Sterbelicht - One Sacrifice At A Time Against The Galaxy (40K)

What should your focus for the rest of the Quest be?

  • Mercy (Diplomacy and Expansion)

    Votes: 166 76.5%

  • Ruthlessness (Kick the Duchy in the Balls)

    Votes: 52 24.0%

  • Thule (Yeeni Handholding and Piscarian Cuddling)

    Votes: 84 38.7%
  • Total voters
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The Laurent said:
[X] Roll out a propaganda campaign, including carefully in certain cases asking the Lamenters to debunk some of these things... though be wary of the possibility of spreading belief by doing so. Emphasize among other things the role Lamenters actually play in government, the way that recruitment itself is not done via heredity, the atrocities that the Imperium has engaged in, whether Neonite or whatever rumors of the evils of Voxx Primus have inevitably slipped out, and more, to emphasize the extent to which Lineal Heritage, even for our friends the Lamenters, is not enough.
-[X] Anyone found to have connections to the Divine Line heresy are not to be trusted with anything that interacts with the Lamenters in more than an incidental way. (IE, a random Thule believing it may be censured, but does not need to be barred from being a pilot just because it's possible they might one day be in a battle alongside Lamenters.)
-[X] Make clear the holy position on such lineage-based beliefs, and even more clear the focus on deeds, and deeds ongoing rather than done once to deserve special considerations. The Lamenters are excellent friends and allies whose deeds are worthy of respect, but they do not seek to rule the Federation and trying to push them to do so would only weaken their obvious strengths.

Or something? I'm admittedly writing fast and sloppy because there's apparently only three hours to vote.
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-[] talk to Chyron and request he makes a public statement rejecting the idea of a Divine Line leading to the Lamenters having or being supposed to have any role beyond what they dedicate themselves to and the Glimmering Federation accepted them as.


[X] The Laurent
 
Toboe said:
maybe add
-[] talk to Chyron and request he makes a public statement rejecting the idea of a Divine Line leading to the Lamenters having or being supposed to have any role beyond what they dedicate themselves to and the Glimmering Federation accepted them as.


[X] The Laurent
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Could do, anyone worried about backfire/etc stuff? The one thing I'm worried about is a Life of Brian-esque situation where making big public statements will make at least some people twice as devoted.

"Clearly the pause he used here on the second sentence of his speech was a secret coded message revealing that actually he IS in favor of running the Federation, but cannot admit it until the time is right!"
 
I think the key is pointing out that while blood descent can inform, being skilled in one field does not necessarily lead to skill in all fields, and ultimately one can only truly master a relatively small number of fields no matter how noble one's lineage is. To then assume that someone who is a talented warrior will neccessarily be a great leader is folly, just as it would be folly to assume a great engineer must be a great warrior, or a great leader must be a brilliant engineer. Everyone has a talent, and some have the benefit of having a greater amount of it, but even the greatest of talents is useless if it is not honed. By ensuring all have an opportunity to unearth their talents and hone them, we can ensure that all can find satisfaction in their lives while adding their strengths to the whole, in whatever form those strengths are.
 
The Laurent said:
Could do, anyone worried about backfire/etc stuff? The one thing I'm worried about is a Life of Brian-esque situation where making big public statements will make at least some people twice as devoted.
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Not really. There's always some loud minority at the heart of such things, but--usually--only a minority. So long as we regularly inoculate the public against it, that should keep the movement from regaining any traction.
 
These guys seem like a likely candidate for being absorbed, They are FAR less problematic then the Hive mind guys were. Not to mention being "Wide as a sea, Deep as a puddle" is a very Good target for being legalised, Absorbed and guided, with plenty of room to spread our own narrative to set root.

The "Easy" way to do it would be to accept that Space marines carrying a Shard of divinity due to their bloodline, But with all other spacemarines having either proven themselves unworthy and "Fallen" Or are Merely guilty of not having see the Light of the star child, Instead propping up the Horrid and crumbling facade that is the Remains of the emperors great work.

In all honesty, Space marine Devine, Divine But wrong if not star child is Not a BAD rhetoric.

To counteract the people who want to use that divinity to claim that they have direct right of kingship, we can point to two acts throughout history. Emps (He's an asshole, but insulting him does not win us brownie points) established the High lords. We can claim they were corrupted by their own mortal weakness etc etc etc blah blah blah, but that act combined with the Dreadnought Lamenter chapter master eagerly pawning off his place of civilian control as soon as the Glimmerling federation had a modicum of its feet under it can be framed as holy Repitition, and affirmation of what Emps did all those years ago and showing that Mortals must lead Mortals, Instead of relying on the kingship of the divine.

