This makes me curious how you're gonna deal with the stupidity of levo and dextro acids concerning humans and the whole "humans are allergic to dextro-amino acids despite them existing on Earth and being integral to the human bodies survival".... I mean, we've even got a protein in our body that converts levo-amino acids into dextro-amino acids, if I recall correctly...
It's hard to condemn the Turians out of hand when we just don't have enough information on what happened. Supposedly they shot first. Maybe they did. Maybe they mistook an attempt at communication for an attack. Maybe they were required by law to destroy anyone opening a mass relay. Maybe they came across the human ships in the act of activating a mass relay and went 'oh my god, they're opening a mass relay, quick destroy them before they kill us all by letting another rachni-like species through'.
The wiki kinda outright says the Turians shot them first, and never mentions humanity or them trying to contact one another first.
However, in 2157, their actions caught the notice of the turians, who found human explorers reactivating an inactive mass relay known as Relay 314. This was forbidden under the Citadel regulations after the Rachni Wars, but instead of negotiating, the turians opened fire.
This very much sounds like they found the humans working on the relay, and instead of going "yo, what you doing?", they decided to shoot at them without asking questions of them or anything like that.
This makes me curious how you're gonna deal with the stupidity of levo and dextro acids concerning humans and the whole "humans are allergic to dextro-amino acids despite them existing on Earth and being integral to the human bodies survival".... I mean, we've even got a protein in our body that converts levo-amino acids into dextro-amino acids, if I recall correctly...
The wiki kinda outright says the Turians shot them first, and never mentions humanity or them trying to contact one another first.
This very much sounds like they found the humans working on the relay, and instead of going "yo, what you doing?", they decided to shoot at them without asking questions of them or anything like that.
Sure. And you know what? That's entirely believable. The Turians just enforce the law. They're not diplomats. That's not their job. If the law calls for the pre-emptive destruction of any vessel found tampering with a mass relay without Citadel authorization, then that is precisely what they'll do.
Even if that wasn't the case, yeah, I could totally see a Turian commander shooting first. Maybe he was promoted over his capability, which has been known to happen in the meritocracy. And a good Turian crew would just follow his orders.
[4] Homosexual (Having dated a guy you can definitely say they're not for you)
[1]Bisexual (Why not both?)
[5] Heterosexual (Dating Brian has just proven the point)
[3]Asexual (Tried dating, prefer science)
[2] Still thinking about it
So having spent two days mucking around with stuff for another quest I can finally get back to finishing my vote! I think this is everything that needs to be covered. If not I'll note it in thread and edit it in.
Company Actions Manufacturing:
[X] Construct 400 Legionary Suits for ParSec - 285m + 1,200 production
[X] Construct 50 Tigers for ParSec - 400m + 1,350 production
[X] Construct 5,000 Accipiter "Atmospheric Edition" Drones for ParSec - 1,000m + 5,000 production
[X] Construct 7,000 Accipiter "Atmospheric Edition" Drones for PI spread evenly across all 7 current PI sites- 1,400m + 7,000 production
[X] Construct 60 Gladius Fighter (Type B) with Arcane Blur for ParSec - 13,780.8m + 49,564.8 production
[X] Construct 1 Appia (non-Repulsor version) - 11m + 90 production
[X] Construct 1 Virgo (non-Repulsor version) - 45m + 350 production
[X] Construct 10 Dormus (small portable hyper-modular building) - 350k + 4 production
[X] Construct 10 Cenaculum (small portable hyper-modular building) - 650k + 7 production
[X] Construct 10 Insula (non-Repulsor version) - 1.5m + 16 production
[X] Construct 50 Vicinale (per 10m corridor or airlock) - 20k + 0.2 production
Construction:
[X] Build 3 Factory IIIs and a Barracks with Assault Grade Campus Shielding in both of Benning's non-capital cities - 8,020m
[X] Build 3 Factory IIIs, a Barracks, and a Biotic Academy with Bombardment Grade Campus Shielding in Benning's capital city - 8,210m
[X] Build 3 Factory IIIs and a Barracks with Assault Grade Campus Shielding in four of Demeter's cities, including it's capital - 16,040m
[X] Build an Admin building in Benning's capital city - 10m
[X] Build an Admin building in Demeter's capital city - 10m
[X] Build an Extra-Large (20x) Vehicle Garage at the ParSec HQ - 200m
Human Resources:
[X] Hire 240 Pilots at 37,500cr each per quarter - 9m
[X] Hire 60 Fighter Support Teams at 1,250k each per quarter - 75m
[X] Search for skilled and experienced commanders interested in commanding fighter squadrons (20 Fighters) for ParSec
[X] Hire 90 Security Teams for our new facilities on Benning and Demeter; 9 teams for Demeter's capital, 17 teams for Benning's capital, and 8 teams for the other cities - 31.5m
[X] Continue the search for skilled and experienced commanders interested in managing ParSec
Investigations:
[X] Look into mining/mineral survey companies to buy out for our New Gold Rush strategy
[X] See who we can outsource production to for the following:
-[X] Waterloo Class Frigate Block 3 Upgrade
-[X] Huai-Hai Class Frigate Block 6 Upgrade
-[X] Anti-starship missiles - try to get non-exclusive licenses for production by several different munitions manufacturers, since the Alliance is going to want to get every missile in the fleet replaced/upgraded eventually.
