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- the Netherworld Dood
sriously? how do i upload an image then?
Shepard Quest Mk VI, Technological Revolution
- Thread starter Hoyr
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Mind you, because Biotics and Mass effect fields coming from the same source, Warpblades might very well be possibly made via mechanical means.
The Blackstorm was made by a guy who wanted to build a gun that shot Asari Commando grade Singularity at people.
Instead, he got a black hole gun.
'any sufficiently analysed magic is no different from SCIENCE!' after all.
The Blackstorm was made by a guy who wanted to build a gun that shot Asari Commando grade Singularity at people.
Instead, he got a black hole gun.
'any sufficiently analysed magic is no different from SCIENCE!' after all.
- Location
- the Netherworld Dood
either way a 40 K geek like revy will seriously drop a lot of research to focused on this actual freaking warp swords/weapons. we might be able to find more uses for it for long range latter
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- the Netherworld Dood
no considering ME rail guns are just as if not more efective
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- America
Can the 'tool fabricate micromissiles?
Nine Years Early Part One
Nine Years Early Part One
2174-Q1
Old Stuff
[X] You'll pay, it's tax-deductible and thus the government is paying anyway.
Dear Doctor Rebecca Shepard,
I cannot convey to you how difficult and painful the effects of my L2 implant were. Nor can I truly convey my gratitude. I'm not poetic or good with words, so I'll say it simply: Thank You. It is good to see that there are good people in the galaxy trying to fix its wrongs. I and many other L2 biotics were beginning to lose hope.
[X] Offer them 50x 150GW Arc Reactors in 2174-Q1 and 1x 150GW Arc Reactor per quarter afterwards for as long as they are interested, with 1 quarter's notice before cancellation, at 3,750,000.
EAE's response can be summed up as "Shut up and take my money". They are more than happy to pay. In the months that follow EAE can been seen adjusting their corporation away from the helium market and switching toward the raw materials for high-tech goods, including palladium, platinum and superconducting materials.
[X] At the farm
Yep, you totally built the house at the farm. While we're on the subject of little details, what are PI's colors?
PI Corporate Colors
[ ] Blue on White
[ ] Gold/Yellow on Red
[ ] Something else
Advertisements
[X] Paragon Industries building a better future
-[X] How much (50 million)
[X] Produce a series of educational ads and programs titled It's not space magic, aimed at abating public fear of advanced technologies.
-[X] How much: 15 million
[X] Develop Arc Reactor that glow all colors of the rainbow (simply have an adjustable filter of or a weak ME field to adjust the color of the glow) - depending on what color the user prefers. Do it in a way that makes it obvious you are making mockery of ominous blue glow thing.
[X] Release a series of sarcastic mockumenteries, titled Please Do Not Lick the Arc Reactor, targeting all the silly rumors about Arc Reactor dangers, and let them go viral.
A woman in a lab coat begins speaking, backdropped by a high-tech office. She is wearing an arc-reactor strapped to her head "Recently PI complaints and feedback department has not gotten certain pieces of feedback, and have only heard about them via second-hand sources. We believe this is because they have been misaddressed to the galactic media, not the PI complains and feedback department."
"However, we can totally understand how this happened. The addresses are nothing alike, so of course the feedback will go to the galactic media. It's not like some one would be trying a public misinformation campaign." She pauses confused, "Or maybe it's because they can't find the contact address conveniently provided in the 'Contact Us' section of our extranet site. Just in case, a handy link is presented below."
"So because we do not have any addresses to send our responses to, we figured that releasing an informative series of videos would have to do."
…
"As you can see," the woman points to a torus of kinetic barriers filled with fusion plasma, "Thanks to the fusion torus being made only out of dark energy barriers, fusion reactors also glow. Unlike arc-reactors, they do not glow a pleasing blue color."
The woman receives a note from a man in a lab coat which she quickly reads. "Ah, marketing has discovered that not everyone likes the color blue for some reason." She looks confused, "Well to correct that, PI has created multicolored arc-reactors! Now available at the PI store."
…
"Now we will drop the fusion reactor into the water, just like the manual tells us not to do and see what happens."
The fusion reactor upon submersion shorts out and releases a cloud of bubbles filling the air with steam.
"And next, we'll test an arc-reactor!"
The arc-reactor is placed in another tank of water. It sits there and glows blue as the woman waits impatiently for a few seconds.
"Well, looks like nothing is going to happen. Clearly, arc-reactors are far more water safe then a fusion reactor, even without a water safety case. Of course, the PI manual for arc-reactors says that submersion may cause minor amounts of Palladium toxicity, but that's only if you have it sit there for a few weeks. Amazing! The manuals were right. Who knew?"
…
"As you can clearly see, firing a high-powered laser into a fusion reactor is about as dumb as doing the same to an arc-reactor. Amazing, destroying high energy equipment when it's on isn't safe. Learn something new every day."
…
"And that's why licking the power leads of an arc-reactor is dumb."
Your other less silly videos are far less popular, but you feel they've helped make the galactic public less inclined towards... well... stupid.
[X] Prepare for an interview charm offensive, now that you have your CASIE and know how to use it:
-[X] In the Spotlight with Tim Vargan
-[X] Galactic Luminaries (after you've had a bit more practice)
-[X] Look for more interview opportunities.
The CASIE, you discover, works far better with someone to analyze. Yes it helps with the interviewers, but it would work far better if you could also get a good view of the audience. Unfortunately atemporal telesight is beyond you. That doesn't mean it doesn't help.
...
You sit at a round table across from Tim Vargan. A light illuminates the two of you making you the focus of the scene.
"A great deal has been made of your philanthropic efforts." Tim Vargan says, "Working with Sirta PI has made genetic medicine more available than ever and you've paid for the upgrade of any L2 biotic to your new Magi architecture. At the same time your efforts focus seem to be on PI derived tech rather than more general charity work. What's the thought process here?"
"Well I can't deny the tax benefits," you reply with a smile, "but a large part of the idea is that PI is changing things and to some degree what were trying to do in make sure those change happen in a way that helps a many as possible and harms as few. It's never going to perfect, but a purely reactionary method of dealing with these changes may lead to unpleasant results."
"So you'd say its largely fueled by a sense or responsibility?"
"In part, I can see an issue coming and I can do something about it so I do. But also it comes down to the fact that I made something to help people so, I'm going to make darn sure it's going to help as many people as is reasonably possible."
...
Matriarch Havana is definitely a master of debate and discussion. She's also quite likable and you can appreciate her drive to understand a being's reasoning and the principles of said being's reasoning. You'd say that you've learned a few things about your own self as a result of Havana's dissection of your positions.
"Some analysts believe that Paragon Industries' technological improvements are going to precipitate a war between the Systems Alliance and the Batarian Hegemony or possibly some other Terminus power, do you think this is true?"
"Well, new military technology is going to effect any situation that involves the military. Obviously." you begin, "However, I think that people thinking of it that way are probably missing some information. Mindoir, a Systems Alliance planet colonized before first contact was invaded by forces including a cruiser, a design developed by the Batarian Hegemony and until recently used by their military. There have been several other attacks on human worlds. If that kind of stuff is happening to you, you are at war. The SA was specifically founded to deal with this kind of issue, to defend its members from attackers. So, no, PI's actions can't start a war, we're in one. I'm helping my side win.
"In addition is the question of how this conflict plays out. Over the last thousand years the Batarian Hegemony, pirate and slaver forces have caused the death or loss of over 20 billion sentient beings from the Citadel races alone, plus unknown numbers from the Terminus. Not to mention the enslavement of well over 10 billion beings based on conservative estimates. The issues we have with them are not going to be fixed anytime soon and the current method of dealing with them is resulting in a slow bleeding. As much as war sucks, everything I know tells me that for this case a war is the cheapest way to resolve this.
"That said, if the Batarian Hegemony is willing to stay out of it and doesn't engage in any acts of war, I'd be satisfied with getting rid of the pirates and slavers."
"An understandable perspective. Do you think the Batarian Hegemony will stay out of it?" Havana asks.
...
You think maybe that's helped? Galactic opinion of humanity is shifting. Humanity's militarism is being blamed more and more on an unfortunate history of being attacked. Sort of like a metaphorical sleeping dragon that's been poked way to much.
The Spy Who Loved Me
[X] Invite him to Mindoir to talk
-[X] Make sure that he and Gaver Dor don't come to blows.
"I pretty much give zero fucks about the Salarians," Gaver Dor informs you bluntly, "As long as he's not an asshole, I don't care. Hell he could be one of the ones that invented the genophage and you know what I'd say? I'd say, 'Thanks for not wiping out my entire species, because I like existing'.
"If he's an ass though I'd rather not have to put up with him. Asshole plus guy with permanent murder rage is a bad combination. Anyway, I've got better things to do then go over that tired old Krogan-Salarian-Citadel-Genophage thing. I'm 40, the event was centuries ago, moving on. Waste of time. It happened and it's not going to be undone barring the end of the galaxy as we know it."
Huh... well that's interesting. There may be a story there, but Gaver Dor is far more interested in playing with mass effect fields. Or maybe there isn't.
Regardless about a week later you meet with Mordin Solus. He's a middle-aged Salarian, which is an odd thing to say about someone only in their twenties. He has this interesting habit of trimming words from his speech, possibly a side effect of the rapid fire Salarian thought process.
"Greetings, Dr. Shepard. Looking forward to speaking with you. Many possibly benefits from cooperative work. Hopefully will make galaxy better place."
You discuss the possibilities and challenges of developing biotechnology meant for several races and he offer several insights.
Mordin Solus is clever, insightful and probably a polymath. It's an interesting experience talking to some one at least close to your intellectual weight class, and one that knows more than you about the field in question. He's friendly, likable and has character.
However, regardless of any advice he may offer or your opinion of him the real question is will you work with him and how?
"Simplest option: Hiring me. Allows PI tech to remain in-house. Blackboxing tech shows desire for corporate secrecy, why? Don't know. Could be many reasons. Alternative: Cooperative work with Sur'Kesh University. University has many contacts that would be helpful. Also would not have to pay me."