Both of these together, framing All non-starchild space marines as corrupt or misguided at best, combined with Framing Lamenter dudes shunning of civilian duties in a Echo of what Emps did with the high lords helps us cover the main issues, That being outside space a marines co-opting our shit, and the demands for Space marine kingship.

IDK, we managed to reform/Reintegrate the Hivemind dudes, and these guys are WAAAY less problematic, With most of their Problems coming from the fact that they might decide to try and install a space marine or primarch as king, Or serve as relatively easy infill paths for the Alpha legion, Both of which can be handled through a carefully constructed narrative.
 
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The Laurent said:
Could do, anyone worried about backfire/etc stuff? The one thing I'm worried about is a Life of Brian-esque situation where making big public statements will make at least some people twice as devoted.

"Clearly the pause he used here on the second sentence of his speech was a secret coded message revealing that actually he IS in favor of running the Federation, but cannot admit it until the time is right!"
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That sounds like something that would only happen for people who are in deep, who are so attached to the theory that they' go full motivated-reasoning making up conspiracy theories why they can't be wrong. I.e. people who won't be convinced by any public information campaign. Those people would probably also see any information campaign as evidence that the Divine Lines are true and the knowledge is being suppressed by the powers that be.

At the same time, imho its the cherry-on-top for the information to anyone reachable by logic. Turning it from "Divine Lines if probably wrong" to "Divine Lines is absurd".

But I can't deny that such issues could exist (looking at the covid pandemic and reactions to it).
We probably should have a plank to have Cerberus re-check after the supposed fall to ensure there aren't some deeproots left.
 
[X] Roll out a propaganda campaign, including carefully in certain cases asking the Lamenters to debunk some of these things... though be wary of the possibility of spreading belief by doing so. Emphasize among other things the role Lamenters actually play in government, the way that recruitment itself is not done via heredity, the atrocities that the Imperium has engaged in, whether Neonite or whatever rumors of the evils of Voxx Primus have inevitably slipped out, and more, to emphasize the extent to which Lineal Heritage, even for our friends the Lamenters, is not enough.
-[X] Anyone found to have connections to the Divine Line heresy are not to be trusted with anything that interacts with the Lamenters in more than an incidental way. (IE, a random Thule believing it may be censured, but does not need to be barred from being a pilot just because it's possible they might one day be in a battle alongside Lamenters.)
-[X] Make clear the holy position on such lineage-based beliefs, and even more clear the focus on deeds, and deeds ongoing rather than done once to deserve special considerations. The Lamenters are excellent friends and allies whose deeds are worthy of respect, but they do not seek to rule the Federation and trying to push them to do so would only weaken their obvious strengths.
-[X] Just because one is a great engineer, does that mean they are a great warrior? Everyone has their unique talents and abilities, bounded not by heredity--at least not fully--but by their aptitudes. These talents and abilities should not be assumed to run to all fields, any more than we should think that only the best orators should run the Federation: the Council system allows all manner of different kinds of experts, bureaucratic, diplomatic, technological, psyakana-based, religious and more to, with the consent of the governed, guide the Federation. To narrow it down to one thing is to reject the bounty of the Star Child's wisdom!
-[X] Additionally, if all of that isn't enough to severely reduce the Heresy, talk to Chyron and request he makes a public statement rejecting the idea of a Divine Line leading to the Lamenters having or being supposed to have any role beyond what they dedicate themselves to and the Glimmering Federation accepted them as.
 