[X] Investigate the subject of a land/colony-for-ships swap deal with the Alliance foreign affairs committee and/or other appropriate groups. The Quarians don't seem to be eager to set up shop in the hostile Terminus, but maybe a welcoming gesture from a friendly, up-and-coming race might be more appealing. Alternatively, see what it would take to set up Alliance colony worlds, starting with Mindoir, as "safe" places for Quarian pilgrimages.
[X] Investigate interest in an upgrade to military Omni-tools utilizing a military version of the Dark Energy Shear Blade uncovered.
Marketing:
[X] Begin drumming up interest in our new line of portable, modular, colony/space stations in a box
-[X] Show the demonstration models off at trade shows and the like.
[X] Get people interested in Hyper-modular buildings for convention halls, stadiums and the like.
Politics:
[X] Shift Repulsor lobbying away from any mention of exporting to other nations and focus on sale to humans, specifically those within the Alliance.
-[X] Counter arguments as to it's capability as a weapon with strict controls designed to ensure starship engine repulsors remain starship engine repulsors.
[X] Obtain a secret military patent for our Anti-starship missiles. Make it clear we intend to non-elusively license them to other human companies to produce.
Other:
[X] Reverse engineer and start selling "genuine prothean dark energy blades" (with installed safeties) - hanar at least would surely buy those en-mass
Research Actions
[X] Superalloys [800] - 90d10+365 (98.69% chance of completion)
[X] Flawless Blackboxing/FRM [761.2/3200] - 125d10+535 + (30d10+110)*15/100 (95.25% of 1971.2/3200)
Superalloys
Lab 2 Team 1 - 10d10+30 + 10 (Basic Research)
Lab 2 Team 2 - 10d10+30 + 10 (Basic Research)
Lab 2 Team 3 - 10d10+30 + 10 (Basic Research)
Lab 3 Team 1 - 10d10+30 + 10 (Basic Research)
Lab 3 Team 2 - 10d10+30
Lab 3 Team 3 - 10d10+30
Lab 3 Team 4 - 10d10+30
Lab 3 Team 5 - 10d10+30
Conrad - 10d10+25 + 10 (Basic Research)
Omake - 50 Total = 90d10+365 (98.69% chance of 800)
Omake - 150 Total = 125d10+535 + (30d10+110)*15/100 (95.25% of +1210)
Personal Actions
[X] Continue Peak Human Treatment (Full Captain America Upgrade, Part 1/5 Done), maybe chosen twice
-[X] More trying to be a social ghost in the machine. Maybe set up an online gaming account under a pseudonym?
[X] Train
-[X] Biotic Techniques (Sustained Barrier & Throw)
[X] It makes no difference
[1] Heterosexual (Dating Brian has just proven the point)
[2] Still thinking about it
[3] Bisexual (Why not both?)