The Mordin Solus plan:
[ ] Hire him
[ ] Work with the University of Sur'Kesh
[ ] Turn him down
-[X] Look into other aliens with specialties in biology - Mordin raised a good point; your advancements would really benefit other races too, if they could be spread to them (and bring you quite a lot of profit). Getting help from specialists of the races you might be developing medicines for would go a long way. Ask your staff to try and locate volus, vorcha, hanar specialists. Those are the more alien of races, after all. Those Litinana guys might be interested too.
Mordin was rather helpful in pointing you in the direction of several institutions and individuals that could help. You could probably put together a multi-racial team.
The oddest response comes from the Litinana, biotech advancements don't really interest them. You'd guess that they think they have a handle on that sort of thing. On the other hand they would be willing to offer their biotech expertise in exchange for VI technology. Any of the VIs made with the Improved Intelligence Algorithms technology would be useful or the technology itself.
Of course it also depends on what you want.
Litinana deal: (Because negotiations are complicated fell free to discuss things with the GM)
Offer
[ ] Advanced Research VI
[ ] Tactical VI
[ ] Improved Intelligence Algorithms
[ ] Something else?
For
[ ] A Specialist (Temporary Research Hero)
[ ] Developing something (RP/turn)
[ ] An amount of a finished product (Biotech, Limited Scale Bioweapons...)
[ ] Something else?
Naval Contracting
[X] 647 Fire Control and Point Defense VIs 64.7 million credits now, 4 million credits service and care per quarter. Delivered this quarter.
[x] Five sets of four 40TW arc-reactors and cabling. 2.5 billion profit per set, 10,000 production per set. Delivered the sooner the better, each set can be delivered individually (Earliest looks like 2174-Q1)
-[X] Deliverable in full during 2174-Q1
[X] 2000 Units of Arcane Blur Plating. 750 million profit, 2000 production. Not as much of a rush.
"Thank you for you efforts Dr. Shepard. The Systems Alliance Navy would also like to station a formal liaison with you. Kahlee Sanders is one of our best scientists and should be able to keep up with your developments and explain them so that the less technically inclined members of the Navy Command can understand."
He pauses, " I also have been asked to pass along a request. Paragon Industries has this interesting habit of upsetting the current order of things and it's hard to plan an ORBAT when thing keep changing. The Fleet Admirals would like it if you gave them a heads up on anything big coming up. You can have Kahlee pass anything you wish to share along."
Tell the SA Navy of any of your Tech Plans?
[ ] Sure (what?)
[ ] We've got nothing to say right now
New Stuff
Company Actions
Construction:
[X] Build Lab II at Elysium base - 100m
[X] Build Research II at Elysium base - 100m
[X] Build a Bombardment grade Campus Shield around Paragon Industries Headquarters on Mindoir - 5,000m
[X] Build an Assault grade City Shield around Landing - 10,000m
[X] Build Assault grade Campus Shields around all other Paragon Industries sites - 6,000m
[X] Build a Barracks at South Carthage - 10m
[X] Build a Barracks at La Morte - 10m
More construction begins. The shields will no doubt be a boon. The Landing Government passes along the paperwork you need in order to deduct the cost of the city shield from your taxes as well as their thanks.
Manufacturing:
[X] Construct 350 Legionary Suits for our security personnel - 245m + 1,050 production
[X] Construct 100 Legionary Suits for ParSec - 70m + 300 production
[X] Construct 4 Tigers for for use by our security personal and split them evenly between Mindor HQ and Elysium HQ - 32m + 108 production
[X] Construct 1 Tiger for ParSec - 8m + 27 Production
Your factories spit out extra gear for your companies' use.
Human Resources:
[X] Hire 8x Research teams for the new labs - 3.2m
[X] Standardize security personnel pay at 350,000cr per team. - 45k
[X] Hire 10 additional security teams for Mindoir HQ - 3.5m
[X] Hire 3 additional security team for Dardania Factories - 1.05m
[X] Hire 3 additional security team for Macedonia Factories - 1.05m
[X] Hire 3 additional security team for Darcia Factories - 1.05m
[X] Hire 5 additional security teams for Elysium HQ 1.75m
[X] Hire 25 military teams for ParSec at 3.75m per team - 93.75m
[X] Search for skilled and experienced commanders interested in managing ParSec
[X] Search for skilled and experienced commanders interested in commanding Company(5 teams) sized units for ParSec
HR finds research, security and military teams quickly. However they fail to find anyone exceptional or accetible to command ParSec. However, they do manage to find a talented company commander.
Jelica Eveliina is a talented company commander with a impressive resume. Good with both biotic units and highly maneuverable commands, she should be able to use the Legionary to incredible effect. There's one small thing that maybe a problem. She's an Asari, an ex-commando, to be precise. She is married to a human though, and has a home on Mindoir. It's not like the Legionary armor won't fit her and PI has started employing aliens.
PI's investigators can't find any issues. She has several positive loyalty indicators (married to a human, lives in SA, good character history) and only one negative, her previous service in a foreign military.
Jelica Eveliina: Company/+4, Biotic Specialist (+1 to Biotic units), Mobility Master (+2 to highly mobile units)
[ ] Hire her
[ ] She may make a good commander for all of ParSec with some training...
[ ] No thanks
Should we start employing aliens on a more general level?
[ ] Yes.
[ ] No.
Purchases:
[X] Purchase a comprehensive security penetration test – 50m
The security test discovers no holes or issues. They do offer some procedural tips. In addition, one of the testers points out that some of your problem is that some of the threats you need to handle are less, "security" and more "armed conflict".
[X] Purchase Kasa Guardian Angel shielding for all our Legionaries – 220m
And now your suits will be even more ridiculously hard to damage, but hey, it's only cheating if the other guy does it.
Investigations:
[X] Investigate the state of Biotic Training (Civilian and Military) in the Systems Alliance.
-[X] Look into what would need to be done to set up a Biotic Boarding School and whether it's practical to set one up at Mindoir or if it would have to be done at Elysium or even Earth.
Biotic Training is mostly being handled on the level of SA member states. The SA's current policy seems to be: 'we fucked up, lets stay out of it for now'. There is still a lot of drawing on outside expertise and humanity hasn't really developed a good core of trained biotics or a lot of data on the subject. Most human biotics aren't much older than you!
As for setting up a Biotic Training Facility of any type? You need students, of course, and teachers. Other than that, a decent level of public openness about policies and training would help. One issue with BAaT was a lack of oversight. PI being a corporation might have been an issue, but the reputation gained from dealing with the L2 problem has the public viewing PI as cleaning up the messes of Conatix.
As for the location... a site in a relay system would be better, but Mindoir would work. Hell Mindoir has a small Biotic population. Though the majority have very minor abilities.
[X] Investigate what would needed to be done for Paragon Industries to get an AI Research License
The paper work is the least of the difficulties. Assuming you fill out all the forms correctly the Citadel Council will have to vote to allow you a license. It takes a fair bit of digging, but eventually a source in the Turian Hierarchy gives you a brief explanation of the general dispositions of the Council members.
The Turian Councilor tends to look at the quality of the leadership of a company. Rebecca Shepard is a brilliant scientist of good character and she holds basically absolute control over the company. The Turian vote is probably a yes.
The Asari vote is usually more concerned with the stability of the company. PI really doesn't have any stabilizing factors and reports to no one save Rebecca Shepard. Barring time or politics. this vote is a no.
The Salarian representative is the quiet one and tends to be the swing vote in divided issues. Despite the Salarian tendency toward... dangerous science at times, they don't encourage others to research dangerous things. They are going to need a better understanding of the company and its goals, particularly its goals for AI research, before they'll say yes. Right now PI looks like a magic box that pops out new stuff, some of which could become very dangerous.
[X] Investigate existing construction companies with an eye to purchase one.
-[X] Make special note of General Williams' company.
There are a few companies that do large-scale construction in the colonies. EAE is far out of our price range. Colonial Construction Inc. is one of the larger ones both doing initial prefab work as well as second and third wave industrial construction (CCI also employs General Williams). Alternatively Deep-Space Building builds a lot of space stations; they are the ones building your stations.
Buying control of CCI would take at least 500 million credits. Total ownership would cost 1.25 billion. DSB is worth several billion, 30 billion for majority control, 70 billion for total ownership.
Interested?
[ ] Majority Control CCI
[ ] Total Ownership CCI
[ ] Majority Control DSB
[ ] Total Ownership DSB
[ ] Nope
[X] Investigate jobs suitable to ParSec.
-[X] Focus on jobs requiring either Company (5 Teams) or Platoon (1 Team) force levels. Remember to factor in the force multiplication provided by the use of Legionaries.
Numerous human frontier colonies and colonies further off the relay network are looking to supplement their security. On average you could earn about 5 million per team assigned to such jobs. However there's more profit to be made in other less "safe" jobs.
An anonymous employer is offering a 200 million bounty for the destruction of a terminus slaver base in the Gusuk system. The bounty is for the total destruction of the base and the death of every slaver. Problem is we don't have the space power to attack even if they probably only have raider vessels. We could however try to be extremely clever, sneak in and either hijack the site's GARDIAN, or steal a vessel or two to destroy the others. It would take five teams at a reasonable minimum, but its a risky op with what we have.
The abolitionist faction on Anhur is offering us 30 million credits per team for a year-long contract. Anhur is becoming a proxy for some of the Hegemony-SA conflict and there are very good odds any teams sent here will see combat.
Do you wish to take any of these jobs? (You have 25 teams and a Tiger)
[ ] Guard Human Colonies, 5 million per team (How many teams?)
[ ] Destroy Slaver Facility in the Gusuk System, 200 million (Requires at least 5 teams)
[ ] Send teams to Anhur for a year, 30 million per team (How many teams?)
