't realize just how tired he was. How tired it all made him.
"Was that sufficient, General?"
"That'll do, Sally," he murmured, slowly rising from his chair.
He needed a drink.
A/N: Some... light editorializing here, but most of this (especially the Earth stuff) is just from the SC1 manual.
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[X] Edward Fitzsimmons
Fuck aristos, all my homies hate aristos
Fuck aristos, all my homies hate aristos
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Also is it intentional that none of the Advisors provide an extra Personal dice? We achieved over success but don't seem to get the stated reward, instead getting dice bonuses mostly.
grimely
Twink Death Sufferer
That's Personal Staff.
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Advisors may be on our personal staff, but they're not there to help us handle personal business like ordering lunch, founding a billion-credit personal slush fund, or sending letters to our nephew who's fighting with the rebels.
Their job is to help us run the Treasury.
Their job is to help us run the Treasury.
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[X] Edward Fitzsimmons
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- the Republic
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The advisor's bonuses are separate from and on top of the Personal dice you get from the project itself.
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- the Republic
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Personnel Qualities by @The Laurent and History of the Confederacy by @grimely are both declared canon; find them in the Sidestory tab. You now have two +15 bonuses and one +5 bonus that will be applied to a project when within appropriate distance of completion. Only one omake bonus can be applied per project.
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This advisor vote is clearly hiring them to our personal staff, it was also noted as an extra reward for going beyond the DC for hiring staff. It's not part of Treasury Bureaucracy.
Also Etran, any thoughts on Personal actions to directly work on reducing Chuck's dice penalty? Kinda hoping we can work actively on that rather than relying on luck.
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grimely
Twink Death Sufferer
No, there's Hire a Personal Staff and Hire Advisors, they're separate projects. I was wrong though, we did Hire a Personal Staff and just succeeded so well Etranger was nice to us and gave us some free advisors on top of the bonus personal dice from the actual project (as he mentioned in an earlier post).