[4] Asexual (Tried dating, prefer science)
[5] Homosexual (Having dated a guy you can definitely say they're not for you)
Opening Cash At Bank - 2,647,668,740
Cash Inflows:
Profit - 67,740,746,640 Total Cash Inflows - 67,740,746,640
Cash Outflows: 400 ParSec Legionary Suits - 285,000,000
50 ParSec Tigers - 400,000,000
5,000 ParSec Accipiter "Atmospheric Edition" Drones - 1,000,000,000
7,000 PI Accipiter "Atmospheric Edition" Drones - 1,400,000,000
60 ParSec Gladius Fighters (Type B) + Arcane Blur - 13,780,800,000
1 Appia (non-Repulsor version) - 11,000,000
1 Virgo (non-Repulsor version) - 45,000,000
10 Dormus (small portable hyper-modular building) - 350,000
10 Cenaculum (small portable hyper-modular building) - 650,000
10 Insula (non-Repulsor version) - 1,500,000
50 Vicinale (per 10m corridor or airlock) - 20,000
Benning's non-capital cities - 8,020,000,000
Benning's capital city - 8,210,000,000
Demeter's cities - 16,040,000,000
Benning Admin Building - 10,000,000
Demeter Admin Building - 10,000,000
ParSec Extra-Large Vehicle Garage - 200,000,000
240 ParSec Pilots - 9,000,000
60 ParSec Fighter Support Teams - 75,000,000
90 PI Security Teams - 31,500,000
In House Production - 16,791,320,000 Total Outflows = -66,321,140,000
Net Cash Flow = +1,419,606,640
Closing Cash at Bank =4,067,275,380
@UberJJK only other thing I'd suggest is to add gigawatt lasers in this quarter's research. We won't be putting them in weapons; I'm thinking of using them for evacuation lasers for planet-side and large asteroid mining, spin-mining for medium asteroids, and disintegration mining for smaller asteroids. They won't be useful as weapons at all because they'll all be infrared lasers until we get variable wavelength tech anyway.
Kinda also want to put Gaver Dor and the Elysium team on Detonation Shields. They won't get it done this quarter, but they should both get their bonuses, seeing as it's Mass Effect tech, which otherwise is just 40-ish RPs down the drain.
Hmm...do we need to add different sexual preference vote after the UberJJK vote if we don't like his choices? This is possibly vote count going wrong big time.
Hey, why are we only researching Superalloys alongside ridiculous black boxing?
Why not instead pick up two 400 point techs, like the 5 Meter Robot and the Mk 2 Iron Man suit?
I personally just want to finally get true Iron Man Armor, and the 5 Meter Mech is just a thing I Really Want.
Other than that, your plan looks good.
Oh, wait, are we sending any of our PI security guys to Anhur? Getting involved in a proxy war to show off our tech and punch Batarian faces in seems awesome. Especially if we research the Mech and the Mk 2 suit.
So I've run the vote via NetTally and the results are interesting to say the least. I can't say for sure since we only have a sample size of one (@Alanek ) however it seems voting for [] User just flat out eliminates your ranking vote. Near as I can tell he neither voted for my choice or his.
Someone try voting for both me and putting in your ranking in the same vote. Maybe that will fix it?
So having spent two days mucking around with stuff for another quest I can finally get back to finishing my vote! I think this is everything that needs to be covered. If not I'll note it in thread and edit it in.
Company Actions Manufacturing:
[X] Construct 400 Legionary Suits for ParSec - 285m + 1,200 production
[X] Construct 50 Tigers for ParSec - 400m + 1,350 production
[X] Construct 5,000 Accipiter "Atmospheric Edition" Drones for ParSec - 1,000m + 5,000 production
[X] Construct 7,000 Accipiter "Atmospheric Edition" Drones for PI spread evenly across all 7 current PI sites- 1,400m + 7,000 production
[X] Construct 60 Gladius Fighter (Type B) with Arcane Blur for ParSec - 13,780.8m + 49,564.8 production
[X] Construct 1 Appia (non-Repulsor version) - 11m + 90 production
[X] Construct 1 Virgo (non-Repulsor version) - 45m + 350 production
[X] Construct 10 Dormus (small portable hyper-modular building) - 350k + 4 production
[X] Construct 10 Cenaculum (small portable hyper-modular building) - 650k + 7 production