[ ] Keep forces at home for training/other jobs (How many)
Politics:
[X] Hire a lobbying firm to advocate for our interests in Alliance Parliament and Citadel (25 million per quarter). Items of current note being:
-[X] Repulsors
-[X] Cabria
-[X] AI Research
Several items are ones that your lobbyists tell you will take time to see any major effect. Information on the Cabria design does make it to the ears of a few of "the right people," and you begin to pick up requests for more details. At this point some of the ship is more theory than anything else, but people are aware that you're intending to make ships and they, like all other tech PI produces, will be something incredible.
[X] Try to capitalize on saving Terra Firma party chair, make him less hostile. Hint that more support in Parliament might persuade us to open distribution hubs and marketing/design HQ for civilian products back on Earth.
Terra Firma is above all else an Earth-centric party. As it stands PI being a colonial company puts you at odds with their general policy. They're going to have to see something from you first before they're willing to support you. Opening facilities on Earth is going to score you far more credit with them than anything else. However, the Party leader does say that he will discourage members from getting in your way on issues that aren't a primary part of Terra Firma's platform.
Other:
[X] Publish the connectivity side of Hyper-modularity as an open standard, and apply for an ISO specification
It's done. Now people just need products that use the tech.
[X] Sponsor the creation of a BNI/ANI E-Sports league.
Creating an E-Sports league has helped popularize the NI technologies and games played with them. There's been talk of having a large convention for the final rounds.
[X] Offer to supply up to 100m to fund Liara launching an expedition to Intai'sei - 100m
-[X] Send a company (5 teams) of ParSec Troops to provide security for the expedition. Someone might suspect Liara found something since she is organizing another expedition so soon after her last.
-[X] As a surprise gift send along a set of top of the line, publicly available, Biotic capable armor retrofitted to include an Arc Reactor and Kassa Guardian Angel Shield system - 1m
-[X] Use your Alliance contracts to make sure warning that an archaeologist friend of yours has determined an important Prothean relic is very likely on Intai'sei gets through to the right people. Mention that you are sending a force along as an escort while she searches for the location, but there could be a possible security situation on the planet if anyone else comes to the same conclusions, and a "random patrol fleet" just happening to be assigned to the area until the relic is found might be a good idea.
The Alliance thanks you for the heads up. You're not sure exactly what they're planning to do, but you're a civilian, and telling you may break opsec, or something. The visit to Intai'sei is surprisingly fast. Less than eight days later, Liara is back with a block of solidified rock, presumably containing the box.
With your permission, Liara borrows a small lab room and begins to use a variety of low impact tools to chip away at the rock, slowly revealing a sealed metallic box. The lab room is sealed and the air replaced with neural gases before the box is opened to prevent any artifacts from degrading.
Several people including yourself stand in the lab room in breathing gear for the opening of the box.
"Liara, you okay?" you ask as she stands before the box, a little out of it. It almost looks like her eyes have a blackish tint.
"I'll be okay. I had to sink into the memory a bit much to find the box, and well... I remember burying this box. As though it were me all those years ago. It messes with one's perspective a bit." she says with a weak smile.
"Regardless," she says and opens the box's seal. Inside are a variety of items: a stack of plastic cards with writing on them wrapped together, a handle, a thin metal rectangle, two bottles containing unknown fluids, a rectangular plastic box, and the item that stands out the most: A plush doll of a bipedal alien creature. A quick scan shows the items inside to be safe as far as an initial scan can tell.
"I wonder who you are that someone felt it worth putting you in here?" Liara asks as she removes the doll.
"I think it's less a 'who' than a 'what'. It looks mass-produced and it's a small plush doll, the sort for children. It wouldn't look out of place on my stuffed animal shelf. And as Fanel's rule of thumb observes: 'if a Prothean artifact looks like something than it will be just that most of the time'." you say, "So at least one message is clear: 'We give our children dolls to play with, do you?' Or something like that."
"True, but still, what is it a doll of?"
"A Prothean?"
"As good a guess as any other."
The greatest shock comes when Liara removes the thin metal rectangle. An electronic device of some sort, it activates the moment Liara's gloves touch it. You quickly attempt to move it away in case it's dangerous, but all you succeed in is being in contact with it when it turns on, and you see.
You are in Paragon Industries HQ/The Citadel/Center and you gaze upon the greatness of your Company/Empire/Achievement, and it is wondrous indeed.
Then you suddenly stand outside Landing/An Unknown City/Home and it burns. From the sky come ships. Black-Necron?-Tyranids??/Metal-Insect-Cuttlefish/Destroyers and they destroy all that oppose them. Even the Cabria/Particle-Beam-Crusier/Powerful Warship floating above the city to protect it is swatted aside. You turn and run.
After a journey you are exuasted and spent before a cave. In the cave you approach a box. Opening it you see a set of items. Toys, pieces of a civilization. You pull out a ANI/thin metal rectangle, bring it to your head and...
Returning to reality, you pause, "So that was either the fall of the Prothean empire, or a commercial for a movie."
Liara looks profoundly disturbed, "The first, I'd argue. That city... it's the one that the treasure hunt for the box said to start from. There's nothing there any more. Just a flat plain with no signs a city ever stood there."
"You should probably take a break. You said you were too far into the memory before, that had to have just made it worse." concern filling you voice.
"Yes that may be for the best. I... I think I'll take a nap."
As you leave the room, you contemplate how to tell the galaxy the Protheans were wiped out by giant Metal-Insect-Cuttlefish things. At least, you're fairly sure the Necron and Tyranid imagery was your brain trying to translate the memory using your own associations. The galaxy is screwed if the people who invented 40k were on to something.
Research Actions
[X] Warp Barriers [400] - 50d10+165 (97.7% chance of completion)
50D10+165 → 420 =420/400 Finished! Overflow+20/2=10
"We got the sensor network talking with the VI managing projector power properly, and with some intelligent projection triggers the Warp Barrier project is a success." Gaver Dor reports, "We liberated several ideas from the Cyclonic Barriers system, so I'm pretty sure we could install that system on any thing and it'd be compatible with Warp Barriers. Vice Versa as well"
"It also passed the non-hostile contact tests?" you ask.
"Yep, it won't activate and damage things it shouldn't," Gaver grins, "and will activate when you punch things."
"And that's what truly important."
"Of course! Mind the safeties aren't perfect, but anything that slips past them will be an extreme edge case."
Can include Warp Barriers and Cyclonic Barriers in products or sell mod/upgrade kits.
[X] AI License Preparation [800] - 90d10+360 (97.92% chance of completion)
90D10+360 → 839 =839/800 Finished! Overflow+39/2=29.5
Preparing to research AI is a subject with several elements. Surprisingly, the increased security is the least of the problems. Specialized VI programs are run with a massive hardware advantage to simulate an AI attack. Additional cut offs, both manual and automatic, and specialized hardware environments are developed.
The other issues are moral and legal. Morally speaking the creation of a new sapient or sentient entity is a complex issue, not to mention one of the requirements for an AI license is having produced a work on this subject. To consider this issue, you have collected your scientists to discuss the issue and review all previous work on the subject. Hopefully, you can assemble a consistent moral and ethical framework to use.
The legal issue is the oddest. In your review of previous AI works you find A History of AI Research by Basen Vel. In it, you learn about a very interesting legal mess caused by the Geth Rebellion. Prior to the Geth Rebellion, the enslavement of AI was made illegal and there were small numbers of free AI running around Citadel space. The Asari author specifically mentions that the latter fact is often forgotten, sarcastically pointing out "It was only 300 years ago." After the Geth Rebellion free AI were also made illegal in general and the creation of AI without a license was banned. Both sets of laws remain on the books.
Legally this means that any AI produced needs to be sub-sapient, going much beyond that risks triggering one law or another. The entire thing is extremely awkward.
Of course you still actually need to get a license.
Have met the requirements to apply for a AI License.
[X] Anti-starship Torpedoes [400] - 40d10+160 + (30d10+110)/5 (97.16% chance of completion)
40D10+160+(30D10+110)/5 → 453.4 = 453.4/400 Finished! Overflow+53.4/2=56.2
Anti-starship Torpedoes are very complex feats of engineering. Advanced VI, powerful engines, and armor all endeavor to get a powerful warhead close to a ship through a gauntlet of interception fire. Most don't make it.
PI however has made advances in all those fields, the only thing you need is a big enough warhead. A simple fusion warhead is merely the starting point. An x-ray opaque case will channel the detonation into a filler material that will transform the energy of the detonation into heat which will super heat a layer of metallic hydrogen into a spear of super hot plasma moving a significant percent of the speed of light. Not that this is a new idea - project Casaba-Howitzer suggested the idea over two centuries ago - but updated with modern materials and techniques, such a warhead should severely damage a starship.
The resulting package should be a major improvement with a lower sensor profile, fast speeds and thus far more likely to hit and deliver its payload. Adding Arcane Blur plates would be an even greater improvement.
Can now produce Anti-Starship Torpedoes.
[X] Huai-Hai Class Frigate Block 6 Upgrade [50] - 0d10+50 (100% chance of completion)
50/50 Finished!
Huai-Hai is incredibly outdated. The thing was originally developed pre-first contact, after all. You do the best you can to revise the design and integrate new technology into the ship, but half the time you find yourself reworking a previous designer's attempt. You efforts will allow the existing ones to fight better and have improved the ship's operational parameters. However, when sending the finished schematics to the Alliance Navy, you append a note suggesting that no further block upgrades be made after this one, the design is just too dated.
[X] Waterloo Class Frigate Block 3 Upgrade [50] - 0d10+50 (100% chance of completion)
50/50 Finished!
A much more recent design upgrading the Waterloo is a fair bit easier. Several design elements can be upgraded either with new tech or proprietary PI technology. The part you're proudest of is the vastly increased rate of fire for the spinal gun. Thanks to the arc-reactor, the spinal's capacitors can be recharged so fast that the main limiting factor is the rate a new round can be loaded into the gun.
[X] Flawless Blackboxing/FRM [368/3200] - 40d10+115 (95.34% chance of 673/3200)
40D10+115 → 337 + 368 +53.2 = 761.2/3200 Work In Progress
You continue to pursue better and better ways to obscure the details of your product's operations. However, this will take much more work.
