Genetic Engineer Quest

The Ascendant Hierarchy reigns supreme. It reigns over countless star systems and more than a thousand worlds. Its enemies fall before its might sooner or later and its territory continues to expand outward in glorious conquest.

Under the leadership of Emperor Gardolf and House Kaiser, the greatness of the Ascendant Hierarchy shall reign eternal. The grand warships of the Imperial Star Navy are unmatched by their foes and its fearsome legions of ground force crush any resistance under food. The noble houses no longer squabble and plot against each other, instead loyally serving the Imperial Throne to further the glory of the Ascendant Hierarchy.

And amongst this era of glory, you are the newly appointed head of a newly formed Imperial Department. Called the Department of Designing Genetically Engineered Soldiers or DODGES for short, the Emperor and the Imperial Council have created this department to make use of new genetic material obtained from the native sapient species of the planet Sol III, an unimportant and pre-spaceflight world that has been given to Princess Juden to study.

While there is nothing wrong with the forces of the Ascendant Hierarchy, this species has extraordinary high potential for modification and can easily be adapted to the needs of the Ascendant Hierarchy. That use of that potential is your new job for you are to study the potential possibilities for this species and then create genelines of humans to serve the Ascendant Hierarchy in whatever fashion it needs.

Origin
[] [Origin] Noble Scion (+2 Diplomacy, Bonus to Funding, Increased Political Connections)
[] [Origin] Talented Prodigy (+2 Research, +2 Engineering)
[] [Origin] Merchant House (+2 Logistics, +1 Diplomacy, Bonus to Funding)

Background
[] [Background] Graduate of Wilhaven Grand Academy (Gain Trait 'Cybernetic Degree', Support from House Kraus)
[] [Background] Graduate of Hohemhiem Cosmic University (Gain Trait Chemistry Degree', Support from House Konig)
[] [Background] Graduate of Neutalfurt Life Collegium (Gain Trait 'Biology Degree', Support from House Kron)
[] [Background] Famed Archaeologist (Gain Trait 'Discover of the Past', Support from Prince Philik Kaiser)
[] [Background] Expedition Leader (Gain Trait 'Explorer of the Unknown', Support from Grand Admiral Jakob Bolberg)
[] [Background] Renowned Innovator (Gain Trait 'Pioneer of the Future', Support from Emperor Gardolf Kaiser)


This quest is a designer/research quest where rather than wage war or manage an empire, you are the designer of the weapons used by the empire to wage its war.

You will need to research tech and options so you can unlock them to add to new genelines in order to create new troops and servants to serve your empire and to keep your job, improve your fame and make yourself more important and respected. You will have a list of Imperial Priorities that gets update every turn and you have to do your best to fulfil.

At the moment, you are picking your character's background. The first vote lets you pick the origin of your character while the second vote lets you pick who your supporter is (and is responsible for you getting your position) and your trait. Right now, the supporter is flavour is which will only be relevant in the future so with the background vote, just worry about the trait you get.

The Cybernetic Degree gives bonus to making cyborgs or otherwise using machinery in your genelines. The Chemistry Degree does the same for drugs, chemical wiring and other chemistry stuff. Likewise, the Biology Degree does the same for stuff directly related to biology.

Discover of the Past gives a boost to projects to research and study precursor tech from ancient ruins. Explorer of the Unknown gives bonus to more exotic projects while Pioneer of the Future allows for more advanced and rarer techs to be available to you.

The character stats are diplomacy, logistics, research and engineering. Diplomacy is about getting along with other characters and is used to smooth over failures and play politics. Logistics is about supplies and budgeting, allowing you stretch your funding further. Research is about, well, researching and is used to make the research easier. Engineering is used for designing and creating the genelines and makes actually creating the modified humans easier and more likely to be successful with less undesirable results.

The department stats are funding, lab complexes, cloning complexes and testing fields. Funding is how much money you have to spend and how much income you get each turn. Lab Complexes are used for research and how much research you can do at once is limited by how many lab complexes you have. Cloning Complexes are used to create the genelines and how many you can produce at once is limited by the number of cloning complexes that your department has. Testing Fields is where you can test your genelines before handing them off to your bosses to see field usage. You don't have to test them if you are on a tight schedule, but doing so can reveal problems and issues that would otherwise be discovered when they are already in the field.