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    • Scheduled vote count started by HeroCooky on Jun 22, 2024 at 6:49 AM, finished with 24 posts and 13 votes.
    • [X] Roll out a propaganda campaign, including carefully in certain cases asking the Lamenters to debunk some of these things... though be wary of the possibility of spreading belief by doing so. Emphasize among other things the role Lamenters actually play in government, the way that recruitment itself is not done via heredity, the atrocities that the Imperium has engaged in, whether Neonite or whatever rumors of the evils of Voxx Primus have inevitably slipped out, and more, to emphasize the extent to which Lineal Heritage, even for our friends the Lamenters, is not enough.
      -[X] Anyone found to have connections to the Divine Line heresy are not to be trusted with anything that interacts with the Lamenters in more than an incidental way. (IE, a random Thule believing it may be censured, but does not need to be barred from being a pilot just because it's possible they might one day be in a battle alongside Lamenters.)
      -[X] Make clear the holy position on such lineage-based beliefs, and even more clear the focus on deeds, and deeds ongoing rather than done once to deserve special considerations. The Lamenters are excellent friends and allies whose deeds are worthy of respect, but they do not seek to rule the Federation and trying to push them to do so would only weaken their obvious strengths.
      -[X] Just because one is a great engineer, does that mean they are a great warrior? Everyone has their unique talents and abilities, bounded not by heredity--at least not fully--but by their aptitudes. These talents and abilities should not be assumed to run to all fields, any more than we should think that only the best orators should run the Federation: the Council system allows all manner of different kinds of experts, bureaucratic, diplomatic, technological, psyakana-based, religious and more to, with the consent of the governed, guide the Federation. To narrow it down to one thing is to reject the bounty of the Star Child's wisdom!
      -[X] Additionally, if all of that isn't enough to severely reduce the Heresy, talk to Chyron and request he makes a public statement rejecting the idea of a Divine Line leading to the Lamenters having or being supposed to have any role beyond what they dedicate themselves to and the Glimmering Federation accepted them as.
      [X] Roll out a propaganda campaign, including carefully in certain cases asking the Lamenters to debunk some of these things... though be wary of the possibility of spreading belief by doing so. Emphasize among other things the role Lamenters actually play in government, the way that recruitment itself is not done via heredity, the atrocities that the Imperium has engaged in, whether Neonite or whatever rumors of the evils of Voxx Primus have inevitably slipped out, and more, to emphasize the extent to which Lineal Heritage, even for our friends the Lamenters, is not enough. -[X] Anyone found to have connections to the Divine Line heresy are not to be trusted with anything that interacts with the Lamenters in more than an incidental way. (IE, a random Thule believing it may be censured, but does not need to be barred from being a pilot just because it's possible they might one day be in a battle alongside Lamenters.) -[X] Make clear the holy position on such lineage-based beliefs, and even more clear the focus on deeds, and deeds ongoing rather than done once to deserve special considerations. The Lamenters are excellent friends and allies whose deeds are worthy of respect, but they do not seek to rule the Federation and trying to push them to do so would only weaken their obvious strengths.
      [X] Roll out a propaganda campaign, including carefully in certain cases asking the Lamenters to debunk some of these things... though be wary of the possibility of spreading belief by doing so. Emphasize among other things the role Lamenters actually play in government, the way that recruitment itself is not done via heredity, the atrocities that the Imperium has engaged in, whether Neonite or whatever rumors of the evils of Voxx Primus have inevitably slipped out, and more, to emphasize the extent to which Lineal Heritage, even for our friends the Lamenters, is not enough.
      -[X] Anyone found to have connections to the Divine Line heresy are not to be trusted with anything that interacts with the Lamenters in more than an incidental way. (IE, a random Thule believing it may be censured, but does not need to be barred from being a pilot just because it's possible they might one day be in a battle alongside Lamenters.)
      -[X] Make clear the holy position on such lineage-based beliefs, and even more clear the focus on deeds, and deeds ongoing rather than done once to deserve special considerations. The Lamenters are excellent friends and allies whose deeds are worthy of respect, but they do not seek to rule the Federation and trying to push them to do so would only weaken their obvious strengths.
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    -Common inside joke by the bureaucrats of the Glimmering Federation.​



    You Have 3 [Three] Actions. Currently Active ISC: [New Dawn R&D]
    (6-Hour Moratorium)
    [Green Horizons Colonization LTD] - Resettlement Initiatives - Increases colonized worlds by 50% if the Action {Colonize Planet/s} is used.
    [New Dawn R&D] - Anomaly Identified - Uncover Points of Interest (PoI) within and without your territory every Turn this ISC is sponsored. PoI include (but are not limited to) new colonizable systems, Economic Boons, Military Relevant Resources or Locations, and more.
    [Federation Post] - Messenger Fleet - Reduce the cost of improving Civilian Infrastructure by 50% (rounded down).