Pooled RP: 50
Points lost to Overflow: 56.2 (204.2)
Personal Actions
[X] Prepare for your upcoming Interviews
Communication is a complicated subject you quickly find, much less persuasion or presentation. Practicing with people you know and digging into the the theory leads you to one conclusion: you should take a class in this.
The University of Serrice offers a class in practical multi-racial discussion, debate and presentation, which you determine is worth taking. The entire class is actually handled in a VR space, allowing you to attend anonymously and remotely. Matron Del, the class' teacher, offers a variety of insights into how to present the same argument in different ways, depending on the audience as well as several insights into the different races' mindsets.
Overall you learned a lot and the class involved a large number of practical exercises, so you feel quite practiced.
Negotiation +1
[X] Begin peak human treatment (May be chosen twice per quarter. One quarter per single stat upgraded (stat=>6) or four quarters for a "full" upgrade (physical=>6), +1 quarter for large (>=+4) upgrades, +1 correcting extreme health issues, +1 for attempting maxed or super human upgrades (=>7+) ala Captain America, -1 [min 1] for smaller (<=+1) upgrades. May choose to raise stat to a lower level than 6 if desired)
-[X] Full Captain America Upgrade (Part 1/5)
-[X] Spend some time doing some relaxing like playing video games, messing around in a VR world, remotely accessing computer monitors across the facility to act like some kind of ghost in the machine. That sort of thing.
Laying around while your body is altered would be really boring if it wasn't for the ANI system. Thankfully, you can spend your time doing something else with your brain. You enjoy playing games and just generally taking time off. Of course, your idea of taking time off is to build a VR world where you literally play God. Your SimUniverse is quite fun, although one of your longer running setups started tripping the psuodo-AI warnings... best not to let that happen.
Exploring the facility is entertains you for a while. Before long though, you find yourself visiting Liara studying the contents of the box in one of your lab rooms on a semi-regular basis. You apparently make a very useful VI-like lab assistant and hanging around is fun. Both because Liara is one of your few friends and because learning about the Protheans is quite fun.
"Artifact four of the Intai'sei Time Capsule Cashe, appears to be a handle of some sort. Grip material is an unknown plastic substance. Detailed engravings present on segments not in contact with presumed hand placement. High visual similarity to bladed dueling weapon handles found in many races. Dark energy emitter at top." Liara observes, her voice recorded as she studies the described artifact.
"Internal scans show an eezo system and a depleted power cell. Simulations show that the emitter would project a dark energy field that produces massive shear capable of cutting though any solid material. Power cell is of unknown type and nature. It can cannot be recharged at this time." You add looking over the data, "I'd hypothesize that this is a sport or ceremonial weapon. The engravings are not consistent with the observed nature of Prothean military gear, see Jasdafon et al."
"I would concur. Most likely sport, due to the grip."
"The projector is apparently designed to produce a shear weaker than it reasonably could, indicating a concern for safety with such weapons." You pause the recording grinning, "I'm going to try and build one, I can't imagine what I'd ever actually use it for, but it be really cool."
"The melee energy weapon is a common cultural archetype, though which weapon varies. Turians have a thing for spears, Salarians daggers, both humans and Asari swords. I recall reading a paper on it," Liara says thoughtfully.
"And it appears that Protheans may also be in the sword category."
You have acquired a replica Dark Energy Shear Blade. It's basically useless in modern combat as far as you can tell, but it's really cool.
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I win update. I. WIN. Uhhhgggg... Formatting is probably still a little... and there probably some errors... fuck it.
2174-Q1
Old Stuff
[X] You'll pay, it's tax-deductible and thus the government is paying anyway.
Dear Doctor Rebecca Shepard,
I cannot convey to you how difficult and painful the effects of my L2 implant were. Nor can I truly convey my gratitude. I'm not poetic or good with words, so I'll say it simply: Thank You. It is good to see that there are good people in the galaxy trying to fix its wrongs. I and many other L2 biotics were beginning to lose hope.
With Gratitude,
Stephan Burton
Stephan Burton
[X] Offer them 50x 150GW Arc Reactors in 2174-Q1 and 1x 150GW Arc Reactor per quarter afterwards for as long as they are interested, with 1 quarter's notice before cancellation, at 3,750,000.
EAE's response can be summed up as "Shut up and take my money". They are more than happy to pay. In the months that follow EAE can been seen adjusting their corporation away from the helium market and switching toward the raw materials for high-tech goods, including palladium, platinum and superconducting materials.
[X] At the farm
Yep, you totally built the house at the farm. While we're on the subject of little details, what are PI's colors?
PI Corporate Colors
[ ] Blue on White
[ ] Gold/Yellow on Red
[ ] Something else
Advertisements
[X] Paragon Industries building a better future
-[X] How much (50 million)
[X] Produce a series of educational ads and programs titled It's not space magic, aimed at abating public fear of advanced technologies.
-[X] How much: 15 million
[X] Develop Arc Reactor that glow all colors of the rainbow (simply have an adjustable filter of or a weak ME field to adjust the color of the glow) - depending on what color the user prefers. Do it in a way that makes it obvious you are making mockery of ominous blue glow thing.
[X] Release a series of sarcastic mockumenteries, titled Please Do Not Lick the Arc Reactor, targeting all the silly rumors about Arc Reactor dangers, and let them go viral.
A woman in a lab coat begins speaking, backdropped by a high-tech office. She is wearing an arc-reactor strapped to her head "Recently PI complaints and feedback department has not gotten certain pieces of feedback, and have only heard about them via second-hand sources. We believe this is because they have been misaddressed to the galactic media, not the PI complains and feedback department."
"However, we can totally understand how this happened. The addresses are nothing alike, so of course the feedback will go to the galactic media. It's not like some one would be trying a public misinformation campaign." She pauses confused, "Or maybe it's because they can't find the contact address conveniently provided in the 'Contact Us' section of our extranet site. Just in case, a handy link is presented below."
"So because we do not have any addresses to send our responses to, we figured that releasing an informative series of videos would have to do."
…
"As you can see," the woman points to a torus of kinetic barriers filled with fusion plasma, "Thanks to the fusion torus being made only out of dark energy barriers, fusion reactors also glow. Unlike arc-reactors, they do not glow a pleasing blue color."
The woman receives a note from a man in a lab coat which she quickly reads. "Ah, marketing has discovered that not everyone likes the color blue for some reason." She looks confused, "Well to correct that, PI has created multicolored arc-reactors! Now available at the PI store."
…
"Now we will drop the fusion reactor into the water, just like the manual tells us not to do and see what happens."
The fusion reactor upon submersion shorts out and releases a cloud of bubbles filling the air with steam.
"And next, we'll test an arc-reactor!"
The arc-reactor is placed in another tank of water. It sits there and glows blue as the woman waits impatiently for a few seconds.
"Well, looks like nothing is going to happen. Clearly, arc-reactors are far more water safe then a fusion reactor, even without a water safety case. Of course, the PI manual for arc-reactors says that submersion may cause minor amounts of Palladium toxicity, but that's only if you have it sit there for a few weeks. Amazing! The manuals were right. Who knew?"
…
"As you can clearly see, firing a high-powered laser into a fusion reactor is about as dumb as doing the same to an arc-reactor. Amazing, destroying high energy equipment when it's on isn't safe. Learn something new every day."
…
"And that's why licking the power leads of an arc-reactor is dumb."
Your other less silly videos are far less popular, but you feel they've helped make the galactic public less inclined towards... well... stupid.
[X] Prepare for an interview charm offensive, now that you have your CASIE and know how to use it:
-[X] In the Spotlight with Tim Vargan
-[X] Galactic Luminaries (after you've had a bit more practice)
-[X] Look for more interview opportunities.
The CASIE, you discover, works far better with someone to analyze. Yes it helps with the interviewers, but it would work far better if you could also get a good view of the audience. Unfortunately atemporal telesight is beyond you. That doesn't mean it doesn't help.
...
You sit at a round table across from Tim Vargan. A light illuminates the two of you making you the focus of the scene.
"A great deal has been made of your philanthropic efforts." Tim Vargan says, "Working with Sirta PI has made genetic medicine more available than ever and you've paid for the upgrade of any L2 biotic to your new Magi architecture. At the same time your efforts focus seem to be on PI derived tech rather than more general charity work. What's the thought process here?"
"Well I can't deny the tax benefits," you reply with a smile, "but a large part of the idea is that PI is changing things and to some degree what were trying to do in make sure those change happen in a way that helps a many as possible and harms as few. It's never going to perfect, but a purely reactionary method of dealing with these changes may lead to unpleasant results."
"So you'd say its largely fueled by a sense or responsibility?"
"In part, I can see an issue coming and I can do something about it so I do. But also it comes down to the fact that I made something to help people so, I'm going to make darn sure it's going to help as many people as is reasonably possible."
...
Matriarch Havana is definitely a master of debate and discussion. She's also quite likable and you can appreciate her drive to understand a being's reasoning and the principles of said being's reasoning. You'd say that you've learned a few things about your own self as a result of Havana's dissection of your positions.
"Some analysts believe that Paragon Industries' technological improvements are going to precipitate a war between the Systems Alliance and the Batarian Hegemony or possibly some other Terminus power, do you think this is true?"
"Well, new military technology is going to effect any situation that involves the military. Obviously." you begin, "However, I think that people thinking of it that way are probably missing some information. Mindoir, a Systems Alliance planet colonized before first contact was invaded by forces including a cruiser, a design developed by the Batarian Hegemony and until recently used by their military. There have been several other attacks on human worlds. If that kind of stuff is happening to you, you are at war. The SA was specifically founded to deal with this kind of issue, to defend its members from attackers. So, no, PI's actions can't start a war, we're in one. I'm helping my side win.