[X] Construct 10 Insula (non-Repulsor version) - 1.5m + 16 production
[X] Construct 50 Vicinale (per 10m corridor or airlock) - 20k + 0.2 production
Construction:
[X] Build 3 Factory IIIs and a Barracks with Assault Grade Campus Shielding in both of Benning's non-capital cities - 8,020m
[X] Build 3 Factory IIIs, a Barracks, and a Biotic Academy with Bombardment Grade Campus Shielding in Benning's capital city - 8,210m
[X] Build 3 Factory IIIs and a Barracks with Assault Grade Campus Shielding in four of Demeter's cities, including it's capital - 16,040m
[X] Build an Admin building in Benning's capital city - 10m
[X] Build an Admin building in Demeter's capital city - 10m
[X] Build an Extra-Large (20x) Vehicle Garage at the ParSec HQ - 200m
Human Resources:
[X] Hire 240 Pilots at 37,500cr each per quarter - 9m
[X] Hire 60 Fighter Support Teams at 1,250k each per quarter - 75m
[X] Search for skilled and experienced commanders interested in commanding fighter squadrons (20 Fighters) for ParSec
[X] Hire 90 Security Teams for our new facilities on Benning and Demeter; 9 teams for Demeter's capital, 17 teams for Benning's capital, and 8 teams for the other cities - 31.5m
[X] Continue the search for skilled and experienced commanders interested in managing ParSec
Investigations:
[X] Look into mining/mineral survey companies to buy out for our New Gold Rush strategy
[X] See who we can outsource production to for the following:
-[X] Waterloo Class Frigate Block 3 Upgrade
-[X] Huai-Hai Class Frigate Block 6 Upgrade
-[X] Anti-starship missiles - try to get non-exclusive licenses for production by several different munitions manufacturers, since the Alliance is going to want to get every missile in the fleet replaced/upgraded eventually.
[X] Investigate the subject of a land/colony-for-ships swap deal with the Alliance foreign affairs committee and/or other appropriate groups. The Quarians don't seem to be eager to set up shop in the hostile Terminus, but maybe a welcoming gesture from a friendly, up-and-coming race might be more appealing. Alternatively, see what it would take to set up Alliance colony worlds, starting with Mindoir, as "safe" places for Quarian pilgrimages.
[X] Investigate interest in an upgrade to military Omni-tools utilizing a military version of the Dark Energy Shear Blade uncovered.
Marketing:
[X] Begin drumming up interest in our new line of portable, modular, colony/space stations in a box
-[X] Show the demonstration models off at trade shows and the like.
[X] Get people interested in Hyper-modular buildings for convention halls, stadiums and the like.
Politics:
[X] Shift Repulsor lobbying away from any mention of exporting to other nations and focus on sale to humans, specifically those within the Alliance.
-[X] Counter arguments as to it's capability as a weapon with strict controls designed to ensure starship engine repulsors remain starship engine repulsors.
[X] Obtain a secret military patent for our Anti-starship missiles. Make it clear we intend to non-elusively license them to other human companies to produce.
Research Actions
[X] Superalloys [800] - 90d10+365 (98.69% chance of completion)
[X] Flawless Blackboxing/FRM [761.2/3200] - 125d10+535 + (30d10+110)*15/100 (95.25% of 1971.2/3200)
Superalloys
Lab 2 Team 1 - 10d10+30 + 10 (Basic Research)
Lab 2 Team 2 - 10d10+30 + 10 (Basic Research)
Lab 2 Team 3 - 10d10+30 + 10 (Basic Research)
Lab 3 Team 1 - 10d10+30 + 10 (Basic Research)
Lab 3 Team 2 - 10d10+30
Lab 3 Team 3 - 10d10+30
Lab 3 Team 4 - 10d10+30
Lab 3 Team 5 - 10d10+30
Conrad - 10d10+25 + 10 (Basic Research)
Omake - 50 Total = 90d10+365 (98.69% chance of 800)
Omake - 150 Total = 125d10+535 + (30d10+110)*15/100 (95.25% of +1210)
Personal Actions
[X] Continue Peak Human Treatment (Full Captain America Upgrade, Part 1/5 Done), maybe chosen twice
-[X] More trying to be a social ghost in the machine. Maybe set up an online gaming account under a pseudonym?
[X] Train
-[X] Biotic Techniques (Sustained Barrier & Throw)
[1] Heterosexual (Dating Brian has just proven the point)
[2] Still thinking about it
[3] Bisexual (Why not both?)