    [] [General] Develop The Federations'...
    -[] Food Production VII (0/2)
    -[] Civilian Infrastructure XIII (0/2)
    -[] Heavy Industry VI (0/2)
    -[] Void Industry X (0/2)
    -[] Medical Services VI (0/2)
    -[] Military Industry VI (0/2)
    (Gain: A boost in production focusing on the chosen option.)

    [] [General] Colonize (Planet/s)
    It is time to bring two more worlds into the fold. Thanks to the Kil'drabi becoming our Kin, we can now categorize Frozen, Ash, and Volcanic Worlds as Habitable instead.
    (Gain: Two colonized Worlds.
    Habitable Worlds: N/A
    Hostile Worlds (-1 Void Industry): Qulach's Forge - Node 17c (Acidic Atmosphere), Abyssal Eye - Howling Gaze (No Atmosphere)
    Deathworlds (-1 to All): Qulach's Forge - Qulach's Forge (Fallout, Glass, Industrial Ruins, and Chemicals))

    [] [General] Voxx Primus Population Crisis Preparations
    -[] Habitat Stations (0/?)
    (Gain: +1 Void Industry every three Actions, enough living space for ~10 Billion people per Action.)
    -[] Irrita Rush Terraformation (0/?)
    (Gain: Ask the Irrita about the price to rush terraform some of your worlds and which ones would be best suited to do so.)
    -[] Irrita Food Production Aid (0/?)
    (Gain: Possible aid or projects to blunt the food problem for the Voxx Primus Crisis.)
    -[] Evacuation Fleets - (Ship Design Write-In) (0/?)
    (Gain: Evacuation Fleets to spread the Voxxians around.)

    [] [General] Research:
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    -[] Poke The Weird Ships
    (Gain: Information?)
    -[] Production Line Rationalization Programs (0/2)
    (Gain: Improved industry throughput.)
    -[] Sophont Workforce Requirement Reduction Considerations (0/2)
    (Gain: Tiny increase in partly automated industries.)
    -[] Hive Agriculture Expanded (0/2)
    (Gain: Further improve Hive nutrition production through various means.)
    -[] Burner Seeker Mines
    (Gain: An upgrade to your Mines. These weapons automatically seek out non-friendly ships within a medium radius around themselves.)
    -[] Snapshot Cogitation Improvements
    (Gain: Missiles have increased Breakthrough against Hostile AM-Systems)
    -[] Tetratek ARc Cannonade
    (Gain: Tetratek Advanced-Reach (Grade c) Cannonade Ship Weapon (4 Dp).)
    -[] Improved Servo-Skull Militarization Initiative
    (Gain: Militarized Servo-Skulls. New Infantry Classes: Human - Scout Hive Trooper, Yeeni - Skull-Swarm Sovereign.)
    -[] Novel Infantry-Grade Weapons and Armor Development
    (Gain: Infantry Weapons and Armor Upgrades.)
    -[] Experimental Infantry-Grade Weapons and Armor Development
    (Gain: New Infantry Weapons and Armors.)
    -[] Logistical Infantry-Grade Weapons Development (0/3)
    (Gain: Cheaper Infantry Weapons.)
    -[] Logicstical Infantry-Grade Armor Development (0/3)
    (Gain: Cheaper Infantry Armor.)
    -[] New Boarders for a New Age
    (Gain: New Boarding Craft.)
    -[] Ship Equipment Standardization - [1 DP Equipment] (0/2)
    (Gain: Standardize 1 [One] 1 DP Ship Equipment across all new Designs.)
    -[] Shipyard Automatization III (0/5)
    (Gain: 1 Frigate every Turn.)
    -[] Mind-Machine Interface Re-Examined (0/2)
    (Greater Insight into already existing MMI methods and links.)
    -[] Reconstruct The Shattered STC-Fragment (0/10)
    (Gain: An STC Fragment.)

    Hereteks Refuge - Reduce Research Cost by 20%, Rounded Up. +0.2 Research per Action Spent.
    Academic Initiatives - +0.1 Research per Action Spent.
    [Song - 10x Choirs] - A Spark of Genius - +0.05 Research per Action Spent.
    (0.15 Research Banked)

    [] [General] Propaganda For The Foreign Masses (0/3)
    With the Glimmering Federation struggling to digest its recent mass acquisition of systems and populations, some have raised the possibility of using the Federation's more diplomatic abilities and capabilities to subvert, convert, and then integrate new systems without causing mass casualties or widespread destruction. A Propaganda office outfitted with ships, Choirs, materials, factories, and a mandate to do just that should bring foreign systems into our sphere of influence and then the Federation as a whole. It will be pricy, though.
    (Gain: Allows you to slowly convert one [1] random system at a time to the Glimmering Federation without Action cost.)