"In addition is the question of how this conflict plays out. Over the last thousand years the Batarian Hegemony, pirate and slaver forces have caused the death or loss of over 20 billion sentient beings from the Citadel races alone, plus unknown numbers from the Terminus. Not to mention the enslavement of well over 10 billion beings based on conservative estimates. The issues we have with them are not going to be fixed anytime soon and the current method of dealing with them is resulting in a slow bleeding. As much as war sucks, everything I know tells me that for this case a war is the cheapest way to resolve this.
"That said, if the Batarian Hegemony is willing to stay out of it and doesn't engage in any acts of war, I'd be satisfied with getting rid of the pirates and slavers."
"An understandable perspective. Do you think the Batarian Hegemony will stay out of it?" Havana asks.
...
You think maybe that's helped? Galactic opinion of humanity is shifting. Humanity's militarism is being blamed more and more on an unfortunate history of being attacked. Sort of like a metaphorical sleeping dragon that's been poked way to much.
The Spy Who Loved Me
[X] Invite him to Mindoir to talk
-[X] Make sure that he and Gaver Dor don't come to blows.
"I pretty much give zero fucks about the Salarians," Gaver Dor informs you bluntly, "As long as he's not an asshole, I don't care. Hell he could be one of the ones that invented the genophage and you know what I'd say? I'd say, 'Thanks for not wiping out my entire species, because I like existing'.
"If he's an ass though I'd rather not have to put up with him. Asshole plus guy with permanent murder rage is a bad combination. Anyway, I've got better things to do then go over that tired old Krogan-Salarian-Citadel-Genophage thing. I'm 40, the event was centuries ago, moving on. Waste of time. It happened and it's not going to be undone barring the end of the galaxy as we know it."
Huh... well that's interesting. There may be a story there, but Gaver Dor is far more interested in playing with mass effect fields. Or maybe there isn't.
Regardless about a week later you meet with Mordin Solus. He's a middle-aged Salarian, which is an odd thing to say about someone only in their twenties. He has this interesting habit of trimming words from his speech, possibly a side effect of the rapid fire Salarian thought process.
"Greetings, Dr. Shepard. Looking forward to speaking with you. Many possibly benefits from cooperative work. Hopefully will make galaxy better place."
You discuss the possibilities and challenges of developing biotechnology meant for several races and he offer several insights.
Mordin Solus is clever, insightful and probably a polymath. It's an interesting experience talking to some one at least close to your intellectual weight class, and one that knows more than you about the field in question. He's friendly, likable and has character.
However, regardless of any advice he may offer or your opinion of him the real question is will you work with him and how?
"Simplest option: Hiring me. Allows PI tech to remain in-house. Blackboxing tech shows desire for corporate secrecy, why? Don't know. Could be many reasons. Alternative: Cooperative work with Sur'Kesh University. University has many contacts that would be helpful. Also would not have to pay me."
The Mordin Solus plan:
[ ] Hire him
[ ] Work with the University of Sur'Kesh
[ ] Turn him down
-[X] Look into other aliens with specialties in biology - Mordin raised a good point; your advancements would really benefit other races too, if they could be spread to them (and bring you quite a lot of profit). Getting help from specialists of the races you might be developing medicines for would go a long way. Ask your staff to try and locate volus, vorcha, hanar specialists. Those are the more alien of races, after all. Those Litinana guys might be interested too.
Mordin was rather helpful in pointing you in the direction of several institutions and individuals that could help. You could probably put together a multi-racial team.
The oddest response comes from the Litinana, biotech advancements don't really interest them. You'd guess that they think they have a handle on that sort of thing. On the other hand they would be willing to offer their biotech expertise in exchange for VI technology. Any of the VIs made with the Improved Intelligence Algorithms technology would be useful or the technology itself.
Of course it also depends on what you want.
Litinana deal: (Because negotiations are complicated fell free to discuss things with the GM)
Offer
[ ] Advanced Research VI
[ ] Tactical VI
[ ] Improved Intelligence Algorithms
[ ] Something else?
For
[ ] A Specialist (Temporary Research Hero)
[ ] Developing something (RP/turn)
[ ] An amount of a finished product (Biotech, Limited Scale Bioweapons...)
[ ] Something else?
Naval Contracting
[X] 647 Fire Control and Point Defense VIs 64.7 million credits now, 4 million credits service and care per quarter. Delivered this quarter.
[x] Five sets of four 40TW arc-reactors and cabling. 2.5 billion profit per set, 10,000 production per set. Delivered the sooner the better, each set can be delivered individually (Earliest looks like 2174-Q1)
-[X] Deliverable in full during 2174-Q1
[X] 2000 Units of Arcane Blur Plating. 750 million profit, 2000 production. Not as much of a rush.
"Thank you for you efforts Dr. Shepard. The Systems Alliance Navy would also like to station a formal liaison with you. Kahlee Sanders is one of our best scientists and should be able to keep up with your developments and explain them so that the less technically inclined members of the Navy Command can understand."
He pauses, " I also have been asked to pass along a request. Paragon Industries has this interesting habit of upsetting the current order of things and it's hard to plan an ORBAT when thing keep changing. The Fleet Admirals would like it if you gave them a heads up on anything big coming up. You can have Kahlee pass anything you wish to share along."
Tell the SA Navy of any of your Tech Plans?
[ ] Sure (what?)
[ ] We've got nothing to say right now
New Stuff
Company Actions
Construction:
[X] Build Lab II at Elysium base - 100m
[X] Build Research II at Elysium base - 100m
[X] Build a Bombardment grade Campus Shield around Paragon Industries Headquarters on Mindoir - 5,000m
[X] Build an Assault grade City Shield around Landing - 10,000m
[X] Build Assault grade Campus Shields around all other Paragon Industries sites - 6,000m
[X] Build a Barracks at South Carthage - 10m
[X] Build a Barracks at La Morte - 10m
More construction begins. The shields will no doubt be a boon. The Landing Government passes along the paperwork you need in order to deduct the cost of the city shield from your taxes as well as their thanks.
Manufacturing:
[X] Construct 350 Legionary Suits for our security personnel - 245m + 1,050 production
[X] Construct 100 Legionary Suits for ParSec - 70m + 300 production
[X] Construct 4 Tigers for for use by our security personal and split them evenly between Mindor HQ and Elysium HQ - 32m + 108 production
[X] Construct 1 Tiger for ParSec - 8m + 27 Production
Your factories spit out extra gear for your companies' use.
Human Resources:
[X] Hire 8x Research teams for the new labs - 3.2m
[X] Standardize security personnel pay at 350,000cr per team. - 45k
[X] Hire 10 additional security teams for Mindoir HQ - 3.5m
[X] Hire 3 additional security team for Dardania Factories - 1.05m
[X] Hire 3 additional security team for Macedonia Factories - 1.05m
[X] Hire 3 additional security team for Darcia Factories - 1.05m
[X] Hire 5 additional security teams for Elysium HQ 1.75m
[X] Hire 25 military teams for ParSec at 3.75m per team - 93.75m
[X] Search for skilled and experienced commanders interested in managing ParSec
[X] Search for skilled and experienced commanders interested in commanding Company(5 teams) sized units for ParSec
HR finds research, security and military teams quickly. However they fail to find anyone exceptional or accetible to command ParSec. However, they do manage to find a talented company commander.
Jelica Eveliina is a talented company commander with a impressive resume. Good with both biotic units and highly maneuverable commands, she should be able to use the Legionary to incredible effect. There's one small thing that maybe a problem. She's an Asari, an ex-commando, to be precise. She is married to a human though, and has a home on Mindoir. It's not like the Legionary armor won't fit her and PI has started employing aliens.
PI's investigators can't find any issues. She has several positive loyalty indicators (married to a human, lives in SA, good character history) and only one negative, her previous service in a foreign military.
Jelica Eveliina: Company/+4, Biotic Specialist (+1 to Biotic units), Mobility Master (+2 to highly mobile units)
[ ] Hire her
[ ] She may make a good commander for all of ParSec with some training...
[ ] No thanks
Should we start employing aliens on a more general level?
[ ] Yes.
[ ] No.
Purchases:
[X] Purchase a comprehensive security penetration test – 50m
The security test discovers no holes or issues. They do offer some procedural tips. In addition, one of the testers points out that some of your problem is that some of the threats you need to handle are less, "security" and more "armed conflict".
[X] Purchase Kasa Guardian Angel shielding for all our Legionaries – 220m
And now your suits will be even more ridiculously hard to damage, but hey, it's only cheating if the other guy does it.
Investigations:
[X] Investigate the state of Biotic Training (Civilian and Military) in the Systems Alliance.
-[X] Look into what would need to be done to set up a Biotic Boarding School and whether it's practical to set one up at Mindoir or if it would have to be done at Elysium or even Earth.
Biotic Training is mostly being handled on the level of SA member states. The SA's current policy seems to be: 'we fucked up, lets stay out of it for now'. There is still a lot of drawing on outside expertise and humanity hasn't really developed a good core of trained biotics or a lot of data on the subject. Most human biotics aren't much older than you!
As for setting up a Biotic Training Facility of any type? You need students, of course, and teachers. Other than that, a decent level of public openness about policies and training would help. One issue with BAaT was a lack of oversight. PI being a corporation might have been an issue, but the reputation gained from dealing with the L2 problem has the public viewing PI as cleaning up the messes of Conatix.
As for the location... a site in a relay system would be better, but Mindoir would work. Hell Mindoir has a small Biotic population. Though the majority have very minor abilities.
[X] Investigate what would needed to be done for Paragon Industries to get an AI Research License
The paper work is the least of the difficulties. Assuming you fill out all the forms correctly the Citadel Council will have to vote to allow you a license. It takes a fair bit of digging, but eventually a source in the Turian Hierarchy gives you a brief explanation of the general dispositions of the Council members.
The Turian Councilor tends to look at the quality of the leadership of a company. Rebecca Shepard is a brilliant scientist of good character and she holds basically absolute control over the company. The Turian vote is probably a yes.
The Asari vote is usually more concerned with the stability of the company. PI really doesn't have any stabilizing factors and reports to no one save Rebecca Shepard. Barring time or politics. this vote is a no.