[4] Asexual (Tried dating, prefer science)
[5] Homosexual (Having dated a guy you can definitely say they're not for you)
[X] It makes no difference
Opening Cash At Bank - 2,647,668,740
Cash Inflows:
Profit - 67,740,746,640 Total Cash Inflows - 67,740,746,640
Cash Outflows: 400 ParSec Legionary Suits - 285,000,000
50 ParSec Tigers - 400,000,000
5,000 ParSec Accipiter "Atmospheric Edition" Drones - 1,000,000,000
7,000 PI Accipiter "Atmospheric Edition" Drones - 1,400,000,000
60 ParSec Gladius Fighters (Type B) + Arcane Blur - 13,780,800,000
1 Appia (non-Repulsor version) - 11,000,000
1 Virgo (non-Repulsor version) - 45,000,000
10 Dormus (small portable hyper-modular building) - 350,000
10 Cenaculum (small portable hyper-modular building) - 650,000
10 Insula (non-Repulsor version) - 1,500,000
50 Vicinale (per 10m corridor or airlock) - 20,000
Benning's non-capital cities - 8,020,000,000
Benning's capital city - 8,210,000,000
Demeter's cities - 16,040,000,000
Benning Admin Building - 10,000,000
Demeter Admin Building - 10,000,000
ParSec Extra-Large Vehicle Garage - 200,000,000
240 ParSec Pilots - 9,000,000
60 ParSec Fighter Support Teams - 75,000,000
90 PI Security Teams - 31,500,000
In House Production - 16,791,320,000 Total Outflows = -66,321,140,000
Net Cash Flow = +1,419,606,640
Closing Cash at Bank =4,067,275,380
Hey, why are we only researching Superalloys alongside ridiculous black boxing?
Why not instead pick up two 400 point techs, like the 5 Meter Robot and the Mk 2 Iron Man suit?
I personally just want to finally get true Iron Man Armor, and the 5 Meter Mech is just a thing I Really Want.
Other than that, your plan looks good.
Oh, wait, are we sending any of our PI security guys to Anhur? Getting involved in a proxy war to show off our tech and punch Batarian faces in seems awesome. Especially if we research the Mech and the Mk 2 suit.
So I've run the vote via NetTally and the results are interesting to say the least. I can't say for sure since we only have a sample size of one (@Alanek ) however it seems voting for [] User just flat out eliminates your ranking vote. Near as I can tell he neither voted for my choice or his.
Someone try voting for both me and putting in your ranking in the same vote. Maybe that will fix it?
[X]UberJJK
[1] Homosexual (Having dated a guy you can definitely say they're not for you)
[2] Bisexual (Why not both?)
[3] Still thinking about it
[4] Heterosexual (Dating Brian has just proven the point)
[5] Asexual (Tried dating, prefer science)
[x] uberjjk [1] Heterosexual (Dating Brian has just proven the point) [2] Bisexual (Why not both?) [4] Homosexual (Having dated a guy you can definitely say they're not for you) [3] Asexual (Tried dating, prefer science) [5] Still thinking about it
So I've run the vote via NetTally and the results are interesting to say the least. I can't say for sure since we only have a sample size of one (@Alanek ) however it seems voting for [] User just flat out eliminates your ranking vote. Near as I can tell he neither voted for my choice or his.
Someone try voting for both me and putting in your ranking in the same vote. Maybe that will fix it?
Superalloys are something we should try and get early on since that way they can be incorporated into all future technology. Which is incidentally why it's better to leave the Mk2 for about two or so years. By that point we'll have everything to make a truly badass suit.
If we get it right now the Mk2 wouldn't actually be that much of an improvement so we'd need the Mk3 to really take advantage of the new tech and that is locked behind a bunch of tech that is quite the ways off.
As for 5 Meter Mechs... well frankly they just aren't in the plan right now.
Oh, wait, are we sending any of our PI security guys to Anhur? Getting involved in a proxy war to show off our tech and punch Batarian faces in seems awesome. Especially if we research the Mech and the Mk 2 suit.
Alanek voting for UberJJK only affects his regular vote. Rank votes can't do references. Alanek voting for UberJJK will not cause Alanek to vote for UberJJK's ranked preferences.
There was a bug, though, where Alanek voting for UberJJK caused Alanek's earlier ranked vote to get cleared. I've fixed that now.
I should note that rank votes must go at the bottom of a vote post. Any 'regular' votes that occur after a rank vote will be ignored. UberJJK's post, where he put the rank stuff at the bottom of his post, is fine, though.