    [] [General] Free Movement and Friendship Declaration
    Due to the Glimmering Federations' patronage of the Ashan Families, inconsistent as it was overwhelming in the industrial and economic sectors, they proposed opening the border between the citizens of both nations to seek employment and opportunity (with some limiting factors and clauses, security concerns still apply after all), alongside a Friendship Declaration between the two governments.
    (Gain: Ashan Families like you more.)

    [] [Military] Militarize The Schools Of Paladins
    Though the schools created to equip and train our missionaries for all possible environments and situations have quickly grown to smooth out all failures and bumps in their curriculum, some military think tanks have poked at the possibility of creating a home-grown version of the Imperial Sisters of Battle mentioned in both records and the descendants of a squad on Saget VII. This would include streamlining the usage of the Militaristic Faith Orders to use them in battles on the front line and training those dedicated to spreading and defending the Faith of the Star Child as parts of the military directly in the use of bullet and sword in heavy power armor.
    (Gain: Unlock Templars, boosting your military.)

    [] [Military] Create A [Blazing Sun - 4x War-Packs] or 6x SAGs - [System/s] - [Weight: Light/Medium/Heavy] - [Type: Infantry/Mechanized/Tanks/Augmetic Legion] - [Classification: Sabotage/Assault/Engineering/Demolition/Ogryn/Kil'drabi]
    Sabotage Units will focus on raiding and disrupting the enemy with lighting raids and plundering logistics; Assault Units will punch through the enemy in weak points and sow confusion with overwhelming firepower; Engineering Units will focus on creating fortifications and using turrets, mines, and barricades; Demolition Units will be comprised out of heavy weaponry squads with plenty of explosives, from mines to rockets; and Ogryn Units will be Ogryns armored in heavy metals and armed with shields and Beatin' Sticks led by soldiers with spiffy hats that will not be disobeyed. Kil'drabi Units can go into temperature enviroments Humans would require special equipment with ease. Infantry Units consist mainly of boots on the ground, while Mechanized Units are equipped with vehicles that increase mobility and durability at the cost of logistics and all-terrain capability, with Tanks allowing a myriad of armored spearheads or operations to proceed, and an Augmetic Legion consists of cybernetically enhanced humans, equipped with high-end implants and prosthetics that set them far above the human baseline, allowing for far more dangerous deployments. Light Units are better for low-logistic scenarios, while Medium Units rely more on regular shipments and strike a good balance between supply consumption and effectiveness. Heavy Units rely on solid logistics to continue working while offering an equal force concentration in return. A War-Pack comprises 15 Karnivores grouped in Packs of 3 Knights each, alongside the infrastructure/logistics to support and rebuild their Knights.
    (Gain: Four War-Packs or Six SAGs. These contain [Four Units] chosen from the above choices. Tanks require no Classification.)

    [] [Military] [Construct/Refit] A Fleet - [36 Fleet Points] - [24 FP Banked]
    Ships are produced at these rates: Scouts at 1 FP, Destroyers at 2 FP, Light Freighters at 3 FP, Frigates at 4 FP, Light Cruisers at 8 FP, Heavy Cruisers at 18 FP, and Heavy Freighters at 25 FP.
    You can refit for 36 FP: One Leo-Primus to One Leo-Class Vanguard, Twelve Libra-S/T to Twelve Libra-Q, Three Crux to Three Crux-S, and Four Taurus into Four Taurus-S in one Turn.
    (Gain: Chosen Fleet.)

    [] [Military] Fill Out Sector Battle Group
    -[] Sphinx (0/0.5)
    -[] Werewolf (0/3.5)
    -[] Minotaur (0/4)
    -[] Leviathan (0/4)
    -[] Basilisk (0/4)
    -[] Hydralisk (0/4)
    -[] Necrolisk (0/4)
    A Sector Battle Group consists of 4 Heavy Cruisers, 8 Carriers, 6 Light Cruisers, 8 Heavy Frigates, and 4 Corvettes. Building them in bulk is cheaper than in parcel, and once we have them all filled, we can think about constructing new ones!
    (Information: All Action Costs must be paid to receive the ships.
    Gain: Filled out SBG.)