The Salarian representative is the quiet one and tends to be the swing vote in divided issues. Despite the Salarian tendency toward... dangerous science at times, they don't encourage others to research dangerous things. They are going to need a better understanding of the company and its goals, particularly its goals for AI research, before they'll say yes. Right now PI looks like a magic box that pops out new stuff, some of which could become very dangerous.
[X] Investigate existing construction companies with an eye to purchase one.
-[X] Make special note of General Williams' company.
There are a few companies that do large-scale construction in the colonies. EAE is far out of our price range. Colonial Construction Inc. is one of the larger ones both doing initial prefab work as well as second and third wave industrial construction (CCI also employs General Williams). Alternatively Deep-Space Building builds a lot of space stations; they are the ones building your stations.
Buying control of CCI would take at least 500 million credits. Total ownership would cost 1.25 billion. DSB is worth several billion, 30 billion for majority control, 70 billion for total ownership.
Interested?
[ ] Majority Control CCI
[ ] Total Ownership CCI
[ ] Majority Control DSB
[ ] Total Ownership DSB
[ ] Nope
[X] Investigate jobs suitable to ParSec.
-[X] Focus on jobs requiring either Company (5 Teams) or Platoon (1 Team) force levels. Remember to factor in the force multiplication provided by the use of Legionaries.
Numerous human frontier colonies and colonies further off the relay network are looking to supplement their security. On average you could earn about 5 million per team assigned to such jobs. However there's more profit to be made in other less "safe" jobs.
An anonymous employer is offering a 200 million bounty for the destruction of a terminus slaver base in the Gusuk system. The bounty is for the total destruction of the base and the death of every slaver. Problem is we don't have the space power to attack even if they probably only have raider vessels. We could however try to be extremely clever, sneak in and either hijack the site's GARDIAN, or steal a vessel or two to destroy the others. It would take five teams at a reasonable minimum, but its a risky op with what we have.
The abolitionist faction on Anhur is offering us 30 million credits per team for a year-long contract. Anhur is becoming a proxy for some of the Hegemony-SA conflict and there are very good odds any teams sent here will see combat.
Do you wish to take any of these jobs? (You have 25 teams and a Tiger)
[ ] Guard Human Colonies, 5 million per team (How many teams?)
[ ] Destroy Slaver Facility in the Gusuk System, 200 million (Requires at least 5 teams)
[ ] Send teams to Anhur for a year, 30 million per team (How many teams?)
[ ] Keep forces at home for training/other jobs (How many)
Politics:
[X] Hire a lobbying firm to advocate for our interests in Alliance Parliament and Citadel (25 million per quarter). Items of current note being:
-[X] Repulsors
-[X] Cabria
-[X] AI Research
Several items are ones that your lobbyists tell you will take time to see any major effect. Information on the Cabria design does make it to the ears of a few of "the right people," and you begin to pick up requests for more details. At this point some of the ship is more theory than anything else, but people are aware that you're intending to make ships and they, like all other tech PI produces, will be something incredible.
[X] Try to capitalize on saving Terra Firma party chair, make him less hostile. Hint that more support in Parliament might persuade us to open distribution hubs and marketing/design HQ for civilian products back on Earth.
Terra Firma is above all else an Earth-centric party. As it stands PI being a colonial company puts you at odds with their general policy. They're going to have to see something from you first before they're willing to support you. Opening facilities on Earth is going to score you far more credit with them than anything else. However, the Party leader does say that he will discourage members from getting in your way on issues that aren't a primary part of Terra Firma's platform.
Other:
[X] Publish the connectivity side of Hyper-modularity as an open standard, and apply for an ISO specification
It's done. Now people just need products that use the tech.
[X] Sponsor the creation of a BNI/ANI E-Sports league.
Creating an E-Sports league has helped popularize the NI technologies and games played with them. There's been talk of having a large convention for the final rounds.
[X] Offer to supply up to 100m to fund Liara launching an expedition to Intai'sei - 100m
-[X] Send a company (5 teams) of ParSec Troops to provide security for the expedition. Someone might suspect Liara found something since she is organizing another expedition so soon after her last.
-[X] As a surprise gift send along a set of top of the line, publicly available, Biotic capable armor retrofitted to include an Arc Reactor and Kassa Guardian Angel Shield system - 1m
-[X] Use your Alliance contracts to make sure warning that an archaeologist friend of yours has determined an important Prothean relic is very likely on Intai'sei gets through to the right people. Mention that you are sending a force along as an escort while she searches for the location, but there could be a possible security situation on the planet if anyone else comes to the same conclusions, and a "random patrol fleet" just happening to be assigned to the area until the relic is found might be a good idea.
The Alliance thanks you for the heads up. You're not sure exactly what they're planning to do, but you're a civilian, and telling you may break opsec, or something. The visit to Intai'sei is surprisingly fast. Less than eight days later, Liara is back with a block of solidified rock, presumably containing the box.
With your permission, Liara borrows a small lab room and begins to use a variety of low impact tools to chip away at the rock, slowly revealing a sealed metallic box. The lab room is sealed and the air replaced with neural gases before the box is opened to prevent any artifacts from degrading.
Several people including yourself stand in the lab room in breathing gear for the opening of the box.
"Liara, you okay?" you ask as she stands before the box, a little out of it. It almost looks like her eyes have a blackish tint.
"I'll be okay. I had to sink into the memory a bit much to find the box, and well... I remember burying this box. As though it were me all those years ago. It messes with one's perspective a bit." she says with a weak smile.
"Regardless," she says and opens the box's seal. Inside are a variety of items: a stack of plastic cards with writing on them wrapped together, a handle, a thin metal rectangle, two bottles containing unknown fluids, a rectangular plastic box, and the item that stands out the most: A plush doll of a bipedal alien creature. A quick scan shows the items inside to be safe as far as an initial scan can tell.
"I wonder who you are that someone felt it worth putting you in here?" Liara asks as she removes the doll.
"I think it's less a 'who' than a 'what'. It looks mass-produced and it's a small plush doll, the sort for children. It wouldn't look out of place on my stuffed animal shelf. And as Fanel's rule of thumb observes: 'if a Prothean artifact looks like something than it will be just that most of the time'." you say, "So at least one message is clear: 'We give our children dolls to play with, do you?' Or something like that."
"True, but still, what is it a doll of?"
"A Prothean?"
"As good a guess as any other."
The greatest shock comes when Liara removes the thin metal rectangle. An electronic device of some sort, it activates the moment Liara's gloves touch it. You quickly attempt to move it away in case it's dangerous, but all you succeed in is being in contact with it when it turns on, and you see.
You are in Paragon Industries HQ/The Citadel/Center and you gaze upon the greatness of your Company/Empire/Achievement, and it is wondrous indeed.
Then you suddenly stand outside Landing/An Unknown City/Home and it burns. From the sky come ships. Black-Necron?-Tyranids??/Metal-Insect-Cuttlefish/Destroyers and they destroy all that oppose them. Even the Cabria/Particle-Beam-Crusier/Powerful Warship floating above the city to protect it is swatted aside. You turn and run.
After a journey you are exuasted and spent before a cave. In the cave you approach a box. Opening it you see a set of items. Toys, pieces of a civilization. You pull out a ANI/thin metal rectangle, bring it to your head and...
Returning to reality, you pause, "So that was either the fall of the Prothean empire, or a commercial for a movie."
Liara looks profoundly disturbed, "The first, I'd argue. That city... it's the one that the treasure hunt for the box said to start from. There's nothing there any more. Just a flat plain with no signs a city ever stood there."
"You should probably take a break. You said you were too far into the memory before, that had to have just made it worse." concern filling you voice.
"Yes that may be for the best. I... I think I'll take a nap."
As you leave the room, you contemplate how to tell the galaxy the Protheans were wiped out by giant Metal-Insect-Cuttlefish things. At least, you're fairly sure the Necron and Tyranid imagery was your brain trying to translate the memory using your own associations. The galaxy is screwed if the people who invented 40k were on to something.
Research Actions
[X] Warp Barriers [400] - 50d10+165 (97.7% chance of completion)
50D10+165 → 420 =420/400 Finished! Overflow+20/2=10
"We got the sensor network talking with the VI managing projector power properly, and with some intelligent projection triggers the Warp Barrier project is a success." Gaver Dor reports, "We liberated several ideas from the Cyclonic Barriers system, so I'm pretty sure we could install that system on any thing and it'd be compatible with Warp Barriers. Vice Versa as well"
"It also passed the non-hostile contact tests?" you ask.
"Yep, it won't activate and damage things it shouldn't," Gaver grins, "and will activate when you punch things."
"And that's what truly important."
"Of course! Mind the safeties aren't perfect, but anything that slips past them will be an extreme edge case."
Can include Warp Barriers and Cyclonic Barriers in products or sell mod/upgrade kits.
[X] AI License Preparation [800] - 90d10+360 (97.92% chance of completion)
90D10+360 → 839 =839/800 Finished! Overflow+39/2=29.5
Preparing to research AI is a subject with several elements. Surprisingly, the increased security is the least of the problems. Specialized VI programs are run with a massive hardware advantage to simulate an AI attack. Additional cut offs, both manual and automatic, and specialized hardware environments are developed.
The other issues are moral and legal. Morally speaking the creation of a new sapient or sentient entity is a complex issue, not to mention one of the requirements for an AI license is having produced a work on this subject. To consider this issue, you have collected your scientists to discuss the issue and review all previous work on the subject. Hopefully, you can assemble a consistent moral and ethical framework to use.
The legal issue is the oddest. In your review of previous AI works you find A History of AI Research by Basen Vel. In it, you learn about a very interesting legal mess caused by the Geth Rebellion. Prior to the Geth Rebellion, the enslavement of AI was made illegal and there were small numbers of free AI running around Citadel space. The Asari author specifically mentions that the latter fact is often forgotten, sarcastically pointing out "It was only 300 years ago." After the Geth Rebellion free AI were also made illegal in general and the creation of AI without a license was banned. Both sets of laws remain on the books.