I added a count of how many users explicitly voted for each option, since it's not always obvious how much influence non-votes have. For example, Heterosexual seems like it should be doing reasonably well, with the number of 1's it got; however it only got 51 explicit votes, compared to 53-57 votes for the choices above it.
Options:
Asexual (Tried dating, prefer science)
Bisexual (Why not both?)
Heterosexual (Dating Brian has just proven the point)
Homosexual (Having dated a guy you can definitely say they're not for you)
Still thinking about it
So I've run the vote via NetTally and the results are interesting to say the least. I can't say for sure since we only have a sample size of one (@Alanek ) however it seems voting for [] User just flat out eliminates your ranking vote. Near as I can tell he neither voted for my choice or his.
Yeah. Basically, if someone entered a new valid vote of any sort, it went through and cleared any prior votes before adding the new vote in. However since he didn't have a new rank vote, it ended up just being cleared and nothing else added. I fixed it so that it didn't clear things if there was no new vote of that type being added in.
While I admit Superalloys are awesome, going by the tech map, there a requirement for Mk 3 Armor.
Using them for Mk 2 armor seems a waste.
Also, I just really, Really want to finally get Mk 2 armor, if only because we would finally get a Suit Up scene. Seriously, the Suit Up scene is what I want.
Also, Mech combined with Mk 2 could potentially lead to Hulk Buster Orbital Drop Armor.
....
Superalloys are nice and all, but I'd honestly prefer picking up lower tier techs and building higher, rather than jumping for the tech that jumps us up to Tier 3 without even finishing off the Tier 2 tech.
Edit: Also, your opinion on sending several groups of PI mercs to Anhur?
Alanek voting for UberJJK only affects his regular vote. Rank votes can't do references. Alanek voting for UberJJK will not cause Alanek to vote for UberJJK's ranked preferences.
There was a bug, though, where Alanek voting for UberJJK caused Alanek's earlier ranked vote to get cleared. I've fixed that now.
I should note that rank votes must go at the bottom of a vote post. Any 'regular' votes that occur after a rank vote will be ignored. UberJJK's post, where he put the rank stuff at the bottom of his post, is fine, though.
I added a count of how many users explicitly voted for each option, since it's not always obvious how much influence non-votes have. For example, Heterosexual seems like it should be doing reasonably well, with the number of 1's it got; however it only got 51 explicit votes, compared to 53-57 votes for the choices above it.
Options:
Asexual (Tried dating, prefer science)
Bisexual (Why not both?)
Heterosexual (Dating Brian has just proven the point)
Homosexual (Having dated a guy you can definitely say they're not for you)
Still thinking about it
Hey, why are we only researching Superalloys alongside ridiculous black boxing?
Why not instead pick up two 400 point techs, like the 5 Meter Robot and the Mk 2 Iron Man suit?
I personally just want to finally get true Iron Man Armor, and the 5 Meter Mech is just a thing I Really Want.
Other than that, your plan looks good.
Oh, wait, are we sending any of our PI security guys to Anhur? Getting involved in a proxy war to show off our tech and punch Batarian faces in seems awesome. Especially if we research the Mech and the Mk 2 suit.
Since we have infinite hover capabilities, there is really nothing that a mech can give us that we don't already get from our super IFV.
As for sending out troops, they won't be fully equipped until the end of this quarter. At that time we'll have given out elite recruits enough training that they'll be N school equivalents, and should acquit themselves pretty well on Anhur.
While I admit Superalloys are awesome, going by the tech map, there a requirement for Mk 3 Armor.
Using them for Mk 2 armor seems a waste.
Also, I just really, Really want to finally get Mk 2 armor, if only because we would finally get a Suit Up scene. Seriously, the Suit Up scene is what I want.
Also, Mech combined with Mk 2 could potentially lead to Hulk Buster Orbital Drop Armor.
....
Superalloys are nice and all, but I'd honestly prefer picking up lower tier techs and building higher, rather than jumping for the tech that jumps us up to Tier 3 without even finishing off the Tier 2 tech.
Edit: Also, your opinion on sending several groups of PI mercs to Anhur?
What you don't understand is that having superalloys for the MKII isn't a main objective, but a side benefit. We want super alloys for our plans to build the best ship ever.