    [ ] [Military] Design New Voidship Classes - [Available: Destroyer (1 DP), Frigate (2 DP), Light Cruiser/Freighter (4 DP), Heavy Cruiser/Freighter (8 DP)] - [8 DP]
    From what we can tell, thanks to our history, what information we, the Kil'drabi, Yeeni, and the archives of our planets tell us, the difference between a prosperous interstellar polity and one naught but ash is the strength of their navy. At the moment, we have the beginning of a proud Void Fleet, yet purely defending against our enemies is a great way to get ground down into dust over time; we need to be able to bring the fight to them.
    (Information: Ship Classes requiring more DP than you possess take more than one Action to design.
    Gain: Newly designed and built Ship Class/es.)

    [] [Military] Begin Military Operations (Assign SAG/s) (Choose Location/s) (Designate Objective/s)
    -[] 36x Free Celestial Choirs
    -[] Sector Battle Group Sphinx (27/30 Ship Capacity) - (Missing: 3 Carriers)
    (3x Andromeda-Class Command Ship, 4x Proof of Our New Path Battlecolony, 1x Libra-Quartus Light Carrier, 2x Libra-Tertium Light Carrier, 2x Libra-Secundus Light Carrier, 6x Scorpio-Class Light Cruiser, 8x Words of the Writ-Class Frigate, 4x Aries-Secundus Class Corvette)
    -[] Sector Battle Group Centaur (30/30 Ship Capacity)
    (3x Andromeda-Class Command Ship, 1x Leo-Primus Heavy Cruiser, 3x Leo-Class Vanguard Cruiser, 8x Libra-Tertium Light Carrier, 2x Endeavour Light Cruiser, 4x Scorpio-Class Light Cruiser, 3x Crux-Secundus Class Heavy Frigate, 5x Crux-Class Missile Frigates, 4x Aries-Secundus Class Corvette)
    -[] Sector Battle Group Werewolf (9/10 Ship Capacity) - (Missing: 2 Andromeda, 4 Heavy Cruisers, 8 Carriers, 6 Line Holder, 3 Frigates)
    (1x Andromeda-Class Command Ship, 1x Words of the Writ-Class Frigate, 2x Falchion-class Frigate, 2x Aries-Secundus Class Corvette, 2x Viper-Class Missile Destroyer, 1x Sagitarrius-Secundus Lance Frigate, 1x Lupus-Secundus Torpedo Destroyer)
    -[] Task Fleet Alpha
    (2x Cobra Destroyers, 5x Taurus-S Troopship (0/25 SAG Capacity), 4x Taurus-Class Troopship (0/2 SAG Capacity))
    -[] Independent Operations Task Force
    (5x Chamleon-Class Infiltration Carrier)
    -[] Lamenters Chapter Fleet (8/10)
    (1x Andromeda-Class Command Ship, 2x Risen Dirge-Class Boarding Ship (0/2 Companies), 3x Lantern Bearer-Class Commandeering Ship (0/3 Companies), 1x Resurgence-Class Torpedo Hunter, and 1x Bloody Dawn-Class Light Cruiser (0/2 Companies), 1x Eternal Promise-Class Temple Ship (0/8 Companies))
    -[] Scout Fleet Alpha - [3x Pyxis-Class Auto Construct]
    (5x Circinus-Class Scout Sloop, 1x Pyxis-Class High-Grade Scout Sloop, 1x Spirit of Discovery Scout-Class Light Cruiser)
    There is war to be had and battle to be made. Send troops to resolve issues, squash opposition to the Star Child and Humanity and all Their Protectorates, and send ships to scout neighboring systems to understand what is happening there.
    (Gain: Military dispatched to put down opposition violently. Scouts are sent to look at other systems.
    Scouting Range: ~10 Systems from Claimed Systems. Scouting Efficiency: 20% Adjacent Systems, 5% Three+ Systems, 1% Five+ Systems.
    Note: For use outside your territory or in support of forces specified within another Action.)