Legally this means that any AI produced needs to be sub-sapient, going much beyond that risks triggering one law or another. The entire thing is extremely awkward.
Of course you still actually need to get a license.
Have met the requirements to apply for a AI License.
[X] Anti-starship Torpedoes [400] - 40d10+160 + (30d10+110)/5 (97.16% chance of completion)
40D10+160+(30D10+110)/5 → 453.4 = 453.4/400 Finished! Overflow+53.4/2=56.2
Anti-starship Torpedoes are very complex feats of engineering. Advanced VI, powerful engines, and armor all endeavor to get a powerful warhead close to a ship through a gauntlet of interception fire. Most don't make it.
PI however has made advances in all those fields, the only thing you need is a big enough warhead. A simple fusion warhead is merely the starting point. An x-ray opaque case will channel the detonation into a filler material that will transform the energy of the detonation into heat which will super heat a layer of metallic hydrogen into a spear of super hot plasma moving a significant percent of the speed of light. Not that this is a new idea - project Casaba-Howitzer suggested the idea over two centuries ago - but updated with modern materials and techniques, such a warhead should severely damage a starship.
The resulting package should be a major improvement with a lower sensor profile, fast speeds and thus far more likely to hit and deliver its payload. Adding Arcane Blur plates would be an even greater improvement.
Can now produce Anti-Starship Torpedoes.
[X] Huai-Hai Class Frigate Block 6 Upgrade [50] - 0d10+50 (100% chance of completion)
50/50 Finished!
Huai-Hai is incredibly outdated. The thing was originally developed pre-first contact, after all. You do the best you can to revise the design and integrate new technology into the ship, but half the time you find yourself reworking a previous designer's attempt. You efforts will allow the existing ones to fight better and have improved the ship's operational parameters. However, when sending the finished schematics to the Alliance Navy, you append a note suggesting that no further block upgrades be made after this one, the design is just too dated.
[X] Waterloo Class Frigate Block 3 Upgrade [50] - 0d10+50 (100% chance of completion)
50/50 Finished!
A much more recent design upgrading the Waterloo is a fair bit easier. Several design elements can be upgraded either with new tech or proprietary PI technology. The part you're proudest of is the vastly increased rate of fire for the spinal gun. Thanks to the arc-reactor, the spinal's capacitors can be recharged so fast that the main limiting factor is the rate a new round can be loaded into the gun.
[X] Flawless Blackboxing/FRM [368/3200] - 40d10+115 (95.34% chance of 673/3200)
40D10+115 → 337 + 368 +53.2 = 761.2/3200 Work In Progress
You continue to pursue better and better ways to obscure the details of your product's operations. However, this will take much more work.
Pooled RP: 50
Points lost to Overflow: 56.2 (204.2)
Personal Actions
[X] Prepare for your upcoming Interviews
Communication is a complicated subject you quickly find, much less persuasion or presentation. Practicing with people you know and digging into the the theory leads you to one conclusion: you should take a class in this.
The University of Serrice offers a class in practical multi-racial discussion, debate and presentation, which you determine is worth taking. The entire class is actually handled in a VR space, allowing you to attend anonymously and remotely. Matron Del, the class' teacher, offers a variety of insights into how to present the same argument in different ways, depending on the audience as well as several insights into the different races' mindsets.
Overall you learned a lot and the class involved a large number of practical exercises, so you feel quite practiced.
Negotiation +1
[X] Begin peak human treatment (May be chosen twice per quarter. One quarter per single stat upgraded (stat=>6) or four quarters for a "full" upgrade (physical=>6), +1 quarter for large (>=+4) upgrades, +1 correcting extreme health issues, +1 for attempting maxed or super human upgrades (=>7+) ala Captain America, -1 [min 1] for smaller (<=+1) upgrades. May choose to raise stat to a lower level than 6 if desired)
-[X] Full Captain America Upgrade (Part 1/5)
-[X] Spend some time doing some relaxing like playing video games, messing around in a VR world, remotely accessing computer monitors across the facility to act like some kind of ghost in the machine. That sort of thing.
Laying around while your body is altered would be really boring if it wasn't for the ANI system. Thankfully, you can spend your time doing something else with your brain. You enjoy playing games and just generally taking time off. Of course, your idea of taking time off is to build a VR world where you literally play God. Your SimUniverse is quite fun, although one of your longer running setups started tripping the psuodo-AI warnings... best not to let that happen.
Exploring the facility is entertains you for a while. Before long though, you find yourself visiting Liara studying the contents of the box in one of your lab rooms on a semi-regular basis. You apparently make a very useful VI-like lab assistant and hanging around is fun. Both because Liara is one of your few friends and because learning about the Protheans is quite fun.
"Artifact four of the Intai'sei Time Capsule Cashe, appears to be a handle of some sort. Grip material is an unknown plastic substance. Detailed engravings present on segments not in contact with presumed hand placement. High visual similarity to bladed dueling weapon handles found in many races. Dark energy emitter at top." Liara observes, her voice recorded as she studies the described artifact.
"Internal scans show an eezo system and a depleted power cell. Simulations show that the emitter would project a dark energy field that produces massive shear capable of cutting though any solid material. Power cell is of unknown type and nature. It can cannot be recharged at this time." You add looking over the data, "I'd hypothesize that this is a sport or ceremonial weapon. The engravings are not consistent with the observed nature of Prothean military gear, see Jasdafon et al."
"I would concur. Most likely sport, due to the grip."
"The projector is apparently designed to produce a shear weaker than it reasonably could, indicating a concern for safety with such weapons." You pause the recording grinning, "I'm going to try and build one, I can't imagine what I'd ever actually use it for, but it be really cool."
"The melee energy weapon is a common cultural archetype, though which weapon varies. Turians have a thing for spears, Salarians daggers, both humans and Asari swords. I recall reading a paper on it," Liara says thoughtfully.
"And it appears that Protheans may also be in the sword category."
You have acquired a replica Dark Energy Shear Blade. It's basically useless in modern combat as far as you can tell, but it's really cool.
PI Corporate Colors
[ ] Blue on White
[ ] Gold/Yellow on Red
[ ] Something else
The Mordin Solus plan:
[ ] Hire him
[ ] Work with the University of Sur'Kesh
[ ] Turn him down
Litinana deal: (Because negotiations are complicated fell free to discuss things with the GM)
Offer
[ ] Advanced Research VI
[ ] Tactical VI
[ ] Improved Intelligence Algorithms
[ ] Something else?
For
[ ] A Specialist (Temporary Research Hero)
[ ] Developing something (RP/turn)
[ ] An amount of a finished product (Biotech, Limited Scale Bioweapons...)
[ ] Something else?
Tell the SA Navy of any of your Tech Plans?
[ ] Sure (what?)
[ ] We've got nothing to say right now
Jelica Eveliina: Company/+4, Biotic Specialist (+1 to Biotic units), Mobility Master (+2 to highly mobile units)
[ ] Hire her
[ ] She may make a good commander for all of ParSec with some training...
[ ] No thanks
Should we start employing aliens on a more general level?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Interested?
[ ] Majority Control CCI
[ ] Total Ownership CCI
[ ] Majority Control DSB
[ ] Total Ownership DSB
[ ] Nope
Do you wish to take any of these jobs? (You have 25 teams and a Tiger)
[ ] Guard Human Colonies, 5 million per team (How many teams?)
[ ] Destroy Slaver Facility in the Gusuk System, 200 million (Requires at least 5 teams)
[ ] Send teams to Anhur for a year, 30 million per team (How many teams?)
[ ] Keep forces at home for training/other jobs (How many)
[ ] Blue on White
[ ] Gold/Yellow on Red
[ ] Something else
The Mordin Solus plan:
[ ] Hire him
[ ] Work with the University of Sur'Kesh
[ ] Turn him down
Litinana deal: (Because negotiations are complicated fell free to discuss things with the GM)
Offer
[ ] Advanced Research VI
[ ] Tactical VI
[ ] Improved Intelligence Algorithms
[ ] Something else?
For
[ ] A Specialist (Temporary Research Hero)
[ ] Developing something (RP/turn)
[ ] An amount of a finished product (Biotech, Limited Scale Bioweapons...)
[ ] Something else?
Tell the SA Navy of any of your Tech Plans?
[ ] Sure (what?)
[ ] We've got nothing to say right now
Jelica Eveliina: Company/+4, Biotic Specialist (+1 to Biotic units), Mobility Master (+2 to highly mobile units)
[ ] Hire her
[ ] She may make a good commander for all of ParSec with some training...
[ ] No thanks
Should we start employing aliens on a more general level?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Interested?
[ ] Majority Control CCI
[ ] Total Ownership CCI
[ ] Majority Control DSB
[ ] Total Ownership DSB
[ ] Nope
Do you wish to take any of these jobs? (You have 25 teams and a Tiger)
[ ] Guard Human Colonies, 5 million per team (How many teams?)
[ ] Destroy Slaver Facility in the Gusuk System, 200 million (Requires at least 5 teams)
[ ] Send teams to Anhur for a year, 30 million per team (How many teams?)
[ ] Keep forces at home for training/other jobs (How many)
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Honestly surprised she managed to resist descending into maniacal laughter there.
Mommy Shepard applied aversion training. Making Revy 99% more likely to wait until no one is around before she does that sort of thing. Revy does have a large ego though. It's just backed up by reality so its not inflated or anything.
Carrnage
Human
- Location
- New Zealand
meh holdout weapon for legionaries.
Chargone
Invisable operator
- Location
- New Zealand
Energy blades always strike me as most useful for their (usually present) ability to cut through doors or walls quickly, and other such strategic/tactical vandalism, rather than direct combat applications. Very rare us the situation where melee weapons beyond knife equivilants are a viable option where an Energy blade does anything better than a more mundane one, save giving away your position to enemy sensors.
Edit: one of those situations is, of course, when the enemy is using energy blades and you need to be able to block.
