2213.01.01
- Location
- The Deep Blue Sea
2212.02.01
The larger array of equipment hired on to the prospecting effort on Kore pays off almost immediately. Excited mining executives have requested an additional 1500 credit grant, which is quickly rubber-stamped by the UN bureaucracy.2212.04.01
Captain Wang has reported a very similar impact crater on the surface of a moon in the Einath system. The proximity in space to the crater observed in Alassia has some scientists suggesting it may have resulted from another near-light-speed collision of a ship exiting hyperspace. If this proves correct, it suggests the civilization that launched the ships may have had hyperspace travel independent of the hyperlane network.2212.06.01
The final reports are in - the additional grant to the Kore prospectors did not pay off. That still leaves the planet with a hugely increased reserve of accessible mineral riches.[Kore gains +25% minerals from mining jobs, +10 available mining districts!]
2212.07.01
The hollow chamber beneath the surface of Io has at last been cracked. It required the application of the equivalent of a city-scale nuclear power plant to help melt through its alloy shell, but Captain Dragomirov's team was rewarded with a cache of what appear to be holographic blueprints for lightweight space combat vehicles.2212.07.01
Swap Engineering research from Long-Range Mineral Scanners to Standardized Corvette Patterns?
[] (Tech) Yes
[X] (Tech) No
Another component of the hologram is a map, with a bright marker on the Neptunian moon of Triton. The ISS Maui is already en route.
More disappointingly for the scientific community, the crater on Einath IVa appears to have been a natural event. As a consolation prize, the asteroid that created the crater exposed a healthy amount of deep-crust minerals to the surface.
2212.09.01
Sophie stares in unabashed awe at the bed-sized metal tank quietly humming in the middle of Dr. Zhivenkova's lab. "It's really working?" she asks quietly.Katya nods. "It's been powering the lab complex all week. Next we're going to start installing them in the orbital labs, as a first step toward making them work in starships."
[Technology: Fusion unlocked. Technology: Zero-G Laboratories (+10% research station output) underway.]
2212.10.01
More dead aliens. Or at least, probably dead aliens. Captain Okada has sent back photographs of what appears to be an access hatch on the surface of an asteroid in the Ambor system, suggesting possible previous mining operations or even habitation. If any of the technology involved is still operational, Sophie plans to order an edible hat.2212.10.01
2212.11.01
Beatrice Reid strides into the Exoplanetary Secretary's office door. "Hey Soph," she calls casually.Sophie nearly drops the folder she's organizing and comes out from behind her desk for a hug. "Bea! My gosh, it's great to see you. How are you doing?"
The younger woman holds up a token stamped with a '1'. "A solid month sober, and feeling great. I got to read up on a bunch of stuff while during the in-patient phase, so I'm excited to get back out there. I'm here to formally request my appointment back."
"Of course. I already had the form around here somewhere, I'll have it forwarded to you."
"Great!" Beatrice beams. "And Sophie? When you're done running all of space? I think it would be a good idea if you took a bit of a break too."
Beatrice Reid has lost the Substance Abuser trait. Ever the type-A personality, she spent time researching theoretical physics while she has been Earth-bound, and has acquired expertise in Field Manipulation. A new science ship for her to captain is under construction.
2213.01.01
Another habitable candidate has been discovered - an ocean-covered world in the Hratzan system. The problem is that it is only technically habitable - lower gravity and atmospheric oxygen levels mean it is only about 60% the habitability of Earth."Yes, we could send colonists. But they will very much not have an easy life," Katya says, exasperated.
"But think of how much we could learn," Cordelia argues back. "It looks like it was inhabited before - Captain Schwarz is already trying to get better scans of that floating structure. And learning how to live in and on the ocean may be a key step to living in space directly."
Commission a new colony ship?
[] (Colony) Yes
[X] (Colony) No
On the opposite end of humanity's reach, the hollow asteroid discovered in Ambor proves to be not a mining or habitation platform but an entire enclosed shipyard. There are signs it has been looted by previous explorers, but the construction itself is fascinating to humanity's engineers.
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