    [] [Psykana] The Celestial Orrery (0/2)
    Taking the first stumbling step in creating wonders by combining technological and psychic disciplines into one cohesive whole is a step that is fraught with dangers. Though we know that such psy-tech can be made that it can become the underlying linchpin of civilization itself, like the Hymns of the Machines, many dangers come with invoking the powers of the Warp without a mind to ward off the daemonic influences that inevitably try to take advantage. Yet, a step can be taken in a direction that will enable us to build familiarity without suffering titanic repercussions in failure. The first intentional psy-tech of the Federation shall be the construction of the Celestial Orrery. This large machine will show the nearest star system's planetary bodies and their stellar paths.
    (Gain: 8 DP Equipment: Celestial Orrery. Improves scouting.)

    [] [Psykana] Conduct Two Melodies (Choose two below.) (0.6/1 - Auto Complete) - [Choose Melody]
    The Celestial Choir has been given the means; with time, they shall conduct their songs. They will listen to the Warp and filter out the false whispers from the slumbering guidance of the Star Child. In halting prayer and stumbling humming, the truth will be stripped until nothing but it remains in the hands of those who shall make it anew into power to be wielded by the Choirs to come. As there are 10 Celestial Choirs free to pursue research, the High Council can ask them to pursue a target instead of what comes close. This will, naturally, be lost once they dip below 10 Choirs.
    (Total: 30
    Uncovered: Technology II.
    Secret: Slumber, Silence II, Perception II, and Grounding II.
    Star Child: Hope II, Compassion II, Humanity II, Mercy, Creativity III, Health II, Unity II, Innovation, Machinery, Logic II, Progress II, Protection II, Justice, Wisdom, The Sun II, The Home II, Death, Ruthlessness, Brutality, and Fire II.
    Kil'drabi: Paths, The Void II, Struggle, Community, and Family.
    Gain: Two Melodies newly Conducted.)

    [] [Psykana] Sing a Song (Choose at least Three below.)
    Mere Melodies are not the end of the journey, nor should they be the start. They are the middle, from which all things shall grow and wither.
    (Uncovered: Technology I.
    Secret: Perception I, Silence, I, and Grounding I.
    Star Child: Protection I, Fire I, The Sun I, Humanity I, Creativity II, Song III, The Home I, Logic I, Unity I, Progress I, Compassion I, Hope I, and Health I.
    Kil'drabi: Void I.
    Gain: A Song.)

    [] [Faith] The Great Heresies
    Though it is infuriating to many that splits and cracks have already started to appear within the structure of our faith, especially when the Prophet hasn't even been laid to rest in his last resting place, these splits were inevitable. There was no way to prevent those who strayed from established Doctrine, so we must expend effort to bring them back into the fold, even if some start to whisper about altering Doctrine itself to incorporate some parts of their beliefs into ours.
    (Gain: Reconcile, Syncretise, Legalise, or Crack Down on a Heresy.)
    -[] The Particularists
    The opposite to the Anti-Particularists, they have twisted this section of the Creed to its utter limit: I believe that these Five, Omnissiah, Emepror, Motive Force, Body of the Faith, and Star Child, are Indivisible and One, and Two, And Three, Four, and Five. They believe one can pair the Five-One according to their "Co-Equal Hierarchy," represented by a square with four edges and the Star Child in the middle. In this, they claim that the Emperor and Omnissiah are on the Left and Right of the square, with the Community of Faith and Motive Force in the lower left and right, relating to each other in their respective roles and relations as they come together to create the Star Child.
    -[] The Anti-Particularists
    The Droman Creed emphasizes the different qualities and roles of each of the Five, encapsulating the Co-equal Oneness of the Five-One, One-Five, yet some believe this to be a Pantheon. For the Anti-Particularists, this is the furthest from the truth, as they believe the Five-One to not be co-equal within their shared Divinity, but One-As-Five, mixing everything into one being by denying the uniqueness of each Five to not deny the Oneness of them all.

    [] [Blazing Sun] Every World A Fortress (1/8)
    No longer left aside.
    (Gain: 4 War-Packs per Action, one per Planet.)

    [] [Chapter] Fill Out The Chapter (0.5/2)
    Unto the fields of training once more.
    (Gain: The Lamenters are once again rebuilt.)

    [] [Other] Take Care Of [Future Or Current Problems]
    (Write-In the problem being addressed.)
     
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    • Hmm.

    Light Freighters are pretty cheap, aren't they? Is there anything special about Heavy Freighters that makes them worth being so much more expensive @HeroCooky ? 15 more DP is nice, but I don't think it's "Worth over 8 times the value" nice unless there's some unclear benefits to it? (Like "Equipment for mass hauling on a Heavy Freighter is worth more" or something)
     
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