Edit: one of those situations is, of course, when the enemy is using energy blades and you need to be able to block.
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There is one other severe limitation to the usefulness of the dark energy blade that hasn't been considered: This thing's output is deliberately underpowered and it uses an unknown energy system. So if we want to make a mil-spec version we're going to have to completely reverse engineer it.
This thing uses dark energy fields.
Our dark energy guy is Conrad.
We would have to let Conrad Verner take point on studying an ancient alien lightsaber equivalent. I honestly can't imagine a realistic way that could be kept from going wrong.
This thing uses dark energy fields.
Our dark energy guy is Conrad.
We would have to let Conrad Verner take point on studying an ancient alien lightsaber equivalent. I honestly can't imagine a realistic way that could be kept from going wrong.
S: "Conrad?"
C: "Yes Shepard?"
S: "I need you to take this, And make me... A lightsaber."
C:
C: "You give me the best gifts Shepard! I knew you cared!"
Emizaquel
What is a self?
Several months later :S: "Conrad?"
C: "Yes Shepard?"
S: "I need you to take this, And make me... A lightsaber."
C:
C: "You give me the best gifts Shepard! I knew you cared!"
C: I accidentally managed to scale it up large enough to put it on fighters and drones.
S: *Facepalms*
Amberion
Mighty #9
some edits from the king of commas;
This took me HOURS to go through.
I have to say I really liked Revy's response to this. Another point that crossed my mind; Anyone can do general charity work. It's as simple as donating some money or time really. We might be able to do more then the average person but that would be easily counterbalanced by a lot of people doing general charity stuff.
Paragon Industries however is the only company that can perform charity related to our tech.
I really like this line. It fits perfectly with my views on the whole situation.
A rather apt comparison. From what I can recall the SA has never actually started a war. The Turians attacked our ships and then Shanxi. Pirates/Slavers attacked our various member worlds. The Hegemony is looking like it will attack our ships/troops. All wars started by the other side.
...heh. I'm looking forward to seeing their reaction to Revy's plan to fundamentally alter the rules of interstellar combat forever.
Hah! I knew it! As Revy said most human biotics are her age. Still all indications are that she is trust worthy. Now she could just be a spy playing the long game, what is a 60 year marriage to an Asari, but she is good at her job and a local so there should be a good deal of respect towards Revy.
On the surface I like the idea. Aliens will have different cultural and technological backgrounds so they will come out with ideas and notice flaws that humans won't. It's the same reason multi-cultural work places are desired by big businesses; because it's been shown to increase productivity.
Unfortunately we are basically one of the SA's most valuable and rapidly growing military-industrial companies. Aliens pose a huge security risk as they are genetically inclined to favor their own species over other species. Now that doesn't mean there aren't trustworthy aliens we can hire, just look at Liara and Gaven Dor, but right now it needs to be handled on a case by case basis for now.
Maybe later once we're big enough that we have a significant, non-Arc Reactor, stake in the Citadel markets it will be practical since we could staff those branches with aliens. But for right now it's just not practical.
...That would be because PI is a magic box that pops out new stuff! And somehow I doubt the revelation of the Cabira will make the Salarians anymore likely to side with us.
Hm. 5m per quarter or per year? I'm guessing per year since per quarter would be 20m per year and that seems too close to the figure for a year's contract on Anhur where heavy fighting is expected.
5m per year is below my estimated break even point for a team of ParSec employees:
Still we might want to consider it for the PR benefits, the security (for human worlds) benefits, and that their equipment will likely last longer in a low risk environment lowering the overhead.
Hmm. I'm always suspicious about anonymous employers. This could just be a SA operation they don't want their name on, or it could be something like that Asari who wanted her pirate sister killed to protect her political career, or it could be a
What kind of space power would be needed here? Because I was planning on cranking about a bunch of Gladius-B fighters this quarter and we can produce 1.5 a day with just the factories in our HQ, 4.5 a day if we use all the Mindoir factories.
This is a very good choice. If our troops are up to handling the bloody and down right brutal fighting done in urban warfare.
@Hoyr - What is our troops training level like so far?
What kind of benefit are we looking at from additional training?
You know this could easily become one of the greatest finds of Prothean archeology. We have:
- Written text of some kind. Maybe info on further relics/hiding locations.
- A Prothean sporting instrument.
- A recording of the fall of the Prothean Empire.
- Some mysterious fluids, I wouldn't be surprised if they turn out to be important.
- A Prothean lunch box?
- A Prothean doll.
Well it's likely we can transcode the memories through our ANI but I think the best way would be using that thingy Liara set up to create the memory vid thing from her last dig. That assumes the device is still working but unlike the Beacon exploding we haven't seen anything to indicate that it no longer functions.
So the question of "What happened to the Protheans?" may finally be answered: "Evil Cuttlefish".
Cool. I don't suspose you have the product details planned out?
Now that is freaking awesome! Given that this is almost certainly a mechanical loader, I can't imagine any reason for it to be manually loaded, we are easily looking at 40 rounds a minute, the US 5"/54 Mark 42 use to manage that but was slowed down to increase reliability, and more likely 60 rounds per minute or higher.
I would prefer a Thunder Hammer.
Best to keep possible spies close, IMO.
Prothean genetic material? Hanars would jump onto the chance of clonning Protheans, I think, "rekindling" them as it was.
PI Corporate Colors
[X] Blue on White
The Mordin Solus plan:
[X] Hire him
--[X] Have him help us establish ties with Sur Kesh university. Look into establishing stipends for gifted students there, and maybe exchange programs?
--[X] Work with him and Gaven Dor on potentially establishing contact and research cooperation between Sur Kesh and Tuchanka's scientific institutes, with PI serving as intermediary / third side
Litinana deal: (Because negotiations are complicated fell free to discuss things with the GM)
Offer
[X] Advanced Research VI
[X] Improved Intelligence Algorithms
For
[X] Some of your scientists going to Litinana's worlds for study
[X] Establishing and/or improving trade with them
Tell the SA Navy of any of your Tech Plans?
[X] Sure
--[X] Logistics, i.e. working on how long the ships can serve without entering port
--[X] Stealth
[X] Ask them what they want in terms of qualitative developments. What advantages would they desire most? What is the biggest game changer?
Jelica Eveliina: Company/+4, Biotic Specialist (+1 to Biotic units), Mobility Master (+2 to highly mobile units)
[X] Hire her
--[X] And, if we want them (i.e. they are qualified), and they want it, her spouse too
Should we start employing aliens on a more general level?
[X] Yes
--[X] As a part of galactic community, the more we are integrated with others, the harder it is to get rid of us. One doesn't cut off one's hand, much less one's head, without some serious consequences. Start running this line, that by hiring more aliens we get more integrated with the wide galaxy and thus become more secure, through your PR people and spread it both for the inner and outer consumption
Interested?
[X] Majority Control CCI
--[X] Have them start planning the Hyper Modular Fortress City (Ship) Atlantis to be developed on Earth for our eventual expansion there.
----[X] Utilize Williams' experience in designing the defensible settlement; use the project to evaluate him - we need to get a handle on the man and what he's worth
----[X] Carefully arrange some leaks (PI is planning to expand to Earth, but wants to do it in style and is, thus, preparing) to Terra Firma
[X] Slowly start buying into DSB
Do you wish to take any of these jobs? (You have 25 teams and a Tiger)
[X] Guard Human Colonies, 5 million per team (How many teams?)
--[X] 7 teams
[X] Send teams to Anhur for a year, 30 million per team (How many teams?)
--[X] 13 teams
[X] Keep forces at home for training/other jobs (How many)
--[X] 5 teams
Personal actions:
[X] Prothean time capsule investigation
--[X] Transcribe what you saw through the Prothean artifact into other forms of media
--[X] Investigate everything for any signs of intact genetic material. The doll, for example, might have some
--[X] Use the doll to attempt reconstructing how Protheans looked
I have to run, I'll finish this in the next thirteen hours.
Hmm, that has some nice things in Yog.
Personally I suggest we should look for bying some sort of lab in Citadel space for our xenobiology research. If we use the Litinana deal also, we could get first tech from that tree quite easily. Heavy spying isn't that much problem. I doubt there is many people who wouldn't open source things like cure for Quarian immune system problems and Keplar syndrome.
What we also need to do is find some reason for our AI research (other than we want Cortana as full AI) to give for Salarians. Perhaps Mordin contact links would help getting us to good graces. I doubt Asari say "yes" until we research Ardat-Yakshi cure, but 2 out of 3 should be enough to get license.
Also, try not to go in to massive spending. We do need to pay the loan off and I personally would like to have some of it paid before final payment, just in case.
Oh, I recently moved so it takes about 24 hours before I answer to anything. Damn internet provider takes forever to send someone in to put DSL in place.
Personally I suggest we should look for bying some sort of lab in Citadel space for our xenobiology research. If we use the Litinana deal also, we could get first tech from that tree quite easily. Heavy spying isn't that much problem. I doubt there is many people who wouldn't open source things like cure for Quarian immune system problems and Keplar syndrome.
What we also need to do is find some reason for our AI research (other than we want Cortana as full AI) to give for Salarians. Perhaps Mordin contact links would help getting us to good graces. I doubt Asari say "yes" until we research Ardat-Yakshi cure, but 2 out of 3 should be enough to get license.
Also, try not to go in to massive spending. We do need to pay the loan off and I personally would like to have some of it paid before final payment, just in case.
Oh, I recently moved so it takes about 24 hours before I answer to anything. Damn internet provider takes forever to send someone in to put DSL in place.
Aranfan
Team Plasma Grunt
This seems like a terrible idea. Most of Tuchanka hates Sur Kesh with the bilious fury of a galaxy's worth of suns. I cannot see this ending well.
I'm so tempted to go with 'Well, we haven't cracked stealth-in-space yet, so we can't exactly say we're ready to revolutionise the field.'
Implications of course being that 1) we're figuring out how to do that, 2) that we expect to be able to pull it off, 3) that we expect it done fairly soon.
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